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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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08MADRID1008REPSOL CONFIRMS NO PLANS WITH IRAN AND INDICATES
[...] (S) Ambassador Aguirre met September 17 with Repsol General Counsel and Secretary to the Board Luis Suarez de Lezo. During the discussion, Suarez de Lezo advised the Ambassador that, after Repsol had allowed to expire its option on its block in Iran's South Pars field (reftels),it had no remaining [...]
2008-09-22 10:49:00Embassy MadridSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR
08MADRID1014SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE, NON-PAPER ON MESA GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid engaged the GOS through a variety of channels to solicit Madrid's support of USG actions described in REFTEL. The GOS has stated that it shares USG concerns about the prospect of Syria or Iran obtaining a seat on the IAEA Board of Directors, but has indicated that M [...]
2008-09-23 13:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC IR SY SP
08MADRID1016SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE
[...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...]
2008-09-23 13:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK
08MADRID1132NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]
2008-10-31 09:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR
08MADRID1184SPAIN NOT SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to various contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, who covers Iran in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries, told Econoff November 3 that he fully agreed with [...]
2008-11-07 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC TRGY AORC IR SP
08MADRID1232SPAIN: MFA OFFICAL'S REMARKS ABOUT EU AND IAEA RE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarches November 25 to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA,s Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. On Iran, Salazar said the EU was in the process of finalizing a declaration that will be "very tough" about Tehran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA o [...]
2008-11-25 13:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SP IR SY EU
08MADRID1262SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...]
2008-12-02 12:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE
08MADRID281SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 6. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would be somewhat light this month. Javier Solana will brief on the Middle East and the EU will go forward with new I [...]
2008-03-07 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08MADRID285TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara on March 6. Kimmitt expressed his confidence in the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. Both agreed that accounting rules would be very important for dealing with issues surrounding the p [...]
2008-03-10 09:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KTFN SP IR
08MADRID286TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On March 5, visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed with Bank of SIPDIS Spain (central bank) Deputy Governor Jose Vinals the U.S. and Spanish economic situations, sovereign wealth funds, and Iran. The Deputy Secretary said that the U.S. econom [...]
2008-03-10 09:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KTFN IR SP
08MADRID289TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Afghanistan, and sovereign wealth funds with Spanish National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana in a March 6 meeting. Casajuana expressed pleasure that bilateral relations had evolved positively in recent [...]
2008-03-10 13:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEINV AF CU IR IZ KV SP
08MADRID294TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, met with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Camacho March 6. Camacho outlined the GOS' views of the threat from Islamic terrorism and emphasized the importance of exchanging information. He suggested the creation of a task for [...]
2008-03-11 13:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETECON EFIN KTFN SP IR
08MADRID308IRANIAN TIES OF SPANISH BANKS SANTANDER AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, provided to post on March 7 a document summarizing activities that Bank Santander and Bank Sabadell have had or still have with Iran. The document is based on information the Bank of Spain received from the two banks on March 6 in response to [...]
2008-03-12 17:36:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN PTER PREL IR SP
08MADRID320SPAIN: IRAN ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Embassy made a strong case for the EU Presidency and Spain to issue statements regarding the Iran elections per reftel demarche. Alberto Ucelay, Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs at the Spanish MFA, said that they would consider our points, particularly with regard to the need for [...]
2008-03-14 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL SP IR
08MADRID366NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 11:00:00Embassy MadridSECRETECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP
08MADRID395SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL
[...] (C) On April 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia Ovies who indicated that Spain would continue to carefully implement the travel ban and restrictions on individuals designated under UNSCRS 1 [...]
2008-04-08 11:42:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC SP ECON
08MADRID406SPAIN ENCOURAGES GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain also seeks greater regional engagement with Iraq. As the new Spanish cabinet is being formed this week, he was not able to share specific details about Spanish FM participation [...]
2008-04-11 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EUN IR SP
08MADRID418BANCO SABADELL SUSPENDS IRAN REPRESENTATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On April 14, post received a letter from Banco Sabadell President Jose Oliu announcing that Sabadell had decided on March 31 to suspend all activities of its Iran representational office. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the letter, which responded to a letter post had sent Oliu the [...]
2008-04-16 11:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR KTFN SP
08MADRID465POST PRESSES GOS ON IRAN FINANCIAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed the head of Spain's Export Credit Insurance Company (CESCE) on 4/21/08 to limit export credit guarantees to Iran. Separately, EconOff met on 4/21/08 with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official to discuss Spain's views on Iran sanctions. The MFA offici [...]
2008-04-24 12:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP
08MADRID477AMBASSADOR RAISES IPR, IRAN CONCERNS WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador Aguirre informed new GOS trade minister Sebastian of Spain,s placement on the Special 301 Watch List. Sebastian expressed disappointment but vowed to work with the USG and set as a goal getting Spain off the Watch List by 2009. The Ambassador reviewed US [...]
2008-04-29 08:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN KIPR KNNP IR SP
08MADRID486FINANCE VICE MINISTER LETTER ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) As a followup to visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt's meeting with Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Economy David Vegara on March 6 (reftel),the Ambassador wrote Vegara a letter about Spanish transactions with Iranian banks. Vegara has responded with the following l [...]
2008-04-29 17:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN SP IR
08MADRID492REPSOL, SHELL REPORTEDLY SEEKING TO SELL IRAN GAS
[...] (U) Repsol and Shell will sell their joint 50% stake in natural gas development in Iran's South Pars block 14, according to reports in the Spanish business press. The two firms are reported to be negotiating an agreement with the GOI in which they would give up their concession in exchange for an a [...]
2008-05-05 12:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEINV EPET IR SP
08MADRID540ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO THE UN
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on 5/12/08 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin. Alvargonzalez told EconOff on 5/14/08 that he did not know when Spain would submit its UNSCR [...]
2008-05-14 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC SP IR
08MADRID566IRAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Trade, Silvia Iranzo Gutierrez, on 5/19/08. Iranzo chairs the Spanish government's interagency committee that reviews exports to Iran. She indicated her willingness to work with us on this and other issues. EconO [...]
2008-05-22 17:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC SP
08MADRID598SPAIN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO UNSC SANCTIONS
[...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Gregory Schulte visited Madrid May 19-21 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. Schulte briefed MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for the Middle East [...]
2008-05-29 09:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PINR IR SP
08MADRID606SPAIN HAS SENT UNSCR 1803 REPORT TO NEW YORK
[...] (U) Per reftel, on 5/14/08, EconOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations, Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, about the status of Spain's UNSCR 1803 report and encouraged submission as soon as possible, noting that the U.S. had already submitte [...]
2008-05-30 08:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MADRID633FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - SPAIN'S
[...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay expressed appreciation for receiving a copy of the invitation conveyed through CENTCOM representatives and said that Spain would like to send a representative to the conference, but was determining how to arrange a complicat [...]
2008-06-06 07:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL SP IR
08MADRID679IRAN SANCTIONS - SPAIN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF BANK
[...] (C) Following up on information contained in ref e-mail, EconOff spoke on 6/18/08 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin about Iran sanctions. Alvargonzalez indicated that Spain would vote in fa [...]
2008-06-19 10:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD EINV TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MADRID741DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 3, 2008, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met July 3 with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Policy Angel Lossada. They discussed Lossada's visit to Washington, our concern over the tone of some recent public remarks by GOS and Socialist Party officials, the Global Initiative to Comba [...]
2008-07-07 11:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO KV AF IR SP
08MADRID836IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...]
2008-07-28 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP
08MADRID844DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...]
2008-07-29 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08MADRID848SPAIN RECEIVES NAM DEMARCHE
[...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North America Fernando Prieto received reftel demarche and informed Embassy that the Spanish MFA did not send a delegation to the NAM conference in Teheran. Prieto also verifed that Spanish diplomatic representatives resident in Iran did not attend th [...]
2008-07-30 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PHUM PREL PTER SP IR
08MADRID925DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 19 to MFA's newly arrived Deputy Director General for Counter-Terrorism, Pascual Navarro, informing him that the U.S. had designated an additional 5 Iranian entities under E.O. 13382. Econoff also talked with Juan Manuel Vega Serrano, Deputy Directo [...]
2008-08-22 14:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN SP
08MADRID979DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BUY SPANISH-MADE MILLING MACHINE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08MANAGUA1115NICARAGUA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On August 27, 2008 we met with Rene Morales, Director for American Affairs and Jane Mary Rivera from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 and delivered the points and non-paper as instructed per REFTEL. Mo [...]
2008-09-02 17:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM NU PARM
08MANAGUA325NICARAGUA: IRANIANS SHOW THE MONEY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Late on March 11, 2008, a major Nicaraguan daily reported that the Iranian Council of Ministers had approved a 150 million euro loan to fund a Nicaraguan hydroelectric project at Boboke in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). After the story broke, Rappaccioli took pains [...]
2008-03-17 21:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ENRG NU IR
08MANAGUA509IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S IRAN SANCTIONS: MANAGUA
[...] (U) On April 11, we met with the Foreign Ministry's (MINREX) Director for North America, Rene Morales, and Nelly Beteta, Director for Africa and the Middle East, to deliver points and non-papers as instructed per reftels. Beteta indicated that the Government of Nicaragua supported Iran's peac [...]
2008-04-25 23:21:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR NU
08MANAMA127U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON TERRORISM, IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FINANCE REF: 07 MANAMA 1089 MANAMA 00000127 001.6 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ------- SUMMARY -------
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 12:50:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA130FUTURE BANK'S FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 12:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA138REISSUE - U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 16:15:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA195U/S LEVEY PROMOTES CHARITIES CONFERENCE, WARNS BANKERS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury U/S Levey reiterated to banks the risks of engaging in transactions with Iranian financial institutions. U/S Levey said he expected the imminent U.S. designation of Future Bank. He told the Minister of Social Development about the importance of fund-raising oversight, and supp [...]
2008-03-24 14:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN IR BA
08MANAMA218BAHRAIN: DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 15:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC EFIN IR BA
08MANAMA220BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803, EMPHASIS ON BANKS MELLI, MELLAT, AND SADERAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-06 09:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PARM MNUC IR BA
08MANAMA235SCENESETTER FOR CNO VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 13:54:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MASS IR BA
08MANAMA28AUB CEO CONFIRMS BANK'S SUSPENSION OF IRANIAN BUSINESS NOT NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 15:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
08MANAMA306OIL MINISTER ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NATURAL GAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IR BA
08MANAMA310LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-18 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LE SY IR BA
08MANAMA329NATURAL GAS TALKS WITH IRAN CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 11:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IR BA
08MANAMA410P5 PLUS 1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (C) On June 12 (before receipt of reftel) MFA Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifah showed CDA a paper the local French Ambassador had just delivered to him outlining the renewed P5 plus 1 incentives package. Al Khalifah said Bahrain and other Gulf governments had been concerned that th [...]
2008-06-16 10:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BA
08MANAMA458BAHRAIN'S KING PRAISES U.S. NAVY'S ROLE IN REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 13:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IR BA
08MANAMA470BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE ON IRAN AND GULF SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 14:09:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER MARR IR BA
08MANAMA473BAHRAIN ON TEHRAN NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PREL IR BA
08MANAMA49ASHURA IN BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-27 14:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KIRF PHUM ASEC IR BA
08MANAMA496SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS’ VISIT TO BAHRAINClassified By: Charge d’Affaires a.i. Christopher Henzel for reasons 1. 4 (b) and (d)
[...] (S) General Petraeus, Embassy Manama and the Bahraini leadership look forward to welcoming you back to Bahrain. Following on Secretary Rice's dinner in Abu Dhabi with GCC-plus 3 officials July 21, and at a time when many in the Gulf are speculating about the trajectory of the tensions over Iran's n [...]
2008-07-25 18:50:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV IR IZ BA
08MANAMA528BAHRAIN’S RELATIONS WITH IRANREF: A. 07 MANAMA 1045 B. 07 MANAMA 1070 C. 07 MANAMA 1016 D. MANAMA 22 E. MANAMA 220 F. MANAMA 430 G. MANAMA 442
[...] (C) Summary: The Sunni ruling family of tiny, Shi'a-majority Bahrain have long recognized that they needed outsiders -- first the British, then the United States -- to protect them from predatory neighbors, Iran foremost among them. Both Shahs and Ayatollahs have asserted claims to sovereignty over [...]
2008-08-05 13:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV KISL KNNP PTER EFIN IR BA
08MANAMA536THE SHI'A CLERICAL HIERARCHY IN BAHRAIN REF: A. 04 MANAMA 378 B. 06 MANAMA 710 C. 06 MANAMA 1728 D. MANAMA 253 E. MANAMA 420 F. MANAMA 510 G. MANAMA 528 Classified By: CDA Christopher Henzel for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 14:43:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PINR KISL IR IZ LE BA
08MANAMA541GENERAL PETRAEUS’ VISIT TO BAHRAINREF: MANAMA 510Classified By: CDA CHRISTOPHER HENZEL FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (S) Summary: King Hamad said PM Maliki was &welcome8 to visit Bahrain. He accused Syria and Hizballah of helping train Bahraini extremists. He described Iranian diplomatic pressure and expressed gratitude for the continued U.S. military presence. Hussein, Bahraini Navy Deputy Commander Brig Gen Moh [...]
2008-08-13 09:25:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL IZ SY LE IR BA
08MANAMA555BAHRAIN WATCHING FOR IRANIAN PROLIFERATION-RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 13:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KNNP IR BA
08MANAMA577SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 11:07:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR IR IZ BA
08MANAMA586BAHRAINI FM MEETS WITH NAVCENT COMMANDER: IRAQ,
[...] (C) On August 28, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Khalifa called on NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Bill Gortney. Admiral Gortney reviewed NAVCENT operations and Coalition membership and operations. FM Al-Khalifa briefly detailed expanding GOB ties with Iraq (progress towa [...]
2008-09-02 15:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR IR IZ BA
08MANAMA592A FIELD GUIDE TO BAHRAINI POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 14:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV ELAB KDEM PINR PTER LE IR BA
08MANAMA677BAHRAINI PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister has called for a new regional organization that would include Israel, Iran, Turkey and the Arab states, and asked for public USG support. End summary. 2. (U) Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa delivered a speech at the [...]
2008-10-03 13:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS IR BA
08MANAMA702BAHRAIN CONTINUES SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain is continuing talks with Iran over a potential deal to import natural gas, but a key industry figure claimed that the negotiations are a ploy to encourage the U.S. and Saudis to put pressure on Qatar to be more forthcoming with its own gas supplies. Deep-well gas explorat [...]
2008-10-14 10:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG IR BA
08MANAMA705BAHRAINI FM WILL SEEK THE SECRETARY'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister plans to ask the Secretary for diplomatic support for his proposed new regional organization, a grouping that would include Israel. End summary. 2. (C) On October 14 Ambassador met with Shaikh Ahmad bin Khalifah Al Khalifah, the head of Bahrain's NSC [...]
2008-10-14 13:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IR TU BA
08MANAMA715BAHRAIN SIGNS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH IRAN ON
[...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Bahrain signed a framework agreement with Iran to continue talks toward an agreement on importing natural gas from the South Pars field. The agreement prepares the way for negotiations to begin next year on pricing and delivery. Even if pricing negotiations move q [...]
2008-10-16 13:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL IR BA
08MANAMA734FOREIGN MINISTER ON LARIJANI VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister saw Larijani's visit as part of Iran's double game of pressure and engagement with Gulf states. Larijani said Iran was concerned about allegedly new American military activity. End summary. 2. (S) CDA, accompanied by poloff, called on Foreign Min [...]
2008-10-26 13:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MOPS IR BA
08MANAMA765KING HAMAD ON IRAN, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RUSSIA,
[...] (S) Summary: King Hamad confirmed that Iran expressed concern to Bahrain about U.S. naval "weapons systems." Bahrain plans to continue pushing its proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. The King was suspicious of China, apologetic about his upcoming visit to Russia, and warm [...]
2008-11-12 13:49:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR IR RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA795(U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773
[...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...]
2008-12-02 10:35:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA835IRAN: BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad complained that Bahrain hosts "belligerent" U.S. forces, and reiterated Iran's rejection of Bahrain's proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. Bahrain and Iran renewed a 2003 agreement on cooperation against smuggling. End summary. 2. (C) [...]
2008-12-28 12:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SA BA
08MANILA1123PHILIPPINES ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT
[...] Per reftel request, poloff on May 9 met with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to stress the importance of timely submission of a 60-day report on steps the Philippines has taken to implement UNSCR 1803. Poloff informed Director for Security and Legal Matters Leah Ruiz of th [...]
2008-05-09 09:06:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL IR MNUC RP UNSC
08MANILA1343IAEA/IRAN: PHILIPPINES WILL VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) The Philippine government has committed to make a clear statement regarding the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting June 2-6. Per reftel request, we met June 2 with Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Political, Legal, a [...]
2008-06-03 09:31:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RP IAEA
08MANILA1492PHILIPPINES REVIEWS THE P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Officials at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were pleased to receive reftel non-paper on June 17. Legal, Political, and Security Affairs Director Leah Ruiz of the DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) said that the Philippine Mission in [...]
2008-06-20 06:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IR KNNP MNUC PREL RP IAEA
08MANILA1721PHILIPPINES CAUTIOUS ON NAM MEETING AND IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) Post on July 14 conveyed to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs' Legal, Political and Security Affairs Director for United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Leah Ruiz our concerns with Iran's anticipated maneuvering at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) [...]
2008-07-21 09:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM RP TRGY MNUC PREL IR UR
08MANILA1748PHILIPPINES RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on July 17 received reftel A non-paper that describes the designation of an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters"). DF [...]
2008-07-23 06:35:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR RP
08MANILA505PHILIPPINES WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA ACTIVITY
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel demarches to Acting Executive Director Leah Ruiz of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) on February 27 and February 28 regarding International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activ [...]
2008-02-28 09:18:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC IAEA AORC
08MANILA878PHILIPPINES SUPPORTS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (C) The Philippine government has agreed to deny visas to the individuals designated in UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 1737, 1747, and 1803. Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) told polo [...]
2008-04-11 07:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC
08MASERU104LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON HCOC, UN RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On April 21, Poloff met with Europe and Americas Director P. P. Makosholo at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver demarches on Lesotho's ascension to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC, Ref A),the U.S.-EU sponsored UN Prisoners on Conscience de [...]
2008-04-21 13:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC KNNP PARM PHUM KSCA ETTC TPSA IR
08MASERU180LESOTHO: AGOA FORUM, IRAN PACKAGE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: On June 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Mr. P. P. Makosholo, Europe and Americas Desk Director at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, learning that: a) while the GOL has received AGOA forum invitations (ref a),their delegation has not been finalized; b) Lesotho's MFA app [...]
2008-06-20 11:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM EAID ETRD TBIO ECON EAGR IR LT
08MASERU387LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO "DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 14:03:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR LT
08MEXICO1039SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for [...]
2008-04-08 21:10:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNECON IR KCRM KNNP MNUC MX PGOV PREL SNAR MASS
08MEXICO1331SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...]
2008-05-02 12:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX
08MEXICO1634ADDRESSING MEXICO'S PROBLEMATIC RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 22:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC MX PARM
08MEXICO1649U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...]
2008-05-29 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX
08MEXICO1928MEXICO ON THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points and the updated P5 1 package for Iran (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),on June 20. Juarez commented that he hoped Iran would accept the package and a diplomatic [...]
2008-06-25 20:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR MX
08MEXICO3503MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points November 26 on the IAEA's reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that the Government of Mexico (GOM) conti [...]
2008-11-26 18:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MEXICO3778MEXICO ON FORMER PRESIDENT ERNESTO ZEDILLO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 23:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MEXICO3793MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on increasing financial pressure on Iran (reftel) December 24 to Fernando Gonzalez in the Office of the UN Security Council at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Gonzalez commented that the Government of Mexico (GOM) supports full implementation of the Se [...]
2008-12-24 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MX
08MEXICO613USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA BRIEFING ON IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 21:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC MX PARM
08MEXICO959MEXICO DEMARCHED ON UNSCR 1803 ON IRAN, INCLUDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 20:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC NSG PARM UNSC IR MX
08MILAN68ITALY'S EDISON: IRANIAN GAS NOW, NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C) Edison CEO Quadrino told the Consul General that Europe will need to increase natural gas imports dramatically to meet increased demand and counter predicted supply shortages through 2020. New nuclear energy production is the long-term answer, but cannot realistically be brought online s [...]
2008-04-18 11:10:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET IT IR
08MILAN69ITALY'S EDISON: IRANIAN GAS NOW, NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C) Edison CEO Quadrino told the Consul General that Europe will need to increase natural gas imports dramatically to meet increased demand and counter predicted supply shortages through 2020. New nuclear energy production is the long-term answer, but cannot realistically be brought online s [...]
2008-04-18 11:10:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET IT IR
08MINSK150EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 29, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Undertakes Brief Speaking Tour (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Cleared of Criminal Charges (para. 3) - Business Activists Barred From Kozulina Funeral (p [...]
2008-02-29 13:46:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG IR BO CU
08MINSK165UNSCR 1803/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS
[...] (C) DCM delivered a copy of UNSCR 1803 (with annexes) along with reftel points March 7 to Andrey Rzheusskiy and Ilona Yurevich, Counselors of the MFA's North America Department. 2. (C) While Rzheusskiy offered no substantive comment on the resolution, he did raise a February 29 interview [...]
2008-03-07 16:54:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
08MINSK87NUCLEAR EXPORT DENIALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 15:37:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BO IR
08MONROVIA567DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 17:01:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR LI
08MONROVIA592DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-QAIDA-AFFILIATED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 14:16:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR LI
08MONROVIA650DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 08:45:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LI
08MONTEVIDEO195URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND
[...] (C) On April 4, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Carlos Barros, following up with a telephone call on April 8. Barros said that the MFA is undergoing a major internal restructuring as the result of the change in Foreign [...]
2008-04-10 16:02:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC UY
08MOSCOW1001MFA COOL TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT GAZPROM INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) On April 10, per ref A, we raised USG concerns about potential Gazprom investment in Iran's petroleum sector to MFA Iran Desk Director Maxim Baranov. We noted that such investment runs counter to the international effort to bring Iran into compliance with UNSC resolutions and that it cou [...]
2008-04-11 13:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC IR RS
08MOSCOW1004DEMARCHE ON TRAVEL BAN DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 13:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08MOSCOW1340LEBANON: RUSSIA SENDS SIGNAL TO SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] (C) On May 15, MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Sergey Vershinin said that in the wake of FM Lavrov's May 13 conversations with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit, Russia had sent a "signal" to Damascus and Tehran that it was necessary to create the "most positive [...]
2008-05-14 12:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1448GERMAN FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES RUSSIAN-GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's week-long visit to Russia May 12-16, which will be followed by Medvedev's first trip to Europe as President, to Berlin on June 5-6, reinforced Germany as Russia's principal European partner. Steinmeier led a large German busines [...]
2008-05-22 14:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ENRG GG GM IR RS
08MOSCOW146BUSHEHR TIMELINE: ATOMSTROYEXPORT PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Bushehr reactor could be ready for initial start-up by the end of 2008 if there are no major supply or technical problems, Atomstroyexport representatives told the Embassy. Initial start-up would be followed by about four to five months of tests before the reactor (assuming [...]
2008-01-18 15:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PREL RS IR
08MOSCOW1460NEUTRON GENERATOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 09:35:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW1478RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE
[...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...]
2008-05-23 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1515PROGRESS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA BODES WELL FOR
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Oleg Ozerov told us on May 28 that positive developments in Lebanon and Syria justified revisiting dates for the GOR's planned Moscow Middle East conference. The GOR believed that settlement of the Lebanese political crisis with the [...]
2008-05-30 03:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1648MFA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: At the working-level, the MFA remains hopeful the latest P5 1 proposals will lead to progress on the Iranian nuclear issue, but believes Tehran is likely to use elements of the package Solana will deliver to delay negotiations. The MFA dismissed the IAEA DG's latest report, which [...]
2008-06-10 13:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1774SECURITY COUNCIL'S NAZAROV HOLDS FIRM ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, EUR/DAS David Merkel and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly, Russian Federation Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov repeated the now well worn list of grievances against U.S. policy on Iran and [...]
2008-06-20 15:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2055AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK:
[...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...]
2008-07-18 14:48:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2333ROSATOM STATE CORPORATION - REORGANIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Rosatom State Corporation's new U.S./EU Section Head reports that the reorganization of the Corporation and its subdivisions is still underway. Although no longer a Federal Agency, Rosatom will retain some of its export control functions. Rosatom will continue to pursue co [...]
2008-08-11 10:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PINR ENRG ETTC IR IN RS
08MOSCOW2686MEDVEDEV'S MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN AND AFGHAN
[...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov shared with us his insights on Medvedev's August 28 meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Karzai on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, during which Kholkhov served as Medvedev's Persi [...]
2008-09-08 13:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF IR GG RS
08MOSCOW2735RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA,
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...]
2008-09-11 14:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS
08MOSCOW2785RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...]
2008-09-16 13:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW2824RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...]
2008-09-19 11:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS
08MOSCOW2835RUSSIA'S VIEW ON GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON
[...] (S) On September 22, DCM and ESToff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. opposition to potential Iranian or Syrian membership on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov. Rozhkov said that this [...]
2008-09-22 13:46:00Embassy MoscowSECRETIAEA PARM MNUC AF SY IR KZ RS
08MOSCOW2905MFA: UNSC RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATED UNITY ON IRAN
[...] (C) MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Iran specialist Alexander Trofimov told us on September 30 that the passage of UNSCR 1835 demonstrated P5 1 unity on Iran and should dispel fears that tension over Georgia has diminished the ability of the U.S. and Russia to cooperate on [...]
2008-10-01 11:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA IR RS
08MOSCOW3011S-300 DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RUSSIA PROMISES TO
[...] (S) Charge delivered ref A demarche on the possible transfer to Iran of an S-300 anti-missile system and Igla-S MANPADs to MFA Director for North America Igor Neverov on October 9. Neverov said the MFA would disseminate the information and convey the USG's concern through the appropriate chan [...]
2008-10-09 14:58:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS IR RS
08MOSCOW3026OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...]
2008-10-10 13:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW3059HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]
2008-10-16 07:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3064RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]
2008-10-16 10:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3127HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]
2008-10-23 13:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3153AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM RYABKOV: POST-START,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador October 24 the GOR had begun studying the post-START Treaty text delivered that morning. But the need to translate the text and the fact that Russia had not received the missile defense (MD) documents meant November 6 wo [...]
2008-10-27 15:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3201AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...]
2008-10-30 15:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3215RUSSIA ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL MNUC TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3252RUSSIA-IRAN RELATIONS DRIVEN BY REGIONAL POLITICAL
[...] (Summary): MFA Iran desk chief Maksim Ganzey provided us with an overview of Russian relations with Iran that he argued went beyond the nuclear issue and were based largely upon the GOR's need to work effectively with a country that had considerable ability to impact political and economic is [...]
2008-11-06 13:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3271RUSSIA LOSES NO MATTER HOW THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Russia will lose no matter how the Iranian nuclear controversy is resolved, according to analysts who argue that Russia faces either the prospect of a nuclear Iran causing instability in the Middle East, or a negotiated settlement that will lead Iran to "drop" Russia in favor of [...]
2008-11-10 13:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MARR MNUC IR RS
08MOSCOW3372MFA ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 13:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF IR PK RS
08MOSCOW3411ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 20:06:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3429RUSSIA'S VIEWS ON THE IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN AND
[...] (C) On November 25, ESToff delivered reftel points on the IAEA reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Syria ------ 2. (C) Bolichiov was dismissive regarding the points on [...]
2008-11-26 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY RS
08MOSCOW3708SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...]
2008-12-22 06:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF
08MOSCOW434DFM LOSYUKOV ON IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, DFM Losyukov expressed frustration with the Iranian regime's arrogance and inflexibility. Considering Iranian domestic politics, the GOR foresees no serious political discussion occurring prior to its March 14 parliamentary elections. Lo [...]
2008-02-15 14:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP PINR AF IN JP IR RS
08MOSCOW442RUSSIAN CONCERNS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT
[...] (SBU) On February 15, we delivered reftel points regarding U.S. support for the IAEA request to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Governments for additional information regarding export denials to Iran or nuclear related items already delivered to Iran. 2. (SBU) Alexandr Bolichiov of the MF [...]
2008-02-15 15:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC AORC PARM IAEA IR RS
08MOSCOW52DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN UPGRADES TO IRANIAN KVADRAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 14:35:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL ETTC PARM IR RS
08MOSCOW586DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-01 06:40:00Embassy MoscowSECRETEETC IR PARM PREL PTER RS
08MOSCOW591RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON USG VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND
[...] (S) On February 27 we delivered reftel non-paper (Ref B) regarding U.S. views of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activities to Alexander Trifimov of the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. 2. (S) Trifimov contended that Iran had been relati [...]
2008-03-03 07:57:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA UNGA PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW648DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 12:02:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR RS
08MOSCOW712DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 12:20:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW817MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]
2008-03-25 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MOSCOW848DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]
2008-03-28 08:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW859RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...]
2008-03-28 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNDP RS IR
08MOSCOW955DFM SALTANOV DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, WITH S/I
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with DFM Saltanov in Moscow April 2, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Russia to encourage Iraq's neighbors to play a greater role in helping to stabilize the country, noting that Iraq was important for [...]
2008-04-08 07:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EPET ENRG IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW956RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]
2008-04-08 07:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND
[...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]
2008-04-08 07:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW970GOR PROMOTES "INNOVATION ECONOMY"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Russia continues to promote innovation as a means to harness its scientific expertise and diversify its economy beyond oil and gas exports. The Federation Council and Duma recently held hearings on stimulating innovation. The GOR also promoted innovation through sponsorship of [...]
2008-04-09 05:14:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD IR RS
08MOSCOW999DEMARCHES ON IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 12:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EUN IZ IR RS
08MUSCAT156IRANIAN PUSH TO RAISE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (S) As evidenced by a series of recent visits, media interviews and a first-time commercial exposition, Iran appears to be making a concerted effort to raise its profile, and currently very limited business presence, in Oman. While Omani interest in Iranian gas could expand cooperation betw [...]
2008-02-20 13:27:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL ECON IR MU
08MUSCAT171GENERAL MOSELEY'S FEBRUARY 14 MEETINGS WITH OMANI
[...] (C) General T. Michael Moseley, United States Air Force Chief of Staff, met separately on February 14 with Mohammed Al-Rasbi, Under-Secretary for Defense Affairs, and with Air Vice Marshall Yahya bin Rashid al-Juma'a, Commander Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO),to discuss the merits of Shared Ea [...]
2008-02-27 12:32:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS MOPS IR MU
08MUSCAT174ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON'S MEETING WITH SULTAN
[...] (C) Sultan Qaboos discussed both domestic and regional issues during his February 19 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, CENTCOM Commander. On the domestic front, the Sultan described his desire to empower the government to be more responsive to citizen concerns. Seeking to strengthen th [...]
2008-03-01 05:49:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ENRG KWMN IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT181OMANI VIEWS ON LATEST IAEA BRIEFING ON IRAN
[...] (S) On March 2, the Ambassador conveyed U.S. views on the IAEA Secretariat's February 25 briefing on Iran, as described reftel, to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Ambassador also left reftel non-paper with the Minister. Bin Alawi listened closely, but did not ad [...]
2008-03-02 13:20:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU
08MUSCAT187NEW FOREIGN FIRMS SEEK FOOTHOLDS IN OMAN
[...] (C) According to a key project development banker in Oman, new foreign firms, including those from Iran and China, are attempting to gain a foothold in Oman amidst the current construction boom. So far, entry has not been easy, in spite of Oman's generally clean tender process. Competence, [...]
2008-03-03 12:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL IR MU
08MUSCAT197UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803: OMANI RESPONSE
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief relayed reftel points on March 5 to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. A copy of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (including annexes) and the P5 plus 1 Ministers' Statement was delivered to th [...]
2008-03-05 14:33:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT200GAS SHORTAGE REMAINS TOP CONCERN OF OMANI MINISTRY
[...] (C) The Omani government continues to discuss its gas supply needs with Iran and Qatar, though it is optimistic that recent domestic exploration efforts will reduce its projected dependence on imports. The government is equally hopeful that its investment in enhanced oil recovery techniques w [...]
2008-03-09 12:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL MU IR
08MUSCAT235SULTAN'S ADVISOR SPEAKS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Iran is taking advantage of America's misperceived weakness in the region in order to court the Arab street and fill the resulting power vacuum in the region, according to Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, [...]
2008-03-26 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN IR MU
08MUSCAT278IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN USCRS 1737,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 12:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR MU
08MUSCAT289OMAN REMAINS VIGILANT ON IRANIAN BANKING ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamoud Sangour al-Zadjali to urge vigilance on the increasingly deceptive practices used by Iranian financial institutions to circumvent UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and Financial Action Task Fo [...]
2008-04-16 13:12:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PTER IR MU
08MUSCAT297SENIOR OMANI DELEGATION VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (U) A delegation of Omani officials, led by Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmud al-Sa'id, arrived in Tehran on April 20 for a three-day official visit to Iran. According to the Oman News Agency, the delegation included Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al-Sa'id (Minister of Heritage and Cultu [...]
2008-04-21 13:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT303OMAN REMAINS IN THE HUNT FOR GAS
[...] (SBU) On April 22, Omani media outlets carried front-page stories on the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the "joint development" of the Kish gas field with Iran and the exporting of Iranian gas to Oman. The MoU was reportedly signed by the Iranian Deputy Minister of Oi [...]
2008-04-23 08:07:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EPET IR MU
08MUSCAT313OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON TRIP TO TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, recently returned from Iran, downplayed Iranian press reports of three bilateral agreements signed during the visit of a senior Omani delegation to Tehran. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the joint development of the Kish [...]
2008-04-26 12:53:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT36OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs praised close U.S.-Oman ties and the two countries' "strategic" relationship. He applauded President Bush's renewed push to help create a Palestinian state, but feared [...]
2008-01-14 13:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IR MU
08MUSCAT376OMANI SUPPORT FOR ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of the Omani Foreign Ministry told the Ambassador on May 18 that Oman firmly supported ongoing Arab League efforts to help mediate an agreement among the various factions to end the crisis in Lebanon. While acknowledging the need for Hizballah to pledge to [...]
2008-05-19 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE IR MU
08MUSCAT403OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) In a meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs on June 1 to discuss a number of issues (septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on the latest IAEA report regarding Iran's nuclear program. Bin Alawi acknowledged U.S. concerns over Tehran's nuclea [...]
2008-06-02 10:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT445SIGNS OF POSSIBLE CHANGE IN OMAN-IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (S/NF) While maintaining close, cordial relations with Tehran has long been a priority for the Omani government, Oman has traditionally kept its neighbor to the north at arm's length, resulting in a relationship that is largely non-substantive. Bilateral economic ties remain limited and Oman [...]
2008-06-15 13:41:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT456POINTS ON P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT467OMAN LOWERS OIL OUTPUT PROJECTIONS
[...] (U) On June 15, Minister of Oil and Gas Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhy told media outlets that Oman's 2008 oil production figures had been revised downward from a projected 790,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 750,000 bpd. Oman reported a production rate of 743,000 bpd over the first four months [...]
2008-06-18 10:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON MU IR
08MUSCAT532DEMARCHE ON NAM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 12:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU
08MUSCAT536IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...]
2008-07-21 13:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT565OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM
[...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...]
2008-08-07 07:43:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM IR MU
08MUSCAT662OMANIS PUBLICLY CONFIRM OMAN-IRAN GAS DEAL
[...] (U) A number of internet news and business sites have recently published a Reuters report dated September 11 on an Oman-Iran plan to develop Iran's off-shore Kish gas field in the Arabian Gulf. Quoting a "project official" at Oman's Ministry of Oil & Gas who "declined to be named," the Reuter [...]
2008-09-15 14:16:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ENRG EPET IR MU
08MUSCAT744DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI SULTAN
[...] (C) The Deputy Secretary of State and the Ambassador met on October 19 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. Bin Alawi welcomed Oman's upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) [...]
2008-10-28 06:37:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KTIP MNUC ECON ETRD SMIG IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT765FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN: OMANI RESPONSE
[...] (C) Post delivered relevant reftel information to the government of Oman on November 3 via diplomatic note. On November 5, DCM met with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and asked that Oman seriously consider takin [...]
2008-11-05 12:19:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT774DISCOURAGING OMANI GAS DEALS WITH IRAN
[...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche on November 5 to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi. In particular, the DCM emphasized that a major energy deal with the regime in Tehran would undermine attempts by the P5 plus [...]
2008-11-12 12:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETTC IR MU
08MUSCAT797SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...]
2008-11-19 14:28:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK
08MUSCAT829JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...]
2008-12-03 12:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT849OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BASHES GCC PLUS 3/P5 PLUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While in Bahrain for the Manama Dialogue, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs strongly criticized the scheduled GCC plus 3/P5 plus 1 meeting in New York on Gulf security and asserted that Iran posed no threat to Arab states. The Sultan's Advisor for Cultural Affair [...]
2008-12-16 12:32:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ECON IR MU
08MUSCAT852NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...]
2008-12-17 05:51:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT853CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN
[...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...]
2008-12-17 06:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU
08MUSCAT855OMAN CONTINUING TO SEEK EXPANDED ECONOMIC TIES
[...] (U) Local press announced on December 14 that Oman's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, will lead an official delegation to Tehran on December 22 to discuss bilateral trade. No further details have been publicly released. 2. (C) Given his past involvement in n [...]
2008-12-17 13:17:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG ETRD IR MU
08MUSCAT877OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...]
2008-12-28 12:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU
08NAIROBI1031DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES
[...] (U) On April 16, PolOff delivered ref B - D points to Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Kinyanjui promised to forward the names contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 to the relev [...]
2008-04-18 05:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP UNSC IR KE
08NDJAMENA384LIBYAN AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO USG OFFER TO BE
[...] (C) I met with Libyan Ambassador Shlback on Thursday, August 14. He said he wanted to respond to my request for Tripoli's thinking on how the United States might usefully support Libya's recent "Trilateral Initiative" to bring peace between Chad and Sudan. He said that he had spoken to Dr. A [...]
2008-09-03 13:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL LY SU FR EU IR IS SA ER CD
08NEWDELHI102MENON CLAIMS IAEA NEGOTIATORS NOT GOING BEYOND 123
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that the demands made by the Indian negotiators during the January 2-4 safeguards talks with the IAEA appeared to go over beyond the principle of safeguards in perpetuity established in the 123 agreement. Menon countered that the [...]
2008-01-11 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
08NEWDELHI1065IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT INDIA APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA and NEA. Please see paragraph six. 2. (S/NF) A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official notified PolCouns on April 15 that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit India on April 29. The official said she was providing the Embassy with this inf [...]
2008-04-15 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IN
08NEWDELHI1134INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...]
2008-04-24 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR
08NEWDELHI1142AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA SEEN AS PURE POLITICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's National Security Advisor MK Narayanan publicly confirmed that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit India for seven hours on April 29 following a trip to Sri Lanka and prior to arriving in Pakistan. Post conveyed to senior Ministry of External Affairs officia [...]
2008-04-25 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP PARM PINR ECON ENRG EPET IR IN
08NEWDELHI1180AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA FOCUSES ON PIPELINE,
[...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's April 29 visit to India focused primarily on energy and trade issues, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) contacts. Indian officials announced the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal "is doable" within 45 days, though "a lot of work" needs [...]
2008-04-30 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1194MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...]
2008-05-01 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1398INDIA TO SUBMIT 1803 REPORT AFTER TAKING ACTION
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloffs May 21 that the Indian government would first complete implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) regarding Iran and then submit its UNSCR 1803 report. Gi [...]
2008-05-22 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR IN
08NEWDELHI1440INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...]
2008-05-28 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN
08NEWDELHI1509IAEA/IRAN: U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and nonpaper to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on May 30 on the margins of Mukherjee's meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey. Mukherjee welcomed the U.S. views but did not have a substantive response on the Indian intentions at the June [...]
2008-06-03 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IN
08NEWDELHI1664FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON NONCOMMITTAL ON P5+1
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was noncommittal in response to the Ambassador's spirited demarche on June 17 requesting that the government of India encourage Iran to accept the updated P5 1 incentive package (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized the broad scope of the incentives and t [...]
2008-06-17 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI1997DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA FAMILIAR WITH
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra and Singh Gill expressed interest in knowing why the U.S. was raising this issue at [...]
2008-07-21 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MUNC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2021IPI GAS PIPELINE ON BACK BURNER; RETAIL REFINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan met with Econ Counselor Minister on July 22. Srinivasan said that IPI negotiations are "completely on the back burner." Concerning the proposed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas [...]
2008-07-24 05:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EFIN EINV EWWT EAGR PGOV PREL IN IR
08NEWDELHI2048DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTFN EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR IN
08NEWDELHI2141INDIAN VIEWS ON NAM MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. According to the UK High Commission in Delhi, the Indian government is claiming credit for helping to secure a much improved NAM declaration on Iran's nuclear program from the Tehran ministerial conference. Indian officials also report pressure from Iran's Sunni neighbors, who c [...]
2008-08-06 06:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM TRGY KNNP IR IN
08NEWDELHI2255DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 05:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KTFN PTER IR GM
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2671U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...]
2008-10-07 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN
08NEWDELHI2828INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TEHRAN TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: India,s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tehran on November 1 to attend the annual Joint Commission meeting with his Iranian counterpart Davood Jafari. Mukherjee,s visit to Iran will focus on economic issues related to trade and is unlikely to result in any s [...]
2008-10-31 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EPET IR PK IN
08NEWDELHI2986INDIA,S POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS UNCHANGED
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff delivered on November 24 reftel demarches on Iran to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) Division, T.C.A. Raghavan, and Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Vipul. The two m [...]
2008-11-24 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08NEWDELHI3003INDIA RELUCTANT ON TALIBAN TALKS, CONSULTING
[...] (C) Summary: In a 24 November meeting with PolCouns, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan expressed his government's concern over ISAF members' willingness to engage the Taliban. Raghavan welcomed a USAID proposal for a Trilatera [...]
2008-11-26 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ENRG KDEM AF IR PK XD IN
08NEWDELHI3115DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN-INDIA JOINT VENTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR IN
08NEWDELHI3232DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 05:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IN IR KNNP PARM
08NEWDELHI3254INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...]
2008-12-30 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK IR IN
08NEWDELHI388INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...]
2008-02-06 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN
08NEWDELHI538IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...]
2008-02-20 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN
08NEWDELHI691INDIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford delivered reftel demarche to Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Joint Secretary T.C.A. Raghavan in separate March [...]
2008-03-05 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI760INDIA CONTINUES TO PURSUE NICKUNJ GRAPHITE CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 10:06:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR IN
08NEWDELHI878SHIELD S01-08: GOI REQUIRES FURTHER INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 3. 2. (S) PolOffs delivered reftel points March 19 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade. Gill responded that the Gover [...]
2008-03-26 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR IN
08NIAMEY1162(S) NIGER: ENCOURAGING AFRICAN STATES TO TERMINATE
[...] (S) DCM presented subject demarche to MFA Secretary General Abdoulaye Dan Maradi on December 15, with talking points in non-papers in both French and English. Sec Gen Dan Maradi understood the issue clearly, and confirmed that Niger did not have defense cooperation arrangements with Iran, and [...]
2008-12-15 15:45:00Embassy NiameySECRETMARR MASS PARM PREL IR NG
08NIAMEY1178 DELIVERY OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] On December 24, Embassy Niamey provided subject demarche, in both French and English, along with the Department of State and Department of Treasury press releases pertaining to the designation of additional Iranian entities under E.O. 13382, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Direc [...]
2008-12-24 11:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM KNNP UN US IR NG
08NICOSIA201CYPRUS: FINCEN IRAN ADVISORY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 12:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR PREL PARM CY
08NICOSIA997CYPRUS: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 10:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR CY
08NOUAKCHOTT403DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-03 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR MR
08OSLO151NORWAY NOT PLANNING A STATEMENT ON IRANS ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Iran Advisor Jan Dybfest who stated that Norway was not at this point planning any statement on Iran's elections. Dybfest agreed with the U.S. criticisms of Iran's election and stated that Norway shared many of the same concerns. He said he would r [...]
2008-03-14 13:43:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR NO
08OSLO387NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-07-10 13:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO405NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jo Hovik, Advisor in the MFA section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Mr. Hovik assured Poloff that Norway would scrupulously comply with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, and thanked us for our E.O. 13382 notification. WHITNEY [...]
2008-07-21 09:53:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR NO
08OSLO428NORWAY: STATOILHYDRO AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 12:48:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO477NORWEGIANS FREEZE ASSETS OF ADDITIONAL UNSCR 1737
[...] (SBU) Poloff informed the legal department of the MFA of the E.O. 13382 designations contai ned in reftel. Assets of these entities have already been frozen by the GON. Jo Hoevik, Senior Advisor in the legal department, explained how Norwegian asset freeze provisions function. UNSCR 1737 is [...]
2008-08-25 12:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08OSLO483NORWAY CAUTIOUS ON UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE IRAN
[...] (S) Poloff met with Erling Skjoensberg, senior advisor in the MFA department for disarmament and nonproliferation, who, along with Kaare Aas (current Ambassador to Afghanistan, but former security policy department head) will make decisions regarding reftel's subject matter for the GON. 2. [...]
2008-08-28 15:23:00Embassy OsloSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08OSLO578NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-10-28 13:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO581NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-10-29 07:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OTTAWA1093CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR
[...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...]
2008-08-15 19:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1245CANADIANS CONSIDERING U.S. IDEAS, INITIATIVES ON
[...] (S/Rel CAN) Summary: Canadian officials are studying ref a demarche on engaging China on proliferation-related trade with Iran, but warn that Canadian action could be slowed by the government's current pre-election caretaker status. Officials expressed appreciation for ref b ideas for blockin [...]
2008-09-19 17:55:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL EFIN KNNP PARM PINR IR XS CH CA
08OTTAWA1247CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]
2008-09-19 18:41:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1368CANADA KEEN TO ADVOCATE NON-PARTICIPATION IN
[...] This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) Canada is willing to join the U.S. effort to persuade governments to steer clear of Iran's November 30 conference on nuclear energy. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferat [...]
2008-10-24 21:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1411CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 5. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht on November 4 asked to coordinate CANUS outreach to discourage the sale of uranium to Iran by Kazakhstan (ref b). [...]
2008-11-04 20:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ENRG AORC TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1427CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Deputy Pol/C conveyed reftel demarche points to James Gilmour, regional policy officer of the Afghan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Gilmour promised to canvas colleagu [...]
2008-11-07 18:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA1444CANADA BROADLY SUPPORTIVE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) According to Ryan Hewer, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's policy advisor for Iranian non-proliferation issues, Canada broadly supports the ideas outlined in reftel, about which State officials apparently briefed Canadian emboffs in Washington on Novem [...]
2008-11-14 21:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC PARM ETTC ENRG IR CA
08OTTAWA1453CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...]
2008-11-18 15:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1480CANADA CONCERNED BY IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C/NF) Canada found the November 19 IAEA report on the status of Iranian nuclear program to be "very bleak," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy advisor Ryan Hewer. Hewer commented that the report clearly suggests a "consi [...]
2008-11-21 21:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY CA
08OTTAWA1501CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...]
2008-12-01 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO IR CA
08OTTAWA1522CANADA TO ATTEND ROME MEETING ON NATIONAL MEASURES
[...] (U) Canada will send Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Acting Division Director for Gulf and Mahgreb Relations Jeffrey McLaren and DFAIT non-proliferation senior advisor Ryan Hewer to the Rome meeting on implementation of national measures on Iran, according to DFAI [...]
2008-12-04 21:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC IR CA
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA334CANADA TO FLAG ITS CONCERNS ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht, Canada agreed with ref a points on Iran and the IAEA, and is particularly concerned about alleged Iranian studies that could point to weaponization. He added that I [...]
2008-03-04 22:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR CA
08OTTAWA380CANADA ON IRAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on March 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner (a former Ambassador to Iran) expressed appreciation for the draft U.S. statement on Iran's parliamentary elect [...]
2008-03-14 17:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM IR CA
08OTTAWA451CANADA IMPLEMENTING DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para four. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Nuclear Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht confirmed on April 1 that Canada will implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1803, and that the gov [...]
2008-04-02 15:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP NSG IR CA
08OTTAWA496CANADA: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL
[...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (C) According to Shawn Caza, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (Nuclear) Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has fully followed the UN guidance for the implementation of UNSCRs 1737, [...]
2008-04-10 21:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC CA
08OTTAWA654CANADA'S 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC IR CA
08OTTAWA723CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN AND IAEA
[...] (C) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner (a former Canadian Ambassador to Iran) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel views on Iran in advance of the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting. [...]
2008-05-30 18:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CA
08OTTAWA918COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...]
2008-07-09 18:49:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA951COUNSELOR, CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PAKISTAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials discussed challenges confronting Canada and the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Counselor of the State Department Eliot Cohen in Ottawa July 2 and 3. The Canadians shared Dr. Cohen's bleak assessment of developments in Pakistan and raised [...]
2008-07-14 22:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF IR CA
08OTTAWA974CANADA INFORMED OF E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 19:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IR KNNP PARM KTFN CA
08OTTAWA988CANADIAN URANIUM NOT AVAILABLE TO IRAN
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht expressed appreciation for reftel U.S. initiative, and confirmed that Canadian firms would not sell uranium to any Iranian entities. The Canadian government authorizes [...]
2008-07-23 12:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC TRGY ENRG KNNP IR CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1027BURKINA FASO AGREES TO VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTION ON IRAN
[...] (C) On November 17, DCM and POLOFF discussed Burkina Faso's potential vote on a no-action motion for the resolution on Iran (Ref B.) with Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Also in attendance was newly appointed MOFA Director General of Multilateral Affai [...]
2008-11-17 16:48:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU541BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONVEYING UPDATED P5+1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 12:59:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU853DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON IRAN
[...] (U) This cable is NIACT due to the impending UN Security Council vote on September 27. 2. (SBU) On September 27, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Regis Bakyono, Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bakyono expressed Burkina Faso's willingnes [...]
2008-09-27 13:33:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC UNSC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU886BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 15:31:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR UV
08PANAMA200PANAMA: DEMARCHE REGARDING ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 21:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
08PANAMA250PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR PM
08PANAMA386PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 16:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EIND AORC TRGY UNSC IR PM
08PANAMA581PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON NAM CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] (C) POL had delivered Reftel demarche to MFA political advisor Janio Tunon on July 16 to discuss Panama's position in the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference scheduled for July 29-30. POL underscored that Panama held a unique position as a NAM representative and UNSC member. PO [...]
2008-07-17 16:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM IR KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PERL UR PM
08PANAMA604PANAMA: MESSAGE REINFORCING MESSAGE ON IRAN TO
[...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis said he fully understood the U.S. message on Iranin advance of the Non-Aligned Movement Foreign Ministers' meeting in Teheran, in response to Charge's delivery of reftel demarche on July 23. "Panama is not sending a high-level delegation," Lewis added, but wo [...]
2008-07-25 14:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR PM
08PARAMARIBO113DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post shared information with Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on March 14, 2008. 2. (U) Post will report any reaction from the GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]
2008-03-17 14:23:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR NS
08PARAMARIBO234DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Suriname. [...]
2008-06-02 19:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NS
08PARAMARIBO235DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA/IRAN: LATEST IAEA REPORT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction other than to note that no Suriname government official would be present at the June 2-6 IAE [...]
2008-06-02 19:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA NS
08PARAMARIBO313SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname on 29 July as a diplomatic note requesting the Ministry's assistance in forwarding the information to the Office of the Attorney General and/or other appropriate government ministrie [...]
2008-08-05 19:25:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08PARAMARIBO355DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (U) Per reftel Post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname along with a dipnote requesting the Ministry's assistance in forwarding the information to the Office of the Attorney General and/or other appropriate government ministry. 2. (U) Post wil [...]
2008-08-27 18:30:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN NS
08PARAMARIBO482DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] (U) On October 16, EconOff met with Juliette Redman, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Redman had no immediate comment but said she would forward the information contained in the demarche to the appropriat [...]
2008-12-03 19:28:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM NS
08PARAMARIBO89DEMARCHES DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Government of Suriname (GOS) officials Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Divison, and Juliette Redman, official of the International Organizations Division. Craig and Redman had no immediate reaction. [...]
2008-03-03 18:54:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA NS
08PARIS1029UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]
2008-05-30 09:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF
08PARIS1035NON-PAPER ON U.S. RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA FR IR
08PARIS1086USDP DISCUSSES LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary. On May 29, Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, met with French interlocutors including Gerard Araud, Political Director at the MFA, Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD and Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor at the Elysee, to discus [...]
2008-06-09 07:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MOPS MCAP AF LE PK IR SY FR
08PARIS1130FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...]
2008-06-13 16:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EUN ZI SO IR IZ IS CU FR
08PARIS1132FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...]
2008-06-13 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL EUN FR ZI IR IZ IS CU
08PARIS114SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...]
2008-01-23 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG
08PARIS1168NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...]
2008-06-20 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ
08PARIS1169NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...]
2008-06-20 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ
08PARIS1170NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR
08PARIS1188FRENCH REQUEST FOR U.S. DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Toward the end of a June 23 meeting DCM had with French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud (P-equivalent) focused on Iran and Zimbabwe (septels),Araud brought up the prospect of the EU rescinding its designation of the MEK as a terrorist group. Ar [...]
2008-06-24 11:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR IR
08PARIS1200POLDIR PROPOSES FURTHER TARGETED IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Political Director Gerard Araud summoned DCM to talk about Iran. He said his guess was that little would change in the coming months so the question was how to avoid the extremes of acquiescing or resorting to military force. He advocated a two-pronged approach invo [...]
2008-06-25 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR FR
08PARIS1305STRONG FRENCH SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) is pressing EU counterparts to adopt a "Common Position" that transposes UNSCR 1803 in a forward-leaning way, including tougher measures on export credits, dual use exports, financial due diligence, and cargo inspections. The French hope this poli [...]
2008-07-10 12:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP IR FR
08PARIS1333COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETMCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR
08PARIS135FRENCH HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE FATE OF MISSING
[...] (SBU) The embassy passed reftel message concerning missing Amcit Robert Levinson to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet as well as Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux on December 13. We stressed the request for any information the GOF or its embassy in Tehran [...]
2008-01-25 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC PHUM FR IR
08PARIS1358THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...]
2008-07-17 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR
08PARIS1380FRENCH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC: UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: On July 18, MFA Deputy Office Chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona reviewed the agenda items for the July GAERC meeting. Carmona said that the French Presidency had, at FM Kouchner's request, proposed a reduced list of topics, but that other member [...]
2008-07-21 15:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV EUN IR SO SU CD IZ UP GG FR
08PARIS1424FRANCE LOOKS BEYOND 1803 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF supports using insurance to put further pressure on Iran, including its shipping, and is prepared to meet July 25 in Paris to begin work with a handful of like-minded countries on actions of this sort. Senior officials see as "possible" the adoption of an EU Common Pos [...]
2008-07-24 17:26:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP PARM EUN IR FR
08PARIS147FRENCH ANTICIPATE MAJOR PUSHBACK ON NEXT UNSCR ON
[...] (C) At the end of a late January 25 meeting on Iraq (septel),we informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet that we were mobilizing to begin talking to non-P-5 members of the UNSC on elements for a new UNSCR on Iran. Gellet said he appreciated the informat [...]
2008-01-29 06:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC FR IR
08PARIS1625FRENCH RESPONSE ON SUPPORTING AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (C) We delivered reftel message on supporting Afghanistan's candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Levantine affairs Ludovic Pouille on 19 August. Prior to that meeting, we had previewed the pitch we would be making on August 13 to [...]
2008-08-22 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA FR SY IR AF
08PARIS1627NO SUBSTANTIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 17:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN ECON PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP FR SY IR
08PARIS1650TREASURY D/S KIMMITT, FRENCH NSA LEVITTE ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: On August 29 President Sarkozy,s Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte and Deputy Advisor for Security Affairs Francois Richier outlined for Treasury D/S Robert Kimmitt GOF thinking on &quick, effective and sharp8 next steps on Iran. The GOF would present its ideas more fully in [...]
2008-08-30 12:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON EFIN FR PREL RS IR
08PARIS1709DEMARCHE ON SNIPER RIFLES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 17:14:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PARM PREL MASS ETTC FGM AU IR
08PARIS1716MFA THINKING ON IRAN AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged progress over the past year in Iraq and said that as a result, France had moved away from its previous idea of convening an international conference to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. [...]
2008-09-12 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ IR
08PARIS1853GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 25-26 visit to Paris to receive military honors, General David Petraeus met with French interlocutors including DefMin Herve Morin, PM Franois Fillon, Secretary-General of the MFA Gerard Errera (D-equivalent) and President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor Jean-Dav [...]
2008-10-07 17:31:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS FR AF PA SY LE IR
08PARIS1893FRANCE PROPOSES INFORMAL MEETING OF AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On October 15, Pol M/C met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs advisor to FM Kouchner, to discuss the French proposal for a meeting to discuss regional cooperation among Afghanistan's neighbors. Errera apologized that t [...]
2008-10-15 17:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR UZ TI TX IR PK
08PARIS1942USDP EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS, OCTOBER 16
[...] (C) Summary. On October 16, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman met with GOF officials Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Defense Ministry, and Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to Foreign Minister Kouchner. They agreed on the importance of [...]
2008-10-22 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF PA IS IZ LE SY IR TU FR
08PARIS2001FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S GYMNICH PREVIEW:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 16:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08PARIS2134P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]
2008-11-21 08:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS2142FRENCH CAUTIOUS ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 20 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's ISN-equivalent. Mentre was phlegmatic about the IAEA report on Iran, noting that Iran's enrichment seems to be on "autopilot" for the moment. As for Syria, Mentre offered as an initial impr [...]
2008-11-21 12:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY FR
08PARIS2195FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...]
2008-12-04 10:10:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR
08PARIS360RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...]
2008-02-29 18:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR
08PARIS384NON-PAPER ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 16:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
08PARIS468FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...]
2008-03-14 08:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR
08PARIS481FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...]
2008-03-17 10:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR
08PARIS555FRENCH STRESS MARKETS IN DEPSEC KIMMITT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 13, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Elysee diplomatic and economic advisors and private sector bankers to discuss the Transatlantic Economic Council, financial market turmoil, [...]
2008-03-25 11:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETTC PARM IR FR
08PARIS680FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 15:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS682FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 15:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS685FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS689FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS77USDP EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS
[...] (S) On January 8, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, and Dr. Eliot Cohen, Counselor for the Department of State, met with Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the French MFA, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defens [...]
2008-01-14 13:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR MOPS NATO FR RU CH GG AF IR
08PARIS811FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 21, MFA Political Director Gerard Araud presented French views on the top-priority concerns of Iran and the Balkans, while on April 25, MFA Office Director for CFSP Patrick Maisonnave provided the general French reaction to the April GAERC demarche. Araud said that [...]
2008-04-25 17:06:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EUN PGOV ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS CH BM GG
08PARIS83S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/I David Satterfield on December 28 provided an overview to French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon of U.S. efforts to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. He also provided a paper outlining U.S. ideas on how Fra [...]
2008-01-15 17:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR IZ IR
08PARIS858USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]
2008-05-02 08:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PARIS948FRENCH FULLY SUPPORT ARAB LEAGUE AGREEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) We made reftel points to the French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge May 16 and passed relevant parts of press guidance and extracts from the May 15 Department press briefing to DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille and others in his "Lebanon cell." Auge, who noted [...]
2008-05-16 16:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IR
08PARIS993FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE,
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20 and 22, PolOff transmitted the U.S. demarche and supplemental points for the May GAERC to MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona. Separately, MFA DAS-equivalents Ludovic Pouille and Franck Gellet provided detailed information regarding French views on Israeli-Pal [...]
2008-05-23 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV IR IZ IS LE GG AF CU SO SR
08PARTO121901(C) Secretary Rice's December 16, 2008 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 16, 2008, 0915-1050, UN Headquarters, New York City 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Welch NEA PDAS Feltman NEA/ARP Office Director Steinfel [...]
2008-12-19 12:15:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL IR EUN XF XG
08PHNOMPENH251CAMBODIA SUPPORTING UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) understands the importance of UNSCR 1803, according to Tuy Ry, the in-coming Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ry told Pol/Ec Section Chief March 12 that Cambodia is actively enforcing rest [...]
2008-03-13 11:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP MNUC PARM PINR IR CB
08PODGORICA214MESSAGE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel message to Deputy Minister Milorad Scepanovic, Head of the Multilateral Section, at the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 August. Scepanovic did not comment. RMOORE [...]
2008-08-20 13:28:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL EFIN MNUC MW IR
08PORTAUPRINCE1323HAITI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1402HAITI SUPPORTS NEWEST UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 17:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1550HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 18:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE521HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DUAL USE TRANSFERS
[...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points March 31 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort. Belfort told Econoff Haiti supports U.N. Security Council Resolution 1803 and will do what it can to support its implementation. Belfort appeared generally famil [...]
2008-04-01 19:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM NSG PREL PGOV MNUC HA IR
08PORTAUPRINCE897HAITI: NO MOVEMENT ON 60-DAY REPORT ON IRAN
[...] Econoff requested on June 16 an update from Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort on the status of Haiti's 60-Day Report required by UNSCR 1803. Belfort said he requested mid-May responses from the Prime Minister's office, the National Palace and the Mi [...]
2008-06-20 12:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC HA IR
08PORTMORESBY221IRAN AND SOLOMON ISLANDS INITIATE DIPLOMATIC CONTACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Solomon Islands have embarked on a series of Foreign Minister-level meetings that could lead to the establishment of formal diplomatic ties. Beginning with an initial September meeting on the margins of the UNGA, the Solomon Islands Foreign Minister journeyed to Tehran in [...]
2008-11-04 07:43:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR BP
08PRAGUE175CZECHS PLAN TO SUPPORT EU STATEMENT ON IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 14:05:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08PRAGUE256CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO NIAG 8023
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 13:58:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP MNUC PREL PARM IR EZ
08PRAGUE306CZECH REPUBLIC PUBLICLY PRAISES ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (U) On May 14 the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on the recent violence in Lebanon. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic condemns the attempts to solve the constitutional crisis in Lebanon in a violent way and appeals to all parties concer [...]
2008-05-19 15:55:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV LE SY IR EZ EUN
08PRAGUE498DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 13:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EZ KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08PRAGUE635BRIEF CZECH FM MEETING WITH IRANIAN FM AT UNGA
[...] (C) According to Czech MFA Security Policy Department Director Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, the September 24 meeting at UNGA between Czech FM Schwarzenberg and Iranian FM Mottaki focused only, and unsuccessfully, on the issue of formal bilateral diplomatic relations. Kuchynova-Smigolova, wh [...]
2008-09-29 14:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ IR
08PRAGUE687CZECH REPUBLIC NOT INVITED TO IRANIAN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC MNUC TRGY IR EZ
08PRAGUE722CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:23:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TRGY EZ NR IR
08PRAIA203DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 15:48:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR CV
08PRETORIA1122(S) IRANIAN COMPANY INTEREST IN PROCURING VACUUM
[...] (S) DepPolCouns presented Ref A points to DFA Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink on 27 May. Combrink expressed appreciation for the information and pledged to act on it "immediately". He agreed to provide informal feedback to DepPolCouns, if at all [...]
2008-05-27 17:58:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE SF IR
08PRETORIA1198DELIVERED: IAEA/IRAN LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S.
[...] (U) Mission delivered reftel points on 05 June to DFA Director: Disarmament and Non-Proliefration Titi Molaba. To date, we have received no substantive response. BOST [...]
2008-06-05 10:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNVC PARM IR SF IAEA
08PRETORIA1560(C) SOUTH AFRICA PREDICTS SOFT IRAN NAM STATEMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said that the drafting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit statement on Iran's nuclear program will be a "very difficult process." Iran has [...]
2008-07-16 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PREL IR
08PRETORIA1585DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel nonpaper to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on July 17, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Cou [...]
2008-07-21 10:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08PRETORIA1618IRANIAN COMPANY EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 15:52:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE SF IR
08PRETORIA1625SOUTH AFRICA "WELL AWARE" OF IRAN URANIUM RISKS
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said the South African Government (SAG) is "well aware" of its obligations regarding Iranian attempts to procure new stocks of uranium. Speaking [...]
2008-07-25 11:00:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPARM EMIN ENRG KNNP IR SF
08PRETORIA1631NAM COUNTRIES FAR APART ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Work on drafting on the NAM ministerial statement on the Iranian nuclear program has virtually come to a halt because of the "wide distance" between the Iranian draft and the revisions proposed by "core NAM countries," including South Africa, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA [...]
2008-07-25 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR SF
08PRETORIA1890DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITITES AND
[...] Deputy Econ Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel nonpaper to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on August 20, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy Econ Counselor [...]
2008-08-25 12:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP NMNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08PRETORIA1900IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL: SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (S) Summary: South African authorities notified us that, based on reftel advisory, South African firm Columbus Stainless (pty) Ltd. had withdrawn from an agent-arranged transaction with Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. Columbus also assured the SAG that it would take additional measures [...]
2008-08-26 13:28:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETIR MTCRE PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA2446DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) Deputy Economic Counselor Bruce Neuling delivered reftel demarche to South African Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director UN Security Council Ilia du Buisson on October 28, 2008. The South African Government provided no immediate response. 2. (U) AmEmb Pretoria POC is Deputy [...]
2008-11-05 16:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM SF
08PRETORIA2462SOUTH AFRICAN RESPONSE TO FATF GUIDELINES ON IRAN
[...] (C) Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Financial Intelligence Centre Senior Manager (Legal and Policy) Pieter Smit on November 6. Smit said that the FATF guidance of October 17, 2008, dealing with UNSCR 1803, would be circulated to South African financial regulators (incl [...]
2008-11-07 07:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA2653IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S CONTINUED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 15:28:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08PRETORIA407SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO FORMIN DLAMINI-ZUMA ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 09:22:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IR SF
08PRETORIA640IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR
[...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Deputy Economic Counselor to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director (UNSC) Simon Cardy on March 28. 2. (C) Cardy said that the content of UNSCR 1803 would be notified to concerned South African government departments (including the Natio [...]
2008-03-28 11:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV SF
08QUITO1046ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S ON
[...] (C) PolOff delivered text of UNSCR 1835 and Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting the UN Security Coun [...]
2008-11-10 20:14:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC
08QUITO1162CORREA'S POLEMICAL VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa's December 5-9 visit to Iran, the first by an Ecuadorian president, resulted in 12 agreements and a $40 million line-of-credit. Our assessment is that GOE actions defy the spirit, but not the letter, of UN Security Council sanction resolutions. During the [...]
2008-12-19 22:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MASS EC IR
08QUITO301ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN, IAEA AND UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points and non-papers for reftels B and C on March 4 and for reftel D on March 10 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs. Due to extensive travel and other commitments, including an active role in addressing the Ecuador-Colombia crisis at the OAS, MFA [...]
2008-03-28 20:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM ECON IAEA NSG EC IR
08QUITO394ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to her travel and participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma reiterated the position she communicated in response [...]
2008-04-30 22:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC EC
08QUITO791ECUADOR RESPONSE TO DESIGNATED IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) On August 25, Embassy Quito received notification from the Banco del Austro in Cuenca, Ecuador, that they have a closed account in their systems in the name of PCI CORP, S.A. (per reftel, possible AKA for Parchin Chemical Industries). While the account is closed, we have forwarded the [...]
2008-08-26 21:56:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR EC
08RABAT241MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC
[...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...]
2008-03-14 12:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC IR MO
08RABAT568MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT661MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 16:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08RANGOON478ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 10:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP IR BM
08REYKJAVIK152GOI NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 16:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM KNNP IR IC
08RIGA2LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA
[...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]
2008-01-02 05:27:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA652LATVIA UNAWARE OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE;
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the MFA's head of Middle East and Africa Division. Dobele stated that they were not aware of the Iranian Nuclear Conference in November but know that Iran has been active in their region on energy issues. She stated that Iran had been tryin [...]
2008-10-24 13:53:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC TRGY IR LG
08RIGA678IRANIAN ENTITY DESIGNATION INFORMATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 12:44:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN LG
08RIODEJANEIRO44PETROBRAS WINDING DOWN BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Petrobras, the company will complete all of its existing contractual requirements in Iran later this year. After completion of the Tusan contract, Petrobras does not expect to be further invested in oil and gas activities in Iran. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In 200 [...]
2008-03-05 09:52:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL IR BR
08RIYADH1034SEN. KERRY IN SAUDI - IRAN, IRAQ AND OIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) traveled to the Kingdom on June 28-30 where he met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Asaf, and Assistant Interior Minister for Security Aff [...]
2008-07-06 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALCIA ECON IR IS IZ MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR
08RIYADH107CANADIAN FM IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Canadian FM Bernier visited Saudi Arabia on January 9-11. Bernier met with various SAG officials, including Saudi King Abdullah. Topics included aid to the Palestinians, Syria/Lebanon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, operations in Afghanistan, UN make-up and commercial interests. T [...]
2008-01-26 14:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALAF CA FATAH IR IS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1134SAUDIS ON IRAN REF UPCOMING NAM FM MEETING
[...] (S) On July 21, Pol Counselor delivered demarche on the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting scheduled for Tehran from July 27-30 (Reftel A) to Saudi MFA Deputy Director for Western Affairs Department Mojahid Ali Alwahbi. 2. (S) Alwahbi informed us that Saudi Minist [...]
2008-07-22 05:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMNUC PGOV PREL SA TRGY KNNP IR
08RIYADH1136C-NE8-01188 - SAUDI GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE ON
[...] (S/NF) The following is post's response based on various discussions with our interlocutors in response to INR's inquiry regarding Saudi Arabian views on Lebanon (Reftel): A. (S/NF) How do senior officials in Saudi Arabia see the political situation in Lebanon developing over the next year? [...]
2008-07-22 14:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR IS LE MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1137SAUDI ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Saudi government has so far contributed over half a billion USD in 2008 to support the Palestinian Authority (PA). The SAG acknowledges the strategic importance of keeping the PA funded to prevent Hamas from gaining full control of the Palestinian territories. The Saudis, as [...]
2008-07-22 14:41:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON IR IS KWPA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1159PASSAGE OF INFORMATION ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (U) As requested in ref action message, Post passed ref information on the designation of Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Saudi government on July 27, 2008. GFOELLER [...]
2008-07-28 12:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08RIYADH1205SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudis support USG policy and strategy in establishing a stable Iraq. However, the Saudis remain extremely distrustful of PM Maliki and highly concerned over Iranian influence there. Therefore, they are still hesitant, at least for the interim, to commit any political capi [...]
2008-08-06 10:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1245TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]
2008-08-14 10:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1272READOUT OF ABDULLAH-MUBARAK MEETING BY EGYPTIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa provided a readout of the Saudi King Abdullah-Egyptian President Mubarak meeting held in Cairo on Aug. 15. Essa again relayed the message that Egypt asks to have side discussions on Iran during the next 6 2 1 meetings, as well being kept infor [...]
2008-08-20 04:57:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1429DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) On September 14, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the five Iranian entities and individuals designated as weapons of mass destruction proliferators under E.O. 13382 to Counselor Abdulrahman al-Ahmad of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Ahmad assured Econoff the points would [...]
2008-09-21 11:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM EFIN KNNP MNUC IR SA
08RIYADH1688MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF ON SAUDI CT EFFORTS
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. ON 25 OCTOBER 2008, TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY ROBERT KIMMITT AND AMBASSADOR FRAKER MET WITH ASSISTANT MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF. THEY DISCUSSED SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS, THE PROPOSED CHARITY COMMISSION, IRAN, U.S.-SAUDI SECURITY COOPERATION AND THE NEED [...]
2008-11-12 04:30:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN KISL SA IR
08RIYADH1692SAUDI ARABIA- NEXT STEPS ON CRITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 11:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAG ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP
08RIYADH1699GEN PETRAEUS IN SAUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. CENTCOM CG GEN Petraeus met with Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense and Aviation Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Interior Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Asst. Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al Abdulaziz (KBS) to discuss regional [...]
2008-11-15 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAG ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP
08RIYADH1849SAUDI RESPONSE TO FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered the points contained in reftel on leveraging the FATF statement on Iran to Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA),on December 23. Dr. Hamidy responded by highlighting Saudi Arabia's active participation in FATF [...]
2008-12-23 15:13:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP SA IR
08RIYADH365SAUDI LEADERSHIP KEENLY INTERESTED IN PEACEFUL
[...] (S) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney led an 8-person delegation to Riyadh, February 26-27, to consult with senior Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) officials about possible U.S. engagement with the Kingdom on civilian nuclear [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP KGIC KNNP SA PREL IR PINR PGOV
08RIYADH582SAUDI FM ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] (S) The Ambassador delivered demarches on greater support for the current Government of Iraq (Reftel B) and for support against terrorism (Reftel C) to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on April 6. Saud was receptive to the request for greater support of the Nouri al-Maliki governme [...]
2008-04-07 12:49:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PNAT PTER PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH649SAUDI KING ABDULLAH AND SENIOR PRINCES ON SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, General Presidency of Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz, and Interior Minister Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz during their Apri [...]
2008-04-20 08:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL MOPS SA IR
08RIYADH708SAUDIS ON ASSISTING IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq and Economic Minister-Counselor Ambassador Charles Ries and a delegation from Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I, and NEA-I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 28-30 to discuss channeling $500 million of SAG funding for humanitarian assistan [...]
2008-05-01 11:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA ECON EFIN IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR
08RIYADH767S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO SAUDIS ON IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, along with MNF-I and Embassy Baghdad representatives, and Washington analysts, briefed three senior Saudi Arabian Governemnet (SAG) officials on May 6 and 10: Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Chief [...]
2008-05-14 09:19:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIR IZ LE MASS MCAP OVP PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08RIYADH768LEBANON: SAG FM SAYS UN PEACE KEEPING FORCE NEEDED
[...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield and an MNF-I/Embassy Baghdad team met with SAG Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on May 10. While Iraq was the main topic discussed, Saud brought up events taking place in Beirut and emphasized the need for a "security response" to Hizballah,s "mil [...]
2008-05-14 09:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIR IS IZ LE MASS MCAP MNUC MOPS PGOV PINR
08RIYADH925CODEL RAHALL IN SAUDI - DISCUSS OIL, IRAQ AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Rahall on a visit to Riyadh met with various senior Saudi officials including Governor of Riyadh Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Assistant Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salma [...]
2008-06-14 12:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB ENRG EPET IR KCRM KPAO PGOV PHUM
08ROME1040ITALY DEMARCHE DELIVERED, IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 09:02:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PINR PTER
08ROME1072ITALY: DELIVERY OF INFORMATION RE DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 07:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08ROME1093ITALY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN'S CANDIDACY FOR IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref B demarche to Italian MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Agreement Implementation Office Director Vittorio Rocco on August 27. Rocco said Italy regards Afghanistan's candidacy for the IAEA MESA Board of Governors' seat as a positive development that will encourage o [...]
2008-08-28 13:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY IT AF
08ROME1101EDISON CONCERNED ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF AZERI GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Italian energy company Edison told EconOff on an August 29 meeting that they are facing a tight deadline to fully commit to investing in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) project, planned to bring gas from Azerbaijan into Europe starting around 2012 or 2013. They a [...]
2008-09-02 07:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG GR IR IT RS TU
08ROME1359GOI WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Counselor Emanuele Farruggia, Director for Arms Control and Non Proliferation, confirmed to PolOff that the GOI would not be sending any official delegation to Iran's Nuclear Conference, to be held in Tehran on the 30th of November. Farruggia was not a [...]
2008-11-07 16:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC IR MNUC TRGY PGOV IT
08ROME1417ITALY WILL NOT FOLLOW USG IN DESIGNATING IRANIAN
[...] (C) On 29 October, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Romana Piscitelli, of the Italian Treasury's Financial Sanctions Unit, concerning the U.S. designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three other entities under E.O. 13382. Piscitelli said Italy follows only UN and EU rule [...]
2008-11-20 16:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08ROME1445ITALY REDUCES IRAN EXPORT CREDIT AND INSURANCE
[...] (C) Summary: SACE, the Italian government's export credit agency and foreign investment promotion and insurance arm, has over the last 12 months substantially reduced its exposure to Iran because of uncertainty surrounding future sanctions. SACE's Chief Economist told post that this reduction [...]
2008-11-28 13:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR
08ROME1530MOVING FORWARD ON COORDINATED NATIONAL MEASURES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 12 meeting in Rome of the "likeminded group" that focused on the implementation of national measures on Iran usefully brought Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea into the group (previously limited to France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Unite [...]
2008-12-17 13:06:00Embassy RomeSECRETKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1534ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]
2008-12-18 14:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1535ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]
2008-12-18 14:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1569ITALIAN MIN FIN CALLS REPORTS OF BANK SEPAH RESUMING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Italian Finance Ministry officials told Post that Iranian press accounts of Italy rescinding its restrictions on the Rome branch of Bank Sepah are "propaganda" and "totally inaccurate." Instead, Italian officials say the existing controls on Bank Sepah will be maintained. Moreov [...]
2008-12-23 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1573GEN PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WITH ITALIAN LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Italy's leaders warmly welcomed the December 9-10 visit of U.S. CENTCOM Commander, Gen. David Petraeus. In his meetings with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Defense Minister La Russa, Foreign Minister Frattini, and Italy's military leadership, Petraeus stressed that the situation in Afghani [...]
2008-12-24 10:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IZ IR LE PK
08ROME197ITALIAN THOUGHTS ON TRADE WITH IRAN IN THE RUN-UP
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) During a February 8 meeting, Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in multilateral export control regimes, including the Wassenaar Arrangement, told Econoff the GOI has stopped issuing [...]
2008-02-13 14:23:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC PREL PARM IR IT
08ROME247IRAN: ITALY CONTESTS EDISON DEAL VIOLATES ISA;
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. Summary. -------- 2. (C) Econ M/C delivered points on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) and reported investment by Italian energy company Edison in Iran's Dayyer Block to MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. Econ M/C also raised U.S. [...]
2008-02-28 16:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT
08ROME256ITALY SHARES US VIEWS IAEA IRAN BRIEFING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT
08ROME298ITALY: TERZI RECEIVED BANK MELLI POINTS IN ADVANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 14:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETEUN KNNP PARM IR IT
08ROME315ITALIANS CALL FOR "DEEP REFLECTION" ON EU IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. MFA Deputy Political Director Fillipo Formica told ECMIN on March 11 that GAERC discussions on Iran were "confused" and that a final decision on additional EU sanctions has been postponed until the next FMs meeting. At the GAERC lunch discussions on Iran, the GOI questioned EU [...]
2008-03-12 16:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN KNNP PARM PREL IR IT
08ROME323IRAN: FM D'ALEMA SAYS ITALY FED UP WITH EU3;
[...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 13, the Ambassador told FM D,Alema that Italy,s tactics on Iran were not working ) instead Italy was being isolated. D,Alema replied that Italy didn,t want to be told again by a small group of countries what it had to do without having any input. He said ot [...]
2008-03-14 11:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP PARM EUN IR IT
08ROME371ITALY ON IRAN SANCTIONS: MFA SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Non Proliferation Office Director Farruggia and Iran desk officer Kluzer in separate meetings on March 26 to urge swift Italian implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1803 (Ref A and B). Both said Italy supported a common EU policy on UNSCR 1803 implement [...]
2008-03-26 17:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP EUN IR IT
08ROME419ITALY: "ALREADY IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803"
[...] (C) Econ and Poloffs discussed reftels on UNSCR 1803 implementation with MFA Terrorist Financing, Iran, and Non-Proliferation desk officers on April 3. MFA officials said Italy had been pushing the EU to adopt an EU common position on UNSCR 1803 by the April 28 GAERC. On the question of Ital [...]
2008-04-04 14:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IR IT
08ROME449ITALY/IRAN: INTESA SAO PAOLO INVESTIGATION INTO
[...] (S/NF) Post has learned that the U.S. Department of Justice has passed to Italian authorities a request under our Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) for information regarding possible violations of U.S. and New York criminal law. Banca Intesa San Paolo (Italy's largest bank) is suspected o [...]
2008-04-10 06:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER ECON IT IR
08ROME471ITALIANS SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR GREATER REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 11:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR IT
08ROME523EEB DAS HENGEL PUSHES FOR MORE ROBUST ITALIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 14:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IR IT
08ROME525(C) DELIVERING TOUGH MESSAGES TO ENI CEO PAOLO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 5-6 visit to Washington, Post believes it would be helpful to U.S. interests if Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni is told very clearly of serious USG concerns about 1) his company's close collaboration with Russia's Gazprom and 2) his company's continuing involvement in Iran. E [...]
2008-04-24 14:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IR IT PGOV PREL RU
08ROME621ITALIAN FM CALLS ON HIZBALLAH TO AVOID CREATING A
[...] (C) In the absence of the FM, who was in Peru attending the EU-Latin America Caribbean Summit, we delivered reftel points May 16 to the PM's Diplomatic Advisor for the Middle East Marco Carnelos, to MFA Near East Office Director Carlo Formosa, and to Lebanon desk officer Michele Tommasi, who [...]
2008-05-16 14:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY IR IT
08ROME683(S) GOI TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT OF MACHINE TOOL TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On May 29, Econoff delivered to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Ref A non-paper on the export of an Italian compu [...]
2008-05-30 12:25:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IT IR
08ROME744ITALY ALERT TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A points on critical equipment needs for Iran's IR-2 centrifuge design to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for export controls and Italian participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on May 22. Liotto said he would pass the nonpaper to the [...]
2008-06-12 07:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR IT
08ROME883ITALIAN MFA SUGGESTS QUINT DISCUSSIONS ON P5+1
[...] (C) Poloff discussed points in reftel regarding U/S Burns attendance at the P5 1 meetings in Geneva with Italian MFA Non Proliferation Director Emanuele Farruggia July 17. Farruggia said Political Director Terzi appreciated Ambassador Spogli's phone call on July 16 regarding U/S Burns' parti [...]
2008-07-17 15:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM IR IT
08ROME910ITALY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION ABOUT ITALIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:40:00Embassy RomeSECRETIR IT MTCRE PARM PREL
08ROME998TREASURY U/S LEVEY NOTES ITALIAN COOPERATION ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Italy on July 14/15 to discuss efforts to increase financial pressure on Iran and prevent Iran from misusing the international financial system to support its proliferation activities. U/S Le [...]
2008-08-06 14:30:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PREL IT
08RPODUBAI34IRAN COMPLAINS OF BURDEN OF AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 14:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PHUM PREF AF
08RPODUBAI36SUBSIDY REFORM IS KEY FEATURE OF AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV ECON
08RPODUBAI37IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ON CASPIAN SEA ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 12:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV SENV PREL
08RPODUBAI39IRAN ON BRINK OF DECISION TO ENGAGE ON P5+1 OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Iranian press of Iran's reaction to the P5+1 proposal suggests that the Iranian government may propose talks based on the proposal's first step of pre-negotiations, featuring a "freeze for freeze." The Iranians continue to emphasize the common points of their May [...]
2008-07-02 14:12:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS IR
08RPODUBAI40MBC TO LAUNCH FILM CHANNEL AIMED AT PERSIAN SPEAKERS
[...] (C) Summary: The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) plans to launch an entertainment satellite TV channel on July 9 aimed at Iranian audiences that will show movies with Persian subtitles. The broadcast by the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based MBC will join a small number of satellite channels, larg [...]
2008-07-09 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOIIP PGOV PREL SCUL IR
08RPODUBAI41SECOND AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 09:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON IR
08RPODUBAI42IRAN IVLP ALUMNUS JAILED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 06:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI SCUL IR
08RPODUBAI43FORMER MP AND JOURNALIST ON VOA PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) Summary: Voice of America (VOA) is well-positioned as an alternative to state-run Iranian TV to provide uncensored, impartial information that can help advance reform in Iran, a former reformist member of Iran's Sixth Majles and journalist told IRPOff 22 July. The former MP is in contact w [...]
2008-07-24 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KPAO
08RPODUBAI44USG-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS IRANIANS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's first documentary film initiative, "Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus" was "a success" film festival primary coordinator Mashid Zamani told IRPoffs July 22. Zamani said that while she faced many challenges during the planning stages typical to any new project, the festi [...]
2008-07-29 13:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI45STAR TV TO LAUNCH PERSIAN LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL
[...] (C) Summary: STAR Group (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) intends to launch a Persian-dubbed satellite entertainment channel from Dubai in November or December that will target audiences in Iran and the region. STAR officials told the Charge d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Consul Gene [...]
2008-08-11 17:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI46MAJLES APPROVES AHMADINEJAD'S NEW CABINET NOMINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 14:22:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
08RPODUBAI47IRANIAN MERCHANT CLASS PREFERS POLITICAL STATUS QUO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 06:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON PGOV PREL IR
08RPODUBAI48IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...]
2008-10-23 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR
08RPODUBAI49[SOURCE REMOVED] OUTLINES IRC’S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (S) Summary and Background: IRPO officer met with [SOURCE REMOVED] on October 15 and 20, 2008 to discuss [DETAILS REMOVED] his knowledge [DETAILS REMOVED] Iran's Ministy of Information and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Gua [...]
2008-10-23 09:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP
08RPODUBAI50IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...]
2008-10-23 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD IR
08RPODUBAI51IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN
[...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...]
2008-10-28 08:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PROP PREL ECPS IR
08RPODUBAI52BAHAI FAMILY OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO BAHAI EXPERIENCE IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: IRPO Officer met on October 29 with an Iranian Baha'i family to discuss the conditions facing Baha'is in Iran. The family confirmed existing reporting regarding the persecution Baha'is face and provided detail into how the IRIG tracks the Baha'i population, operations of the Baha' [...]
2008-11-04 14:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR IR
08RPODUBAI53RETIRED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ON US ELECTION, IMPROVING US
[...] (S) IRPO Director met on November 6 with Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo (retired),who was in Dubai applying for a visa to attend the NYU Center for Dialogues Iran Conference in early December. Ambassador Khoshroo's scheduled presentation will address opportunities for US-Iran cooperation. Kho [...]
2008-11-10 10:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR IR
08RPODUBAI54TEHRAN AP PRODUCER ON MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, JOURNALISM
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with IRPOffs, Tehran Associated Press Television News (APTN) senior producer Reza Ganji detailed the AP's continuing efforts to maintain a foothold for American journalism inside Iran, challenges it faces in Iran's tense media environment, and some views abo [...]
2008-11-10 14:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP ECPS IR
08RPODUBAI55IRAN'S RAFSANJANI CALLS 1979 EMBASSY SIEGE A "MISTAKE"
[...] (C) Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gave an unusual speech at Sharif University on November 23 in which he acknowledged several "mistakes" that had occurred during the early period of the Islamic Revolution, including the siege of the American Embassy, and announ [...]
2008-11-24 15:26:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR IR
08RPODUBAI56TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIALS CONVEY IRIG INTEREST IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx based in Tehran, in separate conversations with IRPO officers, said that officials in Iran's Ministry of Interior are willing to work with the United States on issues relating to Afghanistan within a United Nations framework. Specifically, they noted that the IRIG is seeking c [...]
2008-11-26 11:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PREF IR AF
08RPODUBAI57TEHRAN DEPUTY MAYOR OUTLINES QALIBAF'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Tehran Deputy Mayor and head of Tehran's Urban Beautification Organization Hojatollah Mollasalehi told us in a brief meeting on December 18 that Tehran Mayor Qalibaf had not decided whether to run for president or not. Qalibaf's decision would depend on the prospects of President [...]
2008-12-23 14:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR
08SANAA1408YEMEN RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 13:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR GM YM
08SANAA2033YEMEN INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR YM
08SANAA490FUTURE BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 06:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR BA YM
08SANJOSE181COSTA RICA ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) On March 4 we met with Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, alternate Director General of the Foreign Policy Office of the MFA, Raldolph Coto, Coordinator of the Foreign Policy Office of the MFA, and with Juan Salas, of the MFA UNSC desk to deliver the full text of the resolution and to seek their view [...]
2008-03-07 11:42:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CS
08SANJOSE276DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 21:20:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC CS
08SANJOSE390DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] On May 12, we delivered reftel demarche to Adriana Murillo, Head of the MFA's UN Security Council Team and to Juan Salas, of the UNSC Desk. Both seemed unaware that a report was due and said that Costa Rica had not yet prepared one. They thanked us for the copy of the U.S. report and said they [...]
2008-05-14 16:23:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR CS
08SANJOSE685DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIANS UNDER
[...] (SBU) On August 19, we delivered Ref A demarche to Carlos Cordero at the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime. Cordero promised to follow the usual Costa Rican procedures of alerting Costa Rican intelligence and financial oversight agencies; however, since this is a [...]
2008-08-21 19:25:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CS
08SANJOSE883COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 13:47:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN
08SANJOSE884DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS
[...] For the record, on October 17, we delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Carlos Cordero, Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime, and to Foreign Policy Coordinator Randolf Coto, thanking the GOCR for joining in consensus. No substantive response was received. CIANCHETTE [...]
2008-11-13 14:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM CS
08SANSALVADOR1007DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC PREL IR GM ES
08SANSALVADOR1181GOES WILL CONSIDER UNSCR 1835
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 16:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MNUC PARM ES
08SANSALVADOR1400DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 22:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KNNO EFIN PARM IR ES
08SANSALVADOR405EL SALVADOR: UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 16:18:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC ES
08SANSALVADOR562TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 19:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR ES
08SANSALVADOR683LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 22:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR882DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (C) On July 24 PolOff delivered nonpaper regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Francisco Gonzalez, Security Affairs Officer at the MFA. While there was no immediate response, we will continue to follow up and report. 2. (C) Comment: Pr [...]
2008-07-25 18:53:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08SANTIAGO453SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO
[...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]
2008-05-16 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO553CHILE TO WELCOME IRANIAN TRADE DELEGATION IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian Ambassador to Chile Kambiz Jalali held a June 3 meeting with a high-ranking Chilean MFA official to secure approval of a planned November trade delegation visit to Chile. Chile confirmed its acceptance of the Iranian proposal via a diplomatic note signed by Deputy Fo [...]
2008-06-12 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON ETRD CI IR
08SANTIAGO666CHILE TO SEEK MODERATION IN NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL IR CI
08SANTIAGO678ISRAELI AND IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH CHILE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel and Chile have enjoyed amicable relations since the mid 20th century. Chile and Israel's economic ties are healthy and growing, albeit still a tiny percentage on both countries ledgers. Israel is monitoring Iranian influence in the region, which includes enhanced Iranian dip [...]
2008-07-21 13:00:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PINR PREL CI IR IS
08SANTIAGO781DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) POL officer delivered on August 21 reftel demarche regarding the five Iranian entities and individuals involved in facilitating and controlling the flow of support to Iran's nuclear weapons programs to: Christian Caamano, Chilean Investigative Police; Cristina Farah of the Bank Associati [...]
2008-08-28 16:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM CI
08SANTIAGO849CHILE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA AT UNGA
[...] (C) Summary. Chile supports U.S. and other efforts to advance human rights at the UN General Assembly and is likely to once again support country-specific resolutions expressing concern about conditions in Iran, Burma, and North Korea. Officials at the MFA's Office of Human Rights were recept [...]
2008-09-17 16:40:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR BM KN ZI SU CI
08SANTIAGO874TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 20:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ IR SY CI
08SANTIAGO980DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 15:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC PARM EFIN KNNP IR GM CI
08SANTODOMINGO1235PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER ON DRUGS, CHEVRON,
[...] (SBU) On July 23, in front of an audience that included President Fernandez and Acting U.S. DEA Chief, Dominican drug czar Marino Vinicio "Vincho" Castillo said that the United States is persistently obstructing the Dominican Republic's anti-drug efforts. Castillo said that this has harmed som [...]
2008-07-30 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ENRG SNAR IR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1333DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the designation of an additional five Iranian entities for proliferation activities to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no imme [...]
2008-08-22 17:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO1698DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the designation of additional Iranian entitites to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any su [...]
2008-11-05 12:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO502DEMARCHES ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND DUAL USE ITEM
[...] POLOFF delivered Ref A-B talking points on "Implementing the Travel Ban and Dual Use Item Provisions of UNSCR 1803" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs took our views on board but had no immediate reply. [...]
2008-04-09 17:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR UNSC DR
08SARAJEVO1868BOSNIA - MESIC AND DODIK GO AT IT AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic's strong criticisms of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dodik in a December 8 speech in New York provoked a sharp reaction from Dodik and an even fiercer counterattack from Dodik's political allies and the RS media. Mesic referred to Dodik as [...]
2008-12-15 14:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR BK
08SARAJEVO424BOSNIA - UNSCR 1803 PRESENTED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel non-paper, along with copies of UNSCR 1803 and the P5 1 Foreign Minister's statement, to Asim Dorovic, advisor to Foreign Minister Alkalaj. Dorovic had no immediate response, but pledged to convey the documents to FM Alkalaj and other senior MFA officials. He stated [...]
2008-03-05 11:24:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNF MNUC PARM BK IR
08SARAJEVO870BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans to the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was t [...]
2008-05-19 08:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK
08SARAJEVO871BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON
[...] (C) Summary: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans for the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was [...]
2008-05-19 11:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK
08SEOUL1085ROK RESPONSE TO IRANIAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to Kim Jae-woo, First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on 28 May. Kim relayed continued support for U.S. and UN efforts to curtail Iranian illicit procurement activities. He undert [...]
2008-05-28 23:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY UNSC
08SEOUL1207SEOUL RESPONSE/ACTION REQUEST: IRANIAN FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On June 17, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Acting Division Director Lee Sang-soo thanked Econoff for the two demarches (in Refs C&D) outlining Bank Mellat's recent proliferation act [...]
2008-06-17 04:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER KS IS UK CH HK
08SEOUL1231ROKG SUPPORTS P5+1 PACKAGE; WILL RAISE WITH IRAN
[...] (C) The DCM and Pol M/C delivered reftel talking points to ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon on June 18. DFM Lee was pleased to learn of the updated P5 1 incentives package as a step forward in seeking a comprehensive, longer-term solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. DFM Lee said h [...]
2008-06-20 01:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SEOUL1454SEOUL RESPONSE/ACTION REQUEST: CENTRAL BANK OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On July 23, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Deputy Division Director Lee Sang-soo thanked Econoff for the reftel demarche expressing USG concerns about the Central Bank of Iran's (Ba [...]
2008-07-23 02:47:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKNNP IR PREL PARM PINR KS EFIN
08SEOUL1456SEOUL RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 04:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR PARM KS EFIN
08SEOUL1746CONCERNS REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHIPS TO IRISL
[...] (S) Acting EconCouns met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials on September 02 to urge their government's help in preventing the delivery of additional ROK-built vessels to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. Sang Soo Lee of the Disarmament and Nonprliferation Divisio [...]
2008-09-04 05:23:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR IR CH KS
08SEOUL1830CONCERNS REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHIPS TO IRISL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Deputy Econ Couns returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade September 11 to receive initial ROKG response to Ref A request. Sung-hwan Lee of the Middle East Division and Si-jon Song of the North America Division I [...]
2008-09-16 05:41:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR IR KS
08SEOUL1882ROKG'S INIITIAL RESPONSE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON
[...] (C) Poloff presented reftel demarche and non-paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division on September 23. Deputy Director Kim Woo-see and Second Secretary Koh Young-kul said that they understood the importance of the message and that discussion of these i [...]
2008-09-23 06:56:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SK PINR
08SEOUL1988ROKG REACTION ON IRISL ANSWERS AND DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Deputy Econ Counselor met with MOFAT officials Sun-hwan Lee (Middle East Division) and Si-jon Song (North America Division) on October 6 to review Ref A IRISL demarche and to present Ref B responses to ROKG questions concerning the implications of the U.S. designation of IRISL. 2. (S) L [...]
2008-10-09 02:30:00Embassy SeoulSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR KS
08SEOUL2160ROKG ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 08:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM EFIN KS
08SEOUL2231IRAN FM MOTTAKI: COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on November 13 in Seoul with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan and Iraq might be possible, but would depend on whether the U.S. was "s [...]
2008-11-18 08:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KS KN AF IZ
08SEOUL2252ROKG RESPONSE TO IRAN-O-HIND DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Deputy Econcouns and econoff met with Si-jin Song, First Secretary in MOFAT's North American Division I, and Sung-hwan Lee, Second Secretary in MOFAT's Middle East Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Song and Lee listened attentively and took notes on the presentation. [...]
2008-11-21 08:27:00Embassy SeoulSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM IR KS PREL
08SEOUL2278FOLLOW UP WITH ROKG ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On November 18 econoff called on Lee Sang Soo, First Secretary in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Lee pledged to deliver the demarche to KoFIU and was pleased to hear tha ec [...]
2008-11-26 07:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP PREL PARM KS IR
08SEOUL2396ROK SUSPECTS DPRK SHIP TRANSPORTS ARMS TO IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary. Jae-woo Kim of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff on December 15 that the ROKG received information on December 14 that the North Korean vessel S [...]
2008-12-15 06:01:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL IR KS
08SEOUL2464DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE FOR IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 22 Deputy EconCouns and econoff took advantage of a call on other business to deliver reftel demarche to MOFAT Middle East Division Director Sung-kyu Kwak and Second Secretary [...]
2008-12-24 00:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR KS
08SEOUL2499ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...]
2008-12-31 02:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS
08SEOUL291(S) SHIELD S08F-05: ROK COMPANIES' SALE OF
[...] (S) On December 10, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). On February 5, Kim conveyed the results of the ROKG investigation into the activities the [...]
2008-02-13 09:24:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL ETTC KS IR
08SEOUL295ROKG SATISFIED WITH IAEA IRAN EXPORT DENIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 05:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA KS IR
08SEOUL362SEOUL RESPONSE: REQUEST TO HOLD U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation took immediate action following our reftel demarche on February 23. Non-prolifer [...]
2008-02-25 08:07:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK
08SEOUL422SEOUL UPDATE ON 747 AIRCRAFT BOUND FOR IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials in the Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and the Middle East discussed Ref (C) responses with Embassy officers on March 3. MOFAT had received the USG replie [...]
2008-03-04 03:39:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK
08SEOUL502ROK AGREES WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Kwak Sung-kyu, MOFAT Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, said that the ROK agreed with all of the reftel points detailing the U.S.'s assessment of the March 14 parliamentary elections. Instead of a public statement condemning the elections, however, Kim believed that a statement that exp [...]
2008-03-14 00:01:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08SEOUL573ROKG RESPONSE TO TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON
[...] (S/NF) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Director Lee Jang-keun on March 21. Director Lee said he would urge the relevant ROK authorities and business interests to cooperate with this request and [...]
2008-03-21 07:33:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SEOUL576KOREAN AIR AGREES TO COMPLY WITH TDO ON 747
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Lee Jang-kuen called in Emboffs March 22 to discuss the results of the ROKG's interagency meeting held yesterday on Ref (E) demarche [...]
2008-03-22 05:32:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR
08SEOUL650SEOUL RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF BANK MELLAT FOR
[...] (S) On April 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division Director Lee Jang-kuen thanked Econoff for the detailed, comprehensive demarche/non-paper outlining Bank Mellat's proliferation activities in Seoul (reftel). He reaffirmed the ROKG's com [...]
2008-04-01 07:25:00Embassy SeoulSECRETIR KNNP PARM PREL KS
08SEOUL736ROK ALREADY IMPLEMENTED UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND
[...] (C) In an April 11 meeting with poloff, MOFAT Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Kim Jae-woo said in response to reftel points that the ROKG had already implemented their obligations under UNSCRS 1737, 1747, and 1803 in imposing a travel ban on the Iranians named in the annex [...]
2008-04-11 06:53:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08SEOUL738ROK HAS FORGIVEN 80 PERCENT OF IRAQ DEBT, LOOKING
[...] (C) In an April 11 meeting with Gulf Region Division First Secretary Moon Byung-jun, poloff, per reftel, (1) requested SIPDIS that MOFAT attend the May 29 Ministerial in Stockholm, (2) recommended that the ROKG use its meetings with Iraq,s neighbors to encourage them to increase engagement w [...]
2008-04-11 07:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS PREL IZ IR TU EUN
08SEOUL796MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Deputy Minister for Multilateral, Global and Legal Affairs OH Joon called in the Charge on April 18 to request an update on Balli Group's (BG) compliance with Commerce's Temp [...]
2008-04-18 07:57:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR
08SHANGHAI195A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FROM FUDAN'S
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 24 meeting Fudan University American Studies Center Director Shen Dingli told incoming EAP/CM Director David Shear that the Sichuan earthquake, which had revealed much weakness in the Chinese government, would be a catalyst for positive change. He appraised the th [...]
2008-06-02 05:35:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG CH TW IR
08SHANGHAI253SHANGHAI SCHOLARS' VIEWS ON THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars described Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states as committed to cooperation on issues of common interest, but divided over any larger role the organization should play over the long term. The August 2008 summit will not break new ground but will [...]
2008-07-01 01:25:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH RS XD XE IR
08SHANGHAI386GEORGIA CRISIS TESTS SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 08:49:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH ENRG GG IR PREL RS XD XE
08SHANGHAI41SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON THE SENIOR DIALOGUE, SED,
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 meeting, EAP DAS Thomas Christensen and Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian exchanged views on the Senior Dialogue and Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Taiwan, Iran, North Korea, and China's non-interference principle. [...]
2008-02-01 06:22:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR CH TW IR BM
08SHANGHAI42SHANGHAI ACADEMICS DISCUSS TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 lunch, four of Shanghai's leading U.S.-China relations academics exchanged views with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on Taiwan, U.S.-China military relations, North Korea and China's non-interference principle. The academics expressed concerns about the domestic polit [...]
2008-02-01 06:28:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR CH TW IR BM
08SINGAPORE1341 DEMARCHE TO SINGAPORE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 04:59:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR SN
08SKOPJE164MACEDONIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 07:05:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR MK
08SKOPJE172MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA REGARDING UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 15:53:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MK KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08SKOPJE320MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803 DELAYED BY EARLY ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 11:53:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MK AORC
08SKOPJE402MACEDONIA: UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE CONVEYED;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 09:23:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR MK
08SOFIA110BULGARIA: GINGERLY SEEKING EXPANDED TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki visited Sofia on January 22 and a Bulgarian parliamentary delegation visited Tehran January 21-24. Bulgarian officials downplayed the contacts as "nothing special" but at the same time described plans to revive the Bulgaria-Iran Joint Economic Council and se [...]
2008-02-21 13:31:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENER PREL IR BU
08SOFIA123BULGARIA: SUPPORTIVE OF U. S. VIEWS ON IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 11:48:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNPP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BU
08SOFIA505TRANSCRIPT OF DOCUMENT HANDED OUT BY IRANIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The following is a transcript of an Iranian document, entitled "The Islamic Republic of Iran's Proposed Package for Constructive Negotiations," provided to us bu the Israeli Embassy. The Israelis found it "interesting" that the Iranian Ambassador handed it out to Bulgarian [...]
2008-07-25 14:28:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBU IR PGOV PREL
08SOFIA65BULGARIA ON KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Bulgarian FM Ivailo Kalfin discussed current Bulgarian thinking on Kosovo and Macedonia and gave a read-out from his January 22 meeting with Iranian FM Mottaki. Kalfin said it is likely no statement on an SAA for Serbia or an ESDP mis [...]
2008-01-28 14:54:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV SR IR BG
08SOFIA86BULGARIA: NON COMMITTAL ON DEMARCHE ON REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 07:42:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BU
08STATE101192INDICTMENT OF FOUR MALAYSIAN ENTITIES AND THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On September 17, a federal grand jury in Miami, Florida returned a superseding indictment charging eight individuals and eight corporations, including two individuals and two corporations in Malaysia, in conne [...]
2008-09-22 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL PARM IR MY
08STATE101519(S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States Government has information indicating that in April and again in mid-August 2008, the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal osci [...]
2008-09-23 16:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE101698ISN DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAYWARD'S MEETINGS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward led a State Department team in September 8 meetings with Ambassador Naela Gabr (Assistant Minister),Khalid Shamaa (Deputy Assistant Minister),and other Egyptian officials to discuss Nuclear Nonprolife [...]
2008-09-23 19:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT IAEA EG IS IR
08STATE101860HONG KONG'S JETPOWER SUPPLYING VARIETY OF METALS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information indicating that the Hong Kong firm Jetpower Industrial Ltd. has been working to supply Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA) with a variety of metals, including 7000 series and 2000 serie [...]
2008-09-23 23:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR CH HK
08STATE103737RESPONSE TO ROKG QUESTIONS REGARDING DELIVERY OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) Washington is providing the nonpaper in paragraph 4 to answer questions from the ROKG that arose in response to our demarche to Seoul regarding the delivery of ships [...]
2008-09-29 14:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR KS
08STATE104207UPDATE ON IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL OUTREACH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran will require to [...]
2008-09-30 15:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM IR MNUC UK GM FR BE IT SZ CH JP
08STATE1044IRAN,S ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND BANKING RELATIONSHIPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand its banking relationships with its Middle Eastern neighbors. This expansion is presumably a response to the increasi [...]
2008-01-04 18:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE104496DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) The United States designated the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass De [...]
2008-09-30 20:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG RE GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE105067IRAN/SWEDEN/NUCLEAR: COLENCO POWER ENGINEERING LIMITED'S ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON DESIGN OF NEW LIGHT WATER REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 20:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR MNUC PARM
08STATE105103MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran's Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]
2008-10-01 21:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS IR
08STATE105173IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran following the adoption of UNSCR 1835. 3. (U) BACKGROUND: On Saturday, 27 September 2008, the UN Securi [...]
2008-10-02 01:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM
08STATE105880A/S JENDAYI E. FRAZER,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A/S Jendayi E. Frazer met with Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Gadio September 25 on the margins of UNGA. They discussed South African President Mbeki,s resignation, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Senegal,s relationship with Iran, and the state of Senegal,s democratic institutions. END SUM [...]
2008-10-03 13:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR SF SG SU ZI
08STATE107113MALAYSIA-BASED, IRANIAN-RUN PROCUREMENT FIRM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that a Malaysia-based entity with ties to Iran's ballistic missile program was working to procure goods manufactured by the German firm Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM) on b [...]
2008-10-07 14:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR ML SN
08STATE108136(S) POSSIBLE NEW RUSSIAN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. BACKGROUND 2. (S/NF) RECENT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE COME TO AN INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO IRAN. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE PROVIDE [...]
2008-10-08 23:55:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL MASS RS IR
08STATE109141ADDITION OF IRANIAN-AFFIILIATED MAYROW TRADING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On September 17, 2008, the U.S. took a number of actions to help protect Coalition Forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan by implementing regulatory steps to disrupt the flow of U.S.-origin commo [...]
2008-10-10 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08STATE109147IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In mid September 2008, the U.S. shared with the GOJ information indicating that in June and July 2008, a procurement manager for the Iranian UAV entities Fan Pardazan and Qods Aviation (or Aeronauti [...]
2008-10-10 20:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR MY
08STATE109819IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S CONTINUED INTEREST IN PROCURING VACUUM FURNACE FROM SOUTH AFRICA (S)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 19:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08STATE109924IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM RECEIVES
[...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In June 2008, the U.S. shared with Taiwan authorities information that the Taiwan-based company Gotech Testing Machine Incorporated was working to sell testing equipment to Iran's liquid propellant miss [...]
2008-10-14 21:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR
08STATE109927EFFORTS BY IRAN TO ACQUIRE TAIWAN-ORIGIN MACHINE
[...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that in June 2008, Iran's Machine Sazi Tabriz was seeking to procure Taiwan-origin machine tools through two Turkish companies. We have previously discussed with Taiwan our concern [...]
2008-10-14 21:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
08STATE109928IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKS DRILLING
[...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that in August 2008, the Iranian company Saameh Company was seeking to procure electrical discharge machining drills from Taiwan's Joemars Machinery and Electrical Industrial Co [...]
2008-10-14 21:39:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR
08STATE111597FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PRC ON LIMMT'S CONTINUED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 16:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE111822(C) IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NON
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Action Request: The United States will announce in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 22 the imposition of sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). Thirteen entities in eight countries will be included. [...]
2008-10-21 12:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR
08STATE111835(S) SHIPMENT OF AMMONIUM NITRATE FROM IRAN
[...] (S//REL Oman) We have received information that Oman's Detonator Blasting and Contracting Company LLC purchased 400 metric tons of ammonium nitrate from the Iranian firm SAD Import and Export, a cover name used by Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO). Iran's Bank Saderat facilitated t [...]
2008-10-21 12:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL IR MU
08STATE111883IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Action Request: The United States will announce in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 22 the imposition of sanctions under the Iran North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). Thirteen entities in eight countries are included. One V [...]
2008-10-21 13:37:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR VE
08STATE112219(C) IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Action Request: The United States will announce in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 22 the imposition of sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). Thirteen entities in eight countries will be included. T [...]
2008-10-21 21:06:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
08STATE112442REPORT: ARF MULLS VISION STATEMENT, PUSHES DISASTER RELIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the October 8-10 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-sessional Support Group (ISG),ARF members discussed the foundational elements of an ARF Vision Statement to be drafted over the next year. The United States and a few others consistently encouraged ARF members to produce a [...]
2008-10-22 15:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF PTER NK BM IR ASEAN EAID MARR PK KNNP
08STATE112707RESPONSE TO BOFT ON GAMEPLAN LICENSE WA080820142628008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 21:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR MY
08STATE113680EFFORTS BY A MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN FIRM TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Singapore, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that in September 2008, the Malaysian firm Elite Advanced Solutions Sdn Bhd requested a price quotation for four sets of militarized servo actuators from a firm in Sing [...]
2008-10-24 18:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL SN MY IR
08STATE114408DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three, five, and six. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States designated the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction [...]
2008-10-27 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08STATE115017APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]
2008-10-28 23:33:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE115243RESPONSE TO POSSIBLE INCORPORATION OF JOINT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) Recent press reports suggest that Pakistan is considering the establishment of a joint shipping line with Iran to boost maritime cooperation and trade. Due [...]
2008-10-29 15:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PK
08STATE115454PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW SUPPLIES OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES FOR ASTANA AND TASHKENT: -- In coordination UK counterparts in country, Embassies Astana and Tashkent should convey to appropriate host government officials continuing U.S. concerns regarding possible Iranian at [...]
2008-10-29 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE118099CHINA'S LIMMT PREPARING POSSIBLE IMMINENT DELIVERY OF GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETERS TO BEIJING-BASED MODAFL REP FOR USE BY IRANIAN MISSILE ENTITY (S)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 21:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE118936IRAN'S UAV PROGRAM SEEKING TEST EQUIPMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 17:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
08STATE120694RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: FORMER IRANIAN RED
[...] (S) The Department is aware of Dr. Towfighi's referral to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and the urgency with which he needs to depart the UAE. Per Post's request, PRM will expedite his USRAP processing to the extent possible by requesting expedited Security Advisory Opinion clear [...]
2008-11-13 21:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP
08STATE121002RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]
2008-11-14 14:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE121818IRAN-INDIA JOINT VENTURE SHIPPING LINE IN TALKS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) Recent press reports have suggested that Iran-o-Hind Shipping is in talks with Hanjin Heavy Industries to purchase two 80,000-dwt post-Panamax bulker vessel [...]
2008-11-17 16:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KNNP PARM IR PREL
08STATE121841SWISS FIRM CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CRYSTAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September, we informed the Swiss government that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerland's Quartzcom AG on behalf of [...]
2008-11-17 17:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE122304SWISS FIRM CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CRYSTAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September, we informed the Swiss government that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerland's Quartzcom AG on behalf of [...]
2008-11-18 17:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ MY IR
08STATE122464FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: In coordination with French counterparts in country, Posts should reinforce the message that countries should not attend the 30 November 2008 &First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmenta [...]
2008-11-18 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE123035AUGUST 2008 VISIT TO NORTH KOREA BY A UAE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In July 2008, the U.S. raised with the UAE information indicating that North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working to acqui [...]
2008-11-19 22:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE KN
08STATE123074IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7-8. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: -- To note the 19 November 2008 release of reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the status of its respective investigations into the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs. -- To urge ho [...]
2008-11-20 00:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY
08STATE124520FOLLOW-UP ON IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 20:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
08STATE125123NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...]
2008-11-25 22:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI
08STATE125339INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE INDUSTRY AIDING IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have discussed the adoption of additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 15:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125441INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125496JOINT DEMARCHE WITH EUROPEAN LIKEMINDED ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Government of Switzerland to prompt its implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGROU [...]
2008-11-26 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125551SUBSTANTIVE REVISION: INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125658COORDINATED DEMARCHE ON IRAN WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Republic of Korea and Malaysia regarding the implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGR [...]
2008-11-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE127071UPCOMING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To inform our outreach partners in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea that they will soon be contacted by the Government of Italy to participate in a meeting in Rome on 12 December 2008 to discuss the impl [...]
2008-12-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ENRG ETTC EUN IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE128877RESPONSE TO SAUDI REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL SAU) During the week of 13 October and in response to ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's encouragement to help increase pressure on Iran to change course, Saudi MFA Undersecretar [...]
2008-12-08 17:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN IR KNNP PARM PINR PREL
08STATE129873APPROACHES TO EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: To thank Israel for its interest in coordinated demarches to East Asian countries on increasing financial pressures on Iran, to provide an update on our current coordinated demarches with the UK, France, Germany a [...]
2008-12-10 20:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR IS KNNP PREL XE
08STATE130200INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-11 16:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE13055(S) SWISS FIRM EXPORTS MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN,
[...] (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180-CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin, an entity with a history of procuring items on behalf of Iran's defense industry (including the Shahid Hemmat Industr [...]
2008-02-07 20:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE132055PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE GOS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In late September 2008, we shared with the Swiss government information indicating that the Malaysian-based procurement firm Evertop Services was working to acquire crystal oscillators from Switzerla [...]
2008-12-17 15:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
08STATE132095INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-17 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE132635IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND BANKING RELATIONSHIPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Representatives in the Iranian government have met with counterparts in the Ghanaian government to discuss the opening of an Iranian bank in Ghana. Given Iran's attempts to evade UNSC sancti [...]
2008-12-18 21:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE133198DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) THE UNITED STATES ON DECEMBER 17, 2008, DESIGNATED TWO IRANIAN ENTITIES OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN UNDER U.S. EXECUTIVE ORDER (E.O.) 13382 (BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS [...]
2008-12-20 01:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08STATE13345TALKING POINTS ON IRAN: ELECTIONS, THIRD
[...] (SBU) Over the next two months, a number of key events related to Iran will take place: the UN Security Council is expected to adopt a third Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Iran; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General ElBaradei will issue a late February report on [...]
2008-02-08 15:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IAEA
08STATE133865UAE INTERMEDIARY USED TO DISGUISE IDENTITY OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: We have information indicating that as of early November 2008, the UAE-based firm Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC was working to provide Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company [...]
2008-12-23 14:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
08STATE134297IRAN'S UAV PROGRAM SEEKING GERMAN-ORIGIN ENGINES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) We want to inform French authorities that as of mid-November 2008, a procurement official affiliated with Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program was seeking German-origin engines via the French intermediary Technical As [...]
2008-12-24 13:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FR GM
08STATE14066(S) ADVISING THE PRC OF LIMMT'S CONTINUED
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: Since February 2006, we have repeatedly discussed with China our concerns regarding the proliferation-related trading activities of the Chinese firm Dalian Sunny Industries, which is also [...]
2008-02-11 18:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE14230DUBAI CITES FATF IRAN STATEMENT IN WARNING TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On January 7, 2008, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) issued an advisory to all Senior Executive Officers of DFSA-regulated firms regarding dealings w [...]
2008-02-11 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR XF ZP AE
08STATE14956USG QUESTIONS ON UAE JANUARY 31 NOTICE ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On 31 January, the UAE notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee of its intention to authorize-under paragraph 15 of UNSCR 1737-payments due under contracts with Bank Sepah entered into prio [...]
2008-02-13 20:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM XF ZP AE
08STATE15220(S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST CHAMBER TO IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 14:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE15648APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...]
2008-02-14 23:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM
08STATE16174NONPAPERS FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO 25 FEBRUARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Department requests that post deliver as soon as possible two nonpapers to the UAE in preparation for the Counterproliferation Task Force Meeting scheduled for February 25. --------- OBJECTI [...]
2008-02-15 23:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR KNNP PREL PARM XF ZP AE
08STATE18255REQUEST FOR KOREA TO HOLD CIVILIAN U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-23 00:29:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC IR KS PARM PREL UK
08STATE18821CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND
[...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]
2008-02-25 22:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08STATE2004U.S.-QATAR GULF SECURITY DIALOGE (GSD) DECEMBER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The third round of the U.S.-Qatar Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) took place in Washington on December 18, with Qatari officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Interior representing the Government of Qatar. The meeting reinforced our mutual commitment to the [...]
2008-01-08 20:03:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR IR MASS PREL QA IZ LE
08STATE21770UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]
2008-03-04 01:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22047UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei and Under Secretary Burns met February 25 immediately prior to the P5 1 Political Directors, meeting on Iran. AFM He highlighted U.S.-Chinese agreement on the strategic importance of diplomatic approaches to North Korea and Iran. [...]
2008-03-04 17:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETBM CH ECON ENRG IR PGOV PREL XD
08STATE22352APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]
2008-03-04 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE23763FOLLOWING-UP WITH INDIA ON THE XXXXXXXXXXXX GRAPHITE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In October 2007, we shared with Indian officials information indicating that India's XXXXXXXXXXXX had offered French-origin, MTCR-controlled graphite blocks to Iran's Ward Commercial Company (Ref A). Ward had previously bee [...]
2008-03-07 15:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
08STATE26066(S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Per Refs C and D, since October 2005 the United States and Switzerland have been engaged in a dialogue regarding the activities of the Swiss-based entity BB Engineering - a firm that has been procuri [...]
2008-03-12 21:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08STATE27642DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Washington requests that addressees notify host Government/EU officials that the United States designated Future Bank, Bahrain under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass [...]
2008-03-17 16:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR BA
08STATE27996(S) INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION
[...] (S/NF) Washington has information to share with Chinese authorities regarding a shipment of proliferation concern that originated in China and was seized in Dubai while en route to Iran. The cargo was seizes in November 2007 and was being transported on the &M/V Seventh Ocean8. Additionally, [...]
2008-03-18 12:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM AE CH IR
08STATE2881ACTION REQUEST: PUBLIC TALKING POINTS ON IRAN IN
[...] (U) This is an joint OSD-State action request; see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Department of State and Department of Defense have prepared talking points that Posts should draw on when asked by their interlocutors about Iran's role in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) Action Request: At [...]
2008-01-10 15:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR MOPS IZ PARM PREL PIN
08STATE29098ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF BANK MELLI, BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) This cable provides additional information for addressees to deliver along with the information in REF A. ------------------------ OBJECTIVE/ACTION RE [...]
2008-03-20 14:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IR
08STATE29344REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) As part of our effort to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 Chapter VII obligations, Washington is in the process of considering the designation pursuant to Executive [...]
2008-03-20 19:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR
08STATE29398PRESENTATION OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRAN-RELATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 and the Financial Action Task Force's February 2008 statement on the deficiencies of Iran's anti-money laundering and combating ter [...]
2008-03-20 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE29412(U) PROVIDING THE FRG WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Background: In June 2007 we advised German officials that as of late April 2007, an entity affiliated with the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG - Iran's leading developer of liquid-propellant ballistic missiles) was seeki [...]
2008-03-20 20:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
08STATE29417RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On March 19, 2008, Embassy Colombo requested approval to use proposed press guidance points (REFTEL A) if asked about Citibank's blockage of overflight funds paid b [...]
2008-03-20 20:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM XD XO CE
08STATE29855UK-BASED IRANIAN BANKS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Malta's Ministry of Finance conveyed its concerns regarding attempts by two banks located in the United Kingdom, Melli Bank PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Melli Tehran, and Persia Internatio [...]
2008-03-21 19:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD UK MT
08STATE30247INFORMATION ON IRAN,S USE OF BANK MELLAT SEOUL FOR PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 15:46:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EINV MNUC IR
08STATE31941(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH THE NETHERLANDS ON A DUTCH
[...] This is an action request. Embassy The Hague, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Objective: In February 2008, the U.S. alerted the government of the Netherlands (GON) to efforts by the Dutch firm Inter Connection Technologies (InCo Tech) to supply high-density military-grade [...]
2008-03-27 21:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08STATE32250UAE-BASED FIRM'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY CZECH-ORIGIN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Prague, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Between July 2007 and January 2008, the UAE-based aerospace firm Noor Aerospace Technologies was working to supply the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA) with several types of jet en [...]
2008-03-28 17:17:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL EZ IR AE
08STATE32956UAE-BASED FIRM'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Between July 2007 and January 2008, the UAE-based aerospace firm Noor Aerospace Technologies was working to supply the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA) with several types of jet engines [...]
2008-03-31 18:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE33385IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department announces the availability of funds for programs to support civil society, human rights, and rule of law in Iran. The Iran small grants program is an opportunity for posts to strengthen their contacts with the Iranian diaspora and advance the U.S. goal of suppor [...]
2008-04-01 17:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AFIN AMGT ECON IR KDEM KPAO PREL
08STATE33674IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3 for action. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To encourage countries to prohibit the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 and solicit information on domestic procedures in place to ensure that designated [...]
2008-04-01 23:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08STATE34305SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]
2008-04-03 01:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08STATE34306CANADA IMPLEMENTING DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para four. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Nuclear Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht confirmed on April 1 that Canada will implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1803, and that the gov [...]
2008-04-03 01:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP NSG IR CA
08STATE35867(S) RESPONDING TO SWISS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In Ref A, we advised Swiss officials of information indicating that in July 2006, the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines SA sold a model 180- CCN high-precision lathe to Iran's Schiller Novin - an entity with a history [...]
2008-04-07 18:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ IR
08STATE35977(S) SHIELD S05-08: IMMINENT TRANSFER OF CW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that a shipment of 1000 metric tons of the CW precursor chemical sodium sulfide (also spelled sulphide) from China to Iran is imminent. Specifically, the Chinese company China Northern Ch [...]
2008-04-07 20:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE37260M/V IRAN TEYFOURI: FOLLOWING UP ON SHIPMENTS OF
[...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to follow-up on an April 8 National Security Council meeting with Chinese DCM Xie Feng to provide additional information on the January voyage of the M/V Iran Teyfouri, press China to reconsider its decision on the proposed visit of a State experts team t [...]
2008-04-09 23:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
08STATE37414ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN-RELATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On March 20, the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to U.S. financial institutions on the risks to the inter [...]
2008-04-10 13:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE39100REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Action Request: In June 2007, the USG provided information (ref A) to the PRC concerning a shipment by the China branch of Taiwan's Yuan Sheng Aluminum Manufacturing Corporation of 7075-T651 aluminum plates to Ir [...]
2008-04-14 20:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL CH IR TC
08STATE39690(S) CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO IRAN'S MISSILE
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: Since November 2006, we have discussed with PRC authorities extensive cooperation between the Chinese company Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation (STBPI) and Iran's bal [...]
2008-04-15 21:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE40087(S) PROVIDING THE FRG CLARIFICATION ON ROLES OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since November 2005, we have worked with German authorities to prevent Iran's solid propellant missile developer - the Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG) - from procuring environmental test chambers from the G [...]
2008-04-16 19:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
08STATE41998ENDING USG PARTICIPATION IN DEFENSE EXPO
[...] (C) Department understands that the Government of Malaysia will permit four Iranian defense entities to begin participating in the Defense Services Asia expo on Tuesday, April 22 (reftels). 2. (C) Should the Iranian companies open their exhibits, Post is instructed to end all USG associat [...]
2008-04-21 22:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL IR MY
08STATE4206USG QUESTIONS ON PAKISTAN DECEMBER 18 NOTICE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On 18 December, Pakistan notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee of its intention to authorize-under paragraph 15 of UNSCR 1737-payments due under contracts with Bank Sepah entered into prior [...]
2008-01-14 21:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE42905US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the April 10 U.S.-EU-Canada trilateral meetings on Iran for the Slovenian EU Presidency, all three delegations agreed that Iran sought to undermine everything that the international community sought to achieve in the Middle East, and that its nuclear program and state spo [...]
2008-04-23 16:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
08STATE43113(C) INFORMING REGIONAL PARTNERS OF UPCOMING
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Action addresee posts are requested to approach host governments to advise them of three overlapping U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) deployments in April and May 2008. (NOTE: This message is info only for Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.) 2. (C) Objective: To unde [...]
2008-04-23 23:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SA AE BA KU QA MU JO EG IR IZ XF
08STATE43381REVIEW URGED ON ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT BANK WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) We have information that the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) was working, as of mid March 2008, with Iraqi shareholders to establish a joint bank in Erbil, Ir [...]
2008-04-24 14:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR EZ KNNP PARM PTER
08STATE43492REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK SADERAT,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The United States has concerns about Bank Saderat's growing presence in Greece, both in size and profit margin. The U.S. designated Bank Saderat, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, for providing sup [...]
2008-04-24 16:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XG XT ZL ZS GR
08STATE43742APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...]
2008-04-24 21:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH
08STATE44841UN SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IAEA IR
08STATE49730FOLLOWING-UP WITH INDIA ON THE NICKUNJ GRAPHITE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In October 2007, we shared with Indian officials information indicating that India's Nickunj Eximp Enterprises had offered French-origin, MTCR-controlled graphite blocks to Iran's Ward Commercial Company (Ref A). [...]
2008-05-09 20:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
08STATE50301(S) UAE-BASED INTERMEDIARY WORKING TO SUPPLY
[...] This is an Action Request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: In November 2006, we provided German officials information indicating that Iran was in possession of L550E engines manufactured by the German firm Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH & Co. - likely supplied by t [...]
2008-05-12 21:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW IR AE
08STATE51207REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK MELLI BRANCH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------- 2. (S) The United States has information that Bank Melli may be seeking to establish a branch in Pakistan. UNSCR 1803 named Bank Melli as a bank of particular concern and called upon all states [...]
2008-05-14 15:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETTC GM GR IR KNNP MNUC XG XT ZL ZS
08STATE52030CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: To encourage Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) to conduct outreach to manufacturers, law enforcement, and customs officials within their countries [...]
2008-05-15 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC
08STATE52061LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Posts should draw from the background in paragraphs 5-11 when making this demarche. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Arab League mediation has arrested Lebanon's descent into renewed civil war. However, the calm is fragile, the Hizballah [...]
2008-05-16 01:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL LE SY IR
08STATE52481(S) NIAG 8064: IRAN SEEKS RUSSIAN-ORIGIN NEUTRON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Washington has information that a Malaysian firm with ties to Iran is seeking Russian-origin neutron generators from the All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (II) (VNIIA). Neutro [...]
2008-05-16 18:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR
08STATE53081EFFORTS TO EVADE TAIWAN'S EXPORT CONTROL
[...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In light of our extensive cooperation with Taiwan under the export control "Gameplan," we want to alert Taiwan authorities to efforts by Johann Mair to circumvent Taiwan's export controls. Specifically, in [...]
2008-05-19 16:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW CH IR
08STATE53303IRANIAN COMPANY INTEREST IN PROCURING VACUUM
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Pretoria, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that as of mid-February 2008, Iran-based Sabalan Company was provided with technical specifications for a possible South African-origin VGT-1200-1200 high temperature vacuum f [...]
2008-05-19 20:54:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08STATE53922U/S JEFFERY AND ITALIAN ENI CEO SCARONI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery met with Italian energy firm Eni's CEO Paolo Scaroni on May 6 in Washington. Scaroni came to Washington seeking U.S. views on Eni's activities in Iran and to discuss its growing relationship with Russia's Gazprom. U/S Jeffery pushed back hard when [...]
2008-05-20 21:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC EFIN EUN LY AG TU RS IR IT
08STATE5439(S) IRANIAN MISSILE ENTITY INTEREST IN PURCHASING
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose: The U.S. has information indicating that as of early December 2007, Iran's primary solid-fueled ballistic missile entity, the Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG),had plans to purchase a [...]
2008-01-17 17:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL GM IR
08STATE54639APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...]
2008-05-21 22:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO
08STATE54797IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: PLANS FOR NEW TURKISH DEAL ON
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 3 and 4 below. 2. (SBU) Washington thanks post for its reporting on Turkey's plans to develop Iranian South Pars gas for Turkish and European consumption. On the margins of the April 17 Economic Partnership Commission with Turkey, EEB DA [...]
2008-05-22 13:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL TU
08STATE55497ITALIAN MACHINE TOOLS SOLD TO IRANIAN CLIENTS VIA
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that the Italian machine tool manufacturer, CMS Industries, sold computer numerical controlled (CNC) processing machines to clients in Iran. Specifically, CMS Industries sold to [...]
2008-05-23 15:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IT IR
08STATE5584FOLLOW-UP: BANK MELLI ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In November, REF A cautioned that Iran's Bank Melli has reached an agreement in principle to purchase a Turkish bank. Other recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand [...]
2008-01-17 20:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR TU EFIN ETTC
08STATE57532SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]
2008-05-29 18:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE59149USG LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION DURING CERTAIN MEMBER
[...] This cable provides guidance on USG level of representation during certain member states' official presentations during the June 3-5 UN Food Security Conference in Rome. 2. The Department understands that Iran, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe will be represented by their heads of state at the Ro [...]
2008-06-03 01:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID IR ZI VE CU
08STATE59707SEEKING GERMAN SUPPORT ON ENDING RUSSIAN ARMS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. SUMMARY 2. (C) U.S. officials have provided briefings to countries on Russian arms sales of concern and asked appropriate officials to raise these sales with Russian officials. German Chancellor Merkel is meeting with Russian Preside [...]
2008-06-03 22:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08STATE60123ICI ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE - STOCKHOLM, MAY 29,
[...] (U) Posts may draw upon this report as needed in their discussions with host governments about Iraq. 2. (U) Summary: In a meeting that most participants and commentators agreed helped to improve international perceptions of Iraq, eighty-four countries and twelve international organizations [...]
2008-06-04 18:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL SW EUN
08STATE60442PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The U.S. recently shared information with Pakistan, the EU3 and Israel that Bank Melli may be seeking to establish a branch in Pakistan (REF A). We understand (REF B) [...]
2008-06-05 14:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PTER FR UK GM IR
08STATE61123ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BANK MELLAT SEOUL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The U.S. recently shared information with the ROKG on Bank Mellat Seoul's involvement in Iranian proliferation activities (REF A). The ROK's response (REF B) observed t [...]
2008-06-06 15:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER KS IS UK
08STATE61421(S) POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF HELICOPTER PARTS TO IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: The U.S. has information indicating that the Rome based office of a Swiss firm has been providing Iran with U.S.-origin helicopter parts. Such transfers may be in violation of the company's obligations to the United States and could result in the imposition of sanctions or the co [...]
2008-06-06 21:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC MASS PREL IT SZ IR
08STATE62450APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17
[...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 24. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on Jun [...]
2008-06-10 18:57:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE
08STATE63693SHUTTING DOWN BANK SEPAH AND REVIEWING IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/REL IRAQ) Following a report in late May 2007 that Bank Sepah intended to open up a branch in Baghdad, U.S. officials approached Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi [...]
2008-06-12 21:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR IZ KNNP PARM PTER
08STATE63757INSTRUCTIONS FOR STATEMENT IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] Mission should draw on the following in making a statement in the June 13 meeting of the UN Security Council at which Iran sanctions will be discussed. 2. Begin Text. Three months ago, this Council adopted Resolution 1803 to impose additional sanctions on Iran. These sanctions, as well [...]
2008-06-13 01:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE63929IRANIAN DECEPTIVE FINANCIAL PRACTICES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) We have information about Iranian deceptive financial practices that may be occurring in addressees' jurisdictions. We want to alert host governments and urge them to [...]
2008-06-13 14:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK
08STATE63960ACTION REQUEST:P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION: In advance of Javier Solana,s planned June 14 trip to Iran to present the updated P5 1 incentives package, action posts should immediately brief senior host government officials drawing upon the talking points in paragr [...]
2008-06-13 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL UNSC KNNP PARM FR UK CH RS BA KU MO JO TS
08STATE64225TRAVEL WARNING - IRAQ
[...] This Travel Warning updates the current security situation and reiterates the dangers of the use of civilian aircraft and of road travel within Iraq. This supersedes the Travel Warning of July 23, 2007. 2. The Department of State continues to strongly warn U.S. citizens against travel to [...]
2008-06-13 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PTER IR
08STATE64254(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH THE PRC ON ITS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: Since February 2006, we have repeatedly discussed with China our concerns regarding the proliferation-related trading activities of the Chinese firm Dalian Sunny Industries, which is a [...]
2008-06-13 22:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08STATE67220IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM'S INTEREST IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: We have information indicating that in mid-December 2007, the Iranian firm Sazeh Morakab Company Ltd. provided information on two types of carbon fibers manufactured by the Japanese company Toray to an e [...]
2008-06-23 17:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
08STATE67404PROVIDING THE GOF WITH NEW INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Helsinki, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On several occasions since 2006, we have raised our concerns with the government of Finland regarding the Finnish firm Vaisala Oy acting as a supplier to Iranian entities of concern (Refs). In late 2007, we a [...]
2008-06-23 20:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FI
08STATE67405IRANIAN COMPANY EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that in July 2007, a company affiliated with Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) concluded a contract with the Iranian firm Taghtiran Kashan Company to purchase South African-origin [...]
2008-06-23 20:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL SF IR
08STATE67950BANK SADERAT OPENS NEW BRANCH IN QATAR
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand its banking relationships with its Middle Eastern neighbors. This expansion is presumably a response to the increased [...]
2008-06-24 21:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM XF ZP ZR QA ECON
08STATE69050OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69051OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69056OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...]
2008-06-26 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE69996CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN SEEKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Washington has information that the Central Bank of Iran (Bank Markazi) is interested in conducting business with the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) in Seoul. We are concerned that financial rela [...]
2008-06-30 15:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR PREL PARM PINR KS EFIN
08STATE70009IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM ATTEMPTING TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: We have information that between January and March 2008, Taiwan's Gotech Testing Machine Incorporated was working to sell a thermal shock chamber and associated spare parts to Iran's Shahid Hemmat Indus [...]
2008-06-30 16:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR
08STATE70163EFFORTS BY IRAN TO PROCURE TAIWAN-ORIGIN MACHINE
[...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: In September 2007, we alerted Taiwan authorities to a shipment of four vertical machining centers by Taiwan's CNC Takang Company to Iran via an entity in the UAE (Ref A). Because this export appeared t [...]
2008-06-30 19:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR IN
08STATE72026REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR
[...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Washington has information that a Chinese company with a history of procuring commodities of concern for Iran,s Ministry of Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) is preparing a shipment destined for Iran,s Defense Industries Organization (DIO) in possible contravention of United [...]
2008-07-03 22:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETCH IR PARM PREL
08STATE74750DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON IRANIAN BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, France and the United Kingdom will jointly, through their respective UN missions, provide information to the UNSC President and Chairman of the Iran Sanctions Committee on Iranian [...]
2008-07-11 19:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIO ISN NEA IR TREAS
08STATE75132RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ITALIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In May 2008, the U.S. provided information to the GOI that the Italian machine tool manufacturer, CMS Industries, sold computer numerical controlled (CNC) processing machines to clients in I [...]
2008-07-14 15:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IT IR
08STATE75161(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE GOF ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Helsinki, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On several occasions since 2006, we have raised our concerns with the government of Finland (GOF) regarding the Finnish firm Vaisala Oy acting as a supplier to Iranian entities of concern (Refs). In late 2007 [...]
2008-07-14 16:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FI
08STATE75702APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 22-23
[...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on [...]
2008-07-15 14:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08STATE76596DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters") on July 8, 2008. [...]
2008-07-16 21:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08STATE76649TALKING POINTS: U/S BURNS TO ATTEND P5+1
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns will join EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana and P5+1 Political Directors in a meeting with Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva on July 19. This cable provides talking points Posts may use to respond to inquiri [...]
2008-07-16 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM IR
08STATE7679APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28-
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...]
2008-01-24 23:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STATE77529MALAYSIAN PROLIFERATOR,S INTEREST IN BELGIAN DATA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brussels, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: We have information indicating that as of June 2008, the Malaysian-based firm Evertop Services Sdn Bhd sought A9910 advanced data acquisition systems for earth observation satellites fr [...]
2008-07-18 17:23:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY
08STATE77660(S) RESPONDING TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) Background: Since November 2005, we have worked with German authorities to prevent Iran's solid propellant missile developer - the Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG) - from procuring environmental test chambers from the G [...]
2008-07-18 19:52:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR AEC
08STATE80088DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING
[...] (SBU) The department requests that action addressees pursue the following objectives with regard to host government's potential attendance at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting in Tehran, July 27-30, 2008. Posts should: -- Determine from host governments wheth [...]
2008-07-24 22:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR
08STATE80523UAE FIRM,S INTEREST IN CONTROLLED SWISS MACHINE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG [...]
2008-07-25 18:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE81076COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE FOLLOW UP: MAYROW
[...] (SBU) Post is requested to deliver the nonpaper in para 3 to Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yacoub al Hosani. End action request. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) Post should achieve the following objectives: -- Thank UAE officials for [...]
2008-07-28 17:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR AE
08STATE81148LIBYAN BANK IN BAHRAIN SEEKING NEW RELATIONSHIPS
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Washington has information that Libyan bank Alubaf Arab International Bank EC is seeking new financial relationships with Iranian banks. We are concerned that this could also involve the bank's T [...]
2008-07-28 19:38:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM XA XF XI TS LY ECON
08STATE81214(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG. In [...]
2008-07-28 21:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ AEC IR
08STATE81224VISIT TO THE UAE BY REPRESENTATIVE OF NORTH
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In June 2008, North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, Korean Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working to acquire a visa so that its representative could travel to the United [...]
2008-07-28 21:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE81940IRANIAN COMPANY'S EFFORTS TO PROCURE A
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In October 2005, we provided the Government of Spain (GOS) with information indicating that the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. was involved in a number of deals in 2004 and 2005 to sell comput [...]
2008-07-30 15:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08STATE83144EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------- SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (S//NF) Washington is currently initiating a more focused strategy to prevent shipments of commodities of concern to Iran. We are approaching countries and asking them to inf [...]
2008-08-01 19:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON KNNP PARM PTER IR CH PINR
08STATE84151(S) AIR KORYO FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 23:19:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC BG BM IN IR KN PK
08STATE84562(SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's July 23,
[...] Classified by NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) July 23; 4:30pm; Washington, DC, USA. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost (D Staff) Jonathan Peccia (NEA Notetaker) Israel LTG Gabi Ashkenazi Defense [...]
2008-08-06 19:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER OVIP IR IS
08STATE84841IRANIAN PROLIFERATION-RELATED FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) We are increasingly concerned about financial transactions between Syrian and Iranian WMD proliferation entities and want to alert addressees to transactions that may b [...]
2008-08-07 16:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR
08STATE85096USG QUESTIONS ON CHINA AUGUST 1 NOTICE ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On August 1, China notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee of its intention to authorize-under paragraph 15 of UNSCR 1737-payments due under contracts with Bank Sepah entered into prior to [...]
2008-08-07 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE88167ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR TAIWAN ON JOHANN
[...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: In May 2008, the U.S. alerted Taiwan authorities that an individual named Johann Mair was attempting to sell Taiwan-origin, computer numerically controlled (CNC) vertical machining centers to the Iranian [...]
2008-08-15 20:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW IR
08STATE88759DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH THREE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) THE UNITED STATES DESIGNATED AN ADDITIONAL 5 IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER E.O. 13382 ("BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS") ON AUG [...]
2008-08-19 00:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08STATE90515MALAYSIAN FIRM SUPPLYING GERMAN-ORIGIN TEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States has information indicating that a Malaysian firm has been working to acquire German-origin test chambers on behalf of Amin Ravan, an Iranian procurement agent. The Malaysian entity, T [...]
2008-08-22 14:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR ML SN
08STATE92637PROVIDING BELGIUM ADDITIONAL INFO ON MALAYSIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brussels, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In late July 2008, we advised Belgian officials of information indicating that as of June, the Malaysian-based firm Evertop Services Sdn Bhd sought A9910 advanced data acquisition syst [...]
2008-08-28 18:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY
08STATE92723ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]
2008-08-28 20:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93558(S) SHIPMENT OF CHINESE ORIGIN GOODS DESTINED FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL IR CH UK AS
08STATE93583PREVENTING ESTABLISHMENT OF IRANIAN JOINT BANK IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The United States has information that Iran is engaged in efforts to establish a joint bank in Indonesia between Iran's Bank Melli and an Indonesian bank. We believe on [...]
2008-09-02 13:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR ID
08STATE93943APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR IRAN SMALL
[...] (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs (NEA/IR) announces that the application deadline for the Iran Small Grants program has been extended to November 15, 2008. 2. (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs has funds available for small grants at addressee posts to support civil society, human rig [...]
2008-09-02 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KPAO ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON IR
08STATE93970LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]
2008-09-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08STATE94499(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH SWEDEN ON DEALINGS BETWEEN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since 2004, we have worked closely with Swedish officials in an effort to curtail assistance to Iran by the Swedish entity Mahaco. These efforts have resulted in subjecting Mahaco's activities to increased scrutiny [...]
2008-09-03 21:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA SW IR
08STATE95843VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...]
2008-09-08 15:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UK IS FR
08STATE96555TTWG -- SNIPER RIFLES OFFERED TO IRAN'S MINISTRY
[...] This is an Action Request - Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Summary: We have information that in mid-May 2008 the Iranian Ministry of Defense was offered 40 German-made Unique Alpine sniper rifles and associated equipment by the French company TAC International. We believe that the rifles w [...]
2008-09-09 21:54:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC GM FR AU IR
08STATE97129USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN UNSC MEETING ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 02:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE97389REVISED: VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...]
2008-09-11 16:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN FR GM IR IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SZ UK
08STATE97505RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST FOR ADVICE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL CANADA) On July 15, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Shawn Caza, told Embassy Ottawa that he was interested in U.S. [...]
2008-09-11 19:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR PREL PARM PINR EFIN CA XS
08STATE97993IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information indicating that in June and July 2008, a procurement manager for the Iranian UAV entities Fan Pardazan and Qods Aviation (or Aeronautics) Industries sought servo motors manu [...]
2008-09-12 20:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW
08STATE98696TRAVEL WARNING - IRAN
[...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Iran issued January 3, 2008. 2. Some elemen [...]
2008-09-15 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PTER IR
08STATE98969SOLICITING SUPPORT TO PUSH CHINA ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Singapore is one of the busiest transshipment points for trade between China and Iran. As such, and as a friend and partner of the United States, it is a key player in comb [...]
2008-09-16 16:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK PINR
08STATE98975URGING COALITION ALLIES TO APPROACH BEIJING ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 16:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK
08STATE99000SOLICITING ALLIES, SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 17:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR UK CH SK HK PINR
08STATE99002SOLICITING UAEG SUPPORT TO ENGAGE CHINA ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Getting China to aggressively implement United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as more effectively enforce its own export controls regarding transfers of d [...]
2008-09-16 17:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PINR
08STATE99666CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the critical commodities Iran will require to support the deployment of the next generation [...]
2008-09-17 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC UK GM FR
08STOCKHOLM257SWEDEN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1803 AND ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 13:00:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKNNP EFIN ETRD PARM PREL MNUC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM316STATE SECRETARY BELFRAGE SAYS HE WAS MISQUOTED BY
[...] (SBU) State-run Iranian press source, Press TV, ran a web article on April 23, which misquoted Swedish State Secretary Frank Belfrage during his recent visit to Tehran. In a meeting on April 25 in Stockholm, the DCM showed Belfrage the article. Excerpted text: "Belfrage has praised Iran' [...]
2008-04-29 14:41:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR SE
08STOCKHOLM350DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING SLOWLY ON UNSCR 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:32:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM404SWEDISH RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 14:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM407FM BILDT AND U.S. OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On May 28, the day prior to the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Amb. Ryan Crocker, accompanied by Amb. Wood, met with FM Carl Bildt and other MFA officials. Crocker briefed Bildt on the improving situation in Iraq. Bildt anno [...]
2008-06-04 08:35:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IR IZ SW
08STOCKHOLM423IRANIANS INSPECT BELL HELICOPTERS IN SWEDEN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) In early May, post received the first of three unsolicited e-mails from Arnold Sundquist, a naturalized U.S. citizen resident in Sweden and employee of Stockholm-based European Helicopter Service Sweden. The e-mails state that h [...]
2008-06-10 14:04:00Embassy StockholmSECRETETRD ETTC KOMC MCAP PARM IR SW
08STOCKHOLM431SWEDISH INSPECTORATE FOR STRATEGIC PRODUCTS ON
[...] (S) On June 11, Deputy Economic Counselor met with Magnus Danielsson, Principal Administrative Officer, the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP),to discuss Mahaco, a Swedish company owned and operated by a dual Swedish/Iranian national. Danielsson commented that Mahaco, which is [...]
2008-06-13 10:30:00Embassy StockholmSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC ETTC MTCRE IR SW
08STOCKHOLM489SWEDISH RESPONSE: IRAN AIR CARGO AND ISLAMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 14:53:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEFIN EWWT ERTD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN IR SW
08STOCKHOLM506IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN SWEDEN
[...] (C) Summary: Post has reached out to members of the Iranian community in Sweden over the past year. Post has not yet identified recipients for the Iran Small Grants Program, however, we continue to vet different groups and intend to nominate several candidates in the Fall. Iranian Swedes are [...]
2008-07-15 14:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALIR KDEM KPAO PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM511SWEDEN NOT DELAYING BUT SUPPORTS (SOME) EU
[...] (C) Background: According to USEU Brussels sources, Sweden, among other EU members, are delaying the draft Common Position in UNSCR 1803, which transposes 1803 into an additional set of EU sanctions against Iran (reftel). End background. 2. (SBU) On July 17 Ambassador Peter Tejler, Directo [...]
2008-07-17 13:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PINR KNNP IR BE SW
08STOCKHOLM585IRANIAN KURDISH PARTY OUTLINES GOI SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Salah Sharafi, a leading member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) and Hussam Heydari, a local Swedish member, met with the Charge on August 13 and underscored the importance of the KDPI chapter in Sweden. The KDPI Sweden chapter is the largest in Europe, with [...]
2008-08-22 12:35:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPTER KDEM PREL PINR SW IR
08STOCKHOLM599ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON INFORMATION SHARING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On August 14, CDA and Poloff met with the director general of the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP),Andreas Ekman, to discuss the ongoing proliferation activities of Mahaco, a Swedish-registered company owned by a Swedish citize [...]
2008-08-29 14:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL SW SP IR
08STOCKHOLM609SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 14:33:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKOMC ETTC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM636SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 14:25:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR SW
08STOCKHOLM67APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28-
[...] (U) On January 25, 2008, Poloff met with Anna Norell, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent, regarding the upcoming January 28-29 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting. Comments on Kosovo, Iran, and the Isreali-Palestinian peace process were highlighted: KOSOVO ------ 2. (C) Sweden felt bound by UN [...]
2008-01-25 17:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STOCKHOLM674SWEDISH RESPONSE:DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 08:26:00Embassy StockholmSECRETECON EFIN ERTD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL IR SW
08STOCKHOLM695SWEDISH SOC DEM LEADER AHLIN ON BELARUS,
[...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman of the opposition Social Democrats told DCM and POL counselor: -- On Afghanistan, he is working to cement Social Democratic support for the Government,s bill to expand troops, but it will be a "tough ride" for the bill. [...]
2008-10-20 10:06:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SW IR BO GG RS AF
08STOCKHOLM706SWEDISH DEP FM BELFRAGE ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On October 16, Swedish MFA State Secretary (deputy minister equivalent) Frank Belfrage told DCM and Pol counselor: -- On Afghanistan, Belfrage noted "strong bipartisan support" for Sweden to stay for "the long haul," even though the opposition was creating difficulties for the [...]
2008-10-21 14:35:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF IR SW
08STOCKHOLM712SWEDISH MFA ON AESA RELEASIBILITY, AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 14:49:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD MARR RS SW IR AF
08STOCKHOLM717SWEDISH EXPORTS TO IRAN RISING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish government agencies and official trade councils continue to encourage Swedish companies to do business with Iran. Exports to Iran in the first six months of 2008 are up 30% over the corresponding period in 2007. Sweden has also not tightened export credit guarantees for [...]
2008-10-27 13:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD IR SW
08STOCKHOLM744SWEDES CONTACT EUROPEAN HELICOPTER SERVICE
[...] (C) Jan-Erik Lovgren, Deputy Director General of the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP),told us on November 4 that ISP has contacted European Helicopter Service (EHP) regarding the suspected transfer of three Bell 212 helicopters, originally from Israel, but currently stored in [...]
2008-11-06 13:51:00Embassy StockholmSECRETETRD ETTC KOMC MCAP PARM IR SW
08STOCKHOLM763SWEDISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY YET TO
[...] (S) Summary: The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) has not yet passed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warning issued on October 16 to Swedish financial institutions and banks. The warning calls for all countries to strengthen preventative measures to protect their financ [...]
2008-11-14 07:13:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR SW
08STOCKHOLM764SWEDISH MFA ON IRAN, SYRIA AND IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: Robert Rydberg, Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Middle East and North Africa at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that: -- Sweden is fully committed to tightening any loopholes and implementing all UN sanctions on Iran. He added t [...]
2008-11-14 07:13:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR IZ SY SW
08STOCKHOLM772SWEDES TO TRANSFER THREE BELL HELICOPTERS TO SPAIN
[...] (S) Summary: A Swedish firm in possession of three Bell 212 helicopters plans to transfer the helicopters to Spain tomorrow, November 18, without obtaining export authorization from the USG. Sweden's Inspectorate for Strategic Products say they lack any legal basis to stop the transfer. There [...]
2008-11-18 07:35:00Embassy StockholmSECRETETRD ETTC MCAP PARM KOMC IR SW SP
08STOCKHOLM778UPDATE - SWEDES WILL PROHIBIT TRANSFER OF
[...] (S) Summary: Sweden's Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP) has determined that three helicopters that were to be shipped to Spain are, in fact, military equipment. Therefore, ISP will not allow them to be exported until and unless the USG approves. This information has been communicated [...]
2008-11-19 16:52:00Embassy StockholmSECRETETRD ETTC MCAP PARM KOMC IR SW SP
08STOCKHOLM814SWEDES SAY COLENCO NOT EXPORTING OR SUPPORTING
[...] (S) Swedish Radiation Safety Authority Inspector Lars Hildingsson told us December 2 that he met with Lucien Teuckens, Head of Nuclear Technology at AF-Colenco Ltd., on November 13. The purpose of the visit was to review Colenco's activities with Iran, as well as its contacts with Swiss autho [...]
2008-12-05 14:45:00Embassy StockholmSECRETMNUC PARM IR SW
08SURABAYA11SOUTH SULAWESI: IRANIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, REACHING OUT ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Iranian Embassy in Jakarta increased its public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia by establishing five "Iranian Corners" in 2007. The first Iranian Corner outside West Java was established at Hassanudin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in November, reaching out to studen [...]
2008-01-29 01:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF KISL IR ID PGOV KPAO
08SUVA481DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) Embassy Suva delivered reftel talking points to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu on 23 December 2008. Post will forward any responses or feedback, but has received none to date. MCGANN [...]
2008-12-30 00:44:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08TASHKENT1192UNODC REPORTS GREATER COOPERATION FROM CENTRAL
[...] (U) Summary: On September 19 poloff attended a donor coordination roundtable hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia. UNODC Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, Mark Colhoun, reported increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the f [...]
2008-10-17 05:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM TX IR TI UZ ASEC
08TASHKENT1267UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) On October 31, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. designation of Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev pledged to pass the information to relevant Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) [...]
2008-11-03 09:42:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UZ
08TASHKENT238ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...]
2008-02-21 13:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ
08TASHKENT301UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on Iranian nuclear activities March 7 to Oybek Eshonov, Head of the MFA's Department of Asian and African Countries. Eshonov underscored Uzbekistan's concerns about Tehran, saying that reform is stalled, the economy is sinking and Ahmadinejad is unpo [...]
2008-03-10 12:17:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR UZ
08TASHKENT454UZBEKISTAN PLEDGES TO ABIDE BY UNSCR OBLIGATIONS
[...] (C) On April 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On April 15, MFA U.S. Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev requested that Poloff provide a separate list of the Iranian proliferators that he could circulate to relevant Government of Uzbekistan agencie [...]
2008-04-16 14:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC UZ
08TASHKENT496(S) UZBEKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the updated information concerning the North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on April 25. Fayzullaev said that the information would be relayed to other GOU agencies, and asked whether the Government of [...]
2008-04-28 07:31:00Embassy TashkentSECRETKNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR UZ
08TASHKENT721UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR CONVEYS P5 PLUS 1 PACKAGE
[...] (C) On June 20, Ambassador met with officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) - including Oybek Eshonov, Chief of the Department for Middle East and Near East Affairs; Nosir Giyosov, First Secretary of the Department for Middle and Near East Affairs; and Ismat Fayzullaev, C [...]
2008-06-24 08:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR ASEC PREL PINS UZ
08TASHKENT948UNODC REPORTS FIRST PRECURSOR SEIZURE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met on August 8 with Mark Colhoun, Senior Regional Law Enforcement Advisor at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia, which is based in Tashkent. Colhoun said the recently conducted Operation Tarcet netted 1.6 tons of acetic [...]
2008-08-14 12:21:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM KG AF IR UZ
08TASHKENT979UZBEKISTAN: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 09:47:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UZ
08TBILISI1843DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1835 DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Americas Division follows Iran developments closely. He agreed to take the demar [...]
2008-10-03 14:48:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM GG
08TBILISI544GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 13:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP NSG IR MNUC GG
08TBILISI646GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND
[...] Per reftels A & B, Poloff spoke with Shalva Burdaurli, Head of the Division of Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Georgian implementation of the travel ban and travel vigilance requirements contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803. Burdaurli said that Georgian government [...]
2008-04-15 14:00:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP UNSC IR GG
08TELAVIV1705TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 09:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV1742TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 09:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON EFIN IR IS KTFN KWBG
08TELAVIV1984DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK'S DISCUSSIONS IN EGYPT
[...] (S) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak's August 23 visit to Egypt was a success, according to MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham. Barak's meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Minister Soliman, and Defense Minister Tantawi focused on reviving negotiations for the release of Corporal [...]
2008-08-29 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EG KPAL IR IS
08TELAVIV2148THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN:
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 15 meeting at the Knesset, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman described to the Ambassador his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other regional issues, his concern over deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and his robust political [...]
2008-09-19 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IR SY RU IS
08TELAVIV2236THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS:
[...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that Israel wi [...]
2008-09-26 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2238THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS:
[...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that I [...]
2008-09-29 05:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2247U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...]
2008-09-29 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN
08TELAVIV2252OLMERT'S "SWAN SONG" INTERVIEW SPARKS DEBATE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Olmert's widely read Jewish New Year interview on the Palestinian and Syrian negotiation tracks (see paras 2 and 3 below) struck Israeli pundits as both bold and problematic. Commentators on the left, such as Meretz MK Yossi Beilin, criticized Olmert for talking the talk on the [...]
2008-10-02 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE KWBG
08TELAVIV2261ISRAEL: RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On October 2, Polmiloff delivered the text of UNSCR 1835 and reftel non-paper outlining Chapter VII sanctions on Iran to date to the MFA's Director for Non-Proliferation Haim Waxman, Director for Arms Control Rodica Radian-Gordon, and Director for Export Control Roey Gilad. Polmiloff no [...]
2008-10-03 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MNUC PARM IS
08TELAVIV2308MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...]
2008-10-08 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2351ISRAEL: MAYROW TRADING CO. DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 09:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2434THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]
2008-11-03 05:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2436THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]
2008-11-03 07:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2618NETANYAHU OUTLINES FOR AMBASSADOR LIKUD'S WAY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a private meeting with the Ambassador on November 20, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu confidently described his prospects to become the next Israeli prime minister and outlined his intent to form a broad, center-right coalition if his party prevails in February. Netanyah [...]
2008-11-24 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL KPAL ECON IS IR
08TELAVIV2664MFA REQUEST TO COORDINATE APPROACH IN EAST ASIA ON
[...] (C) MFA Director of Political Research (INR A/S-equivalent) Nimrod Barkan November 26 requested that PolCouns convey to the Department an Israeli request for coordination of approaches in East Asian capitals regarding the importance of increasing financial pressures on Iran. Barkan, who had j [...]
2008-12-01 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KNNP IR IS IN XE
08TELAVIV2742NETANYAHU TELLS REP. WEXLER IRAN TOP PROBLEM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu discussed the new Administration in Washington and its significance for Israel and the region. Netanyahu stressed that he was optimistic about working with President Elect Obama if he becom [...]
2008-12-08 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2760U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 08:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV293CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES GAZA SMUGGLING ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 04:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR IZ
08TELAVIV501ISRAELI FM LIVNI MEETS CODEL, SAYS FATAH CANNOT OVERTAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 13:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IR
08TELAVIV592PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA),a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...]
2008-03-13 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS
08TELAVIV611ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803,
[...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]
2008-03-14 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08TELAVIV716CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...]
2008-03-27 06:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS
08TELAVIV731PERES MEETS MCCAIN, WARNS OF GROWING IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 16:25:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IS OVIP IR
08TELAVIV738CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...]
2008-03-28 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS
08TELAVIV762CORRECTED COPY: PERES MEETS MCCAIN, WARNS OF
[...] (U) This cable replaces Tel Aviv 731. Please see correction in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On 18 March, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham met with Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss security concerns in the region. Their discussion centered on the grow [...]
2008-04-01 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IS OVIP IR
08TELAVIV941U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG)
[...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...]
2008-04-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ
08THEHAGUE1013NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERN ON IRAN STEALTH
[...] (C) Summary. The Dutch are concerned that Iran's slick use of media and events may have ensnared the incoming European Union (EU) Presidency and numbed other EU members to Iran's nuclear program. Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, Henk cor Van der Kwast, told PolMil [...]
2008-12-10 07:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE149NETHERLANDS/NSG: INFORMATION ON APPROVED EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff shared on February 7 ref A points requesting information on nuclear-related items actually delivered to Iran with Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor for Foreign Economic Relations and Export Control at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) In a subsequent [...]
2008-02-19 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR NL
08THEHAGUE174NETHERLANDS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS BY DUTCH FIRM INCO
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland on February 25. Noland appreciated the points, and claimed to be aware of Inter Connection Technologies (InCo Tech). She needed to confirm, but thought the GONL might have already issu [...]
2008-02-25 12:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE225NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NO OBJECTIONS TO DUTCH FIRM INCO
[...] (S) Per reftels, MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland told polmiloff March 6 that the Dutch firm Inter Connection Technologies (InCo Tech) had contacted the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs on December 17, 2007, regarding the planned export of connectors to Iran [...]
2008-03-06 13:04:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MRCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE243NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WONDER ABOUT BEST TIME FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 17:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM NL IR
08THEHAGUE250NETHERLANDS/IRAN: ELECTIONS ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, POLOFF raised reftel A questions with Loek ten Hagen, MFA Senior Policy Officer in the North Africa and Middle East Department of the Dutch MFA. Ten Hagen commented on factional infighting and the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian election. Responses below fo [...]
2008-03-13 17:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE268NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN DEPUTY FM SAFARI VISITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 11:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE271NIAG 6004: DUTCH RESPONSE TO TRITIUM GAS SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Polmiloff raised reftel on March 14 with Dutch MFA security department officials. MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Affairs Henk Cor van der Kwast discussed reftel points on March 19, noting that the GONL appreciated the points and understood how a shipment of tritium gas to [...]
2008-03-19 11:05:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE276ISA: SHELL ADVISOR DESCRIBES "STALEMATE" WITH IRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Shell is continuing its "go slow" approach and is in a "stalemate" with Iran for commercial as well as political reasons according to a Shell official. These comments are consistent with remarks made by Shell CEO van der Veer to then Ambassador Arnall in November 2007. END SU [...]
2008-03-20 11:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE299DUTCH FINANCE MINISTRY ON UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) Econoff delivered points, per refs A and B, on March 26 to Eric Ligthart, Policy Advisor Integrity Division, Ministry of Finance (MOF). Separately, Emboffs delivered ref B points to Foreign Ministry officials in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit and on the Iran desk. Ligthart's office is [...]
2008-03-28 12:39:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN EINV ETRD PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR NL
08THEHAGUE313NIAG 6004: DUTCH UPDATE ON TRITIUM GAS SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The GONL confirmed an attempted shipment of tritium gas to Iran by a Dutch firm in December 2007. According to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland, the Dutch are continuing to investigate the incident and may pursue criminal charges against the Dutch [...]
2008-04-03 14:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE317NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DUTCH FIRM'S
[...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel O with MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on April 2, stressing the past involvement of Aviation Services International (ASI) with the Ghoods Aviation Center (reftels A-K),and ASI's referral to Inter Connection Technologies (InCo [...]
2008-04-03 15:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE355NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IMPLEMENTING IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge D'Affaires discussed Iran sanctions with MFA Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, who confirmed continuing Dutch support for robust implementation of UNSC resolution 1803. At the same time, the Netherlands wants to keep t [...]
2008-04-23 12:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP IR UNSC NL
08THEHAGUE552NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPPORT FOR "ROBUST" RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed developments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Loek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch [...]
2008-06-26 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE553NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPORT FOR ROBUST RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed develpments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Lek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends,Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Treats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for uclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch continue to s [...]
2008-06-26 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE588NETHERLANDS/TRITIUM: SHIPMENT DETAILS / IAEA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 9, Dutch MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland provided poloff with further details on the tritium gas shipment reviewed in reftels, including background on the Dutch company involved and the likely location of the tritium, and the Dutch b [...]
2008-07-11 09:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE608NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs shared reftel points concerning the U.S. domestic designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Iran desk and Terrorism/New Threats Unit as well as with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor at the Finance Ministry's Financial [...]
2008-07-18 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE623NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...]
2008-07-23 10:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE715NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 11:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN NL IR
08THEHAGUE758NETHERLANDS: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-15 13:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE782TREASURY U/S LEVEY CALLS DUTCH OFFICIALS'
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with the Dutch Finance Ministry (MoF) and Foreign Ministry (MFA),Treasury U/S Levey discussed Iran's efforts to circumvent international financial sanctions. The MoF's number three official, Ronald Gerritse, engaged as U/S Levey spoke about Credit Europe (a [...]
2008-09-22 15:04:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL KNNP KTFN IR NL
08THEHAGUE801NETHERLANDS: AGREEMENT ON NEED TO ADDRESS CHINA'S
[...] (S) The Dutch agree that getting China to aggressively implement UNSC Iran resolutions is vital. Emboffs delivered reftel points September 22 and 23 to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Head of Non-Proliferation at the Foreign Ministry, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor at the Finance Ministry's Fi [...]
2008-09-25 12:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH NL
08THEHAGUE803NETHERLANDS/IAEA: PREPARATIONS FOR MESA SEAT VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 13:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA SY IR AF NL
08THEHAGUE906NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WILL NOT ATTEND UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) Emboffs shared reftel points concerning the upcoming Iran-hosted nuclear conference with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Middle East desk and the Non-proliferation Division Head as well as with Taco Westerhuis, Coordinator for Middle East and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs (ME [...]
2008-10-29 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE907NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DESIGNATION OF EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 14:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP EFIN PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE932NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 16:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE957NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...]
2008-11-17 16:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR
08TIRANA564GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...]
2008-07-25 15:40:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL
08TOKYO1045JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE
[...] (C) The names of all 40 individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 have been placed into an automated database accessible to Japanese immigration, customs, and visa officers, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Were any of these peop [...]
2008-04-16 09:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO1141JAPAN ENACTS UNSCR ASSET FREEZE AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Pursuant to UNSCR 1803, the Cabinet enacted and announced April 22 an asset freeze naming 12 Iranian entities and 13 individuals listed in Annex I and Annex III to the resolution. This move is likely to draw Iranian complaints, as the Japanese had until May 3 to provide to the [...]
2008-04-24 22:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PARM PTER IR PREL
08TOKYO1287ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attach conveyed reftel demarche on May 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. Matano thanked Political [...]
2008-05-12 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC JA IR
08TOKYO1445JAPAN'S VIEWS ON LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is closely following the situation in Lebanon and on May 27, MOFA's spokesperson issued a statement of support following the election of President Suleiman. However, Japan is not likely to make statements critical of Iran or Syria at this time. Likewise, Japan is hesitant t [...]
2008-05-27 09:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR JA
08TOKYO1541JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER MEETS PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda met June 3 with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Rome on the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) summit meeting. In the fifty-minute pull-aside, which was requested by the Iranians, PM Fukuda told Ahmadinejad that the perpetuation o [...]
2008-06-05 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO1556DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO CRITICAL
[...] (U) Please see action requests in paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) ESToff delivered non-paper and photos in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Deputy Director Yukio Yoshihiro May 29. Tanizawa said Japan is complying with UN Security Council [...]
2008-06-09 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JA
08TOKYO1626U/S BURNS MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes care must be taken to avoid pushing China too hard on the Tibet issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns June 9, and suggested that a statement made on the subject by the G-8 Foreign Ministers acce [...]
2008-06-13 09:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL XE CH RS IR AS JA
08TOKYO1692JAPAN'S VIEWS ON UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Japan was grateful to receive a briefing on the contents of the updated P5 1 package for Iran and is looking forward to any progress made as a result of either the updated package or Iran's May 2008 offer, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Mat [...]
2008-06-19 08:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR JA
08TOKYO1851JAPAN "STRICTLY" ENFORCING SANCTIONS AGAINST IRISL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 04:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO1998JAPAN URGES IRAN TO "TAKE SERIOUSLY" TALKS WITH
[...] (S) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae July 17 met with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi and urged him to tell Tehran that it should "take seriously" talks with E.U. Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana that will be attended by Under Secretary B [...]
2008-07-18 08:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2037JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2175JAPAN "NOT COMPLACENT" ABOUT BID FOR NON-PERMANENT
[...] (C) Japan is "doing our best" to line up support for its bid to win a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for next session, according to MOFA U.N. Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima. He refused to be drawn out on details or numbers, but said Japanese missions abroad are working in [...]
2008-08-07 07:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO2186REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...]
2008-08-08 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA
08TOKYO2188METI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SHORT-TERM OIL OPERATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been no new developments in the East China Sea dispute since China and Japan signed an MOU on joint development, according to METI Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Negotiations may resume in October. Hosaka also described his recent meeting in [...]
2008-08-08 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL CH IR IZ JA
08TOKYO2241METI OFFICIAL DESCRIBES JAPANESE EXPERIENCE DOING
[...] (C) While Japanese media have reported positively on high-level discussions between the GOJ and Middle Eastern governments, Japanese efforts to attract investment and efforts to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement with the GCC, the actual exchanges have been challenging, according to w [...]
2008-08-14 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL BEXP JA IZ IR
08TOKYO2305JAPAN OPPOSED TO SYRIA IAEA BOG CANDIDACY
[...] (C) EST Chief delivered points in ref to MOFA Special Assistant for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Taijiro Kimura August 20. Kimura said Japan shared the United States' view that Syria was an unacceptable candidate for the IAEA BOG because of Syria's cooperation with North K [...]
2008-08-21 07:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF JA
08TOKYO2377JBIC AGREES TO RESCHEDULE IRAN LOAN
[...] (C) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has two advance facility agreements with the Naft Iran Intertrade Company (NICO),a subsidiary of the National Iran Oil Company. Under these agreements made in 2001 and 2004, JBIC extended loans worth $4.2 billion to NICO, and NICO agree [...]
2008-08-29 07:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET IR JA
08TOKYO2456JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR JA
08TOKYO2554DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano September 16 and left a copy of the Iran UAV non-paper (reftel). Matano accepted it without comment. Poloff explained that the Embassy would also b [...]
2008-09-17 08:22:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW
08TOKYO2624JAPANESE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON
[...] (S) Japan shares our concerns about Chinese violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at sanctioning Iran, but would like to study the points made in reftel non-paper before making a commitment to press China on this subject, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division [...]
2008-09-23 09:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM PTER ECON EFIN IR CH JA
08TOKYO2757DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed thanks for the non-paper. Taniza [...]
2008-10-02 08:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP ETTC PREL MNUC IR JA
08TOKYO2765DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed appreciation for the non-paper. [...]
2008-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM TRGY PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
08TOKYO2799JAPAN: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IR JA
08TOKYO2954MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]
2008-10-22 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO3002JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche and non-paper in ref to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Department on October 23. Similarly, Pol officer delivered the demarche an [...]
2008-10-28 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IR MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO3073IRANIAN EXPAT COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian expatriates in Japan broadly fall within two categories, according to the Director of the Japan Institute of Middle East Economic Studies. One group comprises legitimate businessmen, mostly in Tokyo. The other, he asserted, is concentrated in central Japan and consists [...]
2008-11-04 22:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD EINV PREL ECON KCRM IR JA
08TOKYO3074JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SYRIAN COUNTERPART
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone met October 18 with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualam in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the BMENA Forum for the Future meetings. According to MOFA, during the thirty minute meeting FM Mualam briefed Nakasone on Syria's normalization o [...]
2008-11-04 22:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IR LE IZ JA
08TOKYO3092S/P DIRECTOR GORDON MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to Tokyo October 28-30 to attend Trilateral Policy Planning talks with Japanese and South Korean counterparts, S/P Director David Gordon also met with several former senior Japanese government officials who now are active in academic or advisory capacities. Gordo [...]
2008-11-06 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL NK CH IR JA
08TOKYO3100JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK
[...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...]
2008-11-07 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA
08TOKYO3171JAPAN'S VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] (C) Japan's delegation to the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees will be led by Ambassador in Charge of Afghanistan Assistance Coordination Masaki Okada, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita. [...]
2008-11-17 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF AF IR PK JA
08TOKYO3241DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (S) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department Official Mizuyo Kuwako and to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Trade Control Department Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa November 25. Both [...]
2008-11-26 07:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
08TOKYO3316IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT MASHAIE VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie visited Tokyo November 27-30, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While in Japan, Mashaie met with governmental and private tourism officials, had breakfas [...]
2008-12-04 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3379THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...]
2008-12-12 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3464JAPANESE OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY'S IRAQ STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese oil exploration firm INPEX's General Manager for the Middle East Tetsuro Tochikawa finds Iraq's oil minister seems committed to a fair and transparent bidding process. Tochikawa told Emboffs several factors, however, including a lack of capacity to negotiate and manage c [...]
2008-12-19 08:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IZ IR JA
08TOKYO376NEWLY ARRIVED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON
[...] (U) In a February 11 paid advertisement in the International Herald Tribune on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, newly arrived Iranian Ambassador Abbas Araghchi (not yet officially accredited) seeks to spread his country's official positions on withstanding foreig [...]
2008-02-13 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR JA
08TOKYO449IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...]
2008-02-20 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA
08TOKYO611ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]
2008-03-07 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO680JAPAN WILL NOT ISSUE STATEMENT ON IRANIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Japan has no plans to issue any statements concerning the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Although Tokyo may share our concerns about the conduct and outcome of the elections, Matano told Emb [...]
2008-03-13 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL IR JA
08TOKYO711NO NEW GOJ MEDIUM- OR LONG-TERM LOAN GUARANTEES
[...] (C) Summary. Japan has not issued any new medium- or long-term loan guarantees for trade with Iraq for the last two years, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nippon Export and Invstment Insurance (NEXI) officials stated during meetings with econoff March 12 and 13. Any uptick [...]
2008-03-17 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG ETTC JA PREL IR
08TOKYO721NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON IRAQI COUNTERPART
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Recently accredited Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi made one of his first courtesy calls on Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily on March 12. Ambassador Jumaily subsequently provided an Embassy Tokyo political officer with a readout of the meeting. Jumaily said [...]
2008-03-18 07:26:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINS IR IZ JA
08TOKYO879DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE
[...] ESToff delivered the points in ref, regarding the dual use item provision contained in UNSCR 1803, to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officer Isami Takada on March 25. The MOFA official appreciated receiving the non-paper and agreed [...]
2008-04-01 07:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JA
08TORONTO44Toronto's Iranian Diaspora
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]
2008-02-15 13:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TRIPOLI12GOL TELLS IRANIAN VP IT OPPOSES IRAN RESOLUTION, SHARES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 09:57:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PGOV KTFN KNNP PARM ETTC EFIN IR IZ LE LY
08TRIPOLI231LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IRAN BANKING MOU REF: TRIPOLI 0012
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 17:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN ECIN PGOV PREL PINR LY IR
08TRIPOLI517LIBYA/UNSC: 1267, IRAN AND KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: The CDA met with the MFA Director of UN Security Council affairs on June 30 to press for Libyan support for improvements to the UNSCR 1267 sanctions regime, call for increased Libyan diligence with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL),and reiterate stro [...]
2008-07-01 16:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PTER PARM PINR UN LY KV IR
08TRIPOLI621RESPONSE TO LIBYAN BANKING DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:24:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM XA XF XI TS BA
08TRIPOLI966LIBYA: WE WILL NOT SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE TO IRAN
[...] (C) The CDA met with Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent),on December 18 to convey reftel demarche (the non-paper had been conveyed under cover of a diplomatic note on December 4). [...]
2008-12-18 16:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR
08TUNIS1073TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 12:30:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC IZ IR SY
08TUNIS1106DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 10, 2008. Any substantive response from the GOT will be reported septel. GODEC [...]
2008-10-17 11:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM UNSC TS
08TUNIS1128TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 07:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TS
08TUNIS1249DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 14:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP PARM IR TS
08TUNIS194A/S WELCH'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (S) In the course of several hours of interactions between NEA A/S Welch and Foreign Minister Abdallah on February 28, Welch conveyed the latest US thinking on Lebanon, Syria, the proposed Arab League summit, Iraq, Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Kosovo, among other topics. [...]
2008-03-03 17:00:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR IZ SY LE SE XI
08TUNIS58PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR: TUNISIAN
[...] (C) At a January 15 a gathering with intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence, most participants expressed the view that President Bush's visit to the region was evidence of concrete follow-up to a positive process set in motion at Annapolis. Participants criticized various aspects of the [...]
2008-01-18 13:32:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IR TS
08TUNIS842DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 05:59:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP EFIN PARM
08TUNIS865DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ALGERIA BASED AL-QAIDA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP EFIN PARM
08TUNIS970DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 10:02:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08ULAANBAATAR488DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS DEMARCHE
[...] On November 3, Post notified Mr. B. Tumurbat, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at the Bank of Mongolia, of the reftel designations, and delivered reftel talking points and referenced press releases. No substantive reply was received, and any future response will be reported septel. [...]
2008-11-03 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MG
08ULAANBAATAR556DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE
[...] On December 24, Post notified Mr. B. Tumurbat, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at the Bank of Mongolia, of the reftel designations, and delivered reftel talking points and referenced press releases. No substantive reply was received, and any future response will be reported septel. [...]
2008-12-24 07:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR MG
08UNVIEVIENNA129IAEA/IRAN: EU-3 PREPARED TO SPONSOR A BOARD
[...] (S) At a UK hosted-meeting on February 26, like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia and Japan) agreed to pursue a Board of Governor's resolution on Iran assuming adoption of a UNSCR on Friday, February 29. The EU-3 agreed to prepare a draft. In order to mitigate any risk of interfering with [...]
2008-02-27 13:24:00UNVIESECRETKNPP PARM IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE
[...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]
2008-03-07 07:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA185 IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 CONSIDER "WHAT NEXT?"
[...] (C) At a U.S. hosted meeting of P5 1 Ambassadors on March 26, the EU-3 shared their assessments of the March Board and considered next steps on Iran in the lead up to the June Board. Ambassador Schulte underlined the need to support the Secretariat's investigation of past weaponization activit [...]
2008-03-27 17:33:00UNVIESECRETPARM AROC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA20IAEA/IRAN: ELBARADEI SEES PROGRESS FROM TEHRAN TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 15:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA PARM AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA215IAEA: HAYWARD DELEGATION TOUR D,HORIZON WITH SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIALS Classified By: Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte for reasons 1.4 b,d and h Summary --------
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 10:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC IAEA KNPP IR KN
08UNVIEVIENNA240 IAEA/IRAN: FRANCE PUSHES P5+1 FOR AN EXPERTS
[...] (C) Summary: At a French-hosted meeting April 22, P5 1 COMs exchanged views on Iran developments post-Shanghai and expectations for forthcoming Iran-IAEA discussions on weaponization. The UK, Germany and U.S. were skeptical of this latest development while Russia and China predictably highli [...]
2008-04-25 13:41:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA271IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]
2008-05-13 06:32:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA274IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR SAFETY ISSUES; POSSIBLE DELAY
[...] (U) This cable contains recommendations and guidance requests. See paras 15 and 16. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) IAEA safety officials have been reviewing the Russian-drafted Safety Analysis Report (SAR) on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Although they are being very ti [...]
2008-05-13 14:29:00UNVIESECRETENRG KNNP IAEA UNVIE RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA283IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSIONS WITH DG AND
[...] (S) Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed the state-of-play on Iran May 6 with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Safeguards DDG Olli Heinonen. ElBaradei stressed the need for a face saving measure on suspension and said the P5 1, minus the U.S., should del [...]
2008-05-19 07:34:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA305IAEA/IRAN: NEW VIOLATIONS?
[...] (C) Action request: The Director General's May 26 report on Iran (GOV/2008/1) cites two potential violations by Iran of its international obligations. Mission requests a legal opinion by May 30th as to whether these two instances can be deemed "new" violations by Iran of its Safeguards Agree [...]
2008-05-28 15:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA309IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S
[...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]
2008-05-29 16:46:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA31IAEA/IRAN: TIME TO KILL THE WORK PLAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Like-minded Ambassadors and Charges (P3 1, Australia, Canada, Japan) took stock of the DG's weekend trip to Tehran and the status of the work plan in a January 15 Australian-hosted meeting. All agreed that the DG had not made any breakthrough on key issues (disclosure of the past [...]
2008-01-17 15:05:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA37IAEA/IRAN: DG TELLS STEINMEIER IRAN NOT READY TO
[...] (S) Summary: DG ElBaradei did most of the talking in his January 17 meeting with German FM Steinmeier and made a hard sell against passage of a punitive UNSCR, which he argued would empower hardliners in Iran. Steinmeier pushed back and also made strong public comments underscoring the intern [...]
2008-01-18 15:56:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA373IAEA: U/S BURNS DISCUSSIONS WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei told U/S Burns June 23 that he would encourage Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 offer. ElBaradei focused almost exclusively on the freeze element of the P5 1 way forward paper, in the hope that it would help re-start negotiations. U/S Burns cautioned that th [...]
2008-07-03 13:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA377ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING NORWAY'S
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte passed on the U.S. talking points to the Norwegians regarding their proposal for safety training in Iran and received a positive response. IAEA is moving ahead with plans for the program which includes training, workshops and on-the-job rotations in other countries for [...]
2008-07-08 07:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA395IAEA: DG CONCERNED ABOUT INDIA AGREEMENT; SEEKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Responding to ref A demarche, IAEA DG ElBaradei assured Ambassador Schulte on July 14 that he will continue to support the India safeguards agreement and hoped for consensus at the August 1 Board of Governors but indicated Pakistan could be problematic. He urged the U.S. to high [...]
2008-07-14 15:43:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR IN
08UNVIEVIENNA461IAEA/BOG: THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MESA SEAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran announced its candidacy for an IAEA Board of Governors seat 2008-2010 during a regional group meeting August 14 that also addressed the Syrian and Afghan candidacies. Arab members of the Middle East/South Asia (MESA) group, nine of the current 15 members, continued to ba [...]
2008-08-18 15:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA477FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA-NORWAY SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT
[...] (U) Mission rep spoke to IAEA and delivered ref D talking points regarding safety concerns at Iran's Bushehr reactor on August 13. Norway has agreed to the training plan and IAEA is moving forward with plans. The IAEA recommends that the United States demarche Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and [...]
2008-08-27 14:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNPP UNSC IR NO
08UNVIEVIENNA494SUBJ: IAEA/BOG: SEEKING AN IRAN RESOLUTION IN
[...] (S) Another negative IAEA Director General's report on Iran, as expected in advance of the September Board, will strengthen the argument for further censure of Iran for its failure to cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation, in particular the IAEA effort to pursue evidence of military/we [...]
2008-09-10 13:20:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA IR CA
08UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 WILL TAKE CUES FROM POLDIRS ON
[...] (C) In a German-hosted P5 1 Ambassadors meeting on September 16, no members of the group were instructed as to a possible Iran resolution at next week's IAEA Board meeting, and all awaited the scheduled September 19 5 1 Political Directors meeting for guidance. While Germany appealed for a Bo [...]
2008-09-16 17:36:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA543IAEA/IRAN: STATUS OF NORWEGIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) At the request of the Norwegians, Mission Officers (MsnOffs) met with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Disarmament and Non-proliferation on Saturday, October 4 on the margins of the IAEA General Conference. Skjonsberg sought the mee [...]
2008-10-08 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA55IAEA/IRAN: ISRAEL IN THE DOG HOUSE WITH DG,
[...] (S) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli informed Nuclear Counselor January 30 that the GOI is in a "bad situation" with the DG. ElBaradei is refusing to meet with any representative of the current Israeli government with the exception of Michaeli, following an unauthorized remark on the part of an Isra [...]
2008-01-31 09:57:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC PARM IR IS
08UNVIEVIENNA565IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA575IRAN,S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 NOVEMBER
[...] (C) IAEA participation in the November 30-December 1 Iranian-hosted conference on "Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" would be confined, per current plans, to the presentation of one paper on reactor safety issues. DCM on October 28 alerted the DG's Special Assi [...]
2008-10-28 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA583AMBASSADOR PRESSES ELBARADEI ON EARLY REPORT ON
[...] (S) In an October 31 meeting with IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, Ambassador Schulte reiterated the U.S. request for a written report to the IAEA Board of Governors, under a Syria-specific verification agenda item, detailing the Agency's ongoing investigation into Syrian clandestine [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA AORC IR SY KN
08UNVIEVIENNA584IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA
[...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA613IAEA/IRAN: NO COOPERATION, NO PROGRESS, NO STOP
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) November 19 report on Iran-consisting of only four pages-provides updated figures for centrifuge activities at Natanz, highlights Iran's continued rejection of the IAEA's request to visit the Heavy Water Research Reactor at Arak (based on Iran's claimed [...]
2008-11-19 18:40:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA616IAEA/SYRIA/IRAN: PRE-BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH BOARD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte hosted consultations with 16 Board members (Russia, China, Algeria, Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland) on November 20 to solicit views on the Iran and Syria reports and next ste [...]
2008-11-20 17:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNNP TRGY SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA617UNODC on Afghanistan and Related Drug Issues
[...] (SBU) Meeting in mid-November, UNODC Executive Director told Ambassador of the shocking level of amphetamine seizures in Saudi Arabia. He expressed surprise at the difference between USG and UNODC estimates of poppy cultivation in Pakistan, predicted a decline in Afghanistan poppy cultivatio [...]
2008-11-21 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN CO PK IR SA
08UNVIEVIENNA628 IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY REPEATS
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report. Nackaerts provided an overview of Iran's enrichment- and heavy water-related activiti [...]
2008-12-01 14:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA634 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT
[...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]
2008-12-02 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA637IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CALLS FOR IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) The November 27, 2008, IAEA Board of Governors discussion of Iran largely focused on Iran's failures to abide by the UNSC and Board resolutions and Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA on issues associated with "possible military dimensions" (PMD). In addition to the core like-min [...]
2008-12-03 15:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA64IAEA/IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON IRAN AT THE
[...] (S) Our principal goal for the Iran agenda item at the March 3-7 Board is, as it has been for the last two years, to support dual-track strategy and, in particular, the Security Council process. Since the Board passed a resolution on February 4, 2006, referring the file to the UNSC, we have no [...]
2008-02-05 16:39:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA647INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN IRAN
[...] (C) Per an IAEA readout, the recent two-day nuclear power conference displayed negligible international involvement in Iran's nuclear sector (apart from Russia) and cannot have failed to reflect to the Iranian government the limitations on its relations with the Agency. IAEA official Christer [...]
2008-12-09 16:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENGR KNNP IAEA RS IR
08UNVIEVIENNA648IAEA: DG DISCUSSES SYRIA AND IRAN WITH ACTING U/S
[...] (C) IAEA Director General ElBaradei advised Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood in a November 20 meeting that the IAEA had received "the maximum it could get" from Iran absent a political opening, and encouraged P5 1 engagement with Iran on a freeze-for-a-freeze to [...]
2008-12-10 12:29:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC KNNP IAEA AORC IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA655IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 16:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA667 IAEA: Syria and Iran Display "Responsible" Interest in
[...] (U) Summary: A December 2008 IAEA workshop on nuclear power infrastructure reflected how governments have improved their understanding of the complexities of developing, operating, and regulating safe nuclear power. This technical gathering advanced the U.S. goal of institutionalizing and imp [...]
2008-12-23 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG AORC KNNP BTIO SY IR EG
08UNVIEVIENNA98IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED READY TO DRAFT A BOARD
[...] (S) Summary: At a Canadian-hosted meeting February 14 like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia, Japan) agreed to work discretely on a Board resolution on Iran, with experts scheduled to meet February 20. Canadian Ambassador Gervais-Vidricaire made a strong case for the Board to reassert its [...]
2008-02-15 16:54:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
08USEUBRUSSELS1765DRL PDAS STEWART URGES PROGRESS ON IRAN, HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on November 19 with Karel Kovanda, Deputy Director-General for External Relations at the European Commission (EC),DRL PDAS Karen Stewart asked for EU support against no-action resolutions at UNGA and an early review of the Human Rights Council (HRC). Kovanda u [...]
2008-11-21 16:43:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA PTER EUN SR IR
08USEUBRUSSELS314OMV ARGUES FOR ACCESS TO IRANIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Econ Officer, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer argued that the Nabucco project is at a critical stage, with his most important concern being gas supplies. Ruttenstorfer la [...]
2008-02-29 10:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU RS IR
08USEUBRUSSELS872CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS:
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]
2008-06-10 06:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USEUBRUSSELS882CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS:
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]
2008-06-11 13:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK1008AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...]
2008-11-04 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK
08USUNNEWYORK1027UNGA: IRAN REBUTS UNITED STATES ON HOLOCAUST
[...] Summary: Iran was recalcitrant in the November 3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate in reaction to U.S. remarks on Iran's denial of the Holocaust, and complained generally of a UN conspiracy. End summary. 2. Citing the lessons of the Holocaust, U.S. Public Delegate Cheryl Halpern commend [...]
2008-11-05 22:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC PHUM UNGA IR IS
08USUNNEWYORK1076IRAN UN AMBASSADOR PROTESTS VISA DELAY/DENIAL AT
[...] (U) Action request - See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) At the October 31, 2008, meeting of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country, the Committee quickly adopted its annual report, including the recommendations and conclusions (previously faxed to IO/UNP). The Iran Mission's Deputy Perm [...]
2008-11-17 22:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALOFDP CVIS PREL IR
08USUNNEWYORK1138UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed by vote draft resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Delegations opposing the draft resolutions argued that the Human Rights Council, rather than the Gen [...]
2008-12-05 14:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA IR BM KN
08USUNNEWYORK139U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...]
2008-02-14 13:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU
08USUNNEWYORK170CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND
[...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]
2008-02-22 20:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08USUNNEWYORK201IRAN PROTESTS HOST COUNTRY DELAY IN VISA ISSUANCE
[...] (U) Summary and Action Request: USUN seeks Department's guidance in replying to Iran's diplomatic note (text in paragraph 5) which protests the USG's delay in issuing visas to Iranian delegates who were to attend the 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) February 25 - Ma [...]
2008-03-05 17:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP CVIS IR
08USUNNEWYORK254UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: CHAIRMAN DELIVERS QUARTERLY
[...] (C) On March 17, Belgian PermRep and Iran Sanctions Committee Chair Johan Verbeke presented his fifth quarterly report on the Committee's work to the Security Council. From December 19 to March 17, the Committee received one report on the implementation of UNSCR 1737, bringing the total to 88 [...]
2008-03-20 00:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK280RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]
2008-03-28 15:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK722UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) USUN delivered ref A demarche on August 11 to Cui Wei, attach at the Chinese Mission to the UN, about China's recent authorization of payments from Bank Sepah of Iran (ref B). USUN requested that China provide more information about these transactions, including the types of contract or [...]
2008-08-11 20:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK74P5 DISCUSSION SHOWS CONTINUED DIVISIONS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: P5 Permanent Representatives met on January 22 to discuss next steps on UNAMID deployment. The P5 PermReps agreed to request a briefing from SYG Ban upon his return from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa and to begin discussion in the Sanctions Committee on responses to th [...]
2008-01-23 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC IR
08USUNNEWYORK792UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: NORWAY BRIEFING TO THE 1737
[...] (SBU) On September 2, USUN discussed with the Norwegian UN mission a possible briefing to the 1737 (Iran) Sanctions Committee about Norway's planned nuclear safety project at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (ref A). USUN explained to Jonas Jolle, Counselor for Political Affairs, that a Norwe [...]
2008-09-03 14:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK828UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 23:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK832IRAN MISSION COMPLAINS OF ANTI-GOI "TERRORIST"
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Iranian Mission to the UN complaining that demonstrators linked to a terrorist group have been allowed to demonstrate in New York, The note requests the USG prevent further demonstrat [...]
2008-09-18 13:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL IR UN
08USUNNEWYORK870AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS
[...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK875UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...]
2008-09-29 17:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR
08VALLETTA146SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY APR 15-17 VISIT TO MALTA
[...] (S) U/S Levey: Embassy Valletta looks forward to your upcoming visit to Malta. Composed of several tiny islands in the Mediterranean, Malta's small size and population (400,000) belies a relatively important strategic and geopolitical role. Malta joined the EU in 2004, adopting the Euro as its [...]
2008-04-09 11:42:00Embassy VallettaSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER IR EFIN PARM MT
08VALLETTA168MALTA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO U/S LEVEY'S MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with senior Maltese Government officials on April 16, 2008, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey urged Malta to protect its financial system from abuse by Iran, including through implementation of paragraph 10 of UNSCR 1803 (r [...]
2008-04-25 05:14:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN PTER IR EFIN PARM MT
08VALLETTA420MALTA STUDYING USG REQUEST TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) On October 2, Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech and MinFin Head of Secretariat Alan Caruana to deliver reftel demarche. Emphasizing that action would be consistent with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, the Ambassador told the Finance Minister that the U.S. was urging [...]
2008-10-03 14:28:00Embassy VallettaSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MT IR
08VALLETTA517MALTA AGREES TO DENY REQUESTS BY IRANIAN BANKS TO
[...] (U) On December 11, DCM called on MinFin Head of Secretariat Alan Caruana to get the GoM's formal response to Ref A demarche, which asked that Malta agree to adopt "at least one" of several proposed "preventative measures to address the specific risks posed by Iran." 2. (C) The text of the [...]
2008-12-11 15:28:00Embassy VallettaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL EFIN KNNP MT IR
08VANCOUVER198ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC
[...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...]
2008-07-27 07:07:00Consulate VancouverSECRETPGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08VATICAN14POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]
2008-01-14 16:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VATICAN15HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...]
2008-01-18 19:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT
08VATICAN43VATICAN: NO TO AHMADINEJAD PAPAL AUDIENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States Monsignor Pietro Parolin told Ambassador that Pope Benedict would not receive Iranian President Ahmadinejad during his visit to Rome. The reason given for denying Ahmadinejad's request were related to the large number of visiting he [...]
2008-06-06 15:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR VT
08VATICAN58LEVINSON CASE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) As reported in ref. A, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, informed A/DCM on July 4 that the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran, Archbishop Jean Paul Gobel, has sent a diplomatic note to the Government of Iran requesting a meeting to discus [...]
2008-07-30 14:38:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALCASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT
08VATICAN68VATICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GEORGIA CRISIS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, Vice Presidential Advisor Joseph Wood, accompanied by the DCM , held separate meetings with two senior Vatican officials to seek views from the Holy See on the situation between Russia and Georgia. Vatican officials raised humanitarian issues as the primary conc [...]
2008-09-19 13:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF GG RS UP IR KZ VT
08VATICAN72(SBU) IRANIANS CHASTISE HOLY SEE ON LEVINSON
[...] (SBU) According to Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, the Government of Iran recently informed the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran that it does not have any information about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson. The GOI informed [...]
2008-10-02 15:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT
08VATICAN90SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER ASKS VATICAN TO BROADEN
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 19 visit to Rome, US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber urged the Holy See to broaden Catholic-Muslim dialogue to include all schools of Islam, in order to reduce Saudi Arabia's and Iran's ability to claim they speak for [...]
2008-12-05 18:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SA IR VT
08VIENNA1018AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE JULY 22-23 GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 09:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN IR SO CD ZI AU
08VIENNA1044PIPELINE UPDATE: NABUCCO TROUBLES WITH TURKEY; OMV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nabucco pipeline consortium lead OMV continues to struggle with Turkish government demands which have delayed the project's launch for over a year. OMV reps repeated their hope for USG facilitation in future Iraqi gas supplies to Europe (ACTION REQUEST in para 7). OMV reps say [...]
2008-07-24 08:59:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU IR IZ AJ
08VIENNA1058U/S BURNS DISCUSSES INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Austrian FM Plassnik and State Secretary Winkler told U/S Burns in Vienna July 18 that they were encouraged that Burns would attend the July 19 meeting in Geneva with Javier Solana, other members of the P-5 1, and Iran. They also said they were pleased by press reports indicating [...]
2008-07-25 14:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP PHUM IR AU
08VIENNA1260AUSTRIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG designations of an additional 5 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to [...]
2008-09-03 06:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1351IRAN URGES OMV TO CONCLUDE GAS DEALS
[...] (U) On the margins of a recent OPEC meeting, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari publicly urged Austrian oil/gas company OMV to finalize an energy deal. In an exclusive interview September 12 with Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung (note: an Austrian government-owned newspaper),Nozari urged O [...]
2008-09-15 14:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA1373DEMARCHE ON SNIPER RIFLES DELIVERED
[...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export/Import Control division at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Krehlik replied that he heard of the concerns weeks earlier through intel channels but viewed it as -- impossible that Austrian authorities would have appro [...]
2008-09-18 14:41:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC FGM AU IR
08VIENNA1414TREASURY U-S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 10, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met Austrian financial regulators and representatives of the Raiffeisen and Bank Austria-Creditanstalt groups to warn of the continued risks of doing business with Iranian entities. Austrian regulators were receptive but quest [...]
2008-09-24 14:46:00Embassy ViennaSECRETECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA142NABUCCO: OMV STILL CONFIDENT DESPITE SOUTH STREAM
[...] (C) Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco, told Emboffs on January 25 that the project remains on track despite the Russian campaign to present South Stream as an alternative. One of the reasons Russia is flouting South Stream, according to Mitschek, is to improve Gazprom's negotia [...]
2008-01-29 15:42:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA1614IRANIAN EX-PRESIDENT KHATAMI DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Khatami discussed Iran's nuclear program, the upcoming Iranian elections, and human rights in Iran with GOA leaders during an October 25-27 visit to Vienna. Khatami told President Fischer that Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for civilian [...]
2008-11-03 13:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IAEA ENRG MNUC PARM IR AU
08VIENNA1615AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON GAERC, GYMNICH AGENDAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 13:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF SY IR AU
08VIENNA1717IRAN/FATF: FOLLOW-UP WITH GOA AND RAIFFEISEN BANK
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy followed up again with GOA and Raiffeisen officials to press for strong implementation of FATF Iran recommendations. GOA reps say Austria already implements virtually all of the measures in Ref A demarche. Raiffeisen gave us recent data they believe support their asse [...]
2008-11-24 12:31:00Embassy ViennaSECRETECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA175AUSTRIA ON IRAN SANCTIONS; OMV; INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Summary. At a Feb. 4 lunch with USUNVIE Amb. Schulte and Embassy Vienna Charge Kilner, MFA PolDir Thomas Mayr-Harting and Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Bernhard Wrabetz detailed GoA objections to sanctions against Iran outside the UNSC framework. Austria's concerns rest on a commitm [...]
2008-02-05 14:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IR EPET AU ETTC
08VIENNA1796FRENCH CONSIDERING RENEWED APPROACH TO AUSTRIA ON
[...] (C) Summary. Incoming French Embassy DCM reported Dec. 5 that France is considering a joint approach together with the UK, Germany, and perhaps the U.S., to Austria on several aspects of Austrian-Iranian relations: possible gas activities, to include the Nabucco pipeline, lack of support for [...]
2008-12-05 15:32:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR FR AU
08VIENNA1819ENERGY SECURITY WEIGHING HEAVIER IN AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy security has arrived on the agenda of Austrian policymakers. Whereas energy policy was heretofore dominated by issues like renewables/biofuels, climate change, and a vociferous anti-nuclear stance, now diversifying and securing energy supply take equal priority (even as [...]
2008-12-11 12:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PGOV SENV AU IR
08VIENNA1844OMV says TGI, Not Turkey, Is Chief Worry For
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of OMV's gas business, Werner Auli, told us December 11 that TGI, not Turkey, has become the main obstacle to moving ahead with the Nabucco gas pipeline. Expressing confidence that a deal with Turkey would be forthcoming, Auli fretted that "if Azerbaijan sells its gas [...]
2008-12-16 08:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET PREL AU RU IR TU IT
08VIENNA1885AUSTRIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG designations of ASSA Corporation and ASSA Co. Ltd to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the MoF [...]
2008-12-23 15:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR AU
08VIENNA268AUSTRALIA GROUP: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE
[...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points on February 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' Import and Export Control Division. Krehlik agreed to take an active part in both the discussion on Russia's export control regime and on Iranian efforts to procure technology and [...]
2008-02-26 13:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CBW IR RS AU
08VIENNA286AUSTRIA EXPECTS NO MATERIAL EU RESPONSE TO IAEA
[...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor met 2/28 with MFA Acting Disarmament Director Benedict and IAEA Office Director Launer to discuss the follow-up to the Feb. 22 and 25 briefings on Iran-IAEA developments. Launer agreed with the U.S. assessment that Iran's stance is not credible and that further action i [...]
2008-02-29 09:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AU
08VIENNA316AUSTRIA: GOA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC
[...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points March 5 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent. Famira said he did not believe Lebanon, Syria, or Afghanistan would be discussed at the March 10-11 GAERC, unless one of the participants wants to report on a recent visit to the region. Discussion on [...]
2008-03-05 16:46:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR GG IS SY LE AU
08VIENNA440IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 16:18:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP NSG MNUC IR AU
08VIENNA531AUSTRIA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) Austrian exports to Iran declined by 7.2% in 2007, following a drop of 21.7% in 2006. However, Iranian exports to Austria - 80% of which was energy -- Austria jumped 57.1% in 2007. Overall trade remained a very small part (.24%) of Austria's total trade, although Iran is still an import [...]
2008-04-17 09:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PGOV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA644U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 11:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AU
08VIENNA698DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 15:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC AU IR
08VIENNA797OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA799OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA83SENATOR SPECTER CHALLENGES AUSTRIA ON IRAN
[...] (C)Summary: In a sometimes confrontational meeting with Senator Arlen Specter, senior Austrian MFA officials emphasized that the UN must remain the focal point of diplomacy vis-a-vis Iran and that an international consensus involving both Russia and China was imperative. Maintaining ties with [...]
2008-01-18 11:40:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP PARM ETRD OREP AU IR
08VIENTIANE182UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 09:06:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR LA
08VILNIUS100GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH ON OPENINGS TO GEORGIA,
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Division (EU Department) Egidijus Navikas February 15. Navikas re-confirmed GOL's intent to issue a statement in support of Kosovo independence immediately after the EU and the United States. Navikas said he th [...]
2008-02-15 12:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL KVIR IS IR CD BM LH
08VILNIUS146LITHUANIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOL priority for the March 10-11 GAERC is increased EU engagement with Georgia. The Lithuanians are supportive of our positions on Kosovo and Pakistan, and we urged them to adopt a strong policy toward limited engagement with Syria and advocate it within the EU. The GOL doubt [...]
2008-03-07 14:11:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08VILNIUS229LITHUANIA FOR STRICT UNSC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 14:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC UNSC IR LH
08VILNIUS567(C) LITHUANIA TO DESIGNATE IRANIAN ENTITIES AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 12:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM IR IAEA LH
08VILNIUS599ALSO WANTS TO SEE SARG ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 13:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE EUN IR IZ LH
08WARSAW1086NO TO IRAN DEAL FOR NOW; BUT WHAT NEXT ON ENERGY
[...] (SBU) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met the week of September 8 with government officials and leadership of the state-controlled oil and gas company (PGNiG) and was assured that no energy deal with Iran was imminent. All agreed on the importance of ensuring that Iran did not develop nuclear weapons and [...]
2008-09-18 11:25:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL PL
08WARSAW1108A POTENTIAL ALLY ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Econ and Political Officers discussed points and passed on non-paper to officials at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively (REF A). Polish officials were supportive of the message and agreed with the importance of engaging the Chinese on weapons proliferation [...]
2008-09-23 12:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PL
08WARSAW1170POLAND TO CONTINUE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] (C) The GOP considers the potential threat posed by Iran to be among the world's "highest concerns," according to Piotr Kozlowski, Iran desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political External Chief made reftel demarche 3 October with Kozlowski and left copies of UNSC Resolution [...]
2008-10-03 15:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR MNUC PARM PL
08WARSAW1258POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Warsaw has no intention of participating in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran. Juliusz Gojlo, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Africa and the Middle East, said October 29 that Poland fully respected its obligations under various UNSC resolutions [...]
2008-10-29 17:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAORC MNUC TRGY IR PL
08WARSAW258PGNIG MOU COULD LEAD TO $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary. PGNiG Executives told post that the agreement recently signed with Iran's Offshore Oil Company is a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss future cooperation in gas exploration and development. The next step would be another agreement to invest up to $2 million in seismic surv [...]
2008-02-28 14:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR PL PREL
08WARSAW643POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD?
[...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]
2008-06-04 12:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW806PGNIG ON REPORTED GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: The president of Poland's state-owned gas company, PGNiG, confirmed that his company is in discussions with Iran to develop the Lavan gas field. However, contrary to press reports, he stated the company is not on the verge of signing a deal. End summary. 2. (C) On June 30 [...]
2008-07-07 15:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL IR
08WARSAW813POLAND AND MISSILE DEFENSE: 95 PERCENT DONE OR 95
[...] (S) As Washington sits down to lunch today, President Kaczynski will be trying to cajole/pressure Prime Minister Tusk into concluding negotiations with the US on Missile Defense (MD). Kaczynski will draw on an agreement privately reached between the two last March in Urata, when, according t [...]
2008-07-09 10:39:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW845POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...]
2008-07-16 15:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL
08WARSAW941POLAND/IRAN: DEPUTY PM OPPOSES POLISH INVESTMENT
[...] (C) In a meeting August 6 with Charge, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak expressed in clear terms his opposition to Polish state-owned gas company PGNiG's discussed $2 billion investment in Iran's Lavan gas field. He said he would express his opposition to th [...]
2008-08-07 14:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC EPET ENRG PREL PL IR
08WELLINGTON112NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND
[...] (C) Per Ref A, Non-Paper regarding Iranian Banks' deceptive financial practices was delivered by Econoff to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) Middle East Division with responsibility for sanctions issues regarding Iran and to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the New Zeala [...]
2008-03-27 02:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR NZ
08YAOUNDE1233CAMEROON: DEMARCHE ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (S) On December 17, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on terminating defense cooperation with Iran to Secretary General Sebastien Foumane at the Ministry of External Relations. Secretary General Foumane responded that, to his knowledge, Cameroon did not have any defense cooperation agre [...]
2008-12-22 10:34:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETAF IR PARM PREL XA ISN NEA CM
08YEREVAN1051HARSH REACTION FROM GOAM TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 30, the Ambassador met separately with Foreign Minister Nalbandian and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Sargsian, who both expressed the President,s anger over the Deputy Secretary,s letter to President Sargsian. They both stated that the U.S. had t [...]
2008-12-31 11:21:00Embassy YerevanSECRETETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR BU AM
08YEREVAN364ENERGY PRICES - THE TICKING TIME BOMB UNDER THE
[...] (C) With the imminent expiration of gas subsidies and a large expected price increase in its upcoming GazProm contract, Armenia faces the likelihood of a doubling of gas prices between now and the start of 2009. This threatens to create a serious crisis for Armenia's new President in a countr [...]
2008-04-29 12:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SENV SOCI GG RU IR
08YEREVAN55ARMENIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL KNNP IR GM AM
08YEREVAN660TFGG01: ARMENIAN CONCERNS GROW OVER LOOMING
[...] (C) FM Nalbandian complained to the Charge on the evening of August 19 that there had been "no improvement" in cargo deliveries from Georgia. Following the destruction of the rail bridge at Kaspi,the GOAM sent 40 heavy trucks to the port at Batumi to load fuel for delivery in Armenia. Accordi [...]
2008-08-20 12:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ELTN PREL EWWT ENRG EAGR RU GG TU IR AM
08YEREVAN765(S/NF) ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AGAIN DENIES IRAN ARMS
[...] (S/NF) President Serzh Sargsian raised the issue of Iran arms sales during the courtesy call which followed the ambassador's formal presentation of her credentials. Sargsian repeatedly and categorically denied that any such transaction had taken place, insisting he was "100 percent sure" that [...]
2008-09-23 13:44:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL IR BG AM
08YEREVAN793FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF NEW YORK MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian briefed ambassador on his and President Sargsian's meetings in New York on the UNGA margins. He said the Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia trilateral had been successful symbolically, but light on substance. Nalbandian complained about Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov's UNGA s [...]
2008-10-02 03:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL TU AJ RU IR AM
08YEREVAN837AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) During their introductory meeting October 9, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian emphasized to the Ambassador the GOAM's need to pursue energy security. The recent crisis in Georgia was a reminder of Armenia's vulnerability to the region's political instability, and the [...]
2008-10-16 08:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG AMGT TU AJ IR AM
08YEREVAN979EUR DAS BRYZA,S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH ARMENIAN
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador, and EUR/CARC Regional Conflicts Advisor met with President Serzh Sargsian and presidential advisor Vigen Sargsian over dinner on November 16. On the economy, Sargsian predicted a severe contraction in the real economy in the first quarter of 2009 [...]
2008-12-06 13:17:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL ECON PBTS PHUM PARM KDEM AJ TU IR AM
08ZAGREB172GOC RESPONSE TO LATE FEBRUARY IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] Embassy PolOff delivered points outlined in reftels to Mario Horvatic, GOC's representative on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. Horvatic expected a more positive response from the EU to the reports from Director General ElBaradei and Deputy Director General [...]
2008-02-29 11:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ZAGREB320CROATIA RESPONSE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM
[...] Non paper was delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this clarification and noted that the GoC fully supports and implements these measures. In early June, Croatia will co-h [...]
2008-04-18 07:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM NSG HR IR MNUC
08ZAGREB321CROATIA RESPONSE ON IRANIAN TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL
[...] Ref points were delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this information and noted Croatia's commitment to strict enforcement of these measures. Bradtke [...]
2008-04-18 07:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IR HR UNSC
08ZAGREB335CROATIA'S INA IN IRAN OIL EXPLORATION DEAL
[...] (U) Croatia's national oil and gas company INA (44 percent state owned) announced April 9 that it had entered into a deal with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for exploration in the Moghan-2 block in northwestern Iran. The deal commits INA to exploration and development of any discove [...]
2008-04-24 10:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL IR HR
08ZAGREB466IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: RAISING NEW INA INVESTMENT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR
08ZAGREB485IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INA CEO COMMENTS ON
[...] Following up his meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic (reftel),Ambassador spoke with INA CEO Dragicevic on June 24 regarding INA's activities in Iran. Citing a June 23 Xinhua wire service report of the announcement of INA exploration in Iran, the Ambassador stressed that while [...]
2008-06-27 12:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR
08ZAGREB53DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 15:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC IR HR
08ZAGREB548DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 14:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR HR
08ZAGREB557CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR
08ZAGREB640CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...]
2008-09-09 14:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL
08ZAGREB828IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA
[...] (C) Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, informed Pol Off on November 27 that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari was scheduled to visit Zagreb on December 15 and 16. DFM Safari had meetings set up with President Mesic and State Sec [...]
2008-12-04 16:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR IR IS
08ZAGREB875IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) On December 18 Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, provided Pol Off a read-out of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari's visit to Zagreb on December 15 and 16 (REF A). Mihatov said that in the meetings at the MFA, Bozinovic str [...]
2008-12-19 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR IR IS
0901OF02RPODUBAI288IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...]
2009-07-15 11:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON IR
09ABIDJAN386INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4 EVENT
[...] (C) Iran has an embassy in Cote d'Ivoire and, per reftel, COM decided to invite the resident Iranian Ambassador. An embassy driver attempted to deliver the invitation on June 16 and again on June 18. On both occasions, Iranian embassy personnel refused to accept delivery of the invite. Embas [...]
2009-06-23 15:34:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL IR
09ABUDHABI1040IRAN REFINED PRODUCT SANCTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE UAE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The UAE's ties to Iranian refined product markets are likely limited to Dubai's involvement as a logistical hub for the storage and transshipment of these products. However, the UAE diesel market provides some relevant insight into the impact of refined product sanctions on Iran. [...]
2009-11-04 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET PTER PGOV PREL IR AE
09ABUDHABI106(S) UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON BADR AIR OVERFLIGHT DENIALS
[...] (S) Ambassador raised USG concerns about Badr Air operations in and through the UAE with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) January 25, summarizing the sequence of demarches delivered in recent weeks (reftels),including the fact that Badr appeared to be operating out of Sharjah. AbZ h [...]
2009-01-27 09:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS IR SU AE
09ABUDHABI1063 IRAN: PROMINENT IRANIAN BUSINESSMAND SUPPORTS CRIPPLING
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent Iranian businessman with connections to the regime sought out Ambassador to urge the adoption of crippling sanctions on Iran, even though they would negatively impact his own business position. End Summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met on 7 November with Farhad Farjam ( [...]
2009-11-10 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AE IR
09ABUDHABI1151ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE WARNS DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a December 9 meeting in Abu Dhabi (other meetings reported septel),Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) that the USG shared many energy policy priorities with the UAE, including renewable energy development and th [...]
2009-12-17 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM ENRG IR YM AE
09ABUDHABI126THE BOBCAT AND THE CAGED LION - THOUGHTS ON THE UAE AND IRAN
[...] (U) This is a joint cable from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Iran Regional Presence Office. Summary ------- 2. (C) Iran has previously been compared to a caged lion (reftel). Its immediate neighbor to the South is more like a bobcat: a potent fighter for its size, sharp of tooth and ready to [...]
2009-02-02 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP IR AE
09ABUDHABI127ABU DHABI OPTIMISTIC ON GLOBAL ECONOMY, NOT
[...] (S) Summary. On 1 February 2009, Ambassador Olson met with Hamad al Hurr al Suwaidi, the effective head of Abu Dhabi's Department of Finance and board member of Abu Dhabi's largest sovereign wealth fund the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Hamad expressed optimism about recovery prospects [...]
2009-02-02 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETAE ECON IR
09ABUDHABI130UAE CITES IRAN RHETORIC AS UNJUSTIFIED
[...] (SBU) The Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO) in Dubai contributed to this message. 2. (C) Summary: A salvo of rhetorical barrages from Iran has reinvigorated references to disputed islands and highlighted the stricter handling of Iranian visitors by UAE immigration. Recent outbursts i [...]
2009-02-02 15:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AE
09ABUDHABI138UAE'S ETISALAT WINS IRANIAN MOBILE LICENSE
[...] (SBU) On January 13, UAE-based telecom operator Etisalat (Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, www.etisalat.ae) announced it had won Iran's third mobile network license for USD 399 million. Etisalat is majority owned by the UAE Government through the Ministry of Finance and Emirates Invest [...]
2009-02-05 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECPS PGOV IR AE
09ABUDHABI169UAE ASKED TO RESIST RUSSIAN S-300 SALE TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 12:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM RS IR AE
09ABUDHABI174SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT IDEX 2009
[...] (C) We look forward to your visit to the UAE and participation in the 9th International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). ------------------------------ Punching Above Its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years the UAE has emerged as a regional pow [...]
2009-02-19 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS MASS IR IZ AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI192URGENT UAE REQUEST FOR AIR DEFENSE -- FIVE PATRIOT BATTERIES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: UAE Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces convoked the Ambassador to request the urgent deployment of five U.S. patriot batteries in the UAE as an interim measure until the UAE's own batteries are operational (anticipated in 2012). The UAE belief that an increasingly likely pre- [...]
2009-02-24 07:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MOPS MASS IR AE
09ABUDHABI193STRONG WORDS IN PRIVATE FROM MBZ AT IDEX -- BASHES IRAN,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On the margins of Abu Dhabi's largest defense exhibition (IDEX),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) engaged visiting US dignitaries with strident remarks about Iran and Qatar's dangerous ties to extremist elements (including Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood). He s [...]
2009-02-25 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR QA RU AE
09ABUDHABI199UAE REQUEST TO HOST IRENA HEADQUARTERS
[...] (SBU) On February 19, post received a diplomatic note reiterating the UAE's desire and qualifications to host the headquarters of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA, first reported in Ref A). Post's informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (SBU) Further dem [...]
2009-02-26 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL PARM RS IR AE
09ABUDHABI269UAEG THOUGHTS ON NON-OFFICIAL TIP SHELTERS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed MinState Gargash to support the principle of unofficial TIP shelters in the UAE. Gargash noted that such institutions could not be exempted from strict oversight and would preferably not be associated with diplomatic missions. End summary. 2. (C) In [...]
2009-03-18 13:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM ELAB IR AE
09ABUDHABI312UAE ON DOHA ARAB SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador shared reftel points on the Doha summit with MFA and was told the UAE is looking for Arab solidarity. Separately, UAE President Khalifa discussed key summit topics in a press interview. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador raised reftel points on the Doha summit with D [...]
2009-03-26 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL SU QA IS IR SY AE
09ABUDHABI317UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...]
2009-03-29 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE
09ABUDHABI330UAE REACTION TO REQUEST FOR MANAS ALTERNATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE Chief of Staff (CoS) asked for more details on the Manas operations before he endorses a US led site survey, in his mind, USG use of Safran AB is questionable. Transit of US forces may be doable, but expanding to NATO use seems out of the question. End summary. 2. (S [...]
2009-04-01 12:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AE KG AF IR
09ABUDHABI347ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE REITERATES IRAN CONCERNS FOR S/SRAP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) expressed his grave concerns about the Iranian threat to the region. MbZ said the Iranian response to the Nowruz message was pri [...]
2009-04-05 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM MOPS IR AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI375UAE EXPORT CONTROL COMMITTEE WITH MFA LEAD
[...] (C) Summary: The cabinet-rank Minister of State for Foreign Affairs will chair the committee implementing the Export Control Law. Upbeat about progress yet not certain on how expertise would be consolidated into the committee (and an associated "bureau"),the MinState was adamant that MFA's [...]
2009-04-14 10:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC IR AE
09ABUDHABI499DUBAI REGULATOR STRUGGLES WITH BAD IRAN P.R.
[...] (C) Summary. On 18 May 2009, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) CEO Paul Koster met with Ambassador Olson to complain about U.S. Treasury Department public statements highlighting Iranian financial activity in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Koster asked that the USG ha [...]
2009-05-18 12:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
09ABUDHABI515UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLANS VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (S) Federal Director of State Security and UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan plans to visit Washington from June 29 through July 1. His office has requested assistance with appointments, which Post strongly endorses as key opportunities to deepen positive engageme [...]
2009-05-21 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNOVIP OTRA PREL PK IS IR AE
09ABUDHABI54UAE: IRISL AND OASIS FREIGHT AGENCY NAME CHANGE
[...] (S) Presented with reftel concerns about Oasis Freight Agency's possible name change, MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani told Pol Chief January 13 that the UAEG kept a close eye on suspicious companies, implying close scrutiny of IRISL-related organizations. He said U [...]
2009-01-14 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMNUC KNNP AE IR
09ABUDHABI55(S) UAE: INTERMEDIARY USED TO DISGUISE IDENTITY OF IRANIAN
[...] (S) Pol Chief relayed reftel points January 13 to MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani, emphasizing that attempts to disguise the identity of end users of dual use products is indication of nefarious intent. Having often discussed the "dual use" dilemma with al-Hosani, [...]
2009-01-14 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
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