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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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07NICOSIA697CYPRUS TO SUPPORT U.S ICAO CANDIDACY; SEEKS U.S. HELP WITH
[...] (U) Dr. Leonidas Leonidou, Director of the Cyprus Department of Civil Aviation and the Cyprus representative to ICAO, told us that Cyprus would "fully support" the re-election of U.S. in ICAO. On specific issues and policies that arise within ICAO, however, Leonidou deferred to the EU, saying [...]
2007-08-27 13:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR AORC CY
07NICOSIA70NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 05:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALNATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK
07NICOSIA700NEW INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO FIGHT TIP
[...] (U) Combatting trafficking in persons ranked amongst his highest priorities, Republic of Cyprus Interior Minister Christos Patsalides, just six weeks in office, informed the Ambassador August 24. Prior experience as a professor of European Union law had made him aware of the international co [...]
2007-08-28 09:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG CY
07NICOSIA701NOT RENDERING UNTO CAESAR THAT WHICH IS CAESAR'S:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Never one to shy from cameras or controversy, Archbishop Chrysostomos II's latest political interventions have brought vociferous reactions from the political opposition and sectors of the Greek Cypriot media, and left thoughtful pundits questioning the ostensible separation of c [...]
2007-08-28 12:57:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA71CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT DOES NOT HAVE IRAN-FOCUSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 05:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL CY PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR
07NICOSIA717CYPRIOT FM MARCOULLIS ACCEPTS SECRETARY'S
[...] The Cypriot Foreign Ministry informed us August 28 that FM Erato Marcoullis has accepted the Secretary's invitation to attend the Women Leaders' Working Group meeting on September 28. Per reftel, the following information is provided: -- Full Name and Title: H.E. Mrs. Erato Kozakou-Marcou [...]
2007-08-30 11:00:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL CY
07NICOSIA718RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN CYPRUS: A SECTOR WITH GREAT
[...] Summary: By 2010 the Government of Cyprus (GOC) must fulfill its European Union (EU) obligation and produce six (6) percent of total power consumption from Renewable Sources of Energy (RSE). Currently, power generation from RSE is effectively non-existent, although there is widespread use of so [...]
2007-08-30 11:31:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD PREL EINV ECON CY
07NICOSIA729LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...]
2007-09-06 13:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA74MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE OPTIMISTIC ON RETURN OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is making steady progress exhuming and identifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963-1974. Pledges from the USG and other donors have ensured sufficient funding for operations to continue well into 2008, and CMP member [...]
2007-01-25 13:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP TU CY
07NICOSIA741CYPRIOT FIRST LADY PAPADOPOULOU ACCEPTS INVITATION
[...] The Cypriot Presidential Palace informed us August 30 that First Lady Fotini Papadopoulou has accepted Mrs. Bush's invitation to attend the luncheon on Literacy and Health on September 24. Per reftel, the following information is provided: -- Full Name and Title: Mrs. Fotini Papadopoulou, [...]
2007-09-10 12:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL CY
07NICOSIA749MFA PROVIDES CONFIRMATION OF UNGA TRAVEL DATES
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs September 13 provided additional details regarding the composition and travel plans of the Republic of Cyprus's UN General Assembly delegation. 2. President Tassos Papadopoulos and First Lady Fotini Papadopoulou will arrive in Newark on September 22, 2007, on [...]
2007-09-14 04:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP PREL OVIP UNGA CY
07NICOSIA75ARCHBISHOPRIC INTERESTED IN ANTI-TIP COOPERATION;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on the Ambassador's December 20 offer to Archbishop Chrysostomos II (Reftel) to cooperate with the Church on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),PolOff met January 22 with the Church's pointman on the issue, Bishop Vasilios. While aware of the country's sexual e [...]
2007-01-25 15:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALGTIP PREL PHUM CY GR TU
07NICOSIA754SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST
[...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...]
2007-09-14 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI
07NICOSIA771FM GUL VISIT TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: LITTLE OBVIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-19 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)", Turkish President Abdullah Gul delivered what seemed to be an intentionally mixed message in an effort to please both Turkish Cypriot "two states" hard-liners and pro-2004 referendum forces. His [...]
2007-09-21 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA777TWO OF THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS OUTLINE THEIR CYPRUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In televised press conferences on September 11 and 14, President Tassos Papadopoulos and Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides outlined their Cyprus problem policy - the top issue of every national election campaign. Papadopoulos confirmed tha [...]
2007-09-25 06:47:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA80NEW MAYOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES, AMONG THEM TIP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The fight against trafficking in persons "ought to be a priority," new Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou told the Ambassador January 26. Revealing the municipality had not yet finalized its strategic plans, Mavrou promised her team would search out areas where it could take action on [...]
2007-01-29 15:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNFICYP TIP CY
07NICOSIA803ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...]
2007-10-03 11:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA804DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...]
2007-10-03 12:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA823COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT INVESTIGATIONS
[...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Export Investigations Training Team Members Andrew Mefferd, Desiree King, Joseph Fariello, Leopoldo Lamas, Michael Cochran, Tim York to travel to Cyprus from October 19-29, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for travelers is EXB [...]
2007-10-11 12:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL CY
07NICOSIA827TURMOIL IN THE CYPRUS ENERGY SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the midst of a heated Presidential campaign, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) through the Ministry of Commerce (Energy Department) is preparing tender specifications for consulting and project management energy projects. The Government's insistence on constructing a temporary o [...]
2007-10-12 09:52:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD PREL EINV ECON CY
07NICOSIA836LOSING SUPPORT, MAJOR T/C PARTIES DEBATE EARLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Two of three major Turkish Cypriot political parties admit a recent drop in voter support, while a third argues its numbers are steady or rising despite indications to the contrary. Together, the Republican Turkish Party (CTP),National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (D [...]
2007-10-18 04:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA839DISY CHIEF OPTIMISTIC BUT LAMENTS CANDIDATE'S
[...] (C) Summary: DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides bests his competitors in smarts and moderation, but has failed to impress the Cypriot electorate with leadership skills and political savvy, bemoaned party chief Nikos Anastassiades in an October 16 meeting with the Ambassado [...]
2007-10-18 11:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA843CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Eleni ("Elena") Pissaridou for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Pissaridou is the Director of STIGMA, the Organization for the Care of Vi [...]
2007-10-19 10:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA848CYPRUS SUPPORTS MOST U.S. RESOLUTIONS FOR UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 13:29:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PHUM PREL CY
07NICOSIA849CAUTIOUS CHRISTOFIAS REVEALS LITTLE ON CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In clear contrast to DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades (Reftel),AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias avoided tactical discussions and stuck to electoral generalities in his October 18 meeting with the Ambassador. February's presidential elections were distant, Christofias [...]
2007-10-23 13:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA85PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER "COMMANDEERING" T/C
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of a landmark 2005 Supreme Court decision that returned the property of a Turkish Cypriot who had resettled in the south, Greek Cypriot "refugees" inhabiting T/C houses have lived with the constant threat of eviction should legal T/C owners move south and seek rest [...]
2007-01-30 16:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP ECON CY
07NICOSIA855ELECTIONS 2008: MECHANICS AND PROCESS
[...] (U) Summary: Cypriots will go to the polls on February 17 to elect their president. With three strong candidates in the race, it is doubtful that one of them will tally the required 50 percent-plus-one to win outright, forcing a February 24 runoff. Historically, successful candidates have en [...]
2007-10-26 09:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA856DIKO CHIEF CONFIDENT OF PARTY GROWTH, PAPADOPOULOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In trumpeting his party's double-digit growth and asserting that "his" presidential candidate -- incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos -- would win easy re-election in February 2008, Democratic Party (DIKO) chief Marios Karoyian oozed confidence in his October 22 meeting with [...]
2007-10-26 09:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA859CYPRUS: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:04:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN CY
07NICOSIA862TURKISH CYPRIOT REACTIONS TO PKK VIOLENCE: FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot responses to the recent PKK raids in Turkey run the gamut from outrage to outrageous. All major political parties -- including "government" leaders -- issued statements condemning the attacks and voicing solidarity with Ankara, while public demonstrations were held [...]
2007-10-29 13:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA863CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...]
2007-10-29 15:46:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY UK TU
07NICOSIA875CYPRUS WILL "POSITIVELY REVIEW" WALKER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 15:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC CY
07NICOSIA880CYPRUS: FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, on October 31 we met with Eva Papakyriakou the Director of the Attorney General's Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS, Cyprus' Financial Intelligence Unit,) and Michael Styliannou, Senior Officer at the Central Bank of Cyprus for Bank Supervision and Regulation. They bo [...]
2007-11-02 05:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC KNP EFIN CY
07NICOSIA881EMBASSY NICOSIA, CYPRIOT NGO ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] SUMMARY: In addressing the grave problem of trafficking in persons in Cyprus, Embassy Nicosia has adopted a multi-pronged, multi-sector strategy that leverages the efforts of our Bicommunal Support Program (BSP),Public Affairs Section (PAS),USAID mission, Political Section (POL),and Regio [...]
2007-11-02 07:53:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY
07NICOSIA885CYPRUS SUPPORTS DAVID WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UNIAAC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 14:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC CY
07NICOSIA886CYPRIOTS WILL SUPPORT RED NOTICES AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (C) Per Reftel, the Embassy November 1 demarched Foreign Ministry and Cypriot Police interlocutors to win support for the Government of Argentina's attempt to secure Interpol Red Notices against suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. On November 2, Maria Charalambous, head of the P [...]
2007-11-02 15:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CY
07NICOSIA887TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...]
2007-11-05 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA888T/C NEGOTIATOR RASIT PERTEV RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary: T/C lead negotiator Rasit Pertev resigned from his post as "Undersecretary" on November 5 and announced plans to form an as-yet-unnamed political party. He cited worsening conditions in which the T/C community lives as reason for his departure. Pertev led the "TRNC" negotiating te [...]
2007-11-05 16:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA896THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...]
2007-11-09 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO CY
07NICOSIA898 ANNAN PLAN STILL DOMINATING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos's continuing lead in the presidential race is forcing his opponents to attempt to deconstruct the hero image that the President has forged with his hard-line Cyprus Problem tactics. AKEL leader Dimitris Christofias, for example, has abandoned his [...]
2007-11-13 11:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA912CYPRUS WILL SEND REPRESENTATION TO COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 13:31:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA CY
07NICOSIA913CYPRUS UNRESPONSIVE TO DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Secretary Alkis Ieromonachou on November 9, highlighting the SIPDIS necessity that Russia allow the OSCE's observer team full and unhindered access in the run-up to December 2 Duma elections. Ieromonachou took note of our position an [...]
2007-11-15 13:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL RS CY
07NICOSIA915TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR CYPRUS
[...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made progress in combating trafficking in persons since the end of last year's TIP reporting period (March 1, 2007). It passed comprehensive anti-TIP legislation and ratified the Council of Europe Convention for Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, com [...]
2007-11-15 14:42:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY
07NICOSIA932ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...]
2007-11-19 15:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
07NICOSIA940WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...]
2007-11-26 15:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU
07NICOSIA944DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CYPRUS FOCUSED MORE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 14:37:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV UNGA CY
07NICOSIA945CYPRUS DEFENDS MEMBERSHIP IN BIASED, ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 14:38:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ CY
07NICOSIA949CYPRUS: ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Presidential elections are now less than three months away (scheduled for February 17, 2008) and the candidates have begun their campaigning in earnest. The Cyprus problem remains far and away the leading debate issue, and will likely play the most decisive ro [...]
2007-12-03 13:42:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA952CANDIDATES COURTING KEY OVERSEAS VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over a half-million Cypriots reside abroad, with 300,000 in the London area alone. While eligible voters represent just a fraction of the total overseas population, Cyprus's presidential candidates will devote great time and effort to winning the diaspora vote, which many expe [...]
2007-12-05 12:41:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA959CUBA TITLE III REVIEW: CYPRUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 14:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CY
07NICOSIA968NOD TO SLEIMAN "NO SURPRISE" TO CYPRIOTS
[...] (C) Polchief December 7 delivered Reftel points on Lebanon to MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. It was vital that Cyprus support immediate, "non-linked" Lebanese presidential elections in its diplomatic discussions and public commentary, he emphasized. Dionysiou responded by n [...]
2007-12-11 07:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV LE CY
07NICOSIA970CYPRUS SUPPORTS ARCHITECTURE MODEL GUIDELINES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 14:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS CY
07NICOSIA971AKP AND OP: IS THE AKP GOVERNMENT IN SEARCH OF A
[...] (C) Summary: Many Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) consider Turkey's AKP the force behind the T/C Freedom and Reform Party (OP),the junior "coalition" partner to "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP. Any doubts regarding AKP's support for OP were dispelled recently by the Turkish party's high-prof [...]
2007-12-11 14:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
07NICOSIA973CYPRUS SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE PROSPER FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CY
07NICOSIA974CYPRUS A LIKELY ATTENDEE AT PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC PARM PREL CY
07NICOSIA979CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...]
2007-12-13 15:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KO SE CY
07NICOSIA980"TRNC" ECONOMIC SLIDE AND THE DEUS EX MACHINA
[...] (C) Summary. The "TRNC" economy has grown at break-neck speed over the last three years, largely fueled by the boom in real estate. Overbuilding, poor finance structures and issues that have scared off foreign property buyers have turned the boom into a bust resulting in a growing liquidity sh [...]
2007-12-14 06:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA987CYPRUS: BILATERAL EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS
[...] Per reftel, PolOff spoke with First Secretary Nikos Panayi of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 14 regarding the current status of bilateral and U.S.-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) agreements. Panayi's response is keyed to questions posed in reftel. a) Cyprus alrea [...]
2007-12-14 14:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA KCRM KJUS CJAN PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA994TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTIES HEAD FOR DECEMBER SHOWDOWN
[...] (C) Summary: An October agreement between the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the opposition to amend the "TRNC constitution" and consider early elections may derail before January 1 given the wildly differing goals of the participants. CTP considers the ad hoc committee agree [...]
2007-12-17 14:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
07NOUAKCHOTT1010 Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris
[...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...]
2007-12-11 15:49:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR
07NOUAKCHOTT177TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA:
[...] (C) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Conakry's public statement (ref B). Sid'Ahmed took careful note of our position and objectives. His eyes widened, however, when we asked that President Vall cons [...]
2007-02-19 14:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GV MR
07NOUAKCHOTT207MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...]
2007-02-23 16:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT32PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA: POSSIBLE MAURITANIAN
[...] (C) During the course of a January 9 discussion with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar on the role of the military in a democratic Mauritania, we asked about interest in peacekeeping. The country's current role is limited to fielding twenty observers in the AU forc [...]
2007-01-10 10:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALAU KPKO MR PREL SO
07NOUAKCHOTT334MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...]
2007-04-05 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC
07NOUAKCHOTT357PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE
[...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...]
2007-04-10 14:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT400PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy following the August 3, 2005 coup dissolved parliament and suspended the part of the constitution requiring parliamentary decision, a [...]
2007-04-27 13:46:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PINR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT407NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM),but have [...]
2007-04-30 18:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR
07NOUAKCHOTT43VALL SEES EVENTS IN SOMALIA AS POSITIVE
[...] (C) Former AF A/S Herman J. Cohen briefed Charge January 10 on his meeting with CMJD President Vall earlier that day. Vall spoke positively of the recent events in Somalia, noting that the Islamist movement is more a threat to Muslims than to anyone else. He appeared supportive of Ethiopia's e [...]
2007-01-11 18:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALAU KPKO PREL SO MR
07NOUAKCHOTT487CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...]
2007-05-29 12:04:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETIS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL
07NOUAKCHOTT566FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA
[...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has categorically denied what he called "baseless" allegations, published in the New Yorker, that the government of Colonel Ely Vall had allowed the creation of secre [...]
2007-06-21 17:36:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNMR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT584CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...]
2007-06-26 14:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT700COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES
[...] (U) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe Salafist pour la Predication et le Combat(GSPC) (reftel),concluded on July 31 with five convictions and nine acquittals. 2. (U) The Criminal Court condemn [...]
2007-08-02 17:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR
07NOUAKCHOTT701DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA
[...] (C) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) to Mauritania. The dipnote (informal translation para. 6) agrees to accept Detainee 706 "under its jurisdiction" without acknowledging that Detainee 706 is in [...]
2007-08-02 18:03:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL MR
07NOUAKCHOTT710EXPANSION OF OEF-TS ACTIVITIES IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) With the successful deployment August 1 of the first JCET in Mauritania since 2005, we have re-established our military-to-military re-engagement, suspended following the August 2005 coup d'etat. The new government welcomes this engagement and encourages our continued military training and [...]
2007-08-07 18:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL AMGT MR
07NOUAKCHOTT711 U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION
[...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...]
2007-08-07 19:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR
07NOUAKCHOTT712ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION
[...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...]
2007-08-08 07:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT88MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...]
2007-01-29 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR
07OSAKAKOBE56PRO-NORTH KOREAN DEMONSTRATION IN KOBE - HIGH TURNOUT BUT
[...] (SBU) About 3,300 members and supporters of the pro-DPRK General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) held a noisy but peaceful outdoor demonstration in the Higashi Yuenchi area in Kobe on Saturday, March 3. The demonstration was billed as the "Kinki District Convention of [...]
2007-03-07 08:00:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL JA KN
07OSAKAKOBE70JAPANESE CONSERVATIVES: USING THE NUCLEAR CARD
[...] (C) Former Cabinet Security Chief Atsuyuki Sassa, an influential member of the conservative Japanese establishment, in remarks to a large gathering in Osaka called for Japan to periodically use its potential "nuclear weapons card" to shore up security assurances from the United States and to i [...]
2007-03-23 05:41:00Consulate Osaka KobeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PARM PREL KN JA
07OSAKAKOBE87NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS VIOLATION: STAINLESS
[...] (U) On March 29, the Hyogo Prefectural Police Department, after receiving a tipoff from Kobe Customs, launched an investigation into two firms in Western Japan for alleged violations of Japanese sanctions prohibiting all imports from the DPRK. The sanctions were enacted in response to last ye [...]
2007-04-04 07:02:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EFIS PREL KN JA
07OSLO000160ZDK164SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO1008TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 14:37:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO
07OSLO1053NORWAY RESPONDS TO THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS, SEEKS
[...] (C) On October 22 we delivered reftel points to MFA Human Rights and Democracy Issue Deputy Director General Tormod Endresen. Endresen pledged that Norway will oppose no action motions and strongly supported the full debate of human rights issues raised in the Third Committee. Although Nor [...]
2007-10-23 05:48:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL KTIA UN NO
07OSLO1055NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 11:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO1067NORWEGIANS REVIEW DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 12:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR PARM EFIN KNNP NO
07OSLO1073NORWEGIANS REVIEW FATF POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 16:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON NO
07OSLO1074ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CPA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 14:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT NO
07OSLO1084NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT WALKER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 15:37:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA
07OSLO1101NORWAY'S LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: A WARNING OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the fallout from the September local elections finally subsides, the larger issues which will shape the 2009 general election are becoming clear. The center/left governing coalition (Labor, Center and Socialist Left Parties) were given a rebuke in the local elections, partic [...]
2007-11-13 08:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR NO
07OSLO1113NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]
2007-11-19 11:13:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OSLO1118TERRORISM FINANCE: TRO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 12:38:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PREL KTFN NO
07OSLO1125NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA
[...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially),[...]
2007-11-23 10:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL VE PHUM WHA NO
07OSLO1127NORWAY ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche on the re-election campaign for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, the U.S. candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee),the Head of the Norwegian MFA's Human Rights Section, Tormod Endresen, responded positive [...]
2007-11-26 13:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA NO
07OSLO1142LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW: NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES
[...] (C) The GON has been increasingly engaged with the GOC in the last few years, seeking broader governmental dialogue while maintaining lower level contacts with Cuban dissidents. There have been no public meetings with dissidents since our last update in May. The only significant visit anticip [...]
2007-12-03 13:46:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
07OSLO1152TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 14:27:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER KFIN NO
07OSLO1155NORWAY WILL URGE SERBIA TO REMAIN CLAM ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on 11 December to State Secretary Raymond Johansen, who stated that Norway would use SIPDIS its good offices to urge Serbia to remain calm regarding the situation in Kosovo. Norway will be following the events there closely, and agrees that it is vital that [...]
2007-12-12 14:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI NO
07OSLO1161NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY
[...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]
2007-12-18 13:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO143(C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION
[...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...]
2007-02-14 14:39:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO
07OSLO148MINUSTAH RENEWAL DEMARCE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 06:34:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL AID PGOV EFIN UA HA EUN SF ID PE MINUSTAH
07OSLO152NORWAY'S FOLLOW THROUGH ON UN 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 14:24:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL NO
07OSLO159NORWAY SUPPORTS IGAD SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 16:12:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU NO
07OSLO160SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO161SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO162AMBASSADOR DELIVERS UNSC 1737 POINTS TO NORSK
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref C points on February 15 to Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten. (Note: As indicated in ref D, Hydro's petroleum sector investments in Iran have been an ongoing point of discussion between the Embassy and company. End note.) The Ambassador urged Reiten to reconsi [...]
2007-02-20 06:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO
07OSLO163(C) NORWEGIANS NOTE FATF COMPLIANCE; PAKISTAN
[...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Legal Department Deputy Director Martin Sorby, who confirms that Norway has fully implemented FATF recommendations. Norway is also currently implementing follow-up recommendations associated with a 2005 review of its FATF compliance. Sorb [...]
2007-02-20 06:10:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC LE PREL PTER KTFN
07OSLO181NORWAY MAINTAINS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO ERADICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 06:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID PREL ECON NO
07OSLO187RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY DENIES REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Russian Ambassador to Norway Sergey Andreev to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GON to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles. Andreev declined on grounds that he had no official instruc [...]
2007-02-27 16:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NO
07OSLO195NORWAY'S VIEWS ON SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. On February 28, DCM and Pol Officer met with Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Sri Lanka Adviser Tomas Stangeland at the MFA. The Norwegians stressed the importance of USG involvement in the peace process, outlined views on the Indian and the U.K. pers [...]
2007-03-01 16:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO229NORWAY TIGHTENS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL SECURITY,
[...] (U) As of March 1, Norwegian domestic air travelers with checked luggage are required to show photo ID at boarding gates. This new procedure supplements ID verification at check-in and puts Norway in compliance with EC directives requiring bag-passenger matching. The Norwegian Civil Aviatio [...]
2007-03-07 16:11:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL NO
07OSLO248NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...]
2007-03-13 16:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR
07OSLO254STAFFDEL DISCUSSES LUGAR-SOLHEIM INITIATIVE, HEARS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 7-9, Mark Helmke, Senior Professional Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),and long-time aide to former SFRC Chair Senator Richard Lugar, met with several high-ranking Norwegian government officials, including International Development Minister Er [...]
2007-03-14 15:36:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ENRG ECON KIPR NO
07OSLO255NORWEGIANS WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 16:27:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NO
07OSLO259NORWAY'S UNHRC INSIGHTS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) On March 16 we delivered reftel points to Anne Merchant, Senior Adviser in the MFA's UN Section. Merchant believes it is very unlikely that United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members would pass any resolution concerning Zimbabwe's human rights violations. Specifically, she note [...]
2007-03-19 08:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI NO
07OSLO264NORWAY EXPLAINS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, MFA Political Director Kai Eide briefed the EU/NATO ally countries on the GON decision over the weekend to have direct political contacts with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). He explained that the GON welcomed the NUG because: --the NUG is taking [...]
2007-03-19 15:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO268NORWEGIANS SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 16:12:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ZI NO
07OSLO269NORWAY DELIBERATING SVALBARD QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 16:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV ENRG NO
07OSLO285NORWAY AGREES MANDATE SHOULD NOT BE SINGLED OUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 13:10:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNHRC PREL PHUM NO
07OSLO289NORWAY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:27:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR NO
07OSLO292NORWAY MAINTAINS THAT DECISION TO RECOGNIZE
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the DCM, Kai Eide, Political Director of Norway's MFA, stated that Norway's relations with Israel have not been damaged by Norway's decision to recognize the Palestinian Unity Government. Eide said that Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere spoke at length with Isra [...]
2007-03-23 15:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO294NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 12:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU NO
07OSLO295UN DEMOCRACY FUNDED PROJECT: OSLO GOVERNANCE CENTRE
[...] Summary. Per Ref A, on March 26 we spoke with Director of the Oslo Governance Centre Bjoern Foedre regarding the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDF) project, Communication for Empowerment. The project is not a Norwegian government initiative, and only has recently begun. End Summary. 2 [...]
2007-03-27 12:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL OIIP NO KDEM KPAO UN NGO
07OSLO31NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...]
2007-01-11 15:55:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO
07OSLO313THE UNLIKELY OSLO PEACE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. A Norwegian NGO seeks to draw heads of state of various governments to Oslo for an ill-defined peace conference and concert. A recent organizational meeting highlighted the challenges of bringing this to fruition. End Summary. 2. (C) An Oslo NGO, Foundation Dialogue for Pe [...]
2007-03-30 11:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO
07OSLO330SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...]
2007-04-03 14:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO
07OSLO339CENTCOM CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 14:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ
07OSLO362NORWAY NORMALIZING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (U) Summary: Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad's April 12 visit to Oslo highlighted the economic aspect of Norway's March 17th decision to normalize relations with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). FM Stoere stated that Norway is ready to resume direct, broad budgetary suppor [...]
2007-04-13 11:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO
07OSLO382NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 05:21:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NO
07OSLO397NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY MEETS CUBAN OFFICIALS,
[...] (C) Summary. Norwegian MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen visited Cuba from April 9 through April 11, meeting with several Cuban governmental officials. The Cuban trip was part of a three country Latin American tour (also including Colombia and Ecuador) which intended to place Latin Americ [...]
2007-04-19 12:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU NO
07OSLO400UNSCR 1747/OECD: NORWAY SUPPORTS RESTRICTING
[...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref A points on April 19 to Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Senior Advisor Hege Gabrielsen. Gabrielsen was already informed about the U.S. initiative to institute a common OECD line to restrict new export credits to Iran and said Norway can [...]
2007-04-19 13:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM UN IR NO
07OSLO401AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS WITH STATOIL CEO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 13:35:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO
07OSLO411NO PUBLIC COMMITMENT FROM NORWAY ON DARFUR PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) On April 20 we delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm. Froeholm told us that Norway sees the GOS acceptance of the Darfur heavy support package as positive, but serious questions regarding command and control and force protection m [...]
2007-04-23 11:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO NO
07OSLO424NORWEGIANS REVIEW OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP (OEG)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 06:25:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP NO
07OSLO425STOERE/ABBAS STOCKHOLM MEETING SUMMARY
[...] (C) On April 23 we met with Norwegian MFA Middle East Section Head Joern Gjelstad concerning the recent confidential Stockholm meeting between Palestinian President SIPDIS Mahmoud Abbas and Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere. The meeting was split into two sessions. During the first sessi [...]
2007-04-25 07:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO
07OSLO427NORWEGIANS STUDY NPT PREPCOM POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 10:35:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDENRG MNUC PARM PREL NPT KNNP NO
07OSLO436NORWEGIAN CENTCOM LIAISON WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 09:13:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ
07OSLO454NORWEGIAN UPDATE: SRI LANKA PEACE EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary. On April 30 Sondre Bjotveit, MFA Adviser in the Peace and Reconciliation Section, updated us on Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka. He described MFA Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer's recent meetings with UK and South African government officials, in addition to sharing perso [...]
2007-05-02 12:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO455NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 14:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NO
07OSLO462NORWAY AND SUDAN-TDRA SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 06:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID NO
07OSLO463NORWAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 06:49:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PKPO NO
07OSLO496POINTS DELIVERED: US POSITIONS AT WHA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 06:02:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO NO
07OSLO504COOL WELCOME FOR IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN OSLO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki received a cool welcome from his Norwegian hosts during his May 8 visit to Oslo. Mottaki appeared to be seeking deeper political and economic relations with Norway but Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere stressed repeatedly that Iranian statements on Is [...]
2007-05-10 14:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET PINR PREL NO IR IZ
07OSLO505NORWAY AND CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting, GON MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen said Norway agreed with Spain's desire to increase european engagement with Cuba. He also claimed that the Norwegian approach to Cuba is supported by Cuban dissidents. Specifically, he claimed deeper engagement with [...]
2007-05-11 04:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU NO
07OSLO513NORWAY CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI PROPOSALS
[...] (C) On May 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Section for European Affairs and Trade Policy Senior Adviser Per Mannes and MFA West Balkan Section Adviser Toril Langlete. Mannes emphasized that the GON strongly supported the Ahtisaari proposals, and that the MFA has made such position known [...]
2007-05-15 07:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NO
07OSLO519NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING IWC MEETING
[...] (SBU) On May 15 we delivered reftel remarks to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Polar Advisor Karsten Klepsvik. Klepsvik told us that Norway would support the 5-year bowhead whale quota for U.S. and Russia. Klepsvik, however, was amenable to Japan's proposal for Small-type Coastal Whaling provid [...]
2007-05-16 16:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO
07OSLO525CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...]
2007-05-18 14:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO527POINTS DELIVERED: CHINA AND TAIWAN IN OIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 14:57:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR AORG NO
07OSLO529NORWAY BACKS U.S. POSITION ON OSCE "CHARTER"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 15:28:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE KTIA PGOV NO
07OSLO530NORWAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN OSCE BELARUS
[...] (SBU) On May 22, we delivered reftel points to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Director for OSCE, Dag Halvorsen. Halvorsen told us that Norway will decline Belarus' invitation for a protocol visit of OSCE Heads of Mission. Halvorsen added that given the program's lack of meeting [...]
2007-05-22 15:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM OSCE NO
07OSLO567POINTS DELIVERED: U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN.
[...] Kiir's schedule includes meetings with the PM Stoltenberg, State Secretary Raymond Johansen, and Development Minister Eric Solheim. Discussions will center around the Sudan political situation, Sudan's oil sector, and peace and reconciliation efforts. Johnson [...]
2007-05-30 12:46:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ETTC NO
07OSLO573NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...]
2007-05-31 14:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO
07OSLO584NORWEGIANS RECEIVE SLAHI POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 09:58:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC EUN PREL PTER KTFN NO
07OSLO598NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 11:21:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKCFE NATO PARM PREL NO
07OSLO604NORWAY REQUESTS AGREEMENT FOR SHARING AIR
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) On June 7, Embassy Oslo received a diplomatic note from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that Norway and the United States enter into an agreement on processing and transfer of air passenger data. The text [...]
2007-06-07 17:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR ECON NO
07OSLO612NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON SVALBARD
[...] (SBU) On June 7, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided answers to our questions regarding future oil and gas activities in the Svalbard Archipelago. The full text of their response is presented in paragraph 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In summary, Norwegians see the Svalbard Archipelago [...]
2007-06-08 12:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NO
07OSLO614POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...]
2007-06-08 13:16:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO615NORWEGIANS CONSIDER UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 12:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNDP PREL EFIN EAID KUNR NO
07OSLO618POINTS DELIVERED: ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY IMPASSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 09:44:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TPKO ER ET NO
07OSLO642NORWAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IRANIAN EXPORT CREDIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 14:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR NO
07OSLO646NCA PRESSES FOR U.S. ACTION IN ERITREA/ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 14, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) General Secretary Reverend Atle Sommerfeldt and Special Advisor Arne Saeveraas called upon Ambassador Whitney, requesting USG support in easing escalating Eritrean/Ethiopian tensions. (Note: The NCA is the largest NGO in Norway involved i [...]
2007-06-15 08:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PKPO NO
07OSLO658PM STOLTENBERG´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...]
2007-06-18 11:39:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL RS NO
07OSLO691NORWEGIANS TO BACK U.S. ON AVIATION SAFETY, EU ON
[...] (SBU) On June 25, Post received the following response from the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation regarding aviation security, aviation safety, and environmental positions at September's ICAO assembly in Montreal. Norway backs our positions on aviation safety and security while supporting [...]
2007-06-27 08:30:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD SENV ECON PREL NO
07OSLO697DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS DELIVERED TO NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 14:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL
07OSLO698(S) IRANIAN FAST BOATS, BATSERVICE UPDATE
[...] (S) Summary. The GON continues to investigate the Norwegian company Batservice's sale of vessels to Iran. Batservice has not tripped any Norwegian export control laws, and the GON believes that previous boat shipments are destined for civilian use. MFA Export Control officials remain concer [...]
2007-06-27 15:04:00Embassy OsloSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR NO
07OSLO704DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION
[...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...]
2007-06-29 14:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO
07OSLO706BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]
2007-07-02 07:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
07OSLO713NORWEGIANS RECEIVE FOREIGN FIGHTER POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 13:25:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL PTER NO
07OSLO717(S) SAFE REORGANIZATION AND MANPOWER REDUCTION IN
[...] (S) On July 3 Ar Attache delivered reftel points to MOD Directo of the Transatlantic and European Security Coopration Division Henning Vaglum. Vaglum voiced th GON's appreciation of the notice of pending actons, and will forward the information to the ppropriate office in Stavanger. Noting [...]
2007-07-05 13:28:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO NO
07OSLO718NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 15:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO
07OSLO723SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN OSLO
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) met in Oslo on June 29, to discuss the latest developments in Sri Lanka. All participants agreed that the situation is bleak with few small signs of opportunity. Assistant Secretary Ric [...]
2007-07-06 11:08:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO726NORWAY CONSIDERS AMBASSADOR SWING'S CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 14:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG NO
07OSLO729NORWAY: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF U.S. WEAPONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-10 09:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NO
07OSLO736NORWEGIANS DOUBTFUL ABOUT FUNDING FAVS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL XT IS IT JA EG KMFO NO
07OSLO758NORWEGIANS CONSIDER AZERBAIJAN POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 11:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAJ EUN OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NO
07OSLO770UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-NORWEGIAN DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) On June 23 we delivered reftel points to MFA Protocol Section Adviser Hedda Werenskiol, who provided information concerning the Norwegian delegation to the forthcoming meeting of the UN General Assembly. 2. (SBU) The Norwegian Head of State will not be attending. 3. (SBU) Pr [...]
2007-07-24 13:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NO
07OSLO778CARR CANDIDACY CONVEYED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 13:04:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM ICRC NO
07OSLO779TERROR FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 13:04:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER EFIN KTFN NO
07OSLO784MRS. BUSH'S EVENT: NORWEGIAN PM'S SPOUSE NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 13:52:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA NO
07OSLO787(S) NORWEGIANS CONSIDER DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 11:47:00Embassy OsloSECRETEFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN NO
07OSLO792NORWAY AND F-5 FIGHTER TRANSFER
[...] (C) Summary. Post continues to press the Norwegian government to approve the transfer of F-5s and related equipment from the GON to Lockheed Martin (LM) and Northern General Leasing (NGL). Post is greatly concerned that failure to effect the F-5 transfers will negatively impact U.S.-Norwegian relat [...]
2007-08-02 11:27:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NO
07OSLO814HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO815HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO829NORWAY'S VIEW ON PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS IN THE
[...] (C) On 16 August we delivered reftel points to Norwegian MFA Desk Officer for Somalia, Kjell Dalen. Norway fully supports granting permanent observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia to Canada and Yemen. Dalen noted that State Secretary Raymond Johansen told A/S Frazer th [...]
2007-08-17 15:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO
07OSLO838CFE: NORWAY PROCEDURES FOR ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 14:56:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL NO
07OSLO874NORWEGIANS REVIEW MEETING ON COLOMBIA POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 13:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO NO
07OSLO878TERROR FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRENOTIFICATIO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 14:29:00Embassy OsloSECRETEFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO
07OSLO936NORWEGIANS VOICE MINUSTAH SUPPORT
[...] On September 17 we delivered reftel points to MFA UN Section Senior Adviser Rut Kruger Giverin, who emphasized Norwegian support of renewing the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She stressed Norway's long-standing support of the UN's peace and security efforts in Haiti. WHITNEY [...]
2007-09-17 14:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PGOV PREL KPKO NO
07OSLO958NORWAY CONSIDERING HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 15:15:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNGA KRKO HA NO
07OSLO959NORWAY CONSIDERING COLOMBIA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 15:16:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO NO
07OSLO96NORWAY WON'T COMMIT TO DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm on February 1. Froeholm told us that Norway would not be able to support our request for assistance with the Darfur Heavy Package and given current commitments in Afghanistan, it was very unlik [...]
2007-02-01 15:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NO
07OSLO960STOERE TO ATTEND SECRETARY'S DINNER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 15:18:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO OPDC PREL EU NO
07OSLO98IRAN SANCTIONS ACT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on Norsk Hydro's investment in Iran's Anaran oilfield on January 31 to Norsk Hydro Senior Vice-President Tor Steinum and on February 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Janne Julsrud. Hydro's Steinum affirmed that the compan [...]
2007-02-01 16:44:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NO
07OSLO988GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 13:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AF NO
07OSLO989NORWEGIANS REVIEW SAUDI PRE-NOTIFICATION UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 13:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NO
07OTTAWA100CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN
[...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...]
2007-01-19 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD
07OTTAWA1046CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...]
2007-06-04 20:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KCFE NATO PREL CA
07OTTAWA1063CANADA'S RESPONSE: AKA MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 18:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07OTTAWA1107CANADA'S TAKE ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) On June 11, POL M/C raised the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with Dennis Horak, Director of the Iran Desk at Foreign Affairs Canada. He asked Horak if Canada would raise this issue in discussions with Iranian officials. 2. (SBU) Horak said Canada shared U.S [...]
2007-06-12 19:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CA EUN IR
07OTTAWA1126Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports
[...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...]
2007-06-13 12:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA
07OTTAWA1168ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 19:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL IR CA
07OTTAWA117CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]
2007-01-22 21:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA118CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]
2007-01-22 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA1192CANADIAN MPS RAISE BORDER AND SPP CONCERNS
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a recent Border Caucus meeting with the Ambassador and in one-on-one meetings with Emboffs, MPs have expressed a wide variety of issues about the border and cross border travel and trade. Most of the MPs from border provinces say they have as one of their key issues (not j [...]
2007-06-20 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA1256DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CANADA: NOPEC LEGISLATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 21:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON PREL CA
07OTTAWA130CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...]
2007-01-24 22:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PINS MARR CA
07OTTAWA1359CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA
[...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...]
2007-07-13 16:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG
07OTTAWA1512CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...]
2007-08-08 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA1514KOSOVO: CANADA'S INITIAL REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points on August 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defence and Security Relations Melissa Burke. She responded that, like the U.S., Canada wanted to see Kosovo become an independent state. Further, she said, Canada w [...]
2007-08-08 21:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV CA
07OTTAWA1587CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...]
2007-08-17 21:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA1633U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL: CANADA
[...] (U) On August 24, Economic Minister-Counselor presented a non-paper based on reftel to Patrick Wittmann, Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Wittmann said that Canada values U.S. participation in ICAO and b [...]
2007-08-24 20:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL AORC ICAO CA
07OTTAWA1731AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN FEEDBACK ON CERAMIC
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel presentation on ceramic-lined valves to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Policy Officer Kendra Davidson on September 13. She expressed appreciation for the briefing and emphasized that Canada had rai [...]
2007-09-12 19:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW CA
07OTTAWA174S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE
[...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...]
2007-01-31 18:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR CA
07OTTAWA1828CANADIAN VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (C) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Democracy Unit Manager Ben Rowswell, Canada's UN Permrep Ambassador John McNee will represent Ottawa in the CD meeting hosted by Mali on October 1. He expressed hope that Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to th [...]
2007-09-26 20:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL UNGA PGOV CA
07OTTAWA1868(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 17:51:00Embassy OttawaSECRETCA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER
07OTTAWA1872CANADA AND NASREDDIN 1267 DE-LISTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Econcouns delivered ref A message that the USG has tentatively determined that it would be appropriate to de-list Ahmed Idris Nasreddin from UNSCR 1267, contigent on certain actions by Nasreddin, to Yves Beaulieu, Counter Terror [...]
2007-10-05 18:08:00Embassy OttawaSECRETCA EFIN KTFN PREL PTER USUN
07OTTAWA1878CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...]
2007-10-05 19:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM CA PREL
07OTTAWA1881G-8: CANADA LOOKING FOR HELP ON THE AFGHAN-PAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Foreign Ministry briefed G-8 embassies on its recent mission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border which was focused on border management, immigration, and counter-narcotics. Under the G-8 border initiative Canada is taking the lead on the piece of the frontier where its [...]
2007-10-09 12:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA AF PK
07OTTAWA1903NEW CANADIAN PANEL TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS;
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mid-morning press conference on October 12 announced the formation of a new "Independent Advisory Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." He emphasized that he expects the panel to "provide expert non-partisan advice that will help parliamentar [...]
2007-10-12 20:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA1922CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...]
2007-10-17 16:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK
07OTTAWA1924 THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S BLUEPRINT FOR PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) In a tradition-heavy ceremony on October 16 that also broke with tradition by taking place in the early evening rather than mid-afternoon, Canada's Governor General opened the new session of Parliament by reading the government's "Speech from the Throne," which lays out clearly the agenda [...]
2007-10-17 18:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON SENV CA
07OTTAWA1928 HARPER GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE THRONE SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal leadership will not seek to bring down the Harper government over the contents of the October 16 Throne Speech, recognizing election fatigue among the voters. The Liberals have charged that the government's comments on Afghanistan were nonetheless too ambiguous, w [...]
2007-10-17 22:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA AF
07OTTAWA1932CANADA MAKES AUNG SAN SUU KYI AN HONORARY CITIZEN
[...] (U) On October 17, the Parliament of Canada unanimously adopted a motion from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make Aung San Suu Kyi an honorary Canadian citizen "as a demonstration of Canada's support for the people of Burma in their struggle against the brutal military dictatorship that rules [...]
2007-10-18 18:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL BM CA
07OTTAWA1954GOC RESPONSE RE 2008 US-CANADA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting in Washington, Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu and Policy Advisor Neil Brennan from the International Crime and Terrorism Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2007-10-22 18:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CA
07OTTAWA1956CANADA AGREES TO HCA NEGOTIATIONS MEETINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 20:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
07OTTAWA1957CANADIAN VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS ON OAS INDIGENOUS
[...] (SBU) According to Paul Gibbard, Director of the Office of Aboriginal and Circumpolar Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada shares our views that the OAS Declaration is ill-conceived and is headed for a "train-wreck." Gibbard said that Canada had a number [...]
2007-10-22 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CA
07OTTAWA1958CANADA SEEKS HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION IN PRT
[...] (SBU) Please see action request in para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Operations Officer David Fairchild raised the upcoming November 25-27 PRT conference in Lithuania entitled "Provincial Reconstruction [...]
2007-10-23 15:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CA AF
07OTTAWA1959PRESSING BOLIVIA TO END SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Shawn Caza promised on October 22 to seek clearance to instruct Canadian officials in La Paz to urge the Bolivian government to reverse i [...]
2007-10-23 15:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IAEA USUN BO IR CA
07OTTAWA1961GOOD PROSPECTS FOR REVISED SECURITY LEGISLATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Harper government on October 22 introduced a bill to amend Canada's long-standing system of immigration security certificates in response to a February 2007 Supreme Court ruling that had struck down key provisions as unconstitutional. The certificates provide the government t [...]
2007-10-23 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA1966CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA
[...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...]
2007-10-24 20:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS AF CA
07OTTAWA1973CANADIANS DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN MNF-1
[...] (SBU) As expected (ref b),the Government of Canada has declined to participate in the MNF-1 Coalition Conference (ref a). Para 2 includes text of an October 24 letter from Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Colleen Swords to General Petraeus. 2. (SBU) Be [...]
2007-10-26 13:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IZ CA
07OTTAWA1982CANADA WILL KEEP UP PRESSURE ON BURMA
[...] (C) According to Deborah Paul, Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Canada fully shares our concern with the situation in Burma (ref a). The GOC has already increased its diplomatic efforts to put pressure on [...]
2007-10-26 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM CVIS PREL ETRD CA BM
07OTTAWA1993CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 11:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO PK CA
07OTTAWA2015GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AGREES WITH FATF STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 19:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN CA
07OTTAWA2020CANADA: (2/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9-11, 2007 (septels). This is the second in a series of five tele [...]
2007-11-02 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2022CANADA: (4/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fourth in a series of five te [...]
2007-11-02 19:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2023CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...]
2007-11-02 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2024CANADA: (1/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. Major topics during the 220t [...]
2007-11-02 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2029INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -
[...] (SBU) Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of their border practices in time to meet the deadline for responding to reftel. The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is extremely politically sensitive in Canada. Therefore, respo [...]
2007-11-05 14:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA
07OTTAWA2035THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...]
2007-11-05 22:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2036CANADIAN VIEWS ON ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA
[...] (SBU) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on November 5, Ben Rowswell, Manager of the Democracy Unit in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),expressed appreciation for reftel views on the upcoming 4th Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako. He said that Pa [...]
2007-11-05 22:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PHUM UNGA CA
07OTTAWA2048THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...]
2007-11-07 20:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2058THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...]
2007-11-08 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA
07OTTAWA2060CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PDG STEERING GROUP
[...] (SBU) According to Nancy Smyth, Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),DFAIT's Director General for Economic Affairs John Sloan will lead Canada's delegation to the November 12 Steering Group meeting, joined by Nicole Gesnot fro [...]
2007-11-08 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PREL OECD CA
07OTTAWA2069CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...]
2007-11-09 15:42:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM
07OTTAWA2078DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...]
2007-11-13 19:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VE CA
07OTTAWA2107(C) CANADA STILL CONSIDERING DESIGNATION OF TRO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 20:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER PREL CE CA
07OTTAWA2123CANADA TO ATTEND ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY
[...] In response to reftel invitation, Canada plans to attend the working breakfast to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership on the sidelines of the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting in Bamako, Mali. Text of letter in para 2. 2. Begin text His Excellency David [...]
2007-11-20 17:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CA
07OTTAWA2125SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...]
2007-11-20 23:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2133CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...]
2007-11-21 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2135CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...]
2007-11-21 21:58:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2138CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...]
2007-11-23 20:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA
07OTTAWA2150CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...]
2007-11-27 12:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA
07OTTAWA2170 CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAUDS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, in a November 27 statement, praised the "historic" undertakings of the Annapolis Conference and offered Canada's continued support as the parties move forward toward the goal of two states living in peace and security. Full text in para 2. Bernier led t [...]
2007-11-28 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XF CA
07OTTAWA2205CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Answers below to reftel questions derive from information from the Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, the Cuba Desk Officer, and the Trade Commissioner and Director of Latin America and Caribbean Commercial Relations at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs [...]
2007-12-04 12:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CA CU
07OTTAWA2207CANADA ON NIE REGARDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns on December 3 for reftel documents on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program, calling them "quit [...]
2007-12-04 18:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CA
07OTTAWA2209CANADA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 21:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC CA
07OTTAWA2215CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. In November 28-29 meetings with senior Canadian officials, U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for the Israel-Palestinian Authority Lt. General Keith Dayton expressed his high appreciation for Canadian contributions to his staff and asked for additional assistance on staff and pro [...]
2007-12-06 18:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG EAID WE IS GZ CA
07OTTAWA2225CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) PolMinCouns briefed Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner on the upcoming Paris Donors Conference and expected U.S. contributions to the Palestinian Authority (reftel) on December 7. (Both Foreign Minister [...]
2007-12-07 15:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA
07OTTAWA2233U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]
2007-12-07 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07OTTAWA2251MINISTERS CITE MEASURABLE RESULTS IN AFGHAN MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PTER AF CA
07OTTAWA2254CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North America, Gordon Venner, on December 12 expressed renewed appreciation for ref a update on U.S. policy on the Iran National Intelligence Estimate. He confirmed that "the views of ou [...]
2007-12-12 21:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR CA
07OTTAWA2265CANADA ON NORTHERN UGANDA, JUBA
[...] (C) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on December 14, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer and Director of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Group Shawn Barber expressed appreciation for r [...]
2007-12-14 20:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM UG CA
07OTTAWA2266CANADA ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and Southern Europe Robert Hage, Canada will not be among either the first or the last to recognize Kosovo following a unilateral declaration of independence. While the government has not yet reached a formal [...]
2007-12-14 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI CA
07OTTAWA2269CANADIAN HELP ON MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner promised PolMinCouns on December 14 that Canada would "certainly do what we can in concert with other like minded Embassies in Teheran" to seek information from the Iranian government abo [...]
2007-12-17 13:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PTER IR CA
07OTTAWA2272CANADA COMMITS $300 MILLION FOR THE PALESTINIAN
[...] (U) As anticipated (ref a),Canada has made a sizable commitment -- $300 million over the next five years -- in support of the Palestine Authority and the Middle East peace process. At the Paris donors' conference on December 17, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier pledged to "increase our part [...]
2007-12-17 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA
07OTTAWA2274CANADA WILL MAINTAIN NEGATIVE VOTE ON DURBAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) Deputy Director Robert Sinclair in DFAIT's Human Rights Division confirmed on December 17 that Canada would vote against the funding of the Durban Review Conference in the upcoming plenary vote. He added that Canada is more concerned [...]
2007-12-17 21:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA CA
07OTTAWA2279GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS
[...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...]
2007-12-18 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON PREL CA MX
07OTTAWA2294UN BUDGET DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on December 20, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director for UN and Commonwealth Affairs David Wittmann confirmed that Canada shared our concern about growth in the UN budget and that its delegation in New York was work [...]
2007-12-20 16:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNGA CA
07OTTAWA2295CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES EXTENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Stephane Dion ruled out Liberal Party support for the extension of Canadian combat troops in Kandahar during a discussion of Afghanistan with Ambassador Wilkins, the British High Commissioner, and RC-South country diplomats on December 18. Dion criticized the g [...]
2007-12-20 16:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA2299CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on December 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Michael Blackmore informed Embassy on December 20 that Assistant Deputy Minister and Political Director Colleen Swords plans to head the Canadian del [...]
2007-12-20 21:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL CA
07OTTAWA2307CANADA WILL SUPPORT PROSPER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN CERD
[...] (U) In response to ref b demarche on November 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights Policy Officer Daniel Ulmer confirmed on December 21 that Canada will support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Ra [...]
2007-12-21 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA CA
07OTTAWA2322CANADIAN PM AND DEFMIN PRAISE AFGHAN MISSION,
[...] (U) Summary: Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier, and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins visited Canadian troops in Kandahar on Christmas day. MacKay underscored the "remarkable progress" in Afghanistan, while the Ambassador praised Canada's contribution to [...]
2007-12-27 23:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA2326PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...]
2007-12-31 13:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA
07OTTAWA234CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO
[...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...]
2007-02-07 23:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA
07OTTAWA247CANADIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON
[...] (U) Embassy Ottawa nominates the individuals identified in paras 2-6 to attend the conference on modern insurgency in Munich, 26-27 March 2007. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) --------------------------------------------- ---------------- 2. (SBU) DFAIT nomin [...]
2007-02-08 21:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PROP PTER MARR KISL
07OTTAWA266PSI: CANADIAN FOLLOW-UP ON ATTEMPT TO SHIP
[...] Action request: See para 3. 2. (SBU) Responding to refs A and C, on February 9 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division Deputy Director Steven Goodinson conveyed to us the points below regarding the attempted shipment of U.S.-origin test eq [...]
2007-02-09 19:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL SY CA
07OTTAWA312CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 ON NORTH
[...] (U) During Economic Minister-Counselor's February 16 demarche at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on Canada's implementation of UNSCR 1737 on Iran (reported septel),he learned about the GoC's implementation of UNSCR 1718 on the DPRK. 2. (U) DFAIT United Nat [...]
2007-02-16 21:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC KN CA
07OTTAWA316CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel delivered by Economic Minister Counselor to Mark Gwozdecky, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Nuclear Division Director, Gwozdecky said that Canada shares the United States' view of the risks of Iran's nu [...]
2007-02-16 22:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR CA
07OTTAWA338CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO IMF VOTE ON ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 22:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL
07OTTAWA345AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]
2007-02-23 22:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA363CANADA LOOKING TO NEXT STEPS TO BRING IRAN INTO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 23:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP ETTC IR CA
07OTTAWA432NATO: CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CROSS-GROUP
[...] (C) Responding to reftel points on cross-group stationing, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart said Canada would join us in our effort to get the First Option adopted. She noted, however, that, like the U.S., Canada could live w [...]
2007-03-07 22:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE NATO CA
07OTTAWA452INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 23:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA IZ
07OTTAWA453CANADA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 ON IRAN
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Mackay announced how the Canadian government is implementing UNSCR 1737 on the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program on February 27. In a press statement, he said that "the Government of Canada has satisfied its obligations and is fully implementing Resolution 1737, [...]
2007-03-09 23:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN PREL KNNP ETTC IR CA
07OTTAWA47MORE CANADIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN ANNOUNCED:
[...] (U) Summary: On January 9, International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide C$8.8 million for demining activities in Kandahar province and across Afghanistan as well as C$1.9 million to promote community-led development in that province. The Minister made th [...]
2007-01-10 13:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SOCI AF CA
07OTTAWA495CANADA RESPONSE RE: COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel on March 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Science and Technology Phillip Baines, who expressed appreciation for para 9 reminder and para 10 draft text. 2. (C) Per reftel para 9, Baines said he would soon [...]
2007-03-15 20:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CA
07OTTAWA496CANADA TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 20:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM OECD PREL EAID KDEM CA
07OTTAWA505CANADA: NEW BUDGET COULD SPUR FEDERAL ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Canada's Conservative Government will deliver its second federal budget on March 19. The budget vote, possibly as early as the week of March 26, is an automatic confidence vote that could determine the timing of the next federal election. The budget will be seen as a sign of the Harper [...]
2007-03-16 20:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA629CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On Aril 5, 2007 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs officials from the legal office, non-proliferation office, and Iran desk. The Canadian officials expressed their support for U.S. and UN policies of freezing financial assets of entities and ind [...]
2007-04-05 21:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PREL PARM
07OTTAWA72ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382:
[...] (SBU) On January 12, Economic Minister-Counselor and newly arrived Deputy Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer discussed reftel non-paper with Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism, International Crime and Terrorism Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International T [...]
2007-01-12 21:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR KN CA
07OTTAWA753CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST CASH COURIERS
[...] (SBU) Although econoff delivered the points in reftel to an official from Finance Canada in February, that official had no comment but offered to set up a meeting for the Embassy with Canadian officials who are better acquainted with the problems of illicit cash couriers. To that end, the Eco [...]
2007-04-25 20:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CA
07OTTAWA767PSI: CANADA ON AUCKLAND CONFERENCE AND WHA OUTREACH
[...] (U) We conveyed ref A paper on April 26 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation Michael Blackmore and Policy Officer David Da Silva. Blackmore expressed appreciation for the U.S. readout, noted that it tracked with his take [...]
2007-04-27 14:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP MNUC CA
07OTTAWA799CANADA: Views on Zimbabwe bid for CSD Chairmanship
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 20:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI CA
07OTTAWA819SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...]
2007-05-07 18:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
07OTTAWA856AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADA RETAINS FOCUS ON RUSSIA
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on May 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Policy Officer Kendra Davidson. Canada, she assured us, would send its usual delegation of both policy and "hands-on" enforcement personnel to Paris. 2. (C) Respondi [...]
2007-05-09 14:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW CA
07OTTAWA859CANADA: TLSA PAPER DELIVERED, ALTERNATE POC
[...] (U) We conveyed reftel paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) G8 and NATO deputy director and Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) policy officer on May 9. Both expressed appreciation but had no immediate reaction to the text. 2. (U) Post co [...]
2007-05-09 18:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KPKO MARR MASS PREL CA
07OTTAWA915CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...]
2007-05-16 21:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA
07OTTAWA95CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 25
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]
2007-01-18 22:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO CA
07OTTAWA96CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 25
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]
2007-01-18 22:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO CA
07OTTAWA97CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 26
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]
2007-01-18 22:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO CA
07OUAGADOUGOU1080 Burkina Faso Believes Cote d'Ivoire Ready for Peace,
[...] Classified by Amb. Jeanine Jackson for 1.5 (b) 2. (C) Summary. Intense diplomacy by Burkina Faso's President Compaore led to the November 29 signature by Ivorian President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro of two side agreements to the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA). These side agreements pr [...]
2007-12-10 17:23:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MASS UNGA UV IV
07OUAGADOUGOU920Burkinabe Peacekeeping Forces in Darfur: Urgent Need
[...] (C) AmEmbassy Ouagadougou wishes to flag for you the urgent issue of the U.S. purchase of 26 armored personnel carriers (APCs) for the Burkinabe battalions that we hope to have deployed to Darfur. Over many months, the ACOTA program has been working successfully to train and equip multiple Bu [...]
2007-10-31 10:56:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MOPS MARR UV
07PANAMA1035PANAMA POST: EDITION I
[...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...]
2007-06-18 19:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM
07PANAMA1042PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...]
2007-06-19 18:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV PM CO
07PANAMA1052PANAMA POST: EDITION II
[...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...]
2007-06-21 20:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM
07PANAMA1053PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 20:56:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM
07PANAMA1081PANAMA: EMBASSY INITIATES NEW OUT-REACH TO MUSLIM
[...] (C) EMBOFFs visited for the first time a traditional Muslim school (madrasa) in Aguadulce, Cocle Province on June 21. Representatives from the Embassy's Political and Public Diplomacy sections donated English-language books and discussed a possible opportunity for students to participate in [...]
2007-06-25 21:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI PM
07PANAMA1089PANAMA: TAIWANESE SEEK CLOSER COORDINATION WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Taiwan and the U.S. should coordinate more closely on assistance to Panama," Taiwanese Ambassador to Panama Ping-Fu Hou told POLCOUNS on June 11. "Working together we can ensure that the chavista threat does [...]
2007-06-26 21:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON PM TW
07PANAMA1099PANAMA: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GIVES TO SCHOOL WHAT
[...] (U) The Santa Rosa School-- an impoverished public school in Ipeti, Darien Province-- inaugurated on June 15 its kindergarten and newly installed indoor plumbing, projects supported by the U.S.-based Panama Missions. The completion of these efforts was yet another success for the Embassy's Pe [...]
2007-06-28 21:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PM PREL SOCI
07PANAMA1102PANAMA POST: EDITION III
[...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...]
2007-06-29 20:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM
07PANAMA1111PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES
[...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...]
2007-07-02 22:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM
07PANAMA1143PANAMA POST: EDITION IV
[...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...]
2007-07-06 17:12:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM
07PANAMA1177PANAMA: NO TO GITMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) The GOP was unlikely to reconsider its previous decision to not accept Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held in Guantanamo, Panamanaian MFA Sub-Director for Political Affairs Vladimir Franco told POLOFFs on July 10 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Franco asked for clari [...]
2007-07-11 16:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PM PREL PTER
07PANAMA1186PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...]
2007-07-11 20:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1197PANAMA POST: EDITION V
[...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...]
2007-07-13 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA1198PANAMA: UIGHUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO 1ST VP AND FM
[...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis undertook on July 11 to check to see if Panama's position regarding acceptance of Uighur detainees from Guantanamo had changed; "I doubt that it has." Lewis made these comments in response Ambassador's delivery of REFTEL A demarche. Lewis, who dep [...]
2007-07-13 21:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINO PTER PREL PM
07PANAMA1226PANAMA POST: EDITION VI
[...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B),published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...]
2007-07-23 12:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1302PANAMA: DRC ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 15:56:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC DR PM
07PANAMA1309PANAMA POST VII
[...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...]
2007-08-03 17:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1346PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII
[...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...]
2007-08-10 20:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM
07PANAMA1393PANAMA: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 16:29:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PM
07PANAMA1408PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING
[...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...]
2007-08-21 17:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM
07PANAMA1410PANAMA: NONPROLIFERATION DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 18:55:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP UNSC ID SF PM
07PANAMA1430PANAMA POST: EDITION IX
[...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...]
2007-08-24 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM
07PANAMA1431PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT
[...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...]
2007-08-24 22:26:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1440PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ
[...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...]
2007-08-27 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1474PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL
[...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...]
2007-08-31 20:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1476PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...]
2007-08-31 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PM
07PANAMA1484PANAM POST: EDITION XII
[...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...]
2007-09-05 18:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1497TORRIJOS TALKS SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 6 office call by SouthCom Commander, ADM Stavridis, and Ambassador Eaton, an unusually talkative Panamanian President Torrijos talked about a broad range of security issues, but studiously avoided mentioning the elephant in the room: his ongoing political crisis ov [...]
2007-09-06 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1592BUSINESS LEADERS DESPAIR OVER PMG'S EFFECT ON TPA
[...] (C) Summary: Panamanian business leaders are increasingly glum about the country's prospects for securing Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) ratification in the U.S. owing to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) September 1 elevation to PanamaQs National Assembly presidency. In their meetings with se [...]
2007-09-26 23:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1624PANAMA: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME --
[...] (C) "Panama supports full-heartedly a very firm response to the recent developments in Burma," MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. President Torrijos underscored Panama's dissatisfaction in his September 25 UNGA address by stating, "We condem [...]
2007-10-03 18:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM PM
07PANAMA1677TRADE MINISTER: BEAT PMG BY RATIFYING THE TPA
[...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer cautioned the U.S. on October 11 to not turn its back on its friends. He argued that USG ratification of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) would be the best way to beat back Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) and others of his ilk in the PRD. [...]
2007-10-15 20:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1719U.S. FIRM EXPECTS LABOR AND HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, 2007, EconOff met with Bechtel's Peter Pappas, Principal Vice President, and Paul Gibbs, Business Development Manager, to discuss Bechtel's design/build contract bid on the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project. The contract winner is scheduled to be announc [...]
2007-10-30 16:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PM PREL
07PANAMA172PANAMA: GOP "INSISTS" ON REVERTING TO "OLD
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ------------------------- GOP "INSISTS" ON OLD NOTE ------------------------- 2. (C) The Panamanian MFA has not completed its legal analysis of the new U.S. diplomatic note language requesting status of forces protections (REFTEL A) and does [...]
2007-02-05 13:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKTIA MASS AA MOPS PREL PGOV PM US
07PANAMA1722PANAMA: FORMER PRESIDENT MOSCOSO COMES TO LUNCH
[...] (C) "The opposition must unite if it is to have a chance at defeating the (governing Revolutionary Democratic Party) PRD," former President Mireya Moscoso on October 29 during a lunch hosted by Ambassador at his residence. Alberto Vallarino would be opposition's best candidate, though she was [...]
2007-10-30 19:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PM
07PANAMA1737PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...]
2007-11-02 18:54:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM
07PANAMA1738PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH
[...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]
2007-11-02 18:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07PANAMA1739SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE"
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...]
2007-11-04 22:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07PANAMA1742PANAMA: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DEMARCHE
[...] Bonagas had no substantive response, but expressed his pleasure regarding continued USG efforts to engage the MFA on matters that were before the UN Security Council, such as the current situation in Lebanon. EATON [...]
2007-11-06 20:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER LE SY EUN PM
07PANAMA1743PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 20:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM AORC IAEA IR PM
07PANAMA1801PANAMA POST: EDITION XI
[...] (C) Back from an extended hiatus, the Panama Post now brings you its Thanksgiving edition. Increasingly, the Panama Post is the hearing these days from all quarters that, despite her protests to the contrary, current Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera will be the governing Democratic Revolu [...]
2007-11-21 20:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1806PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-IRAQ BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 21:10:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ PM
07PANAMA1807PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 21:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM AORC PREL IAEA IR PM
07PANAMA1813PANAMA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 16:41:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1817PANAMA: TORRIJOS ADMINISTRATION SILENT AS MAJOR
[...] (C) Though thirteen days into its first major corruption scandal, no senior Torrijos Administration official has yet to speak out publicly regarding the alleged embezzlement of approximately USD 892,932 from the Fund for Educational Equality and Quality (FECE). The scandal, which broke on No [...]
2007-11-29 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL PM
07PANAMA1824PANAMA: THE ITALIAN BUTCHER HIRES A CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) "I have agreed to be campaign manager for Ricardo (Martinelli) starting full-time on January 1," Jimmy Papademetriu told POLCOUNS on November 27, though he said he would eschew the title "campaign manager" as it "paints a target on one's back." Papademetriu said that Patriotic Union (UP) [...]
2007-11-30 19:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1827PANAMA: WEIGHING "OVERALL POLICY REVIEW" OF
[...] (C) "Panama is considering an overall policy review of its positions on the various Israel resolutions that come up every year in the UN General Assembly (UNGA)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on December 3 in response to reftel A demarche. Lewis added, "I don't know if there wou [...]
2007-12-03 22:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1828PANAMA: "WHAT'S NEXT?" IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) "What's next in Venezuela," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis asked Ambassador on December 3. Stunned by the "No" victory in Venezuela, Lewis commented, "Everybody is holding their breath to see what Chavez does next." Lewis mused that Chavez would need to change the subject and grab a new iss [...]
2007-12-03 22:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL VE PM
07PANAMA1829PANAMA: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "You can never let your guard down with Iran," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to delivery of reftel demarche. "We are working well with the U.S. a various levels on this issue." Concurring that it remained important to ensure that Iran respected Chapt [...]
2007-12-03 22:34:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC IR PM
07PANAMA1831PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE
[...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to Ref. A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref. A. Ref. B is Post's information covering the December 2006- May 2007 time period. Post's answers to REFTEL A questions are based on information obtained f [...]
2007-12-04 20:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU
07PANAMA1838PANAMA: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BRIEFING HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON MFA THINKING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 21:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PM PREL UNSC
07PANAMA184PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA185PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1858PANAMA: BALBINA - "I DON'T WANT TO RUN FOR
[...] (C) "I don't want to run for president. (Panama City Mayor) Juan Carlos Navarro will be the PRD presidential nominee," Panamanian Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera told POLCOUNS on December 9. Echoing her emphatic August 9 assertions to DCM, she declared, "I intend to run for mayor." Aske [...]
2007-12-12 13:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
07PANAMA1867PANAMA: PMG'S DAY OF MOURNING RESOLUTION "WILL NOT
[...] (C) "Pedro Miguel's bill to declare December 20 a National Day of Mourning will not pass," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis assured Ambassador in a December 13 telcon. The day before, National Assembly Deputy Juan Manuel Peralta, at the behest of National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez ( [...]
2007-12-13 22:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
07PANAMA1872PANAMA: TORRIJOS OPPOSES NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING,
[...] (C) "President Torrijos wants you to know his concerns about Pedro Miguel's rant yesterday (December 13). His proposed resolution is not this Administration's policy, and the President does not support the idea of a National Day of Mourning on December 20," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told [...]
2007-12-14 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV KTIA PM
07PANAMA1873PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]
2007-12-14 22:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA1874PANAMA: MNF-I UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) US and UK Ambassadors jointly presented reftel A demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on December 14 regarding the extension of the mandates for the Multinational Forces - Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Lew [...]
2007-12-14 22:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSCR EFIN MARR IZ PM
07PANAMA1876PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]
2007-12-17 16:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA1880PANAMA: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 21:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PANAMA189PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE
[...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...]
2007-02-07 19:18:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM
07PANAMA1897PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 22:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM
07PANAMA221PANAMA: IO PDAS WARLICK'S UNSC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) "Panama wants to be a constructive and pragmatic partner of the U.S. on the UN Security Council," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO PDAS) James Warlick on February 5. Mr. Warlick expressed app [...]
2007-02-13 15:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC PM
07PANAMA230PANAMA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy Panama is pleased to nominate Angelica Maytin for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Biographical information and justification statement for Ms. Maytin follow: Name: Angelica Maytin Justiniani Title: [...]
2007-02-14 21:09:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO PM
07PANAMA263EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTE
[...] (U) Per instructions (reftel a),post reports the exchange of one diplomatic note with the Government of Panama. --Embassy note 72/GOP reply DT/059- New Horizons exercise. Post will send certified copy of note to L/T. Eaton [...]
2007-02-22 19:34:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS
07PANAMA279DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...]
2007-02-26 16:13:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM
07PANAMA300PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 20:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC PM
07PANAMA383PANAMA: CUBAN FM COMES TO TOWN
[...] (C) Noting that Cuba "has demonstrated its solidarity and support" for Panama since "the epoch of General Omar Torrijos," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis launched the first meeting of the Panama-Cuba binational commission on March 2. Lewis added that the meeting was "of high importanc [...]
2007-03-13 15:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PM CU
07PANAMA406PANAMA: IRAN AND SUDAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) "We do not foresee a problem with the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iran that was prepared by the P-5 1 and anticipate that it will be adopted early next week," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on March 16. Though he compla [...]
2007-03-16 21:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO IR CD CT
07PANAMA461PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...]
2007-03-27 21:57:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM
07PANAMA490PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 19:53:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM
07PANAMA523PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION
[...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...]
2007-04-09 19:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM
07PANAMA524PANAMA: UNDEF PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (U) Panama's United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project is ready to launch pending disbursement of the grant funds, Foundation for the Development of Civil Liberties Executive Director Angelica Maytin told Poloff on April 3. The two-year project to develop a public corruption risk index wo [...]
2007-04-09 21:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UNAUS NGO PM
07PANAMA55PANAMA: EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTES
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, post reports the exchange of three diplomatic notes with the Government of Panama. a) Embassy note 2316/GOP reply DT/003- deployment of U.S. Mobile Security Detachment to support Panama Canal high-value transits from January 9 to May 15, 2007. b) Embassy note 23 [...]
2007-01-17 15:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS
07PANAMA557PANAMA SUPPORTIVE BUT WARY ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) "Rest assured, we're on the same page" on Kosovo future status, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador Eaton and POLOFF when he delivered reftel demarche on April 12. Lewis expressed Panamanian support of the UNMIK Administrator's recommendations -- including independence -- but a [...]
2007-04-12 22:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIC PGOV YL PM
07PANAMA645PANAMA: SUDAN NEEDS IMMEDIATE UN ATTENTION
[...] (SBU) "The situation in Darfur cannot be prolonged," responded MFA Director for Exterior Politics Javier Bonagas to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche. Bonagas acknowledged the Government of Sudan's history of reneging on its agreements and underscored the urgent need for the international co [...]
2007-04-25 20:47:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU PM
07PANAMA686PANAMA AGREES WITH SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 20:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC SO PM
07PANAMA729PANAMA: GOP HOLDS CABINET MEETING IN REMOTE DARIEN
[...] (U) The extreme poverty of Panama's Darien province should be a source of shame to the country, President Martin Torrijos said at the April 27 cabinet meeting he convened in Santa Fe, one of the last towns in the province before the Interamerican highway ends. The meeting was intended to off [...]
2007-05-04 15:56:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PM
07PANAMA772PANAMA: NO POSITION ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 19:05:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC PM
07PANAMA778PANAMA: HCOC "INREACH"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 18:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE PM
07PANAMA779PANAMA: ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 18:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM PREL PM
07PANAMA780PANAMA: UNSC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON IRANIANS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 19:12:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL IR RS PM PARM
07PANAMA782PANAMA: CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) With uncharacteristic candor, Panamanian MFA DG for International Affairs Javier Bonagas expressed Panama's concerns with Venezuela's increasing activity with Iran, its unconstructive behavior in the hemisphere, and troublesome meddling in Panama. Bonagas shared these views with POLCOUNS [...]
2007-05-14 20:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER SOCI ELAB IR PM
07PANAMA787NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS,
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...]
2007-05-15 17:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA788PANAMA TO NEGROPONTE: WE WELCOME TRADE DEAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. In separate May 11 encounters with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, a cross-section of Panamanian business, civil society, and media leaders welcomed the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). They cautioned, however, that Panama also had to reform its educati [...]
2007-05-15 17:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA834PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III
[...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to Ref. A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref. A. Ref. B is Post's information covering the May-November 2006 time period. Post's answers to REFTEL A questions are based on information obtained from t [...]
2007-05-22 22:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
07PANAMA84PANAMA: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post's suggestions for the most influential women in Panama are below. Given the relatively large number of women in Panama who are influential in their respective fields, post can provide additional names if the Department has a specific area of interest. A [...]
2007-01-19 20:16:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL PM
07PANAMA85PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 20:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN
07PANAMA856PANAMA-VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT VISITING; ROSALES
[...] (C) "Chavez will not be coming to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OASGA)," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on May 23. A relieved Lewis added that President Martin Torrijos would not make a stop-over in Caracas on hi way to Rio de Janeiro. [...]
2007-05-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE PM
07PANAMA858GOP TO SUPPORT PRO-CONVERSATION VOTES AT IWC BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. EconOff delivered REFTEL points on May 22 and 23, 2007 to George Novey, Sub Administrator for the Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),and on May 23, 2007 to Deborah Siraze, International Economic Relations Division of the Ministry for Foreign Relations (MIRE). Novey and Siraze tol [...]
2007-05-25 17:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL SENV IWC
07PANAMA868LIKELY ARREST OF FORMER NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE
[...] (C) Panama's Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) is currently attempting to arrest former National Maritime Service (SMN, Panama's Navy equivalent) director Ricardo Traad Porras, along with four former subordinates and an attorney, on charges of narcotics-related corruption and illicit enrichment [...]
2007-05-25 21:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALSNAR CVIS PREL PM
07PANAMA901PANAMA: CHAVEZ'S CLOSURE OF RCTV "SOVEREIGN"
[...] (U) "The decision to not renew RCTV's concession was a sovereign decision of the Government of Venezuela," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the press on May 25 during a press conference in Brazil. "Neither Panama nor any other country can judge whether or not the application of oth [...]
2007-05-31 19:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG ECON OAS VE PM
07PANAMA910SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICES' JUNE 4 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in, [...]
2007-06-01 16:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA914SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in [...]
2007-06-01 22:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA915PANAMA/OASGA: CODEL Meeks? Luncheon with OAS
[...] CODEL Meeks briefly touched upon OAS member nations? priorities while sharing the Congress members? desire to further invigorate U.S. engagement in the region. Congressman Meeks focused on the need to adequately support institutions like the OAS in furthering development and strengthening dem [...]
2007-06-04 12:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF OAS PM
07PANAMA921PANAMA: CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT
[...] CODEL Meeks and Panamanian President Martin Torrijos discussed issues that would arise during the U.S. Congress' debate on whether to approve the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) such as poverty reduction, tax collection, anti-discrimination laws, the Panama-Colombia relationship, [...]
2007-06-04 16:31:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV ETRD ENV SOCI PHUM PM
07PANAMA964PANAMA: NO CHANGE IN RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN
[...] (U) Panama would continue to recognize diplomatic Taiwan and to sustain commercial ties with China, Panamanian Presidency Secretary of State Communications Erich Rodriguez Auerbach confirmed to the press on June 7. A communique released by the MFA the same day stated: "The Government of t [...]
2007-06-08 18:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD TW PM
07PANAMA996PANAMA: FM SATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) "The 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report does not look too different from last year's report. That is good to see," said First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis after Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 11. Ambassador noted the report acknowledged positive [...]
2007-06-13 16:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO PM
07PARAMARIBO120ANOTHER MINISTER-LEVEL CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 6 opposition parliamentarian Jiwan Sital presented documents in Parliament which allegedly detail that the 30th birthday party of Alice Amafo, the Minister of Transport, Communication, and Tourism (TCT) was financed out of the Ministry's budget. Newspapers published cop [...]
2007-03-13 14:05:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO127BOUTERSE COMEBACK SPINS ITS WHEELS AS TRIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-delayed murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and other suspects is now expected to start in March or April of 2007. However, Bouterse is among 23 suspects and it appears they will be tried in turn, meaning it could be months or even years before Boute [...]
2007-03-14 21:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO131 Minister Resigns Over "Birthday Party Scandal"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Accused of spending state funds for her birthday party (reftel),Minister of Transport, Communication, and Tourism Alice Amafo resigned on Tuesday, March 13th. Portions of her own party grouping, the Maroon-based A-Combination, refused to support her. This spared President V [...]
2007-03-16 19:33:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO133IRAN: AS USUAL, SURINAME LARGELY SILENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an official at the government of Suriname,s (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Suriname has no position with regard to pressuring Iran on UNSCR 1737 or nuclear proliferation. Typically for Suriname, the official was reluctant to express clear positions and s [...]
2007-03-19 19:42:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NS KNNP IR
07PARAMARIBO134UN REFORM: NO INITIAL RESPONSE FROM SURINAME
[...] Post delivered the message (ref A) on UN reform to Goverment of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of International Organizations Divison Nalinie Sewpersadsingh. Sewpersadsingh was not familiar with the issue, but said she would examine the issue more closely. Sewpersadsingh acc [...]
2007-03-20 15:40:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL APER UNGA
07PARAMARIBO136TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH
[...] (U) Per reftel, Pol/EconOff raised USG concern over illicit cash couriers with GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Division Head, Terence Craig. Craig agreed that cash smuggling is a serious problem, and said his government enforces money laundering laws whenever possible. He acknowledg [...]
2007-03-20 20:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER
07PARAMARIBO164SURINAME STILL NOT MUCH INTERESTED IN IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Post delivered messages to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS) per refs A and B. The GOS had no initial response, which fits its pattern on controversial international issues (ref C). 2. (U) Post will notify Washington of any further response. SCHR [...]
2007-04-02 20:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR EFIN IAEA MNUC TRGY AORC
07PARAMARIBO165CHINESE HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS: POPULAR WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, arrived in Suriname on March 27 for a two-day visit. In a striking display of warm relations by the government of Suriname (GOS),Li was met by Vice Presi [...]
2007-04-03 18:06:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS CH ECON
07PARAMARIBO172POLITICAL CIRCUS AROUND MAROON LEADER'S CONCUBINE CONTINUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 18:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO176TRIAL TENSIONS RAMP UP AS BOUTERSE AND SANTOKHI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite reports that the murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse may not go forward in April 2007, tensions over the trial have been increasing. Members of Bouterse,s National Democratic Party (NDP) issued a series of press statements which many, including Minister [...]
2007-04-10 19:37:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO202SURINAME RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST TO PRESERVE
[...] (C) Poloff spoke to Terence Craig, Head of the America's Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about the objectives laid out in reftel. Craig agreed that preserving press freedoms is an important issue and that he would bring the matter of the RCTV network shutdown by BRV to the attenti [...]
2007-04-25 19:44:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL VE NS
07PARAMARIBO204PARAMARIBO RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA). Craig said that he was unaware of the upcoming Preparatory Committee (PrepCom I) to be held in Vienna, Austria from 30 April to 11 May 2007, regarding the Nuclear Prolif [...]
2007-04-26 16:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NS
07PARAMARIBO233DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) April 18, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of our desire to issue a joint statement to begin cooperative efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms. Poloff share [...]
2007-05-10 19:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM BB GY TD NS
07PARAMARIBO235SURINAME RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES
[...] Poloff delivered information from reftel to Eurdice Hofwyks, Deputy of the Head of the America's Division, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Hofwyks was unaware of the upcoming annual World Health Assembly (WHA) that will convene in Geneva, Switzerland from May 14-23, 2007. She agre [...]
2007-05-11 19:26:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO NS
07PARAMARIBO250CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
[...] Post is unaware of any host country investment in Cuba. 2. Post is similarly unaware of any bi-lateral trade agreements with Cuba. 3. "Operation Miracle", Cuba's "health diplomacy" program of free cataract eye surgeries, is very active and popular in Suriname. Several thousand Surinamer [...]
2007-05-21 18:45:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL
07PARAMARIBO256SURINAME/VENEZUELA: PRETROCARIBE DEAL REINSTATED
[...] Contrary to announcements in April, 2007 Suriname has reversed its position and is now moving ahead with a PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela. On May 22, Natural Resources Minister Gregory Rusland signed an investment agreement with Venezuela's "Bandesbank," opening the way for Suriname to [...]
2007-05-24 16:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO287VENEZUELA TAKES OUT SURINAMESE NEWSPAPER AD TO DEFEND RCTV
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an ironic bid to influence public opinion, on June 2 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs took out a page long advertisement in Suriname's leading daily, De Ware Tijd, to explain the May 27 closure of Venezuela's most popular television station and outlet for political o [...]
2007-06-06 19:18:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS VE
07PARAMARIBO289DOWNPLAYING THE CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN--AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Suriname (GOS) seems uninspired by the Conference on the Caribbean, and is downplaying its importance. Inexplicably, President Venetiaan will not attend. His substitute, Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe, told the press he is going to Washington for a CARICOM H [...]
2007-06-08 19:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO297TAIWAN STRIKES AT CHINA IN SURINAME
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to a charm-and-funding offensive (ref A) by the government of the People,s Republic of China (GOC),the Government of Taiwan (GOT) offered more than U.S. $100 million in loans and grant assistance to Suriname through a "Friendship Foundation" in April. Select governm [...]
2007-06-12 11:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO305CHINA/TAIWAN: ACCUSATIONS OF BRIBERY IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig (protect) told Post the government of Taiwan (GOT) bribed the government of St. Lucia (GOSL) to reject a "One-China Policy." The accusations are ironic given local grumbli [...]
2007-06-15 16:46:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS ST KCOR
07PARAMARIBO314HAITI: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEMARCHE FROM
[...] Per reftel, on June 21 post delivered points to Acting Head of the Americas Division Euredice Hofwijks of the government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Hofwijks provided no official initial reaction. Hofwijks did express sympathy with the ideas presented and said she would de [...]
2007-06-21 17:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDHA PREL KPKO NS
07PARAMARIBO315CHINA/TAIWAN: MUZZLING THE FREE MEDIA IN SURINAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe "requested" that a local news show leave out parts of its programming dealing with the China-Taiwan controversy as debate raged in May as to whether China or Taiwan would be the better partner for Suriname. Local and r [...]
2007-06-21 18:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS CH TW PHUM
07PARAMARIBO323INACTION AS POLICY: ARTICLE 98 IN SURINAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the uniformed military, the Government of Suriname (GOS) appears to stick to its position that if it joins the International Criminal Court (ICC) it will also sign an Article 98 agreement. However, it will not be likely to [...]
2007-06-26 13:50:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS PREL PGOV KAWC
07PARAMARIBO325BOUTERSE MURDER TRIAL PROGRESS PROCEEDS IN TINY INCREMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One week after final pre-trial motions were cleared on June 11 in the murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse, the Organization of American States (OAS) promised to send observers in response to a request from the Government of Suriname (GOS). While he has react [...]
2007-06-26 19:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO346GOING TO TAIWAN: SURINAMESE PARLIMENTARY VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt by the Government of Taiwan (GOT) to butter up the Surinamese for eventual diplomatic recognition (ref A),several parliamentarians from the Government of Suriname (GOS) were invited to Taiwan for a "familiarization" visit. The Deputy Speaker of Parliamen [...]
2007-07-06 19:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO363NO INITIAL REACTION ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] EmbOff delivered the message and handed over a copy of the draft diplomatic note from reftel to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on July 10. Craig had no initial reaction, but requested background documentatio [...]
2007-07-12 20:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP NS
07PARAMARIBO364LACK OF INTERNET FREEDOM IN CUBA SURPRISES
[...] EmbOff delivered message from reftel to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on July 10. EmbOff also dropped off copies of a Reporters Without Borders article on the lack of internet freedom in Cuba for Craig and [...]
2007-07-12 20:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TINT CU VE NS
07PARAMARIBO384US EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING
[...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo endorses the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, US Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to properly outfit and train its c [...]
2007-07-24 18:35:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALMARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS
07PARAMARIBO403INFORMATION DELIVERED: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND
[...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),and to Deputy Head of the Americas Division, Eurydice Hofwijks. Sewpersadsingh and Hofwijks acknowledged rec [...]
2007-08-02 19:26:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PREL PTER LE NS
07PARAMARIBO404SURINAME VOICES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR US RED CROSS
[...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of International Orgnaizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Sewpersadsingh showed interest, mentioned that the GOS has supported U.S. candidates in international forums in the past, [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ICRC NS
07PARAMARIBO405SURINAME NOT DECIDED YET ON ADOPTION OF NUCLEAR
[...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Head of the Americas Division Eurydice Hofwijks on July 31, and to Nalinie Sepersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division, on August 1. Sewpersadsingh said the Government o [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP PINS PARM PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO406SURINAME FIRST LADY LIKELY UNABLE TO ATTEND MRS.
[...] Per reftel, post met with Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and discussed possible attendance of the First Lady of Suriname, Liesbeth Venetiaan, at a September 24 event to be hosted by Mrs. Bush. [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NS SOCI
07PARAMARIBO407SURINAME: NO CONCRETE INFORMATION YET ON UN
[...] Per reftel, post met with Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) attendance. Post met with Sewpersadsingh on July 27 and again on August 1. Sewpers [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NS
07PARAMARIBO411LEGITIMIZATION OR "WHITEWASH?" OAS KICKS OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin visited Suriname from August 1 to August 4 for what he called "information gathering" for a possible OAS observer mission for the trial of Desi Bouterse. Former military strongman Bouterse and twent [...]
2007-08-06 20:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO441TAIWAN AID PROPOSAL "IN THE GARBAGE?"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Surinamese delegation including four parliamentarians traveled to Taiwan from July 16-20 on their "personal title," and returned to Suriname with an "official" offer of aid from the government of Taiwan (GOT). However, the government of Suriname (GOS) has never acknowledged [...]
2007-08-20 18:58:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO488ICAO ASSEMBLY: NO DELEGATION FROM SURINAME
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 19:37:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR AORC ICAO NS
07PARAMARIBO493SURINAME: DETAILS FOR ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP KSEP UNGA NS
07PARAMARIBO501(C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES TO PARAMARIBO, SURINAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 6, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 21:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NS
07PARAMARIBO509(C)Briefing information for October 6
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 19:35:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NS
07PARAMARIBO510(C) SUBJECT: BRIEFING INFORMATION FOR OCTOBER 6
[...] (C) President Venetiaan has agreed to a short (15 minute) courtesy call late in the afternoon of Saturday, October 6, immediately following your visit to the USNS Comfort. Venue for the meeting will be either the Presidential Palace or the President's Cabinet Office, both in Paramaribo. At that [...]
2007-09-21 19:26:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO511JUNGLE COMMANDOS BLOCK PARAMARIBO-ALBINA ROAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former rebel forces blockaded the main East-West route on September 17, effectively closing down traffic from Paramaribo to Suriname's eastern-most city Albina in the district of Marowijne. The roadblock was lifted following Government of Suriname assurances that it would impl [...]
2007-09-21 20:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO529MARITIME BORDER DECISION: SURINAMERS, DISAPPOINTED BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The fate of the disputed maritime area off the borders of Suriname and Guyana was settled September 20 in a long-awaited and much-anticipated decision by the U.N. International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). While GOS President Ronald Venetiaan expressed satisfaction and [...]
2007-09-27 20:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO534BOUTERSE CALLS FOR MASS PROTESTS AFTER MARITIME BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Desi Bouterse, former military strongman and chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP),is attempting to mobilize mass protests against the Venetiaan government on October 1 during President Venetiaan's annual State of the Republic speech. These protests are likely Bouters [...]
2007-10-01 17:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO540FIRST-EVER CABINET LEVEL VISIT TO SURINAME, SECRETARY GATES MEETS PRESIDENT VENETIAAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 20:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS OVIP PGOV PREL
07PARAMARIBO543First-Ever Cabinet Level Visit to Suriname:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In this unprecedented half-hour meeting in Paramaribo between Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan, participants discussed the overwhelmingly positive week-long visit of the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, as well as the importance to Suriname of [...]
2007-10-12 16:17:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP NS
07PARAMARIBO548KTFN TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message October 15 to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig had no immediate reaction but said he will pass the information to the Ministry of Justice and Police. 2. (U) Post will report any substant [...]
2007-10-16 17:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA NS
07PARAMARIBO554SURINAME: CENTRAL BANK REPAYING PL480 DEBT ARREARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank Governor Andre Telting, during an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief, said the Central Bank is making payments to bring its PL480 debt to the United States up-to-date but will continue to negotiate on making payments on the GSM102 debt. End [...]
2007-10-19 19:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO559DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA NS
07PARAMARIBO561DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN NS
07PARAMARIBO562SKEPTICISM FROM SURINAME ON YEAR OF ACTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OAS KTIA NS
07PARAMARIBO565DISPOSAL OF EXCESS WEAPONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. government provided assistance to the Government of Suriname for the disposal of small arms, light weapons and explosive materials through a contract with the Ronco Corporation. The contracted work was completed by the Ronco Corporation on October 22, 2007. Post pl [...]
2007-10-26 18:26:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO599SURINAME MAY ABSTAIN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 19 Post delivered the message per reftel to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ambassador to the United Nations Henry McDonald, GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu, and GOS MFA Acting Head of International Organizations Rosita Hubar [...]
2007-11-19 19:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN NS
07PARAMARIBO60INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN SURINAME
[...] (U) Per reftel Post submits a list of women influential and active in government, civil society, and business in Suriname. Post hopes these women will be included in future activities organized by the Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment (S/WE). We are [...]
2007-02-01 19:11:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO600SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig. Craig acknowledged receipt of information, and said he felt banks in Suriname were already well aware of the stipulations of FATF. Craig said he would pass the information on t [...]
2007-11-20 18:03:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON IR NS
07PARAMARIBO602DECLINE: COMMEMORATION OF GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] (U) Post thanks the department for the opportunity to suggest participatory activities in commemorating the "great white fleet," but declines the offer to participate in related public diplomacy events at this time. 2. (U) Post discussed the "Great White Fleet" commemoration at the cou [...]
2007-11-21 19:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NS
07PARAMARIBO603SURINAME TO SUPPORT UNGA BURMA RESOLUTION,
[...] (U) Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Ambassador Robby D. Ramlakhan, the point-man for this year's UNGA 3rd Committee slate, told Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes on November 21 that Suriname will break precedent and support the human rights resolution [...]
2007-11-21 19:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN BM NS BO IR KN
07PARAMARIBO610CHINESE UNPOPULAR WITH SURINAME PRESS: "CHINESE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Surinamese media is severely biased against Chinese immigrants to Suriname, Chinese products, and China as a political presence. Privately editors and journalists commented bluntly, "I don't like the Chinese." The newspapers are to a degree beholden to the Chinese, howeve [...]
2007-11-29 19:14:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO617JUSTICE MINISTER TALKS PRIVATELY ABOUT STRIKES,
[...] (U) From Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes. 2. (C) In response to my telephone request, Justice and Police Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi invited me and my RSO, Doug Marvin, to attend his November 29 meeting with Dutch Ambassador Tanya van Gool and her political officer to disc [...]
2007-12-04 11:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASIC PREL SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO618DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate response. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from the Government of Surina [...]
2007-12-04 14:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS NS
07PARAMARIBO619DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Surina [...]
2007-12-04 14:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER ASEC NS
07PARAMARIBO62PROMINENT SURINAMER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MARITIME
[...] (SBU) During a roundtable lunch for educators Kries Nandoe, Suriname's former Ambassador to the U.N., voiced his opinion about the maritime border dispute with Guyana currently being decided by an international tribunal in Washington. An observer during the preliminary hearings in December, 2 [...]
2007-02-02 20:16:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO623BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 20:23:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO624CHINA UNPOPULAR WITH THE SURINAMESE PUBLIC: "DIRTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Surinamese public is biased against recent immigrants from China. These "new Chinese" are accused of entering Suriname illegally, and receiving preferential treatment in obtaining residency permits and business licenses. Their economic competition is feared, and viewed by [...]
2007-12-04 20:23:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH NS
07PARAMARIBO626BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-05 15:02:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO636GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME AND OPPOSITION TRADE
[...] (C) Summary. "At very short notice, violent confrontations can be expected in Suriname," Dutch Embassy interlocuters relayed to EmbOffs during a late evening meeting at the Dutch Embassy on December 6. This information was from a "reliable source," the Dutch DCM said, who had also indicated [...]
2007-12-07 20:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO638BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-10 19:19:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO649EMBASSY PARAMARIBO ACTIVITIES -- TAKING ACTION ON
[...] (U) Summary. Post marked the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women as well as World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse by conducting a variety of events focused on violence against women and children. Events included a radio address, a reading to school children, a gue [...]
2007-12-14 19:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KAPO PHUM NS
07PARAMARIBO663EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH SOCSOUTH JCET TOR
[...] (S) Post provides initial concurrence with the Terms of Reference (TOR) provided by Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) with the following caveats noted: A.(S) Timeline: the following modifications are requested: (1) Pre-deployment site survey (PDSS): 3rd week of January 2008 [...]
2007-12-21 21:35:00Embassy ParamariboSECRET//NOFORNASEC MARR PINS PREL PTER NS MASS
07PARAMARIBO668U.S. EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING
[...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo reiterates its endorsement (REF B) of the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, U.S. Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to [...]
2007-12-28 15:35:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS
07PARIS1 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE;
[...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]
2007-01-03 05:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1011 UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...]
2007-03-15 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS1027WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PRESIDENT BUSH IN LATIN AMERICA;
[...] (SBU) In a week dominated by President Chirac's address to the nation (March 11),domestic politics led the national agenda, whether questions about Chirac's legacy, centrist presidential candidate Bayrou's rise in the polls, or the essence of French identity. On the international front, Presi [...]
2007-03-16 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1033FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...]
2007-03-16 15:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR
07PARIS1034EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...]
2007-03-16 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU
07PARIS1040FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...]
2007-03-16 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR
07PARIS1062FRANCE/DARFUR: ALIGNMENT ON HSP, DIVERGENCE ON
[...] (C) Africa Watcher met March 16 with MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal to discuss Sudanese President Bashir's rejection of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur (Ref A). Le Gal expressed French concurrence with the USG effort to muster public denunciations of the Bashir letter, and she [...]
2007-03-19 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS1063DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...]
2007-03-19 15:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE
07PARIS1067FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...]
2007-03-19 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR IV FR
07PARIS108DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...]
2007-01-10 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC PREL FR
07PARIS1090FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-20 17:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1103FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1104FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: LOOKING FOR AFRICANS TO TAKE THE
[...] (C) MFA interlocutors report a shift in French thinking on Zimbabwe and greater readiness to engage and bring pressure to bear on the regime through multilateral fora. France nonetheless emphasizes the importance of getting Africans into the lead and holds out hopes that SADC will take a stro [...]
2007-03-21 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC UNO IR KNNP ZI FR
07PARIS112FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR
[...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...]
2007-01-10 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1137MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...]
2007-03-23 11:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC
07PARIS1146WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR
[...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...]
2007-03-23 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1154TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS;
[...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...]
2007-03-23 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN
07PARIS1157UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR
07PARIS1170FRENCH AGREE CIRCUMVENTION OF HRC WORKING GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 13:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PHUM PREL UNHCR
07PARIS1193FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...]
2007-03-26 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR
07PARIS1220FRANCE/GYMNICH: FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet (all points),Bosnian desk officer Michel Clerx (Bonsia points),and Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume (Serbia and Kosovo points). 2. (C) Bosnia: Clerx said Bosnia is not on the Gymnich agenda. That said, the French agre [...]
2007-03-27 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI
07PARIS1228A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...]
2007-03-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS1242FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD
[...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...]
2007-03-28 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK
07PARIS125FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC NATO FR
07PARIS1252CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...]
2007-03-29 11:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR
07PARIS1270FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT APRIL
[...] (SBU) We would like to extend a warm welcome to Codel Oberstar for your April 3 - 6 visit to France. During your stay here you will have meetings with senior French officials, including Transportation Minister Dominique Perben, Minister Delegate for Trade Christine Lagarde, and Director Genera [...]
2007-03-30 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1288MFA SHARES SKEPTICISM ON SYRIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 07:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1306FRENCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747: BANK SEPAH
[...] (S) France clamped down on Bank Sepah just before adoption of UNSCR 1747, ensuring no capital flight would occur and thereby allow Iran to elude an asset freeze. The French Banking Commission acted in advance of French or EU implementing texts. END SUMMARY. Bank of France Pre-Action ----- [...]
2007-04-02 16:43:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS1307JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]
2007-04-02 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1312CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...]
2007-04-03 11:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR
07PARIS1361A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...]
2007-04-05 15:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
07PARIS1364JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING
[...] (U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Archives Jean Mendelson concerning the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives for the purpose of research and the provision of copies of arch [...]
2007-04-05 16:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK
07PARIS1383FRANCE ON SHAMBA VISA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 10:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG UNSC FR
07PARIS1424FRANCE NOT INITIALLY ENCOURAGING ON RECEIVING GTMO
[...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarches March 22 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Security Pierre Thenard and, following the meeting, provided ref B points March 23 as an aide memoire. Recalling the MFA's reaction to a U.S. approach several months ago to accept Uighers as "completely negative," Th [...]
2007-04-10 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG EUN
07PARIS143NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO MINSK WILL DELIVER STRONG
[...] (C) French MFA Belarus desk officer told us on January 12 that France's new Ambassador to Minsk, Mireille Musso, intends to deliver a strong message to President Lukashenko when she presents her credentials. Musso is expected to arrive in Minsk on January 16 and will request that her credenti [...]
2007-01-12 14:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR BO
07PARIS1456FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...]
2007-04-11 15:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI
07PARIS1476HARIRI ADVISOR: CHIRAC DETERMINED TO PURSUE
[...] (S) Summary: President Chirac has concluded that there is no way to establish the International Tribunal for Lebanon other than via Chapter VII action by the UNSC, and will exert all his influence to make that happen before leaving office next month, according to Basile Yared, the Paris-based [...]
2007-04-12 17:04:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS150 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...]
2007-01-12 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1530FRENCH HEDGE ON COMPACT SIGNING EVENT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to MFA Senior Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine on April 16. Chappedelaine noted that it might be difficult to secure French ministerial representation at the Compact signing event due to the French presidential elections; he predicted that the French w [...]
2007-04-17 12:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR EAID EFIN EG IC PGOV PREL UN GCC EU
07PARIS158UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]
2007-01-16 15:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1581CHIRAC SENDS ENVOY TO TEHRAN, BUT ENVOY HAS
[...] (S) Several months after his plans to send a secret envoy to Tehran were frustrated by a press leak, President Chirac quietly dispatched Jean Felix-Pagagnon (NEA A/S-equivalent) and Damien Loras (FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East) to Iran on April 17 for a two-day visit. Do [...]
2007-04-19 08:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LY SY IR PGOV PREL
07PARIS1587COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH REMAIN WARY, INTEND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel said on April 18 that outward signs in Cote d'Ivoire remained positive but that France remained wary that the situation could take a turn for the worse. The GOF was not convinced of President Gbagbo's good intentions over the long [...]
2007-04-19 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IV FR
07PARIS1588FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS
[...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...]
2007-04-19 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR
07PARIS159FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 16 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Arnaud Pescheux, who indicated that France had not budgeted any funds for democracy promotion in Iran. "If we were to do something, it would undoubtedly be via Brussels," Pescheux said. He noted that France "anticipate [...]
2007-01-16 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM LE PGOV PREL FR IR
07PARIS1592FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...]
2007-04-19 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR
07PARIS1593CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...]
2007-04-19 18:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC
07PARIS1596FRENCH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 and ref B demarche April 20 to Jean-Louis Falconi, head of Common Foreign and Security Policy at the MFA. Falconi said he would review our points carefully and said he understood U.S. views. However, due to staffing shortfalls and pressing tasks [...]
2007-04-20 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS1597MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...]
2007-04-20 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1609UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS1610FRANCE QUIETLY SUPPORTS SPANISH APPROACH ON CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Cuba Blandine Kreiss defended FM Moratinos' visit to Cuba, arguing the necessity of re-establishing government-to-government relations between Cuba and the EU and the need to give the human rights mechanism more time before judging its effectiveness. More [...]
2007-04-20 16:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU FR EUN
07PARIS1623C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...]
2007-04-24 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CT FR
07PARIS1654NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...]
2007-04-25 14:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO EUN FR
07PARIS1659FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...]
2007-04-25 15:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER
07PARIS1689SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. (S)2. On April 25, econoff met with MFA Director for Export Control Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the results of the GOF investigation into French company Paul Boye Manufacturing's dealings with two subsidiaries of the Iranian Defense Industrie [...]
2007-04-26 15:27:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS1694FRANCE WITH U.S. ON MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 13:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR
07PARIS1695AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...]
2007-04-27 14:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR ZI FR
07PARIS170CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS
[...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...]
2007-01-17 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1707FRANCE DRAWS FIRE FOR HONORING CHINESE CENSOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA defended its decision to award the Legion of Honor to Long Xinmin, former head of the Chinese agency that controls and censors the press, against complaints from a French NGO and the media that such an honor compromises France's stated commitment to freedom of the p [...]
2007-04-27 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH FR
07PARIS1708FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...]
2007-04-27 16:29:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR
07PARIS1709CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT TO FRANCE, APRIL 3-6 2007
[...] (SBU) Chairman James Oberstar and seven members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited France April 3-6. They met with the Minister of Transportation, the Minister Delegate for Trade, the Director General of Civil Aviation, as well as CEOs from Airbus, Air France and [...]
2007-04-27 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1710FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...]
2007-04-27 16:46:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI
07PARIS1718ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...]
2007-04-30 14:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1723FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL
[...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...]
2007-04-30 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR
07PARIS1763CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE
[...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...]
2007-05-03 12:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR
07PARIS1785DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]
2007-05-04 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS1789U.S. ECONOMIC STAKES IN FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Going into the second round of France's presidential elections the stakes are modest for near to medium-term U.S. economic interests. We see little difference between the candidates on key foreign economic policy issues: a Doha deal would happen in spite of, not thanks to, France [...]
2007-05-04 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS1790FRANCE BACKS EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT WITH ERITREA
[...] (C) France supports EU and EC efforts to engage Eritrea, including the invitation by the European Commission for President Isaias Afwerki to visit Brussels, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helen Le Gal informed Africa Watcher on May 3 in response to demarche (Ref A). Le Gal remarked that the invitation [...]
2007-05-04 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR ER FR
07PARIS1844ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]
2007-05-10 09:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS1870CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...]
2007-05-11 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR GM UK
07PARIS1879SAAD HARIRI'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT-ELECT SARKOZY ASSURED PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND LEBANESE MP SAAD HARIRI ON MAY 10 THAT HE WILL STAY THE COURSE ON PURSUING A CHAPTER VII UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. ACCORDING TO READOUTS WE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING FROM DOMINIQUE BOCHE, CHIRAC'S MIDDLE EAST [...]
2007-05-11 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1882FRENCH VIEWS ON TAKING CARE OF BRAMMERTZ. THE ICTY
[...] (C) France is backing Serge Brammertz to succeed Carla Del Ponte as ICTY Chief Prosecutor from a belief that Brammertz will otherwise refuse to extend his mandate at the UN International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),an outcome the French characterize as disastrous. MFA UN/Middle East Ac [...]
2007-05-11 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC SY LE FR
07PARIS1883HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...]
2007-05-11 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1887FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...]
2007-05-11 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF
07PARIS1888FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...]
2007-05-11 17:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS189COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...]
2007-01-18 12:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR
07PARIS1892COMOROS: FRANCE SHARES U.S. ASSESSMENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Claude Brunet on May 10 said that France shared USG views (refs A and B) on the current situation in the Comoros. The situation had calmed in the past few days, but much depended on how President Sambi now responded to Anjouan "President" Bacar's con [...]
2007-05-14 08:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN FR
07PARIS1914FRENCH POISED TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH VAN WALSUM
[...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB, CHRISTIAN TESTO, TOLD US ON MAY 14 THAT FRANCE AND THE U.S. ARE ON "EXACTLY THE SAME WAVELENGTH" WITH REGARD TO UN WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY PETER VAN WALSUM. TESTO NOTED THAT THE FRENCH ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BY SIG [...]
2007-05-14 11:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07PARIS1938UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...]
2007-05-15 09:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR
07PARIS1946IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...]
2007-05-15 14:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR
07PARIS1947MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...]
2007-05-15 14:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL GM UK FR
07PARIS195MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]
2007-01-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PARIS1983G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: NO RADICAL FRENCH RETHINKING
[...] (C) On May 10, we delivered reftel demarche to Philippe Errera, DAS-equivalent Director of the MFA's Nonproliferation and Disarmament bureau. In a follow-up conversation on May 15, Errera responded that, until the new French Government has been able to review the issue, he would be unable to m [...]
2007-05-16 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY FR
07PARIS1984FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...]
2007-05-16 17:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR
07PARIS1995THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...]
2007-05-18 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV
07PARIS2002FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 12:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IC FR
07PARIS2004ENGAGING SARKOZY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Further to the recommendations made reftel on engaging President Sarkozy's government on a number of key foreign policy issues (including Iraq and Iran),this cable provides additional thoughts on how we might strengthen our partnership with France on the broad range of our mutual [...]
2007-05-18 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY MEPP
07PARIS2005FRANCE: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA on May 16 expressed reservations about reftel ideas on next steps for Darfur peacekeeping, in particular an approach to the AU and UN to revisit AU PSC decisions taken in November 2006. At the same time, France does continue to support an effective PKO for Darfur meetin [...]
2007-05-18 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU FR
07PARIS2072VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]
2007-05-21 12:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2094FRENCH MFA SEES IRAN'S MULLAHS AS DOING OUR JOB
[...] (C) In a May 18 meeting with Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy explained the U.S. approach to democracy promotion in Iran. Denehy expressed interest in coordinating efforts with France and other like-minded states, and outlined a specific [...]
2007-05-22 12:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL PGOV MEPI
07PARIS2095THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...]
2007-05-22 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU
07PARIS2113FRENCH DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON CHAPTER VII
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 10:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE UNSC PREL PTER
07PARIS2136FRANCE ON CHINA/TAIWAN OIE DISPUTE: POSTPONEMENT
[...] (U) POL Deputy delivered ref A demarche May 23 to MFA Bureau of International Organizations Affairs PDAS-equivalent Marc Giacomini, stressing the U.S. preference for delaying a vote on a China-sponsored resolution pending negotiation between China and Taiwan of a mutually acceptable solution [...]
2007-05-23 15:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR AORG TW CH FR EUN
07PARIS2137CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]
2007-05-23 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS218 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...]
2007-01-19 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS2194FRENCH CONSIDER DELAYING TRIBUNAL VOTE TO APPEASE
[...] (C) SELENA GRENET, THE MFA'S IO ACTION OFFICER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, TOLD US MAY 25 THAT FRANCE IS INCLINED TO ACCEPT DELAYING THE VOTE BY ONE DAY (TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 30) ON THE UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN ORDER TO APPEASE RUSSIA. GRENET SAID THE RUSSIAN DELEGATI [...]
2007-05-25 14:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2197FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...]
2007-05-25 16:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR
07PARIS2198DARFUR: FRANCE SEEKING BROADER ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on May 25 said that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was likely to phone Secretary Rice later on May 25 to discuss Darfur. Kouchner may raise with the Secretary the possibility of France hosting a minister-level meeting of Darfur Contact Gro [...]
2007-05-25 17:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM SU FR
07PARIS2202STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...]
2007-05-29 09:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE SY PREL
07PARIS223FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES, BUT
[...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points January 19 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet said France and the U.S. are in complete agreement on the need for unity between the U.S. and EU, particularly in supporting UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari. 3. (C) Serbi [...]
2007-01-19 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR
07PARIS2263FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...]
2007-05-31 13:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS2286JOHNNY ABDO TELLS THE LAF NOT TO PLAY INTO SYRIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: On May 29, former Lebanese Military Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he recently advised LAF Commander Michel Suleiman not to play into Syria's hands in resolving the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. Abdo said Syria's strategy was to goad the LAF into a pitched battle [...]
2007-05-31 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR LE PGOV
07PARIS2359FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...]
2007-06-05 09:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR
07PARIS240LIST OF UK/FRENCH-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS IN UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 16:04:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP IR FR
07PARIS2405MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...]
2007-06-07 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE PREL
07PARIS242 AMBASSADOR STAPLETON'S VISIT TO USS OAK HILL
[...] (U) CDR Stapf and LTCOL Arentz, I feel privileged to have spent time with the fine Navy and Marine Corps team aboard Oak Hill. The visit was first class, an excellent lunch and an outstanding tour of such a clean ship. Particularly, I was impressed with the men and women I met, all with high [...]
2007-01-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL OTRA FR
07PARIS243SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO
[...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...]
2007-01-22 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE FR
07PARIS2440FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN/IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FRANCK GELLET, FRENCH DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE PAGE 02 RUEHFRA2440 C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002440 PERSIAN GULF, SHARED HIS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ ON JUNE 7. GELLET ASSESSED THAT THE IRANIANS ARE OVERCONFIDENT AND VULNERABLE TO A BAN ON INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. HIS ASSESSMENT [...]
2007-06-07 17:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IZ PGOV
07PARIS2450FRENCH PROMISE TO BE HELPFUL ON MNF-I REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 11:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ UNSC
07PARIS2485FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...]
2007-06-08 16:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR
07PARIS2511FRANCE SHARES HRC "RED LINES" BUT DEMURS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet. Pellet stated that France wanted to maintain the country-specific rapporteur mandates, consistent with the EU position. Pellet equally agreed on the necessity to avoid any specific ant [...]
2007-06-12 09:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM HR PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS2516GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...]
2007-06-12 13:12:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR
07PARIS253PARIS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROTECTION IN
[...] Action request contained in para 8. . 2. Summary. France will host a high-level international conference entitled, "Health Protection in Developing Countries: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Disease and Poverty," in Paris, March 15-16. This is an initiative of President Chirac, first pr [...]
2007-01-22 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID AORC PREL FR
07PARIS256FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...]
2007-01-22 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO FR
07PARIS257FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
[...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]
2007-01-22 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS259FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...]
2007-01-23 07:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR
07PARIS2604FRANCE/GAERC: LARGELY IN SYNCH WITH U.S. POSITIONS
[...] (C) On June 15, MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet indicated France's general agreement with U.S. views in advance of the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Of note, he said that the EU Common Position on Cuba will not be weakened or strengthened and that decisiv [...]
2007-06-15 17:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS2605FRANCE AND THE JUNE 17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A NIACT demarche on June 16 to MFA duty officer Jean-Louis Falconi and MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet Union countries, Aurelia Bouchez. Falconi undertook to discuss the demarche with the appropriate MFA officials. DAS Bouchez agreed to contact the [...]
2007-06-16 13:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHCR PREL FR
07PARIS2606GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...]
2007-06-17 13:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR
07PARIS2643YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]
2007-06-19 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS265NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE
[...] SUMMARY: In response reftel, Mission France identified ten (10) influential women in politics, business, civil society and media. END SUMMARY. 2. Retel asked posts to contribute names to a worldwide roster of women leaders for contact use by the Secretary and other Department principals. L [...]
2007-01-23 15:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR
07PARIS2652KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...]
2007-06-20 10:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR
07PARIS2663UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR
07PARIS2685GOF: LEBANON CONFERENCE AND DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Boillon, President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor, told us on June 21 that France would await the results of the Arab League's national dialogue conference in Beirut, scheduled for next week, before ultimately committing to host a similar event in Paris. As a result, the noti [...]
2007-06-21 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
07PARIS2704FRENCH APPROVAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, POL Deputy discussed June 22 urgency of Manuel Noriega extradition proceedings with MFA Americas PDAS-equivalent Marc Laforet. Laforet was joined by DAS-equivalent for Cuba and Central America Blandine Kreiss and desk officers from the U.S. and Central American desks. 2. [...]
2007-06-22 14:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR CJAN
07PARIS2723A/S FRIED'S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH FRENCH SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and Department Counselor Cohen met June 24 with French Special Envoy Cousseran, FM Kouchner's point man for the Lebanese dialogue meeting to be held in Paris in mid-July. Cousseran had just concluded a visit to Tehran, meeting there with national security chief Larija [...]
2007-06-25 17:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR SY
07PARIS2725ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]
2007-06-26 07:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS2726U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]
2007-06-26 08:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2743U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]
2007-06-26 15:42:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2787A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]
2007-06-28 11:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2802FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...]
2007-06-29 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR
07PARIS2820SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-06-29 14:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2827U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...]
2007-07-02 07:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2835SUDAN: JUNE 24 ABDULWAHID MEETING WITH SE NATSIOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 14:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS SU FR
07PARIS2837SARKOZY SAYS TACKLE DARFUR FIRST, CHAD SECOND
[...] (C) President Sarkozy decided in a June 27 internal meeting that France would focus first on advancing the UN-AU Hybrid deployment and on bringing clarity to AMIS finances before taking action on an MFA proposal for a French-EU-African force in Chad. Presidential adviser Romain Serman explain [...]
2007-07-02 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS285FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW
[...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...]
2007-01-24 14:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR
07PARIS2884DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING REGIONAL SUPPORT TO
[...] (S) Reftel demarche was delivered on July 3 to Gilles Bonnaud, MFA PDAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs. Bonnaud commented that he was not surprised that Damascus had failed to demonstrate the good will it offered at Sharm Al Shayk. He agreed to consider the request to conduct a joint dema [...]
2007-07-03 15:33:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PTER SY IZ FR
07PARIS2888CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...]
2007-07-03 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO
07PARIS2889CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...]
2007-07-05 07:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
07PARIS2890CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]
2007-07-05 07:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2912SUDAN - SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE
[...] (C) Summary. China Special Envoy for Sudan Liu Guijin told Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Andrew Natsios on June 25 that a new Security Council resolution would bring official endorsement of the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. A new resolution need not refer to UNSCR 1706, but [...]
2007-07-06 08:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2913SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-07-06 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2914FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...]
2007-07-06 12:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PREL KV FR
07PARIS3024FRENCH RECEPTIVE TO IOM CANDIDACY OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini told poloff on July 10 that the MFA was open to the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The MFA concurred with the U.S. "in principle" that tenure in senior UN offices [...]
2007-07-12 15:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF ELAB FR
07PARIS3027FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON LIBYAN CW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officers for CW issues Olivier Sigaud and Minh-di Tang. Sigaud related that the GOF understood that, as of late 2006, Libya was considering the U.S. and French proposals. He commented that the U.S. proposal was expensive, but [...]
2007-07-13 09:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC GM IT LY FR
07PARIS303GUINEA: FRENCH WATCH CLOSELY, MAKE READY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are observing events in Guinea and readying for an evacuation if events turn for the worst. A small GOF interagency team is in place and focusing on operational needs should an evacuation be necessary. The French believe that the situation is uncertain and volatile, w [...]
2007-01-25 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ASEC CASC AEMR GV FR
07PARIS3032SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3039SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 14:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS306ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...]
2007-01-25 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG
07PARIS3062FRENCH-HOSTED LEBANESE GATHERING MEETS LOW
[...] (U) The French-hosted "inter-Lebanese meeting" just outside Paris concluded the evening of July 15 with no dramatic breakthroughs and in accord with the modest expectations French officials had expressed in the days leading up to it. French FM Bernard Kouchner told a July 15 press conferenc [...]
2007-07-16 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS307A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]
2007-01-26 09:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS3080TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...]
2007-07-17 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU CY AR FR
07PARIS309NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT
[...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...]
2007-01-26 12:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS3107FRANCE/LEBANON: TO DAMASCUS AND BEYOND
[...] (U) The unexpected July 17 visit to Damascus by French envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran has for the past couple of days vied with news about an expected imminent visit to Libya by President Sarkozy in connection with the "Bulgarian medics" case as the top international story. This wa [...]
2007-07-19 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3147DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]
2007-07-23 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS3166AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...]
2007-07-24 16:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS
07PARIS317 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE, STATE
[...] (SBU) The Lebanon Donors' Conference, held in Paris in the presence of Secretary Rice and Lebanese PM Siniora, received a fair amount of coverage and gave President Chirac personally a publicity boost in France, while the rioting prior to Siniora's departure from Beirut elicited commentary on L [...]
2007-01-26 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS3179U/S REUBEN JEFFERY MEETS WITH FRENCH ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, in his first official visit to France July 18-21, underscored the breadth of U.S. economic ties with France and reaffirmed U.S. support for OECD and IEA (septel). In Jeffery's bilateral meeti [...]
2007-07-25 14:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3181OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]
2007-07-25 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS3183FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-25 17:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3184FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-25 18:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS319PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP
07PARIS3195FRENCH REPRESENTATION AT UPCOMING NPT-RELATED
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA NPT desk officer Arnaud Mentre told us July 26 upcoming NPT-related meetings would be attended by their relevant Ambassadors. However, the policymaking and preparation lead will remain in Paris. 2. (SBU) For the IAEA meetings in September, Francois-Xavier [...]
2007-07-26 16:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR
07PARIS3198DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...]
2007-07-27 09:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR
07PARIS3199CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...]
2007-07-27 09:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE
07PARIS32MFA REMAINS LEERY OF CHAPTER VII OPTION FOR
[...] (C) On January 4, Poloff reviewed legal options for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Salina Grenet, MFA Action Officer for Middle East issues at the UN. Grenet said the Quai is still taking a "wait and see" approach to the tribunal in hopes that the March 14 coalition will ye [...]
2007-01-05 13:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS3200SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7
[...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...]
2007-07-27 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO
07PARIS3202DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]
2007-07-27 12:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS321UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PARIS3210FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-27 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3213FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...]
2007-07-30 09:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3227DARFUR: FRENCH READY TO ADOPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO SU FR
07PARIS3237FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...]
2007-07-31 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO
07PARIS3250FRANCE WILL BEGIN RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) French MFA counterterrorism official, Francois Revardeaux, told poloff at the end of July that the MFA will begin working in September 2007 on ratification of the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Convention's ratification, Revardeaux said [...]
2007-08-01 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL FR
07PARIS3273DRC ARMS EMBARGO: FRANCE CONSIDERING
[...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Acting DRC Desk Officer Claude Blevin said on August 2 that the GOF was considering ways to modify the arms embargo affecting the DRC under the UNSC's sanctions regime, but that France was not yet ready to support the USG proposal. Blevin was familiar [...]
2007-08-03 09:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DR FR
07PARIS3274GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMNARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on August 2 that he would travel to Togo within the next few days, arriving in Lome probably on August 6 or 7. He expressed cautious optimism about the legislative elections, which he believed would take place in mid-October, although he di [...]
2007-08-03 09:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM TO FR
07PARIS3292NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...]
2007-08-03 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR
07PARIS3295SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-08-06 07:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3296SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 07:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3298FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON AWAIT CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: As of August 3, France was waiting until after the August 5 parliamentary by-elections to decide what to do next in Lebanon, including the possibility of a restricted meeting of Lebanese factions in Beirut per reftel. The MFA's Syria/Lebanon desk officer thought the weekend of [...]
2007-08-06 08:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PTER FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3336FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...]
2007-08-07 16:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS3340THE WAR ON TERROR: FRANCE ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Poloff shared reftel non-paper in late July with Louis Blin, Acting MFA DAS-Equivalent for Security and Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs. Following up in an August 7 meeting, Blin told poloff that the GOF was particularly impressed with the U.S. initiative, espe [...]
2007-08-08 11:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KTFN FR
07PARIS3341FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT
[...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...]
2007-08-08 12:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA XA FR
07PARIS3342AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY
[...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...]
2007-08-08 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR
07PARIS3344COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...]
2007-08-08 15:11:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR
07PARIS3363COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...]
2007-08-10 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR
07PARIS3385METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]
2007-08-10 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS3386METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]
2007-08-10 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS34FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
[...] (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of stat [...]
2007-01-05 14:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
07PARIS341GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]
2007-01-30 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS342GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]
2007-01-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3423DJIBOUTI/PSI: GOF INFORMED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT DJ FR
07PARIS3480FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to both the Strategic Affairs/ Non-proliferation and the United Nations bureaus at the French MFA. Our interlocuters were unfamiliar with the South African and Ind [...]
2007-08-21 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ID KNNP PREL PTER SF KPAO
07PARIS350GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritorial [...]
2007-01-30 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3534FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF
[...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...]
2007-08-24 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ US
07PARIS3577NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSES KOUCHNER VISIT TO IRAQ AT
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA A/S Welch used the beginning of his August 21 meeting with the director of French FM Kouchner's private office, Philippe Etienne, to ask about Kouchner's then ongoing visit to Iraq (other subjects reported separately). Etienne expressed pleasure at the generally p [...]
2007-08-28 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL FR IZ
07PARIS3579PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]
2007-08-28 18:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS3600FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR ICAO ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Jean-Michel Bour, Deputy Director of European and International Affairs of France's Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) August 23. Bour took note of the U.S. request for support, but stopped short of indicating how France would vote. He reminded Econoff [...]
2007-08-30 07:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ICAO AORC FR
07PARIS363A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]
2007-01-31 12:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3631FRENCH NOT PREPARED TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) France does not intend to issue a public declaration on Syrian dissident Riad Seif (reftel),according to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge. He indicated August 31 that France had delivered a joint EU demarche on August 29 to Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Miqdad asking [...]
2007-08-31 15:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM FR SY LE
07PARIS3668FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...]
2007-09-05 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3672FRENCH MFA STAFF "REFLECTS" ON IRAQ: UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, the French MFA's DAS covering Iraq, stressed August 31 that the lack of progress toward national reconciliation in that country is the main obstacle to internal peace and reconstruction. In that context, he believes the notion of France providing assistance to i [...]
2007-09-05 13:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ
07PARIS3708RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE
[...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS3709DJIBOUTI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BORREL CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa Helene Le Gal told us on September 5 that a court in Versailles had issued warrants against Djibouti's chief prosecutor Djama Souleiman and secret service chief Hassan Said, for allegedly suborning the testimony of a witness involved i [...]
2007-09-07 11:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ DJ FR
07PARIS3733FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE
[...] (C) Following up on reftel, Polmincouns and poloff asked French presidential adviser for NEA issues Boris Boillon September 6 about the visit to Tehran by French Presidency official Richier and MFA DAS Gellet. Polmincouns noted the stark phrasing in President Sarkozy's speech to French amba [...]
2007-09-07 18:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3734FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3735FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3737GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3738GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3739FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL
[...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LI
07PARIS3740FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL
[...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people other [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LI
07PARIS3750TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 12:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS3772FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche late the afternoon of September 7 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille. He was a bit surprised to receive such a message so late, i.e., after FM Kouchner had already left to attend the Gymnich. After confirming the message was address [...]
2007-09-11 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY EU
07PARIS379FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 16:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3791FRENCH WELCOME U.S. DEMARCHE ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) On September 12, poloff met with the MFA Burma desk officer, Jeremy Petit, and presented reftel points. Petit, who agreed with all points, then handed poloff a September 12 op-ed from French daily Le Figaro by MFA Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade. In the article, Yade calls [...]
2007-09-13 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC BU FR
07PARIS3798A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...]
2007-09-13 10:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR
07PARIS3799(S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...]
2007-09-13 11:04:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR
07PARIS380FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 16:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3808A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...]
2007-09-13 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD
07PARIS3823KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...]
2007-09-13 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR
07PARIS3825TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO REMAINS "CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's UFC opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on September 13 that he remained "cautiously optimistic" about the integrity of the upcoming October 14 legislative elections in Togo and upbeat about the UFC's chances. He intends to travel to Ghana on September 15 and th [...]
2007-09-14 10:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM UNGA TO FR
07PARIS3827TERRORIST FINANCE: FRENCH FOLLOWUP ON SAUDI FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 15:32:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07PARIS384FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...]
2007-01-31 17:05:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3873FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...]
2007-09-17 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU
07PARIS3874FRENCH NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON THE
[...] (C) Polmincouns called on French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon September 17 to request a readout from FM Kouchner's visit September 10-14 to the Levant before Kouchner travels to Washington. Felix-Paganon, accompanied by DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, focused on [...]
2007-09-17 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE
07PARIS3875A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...]
2007-09-17 16:55:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR
07PARIS3876FRANCE SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) On September 17, poloff demarched Marianne Peron-Doise, acting MFA desk officer for the United Nations and International Organizations, concerning the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Peron-Doise agreed with U.S. points and said that France supports an extension of MINUST [...]
2007-09-18 09:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO EAID EFIN PGOV HA FR
07PARIS389CHIRAC ADVISER: FRANCE'S IRAN POLICY HAS NOT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East advisor, Chirac's comments on Iran (reported in the February 1 edition of the International Herald Tribune) did not contradict official policy or Chirac's own professed views. "France's (Iran) policy has not changed," B [...]
2007-02-01 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINR IR FR
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3921FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON,
[...] (C) French MFA NEA A/S-Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon reviewed with Polmincouns September 17 FM Kouchner's visit to Beirut during Kouchner's recent swing through the Levant. He provided little detail and began the discussion of Lebanon as a carryover from a preceding discussion of the peace p [...]
2007-09-19 11:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3926FRANCE AND COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 13:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV FR
07PARIS3941FARC HOSTAGES: GOF LEAVING "NO STONE UNTURNED" TO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The French determination to explore all options that could lead to the release of Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt has led them to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,s offer to mediate a humanitarian accord between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. MFA officials a [...]
2007-09-19 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINR FR CO
07PARIS3942SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR
07PARIS3955OVERVIEW OF FRENCH TREATY RATIFICATION PROCESS
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy surveyed the French treaty ratification process. The French treaty ratification process is complex and generally takes at least a year, although this depends heavily on the legislative calendar and may sometimes take longer. Article 53 of the French Constitutio [...]
2007-09-21 08:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA FR
07PARIS3956KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT
[...] (C) During a September 19 call on French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian President Ahmadi Nejad in New York. Pouille shook his head no on Ahma [...]
2007-09-21 09:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM FR IR
07PARIS3964USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE
[...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]
2007-09-21 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS3971INVITATION LETTER DELIVERED -- UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel letter of invitation to MFA September 20. PolOff also spoke with Lionel Paradisi, Senior Country Officer equivalent for Colombia at Quai d'Orsay who assured us that GoF sincerely appreciated the invitation and would send a formal reply as soon as possible. Please vi [...]
2007-09-21 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO FR
07PARIS3972FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...]
2007-09-21 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07PARIS3997FRENCH ON EU BORDER MISSION ON LEBANON AND LEBANON
[...] (C) We presented reftel demarches to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on September 19. On the EU border mission for Lebanon, Pouille said that France agreed with all of the points as conveyed and made the following additional points: --Coordination has not been easy on this withi [...]
2007-09-24 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR FR LE SY
07PARIS4069SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN FRANCE-ANGOLA RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Angola desk officer Carole Blestel told us on September 26 that Angola was apparently seeking to improve relations with France, citing the meeting between Presidents Dos Santos and Sarkozy on September 24 in New York. She said that Angola had initiated the meeting and that [...]
2007-09-27 15:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AO FR
07PARIS407INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...]
2007-02-01 15:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS4071FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...]
2007-09-27 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR
07PARIS4083SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS YADE'S CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pol M/C and Poloff met on September 25 with the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State for Human Rights Brigitte Collet and Counselor Pierre Thenard to discuss Rama Yade,s role and priorities in her newly created position, Yade,s recent visit to Haiti, her upcoming visit to [...]
2007-09-28 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI UNSC FR HA BM
07PARIS4084UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT
[...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...]
2007-09-28 13:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS409SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 1, econoff met with MFA DAS-equivalent for Export Control Marc Abensour and his Deputy Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the possibility that a French company, Paul Boye Manufacturing, may have negotiated a Memorandum of Understandi [...]
2007-02-01 15:54:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS4109PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN WITH SARKOZY,
[...] (C) Summary: In successive meetings Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde and President Nicolas Sarkozy that it was important not to overreact to financial market turbulence. Sarkozy asked for U.S. support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy for IMF Mana [...]
2007-10-01 10:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL FR
07PARIS412French Elections and the Politics of Globalization
[...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]
2007-02-01 16:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07PARIS414FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...]
2007-02-01 17:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC FR
07PARIS4183SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...]
2007-10-05 12:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4215RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 08:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS422 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...]
2007-02-02 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS4223TERRORIST ABDALLAH DENIED PAROLE; APPEAL EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris was informed by Embassy Counsel Georges Kiejman on the afternoon of October 10 that the Paris Tribunal refused parole for convicted terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. We expect that Abdallah will file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeals within the next ten days (the [...]
2007-10-10 13:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL FR
07PARIS424 UNESCO REACTS TO UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura is engaging member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." In a recent standing-room-only information session attended by UNESCO staf [...]
2007-02-02 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS4254FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES
[...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...]
2007-10-15 05:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ
07PARIS4258PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) On October 12, Embassy DutyOff transmitted reftel NIACT demarche to Martin Briens, MFA DAS-equivalent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. PolOff followed up with Briens during business hours to answer any questions; however, the MFA requested no additional information. Please visit Paris' C [...]
2007-10-15 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EWWT GR FR KN SY
07PARIS4271SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...]
2007-10-16 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR
07PARIS430FRANCE ASSERTS NO CHANGE IN ITS IRAN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: In line with their earlier statements (reftel) on the matter, French MFA officials continued on February 2 to emphasize to us that there has been no change in official French policy with respect to Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. End summary. MFA Commentary -------------- [...]
2007-02-02 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINR IR FR
07PARIS4309FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...]
2007-10-18 13:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XA FR
07PARIS4311OUTREACH TO WOMEN LEADERS IN FRANCE
[...] October 10-12, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli conducted outreach to women leaders at the Deauville Women's Economic Forum and in Paris, reaching audiences from leaders in French politics to women social workers in underserved areas [...]
2007-10-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL FR PHUM
07PARIS4313FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS"
[...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...]
2007-10-19 09:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP
07PARIS4314ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH
[...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...]
2007-10-19 09:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF
07PARIS4320NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: HASSAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PREL PTER UNSC
07PARIS4352PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...]
2007-10-25 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR
07PARIS4353FRENCH RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) We delivered the non-paper and fact sheet October 25 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet and Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux. Gellet, who did not seem aware of the announcement of the designations in Washington earlier in the day, rapidly read [...]
2007-10-25 17:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EFIN FR IR
07PARIS4356PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4358FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) In an unfortunately abbreviated meeting, French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille gave us a quick update October 25 on how the French intend to move forward on Lebanon over the next couple of weeks. --FM Kouchner intends to continue his process of pressing the Lebanese [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4362YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]
2007-10-26 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4368AG BIOTECH FREEZE IN FRANCE: NEXT STEPS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy announced October 25 a number of significant steps on the environment following the conclusion of the "Grenelle" consultative process (Septel). Environment is a key focal point for his administration and, in contrast to key foreign policy issues, is an area in [...]
2007-10-29 07:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAG PREL SENV FR
07PARIS4373BOLIVIA'S SUPPORT OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Aurelien Lepine-Kouas, French MFA desk officer for Bolivia on October 26. Poloff stressed U.S. concern over Bolivia's support of Iran's nuclear program, and provided the GOF with a text of Chocquehuanc's statements. Lepine-Kouas said the GOF had no [...]
2007-10-29 13:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN BO IR FR
07PARIS4378IRAN/FRANCE: THE RELATIONSHIP "UNRAVELS"
[...] (C) In the course of an October 25 conversation about the recent U.S. decision to designate Iranian entities and individuals for WMD and terrorist activities (reftel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet described French/Iranian relations as &unraveling [...]
2007-10-29 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS4382DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES BMENA WITH FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, accompanied by poloff and pol LES, met October 25 at the French MFA with DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, Director of the office of cooperation for the Middle East Jean-Michel Ledain, and the MFA's coordinator for BMENA Nicolas Fondraz [...]
2007-10-30 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM BMENA FR EG
07PARIS4393LUKEWARM FRENCH INTEREST IN ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) We contacted French FM Kouchner,s adviser on NEA issues, Christophe Bigot, October 29, who indicated that Kouchner,s priority was to have a one-on-one with the Secretary to discuss Lebanon as well as the SIPDIS Israeli/Palestinian peace process (before the Secretary,s next visit to Is [...]
2007-10-30 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR LE
07PARIS4401PKK: GOF AGREES WITH U.S. AND WANTS INFO ON ALTUN
[...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A talking points to MFA counterterrorism officials on October 26. The GOF fully agrees with the U.S. assessment of the PKK and promised to continue encouraging its European partners to take action against PKK operatives in Europe. Poloff was told in the meeting that [...]
2007-10-31 17:55:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN FR
07PARIS4412FRANCE: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKEMS PHUM PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS4420DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]
2007-11-06 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4428SARKOZY HEARS FISHERMEN'S COMPLAINTS BEFORE TRAVELING TO
[...] (U) Nicholas Sarkozy traveled to Brittany to meet with fishermen protesting the increased cost of diesel fuel just before his departure for the United States Tuesday November 6. In a contentious meeting-punctuated by protesters' insults and presidential disdain and anger in response, Sarkozy p [...]
2007-11-06 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL EFIS FR
07PARIS4430INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 17:05:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR
07PARIS4439U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...]
2007-11-07 15:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR
07PARIS4455ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: FRANCE CONCURS ON APPROACH FOR
[...] (C) Africa Watcher conveyed reftel demarche to MFA AF DAS for East Africa Helene Le Gal on November 8. Le Gal commented that France agreed on the need to support U/SYG Pascoe's efforts and to allow space for the parties alone, as signatories of the Algiers Agreements, to decide the effect o [...]
2007-11-09 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM PINR ET ER FR
07PARIS4463ELYSEE SECRETARY GENERAL FLIES TO BEIRUT NOVEMBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: Claude Gueant, secretary general of the French presidency, arrived in Beirut November 9 for meetings with Lebanese focused on the presidential election -- with an expected emphasis on securing the Maronite Patriarch,s agreement to develop an acceptable list of names. Speculatio [...]
2007-11-09 17:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
07PARIS4511TERRORIST FINANCE: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
[...] SUMMARY: France has had measures in place and investigative units dedicated to money laundering detection and prosecution since 1990. Cross-border movements of cash and other negotiable instruments worth 10,000 euros or more must be declared to Customs. In 2006, Customs seized 126 million eu [...]
2007-11-16 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER FR
07PARIS4515FORMER FRENCH COOPERATION MINISTER TO LEAD FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM BMENA FR YE AG
07PARIS4516GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...]
2007-11-16 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07PARIS4521TOGO: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
[...] (C) SUBJECT: UFC opposition party leader Gilchrist Olympio told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn on November 8 that he thought that his opposition party deserved a prominent role in Togo's government given the roughly 50 percent of the vote that it won during the October 14 legis [...]
2007-11-16 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID TO FR
07PARIS4522USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]
2007-11-19 09:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4529USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]
2007-11-19 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4533FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...]
2007-11-20 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY
07PARIS4549CHAVEZ DISAPPOINTS IN PARIS: IN MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Venezuelan President Chavez's November 20 discussions with French President Sarkozy focused "99 percent" on the FARC hostages. Chavez's unfilled promise to bring "proof of life" of Ingrid Betancourt disappointed the French, and left the GOF with lowered expectations for pro [...]
2007-11-21 18:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PINR FR CO
07PARIS4581DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REQUESTING FRANCE'S SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 14:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS4586CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR
07PARIS4592MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...]
2007-11-29 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR
07PARIS4602ELSYEE TAKE ON LEBANON: THE INITIATIVE TO ELECT
[...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told PolMinCouns and poloff November 29 that he is concerned that the March 14-backed initiative to elect LAF commander Michel Sleiman as president has already failed. He criticized the maladroit way he claimed March 14 had prematurely announce [...]
2007-11-29 17:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4615WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...]
2007-11-30 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PREL MARR FR
07PARIS4616INPUT ON FRANCE RE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the questions contained in reftel request for information related to Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. France ------ 2. (C) What is the nature of investment that host country businesses have in Cuba? Frenc [...]
2007-11-30 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU FR
07PARIS4617FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND
[...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...]
2007-11-30 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL FR
07PARIS4618CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and French approaches to reducing GHG emissions diverge dramatically. Jean-Louis Borloo, State Minister for the 'super' Ministry for the Environment told the Ambassador pointedly that, in his opinion, the U.S. was not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the [...]
2007-11-30 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR
07PARIS4619A "FURIOUS" SARKOZY DECIDES TO PROCEED WITH HIS
[...] (U) Just as the French government was on the verge of cancelling President Sarkozy,s state visit to Algeria next week (see refs),Algerian President Bouteflika phoned Sarkozy November 29 to calm things down. He reportedly assured Sarkozy that the minister who was publicly quoted making anti [...]
2007-11-30 17:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR AG
07PARIS4635FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]
2007-12-04 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
07PARIS4636SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON
[...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...]
2007-12-04 18:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS FR
07PARIS4637SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]
2007-12-04 18:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS4650SARKOZY EAGER TO ACT ON COLOMBIA HOSTAGE SITUATION
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt's "proof of life" letter had a profound impact on President Sarkozy and only reinforced his personal engagement, according to Presidential Advisor for the Americas' Damien Loras. Sarkozy is reviewing options following a December 1 telep [...]
2007-12-06 10:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PINS CO FR
07PARIS4661CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...]
2007-12-07 08:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4667FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...]
2007-12-07 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR
07PARIS4670DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...]
2007-12-07 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR
07PARIS4682CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4683USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]
2007-12-11 10:28:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4693AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]
2007-12-12 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4694FRENCH AGREE TO DRAFT MNF-I UNSCR TEXT WITH MINOR
[...] (C) We conveyed to the French MFA, per reftel, key points along with the texts of the draft UNSR on MNF-I renewal and draft U.S. and Iraqi letters to the UNSC on December 11. On December 12, we followed up, accompanied by UK emboff with instructions to present a joint demarche with us on th [...]
2007-12-12 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR EFIN UNSC FR IZ
07PARIS4710PRESSING THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: On December 12, Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood met with French officials to brief them on the situation in Afghanistan and to press the GOF to host an Afghan Donors Conference in May or June of 2008. Both Christian Masset, Director General for Economi [...]
2007-12-14 13:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM AF FR
07PARIS4722XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...]
2007-12-14 16:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV EUN GM FR
07PARIS4732FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]
2007-12-17 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS4742FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007
[...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...]
2007-12-19 17:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT
07PARIS4743FRENCH BELIEVE MAJOR PUSH ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA
[...] (C) We passed reftel points November 27 to French MFA desk officer for Israel/Palestinian affairs Adrien Pinelli, who had no immediate response but said he would pass them to the appropriate people in his immediate chain of command as well as to the MFA,s IO directorate. We followed up with [...]
2007-12-19 17:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL FR IS
07PARIS4750FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER
[...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...]
2007-12-20 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH
07PARIS476PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S)
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the French authorities on the pending export to China from France of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled for export by the Fr [...]
2007-02-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS4765FRANCE WILL USE EU PRESIDENCY TO PRESSURE
[...] (C) On December 20, MFA DAS-equivalent for Central Asia Alexandre Vulic told us that France will use its EU presidency, and bilateral initiatives, to push Kazakhstan to fulfill commitments the Kazakhs made at the OSCE November 2007 Madrid Ministerial where they secured the Chair-in-Office (CiO [...]
2007-12-21 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS484FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...]
2007-02-07 16:55:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS508FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...]
2007-02-08 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07PARIS516FRENCH WELCOME FORMATION OF PALESTINIAN UNITY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 9 to Herv Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant. Besancenot said that the MFA was finalizing a statement that would be put out later that same day, possibly by FM Douste-Blazy himself. The statement would welcome the formation of the NUG [...]
2007-02-09 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS KDEM KPAL PGOV PREL
07PARIS538 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...]
2007-02-09 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS540US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]
2007-02-09 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS541MINUSTAH MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 9. We thanked GOF for its participation in the Haiti Contact Group meeting on February 1 and requested that the GOF urge China to support a one-year MINUSTAH mandate renewal. We delivered demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central Amer [...]
2007-02-09 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN SF ID PE
07PARIS542GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMABT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche about plans for outreach regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control Department official Philippe Errera on February 9. Russian interlocutors were unavailable to deliver the demarche jointly. GoF officials provided no res [...]
2007-02-09 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07PARIS544FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...]
2007-02-09 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS546EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE -
[...] (U) France will send the following participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Alain A. Nicaud Agency: Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministere de l'Economie des Finances et de L'Industrie) Title: Direct [...]
2007-02-09 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO
07PARIS571PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF:
[...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...]
2007-02-12 15:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPAL
07PARIS577FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...]
2007-02-13 16:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR
07PARIS578FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]
2007-02-13 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS598USUNESCO: INDIAN RESOLUTION ON RUMI INVOLVES US, IRAN,
[...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission was invited by the Indian delegation to a preview of a film by the Indian Film Director Muzaffar Ali on the prose of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi, 12th century writer and mystic. In [...]
2007-02-15 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO KPAO PREL
07PARIS599FRENCH WELCOME SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT AS
[...] (C) On February 14, we shared ref A text of agreement and nonpaper with key MFA offices, including the Asia Directorate, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Directorate, the political Director's office, and the Minister's Cabinet advisor for Strategic Affairs. 2. (C) Arnaud Mentre, nonprol [...]
2007-02-15 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN IR FR
07PARIS6DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 09:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL
07PARIS600PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...]
2007-02-15 16:23:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS609EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE -
[...] (U) France wishes to add a second participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Navy Captain Patrick Beau Agency: Prime Minister's Office, Secretariat General for National Defense Itinerary: Arriving during the evening of [...]
2007-02-16 08:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO
07PARIS613GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...]
2007-02-16 11:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS627 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]
2007-02-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS636GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]
2007-02-20 07:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07PARIS648BOSNIA PIC MEETING: FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) French MFA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) desk officer, Michel Clerx, told us on February 20 that France fully supported all of the points in the U.S. non-paper provided in reftel, including an extension of the Office of the High Representative's (OHR) mandate, and the reform agenda. He n [...]
2007-02-21 07:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK FR
07PARIS652TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL (HAI)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 09:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON FR
07PARIS661FRANCE READY TO PUSH FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA maintains its longstanding position that the international community should pressure Burma to move toward democracy and a respect for human rights, but MFA desk officers Benoit Guidee and Jeremie Petit were skeptical, following the UNSC resolution's failure, that ac [...]
2007-02-21 14:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH FR
07PARIS663FRENCH PUSH MOROCCANS TO ENSURE CREDIBLE AUTONOMY
[...] (C) On February 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, and Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for North Africa. Both said the GoF would continue to stress to the Moroccans the importance of producing a credible a [...]
2007-02-21 16:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL WI
07PARIS685RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...]
2007-02-22 16:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EZ FR PL
07PARIS688JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]
2007-02-23 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS692FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...]
2007-02-23 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP
07PARIS701WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS702WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS703NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS711SECURITY OFFICIALS VIGILANT IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Christophe Chaboud, Director of the Ministry of Interior,s Coordination Unit for the Fight Against Terrorism (UCLAT),told us February 21 that the terrorism threat in France remains elevated, and that security officials are especially vigilant in the run up to the French president [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS72FRENCH THINKING ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France continues to support the UNSC resolution on Burma as the optimal outcome, but would accept a PRST if necessary to avoid a Chinese veto. Whether a UNSCR or a PRST, the MFA highlighted two points that remain "non-negotiable:" support for U/SYG Gambari's good offices mission [...]
2007-01-08 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS735A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY, OECD, G8 ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: On February 14 A/S Dan Sullivan briefed French FASS Jacques Lapouge on the state-of-play on Caspian energy and his recent trip to the Caspian region. Sullivan said the U.S. was "very interested" in the French proposal for an "IPR FATF" tabled by Finance Minister Breton. On OECD e [...]
2007-02-27 09:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ENRG FR
07PARIS741YOUR MEETING WITH FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY
[...] (C) Steve, Thank you for agreeing to a brief meeting with former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The historical perspective Giscard brings to his assessment of international developments are unmatched. I believe you will also find his views on the current French presidential elec [...]
2007-02-27 12:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR PINR SOCI ECON EU
07PARIS743CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...]
2007-02-27 13:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
07PARIS776FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]
2007-02-28 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS777SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]
2007-02-28 17:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS807WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?;
[...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS812FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...]
2007-03-02 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE
07PARIS815FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...]
2007-03-02 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL FR
07PARIS829OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]
2007-03-05 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS830OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]
2007-03-05 14:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PARIS848PART II: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT -- THE DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac, on the margins of the XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes, facilitated a February 15 Mini-Summit on the regional spillover of the Darfur crisis. Ghana President Kufuor, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, presided over the event, which took place in [...]
2007-03-06 08:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA SU CD CT FR
07PARIS849PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE
[...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...]
2007-03-06 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR
07PARIS861GUINEA: FRANCE OFFERS NEW ASSISTANCE AS "CARROT"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France was quick to respond to the February 25 naming of Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's Prime Minister, sending Minister-Delegate Brigitte Girardin (Cooperation, Development, Francophonie) to Conakry for a lightning visit on March 1. She met with Kouyate and announced a 1.1 milli [...]
2007-03-06 15:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID KDEM GV FR
07PARIS864BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]
2007-03-07 07:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PARIS889A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH HIS MFA COUNTERPART ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe and Central Asia, told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 1 that France supported Germany,s engagement in Central Asia and fully backed EU Special Representative (EUSR) Pierre More [...]
2007-03-08 10:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR ZK
07PARIS91DARFUR REBEL LEADER PROLONGS EUROPEAN TOUR
[...] (SBU) Abdulwahid El-Nur, SLM/A leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist, met January 6 with Africa Watcher at El-Nur's request. Nur, who has been traveling in Western Europe, including the Netherlands, explained that he had returned temporarily to Paris in order to extend his Sche [...]
2007-01-09 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU FR
07PARIS917WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING
[...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...]
2007-03-09 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS921FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]
2007-03-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PARIS922SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS
[...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...]
2007-03-09 16:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL NATO FR
07PARIS923SIGIR STUART BOWEN RAISES AWARENESS OF IRAQ
[...] (C) Post took advantage of the presence of Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, to inform a broad array of GOF officials and press outlets of the points in reftel. Bowen, en route to Washington from Iraq, had scheduled, in a public diplomacy effort, a series of meetings wi [...]
2007-03-09 17:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OIC ARAB LEAGUE UN IZ FR
07PARIS98MTCR: ASSURANCES OF MTCR CATEGORIZATION FOR BLACK
[...] (S) ESTH Officer delivered note verbale in reftel to David Bertolotti, in the Bureau of Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the MFA, on January 9. In response, Bertolotti expressed his government's gratitude for the favorable result of USG deliberations on the missile system in question. Al [...]
2007-01-10 14:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC TSPA MTCR FR UK
07PARTO7(U) SECRETARY RICE'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) SIPDIS 2. (U) February 17, 2007; 12:30; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad S/I David Satterfield Shayna Steinger (Embassy [...]
2007-02-21 23:53:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV PINS PTER
07PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with
[...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...]
2007-06-05 00:29:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS
07PESHAWAR169NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...]
2007-03-13 13:04:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPREL PTER EAID PK AF
07PHNOMPENH103RGC WORRIED ECCC PROSECUTIONS COULD AFFECT PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. Former Ambassador David Scheffer's January 19-21 consultations in Cambodia with DPM Sok An and members of the ECCC staff suggest there is room for possible compromise on ongoing discussions over the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) internal rules. However [...]
2007-01-22 10:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH1059CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED
[...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]
2007-08-14 10:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1067CAMBODIA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE 62ND UNGA
[...] Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has sent us two submissions on their delegation to the UNGA but has not provided detailed travel itineraries. Post provides information in para 2 as requested reftel. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF RGC DELEGATION: A. Attendance of the Head of State. No plans to [...]
2007-08-17 13:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH109CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...]
2007-01-23 02:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH1203KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ACHIEVES BENCHMARK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 19 announcement of the detention of Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge "brother number two", marks a turning point in the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). For the first time, a senior KR leader stands in the dock of a credible tribu [...]
2007-09-19 10:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL PINR EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH1247AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIA TO TAKE FIRMER STAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In back-to-back meetings with Acting Foreign Minister Long Visalo and Prime Minister's Adviser Om Yentieng, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, expressing U.S. gratitude for the strong ASEAN statement on Burma, noting that more would need to be done to support the Gambari mis [...]
2007-10-01 09:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
07PHNOMPENH1270UNHCR CAMBODIA ON MONTAGNARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR'S Phnom Penh office reported that direct arrivals of Montagnards to the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh makes up 75 percent of new arrivals in 2007, compared to 40 percent of new arrivals in 2006. During the UNHCR office reporting period starting May 1, the UNHCR has seen an [...]
2007-10-05 08:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1303CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO POSTPONE MONTAGNARD
[...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) went above and beyond expectation today when it decided to postpone deportation of 20 Montagnards. The 20 individuals were scheduled to be repatriated to Vietnam tomorrow, October 17, because they had been denied by the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
2007-10-16 10:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1308CAMBODIA TIP ACTION PLAN RECEIVED WITH INTEREST,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Government of Cambodia anti-TIP contacts eagerly received the Cambodia Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan and stated their intent to work towards the goals of the plan's high-priority action items. MOJ Secretary of State Chan Sotheavy was not confident that anti-TIP court ac [...]
2007-10-17 09:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH131PDAS STEPHENS MEETS CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL AND CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Stephens visited Cambodia January 20-24. Stephens spoke at EAP Management Conference, met with PM Hun Sen (reftel) and visited a number of USG-funded programs. She also met Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Foreign Minister [...]
2007-01-25 07:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1341CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1342CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-29 01:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1347CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD
[...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B),following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...]
2007-10-30 09:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN
07PHNOMPENH1352CAMBODIA LEANING TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 01:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNAUS UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH1374DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1426PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICER VISITS CAMBODIA UNHCR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 19, PRM Office of Admissions Program Officer for Southeast Asia Margaret Burkhardt met with the Phnom Penh UNHCR and IOM offices to discuss the impact of the Montagnard action plan six months after its May 1 implementation date. UNHCR reported an increase in Montag [...]
2007-11-21 11:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1454CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA PROMOTES STRONGER TIES,
[...] Summary. Building stronger relations through educational, economic, and agricultural cooperation were key themes of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia from November 22 to 24. During an informal dinner, Congressman Faleomavaega, Delegate from American Samoa and Chairman of the [...]
2007-11-30 06:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI ECON EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1463ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]
2007-12-03 08:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1491CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS NGO HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH
[...] (U) Summary. In a step forward for Cambodia on freedom of assembly, on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng gave a local human rights group, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC),permission to organize a human rights march and rally in Phnom Penh on [...]
2007-12-07 09:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1500CAMBODIA'S PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH
[...] (U) On December 10, Cambodia seized a prime opportunity to show its progress as an increasingly open society by allowing a Human Rights Day march and rally in Phnom Penh. The Ambassador took part in the orderly, peaceful march along with approximately 500 (some estimates as high as 1,000) hum [...]
2007-12-10 11:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1506 CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]
2007-12-12 09:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH161ECCC LIMPS ON; RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 26, the Review Committee ended its second session debating the draft internal rules and procedures of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The press release noted that progress was achieved but there remain several issues where agreement be [...]
2007-01-30 10:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH191CAMBODIAN VIEWS OF THE ASEAN AND EAS SUMMITS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia came away from the Cebu meetings pleased with the ASEAN declaration on migrant workers, the Convention on Counterterrorism, and the shortened timeframe from 2020 to 2015 for the establishment of an ASEAN economic community. Cambodia remains keen to see comprehensive [...]
2007-02-02 10:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PTER SMIG CB
07PHNOMPENH193CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]
2007-02-02 10:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH197CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT: INTEREST RATE MAY STILL
[...] (SBU) On January 31, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Finance Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth regarding the US-Cambodian bilateral debt, and the Prime Minister's response to EAP PDAS Stephens' request that the RGC sign the draft bilateral agreement provided to the Cambodian government l [...]
2007-02-02 10:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH207REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]
2007-02-05 11:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH244CAMBODIA'S TROUBLED JUDICIARY AND DRAFT ANTI-TIP
[...] (C) Summary. On February 8, the Ambassador met Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana, thanking him for swift Cambodian action in reclosing the Chhay Hour II hotel and returning the owners to prison. The Minister noted that the questionable release of the owners by the Appeals Cou [...]
2007-02-13 10:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH315CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]
2007-02-26 05:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH342VIETNAMESE MONKS PROTEST SITUATION IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, approximately 40 Buddhist monks -- mostly from southern Vietnam -- staged a four-hour protest demonstration near the Vietnamese Embassy to protest conditions affecting the ethnic Khmer in Vietnam; in particular, the defrocking of monks. The unapproved but pea [...]
2007-03-02 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL CB VM
07PHNOMPENH399SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]
2007-03-13 01:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH408PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DISCUSS PROGRESS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kek Galabru, president of LICADHO, a local human rights NGO and Margo Picken, head of the Cambodia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR),recently discussed the latest developments as Cambodian civil society and the Cambodian government dis [...]
2007-03-13 09:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH418KEM SOKHA REENTERS POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) President Kem Sokha's March 11 announcement that he is reentering politics by forming a new political party is not a surprise, except with respect to the timing of the announcement coming before April 1 elections. Many observers from c [...]
2007-03-14 11:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH419UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]
2007-03-14 11:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH42AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]
2007-01-11 09:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH422THE ECCC AND OSJI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society Justice Initiative's (OSJI) mid-February press statement highlighting an ongoing UNDP audit into the Extraordinary Chambers' hiring practices as well as possible corruption and kickback allegations continues to be a front burner issue in Cambodia. While the [...]
2007-03-15 10:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH429FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC?
[...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...]
2007-03-16 09:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH438CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS TO ECCC: SHOW ME
[...] (U) On Friday, March 16, the Review Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press statement announcing that they had resolved all the remaining disagreements between the Cambodian and international judges, although the statement noted that additional [...]
2007-03-20 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH455CAMBODIA SAYS YES TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] On March 21, Ambassador and Russian Ambassador Valery Tereshchenko jointly presented the demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel) to Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong. The Foreign Minister reiterated Cambodia's commitment to fighting terrorism, d [...]
2007-03-22 06:57:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH456RGC RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED ARF INITIATIVES
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Nuon Chivorn, MFA Deputy Director for ASEAN Affairs. Chivorn said that he would share the proposals with his colleagues but did not offer any initial response. He noted that the RGC did not plan to send anyone from Phnom Penh to the March 28-3 [...]
2007-03-22 09:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF MARR CB
07PHNOMPENH468 TIP CASE RAISES CORRUPTION CONCERNS IN SIHANOUKVILLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite overwhelming evidence in favor of conviction, a trafficking in persons (TIP) trial in Sihanoukville resulted in the acquittal of two defendants and a third being sentenced to a two-year prison term for the lesser charge of pimping. The judge's irregular behavior in the [...]
2007-03-26 02:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH47CAMBODIAN REACTION TO BURMA DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) On January 10 and 11, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the draft UNSC resolution on Burma with Sun Suon of the MFA's International Relations Department. Post has passed the original and revised (reftels C and A) texts to the MFA. Suon flatly stated that the Cambodian government does not belie [...]
2007-01-11 10:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH482AMBASSADOR HANDS CNP COMMISSIONER HOK LUNDY HIS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador presented a pleased Cambodian National Police (CNP) Commissioner General Hok Lundy with his passport and visa to the U.S. He pressed him to do more to combat TIP, particularly in the beach resort of Sihanoukville and to continue investigating how the owner and m [...]
2007-03-28 11:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH491SCENESETTER FOR DAS JOHN'S APRIL 4-7 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Eric, your visit to Cambodia comes roughly just one month shy of a similar regional trip last year. Remarkably, in the intervening period, there have been no major bilateral problems and relations between our two countries have continued to grow. Recent positive developments and signs [...]
2007-03-30 10:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH530 CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS PEACE CORPS ARRIVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter visited Cambodia April 2-5, 2007, during which he officiated at the swearing-in ceremony for the first Peace Corps volunteers in Cambodia, had an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni and met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The meeting with the P [...]
2007-04-10 01:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH534CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]
2007-04-10 04:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH535TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA
[...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]
2007-04-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PHNOMPENH537CAMBODIAN DIP NOTE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVE
[...] On April 10, Embassy received the RGC diplomatic note dated April 4 indicating their desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Post has included the complete text below: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE (As Writte [...]
2007-04-11 07:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH551 MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE
[...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]
2007-04-13 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PHNOMPENH560CAMBODIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) On April 19, A/DCM and Russian DCM Vladen Semivolos met with MFA Director for International Organizations Sun Suon to pass on the Global Initiative documents sent to each respective mission. Prior to the meeting, A/DCM and Semivolos conferred on the documents sent by their respective [...]
2007-04-19 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PARM KGIC PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH582CAMBODIA: 2007 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary. During the first quarter of 2007, the Cambodian police arrested seven human traffickers and eighteen pimps. At least 60 victims of sexual trafficking and 39 victims of labor trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and 52 sex workers removed from brothels. Three [...]
2007-04-25 02:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH602REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB
[...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]
2007-04-30 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH655CAMBODIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT JAPAN ON WHALING ISSUE
[...] (U) On May 10, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Ing Try, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Ing Try asked a few clarifying questions about the bowhead quota, but gave no immediate indication as to how Cambodia was likely to vote. 2. [...]
2007-05-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH665CAMBODIA ON BILATERAL SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On May 10, A/DCM met with Yos Makana who is head of the Department of the Americas, as well as her deputy, Chhay Song Heng to discuss the shipboarding agreement and provide the draft talking points included in reftel. Makana was pleased to receive USG reassurances, but noted that followi [...]
2007-05-11 10:53:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP KTIA PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH694CAMBODIAN POSITION ON USG PROPOSALS FOR MAY 25 SOM
[...] (SBU) A/DCM met on May 18 with MFA Deputy Director for ARF matters, Nong Sakal, to discuss points outlined in reftel. On the matters of UNSCR 1540 and the ISM for Nonproliferation, Nong Sakal indicated that he believed the RGC would support the USG positions. With respect to the ISM Workin [...]
2007-05-18 10:29:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF KNNP PTER CB
07PHNOMPENH710AMBASSADOR PRODS DPM ON TIP, MONTAGNARDS, MISSING
[...] (C) Summary: On May 17, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP),Montagnards in Cambodia, and a missing Vietnamese dissident. The Ambassador stressed the necessity for Cambodia to upgrade from the Tier 2 Watch [...]
2007-05-23 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
07PHNOMPENH752UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP YASH GHAI VISITS CAMBODIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 31, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Yash Ghai briefed the diplomatic corps regarding his visit to Cambodia and his meeting earlier the same day with DPM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, and fielded questions regarding his draft report on Cambodia. Yash Ghai [...]
2007-06-04 08:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH765EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAGY MEETS POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua told visiting EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy that 2007 commune council election flaws are a preview of problems likely to arise during the 2008 national elections. Sochua expressed hope for a U.S. delegation visit to Camb [...]
2007-06-06 10:00:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH90BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...]
2007-01-19 01:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS CB
07PHNOMPENH909CAMBODIA'S REVERSAL ON MEMORIAL STUPA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 29, the Ambassador confirmed in a meeting with Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema that Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen has given word not to destroy a memorial stupa commemorating a 1997 grenade attack on a Sam Rainsy Party rally killing 16 people (reftel). During a June 25 m [...]
2007-07-05 03:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH925SOUTH KOREANS AGREE TO VET NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) On July 9, the DCM called on Embassy of the Republic of Korea Counselors Nak-Young OH and Gon-Jong JANG regarding the five North Korean refugees seeking resettlement in the United States (reftel). The DCM passed biographical information and fingerprints of the five individuals to the Kor [...]
2007-07-10 07:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KS KN CB
07PHNOMPENH926ENCOURAGING CHINESE ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBODIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: China's economic influence in Cambodia is immense and growing. Already Cambodia's largest donor and foreign investor, China's aid comes with no overt conditions and often serves to build infrastructure used to shi [...]
2007-07-10 07:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ECON PGOV CB CH
07PHNOMPENH936CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]
2007-07-16 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PODGORICA100MONTENEGRO SENDS DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO PUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:31:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
07PODGORICA122MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...]
2007-04-19 14:21:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PARM MW
07PODGORICA123MONTENEGRO APPROVES SOFA TRANSLATION, REQUESTS MAY 1
[...] Post has received the final approved Montenegrin translation of the SOFA agreement, which accepts all the changes proposed by State Language Services. The text arrived under cover of a diplomatic note, which requests that the SOFA be signed during the upcoming visit of President Vujanovic to W [...]
2007-04-20 10:33:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA13KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO ADVOCATES CG UNITY ON EARLY DECISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM BELIEVES THAT DELAYING A DECISION ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL TO SERBIA AND THE SERBS. FM ROCEN STRESSED THAT CONTACT GROUP UNITY ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS CRUCIAL. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS SAM AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ROCEN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT R [...]
2007-01-19 16:51:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW SR
07PODGORICA130RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 08:50:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MW RS SR
07PODGORICA140"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...]
2007-04-30 17:01:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MW
07PODGORICA146PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...]
2007-05-04 15:31:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA154MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OPINES AGAINST SOFA, ARTICLE 98
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS IN MONTENEGRO CONTINUE TO MAKE HAY OF THE RECENT USG-GOM SOFA AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF). POST HAS ENERGETICALLY COUNTERED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE NUMEROUS MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISSTATEMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTACKS ON THE SOF [...]
2007-05-09 13:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA159SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]
2007-05-14 12:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA172RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY
[...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...]
2007-05-25 09:26:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW RS
07PODGORICA182MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]
2007-06-04 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PODGORICA200HEAD RUSSIAN SPY VISITS MONTENEGRO, SAYS LOCAL MEDIA
[...] (U) Summary: Sergei Lebedev, Director of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) is "secretly" staying in Montenegro as the guest of Montenegrin National Security Agency (NSA),according to "reliable sources" cited by the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on June 9. There have been no official announc [...]
2007-06-11 12:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR MW RS
07PODGORICA204VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]
2007-06-13 13:07:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA21MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...]
2007-01-31 16:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL MW AF
07PODGORICA215MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...]
2007-06-19 07:37:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC KCRM MW SR
07PODGORICA222FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...]
2007-06-26 14:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA223MONTENEGRO DIVIDED ON NATO
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW MONTENEGRO STILL DIVIDED ON THE PROSPECT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP. WITH ONE POLL ACTUALLY SHOWING OPPONENTS OUTNUMBERING SUPPORTERS, THE GOM IS LOOKING TO REORGANIZE ITS APPROACH ON THE ISSUE [...]
2007-06-26 15:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA227SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...]
2007-07-02 10:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MW SR
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA24RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...]
2007-02-05 13:36:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EINV MW RS
07PODGORICA240A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH GOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC AND FOREIGN MINISTER ROCEN, MEETING SEPARATELY WITH VISITING EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED JULY 9, REITERATED THE GOM POSITION ON KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO SEEKS A BROADLY SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IN THE UNSC FOR KOSOVO, AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZ [...]
2007-07-10 13:23:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MW SR
07PODGORICA243A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...]
2007-07-10 14:59:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW
07PODGORICA244ENERGY COMMUNITY MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN
[...] (U) Introduction and summary: The "Energy Community" is a process that aims to extend the EU internal energy market to the Southeastern European region. The Treaty establishing the Energy Community was signed on October 25, 2005 in Athens, and entered into force on July 1, 2006. The Treaty exte [...]
2007-07-12 11:29:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL MW
07PODGORICA246ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE
[...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...]
2007-07-12 13:02:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL MW
07PODGORICA27MONTENEGRO, EU EXPRESS MUTUAL DISAPPOINTMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoM and the EU's two resident Ambassadors in Montenegro have expressed to Charge mutual disappointments on the pace to an Stability and Accession Agreement (SAA). The GoM faults what they see as a long delay between reaching technical agreement on the SAA, and bringing it in [...]
2007-02-08 09:59:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MW
07PODGORICA28PRESS SAY MOORE "MOST SERIOUS CANDIDATE" FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) The Podgorica daily "Vijesti" on February 7 cites "diplomatic" (nfi) sources which speculate that Roderick Moore (currently DCM in Embassy Belgrade) is the leading candidate to become the first American ambassador to Montenegro. The front page story, later picked up by radio, says the U.S [...]
2007-02-08 11:57:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER PREL MW
07PODGORICA29AHTISAARI PLAN CAUSES MILD REACTIONS IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM IS URGING PRISTINA AND BELGRADE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT IS REMAINING OTHERWISE VAGUE ON THE AHTISAARI PACKAGE IN ORDER TO AVOID ALIENATING EITHER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. OPPOSITION REACTION TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PRO-SERBIAN; ALBANIAN PARTIES ARE RESPONDING TO IT WITH [...]
2007-02-08 16:27:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MW SR
07PODGORICA30MONTENEGRO FM ROCEN DISCUSSES TALLINN VISIT, KOSOVO, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM ROCEN WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HIS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAS DICARLO IN TALLINN. HE REITERATED THAT, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PROGRESS, THE GOM WILL LAY LOW ON THE AHTISAARI PLAN. THE GOM IS EAGER TO SIGN A SOFA, BUT THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO PAST ARRANGEMENTS MADE FO [...]
2007-02-09 16:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SR MW
07PODGORICA32MONTENEGRO DEBATES NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO ARE SEIZED WITH THE NECESSITY OF DRAFTING AND ADOPTING A NEW CONSTITUTION, FOLLOWING MONTENEGRO'S RE-EMERGENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE LAST JUNE. THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE ARE AIMING AT A "CONSENSUS" TEXT WHICH COULD GAIN AT LEAST 2 [...]
2007-02-12 13:56:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MW
07PODGORICA46MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING
[...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...]
2007-02-27 16:04:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR
07PODGORICA58MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 11:15:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA64MONTENEGRO STARTS ON LONG PATH TO NATO
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Montenegro started down its long road to possible NATO membership last December 14, when it joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP),after the invitation from the Riga Summit. The campaign to gain popular support for NATO membership will likely prove difficult. [...]
2007-03-09 15:22:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA91PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC
[...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...]
2007-03-29 12:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW
07PODGORICA93EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S VISIT EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN LOCAL
[...] (U) Summary: The Montenegrin print and electronic media extensively covered EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh's March 25-29 visit to Montenegro and his meetings with Montenegrin officials, as well with NGOs, religious leaders, and human rights figures. Hoh stressed the need for continued reform, [...]
2007-03-30 11:49:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PREL OPRC MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1018ASSESSMENT OF DEPORTEE INTEGRATON PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Against the countervailing negative perceptions that most Haitians and the GoH have against deportees, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has convincingly established the foundations of a potentially successful deportee integration program. IOM reported that deporte [...]
2007-06-08 17:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1019PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]
2007-06-08 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1057FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...]
2007-06-15 17:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1080THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. All interviewees concurred that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is political: specifically, the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning themselves for the next presidential ele [...]
2007-06-20 12:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1082JUNE 11 REPATRIATION OF 50 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] (U) The United States Coast Guard (USCG) on June 11 transferred 50 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the late evening of June 8 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 50 Haitian migrants 25 nautical miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas. The US [...]
2007-06-20 18:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1133ELECTIONS LIMP FORWARD; CEP STALLING?
[...] (U) Summary: Marking another delay to the pending indirect elections, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) submitted to the GoH in June a new law outlining elections logistics that could make members of the current CEP eligible for the permanent CEP. Beginning at the county council (ASEC) [...]
2007-06-27 12:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1134ELECTORAL COUNCIL TOUTS PROGRESS DESPITE POOR
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The provisional electoral council (CEP) is awaiting action from the executive, specifically President Preval, and parliament before beginning the pending indirect elections process. They purpo [...]
2007-06-27 13:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]
2007-06-27 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1138YOURI LATORTUE REACHES OUT
[...] (S) Summary. Senator Youri Latortue, during a June 18 meeting with Poloff granted at Latortue's request, expressed his desire to have better relations with the embassy and expand the reach of his political party. Latortue explained that he supported forming an army that would help the state [...]
2007-06-27 19:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1141HAITIAN OFFICIALS WARN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
[...] Summary. A Haitian migration official and prosecutor denounced persons who undertake and organize migrant voyages during a June 15 conference on clandestine sea migration held on the Ile de la Tortue. Though the message coming from Haitian officials on illegal migration, delivered with acc [...]
2007-06-28 16:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1148THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. Like their local political leaders, civil society leaders in Gonaives believe that insecurity in Gonaives results from the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue. According to post's interlocutors, gang leaders, who are linked [...]
2007-06-29 12:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1150THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) officials joined in the chorus who believe that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning [...]
2007-06-29 17:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1173TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...]
2007-07-05 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1174POSTCARD FROM GONAIVES
[...] Summary. Gonaives, the capital city of Haiti's Artibonite department, is Haiti's third largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. During a May 29-31 trip, Poloff found the city still coping with the aftermath of flooding in 2004. Gonaives, in which the GoH has a very weak presence, [...]
2007-07-05 16:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1182MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...]
2007-07-06 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1184GOH CLARIFIES JULY 1 PETROCARIBE DEADLINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 11:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG EPET HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1185JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
[...] The US Coast Guard (USCG) on July 4 transferred 76 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the early morning of July 2 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 94 Haitian migrants 36 nautical miles northwest of Cape du Mole, Haiti. Seventy-six migrants [...]
2007-07-09 13:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1198OAS TO REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) is working with the Ministry of Justice's national identity office (ONI) to reopen voter registration inside existing civil registry offices. The OAS, though short of funding, plans to begin registration in August but does not expect a [...]
2007-07-10 12:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1224JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]
2007-07-13 15:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1235MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...]
2007-07-16 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1239MANGO MAYHEM: REACTION TO THE HAITI-US SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) suspension of mango imports from Haiti has dominated the news since first announced on July 2. The suspension jeopardizes export earnings for thousands of independent growers throughout the country. State Secretary for Agriculture J [...]
2007-07-17 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE124MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...]
2007-01-24 19:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1240PREVAL NEEDS A PUSH ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Since post and Department first addressed the issue of proceeding with indirect elections and subsequent senatorial elections, post has determined through consultations in Haiti that the indirect elections will not produce a Permanent Electoral Council (CEP) in time for that bod [...]
2007-07-17 16:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1243CANADIAN PM HARPER TO VISIT HAITI JULY 20
[...] (U) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in Port-au-Prince on the morning of July 20 and depart Haiti later that day. During the visit, Harper plans to meet with President Rene Preval, attend an award ceremony for Canadian UN Police, and tour a hospital in Cite Soleil. Harper w [...]
2007-07-18 15:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1247POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE
[...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]
2007-07-19 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1253PETROCARIBE STILL STALLED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the GOH and fuel vendors operating in Haiti to implement the PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela remain stalled. The GoH sought to conclude arrangements by July 1 (reftel),but [...]
2007-07-20 19:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE126HAITIAN FM LIKELY TO ATTEND HAITI MEETING
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delvered a diplomatic note containing the invitationto the January 19 Haiti Key Players meeting on Fbruary 1 in Washington DC. Foreign Minister Jea Renald Clerisme's chief of staff, Anthony Dessoures, told Polcouns on January 13 that Clerisme's chedule was clear and th [...]
2007-01-24 19:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN
07PORTAUPRINCE1276HAITI/CANADA RELATIONS ENHANCED BY PM VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's July 20 visit to Haiti was hailed as a success by both Canadian and Haitian representatives. President Preval solicited Canada's help in the struggle [...]
2007-07-26 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1277PM LAUNCHES HOPE COMMISSION
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis formally introduced the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Commission on July 23, and stressed the importance of the [...]
2007-07-26 17:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX BTIO BEXP ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1294PARLIAMENT/EXECUTIVE REACH AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have resolved an impasse over justice reform legislation that parliament has been deliberating since May. Parliament's judicial committees capitulated on the most controversial issue: the structure of a judicial council. The president [...]
2007-07-31 12:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE130VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]
2007-01-25 14:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1308HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2007
[...] (U) With this message, post initiates a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 2. (C) BOB MANUEL, PHONE HOME. Preval intimate, Bob Manuel, who left Haiti a few months ago in a fit of pique pleading poverty, is currently living in Guatemala. [...]
2007-08-02 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]
2007-08-06 13:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1344HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST
[...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]
2007-08-08 17:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE136HAITIAN-DOMINICAN RELATIONS: MORE THAN TALK
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic's Ambassador to Haiti Jose Serulle Ramia told Poloff January 20 that Haitian-Dominican relations are stronger than ever, following President Rene Preval's inauguration June 2006. Ha [...]
2007-01-25 19:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM HA DR
07PORTAUPRINCE1402MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE
[...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...]
2007-08-21 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1407MINISTER OF CULTURE SUBMITS RESIGNATION
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Culture Daniel Elie submitted his resignation to President Preval on August 9 following a vote of no confidence against the Minister in the Chamber of Deputies on July 31 (reftel). [...]
2007-08-22 18:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1410POSTCARD FROM PORT-DE-PAIX AND ILE DE LA TORTUE
[...] Summary. Port-de-Paix, the capital city of Haiti's Northwest department, is Haiti's fifth largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Ile de la Tortue, also known as Tortuga, is an island located off the coast of Port-de-Paix that has a population of 35,000. During a June 14-16 trip [...]
2007-08-22 19:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1442HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...]
2007-08-28 16:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC
07PORTAUPRINCE1447EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE BREWING OVER
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate leaders are working on a compromise that will have Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant testify before the Senate, heading off a Senate threat to hold a no confidence vote against the Alexis government over Gassant's previous refusal to testif [...]
2007-08-30 17:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1451HAITI MONTHLY: AUGUST, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PROMINENT LAVALAS ACTIVIST DISAPPEARS. The Haitian media reports that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Lavalas leader and potential senatorial candidate in November [...]
2007-08-30 18:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1476CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S TESTIMONY MOLLIFIES SENATE
[...] (C) Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Gassant's deferential appearance before the Senate August 30 has sharply reduced tensions between the government and the legislature. A minority of Senators insists that the Senate still must summon the Prime Minister for a vote of no confidence. Senate Pre [...]
2007-09-06 12:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1484PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S ASSASSINS BROUGHT TO
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (U) According to media reports, two young men, Alby Joseph, 22 and Chery Beaubrun, 16 were sentenced to life in prison for the July 2005 murder of well-known poet and journalist, Jacques Roche in Port-au-Prince. Th [...]
2007-09-10 12:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KCOR
07PORTAUPRINCE1492POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN
[...] SUMMARY: The chief executive official in Haiti's North Department (capital: Cap-Haitien) described his two priorities as an improved security environment to attract foreign investment and a more effective natural disaster response. The Department chief executive said that the new mayor of Cap [...]
2007-09-10 17:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1507PEASANT MOVEMENT LEADER PLANNING TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with Embassy Poloff in Papaye (Central Department) Chavanne Jean-Baptiste, the leader of Mouvman Peysan Papay (Peasant Movement of Papaye - or MPP) laid out a list of grievances against President Preval. Jean-Baptiste views President Preval as the latest inca [...]
2007-09-14 15:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1517HURRICANE SEASON NOT DETERRING HAITIAN BOAT
[...] Summary: The hurricane season traditionally forces a hiatus for clandestine sea voyages by Haitian migrants, however, due to the relatively mild hurricane season to date, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has repatriated 225 migrants within the last 30 days; another 6 migrants successfull [...]
2007-09-17 17:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1524"FUSION" CHAIRMAN GILLES PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) "Fusion" Chairman Serge Gilles is increasingly worried that the lack of strong political party structures has made Haiti's parliament dysfunctional, and that President Preval has no desire to work constructively with parliament, boding badly for Haiti's political future. Many Haitian polit [...]
2007-09-18 16:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1532GOH "MISSING IN ACTION" IN HINCHE
[...] (C) GoH neglect of the Center Department and its capital city, Hinche, emerged as the major theme during an August 28-31 poloff visit to Hinche. The government-owned electric company (EdH) has provided no electricity to Hinche in over a month. The government-owned telephone company (Teleco) [...]
2007-09-19 16:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1533HAITIAN ELECTIONS AWAITING PREVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the office of the Prime Minister are awaiting the order from President Preval to put in motion the elections for renewal of one-third of the Senate, as well as the indirect elections that will complete the decentralization process and [...]
2007-09-19 17:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1546PRESIDENT, SENATE PROPOSE ELECTIONS "PAUSE"
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate President Joseph Lambert are seeking support from Haitian political parties and institutions and the international community for a plan to put off elections for two years and to rework the Haitian constitution. Preval and Lambert, citing the cumbersome [...]
2007-09-21 20:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE156LAMBERT: PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ACTION AGAINST DRUG
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised the question of drug trafficking in Haiti to National Assembly President Joseph Lambert, and he took the opportunity to speak at length about the problem. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 25, Lambert stated that the Haitian parliament is ready to support [...]
2007-01-29 13:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1586HAITIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 19:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE
[...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]
2007-10-01 16:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1594CORRUPTION AND SECURITY VOID IN HINCHE
[...] (C) Summary. A Poloff visit to Hinche in Center Department August 28-31 determined that local government corruption is pervasive and a central concern of local residents. Local actors blame systematic neglect by the central government (reftel) as the root cause for the corruption. Judicia [...]
2007-10-01 16:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1620HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]
2007-10-04 18:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1649CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL;
[...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]
2007-10-10 18:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1668RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR LAVALAS IN HINCHE
[...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in the central plateau town of Hinche believe that Lavalas remains a dangerous political force that may win seats in upcoming Senate elections. Some of Hinche's political class fear and detest Lavalas because they were once victims of attacks by Lavalas partisans. [...]
2007-10-15 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1678LESPWA STILL FAR FROM TRANSFORMING INTO A
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Lespwa's efforts to transform itself into a viable political party have yet to show tangible results. Lespwa remains a coalition of two regional political parties and two rural organizations. Th [...]
2007-10-16 12:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
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