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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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07THEHAGUE2020 NETHERLANDS/INCSR: PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL
[...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Jay Heung at heungj2@state.gov, +31.70.310.2339. As requested re [...]
2007-11-30 08:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR NL
07THEHAGUE2029NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While Dutch investments in Cuba remain minimal, nickel exports from Cuba to the Netherlands increased significantly in 2006. Post is not aware of any bilateral trade agreements or exchange programs between Cuba and the Netherlands. However, Post recently learned of plans for [...]
2007-12-03 13:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU NL
07THEHAGUE2037NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NIE DISMAYS DUTCH DIPLOMATS, BUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 4, 2007, Political Counselor and POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA officials Herman Quarles and Loek ten Hagen, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Officer at the North Africa and Middle East Department, and Joan Wiegman, Deputy Director for Nuclear Affairs and [...]
2007-12-06 07:20:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM NL IR
07THEHAGUE2044NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and ECONOFF shared reftel A points to key contacts at the Dutch MFA, including: EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk, and Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit. Iran sanctions points were also share [...]
2007-12-07 15:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU KV IR
07THEHAGUE219DUTCH FINANCE MINISTER APPROVES NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER
[...] (SBU) Dutch Finance Minister Zalm signed on February 2 a declaration of no objection that will allow the NYSE and Euronext to merge. Legally based in the Netherlands, Euronext requires a license in the form of a "declaration of no objection" from the Dutch Finance Ministry (MOF) to operate. [...]
2007-02-05 17:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
07THEHAGUE246ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON SOUTH PARS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Shell CEO van der Veer confirmed to the Ambassador on February 7 that no deal was expected on the South Pars LNG project until 2008 at the earliest. Van der Veer said his recent public comments on political concerns related t [...]
2007-02-09 12:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET ENRG PREL CH IR SP NL
07THEHAGUE305NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DCM TO TEHRAN ON STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Dutch DCM to Tehran Roderick Wols, international pressure is hurting Iranian President Ahmadinejad's popularity. The wealthy remain wealthy, the middle class continues to suffer, but now the poor are beginning to feel the pinch as well. Wols painted a picture of [...]
2007-02-16 18:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE396NETHERLANDS/EU: MARCH PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the PIC, the Dutch expect a continued but significantly smaller EU military presence in Bosnia over the next year. On Kosovo, they await Serbia's and Kosovo's responses to SE Ahtisaari's proposals. The GONL is skeptical on the Palestinian GNU but will wait to see how t [...]
2007-03-05 11:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EUN KPAL PGOV PHUM AF BK IR IS SO
07THEHAGUE566UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...]
2007-03-27 15:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE748NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL remains concerned about linkages in UNSCR 1747 between goods and financing but will work with the FATF to reach practical solutions. They are eager to sign Open Skies Plus, are concerned that proposals for the U.S.-EU summit might be insufficiently ambitious or concrete, [...]
2007-04-23 05:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF NL
07THEHAGUE899NETHERLANDS/EU: MAY 14-15 PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GONL remains concerned about Sudan and will support EU sanctions if no UN sanctions are forthcoming. The Dutch are also concerned about progress on EU-Russia cooperation. They support an EU role in the International Compact with Iraq and Ahtisaari's recommendations for [...]
2007-05-11 15:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN ETRD KPAL PREL EAID NL
07THEHAGUE935ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]
2007-05-16 13:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE94NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the European Neighborhood Policy but does not want to see it used as a back door to EU candidacy. The Dutch continue to push for Serbian ICTY cooperation and will view warily offers to compensate Serbia for any change in Kosovo's status. Secretary Rice's efforts [...]
2007-01-19 13:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE946NETHERLANDS: A/S DE SUTTER'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon discussion at the MFA on May 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter addressed Russian President Putin's April 26 remarks and attempts to link the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty to [...]
2007-05-18 13:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KCFE CWC NL
07THEHAGUE971NETHERLANDS/CHINA: FM VERHAGEN'S MAY 16 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen visited Beijing May 16 and met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, and others. According to the Dutch MFA, discussions focused on Taiwan, Sudan and human rights [...]
2007-05-23 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORG EAGR ETRD EUN PHUM CH SU TW NL
07THEHAGUE984NETHERLANDS/NSG: CONFLICTS WITH PROPOSED MEETING
[...] Summary: The GONL is interested in attending the proposed open-ended seminar in national capacities to discuss implementation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 during the week of June 4, 2007, in Vienna. However, GONL subject matter experts will be engaged with the Australia Group Plenary in Paris tha [...]
2007-05-24 14:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR NL
07THEHAGUE988UNSCR 1747: DUTCH SUPPORT EU COMMON POSITION ON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points May 23 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, and Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer on Iran Sanctions within the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-05-25 08:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NL
07TOKYO1004LARGE-SCALE CHOSEN SOREN PROTESTS IN JAPAN: A DPRK
[...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-affiliated General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) organized large demonstrations March 3 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe to protest "unjustifiable (Japanese) political suppression." The protests, orchestrated by Pyongyang as all Chosen Soren activiti [...]
2007-03-08 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO1029TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,s discussions with Japanese government officials centered on the need for ongoing economic reforms in Japan, confirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship and touched on developments in the Chinese, U.S. and Japanese economies [...]
2007-03-09 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN OVIP JA
07TOKYO1051UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]
2007-03-12 05:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1090 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1113 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1129MEDIA REACTION Q SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: Concern About Possible US Betrayal" The conservative Sankei editorialized (3/15): "The six- party talks in Beijing are at a critical juncture. Accelerating economic aid to North Korea before it has made the decision to give up its nuclear weapons would be suicide for the six- [...]
2007-03-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1147EAP/DAS CHRISTENSEN,S MARCH 2 TOKYO MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's ties with China have warmed significantly since Prime Minister Abe's October visit to China and both sides are working to achieve a compromise on gas exploration in the East China Sea, MOFA officials, Diet members and academics told EAP/DAS Christensen during separate M [...]
2007-03-15 09:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV CH TW KN KS JA
07TOKYO1158JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1172MEDIA REACTION - US LIFTING OF FINANCIAL
[...] "What Effect Will US End to Financial Sanctions Have on DPRK Denuclearization?" An editorial in the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (3/16): "...The US Treasury Department, which had been investigating the Macau-based Banco Delta Asia (BDA) on suspicion of helping launder money for [...]
2007-03-16 06:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1181JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STILL SQUEAMISH ABOUT WTO
[...] (C) Summary: Japan remains hesitant to join U.S.- initiated dispute settlement cases against China in the World Trade Organization (WTO) largely over concerns about possible Chinese retaliation against Japanese companies that have invested in China, according to the director-general for eco [...]
2007-03-16 09:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD WTRO PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1185EAP DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH MOFA
[...] (C) Summary: Officials from MOFA's Southeast Asia Division told visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson March 12 that pressuring Burma to release political prisoners, promote dialogue on national reconciliation, improve access for international organizations, and end violence directed at eth [...]
2007-03-16 10:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH BM TH VM RO IN CB RP JA
07TOKYO1202The Japan Economic Scope - March 16, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from March 16, 2007. 3. EAP/MLS Director Meets MOFA Counterparts in Tokyo Beef and Agriculture 4. OIE Panel Judges U.S. Beef Safe, Japan Replies, Not So Fast 6. Japanese Must Confront "Egoistic" Agricult [...]
2007-03-19 06:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 11:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1253 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1276JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1314 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1325MEDIA REACTION Q IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC's Imposition of Additional Sanctions on Iran a Matter of Course" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (3/26): "The UN Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran. This was a matter of course, given that Tehran had failed to heed repeated [...]
2007-03-26 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1338JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1344 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1349JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1362JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSCR 1737, MULLING CONCRETE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO1376IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) FINATT met with Ministry of Finance, Legal Office, International Bureau official Hiroshi Yamashita on March 27 to discuss the details and importance of UNSCR 1747. Using Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's comments to underscore our committment to implementing UNSCR 1747, FINATT and Yamash [...]
2007-03-29 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM EB ISN KNNP IR EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AEMR
07TOKYO1391JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1393MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH - TOKYO
[...] "Arab Leaders Agree to Relaunch Peace Initiative" Riyadh correspondent Michio Okamoto of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (3/30): "Arab leaders ended a summit in Riyadh Thursday after adopting the Riyadh Declaration, which calls for relaunching their five-year-old peace initiative [...]
2007-03-30 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1482JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1510MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST - TOKYO
[...] "Changing Diplomatic Environment in the Middle East" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (4/6): "Israeli Prime Minister Olmert proposed peace talks with Arab nations in response to the adoption at the recent Arab Summit meeting of the 'Riyadh Declaration,' which seeks comprehensiv [...]
2007-04-06 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1518CHINESE AMBASSDOR ON PREMIER'S VISIT, HISTORY
[...] (C) Summary: China hopes the upcoming visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will help to stabilize its relations with Japan and to clarify Japanese thinking on the future nature of their bilateral relations, according to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. Wang stressed that joining the "con [...]
2007-04-06 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN JA CH
07TOKYO1521PREVIEW OF APRIL 8 UNIFIED LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The results of Japan's April 8 nationwide local elections will be determined primarily by local issues. Nevertheless, some of the local races, where national issues are in play, will be early indicators for the outcome of the July Upper House elections and a measure of PM Abe' [...]
2007-04-06 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO1545JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1577JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1579MEDIA REACTION Q RELEASE OF DPRK FUNDS AT BDA -
[...] "Release of BDA Funds: Panicked America Capitulates to DPRK" Washington correspondent Takashi Sakamoto of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (4/11): "The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it would countenance the withdrawal by North Korea of all its funds frozen at BDA und [...]
2007-04-11 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1609MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: Time for DPRK to Implement 'Initial Steps'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/12): "On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department and Macau authorities announced that they would release all DPRK-linked funds frozen at Banco Delta Asia (BDA). Attention is now shifting to whether [...]
2007-04-12 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1657 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1671MEDIA REACTION Q DPRK - TOKYO
[...] "North Korea: Consider Setting a Time Limit Backed by Sanctions" An editorial in the conservative Sankei stated (4/17): "North Korea did not meet the deadline to implement 'initial steps' toward denuclearization. US and Chinese negotiators have said that the process needs to be given a few mor [...]
2007-04-17 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1681(S) JAPAN SEEKS ASSURANCES ON EXTENDED DETERRENCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During April 11-12 meetings with visiting P/DASD (Asia Pacific) Jim Shinn, Japanese officials asked the USG to publicly and privately reiterate its commitment to defend Japan, including with nuclear weapons. Ministry of Defense (MOD) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya said that DPRK [...]
2007-04-18 02:21:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PNUC JA
07TOKYO1740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1752JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1771JAPAN TO JOIN CHINA/IPR WTO CASE AS THIRD PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister Amari announced on April 20 that Japan will join the U.S. as a third party in a WTO complaint against China on IPR prosecutions. The GOJ is worried about the Chinese reaction and will be monitoring it closely. Chinese Customs and Copyright agency officials warne [...]
2007-04-22 22:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH JP
07TOKYO1780JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1847MEDIA REACTION - PM ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
[...] "PM Abe's Visit to US: Confirm Strong US-Japan Cooperation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/25): "Prime Minister Abe will leave for the US Thursday for talks Friday with President Bush. This will be his first visit to the US since he became prime minister last September. While in Washing [...]
2007-04-25 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1852 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1923JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1951 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2030TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]
2007-05-07 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2077JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2113JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2170MEDIA REACTION Q CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON SDF -
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front- paged DaimlerChrysler's decision to sell the bulk of its stake in the Chrysler unit to US private equity fund Cerberus Capital. These papers also gave front-page coverage to Monday's enactment of referendum legislation for constitutional amend [...]
2007-05-15 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2244MEDIA REACTION - NORTH-SOUTH KOREA CONFIDENCE
[...] "Connection of Two Koreas by Rail: Reconciliation Alone Cannot Lead to North's Denuclearization" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/18): "North and South Korea ran a train across the heavily militarized border Thursday for the first time in nearly 50 years. The ROK had str [...]
2007-05-18 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2358FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]
2007-05-25 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2371JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2411 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 09:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2501AMBASSADOR SCHULTE BRIEFS JAPAN'S OPPOSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Greg Schulte provided a well-received DVC briefing on U.S nonproliferation policy to opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members on May 15, at their request. Questions focused primarily on what the DPJ members characterized as differences between U.S. tre [...]
2007-06-05 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP TRGY IR IN JA
07TOKYO2533 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2728JAPAN TO PUSH FOR EFFECTIVE HYBRID OP FRAMEWORK,
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel C demarche June 15 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Ishikawa said that Japan agrees with all of the U.S. concerns about the mandate and the comman [...]
2007-06-18 02:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU JA
07TOKYO2774TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Yomiuri front-paged Assistant Secretary of State Hill's meeting with his Japanese counterpart Tuesday evening at MOFA to discuss North Korea's nuclear program and other issues. 2. "Greater Efforts Should Be Made for Palestinian Reconciliation" The liberal [...]
2007-06-20 03:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2786FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2790JAPAN-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: SLOWLY WARMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan-Pakistan relations appear to be slowly warming, after having suffered a breach following Pakistan's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. Japan's overriding concern regarding Pakistan is to maintain stability in the South Asia region and, therefore, to help keep it a moder [...]
2007-06-20 20:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID PK JA
07TOKYO2851TOKYO RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1747:FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) FINATT delivered ref A points to Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Trade Insurance Division Director Michihiro Kishimoto, on June 21. To the first of two suggested follow-on actions to [...]
2007-06-25 02:31:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL EFIN ETRD OECD
07TOKYO2937TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to a GOJ plan to provide bullet-train technology to Russia. 2. "Don't Neglect Tragedy in Sudan" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (6/28): "The humanitarian crisis in Darfur has been neglected. The fighting between an Ara [...]
2007-06-28 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3073 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3137JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]
2007-07-10 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3235JAPAN PRESSES IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: UN Security Council "confrontational moves" towards a new resolution would only lead to minimal Iranian cooperation with the IAEA, Iranian Director General Hamid Baeidinejad declared at non-proliferation talks in Tokyo on July 11, according to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science an [...]
2007-07-16 22:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM JA PREL IR
07TOKYO3318JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO343JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO356ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's January 17-18 Tokyo visit, she signed an agreement to elevate policy talks from DG-level to VFM-level and reached agreements for Japanese business and cultural exchanges, according to MOFA and Israeli Embassy contacts. Japan agreed t [...]
2007-01-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KPAL XF IR IS JA
07TOKYO3664SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GEN. PACE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an historic defeat in July 29 elections, ceding control of the Upper House of the Diet to the opposition. The electoral setback has put at risk Abe's ambitious security agenda, including moves to expand Japan's a [...]
2007-08-09 23:09:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3681The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]
2007-08-10 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3962FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST
[...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]
2007-08-27 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO403MEDIA REACTION - RESUMPTION OF SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] "Japan Should Strengthen Joint Stance with US at Six- Party Talks" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (1/30): "The US and the DPRK will begin bilateral talks Tuesday in Beijing concerning financial sanctions to open the way for a resumption of the six- party talks on North Korea [...]
2007-01-30 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4080JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//07
[...] Endo said to Yosano, "Please tell the prime minister that I will step down." TOKYO 00004080 006 OF 012 SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09 Yosano's determination to put a speedy end to Endo's scandal came from strong alarm against the Kantei's (Prime Minister's Official [...]
2007-09-04 01:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-05 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4187 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO426MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: North Korea Has No Choice But to Denuclearize" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/31): "At the next round of the six-party talks, which are to resume on February 8 in Beijing, will there be any concrete progress that will lead to North Korea's denucleariza [...]
2007-01-31 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4446JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4474JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4542JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4545TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN BURMA
[...] "High Time for Burma to Democratize" The conservative Sankei editorialized (9/28): "The Burmese junta may be worried that more demonstrations will lead to its collapse. But if it continues its oppression, its rule will eventually wither in the face of the people's opposition and pressure from [...]
2007-09-28 01:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4557 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4563JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...]
2007-09-28 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4567JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS IRANIAN COUNTERPART
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) pressed Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki, at a meeting on September 22 in New York, to comply with United Nations sanctions and cease uranium enrichment. Machimura also rejected as "unrealistic" [...]
2007-09-30 22:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ JA
07TOKYO4570JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 01:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4574TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] "Vague Accord Will Create Problems for Future" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/1): "There is a high possibility that the provisional six-party deal will create problems for the future, given that the definition of disablement, as well as its scope and procedures, remains vague and li [...]
2007-10-01 02:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4588 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4634JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE
[...] (C) The Japanese Government is waiting for a readout from Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka's September 30-October 2 Burma trip before deciding whether to adopt new measures to increase pressure on the Rangoon authorities, VFM Yachi told the Charge October 2. It is unlikely Yabunaka will be abl [...]
2007-10-02 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4638JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4648JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4653TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] "Step Forward toward Denuclearization" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/4): "... US experts have come to the view that the level of uranium enrichment by North Korea has not yet reached a stage where it can manufacture weapons-grade uranium. This being the case, the disablement of three fac [...]
2007-10-04 04:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4666 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4673JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4732JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4734TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] "Prime Minister Should Swiftly Firm up Strategy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/10): "The GOJ decided yesterday on a half-year extension of sanctions on North Korea. Such measures as a ban on the entry of the DPRK passenger-freighter Man Gyong Bong will continue for the time being.... It [...]
2007-10-10 05:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 10:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES,
[...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]
2007-02-01 10:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4775 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4784JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4829 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 22:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4856 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 22:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4879JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4902 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4976JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4994DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ETRD BM JA
07TOKYO5003JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5020JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...]
2007-10-26 09:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN
07TOKYO5021DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...]
2007-10-26 09:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO5028JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5031TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] "What Happened to Syria-DPRK Connection?" The Liberal Mainichi wrote (10/29): "The US has decided to slap additional sanctions on Iran for its continued uranium enrichment.... The US has also claimed that Iran has been supplying arms to the Taliban and to Shiite militias in Iraq. However, Iran [...]
2007-10-29 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5032 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5039JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5084The Japan Economic Scope--November 1, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 1, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Fiscal Issues 3. Citigroup Shares to Hit TSE November 5 4. Unemployment Up Slightly to 4% 5. CPI Down 0.1% in September, 8th Consecutive Monthly Drop 6. BOJ's Economic Outlook: No [...]
2007-11-02 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5086RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS
[...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...]
2007-11-02 02:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL
07TOKYO5092RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS
[...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...]
2007-11-02 04:35:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL
07TOKYO5126 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5139 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5194RESPONSE TO: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (C) Summary. ICE Attach and FINATT in separate meetings discussed bulk cash smuggling and currency transportation reporting requirements with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and National Police Agency (NPA) officials. The officials we spoke to are aware of Finan [...]
2007-11-09 07:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO5228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5240JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5241TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN'S CRISIS AND
[...] "Power-Sharing Plan on Verge of Collapse" The conservative Sankei's Bangkok correspondent reported (11/15): "Political confusion in Pakistan is deepening, as President Musharraf has decided to take a harder line by rejecting a power-sharing arrangement with former Prime Minister Bhutto followi [...]
2007-11-15 04:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5258JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5267 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5336HIGH-LEVEL JAPAN-BURMA CONTACTS IN SINGAPORE
[...] (C) During separate meetings November 20 and 21, PM Yasuo Fukuda and FM Masahiko Koumura called on their Burmese counterparts to take steps to promote democratization and human rights and to begin a "substantial" dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They also urged the Burmese authorities to conti [...]
2007-11-26 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5342BURMA: JAPANESE FM KOUMURA MEETS WITH SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting in Singapore, Special Advisor Gambari told Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura that he has been pressing the Burmese authorities to relax their restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),engage in dialogue with her and take steps towards democratization in [...]
2007-11-27 02:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5350JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5365JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5456INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]
2007-12-05 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5458JAPAN AND VIETNAM AIM FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet's November 25-29 state visit to Japan was aimed at developing the two countries' "strategic partnership," with a strong focus on assisting infrastructure development, improving Vietnam's investment environment, raising bilateral trade and expanding polit [...]
2007-12-05 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VM JA
07TOKYO5463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/5/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5480JAPAN: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY CONSULTS ON
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met in Tokyo on November 14 and 15 with Government of Japan officials to discuss recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, reactions to the FATF statement on Iran, and the need for additional financial meas [...]
2007-12-07 00:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEFIN PARM PINR PINS JA IR
07TOKYO5481JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5484TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN NATIONAL
[...] "And Then There Was North Korea" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (12/7): "This year's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear-weapons programs in 2003 and has not resumed it since. It must be a severe blow to the Bush administration, which has stressed th [...]
2007-12-07 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5491ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...]
2007-12-07 07:02:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA
07TOKYO5493 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/07
[...] Fund management organizations of Diet members and candidates for the Diet 2. Political organizations represented by Diet members and others and their branches in electoral districts 3. Political organizations recommending Diet members and others Political funds auditors (tentative name) regi [...]
2007-12-07 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO55 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5510 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5572 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-16 22:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO558FEBRUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: On February 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries, Australia, Brunei Darussala [...]
2007-02-07 23:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV JA
07TOKYO5611 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5678SUB CABINET MEETINGS, DEC. 6-7, U.S. URGES MORE
[...] (SBU) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price led a deputies-level team from USTR, Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and State for the U.S.-Japan Economic Sub-Cabinet Dialogue meetings on December 6-7 in Tokyo. The over-a [...]
2007-12-28 06:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ETRD JA
07TOKYO569MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks at a Turning Point" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/8): "...The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions will resume today in Beijing. Because of past disappointments with North Korea, there is no predicting what will result from this round of talks. However, rema [...]
2007-02-08 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO580 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO585SUBJECT: A/S SILVERBERG MEETINGS ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Subject: Improving efficiency in peacekeeping operations, promoting strong ethical practices, insisting on improvement in the Human Rights Council, and cooperating behind the scenes on upcoming international organization elections are some of the ways the United States and Japan can work [...]
2007-02-08 23:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR KPKO JA BM
07TOKYO599 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/07
[...] Name(Time of establishment) 2. Immediate purpose 3. Confronting challenge  [...]
2007-02-09 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO61JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO617JANUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: On January 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, [...]
2007-02-13 06:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM JA ENRG
07TOKYO643 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO650JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO659A/S SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan views positively recent steps taken by the United States to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process and is hopeful that progress will be made, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda told visiting Assistant Secretary for International [...]
2007-02-15 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KPAL IS IR LE SU JA
07TOKYO702JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO708AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]
2007-02-20 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
07TOKYO722JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO752JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 05:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO799ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to counterparts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Finance (MOF). MOF officials stated they were already aware of reftel designations from their regular monitoring of Treasury,s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. 2. [...]
2007-02-26 04:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KN IR JA
07TOKYO807 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO910The Japan Economic Scope - March 2, 2007
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 3. Upper House Member Running for Reelection Predicts Win for DPJ 4. Russian PM Fradkov Visits Japan 5. MAFF Sounds the Alarms About Free Trade 6. An Intelligent Diet Debate on [...]
2007-03-05 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO977JAPAN, AUSTRALIA BACK CLOSER TRILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Australian defense and diplomatic officials endorsed a U.S. proposal for an Assistant Secretary-level Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),and called for an ambitious, "results-oriented" agenda for the new body focused on "early deliverables", dur [...]
2007-03-07 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TRIPOLI912A SUCCESS?: ENI'S DEAL WITH LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL
[...] Summary: Italian energy firm Eni has struck a major deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation that will significantly extend its concession contracts and launch an ambitious series of exploration and development activities. While trumpeted by Eni as a success, the deal carries serious negat [...]
2007-10-26 16:32:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL LY
07TRIPOLI929DARFUR TALKS STRUGGLE WITH POOR REBEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) Summary: UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks began as announced on October 27 in Sirte, Libya, even in the absence of major political and military leaders from the Darfur rebel movements. The UN/AU leadership is slowly proceeding with a plan to dispatch teams to Juba and Darfur to encourag [...]
2007-11-04 12:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY
07TRIPOLI930(C) LIBYA EXTRACTS SUDANESE, ERITREAN PROMISES TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 30 meeting with S/E Andrew Natsios, Secretary-General of the Community of Sahal-Saharan States, Mohammad al-Madani, briefed S/E Natsios on Libyan efforts in support of the UN/AU Darfur political process, including extracting an agreement from Sudanese President Ad [...]
2007-11-04 12:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY
07TRIPOLI945LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 16:15:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKISL PTER PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI949SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 16:31:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT
07TRIPOLI967GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 14:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EPET LY
07TRIPOLI972ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT INCIDENT WITH LIBYAN NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-18 16:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKBCT ECON ELTN PREL PGOV EINV LY
07TRIPOLI979LIBYAN MARKET TESTS INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although an alluring market for the oil and gas industry, Libya is an exceptionally difficult place in which to operate. In their daily operations, international oil companies (IOC's) face numerous challenges on visas, staffing and taxation issues, and their profit margins ar [...]
2007-11-21 11:29:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ENRG LY
07TUNIS1439TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...]
2007-10-30 10:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
07TUNIS2872007 TIP REPORT INPUT
[...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 6 hrs FEMC, 50 hrs FS-02. --------------------------- TUNISIA: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ------------------- [...]
2007-03-05 08:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TS
07TUNIS984FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS
[...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]
2007-07-24 15:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07TUNIS992TUNISIA READIES NEW IPR LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) In a July 24 meeting with EconOff, Director General of Tunisian Copyright Protection Organization (OTPDA),Mohamed Kheireddine Abdel Ali, spoke optimistically and enthusiastically about Tunisia's progress on intellectual property rights protection and an increased GOT commitment to the i [...]
2007-07-26 12:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TS
07ULAANBAATAR238Interest Rises in Mongolian Uranium Deposits
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Current estimates, mostly based on Soviet era surveys, place Mongolia's current commercial recoverable reserves of yellowcake at some two million metric tons, but Mongolian officials believe that the actual totals may be much higher. Rising prices for uranium have reignited inte [...]
2007-04-20 06:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL SENV EMIN EINV ETRD KNNP MG
07ULAANBAATAR478MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT'S REVOCATION OF MINING RIGHTS ROILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Late last week the Government of Mongolia (GOM) revoked the exploration licenses of 18 firms on 34 sites without prior warning, consultation, or any internal review of the action. The GOM claims that revocation is allowed under the newly amended minerals law. Chargi [...]
2007-08-23 00:08:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR570JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON MONGOLIAN POLITICS, DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador Ichihashi said Mongolia's ruling party, the MPRP, is "looking desperate" and could well lose next year's general election. The Japanese envoy also shared details of the recent Japan-DPRK talks in Ulaanbaatar, and a [...]
2007-10-05 08:57:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG
07UNVIEVIENNA384 IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL FOR COOPERATION,
[...] (SBU) Director General ElBaradei's opening statement noted that Iran has continued to place additional limitations on IAEA verification activities, which has resulted in a "deterioration" of the IAEA's knowledge of some aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Almost all country and bloc statements [...]
2007-06-18 08:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA705IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 DIVERGE AS RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE
[...] (S) Summary: P5 1 Ambassadors could not come to agreement in a November 20 meeting on any common approach in the November Board on Iran. The EU3 and the U.S. downplayed the work plan as a tool and focused concerns on the Agency's diminishing knowledge of the current Iranian nuclear program a [...]
2007-11-21 15:41:00UNVIESECRETKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA738IAEA/IRAN: EXPLAINING THE NIE TO KEY BOARD MEMBERS
[...] (C) South African Governor Abdul Minty told Ambassador Schulte that the NIE is an opportunity for P5 1 negotiations and offered President Mbeki as an intermediary with Iran. Separately, Nuclear Counselor briefed key Board members, including P5 1 DCMs/Counselors, on the implications of the NIE, [...]
2007-12-05 15:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP PARM AORC IR
07USEUBRUSSELS1043U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...]
2007-03-28 09:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
07USEUBRUSSELS1276U.S.-EU MEETINGS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. US-EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) troika consultations, held February 12 in Brussels, included discussion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Central American gangs. The U.S. delegation consisted of WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, USEU Deputy Pol [...]
2007-04-16 17:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EUN MX DR GT CO VZ NI BO ES
07USEUBRUSSELS1537NO EU UNITY GOING INTO REVIEW OF COMMON POSITION
[...] (C/NF) EU and member state officials told visiting WHA DAS Madison and Cuba Coordinator McCarry May 2-3 that the EU has not yet reached consensus on what parts of its Common Position on Cuba will be renewed in June. Contacts agreed on the need for Cubans to decide their future with encouragem [...]
2007-05-08 17:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID EUN BR CU
07USEUBRUSSELS1879U.S. AND EU FIND COMMON GROUND IN ANNUAL
[...] (U) The U.S. and the European Union (EU) held their annual Strategic Dialogue on humanitarian issues May 3 in Brussels, discussing common concerns and programming in Africa and Asia, as well as thematic issues including the United Nations humanitarian reform process, protection of international [...]
2007-06-07 15:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS2984DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 13:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3178HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 15:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN
07USNATO148NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING
[...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...]
2007-03-07 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS GG
07USNATO188RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...]
2007-03-22 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR BO UZ
07USNATO209NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 28, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A NAC-Reinforced at Political Directors, level on Afghanistan and Kosovo took place March 27, and a U.S./UK counternarcotics briefing to the NAC in ISAF format occurred just prior to the March 28 regular NAC meeting, (both NACs reported septels). As a result, the regular March [...]
2007-03-28 17:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO319DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...]
2007-05-21 08:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO348NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 30 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) reported that Operation &Adalat8 in northern Kandahar has been delayed and that the Theater Task Force has been redeployed to Operation Achilles to maintain security in the Sangin area. Ambassador Nuland po [...]
2007-06-01 08:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO430NRC: RUSSIA DISCOUNTS IRANIAN THREAT AND OFFERS
[...] (S) Summary: In the July 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian MFA Director of Disarmament Antonov and LTG Buzinskiy gave lengthy presentations on Russia's offer to the United States on missile defense (MD) cooperation in a transparent attempt to drive wedges within the Alliance. The [...]
2007-07-26 15:05:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO599HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]
2007-11-07 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO621NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...]
2007-11-28 16:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU
07USOSCE258OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO
[...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]
2007-06-12 13:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OSCE PREL RS
07USOSCE453OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT
[...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]
2007-12-06 12:21:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1004UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...]
2007-11-12 19:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1007SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI ON VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 10 telephone call and subsequent meetings on November 12, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wolff that he pressed Burmese authorities for a date to start a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK); that ASSK prefers to meet with her party, devel [...]
2007-11-12 22:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1013UN- FOLLOWING DPKO RESTRUCTURING BAN MOVES TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. Summary: Following the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) earlier this year, Secretary-General Ban has now called for strengthening the SIPDIS Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Ban,s proposal c [...]
2007-11-14 19:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1024UN/1267 SANCTIONS: RUSSIANS UNYIELDING ON REMOVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaida) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke convened P-5 ambassadors plus Afghanistan on November 8 to discuss the outstanding Afghan requests to remove from the 1267 sanctions list twenty individuals who have renounced their ties t [...]
2007-11-15 19:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AF EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1028 SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]
2007-11-15 22:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1042CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540
[...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 14, 2007, in the eighth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Ve [...]
2007-11-19 15:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PTER
07USUNNEWYORK1055UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: LONDON CONSIDERING
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Prompted by Qatar's stated interest in pursuing Security Council sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks in Sirte, Libya, as [...]
2007-11-21 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1058UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...]
2007-11-21 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1062UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: PALESTINIAN RESOURCES AND
[...] Summary. The UN General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 16. Per reftel instructions, the U.S. called for a vote and voted against resolutions on the permanent sovereignty of Palestinian natural resources and unilateral economic meas [...]
2007-11-21 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN ETTC KPAL UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1065P-5 DISCUSS SUDAN, BURMA
[...] SUMMARY: The P-5 PermReps met on November 21 to discuss Sudan and Burma. On Sudan, the P-3 PermReps advocated for additional pressure on the Sudanese to accept the UNAMID force composition. Ambassador Khalilzad said the challenge was determining how to press and/or incentivize the Sudanese a [...]
2007-11-23 16:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BU SU
07USUNNEWYORK107SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...]
2007-02-08 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1106COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIN CROWE AND JOHN
[...] (U) In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance for Erin Crowe and John Sandage to participate in the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, to attend meetings of the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Committee, and to [...]
2007-11-30 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL
07USUNNEWYORK112KIMMITT RAISES IRAQ COMPACT AND SANCTIONS WITH UN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the Iraq Compact. Ban assured Kimmitt that he was "very committed" to the Iraq Compact, and that he would seriously consider Kimmitt's proposal that the UN host a late February [...]
2007-02-09 01:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1125SIXTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF CHARTER COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee concluded its consideration of the Report of the Special Committee on the Charter and Revitalization of the Organization with the adoption of a draft resolution that differed little in substance from last year (Ref A). During the Sixth Committee's debate, many d [...]
2007-12-05 20:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK115PAKISTANI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Ambassador Wolff told Pakistani PermRep Akram that the United States considers any alleged violations of the UN al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime to be a serious matter. The two ambassadors spoke on February 8 after Ambassador Akram, the previous day, raised with Ambassador Wolff a U.S. re [...]
2007-02-09 21:18:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC EFIN UNSC PREL KTFN PK
07USUNNEWYORK1190UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS
[...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006),the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...]
2007-12-20 16:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1191UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
[...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...]
2007-12-20 16:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1192UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
[...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...]
2007-12-20 16:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1193UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA
[...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]
2007-12-20 18:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK1195OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES
[...] SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) C [...]
2007-12-20 19:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1198GAMBARI BRIEFS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari briefed the UN General Assembly by invitation on December 18. In keeping with his measured public approach, Gambari opened by recalling recent, positive developments such as the release of many of those detained during the September [...]
2007-12-20 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1218UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE
[...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...]
2007-12-27 12:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
07USUNNEWYORK1225USUN VIEWS ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and comment. With inter-governmental negotiations on Security Council reform set to begin in 2008, a serious debate has begun on Council expansion. We are closer than we have been in several decades to the prospect that a formal proposal for expansion could be put to a vote. We d [...]
2007-12-29 02:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC JA BR IN GE
07USUNNEWYORK125AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UNFPA EXECUTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-12 22:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP UNFPA
07USUNNEWYORK128PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT
[...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...]
2007-02-13 17:58:00USUN New YorkSECRETETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK
07USUNNEWYORK129EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS
[...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...]
2007-02-13 19:18:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK159UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...]
2007-02-28 19:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
07USUNNEWYORK166UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US
[...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...]
2007-03-02 18:51:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK173MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]
2007-03-02 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK174UNSC/IRAN: ITALIAN PR ASKS FOR EARLY OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Italian Permanent Representative Marcello Spatafora called on Ambassador Wolff on the evening of Friday March 2, to stake an Italian role in negotiations on the follow-up Iran resolution. Spatafora said that he was acting on instructions from PM Prodi, and had made the same request to UK [...]
2007-03-02 23:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IT
07USUNNEWYORK193DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]
2007-03-12 10:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK194UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES
[...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...]
2007-03-12 17:20:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK197UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...]
2007-03-12 20:01:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK198UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN
[...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...]
2007-03-12 23:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK211IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS
[...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]
2007-03-15 21:11:00USUN New YorkSECRETENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK213UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]
2007-03-16 00:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK224ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...]
2007-03-20 22:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK227UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]
2007-03-21 00:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK229UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20
[...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]
2007-03-21 15:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK251UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM
[...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]
2007-03-28 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK264UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...]
2007-04-04 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK268UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...]
2007-04-05 16:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK272UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...]
2007-04-09 19:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK282UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...]
2007-04-11 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK295UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]
2007-04-16 16:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK305UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON
[...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...]
2007-04-19 18:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK318UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...]
2007-04-24 23:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK320UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...]
2007-04-25 00:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK326UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...]
2007-04-27 13:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK348SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS
[...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...]
2007-05-03 13:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK35GOJ SEEKS DISCONTINUATION OF UNDP DPRK PROGRAM AND
[...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) On January 19, 2007, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting requested by Japanese Ambassador Koji Tsuriola (Director General for Global Affairs) and Minister Kazuo Sunaga regarding the DPRK. Ambassador Tsuriola explained the GOJ position as a p [...]
2007-01-22 15:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
07USUNNEWYORK374IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]
2007-05-14 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK381IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...]
2007-05-17 15:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK385UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...]
2007-05-17 23:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK397UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...]
2007-05-21 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK400UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...]
2007-05-21 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK405P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...]
2007-05-23 00:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU
07USUNNEWYORK407SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...]
2007-05-24 00:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK455UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]
2007-06-07 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK469ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]
2007-06-11 22:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK486SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]
2007-06-15 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK490UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]
2007-06-15 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK492INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...]
2007-06-15 22:20:00USUN New YorkSECRETKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID
07USUNNEWYORK509UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
[...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...]
2007-06-22 22:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK510UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS
[...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...]
2007-06-22 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
07USUNNEWYORK546EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...]
2007-07-03 14:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK549SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC
[...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...]
2007-07-03 20:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK555AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET
[...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...]
2007-07-06 20:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK556IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...]
2007-07-09 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ
07USUNNEWYORK563AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES
[...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...]
2007-07-11 00:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK579KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...]
2007-07-16 22:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK58SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
[...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...]
2007-01-25 15:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR PREL
07USUNNEWYORK588COUNTRY CLEARANCE: JOHN SANDAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 19:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK590UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL
[...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...]
2007-07-18 21:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK619UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...]
2007-07-27 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK632UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION
[...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...]
2007-08-02 00:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK66UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING
[...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...]
2007-01-26 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK660UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
[...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...]
2007-08-10 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK666UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...]
2007-08-14 00:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK667FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]
2007-08-14 15:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK7291540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...]
2007-09-06 20:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK733UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]
2007-09-08 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK736COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DEPT. OF
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following personnel to travel to New York for the meetings described in paragraph 2 of reftel. John B. Sandage Chief, Counterterrorism and Sanctions Policy Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State Arrives o/a September 10, depar [...]
2007-09-10 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK7521540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...]
2007-09-14 13:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK797SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]
2007-09-27 01:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK830FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]
2007-10-08 20:10:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK838MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO IO/PSC JOHN SANDAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 22:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK839AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]
2007-10-09 23:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK840UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]
2007-10-09 23:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK880UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER
[...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...]
2007-10-17 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK890RUSSIANS SEEK ADOPTION OF WORKING PAPER ON
[...] (U) Action Request: para 8. 2. (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Russians have circulated a paper, entitled "Working paper on the basic conditions and standard criteria for the introduction and implementation of sanctions and other coercive measures," (A/AC.182/L.114/Rev.2) and proposed that the G [...]
2007-10-19 16:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK918U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]
2007-10-25 20:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07USUNNEWYORK930SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION
[...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...]
2007-10-29 21:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK932SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH
[...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...]
2007-10-30 21:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
07USUNNEWYORK990ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft resolution on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (agenda item 85) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text. The tex [...]
2007-11-09 19:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07VATICAN12AFRICA ON FRONT BURNER AS POPE ADDRESSES DIP CORPS
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict placed particular emphasis on challenges facing Africa in his second annual address to the diplomatic corps. He called attention to Darfur and Somalia, and criticized an attempt "to trivialize abortion" in Africa. Benedict decried the uselessness of "armed solutions" to [...]
2007-01-10 15:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL KNNP VT
07VATICAN135HOLY SEE: BACKGROUND ON MEETING OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's point man on Sudan provided DCM September 26 with some background to the recent meeting of Sudanese President Bashir with Pope Benedict XVI; the meeting went well, according to the Vatican. End summary. 2. (SBU) DCM spoke briefly September 26 with Monsignor France [...]
2007-09-27 07:35:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VATICAN138A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]
2007-09-28 16:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VIENNA1068(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]
2007-04-25 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1104AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...]
2007-04-30 13:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ECON ETTC AU
07VIENNA1204AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 09, 2007
[...] There are new tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government over the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter purchase. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party has criticized Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats over his handling of the [...]
2007-05-09 14:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007
[...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]
2007-05-10 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1282AUSTRIA ON EU CUBA POLICY -- DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) During a May 14 meeting, EconPolCouns discussed the state of EU discussions of its policy toward Cuba with Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. With ref (b) in mind, we reviewed ref (a) points, stressing that this is not the time to soften t [...]
2007-05-15 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN CU AU
07VIENNA1342DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: IRANIAN LIGHT WATER
[...] (C) EconPolCouns and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points on May 16 to Kurt Pribil and Heinrich Traumueller, Co-Executive Directors of Austria's Financial Market Authority. Traumueller characterized the Iranian Mission's use of its diplomatic account as a repository for bidders on [...]
2007-05-22 10:15:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA1363AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 23, 2007
[...] The quality control test for the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will take longer than the usual testing period of two days, a spokesperson for Eurofighter told the Austrian Press Agency yesterday. This is "not unusual," however, given that it is the first interceptor earma [...]
2007-05-23 13:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1374NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: AUSTRIA INTERESTED IN
[...] (U) On May 23, EconPolOff delivered points in reftels A and B to Alexander Marschik, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Marschik attended the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary in April 2007, and is familiar with the U.S. propo [...]
2007-05-24 14:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR AU
07VIENNA1408AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 24, 2007
[...] The former head of the Bawag bank, Helmut Elsner, appearing for a second time before the parliamentary inquiry into bank supervision in Austria, has claimed he cannot answer a number of questions because of memory loss following a recent heart bypass operation. Elsner faces charges of fraud and [...]
2007-05-29 11:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA157AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 23, 2007
[...] Minister for the Environment Josef Proell yesterday presented "Perspectives Group 2010", which outlines proposals for the OEVP's future course that are to be developed in detail by 14 working groups. The OeVP will be "open to outside criticism," Proell emphasized. Presenting the OeVP's program [...]
2007-01-23 13:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA1604IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]
2007-06-15 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1649DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL U.S.
[...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division (DAS-level),to discuss recent USG sanctions and press for Austrian support for targeted bilateral and/or EU sanctions on Sudan. Gudenus expressed skepticism as to the efficacy of [...]
2007-06-20 16:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC UN SU AU
07VIENNA1666AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 21, 2007
[...] EU heads of government are preparing to meet in Brussels today to discuss a treaty to help the union work more effectively. A draft tabled by Germany recommends deep reforms, but not a constitution - an idea rejected by French and Dutch voters two years ago. Whether progress can be made at the [...]
2007-06-21 12:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2023AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 31, 2007
[...] The ninth day of the BAWAG trial focused on the events immediately before the first massive losses of the bank through speculation deals. As before, the two antagonists of the trial, former BAWAG boss Helmut Elsner and investment banker Wolfgang Flttl, contradicted each other with regard to how [...]
2007-07-31 11:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2041AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 1, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report extensively on the continuation of the BAWAG trial where the two main figures, former BAWAG boss Helmut Elsner and investment banker Wolfgang Flttl have apparently abandoned all conventional politeness and are attacking each other with full force. When Flttl explained [...]
2007-08-01 12:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2111OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA212AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 27, 2007
[...] FPOe boss Heinz-Christian Strache is expected to give what he called an "unambiguous and definite statement" on the series of controversial photos showing him during a paintball game and giving a neo-Nazi salute, which emerged last week. FPOe sources at the weekend claimed the pictures originat [...]
2007-01-29 15:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA223AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 30, 2007
[...] The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Heinz Christian Strache, has said he never was a neo-Nazi and would never be one. Strache spoke at a press conference called to answer allegations he had links to the far-right scene, after a series of photographs surfaced, one of which appears to show him [...]
2007-01-30 15:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2304TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 08:56:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU
07VIENNA2407(S) IRAN'S REFAH BANK CONSIDERING A VIENNA BRANCH
[...] (S) On September 12, EconUnit Chief met with Kurt Pribil, the Financial Market Authority's (FMA) Executive Director and FMA Board Member Bernd Traexler to discuss Bank Refah's interest in establishing a branch office in Vienna. Traexler said that he and other FMA officials met with a Bank Ref [...]
2007-09-13 14:40:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN PREL AU IR
07VIENNA2413AUSTRIAN NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary. Austria will propose a multilateral system for managing the nuclear fuel cycle at next week's opening of the IAEA General Conference (GC); sees no need (and little realistic chance) for a third UNSCR on Iran's nuclear program and was uncomfortable with the EU Presidency's Septembe [...]
2007-09-14 12:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG MNUC PREL UN AU
07VIENNA2428AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 18, 2007
[...] Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer is to meet with religious leaders, including leaders from Austria's Islamic Community, today. Talks are aimed at defusing a debate over Islam's presence in the country in the wake of arrests of four suspected Islamist militants in Austria and Canada last week. Gusen [...]
2007-09-18 12:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA243HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MOF VIEWS
[...] (C) Following up Charge's meeting with the Austrian MFA (ref A),DCM and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B demarche on January 31 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directorate. Wieser noted that Austria's stock of medium- and [...]
2007-02-02 09:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA2456AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2007
[...] The new board of directors of bank Bawag says it will sell the bank's real estate assets, which include the Bawag headquarters in Vienna's first district that is topped off with a large penthouse formerly inhabited by ex-Bawag CEO Helmut Elsner. Other Bawag properties to be sold include the pen [...]
2007-09-20 13:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2466AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2007
[...] The wife of Wolfgang Floettl, one of the key defendants in the trial surrounding the Bawag banking scandal took the witness stand Thursday, as one of the most closely-watched trials in recent Austrian history continues to grind on. Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhow [...]
2007-09-21 09:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2479NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA INVITES AZERBAIJAN'S STATE
[...] (SBU) On the occasion of a visit to several Central Asian countries, an Austrian business delegation, headed by Minister of Economics and Labor Martin Bartenstein, met with their counterparts from Azerbaijan in Baku on September 21. Bartenstein and his Azeri colleague Natiq Aliyev signed a " [...]
2007-09-25 06:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU
07VIENNA2499AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 26, 2007
[...] Contrary to the recommendations of a SPOe/OeVP expert group, there will be a separate asylum court - Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer has announced that a respective decision will be made this year and that the new institution will begin its work in the first half of 2008. The intention is to r [...]
2007-09-27 13:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2525AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 28, 2007
[...] The good economic figures have made it possible: Austria's provinces and communities will get a considerably larger share from federal tax revenues. An agreement on revenue sharing was concluded between the federal government and the provinces and communities, according to which the former wil [...]
2007-09-28 11:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2526AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 27, 2007
[...] Austrian Minister of the Interior G|nther Platter wants to avoid fixed deadlines that give asylum seekers the right to stay in Austria indefinitely and favors instead the current practice according to which each case is to be examined individually. This is his answer to the discussion about the [...]
2007-09-28 11:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2561TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF
[...] (S) On October 4, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A background paper and names to Angelika Schloegel in the Financial Markets Unit of the Ministry of Finance. Schloegel said she will distribute the information immediately, on a close-hold basis, to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of [...]
2007-10-04 13:30:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL
07VIENNA2578AUSTRIA REJECTS FRENCH CALL FOR TOUGHER EU
[...] (C) French Embassy DCM van Rossum has confirmed Austrian media reports that Austria has rejected Foreign Minister Kouchner's proposal for tougher EU sanctions on Iran. Van Rossum described a letter form Kouchner to his EU colleagues as calling on them to use the Oct. 15 GAERC to add additional [...]
2007-10-09 05:58:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP FR UK GE AU
07VIENNA2596IRAN SANCTIONS: AUSTRIA REJECTS EU ACTION
[...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff called on Austrian MFA Deputy PolDir and Near East Division Chief Ralph Scheide October 10 to discuss Iranian sanctions policy. Emboffs raised three concerns: Austrian objection of consideration of expanded sanctions or other diplomatic action until after the [...]
2007-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR EU FR AU
07VIENNA2602AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IRAN AT 10/15 GAERC
[...] (C) Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken reported to Econ/Pol Couns Oct. 11 that Austria will reluctantly support the draft conclusions on Iran drawn up by the French, British and Germans and endorsed by HighRep Solana. He also reported that he expects the entire Council to end [...]
2007-10-12 08:20:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR EUN AU
07VIENNA2603AUSTRIAN POSITIONS AT AND EXPECTATIONS OF 10/15
[...] (C) Summary. According to the Austrian MFA European Correspondent (EC),the WTO/DDA negotiations have been dropped from the agenda of the 10/15 GAERC. He expects only perfunctory discussion of Libya and Russia. The MEPP discussion will focus on a German proposal to develop an EU action plan [...]
2007-10-12 08:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL EUN AU
07VIENNA2626AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 15, 2007
[...] A government platform addressing topics and problems in connection with integration and security will begin its work today. The arrest in Austria in September of three Islamist suspects and the case of Bosnian teenager Arigona Zogaj have added a sense of urgency to the creation of the platform, [...]
2007-10-15 13:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2633AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2007
[...] A SPOe-OeVP government review of integration policy began in Austria on Monday with the launch of the so-called "integration platform." At the same time, the European Union released a study saying Austria has one of the worst records in the EU on integration. The study reveals that Austria is r [...]
2007-10-16 13:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2679AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 24, 2007
[...] Austrian Education Minister Claudia Schmied of the Social Democrats (SPOe) has said she is "appalled" by People's Party (OeVP) efforts to block the introduction, in selected areas of Austria, of comprehensive-type schools. Speaking after talks with the People's Party education spokesperson Frit [...]
2007-10-24 12:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2738AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 2, 2007
[...] According to a study issued by the Imas Institute, Austrians are ever more satisfied with the general political situation. Contentment with the standard of living, the freedom of opinion and the health care situation are highest. Also, despite the constant quarrels in the coalition, the approva [...]
2007-11-02 12:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2757AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 06, 2007
[...] Education Minister Claudia Schmied from the Social Democrats and Science Minister Johannes Hahn from the People's Party have reached a "last-minute agreement" on the introduction of comprehensive-type "new middle schools" in Austria. The breakthrough was achieved after Schmied agreed to a so-ca [...]
2007-11-06 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2803TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN DISCUSSES BANK SEPAH WITH
[...] (S) On November 6, Treasury A/S O'Brien met with Patrick Butler, Chief Financial Officer of Raiffeisen Bank (RZB),and Fritz Sommer, RZB General Counsel, to clarify RZB's written response, following an October 20 meeting between Treasury U/S Levey and Raiffeisen International CEO Herbert Stepi [...]
2007-11-15 09:33:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP AU IR
07VIENNA2816NOVEMBER GAERC: AUSTRIAN PRE-BRIEF
[...] (U) Per reftel, Econ/Pol Couns met Nov. 16 with Austrian MFA European Corespondent Andreas Riecken to discuss plans for the upcoming GAERC. Following are Riecken's comments: Summits ------- 2. (C) Riecken reported that there will be no discussion of the content of the China and India su [...]
2007-11-16 14:24:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU
07VIENNA2818AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 16, 2007
[...] According to a report on migration trends by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which was published on Thursday, Austria is an important destination for immigrants. The authors of the study warn, however, that Austria is not sufficiently aware of this fact and has failed to create the necessary [...]
2007-11-16 16:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2829AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHANCELLOR ON AUSTRO-IRANIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador McCaw used her Nov. 20 farewell call on Chancellor Gusenbauer to convey again U.S. unhappiness with OMV's South Pars gas deal with Iran. The Ambassador stressed how unhelpful the deal was to the international diplomatic effort to stop Iran's uranium enrichment program. She note [...]
2007-11-20 14:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2836AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes and is disappointed by Iran's failure to cooperate fully with the IAEA and expects leading EU states in IAEA BOG to issue a statement expressing many of the themes identified by the U.S. End Summary. El Baradei Report ----------------- 2. (C) Econ/Pol Co [...]
2007-11-21 07:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EU AU
07VIENNA2838AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 21, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report that a new internet video threatening Austria and Germany has surfaced, apparently made by militants associated with the "Global Islamic Media Front" (GIMF),an al Qaeda propaganda group. The video demands that Austria and Germany withdraw their military personnel from [...]
2007-11-21 14:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2849AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 26, 2007
[...] The departure of the Austrian Army contingent's advance party to Chad will not take place today, as originally scheduled. The Commander of the Austrian unit, which will participate in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid efforts in the African state, Lt. Gen. Guenther Hoefler, said the delay was b [...]
2007-11-26 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2851OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR?
[...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...]
2007-11-27 08:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA2907AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2007
[...] Education Minister Claudia Schmied of the Social Democrats (SPOe) said one of the keys to raising standards in education is to improve teacher training and review the selection process for those wishing to enter the profession. She was speaking on Austrian television after the publication of th [...]
2007-12-06 16:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2948AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA328AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 09, 2007
[...] Starting Friday, the SPOe/OeVP coalition will begin working on an extensive reform of state and government which, according to Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, will be the "core piece" of the grand coalition and is intended for completion in summer. The reform will build on reforms announced and p [...]
2007-02-09 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA350AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 12, 2007
[...] Controversies and conflicts have been dominating the climate in the SPOe/OeVP coalition since it took office a month ago. Any major issue seems to have the potential so split the coalition partners: privatization, elderly care, pension reform or environmental issues. The SPOe suspects the OeVP [...]
2007-02-12 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA374AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 13, 2007
[...] The infighting in the SPOe/OeVP coalition has culminated in a sharp attack by Minister for Environmental Issues, Josef Prll on Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, reproaching him for "lack of leadership qualities." Prll said the OeVP did not have the impression that Gusenbauer sees himself as the he [...]
2007-02-13 13:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA380AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS,
[...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]
2007-02-13 17:13:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA411AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 15, 2007
[...] Former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner is back in Vienna and in detention while awaiting trial. For the time being, however, Elsner is in the Wilhelminenspital where his medical condition is being monitored. For months, the former head of Bawag had escaped extradition claiming a heart condition. Accor [...]
2007-02-15 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA437UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE
[...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...]
2007-02-20 11:25:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU
07VIENNA455AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 21, 2007
[...] BZOe boss Peter Westenthaler is scheduled to testify today before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the scandal surrounding former union-owned bank Bawag. He is suspected of having intervened in favor of investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, a key figure in the Bawag affair. [...]
2007-02-22 07:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA478AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 23, 2007
[...] Erika Rumpold, head of public relations company 100 Percent Communications, which received over 6 million Euros to promote Eurofighters refused to answer questions at the parliamentary inquiry looking into the purchase of the planes. Committee members said Rumpold may face a fine similar to tha [...]
2007-02-23 14:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA522AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) On February 28, Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel paper to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken commented on the following issues: 2. (C) WESTERN BALKANS: Riecken welcomed the recent decision to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative [...]
2007-03-01 12:55:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AU IR
07VIENNA552AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 02, 2007
[...] After the Defense and Finance Ministers reconciled their differences over allocation of funds for the defense portfolio, the coalition partners SPOe and OeVP agreed yesterday on a double budget for 2007 and 2008. The spending plan is expected to be presented in parliament before the end of Marc [...]
2007-03-05 07:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA634AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2007
[...] The divisions in the governing coalition over inheritance tax continue. People's Party (OeVP) insists on the complete abolition of taxes on inherited wealth, but Social Democrats (SPOe) say they want a reform of inheritance taxes, after the Constitutional Court last week suspended laws relating [...]
2007-03-13 15:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA701OMV CEO: NABUCCO KEY FOR EUROPE'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) During a recent lunch with Ambassador, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer emphasized that obtaining a sufficient supply of Azeri gas is the key for the start-up of Nabucco. Without Azeri gas, OMV would have to look for other possible suppliers--Iran and Russia--that would not be good alternat [...]
2007-03-20 19:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA714AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 21, 2007
[...] The SPOe-OeVP coalition will make an effort to settle its ongoing dispute regarding implementation of Kyoto goals at today's Council of Ministers. There has been disagreement on a number of aspects of Austria's planned new climate strategy, including on the SPOe's proposals of holding a climate [...]
2007-03-21 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA721DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on March 21 to Gerhard Weinberger, the Austrian MFA's Acting Africa Director. 2. (C) Consistent with ref (b),Weinberger said Austria shares our views on the political, economic and security problems in Zimbabwe. He said that in a recent tel [...]
2007-03-21 16:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI AU
07VIENNA756AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 23, 2007
[...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos met with Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen to discuss the contract to purchase 18 jets for the Austrian armed forces. The time and place of the meeting was kept secret. It is believed that the talks aimed at finding ways to reduce the cost of the aircraf [...]
2007-03-23 15:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA773AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2007
[...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) is still confident he has legal grounds for a cancellation of the Eurofighter purchase contract. A complete backing-out of the deal continues to be "our number one priority," he stressed on Austrian television. "Intensive negotiations" to that effect will [...]
2007-03-26 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA810DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT
[...] (S) On March 28, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel statement from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Director General and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Financing Coordinator. EconUnit Chief underscored the importance of imp [...]
2007-03-28 14:58:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM KNNP EFIN KTFN ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA853AUSTRIA ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND THE
[...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 29 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Per ref (b),on March 28, EconUnit Chief had delivered ref (c) demarche the implementation of UNSCR 1747 to the Austrian Finance Ministry. 2. Scheide echoed r [...]
2007-03-30 09:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AU
07VIENNA856TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (U) On March 14, Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien led a delegation to Vienna to meet with officials at the Austrian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of European and International Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BACA),and Raiffeisen Ze [...]
2007-03-30 12:23:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL ECON AU
07VIENNA882AUSTRIA: GOA URGES BANKS TO CLOSE SEPAH ACCOUNTS
[...] (S) EconUnit Chief conveyed ref A points on March 30 to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's Director General, and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Finance Coordinator. In a separate meeting (ref C) on March 30 with the MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa, Eco [...]
2007-04-03 08:03:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM AU IR
07VIENNA911AUSTRIA: WAITING FOR GUIDANCE ON SHARING NSG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IAEA IR AU
07VIENNA932AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007
[...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...]
2007-04-10 12:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENTIANE361 SPECIAL 301 LAO PDR 2007: GOL PLEASED WITH DESIGNATION BUT
[...] Summary: Nheune Sisavad, a senior Lao official who oversees intellectual property issues, expressed relief to the DCM that Laos is not on any Special 301 lists but said that it is important for Laos to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. He said that the National Assembl [...]
2007-05-03 10:11:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAID KIPR LA
07VIENTIANE601ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC-IMPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 09:35:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKNNP LA PARM PREL
07VIENTIANE767MFA ASEAN OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ACTIVE LAO ROLE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge on Burma, Deputy Director General for ASEAN Songkane Luangmuninthone said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had intervened with the Burmese Foreign Minister at UN Special Envoy Gambari's request to urge the Burmese to a [...]
2007-10-12 09:48:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV LA BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE788DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on Burma during an October 22 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun primarily devoted to the Hmong waiver issue (Ref B). He provided the Assistant Minister with the White House fact sheet, the text of the executive order, an [...]
2007-10-24 08:45:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN BM LA ASEAN
07VILNIUS214LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 14:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC LH
07VILNIUS221LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 10:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN ETTC KNNP IR LH
07VILNIUS25LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...]
2007-01-11 17:07:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL
07VILNIUS306LITHUANIAN PLANS TO EXTEND IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C) Summary: The GOL may ask the EU to approve extending the life of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's (INPP) second unit, which is scheduled to be shut down no later than December 31, 2009 in accordance with Lithuania's EU accession treaty. (Note: Unit One was shut down in 2004.) The GOL and [...]
2007-05-02 14:44:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON EUN XG LH
07VILNIUS360LITHUANIA SUPPORTS BROAD SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 14:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC LH
07VILNIUS361LITHUANIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267'S CT GOALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 14:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNSC EFIN LH
07VILNIUS47LITHUANIA'S PLANS FOR GAERC: ENERGY AND
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister plans to intervene at the January 22-23 GAERC on European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and external energy policy. The GOL supports the UN envoy in Kosovo and agrees that strengthening sanctions and promoting democracy are both needed in Iran. End Summa [...]
2007-01-19 15:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID EUN LH
07VILNIUS729LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...]
2007-10-12 14:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR
07VILNIUS733LITHUANIA PROVIDES NO DIRECT AID TO BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 06:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM LH
07VILNIUS805LITHUANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA
[...] (C) We provided Department views per reftel to Rimgaile Karciauskaite and Dovydas Spokauskas of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division November 5. Spokauskas informed us that he would likely represent the GOL at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting on November 22-23 [...]
2007-11-08 13:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC LH IR
07VILNIUS828EU'S LACKLUSTER PROGRESS ON BIOTECH NOT WORRISOME
[...] (C) Begin summary. In separate meetings on November 13 and 14 we met with Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture Ministry officials to deliver reftel demarche. Our GOL interlocutors support the introduction of biotech in some cases. However, they all cited negative public opinion as [...]
2007-11-16 16:02:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD LH
07VILNIUS829LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]
2007-11-16 16:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07VILNIUS848LITHUANIAN WILL FOLLOW THE EU FLOW ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 15:29:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EFIN LH
07VILNIUS877LITHUANIAN PRIORITIES FOR THE DECEMBER 10 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania will seek to include a statement on energy security in the summit conclusions at the GAERC meeting on December 10. FM Vaitiekunas will also emphasize the importance of helping Moldova and the inadequacy of the Black Sea Energy group for the countries in the European Nei [...]
2007-12-10 13:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY LH
07VILNIUS88FEBRUARY GAERC: LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON KOSOVO,
[...] (C) Lithuania's FM does not plan any interventions for the February GAERC, but is supportive of U.S. positions. In the lead-up to the GAERC, Lithuania focused on Kosovo, Afghanistan, and setting the stage for a March European Council that focuses on the Lisbon strategy and the energy sector. [...]
2007-02-07 11:35:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD LH EUN AF
07WARSAW1204POLAND: LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE
[...] (C) Post is not aware of any Polish investment in Cuba and bilateral trade is very small. In the first eleven months of 2006 Poland exported $18.0 million in goods to Cuba and imported $0.2 million from Cuba. Exports for the first 11 months of 2005 were $10.4 million while imports were $3.2 [...]
2007-05-24 10:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PO CU
07WARSAW2043KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME
[...] (SBU) Poloff met October 2 with Beata Stoczynska, Acting Director, and Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counsellor from the Asia-Pacific Department of the MFA to deliver reftel points on Burma. Stoczynska confirmed that Poland is pushing within the framework of the EU to keep pressure on the Burmes [...]
2007-10-02 15:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM PL
07WARSAW2091POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA;
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...]
2007-10-11 14:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL
07WARSAW2131POLISH SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) On October 18, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counselor for MFA,s Asia department. Ciebien stated that in addition to Poland,s statement expressing concerns over the developments in Burma, the Government of Poland has raised the issue with va [...]
2007-10-19 12:48:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM PGOV PHUM RREL PL
07WARSAW2155POLAND'S RESPONSE ON BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:58:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PL BM
07WARSAW2171POLAND: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 29, post delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski and Marian Siemakowicz of the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz of the Department [...]
2007-10-31 13:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ECON PL
07WARSAW2246NEW POLISH FM SIKORSKI AND MOD KLICH LIKELY TO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper on November 15 to Pawel Herczynski in the MFA's EU Department, in anticipation of the November 19-20 GAERC in Brussels. Herczynski said he was "99% sure" that Poland would be represented by new FM Radek Sikorski, who would be accompanied by new Minister o [...]
2007-11-16 11:38:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW315POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...]
2007-02-09 13:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD
07WARSAW316POLAND-EU: FM FOTYGA REQUESTS THAT U.S. MONTHLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA officials, FM Anna Fotyga has requested that her briefing book for every GAERC include the text of the monthly U.S. pre-GAERC demarches. Fotyga has become fully engaged in Poland's relations with the EU and clearly values U.S. views, and our cooperation with MFA [...]
2007-02-09 14:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN PL
07WELLINGTON141NZ PONDERS FUTURE FIJI, SOLOMONS POLICIES
[...] (C) Summary. PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent Person's Group report on Fiji will be key to deter [...]
2007-02-14 01:54:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XB XV FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON158 YEAR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that New Zealand (GNZ) not/not be placed on the Special 301 List in 2007. The country's overall commitment to the protection of intellectual property (IPR) is relatively high as compared to most countries cited in the Special 301 review. The government continues [...]
2007-02-21 05:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON219NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...]
2007-03-09 21:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ
07WELLINGTON229GNZ PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM
[...] (C) Summary: The March 15 PIF Foreign Ministers meeting will have a limited role for Fiji, in part to ensure that interim PM Bainimarama cannot complain that members acted behind Fiji's back. The GNZ believes the outlook is good for PIF ministers to agree that Fiji should abide by the EPG [...]
2007-03-15 18:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ XV FJ
07WELLINGTON235NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
[...] (U) On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charles Kingston; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kingston reiterated that New Zealand strongly condemns Zimbabwe's human rights abuses. Most [...]
2007-03-19 23:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON237NEW ZEALAND PLEASED WITH PIF MEETING OUTCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: The GNZ believes the March 16 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers meeting offered Fiji's interim government clear carrots and sticks for a return to democratic elections within 18-24 months, as recommended by the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG). New Zealand was very ple [...]
2007-03-20 05:33:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ FJ
07WELLINGTON337NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PLANS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 06:15:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON604OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE RALLIES TROOPS, OFFERS
[...] Summary (SBU) The opposition National Party, riding high in the polls, recently held its annual conference in Auckland from August 3 - 5. The party used the conference to portray itself as a government-in-waiting and to make its case against Labour. National spokesman made it clear National [...]
2007-08-19 19:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD NZ
07WELLINGTON653ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP PITCHED TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 and 24, National Security Council Senior Director William Inboden and Senior Advisor Paul Lettow from the State Department's Global Affairs Bureau briefed the U.S. proposal for an "Asia Democracy Partnership" (ADP) (reftel) to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),the Ministry [...]
2007-08-30 19:47:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NZ KDEM
07WELLINGTON68EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...]
2007-01-23 03:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM
07WELLINGTON774BURMA DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GNZ
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor passed the information and suggestions outlined in reftel demarches to Bernadette Cavanagh, who recently began work as the Head of the Southeast Asia Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Cavanagh thanked the Embassy for the update on the latest [...]
2007-10-25 19:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM NZ BM
07WELLINGTON806NEW ZEALAND TO REMAIN TOUGH ON BURMA
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor met on November 5 with Bernadette Cavanaugh, the newly arrived head of the SouQast Asian office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to discuss Burma and next steps for the GNZ. Cavanagh related that her office has been working on a proposal for the gov [...]
2007-11-09 01:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEAN BM NZ
07WELLINGTON807STATUS UPDATE OF NEW ZEALAND COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's 2007 Copyright Bill as amended by the Parliamentary Select Committee falls short of international standards set by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Internet Treaties and is out of step with the standards set in the domestic legislation of New [...]
2007-11-09 02:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON842NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (S) DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams commented that New Zealand has been clear in its messages to Iran in [...]
2007-12-04 18:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR NZ
07YAOUNDE442CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT
[...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC),President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...]
2007-04-09 13:28:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM
07YEREVAN1032TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]
2007-08-16 03:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN1073ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] This is the inaugural issue of a new, periodic digest of news events which we hope will inform, educate, and perhaps occasionally amuse our readership. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Chief Prosecutor Killed in Vanadzor -- Police stop opposition leafleting -- Iranian Vice-P [...]
2007-08-30 10:46:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV KCRM AM IR
07YEREVAN1241SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]
2007-10-16 02:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1376RENEWING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA conveyed Ref A points to the Foreign Minister, Energy Minister, and presidential chief of staff, while A/DCM conveyed to senior staff of the prime minister (Ref B). All interlocutors insisted Armenia had no intention to build infrastructure capable of exporting Iranian gas [...]
2007-11-26 14:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP IR TU AM
07YEREVAN1384 MIXED, LARGELY SANGUINE REACTIONS TO ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) With the presidential election set for February, parliament swiftly enacted electoral code changes that took effect November 20. Over the course of two day-long readings, the parliament amended almost one third of the articles of Armenia's electoral code. IFES and other election monitor [...]
2007-11-28 04:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07YEREVAN323IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...]
2007-03-16 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN755CDA RAISES ENERGY SECURITY,NUCLEAR POWER, AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Energy Minister Movsissian June 1 to explore Armenia's current plans and thinking with regard to replacing the Soviet-era Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Press reports had suggested Armenia had made deals with Russia for the construction of a new nuclear plant, [...]
2007-06-08 11:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ETTC PARM ETRD AM IR
07YEREVAN815IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE; MEDIA REPORT U.S.
[...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A demarche points to FM Oskanian June 13. CDA also emphasized the continuing diplomatic and public relations disaster that Armenia's Iran engagement represents, given the context of UNSCRs and international consensus on the need to isolate Iran. He po [...]
2007-06-22 13:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL KMDR IR AM
07ZAGREB1009CROATIAN RESPONSE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) PolOff reviewed reftel points with Ambassador Mario Horvatic, Croatia's IAEA Governor, on November 8. Horvatic said that Croatia agrees that the IAEA Work Plan could represent a positive step toward resolution of the crisis, but "only if Iran implements its commitments." He appreciated ou [...]
2007-11-14 12:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR HR IAEA AORC
07ZAGREB1033CROATIAN REACTION TO IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 15 and discussed issue with him again November 20. Simunovic agreed that IAEA Director General ElBaradei's report was not one to celebrate, revealing little new information about Iran's current [...]
2007-11-23 15:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM AORC HR
07ZAGREB1044CROATIA 2007 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] Below is post's submission per reftel of part II of the INCSR on money laundering. 2. Croatia is a middle income transition economy that is neither a financial center nor a venue of choice for money laundering activities. Tourism and services make up the largest portion of GDP. Croatian [...]
2007-11-29 07:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN HR
07ZAGREB827CROATIAN RESPONSE ON IAEA POINTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As both FM and Ambassador were traveling on September 7, P/E Chief presented reftel A and B points to Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic and Croatia's IAEA Governor Mario Horvatic. Croatia supports the US position on the IAEA Action Plan, but does not plan to speak at the B [...]
2007-09-10 14:33:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC HR PREL
07ZAGREB990ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...]
2007-11-05 07:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC HR
08ABIDJAN138COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF),in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...]
2008-03-03 16:13:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
08ABIDJAN296NEW CUSTOMS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES RETURN OF CUSTOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cote d,Ivoire,s new Customs Director, Col. Alphone Mangly, expects the redeployment of customs officials to the north of the country to begin the week of May 12. In an April 30 meeting, Mangly told Ambassador candidly that he was not certain how the customs officials would wor [...]
2008-05-08 12:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN396THE NEW BLE GOUDE
[...] (C) Summary. Charles Ble Goude, leader of COJEP (PanAfrican Congress of Young Patriots),is one of three Ivorians under United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctions. However, an offensive seems to be underway, bolstered by the presidential camp, to re-shape Ble Goude's public image and portr [...]
2008-06-18 16:29:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI UN IV
08ABIDJAN77AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on January 31 with Henri Konan Bedie, former President of Cote d'Ivoire and current leader and presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire - PDCI). Bedie expressed doubt about whether President Gbagbo is tru [...]
2008-02-01 18:18:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IV
08ABUDHABI106 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] SUMMARY: A Saudi writer in "Al-Ittihad" chastised President Bush's visit to the region for being heavy on international diplomacy and very light on moral leadership. A Qatari writer in "Al-Ittihad" wondered why President Bush emphasized the U.S. obligation to securing the Gulf instead of [...]
2008-01-28 07:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI1229CSAF GEN SCHWARTZ MEETS MBZ IN ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Summary: Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and the financial crisis with Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz on October 21. He highlighted Iran's influence in Iraq and noted that while his own view of PM al-Maliki had improved, we need to be planning for a suc [...]
2008-10-26 11:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL EFIN MOPS MARR MCAP IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI1381U/S LEVEY PRESSES UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Summary. On 18 November 2008, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and DCM Doug Greene (in Abu Dhabi) and Paul Sutphin, the Consul General (in Dubai) discussed with UAE counterparts recent U.S., international and UAE steps to increase financial pressure on Iran. In particular, Levey detai [...]
2008-12-03 14:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
08ABUDHABI190MFA MINSTATE VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Charge took the opportunity of a February 10 meeting with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to emphasize the importance of keeping pressure on Iran through UNSC deliberations on potential sanctions, also noting the USG stance not to comment extensivel [...]
2008-02-11 14:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC IAEA IR AE
08ABUDHABI325US - UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During the February 25 Counterproliferation Task Force meeting, the UAEG asserted that it was enforcing the 2007 export control law, but was in the process of amending it to make it easier to implement and enforce. The UAE pushed for better coordination and follow-up from the [...]
2008-03-16 11:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
08ABUDHABI543APRIL 2008 MENAFATF PLENARY SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF VII),and working group meetings from April 6-9, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Fi [...]
2008-05-01 07:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER AE QA YM
08ABUDHABI579U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-11 09:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC KNNP ETRD TRGY UNSC AE
08ABUDHABI593S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS UAE FOREIGN MINISTER AND STATE SECURITY
[...] (S) Special Advisor on Iraq David Satterfield held very productive meetings with UAE officials in Abu Dhabi May 7, an afternoon session with Director of Research and Analysis at State Security Directorate (SSD) Brigadier General Hamad al-Shamsi and an evening discussion with Foreign Minister A [...]
2008-05-14 07:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI697 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMERICA AND IRAN
[...] SUMMARY: Local media perceives an increase in volume and stridency toward Iran by both Israel and the U.S., though alleged causes vary: "Al-Ittihad" accuses PM Ehud Olmert of rattling sabers to divert attention from corruption charges; "Gulf News" suggests that Israel wants to push a confrontat [...]
2008-06-12 13:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI761UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA GIVES RARE INTERVIEW -- MINIMIZES UAE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who rarely addresses the press, gave an interview with Lebanese newspaper Al Nahar June 28, touching on UAE security, Lebanon, UAE policy toward Iran, sovereign wealth funds, Arab labor in the UAE, nuclear cooperation, and the propos [...]
2008-06-30 05:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM AE
08ABUDHABI977UAE COMMENTS ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND
[...] (C) The Charge presented reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of the two breakaway republics to Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan August 27. Al-Haidan, the most senior MFA official on duty this week, agreed that Russia was erroneously comparing the situat [...]
2008-08-28 10:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU AU
08ABUJA1332ZIMBABWE: AMBASSADOR AND NIGERIAN FORNMIN ON UNSC
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to discuss and demarche on co-sponsoring a draft UN Security Council Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Zimbabwe introduced in the Council on July 3 (Poloff notetaker). Ambassador expressed appreciation for Nigeria's s [...]
2008-07-11 14:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC NI ZI
08ABUJA1737NIGERIAN MFA DENIES IRANIAN-NIGERIAN NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Rabiu Shehu (protect),Director of the Office of MFA Minister of State Alhaji Tijjani Kaura (who nominally headed the Nigerian delegation in talks with the Iranians),emphatically denied to PolOff on August 29 that Nigeria had entered into any sort of nuclear agreement or signed a memorand [...]
2008-09-02 06:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PINR PINS KFPC ENRG ETTC MNUC KSTC
08ABUJA1839NIGERIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the course of a September 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Assistant Secretary David Kramer delivered reftel demarche. The FonMin seemed amenable to coordination with the USG on both country specific and thematic resolutions, and provided responses on the issue [...]
2008-09-10 16:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KIRF KNNP AF UN IR ZI NI
08ABUJA2119NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FONMIN CURRENT PRECARIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a two hour one-on-one meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his home evening October 26 following his arrival from the Cotonou October 24-25 NEDPAD peer review meeting on Uganda and Nigeria. The main points the Ambassador raised during the meeting we [...]
2008-10-27 20:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
08ABUJA236NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...]
2008-02-05 14:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI
08ABUJA2467SENATOR INHOFE'S VISIT TO NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From December 3-4, Senator James Inhofe visited Nigeria, accompanied by Representatives Randy Neugebauer, Jeff Miller, and Robert Aderholt. In addition to several private meetings, the delegation visited the Senate Committee on Defense and the Army and Defense Headquarters to d [...]
2008-12-17 18:02:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NI
08ABUJA404NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. Trafficking also occu [...]
2008-02-29 13:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NI
08ABUJA422NIGERIA: IRAN UNSC SANCTIONS DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] On March 4, PolOff delivered demarche and associated nonpapers on UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran approved March 3 per SECSTATE 21770 to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for International Organizations Charles A. Ononye. Mr. Ononye expressed support for a [...]
2008-03-04 14:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP IO NI
08ABUJA45IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 10:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM NI
08ABUJA652NIGERIA CHILD LABOR: CHILD RIGHTS ACT, ALMAJIRAI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of Womens' Affairs and Social Development officials working on child labor told Poloffs on March 13 the Child Rights Act, a critical piece of legislation in fighting child labor, has been slow to pass in the predominantly Muslim northern states due to specific provisions [...]
2008-04-10 15:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV NI
08ABUJA963DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 08:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC NI
08ACCRA118GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...]
2008-01-22 11:07:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH
08ACCRA1475Ghana: 2009 International Narcotics Control
[...] Ghana is not a regional financial center, but due to continuing turmoil in the region, GhanaQs financial sector is likely to become more important regionally as it develops. Most of the money laundering found in Ghana involves narcotics and public corruption. Ghana is a significant transship [...]
2008-11-20 16:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN GH
08ACCRA293GHANA: IAEA BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 12:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR GH
08ACCRA526MDC GENERAL SECRETARY IN ACCRA: SEEKS GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Tendai Biti, who is visiting Accra to see President Kufour, met with Western diplomats to discuss the post-election situation in Zimbabwe. Biti said that the MDC would call on the international communit [...]
2008-04-17 16:07:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI SF GH
08ACCRA527MDC GENERAL SECRETARY IN ACCRA: SEEKS GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Tendai Biti, who is visiting Accra to see President Kufour, met with Western diplomats to discuss the post-election situation in Zimbabwe. Biti said that the MDC would call on the international communit [...]
2008-04-17 16:13:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI SF GH
08ADANA27TURKEY: PRIVATE KURDISH TV STATION FACING FINES, CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) Turkey's sole Kurdish-language television station, Gun-TV, is facing prohibitive fines from regulators for airing reports of the activities of the pro-Kurdish DTP politicians on the grounds that such broadcasts "encourage violence or provoke hatred." Gun officials claim they were report [...]
2008-08-13 11:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
08ADDISABABA1733UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE (UDJ): KEEPING HOPE FOR
[...] (SBU) On June 24, 2008 PolCouns met with Dr. Yacob Hailemariam, the Head of Foreign Affairs of the newly formed opposition political party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ). UDJ is unique as its supporters represent most major ethnic groups and its leadership is composed of most major lea [...]
2008-06-25 14:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA174ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER URGES AMBASSADORS FROM UN
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles called in the local Ambassadors from UN Security Council member states on January 21 to urge them to advise their respective representatives in New York to remain neutral during discussions by the UNSC on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border and extension of the mandate for the [...]
2008-01-23 12:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO PBTS PREL ER ET
08ADDISABABA1815USAU: APRIL 9-11 AFRICAN UNION CONSULTATIVE
[...] SUMMARY: From April 9-11 the African Union (AU) Consultative Meeting on Women and Gender met in Addis Ababa to review a framework paper to be subsequently endorsed by the AU Council of Ministers as the definitive AU statement on gender policy and gender mainstreaming. Subsequent to the meet [...]
2008-07-07 06:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AU
08ADDISABABA1918 Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...]
2008-07-14 14:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET
08ADDISABABA3066USAU: AU, PARTNERS KEEPING PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN
[...] (U) Summary: The African Union and its international partners agreed on November 10 in Addis Ababa to issue a communique warning the Mauritanian junta of sanctions and isolation should they fail to respond to the international community's demand for the immediate unconditional liberation of Pr [...]
2008-11-12 05:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KDEM AU MR
08ADDISABABA3166ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA: IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
[...] (C) The Ethiopian government (GoE) is "more than pleased" with the outcome of the November 18 Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers' Extra-ordinary Session (the Ministerial),according to GoE Special Envoy to Somalia Abdeta Dribssa. Abdeta and, separately, th [...]
2008-11-21 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET SO
08ADDISABABA3185USAU: AU TO LEAD DELEGATION TO MAURITANIA
[...] (U) Summary: A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) and partner international organizations will travel to Mauritania within the next three weeks to meet with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to find a way out of [...]
2008-11-24 07:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNSC EU AU
08ADDISABABA3240USAU: MAURITANIA'S ASSEMBLY SPEAKER URGES MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's National Assembly Speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir told the Ambassador on November 27 that sanctions targeting select members of the military junta and their supporters, including business owners, government ministers, and other government officials, will likely be req [...]
2008-11-28 08:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR AU
08ADDISABABA3376USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TO ADDRESS DRC, SOMALIA,
[...] (U) Summary: The African Union,s Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold a ministerial meeting on December 22 to address the situations in Eastern Congo, Somalia, and Mauritania. At this point, ministers from Zambia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Nigeria, and Gabon are expected to attend. The cu [...]
2008-12-17 14:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AU
08ADDISABABA3398USAU: AU PSC TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) On December 19, USAU Ambassador met with AU Commissioner for Peace and Security (PSC) Ramtane Lamamra and delivered reftel points on Mauritania. The Mauritanian situation will be on the Peace and Security Council Ministerial Meeting agenda on December 22. In the meeting with Lamamra, Amb [...]
2008-12-19 18:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR AU
08ADDISABABA3399USAU: LAST-MINUTE RUSH TO BEEF UP AMISOM
[...] (U) This message contains Action Requests in paras 6 and 12. 2. (C) Summary: With AMISOM's mandate running out and a withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia's capital imminent, the African Union (AU) and its partners are spending the final days of 2008 in a diplomatic race to secure f [...]
2008-12-19 20:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP SO AU
08ADDISABABA3426USAU: AMISOM MANDATE EXTENDED BY TWO MONTHS
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary: On December 22, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) agreed to extend AMISOM's current mandate for two months, and also asked the AU Commission to work closely with the Government of Ethiopia to ensur [...]
2008-12-23 14:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USUN KPKO SO AU
08ADDISABABA3441IGAD SANCTIONS SOMALIA PRESIDENT YUSUF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) foreign ministers met December 21 in Addis Ababa to discuss the political and security situation in Somalia. They praised the Somali parliament and Prime Minister for rebuffing President Abdullahi Yusuf,s recent ham-handed at [...]
2008-12-24 09:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
08ADDISABABA3450USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security Council Ministerial meeting on December 22, the AU agreed to take concrete measures against the coup leaders who overthrew the legitimate government of Mauritania. Specific [...]
2008-12-24 16:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN MR AU
08ADDISABABA3451USAU: AFRICAN UNION WARNS GUINEA COUP LEADERS OF
[...] (U) In the wake of Guinean President Lansane Conte's death and the military takeover of the country, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council met December 24 in an emergency session where it warned of "stern measures" if the coup materializes. Those measures could include suspending [...]
2008-12-24 16:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GV AU
08ADDISABABA411TEN BIRR: THE BLACK MARKET HERALDS THE CURRENCY
[...] SUMMARY: In a shift from historic patterns, Ethiopia's currency, the Birr, has been significantly depreciating recently against major hard currencies including the U.S. Dollar in the black market. Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials attribute the depreciation to shortages in supply and the e [...]
2008-02-19 05:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA583MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA/ERITREA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs including State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu met for lunch with Ambassador Yamamoto and Emboffs. The discussion was wide-ranging and candid. On Somalia, the MFA shared information regarding the Foreign Minister,s February 27 tri [...]
2008-03-03 08:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALER ET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
08ADDISABABA719ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: WITHOUT TSZ THERE IS NO ALGIERS
[...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told Ambassador Yamamoto in a March 11 meeting that the actions by the UN Security Council over the coming days and weeks with regard to the Ethiopia-Eritrea border conflict will dictate how Ethiopia responds. Seyoum described the UN Security Counc [...]
2008-03-13 07:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PBTS PREL ET ER
08ADDISABABA87(C) DEFENSE OFFICIALS IMPOSE LAST-MINUTE
[...] (S/NF) Despite Prime Minister Meles' apparent receptivity to discussing Ethiopia's arms supply relationship with North Korea (Ref A) as well as discussion with the Secretary during her visit, Ethiopia's Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD),General Samora Yonus, adamantly opposes U.S. scrutiny of Ethi [...]
2008-01-14 04:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPARM MARR PREL KN ET
08AITTAIPEI1138MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused August 2-4 news coverage on the Olympic Games in Beijing; on President Ma Ying-jeou's call for "workable diplomacy" in Taiwan's foreign relations; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the domestic oil price adjustment policy. Several pa [...]
2008-08-04 09:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1614 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA
[...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on November 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three Gulf-based al-Qaida financiers added on October 10, 2008 to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted sanctions. [...]
2008-11-14 03:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW
08AITTAIPEI193MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI261 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED
[...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three individuals --Hamid Al-Ali --Jaber Al-Jalamah, and --Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali designated on January 16, 200 [...]
2008-02-25 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08AITTAIPEI271MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 27 on the island's March presidential poll and the UN referenda; on a Taiwan policy report recently released by former U.S. officials Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal; on Taiwan's officials being barred from att [...]
2008-02-27 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI301 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipt from or payment to the following three individuals designated on January 16, 2008 by UN 1267 Sanctions Committee in LIST 83: Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak [...]
2008-03-05 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08ALGIERS1091GOA RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 16:01:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR AG
08ALGIERS1093DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
[...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...]
2008-10-07 16:46:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG
08ALGIERS183ALGERIA RESPONSE ON IRAN THIRD SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Director General for International and Economic Affairs Rachid Bladehane (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on February 16. Ambassador updated Bladehane on U.S. diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear challenges. Bladehane expressed Government of Algeria [...]
2008-02-19 07:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS551ALGERIAN MFA PROFESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1803 IRAN
[...] In response to ref A demarche, MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Abdelmalek Bouheddou told us on May 13 that Algeria was committed to playing its part in implementing the sanctions outlined in UNSCR 1803. He stressed that Algeria "takes UN resolutions very seriously" and appreciat [...]
2008-05-13 18:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AG
08AMMAN3172VCI A/S DESUTTER DISCUSSES WMD, IRAN, AND NORTH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In conversations with GOJ officials during her October 25-29 visit to Jordan, visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter discussed the importance of countering Iranian and North Korean weapons of mass destruction (W [...]
2008-11-23 10:21:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PARM PINS KNNP KTIA JO
08AMMAN3189GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...]
2008-11-25 07:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO
08ANKARA1023ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1088ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1090ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 06:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1179ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1231TURKEY QUIET ON EU CUBA BENCHMARKS
[...] (C) The GOT does not intend to endorse publicly the June 23 EU policy statements on Cuba, but believes Turkey will be able to support the EU approach of setting aside sanctions and furthering a political dialogue based on Cuban progress on key human rights benchmarks, MFA Latin America Departm [...]
2008-07-09 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU TU
08ANKARA1340(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE
[...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...]
2008-07-25 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC PK TU
08ANKARA1368TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY
[...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...]
2008-07-30 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU
08ANKARA1424ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1430TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...]
2008-08-11 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU
08ANKARA1446TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT
[...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...]
2008-08-12 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL TU IS IR
08ANKARA1476SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1497TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...]
2008-08-19 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA151TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...]
2008-01-25 11:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1541ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1560TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...]
2008-08-28 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA1563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1580TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED
[...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...]
2008-09-03 08:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1595ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1641TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...]
2008-09-12 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1657ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1679U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-22 08:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1699U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-24 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1762ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 04:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA199TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND
[...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...]
2008-02-04 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN
08ANKARA1992TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY EAGER FOR CHANGE IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and Think-tankers in Ankara told Department of State Iranian Affairs Office Director Todd Schwartz during November 13 meetings that the U.S. should initiate direct talks with Iran and signal a willingness to "extend a hand of friendship" early in the Obama Admini [...]
2008-11-17 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG IR TU
08ANKARA1998TURKEY SIGNS NATURAL GAS MOU WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci characterized the MOU signed between Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Petroleum Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on November 17 as "nothing new." There was no progress on long-standing issues such as gas price, investment ter [...]
2008-11-18 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2091DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche on December 3 jointly with representatives of the UK, Italian, French and German embasssies to Devrim Ozturk, Head of MFA's South Asia Department. Italian DCM Alessandro Azzoni read the joint talking points, noting that he was speaking for all five [...]
2008-12-05 04:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP MNUC IR TU
08ANKARA2151TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...]
2008-12-22 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER TU
08ANKARA216TURKEY-IRAN JOINT ECONOMIC COUNCIL ADVANCES
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's economic relationship with Iran continues to grow, with the bilateral trade volume increasing from $1 billion in 2000 to $7.4 billion in 2007. 80% of this trade, however, continues to be Iranian fuel exports to Turkey, totaling $5.2 billion in 2006. The number of Irania [...]
2008-02-07 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA2181TURKEY/GEORGIAN SEPARATIST REGIONS: ANKARA CANNOT
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points to MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz December 29, underscoring the importance of collective support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Cevikoz promised to analyze the U.S. strategy on Georgia's separatist [...]
2008-12-30 10:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS TU
08ANKARA284RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY
[...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...]
2008-02-14 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MNUC UNSC TU IR
08ANKARA298TURKEY: MORE FROM BRSA ON IRANIAN BANKING INTEREST
[...] (S) Summary. In a follow-up meeting on Ref B issues, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin (please protect) told us that the proposed Bank Melli purchase of Adabank is not possible at this time. Adabank is under the supervision of Turkey's Securities Deposit [...]
2008-02-19 05:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA319ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA376TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 6: DAY 5 OF GROUND OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Turkish ground troops continued to receive air and artillery support on February 26, despite poor weather conditions. Weather in the objective area is expected to improve over the next 24-48 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations continue at Habur Gate. 2. (U) A Turkish Genera [...]
2008-02-27 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA378ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA379TURKEY: U/S LEVEY ON DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS
[...] (C) Summary: In his January 28th meetings with the Turkish Foreign, Finance, and Treasury Ministries and Halkbank, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey discussed the dangers of doing business with Iran and warned of the need for constant vigilance and extraordinary scrutiny in financial relat [...]
2008-02-27 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEFIN KTFN KNNP EINV TU IR
08ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA481ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA494TURKEY: IRAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: NO STATEMENT
[...] (C) It is not Turkish practice to issue a statement on any country's elections, MFA Iran deskoff Mehmet Sekerci told us March 12, and he was confident Turkey will not do so following Iran's parliamentary elections. He pledged, however, to convey our points to his superiors. Turkish Parliame [...]
2008-03-13 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR TU
08ANKARA522ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA529ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA562ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA585TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803, BUT
[...] (S) We delivered reftel B and C demarche and non-paper on March 28 to MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk, and Iran Desk Officer Mehmet Sekerci. They thanked us for the information, and said they would translate the paper and distribute it with appropriate classification [...]
2008-03-28 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC
08ANKARA598ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA643TURKEY ENCOURAGED BY SAAKASHVILI'S ABKHAZ AUTONOMY
[...] (C) The GOT believes Georgian President Saakashvili's March 28 proposals offering significant autonomy to Abkhazia are important, South Caucasus Section Head Yavuz Kul told us April 2. Turkey remains prepared to play a "facilitating" role with the Abkhaz if Georgia allows it, according to Kul [...]
2008-04-04 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG TU
08ANKARA673ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA7ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA711TURKEY'S BIG PLANS TO DEVELOP IRANIAN GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler's informal advisor Faruk Demir told us April 3 that Turkey plans to develop Iranian South Pars gas for Turkish and European consumption, and expects to obtain financing and Western partners to develop the field and construct a new pipeline to Turkey. Turkey [...]
2008-04-16 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA753ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Turkey shares our concerns about the new presidential instructions to the Russian government to create "mechanisms" to protect the rights of Russian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel),MFA Deputy DG for South Caucasus and Central Asia Umit Yardim and South Caucasus Department [...]
2008-04-22 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS TU
08ANKARA932TURKISH RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Summary. We met May 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz and Section Chief Metin Ergin. Ozyildiz promised to share reftel A information promptly with appropriate e [...]
2008-05-14 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA TU
08ANKARA935TURKEY/IRAN SANCTIONS: NO PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY
[...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iranian Affairs Department Head Devrim Ozturk and MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head Bora Kerimoglu on May 9. Thanking us for the report, Ozturk stated that Turkey is fully implementing UNSC Resolution 1803, as well as Resolutions 1737 and 1747. H [...]
2008-05-14 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD UNSC TRGY IR TU
08ANTANANARIVO138PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS
[...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...]
2008-02-19 12:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN
08ANTANANARIVO157Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...]
2008-02-28 08:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO164 MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...]
2008-02-29 11:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO228 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN
[...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...]
2008-03-20 12:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO25PRESIDENT SAMBI DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ANJOUAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer,s first visit to the Union of the Comoros (septel),Ambassador Marquardt held a number of meetings with President Sambi, high-level Union Government officials, and members of the international community to discuss the possibility of a [...]
2008-01-14 15:49:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CN
08ANTANANARIVO4 DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS
[...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...]
2008-01-03 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO78 ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT
[...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...]
2008-01-30 12:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ASHGABAT1326TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 10:12:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CDG PREL UNGA TX
08ASHGABAT1420TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHERAN ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Hungarian ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan, based in Teheran, spoke at length with the Charge earlier October 28, giving a read-out on Iran's worsening economic situation, the upcoming Iranian and U.S. presidential elections, views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Ira [...]
2008-10-30 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT154 TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: USCENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon USCENTCOM PolAd Henry Ensher Embassy Ashgabat Defense Attache LTC James Zink Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov [...]
2008-01-31 10:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID EPET SNAR SCUL KPAO AJ
08ASHGABAT1556IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS OF LIFE IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with emboffs, a Hungarian diplomat posted in Tehran described what it is like to live and work in the Islamic Republic. He confirmed that Iran's economy is in very bad shape, and that people are becoming more and more critical of the government's ineptitude. Iranians [...]
2008-12-03 10:23:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT614TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 05:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP AORC UNSC IR TX
08ASHGABAT758TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...]
2008-06-13 11:52:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX
08ASHGABAT978INFORMATION ON DESIGNATION OF AL-QUAIDA-AFFILIATED TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 09:56:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER PREL AG TX
08ASMARA89ERITREAN MFA ON UNMEE, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fessehazion Petros, the second-ranking official in Eritrea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with the ambassador for ninety minutes February 21 and discussed UNMEE, regional dynamics, counter-terrorism, Kosovo, and bilateral issues. He reiterated a litany of perceived slights t [...]
2008-02-21 13:35:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PTER ER
08ASTANA1263EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JUNE
[...] On June 23, 2008, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in cooperation with the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee, commissioned the first eight sites outfitted with radiation detection equipment completed under a joint project. The radiation detection s [...]
2008-07-15 02:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA1711KAZAKHSTAN - COURTS SUSPEND JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
[...] (C) In recent months, courts in southern Kazakhstan have ordered three chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses to suspend their activities for six months for holding meetings at venues other than their registered addresses. Similar cases heard by courts in other regions of the country have been dism [...]
2008-09-10 06:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV KZ
08ASTANA2083KAZAKHSTAN: EXXON-MOBIL PROVIDES UPDATE ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met on October 20 with Steve Rose, General Manager for ExxonMobil Kazakhstan and a direct participant in the ongoing negotiations to amend the Kashagan agreement. Rose said that the Kashagan partners (KazMu [...]
2008-10-20 12:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2522 KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...]
2008-12-22 08:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA342KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES
[...] (S) President Nazarbayev thanked Assistant Secretary Boucher for U.S. support for Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship bid during a February 11 meeting. (Septel provides details of their discussion of the commitments on democratic reform that Kazakhstan made at the OSCE Madrid ministerial.) Nazarba [...]
2008-02-19 03:53:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL OSCE ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA41KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-NARCOTICS LEGISLATION WOULD INCREASE
[...] The media reported on January 9 that the Mazhilis (the lower chamber of Parliament) has approved a bill to amend the Criminal and Administrative Codes to increase penalties for drug-related crimes up to life imprisonment. 2. Kalmukhanbet Kassymov, Vice Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),sa [...]
2008-01-09 12:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA798KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on discouraging Russia from upgrading relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev promised to relay the substance to his MFA superiors. He reminded Pol-Econ Chief that Kazakhstan ha [...]
2008-04-25 06:32:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS KZ
08ASUNCION195THREE WEEKS 'TIL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Please see Action Requests contained in paragraph 18. 2. (C) With three weeks remaining before the April 20 national elections, Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar represents the status quo and the continuation of 61 years of uninterrupted Colorado rule. Patriotic Alliance for Chang [...]
2008-03-31 14:37:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC ECON SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION384MAJORS LIST SUBMISSION
[...] Below find Post's submission on the Government of Paraguay's cooperation on counter-narcotics as requested in reftel A. ------------------------- Cultivation/eradication ------------------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to reduce the cultivation of marijuana in Paraguay, and to focus e [...]
2008-06-13 15:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PA
08ATHENS1018GREEK MFA ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) On 15 July, PolOfficer and PolAssistant delivered ref A points and discussed issues likely to be addressed at the July 22-23 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. She responded with the following points: -- Iran: Katsourou said Greec [...]
2008-07-16 14:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGKV PREL EU GR PHUM IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08ATHENS1043SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29
[...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...]
2008-07-23 08:28:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1109UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Athens on July 28 to discuss Iran-related developments at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the broad two-track approach to negotiations with Iran and [...]
2008-08-01 13:43:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1149NEW BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On August 8, PolAssistant delivered reftel points on the New Burma sanctions to MFA Deputy Director of the A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania Antoula Balanou. In an August 11 follow-up, Balanou mentioned that the most recent GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers had not addressed the i [...]
2008-08-11 08:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD BMGT GR
08ATHENS123GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES
[...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...]
2008-01-25 15:52:00Embassy AthensSECRETMOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR
08ATHENS1287GREEK VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A and C points on the September 15-16 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC) to MFA European Correspondent Ant/nia Katzourou and took the oppo2tunity 4o ask for a readout of the September 5-6 G9mnich meeting. On the latter, Katzourou said 3he had ngt gotten a de [...]
2008-09-10 11:23:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM GR RS SU ZI YI EUN
08ATHENS1303GREECE/IRAN: AMBASSADOR WARNS MFA SECGEN TO CANCEL
[...] (S) At a September 9 dinner hosted by the Turkish Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard he was planning a trip to Teheran in the near future. Ambassador warned him to cancel the visit, given UN and EU sanctions against Iran and the current state of Iran's rela [...]
2008-09-12 15:16:00Embassy AthensSECRETGR IR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1347GREECE/IRAN: FM BAKOYANNIS INSTRUCTS THAT ADVISORY
[...] (S) DepPolCouns discussed ref A points on Greek interactions with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. He later informed us that FM Bakoyannis had agreed to the requests and that an advisory would be [...]
2008-09-22 11:33:00Embassy AthensSECRETGR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08ATHENS1432GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES
[...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...]
2008-10-10 14:43:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1453EEB DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES BANK SADERAT AND NEW
[...] (C) During a meeting with EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Doug Hengel on October, 14, Bank of Greece Director of Bank Supervision Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos outlined the measures the Bank of Greece is taking against Iranian Bank Saderat. Kyriakopoulos indicated that while the Bank [...]
2008-10-17 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMNUC ECON KNNP IR GR KTFN EFIN
08ATHENS1455MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]
2008-10-17 16:03:00Embassy AthensSECRETMOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS201IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN
[...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]
2008-02-13 12:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS214GREEK POSITION ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 15:23:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUN PREL PGOV KVIR IS IR CD BM GR
08ATHENS321GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]
2008-03-05 15:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS330GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 12:44:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS338GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS341GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS346GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS348GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS454ISRAEL LOBBIES GREECE ON IRAN
[...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with A/PolCouns on non-proliferation matters, Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations and Conferences and Non-Proliferation, told us that Greece had hosted a delegation from Israel on March 21 at Israel's [...]
2008-03-27 06:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM GR IS IR
08ATHENS481GREECE: PROGRESS ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] (SBU) In a meeting on March 18, Bank of Greece (BoG) officials updated the Economic Counselor and the acting Deputy Economic Counselor on the BoG,s actions to date in implementing recommendations made in the 2007 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report. These actions include the restructur [...]
2008-04-01 04:38:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC PARN ETRD GR
08ATHENS575GREEK VIEWS ON APRIL 29 GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) On April 23, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be addressed at the April 29 EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou said the GAERC agenda was to be announced on April 24 but agreed that many of the following topics were likely [...]
2008-04-23 13:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS611GREECE: STEEP UPHILL PROMOTING SOLIDARITY DAY WITH
[...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible ways to promote the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with Cuba" (refs a and b). We have informed the GOG of May 21 as the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban people and urged it to undertake its own activities to mark appropriately the occasion. Moreover, we [...]
2008-05-05 14:30:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU GR
08ATHENS651GREECE/IRAN: WHAT'S CAUSING GREEK RELUCTANCE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy head of the Greek MFA Middle East directorate told us Greek reluctance to sign on to further Iran sanctions stemmed from several factors, including lack of an EU consensus, doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions, belief that greater engagement, not less, provided great [...]
2008-05-13 15:02:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD TRGY UNSC KNNP IR GR PREL PGOV AORC
08ATHENS706GREEK VIEWS ON MAY GAERC
[...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed likely issues for the May 26-27 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. Key points of the discussion are summarized below by issue topic: -- WESTERN BALKANS: Katsourou believed GAERC discussion would focus in general [...]
2008-05-21 14:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU GR
08ATHENS734TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...]
2008-05-28 13:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR
08ATHENS760IAEA: GREEK VIEWS ON IRAN REPORT
[...] (U) On 2 June poloff delivered reftel points on l of UN and International Organizations and Pantelis Margaris, the D1 Counselor-Expert on disarmament issues. Tsokos and Margaris both had serious concerns over the latest IAEA report but said "diplomatic dialogue must be exhausted" before Gre [...]
2008-06-03 13:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ATHENS874GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...]
2008-06-19 14:24:00Embassy AthensSECRETAORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08ATHENS925JOINT EXERISE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT GREEK, ISRAELI
[...] (S) In a June 25 conversation with DCM, PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios confirmed that the military exercise that took place in the eastern Mediterranean over Greek airspace in early June and reported in the NY Times June 20 was a joint Israeli-Greek exercise. Bitsios ex [...]
2008-06-27 15:42:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV GR IR IS
08ATHENS985GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...]
2008-07-10 13:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08BAGHDAD1630INTERAGENCY PERSONNEL PRIORITIZATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The National Security Council Iraq Deputies Committee requested the Mission prioritize its civilian interagency manning requirements to assist agencies in properly identifying manpower fills. The US Embassy Baghdad interagency civilian manning requirements are prioritized in terms [...]
2008-05-28 08:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD1676KOUCHNER MEETS CG PETRAEUS, LAUDS SPECTACULAR
[...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner congratulated MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Petraeus on "spectacular" progress in Iraq during an hour-long June 1 meeting held at the Guest House on President Talabani's Karrada compound. Also attending were S/I Satterfield, and, for the French, Ambassador Je [...]
2008-06-02 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ
08BAGHDAD1891UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD - CLASS OF 2008
[...] (U) Summary: University of Baghdad (UB) President Dr. Mosa Aziz Al-Mosawa exulted at the success of the 2008 academic year during a June 15 meeting with Poloff. UB is at full capacity, with 70,000 undergraduate students and 10,000 graduate students. July 15 will mark the end of the UB acade [...]
2008-06-22 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD2276KARBALA DROUGHT MASKS DEEPER WATER WOES
[...] (C) Summary: Water, Karbala,s most precious resource, has become increasingly scarce in recent years, posing challenges to continued economic development in the province. Drought is the apparent culprit, with below-average rainfall during the past several years. Water scarcity is also the pro [...]
2008-07-22 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV SENV EAGR PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2431NO SUB-PRIME CRISIS HERE: CONSTRAINTS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI wants the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to loosen its monetary policy to promote economic growth. But cuts in the CBI's interest rates or reserve requirements will not deliver the growth boost GOI officials seem to expect. Iraqi banks already have plenty of money to lend, [...]
2008-08-05 03:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2605UNEMPLOYMENT IN FALLUJAH
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ANBAR EPRT REPORTING CABLE. 2. (U) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE GOI, FALLUJAH DISTRICT'S 15.9 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS LOWER THAN EXPECTED, AND MAY REFLECT A NORMALIZING ECONOMY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RATE ALSO REFLECTS A 15 PERCENT INCREASE [...]
2008-08-17 06:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD2944FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON KUWAIT DEBT ISSUES: LET'S
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Jabr told EMIN September 11 that "as a politician" he hoped that the Kuwaiti government would understand (and hear from the USG) that the future relationship between the people of Iraq and Kuwait i [...]
2008-09-11 18:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECON KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3065IRAQI OIL MINISTRY'S PENDING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the retirements in the next few years of its top cadre, who are on one-year waivers of the mandatory 63-year-old retirement age, the Ministry of Oil will lose a generation that has the international exposure and experience to lead the Ministry during a period when it restr [...]
2008-09-24 06:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EAID SOCI PGOV KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD3329IMPROVING IRAQI DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With significant improvements in security, the Iraqi public is becoming increasingly impatient with electricity and fuel shortages and deficiencies in delivery of essential services. The GOI must be seen as recognizing the problem and working to improve essential services. To d [...]
2008-10-16 10:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI EINV ECON ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD3497IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION: WILL THE SOUTH RISE AGAIN?
[...] (S) Summary: Oil Ministry officials estimate production in Iraq's southern oil fields has declined by approximately 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this year, bringing the target production rate to 1.8 million bpd. The main culprits are the reliance on mismanaged enhanced recovery techni [...]
2008-11-04 11:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3931SRSG AND AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSS IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad strategized ways to assist Iraq with Chapter 7 status as well as UNAMI's future in Iraq at a December 2 meeting. Ambassador Khalilzad pointed out three separate issues with Ch [...]
2008-12-16 12:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3933INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN - JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian, French, British and US Chiefs of Mission (COM) delivered subject demarche to Iraqi Foreign Minister (FM) Zebari, emphasizing their governments' unified commitment to implementing rigorously all relevant UNSC, EU and bilateral sanctions and to pressuring Iran to turn away [...]
2008-12-16 14:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN MNUC IR GM KNNP
08BAGHDAD594TURKISH ENVOYS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GOI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu asserted to Ambassador that Turkish ground operations were inevitable after the October kidnapping of Turkish soldiers and refused to predict when the operation would end. Ambassador pressed for operations to end before they upset the fragile [...]
2008-02-29 18:21:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD647OIL MINISTER PRESENTS DEVELOPMENT PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil has presented to the Council of Ministers his three-part plan for oil field development in the absence of a national hydrocarbon law: to sign 2-year technical service agreements in 2008 with major international oil companies (IOCs) to increase production in f [...]
2008-03-05 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD994MINFIN SUPPORTS BASRAH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WANTS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN that he would make funds available to address the immediate humanitarian needs created by the violence in Basrah as well as to create short-term employment opportunities. In addition, the GOI supplemental budget prop [...]
2008-04-01 05:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PGOV PTER ETTC IZ
08BAKU1069IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW
[...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU250SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]
2008-03-14 06:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU312DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 14:15:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AJ
08BAKU35CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]
2008-01-15 11:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU380RUSSIA REPORTEDLY SEEKS APPROVAL TO TRANSIT
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: An Azerbaijani MFA officer informed us that the Azerbaijani Government has received repeated requests from the Russian Government to allow the transit of unspecified equipment to Iran's light water reactor at Bushehr. The [...]
2008-04-21 14:12:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ
08BAKU382AZERBAIJAN HALTS RUSSIAN SHIPMENT TO BUSHEHR AT
[...] (S) Summary: Azerbaijani officials, including Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, confirmed press reports that the GOAJ had detained at the southern Astara border crossing a Russian shipment destined for Iran's Bushehr reactor. Mammadyarov said that the Russian Government still had not provided an [...]
2008-04-22 14:34:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ
08BAKU434BUSHEHR LIGHTWATER REACTOR-BOUND EQUIPMENT
[...] (C) Further to reftels regarding the stranded Busheher lightwater-reactor bound nuclear equipment that was being held on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border at Astara, On May 2 Poloff spoke with Azerbaijani MFA First Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament Yusuf Mammadaliyev. Mammadaliyev said [...]
2008-05-05 13:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ
08BAKU639PACE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS ABOUT AZERBAIJAN'S
[...] (SBU) On June 24, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved resolution 1614, which serves as a "scorecard" on the state of Azerbaijan's democratic institutions. The resolution's overall tone is critical of Azerbaijan's track record, citing the "deteriorating" human [...]
2008-07-03 11:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU652DRL A/S KRAMER URGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: In a very frank June 27 meeting, DRL A/S Kramer urged President Aliyev to "turn an area of friction into an area of improvement" in the bilateral relationship by taking concrete steps to address Azerbaijan's human rights problems. Although initially cool and somewhat testy, Pre [...]
2008-07-08 08:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU757AZERBAIJAN-IRAN COOPERATE ON NATURAL GAS, CONSIDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijan-Iran natural gas relationship is expanding and will continue to be strategically important to both countries. This opinion was conveyed to polecon officer in separate meetings with Azerigaz Vice-Chairman, Nazim Sadmed-zadeh; State oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice P [...]
2008-08-11 11:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR ENRG PREL PGOV
08BAKU773IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY The Iranian public is keen for more opportunities to engage with the United States. Three Iranian students studying in Baku conveyed this sentiment to polecon officer during two wide-ranging discussions on life in Iran. Polecon officer outlined the ways the USG reaches out to the [...]
2008-08-15 05:26:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAZ PGOV PREL
08BAKU816AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Natbiladze told the Ambassador on August 26 that Russian President Medvedev's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was a "shocking" figleaf for an "occupation." Natbiladze argued that Russia's goal is to change Georgia's government and gain influ [...]
2008-08-28 11:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG AJ
08BAKU900ACCOUNTING FIRM EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES ACTIVITIES OF
[...] (C) Moore Stephens International accounting firm chief discussed with Baku Iran Watcher the firm's consulting activities in Iran and his personal impressions of the Iranian business and investment climate. He stated that Moore Stephens has been hired to advise several Iranian companies on m [...]
2008-09-23 07:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV IR AJ
08BAKU956DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ISLAMIC
[...] (S) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel demarche to outgoing and incoming Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Division Directors, Yusef Mammadaliev and Nurat Suleimeinov, on October 7. Iran Watcher delivered all reftel-suggested points, and provided the MFA officers with cop [...]
2008-10-09 11:18:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM EUN EWWT PREL AJ IR
08BAMAKO695MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 17:24:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML
08BAMAKO907MALI'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO MAURITANIA IN HOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 08:29:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ML
08BAMAKO918TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 10:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN103BRUNEI: DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei views the Burmese regime's announcement of a referendum as a "positive step" and believes it should be given a chance to move its roadmap process forward. The Bruneians have privately advised the Burmese government that they hope to see a peaceful and inclusive process of [...]
2008-03-28 08:06:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN12BRUNEI TO "LISTEN" TO VISITING BURMA PM
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Pengiran Dato Osman Patra on January 9 to urge that the Government of Brunei (GoB) challenge Burma Prime Minister Thein Sein about decreased regime cooperation with UN Special Envoy Gambari during Thein Sein's visit to [...]
2008-01-11 08:07:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN97BRUNEI/IRAN: UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE, READOUT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Brunei (GOB) readout of Foreign Minister II Lim's trip to Tehran paints it as a non-substantive event designed primarily to satisfy the diplomatic requirement of responding to a long-standing Iranian request for a high-level visit. The majority of the abbreviated [...]
2008-03-19 04:58:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL ECON IR BX
08BANGKOK1279UK ENVOY ON BURMA ENCOURAGES BETTER THAI ROLE ON
[...] (C) UK Prime Minister's Special Representative for Burma Michael Williams encouraged the RTG to consider a more proactive role in Burma during his April 16-18 trip to Thailand. During a private meeting with Ambassador John, Williams expressed the UK's shared concern about the current situatio [...]
2008-04-25 11:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1293THAI DEMOCRACY ABROGATED AND RESTORED: LESSONS
[...] (C) Despite Thailand's peaceful transition back to an elected government, underlying tensions between certain social groups remain unresolved. Many Thais initially accepted the September 2006 coup because it offered a way out of a grueling political crisis and appeared to have the King's supp [...]
2008-04-28 08:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1327AMBASSADOR PRESSES RTG ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: I spoke separately to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, asking them to use the occasion of the Burmese Prime Minister's visit to advocate for genuine democratic reform in Burma. The PM said he was prepared to be a messenger for the West, but clearly has his own ideas about [...]
2008-04-30 11:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1589TERRORISM FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE
[...] (C) Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post on May 21 that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) was not likely to co-sponsor the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS),but would not object to U.S. plans to do so. Counselor for the MFA's Intern [...]
2008-05-22 09:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL
08BANGKOK1723SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL TYSON
[...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]
2008-06-05 10:23:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1997RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE
[...] (C) Having previously provided copies of the updated P5 1 package for reference, PolCouns and Poloff met with Counselor Dao Vibulpanich and First Secretary Pimpiree Pyramarn (Iran desk officer) of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affa [...]
2008-06-29 23:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR TH
08BANGKOK224PRIVY COUNCILLOR TELLS AMBASSADOR OF STEADY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's January 22 courtesy call, a Privy Councillor with long experience in the South encouraged the Ambassador to travel in the troubled region. Palakorn Sunwanrath believed that a visit with southern religious and community leaders would show sympathy for Th [...]
2008-01-23 11:09:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS TH
08BANGKOK228AMBASSADOR AND EAP/DAS MARCIEL URGE RTG TO BAN
[...] (C) During a January 23 introductory call on Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram the Ambassador used reftel A points to encourage the RTG to adopt measures to ban the import of Burmese gems and hardwood. Noting the approaching political transition in Thailand, the Foreign Minister encourage [...]
2008-01-24 04:49:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM TH
08BANGKOK251TIMELINE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The new government may be sworn in as early as next week, although the timing is still not certain. The Prime Minister must first be elected by the Parliament and endorsed by the King; this should happen by early nex [...]
2008-01-24 12:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK258DAS MARCIEL PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma remained a complicated issue for the RTG, and the Thais shared China's concerns about the potential impact on its borders if the situation in Burma were to destabilize, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul told Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel over lunch on Jan [...]
2008-01-25 08:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM KPAO TH BM
08BANGKOK2591SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]
2008-08-29 09:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2621THAI MFA DG ON THE THAI ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of ASEAN Affairs Director General Vitavas Srivihok shared his views on the Thai chairmanship of ASEAN and prospects for Thai ratification of the Charter August 29. Vitavas expected Thailand would pass necessary implementation an [...]
2008-09-04 02:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK2977AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FORMER PM SAMAK HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej resigned from his position as Party Leader of the People's Power Party (PPP) September 30. He remains free on bail as he continues to appeal a years-old defamation conviction. Samak told the Ambassador September 26 that he believed Queen Sirikit, [...]
2008-10-01 10:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PINR TH
08BANGKOK3066 MEDIA COVERAGE OF THAI CRISIS, OCTOBER 7-10: BLACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of Thailand's worst street violence in 16 years has been extensive and pervasive. Print media, televised news coverage and internet blogs each have their own spin on the October 7 violence as they join in the "blame game" that has played out in the public arena. [...]
2008-10-10 09:23:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3302DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points (regarding the United States' designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267 Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers to its lis [...]
2008-11-06 01:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN
08BANGKOK341EU ENVOY FOR BURMA MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY WITH THAIS
[...] (C) The RTG had little to offer the EU Special Envoy for Burma, who in turn presented no details or clarifications on what he thought the region should do about Burma. While he met with a wide cross section of actors that focus on Burma, including NGOs, ASEAN diplomats, and members of the UN [...]
2008-02-01 08:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAO KDEM BM TH
08BANGKOK488 NEW HEALTH MINISTER PROMISES REVIEW ON COMPULSORY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's new pro-business government has quickly announced plans to review the previous administration's controversial policy of issuing compulsory licenses (CLs) on patented medicines. In his last days in office the outgoing Health Minister paved the way for continuation of [...]
2008-02-14 10:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK585SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING
[...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]
2008-02-22 11:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK598ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS - PPP AND COALITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) expects to conclude its investigation into three important vote fraud cases from the December parliamentary election shortly. The cases could result in a Constitutional Court review of a motion to dissolve three parties in the governing [...]
2008-02-25 12:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK833SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART
[...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]
2008-03-14 09:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK835MFA PERMSEC ON BURMA, BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Permsec told the Ambassador in a March 13 meeting that Thailand would press Burma on reform issues during the Prime Minister's visit there on March 14. The Permsec also recounted at length the many bilateral issues on which Thailand had to cooperate with Burma, such as [...]
2008-03-14 11:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON TH
08BEIJING1050FOLLOW-UP ON CHINA NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION
[...] (S) PolMinCouns and MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song discussed our bilateral plan to enhance nonproliferation cooperation on March 19. Li said China was very pleased with the January export control workshop and noted that China is "ready for more" cooperation of this sort. PolMinCouns upda [...]
2008-03-20 11:06:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH
08BEIJING1111PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]
2008-03-24 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1141STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN,
[...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonprolifera [...]
2008-03-26 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR
08BEIJING1144STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN,
[...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonpro [...]
2008-03-26 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR
08BEIJING1169CHINA "REINFORCES" ITS CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (C) China wants to "reinforce" its concern about the Sinopec-Yadavaran deal and urged the United States to keep in mind that Sinopec is "not just a company," said Director General of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Char [...]
2008-03-27 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON PGOV EINV CH IR
08BEIJING1201NORINCO BRIEFS EMBASSY ON ITS EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (C) NORINCO management wants to end the "distorted image" of the firm and become a "decent member of the international community," NORINCO Vice President Zhi Yulin told the Charge in a March 27 meeting. Zhi believes the firm's experience building infrastructure projects creates an opportunity [...]
2008-03-31 07:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM ETTC PREL CH
08BEIJING1203VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS
[...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...]
2008-03-31 08:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY
08BEIJING125MFA AND SCHOLARS DESCRIBE CHINA’S EFFORTS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current "stand [...]
2008-01-11 11:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING128MFA and Scholars Describe China's Efforts on Burma
[...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current [...]
2008-01-12 04:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1568MFA: ARMS TO ZIMBABWE PART OF "NORMAL TRADE"
[...] (C) Summary: China's recent shipment of arms to Zimbabwe is part of the normal trade in arms between two sovereign nations and is not connected to the current political situation, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missiles and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Jun'an told [...]
2008-04-23 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH ZI SADC
08BEIJING1600APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZIMBABWE ARMS SHIPMENT,
[...] Key points at the April 24 MFA press briefing were: -- A Chinese cargo ship will return to China with arms intended for Zimbabwe. -- An EU resolution critical of China's involvement in Africa is "irresponsible" and "groundless." -- The Syria-DPRK nuclear issue should not affect the Six-P [...]
2008-04-24 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY CH FR KN JA SY PA XG ZI
08BEIJING165JANUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SENIOR DIALOGUE,
[...] Key points at the January 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili is visiting Beijing January 17-18 for meetings with Chinese officials. -- During Senior Dialogue meetings this week, China will exchange views on important issues of bilateral interest with the Un [...]
2008-01-17 11:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING1728SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 11-12
[...] (C) China's leaders are preoccupied with managing the domestic dimensions of and international fallout from the Tibet crisis, determining how to deal with the new leadership in Taiwan and ensuring that nothing mars a successful Olympic Games. Despite seemingly strong domestic popular approval [...]
2008-05-06 10:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ABLD KIRF KOLY MASS PARM ECON
08BEIJING1927REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267
[...] (C) PolOff on May 19 conveyed reftel points requesting China's support for adding the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida that are subject to UN Security Council (UNSC)-mandated san [...]
2008-05-19 08:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN KTFN UNSC CH
08BEIJING2047SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS
[...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...]
2008-05-28 08:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2087SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 10:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM PGOV CH
08BEIJING217JANUARY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SENIOR
[...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- At the Senior Dialogue last week, Vice Foreign Minister Dai and Deputy Secretary Negroponte exchanged ideas on the international situation and how to ensure the long-term stable development of bilateral relations and cooperation on regional [...]
2008-01-22 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING2185PRE-NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST TO ADD AKAS TO 1267 COMMITTEE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 02:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCN EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER
08BEIJING2201CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...]
2008-06-06 07:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2277CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED
[...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...]
2008-06-11 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2322U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 06:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING235PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF JALILI VISIT TO BEIJING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian National Security Advisor Saeed Jalili said during his January 17-18 visit to Beijing that the recent U.S. National Intelligence Estimate "proves" the peaceful nature of the Iran nuclear program, the MFA told us January 23. Jalili acknowledged past "ambiguities" regarding [...]
2008-01-23 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
08BEIJING2391(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LIMMT SHARED WITH
[...] (S) PolOffs delivered reftel message urging China to share substantive information on China's investigation of LIMMT before June 27 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on June 18. PolOffs also shared new information with Zhang indicating that LI [...]
2008-06-18 09:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING2548PRC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR SCHULTE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community must use a dual track approach of incentives backed by diplomatic pressure and sanctions to ensure Iran does not continue to develop its enrichment program in violation of its Security Council obligations, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic En [...]
2008-06-27 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG MARR CH IR
08BEIJING2550(S) PRC SAYS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON LIMMT
[...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's investigation into LIMMT and eleven other companies. Director Zhang provided no new information on actions taken against LIMMT, stating only that invest [...]
2008-06-27 12:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING2570CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735
[...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...]
2008-06-30 08:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH
08BEIJING259PRC/RUSSIA: OBSERVERS SAY WARMING TREND IS REAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese and Russian leaders are celebrating a relationship they call "the best in history." Chinese scholars say the warming trend is rooted in a new alignment of PRC and Russian interests. This convergence of interests stems from expanding trade, shared perceptions of external [...]
2008-01-24 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG MASS RS CH
08BEIJING2648(S) CHINA PROVIDES RESPONSE TO U.S.-RAISED
[...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's response to twelve proliferation-related cases raised by the United States. Zhang provided additional information on four cases and otherwise largely r [...]
2008-07-07 10:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE ETTC CH IR SY
08BEIJING2675CHINA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNSC ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) PolOff on July 9 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China would have "major difficulty" supporting a resolution at the current time. S [...]
2008-07-09 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2794CHINESE VIEWS ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 26-27 conference on the Darfur hosted by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs-affiliated China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),Chinese Government officials and scholars attributed the conflict in Darfur to poverty, resource scarcity, effects of global warmin [...]
2008-07-17 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
08BEIJING2795JULY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN, DIAOYU ISLANDS, IVORY
[...] Key points at the July 17 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is willing to exchange views with "relevant countries" who seek to avoid the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if Sudan hands over other war criminals. -- China holds that it has "indisputable sovereignty" [...]
2008-07-17 22:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2891CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO
[...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]
2008-07-25 07:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING3034IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...]
2008-08-06 08:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING305ISA: PRC "GRAVELY CONCERNED" BY INDICATIONS THAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador January 28 that China is "gravely concerned" over indications that the USG is considering sanctions on Sinopec under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for the recently concluded deal to develop the Yadavaran oilfield. He echoed f [...]
2008-01-28 14:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PARM ENRG EPET MNUC IR CH NL
08BEIJING3257Party Economist Looks to Control Prices,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic M/C met with Senior Communist Party Economist Zheng Xinli to discuss current economic issues. Zheng noted that the declining dollar was eroding the value of China's dollar-denominated assets. He thought China's inflation was the result of externalities such as rising [...]
2008-08-25 02:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING332Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission on Sino-German
[...] (C) At the January 25 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, German Ambassador Schaefer described the recent reconciliation between China and Germany, announced upcoming visits by the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of the Environment and called the recent P5-plus-1 meeting a "good show of solidar [...]
2008-01-30 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK BM
08BEIJING356JANUARY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED DUMPLINGS,
[...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is taking a "responsible attitude" regarding tainted dumplings that were exported to Japan, and Chinese authorities have issued a recall to distributors of the dumplings. -- The spokesperson could not confirm that EAP/K Dire [...]
2008-01-31 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD JA SU KN KS
08BEIJING3585SEPTEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND IAEA, KIM
[...] Key points at the September 16 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "hopes that Iran will keep up cooperation with the IAEA for the early settlement" of the Iran nuclear issue, however, "sanctions are not the way to resolve the issue." -- China and the United States "do not have co [...]
2008-09-16 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD PARM VE CH KN NZ IN
08BEIJING3612PRC: MFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR PATIENCE ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: China supports UN Special Advisor Gambari's mission to Burma and the United States is "too impatient" with Gambari's mission and the political transition process in Burma, according to MFA Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen. Acknowledging that th [...]
2008-09-18 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON CH BM
08BEIJING3632CHINA ON UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff September 19 that China's positions on Georgia and Burma are clear and unchanged. China has consistently supported peaceful resolution of problems in the Middle East. China noted [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA CH GG AF IR IZ LE BM ZI
08BEIJING38CHINA'S PROPOSED AGENDA AND DATES FOR THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action message: See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: China proposes that the first U.S.-China Counterterrorism Sub-Dialogue discuss Olympic security and protection, counterterrorism cooperation and training and the inclusion of East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) on the [...]
2008-01-04 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3877SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL
[...] (U) Senator Hagel, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramatically. Th [...]
2008-10-10 03:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3907CHINA ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF
[...] (S) PolOff on October 10 conveyed to MFA ref A's updated Statements of the Case (SOCs) on one Chinese and three Pakistani individuals that the United States plans to propose to add to the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee list of individuals and entities associated with U [...]
2008-10-14 08:28:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER EFIN KTFN PINR UN CH
08BEIJING4002PRC/IRAN: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of the Treasury Undersecretary (U/S) Stuart Levey briefed the People's Bank of China (PBOC),the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Bank of China (BOC),and the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) on Septembe [...]
2008-10-21 06:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ENRG ETRD EFIN IR CH
08BEIJING4019CHINA PROTESTS PENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST THREE
[...] (C) PolOff on October 22 informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials that the USG has determined that China Xinshidai Company, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Corporation LTD and Huazhong CNC have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pu [...]
2008-10-22 08:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING4030SWISS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) North Korea recently concluded its first population census in fifteen years, with technical guidance and support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and financial assistance from the ROK and Swiss Governments, according to a Swiss contact familiar with the project. Our contact [...]
2008-10-23 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KN CH
08BEIJING4062VFM HE YAFEI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei expressed to the Ambassador October 27 his belief that the United States and China should hold consultations before the November 15 G-20 summit, in part to ensure that European-sponsored proposals for an overhaul of the global financial system are tempered to [...]
2008-10-27 12:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN CH PK
08BEIJING4095SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Deputy Director Pistole, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramati [...]
2008-10-30 00:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SCUL KCRM PTER CH
08BEIJING4097CHINA'S SINOPEC SAYS NO PROGRESS ON ENERGY DEALS
[...] (C) Summary. A China Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (SINOPEC) official stated that SINOPEC has not made any progress in its oil projects in Iran and that it must comply with guidance from the Chinese government and UN sanctions against Iran. A Chinese academic at an MFA affiliated think t [...]
2008-10-30 03:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCN ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ
08BEIJING4100PLENUM DECISION TACKLES LAND, RURAL FINANCE, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The full text of the "Decision" approved by the Third Plenum of the CCP 17th Central Committee was released on October 19 (ref A),largely echoing the October 12 Plenum Communique (ref B) by pledging more Central Government support for efforts to boost peasant incomes, reduce t [...]
2008-10-30 07:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING4223HIGHLIGHTS OF WORKSHOP ON SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] (C) Participants in an October 24 mixed government-academic-think tank workshop in Beijing on the Six-Party Talks generally viewed the Six-Party Talks as a useful mechanism to solve the nuclear issue, although some criticized North Korea-specific agreements that appear to be at odds with inter [...]
2008-11-14 06:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS
08BEIJING4375CHANGING PRC VIEWS OF "OVERSEAS CHINESE"
[...] (C) The Chinese Government claims 30-50 million "overseas Chinese" lend it political support by opposing Taiwan independence and supporting China on "patriotic issues." This past summer, PRC officials praised ethnic Chinese counter-demonstrators at Olympic Torch Run protests abroad as examples [...]
2008-12-02 01:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG EINV SCUL CH TW
08BEIJING4452UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY URGES CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, Under Secretary Jeffery strongly urged China to support the designation of four Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leaders under UNSCR 1267, particularly in light of the Mumbai terror atta [...]
2008-12-05 08:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CH IN PK
08BEIJING4467MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] TIBET a. "Sarkozy provokes France-China storm" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/08): "The World's media is feeling the storm in the China-France diplomatic feud. Public opinion suggests that China will take actions in order to san [...]
2008-12-08 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4526PRC/IRAN: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES CHINA-IRAN ENERGY
[...] (C) EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Douglas Hengel, met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy DirecQ General Wu Haitao and Sinopec International Affairs Director General Tang Suxin on December 5 to discuss Chinese energy companies' activities in Iran. DDG [...]
2008-12-12 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER ECON EPET EINV MNUC POL
08BEIJING4572IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267,
[...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]
2008-12-17 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIJING481(S) PRC REQUESTED TO STOP LIMMT EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (S) A/DCM met with MFA Arms Control Department Director General Chen Jingye on February 12 to convey reftel message regarding continued export control violations of the PRC entity LIMMT. Reviewing past violations and citing evidence of continued recent shipments of MTCR-controlled graphite and [...]
2008-02-12 11:24:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING602GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]
2008-02-20 07:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING605GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]
2008-02-20 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING643STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES DPRK, IRAN,
[...] (S) Summary. Visiting House staffers led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) majority staffer J. Cobb Mixter discussed security issues with MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song on February 21. Mixter noted the maturing U.S.-China relationship and said the Six-Party Talks are an example of [...]
2008-02-22 08:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP CH TW BM
08BEIJING661Prospects for U.S.-China Relations
[...] (S) The United States and China share important and growing political and economic interests that will bind us indefinitely, despite frictions. Where interests vary or compete, we share a common interest in managing our differences. In the medium term, China's core foreign policy goals -- secur [...]
2008-02-24 23:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
08BEIJING686FEBRUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY RICE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the February 26, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The spokesman reported that both Secretary Rice and FM Yang stressed the importance of the consensus President Bush and President Hu had reached on the bilateral relationship. -- Yang stressed to Secretary Rice that Taiwan is C [...]
2008-02-26 11:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING718FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
[...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Sinopec's role in the Yadavaran oil field in Iran is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their com [...]
2008-02-28 12:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING745CORRECTED COPY (PARA 1 and 3)FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS
[...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- CNOOC's role in developing an Iranian gas field is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their commi [...]
2008-02-29 11:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING766UK FM MILIBAND IN CHINA: RESPONSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY
[...] (C) During his February 24-29 visit to China, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for a greater PRC role in nonproliferation, free trade, climate change, the Darfur crisis and development issues. The UK and China institutionalized an agenda for cooperation in a new Commission task [...]
2008-03-03 12:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UK CH BM SU TW
08BEIJING787ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: FUTURE OF UN PRESENCE, POSSIBLE
[...] (C) PolOff on March 4 delivered to MFA reftel points on the future of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the possibility of targeted sanctions on Eritrea. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said China regards a co [...]
2008-03-04 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO ER ET CH
08BEIJING791MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC
[...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...]
2008-03-04 11:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN
08BEIJING886(S) CHINA STILL INVESTIGATING LIMMT; URGES THE
[...] (S) China continues to investigate the export control activities of LIMMT and urges the United States not to impose sanctions on this Chinese firm, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told PolOff on March 11. Recalling the recent U.S. inform [...]
2008-03-11 08:52:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIRUT1427 LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED
[...] (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commissi [...]
2008-10-02 12:17:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT2LEBANON: SLEIMAN SEES AOUN AS "DANGEROUS" AND
[...] (C) In a 1/2 meeting with the Ambassador, LAF Commander -- and presidential front-runner -- Michel Sleiman came across as both bemused and exasperated by the presidential limbo. While skeptical that elections would occur on 1/12, he denied rumors he would pull out of the race. Dismissing p [...]
2008-01-02 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY QA SA
08BEIRUT215LEBANON: HARIRI URGES STRONGER U.S. PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Increased pressure on Syria was the dominant theme of the Ambassador's first meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. The opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, was pursuing a long-term strategy to gradually take over the country, he claimed. Bilateral and international assistance was [...]
2008-02-12 17:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT470LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES COURTING ARMENIAN TASHNAQ
[...] (C) Refreshed after his trip to the U.S., Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea walked back from his previous advocacy for electing a president with a half plus one majority, advocated revamping the cabinet and not simply replacing the two vacancies and promoted a new idea: courting the Armenian [...]
2008-04-04 16:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT478LEBANON: LABOR STRIKES AND NEW TAX ON SYRIAN BORDER AFFECT
[...] (U) The Teachers' Union (including public, private and technical school teachers, and Lebanese University professors) held a "warning" strike on April 3 demanding higher wages, citing dramatic increases in the cost of living. Teachers' wages have been unchanged since 1996. Organizers stressed [...]
2008-04-07 12:39:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT652LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS APPEAL FOR STRONGER USG
[...] (C) On May 11, Phalange leader and former President Amine Gemayel, Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh impressed upon the Charge the gravity of the situation and pressed her for stronger U.S. support for March 14. Believing that a Hizballah vi [...]
2008-05-11 21:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT663LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WHAT IS THE U.S. WAITING FOR?
[...] (C) On May 12, Future Movement and majority leader Saad Hariri and advisors Nader Hariri and Ghattas Khoury implored the Charge for stronger U.S. support within the next 24 hours, warning that U.S. help was needed "in hours, not days!" Saad suggested the U.S. fly a plane over Syria or deploy [...]
2008-05-12 16:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT85LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER RECOUNTS MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr advocated separation of the presidential election from cabinet formation in his discussions with visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa, but held little hope that Damascus, Moussa's next stop, would accept the idea. The Syrians, Murr believed, were f [...]
2008-01-20 12:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BELGRADE118PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENTERS FINAL STRETCH STILL
[...] (SBU) In the final week of campaigning, Serbia's two presidential candidates are hot after the votes and each other. President Boris Tadic is taking two campaign messages to the people: A vote for Tadic is a vote for Serbia's European future and economic well-being; and a vote for Radical Par [...]
2008-01-30 16:20:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SR
08BELGRADE273SERBIA: KOSTUNICA'S CAMPAIGN: ALL KOSOVO, ALL THE TIME
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia will try to keep national attention on Kosovo, rather than European integration, as part of its electoral strategy for Serbia's May 11 elections. The DSS campaign will seize on and prolong stories of unrest in Kosovo, such as the Mar [...]
2008-03-21 14:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE488SERBIAN CIVIL AVIATION, NOT MAKING HEADWAY
[...] As the rest of the world moves to liberalize the aviation market, Serbia's aviation industry remains at a standstill with key civil aviation legislation stalled and privatization plans grounded. A lack of political will, extended breakdowns of the government, and the fallout over Kosovo indep [...]
2008-05-16 07:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE53Serbia's Kosovo Minister Pledges No Violence and No
[...] (SBU) Serbia's Kosovo Minister Samardzic told UK, US, French, German and Italian COMs on January 11 that Serbia was committed both to no-violence and no-recognition of Kosovo. In response to a UK-headed "Quint" demarche, Samardzic said EU and U.S. policy toward Serbia was stuck in a Milosevic [...]
2008-01-11 17:47:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE619SERBIA: P5+1 PACKAGE AND SIMULTANEOUS
[...] (SBU) On June 19 we presented the updated P5+1 Package to the MFA's Section Chief for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States, Vasilje Petkovic. Petkovic said he was encouraged by the extensive package. Simultaneous to our delivery of reftel demarche, Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltani [...]
2008-06-23 15:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR PGOV SR
08BELGRADE76SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]
2008-01-18 16:35:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE77SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]
2008-01-18 18:20:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE864COMPLETING SERBIA'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAYS - CORRIDOR
[...] The Serbian government has said that it would need approximately $2.6 billion to finish Corridor 10, the Pan-European transportation network passing through Serbia. The goal of the new government is to complete Corridor 10 in two to three years with assistance from international financial ins [...]
2008-08-26 10:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN SR
08BERLIN1038GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...]
2008-07-30 10:57:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR
08BERLIN1066GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...]
2008-08-05 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM
08BERLIN1081DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE ON NEW
[...] (C) On 7 August 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Alexander Fierley, desk officer responsible for Southeast Asia at the German Foreign Office. POLOFF explained the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008, and provided Fierley with a list of the 10 c [...]
2008-08-08 07:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD BM
08BERLIN1114GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]
2008-08-13 15:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN1115GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR
[...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...]
2008-08-13 15:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN1127GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO IRANIAN - SYRIAN BANKING
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Julian Luebbert, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions; Andreas Krueger, Head of the MFA Iran Unit, and Stefan Bantle, Syria Desk Officer at MFA. Econoff also delivered reftel non-paper to Kri [...]
2008-08-15 10:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR SY IR GM
08BERLIN113GERMANY IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Head of the European Correspondent Office Thomas Schieb on January 25. Schieb noted that the Western Balkans, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan/Dafur/Chad, and Kenya were currently on the GAERC agenda. -------------- [...]
2008-01-25 17:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IZ IS SU
08BERLIN1171GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel non-paper to relevant MFA and Finance Ministry contacts. Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions, told EconOff that Germany has already designated these entities. In a separate conversation, MFA Iran Unit Chief Andreas [...]
2008-08-21 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN122WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]
2008-01-29 16:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1229SCENE SETTER FOR TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Germany September 11-12 is well-timed. Your key interlocutors are now back from summer vacation and attending to the implementation of the EU's August 8th Common Position. Following Iran's failure to respond to the refreshed P5 1 incentive package, EU discussions [...]
2008-09-08 11:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM IR AADP
08BERLIN1259GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 EU GAERC FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany expects the EU Council on September 15 to agree on creating a small "coordination cell" in Brussels to help coordinate the existing anti-piracy contributions of EU members and prepare the way for a possible future ESDP mission off the coast of Somalia. The Council is also [...]
2008-09-12 14:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PHUM PGOV GM ZL ZI SO SR BO
08BERLIN1285GERMANY PASSES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON
[...] (C) Summary: German MFA officials responsible for energy policy and Iran are reluctant to engage Poland and Croatia on their efforts to develop Iranian natural gas resources. They expressed a preference for United Nations action, as well as very keen interest in learning more about the respo [...]
2008-09-18 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PREL HR PL IR GM
08BERLIN1323GERMANY'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON
[...] (S) EMIN met with Ruediger von Fritsch, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Economic Affairs and provided reftel non-paper. The Ministry's Export Control Division subsequently contacted Econoff. The Director of Export Controls, Goetz Lingenthal, said the MFA and other age [...]
2008-09-25 07:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR IR GM
08BERLIN1334GERMAN RESPONSE: PREVENTING IRAN FROM ADVANCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany shares USG concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and welcomes further steps to prevent Iran from obtaining critical equipment needed for their new IR-2 centrifuge design. Germany maintains that its primary mechanisms for safeguarding sensitive centrifuge technology [...]
2008-09-26 11:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC
08BERLIN1359GERMANY ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1835
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 13:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN1386GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...]
2008-10-10 16:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD
08BERLIN1389 THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]
2008-10-14 05:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1399GERMANS DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS, INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach of the Ministry of Economics told Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 10 that although Germans are alarmed by the ongoing financial turbulence, the country is relatively well positioned to ride out the storm. A fisca [...]
2008-10-15 15:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1417GERMANY WELCOMES INFORMATION ON MAYROW TRADING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1468READ OUT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO GERMANY
[...] (S) SUMMARY During meetings with a comprehensive slate of senior Chancellery and Finance, Economic and Foreign Ministry officials on September 11, 2008, U/S Levey focused on three main topics: 1) The recent U.S. designation of IRISL as a proliferation-related entity using deceptive financial [...]
2008-10-30 08:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PRELM IR GM
08BERLIN1474GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. MEASURES ON EDBI / EIHB
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to ref A, German Ministry of Finance officials stated there are no clear facts to connect Europaisich-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIHB) to the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and that, further, Germany [...]
2008-10-30 17:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN151SENIOR BUNDESTAG MP URGES THAW IN U.S.- IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ruprecht Polenz (CDU) gave the Ambassador a read-out of his mid-January trips to Israel and Iran. Repeatedly commenting that he did not believe only in "containment," Polenz asserted that the Iranian leaders' to [...]
2008-02-07 15:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PTER IS IR GM
08BERLIN1518DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...]
2008-11-06 14:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM
08BERLIN1529MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]
2008-11-12 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1555IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz discussed a range of Iran-related issues with representatives of the Chancellery, MFA, and Ministry of Economics during November 12 meetings. Emphasizing their belief that sanctions are working, all three agencies repeated Germany's long-st [...]
2008-11-18 11:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP KDEM GM IR IZ
08BERLIN1564GERMANY SEES FATF LEVERAGE WITHIN G-20 CONTEXT;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 10:28:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR CG
08BERLIN1656GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...]
2008-12-11 17:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM
08BERLIN1660IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...]
2008-12-12 12:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU
08BERLIN1675IRAN: BUNDESTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS LEVERAGING IRANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two of the Bundestag's leading Iran experts discussed Iran-related issues with visiting NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz November 11 and 12. In separate meetings, Rolf Muetzenich (SPD),a leading member of the Bundestag's Disarmament Subcommittee, and Iranian-German Green [...]
2008-12-16 15:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP GM IR
08BERLIN1693GERMAN LAW LIMTS ABILITY TO STOP OIL AND GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior German government officials, have all expressed support for the principle that Iran should not receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology from Germany, although, legally, their hands are tied in seeking legal action against German companies. German officials once again [...]
2008-12-19 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR GM
08BERLIN180IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE THOUGHTS ON NIE, P5+1
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Greg Schulte's January 31-February 1 discussions with key German officials covered a range of proliferation issues, including Iran, U.S.-India Civil Nuclear cooperation, and international nuclear fuel bank proposals. On Iran, German officials repeated their strong [...]
2008-02-14 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PARM KNNP IR GM IN CH
08BERLIN182NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche February 6 to MFA IAEA Unit Chief Martin Langer and MFA Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Unit Chief Dietrich Becker, who undertook to convey the request to Germany's interagency export control working group. In a follow-up discission Febr [...]
2008-02-14 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM
08BERLIN188A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAN, ANNAPOLIS, SYRIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg told A/S Welch in a February 11 meeting that the MFA does not agree that it is necessary to push for an immediate UNSC Iran sanctions resolution before the next IAEA report is issued, although Germany is not against such a push. A/S Welch [...]
2008-02-15 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL SY IS GM IR
08BERLIN211IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS LISTING BANK MELLI, BUT REMAINS SKEPTICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 17:53:00Embassy BerlinSECRETECON EFIN ETRD EU GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08BERLIN296GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 10-11 GAERC
[...] (U) Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger March 7 to discuss ref A points regarding the March 10-11 EU General Affairs and External Affairs Council (GAERC) meeting. Embassy Iran watcher followed up on relevant points with the MFA Iran desk. Western Ba [...]
2008-03-07 17:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN333GERMANY/IRAN - EXPORTERS AND BANKS "DOING THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German exporters and banks have responded to Government pressure to curtail Iran-related business by exercising extreme vigilance on new contracts, stepping up due diligence, and requesting licensing-related guidance from Government regulators at record levels. German firms' a [...]
2008-03-14 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM
08BERLIN336(S) NIAG 6004 - REQUEST FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A nonpaper March 14 to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck was familiar with the case, but said she did not have any information beyond what had been reported in the media. Reck noted that because of Germany's strict data [...]
2008-03-14 17:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC GM IR
08BERLIN405GERMANY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL
[...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A-C demarches during the week of March 24 to MFA International Economic Policy Officer Claudia Schuett, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Desk Officer Ernst Roeder-Messell, and Finance Ministry Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Division Director Michae [...]
2008-04-01 10:04:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
08BERLIN41GERMANY APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON U.S. FIRMS
[...] (C) German officials tell us that the information Washington provided in Reftel on U.S. enforcement of Iran sanctions will support their ongoing efforts to discourage German business ties with Iran. Nevertheless, German business associations cite the National Intelligence Estimate in continui [...]
2008-01-10 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
08BERLIN424GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 11:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRETBM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN433(S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...]
2008-04-07 10:11:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC
08BERLIN498GERMANY/IRAN: GROENING ON EU DELIBERATIONS AND EL
[...] (C) Political MC met with German Arms Control Commissioner Fritz Groening April 21 to discuss EU deliberations on Iran at the April 18 PSC meeting and in advance of the April 28-29 EU GAERC meeting. Groening commented that the P5 1 meeting in Shanghai did not bring conclusive resolution of ou [...]
2008-04-21 18:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA GM PARM AORC
08BERLIN537IRAN: DFM SAFARI VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and the Americas Mehdi Safari made his first official visit to Berlin April 17-18 to hold discussions with the MFA and Interior Ministry. Safari's visit has been characterized as "nothing revolutionary" by MFA officials. He delivered t [...]
2008-04-25 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
08BERLIN541GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...]
2008-04-25 17:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL
08BERLIN626IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide [...]
2008-05-13 14:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR
08BERLIN657WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]
2008-05-19 15:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN685GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...]
2008-05-22 10:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS
08BERLIN772IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...]
2008-06-11 13:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM
08BERLIN796FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON EUROPEAN-IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the Hamburg-based, Iranian-owned European-Iranian Commercial Bank (EIHB) had recently opened a branch in Tehran. The German Government cannot prevent German banks from establishing foreign branches, but can intervene if the br [...]
2008-06-17 06:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN802MEDIA REACTION: Mideast, Iran, France
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Mideast) Israeli-Hamas Peace Talks 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (France) White Book On Defense  [...]
2008-06-18 11:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN810GERMAN MFA READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon receiving ref A points, the German MFA's Iran Desk provided a preliminary readout of the June 13-15 visit by EU High Representative Solana to Iran to deliver the P5 1 incentive package. The Iran Desk described Iranian FM Mottaki as "tough and tight" in his meeting with Sol [...]
2008-06-19 13:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN829MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ZIMBABWE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Palestinian Conference in Berlin 3. EU Sanctions against Iran 4. U.S. Nuclear Weapons 5. Zimbabwe 6. Oil Price 7. Berlin Airlift Anniversary 8. French President Sarkozy in Israel  [...]
2008-06-24 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN836MEDIA REACTION: Mideast, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, U.S.-Germany,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Mideast) Berlin Conference, Israeli Government Crisis 3. (Zimbabwe) Run-Off Elections 4. (Pakistan) Infiltration From Afghan Border Region 5. (U.S.-Germany) U.S. Nuclear Weapons In Germany 6. (Serbia) New Government 7. (U.S.) Interest Ra [...]
2008-06-26 12:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN87WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]
2008-01-18 15:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN879WELCOME TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]
2008-07-03 10:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN884GERMANY/IRAN - FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON UNSCR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the EU-3 and Italy had put forward a draft Common Position calling for expansive implementation of UNSCR 1803. The draft Common Position includes a Franco-German proposal to establish an EU-wide mechanism against proliferation fin [...]
2008-07-03 16:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERN125UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) Emboff delivered non-papers in reftel A on March 4 to Roland Vock, Head of the Sanctions Task Force at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock's deputy, Thomas Graf, participated in the meeting. Vock said that SECO already was working on the necessary steps for the [...]
2008-03-07 17:21:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ
08BERN127ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING
[...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...]
2008-03-07 18:42:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ
08BERN131SWISS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION THAT
[...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to USG information (reftels A and B) indicating that Swiss firm Schaublin Mach [...]
2008-03-11 17:41:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN321ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND
[...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...]
2008-07-03 17:09:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ
08BERN375(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON SALE
[...] (S) Embassy presented reftel points on July 30 to Juergen Boehler, acting director for export control policy of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Boehler promised that the Swiss Government would look into the matter carefully. Boehler stated that the Swiss Company Liechti is a sma [...]
2008-07-30 11:51:00Embassy BernSECRETSZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC
08BERN418DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] Post delivered reftel points to State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Deputy Head of Task Force Sanctions Thomas Graf and to Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terorism Alessandro Capelli on August 19. The Swiss did not provide any substantive comment, but noted that [...]
2008-08-20 07:28:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SZ
08BERN514(S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS CRYSTAL
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the nonpaper in reftel on September 25 to Rolf Stadler, Acting Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Head of the SECO Export Control Licensing Division, joined Stadler in [...]
2008-10-06 16:53:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ
08BERN528IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 2 to Roland Vock, Head of the Export Controls Sanctions Policy Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock commented that UNSCR 1835 reaffirmed the requirements of the previous sanctions UNSCRs on Iran, but did no [...]
2008-10-10 15:09:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ
08BERN552DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...]
2008-10-29 09:34:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN SZ
08BERN558IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR CONFERENCE: GOS HAS
[...] (U) Poloff conveyed the reftel message on October 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Erwin Bollinger, Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the Swiss State Secretariat [...]
2008-10-30 13:01:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ENRG MNUC IR SZ
08BERN570LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN: SWISS ARE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered message in reftel to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of International Finance and Monetary Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Finance. Sansonetti reported that he was in attendance at the FATF meeting the week of October 13 and was aware of the declaration and gui [...]
2008-11-06 16:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ
08BERN612BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 14:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ
08BERN636SWISS REACTION TO PREVENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A nonpaper to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 8. Referring to Israel and Syria as "the aggressor and the aggressed," Praz noted that the Swiss had called on [...]
2008-12-12 10:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY SY IR SZ
08BOGOTA2120OY CANADA - COLOMBIA CLOSES FTA WITH CANADA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia closed free trade negotiations with Canada on Saturday, June 7. Implementation before the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) could place some U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage, most notably agricultural products, certain manufactured products, ser [...]
2008-06-11 20:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN ECON CO CA
08BOGOTA2178URIBE THIRD TERM ISSUE DOMINATES REFORM EFFORT,
[...] (C) Key presidential advisors told us President Uribe has not decided whether to seek a third term, but agreed he would have to make his intentions clear in the second half of 2008. Several GOC coalition and opposition leaders plan to run in 2010, including Cambio Radical leader German Vargas [...]
2008-06-17 19:41:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2318COLOMBIA-ECUADOR RELATIONS: ONE STEP BACK
[...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe, angry over critical statements from Presidents Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, announced on June 23 that the GOC would delay the previously agreed-on resumption of diplomatic relations with Ecuador. The GOE responded by suspending indefinitely the renewal of bilate [...]
2008-06-25 23:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2831COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE
[...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...]
2008-08-01 20:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO
08BOGOTA3795NO MOVEMENT IN SIGHT ON PEACE TALKS WITH FARC AND
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us there will likely be no movement on peace talks with the FARC until the first half of 2009 at the earliest, adding that talks with the ELN also remain "highly doubtful." FARC leader Alfonso Cano is focused on consolidating internal control of the group, [...]
2008-10-17 15:04:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3920DISMISSAL OF TWO COLONELS AND LT COLONEL TIED TO
[...] (C) On October 24, Army Commander General Mario Montoya removed two colonels and a lieutenant colonel from their commands due to their roles in the alleged extrajudicial killings of eleven men from Soacha. Montoya publicly said the three officers were removed due to "serious indications that [...]
2008-10-28 18:41:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4131AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) At a November 10 meeting with Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte and Criminal Chamber Vice President Julio Socha, the Ambassador expressed the USG's support for a strong and independent judiciary. Socha explained that extradition requests unrelated to narcotrafficking are difficu [...]
2008-11-17 15:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KJUS PTER CO
08BOGOTA4231NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE
[...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]
2008-11-25 19:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BRASILIA1356BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]
2008-10-10 20:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
08BRASILIA1398 Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]
2008-10-24 16:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1405BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]
2008-10-24 20:08:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1406BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR USDEL TO PREP MEETING FOR THE JOINT
[...] SUMMARY: The overall relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, with an excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A variety of cooperative mechanisms have been created or revitalized in [...]
2008-10-27 09:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1543BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CAUTIOUS ON IRAN, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings, both Ambassador Everton Vargas, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, and Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao, confirmed to Ambassador Sobel that Petrobras is not planning any further investments in Iran [...]
2008-12-02 15:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR IR
08BRASILIA351SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim will travel to Norfolk and Washington from March 18-22, 2008 on a counterpart visit. He will meet with Secretary Gates in an office call on March 20 June. Minister Jobim,s objectives for the visit are to enhance prospects for bilateral cooperation and exp [...]
2008-03-13 16:57:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASC OVIP BR
08BRASILIA469SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]
2008-04-04 18:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA531AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]
2008-04-22 12:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA880BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROMISES TO RAISE
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Brazilian presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia on June 25 to express our concern regarding the Bolivian government's lack of concrete assurances to protect our embassy in La Paz. Garcia promised to raise the issue with the Bolivian ambassador (wh [...]
2008-06-27 15:41:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG BO BR
08BRASILIA89BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and EB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan, joined by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin America Brian O'Neill, led the US delegation to the successful December 13 Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) with Brazil's Ministry of External A [...]
2008-01-15 15:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN BR
08BRASILIA896CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...]
2008-07-01 22:05:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR BR
08BRATISLAVA136RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BELARUS
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Miro Jenca, Foreign Minister Kubis's Chef du Cabinet, on March 28. Pol/Econ Chief had discussed the demarche with Acting Director of the Office for Balkans and the CIS, Eva Ponomarenkova on March 26. Jenca described the GOB's recentt behavior as very dis [...]
2008-03-28 15:26:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LO BO EU
08BRATISLAVA281JUNE GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS LIFTING SANCTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on June 12. Otruba predicted the GAERC will drop Restrictive Measures against Cuba, but also will send a strong pro-democracy message. Slovakia supports this stance, with the proviso that there be an annual [...]
2008-06-12 15:42:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV CU LO
08BRATISLAVA338AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna, Gregory Schulte, conducted consultations July 9 with the Slovak Government regarding Iran's nuclear activities and Syria's clandestine program. Ambassador Schulte met with President Gasparovic, senior officials from [...]
2008-07-21 16:14:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA LO SY IR
08BRATISLAVA34GAERC RESPONSE
[...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Slovakia's delegation will be led by MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova, as Minister Jan Kubis will be hosting a visit by the UN Secretary General. 2. (SBU) Micovcin predicted that an EU Peacekee [...]
2008-01-25 15:07:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IS SU LO
08BRATISLAVA350MFA OFFICIALS CAUTIOUS ON CUBA, SEEKING WAYS TO
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief reviewed reftel points with Dusan Kristofik, Director of the MFA'S America's division, on July 30. Kristofik pointed out that Slovakia covers Colombia and Venezuela from its embassy in Brasilia, so it tries to take advantage of contacts in multilateral settings to reinforce [...]
2008-07-31 17:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER LO CU EU
08BRATISLAVA36SLOVAKIA WOULD SUPPORT TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Micovcin took detailed notes and promised to share and discuss the points with his colleagues. Micovcin confirmed Slovakia's willingness in principle to support additional, targeted sanctions against [...]
2008-01-25 15:49:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA373SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF TIGHTER EU SANCTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 07:34:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD BM LO
08BRATISLAVA467SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...]
2008-10-10 14:20:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA597CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Responses to reftel questions follow. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Slovakia currently has five 440 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactors in operation. One of them will be shut down in December 2008. Two 440 MW reactors are currently [...]
2008-12-23 16:06:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EPET PGOV LO
08BRUSSELS100IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET
[...] (C) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to address an open session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, the European Commission and Council Secretariat have refused Jalili' [...]
2008-01-18 13:57:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1007BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822
[...] Summary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Belgium chairs the committee overseeing UNSCR 1267. End Summary. BEGIN PRESS STATEMENT Foreign Mi [...]
2008-07-02 14:30:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BRUSSELS1008EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...]
2008-07-02 15:45:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1021EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 15:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN
08BRUSSELS1044INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 11:53:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE
08BRUSSELS1059U.S.-EU TROIKA ON TERRORIST FINANCING, MAY 23, 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charities, cash couriers, and UN sanctions reform were the focus of the May 23 bi-annual U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Terrorist Financing in Brussels. The EU will consider the U.S. proposal for a financial sanctions workshop program to address combating terrorist abuse of the non [...]
2008-07-14 15:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCE EAID EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KTFN PINR PREL
08BRUSSELS1090U.S.-EU AFRICA TROIKA ADDRESSES SUDAN, CHAD, HORN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 08:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EUN
08BRUSSELS1098EU LIKELY TO EXPAND ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS
[...] (U) EU Foreign Ministers appear ready to expand the list of Zimbabwean officials under EU sanctions when the ministers meet July 22 at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Working level negotiators from the 27 EU member states have agreed to add some 37 individuals to th [...]
2008-07-18 12:41:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN
08BRUSSELS1130BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed it is important to keep pressure on the FARC. He noted there should be more U.S.- EU cooperation on the whole range of problems, from narcotics interventions [...]
2008-07-24 14:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1138GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...]
2008-07-25 13:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1149AMBASSADOR ENGAGES BARROSO AND JOUYET ON IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At her presentation of credentials on July 22, the Ambassador met successively with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and French State Secretary Jean Pierre Jouyet. Both somewhat deflected attempts by the Ambassador to pin the EU down to action on Iran san [...]
2008-07-28 17:52:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN IR KV FR
08BRUSSELS1165EU SAYS PROTECTION OF IRAQI REFUGEES SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN
[...] EU Ministers in the July 24 JHA Council adopted conclusions on Iraqi refugees that underlined the priority of creating the conditions for refugees to go back home and included no call to take in more Iraqi refugees in the EU Member States. The French Presidency reported on the drafting of a E [...]
2008-07-29 11:04:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1233EU RESPONDS ON NEW SANCTIONS, FUTURE OF BURMA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on August 6 to the head of unit for South-East Asia at European Commission DG RELEX, and to the new South-East Asia desk officer at the Council Secretariat. They welcomed the JADE Act legislation and appreciated receiving our list of newly des [...]
2008-08-11 09:43:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ETRD EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1234BURMA: SOLANA DISCUSSES BURMA WITH TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (C) While delivering demarche on the JADE act legislation (ref A),Leo Schulte-Nordholt, South-East Asia Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat, briefed us on the July 22 visit to Brussels of the president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta. Shulte-Nordholt participated in a breakfast with H [...]
2008-08-11 09:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL ETTC KINR EUN TM
08BRUSSELS1238RWE'S VIEWS ON THE NABUCCO PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 15 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, RWE's Chief Commercial Officer Stephan Judisch shared his views on the current progress on the Nabucco Pipeline project and the challenges he sees going forward. From Judisch's standpoint, the biggest challenge on Nabucco is lining [...]
2008-08-11 12:45:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1244THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]
2008-08-12 17:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1354DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH
[...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]
2008-09-02 17:00:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS137IRAN'S JALILI GETS TOUGH RECEPTION FROM EU
[...] (C) During a January 23 visit to Brussels, Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator met with mixed success at the EU. He achieved the desired form and access, including prestigious meetings with top officials as well as high profile press coverage. On substance, however, Jalili made no [...]
2008-01-25 16:23:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1379GEORGIA/RUSSIA: A/S FRIED MEETS QUAD POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried met with political directors of the UK, Germany and France Sept. 3 to discuss potential EU-U.S. next steps with Russia to achieve their implementation of the Ceasefire on Georgia. French Deputy Political Director Veronique Bujon-Barre (Araud did not attend) said Presiden [...]
2008-09-05 09:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1419FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...]
2008-09-12 14:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL
08BRUSSELS1431GAERC OUTLINES EU OBSERVER MISSION AND AID TO
[...] (U) Summary: Meeting in Brussels September 15, EU Foreign Ministers formally established an independent civilian monitoring mission of at least 200 in Georgia, to be deployed by October 1. They designated Pierre Morel as EU Special Representative for the crisis in Georgia. Welcoming the the [...]
2008-09-15 18:10:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EUN RU GG SO ZI YI BO
08BRUSSELS1459BELGIAN BANK WILL LOOK INTO REPORTS OF ITS DOING
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Belgian officials were receptive to Treasury U/S Levey,s explanation of Iranian deceptive banking practices and guarded over any suggested implications of Belgium,s KBC Bank in illicit Iranian financial transactions. KBC Bank showed surprise and dismay at the suggestion that [...]
2008-09-22 14:45:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN KNNP ETTC BE IR
08BRUSSELS1468IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...]
2008-09-23 10:45:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR
08BRUSSELS1493FRIENDS OF BELARUS ASSESS POLICY IN LIGHT OF NEW
[...] (C) On September 15, EUR DAS David Merkel and U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. Other participants included EU Political Directors and other senior officials from L [...]
2008-09-24 15:55:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC CVIS EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1547BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES
[...] (U) Pol-Econoff and intern met with Belgian MFA UNSC Team, Iran desk officer, and Director of the Nonproliferation Office Werner Bauwens. Bauwens began with a quick briefing on Belgian sanction policy related to Iran. 2. (U) The GOB welcomed UNSCR 1835 (reftel A) as a consensus approach to [...]
2008-10-03 15:19:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETECON ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MNUC IR BE
08BRUSSELS1600JHA HAPPENINGS
[...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]
2008-10-17 12:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1602EU-MAURITANIA TALKS SCHEDULED ON POLITICAL WAY
[...] The European Union has scheduled talks with the Mauritanian junta for October 20 in Paris to discuss a mutually acceptable way forward politically in the African state. Commission contacts say they are not optimistic the Mauritanian delegation, led by PM Laghdaf, will come prepared to give im [...]
2008-10-17 15:32:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS171BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian M [...]
2008-02-01 16:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM BE IR
08BRUSSELS1720EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES
[...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]
2008-11-10 16:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1740EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES
[...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]
2008-11-14 13:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1746CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Congressman Robert Wexler, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, met with Dirk Achtens, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vincente Van Assche, Secretary to the Director General. B [...]
2008-11-17 16:16:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BE AF IS RU GG UP
08BRUSSELS1824U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...]
2008-12-02 18:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY
08BRUSSELS1873READ-OUT OF U.S.-EU TASK FORCE MEETING, DECEMBER 8,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of top priority political, economic, and other bilateral issues during a December 8 meeting in Brussels. The U.S. team was led by EUR/PDAS Marcie Ries and USEU Charge Christopher Murray, and included NSC Director for Europe Kristina Kvien a [...]
2008-12-12 10:31:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS1884BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE
[...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]
2008-12-12 16:24:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1910(C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...]
2008-12-16 15:57:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR
08BRUSSELS214IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL
[...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...]
2008-02-07 18:06:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS314OMV 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
08BRUSSELS325LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA
[...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...]
2008-03-04 09:26:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS356U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON EAST ASIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies led the U.S. side in the East Asia session of the U.S.-EU COASI Troika meetings on February 20. The EU side was led by Ambassador Janez Premoze, Director for Asia in the Slovenian MFA, [...]
2008-03-07 14:21:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CH KN KS BM XB
08BRUSSELS361EU OFFICIALS DISCUSS BURMA WITH PDAS DAVIES
[...] (C) Summary. In an exchange with a group of Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors and member state representatives on the margins of U.S.-EU expert level discussions on Asia (reftel),EAP PDAS Glyn Davies discussed the U.S. position on Burma and encouraged further UN action and ad [...]
2008-03-10 09:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM ETTC EUN BM
08BRUSSELS410DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 17:55:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS411EU: COMMISSION TO DELAY MINSK OPENING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 11:37:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS425DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 12:37:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM BE
08BRUSSELS444YVES LETERME FORMS NEW BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yves Leterme assumed office as Belgian Prime Minister March 22 amidst speculation about how long his government will last and how contentious will be the next wave of institutional reform talks. Leterme's Flemish nationalist election partner (NV.A) has given him until mid-July t [...]
2008-03-25 16:57:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS445EU RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM,
[...] (C) Summary: The Council Secretariat's Burma officer has said that the EU will continue its calls for minority group participation in Burma's political process and will reiterate its support for Gambari and the UN's Good Offices. Internally, the debate over the EU's common position on Burma h [...]
2008-03-25 17:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN EUN BM
08BRUSSELS458BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 15:10:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS462U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON UNITED NATIONS ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO PDAS James Warlick met with representatives of the European Union to discuss possible areas of U.S.-EU cooperation in the United Nations system. PDAS Warlick emphasized that the U.S. is committed to participation in multilateral fora and is determined to finds ways to make [...]
2008-03-28 14:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EUN
08BRUSSELS500IRAN: EU UNITY UNWINDS IN TEHRAN AND BRUSSELS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: EU experts have begun to transpose UNSCR 1803 into EU policy guidance and regulation for adoption at the April 28-29 Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). However, French and British Permreps may prefer to delay EU follow-up action on UNSCR 1803 for several weeks in the hopes th [...]
2008-04-04 10:58:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC KNNP ETRD ENRG IR EUN
08BRUSSELS501DEMARCHE TO BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ON BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 12:58:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALBO PHUM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS579US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 15:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS651EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE ON GALILEO GOVERNANCE; FINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the European Parliament endorsed a compromise text on the governance and financing of the EU's Galileo global satellite navigation system (GNSS). The adoption of the Regulation, which already received the backing of the EU member states at the Transport, Telecommuni [...]
2008-04-29 13:17:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EU EUN TSPA TSPL
08BRUSSELS682DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 16:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE
08BRUSSELS700U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...]
2008-05-09 14:30:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN
08BRUSSELS704YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13 TRANSATLANTIC
[...] The U.S. Mission to the European Union and I welcome you to Brussels for the May 13 meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. This meeting will help realize President Bush and Chancellor Merkel's aspiration for greater transatlantic economic integration, but much will depend on the app [...]
2008-05-09 15:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG WTO EUN
08BRUSSELS729U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 09:59:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
08BRUSSELS777PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO,
[...] (C) Summary: PDAS Kurt Volker discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Georgia, and Iran at a lunch May 19 with Director General for Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper and other EU officials. Cooper outlined EU priorities for the June 12 Support Conference for Afghanistan, including the need [...]
2008-05-23 12:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08BRUSSELS870(S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...]
2008-06-09 14:43:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK
08BRUSSELS892EU TREATY OF LISBON - JHA
[...] Under the Treaty of Lisbon (entry in force targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters -- the so-called "third pillar" -- will become subject to the "Community" method under the renamed Treaty on [...]
2008-06-12 14:32:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EUM PGOV KCRM ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS894IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]
2008-06-12 15:16:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS904EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...]
2008-06-13 15:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR
08BRUSSELS924STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...]
2008-06-17 16:49:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS928EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...]
2008-06-18 13:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC
08BRUSSELS943GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the monthly GAERC meetings set the timetable for foreign policy decision-making; theologically, "EU unity" is a compelling political message that no member state [...]
2008-06-20 08:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS955SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND
[...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]
2008-06-24 11:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BRUSSELS959EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...]
2008-06-24 16:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EU
08BRUSSELS962DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND
[...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]
2008-06-25 12:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BRUSSELS990IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (S) Charge delivered the points in reftel to Werner Bauwens, the head of the MFA's Non-proliferation Office on June 30. He agreed to relay the points to all the relevant offices and agencies within the GOB. 2. (S) Bauwens noted that the EU had adopted sanctions based on UNSCR 1803 last Monday [...]
2008-06-30 13:36:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS991ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND
[...] (C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium is very supportive and fully committed. The challenge is to get 1735 fully implemented by member states. 2. (C) Belgium is satisfied with UNSCR 1735 al [...]
2008-06-30 13:53:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BUCHAREST1005 ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...]
2008-12-22 14:41:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO
08BUCHAREST1392008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- ROMANIA
[...] (SBU) Post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Although industry contacts report that there has been a decline in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of internet piracy - both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy - is a worrisome tre [...]
2008-02-21 06:03:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON RO
08BUCHAREST178QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 14:34:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD
08BUCHAREST183ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...]
2008-03-10 13:22:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BUCHAREST771ROMANIA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS DIFFICULT
[...] (C) EconOff met on September 23rd with Elena Paris, Unit Chief in the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel demarche regarding a U.S. Domestic Designation under E.O. 13438. Paris explained that the Government of Ro [...]
2008-10-01 12:15:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST772ROMANIA ON C-RE8-01539 AND TERRORIST FINANCE:
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A request for information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided EconOff a brief outline of the procedure that led up to the Muhajedin-E Khalq (MEK) listing within the EU. MFA believes that this listing will remain in place for the immediate future [...]
2008-10-01 12:38:00Embassy BucharestSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST867ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON FATF STATEMENTS AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statements on Iran to Cristina Mezdrea and Laura Gradinaru of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3, and subsequently to Adrian Cosmescu, D [...]
2008-11-10 14:51:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP RO
08BUDAPEST1099DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref a demarche to Ministry of Finance Department of International Relations Head of Unit Dr. Krisztina Kovacs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Legal Department Head of Unit Szilvia Balasz. Both ministries were aware of the FATF guidance, and noted the recent EU [...]
2008-11-18 10:11:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP HU
08BUDAPEST258HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN
[...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...]
2008-03-10 13:07:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST429HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 09:31:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST468HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON BURMA'S UPCOMING REFERENDUM
[...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel with the MFA Asia/Pacific Department Head Gyula Petho on May 6. Petho acknowledged and expressed agreement with reftel's concerns about referendum's legitimacy, drawing reference to both the EU and UNSC statements on the issue. He believes the referendum will proc [...]
2008-05-07 06:44:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST723HUNGARY'S CUBA POLICY
[...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Head Szilveszter Bus discussed reftel with PolOff on July 22. Bus commented that the recently updated EU Common Position opens a new chapter in EU/Cuba relations. While Hungary supported the lifting of sanctions - stating that the embargo was/is not successful - [...]
2008-07-23 07:33:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CU HU EUN
08BUDAPEST799DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 08:46:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD BM HU
08BUDAPEST858HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE
[...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...]
2008-08-29 16:48:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST940DAS MERKEL'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his September 9-11 visit to Budapest, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russia David Merkel focused on energy and the Russia/Georgia conflict with a broad range of senior Hungarian officials. Encouraging greater visible support for Nabucco and a slow down/suspension of Sou [...]
2008-09-24 15:42:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET RS GG UP HU
08BUDAPEST995HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 12:39:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP HU IR
08BUENOSAIRES1080ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, August 2, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) defended her administration's policies in her first press conference in her eight-month tenure. This was a departure from the Kirchners' longstanding media strategy, which has irked the media by not holdin [...]
2008-08-05 09:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1205ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...]
2008-08-28 15:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1263Argentina: Seizing the Bilateral Opportunity - Building on
[...] (SBU) The GoA's surprise September 2 announcement that it will soon pay all Paris Club debt, which would include fully clearing some $402 million in arrears to the USG, opens the door to Argentina's normalization with official USG credit agencies. Once arrears to the USG are reconciled and cle [...]
2008-09-10 19:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC EXIM BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1305ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 21:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1418Argentina's Buenos Aires Province-owned Bank
[...] (SBU) Guillermo Francos, President of Argentina's second largest public bank, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BP),is looking to expand secured lending to provincial small and medium enterprise for investment in new productive capacity. Outside of BP's regular lending activity, Francos [...]
2008-10-15 19:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1449ARGENTINA WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed Ambassador Schulte's October 16 consultations in Argentina, confirming Argentina's predisposition to cooperate with the U.S. internationally and at the IAEA. In the meeting with VFM Taccetti and at a lunch hosted by the [...]
2008-10-22 20:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1643ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering November 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be included on the ema [...]
2008-12-02 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1676ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS
[...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina December 16-18. With the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, we are looking to build on a strong and positive bilateral relationship. We are working together in significant [...]
2008-12-10 17:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES176ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...]
2008-02-14 16:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES259ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]
2008-02-29 16:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES318ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...]
2008-03-13 11:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES441ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 23:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
08BUENOSAIRES466ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes the U.S. delegation to the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC),hosted this year by the G [...]
2008-04-10 19:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES58Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement
[...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]
2008-01-16 11:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES609AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO LA PLATA: A UNIVERSITY TOWN AND HOME
[...] (U) The Ambassador reaffirmed the USG commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with Argentina and discussed investment, drugs, and local issues during an April 30 meeting with Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli and series of meetings in the provincial capital. The Ambassador visited a paris [...]
2008-05-07 21:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL OEXC OTRA SCUL SENV AR
08BUENOSAIRES708ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-23 20:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES785ARGENTINA: SCHEDULING THE NEXT POL/MIL BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Regular bilateral Pol/Mil meetings have been an integral part of managing and advancing our broad security relationship with Argentina, from the classic Pol/Mil issues to counterterrorism and non-proliferation. The GoA hosted the last Pol/Mil bilaterals in December 2006. It is [...]
2008-06-06 20:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR
08BUJUMBURA176BACK TO SQUARE ONE IN FNL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Political Directorate (PD) (Executive Representative to the Secretary General of the United Nation Youssef Mahmoud, French Ambassador Joel Louvet, South African Ambassador Mdu Lembede, and Tanzanian Ambassador Francis Mdowla) informed the diplomatic corps in an April 4 briefi [...]
2008-04-04 12:51:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA645BURUNDI CONFIRMS NO DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (S) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that Burundi: - continues to support UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 concerning Iran's nuclear or delivery system development efforts; [...]
2008-12-16 08:28:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETAF ISN NEA PARM PREL BY
08CAIRO1067CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]
2008-05-27 11:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO1176EGYPT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH THE UN'S 1267
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egypt is one of several countries which has submitted names to the U.N. Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 regarding Al Qaida and Taliban associated entities. Egypt has had 13 names pending with the Committee [...]
2008-06-09 11:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EG ETRD IR PGOV
08CAIRO1637CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK
[...] (C) Summary: On July 2, Senator Kerry and the Ambassador discussed regional developments with President Hosni Mubarak, including Zimbabwe, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel-Palestine. Mubarak said that Egypt was working to find a solution in Sudan, but preferred to do so "quietly." Mubarak warned [...]
2008-07-31 10:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PHUM AU EG IR IS SU
08CAIRO2275MFA ADVISOR AND PDAS FELTMAN DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Feltman and MFA Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the global financial crisis, and Iraqi debt relief during an October 26 meeting in Cairo. Zaki said that recording progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is [...]
2008-10-30 07:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON KPAL IZ IS SY IR EG LE
08CAIRO2320EGIS CHIEF "NOT OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador that he was "not optimistic" about prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, due to continuing differences between Hamas and Fatah and the difficulty in maintaining the continuing "calm" between minimalist Hamas a [...]
2008-11-05 14:27:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2395TREASURY DAS MENDELSOHN DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE
[...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn met with Ashraf Mohsen, counter terrorism coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and State Security Brigadier General Hisham Abda on November 13. Also accompanying were Eugene Oleynikov from Treasury's Office [...]
2008-11-20 13:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETEFIN EG PGOV PREL PTER
08CAIRO2485SCENESETTER FOR US-EGYPT MCC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: This year's U.S. - Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC),being held in Washington December 16 - 17, will be an opportunity to confirm the mutual benefits of our bilateral security relationship and engage the GOE on transforming our relationship to counter current threats [...]
2008-12-11 13:48:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL MASS MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2503QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...]
2008-12-15 14:25:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF
08CAIRO2505EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT
[...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...]
2008-12-15 15:30:00Embassy CairoSECRETMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG
08CAIRO2541EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...]
2008-12-21 11:23:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EG
08CAIRO2543SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: General Petraeus, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, I hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with Egyptian leaders who view the U.S.-Egyptian security partnership as the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship. This visit provid [...]
2008-12-21 15:26:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MASS MOPS EG
08CAIRO411SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON ASKS EGYPT TO PRESS SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting on February 24, Special Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson asked Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to press the GOS to drop its obstruction to UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment. Aboul Gheit said that the GOE shares the USG's interest in stabilizing Darf [...]
2008-03-02 07:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
08CANBERRA10252008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I
[...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...]
2008-10-14 05:13:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA10262008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART II
[...] (SBU) This is Part II of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Persian Gulf security (Iran),Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Regional Architecture, China and India. Part I (reft [...]
2008-10-14 06:07:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA1037AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN;
[...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...]
2008-10-15 06:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1064GOA UPDATES SANCTIONS LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced October 22 that Australia had added new members of the Burmese regime who are subject to government of Australia (GOA) financial sanctions, bringing the total to 463. (Note. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) signaled to post in Jul [...]
2008-10-23 06:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM AS
08CANBERRA1105DEMARCHE RE IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 07:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1119CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIA AND FATF IRAN STATEMENT
[...] (U) This message replaces Canberra 1117. 2. (SBU) In response to points raised in reftel, DFAT International Legal Branch Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott told us on November 5 that Australia, a member of FATF, has issued a circular on the Australian Transac [...]
2008-11-05 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA1285AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SANCTIONS TO ADDITIONAL MUGABE
[...] (SBU) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Embassy December 17 that the GOA has announced it will extend sanctions against 75 more supporters of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, and against four extra companies. DFAT Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes Peter [...]
2008-12-17 06:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AS ZI
08CANBERRA178AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST)
[...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...]
2008-02-25 04:10:00Embassy CanberraSECRETOVIP PGOV
08CANBERRA222AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...]
2008-03-04 06:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP AS
08CANBERRA301AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
[...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...]
2008-03-27 05:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS
08CANBERRA302AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUAL USE ITEM
[...] (SBU) We presented Ref A demarche and non-paper to Valerie Grey, Director for Arms Control, and Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 25. 2. (C) Our GOA interlocutors welcomed the points and non-paper. Grey assured [...]
2008-03-27 06:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA337AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff presented Ref A points and a request for the status of Australia's implementation of travel-related provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, International Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on April [...]
2008-04-04 06:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR AS
08CANBERRA59RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...]
2008-01-22 06:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS
08CANBERRA671ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...]
2008-07-02 22:14:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA684DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B),she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A),including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...]
2008-07-07 07:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS
08CANBERRA927AUSTRALIA EXPLORING ADDITIONAL STEPS IN RESPONSE
[...] (U) In remarks to the Australian Parliament September 17 that were picked up by local media, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was considering additional measures it might take within the international community to respond to Iran's failure to halt its uranium enrichment program. S [...]
2008-09-17 07:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA PREL IR AS
08CARACAS1060INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES MOUNTS ON BRV TO DECIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is growing increasingly defensive as international bodies are calling for it to rule on the constitutionality of disqualifying 272 candidates from running for public office in the November state and local elections. The Inter-American Co [...]
2008-07-31 22:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1093VISIT OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Robinson visited Caracas July 21-25. Editor Teodoro Petkoff, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, and third-country Ambassadors told him separately that they believed President Chavez's recent public overture to the USG on counter-narcotics cooperation w [...]
2008-08-05 22:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS1095SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS COMPTROLLER'S INELIGIBLES
[...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court ruled August 5 that the Comptroller may declare persons ineligible to run for office based on administrative sanctions. The ruling essentially ends the opposition's effort to obtain collective judicial relief from a government measure that disproportionately af [...]
2008-08-06 22:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS VE
08CARACAS1099BRV DEFENSIVE ABOUT MERCOSUR HUMAN RIGHTS VISIT
[...] (SBU) Uruguayan congressional deputy and president of the MERCOSUR parliament's Human Rights Commission, Adriana Pena arrived on August 6 in Caracas. All local media covered her arrival at the airport. Members of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA),Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and othe [...]
2008-08-07 21:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1103STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834
[...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...]
2008-08-07 22:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON IS VE
08CARACAS1114INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING
[...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]
2008-08-08 22:49:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1155PRO-GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ACHIEVE
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition reached agreement on consensus gubernatorial candidates in 19 of 22 races by August 12, the last day for the registration of gubernatorial and mayoral candidates. Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) enjoys the consensus support of smaller pro-gover [...]
2008-08-18 14:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1272OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND CARACAS MAYORAL
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties named Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) leader Antonio Ledezma September 9 their consensus candidate for the Caracas mayorship. Ledezma also picked up the personal endorsement of Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, who had led early polls in the same race, but whom the Comp [...]
2008-09-12 13:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS1334FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...]
2008-09-23 12:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1380OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA
[...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...]
2008-09-30 20:26:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1456GBRV SQUEEZING DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) are stepping up pressure on the opposition and civil society. Specifically, the GBRV is harassing opponents and the independent media, manufacturing coup plot agitprop, and disqualifying key oppos [...]
2008-10-16 20:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1463TAX AUTHORITY RAMPS UP TAX ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through its tax agency, has ramped up enforcement of Plan Zero Evasion (Evasion Cero) first announced in 2005. The Plan involves audits of company accounting procedures and violations include fines, closures and "voluntary payments" of ta [...]
2008-10-17 20:51:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1497VENEZUELA (OVER)REACTS TO EP CRITICISM, BLAMES U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) strongly rejected the October 23 passage of an European Parliament (EP) resolution condemning political rights abuses in the country. Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly accused the United St [...]
2008-10-25 14:25:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS1518STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- THREE WEEKS AWAY
[...] (C) Summary: With three weeks until state and local elections on November 23, President Chavez has focused his attention on attacking the opposition in Zulia State. Chavez may be preparing the ground to declare Zulia State Governor Manuel Rosales ineligible to run for the Maracaibo mayorshi [...]
2008-10-31 21:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1526GBRV DISQUALIFIES AT LEAST ONE MORE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: On November 3, the Supreme Court disqualified another opposition contender for the state and local elections on November 23 -- Yaracuy gubernatorial candidate and political exile Eduardo Lappi. The Supreme Court is also considering whether or not to declare another leading opp [...]
2008-11-04 20:37:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1559GBRV IMPEDES VISIT OF LECH WALESA
[...] (C) Summary. The GBRV discouraged the visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland Lech Walesa to Venezuela on November 2, citing security concerns. Walesa, a prominent pro-democracy figure, has at times been critical of President Chavez. The government reportedly notifie [...]
2008-11-10 14:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PL EZ VE
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