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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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07PRAGUE946CZECH REPUBLIC: ALL CLEAR ON AVIAN FLU QUARANTINE IN
[...] On August 15, Czech regional authorities lifted the required 30-day quarantine in Eastern Bohemia given no new cases of avian flu. The strict veterinary and sanitary measures had been introduced in June and extended in July due to outbreaks of the disease in poultry farms in the Pardubice Regi [...]
2007-08-15 14:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ
07PRAGUE968CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRT IN AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government on August 22 formally approved plans for the Czechs to send a PRT to Logar Province, Afghanistan in 2008. The government plans to place up to 200 personnel in Logar, including a number of civilian experts. Current Czech support to the PRT in Fayzabad will [...]
2007-08-23 13:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO AF EZ
07PRAGUE999MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...]
2007-08-30 14:46:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRETORIA1288SAG OPEN TO COOPERATING ON BURUNDI AMISOM
[...] (C) South Africa's political leadership would be open to a request for South African assistance in deploying Burundian troops to the AU Mission in Somalia, according to SAG Great Lakes Envoy and DFA Deputy Director General Kingsley Mamabolo. During Acting DCM's April 13 discussion of Ref A po [...]
2007-04-16 12:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS BY KE SF
07PRETORIA1289BURUNDI: MAMABOLO SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS STALLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa is increasingly frustrated with the "stubborn" FNL-Palipehutu rebel group, according to South African Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo sees little sign that the FNL will rejoin the peace process. South Africa is preparing its report to Uganda and Tanzani [...]
2007-04-16 12:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BY SF
07PRETORIA154FNL PEACE PROCESS BOGGED DOWN, VAN ECK SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The FNL peace process remains bogged down in administrative arguments, according to ISS analyst Jan van Eck. The FNL still refuses to participate in the JVMM because the GOB has not released from prison some of the FNL representatives for the JVMM and because the South African M [...]
2007-01-12 16:20:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BU SF
07PRETORIA300NO SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS FOR SOMALIA
[...] (U) South Africa will not send troops to Somalia, announced Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota January 25. In press comments following a meeting with President Mbeki, Lekota expressed support for the proposed AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia, but stressed that South African forces are already [...]
2007-01-26 10:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS MASS SO SF
07PRETORIA3766AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ENVOYS ON ZIMBABWE, CRIME,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 23 lunch hosted by Ambassador, envoys from eight countries expressed their concern about the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe and skepticism about President Mbeki's facilitation efforts there. One High Commissioner suggested that Mbeki did not feel [...]
2007-10-25 15:12:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MASS MARR ZI SF
07PRETORIA3914IMO - U.S. CANDIDACY - AND EASWIO MARITIME
[...] Transportation Officer transmitted Ref A demarche in support of U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to SAG Multilateral International Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dumisani Mthembu on October 30. He promised to provide a response "in due cou [...]
2007-11-08 14:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT MARR PREL PHSA SF UK
07PRETORIA3916SOUTH AFRICA PROMISES 100 MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy 100 additional troops to UNAMID by year end and will consider additional specialized contributions after other countries finalize their pledges. The commitment to send additional troops came during President Bashir's November 5-7 official visit to South A [...]
2007-11-08 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KPAO SF SU
07PRETORIA4227DFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN COMOROS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The AU sanctions against the Comoran island of Anjouan are beginning to create a "certain amount of nervousness" on Anjouan and thus some momentum for negotiations, according to DFA Director Maitland. The AU Commission is planning a roundtable discussion on Comoros o/a January 2 [...]
2007-12-20 12:40:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SF SO CN AU
07PRETORIA520MBEKI EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AU IN SOMALIA, BUT NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Though President Mbeki said February 9 that South Africa will "respond appropriately" to the AU request for assistance in Somalia, we believe the SAG remains skeptical about the AU operation and is content to sit back and watch the situation evolve. However, a specific request f [...]
2007-02-12 16:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SO SF
07PRISTINA544KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE
[...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]
2007-07-13 09:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07QUITO1046AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...]
2007-05-08 23:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1180UN HEALTH RAPPORTEUR SIDES WITH GOE ON SPRAYING
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Rapporteur for Human Health Rights Paul Hunt visited Ecuador May 14-18 at the invitation of the GOE to conduct a "non-scientific" study of the impact of Colombia's aerial fumigation program on Ecuadorian residents in the border region. Hunt met with residents, NG [...]
2007-05-22 20:20:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1258NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...]
2007-05-31 22:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1302CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY
[...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...]
2007-06-06 20:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO1351GOE TO GET TOUGHER ON ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS;
[...] (C) Summary: Correa's national security minister coordinator, Fernando Bustamante, told the Ambassador on June 8 that the GOE planned to strengthen its security posture in the north to restrict the activities of Colombian illegal armed groups in Ecuador. He said Correa was very concerned ove [...]
2007-06-13 16:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL INRA MARR CO EC
07QUITO1553GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...]
2007-07-09 20:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO175NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION
[...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...]
2007-01-22 19:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1945USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 11:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1947USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 15:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1993ECUADOR: DEFENSE MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Defense Minister Lorena Escudero announced her resignation on August 30, saying that she had decided to accept "another challenge" within the national government. She indicated that President Correa would soon announce her new position. Escudero appears to have left on goo [...]
2007-08-31 11:29:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR EC
07QUITO211HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...]
2007-01-25 21:36:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO216US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...]
2007-01-26 21:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2206ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR UN SYG'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 11:22:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT HA PE
07QUITO2233AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES REGIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $2 million NAS-funded regional antinarcotics center in the northern city of Tulcan, Carchi province, on September 24. The facility will serve as a command center and checkpoint five miles from the Colombian [...]
2007-10-01 19:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR MAS MOPS PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO2299ECUADOR'S PROPOSED REVISIONS TO SECURITY
[...] (U) Action Request - See Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following internal meetings between Ecuador,s MFA and MOD, Post has received a response to Embassy,s diplomatic note on FY08 security cooperation containing several proposed revisions. The MFA clearly communicated the desire to contin [...]
2007-10-10 19:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR EC
07QUITO245ECUADOR'S COMPLEX MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL DIVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with DATT and EconOff, senior managers of HoldingDINE, one of Ecuador's military-industrial conglomerates, expressed confidence that they would continue to enjoy freedom of operation even as a newly ratified law aims to impose strict limitations on the mili [...]
2007-01-30 20:16:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR PINR EIND ETRD SNAR EC
07QUITO2556THE MANTA PORT, ECUADOR'S POSSIBLE LINK TO ASQAND BRAZIL
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Port Holdings, now a year into its concession agreement, has ambitious plans to turn Manta, Ecuador's second (but only natural deep-sea) port, into a world-class seaport. The port is a key element in the GOE's plans to build a Manta-Manaus [...]
2007-11-28 10:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEWWT ETRD ELTN EAIR PREL MARR MOPS PGOV EC CN
07QUITO2616ECUADOR: CHINESE DIPLOMAT ON CORREA'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (S) Summary. Political and Economic officers met with two diplomats from the Chinese Embassy in Quito on December 3 to discuss President Correa's visit to China on November 20-25, 2007. The GOE sent a large delegation to China and signed 14 agreements to promote cooperation in energy, educat [...]
2007-12-10 17:05:00Embassy QuitoSECRETPREL ETRD EAIR EPET MARR EC CN
07QUITO2694AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ECUADORIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jewell met one-on-one for the first time with new Foreign Minister Isabel Maria Salvador Crespo on December 26, during which the tone was positive and constructive, and Salvador appeared cordial, smart, warm and open. Salvador communicated the importance of maintaining [...]
2007-12-31 16:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PREL KJUS MARR EC
07QUITO27CODEL REID VISIT SETS POSITIVE TONE WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Reid's visit to Ecuador from December 29-31 sent a message to the incoming government of President-Elect Rafael Correa of USG openness to dialogue, respect for Ecuadorian sovereignty and determination to continue cooperation on issues of mutual importance. The bipartisan vi [...]
2007-01-04 09:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID PINR MARR SNAR OREP
07QUITO280ARMY COMMANDER CANNED; NEW MINDEF NAMED
[...] (U) Summary: Fulfilling his promise to replace deceased MinDef Guadalupe Larriva (RefTel) with a female civilian from the southern highland city of Cuenca, President Correa on January 30 named Lorena Escudero as the new Minister of Defense. Escudero, who assumed control of the Ministry of De [...]
2007-02-05 12:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO347MOD DEATH - MECHANICAL FAILURE RULED OUT; MILITARY
[...] (U) Summary: The congressional investigatory commission studying the helicopter collision that killed former MinDef Guadalupe Larriva and her daughter on January 24 announced on February 7 that human error, not technical malfunction nor any kind of deliberate conspiracy, was to blame for the cr [...]
2007-02-09 22:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO380CORREA AND VP RATCHET UP RHETORIC ON COLOMBIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the border region on February 14, President Rafael Correa announced he had ordered the Ecuadorian Air Force to intercept planes violating Ecuadorian air space on its northern border with Colombia. Correa's announcement does not represent a change in GOE polic [...]
2007-02-15 22:46:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC CO
07QUITO420International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign
[...] The International No Bases Network (INBN) will hold an International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Ecuador, March 5-9, 2007. They expect some 2,000 activists to attend the conference, which will be held in Quito March 5-7, with a March 8 caravan from Quito to Manta, [...]
2007-02-23 19:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS
07QUITO537AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...]
2007-03-07 22:44:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO642Manta FOL - Request for DOS and DOD Financial Support for
[...] The U.S.-Ecuador agreement to allow U.S. counter narcotics operations to be conducted at the Forward Operating Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Ecuadorian air base in Manta expires in Nov., 2009. President Rafael Correa has publicly stated that he does not intend to renew the agreement. Th [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV SNAR MARR MASS KPAO
07QUITO643Mission Actions To Counter "No Bases" Conference
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases (INAFMB) held their international conference in Ecuador March 5-9. An estimated 400 foreign activists from 40 nations attended meetings and rallies in Quito and Manta (site of the U.S. Forward Operating Locat [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS
07QUITO704GOE TO LAUNCH "PLAN ECUADOR"; BACKS OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa, Defense Minister Escudero, and Minister Coordinator Bustamante on March 20 announced vague plans to develop a "Plan Ecuador" to promote peace, attack poverty, and manage negative impacts on Ecuador of Colombia's internal conflict, and solicited internati [...]
2007-03-23 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID EC CO
07QUITO767GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...]
2007-03-30 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO953PLAN ECUADOR FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa on April 24 unveiled "Plan Ecuador for Peace, Justice, and Equity," aimed at countering the negative impacts of Colombia's internal conflict on Ecuador. The plan purports to guide GOE and international donor development activity in the northern border re [...]
2007-04-26 20:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO956AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REMOTE ARMY POST ON COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited a remote Ecuadorian military post located in Puerto El Carmen, Sucumbios province, on April 23. While there, she discussed illegal armed group activity with Ecuadorian military officials, viewed USG funded military projects, and met with the beneficiarie [...]
2007-04-26 22:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO985GOE WOULD NOT LIKELY SUPPORT IRAQ COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 22:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UN BO EC MARR MOPS PTER IZ
07RABAT1022MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU
[...] (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from t [...]
2007-06-18 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS MO
07RABAT1046BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...]
2007-06-22 16:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR MO PTER PREL
07RABAT116REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: EL MOUMNI, Abdel Ali DOB: 1952 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: V 13625 Rank: Procureur du Roi Unit: Cour de Justice -- Meknes Purpose: to att [...]
2007-01-24 09:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT117REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: ANEJJAR, Ahmed DOB: 1947 POB: Marrakech, Morocco CIN#: P 3407 Rank: O-7, Commander Unit: 2nd BIP - Benguerir Name: BADR, Azeddine DOB: [...]
2007-01-24 09:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT129REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FALSY, Mohammed DOB: 21 December 1956 POB: Kalaat Sraghna, Morocco CIN#: Y 3901 Rank: O-6 Unit: 3rd Bureau -- Rabat Purpose: to attend t [...]
2007-01-25 17:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT130REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: CHICHAOUI, Youssef DOB: 31 December 1962 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN#: C 160726 Rank: O-3 Unit: 6 GAR - Tantan Purpose: to attend the Field [...]
2007-01-25 17:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT131REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MAAMAR, Kamal DOB: 21 July 1967 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 267392 Rank: O-4 Unit: 2 BSI -- Laayoune Purpose: to attend the Combined Log [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT132REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BOUATLAOUI, Mustapha DOB: 1 January 1963 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: L 128338 Rank: O-5 Unit: 2nd BIP -- Benguerir Purpose: to attend the [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1641REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national(s): Name: RADOUANE, Mohssine DOB: Sept 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 362246 Rank: Lt-Col (O-5) Unit: Centre d'Instruction d'Artillerie - Me [...]
2007-10-25 14:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1730NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS
[...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]
2007-11-09 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT194REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MASROUR, Najib DOB: 1 January 1957 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 158561 Rank: Colonel (O-6) Unit: Auxiliary Forces Hqs Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT195REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: MELLOUK, Zakaria DOB: 1 July 1973 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: SH 71192 Rank: Chief of Communications Radio Center Unit: Ministry of Interior [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT196REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: ENNAMOUSS, Mohammed DOB: 5 February 1968 POB: Kenitra, Morocco CIN#: G 218869 Rank: Major (O-4) Unit: CIB - Meknes Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT328ROYAL AIR MAROC SERVICE TO CONAKRY MONDAY, 19 FEB
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 17:07:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR CASC GV MARR MO PINS PREL
07RANGOON505EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Charge a.i conveyed reftel talking points to Kyaw Zeya, Deputy Director of MFA Consular and Legal Affairs Department, on May 30. Kyaw Zeya stressed that he did not have any direct knowledge of the November 22 airspace incident and that it did not reflect any change in Burmese policy. He surm [...]
2007-05-30 10:35:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN
07REYKJAVIK1 Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing
[...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...]
2007-01-05 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO
07REYKJAVIK233ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND
[...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...]
2007-08-09 16:14:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK247ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING,
[...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...]
2007-08-27 17:38:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC
07REYKJAVIK298ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...]
2007-10-16 16:46:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK322ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...]
2007-11-09 17:01:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK42RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR EZ PL IC
07REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE
[...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...]
2007-03-16 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK85 NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...]
2007-03-28 15:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC
07REYKJAVIK99Iceland: Pressing for movement on air defense radar issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government is sending ever-clearer messages that it wants visible progress in U.S.-Iceland discussions on the NATO-owned Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites, for which U.S. funding expires in August 2007. In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Jon E [...]
2007-04-04 16:32:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO IC
07RIGA144LATVIA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE,
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points on missile defense to Latvian Political Director Ilgavrs Klava February 23. As Latvian FM Pabriks had just received a call from his Lithuanian counterpart on this issue, Klava was grateful for our points. He said Latvia would look to issue a stateme [...]
2007-02-27 07:33:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL RS EUN LG
07RIGA295LATVIAN WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW WAY
[...] (C) The Latvians remain committed to the mission in Iraq and support the new way forward. However, they cannot extend their combat troops beyond their planned departure this summer but are willing to respond to our existing requests to provide headquarters, PRT, and training support. They hop [...]
2007-04-25 08:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IZ LG
07RIGA309LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...]
2007-05-03 14:14:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG
07RIGA409LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 15:16:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG
07RIGA410LATVIA HAS STRONG INTEREST IN ISAF OMLT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 15:35:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LG
07RIGA533LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...]
2007-07-18 14:57:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG
07RIGA579Poll: Latvians feel secure; support national defense
[...] (SBU) Summary: An annual opinion poll commissioned by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in December 2006/January 2007 confirms the tendency shown by previous polls commissioned by the MoD since 2000: the majority of Latvian residents consider Latvia a safe country and in general support the governm [...]
2007-07-31 14:38:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL MARR LG
07RIGA629LATVIA REMAINS CAUTIOUS ON PLANS FOR A/CFE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvia continues to be wary of any plan to move forward on ratification of A/CFE that might leave them behind. They welcomed hearing more detail on our action for action plan and will have more thoughts in upcoming US/Baltic consultations on CFE. The Latvians are looking to ge [...]
2007-08-21 11:29:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPARM KCFE MARR PREL PINR RS LG
07RIGA636LATVIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANA HELD UP BY RUSSIAN DELAYS
[...] The Latvian MOD has informed us that a number of items that Latvia has pledged to the Afghan National Army are delayed due to a nearly year long effort to get retransfer authority from Moscow. With President Zatlers hoping to visit Afghanistan in September, the Latvians would welcome any assist [...]
2007-08-23 08:08:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM MARR AF RS LG
07RIGA817LATVIAN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C/NF) We have previously discussed with the Latvian government the legal requirements for military deployments overseas in the context of the future of Kosovo. Senior MFA and MOD officials have affirmed to us that Latvia can deploy outside of Latvia in three situations: in a UNSC-mandated/au [...]
2007-11-01 08:33:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL IZ LG
07RIGA850LATVIA: DAS GARBER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER, CFE, AND
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Judith Garber visited Riga on November 7 and 8 for meetings with GOL officials at the MFA and DOD. All MFA officials stressed the Visa Waiver program as priority number one in the bilateral relationship. The Latvian MOD expressed strong support for U.S. efforts to negoti [...]
2007-11-14 10:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS MARR LG
07RIGA865A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA
[...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...]
2007-11-21 12:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG
07RIGA931 LATVIAN PARLIAMENT EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE FOR IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 11:01:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG
07RIYADH2382SAG DEMARCHED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS MOU
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Head Dr. Riyadh Krimley on December 1. Dr. Krimley said that he had heard of this agreement between the Government of Iraq and the USG in the media and was very pleased that the USG was officially sharing th [...]
2007-12-02 08:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV SA
07ROME1112ITALY MONITORING IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Poloffs conveyed Ref A points to MFA Gulf Countries Acting Office Director Lorenzo Klutzer May 10 and MFA South Africa Acting Office Director Paolo Campanini May 23, emphasizing U.S. concerns about implications of the growing Iran-Venezuela alliance for terrorism and proliferation activiti [...]
2007-05-24 10:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER KNNP PARM VE
07ROME1190AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL
[...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...]
2007-06-01 05:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL
07ROME1489ITALY MULLING ASSISTANCE FOR LAF
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Levant, Danielle Bosio and MOD Office of the Diplomatic Advisor Antonella Remia July 5. ODC also delivered the points to the Italian Defense General Staff. MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio told poloff July 6 that senior Leb [...]
2007-07-06 16:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE IT
07ROME163ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...]
2007-01-25 08:52:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME2096AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF
[...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...]
2007-09-28 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK
07ROME2167A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...]
2007-10-11 16:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO
07ROME2208ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...]
2007-10-18 15:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT
07ROME2235ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S OCT. 30 MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador met DefMin Parisi October 22 to preview agenda items likely to come up in Parisi's October 30 meeting with SecDef Gates. Parisi said he hoped to have a firm answer on Global Hawk by Oct. 30. He said categorically that Italy cannot contribute helicopters to the Darfur mission [...]
2007-10-24 09:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
07ROME2395SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...]
2007-11-29 19:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ
07ROME241ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS
[...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...]
2007-02-06 12:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT
07ROME263ITALIAN NOMINEES FOR EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Rome nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) RADM (0-8) Mario Rino ME', Deputy Chief, 3rd Reparto (J-3/J-5 equivalent),[...]
2007-02-08 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07ROME336GOI STOPS FASTBOAT ENGINE SHIPMENT TO IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Over the past four years, Post has engaged the GOI repeatedly on Italian exports of fastboats and their components to Iran (refs B, C, and G). We recently heard that fastboats and marine diesel engines exported t [...]
2007-02-20 08:29:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR ETTC IR IT
07ROME688U.S.- ITALY DEFENSE TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Defense trade is a crucial and mutually beneficial component of the U.S.-Italy bilateral relationship, in which both U.S. and Italian firms benefit through collaboration on defense projects and technology transfer. The Italian military is involved in seventeen major weapon s [...]
2007-04-04 11:53:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV EFIN ETRD IT
07ROME899ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Although Italy withdrew its troop presence from Iraq in late 2006, Italy remains a committed partner in the political and economic development of Iraq through its PRT presence in Dhi Qar and its participation in the Iraq Compact and NTM-I. Italian political realities make it h [...]
2007-04-30 14:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MAS MOPS PTER IZ IT
07ROME96FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE
[...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...]
2007-01-17 15:48:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MARR NATO IT
07SANAA1133SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]
2007-06-18 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM
07SANAA1168DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON END-USE, RETRANSFER AND
[...] (U) PolChief and PolMilOff delivered reftel points, along with a diplomatic note, to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa on June 17. For his information, PolChief also handed al-Akwa a list of items being provided to the Republic of Yemen Government under Section 1206 [...]
2007-06-26 07:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS YM
07SANAA454SUPPORTING YEMEN'S REQUEST FOR ARMORED VEHICLES
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) As reflected in reftels, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has formally requested from the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates the expeditious transfer of several hundr [...]
2007-03-27 15:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MASS YM
07SANAA857RESPONDING TO POTUS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPORT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Saleh,s May 2 meeting with President Bush, during which he requested more military assistance, and in preparation for a Policy Coordination Committee meeting scheduled for May 10, post proposes several ideas in line with Yemen,s current and future security ch [...]
2007-05-08 13:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS MCAP MARR PTER YM
07SANAA882(S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 08:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM
07SANJOSE1053COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]
2007-06-04 16:08:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE996COSTA RICA APPROVES NEXT ROUND OF US SHIP VISITS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, the National Assembly approved the next round of U.S. Coast Guard and Navy ship visits, as required under the Costa Rican constitution. The approval period runs from May 1 to November 30, 2007, an extension from the quarterly approvals of the past. Any U.S. vessel n [...]
2007-05-25 20:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR PGOV PINR CS
07SANJOSE998COSTA RICA APPROVES NEXT ROUND OF US SHIP VISITS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, the National Assembly approved the next round of U.S. Coast Guard and Navy ship visits, as required under the Costa Rican constitution. The approval period runs from May 1 to November 30, 2007, an extension from the quarterly approvals of the past. Any U.S. vessel n [...]
2007-05-25 20:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR PGOV PINR CS
07SANSALVADOR10REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR102REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran Air Force officer for participation in the Pilot Instrument Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, Texas; [...]
2007-01-22 19:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1020REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Patrol Craft Propulsion Course, Naval Small Craft Instruction, and Technical Training School, to be held at Stennis Spa [...]
2007-05-25 15:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR103REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to attend the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA to start on January 24, 2007. CPT [...]
2007-01-22 20:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR105REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and Ministry of Defense civilian employees for participation in the Combat Stress Mobile Education Team (MET),scheduled to take place in San S [...]
2007-01-22 20:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1070EL SALVADOR: DAS COULTER VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Military Bureau's Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter visited El Salvador May 7-8 to hold bilateral discussions with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. He also made a speech to the Salvadoran Armed Forces' equivalent to the War College, had dinn [...]
2007-05-31 20:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER ES
07SANSALVADOR1071EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...]
2007-05-31 20:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES
07SANSALVADOR11REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1103REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and soldiers to participate in five separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Reaction Team Certification Course, In [...]
2007-06-04 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1151REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records for a Salvadoran civilian for participation in the Counterterrorism Senior Executive Seminar, to be held at the Marshall Center, Germany; scheduled for August 18 -30, [...]
2007-06-11 23:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR12REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georgia scheduled for Jan. 15, 2007 -- Ja [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1208REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Instructors Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for July 2-25, 2007. CPT Campos Bonilla, Hugo Alexande [...]
2007-06-21 22:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1258YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I,m delighted that you,ll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador,s contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation,s most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]
2007-06-29 22:21:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR126REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and civiliams to participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, San Salvador scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. C [...]
2007-01-25 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1341EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 3
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the third of three cables and [...]
2007-07-11 22:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1342EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 2
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the second of three cables an [...]
2007-07-11 22:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1343EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 1
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the first of three cables and [...]
2007-07-11 22:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1374REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in course on Civil Military Relations, to be held at the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning [...]
2007-07-13 21:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1375EL SALVADOR: CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 FUNDING
[...] (C) I am writing in support of the following three 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The three proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to move [...]
2007-07-13 22:23:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES
07SANSALVADOR139REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. POST REQUESTS DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF SALVADORAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE J-85 TECHNICIAN COURSE, TO BE HELD AT THE INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, SCHEDULED F [...]
2007-01-26 18:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR140REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran sailor for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for February 22, 2 [...]
2007-01-26 18:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR146REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course at the Western Hemisphere Institution for Security Cooperation (WHISC) at Fort Be [...]
2007-01-26 19:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on or about January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty in support of coalition for [...]
2007-01-29 15:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1512REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran anti-narcotics officer (PNC/DAN) nominated to participate in the Counter Narcotics Terrorism Course, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperatio [...]
2007-08-08 21:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1530REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Leadership Mobile Education, San Salvador, scheduled for September 12 - 14, 2007. COL VELASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, HUGO [...]
2007-08-09 21:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1532REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Panamax Exercise, Panama, scheduled for August 21 - September 8, 2007. LTC ARAUZ NAVAS, JUAN ARMANDO 2ND INFAN [...]
2007-08-09 22:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1540REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participate in the Patient Administration Course, Army Medical Department Center, San Antonio, TX, scheduled for September 13 - October 25, 2 [...]
2007-08-10 15:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1541REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of the following Salvadoran officer to participate in the International Maritime Officer Course, Yorktown, VA, scheduled for September 5 - December 7, 2007. 1LT L [...]
2007-08-10 16:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR156REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) training to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for February 6 -13, 2007. CPT XXXXXXXX [...]
2007-01-29 23:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1939YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]
2007-09-26 22:10:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR1953YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]
2007-09-28 21:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR206REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Irregular Challenges Workshop to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 13 - 15, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2007-02-06 20:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR21REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the NCO Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for Janua [...]
2007-01-05 13:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR219REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran soldier for participation in U.S.-funded Military Academy training to be held at Colombia's National Military Academy in Bogota, Colombia, scheduled for [...]
2007-02-08 19:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR220REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Supply/Warehouse Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas, scheduled for March 3 [...]
2007-02-08 21:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR2229EL SALVADOR: THE CASE FOR MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY
[...] (C/NF) Introduction: The government of El Salvador (GOES) has evolved into a major U.S. partner in Latin America and beyond. U.S.-Salvadoran cooperation extends across a broad spectrum, encompassing defense, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement, as well as regional, multilateral, and trade [...]
2007-11-05 22:36:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNES MARR MOPS PREL
07SANSALVADOR2249EL SALVADOR: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) As requested reftel, we provide the following assessment of the political and legal challenges El Salvador would face in order to deploy troops to Iraq in 2009 without the umbrella of a United Nations (UN) Chapter VII mandate. 2. (C) The government of El Salvador (GOES) has maintained a [...]
2007-11-07 18:14:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES MARR MOPS PREL
07SANSALVADOR2363EL SALVADOR: US-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 15:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ES IZ MARR MOPS
07SANSALVADOR2401YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your visit comes in a string of recent high-level visits, and your presence here will underline the importance of El SalvadorQs contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq. Also, it will offer a boost to our efforts to address the nationQ [...]
2007-12-13 20:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR2403GOES WELCOMES MNF-I UNSCR DRAFT; HOPES FOR QUICK
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref (A) demarche to Nelson Amaya, MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy. Amaya, accompanied by Gustavo Argueta, MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer, and Milton Magana, MFA Director for Asia, Africa, and Oceania, welcomed the draft resolution and said MFA would be [...]
2007-12-13 22:23:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES IZ MARR PARM PREL UNSC
07SANSALVADOR275REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran naval officer for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for Februar [...]
2007-02-16 19:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR278EL SALVADOR SIGNS GSOMIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 19:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS ES PREL PINR
07SANSALVADOR291REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for February 28 - March 23, 2007. MAJ [...]
2007-02-16 21:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR327REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Civil Military Relations Seminar, San Salvador scheduled for March 20 -22, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXXX ILOPANGO AIR [...]
2007-02-22 21:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR328REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Ground Defense Course, Inter American Air Force Academy, San Antonio, TX scheduled for March 10 - May 9, 2007. 1LT XX [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR379REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran military and police officers for participation in the for Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) Logistics Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for [...]
2007-03-01 15:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR394EL SALVADOR AGREES TO SOFA
[...] (SBU) The Saca administration communicated to the Embassy late February 28 that the GOES would agree to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) text without further changes. On March 1, the administration presented the Agreement in the Legislative Assembly, where it passed by a vote o [...]
2007-03-01 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR489REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Engineers Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Ge [...]
2007-03-14 22:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR49EL SALVADOR'S PROPOSED CHANGES FOR SOFA
[...] (C) Presidential Legal Adviser Luis Mario Rodriguez sent the Embassy a formal request for proposed changes to the Status of Forces Agreement (ref A) on January 11, 2006. The proposed changes are as follows: --Suggests (though does formally propose) striking the paragraph that reads, "The [...]
2007-01-11 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR552REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Non Commisssioned Development Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georg [...]
2007-03-22 21:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR562REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran airman to participate in the Aircraft Pneumatics/Hydraulics Systems Technicians Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, San Antonio [...]
2007-03-26 22:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR579REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for April 23-27, 2007. COL ORELLANA CALIDON [...]
2007-03-28 17:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR58REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, to be held in La Union, El Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. ENSIGN [...]
2007-01-12 17:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR59REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. [...]
2007-01-12 17:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR60REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, La Union scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. AGENT XXXXXXXXXXXX DIVISION ANTINARCOT [...]
2007-01-12 17:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR65REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Pilot Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (San Antonio, Texas),scheduled for Februa [...]
2007-01-17 15:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR655REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. International Maritime Course, Yorktown, Virginia; schedule [...]
2007-04-10 20:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR669REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Intelligence Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC),Fort Benning, GA, [...]
2007-04-11 21:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR670REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course to be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; scheduled for May 4, 200 [...]
2007-04-11 21:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR680REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador; scheduled for April 23 - 27, 2007. COL ARGUMEDO NA [...]
2007-04-12 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR715EL SALVADOR FINAL SOFA DOCUMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 21:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR739REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the following course to be held in the United States: Naval Staff College Course, Naval Staff College, Newport, RI June [...]
2007-04-19 23:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR802REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the National Defense University Course, Fort Leslie McNair, Washington DC scheduled for June 11 - 12, 2007. CPT Calderon [...]
2007-04-26 21:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR82REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Acquisition Course, to be held in Huntsville, AL, scheduled for March 12, 2007 - May 25, 2007. Ms. Urquilla, Alb [...]
2007-01-18 19:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR822EL SALVADOR TO STAY IN IRAQ
[...] (C) In recent months post has raised points similar to those contained in reftel A, encouraging the GOES to maintain its presence in Iraq with at least the continued deployment of the current composition of the Cuscatlan Battalion. Though the negotiations with the Legislative Assembly in late [...]
2007-04-30 22:19:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ ES
07SANSALVADOR839REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and civilians to participate in the following training. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlbert Field, FL June 2 - 15, 2007 1LT Solis [...]
2007-05-03 22:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR852REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Command and General Staff College, to be held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, scheduled for June 22, 2007 - June 15, 2008. [...]
2007-05-04 19:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR938REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in six separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Command and General Staff Course, Western Hemisphere Ins [...]
2007-05-15 19:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR94REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. CAPTAIN XXXXXXXXXXXX DPOB: N [...]
2007-01-19 21:07:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR941REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in the Interagency Counterterrorism Course, to be held at Fort Leslie McNair, Washington, DC; scheduled for June 3-23,2007. [...]
2007-05-15 21:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR951REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in three separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlburt Field, FL Ju [...]
2007-05-16 15:31:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR978REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Course Western Hem [...]
2007-05-18 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANTIAGO1038CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-06-28 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1153CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-20 20:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1154CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-20 20:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1186CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-26 13:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1210CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Section Chief Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. [...]
2007-07-30 12:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1221CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., purs [...]
2007-07-30 18:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO209CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for joint training with U.S. force [...]
2007-02-06 20:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO223CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-02-08 19:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO224CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-02-08 19:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO271CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-02-15 18:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO272CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-02-15 19:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO286CHILE TO CONTRIBUTE TO GPOI
[...] (C) MFA and MOD officials have both informally conveyed to Post that, in response to a request from the Guatemalan Defense Minister, Chile's Joint Center for Peacekeeping Operations (CECOPAC) will send three trainers to Guatemala's Conference of Central American Armed Forces (CFAC) peacekeepi [...]
2007-02-16 18:52:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL GT UY AR CI
07SANTIAGO287CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 15, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...]
2007-02-16 19:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR MARR MASS CI
07SANTIAGO289CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 24, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2007-02-16 19:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR MARR MASS CI
07SANTIAGO292CHILEAN MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FALCON-CONDOR
[...] Summary: (C) Working level Foreign Ministry officials expressed concern February 14 that participation of U.S. F-16s in bilateral military exercises in Peru would allow "Peru to game a potential conflict with Chile." The seeds for this concern were apparently planted by the Russian military [...]
2007-02-20 10:53:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL CI
07SANTIAGO301CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. sponsored and funded tr [...]
2007-02-20 19:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO341CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuant [...]
2007-02-27 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO386CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-03-07 18:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO483CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-03-23 22:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO530PLANNING FOR SCI2007JCET330W MOVING FORWARD, ADVON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deployment in Chile of the advance elements for Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) SCI2007JCET330W is set to begin on April 9. Deployment of advance elements, munitions and weapons for the exercise will continue throug [...]
2007-04-02 21:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL CI
07SANTIAGO549CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-04 19:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO550CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-04-04 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO557CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-04 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO640CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-04-18 21:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO641CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-18 21:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO687ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON MEETS WITH CHILEAN
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon and Chilean Minister of Defense Jose Goni exchanged views on regional issues and the U.S.-Chile bilateral military relationship during their April 24 meeting. Goni told A/S Shannon he valued the close relationship between the U.S. and Chilean mili [...]
2007-04-27 17:20:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR OTRA CL
07SANTIAGO695CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-27 18:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO75AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITI, SOFA, THE ICC AND
[...] Summary: (C) Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot told the Ambassador January 10 that Chile wanted to see Haiti progress to a point where MINUSTAH'S withdrawal would not initiate a "backslide to ground zero." Chile, along with Argentina and Brazil, were looking for an international commitmen [...]
2007-01-12 21:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV MOPS ETRD CI
07SANTIAGO780CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-05-11 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO79CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-01-16 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO796DEMARCHE IN THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (S) E/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira March, head of the MFA's Division for South America, stressing following points: 1) Growing diplomatic links between Caracas and Tehran undermined international efforts to find a solution to Iran's nuclear effo [...]
2007-05-15 21:16:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETECON MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VE
07SANTIAGO80CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2007-01-17 14:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO81CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-01-17 14:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO931CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 8, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-06-08 21:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO962CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-06-14 17:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO963CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2007-06-14 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO975CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-06-15 16:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTODOMINGO1023COALITION CONFERENCE: NAVY CHIEF WILL REPRESENT
[...] (U) Vice Admiral Ivan Pena Castillo, Chief of Naval Operations, has accepted reftel invitation to represent the Dominican Republic at the Iraq Coalition Conference that will be held in Tampa, Florida, April 30-May 2, 2007. Vice Admiral Pena is in contact with Embassy Defense Attache Office (D [...]
2007-04-27 20:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR IZ DR
07SANTODOMINGO1207IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...]
2007-05-22 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR VE IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1287URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CHDS
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests, exceptionally, URGENT PRIORITY attention to human rights vetting for the Dominican MFA Director of International Organizations Amb. Michele Cohen, to participate in preparation at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies for a National Security Plan senior lev [...]
2007-05-30 19:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1306URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DURAN
[...] This is an urgent priority action request, delayed when internal clearances were misdirected. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who have been nominated for training. [...]
2007-06-01 14:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1472LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-20 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1502LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - US SWIFT, JUNE 24, 2007,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1503LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1504LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1600LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1601LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1620LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER, US COAST
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-06 17:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1672LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-11 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1679DOMINICANS SIGN 505 AGREEMENT, INTERCEPTOR BOATS
[...] (U) On June 28, Embassy received from the Dominican MFA diplomatic note DEJ/STI 16058 agreeing to the terms of a "505 agreement" first proposed in REFTELS B and C and most recently relayed to the Dominican Government via Embassy diplomatic note 90 of May 17, 2007. Electronic copies of both no [...]
2007-07-12 15:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER SNAR KCRM SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1693LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1695LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1697LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 18:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1724LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - OUTBOARD MTR MT & OVHL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting immediate human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug [...]
2007-07-18 15:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1730LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following unit that has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1731CORRECTED COPY - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT
[...] This is a corrected copy requesting Leahy Vetting of units in addition to unit commanders. 2. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 3. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following units that have [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1732LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWOS - INTL, NEWPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-18 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1756LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PATROL CRAFT WEAPONS MT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1757EMBASSY SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DOMINICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports the aircraft procurement program (termed RAMP) proposed by U.S. Air Force Southern Command (AFSOUTH) designed to provide partner nations such as the Dominican Republic with the ability to work jointly with the United States to secure national borders and [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1758EMBASSY SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT
[...] (S) Embassy concurs with and supports the concept of specialized counter-terrorism training for Dominican forces as proposed by the U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCSOUTH) and termed OEF-CCA Dominican Republic. This training will enable Dominican forces to effectively conduct unilateral/combine [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1759EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM EFFORTS TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Embassy concurs with and supports efforts undertaken by the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to improve Dominican maritime counter-terror capabilities through provision of naval interceptors (i.e., "go-fast boats),communications and other equipment, and training through the "Enduring Fr [...]
2007-07-20 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER DR
07SANTODOMINGO1774LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAR SAF PORT CTRL, SEPT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-24 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1788LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-26 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1810LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-31 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1853LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1854LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PLT INSTRUMENTS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1855LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FBI ANTI-KIDNAP SEMINAR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1858LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - GROUND DEFENSE SKILLS,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1871LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ACFT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1872LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY, OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1876LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-10 16:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1906LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 18:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1918LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - K-9 HANDLERS TRAINING,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 19:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1935LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2 and 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Although local records checks remain outstanding, post [...]
2007-08-16 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1940LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MECHANICS OF MONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 17:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1964TFJM01 --SITREP ONE: EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Summary: On August 18, Hurricane Dean passed south of the Dominican Republic causing minor damage and some flooding in low lying areas. The Malecon road fronting the Caribbean was closed for 36 hours due to high seas, and three people died while watching the waves break along the seawalls. [...]
2007-08-19 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT DR MX
07SANTODOMINGO1983LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-22 13:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2005LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] Post has finalized local records checks and has found no disqualifying information on the individuals submitted for training in reftel. BULLEN [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2007LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PORT SECURITY, OUTBOARD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2024LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-28 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2038DOMINICAN CONGRESS' RECORD UNDER PLD CONTROL IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With its sweeping victory in the 2006 congressional election, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) gained concurrent control of the legislative and executive branches of government for the first time (Ref A). The Congress' record over the past year is mixed: Important legisla [...]
2007-08-29 15:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MARR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2046FERNANDEZ SHUFFLES CABINET: ALL ARE WELCOME UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of decrees issued August 17-20, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet and other key government positions. New Ministers were named for Industry and Commerce, Environment, and Public Works and Communications, as well as new heads of the National Police and Navy. Th [...]
2007-08-30 13:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SENV MARR KCRM ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO2073LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-05 19:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2176DOMINICANS PAUSE DISCUSSION OF GTMO MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Per REFTEL, Embassy demarched Under Secretary for Consular and Migratory Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos on September 19 regarding the possibility of establishing an emergency medevac standby arrangement. Graciano personally supported further, coordinated discussion of this initiati [...]
2007-09-19 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DO
07SANTODOMINGO2192LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BALIC, DEC. 7, 2007, SAN
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-21 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2222LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2223LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE OF
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2248LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FIRST HARRIS OPERATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-03 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2253LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-04 15:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2297CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY,
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2299CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2305LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - STRATEGIC AND DEFENSE
[...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-12 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2306LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANIS),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see par. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistane in conducting human rights screening pursuant o the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has nodisqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-10-12 16:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2307LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANISH),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following additional subject who has been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please s [...]
2007-10-12 16:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2308LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FORCE PROTECTION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-10-12 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2332LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-10-16 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2368LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug res [...]
2007-10-19 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2422LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-26 12:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2431LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2442LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BIOMETRIC
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-10-29 18:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2485LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FLIGHT SAFETY OFFICER,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-11-01 16:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2491LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HARRIS RADIO MAINTENANCE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-11-01 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2496REQUEST FOR DOD ASSETS FOR HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] The Charge d'Affaires requests that the Department seek the assistance of the Department of Defense and U.S. Military Forces to provide humanitarian assistance in response to flooding in the Dominican Republic caused by Tropical Storm Noel and subsequent storms. The Government of the Dominican [...]
2007-11-02 18:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MARR PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2502REQUEST FOR DOD ASSETS FOR HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo withdraws the cable Santo Domingo 2496. For the request for DOD assets, please see the November 2 memo from USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu to Admiral James Stavridis of USSOUTHCOM, instead of Santo Domingo 2496. 2. This report and additional information can be found on E [...]
2007-11-02 22:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MARR PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO2576LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DRAF COMMUNICATIONS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following individual who has been selected to work in USMAAG Embassy Santo Domingo. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...]
2007-11-19 14:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2714LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBAT WARFIGHTING,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-11 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2715LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE, JAN.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following individual who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response f [...]
2007-12-11 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2732LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTL MARITIME OFFICER
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-12 18:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2733LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - STRATEGY AND DEFENSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-12 18:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2759LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER EIMET,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-19 16:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2779LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - US ARMY COMMAND GENERAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-12-21 15:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2784URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-21 19:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2789LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HARRIS RADIO OPERATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-26 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2794LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-27 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2795LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-27 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2796LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR FOR WH
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have/has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug respo [...]
2007-12-27 18:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2797LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - WHINSEC INSTRUCTOR, FORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-27 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2799LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-28 13:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO35VETTING REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN MILITARY JOINT
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned for the Dominican Military Joint Counter Terrorism Team, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following 30 individuals. Embassy has no adverse information. Please slug r [...]
2007-01-08 19:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO586AWAITING DOMINICAN RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS SENV DR
07SANTODOMINGO666VETTING REQUEST FOR MONEY LAUNDERING COURSE - NAS
[...] In connection with a Basic Course for Money Laundering planned for the first week of April in La Vega, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following individuals. Embassy has no adverse information. Please slug reply for E [...]
2007-03-23 19:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO74VETTING REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN MILITARY JOINT
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned on/around January 28, 2007 for the Dominican Military Joint Counter Terrorism Team, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following 30 individuals. Embassy has no adverse i [...]
2007-01-12 17:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO817DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES REQUEST FOR BLANKET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 11:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS SENV DR
07SAOPAULO915DESPITE PROBLEMS, BRAZILIAN AIRLINES OPTIMISTIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with the Presidents of the two leading Brazilian airlines TAM and Gol on October 22 to discuss developments in the aviation sector. Both firms noted that Brazil's underdeveloped infrastructure is buckling under increased air traffic in recent years. The T [...]
2007-11-14 09:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL MARR PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
07SARAJEVO109BOSNIA: EUFOR MOVING AHEAD WITH DRAWDOWN PLANS
[...] (C) The European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Operation Althea) continues planning to approximately halve its forces in Bosnia this spring. A decision to drawdown was taken "in principle" in December, and is expected to be confirmed in Brussels by the PSC on February 27 or 28, [...]
2007-01-17 15:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1177BOSNIA - INSIDE THE MIND OF KOMSIC'S CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 6, Zeljko Komsic, the Croat member of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency, will take over the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency from the Serb member, Nebojsa Radmanovic. Radmanovic has, in our estimation, turned in a solid performance. Komsic's chairmanship comes at a particul [...]
2007-05-30 11:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1209BOSNIA: DEFENSE PROPERTY RESOLUTION LAGS, SETS
[...] (C) Summary. Over a year behind schedule, the Bosnian Ministry of Defense (MOD) submitted a plan to the Council of Ministers for the resolution of defense property issues between the entities and the state. The plan, required by the 2005 Law on Defense, loosely dictates a transfer arrangement [...]
2007-06-01 14:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO136GUIDANCE REQUEST - BOSNIA'S MULTINATIONAL FORCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Following our initial presentation of the President's Iraq strategy last week (Ref A),the Ambassador met with the all three members of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency to discuss the deployment in Iraq of Bosnia's Expl [...]
2007-01-22 13:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1401BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON WIDER
[...] (S) Summary. Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic told the Ambassador that he remains committed to exploring options for expanded Bosnian coalition deployments in the coming year. Cikotic said that he would focus the ministry and military on developing further niche capable units, with an eye tow [...]
2007-06-22 14:14:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO1471BOSNIA: EAGLE BASE TRANSFER CEREMONY MARKS NEW ERA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The return of Eagle Base in Tuzla to the authority of Bosnia-Herzegovina was marked in a poignant ceremony at the facility on June 30. The ceremony focused on the essential contributions to peace and security of the approximately 100,000 U.S. servicemen and women who served in [...]
2007-07-03 16:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1545BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 19-20 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a time of high political polarization in Bosnia. Increased tensions have resulted in the near total paralysis of government and the reform process. Nationalism has even begun to impact the defense reform agenda, where we have seen some recent slippage in the so far suc [...]
2007-07-13 15:11:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1563BOSNIA - A GLIMMER OF HOPE ON DEFENSE PROPERTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 12, the State and two Entity Prime Ministers reached an "Agreement on Basic Principles" on defense property, which holds out the prospect of finally resolving a vexing issue that has hampered Bosnia's defense reform efforts over the last several months. The principles pro [...]
2007-07-17 15:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1663BOSNIA - THE NEW HIGHREP: A NEW STYLE, NEW HOPE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In his first few weeks on the job, new High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has moved quickly to take charge of OHR and improve its operations. He has also sent a clear signal to Bosnian political leaders and the Bosnian public that he will be a different kind of HighRep than hi [...]
2007-08-01 14:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1700BOSNIA: ADMIRAL ULRICH URGES OFFICIALS TO MEET PFP
[...] (C) During a July 19-20 visit to Sarajevo, Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and NATO Forces South, met separately with Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Haris Silajdzic, Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic and Hi [...]
2007-08-06 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK MARR PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1738BOSNIA: GEORGIAN ARMS DEAL REVIVED?
[...] (S) In recent weeks, several high-ranking government officials have raised the possibility of reviving a Bosnia-Georgia arms deal that was scuttled in 2006 over strenuous Russian objections. President Komsic and his senior advisors seem to be the main proponents of reviving the sale, which i [...]
2007-08-10 09:28:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BK GG RS SR
07SARAJEVO1929BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES COALITION
[...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic September 5, highlighting the importance of Bosnia's continued support for coalition operations, and the necessity to finish the defense reform agenda in order to make the country a credible candidate for NATO mem [...]
2007-09-07 15:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1980CONTINUED NECESSITY TO MAINTAIN US MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. Replacing the US military commander of NATO HQ Sarajevo with a European is premature and would adversely affect US interests in Bosnia. Turning over NATO HQ to the Europeans would make the organization virtually indistinguishable from EUFOR, and undermine its standing and influe [...]
2007-09-14 14:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1999BOSNIA - DEFENSE REFORM PROGRESSES BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the past six months, Bosnia has made important progress in defense reform. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic and his senior deputies have demonstrated that they are committed to reforms and moved quickly to fill the leadership vacuum that existed at the Ministry of Defense (Mo [...]
2007-09-20 08:51:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2046BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]
2007-09-25 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2047SCENESETTER FOR DASD CAGAN VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (S) Summary. Bosnia has provided valuable assistance to coalition operations in Iraq over the past two years with the deployment of its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit. After the visit of DAS Butler (Reftel A),we secured approval from civilian and military officials at the Ministry of [...]
2007-09-26 07:20:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2142BOSNIAN DEFENSE LEADERSHIP TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL
[...] (S) DASD Debra Cagan visited Sarajevo September 28 to encourage the senior Bosnian defense leadership to augment their military deployments in support of coalition operations Iraq. DASD Cagan urged Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic and Chief of the Joint Staff LTG Sifet Podzic to deploy an in [...]
2007-10-04 16:23:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO2295BOSNIA - BOSNIAN-SERB GENERALS MEET WITH DODIK
[...] (S) Summary. Chief of the Joint Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic informed us that Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik met with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and all the Bosnian-Serb general officers October 26 in Banja Luka. Podzic said such a meeting was highly unusu [...]
2007-10-26 18:54:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2296BOSNIA- DEFENSE MINISTER ON SECURITY SITUATION
[...] Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic requested to meet with the Ambassador on October 27 to discuss developments in the security situation in Bosnia. Though clear threats to the stability of the country were present, Cikotic told the Ambassador that he believed that he had control over the secu [...]
2007-10-27 17:45:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2369BOSNIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 17:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK IZ MARR MOPS PREL
07SARAJEVO2395BOSNIA- DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIAN MLRS SALE
[...] (S) Summary. The dispute over the proposed sale of Bosnian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) components to Georgia has resurfaced -- this time with an unusual new twist. As previously reported (reftel),an earlier request by Georgia to purchase the systems was scuttled on "foreign policy [...]
2007-11-07 07:25:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2448BOSNIA - KEEPING THE US FLAG ON NATO HQ SARAJEVO
[...] (C/NF) Earlier this year, my predecessor concluded that it remained critical to U.S. objectives in Bosnia for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo (Ref A). After careful review, I have now reached the same conclusion. I am writing to ask you to reconsider the decision not to ret [...]
2007-11-14 17:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2586BOSNIA- RS GOVERNMENT STYMIES DEFENSE PROPERTY
[...] (C) Summary. NATO HQ,s efforts to finalize a comprehensive transfer agreement on movable defense property were dealt a serious setback on November 29. At a meeting in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (RS) government representatives back-tracked on initial commitments made to NATO HQ and declined [...]
2007-12-03 16:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2632BOSNIA - RS PLANS TO KEEP SURPLUS ARMS, AMMUNITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up Assistant Secretary Fried's December 5 exchange with Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik, we met with RS "Military Advisor" Dusko Cetkovic on December 6 to discuss defense property issues. We expressed our concern about statements by RS negotiators that the RS wan [...]
2007-12-10 17:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2647BOSNIA- FOREIGN MINISTRY UPDATED ON MNF-I UNSC
[...] (C) We presented points, draft UNSC resolutions, and letters per reftel to Acting Assistant Foreign Minister Davorka Istuk, MFA America's Desk Officer Asim Karahasanovic, and Foreign Minister's Advisor Asim Dorovic. Istuk thanked us for the information, and requested further updates as availa [...]
2007-12-11 17:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ BK
07SARAJEVO2648BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic comes to Washington December 17-21 for Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDCs) and other meetings ready to present his vision completing Bosnia's defense reform, expanding Bosnia's participation in coalition support operations, and expediting NATO ac [...]
2007-12-11 18:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2653BOSNIA- DAO VERIFIES DESTRUCTION OF AMMUNITION
[...] (U) DAO visited the Bosnian Armed Forces' ammunition destruction facility in Doboj December 11 to verify destruction of ammunition per terms of US-BiH agreement (Ref A). DAO confirms that destruction of first segment of ammunition, 870 tons, occurred as required by the agreement. Minister of [...]
2007-12-12 13:59:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO310PRESIDENCY EXTENDS MANDATE OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Presidency extended the mandate of the Bosnian Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of the year. If confirmed by the parliament, the decision will permit a fifth rotation of the unit to deploy to Iraq in May as we requested. The provision requirin [...]
2007-02-12 06:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO36BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC AND TIHIC AGREE DEFENSE REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Charge January 5 and 8, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic of the Party for BiH (SBiH) and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic both made clear that defense reform will continue to be a high priority for the new governing co [...]
2007-01-09 11:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO373BOSNIA: OSD DASD FATA VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) Summary. Your visit comes after two years of nearly uninterrupted progress in the defense sphere in Bosnia. Bosnia has successfully created a unified, single Armed Forces and maintains a robust and continuously straightening security relationship with the United States. Leaders and the pub [...]
2007-02-15 13:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO442BOSNIA: SENIOR VENEZUELAN DELEGATION TO PROTEST
[...] (S/NF) Assistant Minister of Foreign Trade Dragisa Mekic informed us that a senior Venezuelan delegation from the ministries of defense and foreign affairs would be visiting Bosnia in the coming weeks. The Venezuelan delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Rodrigo Chavez, requested meet [...]
2007-02-23 15:59:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNEUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SARAJEVO467BOSNIA: OSD DAS FATA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata visited Sarajevo February 21 for discussions with senior Bosnian leaders on Bosnia's NATO integration process and continued U.S. support for defense reform and Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration. DASD Fata made [...]
2007-02-27 15:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO541AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH BIH FOREIGN MINISTER SVEN
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, called on new Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj at the Ministry March 7. In a wide-ranging exchange, Minister Alkalaj reviewed Bosnia's efforts to fulfill itsPartnership for Peace (PfP) commitments, and disussed the current controversy [...]
2007-03-09 17:22:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL MARR PARM PGOV PINR ENRG EPET BK
07SARAJEVO556BOSNIA - TENSIONS RISE AS BOSNIAKS CALL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the February 26 International Court of Justice Verdict (ICJ) that genocide was committed in Srebrenica, there have been growing calls for giving the municipality special status within Bosnia. This campaign has been stoked by Bosniak politicians, particularly Bosniak member [...]
2007-03-12 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO557BOSNIA: MOD REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR AMMO
[...] (U) Following up on the November 2006 visit of PM/WRA program managers, Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes submitted a formal request to the Embassy for USG financial assistance in the disposal of 2600 tons of unstable ammunition and infrastructure upgrades to the BiH Armed Forces' ordin [...]
2007-03-12 16:31:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO577MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE HOLDS LINE ON VENEZUELAN
[...] This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. The DCM called on newly-installed State Minister of Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER) Slobodan Puhalac, a Serb from PM Dodik's Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),in advance of the visit of a Venezuelan delegation to [...]
2007-03-13 13:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNEUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SARAJEVO579BOSNIA: SREBRENICA "SPECIAL STATUS" SESSION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) finding of genocide in Srebrenica, Srebrenica Municipality Mayor Abdurahman Malkic hosted a meeting on March 12 to discuss proposals that his municipality seceed from the Republika Srpska (RS) and receive "special status" [...]
2007-03-13 18:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO60BOSNIA: TIHIC LOOKS TO CIKOTIC AS NEXT DEFENSE
[...] (C) Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Chairman Suljeman Tihic confirmed to CDA and NATO POLAD that he would nominate former general Selmo Cikotic to be Bosnia's next minister of defense, considering that the USG and NATO had no objection to his appointment. Tihic said he may be able to submit t [...]
2007-01-11 16:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO670BOSNIA: FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER NAMED NATO
[...] (SBU) On March 27, the Tri-Presidency appointed former Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic as Bosnia's new Ambassador to NATO. Radovanovic is expected to assume his duties in the coming weeks and will head-up Bosnia's effort to move through the Partnership for Peace (PfP) processes to full NA [...]
2007-03-27 12:15:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO686BOSNIA - SREBRENICA'S CITIZENS LIKELIEST LOSERS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long ignored by state and entity politicians, Srebrenica Municipality is now the subject of a tug-of-war pitting political interests of the country's leading Bosniak politicians against those of Srebrenica's local community. In the wake of the ICJ verdict, calls for Srebrenica's s [...]
2007-03-29 08:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO728BOSNIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EXTENDED IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. The Bosnian Parliament voted March 30 to confirm the Presidency's decision to extend the mandate of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of 2007. The move clears the final legal hurdle to the deployment of a fifth EOD rotation in May. Securing the ex [...]
2007-04-02 11:51:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO754BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SREBRENICA TO CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and embassy staff traveled to Srebrenica April 3 to meet with local citizens and to discuss possible improvements to living conditions for municipality residents. Srebrenica has been the subject of a Bosniak political movement for secession since the February ICJ verdi [...]
2007-04-06 08:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO801BOSNIA OFFERS TO HOST COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2008
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes offering Bosnia as the host and organizer of the Combined Endeavor 2008 (CE 08) military exercise. The Ministry of Defense is offering the barracks in Banja Luka and the nearby training center in Manjaca as the [...]
2007-04-13 13:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO807BOSNIA - BRATUNAC THE NEXT SREBRENICA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 12, 2007, the Bosniak Association "Women of Podrinje" intends to bury 108 identified victims of the May 1992 Bratunac massacre in land owned by the Islamic Community. However, Bratunac Mayor Nedeljko Mladjenovic (SDS) and Serb delegates in the Bratunac Municipal Council [...]
2007-04-13 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO832BOSNIA: BUGOJNO INDICTMENTS TIMED TO DERAIL
[...] (C) On April 16, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested two individuals on orders from the State Prosecutor over their alleged involvement in the disappearance of Bosnian-Croats in the Central Bosnian town of Bugojno in 1993. The arrests of the two individuals, former B [...]
2007-04-17 13:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO84BOSNIA SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ STRATEGY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Chairman of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsha Radmanovic told CDA that Bosnia was supportive of the new Iraq strategy, and noted Bosnia's continued support for Global War on Terror (GWOT) activities. Radmanovic cited the deployment of Bosnia's explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) units to Iraq as [...]
2007-01-12 16:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL BK IZ
07SARAJEVO863BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC CONTINUES TO PROVOKE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since he returned to Bosnian politics during last year's elections, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Siladjic has actively worked toward creating a Bosniak Muslim rejectionist front that, in his words to the Ambassador, "will stand up to the Serbs and be as obstructionis [...]
2007-04-20 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO87PM SPIRIC PRESENTS PLAN FOR GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the vote on his confirmation January 11 to become Bosnia's new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister),Nikola Spiric of the Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) presented a detailed work plan for the new government. In a 40-minute speech [...]
2007-01-12 17:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ECON KCRM KJUS EUN BK
07SARAJEVO931BOSNIA BEHIND CONTINUED COALITION PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 12:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ
07SARAJEVO932BOSNIA: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) Newly-installed Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, along with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces' Operational Command BG Mirko Tepsic, will attend the Coalition Conference in Tampa, Florida April 30-May 2. Cikotic, who assumed his duties [...]
2007-04-27 12:45:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ
07SARAJEVO950BOSNIA: ASSISTANCE FOR PRESIDENCY VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The three-member Bosnian Presidency accompanied by Defense Minister will travel to Iraq on May 15 to visit Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Camp Echo. The delegation also seeks bilateral meetings in Baghdad. [...]
2007-05-03 15:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO955BOSNIA: ASSISTANCE FOR PRESIDENCY VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The three-member Bosnian Presidency accompanied by Defense Minister will travel to Iraq on May 15 to visit Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Camp Echo. The delegation also seeks bilateral meetings in Baghdad. [...]
2007-05-04 05:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SEOUL114DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR ALLIED DEMARCHE TO CHINA
[...] (S) The Ambassador delivered the talking points contained in reftel A to Cho Jung-pyo, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday January 14, 2007. He also showed A/FM Cho the photographs of the event, but as instructed did not leave the photographs behind. [...]
2007-01-14 03:39:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR
07SEOUL1211THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (1 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY OF CABLE SERIES: This report, the first in a series of three on the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance, examines South Korean perceptions of their security environment. The second looks at what role the ROK sees for the Alliance in its security. The final report addresses how [...]
2007-04-26 07:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1215THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (2 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the ROK perceives its security environment, concluding that the Korean public and their policy makers are heavily conflicted when it comes to relations with their neig [...]
2007-04-26 07:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1216THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (3 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable in a series reporting on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the Republic of Korea views its security environment. Reftel B looked at how the U.S.-ROK Alliance fits with ROK security perspectives. This final rep [...]
2007-04-26 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1329ROKG SUPPORTS USG CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] (C) On April 26 Acting DAS Frank J. Ruggiero met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Senior Coordinator for International Organizations Hwang Joon-kook and Kim Jong-hoon, Deputy Director of the International Disarmament Division of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to seek [...]
2007-05-07 03:46:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MCAP PREL KS
07SEOUL1412NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARY PARK SEES LITTLE
[...] (C) Dr. Park Sun-won, Secretary to the President for National Security Strategy, offered a rather trouble-free assessment of the USFK camp return and relocation funding issues when he met with the A/DCM on May 10 at the Blue House. Dr. Park said he had met with ROK Minister of National Defen [...]
2007-05-11 05:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KS
07SEOUL1491ROKG: NO LINKAGE FOR SMA FUNDS AND USFK RELOCATION
[...] (C) Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Shim Yoon-joe requested a meeting with the Ambassador to convey the ROKG response to the issues raised by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Lawless with ROK Ambassador Lee Tae-shik on May 8. Shim said that the ROKG appreciated Lawless's explanat [...]
2007-05-17 01:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL1551ROKG WILL NOT ATTEND LIMA MEETING ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said that the ROKG position on cluster munitions (CM) had not changed since the April 24 bilateral discussions with Acting DAS Frank Ruggier [...]
2007-05-21 06:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL MOPS KS
07SEOUL1585ROKG RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provided Poloff with an overview of the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s official assistance to Afghanistan since 2002. KOICA provided USD 45 million of assistance from 2002-2004 and has pledged an additional USD 10 milli [...]
2007-05-23 07:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID MARR PREL KS AF
07SEOUL169ROKG DEMARCHES CHINESE EMBASSY ON ASAT TEST
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 19, Park Chul-min, Director of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) provided poloff with the ROKG response to the Ambassador's January 14 demarche regarding China's anti-satelli [...]
2007-01-19 08:17:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR MNUC PARM PREL CH
07SEOUL173MOFAT PROTESTS GENERAL BELL'S PUBLIC REMARKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the acting DCM, MOFAT Director General for North American Affairs Cho Byong-jae expressed a strong protest about two aspects of the public remarks General Bell had delivered at the Seoul Foreign Correspondent's Club earlier in the day. The first prob [...]
2007-01-19 08:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KN KS
07SEOUL1813ROKG ASSURANCES RELATED TO P-3 SPARE PARTS PROGRAM
[...] Per reftel A, post informs Department that the Republic of Korea intends to participate in a P-3 parts exchange program. Post previously transmitted the text of end-use, retransfer, and security assurances received from the ROKG in connection with the transfer of USG-granted or sold P-3 spare [...]
2007-06-14 04:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS KS
07SEOUL1826MOFAT EQUIVOCAL ABOUT CONTINUING THE ROK PRESENCE
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 7 meeting, DoS and OSD representatives presented the ROKG with a proposed course of action for the ROK's continued presence in Afghanistan beyond 2007. In response, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs (MOFAT) North America III Division Director Lee Jeong-kyu acknowl [...]
2007-06-15 04:36:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SEOUL1845ROKG SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO
[...] (S) On June 19, Hong Sa Won Hwi of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade delivered the ROKG response to reftel demarche. Hong said that he fully sympathizes with U.S. concerns over the SCO's recent movement in military and political affairs. To this end, [...]
2007-06-19 02:23:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKS MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL ZK
07SEOUL185GENERAL BELL MEETS KOREAN NSC POLICY CHIEF BAEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17, 2007, General Burwell B. Bell, Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on Dr. Baek Jong-chon, the recently appointed Unification, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Chief of the Presidential Secretariat and head of South Korea's National Security SIPD [...]
2007-01-22 05:27:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV KS
07SEOUL1852SPI 13: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. The thirteenth U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 13) took place June 8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transition of wartime operational command (OPCON),UNC Armistice maintenance responsibilities, airspace management, security cooperation in Afghanista [...]
2007-06-19 08:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL1893DUSD LAWLESS' ALLIANCE MEETINGS WITH MOFAT, BLUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 7, visiting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) Richard Lawless met with the following senior South Korean officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Blue House: Senior Secretary to the President for National Security Yun Byung-se, MOFAT No [...]
2007-06-22 04:49:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL1908NEW ROK SMA FORMULA HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC
[...] (C) Summary. On June 5, 2007, Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements, held a two-hour discussion and working lunch with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Director General for North American Affairs Cho Byung-jae to discuss the ROK's "Propo [...]
2007-06-25 08:23:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2081NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CRITICIZES ROKG FOR MISHANDLING
[...] (U) Summary. On June 25-26, the ROK National Assembly's Committee on Environment and Labor held a hearing on the clean up of returned USFK bases, expressing strongly critical views on the environmental conditions of those bases. Current and former top officials from the ROKG, including Forei [...]
2007-07-11 08:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MARR PREL PARM KS
07SEOUL210ASAT: CHINESE RESPONSE TO ROK DEMARCHE
[...] (C) In response to the ROKG's demarche objecting to China's anti-satellite test (Ref A),the Chinese Foreign Ministry contacted the ROK Embassy in Beijing to convey the following points: -- China confirms that it had conducted a test in space on January 11; -- The test was not aimed at [...]
2007-01-23 05:41:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MARR KS CH
07SEOUL2146AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...]
2007-07-18 07:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS
07SEOUL2157AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...]
2007-07-18 08:16:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS
07SEOUL22ROK DEFENSE WHITE PAPER LABELS DPRK A 'SERIOUS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) released its biennial Defense White Paper on December 29. The White Paper upgraded its characterization of the DPRK from a "direct military threat" to a "serious threat" to national security. The White Paper's focus remains on the threat po [...]
2007-01-04 04:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR MNUC KS KN
07SEOUL2209ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HOSTAGE
[...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with the CDA, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe expressed ROKG appreciation for USG cooperation and information sharing in handling the Taliban kidnapping of Korean civilians in Afghanistan. In particular, Shim said that the ROKG appreciated USG assurances th [...]
2007-07-23 09:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR AF KS
07SEOUL2336AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...]
2007-08-03 08:43:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS
07SEOUL2369DASD SEDNEY MEETINGS IN SEOUL: UNRESOLVED SMA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ongoing ROK hostage crisis in Afghanistan (reported reftel) and unresolved issues surrounding the relocation of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and the use of Special Measures Agreement (SMA) funds for relocation were key ROK agenda items in meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...]
2007-08-07 08:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2444MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON
[...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...]
2007-08-14 10:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF
07SEOUL2445MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON
[...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...]
2007-08-14 10:11:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF
07SEOUL2482PRESIDENT ROH MAGNANIMOUS ON US-ROK RELATIONS
[...] (C/NF) In an August 16 Blue House meeting following the ceremony honoring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, ROK President Roh Moo-hyun detailed the many positive advances in U.S.- ROK relations accomplished during his term in office, including the relocation of U.S. Fo [...]
2007-08-19 22:11:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KS
07SEOUL2556REPORT ON 14TH U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The 14th Security Policy Initiative meeting (SPI-14) was held on July 27 in Hawaii. OSD/APSA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Shinn headed the U.S. delegation. The Korean delegation was led by Dr. Jeon Jei Guk, Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy, Ministr [...]
2007-08-24 05:02:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL2574ROK OPTIMISTIC TALIBAN WILL RELEASE KOREAN
[...] (S) The Ambassador was called in to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) late in the day on August 27 to receive an upbeat report on the status of the Korean hostage negotiations in Afghanistan. Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Shim Yoon-joe, who was serving as acting forei [...]
2007-08-27 10:29:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPTER PREL PINR MARR MOPS KS AF
07SEOUL2648ROKG INTERNAL WRANGLING OVER NLL, A NORTH-SOUTH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. How the October 2-4 North-South summit should deal with the Northern Limit Line (NLL) is a major preoccupation for the South Korean government and the press. The issue is significant because the North has steadfastly refused to discuss a laundry list of military-to-military i [...]
2007-08-31 07:04:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KS KN
07SEOUL2651ROK TO CONDUCT UAV HAESEONG-II FLIGHT TEST (S)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 07:46:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL2653HOSTAGES AND RAMIFICATIONS ARE COMING HOME TO KOREA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 30, all of the remaining Korean hostages held by their Taliban captors in Afghanistan were turned over to the International Committee of the Red Crescent in Ghazni. Out of the 23 Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban, two were killed, two were released on August 13, and th [...]
2007-08-31 08:22:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS AF KS
07SEOUL3104EAST ASIA DASD SEDNEY'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings in Seoul on October 9-10, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney met with U.S.-ROK Alliance counterparts in MOFAT and MND to discuss preparations for the visit of Secretary Gates for the November 6-7 Security Consultative Meeting. They also discussed [...]
2007-10-16 06:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF KS
07SEOUL3214SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo, your host for the 39th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) November 6-7, has done a tremendous job in stabilizing the ROK-U.S. Alliance in his 12 months as Defense Minister. By helping to resolve the most contentious issues (OPCON transfer, camp returns),he [...]
2007-10-30 07:52:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR KS
07SEOUL3236ROKG SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON COMMERCIAL SALE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On October 31, Park Chul-min, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) shared information regarding the pending sale of up to 3000 vehicles to the Venezuelan milit [...]
2007-11-01 06:24:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR PARM PREL VE
07SEOUL3279ROK: NHK-II PIP MISSILE TEST FLIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 06:33:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL3385ROKG BRIEFS U.S. OFFICIALS IN ADVANCE OF N-S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26 the U.S.- ROK Senior Working Group, consisting of representatives from MOFAT, MND, UNC/CFC/USFK and the Embassy, met for a briefing on the ROK strategy for the November 27-29 North-South Defense Ministerial. The briefing conducted by BG Moon Sung-mook of MND's No [...]
2007-11-26 07:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PARM PREL MNUC KN KS
07SEOUL3438SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL HAWK SALE TO SOUTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. It is Post's assessment that the Republic of Korea's acquisition of the Global Hawk system is essential to U.S. interests and to the maintenance of the ROK-U.S. Alliance in the years ahead. Key to the success of the Alliance for more than five decades has been our ability to ma [...]
2007-12-03 09:33:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MOPS KS KN
07SEOUL3449ROK TO CONDUCT UAV HAESONG-II TEST FLIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 07:10:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL3461ROKG REPORTS PROGRESS ON CAMP ZAYTUN MOU IN ERBIL
[...] (SBU) On December 3, Poloff delivered reftel points to Kang Young-shin, Deputy Director, Development Cooperation Division, and Kang Myung-il, Deputy Director, ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up meeting on December 4, [...]
2007-12-05 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL3513ROK UAV HAESONG-II TEST FLIGHT RESCHEDULED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 03:43:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL3554ROK UAV HAESONG-II TEST FLIGHT CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 07:26:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL3573ROKG REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF USG POLICY ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) On December 17, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Park Jee-won of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park confirmed that the ROKG considers cluster munitions to be of significant continued military utility and is conce [...]
2007-12-19 06:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL3576ENGAGING THE NEW ROK LEADERSHIP ON U.S. PRIORITIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Early results and exit polls show that GNP presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak has won the election with around 50 percent of the vote. His closest rival, the UNDP's Chung Dong-young, garnered around 25 percent. This is an unprecedented margin of victory, but Lee is seriously [...]
2007-12-19 09:22:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPGOV PINS MARR KS KN
07SEOUL450MND VM KIM BOASTS PROGRESS ON YONGSAN RELOCATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, ROK Vice Minister of National Defense, Kim Young-lyong, told the Ambassador that forward progress was being made on implementation of the Yongsan Relocation Plan (YRP). He said Minister of National Defense Kim Jang-soo had made implementation of YRP a priority, [...]
2007-02-14 07:55:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KS
07SEOUL487SOUTH KOREA GRADUALLY EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH NATO
[...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with visiting EAP/K Andrew Hyde, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,s (MOFAT) Director of the Security Policy Division, Kim Chang-sik, emphasized that the ROKG sought increased cooperation with NATO but that it would take time to establish the proper internal pr [...]
2007-02-16 08:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AORC NATO KS
07SEOUL659SPI 11: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS
[...] (C) The eleventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 11) took place February 7-8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transfer of wartime operational command (OPCON),the transition of Armistice Maintenance Responsibilities (AMRs),USFK camp returns, the status of the Yong [...]
2007-03-06 08:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL793ROK INQUIRIES ON PRT LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) In a March 16 meeting with Director General for North American Affairs Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Cho Byung-jae, POL M/C raised the issue of ROKG plans to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. C [...]
2007-03-19 09:05:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SEOUL870DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM EAID MARR ARF KS XB
07SEOUL955ROK CONTRIBUTION TO USFK RELOCATION: A GLASS MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent Ministry of Defense (MND) press release, the ROKG estimated that it would pay about half of the total cost of about USD 10 billion to relocate U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) to Pyungtaek/ Camp Humphreys. However, USFK estimates that the ROK share will be far more than half. [...]
2007-04-02 06:23:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PARM PREL MARR
07SEOUL973ROKG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH NATO TRANSITION IN
[...] (C) On April 2, POL-MIL Chief met with Lee Jeong-kyu, Director of North America Division III of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) to discuss ROKG concerns over additional NATO requirements for the transition of ROK troops to NATO/ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) [...]
2007-04-03 07:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PARM PREL MARR MOPS
07SEOUL98PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY ADDRESS: ROK REACTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: During a previously scheduled luncheon for new Vice Foreign Minister Cho Jung-pyo, the Ambassador reinforced the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy, emphasizing the President's appreciation for the contributions made by the ROK troops in Iraq. VFM Cho said that [...]
2007-01-11 08:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
07SHANGHAI546CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN'S AUGUST 22 BREAKFAST WITH SHANGHAI
[...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of strategic and American studies urged the United States to suspend arms sales to Taiwan through the May 2008 Presidential election in an August 22 meeting with United States Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Mullen. Chen Shui-bian was described as a [...]
2007-08-29 02:39:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP MARR OVIP CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN CH TW
07SHANGHAI570FUDAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 30 lunch discussion with Fudan Center for American Studies Director Shen Dingli and Deputy Director Xin Qiang, the academics predicted that Beijing would not take any military measures in reaction to the referendum on UN membership in Taiwan. However, anger was bu [...]
2007-09-05 09:19:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW KN
07SHANGHAI663(C) HU GAINING TRACTION IN MILITARY WITH RECENT
[...] (S) Summary: During a September 28 discussion, Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) said that President Hu Jintao was actively promoting officers coming out of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Nanjing Military Region (MR) as part of his overall strategy to gain control of th [...]
2007-10-10 09:34:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRETPGOV PINR SOCI ECON MARR CH TW
07SINGAPORE118SINGAPORE SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Herbold briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on the elements of the President's new Iraq strategy on January 17, and thanked Singapore for its continuing support in Iraq (reftel). Peter Ho told the Ambassador that Singapore strongly supports our Iraq policy and that it wou [...]
2007-01-17 10:10:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR IZ SN
07SINGAPORE1591AFGHANISTAN PRT: NO SINGAPORE COMBAT FORCES, BUT
[...] (C) Singapore will not send combat personnel to Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told EAP DAS Scot Marciel and the Ambassador during an August 24 meeting. It would be "politically impossible" to do so, Kausikan asserted. [...]
2007-08-29 06:31:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF SN
07SINGAPORE1811SINGAPORE PESSIMISTIC ON DEFENSE PACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore is pessimistic over prospects for Indonesian ratification of the Defence Cooperation Agreement and the Extradition Treaty the two nations signed in April, MFA Southeast Asia Directorate Director Peter Tan told us during a September 27 meeting with the DCM. Tan charact [...]
2007-09-28 11:04:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV ID SN
07SINGAPORE1881SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO MNF-I COALITION CONFERENCE
[...] (U) We delivered reftel invitation for Government of Singapore representatives to attend the upcoming MultiNational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) Coalition Conference in Bahrain to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 5. The MFA advised today that a representative of the Ministry of Defense will at [...]
2007-10-10 10:36:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL SN
07SINGAPORE2035COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 06:04:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO MARR MASS SN
07SINGAPORE2170A-A/S MULL DISCUSSES REGIONAL POL-MIL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: ASEAN is pushing forward with regional integration and becoming a more rules-based organization, MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho told Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull on December 3. Ho expressed optimism about Vietnam's rapidly growing economy [...]
2007-12-10 07:21:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE2194AMBASSADOR'S CHINA-FOCUSED ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador joined academics from the East Asian Institute (EAI) in a roundtable discussion of China's relationship with Singapore and ASEAN. EAI researchers noted that a Singapore-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be particularly helpful for Singapore's services sector, [...]
2007-12-13 07:34:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON ASEAN CH
07SINGAPORE249 SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST-EVER ARF EXERCISE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted a multilateral Maritime Security Shore Exercise (SHOREX) January 22-23 -- the first exercise conducted under the auspices of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). The exercise appeared to fulfill its goals of building capacity and demonstrating the advantages of close [...]
2007-02-06 09:51:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA EWWT MARR ASEAN SN MY ID
07SINGAPORE302SINGAPORE STILL LOOKING FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore officials have long believed that Japan should do more to capitalize on its significant aid, trade and investment in the countries of Southeast Asia, noting that China garners more attention with much less effort. Singapore and Japan enjoy close economic and political t [...]
2007-02-13 03:35:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALECON JA PGOV PREL SN ETRD MARR
07SKOPJE135MACEDONIAN NOMINEES FOR MARCH CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 10:17:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PROP PTER PINS EAID NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07SKOPJE32MACEDONIA: REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Skopje requests USG assistance for MANPADS destruction in Macedonia, as first described in reftel. The request is for a USG training team to visit Macedonia for 8 (eight) days, including travel time to/from Macedonia, to train and assist Macedonian authorities in destroying 156 [...]
2007-01-16 16:21:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MARR MK
07SKOPJE38MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 13:31:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ MK
07SKOPJE483MACEDONIA: GOM PLEDGES CONTINUED FOCUS ON NATO
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points on NATO enlargement and required reform steps to Deputy FM Petrov and National NATO Coordinator Dimitrov on June 19. In response, Petrov reiterated the GOM's commitment to focusing on NATO reforms, but noted challenges the government faces in passing [...]
2007-06-20 17:25:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO MK
07SKOPJE767MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT ON NAME ISSUE, KOSOVO,
[...] (C) During a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss cohabitation challenges (ref A),President Crvenkovski expressed concern that Macedonia might be pushed to the wall in its name dispute with Greece before the 2008 NATO Summit, underscored that there is no difference between Skop [...]
2007-09-20 15:11:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR MK KV
07SKOPJE922MACEDONIA: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 10:42:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV MK IZ
07SKOPJE933MACEDONIA ON NAME ISSUE DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On November 29 DCM delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Petrov and MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Geleva. Stating that he saw "nothing new" about the U.S. position of neutrality in the name dispute, Petrov was relieved to get DCM's assurances that the points [...]
2007-11-29 16:00:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PREL GR MK
07SKOPJE938MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DOUBLING OF TROOPS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 16:15:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS MASS MK IZ
07SKOPJE976MACEDONIA: IRAQ UNSCR TEXT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 14:33:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC IZ MARR MK
07SOFIA1122SHIP DEAL WITH FRANCE TO DERAIL BULGARIAN MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: Several Bulgarian defense officials expressed concern over a plan, currently in its final stages, to purchase four Corvette class ships from France at a cost of over one billion dollars. Such a large expenditure for ships that do not fill an operational need would, according to [...]
2007-09-18 13:53:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR PREL BU
07SOFIA114BULGARIA LEANS FORWARD ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador January 25 that Bulgaria had lifted its caveat regarding night operations in Afghanistan, and that there was political will to lift at least some caveats pending receipt of additional training and equipment. The government expects parl [...]
2007-01-25 14:42:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO MARR CVIS IZ AF SR BU
07SOFIA12BULGARIA READY TO EXTEND IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) In a January 5 meeting, Ministry of Defense International Cooperation Director Yordan Bozhilov officially informed Charge and Defense Attache of Bulgaria's readiness to extend for an additional year its mission at Camp Ashraf - [...]
2007-01-05 09:52:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ BU
07SOFIA1271STRATEGY TO SHAPE BULGARIA'S MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (S) Summary: A recent Council of Minister's decision to revise Bulgaria's "Plan 2015" military modernization roadmap represents an important opportunity for the United States to influence the development of Bulgarian military capabilities over the medium and long-term. Our primary goal is increase [...]
2007-10-29 14:24:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BU
07SOFIA1287CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ DIFFICULT WITHOUT
[...] (S) Summary. Bulgaria's ruling coalition supports the deployment of 155 servicemembers to Iraq and is mulling the deployment of an additional 40 engineers, but it has consistently stated that it views a UNSCR as a politically necessary to continue its deployments. Given over 70 percent publ [...]
2007-11-02 09:39:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPGOV MOPS MARR BU IZ
07SOFIA1340BULGARIAN ENGINEERS TO IRAQ DELAYED UNTIL NEW UNSCR
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Defense Minister Yankulova informed DCM Karagiannis that approval for the deployment of 40 military engineers to Iraq is contingent on passage of a new UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq. Yankulova cited this as the "formal" reason approval of the deployment [...]
2007-11-30 15:33:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BU
07SOFIA1342DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 18:14:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ BG
07SOFIA1371BULGARIA EXTENDS IRAQ MISSION; 20 MORE TROOPS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Bulgarian Council of Ministers voted December 12 to extend the Bulgarian mission in Iraq until April 1, 2009 and to send an additional 20 soldiers to Afghanistan to strengthen its contingent currently guarding the perimeter at Kandahar Airfield. The deployment of two milit [...]
2007-12-13 14:28:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BU
07SOFIA1397YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin comes to Washington as Bulgaria's coalition government faces some key foreign and security policy decisions, including Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, and Russian energy deals. President Putin will visit Sofia on January 17-18 to kick off the "Year of Russi [...]
2007-12-21 13:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MOPS MARR RU KV AF IZ BU
07SOFIA160BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 7 to Zlatin Krystev of the MFA NATO Directorate and Anri Georgiev of the MoD International Cooperation directorate. As reported in reftel B, Bulgaria has announced deployment of an additional mechanized infantry company to Afghanistan and has lift [...]
2007-02-07 11:51:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF BU
07SOFIA163BULGARIA: NOMINEES FOR MARCH 26-27 INSURGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 14:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PINS PROP KISL MARR MOPS EAID NATO
07SOFIA204BULGARIA: MOD CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AFGHAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 15 meeting, MoD Defense Policy Director Col. Ivan Milanov gave a readout of Bulgaria's discussions at the Seville Ministerial and outlined Bulgaria's plans for future deployments to Afghanistan. In addition to Bulgaria's previously announced commitment to deploy a m [...]
2007-02-15 13:37:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF BU
07SOFIA224BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...]
2007-02-20 10:39:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA251BULGARIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 12:49:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BU
07SOFIA268BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...]
2007-02-28 11:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA344BULGARIA: DIP NOTE ON IRAQ EXTENSION
[...] This is an action request -- please see paragraph 2. 2. On March 7, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA notifying us of the National Assembly's ratification of Bulgaria's decision to extend its military mission in Camp Ashraf. We would appreciate Department assistance in providing [...]
2007-03-14 11:14:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ BU
07SOFIA366BULGARIA: GOVT VOTES TO TRIPLE DEPLOYMENT IN
[...] (SBU) In a decision discussed on March 14 and signed on March 16, the Council of Ministers formally approved two separate deployments in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. This decision is binding and does not require parliamentary approval. The first deployment will consist of 120 s [...]
2007-03-19 13:05:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF BU
07SOFIA377BULGARIA: MISSILE DEFENSE PD STRATEGY
[...] (U) Per Ref A request, Post has designated DCM Alexander Karagiannis as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (U) During the Sofia visit of Admiral Harry Ulrich, CINCUSNAVEUR, the Admiral briefed the Sofia and Varna press corps in appearances on February 2 [...]
2007-03-21 13:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KPAO PL EZ RU BU
07SOFIA619BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER GETS A COLD SHOWER FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin told Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev May 8 that the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are part of a "unified, strategic offensive system." Russia will not support the Ahtisaari plan because it will leave the Serbs feeling agg [...]
2007-05-18 15:10:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN MARR YI RS LY BU
07SOFIA718DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FM KALFIN: IRAQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin thanked the Deputy Secretary for President Bush's public and private assurances of support for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya. He also asked for the opportunity to consult with the USG in advance of any travel by the Secretar [...]
2007-06-14 08:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EFIN NATO LY IZ BU
07SOFIA87BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...]
2007-01-18 13:10:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA985BULGARIA: MFA DOWN BEAT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On August 9, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points and a copy of the new Afghanistan Counter-Narcotics Strategy to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Ivan Petkov. Petkov expressed the difficulties of weaning Afghan farmers off opium poppies. He said Bulgaria, partnering with Germany, had impo [...]
2007-08-10 08:17:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF BU
07STATE104793NEXT STEPS - ESTABLISHMENT OF SOMALIA JOINT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kampala, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is asked to approach the Government of Uganda (GOU) to pursue the following objective: -- Seek agreement to take specific actions outlined below as the lead contingent i [...]
2007-07-27 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR SO UG
07STATE105247HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 17, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training: Name: Maj. Marc Rugeni [...]
2007-07-30 15:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MAS PHUM PREL RW
07STATE112255HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of August 1, 2007 a Colonel Ngoga was mentioned in a cable identified as 99060031454INS7454col; Origine ATS-INA; 06/03/1999. The cable reported a copy of an e-mail sent to a selected in-government group from a disgruntled journ [...]
2007-08-10 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW MASS
07STATE112496HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidates for IMET training: Name: JM Vianey Kayigamba Rank: Captain DOB: [...]
2007-08-10 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE112497HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] The Department of State has review its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidate for the Golden Spear Seminar. Name: Patrick Gashumba Rank: Lieutenant Colonel DOB [...]
2007-08-10 19:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE116244TFGV01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 001 AS OF 1700 EST
[...] (U) NORAD reports the onset of tropical storm force winds should hit Jamaica August 19 at 0400 EDT, with hurricane force winds starting at 1200 EDT. The eye of the storm is scheduled to make landfall at 1400 EDT, with sustained winds upwards of 150 mph. The National Hurricane Center predicts [...]
2007-08-19 00:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
07STATE116306TFJA01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 002 AS OF 1700 EDT
[...] (U) NORAD reports Hurricane Dean is on a more southerly route, with the eye likely passing 17 nautical miles south of Kingston. The National Hurricane Center predicts 5-10 inches of rain, with up to 20 inches in isolated areas. Embassy Kingston reported increasing winds at 1500 EDT. 2. (U) [...]
2007-08-20 01:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JA KHLS
07STATE117348TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0845EDT
[...] NORAD does not expect hurricane force winds in any of the main tourist areas of the Yucatan (Cancun, Cozumel, or Merida). As of 0700 EDT, Consulate Merida and Embassy Belmopan report no visible damage and no reports of Amcit injuries. ------ MEXICO ------ 2. Consulate Merida reported [...]
2007-08-21 17:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JM MX BH KHLS
07STATE117624TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 005 AS OF 1700 EDT
[...] (U) NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN DISTRESS. PHONE SERVICE AND ELECTRICITY REMAINS UNAFFECTED, WITH REPORTS OF ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES. 2. (U) AIRPORT STATUS: CANCUN - OPEN, FIRST FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO DEPART FOR THE UNITED STATES THIS AFTERNOON; COZUMEL - CLOSED, NO REPORT OF WHEN I [...]
2007-08-21 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JA MX BH KHLS
07STATE121994NOMINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER FOR ASSIGNMENT AS
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR USNATO - SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) THE PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES N. MATTIS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE OF GENERAL AND ASSIGNMENT AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER FOR TRANSFORMATION (NATO). 3. (C) USNATO SHOULD DELIVER THE [...]
2007-08-29 22:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL
07STATE123875GUIDANCE: SELECTION OF CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
[...] Washington concurs with approach for selection of CEPMO BOD chairman recommended by USNATO in Ref A. We look forward to MISSION request for further guidance if required as a result of the 6 September meeting. RICE [...]
2007-09-04 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO PREL
07STATE129046AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 22:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAJ MARR MASS PGOV PHUM
07STATE130626(C) DEMARCHE REQUEST: GTMO DETAINEE EMERGENCY MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Department requests that Embassies Santo Domingo, San Jose, Panama City, and Mexico City approach the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico about a standby arrangement that would enable DoD to transport Guantanamo detainees in need of critical care to a medic [...]
2007-09-17 20:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DR CS PM MX
07STATE131586CENTCOM CONFERENCE PROPOSED LOCATION
[...] (C) CENTCOM is proposing Bahrain as the location for the next Iraq Coalition Conference at the end of October. Bahrain is the preferred site due to its central location in the Middle East, NAVCENT's facilities, and the country's ability to support the event with increased force protection. E [...]
2007-09-18 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ BA
07STATE138402(U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 21:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO
07STATE138413(U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 21:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP FRIED DAN UNGA PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR KPKO NL
07STATE138761ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...]
2007-10-02 17:57:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO
07STATE145210SUDAN - HANDOVER OF LIGHT SUPPORT PACKAGE
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request for USUN. Please see paras 4 and 5 for instructions and text of handover document. 2. (U) Background: Per a request by the United Nations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations in late 2006, the Department of State created a contract to provide logistics [...]
2007-10-17 15:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO SU MARR
07STATE145598USG COMMENTS ON UNDPKO "CAPSTONE DOCTRINE"
[...] (U) As part of its "peace operations 2010" reforms, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),with the help of more than 250 international experts meeting in workshops around the world, has developed a document that sets out for practitioners the guiding principles and core tasks [...]
2007-10-17 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UN MARR
07STATE149187IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR OCT 2007 UK PARTNERS MTG
[...] (U) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in the Oct 26 UK Partners Meeting, a quarterly event the UK hosts to bring together the UK's partners in its sector in Iraq, Multi-National Division South East (MND-SE). The U.S., along with [...]
2007-10-26 01:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL IZ UK
07STATE149873NETHERLANDS: PROGRESS ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] This is an action request -- see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. Ref A reported delivery to the MFA Legal Department of a new draft text for a long-term SOFA provided by Ref B. The USG is seeking a long-term SOFA with the Netherlands that would cover U.S. forces present in the Netherlands Antilles [...]
2007-10-29 14:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07STATE151188(S/NF) SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE FOR
[...] (S/NF) Over the next few weeks, DOD and State will jointly visit Botswana, Gabon, and Liberia to discuss security cooperation with host countries in the context of AFRICOM. Visiting teams will also collect data on security and infrastructure parameters relevant to siting an AFRICOM element. P [...]
2007-10-31 21:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETMARR PREL BC GB LI
07STATE152254RESPONSE TO CZECH NON-PAPER ON BMD FRAMEWORK
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Embassy Prague may provide the text of the U.S. letter and attachment in paragraph 3 to appropriate MFA officials for their information. The originals of these documents have been sent to the Czech Embassy in Washi [...]
2007-11-02 22:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCR MARR PARM PREL
07STATE153261AZERBAIJAN: DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As requested in refel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following members of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs. The candidates were selected to participate in Embassy FSA Democracy Comm [...]
2007-11-06 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM AJ
07STATE153352ESTABLISHING A NORTHERN GROUND LINE OF
[...] (U) This is an information cable for addressee posts and offers a basis for internal embassy discussion before a Request for Information (RFI) is released to the private sector. 2. (C//REL NATO) SUMMARY: US forces in Afghanistan are eighty-five percent dependent on supplies moved through [...]
2007-11-06 23:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS AMGT AFIN BCXP ECON PGOV ZK
07STATE154199USG RESPONSE TO INTERAGENCY MISSION VISIT TO
[...] C) On October 2-4, an Interagency Team from Washington visited Cyprus to survey construction and security of Greek military installations being built to bring the Government of Greece (GOG) into full compliance with its obligations to the United States regarding U.S.-origin defense articles. U [...]
2007-11-08 18:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS NATO PREL CY GR
07STATE154483GUIDANCE: NTM-I MISSION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Washington is concerned with the NATO Policy Coordination Group's (PCG) cover letter and its brief overview of the Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). Washington instructs USNATO to stress at all NATO NTM-I discussions and meet [...]
2007-11-09 00:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MOPS IZ
07STATE155885CHINESE EMBASSY PROTESTS ANNOUNCED PATRIOT
[...] (C) Reinforcing Vice Minister Zhang Yesui's demarche to Charg, Piccuta (REFTEL),Chinese DCM Zheng Zeguang met with EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen to lodge a &strong protest8 of the November 9 announced sale of PATRIOT missile system technology upgrades to Taiwan. Such a sa [...]
2007-11-13 22:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCH TW PREL MARR
07STATE156473VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...]
2007-11-15 03:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL MARR NATO BK
07STATE158849LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Reftel notes that the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) has notified post by diplomatic note that it will not renew the blanket overflight and clearance request number 999c, which will expire November 30. [...]
2007-11-21 02:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUS EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS PREL TX
07STATE159779U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER
[...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...]
2007-11-23 23:04:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCR MARR PARM PL PREL RS
07STATE163919RESPONSE TO U.S. HELICOPTER SUPPORT REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 21:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS PREL TU
07STATE166027A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...]
2007-12-12 13:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS
07STATE166386GUIDANCE: CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
[...] Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A. RICE [...]
2007-12-12 22:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO PREL
07STATE1686IRAQ: CONSULTATIONS ON AND ROLLOUT OF POLICY
[...] (SBU) Beginning Friday, January 5, President Bush and the Secretary will be consulting members of Congress on the USG's Iraq policy; the White House will consult select international partners prior to an announcement. However, no posts will be asked to pre-brief the policy; guidance will be se [...]
2007-01-06 18:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
07STATE169601HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LTC VICKSON KIBONGE
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 21, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual nominated for a candidate from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Next Generation of African Military Leaders [...]
2007-12-21 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PHUM PREL CG
07STATE169783INTERIM INTERAGENCY COUNTERINSURGENCY GUIDE
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, over a nine month period the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) has led an interagency team composed of representatives from ni [...]
2007-12-21 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP MOPS EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07STATE170092SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON RETAINING UNMIS FORCE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Background: The tour of UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Force Commander Lt. General Jasbir Singh Lidder is set to end in January 2008. We understand that Lidder would like to extend his tour of duty with UNMIS and that [...]
2007-12-26 19:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSU PREL PKO UN MARR PEACEKEEPINGFORCES
07STATE171256OBSTACLES TO MANAGING CLC ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Per Post's request (reftel),the Secretary of State has concurred with the Department of Defense's spending plan for $155 million from the FY07 Iraqi Security Forces Fund to support DOD's Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) program. DOD subsequently submitted a notification to Congress and has [...]
2007-12-31 20:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID MARR PTER IZ
07STATE18359TFGV01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 002 AS OF 1530 EST
[...] (SBU) Embassy Conakry comments the capital was relatively quiet throughout the day, with no vehicular and little pedestrian traffic. There were some small, sporadic protests. The curfew remains in effect. Shops and offices remain closed. Post reports military patrols were on the street, [...]
2007-02-13 22:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
07STATE18563DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]
2007-02-14 19:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07STATE18578DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]
2007-02-14 19:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07STATE22976HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: NAME: Ben Balthazar Rutsinga CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs DATE OF BIRTH: 09 [...]
2007-02-23 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PHUM RW
07STATE24704HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 27, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Frank Tusingwire RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defens [...]
2007-02-28 16:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE29571HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY
[...] The Department of State has reviewed it files and finds that as of March 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Cameroon Military Personnel listed in the COESPU training. Name: Lieutenant Mvogo Abanda, Guy Herve DOB: September 15, 1976 P [...]
2007-03-08 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CM MARR PHUM MASS
07STATE30332POSSIBLE HUNGARIAN TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4, which responds to reftel's request for guidance. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its longstanding opposition to the transfer of military equipment to Libya, we want to inform the Hungarian government that the U.S. would have no ob [...]
2007-03-09 21:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HU
07STATE3592IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS
[...] Department requests Ambassadors reinforce the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy with the highest levels in the host governments on Thursday January 11. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department instructs posts to pursue the following objectives: --Drawing on the backgrou [...]
2007-01-11 03:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
07STATE36459HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) This cable refers to the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Goodman Ruzibiza RANK: Lieutenant Colonel CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) GENDER: Male 3. (C/NF) Background: Bas [...]
2007-03-22 15:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE38476CHAD: LEAHY VETTING FOR IMET CANDIDATES
[...] Reftel identified the following candidates, all Chadian nationals, who have been nominated for International Military Education and Training (IMET) programs in May and June 2007. Per reftel, Embassy N'djamena has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross human rights [...]
2007-03-26 20:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS MARR PINR PHUM CD
07STATE38563GUIDANCE FOR LONDON AND WARSAW IRAQ CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Amb. Lawrence Butler to participate in the March 29 UK Partners meeting and in bilateral talks with Poland on March 30. For Poland, reftel guidance from bilateral talks in August remain valid to ensure Pol [...]
2007-03-27 01:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ RO LH
07STATE39293POSSIBLE CROATIAN SALE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5, which responds to reftel's request for guidance in responding to the Croatian government's informal inquiry about military exports to Libya. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its long-standing opposition to the transfer of military [...]
2007-03-27 20:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HR
07STATE39302SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in Obstetrics, Medical Health and Hygiene training at the [...]
2007-03-27 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE40511SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and 767 simulation training at Boeing Comp [...]
2007-03-29 15:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE47268SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and Sargents Major training at Lackland A [...]
2007-04-10 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE59324CREW LIST EXEMPTION
[...] (U) Please respond to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007) on the crew list issue with the text below. 2. (U) Begin Text: (Complimentary Opening) and acknowledges receipt of the Ministry's Note no. 794/JS/AMS/2007 dated April 11, 2007 which reads [...]
2007-05-02 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKREC KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV IN
07STATE60492HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR 14TH
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 4, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: James Safari RANK: Major CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 1969 GNEDE [...]
2007-05-04 14:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW
07STATE60867SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in senior executive course training at the Asia Pacific Center [...]
2007-05-04 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE60872SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in the Patriot Air Defense System Technician Warrant Officer Ba [...]
2007-05-04 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE64903SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in U.S.-sponsored training at the National War College at Fort M [...]
2007-05-11 21:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE75561SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...]
2007-06-01 15:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO
07STATE76684HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 31, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Camarade Murara RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 25 [...]
2007-06-04 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80790HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Chance Ndagano RANK: Major CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 01 Jul [...]
2007-06-11 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80795HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Frank Bakunzi RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 15 Feb [...]
2007-06-11 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE81232EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE;
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...]
2007-06-11 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
07STATE82614HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 13, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Onguene Ateba RANK: Director of Judicial Police CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Office of Judicial Police [...]
2007-06-13 20:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL CM
07STATE83780HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFANTRY CAPTAIN
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below: Name: Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Rank: Captain Unit: School of Infantry and Tactics Unit Location: S [...]
2007-06-15 15:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG
07STATE88264HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Andrew Kayumba RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 0 [...]
2007-06-25 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE91136HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 28, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer below: NAME: Cyprian Gatete RANK: Assistant Commissioner of Police CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Police Force DATE O [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE98411PROPOSED STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH THE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9. 2. Department of Defense uniformed, civilian, and possibly contractor personnel will likely visit the Republic of Cape Verde in the near future. 3. It is USG policy that DoD personnel should not be put at personal risk from t [...]
2007-07-16 16:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR CV
07STOCKHOLM1176SWEDEN SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION IN EVALUATING
[...] (s) Sweden has requested U.S. assistance in evaluating requirements for the deployment of the Sweden-led EU Nordic Battlegroup, scheduled to be operational January 1, 2008. At the MFA's request, we met September 18 with MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmqvist and a Swedish interagency group in [...]
2007-09-19 14:47:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS MOPS SW
07STOCKHOLM1277SWEDEN'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, BUDGET
[...] (c) During a one-on-one October 15 meeting, Minister of Defense Tolgfors told Ambassador: -- Finland proposed the possibility of a rotation of the leadership of the PRT in Mazar-e-Sharif Afghanistan. Sweden did not see this as a way of removing itself from its obligation there. -- Swede [...]
2007-10-16 14:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL OTRA PGOV SW
07STOCKHOLM214SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND AND
[...] (c) Polcouns met 2/28 with MFA Deputy Director General for European and Global Security Ambassador Nils Daag regarding negotiations for Poland and the Czech Republic to host U.S. missile defense assets. Daag, whose portfolio has just been expanded to include responsibility for the United Nat [...]
2007-02-28 13:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ PL SW
07SUVA108FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 14, 2007: EPG REPORT WILL
[...] (C) PIF Secretary General Greg Urwin told us the EPG report on Fiji will ask Bainimarama to step down as interim PM. It will call for elections within 18-24 months, if not sooner. Urwin said the hope is that members of the interim government will convince Bainimarama to moderate his heretof [...]
2007-02-13 22:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA110FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15, 2007: RFMF SAYS U.S. HAS
[...] (C) The RFMF told the media today that the U.S. has suspended plans to support a new "peacekeeping academy" near Suva. The Methodist church has reconfirmed its request for President Iloilo to resign. The Interim Attorney General admitted that the RFMF had committed human rights violations bu [...]
2007-02-14 20:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA120FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 21, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Commodore Bainimarama announced February 20 that the interim cabinet has agreed to a plan to restore democracy to Fiji "as early as 2010." Bainimarama says at least three and a half years will be required to have a census, redraw election boundaries, and prepare for a general election [...]
2007-02-20 21:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA123FIJI UPDATE 2/22/07: QARASE WARNS AGAINST HAVING
[...] (C) Exiled PM Qarase has warned that returning Bainimarama to the barracks could well leave the Commodore continuing his interference in politics. Acting Chief Justice Gates, a shadow backer of Bainimarama, may hear Qarase's law suit. The RFMF continues intimidation, including against lawyers [...]
2007-02-21 21:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC ELAB FJ
07SUVA127FIJI'S ECONOMY - AT A CRISIS POINT?
[...] (C) Fiji will experience a severe economic downturn in 2007 as an after-effect of the December 2006 coup. Foreign reserves are very low (perhaps much lower than they appear in the Reserve Bank's end-of-year accounts),exports are flat, and levels of new investment are expected to be minimal. [...]
2007-02-22 19:14:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA130FIJI UPDATE 2/26/07: FIJI SUGGESTS PRE-PIF
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama is seeking interim-government discussions with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) before a Forum ministerial meeting to discuss the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. The interim government is highlighting the (continuing) deployment of RFMF troops to PKO e [...]
2007-02-25 20:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA139"EMERGENCY" IMF MISSION TO FIJI IN APRIL WILL
[...] (C) Sirpa Jarvenpaa, Director of the Asian Development Bank's Regional Office in Suva, told us March 1 that an "emergency" IMF mission is coming to Fiji in order to look at Fiji's deteriorating level of reserves. Jarvenpaa expects Fiji to ask the IMF to provide financing to build up Fiji's [...]
2007-02-28 21:00:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV MARR FJ
07SUVA149FIJI'S REVISED BUDGET MIXES SPENDING CUTS WITH
[...] (C) Fiji's revised budget is a mix of modest spending cuts, optimistic revenue projections and wishful thinking about the future. Civil service wages are being cut 5% effective March 8. A few ministry budgets have been significantly reduced, most notably the Ministry of Fijian Affairs. De [...]
2007-03-06 20:19:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA15FIJI UPDATE 1/5: PRESIDENT NAMES BAINIMARAMA
[...] (C) Fiji President Iloilo swore in Commodore Bainimarama and interim Prime Minister on Dec. 5. Bainimarama, still clearly in charge, then urged Fiji citizens and the international community to help bring good government and true democratic values. Iloilo's doctor reports the President is sen [...]
2007-01-04 20:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CH TW FJ
07SUVA150FIJI UPDATE 3/7/2007: HUMAN RIGHTS PROSPECTS;
[...] (C) Interim PM Bainimarama announced the military will stop human rights abuses immediately. Unfortunately, reports of abuses continue, including possibly a third death. Bainimarama will headline Fiji's commemoration of Women's Day, with an altered theme to downplay concerns about "impunity" [...]
2007-03-06 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC IN FJ
07SUVA155PACIFIC FORUM AND FIJI, UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS
[...] (C) Fiji interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau has been seeking support from Pacific-island colleagues in the lead-up to the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) ministerial meeting in Vanuatu that will consider an Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. With some island leaders becoming "reticent" b [...]
2007-03-08 18:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ XV
07SUVA161FIJI UPDATE 3/13/07: MEDIA FREEDOM; UNION
[...] (C) The RFMF and the interim AG have emphasized yet again that media freedom has distinct limits in post-coup Fiji. The interim government is expected to announce shortly its choices for permanent secretaries in the civil service. Police investigators are in Lau to interview PM Qarase about al [...]
2007-03-12 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA165FIJI UPDATE 3/15/07: MORE ON VP, MSG, "CLEAN UP"
[...] (C) A new Fiji Vice President may now be selected in April. The interim government has admitted publicly a Melanesian Spearhead Group snub: not allowing Commodore Bainimarama to sign the MSG constitution. The RFMF is investigating 22 soldiers for pay-office malfeasance, but is not looking in [...]
2007-03-14 19:40:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA170FIJI UPDATE 3/19/07: FIJI SPIN ON MINISTERIAL;
[...] (C) Fiji's interim government is spinning the Forum Ministerial last week as a success and is leaving a distinct impression it does not intend early elections. Commodore Bainimarama's "clean up" rhetoric continues, though we predict at some point real evidence will be necessary. Bainimarama t [...]
2007-03-19 19:48:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA177FIJI UPDATE 3/22/07: CORRUPTION COMPARISONS; A
[...] (C) A Transparency International poll taken in Fiji before the coup indicates people were not shocked by corruption in the Qarase era. Overall, Fiji stacked up quite favorably compared to global and regional results, which suggests, no surprise, that the need for a "clean up" was not really wh [...]
2007-03-21 20:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA18FIJI UPDATE 1/8/07: INTERIM GOVERNMENT MINISTERS;
[...] (C) Eight ministers in Commodore Bainimarama's interim government were sworn in on Jan. 8. Several have connections to Ratu Epeli Ganilau's National Alliance Party (NAP) that failed miserably in last May's elections; but on the whole the group seems reasonably well qualified. Fiji Labor Party [...]
2007-01-07 22:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA187FIJI UPDATE 3/27/07:
[...] (C) The Forum-Fiji working group proposed at the Forum Ministerial in Vanuatu may begin efforts shortly. The Forum's intention is for high commissioners at Forum-member embassies in Suva to make up the Forum side, including the high commissioners from New Zealand and Australia. It will be in [...]
2007-03-26 20:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CVIS FJ
07SUVA191FIJI UPDATE 3/30/07: VP SELECTION; QARASE TRAVEL;
[...] (C) Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) is to consider President Iloilo's choice for Vice President on April 11-12. Rumored candidates include a woman and an ethnic-Indian, but the favorite remains interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau. The Acting Chief Justice is considering whether PM Qarase h [...]
2007-03-29 17:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA194FIJI UPDATE 4/3/07: BAINIMARAMA ON VISA SANCTION;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama told a dinner gathering of the U.S. cancellation of his visa. He reportedly challenged Ambassador Dinger to retrieve the passport and to "bring his running shoes." Media report that UN SYG Ban responded to a request by Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon for the UN to remov [...]
2007-04-02 20:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA199FIJI UPDATE 4/5/07: BAINIMARAMA ON PKO; STATE OF
[...] (U) Commodore Bainimarama reacted to media reports that Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon asked the UN to remove Fiji from PKO activities by saying any attempt to stop soldiers from participating in peacekeeping missions would be "an attempt to hurt the people" of Fiji. He noted that PKO duties ge [...]
2007-04-04 21:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA2FIJI UPDATE 1/3/07: CJ ON LEAVE; INTERIM PLANS?
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama today announced Fiji's Chief Justice is going on indefinite leave, pending a full inquiry into the judicial system. Bainimarama says he will return executive authority to President Iloilo within the next few weeks, with an inte [...]
2007-01-02 23:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA20FIJI UPDATE 1/9/07: MORE INTERIM MINISTERS;
[...] (C) The total of ministers tapped for Fiji's interim administration reached 16 with the swearing in of 6 on Jan. 9, including former PM Chaudhry as Finance Minister. They join Interim PM Bainimarama, 8 interim ministers sworn in yesterday (ref),and Ratu Epeli Ganilau to be sworn in next week [...]
2007-01-08 21:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA200FIJI INTERIM PM REQUESTS EMBASSY TO REMOVE STREET
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has, via dipnote, requested Embassy Suva to remove vehicle barriers from the street in front of the chancery by this Friday, April 13. The barriers have been in place since the East Africa bombings in 1998. Without the barriers, the chancery has no setback from [...]
2007-04-09 20:14:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PREL MARR FJ
07SUVA211FIJI'S GREAT COUNCIL OF CHIEFS REJECT VICE
[...] (SBU) In a stunning rebuke to the interim government, Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs rejected President Iloilo's nominee for Vice President April 11. Commodore Bainimarama responded angrily, saying he was "totally bewildered" by the unprecedented decision. He claimed that members of the ou [...]
2007-04-11 21:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MARR FJ
07SUVA213FIJI'S INTERIM PM LASHES OUT AT U.S.; SAYS
[...] (C) Interim Prime Minister Bainimarama issued an angry press statement April 13 stating that his refusal to meet visiting DAS Davies on April 11 or 12 was meant to "send a clear message" that Fiji will only engage with countries "genuinely committed to assisting us in moving forward." Bainim [...]
2007-04-12 23:03:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL MARR CASC FJ
07SUVA22FIJI UPDATE 1/10/07: GCC, MAJOR CHURCHES ACCEPT
[...] (C) The Chairman of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) and leaders of the Methodist and Catholic churches have accepted Bainimarama's interim government while urging a return to democracy soon. Military pastors have asked their flock to do a Lenten-type fast for the next month as all pray f [...]
2007-01-09 21:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA221FIJI UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2007: WAR OF WORDS
[...] (SBU) Interim government rhetoric against the U.S. and other countries that have imposed sanctions against Fiji continued over the weekend. Most notable is the press statement issued by the interim Attorney General which accuses the Ambassador and the high commissioners of Australia and the [...]
2007-04-15 22:12:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC MARR CASC FJ
07SUVA222EAP DAS DAVIES VISIT TO FIJI DRAWS SHARP REACTION
[...] (C) During an April 11-12 visit to Suva, EAP DAS Glyn Davies met with a cross-section of Fiji opinion leaders, including interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau and interim Finance Minister Chaudhry. Interim PM Bainimarama refused a meeting. Nailatikau and Chaudhry, both heading shortly to Bruss [...]
2007-04-16 13:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ASEC AMGT MARR SCUL FJ
07SUVA224EAP DAS DAVIES IN TONGA URGES RAPID DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) During EAP DAS Davies' April 13-14 visit to Tonga, Prime Minister Sevele reiterated that he and the King are committed to reform. In conversations across the political spectrum, Davies heard various views about the appropriate pace, though most all agreed last November's riot in Nuku'alof [...]
2007-04-17 13:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CH TN
07SUVA23FIJI UPDATE 1/11/2007: CABINET TO MEET; EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Fiji's interim cabinet is to meet formally next week for the first time. Detailed emergency regulations that curtail constitutional rights have appeared, purportedly signed Dec. 5, but very possibly back-dated. A New Zealand citizen of Fiji origin reportedly was tortured by authorities t [...]
2007-01-10 20:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA236NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: DEALING WITH TONGA
[...] (S) Ref A seeks additional efforts to secure continued participation by troop-contributing countries to the new way forward in Iraq. The cable asks Embassy Suva to engage with the Government of Tonga. Per previous reporting, the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) is now gearing up for its second de [...]
2007-04-25 11:54:00Embassy SuvaSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TN
07SUVA260FIJI UPDATE, MAY 10, 2007: REACTION TO SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rice's comments condemning the coup in Fiji received considerable press play in Fiji and elicited a relatively mild response from the interim government. The EU warned the interim government that failure to honor commitments it made last month in Brussels could lead [...]
2007-05-09 21:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA273EU PRESSES FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO HONOR
[...] (C) The EU Representative to Fiji, along with the French and UK heads of mission, met with interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau May 11 to express concern about the apparent lack of movement by Fiji's interim government in meeting its commitments to the EU. The EU representatives told Nailati [...]
2007-05-15 21:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA287FIJI UPDATE, MAY 25, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) During a visit to India, interim Finance Minister Chaudhry repeatedly stressed that elections in Fiji would not take place until 2010. Bainimarama echoed that view May 22, stating it would be idiotic for the interim regime to take Fiji to elections before it had achieved its goals. Th [...]
2007-05-23 22:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA29HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VIEWS ON FIJI SITUATION;
[...] (C) A Fiji NGO leader, Angie Heffernan, says colleagues are documenting many reports of military intimidation, including sexual abuse. The NGOs are striving to ensure nobody believes the people of Fiji have acquiesced in the coup. The NGOs believe undercurrents of discontent are bubbling wit [...]
2007-01-11 20:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA291ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]
2007-05-28 10:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA292ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]
2007-05-28 10:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA293ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]
2007-05-28 10:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA294ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]
2007-05-28 10:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA30CHINESE AID TO FIJI - NOTHING NEW IN THE PIPELINE;
[...] (C) PRC Embassy officials in Fiji downplay Commander Bainimarama's comments that Fiji can count on China for military and other assistance. China has not received any new requests for assistance since the coup and has made almost no progress in implementing the projects promised during Prem [...]
2007-01-11 21:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR FJ TW CH
07SUVA300FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY;
[...] (C) Interim PM Bainimarama announced May 31 that Fiji's State of Emergency would end, effective June 1. In a meeting with diplomats, Deputy Commander Teleni confirmed that the RFMF would no longer detain or bring individuals to the military barracks for questioning. NGOs and foreign missio [...]
2007-05-31 19:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA313FIJI PNG-ING NZ HIGH COMMISSIONER; MORE HUMAN
[...] (C) Fiji's interim Cabinet has declared the New Zealand High Commissioner persona non grata. New Zealand is attempting to reverse that. The GNZ has continually been outspoken against Commodore Bainimarama's interim government (IG),but the High Commissioner has been relatively low-key public [...]
2007-06-10 20:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA320NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER PNG-ED - FIJI
[...] (SBU) In a statement issued late June 14, Fiji's Office of the Prime Minister defended the interim government's (IG) decison to declare Michael Green, New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, "persona non grata." The statement claimed Green had interfered in Fiji's domestic affairs, but gave [...]
2007-06-13 21:05:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA325FIJI COMMITS "IN PRINCIPLE" TO ELECTIONS BY MARCH
[...] (C) Fiji interim prime minister Bainimarama announced on June 19 that the interim government is prepared to accept "in principle" that democratic elections "could be held" by March 2009. Bainimarama suggested that the onus is now on the donor community, especially Australia, New Zealand, the [...]
2007-06-19 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA331SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE JULY 8-9 VISIT TO FIJI
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of great uncertainty in Fiji. In December of 2006, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) overthrew the elected government of Laisenia Qarase and dissolved parliament. The military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, installed an interim government (I [...]
2007-06-26 17:30:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR FJ
07SUVA333FIJI UPDATE: TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) It appears that Fiji's interim President, Commodore Bainimarama, Justices Gates and Shameem, and others are making moves to reconstitute the Fiji judiciary. The suspension of Chief Justice Fatiaki in early January, the end of some expat Appeals Court Justices' terms, and several suspiciou [...]
2007-06-26 18:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC KJUS FJ
07SUVA349TENSION IN TONGA; LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL?
[...] (C) Tonga may re-energize stalled political-reform discussions. Parliament has created a tripartite commission to consider specifics, including parliamentary numbers and the date for the next election. Reportedly, the King has agreed to act "only on advice" of an elected government, but some [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CVIS PINR TN
07SUVA35FIJI UPDATE 1/16/2007 - INTERIM CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (C) Justice Anthony Gates, an apparent supporter of the coup and advisor to the military, was sworn in as Interim Chief Justice. Ratu Epeli Ganilau was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs, completing the ministerial lineup of the interim government. The Melanesian Spearhead Group has r [...]
2007-01-15 23:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA353CODEL PAYNE'S MEETINGS IN FIJI WITH INTERIM FM,
[...] (C) Congressmen Donald Payne (D, NJ),David Dreier (R, CA) and James Moran (D, VA) completed a short but very productive visit to Fiji July 8-9. Interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau told the congressmen in a rambling and somewhat incoherent presentation that the December 2006 coup in Fiji took [...]
2007-07-10 17:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP FJ
07SUVA354FIJI UPDATE: JULY 11, 2007: BAINIMARAMA AND
[...] (C) New interim Police Commissioner and RFMF Deputy Teleni told a group of professionals that the military would never allow the SDL to regain power, even if it won the next election. Teleni said the RFMF would ignore any negative court rulings and only hold elections when it is ready. Cont [...]
2007-07-10 19:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA359FIJI UPDATE, JULY 19, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) After two days of bad press, the interim government removed travel bans it had placed on prominent IG critics Graham Leung and Shamima Ali. President Iloilo "rejected" names put forward to sit on a tribunal to look at IG allegations against suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and gave the [...]
2007-07-18 18:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA36FIJI UPDATE 1/17/07 - CONTROVERSY OVER ACTING
[...] (C) The decision to appoint Anthony Gates to the position of Acting Chief Justice has created an uproar in Fiji's legal community. Chief Justice Fatiaki, recently placed on forced leave by the military government, called the action "a disgrace." He and lawyers we talked to were especially [...]
2007-01-16 23:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA37FIJI UPDATE 1/18/07 - MORE JUDICIAL AND LEGAL
[...] (C) Chief Justice Fatiaki returned to his office today, only to be removed by police. The military defied a ruling by the High Court reinstating Sugarcane Growers Council CEO Jagannath Sami and removed him from his office. Sami collapsed during military questioning and was admitted to a ho [...]
2007-01-17 22:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA372FIJI "LOOKING NORTH" TO CHINA - DOES THE REALITY
[...] (C) The appointment of Sir James Ah Koy to be Fiji's next Ambassador to China has fueled renewed discussion about attempts by the Fiji interim government (IG) to gain assistance from China in place of aid from Australia, New Zealand and other donors. Ah Koy says Fiji hopes to borrow up to U [...]
2007-07-26 16:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD MARR FJ CH
07SUVA387FIJI UPDATE AUG. 6, 07: STRIKES; AUSTRALIA-FIJI;
[...] (C) Some Fiji public-sector unions remain on strike. Others have gone back to work, at least for now. The interim government (IG) is adamant thus far that no lucrative settlement will take place. A war of words between Australia and the IG continues. Interim PM Bainimarama is spinning the I [...]
2007-08-05 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA402TAIWAN AND CHINA RELATIONS IN THE PACIFIC --
[...] (C) Competition between China and Taiwan for allegiance from small Pacific states remains intense. In Tuvalu, Taiwan is a very visible donor, which Tuvaluans appreciate. However, the Taiwan ambassador to Tuvalu was PNGed after meddling in 2006 post-election politics. The current ambassador c [...]
2007-08-09 15:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR PGOV EFIS XV CH TW
07SUVA409TUVALU: NEEDY AND SEEKING USG ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Tuvalu's Prime Minister Ielemia remains strongly interested in regaining the Peace Corps, accessing the Millennium Challenge Account, and providing skilled workers for Guam construction projects. He believes Fiji's Commodore Bainimarama should not attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Ton [...]
2007-08-15 13:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR EAID ECON KCRM TV
07SUVA416FIJI UPDATE 8/20/07: BAINIMARAMA "JOKING" RE
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama was only joking in announcing an election date, according to the interim Attorney General. Critics don't find that funny. Pacific Island Forum (PIF) and EU dialogues with the interim government (IG) are adding to doubts about IG motives. Some court cases sugg [...]
2007-08-19 19:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR FJ
07SUVA420FIJI UPDATE 8/24/07: NERVOUSNESS IN THE STREETS;
[...] (C) Contacts are increasingly nervous that ethnic-Fijian unhappiness with Commodore Bainimarama's interim government (IG) could erupt. The surface remains calm. Media report a draft EU decision document re sugar-reform aid would keep pressure on the IG to hold credible elections by early 2009 [...]
2007-08-23 16:29:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC ECON CASC FJ
07SUVA43FIJI UPDATE 1/19/07 - FATIAKI SUSPENDED; PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Iloilo suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and directed that investigations should be conducted into Fatiaki's actions in the aftermath of the 2000 coup. Iloilo decreed today that all decrees and decisions made by the military government when Bainimarama was "Acting President" are [...]
2007-01-18 19:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA433FIJI: QARASE RETURNS; BAINIMARAMA SHUNS HIM,
[...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Qarase returned to Suva last Saturday. He announced willingness to assist the interim government (IG) to bring Fiji back to democracy rapidly. Interim PM Bainimarama dismissed the thought that Qarase and his SDL Ministers could play any role, now or after a future e [...]
2007-09-03 19:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA435TONGA PLAYS "IRAQ" CARD RE VISA ISSUE: ACTION
[...] (C) The Tonga Government has reiterated, by dipnote, its intense desire for the USG to find a way to provide visa services in Tonga, rather than in Suva. The dipnote says, absent progress on the visa issue, "the Tonga Government will not be disposed to assisting the United States in the milit [...]
2007-09-05 18:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PGOV MARR TN
07SUVA436FIJI: BAINIMARAMA RESUMES STATE OF EMERGENCY;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama brought back Fiji's state of emergency on Sept. 6, after a three month hiatus, in order to respond to political posturing by deposed PM Qarase, who returned to Suva last weekend and immediately began to make public statements critical of the interim government (IG) and [...]
2007-09-05 19:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA442SCENE-SETTER FOR COMMANDER PACOM VISIT TO TONGA
[...] (C) A first visit to the Kingdom of Tonga is always fascinating, as is a meeting with eccentric King George V. The U.S. and Tonga have friendly relations, especially mil/mil, as evidenced by the new Tonga Defense Service (TDS) deployment to Iraq. Within Tonga, pro-democracy sentiments have be [...]
2007-09-09 13:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM TN
07SUVA45FIJI VISA SANCTIONS: ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS; EFFECTS
[...] (C) We propose including President Iloilo in USG visa sanctions against the interim government, since he has become a front man "approving" any and all decrees placed before him, even though the Fiji Constitution does not grant him such powers. We provide a few additional snippets of evidence [...]
2007-01-21 21:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA452TONGA FOREIGN SECRETARY TONE REITERATES TIE OF
[...] (C) Tonga's Foreign Secretary on Sept. 13 reiterated his government's threat (reftel) that an absence of USG progress to bring visa services on the ground in Tonga may affect bilateral relations in general, including the willingness of Tonga to commit troops to a follow-on deployment to MNFI in [...]
2007-09-13 16:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS MARR PGOV TN
07SUVA46FIJI UPDATE 1/22/07: PRESIDENT ISSUES IMMUNITY
[...] (C) President Iloilo has issued a broad immunity decree for the military and others involved in the coup. The Fiji Law Society and others say the decree is unconstitutional. Bainimarama has reacted angrily to Aussie and Kiwi visa restrictions on members of his government and is threatening " [...]
2007-01-21 22:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA465FIJI UPDATE 9/24/2007
[...] (U) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama intends bilats with Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Italy during his UNGA stay. The Fiji military has warned against any efforts to depose Bainimarama during his trip. Bainimarama has signaled he will re-shuffle the interim cabinet soon [...]
2007-09-23 20:19:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA466CDR PACOM 9/17-18 VISIT TO TONGA: MILITARY BONDS;
[...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's visit to Tonga reinforced strong mil/mil bonds and accented long-standing close bilateral relations. The Admiral thanked Tonga leaders for a second deployment of Tonga Defense Service (TDS) troops to Iraq. TDS Commander BG Uta'atu said Foreign/Defense Mi [...]
2007-09-24 12:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV TN
07SUVA473FIJI COUNTER-COUP? BOMB THREATS? RUMORS CONTINUE
[...] (C) With Commodore Bainimarama in the U.S. -- he delivered Fiji's speech to the UNGA on Sept. 28 and is not due back in Suva until Oct. 5 -- rumors are circulating that military-related elements will undertake a counter-coup to remove Bainimarama and his core-group of backers from the RFMF and [...]
2007-09-30 13:11:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA479FIJI: PROOF OF IG MEDDLING IN THE JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Clear proof has surfaced of the interim government (IG) attempting to meddle in the Fiji judiciary. The murder case against the Commander of the Fiji Navy, CDR Francis Keane, is nearing trial before Justice Gerrard Winter. Keane is Commodore Bainimarama's brother-in-law and he is accused [...]
2007-10-02 18:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA480FIJI: REPORTED PLAN TO REMOVE BAINIMARAMA; CHANCES UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) On Oct. 2, Ballu Khan, a controversial Indo-Fijian businessman, met with the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji. Khan owns IT businesses and has close ties to the Qaranivalu, the high chief of Naitasiri Province who was convicted of fomenting a mutiny against Commodore Bainimarama in No [...]
2007-10-02 18:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA488PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM SCENESETTER - FOCUS ON FIJI
[...] (SBU) The situation in Fiji will be one of the main topics of discussion during the upcoming Pacific Island Forum meetings. Fiji interim PM Bainimarama's planned attendance at the Forum Leaders' meeting has already created considerable controversy in the region and is likely to dominate med [...]
2007-10-08 18:59:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ECON FJ
07SUVA498BAINIMARAMA COMMITS TO ELECTIONS IN 2009; SAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fiji's Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, told Pacific Leaders 10/17 that his interim government (IG) was committed to elections by the first quarter of 2009, and that the military would accept the results. The Forum Leaders welcomed Bainimarama's commitment [...]
2007-10-18 17:58:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR FJ
07SUVA5FIJI UPDATE 1/4/07: BAINIMARAMA RETURNS EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama told the nation on Jan. 4 that he has returned executive authority to President Iloilo. Iloilo then publicly endorsed all RFMF actions and said he will appoint an interim government shortly, with a broad mandate to improve Fiji [...]
2007-01-03 22:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA501FIJI UPDATE: 10/24/07
[...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama's seemingly firm commitment in Tonga last week to hold free elections in March 2009 has brought gasps from his friends in the Fiji Labor Party. FLP leader Chaudhry is considering his options. Bainimarama and deposed PM Qarase are beginning to discus [...]
2007-10-24 19:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA502FIJI MILITARY SENDING MURDER SUSPECTS TO UNAMI
[...] (C) We have received information that o/a Oct. 27 the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) will deploy to UNAMI in Iraq ten soldiers who allegedly participated in the beating deaths of two civilians early this year, the only confirmed killings related to the military "clean up" campaign aft [...]
2007-10-25 18:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ
07SUVA506FIJI MILITARY STOPPED FROM SENDING SUSPECT
[...] (U) Fiji media reported over the weekend that a number of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers, suspects in the murder of Sakiusa Rabaka early this year, were stopped from departing on deployment to UNAMI in Iraq. (See reftel for context.) The Fiji Office of the Director for Publi [...]
2007-10-28 19:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UNAUS IZ
07SUVA509UN KEY ROLE IN STOPPING FIJI SUSPECTS DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) According to a well-placed embassy source in Fiji Immigration, a UN intervention is what kept the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) headquarters from deploying 7 soldiers and one policeman, all charged with murder (see reftels),to UNAMI last Saturday. Reportedly a letter from the U [...]
2007-10-29 18:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ
07SUVA512IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS - TONGA
[...] (C) Responding to reftel queries, Embassy Suva's view is that, under current circumstances in Tonga, by far the easiest mechanism to retain the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) as part of MNFI is through reftel scenario four - Tonga commits forces under U.S. command. This is essentially the mea [...]
2007-10-31 18:45:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL CVIS IZ TN
07SUVA518FIJI: INTERIM GOV'T ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (C) Fiji military and police arrested at least 16 suspects during the weekend, allegedly for plotting to assassinate interim PM Bainimarama and other senior figures in the interim government (IG). Those arrested included the High Chief of Naitasiri Province, New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan [...]
2007-11-04 18:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA522FIJI ASSASSINATION PLOT: COMPLICATIONS
[...] (C) Fiji authorities charged 10 persons late on Nov. 6 for alleged participation in a plot to assassinate interim PM Bainimarama and others (reftels). The group includes the Naitasiri Province High Chief, retired RFMF Colonels Baledrokadroka and Mua, businessman Naulago Waqa, politician Pecel [...]
2007-11-05 19:05:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA523FIJI: DEPOSED PM QARASE'S POLITICAL VISION
[...] (C) During a lunch on Nov. 6, deposed PM Qarase sketched two scenarios he is prepared to offer interim PM Bainimarama in order to end Fiji's political impasse. Both would involve reconvening Parliament, at least for a few days. Qarase admitted that neither is likely to appeal to Bainimarama, [...]
2007-11-06 15:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA526FIJI: COURT CASES; PEOPLE'S CHARTER;
[...] (C) A Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldier has been charged in the Verebasaga beating death last January. He was immediately released on bail. Eleven suspects have now been charged in last weekend's "assassination plot" case. Those suspects' request to be released on bail was denie [...]
2007-11-07 17:59:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA53FIJI UPDATE 1/23/17: BAINIMARAMA LOOKING NORTH;
[...] (C) In reaction to aid and visa restrictions imposed by Western governments, particularly Australia and New Zealand, Commodore Bainimarama announced plans to send a delegation of ministers, senior officials and businessmen to China, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia in order to diversify sources [...]
2007-01-22 21:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC UN EU CH IN MY ID
07SUVA534FIJI: ASSASSINATION PLOT UPDATE; PEOPLE'S CHARTER;
[...] (C) Accused assassination plotter Ballu Khan is now formally in police custody. He was hospitalized for 11 days after suffering skull fractures during arrest. We hear at least one of those detained for the plot has indicated contingency plans are still in place for action against the interim [...]
2007-11-14 18:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA536FIJI UPDATE: BAINIMARAMA PLANS CABINET RESHUFFLE;
[...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama plans to re-shuffle his cabinet with the aim to increase efficiency. He will name names on December 1. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) spokesman has publicly acknowledged military use of "strong-arm" tactics to maintain law and order in [...]
2007-11-19 18:39:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA543FIJI: BAINIMARAMA "DICTATES"; BUDGET TIGHT; CHINA
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has reiterated that he, and he alone, will "dictate" Fiji's future. The interim government (IG) budget for 2008 is tight, reflecting an economy that has shrunk by 3.9% in 2007. A budget announcement that the Ministry of Fijian Affairs will be downgraded to a D [...]
2007-11-25 17:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA550DEMARCHE TO TONGA ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Embassy Suva took the opportunity of a DATT visit to deliver ref A demarche on the future of U.S.-Iraq bilateral relations to Tonga MFA Acting Secretary Malolo and CHOD BG Uta'atu on Nov. 27. Neither seemed disturbed or surprised by the plan. MFA promised to inform the Minister and Secret [...]
2007-11-28 10:59:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TN IZ
07SUVA552FIJI: PUBLIC CRITICISM OF IG BY RETIRED COLONEL;
[...] (C) Prominent, retired Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Colonel Draunidalo this week publicly criticized recent interim government (IG) decisions affecting major ethnic-Fijian institutions, suggesting the decisions could "sow the seeds of irreparable damage." Some suggest Draunidalo wa [...]
2007-11-28 17:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA57MILITARY AND INTERIM GOVERNMENT ASK TAIWAN MISSION
[...] (C) The Taiwan Trade Mission in Fiji has been approached separately by the Fiji military and the Prime Minister's Office with requests for aid. A high-ranking military officer asked the Trade Mission to pass to Taipei a request for arms and military equipment. The Prime Minister's Office as [...]
2007-01-23 20:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID FJ TW CH
07SUVA577IMF GIVES FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT MIXED MARKS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF Article IV mission said Fiji's Reserve Bank and interim government (IG) have done a fairly good job over the last 12 months managing a very troubled economy, although it noted that many of the troubles were brought on by 2006 coup that brought the IG to power. [...]
2007-12-20 13:54:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR FJ CH
07SUVA58TONGA TIDBITS: TDS DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ; PLANS FOR
[...] (C) BGEN Uta'atu informed us Jan. 18 that the planned Tonga Defense Service (TDS) deployment to the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq (ref) is still in train. Per septels, the TDS has been heavily involved in security operations in the Tonga capital since a major riot last Nov. 16; however, Ut [...]
2007-01-23 21:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR XV TN
07SUVA581FIJI UPDATE: NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL POLICIES UNDER
[...] (C) New Zealand's decision to ban nine Fiji children from attending a regional Boy Scout Jamboree because their parents are in the Fiji military has drawn sustained criticism across the political spectrum in Fiji. A retired Colonel who last month strongly attacked the military and the interim [...]
2007-12-27 15:32:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CVIS FJ TW
07SUVA59FIJI UPDATE 1/24/07: RFMF DETAINS CRITICS; UNIONS
[...] (C) Prominent lawyer Richard Naidu was brought to the army barracks and "given the usual third degree" last night. He will "lay low" for a while but plans to resume public comment. The interim Attorney General suggested that instead of bringing critics up to QEB, the military should let pol [...]
2007-01-23 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ CH
07SUVA61TONGA REMAINS FRACTURED FROM 11/16 RIOT
[...] (C) This telegram sketches factors that appear to have contributed to the riot of Nov. 16 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, an event that devastated the central business district (CBD) and has left deep scars on every Tongan's psyche. Certainly on Nov. 16, Tonga's political process was at center stage, wi [...]
2007-01-24 21:26:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID PHUM TN
07SUVA66TONGA AND THE FUTURE: RECONCILE; REFORM; AND
[...] (C) Two months after last November's riot, the Ambassador's Jan. 16-18 visit to Tonga found most everyone still licking their wounds. But many people realize they must look forward. A state of emergency may continue for several more months. The Tonga Defense Service (TDS) hopes to reduce it [...]
2007-01-25 18:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID PHUM ASEC CH TN
07SUVA67FIJI FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES ROAD MAPS, CHINA,
[...] (C) On Jan. 26, Fiji interim Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mataitoga described to us the interim government's plan for responding to concerns about post-coup human rights and about a road map back to democratic elections, issues bound to be raised by a Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Grou [...]
2007-01-25 20:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CVIS IQ FJ
07SUVA68FIJI UPDATE 1/26/07: BAINIMARAMA BACKS OFF
[...] (C) Fiji Interim PM Bainimarama backed off of his threats to retaliate against Australia and New Zealand for visa bans those countries have imposed on senior interim government officials. He said the interim government welcomes international trade and investment and will not interfere with l [...]
2007-01-25 21:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA72FIJI UPDATE, JANUARY 29, 2007: EPG MEETINGS START;
[...] (C) The Pacific Island Forum's Eminent Persons Group began its meetings in Fiji today. Interim PM Bainimarama called his meeting with the EPG useful, saying the group understands "there is no turning back." Bainimarama took another strong swipe at NGO activists, accusing them of poisoning [...]
2007-01-28 22:11:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA75FIJI POLICE FIGHT TO RETAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met with the Fiji Police Assistant Commissioner for Police Operations Samuela Matakibau January 23 to discuss the current state of the Fiji police and its relationship with the military-appointed interim government. Despite the military's assertions that the police and army ar [...]
2007-01-29 20:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL CASC MARR FJ
07SUVA80EMINENT PERSONS GROUP MEETING WITH FOREIGN MISSIONS IN
[...] (SBU) Representatives from many foreign missions resident in Fiji condemned the military takeover in a meeting with the Pacific Island Forum's Eminent Persons Group 1/31 and called for a rapid return of democracy. A notable exception was China, which hopes for a return of stability and contin [...]
2007-01-30 22:05:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR FJ CH EUN UK FR KS JA MY ID IN
07SUVA84FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1, 2007: EPG COMPLETES ITS
[...] (C) The EPG wrapped up its visit, but said little of substance in its closing press conference. The EPG will present a report to Forum Foreign Ministers in about two weeks. It called on the Forum to continue to engage with Fiji. In a welcome letter to the EPG Chairman, Bainimarama said th [...]
2007-01-31 22:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA89FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 5, 2007: RFMF LASHES BACK
[...] (C) Fiji's Methodist Church issued a strongly worded statement February 2 condemning the coup. It asked Bainimarama, the interim government, and President Iloilo to resign. The RFMF responded by barging into the church's headquarters (inside one of Suva's most well-known churches) and "int [...]
2007-02-04 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA92FIJI QUERIES ABOUT IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Deputy Commander Teleni on Feb. 6 asked the Ambassador via an intermediary whether the USG would approve deployment of a small number of RFMF officers to the headquarters detachment of MNFI in Iraq. Commodore and interim-Prime Minister Bainimarama h [...]
2007-02-05 18:15:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IQ FJ
07SUVA94FIJI UPDATE 2/7/07: SHUFFLING AMBS? CUTTING CIVIL
[...] (C) Replacement of some or all of Fiji's current ambassadors is in the works. A prospect for PermRep in New York is reluctant to accept the job because of Australia, New Zealand, U.S. visa-ban worries. Interim government efforts to cut civil-service costs continue, indicating severe fiscal-c [...]
2007-02-06 20:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA99FIJI UPDATE FRI. FEB. 9, 2007: STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) It has been two months since Fiji's coup, and the state of emergency has been extended another 30 days. The QE2 and several other cruise ships are making day stops in Suva. The military band plans a welcoming parade on Saturday. The Interim Attorney General has suggested the labor-union [...]
2007-02-08 18:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC FJ
07TAIPEI2408TAIWAN DEFENSE BUDGET MOVES ONE STEP FORWARD:
[...] (C) Summary. A Legislative Yuan (LY) joint committee has approved the 2008 defense budget and sent it to the full LY for action. The approved defense weapons systems include PAC-2 upgrades, PAC-3 missiles, P-3C aircraft, diesel submarines, and F-16 fighters, while reducing funds for Taiwan' [...]
2007-10-26 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP CH TW
07TAIPEI581LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON DEFENSE BUDGET,
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. During a March 13 meeting with Director Young, LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng solicited AIT's assistance with the ruling party to break a legislative logjam holding up passage of the 2007 Budget (including arms procurement appropriations),but was told in return that he and the K [...]
2007-03-14 10:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MASS MARR TW
07TAIPEI892 MA YING-JEOU OVER DINNER: HIS COURT CASE,
[...] (C) Summary. In a private dinner with the Director on April 18, KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou betrayed frustration over his corruption trial, but expressed confidence that he would be found innocent. He predicted that President Chen would continue pushing ethnic and other deep-Gre [...]
2007-04-23 08:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP PINR CH TW
07TAIPEI909KMT LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG: DEFENSE BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: KMT Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director on April 23 that the KMT will continue to block passage of the annual and defense budgets until the DPP relinquishes control of the Central Election Commission (CEC). The KMT is locked in a "life or death" struggle with [...]
2007-04-24 10:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP PINR CH TW
07TALLINN124MISSLE DEFENSE: ESTONIA READY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 10:03:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL RS EUN EN
07TALLINN165ESTONIA: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND
[...] (U) As requested Ref A, Post has designated Acting DCM Eric Johnson as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (C) As reported Ref B, Estonia agrees with the USG position on the Russian response to U.S. missile defense plans. We do not expect any wavering o [...]
2007-03-13 09:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU EN
07TALLINN247ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART III): FOREIGN AND
[...] (C) Summary. The new Estonian government's foreign and security policy priorities include strong relations with the U.S. and NATO, Afghanistan, better Estonia-Russia relations, and promoting democracy and stability in the region. The new government supports continued engagement in Iraq, but this is [...]
2007-04-17 13:52:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
07TALLINN277U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]
2007-04-26 15:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN278U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]
2007-04-26 15:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN281ESTONIA TO DECIDE LATER ON IRAQ MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 14:03:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER EN
07TALLINN327ESTONIA: IRAN-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 07:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR EN
07TALLINN372ESTONIA UNABLE TO MEET NATO,S ISAF REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 11:22:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS NATO AF EN
07TALLINN41ESTONIA: GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26
[...] (C) On January 20, Acting DCM and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on goals for Afghanistan at the January 26 informal Foreign Ministerial to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. Hilpus welcomed the information about the meeting, expressed regret that Foreign [...]
2007-01-22 13:32:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS
07TALLINN432UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan remains one of the Government of Estonia's (GOE) highest foreign policy priorities. The GOE has been increasing its direct development assistance to Afghanistan since 2006, to balance its military presence in the country. The presence of Estonia's first diplomat o [...]
2007-06-28 06:56:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR EUN EN
07TALLINN446ESTONIA: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-10 11:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE NATO EU EN
07TALLINN536ESTONIA'S REACTION TO NEW AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 11:48:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR NATO AF EN
07TALLINN547ESTONIA: NEW DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon for Mati Raidma, Member of Parliament (MP) and new Chairman of the National Defense Committee (NDC). The two discussed Parliament's upcoming votes to renew the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) mission mandates for Iraq, Afghanistan, [...]
2007-08-24 08:30:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS MARR EN
07TALLINN716SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 12:34:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ EN
07TALLINN802ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS MANDATES FOR IRAQ,
[...] (U) On December 19, the 101 member Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) voted to extend the mandate for the Estonian troop deployment in Iraq by 12 months (until December 31, 2008). 53 MPs voted in favor of the bill, which followed quickly on the heels of the December 18 UNSC vote to extend the ma [...]
2007-12-20 14:24:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MARR PGOV IZ AF KV BK EN
07TASHKENT1865LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...]
2007-10-26 10:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT2121AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76
[...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...]
2007-12-14 13:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN
07TASHKENT945POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 11:55:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU MARR MASS UZ
07TBILISI1172FURTHER DETAIL ON MOD PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
[...] (C) The Georgian Ministry of Defense has provided additional information about its priorities for spending the proposed GEL 442,100,000 (USD 261.6 million) increase in the defense budget reported reftel. The money will be spent by the MOD as follows: -- GEL 21.8 million (USD 13 million) on [...]
2007-05-18 13:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV EFIN GG
07TBILISI1293DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO-AFGHANISTAN: URGENT NEED
[...] (C) Per reftel request, on May 29, Poloff delivered demarche points to MFA America Desk Officer Irakli Machitidze. Machitidze said Georgia was committed to doing everything it can in the fight against Islamic fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as evidenced by its significant troop [...]
2007-06-01 13:08:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF GG PK
07TBILISI2476MILITARY LEADERS SAY THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT
[...] (C) On October 3, Embassy's Defense Attache spoke with senior, high ranking members of the Georgian Army leadership regarding their views on the political confrontation between former Minister of Defense Irakli Okruashvili and the Georgian Government led by President Saakashvili. These milit [...]
2007-10-04 11:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR GG
07TBILISI2789GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEZHUASHVILI ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on November 8, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said that the government has decided not to go for parliamentary approval of the full 15 day state of emergency if there are no incidents during the next two days, thereby letting it lapse. It will also sta [...]
2007-11-08 14:16:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR CFE GG
07TBILISI2813EUR DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting EUR DAS Matt Bryza conveyed to Georgian President Micheil Saakashvili the Secretary's firm message that the state of emergency in SIPDIS Georgia must be lifted and that all TV broadcasts, especially Imedi's, must be resumed if the GOG is to restore fait [...]
2007-11-14 14:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR GG RU
07TBILISI3031GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Control Officer for the National War College Proposed Field Studies course in Georgia will be Defense Attache Colonel Matthew Brand. (Telephone: 995-32-27-7229, Fax: 995-32-27-7100, e-mail: brandml@state.gov) TEFFT [...]
2007-12-05 13:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1258HONDURAS SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT
[...] (S) Embassy Honduras fully endorses the two FY08 funding proposals submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These two proposals are: (1) Operation Enduring Friendship (OEF),submitted by USSOUTHCOM; and (2) Operation [...]
2007-07-23 21:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1300HONDURAS SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED
[...] (S) In addition to the two proposals detailed in reftel, Embassy Honduras fully endorses the following FY08 funding proposal submitted in support of the Honduran Armed Forces under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): the Regional Aircraft Modernization Program (RAMP). [...]
2007-07-31 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMARR PTER HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1678SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]
2007-10-19 14:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA1820HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]
2007-11-26 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1828CHIEF OF DEFENSE ROMEO VASQUEZ VELASQUEZ TO STAY
[...] (U) Late on November 26 it was announced that General Romeo Vasquez Velazquez, who was appointed by President Maduro as Chief of Defense (CHOD) in 2004, would be staying on in this position for an additional three years, for a total of six years in the position. Vasquez was slated for retire [...]
2007-11-27 21:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1870BOTH LIBERAL AND NATIONALISTS WORRY PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week, representatives of both the opposition National Party (NP) and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's own Liberal Party have expressed concern with Zelaya's possible desires to extend his mandate. On a recent trip to the countryside, Zelaya was quoted as [...]
2007-12-06 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR KDEM VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA64PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 21:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IQ HO
07TEGUCIGALPA667DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]
2007-04-24 12:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA701 HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...]
2007-04-25 21:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
07TEGUCIGALPA703HONDURAS UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 12:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HO
07TELAVIV1343ISRAEL MFA AND MOD CONTACTS ON POSSIBLE SUMMER WAR
[...] (S) An MOD working-level official suggests that Hizballah in southern Lebanon is not seeking a fight with Israel this summer, but is intent on quietly rebuilding its capabilities, and reasserting itself south of the Litani River. The official does not rule out that Syria might try to provoke a war [...]
2007-05-07 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MCAP MARR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1558NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...]
2007-05-25 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL
07TELAVIV1732ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...]
2007-06-13 16:03:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS
07TELAVIV192ISRAELIS APPRECIATE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON
[...] (C) Pol Couns drew on reftel background to brief MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East (A/S equivalent) Yacov Hadas-Handelsman January 16. Hadas-Handelsman said Israel shared the U.S. interest in a unified, stable Iraq, adding that this was what the Arabs wanted as well. Hadas-Hand [...]
2007-01-17 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV IS IZ
07TELAVIV2082NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES
[...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...]
2007-07-06 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS
07TELAVIV2150ISRAELIS ACCEPT 750 EGYPTIAN BORDER GUARDS AT
[...] (C) DATT followed up with IDF Planning Division Chief MG Udi Dekel July 12 regarding Embassy Cairo reftel report that Israel had refused the deployment of additional Egyptian border guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Dekel told DATT that, as we have previously reported, Israel has no objecti [...]
2007-07-13 16:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EG IS
07TELAVIV2151ISRAELIS ACCEPT 750 EGYPTIAN BORDER GUARDS AT
[...] (C) DATT followed up with IDF Planning Division Chief MG Udi Dekel July 12 regarding Embassy Cairo reftel report that Israel had refused the deployment of additional Egyptian border guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Dekel told DATT that, as we have previously reported, Israel has no objecti [...]
2007-07-13 16:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EG IS
07TELAVIV2413KNESSET SPEAKER READY TO SUPPORT PEACE, EXPAND
[...] (C) On August 6, The Ambassador met with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik, who is scheduled to see the Secretary in Washington on August 13. The Ambassador told Itzik that the Secretary was pleased with her recent visit to Jerusalem, SIPDIS which focused on preparing for the international meeti [...]
2007-08-08 06:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ETRD KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2578ISRAELIS WAITING FOR EU WRITTEN REQUEST ON EU
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche requesting the GOI provide timely diplomatic accreditation for members of the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EU COPPS) with MOD Director General Buchris, MFA Director General Abramovitch, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Gal, and [...]
2007-08-24 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS KWBG IS EU
07TELAVIV2635U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY
[...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...]
2007-08-30 07:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2652U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD
[...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...]
2007-08-31 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP
07TELAVIV3443DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] On December 4, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Daniel Nevo, Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination and Water Issues at the MFA, who also has responsibility for the Iraq portfolio. Nevo was aware of the joint declaration but had no substantive comment. ********************* [...]
2007-12-04 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IS
07THEHAGUE1037NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT EXTENSION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Post received June 1 the diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 21 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Dutc [...]
2007-06-01 14:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
07THEHAGUE105NETHERLANDS: HARD DECISIONS ON DEFENSE BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD leadership is searching for ""creative ways"" to preserve some 2007 defense investment projects, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and CH-47 Chinook helicopter acquisition, and participation in NATO's C-17 Strategic Airlift Initiative. While Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) p [...]
2007-01-19 16:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE106NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE FOLLOW-ON
[...] (SBU) Following the transmission of The Hague 00094 (ref A) on the Dutch response to the GAERC demarche (ref B),post received the following information about Dutch intentions with regard to UNSCR 1737 and Iran from Andre van Wiggen, Deputy Director, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political [...]
2007-01-19 17:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE1144NETHERLANDS/SCO SUMMIT: REACHING OUT ON MANAS
[...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered ref A demarche June 13 to Thymen Kouwenaar, Deputy Head of Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Kouwenaar agreed that the Dutch could and should encourage President Karzai to attend the summit and make the case for Manas. He agreed that other steps sh [...]
2007-06-14 14:54:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1220NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs delivered the draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) text pertaining to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on June 20 to the MFA Legal Department. A/DCM discussed the draft agreement with MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on June 21. Geerts said t [...]
2007-06-25 08:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07THEHAGUE125NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH VIEWS LEADING UP TO
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL for the most part agrees with our NATO foreign and defense ministerial goals for Afghanistan. Dutch officials expressed both support and concern regarding the USG-proposed "Comprehensive Approach," and hoped we will continue to balance kinetic and development operations. [...]
2007-01-24 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE1334NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE PRIORITIZES EXPEDITIONARY
[...] (C) Summary: In response to a request from the Dutch Parliament, Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop sent a letter explaining defense priorities leading up to the presentation of the 2007 defense budget in September 2008. Van Middelkoop noted that not all defense priorities (notably the Jo [...]
2007-07-12 12:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE1335NETHERLANDS: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] (S) Per reftel, Office of Defense Cooperation officer delivered the host nation notification regarding USAFE reorganization and manpower reduction in the Netherlands to MOD America's Desk Officer LTC Chris Parthesius on July 11. Parthesius appreciated the notification, but offered no substanti [...]
2007-07-12 14:14:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO NL
07THEHAGUE1418NETHERLANDS EXPECT TO LOWER DEPLOYMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: While plans are not yet set, and Parliament must then approve, the Dutch indicated their deployment in Afghanistan will probably be extended but at a reduced level. End Summary 2. (C) Background: On July 12 the six Dutch ministers responsible for deciding on future deployment g [...]
2007-07-27 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PGOV PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE1447NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...]
2007-08-03 13:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS
07THEHAGUE1643NETHERLANDS: NOMINATIONS FOR USNATO/USEU POL-MIL
[...] Post nominates the following officers for the September 19-21 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil workshop: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political-Military Officer Date of Birth: 6/16/73 Security Clearance: TS/SCI Telephone: 31-70-310-2346 Fax: 31-70-310-2348 Unclass E-mail: GrubbJB@state.gov SIPDIS Ar [...]
2007-09-06 14:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT MARR NATO PREL NL
07THEHAGUE185NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PDASD LONG'S JANUARY 25
[...] (C) Summary: During her January 25 visit to The Hague, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long commended Dutch efforts in their deployment to Uruzgan province in Afghanistan. She stressed the importance of a "comprehensive approach" in [...]
2007-02-01 11:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE1990RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...]
2007-11-15 12:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
07THEHAGUE205NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: LABOR PARTY VIEWS ON DEFENSE AS COALITION TALK...
[...] Summary: (C) Labor Party (PvdA) Defense Spokesman Frans Timmermans offered his party's views on the Joint Strike Fighter and Afghanistan within the context of on-going government coalition formation talks. He said that the Labor Party will practically concede defeat in its opposition to JSF, relyin [...]
2007-02-02 15:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE330NETHERLANDS: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Post delivered reftel points to MFA working level contacts on February 22; we will engage at higher levels as soon as possible, but this may take several days as the new government was sworn in today. In the meantime, the initial response from the MFA working level suggests the D [...]
2007-02-22 16:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR PL PREL RS NL
07THEHAGUE471NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH CHOD CLARIFIES
[...] (S) Dutch CHOD General Dick Berlijn clarified to Ambassador Arnall on March 15 comments he made in an interview with the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (ref). According to Gen. Berlijn, he did not say anything new or different than the official Dutch government position regarding its two yea [...]
2007-03-16 10:35:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE488NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON AUSTRALIAN
[...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Wim Geerts described on-going discussions with the Australian Government on sending additional Australian special forces to Uruzgan province as "no controversy." He expected the Dutch and Australians to resolve the issue of placing the new [...]
2007-03-19 16:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF AS NL
07THEHAGUE497YOUR VISIT TO THE NETHERLAND...
[...] (SBU) My staff and I are happy to welcome you back to The Netherlands March 22-23. You will be the most senior Department of State visitor here since the formation of the new, center-left coalition government (Balkenende IV). While the coalition has survived its first major political test by w [...]
2007-03-20 14:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KISL NL
07THEHAGUE63NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE BUDGET WOES -- PRICE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The cost of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan and probems related to the Dutch Ministry of Defense reoganization -- coupled with negotiations on defene issues during coalition formation talks of the nw Dutch government -- could jeopardize several key projects for the 2007 defense bud [...]
2007-01-12 17:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE655NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: NEW DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop stressed the importance of success in Afghanistan. He repeated official policy regarding the Dutch two-year commitment in Uruzgan province, and anticipated a fierce debate this summer w [...]
2007-04-10 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE714NETHERLANDS/JSF/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE ON JSF;
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador Arnall since the formation of the new government, State Secretary for Defense Cees van der Knaap acknowledged the GONL will make a decision on extending in Afghanistan by the end of the summer -- but his instincts tell him the Dutch will remain in U [...]
2007-04-17 13:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE789NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COALITION
[...] (C) The Dutch are not currently contributing troops to the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The Dutch military mission to Iraq ended in March 2005. The 1,100-strong military mission was part of the Iraq Stabilization Force (SFIR) and was stationed in the province of Al-Muthanna. Dutch i [...]
2007-04-27 12:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NL
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
07TIRANA1064ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE
[...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs),some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...]
2007-12-18 15:52:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL
07TIRANA989ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY
[...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...]
2007-11-14 16:05:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO AL
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
07TOKYO1100LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. 3. Pl [...]
2007-03-14 02:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL
07TOKYO1116AVM MORIYA BLAMES DEFMIN KYUMA FOR UNDERMINING
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya accused Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma of derailing negotiations with the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) on implementation of the May 1, 2006 Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) agreement during an infor [...]
2007-03-14 11:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1153AVM MORIYA BLAMES DEFMIN KYUMA FOR UNDERMINING DPRI IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 22:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1182PM HOWARD VISIT DEEPENS JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 11-14 visit to Japan, Australian Prime Minister Howard focused on strengthening security ties, signing a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation with Prime Minister Abe that makes his country "Japan's closest defense partner aside from the U.S.," according to MOF [...]
2007-03-16 10:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1211DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]
2007-03-19 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG
07TOKYO1274MOD DENIES REQUEST FOR BRIEF ON U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY
[...] (C) The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted "senior Ministry of Defense" officials in its March 20 evening edition about a plan to request a briefing from the USG on how the U.S. nuclear umbrella would be utilized in an attack on Japan. The article claimed that the briefing was part of ongoing efforts to u [...]
2007-03-22 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1341SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT: FRAMING THE DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary: Maintaining sufficient levels of Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) during upcoming discussions on a new Special Measures Agreement will require a sustained, high-level political message about Japan's alliance responsibilities. There is a growing perception among Japanese officia [...]
2007-03-27 06:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1353CJCS GENERAL PACE MEETING WITH FM ASO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Aso on March 21, emphasized the importance of the alliance realignment agreement, the value of Japan's continued contributions to Iraq and Indian Ocean operations, and explained he will visit C [...]
2007-03-28 05:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR JA
07TOKYO1356REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-03-28 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO151JAPAN WELCOMES NEW U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Based on reftel talking points, the Charge provided a detailed explanation of the new U.S. policy towards Iraq on January 12 to newly named Deputy Vice Foreign Ministry Chikao Kawai. The Charge thanked Kawai for the positive expressions of support for the new initiative by Prime Minister [...]
2007-01-12 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1534REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-04-09 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1647FMR DEFMIN NUKAGA ON SUMMIT, DPRI IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary: The April 27 Summit meeting will be a critical opportunity to dispel public concerns over the health of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, according to former Defense Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweight Fukushiro Nukaga. Nukaga told the Ambassador on April 10 that the f [...]
2007-04-13 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO1679PM ABE ASSURES PACOM OF FULL SUPPORT FOR SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary. During an April 12 meeting, Prime Minister Abe assured Commander of the US Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, that he regards the US-Japan Alliance as critical to Japan's security. Abe stated that in view of China's rapid military build-up and the threat posed by North Ko [...]
2007-04-17 23:01:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL POL PGOV MARR CH 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
07TOKYO1712ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL MEETS MOD DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the United States and Japan are looking forward to the Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF) meeting to be held April 12 between Japan, Australia, and the United States, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull agreed with MOD Director [...]
2007-04-18 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1713AA/S MULL MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR NORTH AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: Missile defense cooperation, radar and PAC-3 implementation, and the May 2006 Alliance Transformation Roadmap have strengthened our robust security partnership and it is important to keep marching forward, MOFA North American Affairs Director-General Shinichi Nishimiya told Actin [...]
2007-04-18 08:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1744ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]
2007-04-19 22:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO1767(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL
[...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]
2007-04-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1793COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]
2007-04-23 09:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA
07TOKYO1854SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]
2007-04-25 09:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1872REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-04-26 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1895MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...]
2007-04-27 02:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA
07TOKYO1912REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-04-27 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1918ABE'S REPORT CARD: UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe has had a string of legislative and policy successes on alliance issues -- including realignment, BMD data-sharing, and extensions of Japan's maritime support for Operation Enduring Freedom in the Indian Ocean and for coalition forces in Iraq. Complaints about [...]
2007-04-30 22:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA MARR PREL
07TOKYO1932REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-05-01 03:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR 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
07TOKYO2052REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-05-08 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO2185JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]
2007-05-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO2259JAPAN STUDYING TLSA, WILL RESPOND WITHIN TWO WEEKS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 18 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto explained that Japan will need at least one week before it can make a substantive comment. 2. (SBU) MOFA POCs for the TLSA are [...]
2007-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR KPKO JA
07TOKYO2282PACOM COMMANDER KEATING AND DEFMIN KYUMA DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Kyuma May 15 that his efforts to engage China's military leaders will not come at the expense of a strong U.S.-Japan alliance. Stopping in Tokyo on his return from Beijing, Keating said Chinese officials claimed their [...]
2007-05-22 05:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL CH TW KS JA
07TOKYO2359THE U.S. BASE REALIGNMENT BILL: WHAT IT IS AND
[...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Upper House of the Diet passed legislation to support U.S. base realignment under the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI). The legislation designates certain local governments as "special municipalities connected with U.S. force realignment," and will provide s [...]
2007-05-28 22:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR JA PARM PGOV
07TOKYO2481VFM YACHI REVIEWS SUMMIT, BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) The Japanese were very happy with April's summit between President Bush and Prime Minster Abe, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told the Ambassador June 1, and PM Abe would welcome a stopover in Tokyo by President Bush en route to the APEC summit in Sydney. Abe would also welcome a p [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAGR PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PINR ETRD
07TOKYO2508THE US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA CIVIL-MILITARY DISASTER ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS ATTAIN THEIR OBJECTIVES--CAN WE PUSH FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Embassy/Tokyo co-hosted with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) the third U.S.-Japan-Australia Civil-Military Disaster Assistance Workshop on May 30-31, 2007. The first day of the workshop focused on [...]
2007-06-05 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID JA MARR PREL PRM TPHY AORC
07TOKYO2665JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...]
2007-06-13 08:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA
07TOKYO2668DASD CLAD TALKS INDIA WITH JAPANESE OFFICALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 DASD for South and Southeast Asia James Clad met Ministry of Defense and MOFA officials to discuss Japan's emerging defense and security cooperation with India. Following the recent Japan-India Defense Ministerial as well as U.S./Japan/India naval training exercis [...]
2007-06-13 22:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA MARR PINR
07TOKYO2719AMBASSADOR LOFTIS DISCUSSES SMA WITH DIET MEMBERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor on Security Negotiations and Agreements, met with Diet Members, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Finance (MOF) and DFAA to outline the U.S. Government desire for a three-year extension of the Special M [...]
2007-06-15 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2895INFORMATION SECURITY: AN ALLIANCE PRIORITY
[...] (S) Summary: In tandem with the deepening of our bilateral alliance, the amount of information -- diplomatic, technical, intelligence, and operational -- provided to Japan has necessarily expanded exponentially over the past decade. Our ability to maintain momentum on information sharing, howe [...]
2007-06-26 09:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2948CNO MULLEN SPEAKS WITH FM ASO AND DEFMIN KYUMA
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On June 18, 2007 Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen met with Foreign Minister Aso, Defense Minister Kyuma, and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Admiral Mullen expressed appreciation for the close working relationship between the Japanese [...]
2007-06-28 22:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA MARR PINR SENV
07TOKYO3028JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON AEGIS
[...] (S) In a July 2 update for the Ambassador on the status of the GOJ's investigation into the AEGIS leak, Vice Admiral Kato said the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) found no evidence that the Chinese national spouse of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) seaman involved in the ca [...]
2007-07-03 07:50:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3039ADM WILLARD MEETS WITH MOD AND MOFA
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 27, 2007 introductory visit Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, met with Defense Minister Kyuma, MOD Administrative Vice Minister Moriya, and MOFA Administrative Vice Minister Yachi. Admiral Willard noted his appreciation for the strong Navy [...]
2007-07-04 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3076PDASD SHINN ENGAGES JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS ON INFO
[...] (C) Summary: PDASD Jim Shinn engaged Japanese counterparts June 29 on the need to enhance the protection of sensitive information in the wake of the recent unauthorized Aegis data disclosure, extend the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and consider a role in Afghan operations. Senior [...]
2007-07-05 22:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3087NEW DEFENSE MINISTER FACES TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's new Defense Minister, Yuriko Koike, will face an uphill battle to establish her policy and managerial credentials. Koike acknowledges that she was chosen primarily to help boost the ruling party's prospects in the July 29 Upper House election and, as such, will be subject [...]
2007-07-06 03:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO3184AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 11 introductory call with Ambassador Schieffer, Defense Minister Yuriko Koike listed information protection, alliance transformation, and the selection of a new fighter (FX) as her three major priorities. Koike said that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) is working in p [...]
2007-07-12 06:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3198DCM'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF CABINET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 23:09:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR ETRD KNNP PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO3222DCM RAISES BIATF PARITICIPATION WITH ASSISTANT
[...] (S) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Assistant Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa, the DCM emphasized that all Japanese agencies involved in counter-intelligence should participate in bilateral efforts to enhance Japan's information assurance structure. Yanagisawa said that Japan is com [...]
2007-07-13 07:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3336AEGIS UPDATE: JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTER AND VICE
[...] (S) In a July 19 update for the Ambassador on the Aegis leak investigations, Vice Chief of Staff of the MSDF Vice Admiral Kato stated that Kanagawa Prefecture Police and the MSDF planned to indict the MSDF seaman who had copied AEGIS information onto his personal computer by mid-August before [...]
2007-07-20 07:30:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3346DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to SIPDIS agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the [...]
2007-07-20 08:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3398REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-07-25 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO3517AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CABINET
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa reported to Ambassador Schieffer July 31 that the Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) Terms of Reference (TOR) had been coordinated inter-agency and approved by the Japanese Government. Referring to the Aegis cas [...]
2007-08-01 22:54:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PINR PREL
07TOKYO354DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S
[...] (C) Acting DCM Meserve met separately on January 25, 2007 with Hisao Inoue, Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister, and with Chikao Kawai, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister. Meserve conveyed to both the points contained in reftel regarding remarks critical of U.S. policy made on January 24 by [...]
2007-01-25 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL 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
07TOKYO3679DEFENSE MINISTER KOIKE COMMENTS ON ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, meeting with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert on August 6, said that opposition control of the Diet's Upper House would generate some "turmoil," particularly true with respect to the renewal of the antiterrorism legislation autho [...]
2007-08-10 06:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR ENRG JA CH
07TOKYO3682AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...]
2007-08-10 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR
07TOKYO3690TERMS OF REFERENCE SETS MILESTONES FOR FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) approved on August 3 a Terms of Reference (TOR) and set of ambitious Milestones aimed at strengthening Japan's ability to protect classified information. The Japanese delegation was co-chaired by the Ministry of Defe [...]
2007-08-11 00:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV JA MARR PINR PREL
07TOKYO4040GERMAN CHANCELLOR WARNS OZAWA NOT TO CEASE OEF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 06:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR GM JA
07TOKYO4043UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS TERMS OF DIET DEBATE ON OEF
[...] (C) Summary: The terms of debate in the upcoming Diet review of the Anti-Terror Special Measures Law that governs Japan's contribution to the OEF Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) are still unclear. Direct negotiations between the ruling LDP coalition and opposition Democratic Party of Ja [...]
2007-08-30 07:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4101THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the elimination of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA). Under the reorganization much of DFAA's functions will be folded into MOD's Internal Bureau. Final allocation of workload and portf [...]
2007-09-05 02:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4467GOJ CONCERNED OVER OEF REFUELING ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD Administrative Vice Minister Kohei Masuda called in DCM September 26 to express the GOJ's concerns over several press reports, attributed to U.S. sources, that assert that Japanese fuel provided for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) has been used by the U.S. Navy for ot [...]
2007-09-26 10:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4551REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-09-28 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO4596PM/SNA AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S MEETINGS ON SMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 25 visit by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials rejected the U.S. proposal for a three-year roll-over of the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) governing USD 1.1 bill [...]
2007-10-02 00:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
07TOKYO4636JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YACHI ON POSSIBLE OEF
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo and the US are working to provide Japan with the most accurate and up-to-date information on press speculation that Japanese oil contributions for Operation Enduring Freedom were used by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq, the Charge told MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Sho [...]
2007-10-02 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4674JAPAN PREPARING NEW OEF LEGISLATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing the text of a new Anti-Terror Special Measures Law to authorize the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue providing fuel to coalition forces engaged in OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau D [...]
2007-10-05 02:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4675VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DATA ON OEF MIO
[...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Minoru Terada urged the U.S. to provide detailed data on OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) by October 5 so that the Japanese government can respond to expected opposition questions during Diet Budget Committee deliberations set to begin on October 9. Durin [...]
2007-10-05 02:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4702U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION
[...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...]
2007-10-05 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO4801BILATERAL INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE ADVANCES
[...] (C) The DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and the Tokyo-based Implementation Group (IG) have made steady progress on implementing milestones agreed upon bilaterally on August 3. The BISTF process is divided into three broad phases. The first aims to enhan [...]
2007-10-15 00:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO4926AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER ON OEF, ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that his top priority is to increase public support for extending the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) refueling operation in the Indian Ocean during a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18. Ishiba said that extending the MSDF miss [...]
2007-10-22 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
07TOKYO4993AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT SMA POSITION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Action request contained in Para 6 2. (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, the Ambassador rejected Japan's proposal to make sharp cuts in the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) covering 1.15 billion in Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) for U.S. [...]
2007-10-25 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5002SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) met October 9 and 10 with senior Japanese Diet members. Senator Inouye told his interlocutors the U.S. Senate is working to pass a resolution to form a U.S.-Japan interparliamentary forum, which would be the official means of communication between [...]
2007-10-26 00:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OREP MARR JA
07TOKYO5024PILOTS CONVEY CONCERNS ABOUT JALWAYS-DOD JET INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On October 26, Econoff met with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Union (JFAU) Chairman Hiroya Yamaguchi to receive a letter to the Ambassador conveying the union's concerns about an August 8 incident involving a U.S. military jet and a JALways commercial airliner near Guam. Yam [...]
2007-10-28 22:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECOM MARR JA
07TOKYO5074USMARFORPAC COMMANDER GOODMAN AND MOFA SHARE DPRI
[...] (C) The maturing U.S.-Japan security alliance is critical to peace and stability in the region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) senior officials told Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Ambassador during October 30 office calls. MOFA V [...]
2007-11-01 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH KN
07TOKYO5134GOVERNOR FEELING PRESSURE ON FUTENMA MOVE
[...] (C) Consul General Maher was in Kanucha, the resort development directly across the bay from the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) site at Camp Schwab, November 1 and 2 to attend an ""Okinawa Kariyushi Wear Fashion"" promotion co-chaired by former Defense Minister Yuriko KOIKE. He took the [...]
2007-11-07 05:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV
07TOKYO5235MINISTRY OF FINANCE OBJECTS TO SMA OFFER
[...] (C) The Japanese government was surprised by the contents of a November 13 proposal from Deputy Secretary of Defense Minister England to Japanese Ambassador Kato to extend for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) two years, according to MOFA Security Treaty Division Director Kazuhiro Suzuki. S [...]
2007-11-14 10:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5306ACHIEVING AGREEMENT ON SMA
[...] (U) Action Request contained in para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Japanese officials are prepared to resume Host Nation Support (HNS) negotiations along the lines of the October 24 discussion between the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura (Ref A). Japanese negotiators have told the Emb [...]
2007-11-20 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5377JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...]
2007-11-29 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA
07TOKYO5441REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training. Post has no der [...]
2007-12-04 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO5475AMBASSADOR URGES DEFENSE MINISTER TO FINALIZE HNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the rapid conclusion of a new Host Nation Support (HNS) agreement during a December 5 meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The Ambassador noted that ambiguities in past understandings on HNS, and unilateral efforts by Japan to reduce its financial co [...]
2007-12-06 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5571HOST NATION SUPPORT: DETAILS ON SUBSTANTIVE
[...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Country Team has reached a substantive agreement with Japan for a new three-year Special Measures Agreement (SMA) for Host Nation Support to U.S. Forces in Japan. The new SMA includes a cosmetic reduction in Utilities Cost Sharing (UC [...]
2007-12-14 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR JA
07TOKYO5599DEFENSE REFORM: PROBLEM UNDERSTOOD, SOLUTION NOT
[...] (SBU) A Kantei-led panel on Ministry of Defense (MOD) reform held its first expert meeting on December 3. The panel, set up in response to bribery scandals involving former Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Takemasa Moriya and defense trader Yamada Corporation executive Motonobu Miyazak [...]
2007-12-18 08:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO5680IWAKUNI MAYOR RESIGNS, SEEKS NEW MANDATE
[...] (C) Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, a vocal opponent of the planned relocation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, tendered his resignation December 26 following a dispute with the city council over funding for a new city [...]
2007-12-28 07:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO602PROGRESS ON BILL TO FUND MARINES MOVE TO GUAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislation to fund the transfer of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam will be submitted to the Diet for approval as early as the week of February 12, MOD Deputy Director-General Kanazawa told Embassy on February 5. He praised the recent Ambassador Schieffer-led visit of senior [...]
2007-02-09 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
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
07TOKYO979(U) DEFENSE POLICY REVIEW INITIATIVE FOUR
[...] (C) Summary. In a Defense Policy Review Initiative Roadmap for Realignment Implementation Oversight meeting on February 13, the Four Principals: (1) confirmed steady progress in most areas of realignment implementation; (2) identified differences related to Camp Foster returns as part of the [...]
2007-03-07 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
07TUNIS1061SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 11:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS KTIA PTER TS
07TUNIS142REVISED TUNISIA SOFA NOTE
[...] (C) On January 23, Ambassador discussed reftel's revised Status of Forces Agreement text with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah, who led the bilateral interagency SOFA discussions in 2005 as MFA Director General for Asia and the Americas, said that he did not know who would be coordina [...]
2007-01-31 07:47:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TS
07TUNIS29AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's December 15 courtesy call on Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, Morjane highlighted the strong bilateral relations between Tunisia and the United States. Morjane noted the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on US goals in the region, but stressed tha [...]
2007-01-04 16:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PINR KPAL TS
07TUNIS573VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]
2007-05-09 10:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS574VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...]
2007-05-09 10:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS605BLUE LANTERN CHECK: TUNISIAN MOD LICENSES
[...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. As instructed in reftel, on May 15 PolMilOff conducted a post-shipment end-use check on applications 05-998131 and 05-991008 for the export of F-5 aircraft spares to the Tunisian Ministry of National Defense (MND). PolMilOff met [...]
2007-05-16 10:00:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MARR TS
07TUNIS615SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]
2007-05-17 13:25:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNOTRA PREL MARR TS
07TUNIS619FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...]
2007-05-18 12:54:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS78722ND JMC FOCUSES ON COUNTERTERRORISM NEEDS, AFRICOM
[...] (S) During the May 22-23 US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission meetings in Tunis, participants reiterated the importance of the two countries' strategic partnership and strong bilateral mil-to-mil relationship and sought ways to advance cooperation. The Tunisian co-chair, Minister of National [...]
2007-06-19 13:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETMARR PGOV PREL MASS TS
07TUNIS889TUNISIAN MILITARY'S URGENT NEED FOR US SUPPORT
[...] (S) In May, I conveyed the disappointment of the Tunis Country Team with the proposed cuts in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funding for Tunisia in Fiscal Year 2008 (Ref C). Tunisia is facing an unprecedented regional terrorist threat, particularly from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM [...]
2007-07-05 15:06:00Embassy TunisSECRETMASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07ULAANBAATAR112Third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States State Department held the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI) on January 29 at Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen [...]
2007-02-21 07:34:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD MASS MARR PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR150AMBASSADOR MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Enkhbold on March 6 to follow up on the phone call the previous evening between President Bush and President Enkhbayar, and to state our hope that we will receive an early and positive response on our request that Mongolia send an 8th rot [...]
2007-03-06 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL MASS IZ MG PL
07ULAANBAATAR156MONGOLIAN ARMED FORCES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 8TH
[...] (S) On March 7, DATT was told by a tired-looking Chief of General Staff LTG Togoo that he would meet with senior government officials in late afternoon regarding the issue of an 8th rotation of 100 troops to Iraq. Togoo said he would need to meet with DATT after that meeting (note: most likel [...]
2007-03-07 08:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR169SENIOR LEADERS ENDORSE 3-MONTH EXTENSION OF TROOPS
[...] (S) On March 13, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar told Ambassador and ADCM that the National SIPDIS Security Council (the President, Speaker, and Prime Minister) had met on Friday, March 9, and recommended that the government decide to extend for three months Mongolia's 7 [...]
2007-03-13 06:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR173MONGOLIA EXTENDS CURRENT TROOP ROTATION IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 08:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR207THANKS FOR ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ VISIT OF MONGOLIAN
[...] I want to express my personal thanks to the U.S. military and State Department personnel who assisted in the March 27-28 visit to Iraq of Mongolian Defense Minister Sonompil to meet with Mongolian troops and make a personal assessment of the conditions in Iraq. I met with the Minister on Apri [...]
2007-04-06 08:22:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR220Mongolian President's Letter to POTUS Discusses Iraq, MCC
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with the copy of a letter from President Enkhbayar to President Bush. MFA stated that, while the letter is dated March 30, it was delivered by the Mongolian Embassy in Washington on April 11. The letter was released to the Mongolian press [...]
2007-04-12 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR EAID MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR266Action Request: GOM Proposes October for Visit of President
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar called in the Charge on May 7 to propose dates for President Enkhbayar's trip to the United States. Tsogtbaatar stated that any time during the month of October could be made to wor [...]
2007-05-08 02:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP EAID MARR KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR275PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SAYS NEW IRAQ
[...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on other matters, Charge asked Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar about the status of Mongolia's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to provide force protection for Polish troops at Camp Echo. Tsogtbaatar replied that he knew that the deadline [...]
2007-05-10 07:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR310Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June
[...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...]
2007-05-29 06:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR325PRESIDENT SAYS DECISION TO BE MADE "SOON" ON
[...] (C) During a June 6 one-hour call on President Enkhbayar, the Ambassador noted that there had been great satisfaction during his recent consultations in Washington on the state of bilateral security cooperation. In particular, at the National Security Council, at the State Department, and at [...]
2007-06-06 07:42:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR327MCC Issues Briefer for Assistant Secretary Hill's June
[...] (SBU) The following draft bullets and talking points are provided in preparation for Assistant Secretary Hill's planned visit to Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Background: -- After three years of false starts and sometimes emotional give-and-take with MCC, there is very strong optimism that a Compact [...]
2007-06-12 00:09:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR335Trade and Economic Issues Briefing for Assistant Secretary
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's economy grew 8% in 2006 (yielding GDP of US$2.7 billion) and is projected to reach 7.5% in 2007. Mining (copper, coal and gold),cashmere, tourism, and small retail trade were the primary economic drivers, coupled with high world commodity prices. Mining prospects im [...]
2007-06-12 23:31:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR339DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IRAQ ROTATION DECISION TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 12 call on Defense Minister Sonompil, the Ambassador emphasized that there is great interest in Washington in Mongolia's formal approval of the 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Minister of Defense Sonompil responded that the Mongolian National Security Council (NS [...]
2007-06-13 08:22:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL CH RU
07ULAANBAATAR346Mongolia Confirms Entry Into Force of 1996 Bilateral
[...] The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an original note in Mongolia. A translation of the text is provided in paragraph two, and is based on the informal translation provided by MFA. The Mongolian text of the original and the English translation [...]
2007-06-15 04:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDMARR KTIA PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR349A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...]
2007-06-18 04:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR355DECISION ON 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ DELAYED BY
[...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Tsogtbaatar told E/P Chief that the GOM's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq has been delayed because of the June 14 parliamentary vote to dismiss Ts. Nyamdorj as Speaker. He noted that, because of the dismi [...]
2007-06-19 08:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV PINR MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR367Editorial Urges End to Mongolian Support in Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL OPRC KMDR MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR375NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS
[...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...]
2007-06-25 08:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR382Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq
[...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]
2007-06-27 08:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR437US DELEGATION THANKS MONGOLIA FOR ITS CONTINUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 22-24 visit to Mongolia, NEA DAS Ambassador Lawrence Butler and Peter McVety, Office of the Secretary of Defense,s Director of Coalition Affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan, met July 23 with senior government officials including the President, Foreign Minister, Chief [...]
2007-07-27 08:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID MG IQ
07ULAANBAATAR459MONGOLIAN GOVT SEEKS UPDATES ON PENDING BILATERAL
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See actionS requested in para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian Foreign Ministry Americas Deputy Director General Mounkhou invited the DCM to the Ministry on August 8 to requestupdates on several pending bilateral agreements ahead of President Enkhbayar's anticipa [...]
2007-08-09 08:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV MARR MG
07ULAANBAATAR56MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...]
2007-02-01 06:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETMARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR654MONGOLIAN MEDIA FOCUSES ON PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22-29 U.S. visit by President Enkhbayar and the Presidential Summit meeting resulted in extensive local press coverage. The $188 million rail component of the $285 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact gained considerable coverage, and the broader [...]
2007-11-21 02:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV MARR CVIS OEXC OIIP OPRC
07ULAANBAATAR681SURVEY OF MONGOLIA'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has assessed requirements that the Mongolian Government (GOM) would have to meet in order to deploy troops to Iraq, in various scenarios. Mongolia could not legally participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) under any of the four scenarios set forth in reftel. [...]
2007-12-07 09:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IR MG
07ULAANBAATAR703MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
[...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]
2007-12-20 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]
2007-12-27 00:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR83COALITION GOVERNMENT GETS A BIT WOBBLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament's February 6 vote to sack Minister for Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan (septel) was the latest sign of turmoil for the year-old "Government of National Unity," which has begun to wobble considerably since the start of 2007. Public and private criticism of the govern [...]
2007-02-07 09:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MARR EMIN MG
07USEUBRUSSELS2984DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 13:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3511U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary. The EU Police Mission in Afghanistan is deeply interested in working closely with the U.S. The EUPOL mission was delayed in its deployment by internal procurement difficulties, but these have been resolved and vehicles and equipment should be delivered by January. The EUPOL mis [...]
2007-12-14 16:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN AF
07USNATO103EAPC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 14
[...] (SBU) The U.S. and UK responded forcefully to Serbian and Russian objections to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's formula for Kosovo's final status at the February 14 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) session. Ambassadors discussed the outcomes of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium [...]
2007-02-16 13:24:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
07USNATO113UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...]
2007-02-23 12:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO REL PTER QA XF
07USNATO117QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...]
2007-02-23 19:24:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07USNATO121RFG: SOURCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. When agreeing the establishment of the NATO Office of Resources (NOR),the NAC tasked the Senior Resource Board (SRB) to review the source of the Infrastructure Committee (IC) chairman. Mission recommends agreement to a national chair, in lieu of the cur [...]
2007-02-26 13:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO123USNATO WELCOME FOR MODERN INSURGENCY TEAM FEBRUARY
[...] USNATO, in conjunction with USEU welcomes the visit of the Modern Insurgency Team February 27-March 2, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The USNATO control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work:(32-2) 724-3136, fax:(32-2) 724-3421. He can [...]
2007-02-26 15:54:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR OTRA PREL NATO PINS BEXP GM
07USNATO131QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...]
2007-03-01 18:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR QA XF
07USNATO139NATO-QATAR TALKS FAIL, ALLIES PACKING BAGS TO LEAVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 17:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS QA
07USNATO146ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 17:49:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO161USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 14:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS
07USNATO165AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...]
2007-03-14 11:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK
07USNATO170IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...]
2007-03-15 15:54:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ
07USNATO172NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO181NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, 2007, Ms. Laura Gross, Director, Counterproliferation Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discussed Streng [...]
2007-03-20 15:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO187DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
[...] (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands prefers [...]
2007-03-22 14:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
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
07USNATO19EAPC PLAYS A FULL HOUSE: FIRST MEETING AT 49 ON
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Nuland provided the January 10 Ambassadorial Session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) with a meaty preview of President Bush,s address on the way forward on Iraq, based on an oral briefing provided by the NSC. EAPC Ambassadors welcomed the gesture to bring real [...]
2007-01-16 12:53:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
07USNATO199U/S BURNS URGES NATO UNITY ON NO TRADES FOR
[...] (C) Anticipating reftel, U/S Nick Burns raised top line points on the need for NATO unity against trading for hostages during the NAC/Reinforced on March 27. Canada, Norway and the UK joined him. 2. (C) Following bilateral consultations in Rome on March 29, Ambassador Nuland will pursue t [...]
2007-03-27 16:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR
07USNATO247RFG: ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY AND CIVIL
[...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB) and Advisory Group of Financial Counsellors (AGFC) will jointly meet in Brussels on April 20 to elect a new national dual-hatted chair of the Military Budget Committee (MBC) and Civil Budget Committee (CBC),agenda at Ref A. Four nations have candidates run [...]
2007-04-13 14:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO250RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD APRIL 19 & 20 PLENARY
[...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on April 19 and 20, will consider the International Staff (IS) draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan and endorsement of the capability package (CP) for logistics information system services. The Board will hear status repo [...]
2007-04-16 11:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO252NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...]
2007-04-17 09:55:00Mission USNATOSECRETMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO259U.S. NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH
[...] The following is the text of the non-paper provided to Russia on April 17 in Moscow. It was distributed to Allies during meetings on April 19. It was not distributed to partners, other than Russia. Begin text: NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA The United States is [...]
2007-04-20 14:24:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF MOPS NATO MARR
07USNATO263ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19, Senior U.S. Defense and State, officials briefed the North Atlantic Council on U.S. plans to counter the threat to Europe and North America posed by the Iranian and DPRK missile programs. The briefers emphasized our willingness to be transparent with Allies, make our [...]
2007-04-23 16:47:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO
07USNATO272REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on April 19 and 20, elected a new chairman of the Board and agreed on plans of action for a variety of NATO programs. The following topics were considered and discussed: logistics information system Capability Package (CP),the Afghanistan [...]
2007-04-27 05:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO274USNATO RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MOD NATO PERSPECTIVES
[...] (C) We appreciated receiving reftel and congratulate Embassy Tel Aviv and EUCOM for engaging with the MOD on the subject of Israel's cooperation with NATO. That engagement showed that there is apparently some confusion amongst GOI officials about the nature of its relationship with NATO. We [...]
2007-04-27 13:48:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL IS
07USNATO302SPAIN RAISES OEF-ISAF COORDINATION WITH ANTO
[...] (S) Spanish PermRep Benavides, on instructions, raised with PermReps coordination between Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in connection with recent military operations in western Afghanistan. Emphasizing the impact that collateral damage h [...]
2007-05-14 10:01:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO308COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 14 meetings at NATO HQ with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO Permanent Representatives, Counselor Cohen discussed NATO's role in Afghanistan, as well as general challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to address them in an integrat [...]
2007-05-16 16:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USNATO315ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...]
2007-05-18 15:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK
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
07USNATO320NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]
2007-05-21 16:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO321NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]
2007-05-22 08:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO324A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]
2007-05-23 06:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR XB
07USNATO342REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (U) Please see request for guidance by OOB Friday in para 3. 2. (C) NATO D/ASG Bob Simmons concluded two days of talks with Qatari BG Abdullah Juman Al-Hamad May 30 on the status of NATO personnel assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase. Key issue [...]
2007-05-30 16:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR QA
07USNATO376REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON NATO MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) See para 3 request for guidance, due by OOB Brussels time, Wednesday June 20. 2. (U) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer has issued SG(2007)0419 on the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Initiative Adoption of the NAMO Charter, under a silence that expires Wednesday, June 20, at 1 [...]
2007-06-19 16:38:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO
07USNATO378NATO'S BALKAN RESERVE FORCES
[...] (C) In response to Principals' recent questions, NATO currently has three Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) maneuver battalions (one German, one Italian, and one British) for the Balkans, in addition to a Strategic Reserve Forces (SRF) maneuver battalion (French). This information was briefed t [...]
2007-06-20 14:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS MARR
07USNATO383RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD JUNE 28 & 29 PLENARY
[...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on June 28 and 29, will consider the draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan (MTRP),the proposed funding policy for Pakistan's participation in NATO Training courses, and endorsement of the capability packages (CP) for deplo [...]
2007-06-22 14:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO392NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 24 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed two Food-For-Thought [...]
2007-06-27 15:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO405NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...]
2007-07-05 05:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KCFE NATO ML
07USNATO408REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING JUN 28 & 29, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on June 28 and 29, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) for Vital Security Projects for NATO Command Facilities and agreed on plans of action for a variety of resource issues. The following topics were considered: CP for Deployable Ground Based [...]
2007-07-09 06:57:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO426OSCE SYG, EAPC AMBS SEEK SYNERGY AND COOPERATION,
[...] (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut exchanged views with EAPC Ambassadors July 11 on increasing cooperation between the two overlapping organizations. He summarized ongoing OSCE operations, emphasized areas of commonality with the EAPC, and endorsed closer interaction (wit [...]
2007-07-25 17:19:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO OSCE EAPC
07USNATO428NETHERLANDS REDUCTION IN SUPPORT TO ISAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under instructions Dutch Charge Van Der Werff and Col Tack (Dutch MilRep,s Office) met with Ambassador Nuland on 25 July to foreshadow a GONL decision to reduce by approximately one third their force presence in Urugzan in 2008. While no final decisions have been made, Van Der We [...]
2007-07-26 09:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL AF NL
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
07USNATO433NRC/CFE: RUSSIA WANTS COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 15:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO446ALLIES APPRECIATE DAS KRAMER'S BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Allies praised DAS David Kramer's briefing to Allies on the US/Russia experts' talks in Washington (July 30-31) on missile defense (MD) and CFE. Allies expect US leadership in these negotiations with Russia, and greatly appreciate our efforts to brief and consult with them. Krame [...]
2007-08-06 14:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO45UNSYG BAN KI-MOON PLEDGES CLOSE COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Overturning staff objections, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a strong signal of his personal commitment to strhengthen UN-NATO relations in an address to the NAC just three weeks after taking office. Both privately and with the press afterward, Ban praised the Alliance's contributio [...]
2007-01-25 17:33:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO UN MARR PREL
07USNATO451MEETING OF NATO SPS
[...] (U) Summary. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Committee met on March 23, 2007, at NATO Headquarters. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) met at NATO Headquarters on March 22, 2007. The U.S Representative was Dr. Vigdor L. Teplitz [...]
2007-08-13 15:13:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT MARR NATO PGOV PREL TSPL
07USNATO484FM JEREMIC DISCUSSES THE KOSOVO CONUNDRUM AND
[...] (C) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic discussed Serbia's Partnership Presentation Document and possible ways forward on Kosovo with NATO PermReps on September 5. Jeremic was forward-leaning on engagement with the Alliance through PfP, but acknowledged Serbians' love-hate relationship to NA [...]
2007-09-06 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO SR
07USNATO486UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...]
2007-09-06 15:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO
07USNATO500REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SPC(R) DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL
[...] (U) USNATO has transmitted Albania's, Croatia's, and Macedonia's Annual National Programs (ANPs) for 2007-2008 to the Department, DOD, Tirana, Zagreb, and Skopje (REFS). The Senior Political Committee Reinforced with Defense Experts (SPC(R)) will take up the ANPs on September 18 (Croatia),Se [...]
2007-09-13 15:50:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MARR AL HR MK
07USNATO502SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...]
2007-09-14 17:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO52SECRETARY RICE'S NATO INTERVENTIONS AND FACT SHEET
[...] At the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings held Friday, January 26, 2007, Secretary Rice addressed both a regular NAC and a NAC plus non-NATO Contributors and Partners. These interventions are repeated below "as prepared for delivery," along with an Afghanistan Fact Sheet which was made availabl [...]
2007-01-30 15:30:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA NATO MOPS PREL MARR AF
07USNATO522NATO PERMREPS' SEPTEMBER 18 AWAY DAY
[...] (C) Summary: NATO PermReps and the Secretary General (SYG) brainstormed about goals for the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest and NATO headquarters reform at an all-day offsite on September 18. PermReps expressed no objection to the idea of a missile defense deliverable at Bucharest, althoug [...]
2007-09-21 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO
07USNATO533RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE VIEWS NATO AS A
[...] (C) This is an Action Request: please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After delivering a lackluster briefing on Russian military reforms, Russian Senior Military Representative Kuznetsov demonstrated previously unseen frankness in responding to Allies' questions in the September 29 NATO-R [...]
2007-09-28 15:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO536MISSILE DEFENSE: 9/25 EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP-
[...] (S) Summary: In the September 25 Executive Working Group- Reinforced (EWG-R) meeting, the NATO International Staff agreed to prepare a draft report in response to the Riga missile defense tasking for the October 24-25 NATO Defense Ministerial. The U.S. informed Allies that it is seeking a po [...]
2007-10-01 16:43:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO54AFGHANISTAN: COMMITMENTS FROM JANUARY 26 INFORMAL
[...] (C) The January 26 informal foreign ministerial at NATO HQ resulted in a reiteration of the Alliance's strong political commitment laid out at Riga. Though not a donor conference, the Ministerial also resulted in several Allied commitments of additional development and military assistance. [...]
2007-01-30 17:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO544RUSSIANS PUT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) In a brief October 1 letter (emailed to EUR/PRM),Russian Senior Military Representative Valentin Kuznetsov informed the NATO International Staff (IS) that Russian MOD representatives will not take part in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Computer Assisted Exer [...]
2007-10-04 17:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO547DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETSNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO548RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD OCTOBER 11 & 12 PLENARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on October 11 and 12, will consider: the eligibility for common funding and approval of outsourcing for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in theater sustainment air lift; endorsement of the [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO562DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...]
2007-10-17 09:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO
07USNATO569REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on October 12 and 13, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) addendum for Missile Defense Feasibility Study to address the impact of the third U.S. site; agreed to forward to Council the report on analysis of expenditures for the NATO Securit [...]
2007-10-22 05:10:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO574CHANGING TIDES ON MISSILE DEFENSE? BRUSSELS THINK
[...] Further evidence that we're making progress on missile defense with Europe, Russian speakers got an earful from a previously skeptical leading Brussels think tank at an 22 October European Security Forum entitled &Does Europe need a new Missile Defense?8 hosted by the Center for European Poli [...]
2007-10-23 16:26:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO
07USNATO577NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...]
2007-10-24 15:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO579ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...]
2007-10-24 16:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS
07USNATO589IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-02 17:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO591GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...]
2007-11-05 09:22:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU
07USNATO596IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]
2007-11-05 16:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO608ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS U.S. PREFERENCES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On November 14 Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian called on Ambassador Nuland to discuss possible Armenian contributions to ISAF. Mkrtchian said Armenian PM Serzh Sargsyan had been strongly encouraged by SECDEF Gates and other [...]
2007-11-16 16:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV MARR PREL AM PINR AF
07USNATO609ACTION REQUEST: FUNDING TO CONTINUE NATO-RUSSIA
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia, Allies, contributing partners, and recipient countries enthusiastically support the continuation of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) 2006-07 pilot project to train counter-narcotics officials in Central Asia and Afghanistan in 200 [...]
2007-11-19 12:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO610NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...]
2007-11-19 13:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO62PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...]
2007-02-02 08:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
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
07USNATO624NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...]
2007-11-30 15:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO625NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...]
2007-11-30 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO630NRC: RUSSIA AND ALLIES WORLDS APART ON BOSNIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussion of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Russian MFA,s Third European Department, Vadim Gorelov, appeared as a surprise guest speaker and accused High Representative Lajcak of "misusing" the Bonn powers to fu [...]
2007-12-06 15:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO632UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS
[...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]
2007-12-11 14:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07USNATO71PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL
[...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...]
2007-02-06 12:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR PK
07USNATO76MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]
2007-02-07 10:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO79NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-02-08 06:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR IN
07USNATO92NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...]
2007-02-14 11:35:00Mission USNATOSECRETMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO95SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...]
2007-02-14 17:26:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO OREP PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK63DPKO URGES PRESSURE ON BASHIR, KONARE TO ASSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN Ambassador Sanders delivered ref A points to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Hedi Annabi on January 25, stressing our interest in helping DPKO to identify and deploy as early as possible any and all elements of t [...]
2007-01-26 00:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SU KPKO
07VIENNA1088NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...]
2007-04-27 11:24:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU
07VIENNA111AUSTRIA ON THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (SBU) DCM and EconPolCouns discussed the President's Iraq policy address with Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide on January 16. The DCM stressed the importance of ensuring the independence, integrity and democratic development of Iraq. He said America would help Iraq [...]
2007-01-18 12:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ AU
07VIENNA123AUSTRIA ON THE JANUARY 22-23 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on general GAERC topics and on the external energy policy on January 19 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. 2. (SBU) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans/Kosovo: Riecken said Austria agrees [...]
2007-01-19 13:32:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN AU
07VIENNA1270DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]
2007-05-15 09:11:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1275PUTIN TO VISIT VIENNA MAY 23
[...] (C) The Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Hannes Porias, told us the Austrians intended to "send messages" on a range of important issues during Russian President Vladimir Putin's May 23-24 bilateral visit to Vienna. 2. (C) Porias said the s [...]
2007-05-15 09:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR RU AU
07VIENNA180AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL
[...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...]
2007-01-25 13:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU
07VIENNA1828AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS
[...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...]
2007-07-10 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE
07VIENNA2543AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN GPOI G-8+ GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 08:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL AU
07VIENNA2715(S/NF) AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO SUPPLY
[...] (S) Senior civil servants in the Ministry of Economy (MoE) have reiterated to the Embassy that, if obliged to make a decision, the MoE would deny an export license to ship 13,000 Glock pistols to Iraqi police and military units. Although the MoE approved similar shipments over the last two ye [...]
2007-10-30 15:48:00Embassy ViennaSECRETMARR MASS PREL PGOV ETRD AU IZ
07VIENNA304AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met with Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political Military Affairs, to present ref (a) points on next steps on Afghanistan. 2. (C) Hajnoczi reiterated ref (b) message that Austria does not have the capacity to enhance its military presence in [...]
2007-02-08 13:37:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF AU
07VIENNA510AUSTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST
[...] (C) On February 26, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, and to MFA Middle East A/S SIPDIS Ralph Scheide. DCM asked for Austrian understanding of and support for the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense assets in Poland and the Czech Republic. DCM stressed [...]
2007-02-28 11:18:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AU
07VIENTIANE338NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 04:09:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA
07VIENTIANE725MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...]
2007-09-18 10:27:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL
07VIENTIANE840EXCHANGING DEFENSE ATTACHES WITH LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 06:22:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDLA MARR MASS MOPS PREL APER
07VIENTIANE897SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING
[...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...]
2007-12-12 10:35:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE914PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO VIENTIANE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 14 visit to Vientiane, Commander of the Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating met with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and National Assembly. At the Foreign Affairs Institute, he addressed students and took questions [...]
2007-12-19 07:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHDP LA MARR MASS OVIP PREL KFLU CH
07VILNIUS129LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER
[...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...]
2007-02-23 13:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07VILNIUS309LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN
[...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...]
2007-05-03 08:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH
07VILNIUS393LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS HELP IN
[...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador Cloud and Defense Attache met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (other issues discussed to be provided septel). Olekas requested U.S. help in getting Lithuanian Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) certified by NATO. He said that some of Lithuania's [...]
2007-06-01 11:36:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH AF
07VILNIUS401(C) LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS DRAW-DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cloud reiterated the U.S. preference that the GOL leave a platoon of troops in Iraq to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on May 28. Olekas said that, after deliberations with President Adamkus and FM Vaitiekunas, the GOL has decided to keep some staff officers [...]
2007-06-04 15:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH
07VILNIUS449(C) LITHUANIA MAY PLACE CAVEAT ON FORCES DEPLOYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania may be forced to place a caveat related to Close Air Support on special forces personnel scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in July. Lithuania does not have Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACs) who are certified for NATO air-to-ground operations. DAO and ODC are work [...]
2007-06-15 13:51:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMOPS MARR MCAP AF LH
07VILNIUS511LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL
[...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...]
2007-07-12 07:27:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS542SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN
[...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]
2007-08-01 08:01:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS724LITHUANIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 10:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS OTRA LH
07VILNIUS791LITHUANIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. We have conducted an assessment of the legal and political challenges posed to Lithuania by the expiration of a UN Chapter VII mandate per ref A. We conclude that the GOL will not raise any legal concerns, but we believe the political opponents of participation in Iraq will use t [...]
2007-11-02 15:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
07WARSAW1098YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]
2007-05-11 16:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1163POLAND-IRAQ: INFORMING THE GOP OF LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during the week of May 14 in separate meetings with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, PM's foreign policy adviser Amb. Andrzej Sados and Presidential Chief of Staff Elzbieta Jakubiak. The Polish side expressed appreciation for the political message on transfer of [...]
2007-05-17 13:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1165POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING
[...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...]
2007-05-17 14:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL
07WARSAW1218START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...]
2007-05-25 10:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1221POLAND-IRAQ: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN
[...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga called Ambassador in on Friday, May 25, to discuss the changes in the leadership structure of the Multi-National Division Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq, in particular the decision to create a new command (MND-C) that would assume command of MND-CS elemen [...]
2007-05-25 15:35:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1384POLAND ON REQUEST TO DEMARCHE SCO MEMBER STATES
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister-Counselor in the MFA Asia Pacific Department. Ciebien carefully reviewed the U.S. position and promised to consult with colleagues in the Security Policy Department and the Eastern Policy Department (which handles Central Asia) [...]
2007-06-15 14:24:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AF KS PL
07WARSAW1430MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...]
2007-06-21 17:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1521POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 11:42:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL
07WARSAW165POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO
[...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]
2007-01-26 11:04:00Embassy WarsawSECRETNATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW166POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO
[...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]
2007-01-26 11:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW1664WITH COALITION IN TATTERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF PM
[...] (C) Summary: With his coalition in tatters Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski on July 27 pulled back -- at least for the moment -- from calling early elections. Many PiS leaders discount opinion polls and believe they could once again come out ahead in elections. More importantly, Kaczynski ma [...]
2007-07-27 15:51:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1699MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE SEPTEMBER FOR NEXT
[...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...]
2007-08-03 09:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1715CORRECTED COPY: MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES PROPOSE
[...] (C) In an August 2 meeting with Charge and poloff, Poland's lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator, Witold Waszczykowski, indicated that the next round of MD negotiations should occur on September 10, agreeing with his principle advisor, Robert Kupiecki, who said this was a "realistic meeting d [...]
2007-08-07 10:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1745PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER
[...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...]
2007-08-10 14:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1755KACZYNSKIS END TURBULENT COALITION AND PREDICT
[...] (SBU) President Lech Kaczynski and his brother Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski put an end August 13 to a turbulent 15-month coalition government, saying early elections were inevitable and would take place toward the end of October. Prime Minister Kaczynski fired all ministers from the League [...]
2007-08-13 15:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1759GETTING READY FOR SEPTEMBER 6-7 TALKS ON MISSILE
[...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with DCM and Pol Intern, Robert Kupiecki -- principal advisor to Poland,s lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator Witold Waszczykowski -- promised a Polish draft text on an MD basing agreement in a few days. Kupiecki assured us that the Polish draft text on security c [...]
2007-08-14 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1760POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...]
2007-08-14 15:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1786SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND
[...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]
2007-08-17 14:06:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1793MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES DELIVER DRAFT SITE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 20, Andrzej Kremer, Director of the Legal and Treaty Department, Polish MFA, delivered Poland's counter-draft of the Missile Defense basing agreement along with amplifying comments to DCM. He was careful to describe how this document fits into the broader scope of our bilateral [...]
2007-08-20 15:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1814DEFMIN TELLS REP TURNER THAT POLES AIM TO "BUY"
[...] (C) While speaking on Missile Defense issues, Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo expressed Poland's desire to purchase "modern" air defense missile systems from the U.S. in a meeting with Congressman Michael Turner, member of the HASC, on August 17. Ambassador, DATT and Ministry of Defense [...]
2007-08-22 15:41:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MAS PREL PL
07WARSAW1817POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...]
2007-08-23 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF
07WARSAW1826RUMORS FLY AS CALENDAR IS SET FOR DISSOLVING
[...] (C) Summary. Political turmoil continues in Poland as three separate motions for dissolving parliament are under consideration. Sejm Marshall Ludwik Dorn set the vote on dissolution for September 7. With a razor thin majority, the motion may pass, setting the stage for October elections; al [...]
2007-08-27 05:18:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
07WARSAW1916PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED, MINISTERS FIRED, ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The Polish Parliament voted to dissolve itself by a wide majority on September 7, setting the stage for early elections. President Kaczynski as expected set the election date for October 21. The political fur is already flying in what is expected to be a brutal campaign. Civic [...]
2007-09-10 15:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW1938POLAND:MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation conducted a productive third round of negotiations on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on September 6-7 in Warsaw. The two sides exchanged views on the strategic context of [...]
2007-09-13 08:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2003AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AT ISSUE IN POLAND'S NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish military participation in Afghanistan and Iraq has become an issue in the snap elections set for October 21 (REF A),with leading opposition party Civic Platform (PO) expressing doubts about continuing deployments. Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo has recommended that [...]
2007-09-25 12:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2128MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...]
2007-10-19 10:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2136URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]
2007-10-22 14:06:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]
2007-10-23 14:44:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2188POLAND'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland faces significant political and legal obstacles to continuing its Iraq deployment beyond 2008, especially without an applicable United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR). Civic Platform (PO),which won the October 21 parliamentary elections and is certain to form [...]
2007-11-02 16:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
07WARSAW2243ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...]
2007-11-15 16:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PREL PL
07WARSAW247DEPARTURE OF DEFMIN RADEK SIKORSKI: RESIGNATION OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski accepted February 5 the resignation of DefMin Radek Sikorski, only hours after the MOD spokesman announced that Sikorski had submitted it. Although it will not be clear how Sikorski's departure might affect U.S. interests until a successor is named, the chang [...]
2007-02-05 16:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW431POLAND: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST
[...] (C) Charge shared reftel points February 22 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, explaining that this was the approach the USG was taking to inform allied and friendly European governments of our Missile Defense plans and to reassure them in the wake of strongly negative Russian rhetoric in recen [...]
2007-02-23 15:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW593POLAND: POC FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] Embassy Warsaw POC for overall Missile Defense issues is Political External Chief David Morris, (48)(22)504-2657 or IVG 8-628-2657, e-mail MorrisDT@state.gov. POC for Public Diplomacy efforts is Information Officer Andrew Schilling, (48)(22)504-2331 or IVG 8-628-2331, e-mail SchillingAJ@state [...]
2007-03-12 16:08:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU
07WARSAW755AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD CONTACTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 11:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU ECON MARR MASS CASC EAGR PL
07WARSAW937POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...]
2007-04-23 13:30:00Embassy WarsawSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW976POLAND: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO THE COALITION
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, we have been informed that Polish attendees at the Iraq Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL April 30-May 2 will be Juliusz Jacek Gojlo (Chief of the Iraqi Task Group, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Brigadier General Witold [...]
2007-04-27 15:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PL
07WARSAW979POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: DELIVERY OF DRAFT BMD
[...] (C) DCM delivered draft Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement text (Ref A) on April 26 to MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, along with previously provided site map attachments originally provided to the GOP on January 25 (Ref B). Waszczykowski acknowledged receipt of the draft and undertook t [...]
2007-04-27 17:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PL
07WELLINGTON146NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...]
2007-02-15 21:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON221NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS AFGHAN DEPLOYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Cabinet today approved the extension of current NZDF deployments to Afghanistan for one year, through September 2008, vice the two years that MoD requested (reftel). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) told post that the Cabinet wanted the chance to [...]
2007-03-12 05:07:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON361DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...]
2007-05-08 03:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON394NZDF TO PROVIDE P-3 ORION TO PSI EXERCISE
[...] (C) NZDF Director of International Defence Relations Wayne Higgins told Emboffs today that Chief of Defence Force Mataparae has approved an NZDF P-3 Orion's participation in a regional, Operations Expert Group (OEG)-led PSI exercise, to be held in Japan October 15-18. The decision was made fo [...]
2007-05-25 07:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON400EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MAY 21 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's PIF meetings in Tonga. They also exch [...]
2007-05-29 22:35:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD MARR EAGR OVIP KCMR EWWT KTIA
07WELLINGTON436DEMARCHE REGARDING SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 23:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ
07WELLINGTON438 NEW ZEALAND - NEW THIRD PARTY RETRANSFER REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 05:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON441 NEW ZEALAND - NEW THIRD PARTY RETRANSFER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 00:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON442GNZ ON NATO/ISAF REQUESTS
[...] (C) Acting DCM and A/P-E couns delivered reftel request to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We conveyed Washington's appreciation for New Zealand's continued positive role in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Ash sa [...]
2007-06-15 01:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF NZ
07WELLINGTON496DEMARCHE FOR LEBANESE ARMED FORCES: TRANSFERRING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 05:49:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
07WELLINGTON658BGEN TOOLAN (OSD) VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary. Brigadier General John Toolan's visit marked the highest level OSD visit to New Zealand in years. The General met with the leadership of the New Zealand Defense Force and Ministry of Defense, including Chief of Defense Force (CDF) LTGEN Jerry Mateparae, Secretary of Defense Jo [...]
2007-09-04 23:03:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON704EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Following the successful US-NZ Partnership Forum (reftel),ANP Director McGann visited Wellington on September 12-13 for discussions with MFAT and MOD officials covering a range of bilateral issues with an emphasis on the Pacific Islands. On Guam, McGann urged MFAT officials to [...]
2007-09-26 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NZ US
07WELLINGTON757NATIONAL'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY: NO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition National Party released its foreign policy discussion paper on October 2. National announced that the policy disputes (read: nuclear issues) of the last two decades are over, and that New Zealand needs a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs; the only differe [...]
2007-10-14 18:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON763NATIONAL PARTY DEFENSE POLICY CONTINUES LABOUR
[...] (SBU) Summary. National's recent "discussion paper" on foreign policy, trade, and defense, committed the party to continue the rebuilding of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) initiated by Labour PM Clark. National MP Wayne Mapp argued that it was Labour who began its term in 1999 by acce [...]
2007-10-16 18:46:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PREL NZ US
07WELLINGTON769NEXT ROUND OF NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENTS TO
[...] (C) DCM recently discussed current mil-mil relations with New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MOD) CEO John McKinnon. McKinnon reported that MOD was preparing a submission to a select Cabinet committee on future deployments to Afghanistan after the current deployment cycle concludes in September [...]
2007-10-22 18:49:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETMARR MOPS PREL NZ AF US
07WELLINGTON866NEW ZEALAND AND US MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a December 4-5 visit to New Zealand, OSD New Zealand Director Jessica Powers and PACOM New Zealand Desk Officer Rick Bairett reviewed US-NZ military cooperation, discussed the implementation of a new notification policy covering eight areas of mil-to-mil engagement, and [...]
2007-12-19 00:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NZ
07YEREVAN1244PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN PROMISES ANSWER ON IRAQ TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initially opposed, Kocharian eventually agreed to consider DOD's request to "enhance" Armenia's contribution to Iraq. His goal, if he agreed, was to keep the change as low-profile as possible. He will get back to us in eight to ten days. He wants to check whether a new legisla [...]
2007-10-16 11:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR MASS IZ AM
07YEREVAN1251DASD CAGAN RECEIVES QUALIFIED AGREEMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Cagan's Yerevan visit October 11 got positive signals from the Armenian government on doubling its Iraq contingent to 100 and taking on a new fixed-site security mission. Sargsian requested, however, that CDA Perina present the request directly to President Kocharian, who [...]
2007-10-17 06:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AM IZ
07YEREVAN133NATO REVIEW PLEASED WITH ARMENIA IPAP PROGRESS,
[...] (C) NATO international staffers gave Armenia high marks on implementation of their Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) during a February 2 briefing to Chiefs of NATO Missions in Yerevan. Frank Boland, NATO's Staff Director of Force Planning, said that the review was "very positive" and [...]
2007-02-07 08:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO AM
07YEREVAN1361KOCHARIAN GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ARMENIAN TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armen Gevorkian, Chief of Staff to President Kocharian, informed CDA on November 16 that Kocharian has agreed to authorize an Armenian troop enhancement in Iraq. The additional troops, however, will not be deployed before Armenia's February 19 presidential election. Gevorkian adde [...]
2007-11-19 10:04:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AM IZ
07YEREVAN150NOMINEE FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPEN ON MODERN
[...] 1. Post would like to nominate Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Arms Control and National Security Department at the MFA (roughly U.S. Assistant Secretary equivalent),for the Marshall Center European conference on insurgency March 26-27. Yedigarian is a knowledgeable, effective, and influen [...]
2007-02-12 13:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07YEREVAN504INTERIM CABINET COMPLETED 19 DAYS BEFORE ELECTIONS
[...] (U) President Kocharian appointed Chief of the General Staff Colonel-General Mikayel Harutyunyan to serve as Armenia's interim defense minister on April 24, two weeks after he had appointed the rest of the cabinet. Harutyunyan succeeds former Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian, who became Prime M [...]
2007-04-25 12:46:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR AM
07YEREVAN526NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 09:40:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER AM
07YEREVAN572CDA CALLS ON NEW DEFMIN
[...] (C) Charge d'affaires and DATT paid a courtesy visit to new Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunian on May 4, the first such visit since the former chief of staff had assumed the post (reftel). The DefMin expressed his dissatisfaction with the new Human Rights Report language on Nagorno-Karabakh [...]
2007-05-07 11:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AM
07YEREVAN720HR DEFENDER'S OFFICE CREATES MILITARY POSITION
[...] The Armenian government has created a new position within the office of Human Rights Defender (ombudsman) Armen Harutyunyan intended to follow up complaints of human rights abuses in the ranks of the Armenian military. The Ministry of Defense proposed the position to the ombudsman in late 200 [...]
2007-06-01 09:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MARR AM
07YEREVAN827NATO OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON ARMENIA'S IPAP PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's special Caucasus representative found much to praise after his June 21-22 visit. Top Armenian officials affirmed strong political commitment to defense reform goals and the NATO relationship, and IPAP benchmarks are on or ahead of schedule. END SUMMARY 2. (C) TOU [...]
2007-06-27 11:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR NATO AM
07ZAGREB1011NATO ROAD SHOW VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USNATO PermRep Victoria Nuland led an inter-agency "NATO Road Show" visit to Zagreb on November 9. President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, Foreign Minister Kitarovic and Defense Minister Roncevic all expressed confidence to the U.S. delegation that Croatia was well-prepared for [...]
2007-11-15 09:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO HR
07ZAGREB1018LITTLE IMPACT ON CROATIA-MONTENEGRO RELATIONS FROM
[...] (SBU) Discussing the 4 November arrest of Montenegrin Navy Captain Ilija Brcic, Montenegrin First Counselor Vesna Nikcevic told PolOff that she expects Brcic will eventually be extradited to Croatia where he will face a new trial following his 1993 conviction in absentia. Nikcevic claimed the [...]
2007-11-19 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR HR MW IT WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB1032CROATIAN RESPONSE ON BILATERAL SOFA LANGUAGE
[...] (U) Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic on November 22 sent a letter to the Ambassador stating her "belief" that the language regarding "other appropriate US control" of US personnel (proposed in reftel) and the subsequent explanations (provided in ref emails),is "appropriate...thus contributing to [...]
2007-11-23 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO HR
07ZAGREB137CROATIAN MINISTERS SUPPORT A-3 PROCESS IN TALLINN, OFFER TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the February 5-6 ministerial meeting in Tallinn of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter members and observers with the three new Baltic NATO members, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic expressed the GOC's strong determi [...]
2007-02-08 06:13:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO HR REGIONAL ISSUES
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