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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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07DAKAR456GUINEA-BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those chi [...]
2007-02-28 12:51:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF PU
07DAKAR501SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. Following passage of its first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law in April 2005, police now maintain a compute [...]
2007-03-05 12:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR547SENEGAL: REFLECTIONS ON THE THREAT AND THE
[...] (S/NF) With a population of approximately 12 million, democratic, pro-Western Senegal should remain stable for the foreseeable future. Despite its predominately Islamic population and high levels of unemployment, there is no evidence, and indeed little chance, that Jihadist ideologies have t [...]
2007-03-08 12:54:00Embassy DakarSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC EAID PREL KISL SG
07DAKAR596SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT UPDATE:
[...] (SBU) According to Judicial Police Director Ndoye, Senegal has successfully prosecuted two traffickers under the 2005 TIP law. Two Senegalese marabouts, Serigne Mamadou Thiam and Abdou Faye, were each sentenced to 18 months for sending boys from Senegal to Mali, with the intention of sending [...]
2007-03-15 14:23:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR5992007 DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE: LESSONS
[...] Post wishes to thank FSI for a successful crisis management exercise (CME). The timing of the exercise was excellent as Senegal prepared for its presidential elections in late February. The exercise enhanced post's crisis management preparedness and prepared post for the February crisis that [...]
2007-03-15 17:43:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR649SENEGAL: NARCOTICS SEIZURES AND OTHER CRIME DATA FOR 2006
[...] On March 16, Leopold Diouf, the Director General for National Security in the Ministry of Interior and Local Government, released crime statistics for 2006. He noted that Senegalese police seized 29 kilograms of cocaine; 8,396 tons of marijuana, and 129,232 capsules of various psychotropic dr [...]
2007-03-21 11:08:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCRM SG
07DAKAR656GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONAIRE 2007
[...] Crime Mobility: (E) Opportunistic criminal elements roam freely day or night and target affluent residential areas for burglary. 2. Crime ambience around neighborhoods: (C) Most American embassy personnel resided on compound until post closed in June 1998. Most neighborhoods in Bissa [...]
2007-03-21 13:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT SOCI PU
07DAKAR682SENEGAL - RELATIVELY WELL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC
[...] SUMMARY: Senegal appears relatively well-prepared to cope with an outbreak of Avian and/or Pandemic Influenza (AIPI). The Government of Senegal has an active AI working group and has hosted a number of AIPI conferences and exercises. The USG has also hosted several regional seminars on AIPI [...]
2007-03-26 11:37:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF SG
07DAKAR869GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy,s trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for Guinea-Bissau follows. This year, G/TIP proposed to downgrade Guinea-Bissau to Tier Two Watch List in the annual Trafficking in Person,s Report. Guinea-Bissau has demonstrated improvement in its anti-trafficking efforts since it ap [...]
2007-04-20 12:00:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM PREL SMIG PU
07DAKAR871SENEGAL: FY-2007 ESF AND INCLE PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Embassy Dakar is pleased to submit four project proposals to strengthen and expand Senegal's commitment to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The proposals, listed in order of funding priority, would provide training in trafficking for law enforcement and health officials, give social assi [...]
2007-04-20 12:30:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM SMIG SG
07DAMASCUS1147 IDENT DATA ENTRY ERRORS AT PORTS OF ENTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: CBP inspectors at US ports of entry are apparently entering the terms "recidivist," "frequent traveler" and "unknown" into IDENT in place of actual traveler names and bio-data. Clearing these entries causes extra work for consular officers and casts a negative light on legitim [...]
2007-12-03 05:34:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC KFRD SY
07DAMASCUS1155ACS IN SYRIA - DECEIVED, DETAINED AND DEPORTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. American Citizen Services (ACS) staff at Embassy Damascus had twenty cases of detention and/or abandonment of US citizens in the fourth quarter FY-2007. Six cases involved women fleeing their families due to abuse or to avoid arranged marriages. Four cases, some still ongoing, [...]
2007-12-06 15:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF CVIS ASEC KFRD KCRM KOCI KWMN SY
07DAMASCUS1171DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 10:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY
07DAMASCUS132IRAQI REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE SARG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-11 15:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF ASEC SY IZ JO
07DAMASCUS165SYRIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE KENNETH CURTAIN AND
[...] Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the proposed visit of Kenneth Curtain and Kristofer Doucette, Representatives of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 23-27 February 2007. Travelers will be met and assisted at the airport, after clearing customs, by an embassy driver, [...]
2007-02-20 15:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC AFIN PREL SY
07DAMASCUS218SYRIA: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S SUBMISSION TO THE ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT. THE EMBASSY'S POINT OF CONTACT IS POLOFF MARIA D.G. OLSON. OFFICE TELEPHONE: (963) (11) 3391-3785. FAX: (963) (11) 3391-3999. OFFICER SPENT 40 HOURS IN PREPARATION OF THE REPORT, WHICH IS STRUCTURED TO [...]
2007-03-06 09:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07DAMASCUS323COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ISSA, APRIL 5-6.2007
[...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Congressman Darrel Issa, and the other members of the delegation: David Abruzzino and Jeremy Bash. 2. (U) Control officer and point of contact for this visit is Econ Officer Stacey Jones, who can be reached at work: [...]
2007-04-01 15:01:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT SY AFIN ASEC
07DAMASCUS396CHARGE DISCUSSES NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) In an April 23 meeting MFA Director of Protocol, Amir Smadi, the Embassy's designated SARG interlocutor, Charge followed up on previous approaches on the issue of the proposed Diplomatic Zone (DZ) that President Bashar al-Asad, FM Walid al-Mu'allim, and other senior SARG officials had m [...]
2007-04-25 14:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ABLD ASEC PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS417SYRIA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Post is submitting one project for the ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons Projects from the International Office for Migration (IOM). 2. (SBU) The project is as follows: A. Title: Capacity Building on Identifying and Assessing Human Trafficking and Providing Protection to Victims of [...]
2007-05-03 14:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KCRM ASEC ELAB SMIG
07DAMASCUS765MATCHING FOOTPRINTS: FIRST TIME ADULT AMCIT APPLICANTS FROM IRAQ AND IRAN, IN SYRIA
[...] A growing number of men in their early-to-mid 20s who claim to have been born in the United States are now applying for their first U.S. passports. Of the six individuals in the last two weeks, five came to Syria from Iraq (including two brothers) and one from Iran. One of the Iraqis was prev [...]
2007-07-26 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS KFRD KWMN ASEC SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS773DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 10:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY
07DAMASCUS796 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 06:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS797 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular Operations at Embassy Damascus are impacted by the fact that the Syrian Arab Republic is a State Sponsor of Terrorism, as well as by our growing Iraqi workload. This cable focuses on the salient features of conducting consular work in this special environment. End Sum [...]
2007-08-07 08:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS932 CONSULAR SECTION ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the SARG's continuing efforts to restrict Embassy contact with large segments of Syrian society, the Consular Section continues to run an active outreach program. Below is a list of events in August and September. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Student Visa Talks -- Our NI [...]
2007-09-13 12:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ
07DARESSALAAM1607TANZANIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In 2007, there were no acts of international terrorism in Tanzania. With United States support, Tanzania continued to take steps to establish a National Counterterrorism Center, a major objective under our Mission Strategic Plan. The purpose of this Center will be to build Tanzania's inte [...]
2007-12-21 08:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR TZ
07DARESSALAAM93TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP
[...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...]
2007-01-19 12:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
07DARESSALAAM94TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP
[...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...]
2007-01-19 12:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
07DHAKA1376GOVERNMENT FACES TOUGHEST TEST AS VIOLENT PROTESTS ROCK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bangladesh's eight-month caretaker government is facing its severest political test yet after student protests at Dhaka University spilled into the capital's streets on August 21. If mishandled, the protests threaten to weaken the caretaker government and could tarnish the reput [...]
2007-08-21 09:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KGOV KDEM ASEC BG
07DHAKA1418THE MAN TO SEE: CDA A.I. AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) Summary. Providing insight into the complicated relationship between the army and caretaker government, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed told CDA a.i. that the recent violence had been a wake up call for the regime and outlined a series of steps that would be taken in the c [...]
2007-08-28 09:15:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1541DEMONSTRATIONS ANTICIPATED IN WAKE OF CARTOON THAT INSULTS
[...] (U) Summary: A cartoon satirizing the name of the Prophet Mohammed has led to the arrest of the cartoonist and a demand from Islamic clerics for the arrest of the editor and the publisher of the Bangladesh newspaper that published it. Some clerics threatened countrywide demonstrations after we [...]
2007-09-21 08:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PHUM BG
07DHAKA1542DEMONSTRATIONS ANTICIPATED IN WAKE OF CARTOON THAT INSULTS
[...] (U) Summary: A cartoon satirizing the name of the Prophet Mohammed has led to the arrest of the cartoonist and a demand from Islamic clerics for the arrest of the editor and the publisher of the Bangladesh newspaper that published it. Some clerics threatened countrywide demonstrations after we [...]
2007-09-21 08:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PHUM BG
07DHAKA1724BANGLADESH INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This is Mission Dhaka's response to the action cable on &host government practices -- information collection, screening and sharing8 (reftel). Answers to questions are in CAPITAL LETTERS. 2. (C) A. Watch listing: a. If host government maintains a "watch list," how many records does the [...]
2007-10-30 10:47:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC BG CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07DHAKA173LAW ADVISOR SAYS MILITARY DOES NOT WANT TO STAY
[...] (C) Summary. According to the government's Law Adviser, the three military service chiefs are anxious about their role behind the throne and do not wish to overstay their welcome. There are differences, he said, between the military and the civilian advisers on press controls and whether to g [...]
2007-01-31 05:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC BG CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
07DHAKA1763HOME SECRETARY ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim, in a November 6 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires a.i., expressed interest in expanded bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism, including another look at the potential for installing a PISCES program here. Karim reiterated the GOB's de [...]
2007-11-07 08:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC PHUM SNAR ASEC BG
07DHAKA1797 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladesh is slowly beginning to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. Unofficial estimates of the number of deaths reached 2,000 by late afternoon November 17. As many as a million homes and an estimated 250,000 acres of crops may have been damaged or destroyed. Loss of [...]
2007-11-17 14:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1808 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (U) Summary: The official death toll in Cyclone Sidr rose to about 3,500 by early afternoon November 19, with local media quoting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society chairman as saying the number could go as high as 10,000. A round-the-clock Embassy cyclone control room is now staffed by State, [...]
2007-11-20 00:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1815 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-20 18:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1816 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 01:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1817 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1818 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 07:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1819 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 08:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1820 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 09:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1830 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #2: USAID/DART's
[...] Summary. Storm surge from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has affected more than 1.5 million families in Bangladesh as of November 22. Although the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) early warning and preparedness programs have significantly reduced the humanitarian impact of the cyclone, severe rainfall [...]
2007-11-22 13:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1835 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #3: The Impact
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...]
2007-11-24 15:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1838 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #4: The Adverse
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...]
2007-11-25 13:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1847 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #5: USAID/DART
[...] Summary. Tropical Cyclone Sidr made landfall in southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, leading to 3,061 deaths, affecting more than 6.8 million people, and damaging more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World F [...]
2007-11-26 11:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1860 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #6: Summary of
[...] Summary. The impact of Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh has led to 3,243 deaths, affected more than 7 million people, and damaged more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) as of No [...]
2007-11-27 13:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1870 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #7: USAID/DART
[...] Summary. In conjunction with USAID/Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE),USAID's Disaster Response Team (USAID/DART) assessed water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in Dublar Char, Khulna Division, which the Bangladesh military i [...]
2007-11-29 12:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1879 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #8: USAID/DART's
[...] Summary. From November 28 to December 2, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART),along with a USAID/DART communications officer and staff from USAID/Bangladesh, traveled to cyclone-affected areas in Barisal, Patuakhali, Khu [...]
2007-12-02 13:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1885 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #9: Shelter and
[...] The USAID'S Disaster Assistance Response Team's (USAID/DART) shelter and livelihoods advisor recently completed a three-day assessment in the cyclone-affected districts of Bagerhat and Pirojpur. These two districts, along with Borguna and Paktuakhali, are among the districts hardest hit by Cyc [...]
2007-12-03 12:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1891 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. To reduce the effects of perennial flooding and cyclones in Bangladesh, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has invested in preparedness and mitigation programs for a number of years, including the pre-positioning of water purification units to provide clea [...]
2007-12-04 11:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1914 Country Team, USAID/DART, and U.S. Military Coordination
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh, the U.S. Government (USG) organized an interagency response under the leadership of the Department of State that included contributions from USAID and the Department of Defense (DOD). USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Te [...]
2007-12-10 03:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1925 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #11:
[...] Summary. With the approach of the one-month anniversary of the November 15 cyclone in Bangladesh as well as improvements in humanitarian indicators, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) will demobilize. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) will now [...]
2007-12-11 10:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA335BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report covers efforts by the Bangladeshi government (GOB) from March 2006 to March 2007, and address the questions submitted to Post by G/TIP (reftel). Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Luke Zahner, Political Officer, telephone: 880- [...]
2007-03-01 02:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
07DHAKA63STATE OF EMERGENCY - SITREP 02 01/12/07
[...] As of 1240 local the situation remains calm. Embassy personnel are safe and accounted for. No AmCits have contacted Embassy for assistance. A countrywide 2300-0500 hrs daily curfew remains in effect until further notice. 2. Former Bangladesh Bank (the country's central bank) Governor F [...]
2007-01-12 06:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM BG
07DHAKA716BOMBLETS EXPLODE IN THREE BANGLADESH CITIES
[...] (SBU) On the morning of May 1, three small devices exploded within minutes of each other near railroad stations in the cities of Sylhet, Chittagong, and Dhaka. Police told us that one rickshaw driver was seriously injured in Chittagong and a small boy sustained minor injuries in Sylhet. 2 [...]
2007-05-02 08:55:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER KDEM PHUM ASEC PGOV BG
07DHAKA81STRINGENT EMERGENCY POWERS YET TO BE TESTED, MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, President Ahmed issued an Emergency Power Ordinance that gave the government sweeping powers of arrest and detention, restricted individual liberties ranging from freedom of commerce to freedom of the press, authorized the confiscation (as needed) of private prope [...]
2007-01-16 10:05:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM BG
07DILI106CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...]
2007-03-14 12:54:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT
07DILI119SECURITY SECTOR CONCERNS INTENSIFY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent decisions made by both the Government of East Timor (GOET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste (UNMIT) have possibly made the security environment in Dili more problematic in advance of national elections next month. Dili is now a city where armed [...]
2007-03-22 10:43:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU UN TT
07DILI120SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...]
2007-03-23 09:58:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI132SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...]
2007-03-31 08:41:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI14SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED
[...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...]
2007-01-16 11:23:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT
07DILI154EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...]
2007-04-17 10:08:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI164SECURITY OUTLOOK IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. With the start of the campaign period for the second round of the presidential election, East Timor for the most part remains calm. Within this context, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with International Stabilization Force (ISF) commander Brigadier Mal Rerden April 23 to discu [...]
2007-04-25 08:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI185LOWER TURNOUT BUT TECHNICALLY IMPROVED ROUND TWO VOTING
[...] Summary: The second round of East Timor's presidential election concluded May 9 without incident. There were visible improvements compared to the first round with regard to logistical preparations. The Embassy will urge all parties to use established legal mechanisms for filing complaints, t [...]
2007-05-09 10:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV ASEC UN TT
07DILI197ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSITION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the victory of Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in the presidential race now officially confirmed by the Court of Appeals, plans are in place for his inauguration on May 20. Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva will assume the Prime Ministership until June 30, while the [...]
2007-05-18 12:49:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI218EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START
[...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...]
2007-06-05 06:20:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT
07DILI219POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]
2007-06-05 07:59:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI220POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]
2007-06-05 08:00:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI223CNRT LEADER XANANA GUSMAO ON ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Charge and Poloff, a relaxed and confident Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, former President and currently leader of the National Council of Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),which hopes to oust the ruling Fretilin Party in East Timor's parliamentary elections on June [...]
2007-06-06 10:42:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TT
07DILI243EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...]
2007-06-28 08:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT
07DILI264USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK
[...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...]
2007-07-23 07:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI281BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION WILL LIKELY HAMPER NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday, August 8 formally swore in the new government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),with former President Xanana Gusmao stepping into the role of Prime Minister. With a new government in place, the country may be able [...]
2007-08-08 12:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI3LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...]
2007-01-05 09:34:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC TT
07DILI306THE STATE OF FRETILIN
[...] (C) Summary: In the days immediately following the August 5 announcement of the new government, led by the four-party Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),supporters of the previous ruling party FRETILIN launched a campaign of violence and intimidation primarily concentrated in the thr [...]
2007-08-31 09:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI362PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...]
2007-11-14 10:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT
07DILI370REBEL REINADO HANGS TOUGH IN TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During November, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao suffered setbacks in his efforts to rein in fugitive rebel Major Alfredo Reinado and his supporters - a group consisting primarily of several hundred "petitioners" dismissed from the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in 2006. Gus [...]
2007-11-26 11:42:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
07DILI385TIMOR-LESTE: REINADO ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 09:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TT
07DILI61RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]
2007-02-22 09:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DILI7MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR
[...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...]
2007-01-08 08:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT
07DILI83UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...]
2007-03-02 12:00:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI89TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...]
2007-03-06 14:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI92EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW
[...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...]
2007-03-07 10:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT
07DILI94EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007
[...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...]
2007-03-08 10:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DJIBOUTI1472RECOVERING MANPADS IN THE HORN: VIEW FROM DJIBOUTI
[...] (S/NF) We reviewed the proposed action plan (ref A) in light of our recent experience (ref B). Based on that review and experience, sustained attention to the manpad threat is a critical element of our CT efforts. The best strategy in Djibouti is to ensure continued close cooperation with D [...]
2007-12-22 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPARM MARR MASS ASEC PTER PINR DJ
07DOHA1009QATAR MFA WARNED THAT VISA SUSPENSION LOOMS IF
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by P/E Chief, informed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi October 22 that November 1 would be the last day Embassy Doha could issue U.S. visas due to a shortage of visa foils, which the Embassy must receive by classified diplomati [...]
2007-10-23 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA
07DOHA1020QATAR GIVES ORAL ASSURANCES THAT DIPLOMATIC POUCH
[...] (C/NF) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud convoked Charge October 25 to discuss delivery of U.S. diplomatic pouches (see reftel for background.) Al-Mahmoud informed Charge that following the GOQ's review of the bilateral discussions on this matter, the GOQ had taken the dec [...]
2007-10-25 14:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA
07DOHA1021QATAR AIRWAYS SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Econoff visited Doha International Airport October 29 to observe security screening procedures for the direct Doha to Washington/Dulles flight (see reftel for background). The flight had 90 passengers flying out of the economy terminal and another 20 from the separate first and business c [...]
2007-10-29 13:32:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC KSAC QA
07DOHA1046SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department October 28 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) participation in the November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco and inquired about GOQ thinking regarding Argentina Red Notices (reft [...]
2007-11-05 13:50:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ASEC PGOV IR QA
07DOHA11SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FORE'S JANUARY
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. The Government of Qatar remains a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror and supports a significant U.S. military presence in the country. Qatar's Amir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, took power from his father in 1995 and embarked on [...]
2007-01-03 13:44:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AMGT PGOV ASEC CMGT QA
07DOHA163SECURITY GAPS IN QATAR'S ONSHORE OIL FACILITY
[...] (U) Summary. On January 30 Ambassador and Emboffs visited Qatar Petroleum's Dukhan compound and oil field. Qatar Petroleum is undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade at Dukhan to improve the administrative and living spaces. No armed guards were present at the compound and the area was prot [...]
2007-02-14 13:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET QA ASEC PTER
07DOHA201QATAR PETROLEUM'S CONFIRMATION OF SECURITY PROCEDURES
[...] Saad al-Kaabi, director of oil and gas ventures at Qatar Petroleum (QP),submitted by e-mail the following document in response to reftel. The QP document confirms, line by line, all of the security procedures noted during the January 31 videoconference between QP and U.S. energy, transportatio [...]
2007-02-22 13:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETRD ASEC QA
07DOHA285INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...]
2007-03-15 14:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON EPET QA
07DOHA311POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY
[...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...]
2007-03-25 13:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ASEC ECON PREL QA
07DOHA321QATAR GAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. QatarGas is in the midst of improving its security procedures with new equipment, better training, and more security personnel, the goal is to be ISO 28000 compliant in the next two years. While undergoing physical improvements, the QatarGas head of security is also trying to rais [...]
2007-03-26 13:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ASEC EWWT QA
07DOHA330QATAR AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SEES MORE BOEINGS AND
[...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting with Ambassador, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways (QA),discussed QA expansion plans for the near future, which he said now include the purchase of 60 Boeing 777 aircraft, up from an original buy of 20. According to Al Baker, QA will fly to Los Angeles and [...]
2007-03-28 13:05:00Embassy DohaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS EAIR PREL QA KHLS IR
07DOHA335INFORMATION EXCHANGE: QATARI BORDER DATABASES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THIS CABLE PROVIDES DETAILS OF QATAR'S USE OF IMMIGRATION DATABASES AND BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AT QATAR'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCREEN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGERS FOR PREVIOUS PASSENGER RECORDS AND FRAUDULENT, LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL DOCU [...]
2007-03-29 13:34:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV ASEC PTER KVPR CVIS PINR KHLS QA
07DOHA339RARE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN QATAR: SOLIDARITY
[...] (U) The Qatari Central Municipal Council organized a "rally" the afternoon of March 28 to show solidarity with Iraq. It lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The event took place at a central location along the city's corniche. Participants numbered a maximum of 400 and mostly included high-school and [...]
2007-03-29 14:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL IZ QA
07DOHA359SECURITY OBSERVATIONS AT QATAR'S ENERGY PORTS
[...] (C) Summary. Security at Qatar's most important ports, Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, currently meet the basic standards for infrastructure protection but many improvements could be made. Both ports are in the process of upgrading security with new equipment including x-ray units for passenger cars [...]
2007-04-04 14:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ASEC PGOV QA
07DOHA575QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 14:32:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA581QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24
[...] (C) Summary. State/DOD Gulf Security Dialogue delegation met with Qatari MFA, MOD, and MOI officials May 24 in Doha. The Qataris acknowledged the importance of maintaining ambiguity on whether there might be a military attack in response to Iranian plans to develop a nuclear weapon. Noting per [...]
2007-06-03 08:25:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA979QATAR AIRWAYS U.S. FLIGHTS - GETTING SECURITY RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely two months after the inauguration of direct Doha to U.S. flights via Qatar Airways, an assessment by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inspectors found several major areas of concern for the flights, including insufficient passenger screening, particularly for wo [...]
2007-10-09 09:41:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC KSAC EAIR QA
07DUBLIN171IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]
2007-03-02 08:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUSHANBE1289TAJIKISTAN: RECENT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) A September 6 cyber attack and brief encounter on September 7 with State Committee for National Security officials indicate that change is in store for the National Democratic Institute. PolOff met with National Democratic Institute Harry Bader on September 7 to discuss the recent events. [...]
2007-09-11 13:17:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1432TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
[...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...]
2007-10-10 07:15:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE1607TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - A PEEK INSIDE
[...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer met November 7 with Major General Kasim GAFAROV, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB),to discuss future Anti-Terrorism Assistance training, such as VIP protection training and vital installation security courses. Duri [...]
2007-11-13 07:34:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1650IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE
[...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...]
2007-11-15 13:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR TI
07DUSHANBE313TAJIKISTAN'S 2006-2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Please note that Post's paragraph designation corresponds with reftel. OVERVIEW A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation is a problem. The most common destination countries include the United Arab E [...]
2007-03-02 13:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE924U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...]
2007-06-18 13:54:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMED CASC PREL TI
07DUSHANBE928AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss Independence Day security planning (ref A),an explosion at the Supreme Court building in downtown Dushanbe on June 16, and an assault against members of a U.S. Central Command planning team on June 17 (ref [...]
2007-06-19 13:32:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PINR PTER TI
07FRANKFURT1182FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport
[...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]
2007-03-12 09:58:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07FRANKFURT1199FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport
[...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]
2007-03-13 08:36:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07FRANKFURT1315Neo-Nazi Influence In Elite Frankfurt Police Unit
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media revealed this week that at least three members of an elite Frankfurt-based police unit that provides close personal protection to public figures (among them Jewish leaders and CG Frankfurt) had neo-Nazi affiliations. ConGen Frankfurt was told the allegations first emerged [...]
2007-03-19 14:23:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC SCUL GM
07FRANKFURT220FURTHER STEPS AGAINST PKK: RAIDS, ARREST, PRISON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German efforts against the PKK were again apparent this past week in southwest Germany with targeted raids, an arrest of one suspected PKK leader, and the sentencing of another to two years in prison. END SUMMARY. Anti-PKK Raids and an Arrest ---------------------------- [...]
2007-01-17 08:46:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KTFN KCRM GM TU
07FRANKFURT3233Lackluster NPD Demonstration in Frankfurt: "The Nation not
[...] SUMMARY: On July 7, 500 to 700 NPD supporters demonstrated in Frankfurt under the slogan "the Nation not Globalization," repeating themes of far-right protesters of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm in early June. The Frankfurt city government licensed the demonstration in the Neue Borse, an indus [...]
2007-07-10 07:40:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM ASEC GM
07FRANKFURT445Stuttgart Ansar al-Islam Trial Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing trial in Stuttgart of three suspected members of Ansar al-Islam is now expected to last at least until April - and perhaps even until the fall. The Federal Prosecutor has charged the three with plotting to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi during a visit t [...]
2007-01-31 10:27:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
07FRANKFURT594RAF Parole/Clemency Bids Divide Body Politic, Legal System;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the controversial parole bid of German "Red Army Faction" left-wing terrorist Brigitte Mohnhaupt -- a case with implications for other incarcerated RAF members -- the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe has recommended that the Stuttgart Regional Court grant Mohnhaupt pa [...]
2007-02-08 11:40:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM ASEC GM
07FRANKFURT694Muslim Extremists Deported from Baden-Wuerttemberg
[...] (U) SUMMARY: State authorities deported two Islamic extremists from Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) in late January according to reports from the state interior ministry. B-W Interior Minister Rech cites the deportations as evidence of his state's strong anti-extremism efforts. The deportees hail fr [...]
2007-02-13 14:07:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SMIG ASEC KISL GM
07FREETOWN113TFG01: SIERRA LEONE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THEIR BORDER
[...] (SBU) On the morning of February 16, Post learned separately from Sierra Leone's Office for National Security (ONS),the Immigration Office, and the Ministry of Defense that the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea remains open. Also, nineteen American missionaries crossed safely into Sierr [...]
2007-02-16 14:55:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PREL GV SL
07FREETOWN165SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone continues to make progress as it recovers from a devastating decade-long civil war that destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. In a little over a year, the level of awareness of trafficking in persons has risen considerably. However, trafficking remains a s [...]
2007-03-08 17:41:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
07FREETOWN29SIERRA LEONE: RESPONSE TO TERRORIST INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 17:02:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR SL
07FREETOWN355PARAMOUNT HELICOPTER CRASHES KILLING TOGOLESE MINISTER
[...] On the evening of June 3, a helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed while attempting to land at Lungi International Airport killing a reported 21 people, including Togo's Minister of Sport. News reports state most victims were members of a Togolese delegation attending a soccer match [...]
2007-06-04 13:26:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ATRN EAIR CASC SL
07FREETOWN42SIERRA LEONE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Sierra Leone is not a state sponsor of terrorism. During the reporting year, there were no judicial cases involving terror suspects. There were no developments that would impact U.S. counterterrorism efforts. 2. There was no significant support for international terrorism or for specifi [...]
2007-01-17 14:45:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS SL
07FREETOWN453SUPPORT FOR SIERRA LEONE POLICE END USER
[...] Sierre Leone will hold its national elections August 11. As part of election preparations, police advisors from the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) are working closely with the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to increase its preparedness to respond to political violence. P [...]
2007-07-26 16:00:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS SOCI ASEC SL
07FREETOWN471EMBASSY PLAN TO MONITOR SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its Presidential and Parliamentary elections on Saturday, August 11. Post has devised the following plan to monitor voting centers in nine of the 14 districts on election day. Seven monitoring teams, comprised of one to three Direct Hire American Embassy staff acco [...]
2007-08-07 13:29:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL
07FREETOWN535FREETOWN MONITORING PLAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUN-OFF
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold a run-off Presidential election on Saturday, September 8, 2007 between APC candidate Ernest Koroma and SLPP candidate Solomon Berewa. Post has devised a plan to monitor 8 of the 14 electoral districts on election day. Five monitoring teams comprised of one to thr [...]
2007-09-04 19:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL
07FREETOWN71POLICE AND YOUTH CLASH AFTER GASOLINE INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) Early on the morning of January 27, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) clashed with a group of youths in the Cole Farm area of Freetown near many Embassy residences after officers attempted to arrest a taxi driver whom they thought was in possession of illegal fuel. There are conflicting accounts [...]
2007-01-31 18:07:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PGOV SL
07FREETOWN745POST CONVENES EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] In response to reftel, Ambassador Perry convened an Emergency Action Committee Meeting (EAC) on December 18, 2007 to discuss our current political and security situation in Sierra Leone heading into the holiday season. The Ambassador expressed concern over the current situation of rising fuel [...]
2007-12-18 17:39:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER SL
07FREETOWN746EXPLOSIONS IN DOWNTOWN FREETOWN
[...] On December 20, 2007, the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss a series of deadly blasts that rocked downtown Freetown earlier the same afternoon. Present were the Ambassador, DCM, RSO, CON, CLO, DAO, LEGATT, USAID, POL, and PAO. The blasts occurred in the bottom floor [...]
2007-12-20 18:28:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER SL
07FREETOWN93FREETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Post welcomes the visit of Mark Stamilio, U.S. Department of State, Special Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues. Mr. Stamilio will travel to Freetown to represent the USG during a UN Management Committee visit to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) February 18-22. A [...]
2007-02-09 12:54:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC APER SL
07GABORONE1341DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ARGENTINA
[...] (SBU) After speaking with Argentinian Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, who is accredited to Botswana but is resident in Pretoria, Poloff delivered on October 30 Reftel demarche to the GOB's Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperarti [...]
2007-11-02 05:13:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV BC
07GEORGETOWN111CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S
[...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...]
2007-01-26 20:44:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY
07GEORGETOWN117Guyana Immigration CWC Training Reveals Security
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At GoG request, U.S. Embassy Consular officers participated as trainers in a recent Cricket World Cup Border Security Training Course for Guyanese Immigration and Customs Officers. The training made it clear that while some senior officers have basic knowledge of APIS and the Ca [...]
2007-01-30 14:46:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS SMIG CVIS ASEC KFRD KHLS GY
07GEORGETOWN138GUYANA PASSES WORLD CUP LEGISLATION - BETTER LATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guyana's National Assembly unanimously passed four bills allowing Guyana to participate fully with the nine other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a Single Domestic Space for the upcoming Cricket World Cup (CWC). The four bills were: (1) Immigration (Amendment) Act [...]
2007-02-06 20:29:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS SMIG CVIS ASEC KFRD KHLS GY
07GEORGETOWN147Guyana Finally Moves Towards Machine Readable Passports
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than ten years of delays, Guyana will finally begin issuing machine-readable passports (MRPs) this summer. After having bid on the project eleven years ago, Canadian Bank Note (CBN) was awarded the contract in December 2006. The company says that they will be ready to [...]
2007-02-08 17:29:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SNAR SMIG ASEC KFRD KCRM GY
07GEORGETOWN209ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...]
2007-02-21 19:28:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY
07GEORGETOWN267SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2007 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------------------- -- Begin Report: Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: ----------------- [...]
2007-03-12 20:47:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
07GEORGETOWN464 Commercial Land Lines to Guyana Out of Service
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 20:05:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDACOA CMGT ASEC AMGT KRIM GY
07GEORGETOWN506 Commercial Land Lines to Guyana Back In Service
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 19:50:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDACOA CMGT ASEC AMGT KRIM GY
07GRENADA150GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2007
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: NO PRISONERS IN COURT FOR OPENING OF OCTOBER ASSIZES The October assizes, opened on October 9 without any of the [...]
2007-10-24 12:55:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO ASEC GJ
07GRENADA156SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]
2007-11-06 21:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ
07GRENADA164WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...]
2007-11-21 13:07:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ
07GRENADA85COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD
[...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mr. Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20 - 21, 2007. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Progra [...]
2007-06-14 14:27:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07GRENADA87COUNTRY CLEAREANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD FOR
[...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer for the new dates: arriving in Grenada June 22 and departing June 23, 2007, as stated in ref C. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for f [...]
2007-06-14 22:07:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07GUANGZHOU485Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look
[...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]
2007-04-23 10:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU486Fuzhou Alien Smuggler's advice - study in the U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through an aggressive outreach program, Post actively encourages Chinese students to attend colleges and universities in the United States. However, Post continues to encounter well-organized attempts by visa brokers and snakeheads to send applicants, primarily from Fujian, to t [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU487Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUATEMALA115GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER MURDERED
[...] (U) Summary: On January 15 unidentified gunmen assassinated Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan Dock Workers Union of Puerto Quetzal (STEPQ),as he was driving home with his children. Zamora was shot 20 times and killed at point-blank range. At the time of his death, Zamora wa [...]
2007-01-19 18:50:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1806COLOM LEADS PEREZ MOLINA IN FIRST-ROUND ELECTION
[...] (U) With 92.3% of polling stations reporting, center-left candidate Alvaro Colom of the UNE leads center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Patriot Party. The two now advance to a runoff, to be held Nov. 4. At 0654 on September 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported the fol [...]
2007-09-10 13:52:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT
07GUATEMALA1857TIP: NEW GOVERNMENT SHELTER FOR UNDOCUMENTED
[...] (U) The Guatemalan Government (GOG) announced on September 12 that it will open a new shelter in Guatemala City for undocumented aliens, including victims of trafficking in persons. The shelter, to open within 30 days, will house up to 240 persons. 2. (U) The four-level shelter will includ [...]
2007-09-13 23:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
07GUATEMALA1859ELECTORAL OUTCOMES: WIN, LOSE, AND DRAW
[...] (C) As the dust settles from Guatemala's September 9 national elections, clear winners and losers have emerged. For others, the outcome was ambiguous. The greatest success was that of the process itself, which was less violent and better organized than anticipated. Center-left Alvaro Colom [...]
2007-09-14 13:08:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CVPR ASEC KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2121PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 16 PRISON GUARDS RELEASED
[...] Sixteen prison guards, accused of facilitating the February 25 murder of four National Civil Police (PNC) officers in El Boqueron prison, were released for insufficient evidence. The four murdered PNC officers had been incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Santa Rosa as suspects in t [...]
2007-10-24 13:21:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
07GUATEMALA2161GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 13:32:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR GT
07GUATEMALA2182SCENESETTER: NOV. 4 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) According to most polls, center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota enjoys a slim advantage coming into the Nov. 4 presidential election, but some polls show Alvaro Colom, of the center-left UNE, to be ahead. In the final stages of the campaign, Colom has come across [...]
2007-11-01 01:14:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GT
07GUATEMALA2238VIGILANTE GROUPS FILL PUBLIC SECURITY VOID IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vigilante groups reportedly operate in the Santiago Atitlan area, targeting criminals and those suspected of engaging in witchcraft. According to UN representatives, these vigilante groups are not unique to Santiago, but operate in many areas of the country in response to inef [...]
2007-11-14 23:33:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA375GUATEMALA: POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR ASSASSINATION
[...] (SBU) In a February 21 press conference, Guatemalan Minister of Government Carlos Vielmann announced the arrests of four members of the Guatemalan Civilian National Police (PNC) on charges of committing the brutal murders of three Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament [...]
2007-02-22 20:02:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PETER SNAR GT ES
07GUATEMALA403GUATEMALA: MURDER OF FOUR POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR
[...] (SBU) Four members of the Civilian National Police (PNC) in detention for alleged involvement in the February 19 assassination of three Salvadoran parliamentarians (reftels) were brutally murdered in a Guatemalan prison on February 25. According to media reports, at least two of the PNC suspe [...]
2007-02-27 00:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT ES
07GUATEMALA426CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO GUATEMALAN CONGRESS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: In the wake of last week's highly publicized and brutal killings of three Salvadoran parliamentarians and four Guatemalan police officers suspected of carrying out the killings, the Berger Administration delivered to the Guatemalan Congress the agreement to establish the Internat [...]
2007-03-01 18:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM GT ES
07GUATEMALA487CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] (U) On March 6, the Guatemalan Congress sent the CICIG agreement (refs) to the Constitutional Court for an opinion on its legality, which will further delay ratification. At the request of the Foreign Relations Committee and with majority support of Congress, including representatives of ruli [...]
2007-03-07 22:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA488GUATEMALAQS 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy GuatemalaQs point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]
2007-03-08 14:33:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA528GUATEMALA'S 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]
2007-03-14 15:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA569LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING INVITATION TO
[...] This is an action request, see para 3. 2. We received from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry a letter addressed to the Secretary that requests U.S. attendance at a regional conference on armed violence and development to be held in Guatemala on April 23-24. The conference, which is being o [...]
2007-03-20 18:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPRELPLS PARM MASS EAID KJUS KCRM PHUM ASEC
07GUATEMALA612GUATEMALA: BERGER REPLACES MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) President Berger annnounced on March 26 that he had accepted the resignation of Minister of Government (Interior) Carlos Vielmann as well as those of Civilian National Police (PNC) Director General Erwin Sperissen and Prison System Director Victor Rosales. On March 27, Berger named Adel [...]
2007-03-27 21:59:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA694GUATEMALA LABOR LEADER ARRESTED ON MONEY
[...] (U) Guatemalan labor leader Nery Barrios was arrested April 9 and detained on charges of money laundering, tax evasion, and embezzlement following four months of investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office. The charges allege that Barrios, leader of the Labor and Popular Action Unit (UAS [...]
2007-04-12 17:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC CVIS GT
07GUATEMALA696 NARCOPOLITICS THREATENS LOCAL ELECTIONS IN JUTIAPA
[...] (U) The eastern department of Jutiapa has become notorious for the deadliest electoral district in Guatemala as narco-tainted violence eliminated yet another pre-candidate. Jos Morn, the Guatemalan Republican Front's (FRG) pre-candidate for Mayor of Jutiapa, was gunned down in his home on Marc [...]
2007-04-12 18:46:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ASEC SNAR KDEM PHUM PGOV GT
07HAMBURG1MOTASSADEQ SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS
[...] On January 8, the Hamburg Regional Court gave 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq a 15 year prison sentence. (Note: This is the maximum sentence that can be imposed under the German Penal Code for the crime of accessory to murder. End Note.) Motassadeq's attorneys announced that they will [...]
2007-01-09 15:34:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM
07HAMBURG12G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG
[...] (U) In the early morning hours of January 26, vandals attacked the property of two ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Board Members. Alleged G8 opponents splattered Walter Klausmann's house with paint balloons and broke his car's windshield shortly before setting Herbert Aly's car on fire. In a thre [...]
2007-01-31 07:10:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV GM
07HAMBURG36MOTASSADEQ LOSES FINAL APPEAL
[...] (U) On May 11, the German Federal High Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision to reject 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq's appeal of the January 8 verdict of the Hamburg Regional Court that convicted Motassadeq of membership in a terrorist organization and of 246 counts of accessory to [...]
2007-05-18 13:39:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM
07HAMBURG52AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE AWAITING TRIAL IN SCHLESWIG, GERMANY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After German Police arrested Redouane El-Habhab July 6, 2006 at the Hamburg Dammtor train station, the Federal Prosecutor charged him April 25, 2007 with nine counts of supporting the foreign terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda in Iraq as well as four counts of acting aga [...]
2007-07-09 09:33:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
07HAMBURG53GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST" INDICTED IN LOWER SAXONY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German police arrested Ibrahim Rashid on October 10, 2006 near Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony under a warrant issued by the German Federal High Court on September 28, 2006. On June 28, 2007 the Federal Prosecutor charged him with 28 separate counts of recruiting members and supporters [...]
2007-07-20 10:44:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
07HAMBURG61TERRORISM TRIAL AGAINST GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial against alleged "cyber jihadist" Ibrahim Rashid opened on September 26 before the Higher Regional Court in Celle, Lower Saxony. According to the prosecution, these procedures are unique in that it is the first time that someone in Germany has been charged for jihadis [...]
2007-10-22 14:27:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
07HANOI1367JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS TO
[...] (C) On July 18, Embassy PolOffs met together with relatives of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. Dai and Nhan were tried and sentenced to prison on May 11 for "propaganda against the State." Each has filed a formal appeal, and an appeal trial date is pending. [...]
2007-08-03 09:40:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1390TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA
[...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]
2007-08-06 15:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1462"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]
2007-08-14 17:05:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07HANOI1746AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD
[...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]
2007-10-04 11:51:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1993IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS GET ONE YEAR SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) After a six-hour appeal trial in Hanoi, the GVN Supreme People's Court (SPC) reduced the prison sentences of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan each by one year, following the initial recommendation by the Prosecutor. The probation term remained the same. In [...]
2007-11-27 10:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2033 USCIRF MEETS WITH GVN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) On October 22, a delegation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Son and deputies of the National Assembly (NA - Vietnam's parliament) to discuss the NA's oversight and legislative role in prot [...]
2007-12-04 05:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2038 USCIRF VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE
[...] (SBU) On October 22, 2007 a visiting United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation met with the wife of imprisoned political dissident Nguyen Van Dai, Vu Minh Khanh and the mother of imprisoned political dissident Le Thi Cong Nhan, Tran Thi Le, at a Hanoi resta [...]
2007-12-04 09:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2094VIETNAM: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 07:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM VM
07HANOI652 GVN MAKES EXCUSES FOR APRIL 5 INCIDENT, DISSIDENT FAMILY
[...] (SBU) On April 6, a local security official told Poloff that the altercation at the Ambassador's residence on April 5 (reftel) was the result of "local officials acting without orders, to protect the Ambassador." As for the five invitees to the Ambassador's residence, over the weekend we were [...]
2007-04-08 10:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VM
07HANOI872 HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced democracy activists Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan to five and four year prison terms, respectively, for "distributing propaganda against the State." The trial, which lasted four hours, was orderly. Journalists and the diploma [...]
2007-05-11 10:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HARARE1011Zim Notes November 9, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-11-09 10:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1073Zim Notes November 30, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-11-30 09:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1080SADC TALKS ENTER FINAL PHASE
[...] (SBU) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube told diplomats December 4 that the final phase of SADC-sponsored negotiations will take place in South Africa between December 5 and December 10. Agreement has been reached on a draft constitution, a new electoral law, reform of POSA, and r [...]
2007-12-05 13:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1093Zim Notes December 7, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-12-07 10:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1106CIVIC ACTIVISTS KEEP UP STREET PRESSURE
[...] (U) In the past week, activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),two local pro-democracy NGOs, staged separate street demonstrations in Harare that resulted in beatings by police and arrests. WOZA and NCA remain the most active civil society grou [...]
2007-12-12 09:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI ASEC WMN
07HARARE1107SADC TALKS STALL, BUT MDC INTENDS TO CONTEST
[...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador December 11 that MDC negotiators had returned from South Africa without an agreement. Sticking points are MDC insistence on: --implementation of a new constitution before the election; --reconstitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi [...]
2007-12-12 09:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1119Zim Notes December 14, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-12-14 10:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1125SADC TALKS CONTINUE; MDC TO PRESENT UNITED FRONT
[...] (C) SADC talks, stalemated over MDC demands for implementation of a new constitution and electoral reforms before elections and for an election date later than March, are continuing. The MDC presented its case last weekend to South African president Thabo Mbeki who promised to talk to Zimbab [...]
2007-12-17 15:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1135Zim Notes December 21, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-12-21 10:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE130POLICE ZEALOUSLY CRACK DOWN ON OPPOSITION RALLIES
[...] (C) Police and ZANU-PF youth paramilitaries in Harare and Bulawayo violently broke up rallies over the weekend by the two opposition MDC factions. On February 18 in Harare, riot police acting in defiance of a High Court order used water cannons, teargas and batons to prevent an anti-Senate MDC [...]
2007-02-20 15:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE195POLICE BRUTALLY DISRUPT PRAYER RALLY AND ARREST
[...] (C) Security forces on March 11 brutally suppressed a prayer rally planned by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign and arrested more than 100, including MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and other key opposition leaders. Observers SIPDIS report that more than 1,000 police officers were deployed to th [...]
2007-03-12 15:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE198TSVANGRIRAI AND MISTREATED OPPOSITION DETAINEES
[...] (C) A badly beaten MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and fifty members of his party, including senior leaders from both factions, finally appeared in court March 13. No charges were filed with the court appearance turning on access to medical treatment. The Ambassador and other diplomats obse [...]
2007-03-13 16:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE204TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS FREED
[...] (C) Police late on March 13 released all of the MDC activists arrested on March 11 (Ref B) without filing charges. Eleven of the detainees, including Morgan Tsvangirai, are still being treated at Avenues Hospital. SIPDIS Separately, witnesses claim that Gift Tandare, the MDC youth killed [...]
2007-03-14 14:37:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE205SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...]
2007-03-14 14:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE213FUNERAL MARCH DELAYED TO LET LEADERS RECOVER,
[...] (C) MDC leaders have been forced to postpone the wake and funerary march for the MDC activist killed by police to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to participate and resolve logistical issues. They hope to finalize plans tomorrow. Tsvangirai remains at Avenues Hospital, where the Ambassador visited h [...]
2007-03-15 14:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE218OPPOSITION TELLS OF ASSAULT, CHARTS UNITED WAY
[...] (C) Key opposition leaders, excluding Morgan Tsvangirai (released from the hospital but recovering at home) held a press conference March 16 during which they recounted the brutal beatings they and other opposition members sustained at the hands of police and security officials. The oppositi [...]
2007-03-16 13:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE227GOZ PREEMPTS ACTIVIST'S BURIAL, PROMISES MORE
[...] (C) President Mugabe on March 16 promised ZANU-PF's youth wing more violence against opposition supporters. GOZ security forces over the weekend severely attacked the MDC spokesman, prevented two opposition leaders from seeking treatment in Johannesburg of their injuries sustained on March 1 [...]
2007-03-19 17:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE241ZIMBABWE'S INCREASED VIOLENCE A GOZ CREATION
[...] (U) While the GOZ has tried to portray the MDC as a purveyor of violence, largely by trumpeting two alleged petrol bomb attacks, there is scant evidence to support their claims. In fact, we hear every day of more and more evidence of government-sponsored violence. On March 22, Save Zimbabwe [...]
2007-03-22 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE269MDC UNDER SIEGE: ABDUCTIONS, ARRESTS, GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Assailants believed to be government agents have abducted and beaten at least nine opposition supporters since March 3. Additionally, the police reported 35 opposition activists were in custody following a series of raids, including on MDC headquarters March 28. Human rights lawyers said [...]
2007-03-30 11:47:00Embassy HarareSECRETPHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE275VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED AS LABOR UNION CALLS FOR
[...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) nationwide stay-away is set for April 3 and 4. The stay-away is ostensibly a protest against dismal wages and worsening economic conditions. However, it comes in the charged atmosphere caused by the government crack down on dissent and is seen [...]
2007-04-02 15:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB ASEC ZI
07HARARE485MUJURU LIEUTENANT PITCHES FOR USG SUPPORT
[...] (C) David Butau, ZANU-PF MP and member of the faction allied to ex-military commander Solomon Mujuru, told poloff on May 31 that Mujuru had determined that the time to unseat President Robert Mugabe was now. Mujuru had flexed his muscle and wrested control of the party structures in Masvingo [...]
2007-06-01 08:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE503WOZA'S SILENT MARCH ATTRACTS HARSH RESPONSE FROM
[...] (SBU) Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) supporters staged a "silent march" on June 6 in Bulawayo to demand inclusion in mediation talks between the government and the main opposition party; police used violence to disperse the crowd of 200 and arrested five women. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and [...]
2007-06-07 13:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE508TSVANGIRAI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on June 11 that the ZANU-PF position paper submitted to the South African-moderated talks was nothing more than the usual rhetoric, confirming prior suspicion that the GOZ was merely stalling. Unlike the MDC submission that addressed Zi [...]
2007-06-11 09:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE513ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE
[...] (SBU) As expected (Ref A),the ruling party won the Zaka East Parliamentary by-election on June 9, after both factions of the MDC boycotted the race. ZANU-PF candidate retired Brigadier General Livingstone Chineka polled 11,162 votes against only 2,376 combined for two smaller parties. Chinek [...]
2007-06-11 15:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE518WOZA LEADERS RELEASED THEN CLAIM VICTORY AT SECOND
[...] (U) All seven Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists arrested in Bulawayo on June 6 (Ref A) have been released. On June 8 police released without charge the five WOZA members initially arrested at the demonstration, and released WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu on June 10 [...]
2007-06-13 14:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV WMN ASEC ZI
07HARARE533STATE CASE IN PETROL BOMB ATTACKS CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) The GOZ's case against 32 MDC activists accused of carrying out March 13 petrol bomb attacks continued to crumble last week as the state withdrew the charges against thirteen of the accused. MDC Election Coordinator Ian Makone, along with six others, was released on June 7 after spendin [...]
2007-06-15 11:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE552CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 18 - ANOTHER GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Parliament is due to debate the proposed Constitutional Amendment 18 when it re-opens in late July. The Amendment Bill has provisions for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2008; it strengthens the Executive's control over Parliament by substantially inc [...]
2007-06-21 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SADC KDEM ZI
07HARARE605GOZ IN DOOMED BID TO END HYPERINFLATION BY FIAT
[...] (SBU) On the heels of a sharp spike in inflation, the GOZ on June 25 began a populist campaign to roll retail prices back to their June 18 level. Using thuggery and intimidation, "crack teams" under a newly established Cabinet Task Force descended first on supermarkets then across the retail [...]
2007-07-10 05:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ZI
07HARARE657GOZ CHARTS NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION
[...] (U) The GOZ's edict to roll back prices continues to wreak havoc as panic buying and supply chain disruptions have led to widespread shortages of basic commodities. Many Zimbabweans, already struggling to make ends meet, spend hours each day standing in line to buy scarce products or executin [...]
2007-07-19 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI ASEC ECON
07HARARE664COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN (JULY 29 -
[...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan and Mr. Marik String of the minority staff of the Senate Foreign Relations committee (sfrc) to conduct a field-based study that will examine assistance funded by the State Department, Defense Department [...]
2007-07-23 15:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOREP MGT ASEC AFIN MZ ZA UK SF GM
07HARARE671POLICE DETAIN AND BEAT HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS
[...] (U) Police severely beat hundreds of demonstrators detained on July 25 after protests calling for a new constitution were held in five major cities throughout the country. The protests, organized by National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),followed the opening of Parliament. In Harare, more t [...]
2007-07-26 14:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ZI ASEC
07HARARE687GOZ BACKSLIDES ON FUEL IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS
[...] The Government of Zimbabwe, which two weeks ago announced an end to the use of fuel coupons for the purchase of imported fuel, and which last week in a diplomatic note stated that all fuel importation and distribution would be through the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM),has reverse [...]
2007-08-02 12:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ASEC EPET ZI
07HARARE712NGO COMMUNITY TARGET OF GOZ HARASSMENT
[...] (C) The GOZ's recent push to strictly enforce price controls and immigration regulations has sent shock waves through the international NGO community. In recent weeks, government officials have inspected NGO warehouses, temporarily impounded relief supplies, scrutinized the use of foreign cur [...]
2007-08-08 15:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE8GOZ CRITIC SURVIVES APPARENT ARSON ATTACK
[...] (SBU) National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Lovemore Madhuku and his family survived an apparent arson attack at his suburban arare home at about 12:30 AM on January 1. Madhku told us that unknown assailants had sprinkled trail of gasoline from his front gate to the gaage in the a [...]
2007-01-04 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE822CABINET PANEL CONCEDES PRICE BLITZ DISASTER, GONO
[...] (C) A Cabinet panel reviewing the operation of the Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilization learned on September 5 that the crackdown had had a disastrous effect on the supply of food and goods and was also fomenting unrest across the country, according to Munyaradzi Kereke, Senior Adv [...]
2007-09-10 16:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE938INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This cable responds to Reftel. 2. (S) Questions and Responses. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? The GOZ does not have a master watchlist or any central repository of [...]
2007-10-17 13:49:00Embassy HarareSECRETKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ZI
07HAVANA1011TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]
2007-10-26 07:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1036U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]
2007-11-02 15:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HAVANA920MEETING WITH MINREX REGARDING DETAINED DIPLOMATIC POUCHES
[...] (C) On 17 SEP 2007 EMBOFFS met with representatives from the Cuban Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Cuban customs, and AeroVaradero Cargo Company to discuss three crates of diplomatic pouch currently held by Cuban customs. This meeting was requested by MINREX through a 14 SEP 2007 dip [...]
2007-09-18 08:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALADPM AMGT KRIM ADCO ASEC CU
07HELSINKI122FINLAND: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-9-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. Overview of Trafficking in Finland ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2007-02-23 06:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FI
07HILLAH103KARBALA: SERMON FOCUSES ON THE CONSTITUTION AND SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (U) Again this week Sayed Ahmed al-Safi, Head of the Al Abbas shrine office, conducted the Friday sermon at Karbala's al-Husain shrine. Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalae reportedly headed the recent meeting of the Karbala Provincial security body, but he wa [...]
2007-07-14 17:40:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER
07HILLAH109KARBALA AND ANBAR SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala and PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The governors of Anbar and Karbala provinces met at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah on July 17 to talk about security concerns along their provinces' shared border. By the conclusion both governorates s [...]
2007-07-19 07:56:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IZ SA
07HILLAH112KARBALA POLICE CHIEF TARGET OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 14:07:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PINR PTER
07HILLAH95KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...]
2007-06-30 08:42:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH96CORRECTED COPY: KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Hillah 00000095 (wrong classification) a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional [...]
2007-06-30 08:50:00REO HillahSECRETASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HOCHIMINHCITY1064ERO CALLS AN GIANG INCIDENT UNACCEPTABLE, PROMISES MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the Consul General's previous protest (septel) over harassment and interference of Consulate staff during a routine FPU investigation in An Giang province, ERO Deputy Director Le Hung Quoc said evicting Consulate personnel from the hotel in An Giang was not acceptab [...]
2007-10-17 06:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC PREL VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY1065GVN SHUTS DOWN ANTI-FRAUD TRIP, INTIMIDATES CONSULATE STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Security officials in An Giang province threatened post's acting Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and accompanying locally employed staff (LES) with arrest and placed them in harm's way by evicting them from their hotel late at night. The security officials also atte [...]
2007-10-17 07:09:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT ASEC PREL KFRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1079AUGUST VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM (HO CHI MINH CITY SENIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eight senior editors from Ho Chi Minh City newspapers, along with a senior official from the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, recently returned from a highly successful, albeit rare, opportunity to participate in a USG exchange program. As Vietnam's largest media center [...]
2007-10-22 06:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC PREL ASEC SCUL VM
07HONGKONG5832007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]
2007-03-01 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG5842007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...]
2007-03-01 10:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07ISLAMABAD1267AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...]
2007-03-20 02:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1270FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...]
2007-03-20 07:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1280CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN,
[...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]
2007-03-21 01:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1293LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S
[...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...]
2007-03-21 12:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1329WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS
[...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...]
2007-03-23 09:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1466CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 14:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1490CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET
[...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...]
2007-04-04 15:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1516OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...]
2007-04-06 03:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1631CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 12:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1659ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...]
2007-04-13 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1737CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME
[...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...]
2007-04-18 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1833CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24
[...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...]
2007-04-24 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV ASEC
07ISLAMABAD1834CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS
[...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...]
2007-04-24 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1844CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION
[...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...]
2007-04-25 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2017CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4
[...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...]
2007-05-04 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2033SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...]
2007-05-07 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2067MUSHARRAF'S CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION: LESS
[...] (S) Two months in, observers, including some of President Musharraf's main supporters and advisors, believe that the Chief Justice controversy has inflicted political harm on the President. Musharraf's political position is now more fragile. We continue to agree with the prevailing informe [...]
2007-05-08 19:24:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2157VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2175MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE
[...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...]
2007-05-15 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2193ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 11:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2207GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO
[...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...]
2007-05-17 10:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2218MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2334RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...]
2007-05-25 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2401UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...]
2007-05-31 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS
07ISLAMABAD2402PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES
[...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...]
2007-05-31 13:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD2469CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD
[...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...]
2007-06-04 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM
07ISLAMABAD2530 SUBMISSION OF G/TIP PROPOSALS -- PAKISTAN
[...] SUMMARY: Following are summaries of three anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Islamabad for consideration for funding from G/TIP-managed FY07 funds to strengthen Pakistan's efforts in combating trafficking in persons. As requested, post forwarded the original proposals t [...]
2007-06-07 05:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD2617SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2817OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]
2007-06-26 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2818OIG REPORT ITEM TWENTY ONE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Post provides the following update on recommendation 21: 2. (SBU) Islamabad's Narcotics Affairs Section performed a technical evaluation of proposals for the design/build contract of a new secure compound in Quetta. Of six proposals recieved, two were found to be technically acceptabl [...]
2007-06-26 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ASEC ASIG PK SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2873MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS
[...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...]
2007-07-02 07:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2905SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 15:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2932RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2934RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2954ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...]
2007-07-06 12:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2960RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...]
2007-07-07 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2976RED MOSQUE - SITREP JULY 9, 1600 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no major change in the Red Mosque situation since Post's July 7 report (reftel),but the government appears to be preparing for a final siege. Security forces and militants exchanged sporadic gunfire on July 8 and 9, and mosque leader Ghazi continues to refuse to [...]
2007-07-09 11:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2990RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...]
2007-07-10 05:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3022RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL
[...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...]
2007-07-11 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3028RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...]
2007-07-12 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3084RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]
2007-07-16 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD3269RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT
[...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]
2007-07-27 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3290RED MOSQUE UPDATE - JULY 30, 2007
[...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan closed the Red Mosque indefinitely on Friday, July 27 following the re-occupation of the compound by unarmed students and a suicide bombing at nearby Aapbara Market (reftel). An investigation into the bombing has so far turned up few leads on the bomber's ide [...]
2007-07-30 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPK PREL ASEC
07ISLAMABAD3957COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Charles Wilson, Rep. Peter King, Ms. Jen Stewart, Mr. Brian Kennedy, COL Paul Kennedy, and GySgt Ramses Cypress, from September 14 to Se [...]
2007-09-12 12:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA PK
07ISLAMABAD4494FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI
[...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]
2007-10-19 13:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4495KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-20 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC
07ISLAMABAD4531BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]
2007-10-23 14:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4599DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]
2007-10-27 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4652UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]
2007-10-31 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4692SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...]
2007-11-03 16:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]
2007-11-03 20:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4695MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...]
2007-11-04 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4702MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...]
2007-11-04 14:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4713MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...]
2007-11-05 09:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4727MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...]
2007-11-05 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4728MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]
2007-11-05 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4739MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED
[...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...]
2007-11-06 08:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD494BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT
[...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]
2007-01-26 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD5380MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...]
2007-12-28 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5382 INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL
[...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, [...]
2007-12-28 12:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD5390MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]
2007-12-29 11:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5392INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...]
2007-12-29 12:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC
07ISLAMABAD5393MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY;
[...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]
2007-12-30 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5410MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]
2007-12-31 12:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD830COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR
[...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...]
2007-02-21 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
07ISTANBUL1011SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Istanbul follows President Bush's successful November 5 meeting with PM Erdogan in Washington and Secretary Rice's constructive Ankara meetings with Erdogan, President Gul and FM Babacan on November 2. The President and Secretary Rice greatly improved Turkish-Ameri [...]
2007-11-23 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL164SECURITY SURVEY: ISTANBUL BASED ECUMENICAL
[...] (SBU) Subsequent to reported threats (reftel) against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchates in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarchate administrative staffer Paul Gikas contacted us on February 15 to accept Consulate's previous offers to provide security improvement recommendations. In response [...]
2007-03-01 15:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL349CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]
2007-04-25 13:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL722TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...]
2007-08-09 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07JAKARTA1005CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]
2007-04-10 06:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1011GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...]
2007-04-11 00:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1038EAST JAVA: Lapindo Mud Volcano Floods Roads and Rail While
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 30 dam wall collapse at the source of the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano flooded East Java's remaining north-south road and railways, causing major transportation disruptions. Local mudflow victims delayed damage control response by preventing heavy equipment [...]
2007-04-12 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1050POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
[...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...]
2007-04-13 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA108JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]
2007-01-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA1279JAKARTA REQUESTS DOD REWARDS PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 2. 2. (S) The Indonesian National Police (INP) has provided us with information on four Indonesian counterterrorism rewards candidates who helped INP CT units track down top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives Azahari, Jabir, and Abdul Hadi. Our rewards workin [...]
2007-05-07 06:04:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID
07JAKARTA1293TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 27
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We hosted a trilateral counterterrorism (CT) meeting on April 27, with Australian and Japanese embassy counterparts. The three delegations agreed that Indonesian CT capacity had improved significantly, though the threat of terrorism would remain for the foreseeable future. Donor [...]
2007-05-08 06:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1382002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION
[...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]
2007-01-17 09:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1620INDONESIAN POLICE TAKE DOWN KEY JI OPERATORS
[...] (S) Summary. On-going Indonesian National Police (INP) counterterrorism operations in Central Java since Saturday, June 9, have netted the senior-most Indonesian terrorists arrested in the last several years. Among those arrested were Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Ustad Syahroni (aka Mbah aka N [...]
2007-06-11 12:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA168VISIT OF INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police Chief General Sutanto's January 22-25 visit to Washington provides an excellent opportunity to reiterate U.S. support for his efforts to develop a more professional, effective, and transparent police force and to express appreciation for his close coope [...]
2007-01-19 10:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS ID
07JAKARTA1718TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN
[...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]
2007-06-21 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1768East Java: Lapindo Mudflow Devastation Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya and Embassy Jakarta officers accompanied EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to the Lapindo mudflow disaster (reftel A) and surrounding areas on May 28, the day before the one year mark of the disaster. The mudflow continues at approximately 150,000 cubic me [...]
2007-06-27 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1770INDONESIA: CT REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (S) On June 11, Post received the counterterrorism rewards payments requested in Ref A from the Department of Defense (DOD) rewards program at U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) for four Indonesian civilian rewards candidates. On June 20, senior Indonesian National Police (INP) CT investigators in [...]
2007-06-27 11:28:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS KCRM KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1772East Java: Mud Managers Informally Request USG Assistance
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on A/S Christopher Hill's recent inspection of the mudflow disaster, ConGen Surabaya met with Sidoarjo Mud Disaster Management Board (BPLS) leadership, who described their inability to formulate and implement a work [...]
2007-06-28 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1859NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]
2007-07-09 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1934POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 00:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1935POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY
[...] (C) Reports that the Indonesian National Police (INP) arrested four suspects over the weekend of July 14 ) 15 linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network remain unconfirmed by INP Counter-Terrorist units (CT). RSO Kevin Whitson, Consulate General Surabaya, received information that the [...]
2007-07-17 00:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA194CENTRAL SULAWESI: POLICE ATTACK LASKAR MUJAHIDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over 500 members Qthe Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided the Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) stronghold area of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict, Poso City, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 22, 2007, resulting at the latest count in 16 dead, 18 injured and 24 captured LM mem [...]
2007-01-23 10:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID KISL KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT
07JAKARTA1957GOI PROMISES SWIFT RESPONSE TO NIKE TRADE DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 18, Ambassador Hume met with Muhammad Lufti, Chairman of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) Investment Coordinating Board (BMPK)at Lufti's request to discuss the escalating trade dispute between U.S.-based Nike Corporation and their local business partner, Central Cipta M [...]
2007-07-19 06:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1993:INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...]
2007-07-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER
07JAKARTA201SBY FIRES BACK AT HIS OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On January 15, Indonesian agitator par excellence Hariman Siregar organized a rally of approximately 1000 people to simultaneously protest the SBY administration and commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Malari incident (Note: The term refers to a historic student protest that [...]
2007-01-24 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2069NIKE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLVED
[...] (C) Summary: Nike and Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) reached an agreement on July 31 to phase-out their business relationship over the next 24 months. The agreement includes concessions by Nike to increase the phase-out time for one of CCM,s factories to 24 months from 9 months, as well as inc [...]
2007-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC EINV ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV ID CASC
07JAKARTA2101POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...]
2007-08-03 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2121JI CO-FOUNDER SUES INDONESIA'S KEY ANTI-TERROR UNIT
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba,asyir, co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamyah, has filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88). The suit demands the disbanding of SD-88 on the grounds that the unit is anti-Muslim. The [...]
2007-08-06 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PHUM PTER
07JAKARTA2241FACING ISLAMIST PROTESTERS, MISS UNIVERSE AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) The reigning Miss Universe, Japanese national Riyo Mori, recently visited Indonesia on a promotional tour. After visiting Jakarta and making several planned stops at venues in Bandung, West Java, she and her [...]
2007-08-16 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2263GOI ANNOUCES REMISSIONS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. As many as six convicted terrorists (none of them major figures) may be released in coming days as a result. For the second s [...]
2007-08-20 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA229POSO REMAINS CALM AFTER POLICE RAID
[...] (C) Summary. Poso, Central Sulawesi is currently calm several days following the raid by police and Detachment 88 of the Muslim militant stronghold of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict. Reaction from the local and national Muslim community has been muted although even moderate Muslim figures are gene [...]
2007-01-26 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PTER KJUS KPAO KISL
07JAKARTA2310COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT AGAINST KEY GOI ANTI-TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: A Jakarta Court dismissed on August 21 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's lawsuit seeking to disband the Indonesian National Police anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88. Ba'asyir had claimed the unit acted in an anti-Muslim way and used torture. [...]
2007-08-23 08:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2346TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO
[...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...]
2007-08-27 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2349POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]
2007-08-27 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2375EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]
2007-08-29 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2376BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD
[...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...]
2007-08-29 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2473REQUEST FOR DOD REWARDS PROGRAM ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) This is an Action Request: Please see para 2. 2. (S) Action Request: In June 2007, the Indonesian National Police (INP) captured two top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives, Abu Dujana and Zarkasih (information on both is contained in para 5). Mission's rewards working group has review [...]
2007-09-07 07:45:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL PINS ID
07JAKARTA2476POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT IN HANDLING CASCADE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have repeatedly shown restraint in dealing with large and sometimes volatile crowds in recent months. This trend suggests that the police--including the Mobile Brigade--are developing a level of professionalism that is increasingly in line with internationa [...]
2007-09-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA248GOI GAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POSO ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several days the GOI has done better in publicly justifying its January 22 actions against armed militants in Poso and in gaining the support of some national Muslim leaders in bringing calm to the situation. In particular, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with Musl [...]
2007-01-30 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2497REJECTING APPEAL, SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court publicly confirmed September 7 that it has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for his role in the terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision despite the fact that all legal remed [...]
2007-09-10 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA251GOI PRIORITIZES RECOVERY OF ADAM AIR BLACK BOXES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa thanked the Ambassador and members of the USS Mary Sears search team for U.S. assistance in locating the wreckage of Adam Air Flight KI-574 on the floor of the Suluwesi Straits. Hatta said that the GOI's priority in terms of next steps is [...]
2007-01-31 04:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2562MISSION HOSTS TRILATERAL COUNTER-TERRORISM MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a trilateral counter-terrorism (CT) meeting September 13 with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Discussion focused mainly on current and future CT initiatives with the Indonesian government. [...]
2007-09-13 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ASEC PTER PGOV ID AS JA
07JAKARTA2658AFTER LOSING FINAL APPEAL, ANOTHER BALI BOMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- A source has confirmed to Poloff that the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of Imam Samudra, a co-conspirator in the October 2002 Bali bombings. Samudra joins Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, another Bali bomber, on death row. One other bomber's case is still und [...]
2007-09-20 06:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2708INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed media reports state two Indonesian National Police (INP) officers were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Tenate, North Maluku Province. One officer was killed on September 22, and the other on September 24 in a suspected dispute between police and military. [...]
2007-09-25 09:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2717 Indonesian National Police - An Historical Overview
[...] (U) This information is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Founded in 1945, the Indonesian National Police (INP) separated from the Armed Forces in 2000 and began a period of reform, reinventing itself as a modern, civic-minded force that responds to t [...]
2007-09-26 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2770TWILIGHT OF THE MORAL VIGILANTES? -- ATTACKS BY
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Despite a serious flare-up recently near Jakarta, incidents of hard-line Muslim vigilante groups "sweeping," e.g., closing down entertainment establishments during the fasting month of Ramadan, have dropp [...]
2007-10-01 09:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2852TRIALS KICK OFF FOR FORMER JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trials of seven defendants linked with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network have begun in Jakarta. Six were operatives of an important Java-based terror cell and the other played a key role in a 2005 Sulawesi bombing. All seven face charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The [...]
2007-10-10 06:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC PTER PINR ID
07JAKARTA2854BALI AIRPORT COMPLIANCE NOTICE DELIVERED TO
[...] (SBU) On October 10, 2007, A/DCM met with Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal and delivered Secretary Chertoff,s letter regarding the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finding of compliance with international security standards for Bali,s Ngurah Rai International Airport. [...]
2007-10-10 08:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA292REQUEST APPROVAL TO TRAIN MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL
[...] (U) This cable contains an urgent action request (see Para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Recent counterterrorism operations by Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Central Sulawesi highlight a deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. Specifically, the 2003 ban on using Inter [...]
2007-02-02 08:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV PINS KJUS KISL
07JAKARTA2939GOI TO BALI BOMBERS -- MAKE CLEMENCY REQUEST OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- The Indonesian Attorney General has given the three convicted Bali Bombers one month to request clemency from the President. If they don't--and the three have repeatedly said they won't, they face execution. If they make the clemency request, the process could drag on for some [...]
2007-10-19 08:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA2973NATIONAL INVESTMENT TEAM VS NEGATIVE LIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) reestablished its National Team for the Enhancement of Export and Investment (PEPI) to coordinate investment policy formulation and implementation in addition to investment promotion. The institution was reinvigorated in response to complaints [...]
2007-10-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA304SITREP ON FLOODING IN JAKARTA
[...] DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 5 to assess the flood situation in Jakarta and its implications for the Embassy. Rain in the greater Jakarta area continued over the weekend, exacerbating flooding caused by heavy rains the latter part of last week. Loc [...]
2007-02-05 09:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3076PAPUA -- MORE TRIBAL TURBULENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Timika--a major town in South-central Papua--was paralyzed November 3-4 as crowds barricaded and destroyed a police station. Police agreed to the crowd's demands and the situation is now tense but stable. The unrest forced alterations in the schedule of the Ambassador's Novembe [...]
2007-11-05 11:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3089NORTH MALUKU -- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MIRED IN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 3, North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia conducted its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. According to poloff who was on the scene, voting took place in a peaceful and orderly fashion despi [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA311 February 6 Update On Flooding In Jakarta
[...] Extremely heavy rains overnight were mitigated somewhat by a dry and partly sunny day in Jakarta as of 15:00 Tuesday. Morning rush-hour was difficult with standing water sporadically throughout the city, but improved as the day wore on. Meteorologists continue to anticipate further rain over [...]
2007-02-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA312Indonesian Police Capture Key Militants
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Poso, Central Sulawesi nabbed three key militants on February 1 in on-going operations there. Shortly afterward, two other militants sought by the INP surrendered to authorities. The lead suspect, Basri, one of the most violent figures [...]
2007-02-06 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3121NORTH MALUKU -- ELECTION SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia continues to await final results from its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. The local electoral commission has announced that it will not release final results unt [...]
2007-11-09 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3129JAYAPURA - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88
[...] (U) RSO recently accompanied the Ambassador to Jayapura in the province of Papua. The principal reasons for the visit was to meet Government of Indonesia (GOI) Officials and to visit the mining operations of Freeport McMoRan in Timika and BP in Babo (REF A). During the visit, the RSO inquir [...]
2007-11-09 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3162JAKARTA - DS/ATA AND SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88
[...] (U) Begin Summary. Post appreciated the visit of DS/ATA Director Steve Brunette and DS/ATA Desk Officer Steve Hargrove. In addition to signing the Memorandum of Intent between the Embassy and the Indonesian National Police (INP),the visit provided useful ideas on improving the already suc [...]
2007-11-15 04:40:00Embassy JakartaSECRETASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3163SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88
[...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]
2007-11-15 06:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3214SULAWESI -- RADICALISM ON THE WANE WITH POLICE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Sulawesi Island, poloff met with various GOI officials, including from the police. There was widespread agreement that radicalism in Sulawesi had been largely contained, while tensions betwee [...]
2007-11-20 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3224NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES TO RESOLVE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (KPU) has overturned the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia and suspended three members of the local electoral body (KPUD). The loca [...]
2007-11-21 09:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3236NORTH MALUKU -- WINNER NAMED IN ELECTION; ETHNIC
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three days after overturning the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia, the National Electoral Commission (KPU) handed victory to opposition candidate Abdul Gafu [...]
2007-11-23 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3249INDONESIAN CIVIL AVIATION CHIEF TALKS REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14, 2007, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Budhi Suyitno emphasized the directorate's newest slogan, 3S plus 1C: safety, security, service and compliance. He told us DCGA's efforts will be comprehensive, focusing on improvements in [...]
2007-11-26 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3263TERRORIST TRIALS -- NEW FUNDING NEEDED FOR COURT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past two years, a locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. With current funding nearly exhausted, Mission seeks new Department funding to continue this productive relationship. Supported b [...]
2007-11-28 06:09:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3293NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES AS ELECTION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has named an interim governor in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku. The move is designed to prevent a vacancy in the province's top position while a heated dispute over the r [...]
2007-11-30 11:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3312COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...]
2007-12-04 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3350SULAWESI -- SMALL EXPLOSION MARKS LOCAL FESTIVAL
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small explosion occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on December 5. There are no reports of casualties or serious damage and a local festival continues. The Provincial Police Chief stated to poloff that th [...]
2007-12-07 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3362CENTRAL JAVA -- KEYSTONE COPS MISTAKENLY SHOOT AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bizarre incident, an Australian counterterrorism official became the target of gunfire while driving his vehicle in Central Java on November 25. He was not injured. Amid initial fears of a possible terrorist incident or maybe an attempted car-jacking, police now admit that [...]
2007-12-11 07:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3426COUNTER-TERRORISM: MORE MILITANTS GO ON TRIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants--including senior leader Zarkasih--have been formally charged with terrorism. JI co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has also been in the news, making a none-too-veiled threat after meeting the three jailed Bali bombers. Few people believe, h [...]
2007-12-18 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA497 Baby steps towards a Truth Commission for Aceh
[...] SUMMARY: Authorities from Jakarta held a conference February 15 in Banda Aceh to discuss issues surrounding the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Aceh mandated by the August 2005 Helsinki MOU and Indonesian law. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Human Rig [...]
2007-02-23 06:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA508Lapindo Mudflow Victim Demonstrations End Peacefully
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of residents displaced by the Lapindo mudflow disaster (Reftel) demonstrated February 22 bringing Surabaya rush hour traffic to a standstill. Protestors rejected local political leaders' and the head of the National Mudflow Disaster Management Team's (Timnas) relocatio [...]
2007-02-23 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ASEC CACS ID
07JAKARTA545INDONESIA'S DETACHMENT 88 HITTING ITS STRIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since first emerging in the wake of the 2002 Bali terror attacks, Detachment 88 has begun to establish itself as the counterterrorism flagship of the Indonesian National Police (INP). A growing list of successful CT operations marks the Detachment's maturing capabilities. Recentl [...]
2007-02-27 23:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA588Peace Concert Shows that the Acehnese are Putting the Past
[...] (U) Summary: In Central Aceh, a remote district which was formerly the scene of some of the Aceh conflict's worst violence and which is still sees relatively little NGO activity, the people have put the past behind them and are looking to agriculture for prosperity. Syariah Islam and the relig [...]
2007-03-01 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA590 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-01 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA672 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative t Indonesian victims. Th [...]
2007-03-08 10:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA698 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA700 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA706U.S. TEAM VISITS INDONESIA'S SULAWESI SEA AREA
[...] (C) Summary. In late January, a DS/ATA-led team of U.S. and GOI security officials sponsored by S/CT assessed the security needs along Indonesia's Sulawesi Sea border areas. The visit was part of the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) targeting the strategic Indonesia-Malaysia-Philip [...]
2007-03-12 08:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA826TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: POSO TERRORISTS CONVICTED
[...] (U) Three Indonesians involved in the October 2005 beheading attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were convicted of terrorism in Jakarta on March 21. They were sentenced to 20, 14 and 14 years respectively. The sentences imposed, while less than the maximum, appear to be the result of the defe [...]
2007-03-22 09:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA827INDONESIAN CT UNITS ARREST TERROR SUSPECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20-21, Indonesian National Police (INP) units, including Detachment 88 officers trained by DS/ATA, carried out CT operations in Central Java that resulted in the arrest of at least five suspected terrorists. INP units fatally shot one suspect in a shootout Tuesday night [...]
2007-03-22 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR
07JAKARTA86MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI
[...] (C) Summary. Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]
2007-01-10 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA897JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE
[...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA906JAKARTA: EAC MEETING, MARCH 29, 2007
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 29, 2007, to discuss the issues of airline safety in Indonesia and the recent arrest of 8 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members in East Java. The CG and ECONCOUNS discussed a recent media release by the Indonesian Dire [...]
2007-03-29 06:26:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER CASC AEMR ASEC PGOV EAIR ID
07JAKARTA92MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]
2007-01-11 04:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA932SECURITY ISSUES AT FREEPORT MINE IN PAPUA,
[...] (C) Summary. Executives of the U.S.-owned Freeport mine near Timika, Papua, report that despite a difficult start, police Mobile Brigade personnel have successfully taken over the Indonesian Armed Forces' old role in supporting the company's security operations. Freeport provides some financ [...]
2007-04-01 22:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PGOV EMIN CASC ID
07JERUSALEM1000SHOOTINGS ON JERUSALEM-WEST BANK SEAM: 2
[...] (SBU) According to Israeli police and Arabic-language press, two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants (both East Jerusalem residents) shot at Israeli Border Police and contract security guards near the Shaykh Sa'ad checkpoint in Jerusalem o/a 2020 May 26. Nearby Border Police guards returned f [...]
2007-05-29 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PREL KPAL IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1006GAZA: 4 HAMAS DEAD IN IDF STRIKES; ROCKETS HITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST 29 QASSAM ROCKETS STRUCK ISRAEL FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 LOCAL MAY 30, KILLING AN ISRAELI MAN, LIGHTLY INJURING TWO OTHERS, DAMAGING THREE BUILDINGS AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES, AND SETTING A WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING MEMBE [...]
2007-05-30 14:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1172GAZA: SIX KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES; NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST NINE PALESTINIANS (6 FATAH OR PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF),AND 3 HAMAS) WERE KILLED IN RENEWED FACTIONAL VIOLENCE IN RAFAH AND GAZA CITY FROM JUNE 8 TO 1600 LOCAL ON JUNE 11. BOTH SIDES ALLEGE SEVERAL ABDUCTIONS AND ABUSE/TORTURE OF PRISONERS. HAMAS PM ISMAYIL [...]
2007-06-11 15:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1179HEAVY FACTIONAL FIGHTING IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary. At least 14 Palestinians were killed in gunbattles in Gaza as of 1600 on June 12, with heavy violence in most cities and especially in Gaza City, the site of most political and security headquarters. Hamas warned all Palestinian security forces (PASF) to vacate their bases, an [...]
2007-06-12 17:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1186EIGHT MORE KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACKS IN GAZA CITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Heavy factional fighting continues in Gaza City and central Gaza as of mid-day local. Approximately 8 Palestinians have been killed so far today (since midnight): 3 "Executive Force" fighters in a &work accident8, 2 Fatah militia in Gaza City, and 3 National Security Forces (N [...]
2007-06-13 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1191GAZA UPDATE: 1800 LOCAL JUNE 13: HAMAS PRESSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence continued in Gaza June 13, with at least 16 Palestinians killed since 1200 local. Most fighting involved Hamas military-wing/8Executive Force8 attacks against Palestinian security forces (PASF) installations and homes/offices of senior Fatah leaders an [...]
2007-06-13 15:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC PINS
07JERUSALEM1363NABLUS INCURSION: IDF WITHDRAWS FROM CITY CENTER,
[...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and press, the IDF is wrapping up operations in/around Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus as of 1400 local June 29, and has left the city center. The IDF shot and killed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Haytham Salih in al-Dahiya early June 29, an [...]
2007-06-29 12:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1440PALESTINIAN TRADE UNION LEADER KIDNAPPED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) Chairman Shaher Sa'ad was kidnapped in the West Bank town of Nablus on the afternoon of July 10. He was released unharmed following one hour of physical threats and demands by the kidnappers for him to (a) resign his post [...]
2007-07-11 14:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON KPAL KWBG CASC ASEC
07JERUSALEM1671JERUSALEM OLD CITY SHOOTING
[...] (U) At approximately 11:15 a.m. local time August 10, an unknown Palestinian male assaulted an Israeli security guard, took his firearm, and shot him in the shoulder at an Ateret Kohanim yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City Christian Quarter, according to Israeli press. A second security guard cha [...]
2007-08-10 14:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDASEC IS KDEM KWBG PGOV PREL PTER
07JERUSALEM1756ALLON SHEVUT: PROPERTY VALUES HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 August Poloff visited the Allon Shevut settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc and met AmCit Regional Councilwoman Ruth Lieberman. According to Lieberman, Gush Etzion residents are more confident than ever that their community will be inside Israel in any permanent status agre [...]
2007-08-23 14:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1821FAYYAD COMMENDS PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES WHO
[...] (C) At a August 28 meeting with NEA DAS Rob Danin in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad praised Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) personnel who protected an IDF officer who accidentally entered Jenin August 27, passing A/PO a copy of his official commendation to Jenin security officers (pri [...]
2007-08-29 04:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1965HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM2188RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not control borders or administer border crossings. It does not collect information on travelers who enter the West Bank/Gaza from Israel or Israeli-administered crossing points. Response to Ref A's specific information requests follow: 2. (C) A [...]
2007-10-23 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PINR ASEC PTER CVIS KHLS
07JERUSALEM2380REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL GUARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance for the following members of the Presidential Guard to attend a USG-funded training course. First name, last name Anwar Ma Zen Aldeen POB: Nablus DOB: 17 September 1982 [...]
2007-11-16 11:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2457LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan. This is the first of 3 cables containing batches of approximately 250 tra [...]
2007-11-29 17:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2501LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700-MAN BATTALION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, Last name Mohammad Fathi Hussein Rahal POB: Kufur Dan [...]
2007-12-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM2528LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700 MAN BATTALION (3 OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: Nablus D [...]
2007-12-11 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM905GAZA: CEASEFIRE DECLARED, BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SEPARATE CEASEFIRES ORDERED BY HAMAS AND PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) HAD A CALMING INFLUENCE EARLY MAY 17, BUT VIOLENCE RESUMED BY 1330 LOCAL. FIGHTING SPREAD TO RAFAH AND THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, WITH 5 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES AS OF 1700 LOCAL. PRESIDE [...]
2007-05-17 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM929GAZA: FRIDAY MORE CALM, BUT SOME FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite multi-faction agreement to enforce a ceasefire, violence continued (albeit at a reduced level) late May 17 through 1600 on May 18, with two Palestinians killed and at least 18 injured in factional clashes. 21 Qassam rockets landed in Israel since the last update (Ref [...]
2007-05-18 14:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM940GAZA: INTERNAL CONFLICT SHIFTS TO HAMAS-GOI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a new, Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreed to at 1500 local on May 19, internal Palestinian fighting has subsided to sporadic levels. One Palestinian was killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes May 18 (prior to the ceasefire). 25 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes [...]
2007-05-21 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM955GAZA: HAMAS-FATAH TENSION SIMMERS, AS QASSAMS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence remained at a low level May 21-22, but Hamas-Fatah shootings left three injured, and deaths from injuries in previous fighting raised the toll from factional clashes to 56. 20 Qassam rockets struck Israel from 1400 (local) May 21 to 1600 May 22, killin [...]
2007-05-22 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM964GAZA TENSE BUT QUIETER AS IDF SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. There was sporadic factional and clan violence in Gaza late May 22 to mid-day (local) May 24. Hamas and Fatah both submitted lists of the other's ceasefire violations to the Follow-up Committee. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Gaza and met with PM Ismayil Haniyah M [...]
2007-05-24 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM980MINOR FACTIONAL CLASHES; CONTINUED QASSAM ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. HAMAS GUNMEN RAIDED A FATAH "SPECIAL FORCE" TRAINING AREA IN CENTRAL GAZA MAY 24, BUT NO INJURIES RESULTED. SENIOR FATAH CONTACTS SAY A HIGH-LEVEL FATAH DELEGATION WILL GO TO CAIRO MAY 26 TO MEET WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND SENIOR HAMAS FIGURES TO SOLIDIFY THE FACTIONAL CEASE [...]
2007-05-25 13:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07KABUL1007ELECTION WORKING GROUP FOCUSES ON CALENDAR REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Election Working Group called for by the JCMB met for the first time on March 15 to energize work on elections. The group discussed options for electoral calendar reform, but agreed that the international community should not take a position on the outcome. The Civil Voter [...]
2007-03-27 09:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1009STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: SPANTA SAYS AFGHANS WANT TO
[...] (C) During a bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister Spanta and senior members of the U.S. Delegation to the March 13 US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership meeting reaffirmed the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship. Both agreed the Strategic Partnership meeting was particularly imp [...]
2007-03-27 10:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1010STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: NSA RASSOUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan National Security Advisor Rassoul told visiting U.S. Delegation to the US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks that the situation in Helmand remained problematic due to the volatile mix of drug traffickers and Taliban. Unlike six months ago, Rassoul believed Iran was m [...]
2007-03-27 10:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1015VISITING GERMAN DELEGATION ASKS FOR MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A German government delegation, visiting to inaugurate the newly completed German Police Program Office facility in Kabul, discussed Afghan National Police (ANP) training and reform with Ambassador Neumann, emphasizing the need for more intensive U.S.-EU cooperation. The Germans [...]
2007-03-27 13:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1016PRESIDENT KARZAI REAFFIRMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) During a March 13 meeting with a senior U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks, President Karzai reaffirmed the strategic importance of the relationship. He asked that the U.S. do whatever it must to minimize collateral damage and civilian deaths in U.S. milit [...]
2007-03-27 13:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1017STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE
[...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]
2007-03-27 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1018PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
[...] (SBU) On March 27 at approximately 1150 local time, a suicide bomber blew himself up in downtown Lashkar Gah, provincial center of Helmand Province. The incident occurred at the headquarters of the Afghan National Police (ANP). (NOTE: The headquarters is across from the entrance to Lashkar G [...]
2007-03-27 14:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1051PRT/SHARANA: PAKTIKA GOVERNOR ON SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika's Governor Khpalwak has launched his own political spring offensive designed to preempt a widely expected Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan. Starting on March 18, the Governor has been in near constant motion around the province. The Governor's agenda inclu [...]
2007-03-31 13:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1055PRT LASHKAR GAH: SEMI-ANNUAL HELMAND REVIEW
[...] (C) Helmand faces serious problems within all PRT pillars )- security, governance and development. Security is the most pressing and immediate concern for the province. Apart from intense civilian and military focus on major projects such as Kajaki, little progress can be expected on governa [...]
2007-04-01 11:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1057ATTACK ON PRT MEHTARLAM KILLS CHILDREN AND ANA
[...] (SBU) At approximately 1445 local time on April 1, PRT Mehtarlam sustained a vehicle borne suicide attack on the front gate of the ANA side of the compound. The lone driver attacked an ANA convoy entering the gate with his white Toyota Camry or Corolla. Governor Mangal reported that three ch [...]
2007-04-02 09:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1058KARZAI MAKES "SURPRISE" VISIT TO HELMAND
[...] (C) President Karzai's March 29 short-notice (for security reasons) visit to Helmand was well received but much less impressive than his December visit to Kandahar which lasted three days. Karzai repeated several themes during his four hour visit to Lashkar Gah which included meetings with pr [...]
2007-04-02 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1162AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT ATTEND NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Davood Moradian, Foreign Minister Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor, who explained that Afghanistan's Embassy in Tehran had received standing instructions three months ago to avoid any events or activities related to Iran's nuclear program. He as [...]
2007-04-09 12:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR UNSC IAEA
07KABUL1167FM SPANTA'S SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON IRAN
[...] (C) Afghanistan is acutely aware of U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear program and will study U.S. non-paper and UNSCR 1747. Foreign Minister Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor, Davood Moradian, expressed to Embassy April 4 concerns over the formation of both the National Unity Council and Nationa [...]
2007-04-09 14:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF IR RU
07KABUL1267THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE: WHERE WE ARE, WHERE
[...] Summary: This cable uses the opportunity offered by a tasking from the Joint Department of State - Department of Defense Inspector General Interagency Assessment of Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness (ref A) to review recent progress in Afghan police development and to describe ongoing [...]
2007-04-15 14:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SNAR ASIG PREL PGOV ASEC NATO AF
07KABUL1311PRT LASHKAR GAH: POPPY HARVEST AND LABOR PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) The poppy harvest is in full swing in Helmand Province, which has brought an influx of young males into the provincial center of Lashkar Gah. Oddly, in recent days there has been no movement by laborers out of the town and into the poppy fields. The reasons for this are likely twofold [...]
2007-04-17 12:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS
07KABUL1315PRT LASHKAR GAH: ENSURING STABILITY IN BABAJI
[...] (SBU) On March 22, Afghan National Security Forces, with ISAF support, initiated an operation that cleared a Taliban enclave close to the provincial center of Lashkar Gah (the "Babaji region"). Following the operation, local Afghans expressed what the Helmand Task Force and PRT generally take [...]
2007-04-17 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1321PRT JALALABAD: KARZAI SKIPS OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) President Hamid Karzai visited Jalalabad in Nangarhar province April 14 to inaugurate the Baacha Khan Complex honoring the leader of the non-violent independence movement in British India's Northwest Frontier. The event was noteworthy for the fact that Karzai attended but did not take th [...]
2007-04-18 06:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1327FM SPANTA'S VISIT TO IRAN: CONCERNS AMIDST
[...] (C) During wide-ranging meetings in Iran April 10-12, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta deflected Iranian pressure for an agreement on water rights surrounding the Harirud River and Salma Dam project, pressed Iran to stop supporting the National Front, and declined (again) an Iranian offer to con [...]
2007-04-18 11:06:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1344PRT LASHKAR GAH: GOVERNOR HOSTS JIRGA IN SANGIN
[...] (SBU) Following the recent military operation to clear the Taliban from Sangin district, on April 12 a Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and ISAF delegation traveled from Lashkar Gah to Sangin to meet with a group of elders. Governor Wafa's delegation included the Police Chief, head of the Ule [...]
2007-04-19 15:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1352PRT QALAT: GOVERNOR LED ERADICATION IN ZABUL
[...] (U) Governor Led Eradication (GLE) is underway in Zabul province and is looking to expand and cut into what could be an increase in poppy production in Zabul this growing season. Through April 15, UNODC has verified 200 hectares of eradication in the province. PRTOff observed the eradication [...]
2007-04-21 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF SNAR KCRM
07KABUL1356PRT JALALABAD: WHAT NEXT FOR POPPY ERADICATION
[...] (SBU) Nangahar Governor Sherzai shared his plans for the future with officials from the PRT at a lunch on April 18, including what to do with so much poppy in the province. Sharzai indicated he will fire officials who do not support his eradication campaign and complained that even members of [...]
2007-04-22 08:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF SNAR KCRM
07KABUL1370IRANIAN WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN: MFA ASKS TO KEEP
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) wants to keep the issue of the Iranian-made weapons recently found in Kandahar under the radar screen in the lead up to the June visit of the Iranian President to Afghanistan. According to the MFA, President Karzai supports the plan to avoid additiona [...]
2007-04-22 11:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1391KOREAN TROOP DEPARTURE: AFGHANS WANT HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is requesting U.S. assistance in reversing the decision made late last year by the South Korean Parliament to not extend ROK troops in Afghanistan beyond December 31, 2007. Post leaves it up to Washington and Seoul to evaluate whether [...]
2007-04-23 14:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF KS
07KABUL1412ATTEMPTED IED ATTACK AT KABUL AIRPORT
[...] (C) At approximately 1000 hours local time on 18 April, a pipe bomb was detected aboard a fuel truck shortly after it entered the north (military) gate to Kabul International Airport. The truck had just passed through an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpoint and, according to witnesses, the d [...]
2007-04-25 13:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC PTER ECON AF
07KABUL142PAG: MUSA QALA TEST BEGINS BUT NEXT STEPS DEFERRED
[...] (C) At the January 11 PAG, MOI reported that 40 ANAP who had been recruited from Musa Qala (MQ) had been deployed back to the district, which satisfied Test 1 agreed to by the PAG on December 21 (reftel). An additional 20 ANAP are in training in Lashkar Gah and will be deployed to MQ soon. [...]
2007-01-16 10:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1581PLANNING FOR A FEASIBLE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE
[...] (SBU) The high cost and short-lived institutional benefit of Afghanistan's milestone post-Taliban elections underscores the importance of developing a feasible, affordable, and sustainable plan for future elections. The May 1 JCMB endorsed recommendations (drafted by the Embassy Governance Po [...]
2007-05-11 09:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1678HELMAND: UK REPORT ON WAFA'S JIRGA IN GERESHK
[...] This report was drafted by the British POLOFF at PRT Lashkah Gar. It is noteworthy in reporting that no Helmand Governor has visited the town of Gereshk in almost 30 years, highlighting the scale of the challenge in securing local support in Helmand. Begin text: 2. SUMMARY: Governor Waf [...]
2007-05-17 13:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1679KARZAI: CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND PRIVATE
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 DIAG meeting, President Karzai voiced concerns about the perception of defenselessness held by citizens in Paktia following the recent skirmish between Afghan and Pakistani forces on the border. He cited citizens' concerns that the disarmament process has diminished the [...]
2007-05-17 14:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1691PRT KANDAHAR: MID-MAY SECURITY ROUNDUP
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A dramatic week was launched in Kandahar on May 12 with the killing of senior Taliban Commander Mullah Dadullah (in Helmand Province) and of Mullah Manan (in Zharey District) on May 13. Many Kandaharis were jubilant and hundreds lined up to see his body on display at Governor [...]
2007-05-20 11:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL17PRT JALALABAD: INTELLECTUAL SHURAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During three separate "intellectual shuras" in Nangahar province, PRT Jalalabad heard views from local citizens on a range of issues that touched their daily lives. Locals expressed specific concerns about the role and activities of ISAF, particularly ISAF searches and convoys. S [...]
2007-01-03 13:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1724STEPPED UP IRANIAN INFLUENCE REACHES FOREIGN
[...] (S) Over the past several months, Iran has taken a series of steps to expand and deepen its influence in Afghanistan. Afghan contacts point to the creation of the National Front and the National Unity Council, the discovery of Iranian weapons in Afghanistan, Iran's control of media outlets a [...]
2007-05-23 13:34:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF IR
07KABUL1745KIDNAPPED AFGHAN DEMINING NGO WORKER RELEASED - TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul learned of the safe release on May 17 of Esmatullah Mir Ahmadullah, an Afghan ambulance driver for an Afghan demining NGO, the Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA). Ahmadullah reportedly was kidnapped by Taliban operatives in Gardez on May 14. The Taliban reportedly kept [...]
2007-05-24 14:09:00Embassy KabulSECRETKHDP MASS ASEC AF
07KABUL1820SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES VISIT TO
[...] (S) Your June 3-4 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President Karzai facing challenges both domestically and from his neighbors. Domestic discontent is to a considerable degree a reflection of unmet expectations. The population expected the fall of the Taliban and arrival of the int [...]
2007-06-02 11:33:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
07KABUL183BOUCHER AND SPANTA TALK NEIGHBORS, COORDINATION
[...] (C) On January 9, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta discussed Pakistan, cross-border jirgas, U.S. funding for Afghanistan, Iran, the Strategic Dialogue, and the U.S. proposal to energize the Joint Coordinating and Monitoring Board. Spanta was downbeat over recent [...]
2007-01-20 11:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK
07KABUL184A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH AFGHAN NSA RASSOUL
[...] (C) During a January 9 meeting between Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan National Security Advisor SIPDIS Rassoul, Rassoul offered a comprehensive look at the security situationin Afghanistan, and the two shared concerns over the situation in Musa Qala and poppy cultivation. Boucher s [...]
2007-01-20 12:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK ECON
07KABUL185BOUCHER, MOSBACHER AND KARZAI TALK ENERGY,
[...] (S/NF) On January 10, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Overseas Private Investment Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher met with President Karzai. Mosbacher briefed Karzai on the Investment Corporation's projects in Afghanista [...]
2007-01-20 12:35:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL1909AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel points to FM Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor Davood Moradian June 9. Moradian assured us the GOA was completely in agreement with U.S. points and supported U.S. goals for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),including continued U.S. and allied access to [...]
2007-06-10 10:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF RS CH
07KABUL1946AFGHAN UPDATE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS
[...] (U) Reftel A (June 6) reported on the outcome of the recent Afghan-Pak meeting in Islamabad on Jirga preparations. On June 11, Director of the Afghan Jirga Preparation Commission Farook Wardak briefed the international community on latest developments, highlighting two outstanding issues: pa [...]
2007-06-12 08:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL19835 NGO VEHICLES STOLEN BY ARMED INTRUDERS IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul learned June 18 of the theft of five vehicles belonging to the Afghan demining NGO Mine Detection Center (MDC) on June 13 when 20 "heavily armed" individuals reportedly broke into MDC's Kandahar compound. The perpetrators also stole an unspecified quantity of MDC uniforms [...]
2007-06-20 08:37:00Embassy KabulSECRETASEC KHDP MASS AF
07KABUL2005AFGHAN PREPARATIONS FOR PEACE JIRGA ON TRACK;
[...] (SBU) The Afghan Crossborder Jirga Preparation Commission is making good progress on its preparations for the August event. A number of substantive and logistical issues will be finalized based on input from the Pakistanis. The joint Afghanistan-Pakistan technical committee could meet as ear [...]
2007-06-21 15:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2063TALIBAN SEIZE 17 DEMINERS AND 3 VEHICLES IN GHAZNI
[...] (S/REL ISAF) Summary: Alleged Taliban fighters under Mullah Safiullah took 17 Afghan NGO deminers hostage on June 23 and seized 3 of their vehicles. This is the second attack on Afghan demining NGOs in as many weeks involving armed groups capturing vehicles. The Taliban kidnappers reportedl [...]
2007-06-26 12:42:00Embassy KabulSECRETASEC KHDP MASS AF
07KABUL2131PRT LASHKAR GAH: ASSESSING SANGIN SECURITY
[...] (C) Over the last two weeks, Helmand Province's Sangin district has seen a spate of violence directed not only at ISAF and Government of Afghanistan (GOA) military forces but also at Afghans with links to those forces or to reconstruction efforts. Taliban attacks have resulted in the deaths [...]
2007-07-05 08:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF EAID
07KABUL2133REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) The proposed date for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crossborder Peace Jirga is less than four weeks away. Post remains concerned that the Afghans and Pakistanis have not come to agreement on several key outstanding issues. The Bilateral Technical Committee, which the Afghans had hoped would me [...]
2007-07-05 12:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2155STATUS OF JIRGA PREPARATION FOLLOWING MEETING OF
[...] (C) The joint Afghan-Pakistan Peace Jirga Technical Committee met in Kabul on July 8 and, according to Afghan Commission Director Farook Wardak, reached agreement on the duration, rules and procedures, and format of the jirga. Wardak said the Pakistanis are increasingly comfortable with the i [...]
2007-07-10 09:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2189PRT GARDEZ: LOGAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Logar is a stable, secure, and prosperous province close to Kabul. The onset of warm weather increased the number of security incidents but the province remains generally stable and attractive for development efforts. The exception is isolated Kharwar District, which insurgents use as a [...]
2007-07-11 14:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2190PRT KHOST: KHOST PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Khost Province, located on the eastern-most edge of Afghanistan, remains vulnerable to extremist activity due to its close proximity to the Waziristan region of Pakistan. Attack levels have risen in recent months, directed at Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition Forces (CF). [...]
2007-07-11 14:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2249PRT URUZGAN: CHORA LEADERS SPEAK TO AFGHAN
[...] (C) On July 6, Chora district and tribal leaders met at the district center with a team from the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission investigating civilian losses in the June fight for Chora. Their message was clear and measured, devoid of the histrionics or exaggeration and blame for IS [...]
2007-07-12 14:35:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL2250OSCE INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambant briefed Ambassador July 2 on OSCE's interest in forging a partnership with Afghanistan. OSCE plans to take a step-by-step approach to Afghanistan, beginning in limited, specific areas. It is looking at a possible border manageme [...]
2007-07-12 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC MARR AF OSCE ECON EAID
07KABUL2334PRT HERAT: IRAN AS A MULTI-FACETED ACTOR IN HERAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's strategic and economic interests in western Afghanistan, and particularly in Herat, are expressed in a mix of traditional (mostly soft) and non-traditional (harder-edged) engagements. While Iran's sponsorship of official and unofficial crossborder delegations and aid/develo [...]
2007-07-19 12:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IR AF
07KABUL2362PEACE JIRGA PREPARATIONS CONTINUE UNDER THE BIG TOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Afghan and Pakistani Joint Peace Jirga Commissions have agreed on jirga dates and that the international community will be invited to observe the opening and closing ceremonies. The Afghan Secretariat has shared the list of Afghan participants SIPDIS and continues physical [...]
2007-07-23 15:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2379PRT KANDAHAR: SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) are taking steps to improve security, governance, and the economy in Kandahar Province, but it remains a struggle. ISAF forces are taking the fight to districts north of Kandahar City. The [...]
2007-07-25 13:19:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON EAID CA
07KABUL2468PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (C) The Taliban have been hit hard in Helmand over the past six months. Military operations in Nahri Sarraj and Sangin disrupted the Taliban and weakened their support but have not resulted in enduring stability. Despite this military disruption, the expansion of reconstruction and developm [...]
2007-07-31 13:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK
07KABUL2506PRT SHARANA: PAKTIKA PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Despite an active pro-Coalition governor, weak government and a 60 percent increase in insurgent attacks continue to hamper progress in Paktika, a province of 800,000 people on the Pakistan border. The provincial government is well-meaning but weak, and almost all development in the provi [...]
2007-08-03 05:35:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PTER ASEC MARR EAID AF
07KABUL256MUSA QALA: PRESSING FOR TEST TWO
[...] (C) Deputy MOI Minister Khalid updated the PAG January 20 on Musa Qala developments since the last meeting (ref A). He reported that the GOA had sent a Commission to Musa Qala and Lashkar Gah to meet with the elders and the Chief of Police. The Commission confirmed that 40 ANAP were operating [...]
2007-01-25 09:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL260KARZAI TELLS SENATOR BROWNBACK IRAN SHOULD IMPROVE
[...] (C) During a January 8 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Karzai was critical of Iranian policy toward the U.S. He reported on his recent meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister where he called on Iran to improve relations with the U.S. He argued that normalized U.S.-Iran relations [...]
2007-01-25 11:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL4172COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. JONAH BLANK
[...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes the visit of Dr. Jonah Blank, Senate Foreign Relations Staffer and grants country clearance for the period December 29 to January 01, for fact-finding relating to ongoing war issues in Afghanistan. Control officer is Political Officer C John Long, email address lo [...]
2007-12-22 08:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA AF
07KABUL459SECURITY NEEDS AND GOVERNORS' DISCRETIONARY FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governors in a number of provinces slated to receive payments out of the Governors, Discretionary Fund have recently begun complaining that suspension of the Fund for the fourth quarter of the Afghan fiscal year has negatively impacted their ability to counter the security thre [...]
2007-02-10 11:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KFIN SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL564ANA RETENTION RATES SHOW IMPROVEMENT; MORE WORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the Afghan National Army to grow rapidly to the target strength of 70,000 personnel by December 2008, traditionally high AWOL and attrition rates need to be reduced. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) are work [...]
2007-02-20 12:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR ASEC NATO PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL643DIAG: STALLED AND SEARCHING FOR MOMENTUM
[...] (C//REL/) Summary: President Karzai chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers and international community representatives February 7 to review progress made to date by the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) program and to approve formally the new DIAG Action Plan. While the revised [...]
2007-02-27 09:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC PTER AF
07KABUL679TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA FOCUSING ON HELMAND
[...] Helmand Governor Wafa assesses that most districts in his province are either under the control of the Taliban or surrounded by Taliban, as Taliban and Al Qaeda are focusing on Helmand and their numbers are on the rise. Wafa wants military operations to commence in five districts in Helmand, [...]
2007-03-01 15:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL685STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) On February 22, senior USG officials responsible for Afghanistan and GoA counterparts participated in a Working Group on Governance in preparation for the Strategic Partnership plenary to be co-led on the U.S. side by U/S Burns and U/S Edelman on March 13-14. Participants agreed on a li [...]
2007-03-03 07:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL793AFGHANISTAN'S 2007 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's b [...]
2007-03-07 14:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
07KABUL804SCENE SETTER: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Your March 13-14 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by an Afghan government eager to host the Second U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue meeting. As some Afghans begin to fear international support may be slipping, the GOA sees the Strategic Partnership as a key vehicle to r [...]
2007-03-08 16:35:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL805SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]
2007-03-08 17:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL852STAFFDEL GROVE'S FEBRUARY 19-21 VISIT TO
[...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary: Mr. Hakan Abaci, Civilian Director of the Turkish-led PRT in Wardak province, emphasized that the PRT is mainly a "civilian" operation, which seeks to minimize the visibility of the Turkish military element that provides security for the PRT compound. He said he believes [...]
2007-03-13 12:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALOREP MASS EAID SNAR ASEC AMGT AF
07KABUL878PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND: TWO SUICIDE BOMBINGS,
[...] (SBU) At about 1115hrs on March 13, approximately one mile south of the PRT, two DynCorp vehicles (attached to the Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) coming from Bost airfield and driving to the Lashkar Gah PRT in Helmand were the targets of an IED attack. It has not been confirmed whether it wa [...]
2007-03-15 12:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL910PRT HERAT: IRAN INCREASES VISIBILITY IN WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has recently taken steps to establish "operational centers" for police cooperation in three provinces in western Afghanistan: Nimroz, Herat and Farah. These new centers complement Iranian efforts to establish relations with Afghan security forces and increase the range of the [...]
2007-03-19 16:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL94PAKISTAN PM AZZIZ VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim characterized the January 4 visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Azziz as a "good trip." There had not been agreement on substance, but Azziz and Karzai held frank and open discussions on a range of bilateral issues. Foreign Minister S [...]
2007-01-10 06:04:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL953PRT ASADABAD: CORRUPT TIMBER DEAL CANCELLED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An unpopular and corrupt arrangement to sell timber to three designated contractors at below-market prices in Kunar has been cancelled by President Karzai in favor of a free market approach, but the order has yet to be implemented. The privileged contractor arrangement represen [...]
2007-03-24 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL973PRT ASADABAD: EDUCATION FAILING IN KUNAR
[...] (SBU) Education is a priority in Kunar and provides an opportunity to engage and influence communities throughout the province. Elders from every district consistently rate education -- including girls' education -- as one of their top priorities, and school buildings among their most pressin [...]
2007-03-25 13:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL975PRT BAMYAN: GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL FOES INITIATE NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bamyan provincial governor Harabi Sarabi publicly disclosed that she is being investigated by the Attorney General,s office. Sarabi does not appear concerned about this investigation, which may have been initiated by her political opponents. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) At a Marc [...]
2007-03-26 04:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL998COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes and grants country clearance for Stuart Harris, Marcus Carpenter and Lauren Frese to travel to Afghanistan April 3-5 2007, per reftel. All travelers who possess U.S. Department of State badges should bring their ID for identification purposes and to obtain an Emba [...]
2007-03-27 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC AFIN AF
07KAMPALA1011NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-15 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1079NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-02 03:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1089UGANDA: BESIGYE'S DETAINED BROTHER GRANTED BAIL
[...] Summary. The High Court finally granted bail and release of Joseph Kifefe, Dr. Besigye's brother and an alleged member of the Peoples' Redemption Army (PRA),due to grave illness. The court was satisfied with the medical reports, which provided grounds for bail to be granted. Kifefe had spe [...]
2007-07-03 13:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1122UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED AMNESTY
[...] Nine treason suspects allegedly members of the Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) were granted Amnesty on July 5. The suspects are part of the first group of 23 suspects arrested in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March 2003. Meanwhile, the High Court failed to produce [...]
2007-07-12 05:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1160NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-13 08:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1242UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL
[...] The High Court in Arua finally granted bail to seven suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels currently facing murder charges. The suspects were returned to jail after failing to raise adequate bail funds. The suspects are part of the group charged with treason alongside Forum for Demo [...]
2007-08-02 09:22:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1270UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ 2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m 3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts 4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d [...]
2007-08-07 10:28:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1272UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accusing DRC troops of attacking Heritage Oil installations on Lake Albert on August 3rd. Security sources affirm that a British geologist was killed. In a separate incident on July 28, four Ugan [...]
2007-08-07 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1291NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-13 05:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1346UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...]
2007-08-24 06:24:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1351NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-24 09:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1435NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-12 12:16:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1485NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-25 13:37:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1491UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALITY REMAINS ILLEGAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (SBU) Public resentment against homosexuality has sparked demonstrations and significant public debate over the past few months. The GOU continues to take a strong position against the practice of homosexuality in Uganda, which is illegal. A local NGO, Sexual Minorities in Uganda Group (SMUG [...]
2007-09-27 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1594NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-10-16 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1689NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2007-10-31 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1752NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION IN
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning the report was relayed to PM [...]
2007-11-13 15:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER UG
07KAMPALA1756UGANDAN MILITARY CLASHES WITH CONGOLESE REBELS
[...] (SBU) A Congolese rebel associated with General Laurent Nkunda was killed during a gunfight with the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) in the southwestern district of Kisoro on November 11. In response, the GOU increased border security in the troubled area, and vowed to push forward with [...]
2007-11-15 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL CG UG
07KAMPALA1774UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...]
2007-11-16 09:32:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1853 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (November 3-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-12-07 08:30:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
07KAMPALA240NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...]
2007-02-12 04:33:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA312UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]
2007-02-23 03:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA341NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-02-28 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA377 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]
2007-03-05 10:58:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA449NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 27-March 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the fifteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governanc [...]
2007-03-14 05:47:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA526NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]
2007-03-27 08:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA577GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...]
2007-04-03 01:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM
07KAMPALA589NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-06 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA727NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-30 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA871NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-05-22 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA964NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...]
2007-06-05 12:02:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA968NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-06 03:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KARACHI755SINDH GOVERNOR ON BHUTTO BOMBING AND INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Ambassador and Consul General (CG) met with Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ebad. The Governor provided his official perspective on the security issues surrounding the October 19 attack on Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto and the subsequent investi [...]
2007-10-29 10:34:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK
07KARACHI756AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO ON SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION OF KARACHI ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting in Karachi, Pakistan People,s Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto told the Ambassador that she was dissatisfied with the government's investigation of the October 19 bombing that targeted her motorcade. The Ambassador noted we had absolutely no evidence anyone [...]
2007-10-29 10:36:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK
07KARACHI784SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]
2007-11-06 12:30:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KATHMANDU1069AMBASSADOR URGES HOME MINISTER TO HOLD MAOISTS
[...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Ambassador sharply criticized the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking his vehicle in Jhapa on May 25 and for threatening and intimidating Nepalese with impunity across the country. The Maoist leade [...]
2007-05-30 12:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1935SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) On October 31 Post contacted the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi as the mission responsible for relations with Nepal regarding Argentine's effort to persuade the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) General Assembly to confirm the issuance of six Red Notic [...]
2007-11-01 09:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IN AR NP
07KATHMANDU2079NEPAL: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism in 2007; however, several incidents of domestic terrorism and politically-motivated violence occurred in urban areas and in the Terai. None was aimed at U.S. citizens or facilities. Nepal was not a state sponsor of terrorism, [...]
2007-12-17 03:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR NP
07KATHMANDU2101AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 2007 HOLIDAY SECURITY
[...] (U) On December 20, 2007, Post convened an Extended Country Team meeting during which a review of Post's security posture in advance of the holidays was held. 2. (SBU) Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Nepal. Post employees were reminded to [...]
2007-12-20 05:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC NP PTER
07KATHMANDU537NEPAL'S TOP LEGISLATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE
[...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 12 that an overwhelming majority of MPs voted March 9 to amend the Interim Constitution per the Prime Minister's speech to the nation in February. According to Nemwang, the package of amendments prioritizes the incl [...]
2007-03-13 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU557NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT MAOISTS
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador March 12 that Maoist leader Prachanda should provide evidence of his claim of a royalist plot to assassinate official Americans and that, if he failed to provide evidence, the Government of Nepal (GON) should issue a publ [...]
2007-03-16 08:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN NP
07KATHMANDU560FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO
[...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]
2007-03-16 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU562AMBASSADOR TELLS PARTY LEADERS PRACHANDA'S REMARKS
[...] (C) In separate meetings March 12 and March 14 with the leaders of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) the Ambassador expressed his concern about Maoist leader Prachanda's remarks regarding a royalist plot to kill American of [...]
2007-03-16 12:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU568NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON
[...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]
2007-03-19 07:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU581HOME MINISTER WILL ASK PRACHANDA TO INSTRUCT CADRE
[...] (C) On March 17, the Ambassador stressed to Home Minister Sitaula that, although he considered Maoist Supremo Prachanda's March 8 allegation of a royalist plot to kill U.S. officials (reftel) to be a hoax, the U.S. remained concerned. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for Prime Minister K [...]
2007-03-20 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU614PRACHANDA ORDERS CADRE NOT TO HARM U.S. OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's nephew Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff March 21 that, per the U.S. request, Maoist Supremo Prachanda had verbally conveyed to Maoist cadre that same day that they should not harm U.S. officials. According to Dr. Koirala, Prachanda finally issued the order after the [...]
2007-03-22 11:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU844NEPAL: G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following five projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (reftel). Post emailed the full text of the proposals to G/TIP. Begin Projects -------------- Project 1 --------- Name of the Applicant: The Asia Foundatio [...]
2007-04-25 12:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG NP
07KHARTOUM134MFA UPDATE ON DELAYED NEC CONTAINERS
[...] (C) During a January 29 meeting with MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi and Deputy Director Abdel Rahman Sharfi, Charge Powers again raised the issue of the Embassy's detained containers at the Port of Sudan (Refs B, C, and D). Noting that next week would represent a delay in their clea [...]
2007-01-29 15:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL OFDP ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM1341 USAID/SUDAN DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
[...] USAID/Sudan requests AID/Washington approval to provide Delegation of Authority to the Acting Mission Director Charles Knight. Mr. Knight will serve as Acting Mission Director until the arrival of the Mission Director Patrick Fleuret o/a September 9, 2007. Mr. Knight will have all authoritie [...]
2007-08-26 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM142 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Advance Team for
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for the advance team for former President and Mrs. Carter and delegation to Khartoum and Juba on February 3 to 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. Th [...]
2007-01-30 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1767 VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]
2007-11-13 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM202UPDATE ON AL-WATAN THREAT
[...] (C) On February 7, an article in a local newspaper in Khartoum reported that a group of masked men visited Al-Watan, an independent Arabic daily newspaper, claiming that they were responsible for sending terrorist threats to both the UN and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Khartoum. One of the [...]
2007-02-11 16:36:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM210 Student Confrontation Results in Death
[...] On February 8, a confrontation between groups of students aligned with the National Congress Party (NCP) and with the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) turned deadly, with one student killed and several more injured. The incident, which took place on the campus of Al-Nilein Universi [...]
2007-02-13 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PGOV PHUM ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM216 Darfur Security Update, February 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNDSS characterizes the security situation in Darfur over the past week as "calm but unpredictable." The threat of carjackings persists, especially in areas with increased Arab militia activity, and there remains the possibility of military confrontation between Sudanese Armed [...]
2007-02-14 03:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM330EX-SUDAN ARMED FORCES SOLDIERS PROTEST IN JUBA
[...] (C) A group of 150-200 ex-soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) marched across central Juba March 1 before staging a brief demonstration in front of the Juba headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The decommissioned soldiers, who fought for the north during Sudan's [...]
2007-03-02 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM340SPLA CLASHES WITH LRA ON THE BORDER OF CAR
[...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) detachment came under attack March 1 from a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters at the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). One SPLA soldier was killed in the attack, and one wounded, according to SPLA Chief of Sta [...]
2007-03-05 06:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM373 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]
2007-03-11 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM466MINAWI CONSIDERS RETURN TO DARFUR AFTER ATTACK ON
[...] (C) A force of nearly 200 police and elements of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) attacked a house inhabited by partisans of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi and then raided the SLM party headquarters in the Omdurman section of Khartoum on March 24. Of the 29 SLM [...]
2007-03-25 09:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM523FUTURE PROCESSING OF NEC CONTAINERS
[...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol, on April 2 in order to discuss the New Embassy Compound (NEC). Ambassador Ali Yusuf explained that, while those shipping containers holding building materials currently in customs are fully [...]
2007-04-02 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
07KHARTOUM53 Southern Sudan: WFP Driver Killed in Ambush
[...] On January 11, the World Food Program (WFP) issued a press release stating that an ambush along the Juba - Torit road on January 10 resulted in the death of a Sudanese WFP driver, who was riding in a pickup truck. The incident also resulted in a local GTZ employee and two accompanying SPLA so [...]
2007-01-12 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM55 Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of
[...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...]
2007-01-14 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM56 Southern Sudan: More Ambushes Near Juba
[...] Summary: A series of armed attacks east and southeast of Juba on January 7 and 10 claimed three lives, injured 13, and left two missing. There is still no concrete evidence as to the identity of the assailants, but suspicion centers on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). End summary. ----- [...]
2007-01-14 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM65 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]
2007-01-16 08:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM695FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]
2007-05-03 03:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALSU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM72MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]
2007-01-17 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]
2007-05-15 03:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]
2007-01-18 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM78 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM782REQUEST FOR SECURITY WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS - JUBA,
[...] (U) Summary: Post requests expedited consideration of the following waiver request, for an interim, unclassified U.S. Government facility in Juba, Southern Sudan. Charge signed COM statement on May 17, 2007. The package, including attachments, will be forwarded via DHL. End Summary. 2. (S [...]
2007-05-20 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM857GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM STATE ANNOUNCES INTENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Khartoum State has announced in the press that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy will be immediately reopened to vehicular traffic. The Embassy is currently seeking assurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the street will actually remain c [...]
2007-05-31 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM88 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]
2007-01-22 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM906DARFUR - A CARJACKING A DAY KEEPS NGOS AWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-10 05:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM922DARFUR - GEREIDA CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE
[...] (U) On May 22, a USAID assessment team traveled to the SLA/Minawi-held town of Gereida, South Darfur, in the first USG visit since a violent attack on humanitarian agencies led to their withdrawal in December 2006. In the absence of other relief organizations since the attack, the Internationa [...]
2007-06-11 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM925GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM MAINTAINS THAT EMBASSY STREET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez met the Governor of Khartoum State, Dr. Abdulhalim al Mutaafi, to discuss the Governor's May 30 declaration that the street directly in front of the U.S. Embassy will be reopened to vehicular traffic. In the meeting, al Mutaafi dir [...]
2007-06-11 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM939OFFER TO SELL RADIOACTIVE URANIUM
[...] (Secret) On May 31, 2007, ARSO Bleu Lawless was contacted by a Sudanese-American, identified as Abuobaida A. Mohed, who claimed to have access to radioactive uranium. During a subsequent interview conducted by ARSO Lawless and SIMO representatives, Mohed claimed that his uncle, who is a Sudane [...]
2007-06-14 07:12:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER
07KHARTOUM947EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]
2007-06-14 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM97DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS
[...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]
2007-01-23 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM980DARFUR IDP YOUTH ACTIVISTS WANT SECURITY AND A
[...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with youth activists from two major IDP camps on the outskirts of Nyala, capital of South Darfur. The ninety minute dialogue in Arabic with five intense young men (and one woman) of Fur origin from the Otash and Kalma refugee camps focused on the hopes and aspi [...]
2007-06-21 14:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU ASEC
07KIGALI146AMBASSADOR DELIVERS LEAHY MESSAGE TO FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 12 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to deliver demarche per reftel. This meeting was a follow up to a 2 Feb meeting with Minister of State for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali where Ambassador first formally informed MINAFET that the USG had derogatory [...]
2007-02-14 12:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ASEC SU RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI212RWANDA TIP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ELAB ASEC KFRD SMIG KWMN PHUM KCRM RW
07KIGALI399RWANDA TIP PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP MANAGED ESF AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary. Rwanda is a country attempting to focus on child prositution and other forms of trafficking in persons. Due in part to post's regular pressure on the GOR to address the problem, on 23 April the Rwandan National Police (RNP) su [...]
2007-04-27 11:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG RW
07KINGSTON1131JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]
2007-07-20 16:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1161JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1170JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]
2007-07-27 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO
[...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]
2007-07-27 14:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1193JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR OAS CARICOM
07KINGSTON1237A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]
2007-08-09 21:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1250JAMAICA: CRIME STATISTICS TRENDING IN THE WRONG
[...] (C) Summary: NAS Director and RSO met with Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields on August 3 to discuss the current crime statistics and the Jamaica Constabulary Forces' preparations to prevent major politically motivated violence during the run up to the August 27 election. Shields agree [...]
2007-08-14 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSANR PREL ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1252JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 12:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1264JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1266TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 23:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1269JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1270JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 22:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1271JAMAICA: Sitrep #3
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 12:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1273JAMAICA: Sitrep #4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1274USAID SITUATION REPORT 1 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 20, the USAID assessment team reports that Hurricane Dean has destroyed the sugarcane crop in Saint Catherine Parish and resulted in pockets of damage throughout the island. Initial assessments indicate that Clarendon, Saint Thomas, and Saint Catherine parishes have sustained si [...]
2007-08-21 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1286USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 18:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1288JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1290USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1292USAID SITUATION REPORT 3 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Results from the two-day rapid assessment found that 6 out of 13 parishes received damage from Hurricane Dean's high winds and storm surge, confirmed hurricane- related damage to at least 3,127 houses, and identified provision of water as an immediate need. On August 22, USAID's Office of U. [...]
2007-08-24 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1298USAID SITUATION REPORT 4 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 24, aid agencies continue to focus on emergency response activities, such as distribution of food, water, and relief supplies, to hurricane-affected communities. The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to facil [...]
2007-08-28 12:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1301JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 11:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1307JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 12:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1317JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1323JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 21:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1325JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1336JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1389JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-12 14:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1419JAMAICA: NEWLY INAUGURATED PRIME MINISTER BRUCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 20:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR OFDP UNDP
07KINGSTON1462JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 16:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1585JAMAICA: APPOINTMENT OF WELL KNOWN ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: As anticipated, on October 22, the Jamaican Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, appointed Col. Trevor MacMillan as a Special Advisor on Revenue and Corruption. The Prime Minister asked the Finance Minister to appoint MacMillan as a Special Advisor to provide him with an official sta [...]
2007-10-24 19:12:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL ASEC TRSY JM
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1640Canadian Ministry of Justice to conduct assessment of
[...] Summary. As a follow on to a cooperative effort between the Canadian Bar Association and the Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force, and to correct some gaps identified by Canada in the recently concluded Justice Sector Reform Project, the Canadian Ministry of Justice will conduct a compreh [...]
2007-11-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1681JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON1706Jamaica: Ambassador meets with Minister of Justice
[...] Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Johnson, the Deputy Chief of Mission and NAS Director held their first meeting with Jamaica's new Minister of Justice, Dorothy Lightbourne. Also in attendance was Carole Palmer, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. The Minister, who comes from the private ba [...]
2007-11-26 19:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1739JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 15:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1803JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1805JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 21:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON271KINGSTON: LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Para 2, A-H, Reftel: (A) Almost all participants consider the form and conduct of the exercise to have been outstanding, and four hours to have been sufficient to meet the objectives. Understandably, some participants (RSO and CONS) would have welcomed the opport [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMER CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS JM
07KINGSTON287JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON292JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 18:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON43JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (CWC) CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Reftel, paragraph six: A. POST'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ---------------------------- Monday, Jan. 29 --------------- -- arrival of CMT Team Leader John Haralson in Kingston Tuesday, Jan. 30 ---------------- 0900-0950: In-brief with Ambassador, DCM/Chair EAC, an [...]
2007-01-10 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA PTER JM XL
07KINGSTON442JAMAICA: ELIMINATION OF FY-08 FMF WILL HAVE SEVERE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 20:54:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CASC MOPS OMB VZ CH
07KINGSTON69JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON927JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]
2007-06-13 16:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON953JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07KINSHASA1053NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]
2007-09-05 06:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1056LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS
[...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]
2007-09-05 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1072NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC
[...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...]
2007-09-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1082NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...]
2007-09-10 17:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1087NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/11/07 16:00 GMT): REGION
[...] (SBU) North Kivu remained relatively calm September 11, five days after MONUC peacekeepers facilitated a halt in fighting outside the provincial capital Goma between soldiers loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials told [...]
2007-09-11 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1090NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/12/07 16:00 GMT): NO REPORTS
[...] (U) There are no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) sources told us September 12 there have been no major clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops since MONUC peacekeepers intervened to [...]
2007-09-12 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1092NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/13/07 15:00 GMT): NO NEW
[...] (U) According to MONUC, there were no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops. The situation in the province remains tense, and Masisi and Rutshuru districts remain heavily militarized. 2. [...]
2007-09-13 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1120NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION
[...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...]
2007-09-18 17:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1139KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]
2007-09-24 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1151NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED
[...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...]
2007-09-25 17:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA134PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]
2007-02-02 12:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA136BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN
[...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]
2007-02-05 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA161BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR
[...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...]
2007-02-09 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA180NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY STILL TENUOUS TWO MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province remains tenuous. Two months after fighting erupted between government forces and dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, North Kivu officials consider the province to be over-militarized and are pe [...]
2007-02-14 17:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA184MINEMBWE UPDATE: MANSUNZU SENDS 200 TROOPS FOR
[...] (C) General Patrick Masunzu, commander of the Congolese army's (FARDC) non-integrated 112th Brigade in South Kivu, has reportedly sent approximately 200 of his troops for military integration. MONUC officials in the provincial capital of Bukavu confirm the soldiers left Minembwe in the High Pl [...]
2007-02-15 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA207THE NKUNDA VIEW ON "MIXAGE" AND NORTH KIVU'S
[...] (C) Summary: While the GDRC has portrayed North Kivu's military "mixage" as an interim solution to the region's security problems, dissident General Laurent Nkunda and his advisers view the process much differently. They see Nkunda's December 2006 agreement with the GDRC as an opportunity to a [...]
2007-02-21 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS PTER CG
07KINSHASA214CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...]
2007-02-21 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG
07KINSHASA240BAS-CONGO UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES
[...] Summary. The DRC National Assembly agreed February 23 to establish a special committee to investigate the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo province. Interior Minister Denis Kalume and Defense Minister Tharcisse Habarugira addressed the Assembly regarding the incidents and respond [...]
2007-02-27 08:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA256DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2007 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Yes. Does the trafficking occur within the country's borders? Yes. Does it occur in territory outside of the government's control? -- Child sold [...]
2007-03-01 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
07KINSHASA292ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS ADDITIONAL 131
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim surrendered an additional 131 militia members March 10 in Doi, approximately 55 miles northeast of the Ituri District capital of Bunia. Karim had promised Congolese military (FARDC) officials he would surrender an additional 200 milit [...]
2007-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA306BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-14 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-15 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA322DEADLINE TO REPLACE BEMBA AND RUBERWA GUARDS
[...] (U) A March 15 deadline to replace with police officers the personal guard forces of former vice presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Azarias Ruberwa passed without incident (reftel). Traffic was lighter than usual in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa on March 15, but businesses remained open [...]
2007-03-16 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA337MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISSIDENT GROUPS PREPARING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two dissident ethnic Banyamulenge commanders have agreed to integrate their troops with other Congolese military (FARDC) units following weeks of controversial negotiations with former associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and FARDC commanders. MONUC officials report there [...]
2007-03-21 12:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA339COAST GUARD FINDS DRC PORTS STILL NOT SECURE
[...] Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined the DRC's international maritime ports do not comply with U.S. or international security requirements. The main causes are inadequate funding and political will, and upper-level mismanagement. The USG will re-introduce restrictions on ships [...]
2007-03-21 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEWWT ECON PTER ASEC CG
07KINSHASA350BUNDU DIA KONGO: A DANGEROUS INSURRECTIONIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) claims to defend the cultural and economic interests of the indigenous people of DRC's Bas-Congo province. The group is in reality a separatist sect with a long history of often violent confrontation with state security forces. End summary. ------------ [...]
2007-03-22 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA351SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE
[...] (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier firin [...]
2007-03-22 18:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA352KINSHASA SITREP 2: FIGHTING CONTINUES, LOOTING
[...] (U) Scattered gunfire continued as of 10:00 p.m. in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Shooting has diminished throughout the evening although RPG fire and machine gun fire were [...]
2007-03-22 22:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA353KINSHASA SITREP 3: FIGHTING ONGOING, BEMBA TAKES
[...] (U) Sounds of automatic weapons and mortar fire have been heard off-and-on beginning around 4:30 a.m. March 23 in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa. Fighting between elements of the Congolese military forces loyal to President Kabila and Bemba's guard forces had temporarily quieted somewha [...]
2007-03-23 10:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA355KINSHASA SITREP 4: MILITARY CLAIMS TO BE GAINING
[...] (SBU) Sporadic shooting continued into the afternoon around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa. Automatic weapons fire and several loud explosions have been heard since midday. Military officials with FARDC Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sunglinga claim their troops are g [...]
2007-03-23 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA356KINSHASA SITREP 5: FIGHTING DIMINISHES INTO THE
[...] (U) The sounds of gunfire around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa diminished into the evening of March 23, as fighting has appeared to wind down between elements of the Congolese military loyal to the government and guard forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba. Occasional bursts of [...]
2007-03-23 21:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA357KINSHASA SITREP 6: CITY QUIET WITH HEAVY MILITARY
[...] (U) The downtown Gombe district of Kinshasa is calm the morning of March 24. Gunfire and small explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Chancery and USAID offices for nearly an hour beginning at approximately 4:20 a.m., but only occasional bursts of small arms fire since. The area around t [...]
2007-03-24 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA361KINSHASA UPDATE: SITUATION IN CAPITAL RETURNING TO
[...] (U) The central Gombe district of Kinshasa remains calm four days after fighting broke out between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. There have been no reports of fighting since early morning on March 24. Vehicle [...]
2007-03-26 11:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA370KINSHASA UPDATE 3/27: KABILA DEFENDS ACTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: President Kabila defended the use of force against Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard forces in a March 26 press conference, declaring that "order had to be restored at all cost." Bemba, who remains in the South African embassy compound, said in a press interview Kabila is determined to ge [...]
2007-03-27 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA375IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...]
2007-03-28 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA385BEMBA DEPARTURE DELAYED
[...] (C) The departure for Portugal of former Vice President Bemba has been delayed from the original hoped-for date of Saturday, March 31, but the initiative still appears on track. Per telcons with UN SRSG Bill Swing and South African Charge Kenneth Pedro, discussions headed by National Assembly [...]
2007-04-02 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC PO SF CG
07KINSHASA406ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MARCH FIGHTING IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary. The March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa likely cost business owners and the GDRC millions of dollars, but the precise totals have not been tallied. Most of the damage, like most of the fighting, occurred in Kinshasa's central Gombe district, the home to many government buildings and [...]
2007-04-05 16:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA419BEMBA LEAVES KINSHASA FOR PORTUGAL
[...] (U) Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba departed Kinshasa for Portugal aboard his private jet at 2:10 a.m. April 11. Bemba, accompanied by his wife and five children, officially left for follow-up surgery for a broken leg suffered in December 2006. He had been at a South African [...]
2007-04-11 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO PO CG
07KINSHASA496DRC BORDER SECURITY REMAINS ILLUSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa and Ngobila Beach, the ferry crossing point to Brazzaville, abound with examples of poor adherence by the GDRC to international border security norms. The GDRC's attempts to correct this situation have not yet yielded results. Parallel e [...]
2007-05-02 17:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ASEC CASC EAIR ECON CG
07KINSHASA590NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OUTLINES LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on May 29, National Assembly president Vital Kamerhe outlined his legislative goals for the remainder of the ordinary session and for an additional, already-scheduled extraordinary session. He highlighted six significant pieces of [...]
2007-05-31 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA593SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...]
2007-06-01 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA604TENSIONS HIGH, RUMORS RAMPANT IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions are high in South Kivu province following warnings from leading political and religious figures warning of alleged foreign plots to launch a "new war" in the region. The recent arrests of purported foreign nationals in the province has added to a growing chorus of rumor [...]
2007-06-04 11:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA628MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...]
2007-06-07 09:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA629TRIPARTITE PLUS JOINT COMMISSION RELEASES
[...] (U) The four member countries of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission released a public statement June 7 at 11:00 a.m. at the conclusion of their three-day session in Lubumbashi, DRC. The members reaffirmed their commitment to eliminate the threat posed by negative forces in the region, both by [...]
2007-06-07 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA655KABILA REPLACES KISEMPIA AS CHIEF OF CONGOLESE
[...] (U) Congolese military (FARDC) and Ministry of Defense officials confirmed June 13 that President Joseph Kabila has replaced FARDC Chief of Defense Forces General Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe with General Dieudonne Kayembe Mbandankulu, effectively immediately. Kabila made the announcement overnig [...]
2007-06-13 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PINR CG
07KINSHASA659MILITARY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES ON DISPLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent tour of the DRC's military training and integration facility in Luberizi, South Kivu, highlighted the challenges facing GDRC officials charged with reforming the country's security sector. A lack of equipment and logistical support hamper efforts to create a unified and p [...]
2007-06-13 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA671MAJOR RE-SHUFFLE OF MILITARY AND POLICE LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) As reported reftel, President Joseph Kabila ordered a major shake-up of the Congolese military (FARDC) in a decree issued late June 12. Nearly all top commanders, including FARDC Chief of Defense Staff Lt. General Kisempia and Air Forces Commander General John Numbi, were removed from their [...]
2007-06-15 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS PINR CG
07KINSHASA680THREE KILLED, AT LEAST 52 INJURED AFTER WEAPONS
[...] (C) Summary: Three people were killed and at least 52 injured after several tons of munitions caught fire and exploded early on the morning of June 17 at the Congolese military (FARDC) base in the provincial capital of Mbandaka, Equateur. No cause has been established for the fire,. Damage has [...]
2007-06-19 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA745MBANDAKA ARMS DEPOT EXPLOSION: OFFICIALS CLAIM
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese officials have not determined the cause of the June 17 explosion at a military weapons depot in Equateur province, but claim it was the result of sabotage. Experts with the USG-funded NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) say it was more likely due to the accidental spread of a [...]
2007-07-03 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS MARR CG
07KINSHASA746EQUATEUR'S SECURITY PROBLEMS REST MOSTLY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Northwestern Equateur province's primary security concerns center on the estimated 7,000 demobilized soldiers throughout the province who often attack police forces and civilians, loot and steal, and commit other crimes. Provincial officials say another pervasive problem is the mi [...]
2007-07-03 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA754FACTORS DRIVING NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The growing sense of insecurity in North Kivu is being driven by a variety of military and political factors. The GDRC has failed to follow through on the integration of the so-called "mixed" brigades, whose presence has contributed to rising tensions since the beginning of the ye [...]
2007-07-05 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA792 NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT
[...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...]
2007-07-11 09:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA949CONGOLESE MILITARY RELEASES FOUR UGANDAN SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Talks between Congolese and Ugandan military representatives led to the release August 6 of four Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers who had been held by the Congolese military (FARDC) in Ituri District since July 29. The meeting also led to an agreement to establish c [...]
2007-08-08 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL EPET UG CG
07KINSHASA983DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 24-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way in the search for solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. Achievements to date, the promise of peace and democratization, and the importa [...]
2007-08-17 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
07KOLKATA114ASSAM: ULFA BLAST DURING PM VISIT. PROSPECT OF PEACE TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, a bomb carried by boys working for the secessionist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) accidentally detonated earlier than planned and killed one person in Guwahati, Assam. The explosion took place during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's April 8-9 to the state. [...]
2007-04-09 12:29:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC IN
07KOLKATA149ASSAM ROCKED BY TWO BOMB ATTACKS, 26 INJURED
[...] (U) On Friday May 4 and Sunday May 6 at least 26 persons were injured in two separate bomb attacks in India's Northeastern state of Assam. In both incidents, the bombs were improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Assam Police suspect that ethnic separatist group the United Liberation Front o [...]
2007-05-07 11:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PTER ASEC IN
07KOLKATA154ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICIALS DESTROY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF OPIUM
[...] (SBU) On May 5, press reported a massive Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) operation in West Bengal to destroy illicit and unlicensed opium crop in Murshidabad and Nadia districts worth Rs. 1,200 crore (USD 290 million). GOI awards licenses for legal opium cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya [...]
2007-05-10 06:31:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC SOCI EAGR IN
07KOLKATA164EAST INDIAN STATES SEE PROTESTS AGAINST RETAIL AND MINING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, two states in East India experienced several protests against investments by large corporations. In Jharkhand's state capital Ranchi, small scale food vendors attacked newly-opened Reliance Fresh supermarkets fearing that that the lower cost retail markets would destro [...]
2007-05-16 12:28:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV EAGR EMIN ASEC IN KS
07KOLKATA166TERRORIST GROUP UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASOM KILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16, ethnic Assamese terrorist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) gunned down three Hindi-speaking market traders in two different incidents in Golaghat district in Upper Assam. These attacks came soon after ULFA's killing on the previous day, May 15, of six H [...]
2007-05-17 05:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN BG
07KOLKATA177SIX DEAD AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN ASSAM
[...] On Sunday May 27 six persons were killed and over 25 injured in a blast, suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) at Athgaon in the capital district of Guwahati in Assam. A time device planted in an auto-rickshaw parked in a busy area went off around 10.4 [...]
2007-05-30 02:11:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN BG
07KOLKATA189SIX KILLED IN ASSAM BLAST
[...] (SBU) On June 23 six persons were killed and nine injured in a blast, suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),in the capital city of Guwahati in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. The death toll included two minors. The blast, which took place in t [...]
2007-06-25 11:47:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC KCRM IN BG
07KOLKATA191MAOISTS BLOCKADE JHARKHAND TRANSPORT
[...] Summary: (SBU) Beginning June 26 the two-day east India economic blockade called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist to protest against the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs),adversely affected the movement of all minerals from the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand. The majority [...]
2007-06-29 08:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC KCRM IN
07KOLKATA196200 MAOIST INSURGENTS KILL SEVEN, INCLUDING FIVE POLICE, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 an estimated 200 Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoists) insurgents killed seven people, including five policemen, in separate but simultaneous attacks on two police stations in the Rohtas district of the eastern Indian State of Bihar. On the same day, the Bihar [...]
2007-07-05 11:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN
07KOLKATA209MEGHALAYA STATE POLICE SEIZE 5 KILOS OF HEROIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6 in Northeast India, Meghalaya state police reportedly recovered 5 kilograms of heroin in the state capital Shillong. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the seizure. One suspect is an Indian federal government employee, the other is Moulvi (Muslim prea [...]
2007-07-12 10:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR ASEC KCRM IN BG BM
07KOLKATA215URANIUM MINES IN INDIAN STATE OF JHARKHAND LACK PROPER
[...] (SBU) Summary: As India seeks to develop its nuclear power industry, the GOI is expanding its uranium mines in India's eastern state of Jharkhand. The Jadugoda mines, located in East Singhbum district, are presently the sole fuel source for India's ten pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR [...]
2007-07-19 13:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EMIN ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN
07KOLKATA323VIOLENCE IN WEST BENGAL'S NANDIGRAM VILLAGES CONTINUES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five days, sporadic violence has occurred in the Nandigram area of West Bengal's East Midnapore district. Supporters of both the Trinamool Congress-backed Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) have engaged in attacks, [...]
2007-10-30 13:01:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC SOCI IN
07KOLKATA324MAOIST INSURGENTS TARGET FORMER JHARKHAND CHIEF MINISTER'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27 in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football (soccer) match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkha [...]
2007-10-30 13:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC SOCI IN
07KOLKATA325MAOISTS IN JHARKHAND STRIKE AT ANOTHER LOCAL FOOTBALL MATCH,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkhand-Bihar border. The GOI and Jharkhand government [...]
2007-10-30 15:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC IN
07KOLKATA327MAOIST INSURGENTS TARGET FORMER JHARKHAND CHIEF MINISTER'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27 in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Maoist rebels shot and killed eighteen people after a football (soccer) match, including the youngest son of Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The attack occurred in the village of Giridih near the Jharkha [...]
2007-11-01 07:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV SOCI IN
07KOLKATA345COMMUNISTS BRUTALLY CRUSH OPPOSITION IN RURAL WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: From November 6 to 11, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists conducted a brutal campaign to "recapture" the rural West Bengal area of Nandigram from the opposition Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC) (Committee Against Eviction From the Land). Following initial [...]
2007-11-13 14:56:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF ASEC IN
07KOLKATA355KOLKATA'S CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOR CYCLONE SIDR: LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, cyclone Sidr had only a moderate impact on West Bengal and Kolkata's consular district. However, to retain information on lessons learned regarding Post's planning and preparations for the cyclone, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and other post personnel co [...]
2007-11-20 13:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT CASC IN
07KOLKATA356INDIAN ARMY DEPLOYS TO QUELL MUSLIM RIOTS IN KOLKATA
[...] (U) Summary: On November 21, central Kolkata was rocked by violence as Muslim supporters of the All India Minorities Forum (AIMF) and Furfurasharif Muzadeddia Anath Foundation (FMAF) enforced roadblocks in Kolkata to protest the recent Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) attacks in Nandigr [...]
2007-11-21 13:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC PHUM IN
07KOLKATA359KOLKATA QUIET, TASLIMA NASREEN FORCED TO LEAVE
[...] (U) Kolkata has remained quiet since rioting on November 21 by Muslim protestors required the Indian Army to be called in and a curfew imposed until the early morning of November 22. However, the Army is still deployed in central Kolkata as a precautionary measure. The November 21 violence st [...]
2007-11-23 12:39:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV AEMR PHUM IN
07KOLKATA378KOLKATA HOLIDAY EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) On December 13, the Principal Officer convened an EAC meeting in Kolkata in response to reftel. Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Eastern India. Post employees were reminded to provide their supervisors with contact information if traveli [...]
2007-12-17 03:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC IN
07KOLKATA382NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]
2007-12-19 11:21:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA383ADIVASI TRIBALS IN ASSAM AGITATE; STATE CONGRESS GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assam's "tea tribes" or Adivasis have increased their protests and agitations to pressure the state and national governments for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status under the Indian Constitution. In recent weeks, members of the Adivasi community have organized a violent rally in Guwaha [...]
2007-12-19 11:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC PREF IN
07KOLKATA385HINDUS AND CHRISTIANS CLASH OVER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary: Since December 24 one person has been killed, at least 30 persons injured and several churches have been damaged as tribal Christians and Hindu fundamentalists have clashed over Christmas celebrations in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Trouble started on December 24, when a [...]
2007-12-26 09:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA386MAOIST INSURGENTS IN EASTERN INDIA EXPAND INFLUENCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Development projects in rural India including India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have provided the country's Maoist insurgents (or Naxalites) with an opportunity to solidify their base and to increase their reach into more semi-rural areas. In the extensive "red corridor" o [...]
2007-12-26 11:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM EIND ECON EINV ASEC IN
07KOLKATA388TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN ORISSA FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Tensions prevailed in the curfew bound tribal-dominated Kandhamal and Phulbani districts of the Eastern India state of Orissa following violence which began on December 24. At least, one person has been killed and several have been reported injured during the violence. Propert [...]
2007-12-27 16:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA391KOLKATA EAC-BHUTTO ASSASINATION
[...] (SBU) On December 28, the acting Principal Officer convened an EAC meeting in Kolkata in response to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The SD Team and Local Guard Force have been reminded to remain vigilant and to report all security anomalies immediately. 2. (SBU) Post reviewed exist [...]
2007-12-28 11:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC IN
07KOLKATA59SECOND PHASE OF MANIPUR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS OFFERS NO CLEAR
[...] (U) On February 14, three valley districts of the Northeast Indian state of Manipur -- Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur -- constituting 29 constituencies out of the 60-seat Assembly, went to the second phase of the state Legislative Assembly polls. The national-ruling Congress Party, pr [...]
2007-02-16 13:00:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IN
07KOLKATA69LEFT OBJECTS TO CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JAMIAT-E-ULEMA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 24, ConGen met with West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (JUH) General Secretary Siddiqullah Chowdhury at the JUH offices to discuss Muslim issues and concerns in West Bengal. Chowdhury has come to local prominence recently in leading Muslim opposition to development of [...]
2007-02-26 14:21:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA71AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF PEACEFUL VOTING, VIOLENCE HITS MANIPUR
[...] (U) Summary: On February 23, Manipur held the third and final phase of its Legislative Assembly elections for the remaining 12 seats in the 60-seat legislature. Unlike the first two phases, this final round of polling was marred by violence and intimidation due to ethnic rivalries in the poll [...]
2007-02-27 11:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM IN
07KOLKATA74MAOISTS BRAZENLY KILL JHARKHAND PARLIAMENTARIAN DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday March 4 Maoist rebels shot and killed Sunil Mahto, a Member of Parliament (MP) from the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. The attack occurred at a football tournament in the village of Ghatshila, [...]
2007-03-05 12:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
07KOLKATA84ASSAM -- NATIONAL GAMES OVER, ULFA CONTINUES ATTACKS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 9, the terrorist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) continued its campaign of bombs and attacks in Assam, setting off a bomb in a crowded marketplace. The group also indicates that it will step up its attacks, including by targeting Congress Party officials, ho [...]
2007-03-13 04:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC IN
07KOLKATA88RURAL WEST BENGAL AGAIN ERUPTS INTO VIOLENCE OVER LAND
[...] (U) March 14, violence erupted again in the rural West Bengal district of Nandigram, located approximately 150 km southwest of Kolkata, when police fired on villagers protesting the state government's plans to acquire land for industrial development. At least five persons reportedly were kill [...]
2007-03-14 12:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON EAGR ASEC IN
07KOLKATA92WEST BENGAL FACES FALLOUT FROM NANDIGRAM VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rural West Bengal district of Nandigram remains tense but quiet following the March 14 violence between police, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists and local villagers, which resulted in at least 14 deaths and 71 injuries (REF. A). Chief Minister Buddhadeb B [...]
2007-03-19 13:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA95RECENT DEATHS IN NANDIGRAM HIGHLIGHT WEST BENGAL'S VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 14 killings in the rural West Bengal district of Nandigram highlighted the truly violent nature of grassroots politics in the state (Reftels). Initially, the agitation was by local villagers opposed to the GOWB's plans to acquire their land for a Special Economic Zone [...]
2007-03-21 13:12:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC SOCI IN
07KUALALUMPUR1304MALAYSIA: WELCOME CODEL CHAMBLISS
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Codel Chambliss to Malaysia, as scheduled from August 26 to 28. 2. Embassy control officer is Embassy Officer Michael Zikes, Telephone: (603) 2168-4895; Fax: (603) 2168-5165; Cellular: (60) 12-339-3138; E-mail: zikesmk@state.gov. 3. Hotel reservation [...]
2007-08-20 03:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC OTRA MY TH VM
07KUALALUMPUR1497MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,
[...] (SBU) Malaysia held eighty-seven persons under Internal Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of September, according to a normally reliable source. Fifty-four of those held are terrorist suspects. The Malaysian government commonly releases a number of ISA detainees each ye [...]
2007-10-05 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1613MALAYSIA'S OPPOSITION DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS TO
[...] (C) Malaysia's major opposition parties operating under the election-reform umbrella organization BERSIH on November 10 carried out possibly the country's largest opposition demonstration since 1998, gathering 20,000 or more demonstrators to present an election reform petition to the National [...]
2007-11-13 11:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1647POLICE BREAK UP ETHNIC INDIAN PROTEST IN KUALA
[...] (C) Thousands of ethnic Indian Malaysians took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur in protest on November 25, the second major anti-government demonstration in two weeks. Despite police warnings, early arrests (ref A) and heavy police presence on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, approximately 20,000 e [...]
2007-11-26 11:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES
[...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]
2007-12-06 16:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1691POLICE ARREST HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCHERS; ANOTHER
[...] (C) Malaysian police on December 9 arrested organizers of an attempted march in Kuala Lumpur by lawyers, activists and opposition party officials in support of freedom of assembly. The short-lived march involved some 100 participants and took place after the Bar Council, under police pressure [...]
2007-12-10 11:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1695POLICE ARREST OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTEMPTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian police on December 11 arrested 24 opposition party and NGO activists, organized under the Bersih electoral reform coalition, in connection with a planned rally at Parliament. Police released at least seven of the activists later in the day. Those arrested included f [...]
2007-12-11 10:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1710HINDRAF LEADERS DETAINED UNDER INTERNAL SECURITY
[...] (C) The Malaysian government on December 13 arrested five ethnic Indian leaders of the small NGO HINDRAF using the Internal Security Act (ISA),which provides for detention without trial, and indicated they would be help for two years. Senior Malaysian officials, including Prime Minister Abd [...]
2007-12-13 11:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1711HINDRAF LEADERS DETAINED UNDER INTERNAL SECURITY
[...] (C) The Malaysian government on December 13 arrested five ethnic Indian leaders of the small NGO HINDRAF using the Internal Security Act (ISA),which provides for detention without trial, and indicated they would be held for two years. Senior Malaysian officials, including Prime Minister Abd [...]
2007-12-13 12:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1730TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED TO MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 11:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM ELAB ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR263HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR
[...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...]
2007-02-13 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR318MALAYSIANS ON BORDER CONCERNED, BUT NOT ALARMED
[...] (S) Malaysian politicians and police officials in northern border states, in meetings with polchief February 5-9, expressed concern but not alarm over continued violence in Thailand's ethnic Malay south. Interlocutors viewed the violence in Thailand as having little or no spill-over effect i [...]
2007-02-21 07:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR398MALAYSIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination, and to a far lesser extent, a transit and source country for adults and minors trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The overwhelming majority of victims come to Malaysia seeking greater economic oppor [...]
2007-03-05 01:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
07KUALALUMPUR447FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS
[...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]
2007-03-08 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR902PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND
[...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]
2007-05-22 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUWAIT1023COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]
2007-06-30 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1027UNCERTAINTY OVER KUWAITI SIGNATORY FOR MOU ON CEIP
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Security Decision Follow-up Committee (SDFC) Chairman General Mohammed Al-Bader on June 24 to discuss next steps towards forming a Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) Joint Working Group (JWG) following the June 12-13 visit by a USG CEIP team (ref A). ( [...]
2007-07-01 06:03:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT1050COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DS/IP/OPO TEAM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for referenced DS/IP/OPO PMR Team to transit Kuwait August and September 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy points of contact are: Joh [...]
2007-07-03 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1094MINISTER OF DEFENSE/INTERIOR ON GCC MINISTERS
[...] (C/NF) First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 7 that the major focus of the GCC meeting in Riyadh was to discuss Iraq and put some "imagination" into trying to address regional security implica [...]
2007-07-09 09:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EPET KU MAS PHUM PREL PTER ASEC KCIP
07KUWAIT1097MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE
[...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]
2007-07-10 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
07KUWAIT1136COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BURGESS (19-23 JULY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Burgess to travel to post 19-23, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-07-18 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT12KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U/S
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U/S Dobriansky and a thirty-one member U.S. delegation,including TDY support, to visit Kuwait from Thursday, January 4, 2007, to Friday, January 12, 2007, to participate in and support the Conference of Women Leaders in Science, [...]
2007-01-06 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SENV AMGT APER AA KWMN OTRA TSPL KU
07KUWAIT120KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KYL (FEBRUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Kyl to travel to post o/a 16 thru 17 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-01-28 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1208COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SCHAKOWSKY
[...] In reply to refs. A-C, Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Schakowsky to travel to post 6-7 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]
2007-08-04 11:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DURBIN (07-08 AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL DURBIN to travel to post 07-08 AUGUST, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-05 09:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1239COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WARNER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Warner to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. Please see 5.g. Security Clearance information is required in order to receive the Embassy's classified country briefing. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you mu [...]
2007-08-12 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1240COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-08-12 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1244COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL FILNER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL FILNER to travel to post 21-23 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-13 09:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1270COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BIDEN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BIDEN to travel to post September 4-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-20 09:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1287COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MEEK (26-30 AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Meek to travel to post August 26-30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-08-25 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1301COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAUSCHER (23-29, AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL TAUSCHER to travel to post 23-29, August, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-08-28 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1303COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL COLEMAN to travel to post on August 31 - September 2, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a dr [...]
2007-08-28 14:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1313COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed, and accompanying delegation of Robert Kaproth and Matthew Turner, to travel to Kuwait September 16-17 to meet with Kuwaiti government officials to discuss the region's sovereign we [...]
2007-08-29 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1314KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]
2007-08-31 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL
07KUWAIT1319COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DAS HOWARD
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Deputy Assistant Secretary HOWARD MENDELSOHN and Team Chief MICHAEL MADON to travel to post on September 5 - 9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]
2007-09-02 10:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTAR ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1333AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY
[...] (SBU) This is an amended cable to include Matthew Epstein, who was omitted from REFTEL country clearance. Please provide Mr. Epstein's itinerary to the Point of Contact listed in paragraph three. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ah [...]
2007-09-03 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1347COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS NATURALIZATION
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Lori Pietropaoli, Deputy District Director, DHS USCIS Rome Italy; Emigidio Martinez, Adjudication Officer DHS USCIS, Frankfurt,Germany; and Darryl Perez, Rome Immigration Specialist, to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 6-13, 2007. [...]
2007-09-06 09:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1353COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (07-10 SEPT
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ELLSWORTH to travel to post 07-09, SEPT, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-09-09 08:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1358COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-09-09 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY
07KUWAIT1367COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-09-11 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1368COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BAUCAS to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]
2007-09-11 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1371GOK TO DOE A/S KOLEVAR: PROGRESS ON CEIP; WANT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 9 September, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin Kolevar participated in a series of site visits, briefings, and meetings with GOK and oil sector officials to promote further USG-GOK cooperation on Critical Energy Infrastructure [...]
2007-09-11 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT1391COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND PARTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador Crocker and party transit Kuwait per Ref. A September 13-22, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Ref. B, Mr. Khedery will be picked up with CODEL Boehner and transported to the Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Crowne Plaza Room 201 whe [...]
2007-09-12 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT14KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWNBACK
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 7 and 10 Jan, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-01-07 05:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT1415COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ABERCROMBIE ( SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ABERCROMBIE to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a [...]
2007-09-19 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1439COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CONATON (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Conaton to travel to post on September 27 - October 1, 2007. Please pass security clearances of all travelers iaw para. 6.g. in order to allow the Staffdel to receive classified briefings. 2. This clearance is not/not valid f [...]
2007-09-25 08:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1474MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
[...] (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S Al-Jarallah [...]
2007-10-04 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
07KUWAIT1492COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KRUSE (OCTOBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Kruse to travel to post on/about October 11 to 16, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Afghanistan; you must apply for Afghanistan clearance through Embassy Kabul. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit offi [...]
2007-10-09 08:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF GM UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1536COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LOEBSACK (OCTOBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LOEBSACK to travel to post on October 19-21, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-10-18 11:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1543KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Senior Advisor David Pearce; Special Assistant Ali Khedery; and A/RSO David Hazarian, to travel to post on October 29, 2007 to meet with host government principals. 2. An Embassy visit officer and [...]
2007-10-22 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBA EG JO KU QA OTRA AMGT ASEC
07KUWAIT1544COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR LORI
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No emb [...]
2007-10-23 06:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1569COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (NOVEMBER 2-5,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL SMITH to travel to post on November 2-5, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-11-01 07:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1597COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS USCIS MILITARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team (Gonzales, Scharfen Bulger, McCament, Aytes, Vorwerk, Lan, and Hudgins) to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply [...]
2007-11-06 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1629COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 20-27,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Murtha to travel to post 20-27, November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-11-18 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1630COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MARSHALL (18-26
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post 18-26 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-11-18 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1637COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (21-24 NOVEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 21-24 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-11-19 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1659COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WEBB (NOVEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Webb to travel to post November 27 - December 1, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]
2007-11-25 12:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1684KUWAIT PRACTICES-INFORMATION COLLECTION,
[...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 133931 follows. Watchlisting ------------ 2. (SBU) - The GOK maintains watchlists. The number of records is unknown. - The Kuwait Immigration Service of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Kuwait State Security (KSS) maintain li [...]
2007-11-29 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU KVPR PTER PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
07KUWAIT1717DEPUTY CHIEF OF KUWAIT NATIONAL GUARD ON CURRENT
[...] (C) On December 10, Charge d'Affaires, Defense Attache and Poloff met with Shaykh Mish'al Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG). Shaykh Mish'al is the half-brother of both the current and former Amirs as well as the Crown Prince, and is considered to be one of the [...]
2007-12-13 07:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PINR PTER
07KUWAIT1738COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 14-18,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post 14-18, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-12-17 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1751COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SKELTON (DECEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post 23-26, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-12-23 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1756AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]
2007-12-26 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1757AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]
2007-12-26 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1766COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WOLF (JANUARY 2-9,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wolf to travel to post 2-4, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-12-30 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1767COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN (January 1-7,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Coleman to travel to post 4-7 January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-12-30 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT177CENTCOM TEAM ASSESSES SECURITY OF CRITICAL ENERGY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: At the invitation of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation subsidiary responsible for all downstream oil operations, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) facilitated a CENTCOM-led multi-disciplinary vulnerability assessment [...]
2007-02-07 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT241DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARABSAT AND NILESAT BROADCAST
[...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer reiterated U.S. concerns about the continued broadcast of Al Manar Television and the potential broad [...]
2007-02-19 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT247KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-02-20 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU
07KUWAIT278AL-ZAWRAA DEMARCHE RECEIVES MUTED KUWAIT RESPONSE
[...] (C) In light of ongoing concern about Al-Zawraa broadcasting, post wishes to recap our discussions to date with the GOK on this issue. 2. (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting [...]
2007-02-24 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT281KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: KUWAIT CRITICAL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for the following Kuwait Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Survey Team (ATA 6156) members traveling to Kuwait from March 13-21, 2007: Richard Soler - DS/T/ATA; Kevin Maloy - DS/T/ATA; Patrick Willging - U.S. Dept. of Energy; [...]
2007-02-27 10:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA KCIP ASEC ENRG OTRA PTER
07KUWAIT312KUWAIT: SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: -- 27A: Kuwait is a destination count [...]
2007-03-04 07:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
07KUWAIT357KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SNOWE (MARCH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Snowe to travel to post o/a 16-18 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-03-11 12:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT412COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...]
2007-03-22 17:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU
07KUWAIT419CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]
2007-03-24 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT43KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/IPCO TEAM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for OBO/IPCO Team Members Jenkins and Rajen to travel to post o/a January 13 -30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: Embassy point [...]
2007-01-11 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT431NEXT STEPS AFTER CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/NF) Following the March 13-22 Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) assessment jointly conducted by the Department, DOE, and DHS (Ref A),Post is actively encouraging Kuwaiti officials at both senior and working levels to implement the team's recommendations, including near-te [...]
2007-03-26 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET KCIP ASEC ENRG PTER KU
07KUWAIT433KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BLAZEY (MARCH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 28 - 30 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-03-27 07:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF JO AE GM KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT44KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAYH (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 12 and 13 January 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]
2007-01-11 15:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ PK GM EI
07KUWAIT462KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (MARCH 30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 2 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-02 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF GM EI COUNTRY
07KUWAIT47DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT AGREES TO LOOK INTO
[...] (C) On January 8, PolOff called on Hamad Al-Mashan of the MFA's America's Department and delivered reftel demarche on U.S. concern over the use of Arabsat and Nilesat to broadcast Hezballah's Al-Manar satellite channel and the reported plan for Arabsat to broadcast Hamas' Siraj Al-Aqsa satel [...]
2007-01-14 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC ETTC KPAL PTER KU
07KUWAIT477KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hagel (Sen. Chuck Hagel, Rep. Joe Sestak, Staffers Rexon Ryu and Eric Rosenbach, and MilEscort Col. Gregg Olson) to travel to post o/a 13-15 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for [...]
2007-04-04 10:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT480KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (APRIL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post o/a 6 -7 and 11 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]
2007-04-04 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF PK UK BA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT481KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SANCHEZ (APRIL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Sanchez to travel to post April 7-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-04-04 11:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS VM CH JA IT QA TH KU
07KUWAIT501KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN JACOBS,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Susan Jacobs, Senior Policy Advisor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Mr. James W. Schnaible, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Mr. Gary Cote, Director Visa Security Program of the Department of Homeland Security to meet with E [...]
2007-04-07 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC CMGT KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT506CHARGE DISCUSSES CEIP NEXT STEPS WITH INTERIOR
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On April 7 and 8, CDA and Econoff met separately with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Under Secretary Nasser Al-Othman, Deputy Director of the Kuwait SIPDIS Coast Guard (KCG) Colonel Abdullah Bin-N [...]
2007-04-08 12:35:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEPET ASEC PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT539KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky to transit Kuwait April 13-15, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact in case of emergency is: Carri [...]
2007-04-15 08:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR GM SA KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT591KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (26-30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 27-28 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-04-22 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ FR EI KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT598AMBASSADOR RAISES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During meetings on April 23 and 24, the Ambassador raised the need for follow-up on critical infrastructure protection with the President of the National Security Bureau, the Prime Minister and Oil Minister, respectively. With each, the Ambassador praised the cooperation at th [...]
2007-04-24 10:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNEPET ASEC PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT615AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE/INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During an April 24 meeting with Defense/Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak, the Ambassador emphasized USG readiness to provide security assistance to Kuwait, stressed the need to continue investigating suspected terrorist financiers, and urged follow up on the recommend [...]
2007-04-26 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFN KU TERROR FINANCE
07KUWAIT624KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bond to travel to post o/a May 4-6, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-29 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ IC KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT639KUWAITIS PRAISE SAUDI TERROR ARRESTS; PROMPTS SOUL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed the recent terrorist arrests in Saudi Arabia and condemned those involved. So far, no Kuwaitis have been implicated in the plots, but Kuwait is working with Saudi officials to investigate any possible connections. One local daily reported that the Saudis ar [...]
2007-04-30 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER KCIP ASEC SA KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT692KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL G. SMITH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a May 18-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-05-06 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO EI UK KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT70KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PELOSI (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Pelosi to travel to post o/a January 25 to 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]
2007-01-19 06:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ PK AF GM KU
07KUWAIT737KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INHOFE (10-14
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Inhofe to travel to post o/a 10-14 May, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-05-12 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT782AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/NF) In a series of meetings between May 13-16, the Ambassador hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team from 13-21 May (Ref A) and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February (Ref B) to Kuwaiti [...]
2007-05-16 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT784AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/NF) In a series of meetings between May 13-16, the Ambassador hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team from 13-21 May (Ref A) and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February (Ref B) to Kuwaiti [...]
2007-05-19 04:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT790NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU WELCOMES CRITICAL ENERGY
[...] (C/NF) Continuing a series of calls on the senior GOK leadership, the Ambassador on May 19 hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team on 13-21 May and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February t [...]
2007-05-19 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT813COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN (MAY 27,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Lieberman to transit Kuwait o/a May 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Post understands assistance is not required at this time. In [...]
2007-05-22 13:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT823KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPRATT (MAY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Spratt to travel to post o/a 27-29 May 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-05-25 07:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE PK AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT871KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CEIP TEAM:
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/CT Senior Coordinator Bruce A. Averill, DS/ATA officer Kevin A. Maloy, Sandia National Laboratory employee Byron H. Gardner, and USCG CAPT Donald C. Grant to travel to Kuwait June 11-15 to discuss Critical Energy Infras [...]
2007-06-04 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC KCIP KU OTRA PREL PTER ENRG
07KUWAIT873U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]
2007-06-05 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Joseph Hackbarth and Ms. Sandra Echeverri, Immigration Officers, Department of Homeland Security to travel to post o/a June 28, 2007. 2. Visit Officer: No Embassy support has been requested Embassy point of contact is: Jared [...]
2007-06-06 12:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKHLS CVIS ASEC
07KUWAIT901COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PRM/ANE OFFICE DIRECTOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright to transit Kuwait June 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]
2007-06-11 11:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT907COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCASKILL (14-19 JUNE
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCaskill to travel to post 15-18, June, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-06-12 07:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT921USG CEIP TEAM DISCUSSES JOINT WORKING GROUP AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: A USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait on 12-13 June to review recommendations from the two previous CEIP assessments this year, conduct a follow-up maritime assessment, and discuss the formation of a USG-GOK Joint Working Group [...]
2007-06-14 07:53:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT936COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD SCHMIERER NEA/I
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA/I Incoming Director Richard Schmierer to transit Kuwait June 26-27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit of [...]
2007-06-18 09:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL ASEC IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT959COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS JULY 4TH MILITARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for DHS USCIS Assistant Secretary Jonathan Scharfen and party to transit Kuwait o/a June 30 to July 6, 2007. 2. RSO is in the process of obtaining clearances for Special Agent Vorwerk's SPE as requested in ref. A. Per ref. B, Post advise [...]
2007-06-21 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC OTRA GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT976COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (05-09 JULY 2007)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL REED to travel to post 06-09 July 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]
2007-06-25 11:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT980COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (2-6 JULY 2007)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 2-6, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-06-26 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT981COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAWKINS (1-8 JULY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hawkins to travel to post July 1-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-06-26 06:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07LAGOS100SITREP 12 & NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: 31 IN CAPTIVITY,
[...] (C) Summary. This is an update on kidnappings and militant attacks in southern Nigeria in 2007. Approximately 31 hostages are currently being held in the Niger Delta. American citizen Bill Graham remains a captive and is the only American currently being held. Roughly sixty individuals hav [...]
2007-02-09 15:39:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS105SITREP 13: NO CHANGE TO HOSTAGE CASE; OIL MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary. There has been no contact with Amcit Bill Graham or Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa or their captors since the release of British national Neil Mirrlees on February 7. A recent spate of incidents in Port Harcourt caused Shell to encourage expatriate staff to work from their resi [...]
2007-02-12 17:01:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS110SITREP 14: SSS CONFIRMS HOSTAGES UNHARMED
[...] (C) Rivers State Security Service (SSS) confirmed to John Walker of Control Risks Group on February 12 that American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa are "fine." Walker reported to the Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group on February 13 there has been no progress toward the h [...]
2007-02-13 16:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS116SITREP 15: NO SSS CONTACT WITH AMCIT; FILIPINO
[...] (C) John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 14 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group that he was unable to speak to Rivers State Security Service (SSS) on February 13. Walker speculated SSS may have been working on the February 13 release of 24 Filipino hostages. American citizen Bill [...]
2007-02-14 16:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS124SITREP 16: SSS OPENS NEW LINE OF COMMUNICATION
[...] (C) Pivot-GIS employees American Bill Graham and Nigerian Ezekiel Akwa remain hostages. John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 15 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group he met the Director of Rivers State Security Service (SSS),Alhaji Kola Adeshina, on February 14. Adeshina informed [...]
2007-02-15 14:49:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS128SITREP 17: GRAHAM & AKWA STILL HOSTAGE; SSS AWAITS
[...] (C) John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 16 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group American Bill Graham and Nigerian Ezekiel Akwa remain hostages. The State Security Service (SSS) told Walker on February 15 they will wait for the return from the creek area of the tribal elder who is n [...]
2007-02-16 15:52:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS136SITREP 18: HOSTAGES RELEASED; 3 EXPATS KIDNAPPED,
[...] (C) Pivot employees American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa were released from captivity on February 17. Once State Security Service (SSS) had established some leverage in their communications with the kidnappers and once Rivers State Governor Peter Odili lent the mat [...]
2007-02-22 08:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS160DISSECTION OF A 25 DAY KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Summary. Pivot employees American citizen Bill Graham and British national Neil Mirrlees were under surveillance for five days by their captors and abducted when they were boxed-in by vehicles on their way to work. Though the Nigerian Government does not admit officially to paying a rans [...]
2007-03-05 10:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS185NIGERIA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. ------------------ 27. (SBU) Overview ------------------ -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. [...]
2007-03-13 15:46:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07LAGOS198FIVE EUROPEAN HOSTAGES AND ONE FILIPINO RELEASED;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Italian Agip employees held hostage since December 7 were released March 14; two Croatians and one Montenegrin working for oil service company Hydrodrive International were released March 12 after 22 days in captivity; and a Filipino Shell employee abducted February 6 was r [...]
2007-03-15 14:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS20HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED, BUT DELTA "ALMOST IN
[...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State Secretary Godknows Igali said January 11 that the hostage takers agreed in negotiations to release the three Italian and one Lebanese employees of Agip kidnapped December 7. This group claims disinterest in money and that they committed the kidnappings due to polit [...]
2007-01-11 19:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS230FIVE EXPATS KIDNAPPED; TWO RELEASED SINCE MARCH 17
[...] On March 23, one Lebanese and one Indian national employed by the Nigerian construction company Setraco, were reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint near Warri, Delta State. Media and security sources claim these two hostages were released March 25. Also on March 23, a Dutch security manager worki [...]
2007-03-26 14:54:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS253PROGRESS ON OIL AND GAS-RELATED LEGISLATION HALTED
[...] (SBU) Before the five-week recess was called unexpectedly on March 21 by the National Assembly, observers predicted pending legislation of interest to the oil and gas industry would pass before the legislature adjourned sina die on May 29. Now however, observers decline to predict what bill [...]
2007-04-10 18:07:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EPET NI PTER ENERG
07LAGOS279NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO
[...] Warri police confirmed to security sources that two Indian employees working for Delta Steel Company were abducted on April 16 near Warri, Delta state. 2. Two Turkish nationals working for Merpa, contracted to the Italian oil major Agip, remain hostages after being abducted from their veh [...]
2007-04-18 14:58:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS29TRADITIONAL RULERS KILLED IN NIGER DELTA; OIL
[...] (C) Summary: Armed militants attacked the Ekuonoma flowstation owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Rivers State on January 16. Expatriate and local staff from that station had already been evacuated; there has been no decline in production as of yet. The attack on the flows [...]
2007-01-16 16:00:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS303AMERICAN CITIZEN, 4 ITALIANS AND 1 CROAT KIDNAPPED
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian national were kidnapped around 5:30 AM on May 1, off the shore of Bayelsa State. Stapleton was employed by Chevron Nigeria Ltd. while the other five expatriates were working for a Chevron shipping subsidiary. The [...]
2007-05-01 09:50:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS307SITREP 2: COMMANDER AFRICA AND MCGUYVER MAY BE
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to American citizen John Stapleton, Italian nationals Raffele Pascsariello, Alfonso Frawza, Ignazio Gugliota, Mario Celetano and Croatian national Juricha Ruic were abducted May 1 from a ship owned by a supply company working for Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL). Chevr [...]
2007-05-02 14:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS309SITREP 3: APPROXIMATELY 24 KIDNAPPED SINCE MAY 1
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain hostages after being abducted on May 1. Stapleton takes medication daily and without it, is susceptible to seizures. The Secretary to Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali is aware of Stapleton's need [...]
2007-05-03 14:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS31TWO INCIDENTS IN THE NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) Summary: Security sources reported two separate incidents in the Niger Delta, occurring on January 16 and 17. The first incident was an attack by militants on a boat carrying Hyundai employees. One Dutch expatriate and one Joint Task Force (JTF) officer were killed and four others on the [...]
2007-01-17 13:23:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS312POST-ELECTION MILITANT ACTIVITY ON THE UPSWING
[...] Summary: Human rights activist Patrick Naagbanton told Poloff on April 24 militant leaders Soboma George and Ateke Tom reportedly met April 18 to discuss shifting from criminal to politically-motivated attacks. Naagbanton believed Rivers Governor Peter Odili bribed Soboma George and Ateke Tom [...]
2007-05-04 13:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS313SITREP 4: BAYELSA TAKES THE LEAD; 6 AGIP HOSTAGES
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain hostages after being abducted on May 1. Chevron is following Bayelsa State Government's lead in securing the hostages release and has passed to the government Stapleton's medication. Bayelsa Secretary to the [...]
2007-05-04 14:31:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS318SITREP 5: AMCIT STILL HOSTAGE; NO PROOF OF LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian started their seventh day as hostages. The State Security Service (SSS) could not confirm delivery of Stapleton's medication (Ref A) over the weekend and, as of May 7, had not received photos of the hostages. Chevro [...]
2007-05-07 14:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS321SITREP 6: AMCIT REMAINS HOSTAGE; 3 PIPELINES
[...] (C) Summary: After being abducted May 1, six expatriates, including American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain in captivity. Chevron has not received proof of life for any of the hostages. Chevron planned to pass a third care package containing food, water, clothe [...]
2007-05-08 15:12:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS322SITREP 7: 5 AMCITS HELD HOSTAGE IN 2 DIFFERENT
[...] (C) Summary: Four American citizen oil service workers were kidnapped May 8 from a Global Industries barge offshore Delta State. The kidnappers are presumably Bayelsa state-based. The Bayelsa State Government and Chevron have received information suggestive of proof of life for American cit [...]
2007-05-09 16:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS33NIGER DELTA: 1 ITALIAN, 5 CHINESE RELEASED
[...] (C) Italian Consul General Maurizio Bungaro confirmed the January 17 release of Italian Agip employee Roberto Dieghi after 41 days in captivity. One Lebanese and two Italian employees of Agip remain in captivity. According to security sources, Dieghi was released because he was in poor healt [...]
2007-01-18 14:39:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS331SITREP 8: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MILITANTS
[...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens abducted from Global Industries' Cheyenne barge on May 8 near Delta State were allowed to call their families the following day, thereby providing proof of life. The kidnappers of the four Americans purportedly demanded all expatriates depart Nigeria, Chev [...]
2007-05-10 15:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS336SITREP 9: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; COMPANY
[...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens abducted from Global Industries' Cheyenne barge on May 8 remain hostages. Company representatives planned to meet Delta State Secretary and Governor-elect Emmanuel Uduaghan later today, May 11. One hostage, Amcit Faller, told his wife via cell phone the ca [...]
2007-05-11 15:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS338SITREP 10: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; ITALIANS
[...] (C) Summary: American citizens Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell, and Larry Plake, abducted May 8 remain hostages. The hostages' employer, Global Industries, has not met Delta State officials despite several attempts. American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croat [...]
2007-05-14 15:44:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS339CHEVRON DRAWS DOWN NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS THROUGH
[...] (C) On May 11, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) drew down non-essential staff on three rigs operating offshore in the Niger Delta. According to Femi Odumabo, Chevron General Manager for Government and Public Affairs, the drawdown includes both expatriate and Nigerian staff. It includes both e [...]
2007-05-14 17:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ASEC PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS344SITREP 11: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; POOR DELTA
[...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens employed by Global Industries (GI) abducted May 8 remain hostages. Telephone calls from the four Americans have escalated their families' anxieties. GI plans to send representatives to meet Delta State government officials. Chevron's six employees, inclu [...]
2007-05-15 16:02:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS347SITREP 12: PROOF OF LIFE FOR AMCIT STAPLETON;
[...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton called Chevron representatives May 16 to say that he and the other five captives are well, and have received the medicines sent to them. The militants are demanding a generator and a source of potable water in exchange for release of the hostages. Four Ameri [...]
2007-05-16 16:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS355SITREP 13: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages. Despite the May 16 attack on Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan's house, Chevron has decided not to alter its release plan. Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said he was actively pursuing [...]
2007-05-17 15:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS359SITREP 14: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MEDS
[...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, begin their eighteenth day as hostages. Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, continues to use SIPDIS other militant groups to pressure Victor Ebikabow [...]
2007-05-18 15:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS362SITREP 15: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; KIDNAPPERS
[...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, kidnapped May 1 remain hostages. The abductors have complained Chevron's welfare packages are too small; the company plans to deliver another package of medication, water, and a [...]
2007-05-21 16:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS363ATTACK ON VP-ELECT'S HOUSE MARKS THIRD ATTACK IN
[...] (C) Vice President-elect Governor Goodluck Jonathan's country residence in Bayelsa State was attacked early morning on May 16. According to press reports, militants approached the house by boat, fired shots and detonated dynamite, purportedly killing one policeman. Jonathan left Yenagoa imm [...]
2007-05-21 16:28:00Consulate LagosSECRETASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS367SITREP 16: 5 AMCITS, 2 INDIANS, 1 LEBANESE, 1
[...] (C) Summary: Six expatriates employed by Chevron, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their twenty-second day in captivity. Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Igali and Chevron suspect the hostages will be released by May 29. Four American citizens held captive in De [...]
2007-05-22 15:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS372SITREP 17: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES
[...] (C) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 1. As of May 23, the State Security Service (SSS) emissary had not delivered Chevron's welfare package containing water, soft drinks, food and naira [...]
2007-05-23 16:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS376SITREP 18: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; 22 EXPATS
[...] (C) Summary: On May 23, a welfare package was reportedly delivered to Chevron's six expatriate employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, who are being held hostage in Bayelsa State. The State Security Service (SSS) emissary told Chevron that the Bayelsa State Government had promis [...]
2007-05-24 14:44:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS386 FILIPINOS KIDNAPPED, AMCITS & BRITS NEXT,
[...] (C) Summary. Six Filipino nationals were taken hostage from a vessel near Okerenkoko in Delta State on January 20. The following day, militants met in Okerenkoko and agreed to target American and British citizens for kidnapping, a security source and local newspapers reported. Governor Jame [...]
2007-01-22 17:32:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS389SITREP 19: EIGHT AMCITS HOSTAGE MAY 25 IN THREE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25, nine expatriates, including American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore employed by TransCoastal, were abducted from three vessels in the riverine area near Sangana, Bayelsa State. May 25 was the twenty-fifth day of captivity for Chevron employees [...]
2007-05-25 13:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS394SITREP 20: 3 AMCIT LIVES THREATENED; 8 AMCITS
[...] (C) Summary: On May 27, a news source reported the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),"Bayelsa State Chapter," issued Nigeria's Federal Government a May 29 deadline to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or "risk the death of seven expatriate oil workers", includ [...]
2007-05-27 20:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS395SITREP 21: 8 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, GON RECEIVED
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Minister of Information, the GON had not received any ultimatum to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or risk the death of seven expatriates, including three American hostages, as reported in the press on May 27 (Ref A). On the eve of the May 29 inaugur [...]
2007-05-28 12:50:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS399SITREP 22: MEND ATTACKS KIDNAPPERS; 8 AMCITS
[...] (C) Summary: Global Industries (GI) believes its four American employees are now under militant leader Tom Polo's custody and there could be a May 30 release. Three American citizens kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage but are well, Amcit Shane McMorris said on M [...]
2007-05-30 15:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS403SITREP 23: 4 AMCITS RELEASED MAY 30, 4 REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens, Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell and Larry Plake, employed by Global Industries (GI) and taken hostage on May 8, offshore Delta State, were released on May 30. Three American citizens employed by TransCoastal and seven other individuals begi [...]
2007-05-31 11:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS412SITREP 24: 4 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, WOMEN &
[...] (C) Summary: Three American citizens, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian employed by TransCoastal and kidnapped on May 25 remain hostages. Six Chevron employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their second month in captivity. On May 31 [...]
2007-06-01 15:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS415SITREP 25: 1 AMCIT RELEASED, 3 REMAIN HOSTAGES; 4
[...] (SBU) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian kidnapped on May 1 off the shore of Bayelsa State were released from captivity on June 2 to Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva. All six hostages are said to be "in good condition." The six individuals are expected to de [...]
2007-06-02 15:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS419SITREP 26: 3 AMCITS, 33 EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 36 expatriates are being held hostage in the Niger Delta, including three American citizens kidnapped May 25 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Since June 1, 12 expatriates, no American citizens, have been abducted in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Twelve Indian nati [...]
2007-06-04 12:56:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS422SITREP 27: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE IN BAYELSA STATE
[...] (SBU) Three American TransCoastal employees (Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore),four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian begin their eleventh day in captivity. The ten individuals were kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. ----- [...]
2007-06-05 13:38:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS427SITREP 28: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; TRANSCOASTAL
[...] (C) American nationals Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages. TransCoastal believes the 10 hostages have been divided into two groups; one group of four and one group of six. According to Tr [...]
2007-06-06 15:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS434SITREP 29: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Three American citizens, Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. TransCoastal (TCO) said they last had contact with the host [...]
2007-06-07 11:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS437SITREP 30: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; UK ENGAGING GON
[...] (C) On June 8, ten hostages kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 begin their third week in captivity. TransCoastal (TCO) representatives told us on June 7 that they believe Amcit Bobbie Tyner, two British nationals, and the South African hostage are being held by "The General," [...]
2007-06-08 12:06:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS442SITREP 31: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; GOVERNOR
[...] (C) American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage. On June 11, TransCoastal (TCO) reported there has been "no real change" to the si [...]
2007-06-11 15:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS445SITREP 32: 13 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING 3 AMCITS,
[...] (C) Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva and TransCoastal (TCO) representatives confirmed the June 11 release of American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national, who were kidnapped offshore Bayelsa St [...]
2007-06-12 14:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS471 AMERICAN, 1 BRITON TAKEN HOSTAGE IN PORT HARCOURT
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen Billy Ray Graham and Briton Neil Robert Mirrlees were kidnapped going to work at approximately 7:00 AM on January 23 in Port Harcourt. Graham and Mirrlees work for Pivot Engineering Company Ltd., a small oil service firm. A Port Harcourt police contact said a g [...]
2007-01-23 16:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS487RIVERS KIDNAPPERS UP THE ANTE: ABDUCT BRITISH CHILD
[...] (U) Rivers State police confirmed that on July 5, a three-year-old British girl, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on her way to school. This is the second time expatriate children have been kidnapped in the Niger Delta; the first incident involved two Indian children who were ab [...]
2007-07-06 08:54:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS492BRITISH GIRL RELEASED; 2 EXPATS KIDNAPPED OFFSHORE
[...] (SBU) On July 8, three-year-old British national Margaret Hill was released near Ogbakiri, Rivers State, after being abducted three days earlier in Port Harcourt (Reftel). No further details are known regarding her release; however, press reports suggest no ransom was paid to secure Hill's r [...]
2007-07-09 15:59:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS502IJAW MILITANTS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE; DESOPADEC BOARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ijaw militant leaders agreed to a 90-day ceasefire during which government could address their interests, which focus on gaining greater control over local government areas and resources. However, Rivers State criminal/militant leaders Ateke Tom and Soboma George did [...]
2007-07-13 09:49:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS514MILITANT DELEGATION TO ASO ROCK JULY 19, RIVERS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Niger Delta militants again met in Delta State and agreed to send a delegation to Aso Rock on July 19 to meet President Yar'Adua and Vice President Jonathan. In a separate but related move, Rivers militant/criminal leaders publicly renounced violence. The militants [...]
2007-07-19 10:01:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS53SITREP #2: FIRST PIVOT HOSTAGE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Pivot-GIS, executives of the Honeywell Group Limited (Pivot's parent organization; not affiliated with the U.S.-based Honeywell Company),representatives of the U.S. and British Embassies and a representative of Control Risks Group (CRG) met January 23 regardi [...]
2007-01-26 10:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS54SHOUTING IN THE EAR OF A DEAF GOVERNMENT:
[...] (C) Summary: Bunkerers tapping into crude oil pipelines, vandalized refineries too costly and dangerous to repair or maintain, organized looting of downstream pipelines, complicated import procedures that encourage corruption and force importers to bear the costs of the fuel price subsidy, c [...]
2007-01-26 12:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS567NIGER DELTA: HOSTAGE TAKING & DEATH, PORT HARCOURT
[...] (C) Summary: On August 12, a foreign hostage of an unidentified nationality reportedly died in Bayelsa State en route to a hospital. On August 10, a British National was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on his way to work. On August 8, the son of a Bayelsa State legislator was report [...]
2007-08-13 12:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS57SITREP #3: PROOF OF LIFE FOR KIDNAPPED PIVOT
[...] (C) Summary: Control Risks Group representative told the Pivot-GIS Crisis Management Group (CMG) that the number and kinds of contacts between Amcit Bill Graham and individuals who know him well can be considered to meet the criteria for proof of life. End Summary. 2. (C) The Crisis Man [...]
2007-01-29 16:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS578PORT HARCOURT VIOLENCE RESUMES; ATTACKERS IDENTITY
[...] (C) Despite the increased deployment of military troops to Port Harcourt, Rivers State following the August 6-12 violence (Reftel),post has confirmed reports that serious fighting and the possible use of explosives broke out throughout the city on August 16. Fighting and violence has been r [...]
2007-08-16 14:56:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS58TRAFFIC STOP OF FUGITIVE SOBOMA GEORGE LEADS TO
[...] (C) Summary: After the inadvertent arrest of their leader, Soboma George, a band of armed criminal militants attacked at least one police station in Port Harcourt. Details are sketchy and we have in hand conflicting reports whether George escaped. Apparently, the melee resulted in some casu [...]
2007-01-29 16:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER KCRM NI
07LAGOS594NIGER DELTA PRESCRIPTIONS BY COMMUNITY LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Niger Delta community leaders told the Acting Consul General cultist groups were responsible for recent violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said these groups hijacked the Niger Delta struggle. These leaders each offered different prescriptions for improvi [...]
2007-08-24 14:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS60SHELL'S BAD DAY: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS OIL
[...] (C) Summary: Shell Managing Director Ann Pickard told visiting Deputy Director for West African Affairs Don Heflin the Government of Nigeria (GON) has notified the company that one of its oil blocks will be given to a Nigerian company. Unless the GON pays USD 1.2 billion in arrears Shell beli [...]
2007-01-30 15:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS61SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT
[...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 26. There had been no contact with the hostages in the last 24 hours. A third hostage, Ezekial Akwa, a Nigerian national employed as a driver by Pivot, has not been mentioned by either the kidnappers or the hostages in conversations; proof o [...]
2007-01-30 15:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS621NIGER DELTA NGOS WARN FG ON IJAW FOCUS; CARMEN
[...] (C) Summary: While Niger Delta militants have been in dialogue with the Federal and state governments, non-violent and non-Ijaw groups said they feel left out and have threatened to turn to violence to make their voices heard. In Delta State, a U.S. company leads a private-public venture inte [...]
2007-09-11 10:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS628NDDC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME; NGO SEEKS LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told international oil companies (IOCs) it would pursue community-driven development in pilot communities in 2008, and if successful, in all nine NDDC states by 2009. Bill Knight, Executive Director of Pro-Natura International, though [...]
2007-09-17 14:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS63SITREP #6: AMCIT & BRITISH NATIONAL REMAIN IN
[...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met February 1. Wole Osinupebi of Pivot and John Walker of Control Risks traveled to Port Harcourt January 31 and met with Director of the State Security Services (SSS) Alhaji Kola Adeshina. Osinupebi and Walker spoke to American citizen Billy Graham and [...]
2007-02-01 15:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS632TOM POLO SUPPORTS NONVIOLENCE YOUTH TRAINING IN
[...] (SBU) Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloff approximately 200 youths from Gbaramatu and Ijaw Kingdoms in Delta state attended a non-violence sensitization program September 10-14. Presenters at the Riverine Host Community Youth Orientation Program were la [...]
2007-09-18 15:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS638ND SPOT REPORT: OKAH ARRESTED, MILITARY PRESENCE
[...] (C) Security sources reported on September 18 that criminal arms dealer Henry Okah, known to work in South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (Reftel),had been arrested in Angola. According to a press report, Okah is awaiting extradition to Equatorial Guinea where he will face criminal c [...]
2007-09-20 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS642YAR'ADUA RELEASES EXCESS CRUDE FUNDS; SYLVA
[...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State received USD 64 million from the Federal excess crude account; the state rarely received allocations from the account under former President Obasanjo. Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva, an outsider foisted on the state from Abuja, is slowly working his way through gov [...]
2007-09-21 13:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS652IJAW YOUTH LEADER: GON TAKING POSITIVE STEPS; IOCS
[...] (C) Summary: According to Chris Ekiyor, recently-elected President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the Ijaw youth delegation meeting with the Federal Government went well as Yar'Adua's administration has expressed much interest in including Niger Delta indigenes in talks to lower regional un [...]
2007-09-26 10:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS664NIGERIAN SHRIMPING INDUSTRY DECRIES PIRATE ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Turtle Excluder Device (TED) inspection visit, many Nigerian shrimp companies told the Poloff that pirates have boarded their boats, robbed their crew and equipment, and confiscated their catches. Eight Nigerian shrimp companies operate approximately 150 boats i [...]
2007-10-05 10:59:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV OES PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS672LAGOS COMMISSIONERS ON SECURITY & DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, two Lagos State Commissioners explained that relations between Lagos Governor Fashola and President Yar'Adua are strong, that Yar'Adua has agreed to expand a major expressway from four to 16 la [...]
2007-10-10 15:19:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS690MOSOP PRESIDENT: EFCC MUST CHARGE CORRUPT
[...] (C) Summary: The relative calm in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is misleading as state government officials have contributed to the violence, rather than decreased it. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must hold government officials responsible for corruption and complicity i [...]
2007-10-22 13:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS691NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED
[...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]
2007-10-22 13:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS692NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED
[...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]
2007-10-22 13:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS694NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: HOSTAGES RELEASED, PORT
[...] (SBU) Three expatriates (Russian, Croatian, and British nationals),and four Nigerian hostages were released around 17:00 on October 22, two days after having been kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State, according to Shell representatives (Reftel). Shell attributed the release to quick community a [...]
2007-10-23 15:07:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS704NIGERIA: DELTA'S AMBITIOUS INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Delta State Integrated Development Project has created an ambitious development plan for the state focused on establishing an industrial base, developing infrastructure, and privatizing some government functions to boost citizens' earning power. Two of the plan's larger proj [...]
2007-10-26 10:54:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR EPET PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS711NIGER DELTA: 6 EXPATS RELEASED, GOVERNMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Four Indian and two Polish nationals kidnapped offshore Rivers State on October 26 were released on October 29. Despite being swindled by the Rivers and Lagos state governments, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) will host a high level Global Conference on Nonvi [...]
2007-10-30 14:55:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS712MILITANT LEADER DOKUBO ASARI EXPOSES OKAH AS A
[...] (C) In mid-October militant leader Dokubo Asari circulated a letter exposing Henry Okah's arms trafficking activities and connections in a self-proclaimed effort to separate criminality from the Niger Delta struggle. (Note: According to security sources, this letter was intended only for Ija [...]
2007-10-30 14:58:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS719NIGERIA: NEW RIVERS GOVERNOR REINVENTS HIMSELF BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has pledged to fight corruption and promised to pressent a bill creating a Due Process and Public Procurement Commission to the legislature. After having been sidelined by the People's Democratic Party for six months, Amaechi [...]
2007-11-01 13:58:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS73WILLBROS PLANS TO LEAVE NIGERIA, LABOR DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary: Due to myriad challenges, ranging from labor difficulties to diminution of business caused by militant activity in the Delta, U.S. oil service contractor Willbros plans to exit Nigeria by March. The company executives hope to sell its Nigerian subsidiary to Ascot Drilling. The [...]
2007-02-05 10:44:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ELAB ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS741NIGER DELTA MILITANTS HIT QUA IBOE TERMINAL
[...] (C) Around 07:00 AM on November 12, six to seven militant boats were spotted shooting into the air offshore Exxon Mobil's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT) in Akwa Ibom State. According to security sources, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the militants around 10:30 AM after a firefight whi [...]
2007-11-13 15:59:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS769NIGERIA: ITSEKIRI TAKE UP ARMS; MILITANTS SEEK TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Itsekiri in Delta State have created the Niger Delta Survival Front, a militant body through which they reportedly hope to exert pressure on Chevron; however, an Ijaw contact believes this body will remain weak due to limited resources and the small geographic territory inhab [...]
2007-12-03 14:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS8NGO ACTIVIST: OGONI SYMPATHY FOR VIOLENT APPROACH
[...] (C) Summary: Violence as a vehicle to express frustration at the lack of economic development in Rivers State is gaining sympathy within the Ogoni community and will be compounded by a likely upsurge in political violence surrounding the 2007 elections, warned environmental and human rights a [...]
2007-01-08 14:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC ELAB EPET PGOV PINR NI
07LAGOS92FUEL CRISIS IMMOBILIZES SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A visit by Poloff to the Southwest showed traffic sharply reduced and long fuel queues in every major city. With suppliers ordered to give priority to Lagos and Abuja, other cities had to grapple with not knowing when more fuel was coming. One distributor admitted to hoarding [...]
2007-02-08 07:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS94SITREP 11: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE; FILIPINO FOUND
[...] (C) Summary. John Walker of Control Risks Group told the Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group on February 8 American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa remain in captivity. Security contacts confirmed to Regional Security Officer (RSO) a Filipino woman abducted on February 7 in [...]
2007-02-08 14:30:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAHORE671ROUND-UPS UNDERWAY IN PUNJAB
[...] (S) Summary: Normalcy still prevails in Lahore and throughout the Punjab in the wake of the suspension of the constitution. Reports are surfacing, however, that the police are conducting sweeps against key opponents of the government. Punjabi opposition leaders, lawyers and civil society eleme [...]
2007-11-04 15:59:00Consulate LahoreSECRETPGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE707NAWAZ SHARIF TOUCHES DOWN AT LAHORE
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani authorities permitted exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to enter Pakistan on Sunday November 25th, arriving at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time via a personal aircraft of the [...]
2007-11-25 16:42:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE715PML-N WILL NOT BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a close confidant of Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) does not/not intend to boycott elections but will continue publicly and privately to threaten to do so in order to extract concessions from the government by insisting on the selection of a new [...]
2007-11-26 14:37:00Consulate LahoreSECRETPGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE722PML-N TO COMPETE IN SPITE OF ADPM ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The nephews of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif indicated November 30 that PML-N will participate in January 8 elections regardless of recent press coverage and public statements. We would not be surprised, however, if Nawaz milks the threat of a boycott a b [...]
2007-11-30 17:08:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE733IT'S OFFICIAL--THE PML-N WILL COMPETE IN ELECTIONS
[...] (S) On December 9 in Lahore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced it will participate in upcoming elections in the wake of the failure of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to reach a consensus on whether or not to boycott the upcoming legislative elections. According to R [...]
2007-12-10 14:43:00Consulate LahoreSECRETPGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAPAZ2817BROTHELS, BARS, AND ANGRY EL ALTO PARENTS
[...] (U) Summary. Angry parents burned more than 50 bars and brothels in the city of El Alto October 15-17. The apparently impromptu protests started as a peaceful march protesting lack of funding for school classrooms, but grew into violent reaction to the proximity of schools to bars, which par [...]
2007-10-18 19:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3003WEEK'S FORECAST: SPORADIC CLASHES & STORMY STRIKES
[...] (C) Despite the strong possibility for clashes between pro-ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) demonstrators and local Sucre opposition protesters, Constituent Assembly President Silvia Lazarte has announced that the entire assembly will reconvene in Sucre on November 14. Most observers, [...]
2007-11-13 22:50:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ3092BOLIVIA: SUCRE, WITHOUT ANY POLICE, ON THE EDGE
[...] (C) Sucre returned to relative calm on November 26 after three days of turmoil, which left at least three dead, 200 people hospitalized and many public buildings (mostly police and prefecture) looted and burned. There are no reports of U.S. citizens among the injured. Police forces have fle [...]
2007-11-26 23:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BL
07LAPAZ3094EAC MEETING - LA PAZ
[...] (SBU) During severe civil unrest over the weekend in the city of Sucre (due to constitutional issues),several Bolivians were killed and hundreds wounded. By late afternoon, Bolivian National Police (BNP) had abandoned the city and local prisoners had escaped from nearby prisons. A 'warden me [...]
2007-11-27 18:52:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3120SANTA CRUZ OPPOSITION: PACIFIST MEASURES FIRST
[...] (C) During separate meetings with the president of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee, the secretary general of the Santa Cruz prefectural government, and the president of the Santa Cruz Business Federation (CAINCO),all expressed their intention to encourage peaceful means of protest against the [...]
2007-11-28 23:01:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ3196EVO'S RECALL PLOY MASKS TRUE INTENTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: International and domestic press have greeted President Evo Morales' call for a recall referendum for himself and Bolivia's nine prefects (state governors) as an important conciliatory step. Meanwhile, significantly less attention is being paid to the decision to reconvene the [...]
2007-12-06 22:22:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3209EVO PUSHES DEMOCRACY'S EDGES, APPROVES CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) In a process largely devoid of democratic and legal procedure, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) pulled together a quorum of the Constituent Assembly at about 7:00 PM December 8 in the heavily pro-MAS city of Oruro (three hours outside of La Paz). By 11:30 AM [...]
2007-12-10 13:20:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3215OPPOSITION REELS AT EVO'S CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) The December 9 passage of President Evo Morales' MAS party constitution has left regional opposition reeling. In a nationwide address carried by private television networks Sunday, Santa Cruz Prefect (governor) Ruben Costas publicly rejected the proposed constitution and announced that S [...]
2007-12-10 20:01:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3241AUTONOMIA! SCENARIOS FOR SANTA CRUZ
[...] (C) Summary: When Santa Cruz leaders declare "autonomy" on December 15, they will be meeting their citizens' demands for more local control of regional resources, and at the same time rejecting outright the new ruling MAS party constitution. Although they insist they are not calling for indep [...]
2007-12-12 23:06:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3261BOLIVIA: WHAT NEXT?
[...] (C) Tensions are running high in the wake of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's extra-legal maneuverings to achieve a draft constitution and with the opposition departments poised to declare their autonomy this weekend. While President Evo Morales has spoken of a Christmas tru [...]
2007-12-14 23:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ3262MILITARY STANDDOWN MORE LIKELY THAN HEAVY HAND
[...] (S) Summary: Over the past couple of days statements from military leaders have taken a conciliatory tone and moved away from the confrontational rhetoric from Armed Forces Commander General Wilfredo Vargas. Vargas relayed a message to the Ambassador that his troops would only intervene in " [...]
2007-12-14 23:21:00Embassy La PazSECRETASEC PREL PGOV PINL VN CU BL
07LAPAZ3268EU OBSERVED TALKS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE DEAL
[...] (C) Both the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed a willingness to send observers to talks between President Evo Morales and the prefects of Bolivia's opposition-led departments (states). OAS representative Raul Alconada, in a meeting with local am [...]
2007-12-17 22:04:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3269BOLIVIA: CALM AFTER AUTONOMIES ANNOUNCED
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, the four opposition departments of Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija took the first steps toward autonomy December 15, and the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government's response was restrained. The opposition's efforts to keep autonomy declarations peaceful [...]
2007-12-17 22:06:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3290BOLIVIA: EU BROKERED DIALOGUE FAILS TO MATERIALIZE
[...] (C) The publicly announced dialogue between opposition prefects and President Evo Morales brokered by the European Union (EU) has failed to materialize and most likely will not happen until after the holiday season, if at all. German Charge Johannes Lehne expressed his frustration at the lac [...]
2007-12-19 20:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3292SANTA CRUZ TAKING NO CHANCES WITH EVO
[...] (C) After the peaceful celebration announcing the referendum drive for Santa Cruz autonomy on December 15, opposition leaders are taking no chances with Evo Morales and preparing for a difficult 2008. Santa Cruz leaders are under no illusion that Evo or the MAS will cede on any issue and th [...]
2007-12-19 21:28:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3329HOLIDAY CALLS FOR REBELLIONS, WAR, AND DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Despite the four day Christmas break, the political rhetoric in Bolivia was anything but a message of peace for the holiday. President Morales predicted that a rebellion similar to El Alto's 2003 violence would take place in Santa Cruz, warned the opposition that the only way he will lea [...]
2007-12-26 21:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07LIBREVILLE477SAO TOME: POST-SCRIPT TO POLICE MUTINY
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the latest incident involving a group of mutinous police officers known as the "Ninjas", the government of Sao Tome released details of an agreement reached with the group October 18. The agreement disbands and dismisses the Ninjas. However, it also meets their questi [...]
2007-10-26 12:54:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL TP
07LIBREVILLE480GABON: ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 13:51:00Embassy LibrevilleSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR GB
07LIBREVILLE502SAO TOME: GOVERNMENT COLLECTS WEAPONS FROM POLICE
[...] (SBU) National authorities in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have collected a significant quantity of weapons from the rebellious and now-disbanded "Ninja" police unit. Meanwhile, a senior government minister claims the Ninjas, who carried out armed occupations of the national police headquarter [...]
2007-11-14 16:38:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TP
07LIBREVILLE85TFGV01: GUINEA'S REQUEST FOR TEAR GAS--GABON DEMURS
[...] (C) On February 15, Ali Bongo (Gabon's Minister of Defense) told Ambassador Walkley that Ibrahama Sory Soumah (Guinea's Ambassador to Gabon) had requested an urgent meeting earlier in the week to pursue again Guinea's request for tear gas and (according to Bongo) "associated equipment" (reftel [...]
2007-02-16 11:06:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM PINS MOPS GV GB
07LILONGWE1612007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI
[...] SUMMARY. Since achieving Tier 1 status in 2006, the Government of Malawi (GOM) has continued to make noteworthy progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) despite its severely limited human and financial resources. Although TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians, the GOM [...]
2007-03-01 15:09:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07LIMA1024COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GRANDAHL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector Paul H. Grandahl, from April 2-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Murray Air, LLC, heavy equipment activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing [...]
2007-03-27 14:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA EAIR PE
07LIMA106COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following FAA Personnel: Carmen Di Giacomo Jr. January 22-25, 2007 and February 25-26, 2007. Patrick McLaughlin January 22-25, 2007 The purpose of the visit is to conduct substantial maitenance facility i [...]
2007-01-12 17:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA1265COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. GAGE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ms. Julia Gage, Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH from April 19-May 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to collect data and complete training on mid-wives for dissertation study. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]
2007-04-04 21:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA1272COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SAMUEL V. BROWNE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Samuel Browne, International Relations Specialist, US Department of Energy, from April 9-13, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in US Energy business mission. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru [...]
2007-04-04 22:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ENRG PE
07LIMA1277NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in March 2007: ** Eradication halted on March 11 for the rest of the month due to cocalero protests; 651 ha of coca eradicated to date. ** Agriculture Minister Salazar signs 10-point accord with cocaleros that halts eradication and criticizes USG policy. ** CORAH [...]
2007-04-05 20:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA134COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. William E. Brooks from January 25 - February 28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to study mercury in Peru as an Embassy Science Fellow. Post understands that USGS is funding Dr. Brooks international travel and the EPA is [...]
2007-01-18 13:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA SENV USGS ASEC SENVSXE PE
07LIMA1420COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JERONIMO
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Jose Jeronimo, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH from April 20 - May 4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Cervical Cancer Prevention Strengthening an Consensus meeting in Lima, conduct midwife tra [...]
2007-04-17 15:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1421COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, COGH, OD, CDC, HHS from May 21 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators on data from a study of Chagas disease in Peru. No embassy assistance has been requested. Contro [...]
2007-04-17 15:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDCE US PE
07LIMA1558COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS GOLDFARB
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Richard Goldfarb, Research Geologist, from May 16-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct field visits at mines sites, teach a short course, and attend and present a keynote address at the Proexplo Congress. No emb [...]
2007-04-27 18:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1559COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HEILWEIL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Victor Heilweil, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey, from May 13-20, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical assistance and training to counterpart (Dr. Ignacio Benevent and study team, University of Piura) re [...]
2007-04-27 18:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1566COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DUNCAN MACKELLAR AND
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Duncan MacKellar, Lead Epidemiologist and Amanda Smith, Epidemiologist, OD, CDC, HHS from June 3-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess research capacity in various clinical and outreach settings in Lima, and to provide [...]
2007-04-27 20:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA1567COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. DENNY AND MS.
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ms. Colleen Denny and Ms. Katy Adikes, Fellows Department of Clinical Bioethics, Clinical Center, NIH from May 3-13, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Third Lima Conference in Ethics in Collaborative International [...]
2007-04-27 20:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1568COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC EDUARDO
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, from May 20-25, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to support PAHO Regional Office activities aimed at influenza health information collection and regional prepar [...]
2007-04-27 20:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA1569COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. MAHANTY AND NASH
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Siddhartha Mahanty, Staff Clinician, and Dr. Theodore Nash, Section Head Gastrointestinal Parasites Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH from May 3-6, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to plan [...]
2007-04-27 20:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1573COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRS OFFICIALS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marcelle Dietsche Johns, Management Program Analyst, and Sandra L. Stolt, Program Manager, from May 25 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in the money service business (MSB) workshop sponsore [...]
2007-04-27 22:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CFED ECON OTRA IRS PE
07LIMA1574COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GREENWOOD
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector James Greenwood III, from May 13-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to complete an aging aircraft inspection for ASTAR Air Cargo at Seman-Peru Facility. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Li [...]
2007-04-27 22:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA EAIR PE
07LIMA1622COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOAQUIN R. OCHOA
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joaquin R. Ochoa, Supervisor, from June 1-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct customer service meetings with LC Busre and Cielos Del Peru Airlines. Hotel accommodations have been arranged and confirmed at JW Marriot [...]
2007-05-03 22:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1625COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: MIAMI IFO
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy, Team Leader, and Teeluckdarie Koodie, Aviation Safety Inspector, from June 4-11, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual renewal certification inspection of Aeroinversiones U.S. approved repa [...]
2007-05-04 15:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1638COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GEORGE P.
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of George P. Sempeles, Cartographer, from May 13-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is attend ICAO SAM Region seminar on electronic terrain and obstacle data. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by ai [...]
2007-05-04 20:23:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1648COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NPS MEYER, HERBERT W
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Herbert W. Meyer, Geologist (Paleontologist),from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct research and excavations on the paleontology of the site in order to understand the context of the fossils and to res [...]
2007-05-07 16:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA SCUL SENV PE
07LIMA1667NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in April 2007: ** Eradication total of 894 hectares is low compared to this time last year; in April 2006 we had eradicated 3,120. ** Garcia embraced eradication as an important element of GOP policy; taking a tough line against cocaleros. ** CORAH worker killed [...]
2007-05-08 21:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA1668COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Rebecca LePrell, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from May 14 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro de Pasco collecting b [...]
2007-05-08 21:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA1669COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PATRICK SULLIVAN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patrick Sullivan, Branch Chief, CCID/NCHHSTP, CDC, HHS from June 3 - 9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess research capacity in various clinical and outreach settings; to provide technical assistance in protocol develo [...]
2007-05-08 21:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA1734COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EX-IM BANK PERSONNEL: MASUD
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sr. Environmental Engineer Masud Hasan, and Environmental Specialist, Steve Parsons, Sr., from May 19-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit the component sites of the Peru LNG project, including Pisco, Ayacucho and Ch [...]
2007-05-14 19:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BEXP EFIN OTRA ETRD SENV EXIM PE
07LIMA1766COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carolyn Healy, Assistant Vice President, Jose Pignano, Senior Analyst, and Rudolph Zepeda, Technical Assistance Specialist, from June 3-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct meetings with banking supervisors and regul [...]
2007-05-17 13:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ASEC OTRA FRB PE
07LIMA1767COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA JOSEPH G. OCHOA III
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Transportation Security Administration Attache, Joseph G. Ochoa III, from May 22-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to meet with Ministry of Transportation and Communication Civil Aviation Security counterparts in preparatio [...]
2007-05-17 14:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PTER AR PE
07LIMA1797COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISER MARK
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance forthe visit to Peru of Mark Clodfelter, Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims and Investment Disputes from May 22-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar and workshop on investor-state dispute resolution. Hotel accommo [...]
2007-05-18 17:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA KIDE PE
07LIMA1825COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO -
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Larry D. Sutton and Edward Morales from June 17-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct maintenance facility inspection at Seman, Las Palmas, Peru of aircraft records, aging aircraft inspectio [...]
2007-05-22 15:23:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1826COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA AMY GREEN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Amy Green, Consumer Safety Officer, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS from June 2 -9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide FDA/Joint Institute for Food Supply and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)GAPS Train- [...]
2007-05-22 16:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA KSCA TBIO US PE
07LIMA183COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROSENTHAL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, Deputy Director, Division of International Center, NIH from January 21-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity's group of technical experts on an [...]
2007-01-23 13:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA1835COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV AHLE
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Larry E. Ahle from June 10 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to present a talk at the 7th Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, describing current nuclear physics research relevant to G [...]
2007-05-22 21:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA184COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA PERSONNEL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following NASA personnel: David Carter: February 7-17, 2007 Philip Liebrecht: February 10-14, 2007 The purpose of the visit is to participate in the re-opening ceremony of the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station [...]
2007-01-23 16:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2017NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in May 2007: ** A total of 1,583 hectares of coca has now been eradicated and 10,752 square meters of seedbeds have been eliminated. ** A second eradication front in Ucayali is slated to start in early June. ** The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) o [...]
2007-06-08 20:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA2052COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AVIATION SECURITY INSPECTORS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kevin Yap-Sam, Rosemary Austin and Anthony Rivera from July 10 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess security conditions as required by 49 USC, Section 44907, formerly known as the International Security and Develop [...]
2007-06-12 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PTER PE
07LIMA2090COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LIHUA XIAO
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Lihua Xiao, Microbiologist, NCID, HHS/CDC from June 18-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to lecture on molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis and discuss results and plans of collaborative research on Chagas diseas [...]
2007-06-15 12:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA2091COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARILIYN DISIRIO
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marilyn Disirio, Associate Director for Global Health, NCEH, CDC, HHS from August 10-12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend a Water Safety Plan Meeting Conference and Report Discussion. No embassy assistance has been r [...]
2007-06-15 12:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA2097COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT ZOELLICK AND STAFFORD
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert Zoellick, USG nominee for President of the World Bank and Treasury Official George Edward Stafford Via, from June 16 - 17, 2007. The purpose of the travel is conduct consultations and meetings. When depar [...]
2007-06-15 16:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2100COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIAID GROUP
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following NIH staff from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Mr. John Brooks, June 17-21, 2007; Ms. Maureen Power, June 17-21, 2007; Ms. Tamara Kees, June 17-22, 2007; Ms. Deanna Ingersoll, [...]
2007-06-15 19:35:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2143COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO -
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Robert L. Feldman from August 13-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of Amerijet Aircraft Records, and perform facility inspection at AeroInversiones Del Peru. No embassy assi [...]
2007-06-19 21:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA219COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from January 29 to February 7, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual certification of servicio de electronics (SELEC) and initial certification of Seman Satellite at Jorge [...]
2007-01-26 18:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2275COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GEORGE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Civil Engineer for Office of Airports, FAA, George Israel Legarreta from July 28 to Aug. 4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to represent the U.S. FAA and chair the ICAO GREPECAS Task Force Runway End Safety Areas and Runway S [...]
2007-07-03 22:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2276COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS KEEFER
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. David Keefer, Research Geologist, from July 25 - Aug. 14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct fieldwork in areas of Peru that have experienced recurrent episodes of earthquake-induced landsliding followed by long-te [...]
2007-07-03 22:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2317COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ALAN JEFFREY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Wichita Aircraft Certification Office Flight Test Pilot Alan Jeffrey Barton from July 10 to 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct Cessna Mustang Model 510 High Altitude Engine Certification tests. No embassy assista [...]
2007-07-06 19:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2344NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2007
[...] (SBU) The key developments in June 2007: ** A total of 2,616 hectares of coca has now been eradicated and 15,465 square meters of seedbeds have been eliminated. ** CORAH opened a second eradication front in Ucayali on June 12 until the end of July. ** An anti-drug prosecutor and 3 police [...]
2007-07-09 21:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA243COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: PAUL H.
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Paul H. Grandhahl from February 20-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Murray Air, LLC heavy maintenance activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Li [...]
2007-01-29 22:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2503COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARIE HICKS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, CDC, HHS from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is the Influenza Division Bilateral Cooperative Agreement with Peru to increase capacity for health information collection res [...]
2007-07-24 15:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2504COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED, CDC, HHS from August 22-29 and September 1-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on d [...]
2007-07-24 15:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2505COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JERRY CEGIELSKI
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jerry Cegielski, Medical Officer, CCID/NCHHSTP, CDC, HHS from August 24 - September 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in a site visit and meetings related to the Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study (PETTS) a [...]
2007-07-24 15:35:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA2547COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANN MOEN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an oppportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan for the second year of th [...]
2007-07-26 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC BR AR PE
07LIMA2553COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL CASSANDRA FESEN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Cassandra Fesen, Program Manager in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) from July 31 - August 5, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the First Low Latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network Workshop in Lima. Control O [...]
2007-07-27 20:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY NSFO PE
07LIMA2618COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, LEVIN,
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami and Matthew John Beck, from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to meet with head of s [...]
2007-08-02 15:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA2652NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in July 2007: ** Strikes, violent marches, roadblocks, and airport shutdowns require heightened security measures. ** Plan VRAE, the GOP development program for Peru's main coca growing--and most poverty ridden--area, is stalled because the security component remai [...]
2007-08-03 21:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA2653AMENDED: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL,
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, Gregory Meeks and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami, Matthew John Beck, and Annie Minguez from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the t [...]
2007-08-03 22:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA267COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Carlos Sanchez, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Leslie Hausman, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from February 26 to March 15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro [...]
2007-01-31 13:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC US CDC PE
07LIMA2704COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO -
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Vincent Murray from August 19-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform a 14 CFR 121 required surveillance on Delta Airlines including personnel, equipment, facilities and operations at Jorge Ch [...]
2007-08-08 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2706COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: SPIVEY AND
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kenneth Spivey, Manager, Southern Region FAAST Team and Raul Pomales, Aviation Safety Inspector from September 4-6, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to confer with the DGAC on the programs available from the FAA FAAST Team in [...]
2007-08-08 22:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2712COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. NASH AND
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Siddhartha Mahanty, Staff Clinician, and Dr. Theodore Nash, Head, Gastrointestinal Parasites Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH from August 14-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduc [...]
2007-08-09 14:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2756COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: GARRIDO-GODOY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjammin F. Garrido-Godoy, Team Leader, and Walter Wheeler, Aviation Safety Inspector from September 6-12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow-up inspection of LC Burse A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviacion [...]
2007-08-13 20:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2757COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA'S DAVIS JONES AND JORGE
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of EPA Officials Davis Jones, International Enforecement Training Coordinator, and Jorge Martinez from August 18-29, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to train Peruvian officials on Principles of Environmental Encorcem [...]
2007-08-13 20:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ASEC OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA PE
07LIMA2769AMENDMENT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Robert L. Feldman and Jack Holbrook from August 19-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of aircraft records on Amerijet Aircraft, and a facility inspection at AeroInversiones Del [...]
2007-08-14 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2770AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjammin F. 4-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow-up inspection of LC Burse A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviacion Lider. Hotel accommodations have been arranged and confirmed at the Miraflores Park Pl [...]
2007-08-14 22:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2799COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL LABAY, MARCUS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Marcus Allen Labay from August 19-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ATOS constructed DOR 5.1.1, line stations and 1.3.16, fueling at Continental Airlines, Inc., Lima Peru operations. No [...]
2007-08-16 19:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2825COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HEILWEIL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Victor Heilweil, Hydrologist, from September 13-23, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate as a technical expert in a technical cooperation mission on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency to Piura regard [...]
2007-08-17 22:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2826COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P WILLIAM MCILHENNY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. William McIlhenny, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Office of the Secretary (S/P),from August 21-22, 2007. Mr. McIlhenny is a member of the delegation of the Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Aff [...]
2007-08-17 23:05:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PREL BR CO PE
07LIMA3011AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Robert L. Feldman and Jack Holbrook from September 9-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of aircraft records on Amerijet Aircraft, and a facility inspection at AeroInversiones D [...]
2007-09-06 20:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA3013COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GREGORY MARK
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector Gregory Mark Lietke from September 17-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Spirit Airlines, Inc. operations activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When [...]
2007-09-06 21:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA3014COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAF PERSONNEL WILBUR WRIGHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inter-American Foundation Staff Member Wilbur Wright from September 10-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit and monitor existing IAF development projects FY07. No Embassy assistance has been requested. When departin [...]
2007-09-06 21:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA3015COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD RAWL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Richard Rawl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory from September 23-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate at National Training Course on Security During Transport of Radioactive Material. No embassy assistance has bee [...]
2007-09-06 21:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA3016NAS MONTHLY REPORT, AUGUST 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in August 2007: ** Joint operations by the Peruvian National Police and Army have captured a total of 28 Shining Path terrorists. ** To date, CORAH has eradicated 5,480 hectares of coca and eliminated 29,595 square meters of seedbeds. ** In support of USAID, erad [...]
2007-09-06 23:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3031COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAF PRESIDENT AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Larry Plamer and ramon E. Daubon, Inter-American Foundation from September 19-23, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit and monitor existing IAF development projects FY07. No Embassy assistance has been requeste [...]
2007-09-07 20:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA3066BUILDING POLICE PRESENCE - AND BETTER FUTURES -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA312NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in January 2007: ** The 2007 Eradication Plan was signed by Minister of Interior Pilar Mazzetti on January 11. ** Eradication and interdiction operations are still stalled due to the ongoing reorganization of the police. ** NAS received the official list of the n [...]
2007-02-02 18:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3216COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH from September 21-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 9th Inter-American Congress of Electron Microscopy in Cuzco. Dr. Trus will prese [...]
2007-09-21 17:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3273NAS MONTHLY REPORT, AUGUST 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in August 2007: ** Joint operations by the Peruvian National Police and Army have captured a total of 28 Shining Path terrorists. ** To date, CORAH has eradicated 5,480 hectares of coca and eliminated 29,595 square meters of seedbeds. ** In support of USAID, erad [...]
2007-09-28 12:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3324COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 11-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on data from stud [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
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