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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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03KUWAIT5159(C) GOK WANTS US TO STOP COALITION FORCES' "ABUSE"
[...] (S) On November 10, post received a diplomatic note (informal translation at paragraph 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing the GOK's displeasure that coalition forces are still permitting civilians and military personnel of varied nationalities into Kuwait without proper immig [...]
2003-11-12 05:48:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETETRD EAID CASC MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ
03KUWAIT5163AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH FIRST
[...] (C) As one of a series of meetings with senior GOK officials prior to his departure for temporary duty in Iraq, Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah November 10. The Ambassador congratulated Sheikh Nawaf on being officially named [...]
2003-11-12 07:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KU
03KUWAIT5181(C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...]
2003-11-12 12:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR KU
03KUWAIT5182(C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...]
2003-11-12 13:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR KU
03KUWAIT5183(U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...]
2003-11-12 14:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ JO
03KUWAIT5185KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP
[...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...]
2003-11-12 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KU
03KUWAIT5188(C) GOK RESPONSE ON IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK
[...] (C) In a 6 November meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ambassador delivered the substance of Ref A demarche on the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in a Bahamian bank. The Minister said that a joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Central Bank of Kuwait team had been established and was inve [...]
2003-11-12 17:02:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5202NGO'S IN KUWAIT: NEARLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-16 06:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KU
03KUWAIT5207IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-17 04:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5235(U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...]
2003-11-17 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KU PL
03KUWAIT5341(C) DEMARCHE ON TURKMENISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Acting DCM made reftel demarche November 22 on MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Department, Amb. Aqeel Behbehani, along with Italian DCM representing the EU Presidency. The Italian's demarche did not include the specific concerns about the new laws on Public Associations [...]
2003-11-22 11:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TX UNGA
03KUWAIT5342(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel),Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...]
2003-11-22 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY
03KUWAIT5343(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Amongst other topics (septel),Bishara described an ambitious agenda Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed hopes to implement in the near-term. End Summary. 2 [...]
2003-11-22 11:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
03KUWAIT5368DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OTHERS STIFFING KUWAIT ON
[...] (C) This is an action message. See Para 3. 2. (C) MFA continues to drub us on lack of Dominican and other coalition members' responsiveness in completing SOFA discussions. As addresses know, Kuwait bent its own rules and allowed Dominican and other battalions to transit Kuwait in advan [...]
2003-11-24 06:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC ELAB DR PO SN PL KU SD
03KUWAIT5371(C) URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON
[...] (C) Acting DCM made ref A demarche Sunday November 23 on MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department Ayham al-Omar. Given that Monday Nov. 24 is likely the last day before the Eid holiday here, which will run through Saturday Nov. 29, we second ref B recommendation that USUN follow up directly [...]
2003-11-24 09:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
03KUWAIT5415(C) NO DECISION YET ON IRAQI ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK
[...] (C) The acting head of the Central Bank of Kuwait's Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Talal Alsayegh, told us November 22 and December 1 that its investigation of the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in the Bahamas is not yet complete. Alsayegh said that the joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Cent [...]
2003-12-01 10:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5454(U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...]
2003-12-03 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ
03KUWAIT5525(U) HUMAN CLONING
[...] (C) Kuwait will support our position on human cloning (reftel),according to MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department, Ayham al-Omar. URBANCIC [...]
2003-12-08 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALTBIO PREL KU UNGA KSCI
03KUWAIT553ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX PROGRAM FOR KUWAITI MILITARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) The United States and Kuwait are standing shoulder to shoulder in the international effort to disarm Iraq. As a result of Kuwait's geographic location next to Iraq, and the political decision by the GoK to support very large numbers of US [...]
2003-02-13 10:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC KU MCAP PREL PTER US
03KUWAIT5537(C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT WILL TRANSFER FROZEN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-08 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5561(C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...]
2003-12-09 14:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU
03KUWAIT5691KUWAIT ACCEPTS IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND SERVICE
[...] By dipnote number 23360 dated 14 December 2003, MFA has confirmed that "the concerned authorities in the Ministry of Interior have no objection to issuance of visas to enter the country to bearers of these passports" (i.e. Iraqi diplomatic and service passports that meet the conditions spelled [...]
2003-12-16 13:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS IZ KU
03KUWAIT5692(C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Charge, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered the Deputy Secretary's oral message (ref A) to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah December 16. He took the opportunity to deliver ref B demarche asking the GOK to use its influence on Iraqis -- especially tribal leaders -- to urge them to p [...]
2003-12-16 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SOCI KU IZ
03KUWAIT5719(U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER
[...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...]
2003-12-17 11:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EMIN ETRD KU IR
03KUWAIT5734KUWAIT: COMMENTS ON MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes the outline of FY 2003 funding recommendations for MEPI programs (Ref A),and seeks inclusion in a number of those programs. Comments on each pillar are given below. 2. (U) ECONOMIC PILLAR. Post will actively promote any MEPI projects to reduce trade barriers [...]
2003-12-17 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KMPI KPAO ECON KU
03KUWAIT5747(C) PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Charge d'affaires, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered reftel oral message (from POTUS to the Amir) to the Amir's Office Director Ibrahim al-Shatti, December 20. Al-Shatti, who holds ministerial rank, promised to convey the message to both the Amir and the Prime Minister the same day. [...]
2003-12-20 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
03KUWAIT5756(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]
2003-12-20 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03KUWAIT5788KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sources, the [...]
2003-12-23 08:27:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
03KUWAIT5805GCC COMMITS TO ANTITERROR PACT, INCREASED ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Wrapping up its annual summit in Kuwait on December 22, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed its member states would enter into an anti-terror pact, but did not specify a deadline. In the organization's closing statement, the Supreme Council (SC),composed of heads of states [...]
2003-12-23 15:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD KU
03KUWAIT5841CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM
[...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...]
2003-12-29 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL KU
03KUWAIT595EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH
[...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...]
2003-02-18 09:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU
03KUWAIT613INPUT TO MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS
[...] (S) Prior to the Iraqi invasion in 1990, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces (KAF) owned SA-7, SA-8, and SA-14 missile systems. Since 1991, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense (MOD) has claimed that all of their missile inventory was stolen by the Iraqi military. In 1995, the Kuwaiti MOD purchased 48 Starburs [...]
2003-02-19 17:10:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETETTC MOPS MARR PARM PREL PTER KU
03KUWAIT614(C) OIL FOR JORDAN
[...] (C) MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that he had recently informed Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan al-Muasher that Kuwait is prepared to provide Jordan up to 20,000 bpd of oil in the event that war cuts off Iraqi oil to Jordan. He understands the UAE will provi [...]
2003-02-19 17:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID IZ JO KU
03KUWAIT626(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]
2003-02-19 18:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT627(C) GOK TO PUSH INCLUSION OF 1441 LANGUAGE IN NAM
[...] (C) Summary: On February 21, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Kuwaiti Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, who assured him that the GOK fully understands the need to support UNSCR 1441 during the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) session in Kuala Lumpur. Shaykh Nasser [...]
2003-02-22 04:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL
03KUWAIT65MIF: KUWAIT ACCEPTS DIVERTED VESSELS LADY RAWIA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-11 12:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EWWT MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT651KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...]
2003-02-23 11:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT66LADY RAWIA AND TRUST I DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-11 12:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT666DEMARCHES CONCERNING IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-23 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALIR KN KNNP PARM PREL RS IAEA NACB
03KUWAIT675(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION OF
[...] (C) On 23 February Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) noting that Citibank New York had blocked a $105,862 transfer from the Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (LDI) (Islamic Call Committee) to the account of "Mercy International." (Post informal t [...]
2003-02-24 15:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT747CZECH AMBASSADOR "OFFERS" FIELD HOSPITAL
[...] (C) In a conversation on the evening of February 27 Czech Ambassador Jana Hybashkova (please protect) told the Ambassador that her country had a field hospital that it was prepared to deploy to the AOR for possible duty in Iraq upon US request. She said that all the internal political approva [...]
2003-03-03 07:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL US IZ CZ
03KUWAIT753KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 12:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT85(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-12 15:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC
03KUWAIT858(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...]
2003-03-11 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU
03KUWAIT861(C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE
[...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...]
2003-03-11 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU ICJ
03KUWAIT896THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] The Kheiran Pearls scandal (reftel A) continued to occupy center stage at the National Assembly this week. MP Mussalam Al-Barak accused former Finance Minister Yousef Al-Ibrahim of squandering public funds in relation to the project. In his first official statement since his resignation in J [...]
2003-03-12 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT921TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZE ACTIONS ON
[...] One local Arabic-language daily newspaper front-paged a short piece on March 15 suggesting that Kuwait's Central Bank had taken action to freeze accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya. Embassy informal translation of the piece follows: "Government source: Al-Daawa Reponse to Accusatio [...]
2003-03-16 05:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT938AFGHANISTAN: HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-16 12:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT958(C) LAJNAT AD-DA'AWA AL-ISLAMIYA (LDI)
[...] (SBU) Leaders of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM - the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood here) paid separate calls on the French and US Ambassadors March 16 to appeal against the asset freeze imposed on the ICM-affiliated charity Lajnat ad-Da'awa al-Islamiya (LDI - reftels). [...]
2003-03-17 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU
03KUWAIT98AFGHANISTAN: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-14 06:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT985 TFIZ01: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER; SITREP
[...] SITREP NO. 1: AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME, MARCH 19, 2003. 2. EVENTS: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER OCCURRED AT 0001 HOURS LOCAL TIME MARCH 19, 1601 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 18, 2003. 3. COMMENTS: THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY DURING THIS INITIAL PERIOD. JONES [...]
2003-03-19 08:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT99(U) POLITICAL BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION, STIRS
[...] (U) Summary: In yet another round of anti-government political fighting, MP Abdullah Mohammed Al-Naibari has submitted a request to conduct a parliamentary investigation, or "grilling," into the activities of a government minister. The threat of a grilling has fueled rumors that the Amir may b [...]
2003-01-14 06:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT999 SITREP NO. 2
[...] SITREP NO. 2 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1659 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. -------- SECURITY -------- 2. Nothing Substantive to Report (NSTR) -------- MILITARY -------- 3. NSTR --------- POLITICAL --------- 4. NSTR -------- CONSULAR -------- 5. Post received three telepho [...]
2003-03-19 20:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03LAGOS102NIGERIA; A VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST - PART 1: ABIA
[...] (C) Summary. Orji Kalu, dubbed the "Action Governor" by President Obasanjo for his aggressive style and ability to get programs and projects going in Abia state, recently won a year-long administrative and political tussle with his disgruntled Deputy Governor and half the State legislators. [...]
2003-01-14 09:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS104NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION
[...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...]
2003-01-14 10:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI
03LAGOS1211NIGERIA: YORUBA LEADER PA ADESANYA'S VIEWS ON
[...] (U) Summary. Leader of Afenifere and member of the Patriot's group, Pa Abraham Adesanya, says that the April elections must be canceled and an interim government installed until "free and fair" elections can be held. He claims Afenifere is not seriously weakened after the defeat of many Allian [...]
2003-06-16 11:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS1862SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2003
[...] (U) The Impeachment Panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate Deputy Governor Okey Udeh's role in the July 10 failed attempt to forcefully remove Governor Chris Ngige from office has ignored an order of the federal High Court in Abuja restraining it from further consideration [...]
2003-09-05 11:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PINR NI
03LAGOS1899NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR
[...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),ChevronTexaco, [...]
2003-09-10 11:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS1930ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT
[...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...]
2003-09-15 12:00:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI
03LAGOS1937SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
[...] (U) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to death in the streets of Onitsha, a bail hearing was held in the Onitsha High Court for one of the prime suspects in the case. In an unusual move to get action [...]
2003-09-16 12:03:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI
03LAGOS2023NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following update to the 2002 AGOA eligibility review (Ref B). Nigeria's progress toward fulfilling AGOA eligibility requirements has been slow and fitful, but progress continues. Post recommends that Nigeria remain elig [...]
2003-09-26 16:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ELAB PREL PGOV NI AGOA
03LAGOS2100NIGERIA: PRIVATE MARKETERS PLAN FUEL IMPORTS
[...] (C) Private marketers are planning to import fuel in the coming weeks for retail sales in Nigeria. Managers at both Texaco and Mobil report that making joint purchases of large cargoes to reduce unit cost is preferable to smaller deliveries. A Texaco official indicated his company would be m [...]
2003-10-10 17:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS2187SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - OCTOBER 14 TO 24, 2003
[...] (U) Although most Nigerian and foreign election observers acknowledged that the Spring 2003 gubernatorial, National Assembly and Presidential elections were rife with fraud, all agreed and all urged disgruntled losing candidates and political parties to pursue their claims and complaints in t [...]
2003-10-23 12:25:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS2287PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...]
2003-11-04 17:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI
03LAGOS2349OUT IN AFRICA: A VISIT TO EKITI STATE
[...] (U) Summary. PolOffs made a one day familiarization visit to the tiny land-locked State of Ekiti. In April 2003, Ekiti, like its neighboring states in the southwest except Lagos, got rid of its Alliance for Democracy governor and elected a representative of the ruling Peoples Democratic Part [...]
2003-11-13 12:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI NI
03LAGOS2354FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his assistant Prince Bob J. Onyema on 10 November. Ojukwu has plans to travel to the US at the end of November. Ojukwu discussed court cases contesting the res [...]
2003-11-14 10:44:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY
03LAGOS2371BAKASSI: THE VIEW FROM CROSS RIVER STATE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-18 15:54:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL NI
03LAGOS239NIGERIA: AD PARTY - CONSENSUS OF YORUBA NATION?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent factionalization, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State presented the public with a face of party consensus in their January 8 gubernatorial congress. Following his challengers' disqualification, incumbent Governor Bola Tinubu took the nomination unopposed. [...]
2003-01-30 15:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KWMN NI
03LAGOS2399NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO
[...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...]
2003-11-21 16:31:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
03LAGOS2465VISIT OF AF A/S WALTER KANSTEINER: US/UK DISCUSSION
[...] Classified confidential by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. Summary: Visiting AF Assistant Secretary Walter Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter met July 25 with British High Commissioner Phillip Thomas to discuss Nigeria's pre-election political climate and tensions [...]
2003-12-05 19:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL
03LAGOS309NIGERIA: A VISIT TO FOUR SOUTHERN STATES: PART 2 -
[...] (U) Summary. Once almost guaranteed re-election to the governorship of oil producing Bayelsa State, the incumbent, DSP Alamieyesiegha, is facing serious charges of corruption that have the possibility of disqualifying him. In the four years of his administration, the governor has had some v [...]
2003-02-10 09:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS322NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICIZED ISLAM IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. Islam as a factor in politics in southwestern Nigeria and the threat of the imposition of Shari'a (Koranic law) in the south are not current or near-term possibilities. However, all observers agree that overwhelming poverty, and uncertainty and possible instability in governm [...]
2003-02-13 10:55:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PINR PTER NI
03LAGOS519NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...]
2003-03-12 06:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI
03LAGOS543NIGERIA: DEATH OF LAGOS TRADITIONAL RULER
[...] SUMMARY. The death last week of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan highlights the role traditional rulers still play in Nigerian society. Appointing an Oba's successor (a traditional Yoruba king) is often contentious, and the royal palace of Lagos was already filled by intrigue as the 92 year old Oba's he [...]
2003-03-13 14:37:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON SCUL NI
03LAGOS563NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]
2003-03-17 11:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS685PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS
[...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]
2003-04-02 06:49:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03LAGOS813NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic politics in the Southwest. After stunning defeats in the National Assembly elections on April 12, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) is fighting for its political l [...]
2003-04-18 08:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI
03LAGOS886NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...]
2003-04-28 12:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI
03LAGOS888NIGERIA: YORUBA CONTROL OF SOUTHWEST POLITICS A
[...] (U) Summary. Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sweeps in recent legislative and gubernatorial elections show that rule of "old line" leaders of the mainly-Yoruba Alliance for Democracy Party and the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has ended. Five of the six States in the [...]
2003-04-28 14:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NI
03LONDON9572UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-11-26 17:34:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03MAPUTO1007AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT
[...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]
2003-07-21 08:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03MAPUTO558INTERIOR MINISTER ENGAGED ON COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (U) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Almerino Manhenje described his plans to travel to Texas for a counter-terrorism conference the week of May 3. In addition, Manhenje described his goals of reducing vulnerability to terrorism, drug trafficking, traffick [...]
2003-12-17 15:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC PHSA KPAO MZ KNAR SANR
03MBABANE147THE JET SAGA: IS AN END IN SIGHT?
[...] SUMMARY: A SELECT COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND THREE OTHER CABINET MINISTERS ACTED ILLEGALLY IN CONTRACTING TO PURCHASE A PRIVATE JET FOR KING MSWATI III AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $72 MILLION USD. THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER TOLD TH [...]
2003-03-20 06:20:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AGOA WZ
03MONTREAL1076Phased Expansion Plans for Montreal's Dorval Airport
[...] This cable contains input from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: Montreal's Dorval International Airport recently opened Phase 1 of a planned three-stage, C$700 million expansion that will include new and improved facilities as well as integration of the airport into the local and regional transp [...]
2003-08-11 21:28:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EFIN PREL CA
03MONTREAL1377World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems
[...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]
2003-09-29 20:48:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDKOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03MONTREAL204BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD
[...] SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IMMEDIATELY INTO CANADA ARE NOW TURNED OVER TO USINS UNTIL A CIC APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED. END SUMMARY. 2. STARTING IN LATE 2002, LARGE NUMBERS [...]
2003-02-14 16:30:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC
03MONTREAL4APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING
[...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...]
2003-01-03 21:27:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA
03MONTREAL453Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996,
[...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...]
2003-04-02 18:07:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA
03MONTREAL476 MONTREAL ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS COALITION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Quebecers have traditionally been known for anti-war sentiment; in the lead-up to the current war in Iraq, polling data, media coverage and the largest demonstrations in Canada have indicated that pacifism is alive and well in the province. But the picture of Quebec pacifism presented [...]
2003-04-08 14:59:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CA
03MONTREAL743Varroa Parasite Infests Quebec Honeybee Hives
[...] SUMMARY: Quebec's honeybee population is under threat from a Varroa Mite parasite infestation that will likely reduce the province's modest honey production. Quebec beekeepers' ability to combat the mite has been limited by delayed discovery of the parasite's resistance to the widely used pesti [...]
2003-06-10 15:18:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EIND ETRD PREL CA
03MONTREAL910Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet
[...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...]
2003-07-11 21:05:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA
03NASSAU1635BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS?
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-21 18:17:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF
03NASSAU2124BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA
[...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...]
2003-10-22 12:35:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK
03NASSAU2321CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION; CAN THE BAHAMAS
[...] (C) Nancy Iris, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) visited Nassau from October 13 - October 17, 2003. The Political Officer and Ms. Iris attended meetings with various government officials, members from NGOs, and toured the migrant detention center in [...]
2003-11-24 16:22:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM SMIG BF
03NASSAU586CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]
2003-03-18 16:47:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03NASSAU766BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE ARISTIDE
[...] (C) After returning from the OAS/CARICOM meeting on Haiti in Miami, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell dismissed the possibility of invoking the democracy provision of the OAS Charter in the case of Haiti. He acknowledged problems with democracy in Haiti, but made it clear that the Bahamian gove [...]
2003-04-17 14:36:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF HA BF
03NASSAU925ARTICLE 98 -- A NON-ISSUE FOR CARICOM
[...] Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM Archer infers that CARICOM will not support Article 98 and clears post confusion based on mixed signals from the Prime Minster (positive) and the Foreign Ministry (negative). In relation to Cuba, he states that CARICOM will not support discussion on the country [...]
2003-05-13 21:55:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL BF PGOV CARICOM
03OTTAWA1014CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]
2003-04-08 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1018CANADA-CUBA: FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY PROTESTS
[...] (C) On April 7, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham called in Cuba's ambassador to Canada to formally protest the recent arrests and trials of Cuban opposition members. According to Louise Branch, DFAIT's Deputy Director for Central America and Cuba, who was present at the meeting [...]
2003-04-09 13:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU CA UNCHR
03OTTAWA1021DONOR SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO, ESPECIALLY RETURNS
[...] Canada's International Development Agency (CIDA) confirmed April 9 that Canada has committed C$5.4 million to Kosovo for calendar year 2003. (The Canadian dollar is worth about 68 US cents.) They do not, at this point, specifically support the Office of Returns and Communities, but will provi [...]
2003-04-09 16:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1026CANADA: RESPONDING TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN APPEALS,
[...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points on April 7 to Norman Macdonnell, Chief of Operations for International Humanitarian Assistance at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). On April 8, poloff met with Mcdonnell, Louise Marchand, CIDA's Director General for International Assist [...]
2003-04-10 12:09:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IZ CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1038CANADIAN RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL CA NO IN JA
03OTTAWA1065IRAQI EMBASSY IN CANADA
[...] (S) We discussed reftel (A) demarche with Chris Hull, Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Iraq, on April 11. Hull told us that the GoC continues to monitor closely the activities of the one Iraqi diplomat remaining in country, Charge Mamdouh Mustafa, and had no indication that he was destroying [...]
2003-04-11 21:31:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL IZ CA
03OTTAWA1066CANADIAN COMMENTS ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-11 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CA CBW BWC
03OTTAWA1075TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI
[...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]
2003-04-14 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETTC PREL CA UN
03OTTAWA1077TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI
[...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]
2003-04-14 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETTC PREL CA
03OTTAWA1109CANADA SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-16 20:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CU CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA1118CANADA TO PRESS BHUTAN ON NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-17 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF BT NP CA
03OTTAWA1120CANADA: NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS PLANNED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-17 21:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM IZ CA CIDA
03OTTAWA1123CANADA-U.S SECURITY RELATIONS - GETTING PAST IRAQ
[...] (C) With U.S.-Canada relations in flux and the role of the United Nations in question, Canadian foreign policy is at a crossroads. The postponement of the President's state visit to Ottawa, after Canada chose not to participate in Iraq and senior GoC officials criticized the U.S.-led effort, h [...]
2003-04-22 12:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CA IZ
03OTTAWA1129CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-22 17:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS
03OTTAWA1136CANADA RULES OUT BID FOR OSCE CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-22 21:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1164MEPP: CANADIAN VIEWS ON POST-IRAQ DYNAMIC,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Molloy, Canada's Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, believes the U.S. victory in Iraq will have the biggest impact on the region of any event since the 1967 War. How the U.S. handles the post-conflict phase, he told us, will set the tone for the West's [...]
2003-04-25 19:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CA MEPP
03OTTAWA1168OTTAWA: LETTER FROM U/S LARSON AND TAYLOR ON
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel message April 25 to Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of the Canadian International Development SIPDIS Agency (CIDA) and to Jonathan Fried, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, with a copy to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The GOC is discussing al [...]
2003-04-25 20:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1169CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A),and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...]
2003-04-25 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO
03OTTAWA1181TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC RESPONSE ON
[...] (U) Action request paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade conveyed (by fax) the following response to our ref B demarche. The fax cover sheet requested that we advise the GOC of how we expect to proceed. Begin text of GOC response: -- Thank you for y [...]
2003-04-29 18:32:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETTC PTER PREL CA
03OTTAWA1190IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADA OFFERS AIR TRANSPORT,
[...] (C) Canadian Prime Minister Chretien issued an Iraqi reconstruction press release on April 29, announcing that Canada is ready to make available elements of its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART); Canadian transport aircraft to support humanitarian assistance efforts and reconstruction m [...]
2003-04-29 21:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1221CANADA: PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS HE MIGHT MOVE
[...] (U) During an address at a Liberal Party fund raiser in Toronto on April 29, Prime Minster Jean Chretien stated that his government plans to introduce legislation that would decriminalize the possession of "small amounts" of marijuana. Chretien stated that the proposed bill would eliminate cri [...]
2003-04-30 21:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV CA
03OTTAWA123CANADA: FIRST NATIONS NATIONAL CHIEF WANTS TO WORK
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 17, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Matthew Coon Come -- appealed specifically for U.S. collaboration with First Nations law enforcement personnel to enhance border security and help dispel negative perceptions that First Natio [...]
2003-01-13 19:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS CA
03OTTAWA1250CANADA'S RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM UNDER SECRETARIES
[...] Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of Canada's International Development Agency has responded on behalf of the GOC to the letter conveyed in Ref b. Following is the faxed text of the letter. 2. Begin text 2003-05-02 Mr. John B. Taylor Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affai [...]
2003-05-02 20:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1252CANADIAN RESPONSE ON FLEEING IRAQI REGIME OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided us the following response on April 29: "The issue of apprehending and dealing appropriately with persons who have allegedly committed crimes against humanity or war crime [...]
2003-05-02 20:53:00Embassy OttawaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL XG XH IZ CA
03OTTAWA1253MIDDLE EAST: CANADA WELCOMES ROADMAP, RECOMMENDS
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham issued a statement praising the release of the Quartet's Roadmap, and saying it bolsters the prospects for peace in the Middle East. Graham said the Roadmap and the confirmation of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister were the "first positive things we [...]
2003-05-02 20:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL CA FAC
03OTTAWA126CANADA: ENGAGING ON VENEZUELA AT ECUADORAN
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jose Herran-Lima, Director of DFAIT's South American Division, and Renata Wielgosz, DFAIT's Inter-American Affairs Division Director, on January 10. Wielgosz indicated Canada is very interested in joining in discussions concerning Venezuela on the margins [...]
2003-01-13 20:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL VE
03OTTAWA1284CANADIAN CABINET DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) The Canadian Cabinet discussed missile defense cooperation with the U.S. in its May 6 meeting, but reached no conclusion and will continue discussions on May 13. Foreign Minister Graham and Defense Minister McCallum briefed Cabinet and encouraged a decision to engage in missile defense neg [...]
2003-05-06 21:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM CA
03OTTAWA1304Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
[...] Health Canada's response concerning reftel demarche was unequivocal: Canada will not support deletion of FCTC Article 30 at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). In Canada's view, the text of the Convention is now in its final form and it is too late in the process to revisit the text and [...]
2003-05-08 16:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL CA WHO
03OTTAWA1322CANADA: DECRIMINALIZATION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF
[...] (C) Summary: On May 7, poloffs were briefed by Terry Cormier, Director of DFAIT's International Crime and Terrorism Division, and Kevin O'Shea, Director of DFAIT's United States General Relations Division, on the Canadian government's plans to decrease legal sanctions for the possession of sma [...]
2003-05-08 20:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA1323NORTH KOREAN REPROCESSING: CANADA WILL RAISE
[...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about North Korean statements on reprocessing spent fuel (reftel),and plans to convey those concerns directly to DPRK officials at the UN and in Beijing. Political Director Jim Wright told Political Minister Counselor on May 7 that he will also suggest th [...]
2003-05-08 21:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KN CA
03OTTAWA1325CANADA: MANITOBANS GO TO THE POLLS JUNE 3
[...] (U) Summary. Riding high in the public opinion polls, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer (New Democratic Party -- NDP) ended weeks of speculation by calling a provincial election for June 3. Re-election of the NDP government will keep alive Canadian opposition to U.S. proposals seeking to alleviate [...]
2003-05-09 15:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV ECON CA
03OTTAWA1349CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR LIFTING OF IRAQ SANCTIONS
[...] (C) We conveyed points contained reftel on May 9 to Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT's Middle East and North Africa Bureau. Sinclair said Canada welcomed the news that the resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq had been introduced in the UN Security Council. He indicated that Canada [...]
2003-05-12 20:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1364Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
[...] This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. As a follow-up to the official GoC response to our request for support on removing the Reservations Clause (Article 30) of the FCTC (Ref A),Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has provided Emba [...]
2003-05-13 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL CA WHO
03OTTAWA1367CANADA: STATUS OF LOCAL LAWS IMPLEMENTING IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-13 21:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1376CANADA MAKING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] (C) Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau, gave us a heads-up on May 14 that the government of Canada will announce shortly an additional contribution of C$200 million (approximately U.S.$140 million) for humanitarian relief needs and reconstruction in I [...]
2003-05-14 16:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IZ CA
03OTTAWA1401TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY:
[...] (C) As requested in reftel, ESTH Counselor made points on observer status for Taiwan to Ross Snyder, Deputy Director for UN Specialized Agencies, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Snyder indicated that he was well aware of the issue and would pass our views along t [...]
2003-05-16 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC
03OTTAWA1437(C/NF) CANADA: A GOVERNMENT ADRIFT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite guarded optimism that the GOC might try to "make amends" for its anti-U.S. handling of Iraq policy, it has become increasingly apparent that the government's behavior on Iraq was symptomatic of a much deeper problem: as in Baghdad, the leadership has gone underground. [...]
2003-05-20 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR CA KCRIM
03OTTAWA144CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A),but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...]
2003-01-14 19:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU CA BK NATO
03OTTAWA1451CANADA: WILL CONTINUE RAISING CONCERNS WITH DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-22 17:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KN CA
03OTTAWA1461CANADA ON RECALL OF IRAQI COM
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Middle East Division Deputy Director Graeme McIntyre affirmed that the GOC had taken a decision to facilitate the return to Baghdad of Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Mamdouh S. MUSTAFA, the sole Iraqi diplomat remaining in Canada. POL/Liaison sources at post advis [...]
2003-05-22 20:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL CA IZ
03OTTAWA1465CANADA WILL OFFER PERSONNEL TO OHRA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-22 20:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL CA CIDA
03OTTAWA1466CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-22 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1474CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 18:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CA FR
03OTTAWA1497CANADA: GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
[...] Summary: On May 27, Canada's Minister of Health Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice Martin Cauchon, and Solicitor General Wayne Easter presented to the House of Commons the long-awaited legislative reforms to Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act pertaining to marijuana. Debate in the [...]
2003-05-27 21:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV CA
03OTTAWA1520TERRORIST FINANCE, OTTAWA- PRENOTIFICATION OF
[...] (C) Post notified the GOC of reftel points on May 22. On May 28, the Department of Foreign Affairs notified us of the results of this morning's interagency meeting on possible responses to our demarche. The GOC has decided to add al Aqsa Foundation to the Criminal Code listing workplan for [...]
2003-05-29 14:54:00Embassy OttawaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1537OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES
[...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...]
2003-05-29 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1538CANADA: SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE/IDP RETURNS TO KOSOVO
[...] (U) Post delivered points contained ref A to Claudie Senay, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on May 19. 2. (U) In a follow-up discussion May 29, Senay said that Canada recognizes the importance [...]
2003-05-29 20:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA UNMIK
03OTTAWA1539MISSILE DEFENSE: CANADA ANNOUNCES DECISION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Canadian Government announced on May 29 that it has decided to enter into discussions with the U.S. on missile defense participation. This decision represents a dramatic shift in Canadian policy on missile defense, which was generally viewed in a negative light her [...]
2003-05-29 21:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CA
03OTTAWA1542CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-30 13:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
03OTTAWA1556IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: CANADA PUSHING HARD
[...] (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham met with Iranian FM Kharazzi May 24 in Paris, and stressed Canada's strong concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, said Graham told Kharazzi that Iran's May 6 presentation at the IAEA ga [...]
2003-05-30 20:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR CA
03OTTAWA1567(C/NF) CANADA,S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CONTEST: A RACE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. With the official launching in April of the leadership campaigns of Deputy PM John Manley and Liberal backbencher Paul Martin, the three-way contest to succeed PM Jean Chretien -- Canada's race for a political cure -- is officially on. Though the Liberal Leadership convention i [...]
2003-06-02 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1636CANADA PROVINCIAL ELECTION: MANITOBA RE-ELECTS NEW
[...] SUMMARY. As expected, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and his left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) won a second majority government in the June 3 elections. The Manitoba NDP is a strong proponent of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly and a driving force behind Canadian opposition to U.S. propo [...]
2003-06-10 16:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CA NDP
03OTTAWA1654CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF,
[...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]
2003-06-11 15:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1662AFGHANISTAN: CANADA ANNOUNCES ARTF SUPPORT AND AID
[...] Summary: On June 10, the GOC announced the opening of its embassy in Kabul (septel) and allocation of C$21.2 million of the C$250 million in new aid pledged for the next two years. The allocation includes an additional C$15 million to support the operational budget of the Afghan Transitiona [...]
2003-06-12 18:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1722AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY
[...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]
2003-06-18 15:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1740AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY
[...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]
2003-06-19 16:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1744MANITOBA CONSERVATION LEADER REGISTERS CONCERN IN
[...] On 19 June, Manitoba Conservative Party leader (and head of Manitoba's Official Opposition in the Legislature) Stuart Murray visited new APP Winnipeg Consul to formally register the concerns of his constituents at the ongoing freeze of Canadian beef import into the United States. He specifical [...]
2003-06-19 20:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PREL OTRA CA
03OTTAWA1758AFGHANISTAN FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT: CANADIAN
[...] (SBU) The Canadian Government reacted very evenly to the June 19 decision by U.S. Air Force LTGEN Bruce Carlson not to proceed with courts martial against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Chretien said the matter is now closed as far as the Canadi [...]
2003-06-20 18:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CA AF
03OTTAWA1765 SOFTWOOD LUMBER: CANADIAN REACTIONS TO USDOC
[...] SUMMARY: Canadian reactions to the USDOC policy bulletin on softwood lumber, which was released by Undersecretary Grant Aldonas on June 18, were mildly positive except in Quebec where there was broad disappointment that the section concerning that province was excluded from the document. Wha [...]
2003-06-23 12:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL CA
03OTTAWA1779CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE
[...] (C) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),where it currently provides 194 personnnel. Peter Armstrong-Whitworth of Foreign Affairs' Peacekeeping Office indicated that Canada is considering reducing its contribution in the future, and that the Go [...]
2003-06-23 20:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC
03OTTAWA178CANADIAN POSITION ON IRAQ UNCHANGED
[...] (C) Despite Prime Minister Chretien's January 15 comment that "the international community must speak and act through the UN Security Council," Canada's position on military participation in a potential war against Iraq is unchanged. Contacts at Foreign Affairs and National Defense assured us [...]
2003-01-16 19:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ CA UN
03OTTAWA1801CANADA INTERESTED IN U.S. INITIATIVES FOR UNGA 58
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-25 19:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL CA UNGA
03OTTAWA1857TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: TREASURY LETTER ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has received reftel letter and is exploring the legal procedures necessary to complete transfer of assets to the Iraqi government in compliance with the expected notification from the UN 661 Committee. The frozen Iraqi government assets are held by banks, and the GOC d [...]
2003-06-30 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA1862A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]
2003-06-30 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
03OTTAWA1863A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...]
2003-06-30 20:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN
03OTTAWA1865A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH FAHIM MOUDAD, DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Fahim Moudad, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, discussed the fight against terrorist financing; cooperation on Iraq; and the Lebanese econo [...]
2003-06-30 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER LE XF
03OTTAWA1866A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA),discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...]
2003-06-30 20:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR
03OTTAWA1875IAEA/IRAN: CANADIAN VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Canada would support a summer IAEA Board meeting (reftel) so long as there is consensus for a resolution or other strong statement at that meeting on the Iranian nuclear program. Ron Stansfield, Foreign Affairs' Acting Director for Nuclear and Chemical Disarmament, told us on July 2 that [...]
2003-07-02 20:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA1899ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...]
2003-07-07 12:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1911MANITOBA DAY IN LOS ANGELES
[...] The Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles, Colin Robertson, hosted a broad Manitoba trade mission led by Premier Gary Doer as a part of the Consulate's Canada Day celebrations. The trade mission included announcements of several important business deals and entertainment ventures. The most [...]
2003-07-07 21:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1975OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND ADDITIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-14 14:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA1985CANADA PLEASED WITH GOVERNING COUNCIL LAUNCH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-14 21:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO IZ UNSC
03OTTAWA1996 CANADA'S PROVINCIAL PREMIERS TAKE A STAND
[...] Summary: Canadian premiers met for their annual conference on July 9-11 at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI). The tone was upbeat. The premiers went beyond the ritual criticism of federal heavy-handedness and demands for more funding out of Ottawa and focused on ways to make their [...]
2003-07-15 17:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2006CANADA TO CONTINUE TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA
[...] (SBU) Post delivered points contained reftel to Nancy Mackay-Dietrich, Special Advisor for Burma in DFAIT,s Southeast Asia Division, on July 14, 2003. Mackay-Dietrich indicated that, in addition to the visa restrictions mentioned in reftel, the GOC was taking other steps to secure the relea [...]
2003-07-15 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BM CA
03OTTAWA2014CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-16 13:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA202CANADA: ARF STATEMENT SHOULD REFLECT CONSENSUS
[...] (C) Post provided Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Regional Security and Peacekeeping Division, Sarah Smith and Deputy Director for Korea, Hartmuth Kroll, talking points and texts of the proposed statement by the Chairman of the ASEAN [...]
2003-01-17 22:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CA ARF
03OTTAWA2028CANADA APPRECIATES REAL STORY ON FIVE CUBAN SPIES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-17 14:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU CA
03OTTAWA2091CANADA: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MANLEY DROPS OUT OF
[...] (U) John Manley, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, withdrew from the Liberal Party leadership race on July 22, saying that Paul Martin's lead is insurmountable. Manley said that his campaign reviewed party membership lists over the weekend, and determined that it would not [...]
2003-07-22 19:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2103UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT
[...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...]
2003-07-23 17:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL IS SY CA JA
03OTTAWA2109CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]
2003-07-23 20:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2115IAEA/IRAN: CANADA AGREES ON NEED TO MOVE UP EL
[...] (C) Canada agrees with us that the IAEA Director General's next report on Iran needs to be issued prior to August 29 in order to mount an effective campaign before the September 8-12 Board of Governors meeting (ref. A),but believes that August 15 may not be feasible. Terry Wood, Foreign Affai [...]
2003-07-24 18:17:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2121CANADIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA INITIATIVES-PART II
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian response to U.S. priority initiatives for the UNGA 58 (ref A) was largely supportive. The GOC, however, hoped the U.S. would show more flexibility on the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The GOC was also uncertain about its stance on a human right [...]
2003-07-24 19:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA UNGA AROC UNAUS
03OTTAWA2180AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR JUNE 2003
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-31 20:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL CA CBW
03OTTAWA2181FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-31 21:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRETCD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2198IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN PERSONNEL FOR
[...] (SBU) Canada has committed to providing US$215 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for post-conflict Iraq, with emphasis on access to basic services (water, sanitation, health care); building democratic institutions; reforming judicial, police and correctional services; stren [...]
2003-08-01 19:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA
03OTTAWA2232URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA
[...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...]
2003-08-06 21:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE
03OTTAWA2251CANADA: LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE DOWN TO TWO,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party will formally elect a new party Leader on November 15, but that individual will not/not become Prime Minister of Canada until incumbent Jean Chretien's retirement - announced for February 2004. With only two leadership contenders remaining, the question is not [...]
2003-08-08 13:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA2255BHUTANESE REFUGEES: CANADA CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR
[...] (C) Post shared points contained reftel with Elissa Golberg, DFAIT's Acting Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, on August 7. Golberg said Canada agrees that pressure should continue on both Bhutan and Nepal to agree to a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. Canada is going to con [...]
2003-08-08 17:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALBT NP PHUM PREF PREL CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA2261NATO SYG RACE: SPECULATION ABOUT CANADIAN DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While NATO has never before had a non-European Secretary General, the name of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has now surfaced as a possible candidate. While we do not have a sense for what Manley's prospects are in Brussels, we expect that he would jump at the chance [...]
2003-08-08 19:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CA NATO
03OTTAWA233158TH UNGA: CANADA ON U.S. APPROACH IN FIRST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-14 15:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC CA UNGA
03OTTAWA2332MASS GRAVES PROJECT IN IRAQ: CANADA PLANS TO ASSIST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 13:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KCRM IZ CA
03OTTAWA2351Canada seeks "Collective Security" Approach on Food
[...] The Canadian Government desires to work closely with USG on biosecurity and harmonize forthcoming regulations stemming from the Bioterrorism Act (BTA). During an August 12 meeting with Robert Wright, number two at the Privy Council Office (PCO) and overseer of Canada's border security effort [...]
2003-08-18 20:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD TBIO PREL CA
03OTTAWA2354CANADA: INITIAL FALLOUT FROM THE BLACKOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Residents of Ontario, with the exception of some 50,000 public sector workers in Ottawa, were expected to resume "normal" work routines on Monday. Businesses throughout Ontario have been asked to cut energy consumption in half over the next week as the province tries to recover [...]
2003-08-18 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG CA
03OTTAWA2405TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU/Noforn) Post delivered reftel message to the GOC on August 21 as Canadian government offices re-opened briefly Wednesday morning for the first time since last week's power failure. On August 22 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) confirmed the information had been circulated for in [...]
2003-08-22 20:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2436CANADA'S VISA ISSUING PROCESS
[...] (U) (Summary) Canada,s visa issuing process closely resembles that of the United States. There exist, however, a number of structural and procedural differences between the two countries. In general, the United States tends to have stronger security measures in place and rejects a higher pe [...]
2003-08-26 17:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA CVIS PGOV PREL PTER SMIG
03OTTAWA2442TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA:HAMAS NAMES: GOC
[...] (S) Action request: The GOC has requested additional information on PVOE, the Palestinian Association in Austria, which may be provided through State or ORCA channels. 2. (SBU) On August 26, the GOC held an interagency meeting to review ref B demarche on the U.S. decision to add HAMAS na [...]
2003-08-26 20:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2451CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]
2003-08-27 20:21:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA2453CANADA SUPPORTS IRAN NONCOMPLIANCE RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C) Canadian DFAIT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Terry Wood assured us that the GOC fully supports a finding of noncompliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting and wants to assist in any way possible. Though Canada already was inclined to support a resolution, Wood s [...]
2003-08-27 20:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IAEA
03OTTAWA2459CANADA WILL ENGAGE WITH IRAQ GC, SUPPORTS
[...] (C) Post delivered points contained ref A to Christopher Hull, DFAIT's desk officer for Iraq, on August 27. Hull indicated that GC representatives have not yet been in contact with the government of Canada, but Canada would receive and engage with GC representatives. Hull said Canada will be [...]
2003-08-28 15:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ CA
03OTTAWA2479TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH 10
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-29 21:00:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
03OTTAWA274YOUR JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Your January 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Bill Graham will be an important opportunity to bolster Canadian support for our Iraq policy. The Canadian Government's natural preference is for giving the inspectors more time and for the UN Security Council to reach consensus, but it wants [...]
2003-01-24 22:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD PTER CVIS CA IZ KN VE
03OTTAWA310CANADA CONSIDERING CONTINGENCY RELIEF PLANNING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-30 18:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF IZ PREL CIDA
03OTTAWA325CANADA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) As of late Friday afternoon (January 31) the GOC has still not announced its response to Treasury U/S Taylor's request for a contribution to cover Afghanistan's arrears to the IMF and World Bank. That said, the outlook seems promising. 2. (SBU) Working levels at the Canadian Interna [...]
2003-01-31 21:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA35U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING
[...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Jil [...]
2003-01-06 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN
03OTTAWA361BOWHEAD DEMARCHE DELIVERED: STILL NO MOVEMENT
[...] ON FEBRUARY 4, 2003, ESTOFF DELIVERED THE DEMARCHE CONTAINED IN REFTEL C, REGARDING THE AUGUST, 10, 2002 CANADIAN TAKING OF AN EASTERN BOWHEAD WHALE. THE CANADIAN SIDE WAS REPRESENTED BY GLEN LINDER OF THE OCEANS LAW DIVISION (JLO) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...]
2003-02-05 17:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PREL SENV CA
03OTTAWA367CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS SECRETARY POWELL'S
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bill Graham told the Canadian press that Secretary Powell's February 5 presentation on Iraq "amounts to a transfer of the burden of proof from the United States to Saddam Hussein." Graham went on to say that "we are not at a point where there is a need to use force. How [...]
2003-02-06 15:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA418REFUGEE SITUATION IN NEPAL: CANADA SHARES CONCERN
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche February 10 to Elissa Golberg, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. She stated that Canada shares our concern over the lack of progress in solving the refugee situati [...]
2003-02-11 21:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PGOV PHUM BT NP CA
03OTTAWA435CANADA TO PROVIDE BATTALION AND BRIGADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum announced on February 12 that Canada will contribute a battalion and a brigade headquarters - a total of 1500 to 2000 personnel - to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan beginning in August. Two rotations of Can [...]
2003-02-13 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF IZ CA ISAF
03OTTAWA443 CANADIAN CEO'S PUSH "NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY AND
[...] THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES (CEOCOUNCIL.CA),THE ORGANIZATION WHICH BUILT NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE IN THE 1980'S (AND THEREBY BUILT MUCH OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR NAFTA AND FTAA),IS LAUNCHING A SIMILARLY AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR THE CONTINENT'S TRILATER [...]
2003-02-14 17:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA448IRAQ/UN: CANADIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY 14
[...] (SBU) Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham, speaking to the press after the February 14 weapons inspectors' report to the UN Security Council, said that the report shows progress as well as the need for continued pressure on Iraq. Graham said that while no-one is excluding the use of force, t [...]
2003-02-14 20:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UN
03OTTAWA453IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL'S ADDRESS TO SECURITY
[...] (C) Charge contacted Canadian Political Director Jim Wright Feb. 16 to urge that Canada make a statement on Iraq during the Feb. 18 UNSC Open Meeting. Wright said he had already drafted such a statement for Foreign Minister Graham - one which tracks very well with the talking points reftel [...]
2003-02-16 20:21:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CA UNSC
03OTTAWA487BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-20 15:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA49YOUR MEETING WITH CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum is looking forward to discussing Iraq, missile defense, and NATO post-Prague in your January 9 meeting. Canada has told us it would participate militarily in a UN-blessed operation against Iraq, but is reserving judgement on participation if there i [...]
2003-01-08 13:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ CA NATO UN
03OTTAWA492CANADIAN CABINET TO DISCUSS MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Following up on high-level consultations held in Washington January 28, the Canadian cabinet will be meeting soon to discuss potential missile defense cooperation with the United States. Missile defense is currently on the calendar for the February 25 Cabinet meeting (Cabinet normally mee [...]
2003-02-20 20:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL CA
03OTTAWA533CANADA ON IAEA DG EL BARADEI'S VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns over Iran's nuclear program (reftel),and will continue pushing for a tough approach to Tehran by the IAEA. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, told us on February 21 that Canada believes Iran is technically in breach of its [...]
2003-02-25 20:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR CA
03OTTAWA540CANADA SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS FOR ISAF IV AND V
[...] (C) Since Defense Minister McCallum's February 12 announcement that Canada would contribute a battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V (reftel),the GoC has been busy seeking potential partners. The GoC has stressed that it does not have the resources to lead ISAF alone, and it hop [...]
2003-02-26 15:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF CA ISAF
03OTTAWA556CANADA JOINS U.S., EU SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On 27 February Political Counselor discussed the proposed visa sanctions against Transnistrian officials with John McNiesh, Eastern European Desk Officer for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) McNeish said that representatives of the U. [...]
2003-02-27 21:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE
03OTTAWA576CANADA SUPPORTS OSCE PARTNER STATUS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) On March 28, Political Counselor discussed reftel's proposal for OSCE Partner Status for Afghanistan with Lisa Helfand at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) Helfand, who is Deputy Director of DFAIT's Division for Defense and Security Relations, s [...]
2003-02-28 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL OSCE
03OTTAWA587CANADA WILL SUPPORT ARF ANTI-PIRACY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 21:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PHSA KTIA CA ARF
03OTTAWA589CANADIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Political Director Jim Wright told us that the Canadian proposal at the UNSC is not an attempt to mediate, but a set of ideas that might help the Council focus again on disarmament rather than on internal divisions. Wright appealed for USG public statements to keep [...]
2003-03-03 23:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA595GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-04 19:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA629DEFENSE MINISTER MCCALLUM AND THE CANADIAN FORCES
[...] (C) Nine months into his tenure as Minister, John McCallum is starting to put his mark on the Department of National Defense. He was able to get a greater-than-expected increase in defense spending in the latest GoC budget, and he has announced a defense review to guide transformation of the [...]
2003-03-06 21:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA646CANADA UNLIKELY TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTI0N TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 20:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMFO PREL MASS XF CA
03OTTAWA648IMPLEMENTING THE AVIATION PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT
[...] This is an action request. Action request in paragraph 5. 2. After lengthy negotiations, late last year the U.S. and Canada concluded an aviation preclearance agreement that,among other items, provides increased protection for Department of Homeland Security inspection officers (formerly C [...]
2003-03-10 13:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC EAIR CA
03OTTAWA692IRAQ/UNSC: CANADA STILL WORKING - AT THE HIGHEST
[...] (C) As seen from Canada's proposal for a new UNSC resolution on Iraq (reftel A),the GoC continues to be active in seeking a compromise solution at the Security Council. Officials at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO),the Privy Council Office (PCO),and Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) have confirmed t [...]
2003-03-12 22:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA700G8 EXPERTS MEETING ON CRITICAL INFORMATION
[...] Following is the list of the Canadian delegation who will participate in the G8 CIP Experts Meeting in Paris March 24-26: William de Laat (Head of Delegation) Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness Michael Bitz Industry Canada Brenda Hensler-Hobbs Off [...]
2003-03-13 19:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKCIP PREL KCRM EINT KJUS CA
03OTTAWA703CANADA ON NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS
[...] (S) Canada shares our strong concerns about the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, and believes that Iran will be emboldened if North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We discussed reftel messages with Marc Vidricaire, Director of the Nuclear and Chemical Disarmamen [...]
2003-03-13 23:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL KNNP PARM KN IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA708CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]
2003-03-14 17:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA747CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent another UNSC resolution, Canada would not participate in a U.S.-led military coalition against Iraq. End Summary. 2. (S [...]
2003-03-17 23:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA768CANADA OPPOSED TO IRAQ DISCUSSION IN OTHER UN FORA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-18 20:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ CA UNSC
03OTTAWA773CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ
[...] (U) Corrected version of Ottawa 00747 (Changing classification to Confidential--please destroy previous cable). 2. (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent ano [...]
2003-03-19 15:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA789Border Facts and Economic Impact
[...] The Canadian-U.S. border is a key life-line in the functioning of a large part of our economy. The economic relationship between Canada and the United States is unparalleled. It is the largest merchandise trade relationship in the world with over US$1.1 Billion in goods crossing the border e [...]
2003-03-19 21:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ELTN ASEC EINV PREL CA
03OTTAWA81CANADA'S NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE WITH INDIA
[...] (S) Canada shares our concern over Indian export controls on WMD/missile programs, and welcomes our dialogue with India on entities trying to acquire controlled goods (reftel). Marina Laker, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, told us that Cana [...]
2003-01-09 17:40:00Embassy OttawaSECRETETTC PARM KNNP PREL IN CA
03OTTAWA897CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO RAISE OPPOSITION ARRESTS IN
[...] (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to Kimberly Cowan, Cuba desk officer in DFAIT's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, on March 24. In a follow-up discussion March 27, Cowan advised poloff that Canada is responding as follows to the arrests of the opposition members. First, Canada has exp [...]
2003-03-27 17:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA917CANADA-IRAQ: WHAT NOW?
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cellucci's widely reported expression of U.S. disappointment over official Canada's position on Iraq and the military campaign has precipitated a tidal wave of response. While senior Cabinet ministers clearly got the message and want to turn things around in the bi [...]
2003-03-28 22:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PTER CA
03OTTAWA929CANADA RATIFIES NATO ENLARGEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-31 21:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL CA NATO
03OTTAWA964CANADA TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-03 21:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CU CA UNCHR
03OTTAWA981CANADA OPPOSED TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-04 20:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ CA UNGA
03OTTAWA985ISAF: CANADIAN RECONNAISSANCE TEAM VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada remains committed to providing a battle group and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V, but is making clear to potential partners that it will not serve as a lead or co-lead nation. While hoping for a substantial NATO role, Canada expects that Germany will end up as lead [...]
2003-04-04 21:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR CA NATO
03PARIS5741FRENCH DENY NEGOTIATING WITH FARC FOR RELEASE OF
[...] (C) DURING AN AUGUST 7 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER VILLEPIN'S CABINET DIRECTOR PIERRE VIMONT ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, CHARGE ASKED DIRECTLY WHETHER FRANCE HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THE FARC IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF FRENCH-COLOMBIAN CITIZEN INGRID BETANCOURT. VIMONT EXPLICITLY DENIED TH [...]
2003-08-07 19:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CO BR FR
03PARTO17(U) SECRETARY POWELL'S DECEMBER 2, 2003 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 03:26:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TS
03PHNOMPENH1990AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Hor Namhong December 1 on his recent meetings in Washington and California. The Ambassador addressed concerns the Foreign Minister had expressed about the activities of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, explaining that the case remained ope [...]
2003-12-02 02:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CB
03PHNOMPENH922CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS RELEASE OF
[...] (C) DURING A JUNE 4 MEETING ON THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION (SEPTEL),THE AMBASSADOR ASKED FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TO WEIGH IN WITH THE SPDC TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI. OBSERVING THAT THE DETENTION OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE RE [...]
2003-06-04 09:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
03PRETORIA2471FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SADC.
[...] THESE TWO REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT PRESENT SOME NEW OR DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON THE PICTURE. THE STUDY ON EUROPEAN INVESTMENT INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA EMPHASIZED THAT ALL THE FIRMS SELL LOCALLY, BUT ONLY 14% OF THE FOREIGN OWNED FIRMS EXPORT FROM THE REGION. THEIR MAIN REASON FOR BEING IN SA [...]
2003-05-12 14:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ECON SF
03PRETORIA5198SOUTH AFRICA AND HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD, HIZBULLAH
[...] (C) THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD AND HIZBULLAH AT THE DIRECT REQUEST OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) LEADERS SUCH AS ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALLAH, ACCORDING TO SAG FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIRECT [...]
2003-09-26 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS SF
03PRISTINA177AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]
2003-02-06 17:18:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03RABAT1086CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]
2003-05-19 17:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03RANGOON1001BURMA: THAI AMBASSADOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT CURRENT
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Thai Ambassador to Burma, the Burmese regime has yet to offer any official or substantive reaction to the Thai "roadmap." Although the Thai Embassy here has not been included in RTG efforts to garner support for the roadmap, the Thai ambassador believes that the [...]
2003-08-20 03:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL BM TH
03RANGOON1019JAPANESE OFFICIAL VISITS RANGOON, PURSUES SPDC-NLD
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Rangoon is quietly pursuing a proposal, apparently endorsed by a senior GOJ MOFA official who visited Burma on August 20, that would require Aung San Suu Kyi's commitment to turn a blind eye to the violent May 30 attack on her convoy in exchange for her re [...]
2003-08-22 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALBM PGOV PREL NLD
03RANGOON1025BURMA: PEOPLE'S MILITIA TO THE RESCUE?
[...] (C) According to local military and civilian contacts, the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has ordered the formation of a "People's Militia" ("Pyi-thu-sit" in Burmese) in the administrative division of Rangoon. Military commanders allegedly issued written instructions orderin [...]
2003-08-25 10:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1055CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...]
2003-09-02 09:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CH BM
03RANGOON1058JAPANESE EMBASSY ADVOCATES ENGAGEMENT WITH BURMESE
[...] (C) Reftel A conclusion that there is a discrepancy between MOFA Tokyo and the Japanese Embassy in Rangoon matches our assessment that Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto and his senior staff strongly oppose their headquarters on Burma policy. As we noted in refs B and C, Miyamoto, and his political [...]
2003-09-02 12:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL BM JA
03RANGOON1093FORCED MARCH ON THE BURMESE ROAD TO "DEMOCRACY"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Sunday, September 7, SPDC Chairman Than Shwe made new appointments to the five top jobs in the National Convention Convening Commission, the first step in implementing the Burma's "roadmap" to democracy. Significantly, for the first time a member of the ruling military junta, [...]
2003-09-08 09:49:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1117INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: FINDING A BALANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 10 meeting with COM, Indian Ambassador to Burma Rajiv Kumar Bhatia described India's Burma policy as having two pillars: engagement with the regime and support for democracy. India will continue to move forward on both fronts simultaneously, he said, striking [...]
2003-09-12 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON1159GOB GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO INDONESIAN ENVOY
[...] (C) According to U Thaung Tun, MFA Director General for Political Affairs, the GOB has agreed to a visit within the next week by Indonesian Presidential Advisor Ali Alatas. The DG told us on September 18 that the specific dates for the visit are "under negotiation," due primarily to the immine [...]
2003-09-18 09:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ID
03RANGOON116BURMA SEEKS CLOSER CHINA TIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BURMESE GOVERNMENTS SEEM TO BE STRENGTHENING AT ALL LEVELS AND ON MANY FRONTS. FROM THE BURMESE SIDE, THE RECENT EXCHANGE WITH THE PRC OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT BURMA IS BANKING ON DEVELOPING AN ENDURING SPECIAL RELATIONS [...]
2003-01-29 08:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON BM
03RANGOON1160ASSK HOSPITALIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-18 10:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM ASSK
03RANGOON1167ASSK UNDERGOES "MAJOR" SURGERY
[...] (SBU) On September 19, Aung San Suu Kyi's surgeon told several diplomats and assembled reporters that ASSK had undergone a "major" three hour surgery from noon to 3:00 p.m. The surgeon, Dr. Tin Myo Win, who is also ASSK's personal physician, declined to discuss the reason for the operation, [...]
2003-09-19 10:08:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1171ASSK WILL REMAIN HOSPITALIZED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK
[...] (C) Summary: According to Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician, the detained leader is "doing extremely well" after three days of post-operative recovery, although he expects her to remain in the hospital for at least another seven days. He has cleared her medically to receive visitors, and [...]
2003-09-22 08:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1183BURMA: REGIME STEPS UP MILITIA TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The SPDC is moving forward with its country-wide militia training program, particularly in the capital city of Rangoon (reftel). In early September, ward-level Peace and Development Council bosses in Rangoon began the process of ordering individual families to provide one perso [...]
2003-09-23 07:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1187ASSK'S HOSPITAL STAY: DAY SIX
[...] (C) Summary: On September 23, ASSK's doctor again briefed diplomats on her post-surgery recovery and reported that biopsy reports indicated tissue removed during the operation was non-malignant, but that surgery had been the only option to address a "pre-cancerous" condition. Over 150 NLD sup [...]
2003-09-23 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1207BURMA: ROAD(MAP) RALLIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA),a mass membership organization sponsored by the ruling SPDC, staged massive rallies on September 20 in Rangoon and Mandalay as a show of support for Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt's "Road Map to Democracy." The junta will [...]
2003-09-25 06:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1213BURMA: THAI FM VISIT?
[...] (C) Thai Embassy officials in Rangoon deny press reports that Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai came to Rangoon for a one day visit on September 25, but said he will be coming for a visit next week. However, other local diplomatic sources and international press stringers insist tha [...]
2003-09-25 10:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON BM TH
03RANGOON1214ASSK HOSPITAL UPDATE: DAY EIGHT
[...] (C) On September 24 and 25, ASSK's personal physician again briefed diplomats on her post-surgery recovery. Dr. Tin Myo Win said that ASSK was doing well and "nearly normal." He removed her stitches on September 25 and said that she could be discharged "within one or two days." He re-emphas [...]
2003-09-25 11:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1215ALATAS VISIT TO BURMA: "I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE"
[...] (C) Summary: He came, he saw, he left. Indonesian special envoy Ali Alitas made a four-day visit September 21-24 to deliver personal messages to the SPDC from President Megawati. In his own words, he did not want to "impose" on the regime with regard to ASSK and accepted at face value the S [...]
2003-09-25 11:26:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1252BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...]
2003-10-01 08:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN
03RANGOON1259RAZALI'S RANGOON MEETINGS DISAPPOINT
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali departed Rangoon on October 2nd, calling his trip a "total failure." Though he did not achieve any tangible results, his visit was important in assessing the degree of open mindedness on all sides for the SPDC's recently announced "road map to democracy." [...]
2003-10-02 13:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON1326BURMA: NEW SECRET POLICE SPECIAL UNITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the last few months, the SPDC created two new Office of the Chief, Military Intelligence (OCMI) special units in Rangoon to focus on monitoring and responding to political challenges to the new 7-point roadmap. The offices, Special Unit Number 1 and Special Unit Number 2, ha [...]
2003-10-22 00:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1339POPPIES, AK-47S, AND WOLFRAMITE: A TRIP TO WA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A brief visit to a major opium production region in eastern Burma, some of it well outside the writ of the Rangoon generals, presented some clear themes. The non-Burman militias and governments that hold sway in the eastern border zones govern a region that is far more reliant [...]
2003-10-24 01:53:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PINS PGOV ECON BM
03RANGOON1358BURMA: KOREAN FACTORY OWNERS COMPLAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the U.S. import ban became law on July 28, 10 of the original 35 Korean-owned garment factories in Burma have closed. The remaining 25 factories are hanging on by filling European orders, but are continuing layoffs. Laid off workers have returned to their home towns and vi [...]
2003-10-29 04:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1359VIEW FROM A RANGOON STREET KIDS SHELTER
[...] SUMMARY: On October 21 the director of an NGO-funded Rangoon street kids drop-in shelter reported an absence of GOB impressment for portering and forced enlistment of street children compared to previous years. The shelter director believes the U.S. sanctions have increased local unemployment [...]
2003-10-29 04:05:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1362EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Burma Li Jinjun posited in a late October meeting that current efforts by the international community on Burma should be aimed at establishing a platform for stable cooperation between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the SPDC. The U.S. should consider lifting ec [...]
2003-10-29 10:51:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CM BM
03RANGOON1364A RANGOON HIV/AIDS CLINIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This NGO clinic, in a government-developed slum, provides organized health care despite primitive conditions, thanks to the education and dedication of the doctor and the support of MSF-Holland. It provides a glimpse of the terrible health conditions faced by the vast majority o [...]
2003-10-29 14:45:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID PHUM ECON BM NGO
03RANGOON1375JAPAN ENCOURAGES RAZALI TO UNDERTAKE SECRET
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma, Yuji Miyamoto, is urging U.N. Special Envoy Razali to conduct his dialogue efforts "in secret" and to replace his pro-ASSK liaison officer in Rangoon, two points the Japanese believe might lead the SPDC to be more cooperative. The Japanese also w [...]
2003-10-31 00:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM JA
03RANGOON1390RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (S) Russian Ambassador Oleg Kabanov told EAP/BCLTV Director Judith Strotz and DCM October 22 that Russia's proposal to sell a nuclear research reactor to Burma was "basically frozen," adding that Burmese students are in Russia studying (at Burmese expense) nuclear engineering and technology. [...]
2003-11-03 02:29:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM KNNP PREL BM RS
03RANGOON1410BURMA: PINHEIRO FRUSTRATED, BUT DETERMINED TO
[...] (C) Summary: U.N. human rights envoy Pinheiro has kicked off an ambitious week in Burma during which he hopes to secure: the release of ASSK and all NLD members detained since the May 30 attack; an agreement to conduct an assessment of the attack; the reopening of political party offices; amne [...]
2003-11-04 08:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1421JAPANESE ON RAZALI ADVISOR DE RIEDMATTEN
[...] (C) Japanese DCM Hiroshi Kawamura called on DCM November 5 to clarify his ambassador's position regarding Swiss citizen Leon de Riedmatten, Razali advisor and head of Humanitarian Dialogue in Rangoon. 2. (C) Kawamura stated that his Ambassador, Yuji Miyamoto, had not demarched or suggeste [...]
2003-11-06 05:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1429ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...]
2003-11-07 09:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1431AN EVENING WITH PINHEIRO: NO PROGRESS IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro summarized to COM on November 6 that his present visit was a bust and he sees regression in the human rights situation since his last trip to Burma. The SPDC did not concede to him any of the outcomes he'd hoped for during this visit, including releasing the May 30 pris [...]
2003-11-07 12:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1432PINHEIRO'S DOWNBEAT DEPARTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro gave a downbeat assessment to the diplomatic corps of his visit this week to Burma. He repeated most of his themes from his November 6 meeting at the COM's residence (reftel),and he was obviously restraining himself from showing his true level of frustration with the re [...]
2003-11-08 10:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1433"COME BACK TO REALITY"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former ICRC Head and assistant to UN Special Envoy Razali, Leon de Reidmatten, briefed COM on his November 7 Bangkok meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat. De Reidmatten said that from the discussion that took place between SE Razali and FM Surakiat, it is clear the SPDC a [...]
2003-11-10 07:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1452INDIAN VP VISIT TO BURMA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS TAKE A BACK SEAT
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Vice President Shekhawat's November 2-5 visit to Burma was the most senior mission by an Indian leader in 16 years and the latest in a string of high-profile visits from India and other neighboring countries. The Burmese regime pulled out all the stops for the visit, though co [...]
2003-11-14 05:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON1462RAZALI AND THE NLD VIDEOTAPE
[...] (C) Reftel indicated that UN Special Envoy Razali had requested a copy of the NLD videotape of the May 2003 ASSK convoy in northern Burma. His intention to provide the tape to certain international journalists as a way to bring external pressure on the SPDC would fulfill a request by ASSK, as [...]
2003-11-14 09:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM MY ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1463KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE"
[...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...]
2003-11-17 00:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM
03RANGOON1477NATIONAL CONVENTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime is quietly selecting delegates for a National Convention, the first step in implementing a new constitution, and may convene a body stacked with pro-SPDC delegates as early as January. The NLD says it won't participate absent broader negotiations and Burma's [...]
2003-11-17 10:11:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1488NLD DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO MATERIALIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's 83rd National Day anniversary, commemorating a 1920 student strike that accelerated the independence movement, passed quietly on November 18 with the SPDC and the NLD and other pro-democracy groups holding separate, low-key ceremonies. Broader NLD demonstrations failed t [...]
2003-11-19 10:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1489EXPOSING RISKS OF HIV/AIDS IN BURMA
[...] SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health held Burma's second annual HIV/AIDS exposition in Rangoon, attracting 70,000 visitors, raising HIV/AIDS awareness, and administering on-site HIV/AIDS tests to those interested. However, whether the expo successfully reached Burma's high-risk populations is un [...]
2003-11-20 07:55:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI PGOV EAID PHUM PREL BM NGO
03RANGOON1509BURMA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FETED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Iftaar dinners hosted recently by the Embassy community made great strides in improving already good relations with the Burmese and Diplomatic Muslim communities. There were good exchanges on religious diversity, the role of Islam in the United States, religious tensions in [...]
2003-11-21 07:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKISL SCUL KPAO PREL BM
03RANGOON1512ANOTHER REGIME SHOWCASE: BURMA HOSTS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Burma hosted a four-country economic summit in mid-November, producing few tangible results but delivering another public relations coup for a military regime in the hunt for international legitimacy. The Thai Embassy in Rangoon says that their delegation pressed the generals in [...]
2003-11-21 07:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON BM
03RANGOON1519RANGOON INCIDENTS/ANOMALIES
[...] (U) The following are incidents of hostile intelligence service activity reported by Embassy officers in recent weeks. 2. (S/NF) On November 11 the Deputy Chief of Mission hosted an event at his residence for the official Amcit community. Military Intelligence (MI) officers questione [...]
2003-11-25 04:28:00Embassy RangoonSECRETASEC PREL BM
03RANGOON1562WAITING FOR GODOT: NLD LEADERS IN A HOLDING
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released senior leaders of the NLD indicate they will remain politically active and press ahead with the challenge of reviving the democracy movement and protecting the survival of their political party. However, the "Uncles" admit that they find it difficult to form a p [...]
2003-12-03 10:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1564WORLD AIDS DAY IN BURMA
[...] SUMMARY: The GOB, close on the heels of its well-attended HIV/AIDS Exposition (reftel),on World AIDS Day held ceremonies and HIV/AIDS activities in Rangoon and other cities. According to two government-controlled weeklies, the GOB ranks HIV/AIDS as the number three national health concern. [...]
2003-12-04 08:07:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TBIO EAID PHUM PREL SOCI BM NGO
03RANGOON1566ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Embassy sources, a secret SPDC court on November 28 sentenced to death nine persons, including a magazine editor and several individuals actively involved with opposition movements, for allegedly planning to assassinate regime leaders and bomb key government installa [...]
2003-12-05 00:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1572BURMA: REGIME RELEASES ADDITIONAL MAY 30 DETAINEES
[...] (C) Summary: The SPDC acknowledged on December 5 that it had recently released up to 16 NLD party members who had been detained in connection with the May 30 Depeyin attack. By the regime's own admission, 14 individuals associated with the attack remain in detention. The regime's decision to [...]
2003-12-05 10:17:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1574NLD LEADERSHIP ON NATIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS
[...] (U) The following refers to questions raised in reftel A. 2. (C) NLD Central Executive Committee members detailed to the Chief of Mission and Emboffs (reftel B) the minimum steps necessary for the party to resume participation in a National Convention process. (NOTE: In 1995, when the SPDC [...]
2003-12-08 09:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1598A VISIT TO CHINA'S BURMESE PROVINCE: MONGLA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Some clear themes emerged from a trip to the Burmese corner of the Golden Triangle. The area's cities are relatively affluent, thanks to border trade. However, this affluence, combined with low education levels, poor healthcare, and very little international attention, has helpe [...]
2003-12-15 04:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID SNAR ECON SCUL PHUM KHIV KWMN PREL PGOV BM CM NGO
03RANGOON16BURMA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY; THE NLD CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's January 4 Independence Day celebrations produced no new gestures of reconciliation and perhaps a slight hardening of positions on both sides. The National League for Democracy called for an end to political oppression, the release of all political prisoners, and the initi [...]
2003-01-06 07:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1616SPDC MUM ON SUCCESSFUL THAI "ROAD MAP" FORUM
[...] (C) A multilateral meeting on Burma, held December 15th in Bangkok, appears to have been a political victory for Burma's ruling regime. Readouts of the meeting from Tokyo (ref A),Washington, and Bangkok indicate that there were some tough questions put to the Burmese representative, Foreign M [...]
2003-12-19 06:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1644CEASE-FIRE ETHNICS VIEW ASSK DIALOGUE AS ROAD MAP
[...] (C) Summary: A leading coalition of ethnic minority political parties, associated with Burma's cease-fire groups, insists that the SPDC must engage with ASSK and other political leaders before reconvening a National Convention. The coalition also demands that the country's ethnic groups must b [...]
2003-12-29 10:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON167WIN AUNG IN INDIA AND OTHER RECENT GOB TOURS OF
[...] (C) Summary: The SPDC's recent trips to India, China, and Bangladesh, together with its exchanges with Thailand, are intended to shore up regional support for Burma in anticipation of a possible deterioration in Burma's relations with the West. According to the Director of MFA's Southwest and [...]
2003-02-07 03:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL BG IN BM
03RANGOON168REGIME NAMES CHANGE, GAME REMAINS THE SAME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) announced on February 1 the selection of a new "Secretary 2" and the rotation, including two retirements, of several regime ministers. The outgoing ministers won't be missed. The incoming Secretary 2 may eventually establish hi [...]
2003-02-07 03:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL BM
03RANGOON185A NEW WAVE OF POLITICAL ARRESTS
[...] (C) Reuters reported on February 10 that the regime had arrested 12 opposition activists for plotting to create unrest in Burma. The report did not provide many details on the arrests but it did note that 7 low-level members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) members and the Secretary [...]
2003-02-10 10:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON190JAPANESE VIEWS OF RAZALI'S MISSION
[...] (C) Summary: According to Japanese Embassy sources in Rangoon, at the upcoming UN meetings in Tokyo, Japan will argue that the current sanctions-based western approach to Burma has failed and should be revised to allow for a more gradual process of transition, more direct aid support and more [...]
2003-02-11 07:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL BM UN
03RANGOON225BURMA'S BANKS: GOB TAKES ACTION, BUT IS IT ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB has agreed to extend loans beginning next week to the country's beleaguered private banking sector. However, the regime blames the banks for their predicament, and has apparently decided to let the crisis run its course without trying any extraordinary new steps to reassu [...]
2003-02-21 09:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON235BURMA'S BANKS: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB has finally made a public statement (on February 21) and committed to a strategy that will hopefully spark a turnaround and begin to reshape the private banking sector. As the crisis enters its second week, we can only await the effect of the GOB's strategy on depositors, [...]
2003-02-24 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON236BURMA'S DUAL BANKING CRISES: WHO'S PAYING THE
[...] (C) Summary: The simultaneous crash of the formal and informal banking sectors in Burma starting February 14 led many to expect the worst. Although day laborers and small depositors have been hit the hardest, thus far calm has dominated. People are frustrated, but not angry enough to take po [...]
2003-02-24 11:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON271BURMA'S BANKS: HOPING FOR THE BEST, EXPECTING THE
[...] (C) Summary: Week two of the banking crisis started with grand hopes of a resolution to liquidity problems, but closed with little change in the overall situation. The GOB started the week strong, with the apparent extension of Central Bank loans on the 24th, but remained disturbingly silent a [...]
2003-02-28 10:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON29UPDATE ON WWII REMAINS RECOVERY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recovery of the remains of some 600 WWII missing personnel (mostly crews of aircraft that crashed while flying "the hump" from India to China) is an important USG priority in Burma. With fairly good cooperation from the Government of Burma, the recovery operation is moving [...]
2003-01-08 09:41:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON299BURMA'S BANKS: GOVERNMENT CUTS LIFELINE
[...] (C) Summary: The regime has pulled the rug out from under the private banks, denying them any Central Bank credit. Though some reconfiguration of the banking system seems inevitable, the GOB has been mum so far on its exact intentions. The longer the delay in action, the longer the country's [...]
2003-03-05 11:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON300ILO PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR
[...] (C) Summary: On February 28, ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen provided Emboffs with a status report on her efforts to engage the regime on forced labor before the ILO Governing Board meeting on Burma in late March. Ms. Perret-Nguyen has been focusing on getting the regime to accept a p [...]
2003-03-06 06:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON309BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...]
2003-03-07 07:59:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM
03RANGOON31END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS
[...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...]
2003-01-08 10:49:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON359NLD COMMENTS ON PRISONER RELEASES, INTIMIDATION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, NLD Central Executive Committee members told Embassy officials that the SPDC included 3 NLD prisoners in the 45 prisoners released on March 16. However, the NLD also charged that the SPDC continues to condone, if not direct, harassment of the NLD and Aung San Suu [...]
2003-03-19 10:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON370PINHEIRO SEEKING SPDC APPROVAL FOR HR ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro briefed the U.S., EU, Japanese, and Australian Ambassadors on his current visit to Burma. Pinheiro said the 6-day visit is to update information prior to his March 31 presentation to the UN Human Rights Committee and to request gove [...]
2003-03-21 06:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON394BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER LOOKS EASTWARD,
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's three day visit to Burma produced understandings on trade, transport connections, and refugees. Terrorism was not discussed, but, according to the Bangladeshi Defense Attache, Bangladesh has continued with efforts to clean up its side of th [...]
2003-03-28 08:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER BG BM
03RANGOON439REGIME EASES UP ON ASSK HARASSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: NLD spokesman U Lwin told Poloff on April 7 that ASSK and party were harassed by SPDC and local authorities representatives for the first few days of their visit to Chin State. However, Military Intelligence (MI) officials, who provided earlier assurances that there would be n [...]
2003-04-08 08:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON445JAPAN ON BURMA: WE WANT A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TOO
[...] (C) Summary: Minutes from a short meeting between the Japanese Ambassador and the Burmese Minister of National Planning and Economic Development emphasize the new pro-engagement policy outlined by the Japanese at the recent ICG meeting in Tokyo. The Ambassador's remarks give some insight into [...]
2003-04-09 09:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON BM
03RANGOON45JAPAN EXPANDS DEBT RELIEF; AGREES TO HOST
[...] (C) Summary: Japan has agreed to host a consultative group meeting on Burma in mid-February. It is also edging towards support for economic reform in Burma. How far it can or should go in that regard, absent real political reform, will likely be one of the prime topics at the February meeting [...]
2003-01-10 09:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID BM JP
03RANGOON48THAI MINISTERS POISED TO OVERRUN RANGOON
[...] (C) Summary; At least six Thai ministers and the Chiefs of the Thai Armed Services will all parade through Burma during January in pursuit of agreements on trade and illegal workers, among other issues. There may also be some action on the border in early February between the Burmese and the [...]
2003-01-13 02:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL TH BM
03RANGOON484ASSK GIVES PRESS A DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER YEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi told reporters and diplomats April 23 that her trips to various regions of the country reassured her that ethnic groups are anxious for national reconciliation. She provided details on how the trips had been marred by attempts to intimidate NLD supporters. A [...]
2003-04-23 10:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON489 A VISIT TO A WWII REMAINS RECOVERY SITE
[...] SUMMARY: COM, DASD Jerry Jennings (POW and MIA Affairs),DATT, and others inspected ongoing WWII remains recovery operations in Burma's northernmost Kachin State on March 23. END SUMMARY. 2. After flying from Rangoon to the Kachin capital of Myitkyina aboard a USAF C-12 out of Bangkok, [...]
2003-04-24 08:53:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON517EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...]
2003-04-30 00:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON53WHAT'S BEST FOR BURMA? UNCLEAR.
[...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with David Rockefeller at the Chief of Mission's residence on January 12th, Aung San Suu Kyi talked about the need for a speedy transition, the dangerous state of the nation's education system, and her growing public support outside Rangoon. Unfortunately, AS [...]
2003-01-13 08:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON BM ASSK
03RANGOON539REGIME RELEASES SALAI TUN THAN, 20 OTHER POLITICAL
[...] (U) In a May 4 press release, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) announced the release of 21 political prisoners. Dr. Salai Tun Than, a well-respected academic who was arrested for staging a one-man political demonstration in 2001 was among those released. Salai Tun Than is an a [...]
2003-05-05 10:50:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON543JAPAN'S NEW BURMA POLICY: FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH NO
[...] (C) Summary: The new Japanese "Three Pillars" strategy of humanitarian aid, economic reform, and democracy was officially unveiled on April 29. The Japanese ambassador in Rangoon explained the details and origin of this policy to the Chief of Mission (COM) during a lunch on May 5. Though he [...]
2003-05-06 07:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KDEM BM
03RANGOON54960TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SIAM-BURMA DEATH RAILWAY"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM, DATT, and others participated in a May 1 Australia-organized ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the infamous Siam-Burma Death Railway. 133 Americas were among the estimated 12,000 Allied POWs who perishing while slaving on the railway's construction. This wa [...]
2003-05-07 06:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON554EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH SPDC SECRETARY ONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and DCM (note taker) met with Secretary 1, General Khin Nyunt April 27 in Rangoon. General Khin Nyunt emphasized counter-terrorism cooperation and the added security the GOB has provided to the U.S. Embassy. Daley urged the GOB to accelerate dialogue wi [...]
2003-05-07 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BM
03RANGOON635NLD, GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS CLASH IN NORTHERN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The military junta may be preparing a new crackdown on Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. At a news conference May 31, the government accused the NLD of provoking a riot in Sagaing Division northwest of Mandalay that left four dead and more than 50 injured. I [...]
2003-05-31 16:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON636BURMESE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON NLD FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: The Chief of Mission delivered reftel B demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and will follow up tomorrow with the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Minister of Labor. In company with Ambassadors from Germany and Italy and the British Charge, she also confirmed NLD Cen [...]
2003-06-01 12:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON639NLD SHUT DOWN; AUNG SAN SUU KYI WHEREABOUTS STILL
[...] (C) Summary: The NLD has been effectively shut down in Burma. Its offices have been closed and its senior leaders are under detention. Aung San Suu Kyi has been brought back to Rangoon, ostensibly for "her own protection," but it is not clear yet where she is being held. Universities, whic [...]
2003-06-02 10:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON640BURMESE - U.S. W.W. II REMAINS RECOVERY TECHNICAL
[...] (C) After consultation with DOD DAS Jennings and other appropriate individuals involved in the W.W.II Remains Recovery Technical talks scheduled for June 4-6 in Rangoon, the mutual decision to postpone the talks was made today, June 2. The most recent regime crackdown on the democratic oppos [...]
2003-06-02 10:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON646INSIDERS' VIEWS ON HOW TO INFLUENCE BURMA'S RULING
[...] (S) Summary: Burma's businessmen have been telling us in no uncertain terms that neither economic sanctions nor constructive engagement will expedite political reform under the current circumstances. With surprising unanimity, these insiders have asserted that "coercive persuasion" is the only [...]
2003-06-03 10:57:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPREL KDEM PGOV ETRD BM
03RANGOON647MFA BRIEFING ON NLD/GOVERNMENT CLASHES
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win's briefing for diplomats on the recent deadly clash between NLD and government supporters in Depeyin satisfied no one. While he provided a faithful rehash of government press reporting on the incident, he would not say where Aung San Suu Kyi o [...]
2003-06-03 12:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON653RAZALI VISIT TO RANGOON
[...] (C) Summary: Post continues in its conviction that Special Envoy (SE) Razali should not come to Rangoon absent firm assurances that he will be allowed a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi. However, we understand that the SE is still undecided. If Razali chooses to come without guarantees of any [...]
2003-06-04 10:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MY BM
03RANGOON665RAZALI: NO ACCESS TO ASSK AS YET, MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Late on June 7, Special Envoy Razali briefed COM Martinez on his meeting earlier in the day with SPDC Secretary One Khin Nyunt. Khin Nyunt told Razali that the crackdown on the NLD was in response to actions by ASSK that constituted an unacceptable threat to the SPDC. He assur [...]
2003-06-07 15:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON681RAZALI SAYS ASSK IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT WHAT ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali had a brief meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi this morning (June 10) and reported to diplomats later that she was not injured and was "feisty, as usual." While Razali was quite pleased, with good reason, that he gained access to ASSK, he made no progress on [...]
2003-06-10 11:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON682SPDC STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE IN SECOND BRIEFING
[...] SUMMARY: In a June 10 briefing for journalists and diplomats following UN Special Envoy Razali's departure from Rangoon, the Foreign Ministry provided more details of the May 30 ambush of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) motorcade near Depeyin and side-pedaled on several issues connected to the atta [...]
2003-06-10 12:24:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON713ICRC EXPECTS TO SEE ASSK AND OTHER DETAINED NLD
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC expects to visit Aung San Suu Kyi and the other detained NLD leaders within the next few days. Meanwhile, the universities have reopened and Rangoon remains quiet. End Summary. ICRC To See ASSK and Other NLD Leaders 2. (C) ICRC officers have advised us that ICRC has been [...]
2003-06-17 05:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PREL BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON724AUNG SAN SUU KYI REPORTEDLY BEING HELD IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-19 08:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON764NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS - BURMESE GOVERNMENT CENSORS
[...] (U) The Burmese government is now censoring or controlling distribution of some foreign periodicals that are normally sold with official authorization in Burma. This is an effort to remove international reports of the May 30 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) convoy in Depeyin a [...]
2003-06-26 09:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO BM
03RANGOON837BURMESE MPS-ELECT APPEAL TO SYG ANNAN, PLAN TO
[...] (C) Seventy Burmese MPs-elect (elected in the junta-annulled 1990 election) have written to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan informing him that they have asked Senior General Than Shwe to release the political prisoners and implement the UN resolutions regarding restoring democracy in Burma. [...]
2003-07-10 07:43:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPREL PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON838ETHNIC LEADERS PLAN APPEAL TO LEADER OF JUNTA
[...] (S) Summary: Reverend Saboi Jum, the head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, has revealed plans by ethnic leaders to appeal directly to the head of the SPDC for a return to the path of national reconciliation. Jum asked COM if the release of Aung San Suu Kyi alone would be enough to ease US p [...]
2003-07-10 10:35:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON860MP'S-ELECT SHARE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS
[...] (S) Summary: MPs-elect told us July 18 that they expect Aung San Suu Kyi to be released fairly soon, that the party remains strong and its members dedicated and loyal, and that they hope to avoid any "sporadic" anti-regime action that could serve as a pretext for an even tougher crackdown on [...]
2003-07-18 08:43:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON890MANDALAY OUTREACH CENTER: NOW MORE THAN EVER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Summary: In order to expand its democracy training and outreach, Embassy proposes to establish an American Center Teaching Annex in Mandalay (see reftels),Burma's second largest city and its geographic and cultural center. The American [...]
2003-07-25 05:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL ABLD ASEC BM
03RANGOON919UPDATE ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LOCATION; VISITS TO
[...] (S) NLD insiders tell us Aung San Suu Kyi has recently been held in the house of a military officer on the complex of a counter-terrorism unit in Hlegu Township, a few miles north of Rangoon's international airport. We do not know if she is there permanently or was moved temporarily (from the [...]
2003-08-01 09:26:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON978BURMESE DEPUTY FM: "U.S-BURMA RELATIONS AT ROCK
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) told us on August 12 that the country's ruling generals are deeply upset with new U.S. sanctions and concerned about their impact on the Burmese economy, but feel confident they can mitigate any negative consequences. He said that the 2003 B [...]
2003-08-13 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON993JAPANESE AMBASSADOR URGES DEPUTIES TO ADDRESS BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma says that he will urge his Deputy Foreign Minister to address next steps in Burma during a September meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage. He advocates that the U.S. and Japan SIPDIS quietly collaborate in developing a package of carrots a [...]
2003-08-16 02:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA BM
03RIYADH5821RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics were damaging the image of Islam and Saudi Arabia and engendering hatred amongst peoples. He acknowledged that preachers who taught hatred of others bore so [...]
2003-09-16 13:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ
03ROME1030LIBYA/UNSC: ITALY CONTINUES TO INTERVENE WITH
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE VAGUE LIBYAN ANSWERS TO ROME'S REQUESTS THAT TRIPOLI FORGO OR AT LEAST POSTPONE ITS CANDIDACY FOR THE UNSC, SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS SEEM CONVINCED THAT LIBYA REMAINS SET ON PURSUING ITS UNSC CANDIDACY. POL MC URGE [...]
2003-03-12 16:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT LY UNSC
03ROME1053GOI PUSHES STRONGLY FOR EU ASSUMPTION OF ALLIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING BETWEEN DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONA AND THE DCM, ARAGONA QUESTIONED CONTINUED DELAYS IN THE EU'S ASSUMPTION OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY FROM NATO AND MINIMIZED THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE BERLIN PLUS PROCESS. DCM MADE CLEAR THE U.S. HAS NO OBJECTION T [...]
2003-03-13 19:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03ROME1054GOI VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD DCM ON MARCH 11 THAT THE GOI HAD NOT CONSIDERED AN INTERVENTION AND WOULD NOT DEPART FROM THE COMMON EU POSITION ON IRAQ AT THE UNSC. HE THEN RAISED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]
2003-03-13 19:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ UNSC
03ROME1063SUBJECT: GOI WILL DISCUSS KPC REFORM, UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND GOSM COOPERATION WITH ICTY DURING CONFIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 11, MFA BALKAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREES WITH USG POINTS (REFTELS) ON THE NEED FOR KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) REFORM, FORMATION OF THE UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARDS ASSISTANCE, TYING IC [...]
2003-03-14 10:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI IT NATO
03ROME1100IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TELLS GOI IRAN WOULDN'T MIND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-17 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1117FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI SPEAKS HIS MIND ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOMIC REFORM, INCLUDING OF THE PENSION SYSTEM, WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI UNDERSCORED IN A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS ON MARCH 13TH. FRUSTRATED WITH STABILITY PACT CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY BRUSSELS, TREMONTI SAID THAT I [...]
2003-03-18 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ELAB IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS EUN
03ROME1144ITALY TO OPPOSE SPECIAL UNGA/IRAQ SESSION
[...] (C) POLMIN DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. POLMIN ALSO NOTED WITH APPRECIATION RECENT POSITIVE STATEMENTS BY PM BERLUSCONI AND FM FRATTINI REAFFIRMING ITALY'S FRIENDSHIP WITH THE UNITED [...]
2003-03-20 08:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIZ PARM PREL UNSC
03ROME1173GOI WILL DO WHAT IT CAN TO LIMIT IRAQI OFFICIAL
[...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 20, MFA CHIEF OF CABINET CESARE RAGAGLINI SAID THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE IRAQI INTEREST SECTION IN ROME IDENTIFIED AS INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS COULD BE EXPELLED IMMEDIATELY. HE WONDERED IF THERE WOULD BE SOME UTILITY IN A [...]
2003-03-20 18:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT IQ
03ROME1203TFI201: ITALY FREEZES IRAQI GOVERNMENT ASSETS
[...] (C) ECON COUNSELOR MET WITH GIUSEPPE MARESCA, FINANCE MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES, ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 21 TO DISCUSS REFTEL REQUEST. MARESCA'S IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS "THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL DO THIS. WE SIMPLY HAVE TO DECIDE THE BEST MECHANISM." THE FASTEST AND EASIEST WAY [...]
2003-03-21 18:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC PREL IT IZ EUN
03ROME1205TFIZO1: ITALY TO EXPEL IRAQI DIPLOMATS
[...] (S) IN A CONVERSATION LATE ON MARCH 21, ANTONIO BADINI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE ITALIAN MFA, TOLD POLMC THAT ITALY HAD AGREED TO THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS FROM THE BILATERAL INTERESTS SECION. THEY HAD BEEN TOLD TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AND DEPART ROME NOT LATER THAN SU [...]
2003-03-21 21:05:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1228S63-03 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW
[...] (S) ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON MARCH 21. DE MOHR (WHO HAS REASSUMED HIS POSITION FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ABSENCE) WELCOMED THE RECEIPT OF FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE U.S., FOLLOWING UP TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS AMONG AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERS OF [...]
2003-03-24 16:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1230TFIZ01: ITALY TO ESTABLISH IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) IN A MARCH 21 MEETING WITH POL MINCOUNS AND ECONOFF, ANTONIO BADINI, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, SAID THAT HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. BADINI HAS YET TO ESTABLISH [...]
2003-03-24 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1270TFIZO1: ITALY EXPELS FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND STAFF
[...] (S) ON MARCH 25 GOI MFA CONFIRMED TO US DETAILS OF ITS EXPULSION OF FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS. TWO (THIRD SECRETARY ALI RIFAT AND ATTACHE MOHAMMED HUMADI) HAVE DEPARTED ROME FOR AMMAN. TWO STAFF MEMBERS (TAHER AHMED AND ABDULLAH HUMADI) WERE OUT OF ITALY WHEN DECISION WAS MADE AND WILL NOT BE ALL [...]
2003-03-25 17:02:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1387TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...]
2003-04-01 14:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1410TFIZ01: FM FRATTINI DISCUSSES IRAQ BEFORE
[...] IN A SPEECH BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF THE SENATE AND CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEES APRIL 2, FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI EXPRESSED "DEEP SORROW" FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AND TOUCHED UPON FOUR AREAS OF INTEREST THAT MAY COME UP DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE SE [...]
2003-04-02 15:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1414ASSISTANCE FOR SYRIAN PORT DEVELOPMENT: ITALY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-03 10:21:00Embassy RomeSECRETEAID ETTC PREL SY IT EUN
03ROME144GOI ON DAYTON ARMS CONTROLS NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI, THE GOI CONCURS WITH USG POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAYTON ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS AS OUTLINED REFTEL. HE TOLD POLOFF ON DECEMBER 10 THAT HE AGREED WITH THE NEED FOR CONTACT GROUP PRESSURE ON THE PARTIES FOR [...]
2003-01-14 11:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL BK HR SR IT OSCE
03ROME1499THE DEPARTURE OF THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO RIYADH
[...] (C) POL OFF INQUIRED OF LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF STATES, ABOUT THE "PREMATURE" DEPARTURE (REF A) OF THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA, TORQUATO CARDILLI, AND HIS REPLACEMENT BY ARMANDO SANGUINI (BIO TO FOLLOW SEPTEL.) MACCOTTA, VERY CANDID IN HIS RESPONSE [...]
2003-04-08 15:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SA IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME1502MTAG 05-96: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER
[...] (S) ECONOFF AND UK EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER NICK HOPTON DELIVERED REFTEL MESSAGE TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON APRIL 8. OUR MEETING FOLLOWED THE APRIL 7 MEETING BETWEEN UK EMBASSY DCM SCOTT WIGHTMAN WITH THE PM'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE ON THE SAME ISS [...]
2003-04-08 16:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1503TFIZ01: UN FLASH APPEAL: ITALY UPDATE ON
[...] (SBU) ECONOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON APRIL 8 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ AND DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. MACCOTTA UPDATED EARLIER FIGURES OF ITALY'S PLANNED CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (REF B). HE SAID THE TASK FORCE HAS RECEIVED PM [...]
2003-04-08 16:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1506TFI01: GOI APPROACHES EMBASSY RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN
[...] (SBU) MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, PHONED DCM AT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI TO EXPRESS GOI CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF THE TWENTY ITALIAN JOURNALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN BAGHDAD. THE JOURNALISTS WERE AT THE HOTEL SHERATON AND THE PALESTINE HOT [...]
2003-04-09 05:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1509GOI WILL MODIFY EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS MASSIMO GAIANI TOLD EMBOFFS ON APRIL 2 THAT IRAQ AND RESTORING INTRA-EU AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS WILL LIKELY BE THE POLITICAL PRIORITIES WHEN ITALY TAKES OVER THE EU PRESIDENCY JULY 1. (SEPTEL WILL REPORT ECONOMIC (FIRST PILLAR) PRIORI [...]
2003-04-09 08:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT EU
03ROME1524TFI01: UPDATE ON ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD
[...] (SBU) EARLY ON APRIL 9 MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, SPOKE TO DCM TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS EVENING'S APPROACH RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD (REFTEL). DCM ADVISED THAT WE HAD PASSED ON GOI CONCERNS TO DEPARTMENT AND TO CENTCOM, AND REAFFIRMED THAT U. [...]
2003-04-09 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1526TFIZ01: CHALDEAN PRELATE WANTS TO CELEBRATE PALM
[...] (SBU) MSGR. PHILIP NAJIM, THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHALDEAN CHURCH IN ITALY AND THE PROCURATOR OF THE CHALDEAN PATRIARCHATE OF BABYLON TO THE HOLY SEE, ASKED TO MEET WITH RELIGIOUS MINORITIES OFFICER AND NEA WATCHER APRIL 9. MSGR. NAJIM THANKED THE USG FOR "OVERTHROWING SADDAM," AND E [...]
2003-04-09 18:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ IT
03ROME1564U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON BRIEFED SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON IRAQ, NORTH KOREAN, IRAN AND OTHER NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN ROME ON APRIL 9, FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN (REPORTED SEPTEL). THE ITALIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO REPAIR RIFTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE, PARTICULARLY D [...]
2003-04-11 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL IT
03ROME1565U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BOLTON MET WITH ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IN ROME ON APRIL 9 TO DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THE MOD IS PREPARING A PACKAGE OF POST-CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE MILITARY POLICE, [...]
2003-04-11 16:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1568ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS
[...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]
2003-04-11 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME1571TFIZ01: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST
[...] (S) SUMMARY. EMBASSY CONVEYED REFTEL POINTS TO GOI OFFICIALS AT THE MOD, MFA, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND PRESIDENT CIAMPI'S OFFICE ON APRIL 11. INITIAL RESPONSES TO OUR FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST WERE POSITIVE, BUT NOT YET DEFINITIVE. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE GOI TO TAILOR A COMPONENT OF THE PROP [...]
2003-04-13 10:16:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1577TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE OUTLINES PROPOSED
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. SEE PARA 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET ON APRIL 11 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. BADINI WAS JOINED BY IRAQ OFFICE DIRECTOR LUIGI MACCOTTA. AT THE [...]
2003-04-14 10:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR EAID MOPS PREL PHUM IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1594TFIZ01: ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON IRAQ PHASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE AND VOTE ON ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL ASSETS TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ON APRIL 15. WE HAVE URGED THE GOI TO SEEK PARLIAMENT'S APPROVAL FOR THE BROADEST AND MOST FLEXIBLE ITALIAN PARTICIPATION POSSIBLE SO THAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE [...]
2003-04-14 17:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR EAID MOPS PREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1605MTAG 05-96: GOI HALTS MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER
[...] (S) ECONOFFS MET APRIL 15 WITH GIANPAOLO SCARANTE, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUED SERIOUS USG CONCERNS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBERS FROM ITALY'S MAZZALI SYSTEMS TO IRAN'S SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT INCORPORATED (REF A). SCARANTE WAS VERY FAMILIAR [...]
2003-04-15 13:04:00Embassy RomeSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME1625ITALIAN REQUEST FOR EU EXCEPTION TO LIBYA ARMS
[...] (SBU) ON THE BASIS OF REF EMAIL, ECMIN RAISED RECENT REPORTS THAT THE GOI HAD ASKED THE EU TO RELAX THE ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST LIBYA DURING AN APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ANTONIO BADINI. 2. (C) BADINI CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS CORRECT, EXPLAINING THAT A FEW WE [...]
2003-04-16 08:33:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC EU IT LY PREL EUN
03ROME163SEN. DANFORTH, ITALIAN MFA AGREE ON SUDAN APPROACH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 11 MEETING AT THE MFA, SENATOR DANFORTH AND THE MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA, BRUNO CABRAS, SPOKE OF THE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY THE SUDANESE NOW HAVE TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. CABRAS REVEALED THAT THE GOI WOULD PROVIDE AN ADD [...]
2003-01-15 13:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SU EG KE IT
03ROME1646TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE SEEKING TO LOCATE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLMIN COUNSELOR AND ECONOFF MET LATE APRIL 14 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE COORDINATOR, AND HIS DEPUTY, LUIGI MACCOTTA. BADINI NOTED THAT PM BERLUSCONI HAD GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO SENDING INTEGRATED FORCES TO [...]
2003-04-16 15:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1660TFIZ01: ITALY TO DEPLOY FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) LATE APRIL 17 ECONOFF RECEIVED A READOUT ON THE LATEST MEETING OF THE GOI IRAQ TASK FORCE MEETING FROM ITS DEPUTY COORDINATOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA. MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE TASK FORCE DECIDED TO DEPLOY WITHIN 10 TO 15 DAYS A [...]
2003-04-17 14:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1665ITALY ON ISRAEL, THE PA, AND THE MEPP BEFORE ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TEN WEEKS BEFORE ASSUMING THE EU PRESIDENCY, ITALIAN MFA INDICATED THAT A VISIT BY PM BERLUSCONI TO ISRAEL WAS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN EARLY JUNE, EMPHASIZED ITALY'S POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL, UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC [...]
2003-04-17 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IT IS KPAL
03ROME1678FM FRATTINI COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON APRIL 16, MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF CABINET PASQUALE TERRACCIANO GAVE A/DCM A BRIEF READOUT OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S COMMENTS AT THE EU FM'S APRIL 14 LUNCH ON THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT. FRATTINI WAS APPARENTLY SCATHING IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE INITIATIVE, INSISTING, DESPITE ASS [...]
2003-04-18 11:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IT EU NATO EUN
03ROME1679TFIZ01: ITALIANS DISCUSS BRIGADE AND CARABINIERI
[...] (C) THE ITALIAN LNO AT TAMPA, GENERL SANTINI, IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT THE ITALIAN MIITARY'S PROPOSAL -- TO CONTRIBUTE A BRIGADE AS WEL AS CARABINIERI UNITS FOR IRAQ OPERATIONS -- TOCENTCOM AS EARLY AS APRIL 18, ONCE THE PLAN HAS BEN APPROVED BY THE CHOD. BASED ON OUR APRIL 17 METING WITH THE U [...]
2003-04-18 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1701TFIZ01: ITALY NEEDS GUIDANCE ON FIELD HOSPITAL
[...] (C) THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, THE PUBLIC, AND THE GOI ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT A HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO IRAQ. FOR THE GOI, THE COMMITMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID -- IMPORTANT IN AND OF ITSELF -- ALSO PROVIDES THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SUPPORT OF PHASE IV (REF A). WE THERE [...]
2003-04-22 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1731TFIZO1: MINDEF MARTINO ON ITALIAN PLANS FOR FIELD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 22 THAT ITALY WAS STILL LOOKING TO DEPLOY A FIELD HOSPITAL IN BAGHDAD. IT WOULD PROVIDE INTERNAL SECURITY, BUT HOPED THE U.S. COULD ASSIST WITH PROTECTING THE PERIMETER. THE GOI IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UK TO STAND UP AN ITALIAN AR [...]
2003-04-23 16:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1734DPRK/SARS: ODDS AND ENDS FROM THE GOI
[...] (S) DURING A CATCH-UP SESSION, THE MFA DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIA, PAOLA MUNZI (STRICTLY PROTECT),REVEALED TO POLOFF SOME INTERESTING TIDBITS ABOUT THE DPRK, SARS, AND THE GOI, AS WELL AS HER FUTURE POSTING. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO MUNZI, THE DPRK HAS MADE A SERIES OF ODD REQUE [...]
2003-04-24 08:45:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN IT EUN
03ROME1754ITALY MOVING TO GET PROCESS RIGHT ON FIELD
[...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA, WHICH NOMINALLY HAS THE LEAD ON ITALY'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EFFORTS IN IRAQ, IS SEEKING TO DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY A 27-BED ICRC FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD (REF A). AMBASSADOR BADINI, DIRECTOR OF THE GOI'S IRAQ TASK FORCE, TOLD A/DCM ON APRIL 24 THAT ITALY REQUESTED AUTHO [...]
2003-04-24 18:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1776ESDP MINI SUMMIT - GOI VIEWS
[...] (C) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE MFA'S NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU. AS INDICATED REF B, THE OFFICIAL GOI VIEW, AS VOICED BY FM FRATTINI AT THE APRIL 14 GAC LUNCH, IS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE I [...]
2003-04-28 17:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME1833ITALY ROLLING OUT FIELD HOSPITAL TO IRAQ
[...] (C) EMBASSY ROME WANTS TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE IN THE FIELD-- ESPECIALLY AT CENTCOM--WHO ARE ASSISTING THE GOI DEPLOY ITS RED CROSS HOSPITAL TO IRAQ. WE UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL THAT UNTIL APRIL 24 THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FLOW IN TAMPA DID NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT A [...]
2003-04-30 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1834ESDP MINI SUMMIT - FRATTINI WILL COME OUT SWINGING
[...] (C) SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS AS SURPRISED AS THE USG WITH THE CONTENT OF THE BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE. HE REITERATED STRONG GOI POSITION OUTLINED REF B: THE GOI WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE THAT WILL UNDER [...]
2003-04-30 16:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT NATO ESDP
03ROME1835PM BERLUSCONI'S FORMER LAWYER CONVICTED OF BRIBING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FORMER BERLUSCONI LAWYER CESARE PREVITI WAS CONVICTED ON APRIL 29 OF BRIBING JUDGES IN TWO CORPORATE TAKEOVER BATTLES. HE WILL APPEAL THE SENTENCE. THE VERDICT IS EMBARRASSING FOR THE PM BECAUSE OF PREVITI,S LONG-STANDING ASSOCIATION WITH BERLUSCONI, BUT WILL NOT SHAKE THE GO [...]
2003-04-30 17:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME1887ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND
[...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...]
2003-05-02 16:09:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO
03ROME1960ISRAELI DISTRUST OF ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) ISRAELI EMBASSY DCM AMOS RADIAN EXPRESSED TO POL MC ON APRIL 30 HIS EMBASSY'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE MFA-SPONSORED CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION TO BE HELD IN ROME MAY 28-29 (REF A). RADIAN ARGUED VARIOUSLY THAT: -- ITALY IS TRYING TO INSERT THE EU INTO A MO [...]
2003-05-07 13:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL KPAL EAID IS UN
03ROME1971PM BERLUSCONI'S LEGAL PROBLEMS COMING TO A HEAD
[...] (C) SENATE PRESIDENT PERA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR LAST MONTH THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S LEGAL TROUBLES, AND FEARS THAT A MILAN COURT HE BELIEVES IS POLITICALLY BIASED AGAINST THE PM MAY ISSUE ITS VERDICT IN A JUDGE BRIBERY CASE TO COINCIDE WITH THE BEGINNING OF ITALY'S [...]
2003-05-07 16:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
03ROME1992IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...]
2003-05-09 07:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME200ITALY MORE RECEPTIVE TO GALILEO M-CODE OVERLAY
[...] (C) GALILEO AND THE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE CAME UP DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS ON JANUARY 14 AND 15 ON OTHER ISSUES (REPORTED SEPTEL) WITH MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (I.E. INDUSTRY) MARZANO AND GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE. MARZANO DISPLAYED CLEAR INTEREST IN [...]
2003-01-16 15:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALTSPA TSPL PREL ECPS ETRD IT EUN NATO AVIATION
03ROME2045REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...]
2003-05-12 17:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME208MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR PAOLA IMPERIALE AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR MATTHEW MCLEAN EXCHANGED VIEWS ON A BROAD RANGE OF EAST AFRICA ISSUES. THE TWO DISCUSSED SUPPORT FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN KENYA, POLICY REGARDING SOMALILAND, THE ROLES OF DJIBOUTI AND ERITREA IN THE GWOT, AND TH [...]
2003-01-16 16:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KE DJ ER ET SO IT UN
03ROME209ITALIAN BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA
[...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO REF A, ECONOFF MET JANUARY 14 WITH MFA NP COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESS STRONG U.S. CONCERNS OVER THE SALE OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALIAN FIRMS TO IRAN, AND TO INQUIRE WHETHER ANY SUCH VESSELS HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO IRAN. (REFS D-G CHRONICLE OUR PREVI [...]
2003-01-16 16:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME2137GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY
[...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...]
2003-05-15 12:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU BO OSCE
03ROME2148ITALY'S NEW IRAQ ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET ON MAY 13 WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO ARMELLINI, WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ITALY'S CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AS SPECIAL ENVOY IN IRAQ AND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERIM AUTHORITY (REFS A, B). ARMELLINI RETURNED FROM BAGHDAD LAST WEEK HAVING RECEIVED, HE SAID [...]
2003-05-15 16:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IZ IT
03ROME2151EAST AFRICA: NIO HOUDEK'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ITALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN MAY 9 CONSULTATIONS IN ROME, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (NIO) FOR AFRICA AMB. ROBERT HOUDEK FOUND A BROAD IDENTITY OF VIEWS WITH ITALIAN MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AMB. BRUNO CABRAS AND EAST AFRICA OFFICE DIRECTOR PAOLA IMPERIALE. CABRAS AGREED WITH HOUDEK [...]
2003-05-16 07:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALER ET PREL UNSCER UNSC
03ROME2200MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT
[...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...]
2003-05-16 16:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME226ITALY IMPOUNDS LIBYA-BOUND CARGO OF MORPHOLINE
[...] (S) THIS MESSAGE SUPPLEMENTS OFFICIAL GOI INFORMATION IN JANUARY 16-17 PRESS REPORTS THAT, IN DECEMBER, 2002, THE ITALIAN FINANCE POLICE (GUARDIA DI FINANZA/GDF) SEIZED IN THE PORT OF GENOA CONTAINERS CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE MORPHOLINE. 2. (S) EMBASSY LEGATT ON JANUARY 17 WAS T [...]
2003-01-17 18:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL IT BE LY GM IR MT UN
03ROME2299PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]
2003-05-23 11:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2315ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE
[...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...]
2003-05-23 15:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO
03ROME2326OPPORTUNITY FOR "UPSTREAM" COORDINATION WITH EU ON
[...] (U) SUGGESTED ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) DURING THEIR MAY 20 MEETING (REFTEL A REPORTS BULK OF CONVERSATION),MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD PDAS RIES THAT FM FRATTINI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EU'S SUCCESSFUL "RECONSTRUCTING" OF THE GANG OF FOUR SE [...]
2003-05-27 16:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME2327ITALIAN MFA ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 14 DISCUSSION ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MFA DIRECTOR FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02327 01 OF 02 271651Z LEGAL AFFAIRS, GUISEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD EMBASSY POLOFF THAT A TREATY SIGNING CEREMONY DURING THE ITALIAN [...]
2003-05-27 16:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT PREL
03ROME2340ALENIA-SPAZIO AND CHINA: DELIVERY OF A/S
[...] (S) ECMIN, JOINED BY SCICOUNS, DELIVERED A/S BLOOMFIELD'S LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING NON-PAPER ON MAY 23 TO MFA DIRGEN FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO. ECMIN NOTED THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS HAD APPRECIATED THE FEBRUARY APPROACH BY GOI AND ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT USG [...]
2003-05-28 10:05:00Embassy RomeSECRETCH ETTC IR IT PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME241ITALIAN MFA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE AND
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST (PARA 4). 2. (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A AND B MESSAGES JANUARY 16 TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI. IN RESPONSE TO REF A, THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, GORETTI REPLIED, "DON'T QUOTE ME, [...]
2003-01-21 12:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU IT CACS HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME2412(S) PROPOSING INTERDICTION STRATEGY: ITALY
[...] (S) CHARGE MET WITH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAGONA ON MAY 29 TO RAISE REFTEL POINTS AND TO DELIVER NONPAPER ON PROPOSED INTERDICTION STRATEGY TO COMBAT PROLIFERATION. A/POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR AND ACTING MFA DIRECTOR FOR ARMS CONTROL CUCULI ALSO PARTICIPATED. CHARGE STRESSED THAT WE SEEK [...]
2003-05-30 15:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT
03ROME2429ITALY AND THE EU: WHY DO MILK QUOTAS MATTER?
[...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to finally put to rest the knotty problem of EU fines for overproducing milk, the Berlusconi government has found itself caught between an exasperated EU and intransigent Italian milk producers, supported by the Northern League (LN). The GOI has used tough tactics i [...]
2003-06-03 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PGOV EAGR EFIN PREL ECON IT EUN
03ROME243ITALY ON REFORMING UNHRC, UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 13 COURTESY CALL, MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER TOLD SIPDIS CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED THE U.S. CONCERN FOR REFORM OF THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00243 211355Z UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (OTHER [...]
2003-01-21 13:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME244ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]
2003-01-21 13:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT
03ROME2472ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORMS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA organized a conference on "The Palestinian Future: Reforms and Economic Reconstruction" in Rome May 28-29. As the MFA told us and the Embassy of Israel prior to the conference, this was not a political conference about roadmap implementation but was intended largely for [...]
2003-06-04 16:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIT PREL KPAL EAID IS
03ROME2495BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT, PERHAPS ABU
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES IN THE PM'S OFFICE, THE MFA, AND THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL, PM BERLUSCONI WILL VISIT ISRAEL JUNE 9 WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH PM SHARON AND POSSIBLY PRESIDENT KATSAV. BERLUSCONI'S ADVISERS CONTINUE TO ASSURE THAT HE WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT. 2. (C) ISRAELI AMBASSADOR [...]
2003-06-05 14:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IT
03ROME2572UPDATE ON ITALY'S INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S
[...] (SBU) IN A JUNE 6 CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE MFA'S IRAQ TASK FORCE, LUIGI MACCOTTA, ECONOFF LEARNED THAT THE MFA IS PROPOSING THE CANDIDACY OF EIGHTY PEOPLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (OCPA). MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE RESUMES OF FORTY PRIORITY CAND [...]
2003-06-09 15:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2585GOI WANTS TO COORDINATE ON BURMA DURING EU
[...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA, POL MC AND POLOFF PASSED A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED U.S. REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DETENTION. DELLA SETA OFFERED A PRECIS OF EU AND ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...]
2003-06-10 13:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IT BM EUN
03ROME26NORTH KOREA: ITALY FLOATS IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: ITALIAN MFA EMPHASIZED IT SHARES OUR VIEWS ON THE SITUATION IN NORTH KOREA AND THE NEED TO BE FIRM WITH PYONGYANG. THE MFA'S DG FOR ASIAN AFFAIRS, WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE USG'S REJECTION OF REWARDING THE DPRK WITH A DIRECT DIALOGUE, STRESSED [...]
2003-01-03 16:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKN IT PARM PREL EAID ENRG UN
03ROME2636FM FRATTINI ON UNSC REFORM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 3 ARTICLE IN THE CENTRIST DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, ITALIAN FM FRATTINI LAID OUT IN DETAIL ITALY'S VIEW ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM. END SUMMARY 2. (U) FRATTINI ARGUED THAT ITALY WANTS UNSC REFORM, NOT REORGANIZATION. ITALY REALISTICALLY SUPPORTS, FOR NOW, LEAV [...]
2003-06-11 14:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIT PINS PREL UNSC
03ROME2646FM FRATTINI ON THE MEPP, IRAQ, AND TRANSATLANTIC
[...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, FM FRATTINI GAVE A SPEECH ENTITLED "NEW SCENARIOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS" AT THE CENTER FOR DEFENSE STUDIES IN ROME. HE URGED THE ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM OF THE AQABA SUMMIT, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF [...]
2003-06-11 16:12:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IT IS KPAL IZ EU
03ROME2702SCC WESTON DISCUSSES CYPRUS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 11 meetings with Italian MFA officials and Diplomatic Advisors to PM Berlusconi, Special Coordinator for Cyprus Tom Weston, accompanied by Cyprus desk officer Marc Collins, discussed the status of negotiations on Cyprus and pointed out likely turns in the road during Ital [...]
2003-06-16 09:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL CY IT UN
03ROME2728USING SOME OF IRAQ'S FROZEN ASSETS IN ITALY
[...] (C) ON JUNE 12, LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, ASKED TO MEET WITH POL NEA WATCHER TO DISCUSS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE TWO "IRAQI" WARSHIPS KEPT IN THE ITALIAN PORT OF LA SPEZIA. (NOTE: IN THE MID-1980S, FINCANTIERI, A GOI-CONTROLLED SHIPYARD COMPANY, BUILT FOUR LUPO FRI [...]
2003-06-17 09:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2737FM FRATTINI'S VISIT TO SIX ARAB COUNTIES PRIOR TO
[...] (C) Summary: FM Frattini's pre-EU Presidency visits to Rabat, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Beirut, and Damascus June 4-9 showcased Italy's priority on improving Euro-Med cooperation but otherwise generated no surprises. Frattini introduced Italy's EU Presidency priorities, promoted the roadmap and [...]
2003-06-17 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT AG LY MO SY TS LE EUN
03ROME2763LIBYAN REFERENCE IN US-EU PROLIFERATION STATEMENT
[...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR NP. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT BELIEVES QADAFFI HAS "CHOSEN THE PATH OF REINTEGRATION" INTO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND WAS TAKING IMPORTANT STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION, THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, [...]
2003-06-18 15:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IT LY EU EUN
03ROME2766PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chose to misconstrue Italian motives, Berlusconi's deputy diplomatic advisor told us June 18. Scarante said French FM de Villepin's criticism of Berlusconi's deci [...]
2003-06-18 16:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IS KPAL EG JO
03ROME2791ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (C) POLMIL OFFICER ON JUNE 18 CONVEYED REFTEL POINTS TO GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS. NBC EXPERT GENERAL GIANFRANCO TRACCI ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PURSUANT DISCUSSION. 2. (S) IANNUZZI WAS PLEASED THAT THE U.S. [...]
2003-06-19 12:55:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PARM IT CWC
03ROME2827ALENIA SPAZIO AND CHINA: FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (S) ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET WITH MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON JUNE 20 TO DISCUSS PROPOSED AD HOC CONSULTATIONS ON BOTH ALENIA SPAZIO'S ACTIVITY IN CHINA AS WELL AS OTHER MUTUAL NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS (REF C). 3. (S) ECMIN DREW DE [...]
2003-06-20 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME2887USTICA CRASH BACK IN THE HEADLINES
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. EMBASSY REQUESTS THAT DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED BELOW, WHICH WERE RELEASED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, BE FORWARDED TO POST AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. SEE PARA 4. 2. (U) MOST MAJOR ITALIAN SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS CARRIED A SPECIAL REPORT AIRED ON STATE [...]
2003-06-25 10:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IT FAA AVIATION
03ROME289GOI PRE-GAERC VIEWS ON IRAQ, DPRK, BALKANS, ESDP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 23 AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POL MC COUNTRYMAN, DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND COORDINATOR FOR EU SECURITY SANDRO DE BERNADIN. HE ALSO PROVIDED THE POINTS IN A NON-PAPER. BALDOCCI SAID THAT MFA FRATTINI WAS "VERY PLEASED, VERY SATISFIED" WIT [...]
2003-01-24 14:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT
03ROME291FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON GAERC DISCUSSION OF IRAQ
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, WE DELIVERED POINTS ON IRAQ DEBATE AT JANUARY 27 GAERC TO MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA TOLD DCM THAT THE GOI CONCURRED WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU SHOULD NOT ISSUE A COMMON STATEMENT ON IRAQ AT THIS TIME. CONSENSUS AT THE GAE [...]
2003-01-24 16:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EU IZ IT EUN
03ROME292KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...]
2003-01-24 17:27:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME3006ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY TO CRITICIZE US SUSPENSION
[...] (C) THERE HAS A STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION AMONG EU MEMBERS TO OUR DECISION TO SUSPEND MILITARY AID TO 35 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF A),AMBASSADOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA, THE MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, TOLD DCM JULY 2. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EU PARLIAMENT, WHERE PM BERLUS [...]
2003-07-02 16:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALABUD IT KSEP KTIA MARR PARM PREL MASS KICC EUN
03ROME3045ITALY FLAGS DISCUSSION POINTS FOR PSI BRISBANE
[...] (S) POST CONVEYED REFTEL LETTER TO PAOLO CUCULI IN THE MFA DISARMAMENT OFFICE ON JULY 2. CUCULI WILL ACCOMPANY FILIPPO FORMICA, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DISARMAMENT OFFICE, TO THE JULY 9-10 MEETINGS IN AUSTRALIA AND IS INVOLVED IN PREPARING ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INIT [...]
2003-07-03 14:31:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT EUN
03ROME3047BERLUSCONI'S MOUTH MAKES SECOND ROME TREATY FAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Berlusconi's tasteless insult to German MEP Martin Schulz reduces the likelihood of a second Treaty of Rome and exacerbates the difficulties the Prime Minister will have serving in the role of "honest broker" as European Council President-in-Office. The vast majority, non-head [...]
2003-07-03 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME3107GOI PLEDGES ENHANCED OSCE/EU COOPERATION DURING
[...] (C) Summary: On June 23, MFA Political Director Giancarlo Aragona told visiting USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes that the US and Italy must build on strong bilateral relations and work together to put transatlantic relations back on a strong footing. The OSCE is also extremely important i [...]
2003-07-08 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL OSCE
03ROME3178ITALIAN INDUSTRY MINISTRY HOPES TO EASE TECH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA, i.e. Industry) U/S Mario Valducci met with ECMIN to discuss the possibility of easing U.S. export controls on technology to Italy, in the context of Italy's strong political support for the U.S., particularly during the recent Ir [...]
2003-07-11 15:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3180BIOTECH: CORN CRISIS IN PIEMONTE COULD TEST PRIME
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. AS WE'VE NOTED PREVIOUSLY, ITALY'S COMPLICATED COALITION ARRANGEMENTS MEAN THAT PM BERLUSCONI IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CURB AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO'S DETERMINED EFFORTS TO CREATE A BIOTECH-FREE ITALY. UP TO THIS [...]
2003-07-12 07:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO IT WTO
03ROME3199USTICA CRASH BACK IN THE HEADLINES: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) THIRTY ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS HAVE SIGNED A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE GOI TO OFFICIALLY PROTEST TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR "SPYING" ON THE ITALIAN PM AND MOD IN 1992, ACCORDING TO CARLO GIOVANARDI, MINISTER FOR RELATIONS WITH PARL [...]
2003-07-14 12:37:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PINR IT FAA AVIATION
03ROME3200CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]
2003-07-14 12:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03ROME321GOI CONCURS WITH USG VIEW FOR JANUARY 29-30 PIC
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 27, POLOFF DELIVERED POINTS REFTEL AS NON-PAPER TO FERNANDO GENTILINI, DIRECTOR OF MFA'S BALKANS ISSUES OFFICE. AFTER CONSULTING WITH A NUMBER OF MFA OFFICES AND SUPERIORS, HE INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS "IN LINE" WITH THE U.S. ON THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE [...]
2003-01-28 15:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK IT UN
03ROME3214MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS
[...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...]
2003-07-14 17:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN
03ROME3215EU/BURMA: ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSALS;ICG
[...] (C) POLOFF DISCUSSED REFTELS A AND B WITH MARCO DELLA SETA, THE ITALIAN MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA. HE WAS INTERESTED IN UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BURMA RAZALI'S BRIEFING TO THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (ICG) ON BURMA BUT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND ON SHORT NOTICE. HE INDICATED THE ITALIAN PE [...]
2003-07-14 17:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC BM IT EUN
03ROME323MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-28 16:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO
03ROME3263EU PRESIDENCY: FRATTINI ADVOCATING AN ACTIVE
[...] (C) IN A JULY 16 MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, LUIGI MACCOTTA, ECONOFF UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE USG PLACES ON THE COMMISSION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CORE GROUP, AND EU MEMBERS' COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1483 (PER REFS A, B). MACCOTTA NOTED THAT THE FM WAS C [...]
2003-07-17 11:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL IZ IT EUN
03ROME3360ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: U.S./EU TASK FORCE
[...] (U) U.S., Commission and Council officials and representatives of the Italian EU Presidency discussed a wide range of subjects, from the U.S. Passenger Name Record and Container Security Initiatives to Europe's efforts to assist Africa, at the July 18th U.S./EU task force meeting in Rome. Ta [...]
2003-07-23 16:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN
03ROME3368U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]
2003-07-24 09:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3381ONTENEGRO: POSSIBLE DJUKANOVIC INDICTMENT
[...] (U) ITALIAN PRESS REPORTING OF THE POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF MONTENEGRO'S PM DJUKANOVIC FOR CIGARETTE SMUGGLING HAS BEEN MUCH LESS EXTENSIVE THAN THAT IN SERBIA-MONTENEGRO. THE INITIAL PRESS REPORTS JUNE 30 HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP HERE IN ITALY. THIS IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE SITUATION [...]
2003-07-24 14:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT MW PGOV PREL SR EUN
03ROME3382ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ON AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING
[...] (C) ON JULY 23, MFA CFSP COORDINATOR AND EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT SANDRO DEBERNARDIN BRIEFED POLOFF ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING DISCUSSED REFTELS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOLDING THE MEETING AT MINISTERS, LEVEL, AND THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE [...]
2003-07-24 15:42:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME3386ITALIAN FAST BOAT EXPORTS TO IRAN, LIBYA
[...] (S) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT MAGGI, TOGETHER WITH ECMIN AND ECONOFF, RAISED CONTINUING U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING ITALIAN EXPORTS TO IRAN AND LIBYA (REFTEL) ON JULY 22 WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO AND NO [...]
2003-07-25 08:22:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT LY IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3388EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-25 11:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3399LIBERIA/ECOWAS MISSION: ITALY SUPPORTIVE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CABRAS SAID ITALY BACKS OUR CALL FOR EU SUPPORT OF AN ECOWAS MISSION IN LIBERIA, AND IS CIRCULATING A FUNDING REQUEST WITHIN THE EU. ITALY'S EU CORRESPONDENT IS ALSO ENGAGED. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) A/POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR AND [...]
2003-07-25 18:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MASS XY IT UNSC
03ROME342ITALY: MANPADS INITIATIVE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-29 14:43:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
03ROME342658TH UNGA--GOI RESPONSE TO U.S. PRIORITIES, PART
[...] ON JULY 23 POLOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ALESSANDRO BUSACCA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS. BUSACCA CAREFULLY REVIEWED THIS SECOND SET OF U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 58TH UNGA (RESPONSE TO PART I CONTAINED IN REF B),AND UNDERTOOK TO SHARE THEM BROADLY WITHIN THE GOI. BUSACCA AD [...]
2003-07-28 15:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PHUM IT UNGA UN
03ROME343S44-02 IRAQI EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE CBW PROTECTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-29 14:43:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IZ IT CBW UNSC
03ROME344AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. DISCUSSION PAPER ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) ECONOFF PASSED REFTEL NON-PAPER TO ITALIAN MFA NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR, EMPHASIZING U.S. INTEREST IN ADDRESSING REGIONAL NONPROLIFERATION AT THE UPCOMING INTERSESSIONAL MEETING. DE MOHR SAID HE WELCOMED THE U.S. PROPOSAL AND WOULD SHARE IT WITH HIS GOI COLLEAGUES AT THEIR [...]
2003-01-29 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MCAP IT EUN
03ROME3463LIBERIA: SETAF SUPPORT FOR ECOWAS MISSION
[...] (U) THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION REQUEST. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Italian officials are supportive of US assistance for stabilization efforts in Liberia. As reported ref A, A/Pol Minister-Counselor met on July 24 with DG for Africa Cabras to secure Italy's lead in requesting EU funding for assis [...]
2003-07-30 15:13:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL IT EUN
03ROME3465ITALIANS ON PREPARATIONS FOR PARIS PSI MEETING
[...] (C) ITALY'S REPORT ON THE BRISBANE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE MEETING HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO CONCERNED AGENCIES FOR COMMENT IN PREPARATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER PARIS MEETING, ACCORDING TO PIERO SARDI, ACTING HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OFFICE. SARDI SAID IT IS UN [...]
2003-07-30 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT EUN
03ROME3481BIOTECH: FACED WITH FALLOUT OVER CROP SEIZURES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY On July 28 Ambassador met with Minister of Agriculture Gianni Alemanno over US concerns with the GOI's policy prohibiting minute amounts of biotech material in conventional seed lots. Ambassador Sembler prefaced the July 28 conversation by stating that he brought up the seizure o [...]
2003-07-31 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD EAID IT PREL TBIO WTO
03ROME3483PUTIN TELLS BERLUSCONI ALL COOPERATION ON BUSHEHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THEIR JULY 29 MEETING IN MOSCOW, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD PM BERLUSCONI THAT RUSSIAN COOPERATION WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE NUCLEAR FACILITY AT BUSHEHR, HAD CEASED. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED CLOSER EU-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, PREPARATIONS FOR PUTIN'S NOVEMBER [...]
2003-08-01 07:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT MARR PREL RS EUN
03ROME3516CUBAN CHARGE RESPONDS TO ITALIAN DEMARCHE: "NOBODY
[...] (SBU) FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IN REF EMAILS, ON JULY 30 EMBASSY ROME PASSED THE DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT ON IMPRISONED CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTA BEATRICE ROQUE'S HEALTH TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BONIVER'S OFFICE AND TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICCOLO [...]
2003-08-04 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM IT CU HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME3570NORTH KOREA TELLS ITALY U/S BOLTON SHOULD NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: DPRK AMBASSADOR TO ITALY CHOE TAEK-SAN REQUESTED ITALY SUPPORT NORTH KOREA'S DEMAND THAT U/S BOLTON NOT ATTEND UPCOMING SIX-PARTY TALKS. HE ALSO MENTIONED NORTH KOREA DID NOT CURRENTLY POSSESS A NUCLEAR BOMB, ALTHOUGH CONTINUED U.S. AGGRESSION WOULD FORCE IT TO CREATE ONE. THE [...]
2003-08-07 07:41:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PARM KN IT UN
03ROME3571GOI OFFICIALS LOBBIED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN MIDDLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. ON JULY 17, DR. CHARLES LAWSON (SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS),ACCOMPANIED BY EMB OFFS, MET WITH LUCA FRATINI, DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR IN THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, AMBASSADOR MARIO SICA (FORMER ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT),AND [...]
2003-08-07 08:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TSPL IT UN
03ROME3576ITALIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSPORT AXUM
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST from Embassy Rome DAO and Pol-Mil. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (U) On August 4, Embassy received an Aide Memoire from the Italian MFA (informal translation in para 6) asking whether the USG would authorize the use of US military aircraft to transport an ancient ston [...]
2003-08-07 13:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS IT AVIATION
03ROME3613STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN
[...] (S) ACTING ECMIN AND ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS AUGUST 8 WITH THE MFA'S MASSIMO LEGGERI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANDOMENICO MAGLIANO, WITH WHOM PM DAS TURK MAGGI DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE ON JULY 22). LEGGERI TOOK CAREF [...]
2003-08-08 16:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR LY EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3621SUBJECT: ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: CIVIL AVIATION
[...] (U) Summary. Dr. Aldo Sansone, Transport and Infrastructure Ministry Director General for International Affairs, emphasized to Embassy officers that Italy's EU Presidential role will moderate the government's handling of civil aviation issues, including Open Skies (OS),Single European Sky (S [...]
2003-08-11 12:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR IT PREL EUN
03ROME3679THE FUTURE OF THE BERLUSCONI COALITION: FRACTIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Summer doldrums and August vacation have not interrupted front-page squabbling in the Italian government coalition, once perceived as a tight, cohesive group in stark contrast with the fractured center-left opposition. Public spats can be expected to continue as Italy enters a [...]
2003-08-14 07:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
03ROME3700URGING HIGH LEVEL ITALIAN/EU PRESIDENCY ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE ACTING (NORMALLY DEPUTY) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, FRANCESCO BASCONE, TOLD CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED USG CONCERNS (REFTEL) OVER THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TO REMOVE RUSSIAN TROOPS AND ARMS FROM MOLDOVA AND TO REACH A FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT [...]
2003-08-14 13:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE
03ROME3701U.S. COMPANY PUSHING FOR RELEASE OF TAIWAN SUB
[...] (C) Summary. Kollmorgen, a U.S. producer of electro-optical submarine systems, has requested Embassy assistance in obtaining a sensitive export license for the firm's Italian subsidiary. The Italian company, Calzoni, which makes lifting devices for Kollmorgen's EO system, has requested the I [...]
2003-08-14 13:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL MASS MCAP TW IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME372IRAQ HUMANITARIAN CONTINGENCY PLANNING
[...] (C) EMBASSY DELIVERED REFPOINTS TO ATTILIO IANNUCCI, THE MFA'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. IANNUCCI SHARED THAT THE GOI WAS "THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES" AS THE USG ON PLANNING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A WAR WITH IRAQ. IANNUCCI SAID THAT ITALY IS ALRE [...]
2003-01-30 19:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL IO IT WFP
03ROME3739PSI: ITALY SETS INTERAGENCY REVIEW MEETING
[...] (C) THE MFA WILL CHAIR AN INTERAGENCY MEETING AT THE END OF AUGUST TO REVIEW THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE GENERALLY AND REFTEL DRAFT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES IN PARTICULAR, ACCORDING TO FILIPPO FORMICA, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OFFICE. 2. (S) FORMICA COMMENTE [...]
2003-08-20 09:11:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT UNDC UNGA
03ROME3793ITALIAN TROOPS IN OEF
[...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET WITH ACTING DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FRANCESCO TALO ON AUGUST 20 TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL). CHARGE TOLD TALO THAT THE U.S. WAS PLEASED WITH THE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ITALIAN OEF CONTI [...]
2003-08-21 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME3794BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER
[...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...]
2003-08-21 16:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL RS GM AF EUN
03ROME3823ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON ESDP; EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY SUPPORTS USG VIEWS ON ESDP AND BERLIN PLUS. ITALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE CALLED THE AUGUST 29 ESDP EXPERTS LEVEL MEETING TO PRE-EMPT A RUMORED "GANG OF FOUR" MEETING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND TO FOCUS ON THE "POSITIVE ASPECTS" OF THE APRIL 29 SUMMIT DECLARATION. TH [...]
2003-08-22 15:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT EUN ESDP NATO PARM
03ROME3827FUNDING FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS: ITALY WILL HELP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy will help us seek needed funding for Afghanistan, but funds will likely to have to come from EU coffers. While the Italians have not flatly ruled out increased bilateral assistance, our contacts think this is unlikely, given Italy's ongoing financial commitments, includi [...]
2003-08-22 16:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF IT USNC
03ROME3842U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS,
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...]
2003-08-25 14:09:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3926U/S BOLTON'S MEETING WITH ITALIANS
[...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),North Korea, Iran and the Global Partnership with MFA DG for Political Affairs Giancarlo Aragona and other Italian MFA officials on August 27. Aragona underlined Italy's strong commitment to PSI, and agreed that th [...]
2003-08-29 10:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IT IAEA
03ROME3976ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ITALY SATISFIED WITH
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 1, MFA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT AND ESDP COORDINATOR SANDRO DE BERNADIN TOLD POLOFF THAT OVERALL, THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY WAS SATISFIED THAT THE "GANG OF FOUR" PROPOSAL FOR AN EU PLANNING OFFICE AT TERVUREN RECEIVED NO SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER EU MEMBERS AND ACCESSION COUNTRIES AT [...]
2003-09-02 17:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT EUN ESDP CFSP
03ROME3977STOPPING ITALIAN FAST BOAT TRANSFERS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Summary. Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design has given the GOI new assurances that it will not export more fast boats or boat molds to Iran as long as the security situation in the Persian Gulf remains volatile. MFA export control coordinator de Mohr told us this means the hold is ind [...]
2003-09-02 19:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4021ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ON BOARD WITH MOST USG
[...] (C) Poloff discussed all points ref a with MFA European Correspondent Sandro DeBernadin on September 1. He promised to take them under consideration as he continued to draft Foreign Minister Frattini's briefing papers for the Gymnich, in consultation with appropriate bureaus within the MFA. H [...]
2003-09-04 17:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT EUN ESDP
03ROME4022FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...]
2003-09-04 18:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP
03ROME4032 TELEKOM SERBIA SCANDAL GROWS, IMPLICATING EU
[...] Summary: Over the past several weeks, pro-Government daily "Il Giornale" published numerous articles on the 1997 sale by Telekom Serbia of a stake to Telecom Italy - - a ruinous financial speculation that helped keep Milosevic in power and allegedly involved kickbacks to several members of It [...]
2003-09-05 15:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PGOV SR IT EUN
03ROME4101ITALY'S REACTION TO NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) ITALY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTINGENT OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TROOPS IN IRAQ (UNDER BRITISH COMMAND IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN ZONE) TAKING PART IN OPERATION ANTICA BABILONIA, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. A NEW UN SECURITY RESOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO IMMEDIATE [...]
2003-09-09 07:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4133ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: A SLOW START ON AN
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian Government unveiled an ambitious work program for its EU Presidency on July 1. Nine weeks into its Presidency, however, progress in most areas has been slow. Given the extended August break and the December holidays, Italy has, in effect, just over three months to c [...]
2003-09-10 17:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV ECON PREL IT EUN
03ROME4150ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: CYPRUS DISCUSSIONS WITH SCC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 8, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS TOM WESTON DISCUSSED UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS AND TURKEY'S ROLE IN THE PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE UNHELPFUL "CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT" SIGNED RECENTLY WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCON [...]
2003-09-11 12:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL CY TU GR IT EUN
03ROME4186EU WILL NOT TABLE AN IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 11, POLOFFS MET WITH MFA GULF COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA, TO CONSULT ON THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION (REF C). POLOFF ALSO LEFT POINTS WITH THE MFA'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, WHOSE OFFICIALS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MACCOTTA STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE E [...]
2003-09-12 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR EU IT UNHRC EUN
03ROME4187BERLUSCONI AND PUTIN DISCUSS IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THEIR AUGUST 29-31 MEETING IN SARDINIA, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD PM BERLUSCONI THAT RUSSIA IS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, PUTIN SAID THAT HE WAS DETE [...]
2003-09-12 17:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IR RS EUN IAEA
03ROME4230ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - THE WAY AHEAD ON BELARUS
[...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 16, MFA NIS DESK OFFICER LORENZO ORTONA CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT THE DRAFT US-EU STATEMENT ON BELARUS WE PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SEPTEMBER 12 PSC IN BRUSSELS. ORTONA SAID THAT WHILE ITALY AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AGREED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAF [...]
2003-09-17 11:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO IT EUN
03ROME4237PM BERLUSCONI'S MIDDLE EAST "MARSHALL PLAN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers met on September 12 with Ambassador Mario Sica, the Foreign Ministry's new point person for Prime Minister Berlusconi's Middle East "Marshall Plan." Sica said he would travel to Washington the week of September 29 to discuss the plan; this would follow discussio [...]
2003-09-17 16:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON IT PREL EAID KWBG UN
03ROME4245AFHGANISTAN: ITALIAN MFA SHARES FUNDING
[...] (SBU) WE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 17 A FAX FROM AMBASSADOR ENRICO DE MAIO, ITALIAN MFA SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, ADDRESSED TO AMBASSADOR TAYLOR. (FULL TEXT OF LETTER IS AT PARA 5.) IN THE LETTER, DE MAIO CONFIRMS, IN ITALY'S ROLE AS HOLDER OF THE EU PRESIDENCY, THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIO [...]
2003-09-18 09:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME4273MUBARAK IN ITALY: EXPELLING ARAFAT WOULD BE A
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 10:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IT UNSC
03ROME430ITALY CAN NOT ASSIST IN CLEARING AFGHANISTAN'S IFI
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-04 13:23:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PREL AFGHANISTAN
03ROME4397GOVERNMENT OF ITALY INTERESTS AT SEPTEMBER 25-26
[...] (C) AS REPORTED REF B, MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON SEPTEMBER 24 THAT ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE WITH US VIEWS ON PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL STEERING BOARD (PIC SB) POINTS. HE SAID THAT ITALY HAD SOME DIFFERENCES ON TIMING AND THERE WERE SOME AREAS WHERE ITAL [...]
2003-09-25 17:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK IT EUN
03ROME4407EU IGC - A EURO-PARLIAMENTARIAN'S VIEW
[...] Summary: Poloff and Pol Specialist met with European Parliament (EUP) Constitutional Affairs Committee President Giorgio Napolitano recently to hear his views on the EU Convention's draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and his thoughts on the upcoming Inter-Governmental Confer [...]
2003-09-26 07:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PGOV IT EUN
03ROME443ITALY ADVISING LIBYA ON UNSC CANDIDACY AND A
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: LIBYAN FM SHALGAM WILL MEET PM BERLUSCONI AND FM FRATTINI IN ROME FEB. 5. THE GOI PROMISED TO DISCOURAGE A LIBYAN UNSC CANDIDACY. ITALIAN OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING HOW TO RESPOND TO AN OFFER BY QADAFFI TO PRESS FOR IRAQI COMPLIANCE ON WMD. IF DEPARTMENT HAS A [...]
2003-02-04 18:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT LY IZ UNSC
03ROME4439ITALY: EU PRESIDENCY WILL WORK TO DISSUADE EU REP
[...] (C) POL M/C AND POLOFF MET WITH MFA CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, NICOLO GORETTI AND MFA LATIN AMERICA EU LEAD MINISTER GIULIO CESARE PICCIRILLI AND DELIVERED POINTS (REF) ON KARL BURK'S PLANS TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CUBA. POL M/C STATED THAT IT WAS UNFO [...]
2003-09-26 18:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU IT EUN
03ROME445(S) AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIME MINISTRY ON SHIPMENT
[...] (S) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER, TOGETHER WITH ACTING DCM AND POLMIN, USED THE OPPORTUNITY OF A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUING STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SHIPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOATS FROM ITALY TO IRA [...]
2003-02-04 19:00:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PREL PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4460ARTICLE 98/ITALY: NO CHANGE IN ROME'S POSITION
[...] (C) DURING A SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING DEVOTED TO OTHER ISSUES, POL MC RAISED THE ISSUE OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS WITH CLAUDIO PAGE 02 ROME 04460 291757Z BISOGNIERO, DEPUTY TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAGONA. NOTING THE SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1 MEETING BETWEEN UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON AND ARAGO [...]
2003-09-29 17:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT MARR PHUM PREL EUN
03ROME454EU CONVENTION VICE PRESIDENT AMATO ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 3, EU CONVENTION VICE PRESIDENT GIULIANO AMATO TOLD AMBASSADOR SEMBLER THAT WHILE HE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE CHANCES OF APPROVING A CONSTITUTION BEFORE FORMAL ENLARGEMENT, MUCH WORK REMAINED. IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THE CONVENTION COULD HAVE A PRODUCT READY TO P [...]
2003-02-05 12:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT EUN
03ROME4564EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING IN ROME
[...] (U) SUMMARY. EU Defense Ministers discussed five main issues during their Oct. 3-4 informal meeting in Rome, the first meeting of EU DefMins at 25. They proposed creating a working group to consider an EU role in Bosnia/SFOR, including replacing SFOR with an EU operation under UK command by [...]
2003-10-06 14:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EUN NATO
03ROME4616ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: VIEWS ON FIRST IGC SESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian EU Presidency views the results of the Summit for the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the European Constitution quite positively, and is hopeful that it was the beginning of a process in which European leaders start to see the constitution in terms [...]
2003-10-09 06:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN ESDP
03ROME4637U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, PSI, IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S Bolton discussed Article 98, PSI, North Korea and Iran with senior Italian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President's office and Prime Minister Berlusconi's office during meetings on October 2 in Rome. The Italians agreed to review language recently negoti [...]
2003-10-09 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS MNUC KN IR IT KICC
03ROME4661IRAQ DONORS PLEDGES: AMBASSADOR PRESSES ITALIAN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S CLOSEST ADVISOR, UNDERSECRETARY IN THE PM'S OFFICE GIANNI LETTA, FOR 30 MINUTES ON OCTOBER 9 TO URGE -- IN THE STRONGEST TERMS -- THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT MAKE THE MOST GENEROUS PLEDGE POSSIBLE AT THE UPCOMING MADRID DONORS' CONFE [...]
2003-10-10 15:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID IT IZ PREL EUN
03ROME4662ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - GAERC POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) ON OCTOBER 9, THE MFA'S EU EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT AND ESDP COORDINATOR SANDRO DE BERNADIN BRIEFED POL MINISTER COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF ON EXPECTED CONCLUSIONS FOR THE OCTOBER 13-14 GAERC. ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) DE BERNADIN EXPECTED THAT MINISTERS WOULD ISSUE A STATEMEN [...]
2003-10-10 15:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN
03ROME4663ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: READOUT ON EU-UKRAINE SUMMIT
[...] (C) POST PASSED POINTS REFTEL TO THE MFA EU OFFICE AND NIS OFFICE ON OCTOBER 3. ON OCTOBER 8, SILVIA COSTANTINI FROM THE MFA'S OFFICE OF EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS TOLD POLOFF THAT WHILE THE OCTOBER 7 UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT IN YALTA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ADVANCING A NUMBER OF ISSUES RELATED TO UKRAINE'S I [...]
2003-10-10 16:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON UP IT EUN
03ROME4670ITALY CITES ANKARA'S PROGRESS ON EU MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (U) ON OCTOBER 8, ITALIAN MFA DIRECTOR FOR AEGEAN ISSUES GIOVANNI RICCIULLI GAVE POLOFFS A READOUT OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRANCO FRATTINI'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL IN ROME. RICCIULLI CONVEYED ITALY'S POSITIVE VIEW OF TURKEY'S PROGRESS TOWARD GAINING EU MEMBER [...]
2003-10-14 08:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALTU IT PREL EUN
03ROME4678ITALY, IF ASKED, READY TO EXTEND IRAQ MISSION
[...] (U) DEFMIN MARTINO, SPEAKING TO THE PRESS IN NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 11, SAID ITALY WAS CONSIDERING EXTENDING ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. THE ITALIAN MISSION, DUBBED ANTICA BABILONIA, WAS AUTHORIZED ON JULY 10 BY A GOVERNMENT DECREE, WHICH PARLIAMENT SUBSEQUENTLY [...]
2003-10-14 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4684ITALIAN REQUEST FOR USAF ASSISTANCE TO TRANSPORT AXUM OBELISK
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: EmbOffs met with MFA Africa Director General Cabras to follow-up on the GOI's request for the use of USAF C-5 aircraft to fly three large pieces of the Axum obelisk from either Rome or Naples to Axum (reftel). POL M/C described the procedural steps required and [...]
2003-10-14 16:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ET IT AVIATION
03ROME4724IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ROME A POSITIVE STOPOVER FOR
[...] THE FIVE-MEMBER OFFICIAL DELEGATION FROM IRAQ, HEADED BY AMBASSADOR MAREK BELKA, STOPPED IN ROME OCTOBER 9 FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. THE DELEGATION FIRST MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE RICARDO SESSA ALONE, THEN WITH THE TASK FORCE -- WHICH INCLUDES INTERAGENCY AND PRIVATE SECT [...]
2003-10-15 17:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ IT
03ROME473ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF POWELL'S FEB. 5 UNSC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI ENDORSED SECRETARY POWELL'S FEB. 5 PRESENTATION AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND CALLED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REMAIN UNITED AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SADDAM TO DISARM. WHILE SAYING THAT WAR SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST MEASURE, THE PM CONTINUES TO STATE CLEARLY TH [...]
2003-02-06 09:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDIZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4736ITALY: FACTORS AFFECTING BASING OF U.S. MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) US military forces in Italy, which are present under NATO auspices and operate on Italian (not US) bases, are generally welcome, and we expect that situation to continue. In return for basing access, Italy expects a spirit of partnership, timely consultation, and full respect for Itali [...]
2003-10-16 13:12:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS IT FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME4744ALENIA SPAZIO SPACE COOPERATION WITH CHINA
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (S) Ecmin delivered reftel information October 10 to MFA Director General for Economic and Financial Cooperation Giandomenico Magliano, who was accompanied by Diego Ungaro, Director of the MFA's Office of Defense Industry and Sensiti [...]
2003-10-16 17:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETCH ETTC IT PARM PREL TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4746GALILEO/M-CODE: INCREASED HIGH-LEVEL ITALIAN
[...] (C) AT THE END OF AN OCTOBER 9 MEETING ON ANOTHER SUBJECT WITH PM BERLUSCONI'S CLOSEST ADVISOR, PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY GIANNI LETTA, AMBASSADOR SEMBLER TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THE USG'S CONTINUED GREAT CONCERN OVER LACK OF PROGRESS ON RESOLVING THE GALILEO/M-CODE OVERLAY DISAGR [...]
2003-10-17 06:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECPS ETRD IT TSPA TSPL PREL EUN
03ROME4764MADRID DONORS' CONFERENCE: ITALY CONSIDERING 100
[...] (C) Summary. We have been told on a confidential basis that Prime Minister Berlusconi has proposed to his cabinet a Madrid Conference pledge of 100 million euros for 2004. A final decision, however, has not been taken yet. The Italian delegation to Madrid will be led by FM Frattini and domin [...]
2003-10-17 15:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN IT IZ PREL EUN
03ROME4840READOUT OF ITALY-UKRAINE BILATERAL SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 14 MFA COUNSELOR FOR NIS AFFAIRS LORENZO ORTONA GAVE POLOFFS A READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 8 BILATERAL MEETING WITH UKRAINE PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA FOLLOWING THE EU-UKRAINE SUMMIT IN YALTA. ORTONA REPORTED THAT BOTH LEADERS UNDERLINED THE IMP [...]
2003-10-22 15:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT UP ECON PREL EUN
03ROME4841ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: OCTOBER 16-17 COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian EU Presidency is, in general, pleased with the results of the October 16-17 European Council Meeting and with progress thus far on the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). Italy remains confident that any new EU agreements on European security architecture will not je [...]
2003-10-22 15:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO EUN
03ROME4842ITALIAN ACTION ON MESSAGE TO THE PALESTINIANS
[...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUESTED - SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) UPON RECEIPT OF REF A OCTOBER 21, POST DELIVERED POINTS TO LUCA FERRARI, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MED. FERRARI ASSURED POLOFF THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO FM FRATTINI FOR REVIEW AND RESPONSE. 3. (C) FERRARI CALLED A/DCM O [...]
2003-10-22 17:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL IS IT KWPG
03ROME489TAREQ AZIZ TO MEET THE POPE AND ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) CESARE RAGAGLINI, FM FRATTINI'S CHIEF OF STAFF, INFORMED POL MC THAT TAREQ AZIZ IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT THE VATICAN AND CALL ON THE POPE FEB. 14 (REF.) THE IRAQI INTEREST SECTION IN ROME HAD ALREADY CALLED THE MFA SEEKING OFFICIA [...]
2003-02-06 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME490ITALY/MEPP: A READ OUT OF THE EU JANUARY COMEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE JANUARY MEETING OF THE EU COMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS (COMEP) IN BRUSSELS, THE WORKING GROUPS DISCUSSED THE QUARTET'S ROADMAP AND FUTURE MONITORING MECHANISM, AND THE GREEK PRESIDENCY DISTRIBUTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL EU STATES OUR NON-PAPER ON THE OPERATION [...]
2003-02-06 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IT PREL EUN
03ROME4904ITALIAN ADVISOR TO IRAQ SEES THE GLASS AS HALF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Acting DCM and PolOff attended a 22 October seminar on "Iraq -- Six Months After" with Italian Ambassador Pietro Cordone, who recently left his position as Advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Culture. Cordone was extremely positive in his assessment of US efforts in Iraq, but bel [...]
2003-10-28 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4907STRUCTURED COOPERATION: NEW VARIATIONS FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President Pera told Ambassador Sembler on October 28 that Italy is discussing with other EU partners a new concept on structured cooperation which would have the IGC at 25 endorse structured cooperation as a concept. It would also delegate to the major European military pow [...]
2003-10-28 18:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT ESDP EUN NATO
03ROME4921UNWRA RESOLUTION: ITALIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL M/C DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUCA FERRARI. ALTHOUGH FERRARI STRONGLY AGREED WITH THE US GOAL OF REPLACING THE CURRENT UNWRA RESOLUTIONS WITH ONE COMBIED AND MORE POSITIVE RESOLUTION, HE WAS PESSIMISTIC THAT THE EU WOULD SUPPORT THE US RESOL [...]
2003-10-29 13:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IT UNSC
03ROME4924CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU WILL VOTE
[...] (U) ANDREINA MARSELLA, MFA CUBA DESK OFFICER, TOLD POLOFF ON OCTOBER 29 THAT, ALTHOUGH HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CUBA, THE EU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CUBAN RESOLUTION. MARSELLA INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED DURING AN EU LATIN AMERICA WORKING [...]
2003-10-29 15:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CU IT UNGA
03ROME4932 REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]
2003-10-29 18:37:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4933 REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]
2003-10-30 05:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
03ROME495LIBYA/UNSC: NO CONCRETE RESULTS IN THE ITALIAN/LIBYAN FMS' MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-06 16:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ LY PREL UNSC
03ROME4957IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Special Envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Antonio Armellini, met with EmbOffs on October 27 to discuss the reconstruction process to date and Italy's pledge of Euro 200 million at the Madrid Donors Conference. Armell [...]
2003-10-31 07:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON PREL IZ IT EUN
03ROME4974IRAQ: ITALY REQUESTS SENIOR POSITION IN CPA
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a letter and "Aide Memoire" dated 28 October from Foreign Minister Frattini to the Ambassador outlining Italy's contributions to Iraqi reconstruction efforts and requesting that, in return, a senior Ital [...]
2003-10-31 16:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4994CCW ANTI-VEHICLE MINES: ITALY SUPPORTS US
[...] (C) POLMIL OFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO PAOLO CUCULI IN THE MFA'S DISARMAMENT OFFICE ON 24 OCTOBER. CUCULI RECALLED THAT ITALY, AS CURRENT HOLDER OF THE EU PRESIDENCY, DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH THE US, REPRESENTED BY BOB LUACES, AT THE SEPTEMBER 26 US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DISA [...]
2003-11-03 16:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MCAP IT EUN
03ROME5001EU/TURKEY CONFERENCE TAKES SOBER BUT HOPEFUL VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 20-21 POLOFF ATTENDED AN EU-TURKEY CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE AND ASPEN INSTITUTE-ROME THAT DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES TURKEY FACES IN ATTAINING EU MEMBERSHIP. WHILE NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS APPEARED TO DOUBT TURKEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BECO [...]
2003-11-04 13:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTU IT PREL EUN
03ROME5003ITALY: MFA ON TROOPS AND PRT IN AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: KEY MFA INTERLOCUTORS SIGNAL THAT ITALY'S ASSESSMENT OF SENDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO GHAZNI IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY DOUBT THAT ITALY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND 1,000 OEF TROOPS TO KHOWST TO REPLACE U.S. MARINES THERE (SEE ALSO SEPTEL). THEY ALSO REPORTED BRIEFL [...]
2003-11-04 14:16:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MASS PREL EAID AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5008PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...]
2003-11-04 17:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5057 ITALY STILL UPSET ABOUT FLAGS TO POSTS
[...] (C) Summary. DEFMIN Martino's office and the MFA's NATO Office warn that Italy will break silence if the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee follows through on a reported plan to put forward a flags to posts proposal to which Italy has registered strong objections. As related to SECDEF at l [...]
2003-11-06 16:00:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MARR MCAP PGOV IT AF IZ NATO
03ROME5093FM FRATTINI INSISTS IGC SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian FM Frattini reiterated to Ambassador Sembler that "structured cooperation" would be inclusive (open to all 25 EU members) and implemented in coordination with NATO. He noted that an "encouraging statement" on European security initiatives from Secretary Powell would help [...]
2003-11-12 06:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5179ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR
[...] (C) ESDP: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A POINTS, MFA INTERLOCUTORS REITERATED ITALY'S VIEW EXPRESSED IN REFTEL B AND PREVIOUS; THAT THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE IGC DEALING WITH ESDP ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, NOT MARGINALIZE, THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP. MFA NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVA [...]
2003-11-14 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5184ITALY ON THE SIXTH EU-CHINA SUMMIT AND BILATERAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for EAP and EUR/ERA. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Expanding trade between the EU and China, the EU's continued arms embargo and North Korea topped discussions at the October 30 EU-China Summit in Beijing. The EU and China signed the Gali [...]
2003-11-17 08:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM SMIG TSPL TSPA ETRD CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5201UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION: NO ITALIAN
[...] (C) ITALY WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR CANADA'S 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON IRAN, DEPUTY POLDIR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO TOLD POL M/C NOVEMBER 14. BISOGNIERO'S RESPONSE CONFIRMED MFA HUMAN RIGHTS COORDINATOR ALESSANDRO FALLAVOLLITA'S LATE OCTOBER ASSESSMENT THAT EU MEMBER-STATES HAD REACHED CONSENSUS TO [...]
2003-11-17 16:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR IT UNGA
03ROME5202IRAN/FAST-BOATS: INDUSTRY MINISTRY VIEWS
[...] (S) Summary. Italian export control officials are looking for a way to make permanent the "informal hold" placed on FB Design fast boat exports to Iran, according to the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade's senior licensing official. Two approaches are under consideration: 1) formally add [...]
2003-11-17 16:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC IR IT PARM PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5217ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...]
2003-11-18 14:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME522SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S FEBRUARY 11
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE ADOLFO URSO TO WASHINGTON IS A KEY OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR U.S. TRADE PRIORITIES, BOTH IN THE U.S.-EU CONTEXT AS WELL AS IN THE DOHA NEGOTIATIONS. URSO IS PRO-U.S., PRO-FREE TRADE, AND INTERESTED IN HAVING ITALY BECOME A MORE ACTIVE [...]
2003-02-07 18:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETRD IT KIPR PREL EUN
03ROME5222Current readout on 2003 funding for WFP's North
[...] As of mid-October, WFP had resourced 288,901 metric tons of food assistance (valued at USD 86.6 million) against its calendar year 2003 appeal for 513,096 metric tons. Principal donors include: Republic of Korea, 100,000 mts; Russian Federation, 40,463 mts; European Commission-ECHO, 46,285 mts [...]
2003-11-19 10:12:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME5278ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY: EU-TURKEY TROIKA READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 13, ITALIAN MFA DIRECTOR FOR AEGEAN ISSUES GIOVANNI RICCIULLI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT OF THE NOVEMBER 11 EU-TURKEY TROIKA. RICCIULLI REPORTED THAT THE MEETINGS HAD A "GOOD ATMOSPHERE" AND THAT TURKEY'S REACTION TO ITS RECENT EU PROGRESS REPORT WAS "CONSTRUCTIVE AND H [...]
2003-11-20 12:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTU IT PREL EUN
03ROME5317SHARON'S VISIT TO ITALY: ISRAELIS ECSTATIC
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador Gol described Israeli PM Sharon's November 17-19 visit to Rome as "extraordinary" for its warmth and level of reception, in part due to the confluence of events -- the synagogue bombings in Istanbul and the state funerals for fallen Italian carabinieri and civi [...]
2003-11-21 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IT UNSC
03ROME5339ITALY OPPOSES ICJ RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL
[...] (C) DURING A NOVEMBER 24 TELCON, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI TOLD POL M/C THAT ITALY'S POSITION ON AN ICJ RESOLUTION HAS NOT CHANGED AND THAT IT IS STILL A TERRIBLE IDEA. THE MFA HAS ALREADY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO ITS MISSION IN NEW YORK TO PURSE A THREE- [...]
2003-11-24 14:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IT UNGA
03ROME5344IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: GOI MAY SWEETEN TELECOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TELECOM ITALIA OFFICIALS, EAGER FOR ANY PROGRESS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONNECT IRAQ TO THE MEDNAUTILUS FIBER OPTIC NETWORK (SEE REF A),TOLD ECONOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT THE GOI IS SO COMMITTED TO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT IT MAY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN THE 200 MILLION EURO DONATI [...]
2003-11-25 10:51:00Embassy RomeSECRETECIN ECON ECPS IS IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5362ITALY'S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN EFFORT TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT ITALY CONCURRED WITH THE US VIEW (REF A) THAT RECENT EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO UNILATERALLY NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OF THE TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT WERE CARRIED OUT IN A NON-TRANSPARENT MANNER AND OUTSIDE OF TH [...]
2003-11-25 17:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN
03ROME5363ITALY: ON SYRIA TO PRESENT VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Eastern Mediterranean Office Chief, Luca Ferrari gave a read-out on MFA Mediterranean and Middle East Director General Riccardo Sessa's recent trip to Syria. Sessa traveled to Syria to inform GOS officials of the need to do more on the Arab-Israeli conflict if they want to adva [...]
2003-11-25 17:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SY IT EUN
03ROME5369 ITALY ON EU-AFRICA TROIKA: PEACE AND SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RECENT EU-AFRICA MINISTERIAL TROIKA IDENTIFIED PEACE AND SECURITY AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION FACILITY (PSOF),WELCOMED THE RE-INITIATION OF THE EU-ZIMBABWE DIALOGUE AND COMMITTED BOTH SIDES TO IM [...]
2003-11-26 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO XA ZI IT EUN
03ROME5416WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) ECONOMIC COUNSELOR CALLED ON MFA NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR UGO DE MOHR NOVEMBER 26 TO DELIVER REF C MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FOREIGN MINISTER FRATINI. SHE EXPLAINED TO DE MOHR THAT THE SECRETARY WAS PROPOSING A JOINT LETTER WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER TO ALL WASSENA [...]
2003-12-02 15:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL ETTC KSTC PARM IT EUN
03ROME5418ITALIANS SURPRISED BY EXCLUSION FROM UN IRAQ GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA HAS EXPRESSED ITALY'S INDIGNATION AT ITS EXCLUSION FROM THE RECENTLY CREATED UN IRAQ GROUP OF FRIENDS AND REQUESTED US ASSISTANCE IN GETTING ITALY INCLUDED IN THE GROUP. WE UNDERSTAND DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO HAS MADE THE SAME POINT TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD AND THAT FM FRATTI [...]
2003-12-02 17:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS IZ IT UNSC UN
03ROME5441MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN TERMS KOZAK PLAN
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA DESK OFFICER FOR MOLDOVA LORENZO ORTONA, MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN INFORMED BOTH PRESIDENT CIAMPI AND PM BERLUSCONI THAT HE FOUND THE "KOZAK" DOCUMENT UNACCEPTABLE. VORONIN MADE CLEAR TO HIS ITALIAN INTERLOCUTORS DURING HIS NOVEMBER 27 VISIT TO ROME THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO [...]
2003-12-03 15:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN
03ROME5448ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY INSISTS IGC SECURITY
[...] (C) ON DECEMBER 2, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FM FRATTINI ESPECIALLY, WAS "VERY SATISFIED" WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC) "CONCLAVE" HELD IN NAPLES NOVEMBER 28-29. HE UNDERLINED THA [...]
2003-12-03 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5468ALENIA SPAZIO CEO MAURIZIO TUCCI'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Alenia Spazio CEO Maurizio Tucci described for the Ambassador on November 28 his keen interest in ensuring that nothing undermine the growing relationship of trust fostered by recent Italy-U.S. discussions on dual-use export controls and technology transfer. Tucci said he was eag [...]
2003-12-04 16:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS IT CH TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5473ITALY: SYRIA SEEKS HIGHER LEVEL DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During recent closed talks with the Italian MFA, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Muallem expressed a desire to improve US-Syrian relations by developing a higher level dialogue on a more equal footing. Muallem said that a settlement with Israel is the best strategic option for [...]
2003-12-05 10:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SY IT UN
03ROME5475IRAQ: MOD MARTINO VOWS ITALY WILL STAY THE COURSE
[...] Summary: Italian MOD Martino told parliament December 3 that Italy will keep its troops in Iraq, because pulling out now would create a "dangerous vacuum." In stating Italy's unrenounceable and firm commitment to combat international terrorism, he remarked that the nature of the mission rem [...]
2003-12-05 10:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR PGOV XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5490ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (SBU) EMBOFFS DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE MFA INTERLOCUTORS. THIS MESSAGE TRANSMITS RESPONSES TO BALKANS AND IRAQ POINTS. REF B DESCRIBES PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IGC ISSUES AND PROCESS. MFA RECEIVED REMAINING POINTS WITHOUT COMMENT. ---- IRAQ ---- 2. (C) GIAMPAOLO CANTINI, D [...]
2003-12-05 17:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL EUN
03ROME5540ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...]
2003-12-11 11:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE
03ROME5552DEMARCHE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF REF A INSTRUCTIONS, EMBASSY RAISED URGENT USG CONCERNS WITH THE FOLLOWING GOI OFFICIALS: -- FM FRATTINI: AT A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED DECEMBER 10 DINNER AT THE RESIDENCE IN HONOR OF FM FRATTINI, AMB. SEMBLER PULLED ASIDE THE MINISTER TO OUTLINE THE PROBLEM AND THE NEE [...]
2003-12-11 16:49:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5583CUBAN CHARM OFFENSIVE: USUAL AUDIENCE PRIMED, BUT
[...] (C) WE REVIEWED DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY MARGHERITA BONIVER DECEMBER 9 IN THE COURSE OF A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION, NOTING THAT WE'D SEEN SOME INDICATIONS THAT CASTRO WAS POISED TO LAUNCH A NEW CHARM OFFENSIVE. BONIVER SAID SHE'D SEEN NO INDICATION OF ANY PROPOSED VI [...]
2003-12-15 10:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME559IRAQ/ITALY: GOI'S MEETINGS WITH AND MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT MEET TAREQ AZIZ DURING HIS TRIP TO ROME. WHILE NOT CONFIRMED YET, IT IS LIKELY FM FRATTINI WILL MEET AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14. GOI OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL GIVE AZIZ A STRONG MESSAGE IN PRIVATE AND WILL REITERATE THE SAME MESSAGE PUBLICLY: THE GA [...]
2003-02-11 13:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5625END OF YEAR NORTH KOREA HUMANITARIAN WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Recent press reports, WFP requests, inquiries from other donors and Assistant Secretary Boucher's comments have focused attention on the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). WFP has renewed its request for a favorable decision on the remai [...]
2003-12-16 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME5665ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]
2003-12-19 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IT EUN
03ROME568BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE
[...] MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN THE LOCAL JOURNAL L'OPINIONE FEBRUARY 6 STATING THAT THE GOI INTENDS TO HOST A CONFERENCE ON BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS EU PRESIDENCY, WHICH RUNS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2003. IT IS UNCL [...]
2003-02-12 13:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5680SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Embassy continues to press the GOI both to stop any shipments of FB Design fast boats still in Italian territory, and to institute legal means immediately to stop any future export of such technology. The GOI still insists it has no legal authority to stop such shipments. However, Foreign [...]
2003-12-22 15:49:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5687ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
[...] (U) Summary. CHOD Moscha Moschini told an audience of high-level military officials that Italy's armed forces must focus on neutralizing the threat from non-state actors and contribute to international peace and security. Procurement policy should be calibrated to equip them to meet these o [...]
2003-12-22 18:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO
03ROME5688ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN
[...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...]
2003-12-22 18:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME5694ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]
2003-12-23 11:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME5705WFP plea for North Korea humanitarian food
[...] (SBU) WFP Executive Director Jim Morris has written his second letter this month to Secretary Powell (this one posted from Beijing) focusing attention on the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and WFP's renewed request for a favorable decision on [...]
2003-12-23 16:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME571ITALY HOLDS UP SHIPMENT OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FOLLOWING ANOTHER EMBASSY INQUIRY TO THE MFA ON FEBRUARY 11, GIUSEPPE MANZO, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS MARCELLO SPATAFORA, TOLD ECONOFF FEBRUARY 12 THAT SPATAFORA HAD CONTACTED THE ITALIAN COMPANY SB DESIGN TWO DAYS AGO TO ASK THEM TO HALT THE IMPENDING SHI [...]
2003-02-12 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5710ITALY: EU-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials claim the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue was a positive and cooperative exchange but, it did not provide any tangible commitments or actions from the Chinese. The Chinese underscored their willingness to work through international mechanisms to respect human rights bu [...]
2003-12-24 07:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5717SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN
[...] (S) FURTHER TO REF A, GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MINISTER ANTONIO MARZANO, CALLED A/ECMIN TO REPORT THAT MINISTER MARZANO HAD SPOKEN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI ON THE MARGINS OF THE DECEMBER 23 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' MEETING REGARDING THE EXPO [...]
2003-12-24 12:10:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME572ITALY READY TO SEND LNO AS COORDINATOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) IN A FEBRUARY 12 MEETING, THE AMBASSADOR URGED ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO TO SEND A LIAISON OFFICER FOR IRAQ TO TAMPA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PER OUR REPEATED REQUESTS. MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS EAGER TO SEND AN OFFIC [...]
2003-02-10 08:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME600ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW
[...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...]
2003-02-13 18:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME618SOMALIA: AN ITALIAN NGO'S PLAN B FOR PEACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANGELO MASETTI, SECRETARY OF A UNION-ORGANIZED GROUP THAT WORKS WITH SOMALIS IN ITALY, SHARED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 31 AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00618 01 OF 02 141432Z ACHIEVING PEACE IN SOMALIA. MASETTI OPINED THAT [...]
2003-02-14 13:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ELAB SO IT
03ROME619TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I
[...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...]
2003-02-14 14:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME657TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - FINAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME DID LITTLE TO CHANGE THE GOI'S FIRM STAND ON IRAQ. AS REQUESTED IN REF E, PM BERLUSCONI DID NOT MEET AZIZ. FM FRATTINI SENT A TOUGH MESSAGE TO AZIZ IN PERSON AND IN PUBLIC ON IRAQ'S NEED TO COOPERATE IMMEDIATELY, FULLY, AND ACTIVELY WITH THE UN WEAPO [...]
2003-02-18 14:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME699ITALY: BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT RIDING TOUGH DOMESTIC
[...] (C) ITALY HAS MADE ITS STRATEGIC CHOICE ON IRAQ. THE GOI WILL BACK FORCIBLE DISARMAMENT OF SADDAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A UN RESOLUTION, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. HOW IT GETS TO THAT DECISION POINT WILL BE MESSY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE PM BERLUSCONI IS CONFRONTING A MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL SI [...]
2003-02-20 17:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME763BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]
2003-02-24 16:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME791WFP/UNICEF DPR KOREA NUTRITION SURVEY SHOWS MARKED
[...] MALNUTRITION RATES AMONG CHILDREN IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) HAVE DECLINED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY RELEASED BY WFP AND UNICEF ON FEBRUARY 20, CONJOINTLY WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS AND INSTITUTE OF CHIL [...]
2003-02-26 05:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME830CHR: ITALIANS DON'T FAVOR UZBEK RESOLUTION
[...] (U) MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US FEB 27 THAT ITALY AGREED A RESOLUTION ON UZBEKISTAN WAS NOT TIMELY AT THIS YEAR'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. CALVETTA AGREED THAT UZBEKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE APPROPRIATE TEST OF THE ITS PROFESSED [...]
2003-02-27 14:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UZ IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME854IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]
2003-02-28 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME856ITALIAN MFA AGREES TO SUPPORT OSCE PARTNER STATUS
[...] (C) WE DELIVERED TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR OSCE ISSUES FABIO CRISTIANI REFTEL DEMARCHE REQUESTING GOI SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN TO BECOME AN OSCE PARTNER FOR COOPERATION. HE INDICATED THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE REQUEST, REFERRING TO AN UPCOMING MARCH 6 MEETING IN VIENNA. 2. (C) CRISTIAN [...]
2003-02-28 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IT OSCE
03ROME86OSCE: GOI ON IMPROVING U.S./EU COORDINATION;
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. DURING A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00086 100733Z DISCUSSION ON TURKMENISTAN "MOSCOW MECHANISM" (SEE PARA 5),MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S./EU COORDINATION ON OSCE ISSUES, AND O [...]
2003-01-10 07:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU IT TX OSCE
03ROME9ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPLOYMENT ORDER
[...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. REFTEL A CONVEYS ORDERS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES TO SIGONELLA, SICILY IN SUPPORT OF OEF O/A JANUARY 9-14, AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, IN OBTAINING APPROVALS FROM HOST NATIONS. THE DEPLOYMENT IS CLASSIFIED "SECRET/ORCON, RELEASA [...]
2003-01-02 15:23:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MARR PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME906ITALY SEEKS USG CERTIFICATION FOR M113 TRANSFER TO
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE ITALIAN MOD HAS PREPARED A "NON-PAPER" JUSTIFYING ITALY'S TRANSFER TO MACEDONIA OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILITARY TRANSPORT VEHICLES (M113) WHICH REQUIRES AN END USER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00906 051739Z [...]
2003-03-05 14:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME928ITALIAN UNIONS BARK, BUT SHOULDN'T BITE, ON
[...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00928 01 OF 02 061453Z SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) ITALY'S LABOR UNIONS ARE GETTING A LOT OF PRESS FOR THEIR ROLE IN DISRUPTING TRANSHIPMENT OF U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND CARGO, BUT THE REAL HEADL [...]
2003-03-06 13:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR ELAB PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME931GOI DISAPPOINTED WITH DELAY IN EU TAKEOVER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 5, ITALIAN MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO EXPRESSED SURPRISE TO POLMIN AT THE US INTERVENTION (REF A) DURING THAT MORNING'S NAC IN BRUSSELS DEALING WITH THE EU'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY. RATHER THAN FULLY CONCURRING WIT [...]
2003-03-06 17:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03ROME98ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOI IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GRADUALLY REDUCING ITS FORCES IN UNIFIL, EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM UNIFIL, AND RE-DEPLOYING ITS FORCES TO THE M [...]
2003-01-10 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC
03SANAA1041YEMEN INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION TO LIFT UN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 15:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
03SANAA1073YEMEN: FREEDOM PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL YM
03SANAA1074ROYG AND THE ROADMAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1075ROYG DEMARCHED ON PATTERNS 2002
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS PREL PGOV ECON YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1101USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN
[...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...]
2003-05-14 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1117SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS
[...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]
2003-05-15 14:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE
03SANAA1118BAATHIST PARTY ANIMAL RETURNS TO YEMEN
[...] (C) Qassem Salam, the Secretary General of Yemen's Arab Socialist Baath Party slunk back from Baghdad in late April. In a May 6 interview with a London Arab paper, he claimed ROYG President Salih had recently praised Saddam Hussein as a "brave struggler". The MFA declares a complete mis-quote [...]
2003-05-15 15:11:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1136SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 18
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 18 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Drawing upon lessons learned in Riyadh and Casablanca, post is expanding the ongoing security review, and is working closely with ROYG t [...]
2003-05-20 08:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1140TERRORIST FINANCE: BATASUNA
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. 2. (U) On May 14, Pol/econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Ahmed Mulhi, the chair of the ROYG Counterterrorism Committee and Director of Legal Affairs for the MFA. He had no substantive comment on the subject, but said he will disseminate the information t [...]
2003-05-20 10:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1150YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM,
[...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...]
2003-05-21 04:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1159REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL OF COM
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister's Office Director confirms that Iraq's former Ambassador left Sanaa before the war, that the remaining diplomats are keeping a low profile, and that the ROYG continues to protect the Embassy as inviolable diplomatic premises. In these circumstances, he believ [...]
2003-05-21 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YE
03SANAA1189OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) On 5/27, Pol/Econ chief delivered the demarche requested reftel to Dirham al-Saidi, the MFA desk officer for the U.S, and left the talking points as a non-paper. He promised to deliver it immediately to officials from the International Organizations Office who were traveling later that d [...]
2003-05-28 15:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ XF ISCON YE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1190IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO
[...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]
2003-05-28 15:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA1191SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 27
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 27 to assess Embassy security posture in light of recent unspecified threat information. Post is working closely with ROYG to review security, and continues to endorse the return of minor dependents. [...]
2003-05-28 16:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1192TERRORIST FINANCE: SANAA: PRENOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) Summary: The head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had little substantive comment on the USG designation of the al-Aqsa Foundation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Al-Aqsa is a sensitive subject in Yemen and USG efforts to extradite al-Aqsa's local leader, Sheik [...]
2003-05-29 09:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1193DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SOFAN: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan outlined the new government's priorities to Ambassador in a courtesy call on May 26. Sofan also said that he expects the long-delayed gun-control legislation to pass Parliament [...]
2003-05-29 09:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID YM ECON COM
03SANAA1194SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador has briefed President Saleh on your visit. Saleh wishes to meet with you and welcomes the establishment of a LEGATT office in Sanaa. As noted in the 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, ROYG has provided "excellent cooperation with the U.S." Your visit could hard [...]
2003-05-29 10:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KCRM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1236YEMEN: FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE
[...] Embassy Sanaa warmly endorses the proposed Middle East Regional Justice Forum. While the ROYG has conducted a judicial reform project since 1997 with donor support from several countries, the results have been mixed and more work needs to be done. Yemeni reform-minded judges and justice off [...]
2003-06-03 13:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1256FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...]
2003-06-04 20:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1259ROYG RECEIVES NAMES OF IRAQIS OF CONCERN
[...] (S/NF) On May 28, PolOff delivered the USG response (para 2) to ROYG's 4/29 request for information on Iraqis requesting asylum to Yemen to Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi. Iryani noted that the asylum requests were still under review, and agreed to contact the Emba [...]
2003-06-05 11:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ YM
03SANAA1260IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM REQUESTS ASYLUM TO
[...] (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, called the DCM on 5/31 to request immediate assistance in vetting the Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, his wife, and the members of his family in para 3 who have requested asylum to Yemen. 2. (S/NF) The original fax from the M [...]
2003-06-05 11:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ YM
03SANAA1263AMBASSADOR'S 6/2 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: U/S BOLTON
[...] (C) Summary: In a 6/2 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said he looked forward to visiting WDC, possibly with Interior Minister Alimi for policy discussions. He welcomed Ambassador's readout of the FBI Director's meeting with Saleh earlier the same day. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the upcomi [...]
2003-06-07 08:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA127YEMEN GENERAL AND ISLAH PARTY REACTION TO ARRESTS
[...] (S) Summary: The arrest of al-Moayed in Frankfurt has surprised many in Yemen, and public reaction is extremely negative. He is a well-known humanitarian to Yemenis, and many have expressed shock about a possible connection to al-Qaeda. The Islah party is particularly concerned, and simil [...]
2003-01-14 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1318ICOC - URGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO SUBSCRIBE:
[...] (U) On 6/7, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche concerning the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) to Marwan Noman, Office Director to Yemen's Foreign Minister. 2. (C) Noman was familiar with the issue: the diplomatic note that would hav [...]
2003-06-10 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM MTCRE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1319HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN COUNTERING POTENTIAL
[...] (S/NF) Information about the missing Boeing 727 has been shared with appropriate Yemeni officials in the MOD and MOI. The Yemen Air Force routinely monitors aircraft movements around the Horn of Africa region, and will be looking for the plane. 2. (S/NF) However, absent specific informatio [...]
2003-06-10 13:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL MOPS COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1349PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised suggestions of both government and private sector participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri Minister of Justice Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003),professor of international law at Aden Univers [...]
2003-06-11 14:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1350YEMENI NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemeni National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests the Department's assistance in coordinating an important visit to the U.S. to discuss the physical security of radiological materials [...]
2003-06-12 15:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1351SECOND REQUEST: IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) On May 31, Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, called DCM to request immediate assistance in vetting the asylum request of the Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, his wife, and members of his family (listed below [...]
2003-06-12 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL ASEC IZ VM YM
03SANAA1373SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) You are the most senior State Department official to visit Yemen since Secretary Baker came in late 1990. The ROYG thus recognizes your visit as an important opportunity to continue building the positive bilateral relations that have evolved in the aftermath of the Cole and 9/11 attacks, [...]
2003-06-16 05:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL OTRA OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1377RECENT REPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES UNSUBSTANTIATED
[...] (C) AP reported on 6/13 that Yemeni police defused a time bomb outside the Hadda Hotel late on Thursday, June 12. The hotel is located about 150 yards from a residential compound housing many foreigners, including Embassy staff. Foreign Minister Qirbi, the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the [...]
2003-06-16 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA138SANAA EAC MEETING - 14 JANUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 14 to assess the security implications of the two recent detentions of Yemeni citizens in Germany (see reftel),and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was the need [...]
2003-01-19 04:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA1395STATUS OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-17 16:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA AMGT IZ YM
03SANAA1396TERRORIST FINANCE: YEMEN REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para 8. 2. (S) Summary: The Head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests more information regarding the link between the Yemen Al-Aqsa Foundation and Hamas. ROYG officials are seeking an alternative charity for donations to [...]
2003-06-18 04:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA1411MOAYED: ROYG MAKES AN 11TH HOUR APPEAL
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Begin summary: Yemen has launched an aggressive 11th hour campaign for the return of Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moayed, now awaiting an extradition ruling in Germany on charges of support for terrorist organizations. After raising [...]
2003-06-19 13:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1412MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 06:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1414YEMEN: FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM ARRIVES
[...] (S/NF) On June 18, before a meeting with FM Qirbi (see septels),Charge delivered the USG response to the ROYG request for information on Salah al-Muktar, the Saddam-era Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, to Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi. Iryani noted that the text (s [...]
2003-06-21 03:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ VM YM
03SANAA1439MOAYED: YEMENI PRESIDENT REQUESTS DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Charge received a call from Mohamed Sudam on behalf of President Saleh regarding Sheikh al-Moayed late on June 21. He relayed a response from Saleh to the ref a points delivered by Charge earlier in the day by [...]
2003-06-22 15:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1441ROYG APPEAL ON AL-MOAYED CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 04:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR TERFIN
03SANAA1450U/S BOLTON 6/16-17 VISIT TO YEMEN: ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG Foreign Minister al-Qirbi pledged his support for an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. during the June 16-17 visit of U/S Bolton. On timing, President Saleh was equivocal, suggesting that Yemen would not sign until a specified list of other Arab states were on board. Acco [...]
2003-06-23 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA YM KICC
03SANAA1451MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON YEMEN-SAUDI SECURITY
[...] (C) Begin summary: On June 21, Charge met with Minister of Interior Alimi to discuss recent developments in Yemen-Saudi border security, Red Sea counter-terrorism cooperation, press reports of Yemeni terrorist arrested in Saudi Arabia, and other issues. The Charge was accompanied by RSO an [...]
2003-06-23 15:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1453U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary John Bolton met with Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemeni National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) and science advisor to ROYG President Saleh. Discussing the U.S. campaign to target and cut off revenue that funds North Korea's nucle [...]
2003-06-24 07:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR PARM PREL MNUC MASS KN YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1454U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: PRESIDENT SALEH ON
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton joined Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh for an hour-long discussion. U/S Bolton briefed Saleh on U.S. efforts to stop North Korea,s nuclear program, as well as ongoing [...]
2003-06-24 07:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL MARR MNUC MASS IZ KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1455U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Begin summary: During a day of official meetings on June 17, Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton met with Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi and MOD Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed al-Qasami to discuss Yemen's relations with the DPRK and [...]
2003-06-24 07:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MARR PREL MNUC MASS KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA154MEETING WITH YEMEN FM QIRBI: DISCUSSION ON SCUDS,
[...] (U) Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for Reasons 1.5 (b,d) 2. (S) Summary: On January 19, 2003 Ambassador Hull met with Foreign Minister Qirbi at the MFA. Qirbi has received a letter from the Ministry of Defense outlining outstanding North Korean military shipments and plans t [...]
2003-01-20 13:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1545YEMENI SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT'S INTERVIEW WITH
[...] (U) Begin summary: A recent interview with Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar provides an illustrative example typifying the views of this prominent Yemeni political figure. Al-Ahmar is known for his controversial ideas as demonstrated in a June 20 interview with Lo [...]
2003-06-30 04:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1546FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS
[...] (S/NF) On 6/21 Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, asked for USG assistance in vetting the asylum request of former Iraqi Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ghalib Abdu Husayn al-Tamimi, his wife, and their six children. PolOff delivered USG response provided by ORCA (para 2) o [...]
2003-06-30 06:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ AJ YM
03SANAA156YEMEN FM QIRBI LETTER ON SCUDS
[...] (S) Embassy Sanaa received a diplomatic note from the MFA on the issue of Yemen-North Korea missile cooperation on January 20 (text para 2). The note should be read in conjunction with report on Ambassador's conversation with the Minister of Defense (ref D),in which the MoD said that no de [...]
2003-01-20 14:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA1577AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LET'S
[...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa on June 30. In a cordial meeting, they discussed the state of human rights in Yemen, the 2002 Human Rights Report, developments in the new Ministry and specific human rights issues, including [...]
2003-07-01 13:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1586FM QIRBI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi July 2 upon the FM's return from Germany and France. He urged increased assistance to the Palestinian Authority per reftel A. They discussed the al-Moayed case, current Coast Guard training in Aden, the impressive role of the U.S [...]
2003-07-02 13:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1590YEMEN: LATEST WEAPONS BUYBACK CACHE
[...] (S/NF) During a July 1 telcon, President Saleh informed Ambassador that Yemen is actively engaged in non-proliferation efforts and instructed Brigadier General Ali Shater to coordinate a viewing of ROYG proceeds from the past few months of weapons buyback collection efforts. Shater later inv [...]
2003-07-02 14:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA166SANAA RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON U.S. - MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) Summary: As the least developed country in the NEA region, Yemen is likely to show rapid, tangible results from well-conceived MEPI-funded programming. The ROYG has welcomed the initiative warmly and publicly, and Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi will send a letter to Secretary Powel [...]
2003-01-23 13:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SCUL KDEM KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1674YEMEN: IRAQI EDUCATORS IN MOSCOW REQUEST RESIDENCE
[...] (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, faxed the Embassy on July 8 (text para 3) to request assistance in determining the intelligence affiliation, if any, of Mr. Musalam Mohamed Lahmood and Mr. Jasim Mohamed Ibrahim. Iryani identified Lahmood as the Director of th [...]
2003-07-09 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ RS YM
03SANAA1675NO IRAQI GOVERNMENT ASSETS IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Deputy Minister of Finance Ahmed Ghaleb and External Relations Director Ibrahim al-Nahari told Pol/econoff on July 7 that there were no/no Iraqi government assets in Yemen in response to reftel demarche. Al-Nahari explained that the only Iraqi Government assets in Yemen were several cargo [...]
2003-07-09 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRETECON EFIN IZ PREL PTER YM UNSC
03SANAA1684WEAPONS BUYBACK REDUX
[...] (S/NF) Brigadier General Shater, under orders from President Saleh, held a 7/2 viewing of ROYG proceeds from recent weapons buyback collection efforts for the Ambassador and other USG officials (reftel). On July 6, Shater met with the Ambassador to ascertain the U.S. reaction to the display [...]
2003-07-10 12:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1699ADEN GOVERNOR ON DEVELOPMENT, E-LEARNING, THE
[...] (C) Begin summary: On July 8, Ambassador Hull met with newly-appointed governor of Aden, Dr. Yahya Al-Shaibi. Ambassador and Governor Shaibi agreed on the importance of sustainable development, discussing Aden's status as a World Bank Port City, and e-learning. Ambassador highlighted the r [...]
2003-07-14 11:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR YM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM
03SANAA1700ADEN: YEMEN COAST GUARD GRADUATION, AIRPORT
[...] (C) Begin summary: Ambassador Hull traveled to Aden on July 8 for a series of meetings highlighting the Governorate of Aden and ROYG's commitment to security and development. He met with newly-appointed governor, Dr. Yahya Al-Shaibi (septel); attended a ROYG graduation for training conducted [...]
2003-07-14 11:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR YM MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1742ENCOURAGING BALANCED ARAB MEDIA COVERGE OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-20 11:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO YM
03SANAA174458TH UNGA: YEMEN DELEGATION UNDECIDED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-20 11:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KSEP YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1745YEMEN: NEW NAMES ON ASSETS FREEZE LIST
[...] (U) On July 16, PolOff delivered ref A and B demarches to Mr. Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Office. Awadi said he would relay the names to the relevant ministries, and thanked PolOff for procedural information (derived from reftels, septels [...]
2003-07-20 11:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PREL PTER KSEP KVPR CVIS IZ YM UNSC EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1752FM QIRBI DELIVERS DIRECT MESSAGE ON ANTICIPATED
[...] (c) Summary: Foreign Minister Qirbi requested a meeting with the Ambassador July 19 to renew the ROYG,s request that the U.S. withdraw its extradition request from Germany and allow Yemen to host the trial of al-Moayad and his colleague. Qirbi also delivered points indicating that such a wit [...]
2003-07-21 06:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1772ROYG: ARAB MILITARY FORCES REQUESTED FOR IRAQ?
[...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) During a July 16 meeting with Poloff on numerous subjects (septel),MFA Americas Director Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi inquired about a "USG request for Arab military assistance in Iraq." He could not elaborate on the specifics of the r [...]
2003-07-22 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IZ YM
03SANAA1774INITIAL YEMENI REACTION QUIET REGARDING MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Neither Post nor the German Embassy in Sana'a have yet received any direct reaction from the ROYG or the public to the German court ruling in favor of granting the U.S. request to extradite al-Moayed and his companion. Press reports 24 hours after the decision remai [...]
2003-07-22 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1775YEMEN: U.S. THEMES FOR UNGA
[...] (u) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref a and b demarches to Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of MFA's Americas Office, on July 22. Awadi promised to share the information with relevant ROYG officials, including Foreign Minister Qi [...]
2003-07-22 14:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PHUM YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1788MINISTER OF INFORMATION AL-AWADHI OPEN TO
[...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador, PAO, and Pol/Econ Chief paid a courtesy call on Minister of Information Hussein Dhaifallah al-Awadhi on July 23 to congratulate him on his appointment and deliver the demarche points in reftel b. (Note: Biographical information in paragraph 8.) In addition to em [...]
2003-07-23 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PINR YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1810U.S. RESPONSE TO ROYG REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (s) The Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note with the points in reftel a on July 27 to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi. The Ambassador also reiterated his earlier suggestion the al-Moayad cooperate with the investigating authorities (ref b). While expressing no surprise at the negative respo [...]
2003-07-28 13:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1814YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH VISITS ETHIOPIA; MOVE TO INCREASE TRILATERAL COOPERATION AMONG YEMEN-ETHIOPIA-SUDAN
[...] (c) In a July 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Qirbi said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s recent visit to Ethiopia paved the way for increasing regional cooperation. FM Qirbi deemed President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s three day trip successful in terms of strengthening Yemen [...]
2003-07-28 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD EIND ECON YM ET COUNTER TERRORISM COM
03SANAA1817MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 8 TRIP TO ADEN
[...] (u) Begin summary: The Ambassador's July 8 trip to the southern port city of Aden (reftels) to attend the graduation ceremony of the first group of Yemeni officials trained by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received favorable coverage in both national and local press. During the visit, the Am [...]
2003-07-29 07:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER MARR YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1818YEMENI FM QIRBI SUGGESTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL
[...] (u) This is an action request. See comment/request in paragraph 5. 2. (c) In a meeting with FM Qirbi on July 27, the Ambassador lauded the formation of the IGC and its recent participation in the UNSC meeting in New York. He noted UN SYG Annan's supportive statements and Special Represent [...]
2003-07-29 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ DEMARCHE
03SANAA1879SALEH DEMARCHE ON AL-MOAYED AND CT SUPPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Saleh July 30 pressed Ambassador and Legatt-designate for an arrangement on al-Moayed to avoid political embarrassment to Yemen. Legatt briefed Saleh on FBI proposal for Yemeni investigators to come to New York and cooperate on al-Moayed case. Saleh also pressed for a [...]
2003-08-02 12:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM ENERGY TERFIN
03SANAA1924ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-04 13:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IZ AL XF YM
03SANAA1934EMBASSY SANA'A PROPOSAL FOR PKO FUNDS
[...] (SBU) Below is the spending proposal from US Embassy Sanaa for use of $5 million PKO funds in Yemen. 2. (SBU) We have three (3) objectives in using these funds: (1) Continue to move forward with the Counter Terrorism fight in Yemen and, as a second/third order effect, in the region, (2) P [...]
2003-08-05 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1971INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI ON AL-MOAYED, TRAINING AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Alimi again pressed Ambassador August 5 for US agreement to return Sheikh al-Moayed to Yemen for trial, in response to FBI invitation for Yemeni officials to visit New York and review evidence following al-Moayed's extradition. Ambassador and Legatt-Designate r [...]
2003-08-11 11:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1975YEMEN SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION WITH HOA TO
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (c) Summary: Commander of the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force for the Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),General Maston Robeson, met with the Yemeni Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Interior on August 4 to discuss American and Yemeni policy [...]
2003-08-11 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL YM SU EH COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1990YEMENI MILITARY LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8/10 Yemen's Chief of Staff and Defense Minister informed the Ambassador that President Saleh had taken the decision to end Yemeni military cooperation with North Korea. At Yemen's invitation a senior DPRK delegation, possibly including the deputy ministers of defense and indu [...]
2003-08-12 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MCAP YM DPRK
03SANAA2004TERRORIST FINANCE: TIMING OF ZINDANI DESIGNATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post understands that the German Constitutional Court has indicated it will issue a decision to extradite Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayed and his colleague Mohammed Mohsen Yahya pending the answers to questions posed to the U [...]
2003-08-13 13:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2073NO YEMENI REPRESENTATION AT ACRS TRACK TWO MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-20 04:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP XF YM MEPN
03SANAA212S44-02: YEMEN INFORMED OF IRAQI EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE
[...] (S) On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministy of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on Iraqi efforts to acquire CBW protective materials (reftel). Kamarani had no immediate response. He agreed to contact the Embassy if the MFA or other pa [...]
2003-01-30 13:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IZ YM CBW UNSC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2125SANAA EAC MEETING - AUGUST 20, 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on August 20 to assess the recent bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was a recent internet news item concerning terrorism and security in Y [...]
2003-08-24 07:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA213MFA DEMARCHED ON EXCEPTIONS TO THE ASSETS FREEZE
[...] On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on exceptions to the assets freeze list (reftel A) and the terrorist financing designations of Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (reftel B) and four [...]
2003-01-30 13:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA214558TH UNGA DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On August 24, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dirham al-Saidi, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming the demarche, al-Saidi said that he had just returned from a DoD regional seminar in Washington on border security that covered many of the same issues a [...]
2003-08-26 11:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP YM UNGA CDG UNDC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2186YEMEN PONDERS NAJAF STATEMENT
[...] (c) Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani, assistant to Foreign Minister Qirbi, on September 1 to discuss a number of Iraq-related issues, including the August 28 car bombing in Najaf. Drawing on reftel, Pol/Econoff noted the apparent absence, in local media or diplomatic channels, of a R [...]
2003-09-02 10:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER YM
03SANAA2187YEMEN: ARAB LEAGUE INVITATION FOR GC LIKELY
[...] (c) On September 1, Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani to deliver reftel demarche on Iraqi Governing Council (GC) participation in the September 9-10 Arab League (AL) meetings in Cairo, and to discuss last week's "postponement" of an announced GC visit to Yemen. Pol/Econoff also delive [...]
2003-09-02 10:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2203HADRAMAUT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 trip to the Hadramaut, Embassy officials met with Governor Hilal, Deputy Governor Ulufi, political figures, and members of the Civil Democratic Forum -- a Yemeni NGO -- to discuss the region's future. In Mukalla, Governor Hilal and members of Yemen's [...]
2003-09-03 12:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR ECON EFIN EINV PINR YM COM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2204CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND
[...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]
2003-09-03 12:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2224SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 1, 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 1 to consider a Department Threat Advisory (reftel). Also discussed was the lack of credible and specific recent threat reporting on American targets in Yemen, the impending al-Moayad extradition, the official design [...]
2003-09-06 13:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA225TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Post looks forward to moving ahead with assessment of Zindani and Sabaa Bank and possible decision on designation. Contrary to statement in ref A, however, Ambassador has not/not received a copy of the targeting report as stated in r [...]
2003-02-03 07:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETCVIS ETTC PTER PREL KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA2255DEMARCHE ENCOURAGING YEMEN TO SUBSCRIBE TO ICOC
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-10 14:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2260DEMARCHE TO MFA PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-11 10:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2316INCREASING YEMENI SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] (c) On September 15, the DCM discussed Iraq and other issues with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Hussein Taher bin Yahia, who said that the ROYG would welcome a visit by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) "with open arms," and that plans for such travel would most likely be arrang [...]
2003-09-03 19:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ
03SANAA2337AMBASSADOR'S 9/16 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: IRAQ;
[...] (C) Summary: In a 9/16 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said Yemen would welcome a visit by the Iraqi Governing Council "at any time." He expressed Yemeni support for early return of Iraqi sovereignty, and proposed a dialogue to engage AL member states constructively in the process. Qirbi s [...]
2003-09-17 13:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ YM KICC
03SANAA2410GEN ABIZAID'S 9/19 MEETING WITH SALEH: EMPHASIS ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In his first visit to Yemen, GEN Abizaid, CDR USCENTCOM, met with the Country Team and called separately on Chief of Staff Qasimi (septel) and President Saleh. Saleh briefed the CDR on the ROYG's discovery and arrest of a terrorist cell over the previous few days. Saleh revea [...]
2003-09-24 07:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA243ROYG RAID NETS EXTREMIST SUSPECT MOHAMMED ALI
[...] (U) Begin summary: On Wednesday, January 29th, Yemeni security forces arrested Mohammed Ali Al-Zaidi, a suspect in both the July 27, 2001 kidnapping of German diplomat Rainer Berns and attacks on government institutions in the Marib governorate. Al-Zaidi was wounded during a gunfight with [...]
2003-02-06 07:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2434SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 28 to consider information provided to the Embassy by the ROYG concerning recent disruption of a local Al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. The new information, provided by Interior Minister [...]
2003-09-29 04:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]
2003-09-30 15:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2454DETAINEES: REHABILITATION AND RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the 8/02 inception of the ROYG's program to rehabilitate and release detainees, approximately 160 of the over 220 detainees who have participated in the Ulema run dialogues have been recommended for release. Of those, 43 detainees, none of whom were facing criminal charges [...]
2003-10-06 15:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2463NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]
2003-10-08 06:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2464A/S BURNS IN YEMEN: MEPI AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
[...] (u) Summary: During his October 3-4 visit to Yemen, Assistant Secretary Burns experienced first-hand how development programs complement and support Post's counter-terrorism goals. Meetings with President Saleh and FM Qirbi reported in septels. A/S Burns received comprehensive briefings fro [...]
2003-10-08 06:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2476NEA A/S BURNS' 10/4/03 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: CT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 10/4/03 call on FM Qirbi, NEA A/S Burns reviewed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and focused on U.S. development assistance. Burns stressed the need for Yemen to pursue domestic reforms as the U.S. works to increase assistance, e.g. via MEPI and, if Yemen qualifies, the MCA. [...]
2003-10-10 08:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP SA YM IZ ICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA2487DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND
[...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...]
2003-10-13 11:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANAA2536ROYG RECEIVES UN DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 06:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IO YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA255YEMEN'S FM QIRBI ON SECRETARY POWELL'S UNSC IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Charge called on FM Qirbi to discuss the Secretary's UNSC speech and ongoing pouch issues (refs) on SIPDIS February 8. Qirbi's response to the speech was measured, noting that it contained circumstantial evidence and expressing hope that the evidence can be given to inspecto [...]
2003-02-08 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA2550YEMEN-DPRK: SCUD REPAIRS, NO FUTURE MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Aliwa informed Ambassador on 10/20 that an August visit of North Korea's Deputy Minister of Industry had yielded agreement for DPRK experts to install replacement parts needed to restore defective SCUDs to operational status. In response to precise questioning by [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA2552ROYG UPDATE ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL
[...] (C) Summary: On 10/22 Foreign Minister Qirbi convened a joint meeting with Interior Minister Alimi with key Western Embassies to provide an update on the September disruption of an al-Qaida cell (refs). Alimi provided further information on ROYG's investigation into the cell's activities and [...]
2003-10-22 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2617PASSING SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER ON ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) On October 25, I met one-on-one with Foreign Minister Qirbi and passed a signed copy of the Secretary's letter urging quick conclusion of an Article 98 agreement (pouched original not yet received). I also gave Qirbi the exchange of diplomatic notes agreed with Egypt redacted to eliminate [...]
2003-10-26 12:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM KICC
03SANAA2618POSSIBLE ARMS SMUGGLING FROM YEMEN TO SOMALIA
[...] (c) Summary/Comment: During his mid-September 2003 visit to Yemen, Dr. John Tambi, from United Nation's Panel of Experts on Somalia (UNPES) stated that UNPES was looking into the possible use of Yemeni airports to smuggle weapons from Yemen to Somalia. Given the prevalence of arms dealing in [...]
2003-10-26 13:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL SU YM EH UN COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2681 ROYG JUSTICE MINISTER ON BAHRAIN CONFERENCE;
[...] (U) Ambassador accompanied by Pol/Econ Deputy (notetaker) called on Minister of Justice Adnan al-Jafri to discuss the September Arab Judicial Forum conference and progress in reforming the Yemeni justice system on November 5. After detailing serious problems with the rule of law in Yemen, t [...]
2003-11-09 14:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2691 YEMEN PREPARING EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) On November 10, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Qirbi to discuss the status of internal ROYG discussions on the U.S.-Yemen Article 98 agreement. Also present were the DCM and Pol/Econ Chief, as notetaker. Ambassador Hull said that Article 98 was raised with President Saleh during bot [...]
2003-11-10 12:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM KICC
03SANAA2700FBI DIRECTOR'S 11/5/03 MEETING WITH YEMENI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 5 November 2003, FBI Director Mueller, accompanied by Ambassador, met with ROYG President Saleh in Sanaa. The Director pressed Saleh on the urgent need to arrest al-Qa'ida members at large in Yemen; expressed concerns over the ROYG's release of arrestees who may be assoc [...]
2003-11-12 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2701AMBASSADOR'S 11/8/03 CT COORDINATION MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On 8 November 2003, the Ambassador was called to a meeting with Minister of the Interior, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, and the Director of the Political Security Organization, BG Ghalib al-Qamish, to discuss current levels of cooperation on the counter-terrorism front. The Ambassador pr [...]
2003-11-12 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2711SANAA EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 15, 2003
[...] (S) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on November 15 to consider the impending extradition of Sheikh al-Moayad from Germany to the United States. While the Embassy has seen no evidence of anti-US demonstrations or political activity in anticipation of the transfer, the EAC de [...]
2003-11-15 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2741SANAA EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 18, 2003
[...] (S) Begin Summary: Charge convened an EAC meeting on 18 November to consider further the repercussions of the 17 November 2003 extradition of Sheikh al-Moayad from Germany to the United States, and any appropriate embassy response. The Embassy has not seen, nor is there visible cause to expec [...]
2003-11-18 14:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2742FM QIRBI ON MOAYED EXTRADITION
[...] (C) On November 18, FM Qirbi called in Charge to discuss the 11/16 Moayed extradition and several other subjects (septels). Pol/Econ Deputy (notetaker) also joined. 2. (C) Qirbi was low-key, stating that the ROYG wished to protect Moayed's rights as a Yemeni citizen. He expressed the hope [...]
2003-11-18 16:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2743DETAINEE RELEASES AND CT COOPERATION: QIRBI CALLS
[...] (C) Summary: FM Qirbi called in Charge 11/18 to discuss Yemen,s 11/17 announcement of detainee releases and other subjects (septels). Charge voiced U.S. concern over the ROYG decision to disregard repeated U.S. requests for consultation prior to any releases. Qirbi called for dialogue, parti [...]
2003-11-18 19:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2753INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI: NO DETAINEES RELEASED
[...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Interior Minister Alimi 11/19 to express concern over Yemen's reported release of 92 security detainees (refs). Alimi said that U.S. concerns had not been ignored, because no/no detainees had yet been released. None slated for release had committed acts of viole [...]
2003-11-19 20:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2754INVITATION FOR USG PARTICIPATION IN JANUARY 2004
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: In an 11/18 meeting with Charge, FM Qirbi delivered a verbal invitation for &high-level8 USG participation in an international conference to take place in Yemen 10-12 January 2004. Shura Council Member Mohamed al-Tayeb, who will head ROYG preparations, provided background [...]
2003-11-21 07:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL EU YM ICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2767CHARGE'S NOVEMBER 22 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI:
[...] (C) Summary: During Charge,s 11/22 call on FM Qirbi, there was discussion of: Article 98 negotiations (in &final stages8); CT Cooperation/Detainees (Embassy to maintain steady dialogue with Interior Minister and PSO Chief); and the al-Moayed Extradition (relatives may seek visas to visit defen [...]
2003-11-22 18:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2769DEMARCHE TO YEMENI FM QIRBI ON DPRK MILITARY
[...] (S) On November 22, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Qirbi to deliver ref a demarche, which Charge noted was a follow-up to discussions with President Saleh by both U/S Bolton and NEA A/S Burns (ref c),as well as Ambassador's meeting with Defense Minister Aliwa (ref b). Oth [...]
2003-11-23 09:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP PARM PREL YM KN DEMARCHE
03SANAA2770ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] (C) On November 22, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Qirbi to deliver ref b oral message. Qirbi said he was "very encouraged" by the U.S. statements on Iraq, and that he viewed the program for transition as a "preliminary roadmap" that he hoped would gain momentum and shift [...]
2003-11-23 09:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA2784USAID NATSIOS EXPLAINS MCA TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (c) Summary: On November 3 USAID Administrator Natsios presented Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) criteria to President Saleh, and said Yemen could qualify if Yemen improved in the "Governing Justly" category. While initially questioning the need for Yemen to make progress on such issues as [...]
2003-11-29 14:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA2800UN COMMITTEE ON ARMS SMUGGLING TO SOMALIA; YEMEN'S
[...] (c) Summary: The UN Committee of Experts presented highlights of its "Report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia pursuant to SCR 1474" (2003) to members of the Diplomatic Corps in Yemen on November 16. A number of Ambassadors or Deputy Chiefs of Mission from western countries, including the [...]
2003-12-01 04:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL YM UN COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2809ROYG RESPONSE ON US CANDIDATES FOR CERD AND
[...] The following is the translated text of dipnote 10/214/18, dated November 16, 2003, from the ROYG indicating its support of the U.S. candidates for the UN Committees Against Torture and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin text: Republic of Yemen Mini [...]
2003-12-02 05:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM IO HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2834SANAA MEPI POINT OF CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-06 04:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI EAID ECON PREL YM
03SANAA2839FURTHER DETAILS ON YEMEN-EU DEMOCRACY/HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: DCM and Pol/Econ Deputy received updated information on the Sana'a Inter-Governmental Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Criminal Court to be held in January (reftels) from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) representative Niccolo Figa-Talamanca [...]
2003-12-06 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL PGOV YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2842YEMEN APPEALS COURT APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR
[...] (u) On December 1, a three-judge panel affirmed the death sentence of Abed Abdulrazak al-Kamel, who was convicted in May 2003 of the December 30, 2002 murders of 3 U.S. citizens at Jibla hospital (ref b). Lawyers for Kamel said he will appeal the decision to the Yemen Supreme Court. Court of [...]
2003-12-07 11:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV CASC ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2848HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON MINISTRY DEVELOPMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pol/Econ Deputy met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 1 to discuss the ROYG's input for the 2003 Human Rights Report, her winning the fight to maintain ministry responsibilities for human rights through effective by-laws and her trip to Wash [...]
2003-12-07 13:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2890HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ Deputy called on Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 9 to ascertain what happened at Frankfurt Airport that caused her to turn back and cancel her trip to Washington for the National Democra [...]
2003-12-09 15:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2908SANAA EAC MEETING - 9 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The DCM convened an EAC meeting on December 9, 2003, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of a recent news article reporting that Yemeni al-Qaeda has threatened attacks in the next 48 hours. The EAC commenced with a [...]
2003-12-14 06:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA2917YEMEN: MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (u) Post warmly welcomes the MEPI FY 03 funding recommendations (ref a) and is pleased that Yemen is strongly represented across the pillars. At the same time, Post would appreciate being considered for the following programs: Economic Pillar: Post requests that Yemen be considered for Smal [...]
2003-12-14 11:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO EAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA2920REACTION IN YEMEN TO SADDAM'S CAPTURE
[...] (C) Saddam's capture dominated discussion at UAE National Day December 14 with numerous Yemenis seeking Ambassador out to congratulate him. Saddam's surrender without a fight surprised many. Shura Council member Mohammed Tayeb told Ambassador in confidence that President Saleh had reacted an [...]
2003-12-15 07:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YM
03SANAA2953URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO YEMEN: CHALLENGE TO
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Ambassador Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh, new Chief of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver the reftel points on December 15, 2003. When Pol/Econ Chief emphasized the time-sensitive nature of the request, Abdul-Ghani Saleh pr [...]
2003-12-16 07:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
03SANAA2993SANAA EAC MEETING - 20 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (s) Summary: On December 20 Ambassador convened an EAC meeting to discuss Post response to recent security incidents involving Westerners. Post has confirmed that three Western males were stabbed in or near the Old City on December 15-17. After reviewing security procedures, the Embassy iss [...]
2003-12-21 13:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA3008UPDATE ON ROYG HR MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT
[...] (C) As part of Post's investigation into security procedures at Frankfurt Airport affecting official ROYG travelers, DCM met with United Airlines officials on December 18 to explore the incident. Background: When transferring to United Airlines in Frankfurt, the Minister of Human Rights wa [...]
2003-12-23 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM YM
03SANAA3009PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/17 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In an extended 12/17 meeting with President Saleh, PM Senior Advisor Bodine welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and, along with the Ambassador, requested greater access for U.S. interrogation teams. Supporting U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development, Ambassador Bod [...]
2003-12-23 11:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA3010PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/18 MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: During a 12/18/03 call on Foreign Minister Qirbi, PM Senior Advisor Bodine and Qirbi exchanged signed diplomatic notes to complete an Article 98 agreement, (ROYG has asked that this not/not be publicized, however.) Without setting a precise date, Qirbi responded positively to the [...]
2003-12-23 11:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV PARM KDEM YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM
03SANAA3014SANAA EAC MEETING - 23 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC on December 23 to discuss the change to Orange Alert and an update on recent stabbings of Westerners in Old Sanaa (ref). EAC agreed that while none of the threat information causing the change to Orange Alert pointed specifically to Yemen, Embassy [...]
2003-12-23 12:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT PREL PTER YM SEC EAC
03SANAA31SANAA EAC MEETING - 4 JANUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 4, 2003, to assess recent threat information that emerged from the investigation of the Dec. 30 Jibla Hospital shooting (see reftel) and adopt measures to enhance security for Yemen-based American citizens. Key offices [...]
2003-01-06 04:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA312SANAA EAC MEETING - 09 FEBRUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on February 9 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues, including alleged terrorist food poisoning, enhanced personal security awareness and obstacles to Chem/Bio training. Also mentioned was EAP readines [...]
2003-02-15 03:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA338YEMENI FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ AND THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraq situation and the recent Arab League ministerial were discussed when the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi on February 18. Notably, according to Qirbi the Yemenis and other Arab countries did not buy into the French proposals on inspections, despite their ap [...]
2003-02-19 09:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IZ AL YM
03SANAA339YEMENI FM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS USG ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed the Foreign Minister on his recent Washington consultations at a meeting on February 18. He detailed current and potential USG assistance in several areas and brought up the pouch issue for closure. FM Qirbi expressed appreciation for continued U.S.-Yem [...]
2003-02-19 09:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO ADPM YM ECON COM
03SANAA359MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: YEMEN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Yemen has taken significant steps to restrict the number of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) available to civilians. The ROYG has invested an estimated $30 million in a weapons buy-back program designed to remove MANPADS, RPGs, and other weapons from the civilian [...]
2003-02-24 07:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PARM ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA37YEMEN FOREIGN MINISTER ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Qirby on January 5 at the MFA to follow-up on the SCUDS and pouch issues and to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation and upcoming USG programs. Also present were MFA advisor al-Iryani, A/DCM and A/PolEcon Chief (notetaker). 2. (S) [...]
2003-01-06 14:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA371SANAA EAC MEETING - 23 FEBRUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 23 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues. Also mentioned was EAP readiness and the need to prepare for a future conflict in Iraq. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting [...]
2003-02-26 03:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA380IRAQ: EVOLVING YEMENI ATTITUDES TOWARD A POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG policy and Yemeni street opinion publicly oppose a war in Iraq, but the underlying reality is more nuanced. The public line articulated by Saleh and senior officials strongly denounces war and advocates concerted Arab action to prevent it, but includes no/no expression of [...]
2003-02-27 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA398SANAA EAC MEETING -- 2 MARCH 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 2 to assess threat information and discuss contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting incl [...]
2003-03-03 15:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA415GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION REACHES PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: After years of internal debate, amendments to Yemen's 1992 gun control law have received Cabinet approval and been referred to Parliament for final passage. However, the absence of official comment of late may signal their relegation to the bottom of the pile. Prospects for ad [...]
2003-03-05 07:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA432TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE CHECHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-06 09:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA442TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST VIEWS ON
[...] (S/NF) Reftel's proposed designation, under E.O. 13224, of the Al-Aqsa Foundation branch in Yemen involves important U.S. interests in the global war on terrorism and potentially as well US-Yemeni cooperation in that war. From vantage of Embassy Sanaa, our highest priorities at the moment ar [...]
2003-03-06 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKVPR CVIS ETTC EFIN PTER PREL YM TERFIN
03SANAA444IRAQ: YEMENI ATTITUDES REMAIN OPPOSED TO WAR;
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG public and private statements continue voicing opposition to a possible war in Iraq (reftel). The government staged peaceful demonstrations coinciding with the Arab Summit. Some American contacts are reporting an increased sense of animosity from random Yemenis on the st [...]
2003-03-06 13:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA446CWC QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Affairs Director Mulhi. Mulhi believes the questionnaires will be submitted in time for the CWC Review Conference, but requested that future texts be translat [...]
2003-03-06 14:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ABUD YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA476DEPSECDEF WOLFOWITZ LETTER TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR ER YM
03SANAA482FM QIRBI ON THE ARREST OF SHEIKH MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary: On Monday 3/10 DCM provided Foreign Minister al-Qirbi with a redacted copy of the U.S. complaint against Sheikh al-Moayed and a non-paper highlighting the most compelling arguments. Qirbi commented on "USG misconceptions" regarding Moayed's involvement with Hamas and his finan [...]
2003-03-12 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA489SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 12
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 12 to assess threat information and discuss ongoing security measures, contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel rep [...]
2003-03-13 13:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA492AMBASSADOR HULL'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-AYYAM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV IZ YM
03SANAA503TERRORIST FINANCE: NEXT STEPS REGARDING SABAA BANK
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa has now reviewed the targeting report noted in para three/reftel. While the report cited several disturbing examples that may implicate Saba Islamic Bank (SIB) in supporting terrorist financing, the report also stated that the USG had information only on a few specific [...]
2003-03-17 11:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA516SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]
2003-03-18 17:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA518ISLAH PARTY MODERATE ON AL-MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary: An Islah party leader entertained the possibility of al-Moayed's guilt after hearing evidence from the U.S. complaint. P/E DepChief met with Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan on March 17 and discussed the case of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayed, who is an Islah party [...]
2003-03-19 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC GM YM TERFIN
03SANAA519ISLAH PARTY MODERATE WARNS ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS;
[...] (C) Summary: Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan expressed concern that an onset of war in Iraq would endanger Americans in Sanaa because increased demonstrations may spiral out of the government's control. P/E DepChief met with him on March 17 at his request. Qahtan, a well-know [...]
2003-03-19 14:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA521(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]
2003-03-19 15:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA567SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 20 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 20 to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel). E [...]
2003-03-20 14:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA573TFIZ01: SANAA SITREP ON VIOLENT ANTI-WAR
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: A violent demonstration that left several demonstrators dead and injured near the Embassy has dissipated and is over as of 1800 local time. Embassy reacted the Marine Security Guard and other measures in response and informed the Embassy and American community of the [...]
2003-03-21 14:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA574TFIZ01: SANAA EAC MEETINGS MARCH 21
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened two Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meetings on March 21. At 1400, EAC met to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and a developing demonstration. At 1830, EAC met to discuss Embassy response to the vio [...]
2003-03-21 18:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PTER PREL CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA576TF1Z01: SANAA VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION 3/21
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: As of 1500 local March 22, no demonstrations are occurring in Sanaa after the violent 3/21 demonstration caused numerous deaths and injuries of civilians and police (reftels). Security has been further augmented around the Embassy, with the addition of more Yemeni secu [...]
2003-03-22 14:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA579TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 23
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, enhanced security measures and Embassy security posture. EAC decided to move from StandFast to MoveSafe effective 3/23 at the close of business. Key offices and personnel repr [...]
2003-03-23 13:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA583URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 24 ARAB LEAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 15:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA584CLOSURE OF IRAQI MISSIONS
[...] (S/NF) DCM delivered reftel demarches to Chief of the Americas Office Abdul-Salam Q. Al-Awadi on 3/24. Awadi said he would convey the U.S. message to FM Qirbi, but offered his own "opinion" of the ROYG position. He said that it would be very difficult for Yemen to act against Iraq because o [...]
2003-03-24 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA585TFIZ01: YEMEN ANTSY OVER IRAQI CRITICISM
[...] (C) An interpreter for President Salih, Mohamed Sudam, phoned Ambassador March 23 to underline that the Yemeni government is taking criticism over its stance on the war against Iraq. Sudam cited March 23 remarks of Iraqi VP Taha Ramadan, and an editiorial by Al-Quds Al-Arabi's editor-in-chie [...]
2003-03-24 15:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ
03SANAA588ROYG APPROACHED TO FREEZE IRAQI ASSETS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 08:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETTC PREL YM
03SANAA591ROYG BRIEFED ON LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 10:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ YM UNSC
03SANAA592PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 10:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA593TF1Z01: SHIFT IN YEMEN MEDIA COVERAGE AND RISING
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen media coverage of Operation Iraq Freedom and anti-war protests underwent a noticeable shift in tone from low-key for several days to more sensationalist since March 23. Initially, it appears that the ROYG attempted to down-play media coverage to minimize public outrage. H [...]
2003-03-25 10:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA597TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 25
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, security measures and Embassy security posture. No new threats were reported. EAC decided to move from MoveSafe to StandFast effective 3/27 at the close of business in anticipa [...]
2003-03-25 14:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA602IRAQI SOURCE PROVIDES THREAT-RELATED INFORMATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On March 26 Italian Ambassador to Yemen called on AMB Hull stating that he had information regarding an Iraqi plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy on March 27. Italians arranged for an alleged IIS operative responsible for the plot to come to Embassy Sanaa for interview by ORCA. S [...]
2003-03-27 04:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA604TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 27
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 27 to assess Embassy posture in light of recent threat information (ref) and the possibility of uncontrolled demonstrations. Embassy went to StandFast posture on March 27 at the open of busine [...]
2003-03-27 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA605FOLLOW-UP REGARDING HOST GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 27 at 0145 local, Yemen's Political Security Organization (PSO) officers arrested three members of a terrorist cell and confiscated explosives per REFTELS. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) On the afternoon of 27 March 2003, the Ambassador called on PSO Chief Gamish to di [...]
2003-03-27 19:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM EAC
03SANAA606TFIZ01: YEMEN - ROYG WALKING A TIGHTROPE
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG is determined to stay ahead of regional and Yemeni opinion and maintain its bilateral relations with the U.S. Yemeni leadership continues to oscillate between condemnation of the U.S. for the war in Iraq and its stated commitment to protect foreigners, particularly Americ [...]
2003-03-28 12:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA608TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 28
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 28 at 1400 to assess Embassy posture in light of recent threat information (refs). No demonstrations occurred after Friday prayers. EAC recommended that Post request authorized departure sta [...]
2003-03-28 12:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA611STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR
[...] (C) Summary: Although the tone of the Yemeni State owned and operated media was subdued in the first few days of the war, it has become more strident with developments in the theater of war as well as in the wake of increasing protests in yemen and the Arab world. Nevertheless, state-controlled [...]
2003-03-29 11:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP IZ
03SANAA621TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 30
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 30 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, AMB, CONS, DCM, FPD, OMC, ORCA, PD, POL/ECON, RMO and SOC YEMEN. 2. (S/ [...]
2003-03-30 14:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA628YEMENI DEMARCHE ON MONEY CONVERSION PROBLEMS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) According to the Yemeni Foreign Ministry, the State Bank of India has, at USG request, adopted restrictions affecting the ability of the Yemeni Embassy in New Delhi to transfer funds abroad. Abdul Salaam Al-Awadhi, Director of the Two [...]
2003-03-31 12:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA671TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 6
[...] (S/NF) The Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 6 to assess threat information and discuss Sheraton security in light of concerns expressed by President Saleh April 5 (reftel). Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, Charge, CONS, [...]
2003-04-06 15:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA672YEMEN: CURBING VOLUNTEERS FOR IRAQ
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Yemeni volunteers are being discouraged by the ROYG from joining the Iraqis in fighting against the coalition, although some volunteers will probably continue to make their way to Baghdad from intermiediate stops in Damascus and Amman. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) The Yemeni g [...]
2003-04-07 08:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI YM IZ
03SANAA694COALITION MILITARY OPERATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 12:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS YM
03SANAA695SANAA EAC MEETING: APRIL 9
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 9 to assess threat information, the possibility of demonstrations this weekend, and Embassy security preparedness. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: A/DCM, ADMIN, AMB, CONS, DAO, [...]
2003-04-09 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA767FM QIRBI ON THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH, EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi discussed problems plaguing the diplomatic pouch, outstanding vehicle exemption requests and the shortage of non-diplomatic "blue" license plates during an April 12 meeting on various subjects (septels). Ambassador criticized t [...]
2003-04-15 06:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA794TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...]
2003-04-15 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA805TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 16
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 16 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. The EAC decided to return to normal operations on April 19, and to formally request the cancellation of authorized departure -- to incl [...]
2003-04-17 08:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA86ROYG SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE YEMENI
[...] (S) Summary: Formerly on the defensive regarding counter-terrorism cooperation with the U.S., the ROYG has seized the initiative in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks to push forward on broad CT activity and put opposition parties on the defensive. Its public outreach and media cam [...]
2003-01-08 14:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA882MARIB: ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-24 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA963EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 04/30/03
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On April 30, 2003, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, SOC-Yemen and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was TD-3/OO/13299-03, 21 April 03, regarding a senior Al-Qaida planner in Saudi Arabia who was at [...]
2003-05-04 13:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANTIAGO263BIO FOR JUAN GABRIEL VALDES, CHILE'S PERMREP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: JUAN GABRIEL VALDES IS THE GOC'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN AS CHILE BEGINS ITS TWO-YEAR TOUR ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHILE'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND IN A PAIR OF TRADE POLICY POSITIONS. VALDES LIVED AND WORKED IN THE U.S. FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING T [...]
2003-01-29 10:24:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UNSC CI
03SANTODOMINGO4390DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...]
2003-08-22 17:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4432DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 58TH UNGA ATTENDEES STILL
[...] GODR HAS NOT YET DETERMINED WHO WILL ATTEND THE 58TH UNGA. GODR REPORTS THAT IT HOPES TO HAVE ITS DESIGNEES NAMED BY AUGUST 29. THE DELAY IN DESIGNATING ATTENDEES STEMS FROM THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF THE GODR'S FOREIGN MINISTRY'S AMBASSADOR IN CHARGE OFXXXXXXX WILL FORWARD INFORMATION AS SOON [...]
2003-08-25 16:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4522ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...]
2003-08-27 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC
03SANTODOMINGO4553DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. APPROACH IN THE FIRST
[...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices would review the non-paper and asked for time to pre [...]
2003-08-28 18:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP DR
03SANTODOMINGO4554DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH
[...] This is an action request ) see para 3. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices a [...]
2003-08-28 19:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO4656PARLACEN COURTS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Central American Parliament (Parlacen) President Augusto Vela Mena, addressing a joint session of the GODR's National Congress in Santo Domingo August 27, announced that the proposed entry of the Dominican Republic into the System of Central American Integration had been forwarded to the presi [...]
2003-09-02 21:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINT ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO4679PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ALFREDO
[...] (SBU) On August 27 newly elected activist Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco told Charge d,Affaires and Poloffs he sets a priority on reforming the Penal and Civil Codes. He emphasized ongoing collaboration with new Senate President Jesus Vasquez to develop a joint legislative agend [...]
2003-09-03 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4760PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered the text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles agreed by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants to Ambassador Rogert Espaillat, Sub-Director of the GODR Americas Desk on September 5. The Ambassador had no immediate comment and indicated the [...]
2003-09-08 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4763GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
[...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...]
2003-09-08 13:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO4930STORY OF HAITIAN CADAVERS ALONG BORDER STILL
[...] (C) The Dominican Committee on Human Rights announced on September 3 that approximately 14 Haitian bodies had been discovered in Pedernales, a province along the Dominican-Haitian border. Virgilio Almanzar, chairperson of the committee, told Poloffs that he personally saw only 7 skeletons dur [...]
2003-09-15 13:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG DR
03SANTODOMINGO4990DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD
[...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]
2003-09-16 19:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO5035DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNGA ATTENDEES
[...] The GODR has provided the following information on its delegation to the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations: A. Head of State, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. B. Head of Government, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. C. Foreign Minister [...]
2003-09-17 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KSEP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5057URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] Reftel talking points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the GODR's Americas Desk, on September 18. The Ambassadors had no immediate comment and indicated the talking points would be reviewed by the relevant Foreign Ministry offices [...]
2003-09-18 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO5088DOMINICAN ELECTORAL BOARD MOVING AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Central Electoral Board ("JCE") President Luis Arias and seven of the eight other electoral judges assured the Ambassador on September 9 that -- contrary to claims by opposition critics -- preparations for the May 16, 2004, presidential election in the Dominican Republic were on [...]
2003-09-19 22:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5097ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and tha [...]
2003-09-22 15:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
03SANTODOMINGO5117DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ATTEND DECENTRALIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KDEM PGOV PINS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5135DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the importance of the Dominican Republic's relations with the United States, commented on the Dominican Republic's bumpy relations with Venezuela and the recent interr [...]
2003-09-23 16:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE
03SANTODOMINGO5157DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND
[...] (U) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused ex-Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez of conspiring to assassinate him and criticized the Dominican government for allowing this to take pl [...]
2003-09-23 23:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PREL DR VE
03SANTODOMINGO5275STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI
[...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]
2003-09-30 15:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03SANTODOMINGO5390VICE PRESIDENT FAULTS PRESIDENT MEJIA, ADDRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: Dominican Vice President and candidate for president Milagros Ortiz-Bosch told DCM Kubiske September 26 that President Mejia cannot win re-election next May because of his unpopularity and voter opposition to a second consecutive term. She agreed with Mejia's vision and policies [...]
2003-10-02 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EAID PGOV PINR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5393DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...]
2003-10-02 22:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5768DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DELEGATES TO OAS SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-17 17:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR PREL PARM XM XL XS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5786MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT,
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...]
2003-10-20 11:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5907DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON THE MADRID DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Acting ECOPOL counselor delivered points Refs A-B in Spanish and Ref C in English to Acting International Organizations Director, Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, on October 22. She reiterated continuing support for the Coalition of the Willing and informed us that the GODR would be rep [...]
2003-10-22 21:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR IZ PREL EAID
03SANTODOMINGO5946DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON ALIEN
[...] (U) Trial proceedings began on October 22 against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames "Ramos" Garcia. After months of evading police arrest before Congress reconvened in August, Garcia surprised observers by appearing before the Supreme Court without his attorneys. Garcia annou [...]
2003-10-23 23:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5992DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]
2003-10-24 19:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5998DOMINICAN FINANCE OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE NEED TO
[...] (C) Summary. On Oct 24, in reply to delivery by Charge of ref A demarche on the importance of GODR fulfillment of obligations unders its IMF standby agreement, Dominican Secretary of Finances Calderon and Central Bank Governor SIPDIS Malkun each confided separately that the GODR has been ta [...]
2003-10-24 22:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6000SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION
[...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6001UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk, and Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry on October 22. Sencion indicated the points would be reviewed [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC DR
03SANTODOMINGO6002DEMARCHE ON COLOMBIA AND OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE -
[...] Post on October 24 delivered talking points reftel, regarding the proposed side declaration of support for Colombia at the OAS Special Conference on Security, to MFA acting director of international organization affairs Ambassador Radhis Abreu de Polanco. She informed us that our points had b [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER
03SANTODOMINGO6023DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICE ABUSE CENTERS: HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff and DRL Karen Gilbride called on human rights partners in Santo Domingo and Bani on October 20-21. In an effort to emphasize Embassy concerns with recent upsurges in domestic violence and continuing human rights abuses by the National Police, Poloff and DRL officer Karen Gilbride m [...]
2003-10-28 11:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6124EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF DOMINICAN ECONOMIC SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. The Dominican Republic is moving into very dangerous and uncharted waters. Facing an unstable financial situation with the prospect of a downward economic spiral, President Mejia and his senior advisors have publicly stressed the need to meet IMF standby conditions. They moved [...]
2003-10-30 11:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6138DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR ON US OPPOSITION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-30 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6144UNWRA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-30 18:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6166DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE
[...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]
2003-10-31 14:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6168DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS
[...] (U) President Mejia signed several executive orders on October 30, appointing new diplomats to various posts. Changes in Dominican posts in the U.S. are as follows: a. Virginia Esposito is the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the Dominican Embassy, replacing Luis Alvarez Rivera (resigned); [...]
2003-10-31 15:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OFDP ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6302PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL
[...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]
2003-11-05 11:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO6327GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-05 14:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR
03SANTODOMINGO6426U.S. MIDEAST UNGA STRATEGY LETTER AND DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-07 15:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL OPDC
03SANTODOMINGO644290-DAY GOALS MET IN 90 DAYS - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Santo Domingo has met all three of its 90-day goals set forth in reftel B. Emboffs have: a.) Increased the Dominican's readiness for CAFTA docking talks, b.) Secured GODR agreement for international election observers and identified potential observers, and c.) Convin [...]
2003-11-07 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KCRM SNAR AMGT DR
03SANTODOMINGO6538PRESIDENT MEJIA AND FOREIGN MINISTER RESPOND TO
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel B demarche to GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats on November 12. Ambassador Hertell placed a follow-up call to the Foreign Minister on November 13, to emphasize the importance of the UNGA votes. Guerrero Prats said that normally the Dominican Republic w [...]
2003-11-13 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6541TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER: SANTO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Lisa Kubiske. She is available on Dept classified and unclassified e-mail; unclassified e-mail from outside the Department should be addressed to kubiskel@state.gov. Direct telephone is (809) 731-4205. 2. (SBU) Po [...]
2003-11-13 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KVPR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6582HOW BEST TO SUPPORT U.S. INTERESTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) The difficult economic situation in the Dominican Republic, coinciding with the early stages of a presidential campaign, presents a complex of challenges to United States interests in the country. I consider it essential to continue to support the administration of President Hipolito M [...]
2003-11-15 20:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6670SANTO DOMINGO DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE POINTS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on November 17, to Dominican Deputy Director for International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Substantive comment will be reported septel. KUBISKE [...]
2003-11-19 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6706GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6707GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS ON IRAN
[...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]
2003-11-20 22:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6746ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] ECOPOL Counselor delivered Secretary's message and Embassy's informal translation to Vice Foreign Minister on November 19 and scheduled an appointment to discuss it on November 21. HERTELL [...]
2003-11-21 19:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL
03SANTODOMINGO6875FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO. 200301573
[...] Post regrets the delay in fulfilling the request as stated in Reftel, but finds the request as worded, "for all documents related to the Ambassador since his arrival at post", too broad in scope. 2. Please provide clarification in a more specific and/or defined scope for this request. KU [...]
2003-11-28 12:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAINF SNAR PREL CO
03SANTODOMINGO6907DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago is waiting for comments on the Article 98 agreement from other government branches. 2. (C) Ambassador, in conversations with President Mejia on November 22 and 24, stressed the urgency of the Dominican Republic's ratifying its signed ICC Article 98 bila [...]
2003-11-28 21:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL
03SANTODOMINGO6952WORKPLAN FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HOW THE UNITED
[...] (SBU) At your request in response to my thoughts reftel, I am providing to you in this message my suggestions for a calendar-based plan for U.S. Government actions to exert a positive influence on the economic and political situation in the Dominican Republic. I was heartened by Washington's [...]
2003-12-02 23:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]
2003-12-10 17:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN
[...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]
2003-12-12 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7306DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SIGNS SOFA WITH KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-15 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7342AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]
2003-12-15 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
03SANTODOMINGO7343DOMINICAN PRESS PRAISE FOR AMBASSADOR HERTELL
[...] Dominican newspapers have reacted favorably to the Ambassador's recent actions staking out the U.S. position on free and fair presidential elections. They recently carried a number of accounts stressing U.S. impartiality in Dominican politics, based on comments from leaders of opposition pol [...]
2003-12-15 17:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7421ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA MEETS DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega on December 11 discussed the presidential election campaign and proposed economic reforms with leaders of major opposition groups, including dissident factions of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). He said the USG wants to [...]
2003-12-17 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7427ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA HEARS CONCERNS OF
[...] (U) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega heard leaders of Dominican civil society groups express deep concern about weak institutions and the GODR's apparent disregard for law. They see risks in the presidential election process, especially given the politicization of the Elections Board a [...]
2003-12-17 16:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP EAID DR
03SANTODOMINGO7429GODR WILL VOTE AGAINST UNGA PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador Hertell spoke with GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats this morning and requested the GODR to discourage the Palestinians from introducing a separate resolution in the UNGA regarding Israeli credentials. The Ambassador asked if such a resolution is introduced, for t [...]
2003-12-17 17:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO7444ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA DISCUSSES CUBA WITH EU
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Noriega Hertell met December 11 with the EU Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Miguel Amado, who also has responsibility for Cuba. Noriega expressed his hope that the USG and the EU could work together on Cuban issues, and emphasized our effort t [...]
2003-12-18 12:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
03SANTODOMINGO7489DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Following is number 10 in our Dominican presidential election series: ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA PLUGS CLEAN ELECTIONS -- DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD ASSERTS THEY WILL BE 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega, with the Ambassador and other U.S. officials, called on [...]
2003-12-19 23:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PHUM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7535DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) As reported reftel, the Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Relations on November 28 undertook to have the MFA legal office provide appropriate points of contact for us to engage directly with government and non-government entities that have not yet provided comments on the signed Article [...]
2003-12-23 20:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR MARR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7536HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS:
[...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...]
2003-12-23 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA
03SANTODOMINGO7568LIBYA ADMITS WMD PROGRAMS; U.S. REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-24 20:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7604SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting DCM delivered demarche (ref A) to Secretary of Foreign Relations Frank Guerrero Prats. Prats reiterated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) stands ready to support U.S. sponsored initiatives. He asked that emboffs contact the Foreign Relations Secr [...]
2003-12-30 18:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKSUM PREL ECON
03SINGAPORE1099"TELL THEM TO BE MORE CAREFUL:" IRAQ ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) MFA PERMSEC (2) BILAHARI KAUSIKAN, PLAINLY IRRITATED, CALLED DCM AT OOB ON MARCH 20 TO EXPRESS THE MFA'S CONCERN AT MISCHARACTERIZATION OF SINGAPORE'S POSITION DURING THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S MARCH 19 PRESS BRIEFING. SINGAPORE DID NOT APPRECIATE, HE SAID, PRESS REPORTS IMPLYING THAT IT HAD [...]
2003-03-20 09:23:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS SN
03STATE115323S37-03: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF GLASS-LINED CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS BW-USEFUL JET MILLS/MICRONIZERS, FROM THE FOLLOWING [...]
2003-05-05 16:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW CH IR
03STATE217991ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]
2003-07-29 12:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
03STATE23994TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL
[...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]
2003-01-28 02:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03STATE284912SMART UPDATE
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. Reftel described steps the Department is taking to implement a new integrated messaging system: SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset). We have made substantial progress and are looking for your inpu [...]
2003-10-06 20:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA CMGT ECON PREL KPAO KRIM
03STATE287996TERRORIST FINANCE: RE-DESIGNATION OF FTOS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE (SEE PARAS 2 AND 5.) 2. (U) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HAS DECIDED TO REDESIGNATE, UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ALL FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]
2003-10-08 23:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN CVIS KVPR
03STATE34981REVISED GUIDANCE REGARDING LEAHY AMENDMENTS AND
[...] THIS TASKER HAS BEEN CLEARED BY HR/RMA/CSEP FOR SEP POSTS. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE - SEE PARAGRAPHS 8-13 FOR DETAILS. SUMMARY. 2. (A) THIS CABLE REPRESENTS A REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDANCE (REFS A AND B) CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE AND DEFENSE STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELAT [...]
2003-02-06 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR
03STATE72939TFIZ01 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
[...] THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MAY BE USED AS TALKING POINTS WHEN DISCUSSING THE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ THAT BEGAN 19 MARCH 2003. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT: THE PRESIDENT: MY FELLOW CITIZENS, AT THIS HOUR, AMERICAN AND COALITION FORCES A [...]
2003-03-20 07:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KPAO OIIP PREL PTER IZ
03STATE72951TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0530 EST
[...] (U) SADDAM APPEARANCE ON IRAQI TV: APPEARING ON STATE TV THREE HOURS AFTER THE START OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, SADDAM TERMED THE U.S. STRIKES "SHAMEFUL CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ AND HUMANITY" AND CALLED FOR RESISTANCE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE BROADCAST WAS LIVE. (CNN) 2. (C) REPORTS OF IRAQI MISS [...]
2003-03-20 11:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03STATE73555THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...]
2003-03-20 17:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PREL YI AL
03STATE73981TFIZ01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 005 AS OF 1530 EST
[...] (S) A TOTAL OF FOUR IRAQI MISSILES HAVE HIT KUWAIT SINCE THE START OF MILITARY ACTION. THERE WAS ALSO AN UNIDENTIFIED EXPLOSION NEAR CAMP COMMANDO. NO CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE INCIDENTS, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE THUS FAR OF CBW. (IRAQ TF-EMBASSY KUWAIT E- MAILS AND TEL [...]
2003-03-20 22:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC IZ
03STATE75175CUBA LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN AGAINST OPPOSITION - MORE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN YEARS; SO FAR OVER 70 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. POSTS ARE ASKED TO REQUEST HOST GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN US IN CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF THESE [...]
2003-03-21 22:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR CU
03STATE8026A/S KELLY DISCUSSES KOREA, BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) A/S KELLY BRIEFED AMBASSADOR YANG JIECHI JANUARY 9 ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR APPROACH TO NORTH KOREA, PREVIEWED HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO THE REGION AND DISCUSSED OVERALL BILATERAL RELATIONS. ON KOREA, KELLY STRESSED U.S. TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY IN FOCUSING ON OUR KEY OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS TO [...]
2003-01-10 00:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KN KS
03STATE9334NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM:
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]
2003-01-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA1085 CHANGING THE POLITICAL PARADIGM-MUNICIPAL
[...] SUMMARY: The Honduran Municipal Association (AMHON) preserved its political independence and nonpartisan character by selecting a municipal development professional as Executive Director despite a six month effort by the Minister of Government and dark-side members of Congress to impose a pol [...]
2003-05-08 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL SOCI PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1108HONDURAN SUPREME COURT RULES IT HAS AUTHORITY TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, in a unanimous 15-0 decision, the Honduran Supreme Court declared its authority to interpret the Constitution by ruling on a controversial constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1999. The Court's decision struck down as unconstitutional Article 218(9) which prov [...]
2003-05-12 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1144POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY FORCES ISSUE COMMINIQUE:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 14 post received a communique from a group calling itself the "Popular Revolutionary Forces" announcing the beginning of a campaign to overthrow the Maduro government and vowing to evict "Yankees" and other foreign occupiers. The communique's rhetoric fo [...]
2003-05-16 01:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR PREL CASC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1243HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Honduran Congress approved on the evening of May 28 both the resolution authorizing the deployment of Honduran troops to Iraq and the ICC Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. Ambassador Palmer met with the President of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, on May 2 [...]
2003-05-30 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KTIA HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA1253JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...]
2003-06-02 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1258MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S WHO IN HONDURAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high-profile Honduran counternarcotics agencies are receiving a leadership makeover. Gustavo Alfredo ((Landaverde)) Hernandez is leaving the Executive Secretary position at the National Council Against Narcotrafficking (CNCN),and has been replaced by the Direction in [...]
2003-06-03 14:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM PINR PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1272MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 3, 2003
[...] Editorial on liberal daily "La Tribuna", Tegucigalpa based 6/3 entitled: "Plastic Jails". If Honduras does not demonstrate a serious interest on the fight against drug trafficking, it could become an issue which may harm the relationship between Honduras and the United St [...]
2003-06-04 17:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1274HONDURAS HAS SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED 2002
[...] (U) The Government of Honduras has signed but not yet ratified both the 2002 Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (ref A),as well as the 1971 Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of Internationa [...]
2003-06-04 20:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL KTIA AORC HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA1276 INL FY 2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. Action request for INL: Paragraph three has the proposed text of the INL FY 2002 Law Enforcement Letter of Agreement scheduled to be signed June 11, 2003 by the Ambassador and Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Arturo Alvarez. Post r [...]
2003-06-04 21:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID PREL KCRM AFIN AMGT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA132USAID/HONDURAS - NO PLANS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] USAID/Honduras does not have any current or planned activities involving training and/or technical assistance in the areas of money laundering, counter terrorism finance, or financial intelligence unit development. The Mission is not aware of any training and/or technical assistance in these [...]
2003-01-17 15:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ETTC PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1328MEDIA REACTION ON ARTICLE 98, JUNE 9, 2003
[...] Regular columnist Ramon Villeda Bermudez on liberal daily "La Tribuna", Tegucigalpa based 6/7 entitled: "International Disgrace". "The Government of Honduras has committed one of the most degrading acts by approving a "dishonorable agreement" with the United States (Article [...]
2003-06-09 20:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA137HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CSBM MEETING
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin informed PolOff January 16 that the Honduran delegation to the OAS CSBM meeting would be AMB Policarpo Callejas, Advisor to the Foreign Minister, and AMB Salvador Redezno, OAS PermRep. Foreign Mini [...]
2003-01-17 18:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM KDEM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA139HONDURAN DELEGATION TO CICTE IN EL SALVADOR; GOH
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel A demarche January 10 on the CICTE Third Regular Session January 22-24 in El Salvador to MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. Fortin informed PolOff January 16 that the Honduran delegation to the CICTE meeting would be AMB Policarpo Callejas, Advisor to the [...]
2003-01-17 18:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL AORC HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA145HIGHLIGHTS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN HONDURAS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-17 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR KJUS PGOV EAID PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1462ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ANTICLIMACTIC
[...] Only 100-200 protesters turned out on June 18 to voice their opposition to CAFTA negotiations, signaling that there is little focused, popular resistance in Honduras to the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The demonstration, which so far has been the only organized protest [...]
2003-06-23 14:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD SOCI PREL ECON ELAB ASEC PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1471MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, JUNE 23, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/23 entitled "Chandelier". "President Bush is trying to reconfigure the U.S.'s alliances with its southern neighbors. Bush visited Europe to reunite with his colleagues from the G-8; tensions decreased between France and Germany, ye [...]
2003-06-23 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA1483MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 24, 2003
[...] Article in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 6/24 entitled "After transporting drugs, small plane is burned and destroyed". "The police found a small plane burned and destroyed in the Tinto river, close to the city of Tocoa in the northern coast. The police believe the plane ca [...]
2003-06-24 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1485MEDIA REACTION ON MIGRATION, JUNE 24, 2003
[...] Editorial on Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/24 entitled "Migration". "Negotiations on the migration issue were conducted between the governor of New Mexico and the Mexican President, Vicente Fox. President Fox believed that, with Mexico being one of the U.S.'s closest neighbo [...]
2003-06-24 21:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA1487 Bilateral Labor Consultations on Margins of CAFTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation from the Departments of Labor and State emphasized June 17-19 the need for the GOH to increase its protection of labor rights and for the private sector to augment its respect for labor rights, with U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) soon openi [...]
2003-06-25 13:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1488 Advisory Opinion Request: Restriction on Issuance
[...] Summary. In light of the widespread abuse of diplomatic passports in Honduras, and the request from the MFA to assist the GOH in curbing the misuse of these passports by persons not entitled to have them, or by persons no longer entitled to use them, Post proposes to modify how we provide Non [...]
2003-06-25 14:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL CMGT AMGT
03TEGUCIGALPA1497HONDURAN PARLACEN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday June 20, a Honduran representative to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN),Cesar Augusto Diaz Flores, was arrested in Nicaragua for trafficking and possession of seven kilos of heroin (said to be worth some USD 6.3 million and a portion of a larger 20-kilo shipmen [...]
2003-06-25 20:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1509MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 24, 2003
[...] Article in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 6/24 entitled "After transporting drugs, small plane is burned and destroyed". "The police found a small plane burned and destroyed in the Tinto river, close to the city of Tocoa in the northern coast. The police believe the plane ca [...]
2003-06-27 14:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1510MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 26, 2003
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/26 entitled "U.S. Ambassador doesn't see results against narcos." "U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer affirmed that his government, just like the rest of Hondurans, expects to see positive results in the fight against narco- trafficking." [...]
2003-06-27 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1529MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 30, 2003
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/30 entitled "Honduras on course to become a Narco State". "U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer stated that even though Honduras is not considered a `Narco State', it may be on course to become one." "Palmer affirmed, `that is why it is ess [...]
2003-06-30 22:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1534CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...]
2003-07-01 13:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1542MEDIA REACTIONS ON DAN FISK'S OP-ED, JUNE 30, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle (former Minister of Culture in a Liberal Party administration) in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" (owned by former and future Liberal Party presidential candidate Jaime Rosenthal) on 6/30 entitled "Honduras and the U.S.: Stick and Carrot II". "I be [...]
2003-07-01 19:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PREL MOPS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1549ONGOING MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND
[...] (U) Nicaraguan and Honduran military authorities recently deemed ongoing territorial disputes between the two nations in the process of resolution, according to press reports. Nicaraguan GEN Javier Carrion articulated his commitment to resolving maritime disputes peacefully, as well as to fost [...]
2003-07-01 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1559EMBASSY HIGHLIGHTS INADEQUATE PORT SECURITY AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, 2003, Honduras Desk Officer and PolOff met with Puerto Cortes Superintendent Antonio Cruz to discuss the problematic security situation at the port. Puerto Cortes is both the largest port in Honduras and on the Caribbean coast of Central America. Port officials ackno [...]
2003-07-02 16:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB EAGR EWWT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1580 Minister of Labor Looking to Create Temporary
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Labor German Leitzelar has proposed a three-year program that seeks to create almost 132,000 "temporary" jobs in Honduras. By doing so, Leitzelar is seeking to achieve incremental changes in the labor situation without confronting head-on the politically difficult [...]
2003-07-03 15:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1615HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERS EXCUSES;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26 Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran Attorney General (AG),Roy Medina, to discuss corruption in the Public Ministry (PM) and the lack of any serious effort to prosecute high-level criminal cases by the Attorney General's office. This meeting came a day after Ambassad [...]
2003-07-08 16:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1622ANOTHER HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yet another Honduran political figure was implicated in drug trafficking when he was arrested on July 6 fleeing the scene of an airplane crash in the eastern department of Olancho. National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, was arrested by the police for drug trafficking and [...]
2003-07-08 22:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1636MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 9, 2003
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-10 18:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1637MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 10, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/10 entitled "Narco trafficking and violence". "Drug trafficking not only has the power to infiltrate the government and increase corruption, it is also an instigator of violence, as it has become evident in Colombia, Brazil or Mexi [...]
2003-07-10 18:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA164458TH UNGA: HONDURAN FM SEEKING APPOINTMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) On June 27, PolChief discussed the Government of Honduras' (GOH) participation in the 58th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and U.S. UNGA policy priorities with Honduran Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinones (reftels). Quinones indicated that Honduras looked forward to [...]
2003-07-11 19:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PHUM HO UNGA UN
03TEGUCIGALPA1652 MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, JULY 11, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/11 entitled "The situation in Iraq and our soldiers". "The death of three American soldiers yesterday confirms that the Iraqi resistance against the invasion is getting stronger, increasing the insecurity for foreign troops and the [...]
2003-07-11 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1666MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 12, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Guillermo Castellanos Enamorado on Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Narco trafficking and Congressmen". "The cases of the member of the Central American Parliament detained in Nicaragua and the Honduran Congressman arrested in Olancho have brought forward [...]
2003-07-14 21:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1667 MEDIA REACTION ON LIBERIA, JULY 14, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Yankee, come home!". "The international public opinion wasn't prepared to witness the show put by countless demonstrators asking for a US military intervention in Liberia, to end the civil war th [...]
2003-07-14 21:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1695MEDIA REACTION ON FBI PARTICIPATION IN INVESTIGATIONS OF
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/16 entitled "FBI agents investigate the massacre in El Porvenir". "The Deputy Minister of Security Armando Calidonio confirmed that a team of FBI agents has been in Honduras for some days investigating the killings in El Porvenir's pe [...]
2003-07-17 17:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1696MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 16, 2003
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/16 entitled "DEA searches for cocaine unloaded in Olancho". "Agents of the DEA are participating in the search of the cocaine that, according to police sources, was transported on the plane that landed in San Esteban, Olancho a week a [...]
2003-07-17 17:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1697MEDIA REACTION ON IMMUNITIES, JULY 16, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/16 entitled "No way of winning". "Let's see how things work in Honduras: if the Honduran politicians don't put the ball through the basket they lose, and if they do it they lose too. A group of Congressmen got together after receivi [...]
2003-07-17 17:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1710MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 18, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/18 entitled "Tough fight against narco trafficking". "Undoubtedly, drug trafficking in Honduras is considerable, as shown by the recent drug seizures that have evidenced the determination of police authorities against this criminal [...]
2003-07-18 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1712MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 17, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/17 entitled "National security and narco trafficking". "Drug trafficking and organized crime which have recently established criminal networks in Honduras, closely related to criminal bands in Colombia, have evidenced that the Hond [...]
2003-07-18 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1722MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, JULY 21, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Julio Escoto in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" entitled "Trapped". "When did the US get trapped by drugs? Definitely during the 1960s and 1970s with the hippie generation and after the Marines got back from Vietnam, when the Americans got a chance to experience the horro [...]
2003-07-22 17:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1723 MEDIA REACTION ON IMF, JULY 21, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/21 entitled "IMF". "This is the fifth time this administration announces a national dialogue, but it has never taken place. Now it has come the time to get prepared to negotiate with the IMF." "Despite the previous economic measur [...]
2003-07-22 17:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1724STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...]
2003-07-22 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA185HONDURAS: INVENTORY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON
[...] Honduras is receiving the following technical assistance on labor issues. Sources for this information include the Honduran Ministry of Labor, ILO/IPEC, the Department of Labor, and other international donors. Post notes that due to the wide range of projects and sources of information some [...]
2003-01-22 21:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL EAID KSUM ECON SOCI TBIO HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1850 MEDIA REACTION ON IMF, AUGUST 4, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Roberto C. Ordoez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 8/4 entitled "What does the Fund want?". "The last Letter of Intent of the Honduran government with the IMF was signed by the Carlos Flores administration. In September 2001, the IMF unilaterally broke the agreement w [...]
2003-08-05 22:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1851 MEDIA REACTION ON IMF, AUGUST 4, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Roberto C. Ordoez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 8/4 entitled "What does the Fund want?". "The last Letter of Intent of the Honduran government with the IMF was signed by the Carlos Flores administration. In September 2001, the IMF unilaterally broke the agreement w [...]
2003-08-05 22:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1857MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, AUGUST 4, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Marlin Oscar Avila in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "Drug trafficking and corruption". "Drug trafficking has never been a secret in Honduras. The considerable rise of organized crime can only occur the way it has up to now with the complicity of the auth [...]
2003-08-05 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1858MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, AUGUST 4, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Marlin Oscar Avila in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "Drug trafficking and corruption". "Drug trafficking has never been a secret in Honduras. The considerable rise of organized crime can only occur the way it has up to now with the complicity of the auth [...]
2003-08-05 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1863REPLACING PEREZ-CADALSO: HONDURAS SEEKS NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, is being sworn in this week as the president of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). In order to make himself eligible for the position, Perez-Cadalso officially resigned as Foreign Minister on J [...]
2003-08-07 14:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1868SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]
2003-08-07 20:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1873 MEDIA REACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING IN CENTRAL AMERICA,
[...] Article in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 8/8 entitled "Central America will analyze reduction in military budgets". "The Central American Ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs and Defense will meet in Managua, Nicaragua next week to discuss a possible reduction in military sp [...]
2003-08-08 19:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1880COMMENTS OF FIRST LADY AND "DARK SIDE"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5, a Casa Presidential spokesperson told reporters that President Ricardo Maduro's wife, Aguas Ocana, had returned to her native Spain for an indefinite period of time on personal business. Local media had reported on the departure the previous day, speculating that [...]
2003-08-08 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EINV EAID HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003
[...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]
2003-08-13 21:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA1927EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa's priority goals for the next ninety days include: (a) providing current information on Honduran negotiating strategies on measures related to CAFTA, to the U.S. delegation to the talks in order to support their efforts to narrow the gap in U.S. positions on [...]
2003-08-14 22:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PREL HO WHA
03TEGUCIGALPA1931SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]
2003-08-15 14:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1932CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, CJCS General Myers met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and senior government officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for its strong support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including its troop contribution to that effort, and the s [...]
2003-08-15 14:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1933CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, after a meeting with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, CJCS General Myers met separately with Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Honduran CJCS General Barahona, and other senior military officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for [...]
2003-08-15 14:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1940 MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD
[...] CJCS visited Honduras on 8/13 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other key governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, General Myers expressed his appreciation for Honduran support of the U.S. [...]
2003-08-15 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1958 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 8/16 entitled "A long promise". "If we carefully read the statements of Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his visit to Tegucigalpa, he didn't mention how he will help Honduras in its fight against drug tra [...]
2003-08-19 17:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1996 MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...]
2003-08-22 22:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1997 MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...]
2003-08-22 22:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2004 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/22 entitled "Anti-drug base". "If the U.S. were to set up a base with the exclusive purpose of fighting against the terrible threat of narcotrafficking, it would help stop the operations of drug mafias that use Honduran territory [...]
2003-08-22 23:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2014 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 8/23 entitled "Thanks". "President Maduro made an opportune clarification stating that it was absolutely false that Honduras is getting prepared to install another U.S. military base in our territory, which will be supposedly used to [...]
2003-08-25 22:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2015 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 8/25 entitled "The agenda". "The fact that the issue of narcotrafficking came up during the recent visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is undeniable. What we SIPDIS don't know is the scope of these discussion [...]
2003-08-25 22:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2022SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MADURO
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld met on 20 August with President Maduro and MOD Breve. SECDEF made the following points: (a) the U.S. appreciated Honduras' steadfast support and friendship as demonstrated by the Article 98 agreement and the deployment of a battalion to Iraq. (b) the U.S. [...]
2003-08-26 21:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2052HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES ENHANCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Honduran Attorney General (AG) Roy Medina August 26 that he was satisfied that the AG had taken action to improve the Public Ministry's operations since their last meeting in late June. However, he pressed AG Medina on the importance of the Ministry bringing to tr [...]
2003-08-29 17:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2064 MEDIA COVERAGE ON HONDURAN TROOPS IN IRAQ, AUGUST 29,
[...] All four dailies carried international reports on Honduran troops patrolling in An Najaf. Moderate daily "El Heraldo" front- page report with photo, "Hondurans patrolling with U.S. troops;" liberal Tiempo inside story, "Honduran troops already patrolling in Iraq;" liberal La Tribuna front-page [...]
2003-08-29 22:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2113MEDIA REACTIONS ON ROGER NORIEGA OP-ED, SEPTEMBER 3,
[...] Op-ed by Mario Rietti in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" (owned by former and future Liberal Party presidential candidate Jaime Rosenthal) on 9/1 and 9/2 entitled "Stronger Partnerships." "Honduras is and has always been the best partner of the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere, and w [...]
2003-09-05 15:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2154LEONIDAS ROSA BAUTISTA TO BE NAMED NEW HONDURAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed with PolOff September 5 that President Maduro would be naming Leonidas Rosa Bautista as the new Honduran Foreign Minister. The MFA had originally indicated that Rosa Bautista would be sworn in on September 12, but is it pos [...]
2003-09-10 17:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2162POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION THREAT TO THE U.S.
[...] (S) Post demarched key GOH officials in several ministries September 10 with reftel information concerning a possible Al-Qaida aviation threat to the U.S.: -- PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General for Foreign Affairs Mario Fortin who said he would immediately forward [...]
2003-09-11 17:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL EAIR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2179 MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/12 entitled "A date we should never forget". "Yesterday, the world remembered two events that changed history, and they are not only related because they happened on a September 11, but also because both of them are terrorist acts [...]
2003-09-12 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2222PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-18 21:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PREL PTER PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2293 REQUEST INVITATION FOR HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. During a recent visit to Honduras, prior to assuming office, DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Cresencio Arcos was very favorably impressed by the counter terrorism and anti-alien smuggling efforts being undertaken by H [...]
2003-09-26 16:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL SNAR PTER PHUM SMIG HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2341 MEDIA REACTION ON WTO AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, OCTOBER
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/1 entitled "The U.S. and Its Stick and Carrot Policy". "The continuous implementation of the traditional stick and carrot policy by the U.S. in its external affairs has recently been evidenced by two events: the exoneration from [...]
2003-10-02 14:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO ETRD PGOV PARM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2355HONDURAN VIEWS OF WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) In the wake of the breakdown of the Doha agenda negotiations at the Cancun WTO ministerial, Honduran officials seemed most interested in the impact on the agricultural talks in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) negotiations. The GOH will now push strongly in the CAFTA talks [...]
2003-10-03 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON ELAB PREL HO WTO
03TEGUCIGALPA2380HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, Honduras is still very inclined to move forward on regional disarmament, but remains insistent that the process proceed through established channels, particularly the Central American Security Commission (SICA),and that all the [...]
2003-09-04 17:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2383ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL
[...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...]
2003-09-04 17:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2384 CODEL MEMBERS MEET WITH HONDURAS' THREE LABOR UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Kolbe visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras September 27 as part of a Central American trip. After touring the Elcatex maquila owned by the Canahuati family and meeting with leaders of the Honduran Maquila Association, members of the delegation met at the maquila with leaders [...]
2003-10-09 15:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD EAID PREL OREP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2459 CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS: INFORMATION
[...] Below are Post's responses to the questions raised in paragraphs 5-6 of reftel. ---------- Labor Laws ---------- 2. The Ministry of Labor can levy fines against companies that violate the country's labor laws. These fines can range from 20 to 10,000 Lempiras (USD 1.14 to USD 570) per [...]
2003-10-21 15:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SENV ETRD EAID PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]
2003-10-22 00:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2490HONDURAS STILL FAR AWAY FROM NAMING ABMASSADOR TO
[...] (C) President Maduro's National Security Advisor, Ramon Medina Luna, informed PolCouns October 21 that the Government of Honduras (GOH) was still a long way from naming an ambassador to Cuba. Medina Luna assured PolCouns that selecting an ambassador to Cuba was not a pressing issue, nor was i [...]
2003-10-23 23:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM CU HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA2515REQUEST FOR THEATER CLEARANCE AND SUPPORT:
[...] (C) EMBASSY REQUESTS CENTCOM THEATER CLEARANCE AND SUPPORT FOR PLANNED VISIT TO IRAQ BY HONDURAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE FREDERICO BREVE 11-13 NOV 03 TO VISIT THE 370 HONDURAN TROOPS STATIONED IN AN NAJAF. THE OFFICIAL PARTY WILL INCLUDE: THE HONORABLE FEDERICO D. ((BREVE)) TRAVIESO, MINISTER OF [...]
2003-10-27 23:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2558HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTERS (CURRENT AND FORMER)
[...] Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, under cover letter to the Ambassador, sent the Embassy on October 20 two letters to Secretary Powell - one from himself in response to a September 18 letter from the Secretary (ref A) and one from former Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso [...]
2003-10-31 17:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2564HONDURAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA NOT IN THE OFFING, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones on October 28 to deliver points in ref B. Quinones was already aware of USG concerns as raised with Government of Honduras (GOH) [...]
2003-10-31 22:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD CU HO UNGA
03TEGUCIGALPA2614 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]
2003-11-05 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2615 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/5 entitled "Powell". "Throughout the uncertain times Honduras is going through, the visit of Colin Powell to Honduras has brought very good news. The U.S. Secretary of State has said that Honduras could be one of the countries to [...]
2003-11-05 23:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2622 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]
2003-11-06 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2623 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/5 entitled "Powell". "Throughout the uncertain times Honduras is going through, the visit of Colin Powell to Honduras has brought very good news. The U.S. Secretary of State has said that Honduras could be one of the countries to [...]
2003-11-06 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2656HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...]
2003-11-12 17:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2663 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/12 entitled "Why did Colin Powell come to Honduras? ". "The Honduran press received almost a dozen clues about the issues discussed with Secretary Powell, but Powell himsel [...]
2003-11-12 21:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO ETRD SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA2682 MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/13 entitled "Missiles and helicopters". "The visit of Colin Powell to Central America wasn't just for pleasure. While he came to thank the countries supporting the U.S. in the coalition in Iraq, he also came to remind us that his [...]
2003-11-14 13:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2714MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 18, 2003
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/18 entitled "Troops are stationed in low risk zones in Iraq". "After a short visit to Iraq to supervise the work of the Honduran troops in that country, the Minister of Defense Federico Breve said that the Honduran troops have rece [...]
2003-11-18 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2718BIO OF HONDURAN FIRST LADY AGUAS OCANA DE MADURO
[...] (SBU) Aguas Ocana, the first lady of Honduras, married President Ricardo Maduro on October 10, 2002. It is her first marriage and his second. Born on April 29, 1963 in Sevilla, Spain, Ocana was the former counselor of the Spanish embassy in Tegucigalpa. Ocana first earned the Spanish equival [...]
2003-11-19 16:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2751MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, NOVEMBER 20, 2003
[...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/20 entitled "A hundred tons of cocaine ". "The U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer recently revealed that almost a hundred tons of cocaine go through Honduras and Central America [...]
2003-11-21 22:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2757HONDURAS ANXIOUS TO MOVE EL SALVADOR BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the on-going effort to demarcate the Honduran-El Salvador border, on November 11 OAS envoy, NIMA specialist John Gates, awarded over one square kilometer of territory to El Salvador that was originally designated to Honduras by the 1992 International Court of Justice (IC [...]
2003-11-24 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]
2003-12-02 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2827MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, DECEMBER
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/3 entitled "The End". "At some point in our recent history, conventional wars, guerrilla wars like the one the U.S. army encountered in Vietnam, gave way to terrorism as the most significant threat. We now see in the Middle East, [...]
2003-12-03 19:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2846HONDURAS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO OPERATION IRAQI
[...] (C) During the early morning of December 3, the Honduran contingent in Iraq (Task Force Xatruch) was attacked by four mortar shells. No injuries or damage was reported. Initial reports indicated that all four shells impacted outside the Honduran compound (Ref A),although MOD Federico Breve l [...]
2003-12-04 21:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2857MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, DECEMBER 5, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 12/5 entitled "Soldiers in Iraq and transparency". "The bloodless attack against the headquarters of our troops in Najaf, Iraq has reopened the debate among those who opposed the sending of Honduran troops to Iraq since the beginni [...]
2003-12-05 22:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2866DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO
[...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...]
2003-12-08 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU HO UNGA
03TEGUCIGALPA288SCENESETTER FOR WHA/DAS FISK'S VISIT TO HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office for one year, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June 2002 as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...]
2003-01-31 16:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2929MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, DECEMBER 15, 2003
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/13 entitled "Reward". "The distribution of the lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts, as were decided by Washington, to be allocated only to those countries that sent soldiers to fight Saddam Hussein has reopened the wounds cau [...]
2003-12-17 22:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2939INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...]
2003-12-18 21:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2952ICJ REJECTS EL SALVADOR'S APPLICATION FOR REVISION
[...] On December 18, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, by a vote of 4-1, rejected El Salvador's September 10, 2002 application for revision of the Court's original 1992 decision demarcating the land and maritime border between El Salvador and Honduras as "inadmissible." The ICJ [...]
2003-12-19 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS KTIA PREL PGOV ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2965CHINESE SMUGGLING RING IN HONDURAS - CHINAZO
[...] (U) SUMMARY - As part of an ongoing investigation, the Honduran Criminal Investigative Police (DGIC),Prosecutor's from the Organized Crime Division of the Public Ministry, and DHS personnel from Tegucigalpa participated in a series of raids in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, unc [...]
2003-12-22 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA349HONDURAN MFA GIVEN SECRETARY ABRAHAM LETTER ON
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-06 16:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP KSAF PINS HO IAEA
03TEGUCIGALPA350HONDURAS GIVEN USG JANUARY 27 REMARKS ON IRAQ;
[...] PolOff delivered reftel text of Ambassador Negroponte's January 27 to the UNSC and the Secretary's January 27 press statement January 29 to MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. The MFA has not had a substantive reply but Fortin told PolOff that the GOH appreciated the information. 2 [...]
2003-02-06 16:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC MOPS IZ HO IAEA UNSC
03TEGUCIGALPA4INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...]
2003-01-02 20:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA425DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEGUCIGALPA: FOCUS IS ON GOH
[...] (SBU) Political demonstrations continue off and on in Tegucigalpa, led by various small organizations, the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and others. Sometimes the protests are staged outside the Embassy, but more commonly they are held downt [...]
2003-02-13 17:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PINR SOCI ASEC CU HO
03TEGUCIGALPA426DOL A/DUS MAGAN MEETS CA LABOR MINISTERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Mike Magan visited Honduras January 23-25 to attend the Central American Labor Ministers Meeting and held discussions with labor, management, and government on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA [...]
2003-02-13 17:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EFIN EAGR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA442EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA RECOMMENDS EXTENSION OF TPS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras remains an extremely poor country, still trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. While most USG-funded post-Mitch reconstruction efforts are complete, serious long-term challenges make the situation extremely difficult for the average Honduran. Hon [...]
2003-02-14 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA469HONDURAN RESPONSE REGARDING MANPADS
[...] (S) The Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) do not have any Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). Likewise, Post is not aware of any non-state actors in possession of MANPADS in Honduras. Post believes HOAF would be receptive to information or training on MANPAD threats. Chad P. Cummins, PO [...]
2003-02-19 20:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETETTC PARM PREL PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA527PRESIDENT MADURO VOWS TO COMBAT RISING MINOR
[...] (U) On February 19, before a hastily convened international audience which included the ambassadors of Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, France, Spain, as well as PolOff, President Ricardo Maduro vowed to combat Honduras' surging homicide rate for minors. Maduro expressed his administration's d [...]
2003-02-26 15:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR KJUS PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA532ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...]
2003-02-26 19:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA546HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 2002-JANUARY 2003
[...] The GDP rose by 2 percent in 2002, which was lower than economic growth rates in previous years of 2.7 percent in 2001 and 4.8 percent in 2000. Per capita income fell by 0.6 percent during 2002, and the Consumer Price Index rose by 8 percent. The international reserves totaled USD 1.5 billi [...]
2003-02-27 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA548HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...]
2003-02-27 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA558AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FUTURE OF AMHON EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Honduran Minister of Government and Justice, Dr. Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro, hosted a lunch at his home for Ambassador Palmer on February 14. Hernandez requested the meeting to discuss issues of bilateral importance but dominating the discussion was the effort underway to rep [...]
2003-02-28 21:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL SOCI PHUM PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA611HONDURAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE: A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A year after the implementation of Honduras' new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),opinions regarding its level of success are positive overall, but critics remain. Supporters cite the commencement of oral trials under the new system in 2002 as evidence of the Code's success. Crit [...]
2003-03-06 22:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PHUM PGOV EAID KCRM SNAR PREL ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA619GOH OPEN TO CUBA RESOLUTION IN GENEVA; REITERATES
[...] (C)SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Fisk discussed Cuba in meetings with President Maduro, Foreign Minister Perez-Cadalso and Minister of Defense Fred Breve during his February 6-7 visit to Honduras. Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso indicated that Honduras might be willing [...]
2003-03-07 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC PINR ASEC EAID HO CU
03TEGUCIGALPA626TRANSFORMING CENTRAL AMERICA,S SECURITY PARADIGM:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Maduro reiterated his personal commitment to regional disarmament and expressed his willingness to move forward on this issue. He also asked for U.S. support, mentioning directly the possible need for a multilateral security guarantee and asked whether the U.S. could pr [...]
2003-03-10 13:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL OVIP PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA652MADURO GETS POLITICAL LIFT FROM SUSPENSION OF
[...] (SBU) The news of the Nicaraguan Congress' vote to temporarily suspend the retaliatory 35 percent tariff on Honduran goods, after three years, was greeted with relief and a bit of triumph in Tegucigalpa. On March 11, Honduran President Maduro immediately announced the news, after receiving a [...]
2003-03-13 19:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS ETRD PGOV PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA654HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING
[...] Per refs A, B, C, and D Honduras and El Salvador are looking to move forward on border demarcation via a binational border commission but progress has been stymied due to outdated maps. Their joint request, received at both Embassy Tegucigalpa and San Salvador, is for maps at scale of 1:25,00 [...]
2003-03-13 20:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA670HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO PROMISES "FULL SUPPORT"
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro March 16 to discuss ref A seeking GOH support for a vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people. Maduro promised Ambassador the "full support" of Honduras for the USG position. When asked, Maduro said that the GOH might make a public statemen [...]
2003-03-17 18:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA674ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF
[...] (C) In a March 12 call on Honduran Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, DCM and Econcouns discussed the top economic items on the bilateral agenda. Cosenza committed to campaigning for the repeal of the teacher and nurse "estatutos" that have caused the rapid increase in government expend [...]
2003-03-18 14:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN EAID ETRD KJUS PREL ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA698HONDURAS UNILATERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. ACTION AGAINST
[...] (U) President Maduro issued a statement on behalf of the Government of Honduras on March 18 declaring that Honduras supports the U.S. war on terrorism and urging the Government of Iraq to accept the U.S. proposal in order to avoid additional suffering by the Iraqi people. The statement also [...]
2003-03-19 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA725HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO ADDRESSES NATION ON IRAQ:
[...] (U) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro addressed the nation the evening of March 20 on the war in Iraq and possible implications for Honduras. His basic message was that the war may cause hardships, but there was no reason to panic and that Hondurans should stick together. He stated [...]
2003-03-21 21:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EPET OIIP ASEC IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA726HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]
2003-03-21 22:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA731MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ 3/21
[...] For the second day all four dailies had full front page coverage and special reports of almost six interior pages with a variety of photos of the war. 2. Liberal Party Tegucigalpa-based daily La Tribuna: "Inferno in Iraq;" moderate daily El Heraldo: "War, Total Offensive;" San Pedro liberal [...]
2003-03-24 16:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PA OIIP HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA740MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ 3/20
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 20:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PREL HO IZ PA
03TEGUCIGALPA748 HONDURAN ATMOSPHERICS - IRAQ
[...] Moderate Daily El Heraldo 3/22 - Article on a forum for students on the conflict in Iraq sponsored by the youth of the Democratic Unification Party (a leftist party made up of the remnants of the Socialists and Communist parties of the 1980s). Among the speakers was Carlos Reyes of the Bloque [...]
2003-03-25 18:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA754TFIZO1: ANTI-WAR PROTEST OUTSIDE EMBASSY SMALLER
[...] On March 24, from about 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., a demonstration against the war in Iraq took place outside the Embassy. The event was organized by Carlos Reyes, President of the Popular Block, an anti-U.S. leftist organization. Participating in the demonstration were other like-minded organiz [...]
2003-03-26 15:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA762 MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ MARCH 3/22-24/03
[...] "El Heraldo" moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily 3/22: Apuntes: "The European Union, the Republic of China and Vladimir Putin have discovered that Bush can count on the complete support of the Senate, including that of senators who were against the Iraq invasion." "The U.S. is the empire no matt [...]
2003-03-26 19:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA824TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR URGES HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met April 1 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso to discuss a wide range of issues, with a focus on Iraq and combating terrorism. Ambassador urged the GOH to make stronger public statements on Iraq, including on Iraqi war crimes, and criti [...]
2003-04-02 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA825 MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 2, 2003
[...] Regular columnist Wilmer Perez Regalado in liberal party San Pedro Sula-based daily "La Prensa," 4/2 - "Madness - War machine of war:" "In the war of George Bush against Saddam Hussein, for both "axes of evil".. apparently the God they implore and at times manipulate to do what they want is a [...]
2003-04-02 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA826HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO DISCUSSES UPCOMING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro suggested that Central American Presidents remain interested in raising non-CAFTA topics during their upcoming meeting with President Bush. He also reaffirmed his commitment to provide Honduran troops for post-conflict operations in Iraq, even wh [...]
2003-04-02 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SNAR EFIN ETRD ELAB KTIA IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA828BUDGET CUTS HARM ALREADY STRUGGLING HONDURAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Severe budget cuts at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs threaten to incapacitate its ability to execute a coherent foreign policy strategy. The cuts, amounting to 31 percent since President Ricardo Maduro came into office early last year, mean new layoffs and embassy closi [...]
2003-04-03 15:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD AORC IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA856POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS FIRST HONDURAN
[...] (C) The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has not yet named a Honduran ambassador to Cuba. Several names have been circulating as potential candidates. As noted in reftel B, first among these is Rene Arturo Bendana, former Ambassador to Spain and to the U.S. under past President Raf [...]
2003-04-08 18:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ETTC PINR CU HO UNHCR
03TEGUCIGALPA859MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 5-8, 2003
[...] Four dailies, TV and radio continue carrying numerous photos and reports of the war, taken from international reports. On Saturday April 5th, four dailies dedicated special sections to the war. 2. Sample coverage front-page of liberal "Tiempo" has a special extra 8 pages called "Tiempo Mag [...]
2003-04-08 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA862TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...]
2003-04-08 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA881TFIZ01: EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA BELIEVES HONDURAN
[...] (C) On April 7 Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias gave me a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq (see reftel). FM Perez-Cadalso told me that that both President Ricardo Maduro and Minister of Defense Federico Breve [...]
2003-04-10 23:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA882GUNMEN SHOOT ADVANCE CAR OF HONDURAN FIRST LADY
[...] (U) According to Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, an advance car for Honduran First Lady Aguas Santas Ocana de Maduro was shot by unknown gunmen near the town of Los Limones on the road from Olanchito to the Caribbean coastal city of Trujillo in the Department of Yoro, at a [...]
2003-04-11 00:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CASC ASEC PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA885DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS IN HONDURAS; PROBLEMS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: La Armeria (The Armory),the only certified firearms distributor in Honduras, continues to exhibit difficulties in complying with State Department guidance regarding the importation of commercial firearms. In December 2002 Post recommended that State deny La Armeria's request t [...]
2003-04-11 13:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC PREL PHUM PARM ETTC ETRD BEXP HO
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