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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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07FREETOWN613EMBASSY FREETOWN ORGANIZES SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY IFTAAR
[...] On October 9 Embassy Freetown organized a successful Iftaar program at a new community Islamic and vocational school, the Umar Bin Alkhatab Institute for Vocational and Technical Training and Arabic Islamic Studies. The Ambassador and embassy staff attended the Iftaar and shared take-home meal [...]
2007-10-11 14:18:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SL
07FREETOWN754FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in November 2007 included articles surrounding A/S Frazer's attendance at the inauguration of President Koroma, newly-arrived Ambassador Perry's courtesy calls on Ministers, the opening of two new American Shelves in Freetown, and the Embassy's commemoratio [...]
2007-12-21 13:43:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
07GEORGETOWN511Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana
[...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...]
2007-05-22 17:40:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO 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
07GUADALAJARA610UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA - A LEFTIST ICON'S NEW PRAGMATISM
[...] Summary: Slowly but surely the left-leaning and often anti-U.S. University of Guadalajara is adopting a more practical relationship with the Consulate and USG. As the second-largest public university in Mexico, the University is closely tied to the state library and hospital and owns several [...]
2007-12-18 23:36:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL ECON PREL MX
07GUANGZHOU108U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou
[...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...]
2007-01-24 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL OVIP CH
07GUATEMALA1145DEMARCHE ON 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre, informing her of the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report and G/TIP's decision to place Guatemala on the Tier 2 Watch List this year based on criteria outlined in reftel. Altolaguirre acknowledged that [...]
2007-06-12 22:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO GT
07GUATEMALA1906DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08)
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...]
2007-09-20 21:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA1907DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08)
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...]
2007-09-20 21:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA1908DEMARCHE ON TIP TIER 2 WATCH ACTION PLAN (2007-08)
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper to Alma de Migoya, Chief of the Prosecutor's Office for Women, Unit of Adolescent and Child Victims, and Alexander Colop, prosecutor in charge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP),in the Attorney General's Office. Migoya said that her office as well as [...]
2007-09-20 21:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA1911RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] Poloff hand-delivered a copy of the 2007 Guatemala Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Ambassador Julio Martini, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per reftel. Amb. Martini expressed his appreciation and announced that it was "good news" that there were no rep [...]
2007-09-20 21:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO KDEM SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1944EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Embassy officers gave a presentation, entitled "Human Rights Advocacy: The Roles of the USG, Other Governments, and Human Rights NGOs," on September 19 to first and second-year international relations and journalism students at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City. The presentation [...]
2007-09-25 23:22:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1967LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] Summary: Civil society representatives presented a proposal of legislative reforms to combat violence against women to the Guatemalan congressional Human Rights Committee. The result of coordination among public institutions, civil society groups, and international organizations, the proposal [...]
2007-09-30 22:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2101GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Carolina Roca, Superintendent of the Guatemala Tax Authority (SAT),as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2008 Secretary's Award (reftel) in recognition of her outstanding courage and leadership in modernizing the SAT and advocating for tax reform in Guatemal [...]
2007-10-18 23:00:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM ECON KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA2243GUATEMALA: POST RESPONSE TO GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 23:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPEL KPAO MASS MPOS GA
07GUATEMALA248GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to nominate Maria Eugenia Morales, Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage in recognition of her exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...]
2007-02-08 23:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO KJUS KCRM KDEM GT
07HAMBURG66INVITATION TO NORTHERN GERMANY FOR THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] (U) On behalf of Mission Germany, U.S. Consulate General Hamburg would like to invite the Great White Fleet to Kiel, Germany to commemorate the fleet's historic trip, strengthen U.S. and European naval cooperation, and participate in U.S. public outreach at Northern Europe's largest regatta and [...]
2007-11-14 12:44:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MASS MPOS GM
07HANOI1070ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S
[...] (SBU) The GVN recently issued a decree prohibiting all government and Party employees, except ministers, provincial governors or appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the media. The GVN's reported intent in passing the decree is to decrease "controversy" and prevent "conflicting information [...]
2007-06-08 07:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCOR KPAO VM
07HANOI1088ORDINANCE ON "GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY:" POWER TO THE
[...] (SBU) The National Assembly recently passed the Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy, which is intended to allow villagers, with local Fatherland Front representatives participating, to convene meetings for the purpose of discussing and proposing solutions to local problems and nominating candidat [...]
2007-06-12 09:59:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI11012007 TIP REPORT HANDED OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff delivered the Vietnam TIP report country narrative and Ref A talking points to the MFA on June 13. Our interlocutor was pleased that the USG acknowledged the GVN's progress on combating TIP during the reporting period, but disappointed that more details on the GVN's stron [...]
2007-06-13 10:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO VM
07HANOI1235Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange Dioxin
[...] (U) Summary. Post plans to convene the second Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on August 14, 2007, co-hosted by Office 33 of the Government of Vietnam (GVN). As agreed by the USG and the GVN, the JAC serves as a technical forum to enhance scientific coordination and cooperation between the Unit [...]
2007-07-10 10:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI1476Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and Dioxin
[...] (SBU) Summary. The second U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on the health and environmental effects of Agent Orange (AO) and dioxin reviewed the significant cooperation on environmental and health issues between the two sides since the first JAC in 2006, particularly related to the o [...]
2007-08-17 17:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI156HANI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS
[...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Partyof Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities nd improving media workers' "political stances, kills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN mea [...]
2007-01-26 08:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI161HANOI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS
[...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Party of Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities and improving media workers' "political stances, skills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN [...]
2007-01-26 09:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1693VIETNAM REACTION TO IRF REPORT: INACCURATE BUT POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Vietnamese media coverage on the release of the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report was widespread, accurate and uniformly more positive than in previous years. Following a Mission press release alerting journalists to the report's release, initial stories were straightforwa [...]
2007-09-24 10:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OPRC KPAO VM
07HANOI1862CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...]
2007-10-31 03:41:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2006AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE
[...] (U) Summary: On November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day - Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat with VietnamNet Online, Vietnam's most widely read and influential online news outlet. The almost two hour interview was carried live by video and audio stream on the [...]
2007-11-28 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI2009U.S. ENGAGEMENT STIMULATES OTHER DONORS TO INCREASE AGENT
[...] (SBU) Koos Neefjes, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),recently informed ESTHOff and HHS Attache that U.S. engagement on Agent Orange/dioxin issues in Vietnam had spurred other donors to increase funding and involvement in this area. In [...]
2007-11-29 02:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2099DESPITE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, DENGUE CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Annual numbers of dengue cases continue to rise in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive national program to control dengue, it cannot eliminate the disease. Instead, ecological factors, including the growt [...]
2007-12-20 09:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED AMGT CASC KPAO VM
07HANOI2113MORE POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN REMEDIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. engagement continues to catalyze other donors to participate in dioxin remediation and related health projects. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) also continues to move forward on its clean up projects. At the same time, donors and the GVN are waiting for the United States [...]
2007-12-28 08:59:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI271VISIT TO VIETNAM BY SENIOR AG BIOTECH ADVISOR SHARON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Sharon Wiener visited Vietnam from January 23 to 26 during an important moment in the country's agbiotech development. The advance of agbiotech is an official national priority in Vietnam. In August 2005, the Prime Minister issued a [...]
2007-02-12 09:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA EAGR ETRD EAID KPAO VM
07HANOI280VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam submits this activity proposal for consideration under the Avian Influenza Action Group's (AIAG) program to promote public diplomacy and communicate U.S. foreign policy objectives (reftel). The proposal, "Capacity Strengthening for Public Health Journalism to Co [...]
2007-02-14 04:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO KFLU KPAO KSCA EAGR AID AMGT VM
07HANOI291PM DZUNG'S ONLINE CHAT: POWER TO THE PEOPLE?
[...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung went online for over two hours to answer questions on a variety of topics, including corruption, the economy, the media and even his personal life. The GVN says the Internet chats are geared toward increasing its "transparency of ope [...]
2007-02-14 10:38:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCOR KPAO PHUM VM
07HANOI686EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 00:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KPAO SENV VM
07HANOI687UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]
2007-04-12 00:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07HARARE947NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's nomination for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. SIPDIS NAME: Beatrice Tele Mtetwa TITLE: Senior Partner INSTITUTION: Mtetwa & Nyambirai Law Firm DOB: November 30, 1958 POB: Zimbabwe Citizenship: Zimbabwean Contact: [...]
2007-10-19 09:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KWMN PHUM PREL ZW
07HAVANA143INTELLECTUALS' DEBATE CONTINUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 19:53:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA271EMOTIONAL MARCH 18 FOR DAMAS DE BLANCO
[...] (C) Summary: Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White),spouses/relatives of political prisoners, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown with their trademark appearance at Santa Rita Church and march down Havana's 5th Avenue, followed by an emotional video-conference with form [...]
2007-03-19 19:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM KPAO CU
07HAVANA48UPROAR AMONG CUBAN INTELLECTUALS
[...] (C) Summary: The recent reappearance on Cuban state television of three former officials responsible for cultural pogroms in the 1960s and 1970s has set off a firestorm of reaction among prominent Cuban intellectuals. In an email exchange addressed to a &who,s who8 of Cuban literary figures [...]
2007-01-17 19:00:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO CU
07HELSINKI131EMBASSY HELSINKI FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Building upon the successful U.S. - EU High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development held in October 2006 in Helsinki, post is developing a series of activities to highlight the U.S. Government's pro-growth, pro-development approach for addressing climat [...]
2007-02-27 14:21:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV KPAO EUN FI XG
07HELSINKI44FINNISH RESPONSE - SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR
[...] (U) PolChief discussed subject demarche Jan. 23 with MFA Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen. Rotinen welcomed the information regarding the extensive democracy and civil society outreach the US is engaging in to promote civil rights, democracy and unbiased information in Iran. S [...]
2007-01-23 14:08:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN FI
07HELSINKI549OIL SPILL EXPERT VISITS FINLAND
[...] (U) Embassy Helsinki organized a two-day visit by Dr. John Devens, Executive Director of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC),on May 18-19, 2007. Dr. Devens was Mayor of Valdez, Alaska during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. One of the first NGOs of its kin [...]
2007-07-19 09:13:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OIIP EWWT EPET KPAO EN FI
07HELSINKI690FINNISH MINISTER WIRED ABOUT WIREC 2008
[...] (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen is very interested in participating in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) next March. According to Henri Backman, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Pekkarinen would like to see a sa [...]
2007-09-07 13:25:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY KPAO FI
07HELSINKI750HELSINKI: EXPERT ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA,S AGGRESSIVE
[...] (U) Using California as a model for initiatives at the state level, former Executive Director of the California Air Resources Board, Catherine Witherspoon, presented U.S. strategies for combating climate change to a wide cross section of Finnish society, including government officials, academi [...]
2007-10-03 13:31:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENRG TRGY KPAO KGHG FI
07HELSINKI768FINLAND: MINISTER PEKKARINEN TO ATTEND WIREC 2008
[...] (SBU) According to Finnish MFA sources, Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen will lead a Finnish delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in March 2008. The exact composition of the delegation will be decided at a later date. According to [...]
2007-10-11 09:55:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG EPET SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA FI
07HELSINKI831REVITALIZING THE GLOBE PROGRAM IN FINLAND
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Helsinki is actively promoting activities to revitalize the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Finnish schools. Utilizing part of a $10,000 (FY2007) grant in Public Diplomacy funding from the State Department, Embassy Helsinki o [...]
2007-11-15 07:48:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL KPAO KGHG FI
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
07HOCHIMINHCITY438POLICE SCRUTINIZE THE IV PROGRAM
[...] (C) Following on the heels of the arrest of Hanoi- based lawyer Nguyen Van Dai (reftel),media controlled by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) linked Dai's dissident activities to "training" he received while in the U.S. as a beneficiary of the International Visitor and Leadership program [...]
2007-04-17 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL OEXC VM
07HONGKONG1661CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...]
2007-06-21 06:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC
07HONGKONG244U/S HUGHES 1/23 MEETING WITH HONG KONG HOME
[...] (SBU) During the otherwise informal and largely unscripted meeting between visiting U/S Karen P. Hughes and Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho on January 23 (report on visit septel),Ho pulled out a prepared text when Hughes alluded to China,s "one country, two systems" approach to Ho [...]
2007-01-25 07:36:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSCUL PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CH HK
07HONGKONG255AMERICAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SPECIAL ENVOY MICHELLE KWAN'S
[...] SUMMARY: American Public Diplomacy Envoy and figure skating champion Michelle Kwan put in two days (Jan. 23-24)of extremely effective outreach to Hong Kong youth organizations and schools, both in concert with Under Secretary Karen Hughes and on her own. Ms. Kwan shared with over 1,500 studen [...]
2007-01-26 07:11:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG256UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES' VISIT TO HONG KONG
[...] SUMMARY: U/S Karen P. Hughes put in one very busy day of active and extremely effective public diplomacy outreach in Hong Kong on Jan. 23, both jointly with American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan in programs pitched to youth and Hong Kong's elite, and separately in a meeting with the H [...]
2007-01-26 07:20:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL OVIP HK KPAO
07ISLAMABAD2023SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...]
2007-05-05 09:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2113PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 06:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KPAO KTFN PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2547PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...]
2007-06-07 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4108U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12
[...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]
2007-09-24 15:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4363FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...]
2007-10-09 12:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4601FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...]
2007-10-27 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL
07ISLAMABAD4701HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...]
2007-11-04 13:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISTANBUL148ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...]
2007-02-23 15:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL167FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...]
2007-03-02 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL252TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...]
2007-03-26 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL347ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]
2007-04-25 08:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL417ISTANBUL BRINGS NGO EXPERT TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY,
[...] Summary: As part of mission's ongoing support of Turkish NGO development, PAS Istanbul designed an April 30 - May 7 program with U.S. Speaker Alan Kumamoto, Partner of Kumamoto Associates and board member of NCIV Los Angeles. Kumamoto reached a wide variety of grassroots organizations, civic [...]
2007-05-16 13:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO KDEM TU
07ISTANBUL60THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE
[...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]
2007-01-26 13:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL914NBA AND STARKEY FOUNDATION'S SLAM DUNK IN ISTANBUL
[...] Summary: In the midst of a tense period in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is good news on the sports front, as the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves spent the first week of October in Istanbul practicing people-to-people diplomacy at its best. While the headline event was an exhibition game with Tur [...]
2007-10-11 10:30:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO SCUL TU
07JAKARTA1148NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]
2007-04-24 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO 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
07JAKARTA1563IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1540 IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. A two-day regional consultative workshop, held in Jakarta on May 28-29 for countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),considered ways in which regional and other states, as well as relevant international organizations, could cooperate in the implementation [...]
2007-06-06 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC KNNP OSCE KPAO AORC ID
07JAKARTA1652INT'L WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT CALLS FOR
[...] (U) On June 6, CDA hosted a lunch for Dr. Siti Musdah Mulia, a recipient of the Secretary's 2007 International Women of Courage Award. Mulia appreciated receiving this award and found her visit to Washington very valuable, especially her meeting with Secretary Rice. 2. (U) During the lun [...]
2007-06-14 04:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO OEXC ID
07JAKARTA1655GOI AGREES WITH MAIN POINTS OF 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, we delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's narrative for Indonesia to Sumarni Dawam Raharjo, the specially appointed TIP law implementation task force leader from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment. We also relayed the talking points on Indonesia' [...]
2007-06-14 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO 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
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
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
07JAKARTA2167CENTRAL JAVA: CONTACTS FLAG TRAFFICKING, RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff and Pol FSN recently traveled to Semarang, Central Java. Key contacts raised concerns about human trafficking, but also described positive inter-faith relations in the Semarang area. Po [...]
2007-08-09 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2202EXTREMIST RALLY DRAWS HUGE CROWD, BUT MANY BIG
[...] (C) A rally sponsored by the extremist Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) party on August 12 drew a huge crowd to a Jakarta stadium. Many of the promised big name speakers failed to turn up, however. POL/C expressed concern to officials of Muhammadiyah (one of the largest Islamic organizations i [...]
2007-08-13 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KPAO PTER 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
07JAKARTA2393YOGYAKARTA EVENT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-ASEAN TIES
[...] (U) Summary: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and Gadjah Mada University hosted an August 29 seminar in Yogyakarta celebrating 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN ties. Pol/C and Econ/C outlined strong U.S. support for the continued development of close political and economic ties between A [...]
2007-08-30 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2688"SLIPPERY SLOPE" FOR PRESS FREEDOM? -- COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision awarding former president Suharto USD 106 million in damages from Time Asia has drawn intense criticism. Critics have attacked the legal basis of the decision and warned of its potential impact on press freedom in Indonesia -- one M.P. told Pol/C t [...]
2007-09-24 04:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KPAO PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2732WEST KALIMANTAN: UNDERSCORING THE VITALITY OF
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C spoke September 26 at a university in West Kalimantan on Borneo island, emphasizing the need for Indonesia to play an enhanced role supporting democracy and human rights, especially in Burma. West Kalimantan--a vast area with a fractious, multi-ethnic population--was focus [...]
2007-09-27 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2737INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]
2007-09-27 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2819PAPUA -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TOWARD GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seeking GOI support for planned USG visits to Papua, poloff met October 4 with key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Papua contact. Poloff--more generally--also pressed for greater access for diplomats and foreign media. Contact responded that DEPLU was committed to greater [...]
2007-10-04 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2828EAST KALIMANTAN -- ENGAGING STUDENTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 2-4 visit to the resource-rich Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on Borneo island, Mission team held a wide-ranging dialogue with 70 students at a local university. Emboffs used the occasion to underscore the strength and vitality of U.S.-Indonesian relati [...]
2007-10-05 07:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2874YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...]
2007-10-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2875YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...]
2007-10-11 09:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2912INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD -- NOMINATION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission is pleased to nominate Suciwati Munir for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. A courageous advocate for women's and labor rights--and the widow of prominent h [...]
2007-10-16 06:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2917BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT GAMBARI'S
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with GOI officials. They expressed full support for UN Special Envoy Gambari's efforts and said Indonesia is examining steps meant to facilitate his mission. As part of his SE Asia trip, [...]
2007-10-16 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ID BM
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
07JAKARTA2947LIAISON OFFICERS REACH ACROSS INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta launched a liaison officer (LO) program to key strategic areas in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Semarang and Papua. Two person teams of entry level officers and officers with content area expertise were designated as the Embassy's primary representatives to these [...]
2007-10-22 01:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ECON CMGT APER ID
07JAKARTA2992CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...]
2007-10-25 11:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3058WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH IN INDONESIA'S MOST POPULACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, the capital of West Java, October 31 - November 1. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, lively group of university students, who had many questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East [...]
2007-11-02 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID BM
07JAKARTA3083WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH AT INDONESIA'S MOST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a November 5 visit to the University of Indonesia (UI),poloff and econoff held a wide-ranging dialogue with about 30 students and faculty. Emboffs engaged the energetic audience in a spirited discussion about U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. presidential race, and used t [...]
2007-11-06 07:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI 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
07JAKARTA3137MCC - INDONESIA'S EDUCATION SPENDING
[...] Summary. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) requires GOI to report annually a set of indicators, and to provide explanation. This cable explains the challenging methodology in properly capturing education expenditures, as well as issues and progress concerning the sector. We believe t [...]
2007-11-13 07:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KMCA SCUL PGOV 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
07JAKARTA3198OUTREACH AT KEY PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 15 visit to the Habibie Institute--a public policy think-tank--POL, PAS and USAID officers held a lengthy dialogue with Institute officials about public opinion polling. Em [...]
2007-11-19 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3245INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...]
2007-11-26 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID AS
07JAKARTA3273CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...]
2007-11-29 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3304WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT -- JAKARTA SMALL GRANTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission is pleased to recommend the following three proposals for EAP's 2007 Women's Issues Fund Competition for Small Grants. Mission closely reviewed and carefully weighed 45 applications in total before choosing these proposals. Each of the recommended projects would advanc [...]
2007-12-03 10:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI EAID ID
07JAKARTA3471DIPLOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Indonesia have real opportunities within the bilateral relationship to move their respective environmental agendas forward. The Government of Indonesia used the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to highlight its environmental resources [...]
2007-12-27 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON EAID KPAO PREL ID
07JAKARTA3479U.S. ELECTIONS -- OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC STUDENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A group of approximately 45 students gathered at Pol/C's residence on December 27 for a forum devoted to the 2008 U.S. elections. Pol/C reviewed the presidential election process, while U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) Director discussed Congressional and gubernatorial races. Th [...]
2007-12-28 06:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA403EMBASSY JAKARTA'S NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S
[...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is pleased to nominate two outstanding candidates for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Our two candidates are: --Suciwati Munir, widow of prominent human rights worker Munir Thalib and a courageous human rights activist who has turned her [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
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
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
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
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
07JAKARTA994ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...]
2007-04-09 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID
07JERUSALEM1851REPORT ON SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post is supporting democratic reform in the West Bank and Gaza and expansion of Palestinians, personal freedoms through a daily policy dialogue with the Palestinian Authority (PA),programmatic support to Palestinian civil society, and a concerted media campaign. This report of [...]
2007-08-31 14:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO IS
07JERUSALEM1977FEMALE MUNCIPAL AND VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS
[...] Summary. Twelve female Palestinian elected members of municipal and village councils gathered on September 9, for an International Republican Institute-sponsored workshop on local governance and preparing project proposals. The members identified gender discrimination and inadequate resource [...]
2007-09-20 16:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO
07JERUSALEM2208DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR THE WEST BANK AND
[...] (SBU) Post continues to exert diplomatic and programmatic efforts to support peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. There have been significant developments in the West Bank and Gaza since the Department approved post,s strategy in Augus [...]
2007-10-25 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO
07JERUSALEM2276NABLUS FATAH OFFICIALS SKETCH INTERNAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 24 meetng, Senior Fatah officials from Nablus, Taysir Nasser Allah and Hussein Hawari, told NEA/PI Owen Kirby about efforts to provide services to Fatah supporters in Nablus. They said the population includes many families of prisoners and "martyrs," which Fatah end [...]
2007-11-02 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PINS IS PGOV KMPI PREL KDEM KPAO
07JOHANNESBURG230THANKS, BUT NO THANKS--SOME POTENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNERS
[...] Summary: Three times in as many weeks, potential PAS partners have reversed course and decided not to accept PAS grants or offers. Though some of our partners were somewhat circumspect and only hinted that this was because of an official disapproval of US foreign policy, one union contact sch [...]
2007-08-03 13:04:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PTER PGOV SCUL KPAO SF
07KABUL1555AFGHANISTAN TERROR FINANCE - DISRUPTING EXTERNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 12:43:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO AF
07KABUL3210KABUL'S PLANS TO USE 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Kabul confirms that the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report has been posted on Post,s website in English. Copies of the report are being circulated to key contacts in the Afghan government, to other international actors, and to religious contacts. 2. [...]
2007-09-22 12:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AF
07KABUL3436KABUL MEDIA REACTION: RECENT SUICIDE BOMBINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Media commentators expressed grave concerns about what a spate of suicide bombing attacks in Kabul in the last week means for the nation's security. Editorials condemned the attacks, expressed a lack of faith in the Afghan government's ability to deal with the increased threat, and out [...]
2007-10-08 12:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL3448SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. INVASION
[...] SUMMARY: Editorialists in all major Kabul dailies used the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to measure the progress their country has made, and, despite improvements, all found the progress wanting. A resurgent Taliban, government corruption, ineptitude of the Afghan securi [...]
2007-10-10 02:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL3632EMBASSY KABUL'S NOMINATIONS FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Kabul is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Per instructions, Embassy Kabul is submitting three (3) nominees. All nominees have been informed of the Ambassador's [...]
2007-10-25 10:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AF
07KABUL3912Corruption in Afghanistan: Karzai versus Khalilzad
[...] The popular Tolo TV News Special, "Guzaresh-e-Shashunim, 6:30 Report" focused on recent comments by President Karzai and Ambassador Khalilzad on corruption in Afghanistan. The program, which aired on [DATE], led with Khalilzad's statement that corruption in the Karzai government was detriment [...]
2007-11-26 07:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL4008SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANS WARN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 04:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL4022SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMIDST MUSA QALA FIGHTING, AFGHANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 02:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL424NOMINATIONS FOR WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Kabul submits the following two candidates for the Women of Courage Award. Per email instructions from G/IWI, both women speak English. 2. (SBU) Mary Akrami is Director of a non-governmental organization called the Afghan Women Skills Development Center. Un [...]
2007-02-08 04:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AF
07KAMPALA463UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]
2007-03-15 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KATHMANDU1373NEPAL: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) In a series of meetings with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Women and Social Welfare (MWSW),and the Ministry of Labor and Transport, Emboff delivered talking points and the final text of Nepal's country narrative from the 2007 Trafficking in Person (TIP) [...]
2007-07-18 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SOCI KPAO EAID IP NP
07KATHMANDU1811NEPAL: DRAFT GUIDANCE AND ACTION PLAN IF ELECTION
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA. 3. 2. (C) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, his partners in the Interim Government and the Maoists may agree in the coming days to postpone Nepal's Constituent Assembly election, which is currently scheduled for November 22, 2007, until April or May 200 [...]
2007-09-28 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KDEM KPAO UN NP
07KATHMANDU1908DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) On October 3 Emboff met with Lekh Nath Bhattarai, America desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to confirm that the Government of Nepal(GON) plans to send an official ministerial delegation to the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Bh [...]
2007-10-25 08:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07KATHMANDU2062NEPAL: TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] Mission Kathmandu hosted a film festival, several speakers and a reception to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and International Human Rights Day. Post used these events to help raise awareness and engage an audience on issues related to violence against women. A synopsis [...]
2007-12-11 10:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM EAID NP
07KHARTOUM104SUDAN: CONDEMNING THE JAN. 24 HIJACKING INCIDENT
[...] (C) During a January 24 meeting of Charge Hume with Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail to discuss reftel demarche, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs asked that the USG condemn the January 24 hijacking of an Air West aircraft in Darfur (details covered in septel),because it was a t [...]
2007-01-24 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM KPAO PTER EAIR US SU
07KHARTOUM1143SUDAN DENOUNCES UNMIS SPOKESWOMAN
[...] (SBU) Sudan denounced United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokeswoman Radhia Achouri for stating that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had not completed the withdrawal of its troops from Southern Sudan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In a July 21 statement, SAF spokes [...]
2007-07-23 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO KPAO MARR MOPS UN SU
07KHARTOUM1174MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS 24 JEWISH GROUPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26 the Arabic pro-government "Al-Rai' Al-Aam" reprinted an interview with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdelrahim Hussein in which he claims that 24 Jewish organizations are provoking the conflict in Darfur. In the article, reprinted from an earlier interview from the i [...]
2007-07-29 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1197MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]
2007-08-01 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1203MEDIA REACTION CONTINUED: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, Sudanese media focused on Foreign Minister Lam Akol's press conference "welcoming" UN Security Council Resolution 1769. Meanwhile, on Al-Jazeera broadcasts and in the Sudanese morning newspapers, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) spokesperson called the res [...]
2007-08-02 11:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1222MEDIA REACTION: CDA PRAISED FOR EFFORTS BY PRO-REGIME
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, the managing editor-in-chief of the pro-government "Akhbar Al-Youm," praised the U.S. Charge d'Affaires, the U.S. embassy's press release upon his arrival, and the anticipated return of the American scholarship program in 2008. In particular, the editor-in-chief, A [...]
2007-08-06 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FLOOD RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, the AmEmbassy held a press conference highlighting the U.S. contribution to Sudanese flood relief. The USG airlifted 1300 rolls of plastic sheeting valued at over one-half million U.S. dollars that will help provide shelter to 78,000 individuals in flood-affected a [...]
2007-08-13 07:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1308GITMO DETAINEE RELATIVES, ACTIVISTS PROTEST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: About 25 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on August 19 to protest the continued detention of nine Sudanese citizens held in Guantanamo Bay. The demonstration included six relatives of the detainees who carried photographs of their family members. Appr [...]
2007-08-21 07:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPAO PINS PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1387MEDIA REACTION: AL-WASILA VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudanese press closely reported on the August 27-30 visit to Washington by Sudan's State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Samani Al-Wasila. Claiming that this visit was the first of its kind in over a decade, most papers included a daily update of every stage of [...]
2007-09-04 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP UN SU
07KHARTOUM1401SUDAN MOVES CLOSER TO RELEASE OF SULEIMAN JAMOUS
[...] (SBU) Both the Arabic and the English press on September 5 reported widely President Omar Al bahshir's remarks following his meeting with visiting UNSYG Ban Ki Moon on September 3, reiterating the Sudanese Government's intention to allow the release of former Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) hu [...]
2007-09-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM287DARFUR: UN/AU TASK FORCE NEEDS USG SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) On February 25, UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Director for Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua briefed Poloff on the progress made in establishing the joint UN/African Union (AU) task force to engage with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) n [...]
2007-02-26 07:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM711SUDAN - NUBIAN VIEWS ON NILE DAM PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Poloffs met with two representatives of the Nubian Popular Committee, Dr. Sabbar and Mr. Faisal Barry, on May 1. Discussions confirmed that the Nubian community in Northern Sudan continues to oppose Government of Sudan intentions to construct two additional dams al [...]
2007-05-08 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PHUM KPAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM85PRESS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDERS CONFERENCE
[...] Post issued a press statement on January 21 supporting UN and African Union (AU) efforts to facilitate a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory military commanders and to encourage the Sudanese Government to provide the security assurances necessary for the conference to proceed. [...]
2007-01-21 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM934HYBRID FORCE AS SPUN INTERNALLY TO THE SUDANESE -
[...] (U) On June 13, semi-official Khartoum daily "Akhbar al-Yawm" clarified the meaning of the Sudanese Government's acceptance of the AU/UN Hybrid Force to its pro-regime, Arabic speaking readership. It did so in a half-page "dialogue" in a question and answer format based on telephone conversat [...]
2007-06-13 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO KPAO OIIP SU AU
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
07KIGALI1119SPORTS ENVOY REQUEST
[...] Post welcomes the possibility of participating in the ECA sports program in FY08 and is pleased to submit this request for a Sports Envoy in field of basketball. With an enthusiastic audience for the program, a low crime rate, excellent climate, and meticulously clean environment, post believ [...]
2007-12-14 10:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC IS JO KPAO LE RW
07KIGALI210JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 23 Jean Leonard Rugambag , ajournalist for the Kinyarwand fortnight newspaper 'Umura,' was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one month [...]
2007-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI219PLEASE DISREGARD KIGALI 210
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
07KIGALI295POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]
2007-03-22 14:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI728GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC
[...] Summary. Post welcomes the Department's solicitation of information on the administrative burden of administering grants and the level of support being provided by ICASS service providers for PD operations in the field. PAS enjoys strong support at post from ICASS service providers; those ga [...]
2007-08-14 15:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKICA KPAO OIIP AMGT
07KIGALI883SPEAKER PROGRAM ON POLITICAL MARKETING RESONATES
[...] Summary. University of Vermont Professor Edward McMahon completed on Saturday, September 29 a highly successful IIP speaker program on the role of political parties in a democratic society. McMahon's program included individual calls on each of the nine political parties represented in Rwanda [...]
2007-10-02 13:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM RW
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
07KINSHASA1024VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...]
2007-08-28 13:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1111Patriot Day Activities
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]
2007-09-18 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA242SEVEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ALUMNI IN NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Seven former International Visitors hold portfolios in the 60-member, coalition-based government which took office on February 24. A. Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Plan, is an alumnus of an FY97 International Visitor program. Kamitatu is president of the Alliance for the Renewal o [...]
2007-02-27 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA262Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA263Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA314DR CONGO'S POST-TRANSITION MEDIA SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, media watchdog Journaliste En Danger (JED) frames the debate on the DRC's post-election media scene. JED argues that freedom of expression continues to be violated, and it recommends specific legislation to protect the media, notably [...]
2007-03-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA451VERDICT RETURNED IN ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST
[...] (U) Summary: Eighteen months after the assassination of journalist Franck Ngyke Kungundu and his wife Helene Paka, a military court delivered a guilty verdict against three of the accused assassins, all members of the DRC armed forces. Some media watchdog groups think the investigation and tri [...]
2007-04-19 13:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA666JOURNALIST OF UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED RADIO STATION KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serge Maheshe, a journalist working for UN-funded Radio Okapi, was killed June 13 by two unidentified armed men in Bukavu, South Kivu province. It is not yet sure that the assassination is linked to Maheshe's work as a journalist. He had been outspoken about exactions inflicted [...]
2007-06-14 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA74Media Authority Suspends Two Newspapers, Editor of One
[...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended two newspapers for slander, and the editor of one of the papers, which tends toward the tabloid persuasion, was subsequently jailed. His is the first such arrest and sentence of a journalist since President Kabila's inauguration and provoked [...]
2007-01-23 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO CG
07KINSHASA868UPDATE: QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES MAR
[...] (U) Summary. The trial of two soldiers accused of killing Radio Okapi journalist Serge Maheshe has lost credibility, say MONUC and NGO representatives in South Kivu province. Locals complain that the military tribunal hearing the case rushed to judgment with the arrest and hearings of 14 s [...]
2007-07-23 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA943NATIONAL TELEVISION JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR UNION ACTIVISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three journalists of the public broadcaster Radio Nationale Television Congolaise (RTNC) were arrested because of their trade union activities on 26 and 27 July 2007. A local human rights organization condemned the arrests and warned of a pattern of questionable detainments acros [...]
2007-08-07 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA976JOURNALIST KILLED IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, 2007, a national press agency journalist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Goma, eastern Congo. The motive behind the assassination is not known. In the case of a journalist murdered in 2006, prosecutors have asked for capital punishment for three of four defendan [...]
2007-08-15 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KOLKATA126KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]
2007-04-18 06:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KOLKATA249KOLKATA: U.S. SPEAKER EDDY HARRIS SUPPORTS MUTUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 03:26:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL KPAO IN
07KUALALUMPUR1000MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 04:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1218VIRTUAL LIMITS: MALAYSIA ATTEMPTS TO REIN IN BLOGGERS
[...] (C) Bloggers fear the recent police actions against two prominent online political commentators, Nathaniel Tan and Raja Petra Kamaruddin, presage a Government of Malaysia (GOM) crackdown on the freedoms of speech and the press in cyberspace. GOM leaders and officials from the dominant United [...]
2007-07-30 11:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR125MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 1540 ARF WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC PGOV ARF
07KUALALUMPUR1570MALAYSIA: NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates Aegile Fernandez, co-founder and coordinator for migrant and refugee affairs at the NGO Tenaganita ("Women's Power"),to receive the Secretary's award as an International Woman of Courage. Aegile has demonstrated exceptional courage and commitment to defending t [...]
2007-10-26 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1620WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND GRANT PROPOSAL FOR BURMESE REFUGEE
[...] Post recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for Locally-based Organizations: A. Identifying Information: --------------------------- a) Name of project: Independence and Voice for Burmese Refugees in Malaysia b) Total budget [...]
2007-11-16 00:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREF KPAO KCRM SOCI XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR1655WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN POLITICAL
[...] (U) Post recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for locally-based organizations. This is an addition to Post's earlier submission (ref B). a) Name of organization: Education and Research Association for Consumers, Malaysia (ERA [...]
2007-11-29 05:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR209AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH EDUCATION MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN
[...] (C) Education Minister and UMNO Youth chief Hishammuddin responded favorably to the Ambassador's call to expand dialogue between the Embassy and Muslim Malay youth during their January 29 meeting. Hishammuddin described the Malaysian political scene as "volatile" due to the increased racial [...]
2007-02-07 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR904UMNO QUESTIONS ANWAR IBRAHIM OVER "FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE" ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Ministerial son-in-law and UMNO youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin has publicly called on opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim to explain his role in the Foundation for the Future and his connections with outgoing World Bank President Wolfowitz. Anwar, as Foundation chairman, issued a s [...]
2007-05-22 09:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MY
07KUWAIT1017SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S ISLAMIC CENTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-30 08:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1036KUWAITI BLOGS AND OTHER INTERNET TRENDS
[...] (U) Summary and comment: Like young people elsewhere around the world, the daily lives of Kuwait's youth often center around friends, music, and movies. Internet trends in Kuwait reflect these priorities as social networking, instant messaging, and music and video websites are often the most [...]
2007-07-02 08:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KPAO ENRG ECON PGOV ETRD KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1093KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, IRAN, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 09:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT112KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-27 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1135KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN: RED MOSQUE SEIGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 10:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1158AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT CAPTURES KUWAITI AUDIENCE
[...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 17, 2007, PUBLIC AFFAIRS KUWAIT ARRANGED FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT IN KUWAIT BY HOSTING AN EVENING OF POETRY AND MUSIC AT A POPULAR GATHERING PLACE FOR YOUTH, THE HANGOUT LOUNGE. THE EVENT INCLUDED CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY RECITATIONS BY MISSION PERSONNEL AND [...]
2007-07-22 08:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1159KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, U.S. POLICY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-22 08:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1188KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1237KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND THE LATEST ARMS DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 08:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1241AMERICAN TRIVIA NIGHT CAPTIVATES KUWAITI YOUTH AUDIENCE
[...] Summary: Some 75 Kuwait youth tested their knowledge of American history, culture and society at the first American Trivia Night sponsored by Embassy Kuwait and a popular local eatery. The July 30, 2007, event pitted teams of players aged approximately 16 to 30 who answered five rounds of que [...]
2007-08-13 05:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1264KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1285JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR BLOG REMARKS CRITICIZING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 18, members of the Kuwait State Security (KSS) Department arrested two journalists outside the offices of Al-Jarida newspaper. The KSS arrested the first journalist, Bashar Al-Sayegh, for publishing remarks on his website critical of the Amir. They arrested the second [...]
2007-08-22 14:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT132MPS BLAME RULING FAMILY FOR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM'S
[...] (SBU) As Kuwait returns from its worst performance ever at the 18th annual Gulf Football Tournament in the UAE -- drawing one match and losing two -- Members of Parliament (MPs) minced no words in laying blame squarely on the ruling family. (Note: Kuwait has won the tournament nine times. Sh [...]
2007-01-31 07:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1429AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB
[...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]
2007-09-20 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1473AMIR MAKES IMPASSIONED APPEAL FOR COOPERATION IN
[...] (U) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah appealed to the National Assembly and the media on October 3 to end the bickering and partisan sniping that has dominated Kuwaiti politics since the Amir assumed power in January 2006. In a televised address to the nation on the occasion of the final [...]
2007-10-04 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PREL KPAO
07KUWAIT1509UPDATED KUWAIT DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY
[...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy. Kuwaitis across the spectrum express continuing loyalty to the constitution, which establishes an elected National Assembly and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. Respect for bas [...]
2007-10-11 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPGOV PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM ECON AMGT XF KU
07KUWAIT1529 SCENESETTER FOR THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit, which presents a terrific opportunity to reaffirm the strong U.S. friendship with Kuwait; to recognize the strides Kuwait has made in women's activism; and to highlight some of the contributions we have made in women's issues and in the field of [...]
2007-10-17 11:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI KU
07KUWAIT153KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, PALESTINE, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-03 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1532KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KUWAIT APPRECIATES THE US CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 07:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1563CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] American Embassy Kuwait is pleased to nominate the following outstanding candidate for consideration for the 2008 Secretary's Award for the International Women of Courage: 2. Name: Ms. Farea Ahmad Al-Saqqaf, Founder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of The Lothan Youth Achievement Cente [...]
2007-10-29 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
07KUWAIT160KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND SECTARIAN STRIFE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-04 06:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1611A Leadership and Democracy Workshop for Kuwait's Youth
[...] Summary: On October 29, twelve Kuwaiti Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumni participated in an Embassy-organized leadership workshop. The one-day workshop was held at the U.S. Embassy and incorporated group-development activities, discussion of leadership theories, social activism, a [...]
2007-11-14 09:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC KU
07KUWAIT168KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 06:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1741SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 11-12
[...] (C) Mr. President, your January 11-12 visit to Kuwait offers a timely opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of a key regional ally, and also to press the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to do more on issues of vital interest to the United States - especially Iraq and counterterroris [...]
2007-12-17 23:35:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KCIP OVIP KU IZ IS EAID KPAO
07KUWAIT1750KUWAIT SPORTS ENVOY PROGRAM REQUEST
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Kuwait submits the following program request for American NBA and WNBA sports envoys to come to Kuwait to conduct a basketball program for Kuwaiti youth. Basketball is a popular sport in Kuwait that can be played year round indoors. Note: Due to strict separation of male and [...]
2007-12-23 03:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO IS LE JO KU
07KUWAIT188COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HANS WECHSEL TO
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Hans Wechsel, MEPI Regional Office Director, to post o/a February 13-16, to meet with existing and potential MEPI partners and participants. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq [...]
2007-02-11 12:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KMPI KPAO OTRA APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT193UPCOMING NDI PROGRAMMING IN KUWAIT
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait approves of the overall direction of the workplan set out by NDI for spending the rest of its funding. The emphasis on building the political capacity of women, political associations, and youth works toward the USG's Freedom Agenda goals for Kuwait. Post offers the foll [...]
2007-02-12 15:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
07KUWAIT237KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-19 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
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
07KUWAIT245KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, PALESTINE,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 07:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT25KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROVOCATION AND SADDAM EXECUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 09:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
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
07KUWAIT310KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND ZIONISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-04 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT356KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-11 08:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT361KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 06:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT370KUWAIT: EMBASSY REACHES OUT ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The embassy marked International Women's Day on March 8 by placing an op-ed in Kuwaiti newspapers that recognized the achievements of Kuwaiti women over the last year and by reaching out to a new set of contacts -- women in the financial sector -- through a lunch hosted by the [...]
2007-03-12 13:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07KUWAIT371KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 06:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT378KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, THE GULF, AND SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 07:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT394KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-18 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT396KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-18 09:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT402KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 06:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT467KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT490KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND US POLICY IN THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-07 05:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT491KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PELOSI VISIT, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-07 07:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT504KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-08 09:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT510KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 06:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT555KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 08:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT578PROGRAM EVALUATION: HIP HOP TRIO ROCKS KUWAIT
[...] GPRA FY07Q2: The Gina Loring Poetry and Hip Hop Trio, a popular, contemporary African American youth-oriented music group based in Los Angeles, California, conducted its first tour of Kuwait, February 5-10, 2007. The highly energetic trio, comprised of Gina Loring, lead vocalist; Joshua Silve [...]
2007-04-18 15:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT581KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PALESTINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-21 06:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT587KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-22 06:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT593KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 09:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT649KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S POLICIES AND HEGEMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 09:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT676KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-05 07:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT691KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-06 06:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT702KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MU'AYYAD
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mu'ayyad Mehyar to travel to post o/a May 8-10, 2007 to attend a MEPI-funded KEPS activity, discuss program plans with KEPS officials, and meet with prospective small grantees. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry int [...]
2007-05-06 11:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KPAO KU OTRA KMPI
07KUWAIT705KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ'S DEBTS AND TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 06:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT716KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, AND IRAQI DEBTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 09:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT720KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNANCE, DEBTS, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 05:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT749REMOVAL OF AL ZAWRAA SATELLITE CHANNEL ON AGENDA OF
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met on May 9 with recently-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi. The Ambassador pressed the Minister for action to remove the insurgent Iraqi channel Al Zawraa from Arabsat's offerings. (The GOK is a minority stakeholder.) Al-Muha [...]
2007-05-13 07:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO KU PINR PTER
07KUWAIT758KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 06:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT795PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER RESTRICTIVE PRESS DIRECTIVE
[...] The newly-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi hastily withdrew a set of directives issued last week that outlined new restrictions on what newspapers can publish. The ministry u-turn came after the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) condemned the measure, called an emergenc [...]
2007-05-20 09:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO KPMI KU PINR
07KUWAIT801KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 10:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT807KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT817KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND PALESTINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 08:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT83KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, SECTARIANISM, AND RICE'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT868KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-03 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT89KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND RICE'S VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT897KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN, AND KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-10 08:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT904KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 06:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT914KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S LEADERSHIP AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 07:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT933KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-17 09:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT94KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 06:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT942KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND PALESTINE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 07:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT953FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE REGARDING CONTINUED ARABSAT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Information Assistant Under Secretary for Technical Affairs Nasser Al-Safar on 18 June. Al-Safar said the points would be forwarded to the Information Minister prior to his departure for the meeting of Arab League Ministers of Information in Cairo [...]
2007-06-19 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSA KU TC KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT972KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN REGIONAL INFLUENCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-24 10:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT973KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND WAR ON TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 07:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT999KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 09:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KYIV2673UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING
[...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...]
2007-10-23 13:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS UP
07KYIV2810UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall
[...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]
2007-11-13 10:15:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07LAPAZ1658CLIMATE CHANGE AND WIREC DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 17:43:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO BL
07LAPAZ2813NOTES FROM SANTA CRUZ - OCTOBER 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Santa Cruz Department, with 26 percent of Bolivia's population, is its fastest-growing region responsible for 32 percent of Bolivian GDP. Political and business leaders lament the lack of central government funds dedicated to Santa Cruz but on the other hand resent central gover [...]
2007-10-18 18:14:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KPAO CONS AMGT BL
07LAPAZ2829BOLIVIAN WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE
[...] Embassy La Paz enthusiastically nominates Carmen Velasco for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Name: Marcela Maria del Carmen VELASCO de Torrez Title/Organization: Co-Founder and Executive Director/Pro Mujer DPOB: 20 March 1950, Bolivia Citizenship: Bolivian Add [...]
2007-10-19 18:37:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PINR BL
07LAPAZ3037BOLIVIA: FREEDOM DEFENDER NOMINEE
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz is pleased to nominate Ana Maria Romero de Campero as our 2007 Freedom Defenders Award Nominee. From 1998-2003, Ms. Campero served as Bolivia's first Human Rights Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo),the independent government agency charged with defending and promoting cons [...]
2007-11-16 21:25:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER KPAO PHUM BL
07LILONGWE155MCA FOSTERS CREATION OF NATIONAL MEDIA COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 07:17:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KMCA KPAO KIIP MI
07LILONGWE792MALAWI: U.S. TRAINING SCORES A SUCCESS FOR PROSECUTORS;
[...] (U) Summary. A recent criminal case stands out as an example of the Malawi Prosecutor's Office's stated willingness to apply lessons learned from MCC/DOJ OPDAT assistance and utilize progressive western methods of prosecution. A DOJ OPDAT trained prosecutor scored a first ever in Malawian jur [...]
2007-10-23 07:21:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KMCA KJUS KCRM KPAO MI
07LIMA3467PERU WILL PARTICIPATE IN WIREC 2008 ENERGY
[...] Per reftel, Econoff invited the Government of Peru, through the MFA, to send an official delegation to the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Econoff provided details on the event, the website link, and an explanation of the ministerial-level nature of t [...]
2007-10-23 16:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07LISBON2646PORTUGAL: OFFICIAL WIREC DELEGATION RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On Oct 16, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's General Director for Economic and Technical Issues Paulo Jorge Nascimento and Senior Advisor on International Organizations and Economic Affairs Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha. Nascimento stated that WIREC invitatio [...]
2007-10-17 15:08:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07LJUBLJANA152SLOVENIA: GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTION TO THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The 2006 Human Rights Report (HRR) generated extensive reaction from the Government of Slovenia (GoS),opposition party leaders, and the media. In general, government ministries offered an upbeat assessment, accentuating positive comments, minimizing criticism, and expressing pl [...]
2007-03-15 12:26:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO SI
07LJUBLJANA188SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...]
2007-03-28 09:51:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA22SLOVENIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenia has a small mission in Tehran headed by a charge and staffed with one additional officer. The second officer speaks Farsi and both will be in Tehran through Slovenia's EU presidency which will conclude in July 2008. According to MFA Iran desk officer Maja Novak, the p [...]
2007-01-17 10:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO SI IR
07LJUBLJANA523RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE BRINGS US-SLOVENIAN
[...] (U) Summary. With support from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund and the International Information Programs Division, the Embassy organized a one-day Clean Energy Innovation Conference on June 26 that emphasized the importance of alternative energy as a strategy for economic developmen [...]
2007-08-14 15:19:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD OIIP KPAO SI
07LJUBLJANA651SLOVENES AWARE OF WIREC 2008, BUT PRESIDING OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 12:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA SI
07LJUBLJANA736SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US PROPOSALS ON MD AND CFE
[...] (C) On November 30, EmbOff used reftel points to brief MFA Security Division Director Stanislav Vidovic on U.S. proposals for Missile Defense (MD) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Vidovic stated that Slovenia supports both U.S. proposals. Regarding MD, Slovenia supports al [...]
2007-11-30 12:36:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO SI
07LONDON473FY-2007 TEACHING AREA STUDIES, 11/15-12/2/06: EVALUATION BY
[...] SUMMARY/RESULTS-IMPACT ------------------------- A). Ali Pedram found this an interesting and informative program on all fronts, academically, professionally and personally. It destroyed the preconceived ideas he had of the United States and its culture as well as its foreign policy toward th [...]
2007-02-06 17:29:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL IR UK
07LONDON788SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Team Human Rights Leader, Stephen Hickey, described to Poloff several overlapping project areas, centering on media outreach, judicial reform and human rights, in which UK Government is supporting democratic reform in Iran. Hickey provided this [...]
2007-03-01 14:15:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN IR UK
07LUANDA434ANGOLA: REQUEST FOR FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] This is an Action Message. See para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Gary Eilerts, USAID/Washington's Program Manager for the Famine Early Warning System Information Network (FEWS NET),visited Luanda March 26 and 27, 2007, to explore with USAID, relevant donors, and the Government of the Republic of [...]
2007-05-07 14:37:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON SOCI KPAO AO
07LUSAKA275ZAMBIA: STATUS OF UNDEF PROGRAMS
[...] Per reftel, Post requested the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Zambia to provide information on the status of the UNDEF-funded constitutional reform project, which is being implemented by the UNDP. UNDP advised that the project document is currently being finalized. Once the docu [...]
2007-03-09 09:06:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP ZA
07LUXEMBOURG24LUXEMBOURG ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel information on U.S. democratization initiatives for Iran to Luxembourg's Cooperation and Development Director Marc Bichler January 16. Bichler welcomed the information and confirmed that Luxembourg has no programs of any type in Iran. 2. (U) As a matter of national [...]
2007-01-16 15:35:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN LU
07MADRID121SPAIN NOT ACTIVE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and discussed Spain's human rights and democracy promotion programs with Spanish MFA Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on January 22. Fernandez-Arias thanked Poloff for the information on USG programs in Iran and promised to s [...]
2007-01-23 11:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR SP
07MADRID1823EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE
[...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...]
2007-09-19 16:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP
07MADRID1840DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 08:44:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO SP
07MADRID1997HIGH-LEVEL SPANISH GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 07:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG
07MADRID2054SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES RECOMMENDED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 16:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG
07MADRID2223SPAIN SENSITIVITIES RULE OUT GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO MASS MPOS SP
07MADRID634UNDEF: CLUB DE MADRID PROMOTES ARAB DEMOCRATIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Spain-based NGO Club de Madrid is using UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) funding to help fund a project aimed at promoting freedom of association in several key Arab nations, the "Dialogue on Democratic Values in the Arab World." The Club de Madrid is pleased with its relationship [...]
2007-04-04 15:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP
07MANAGUA2024MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...]
2007-09-05 01:11:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2025MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...]
2007-09-05 01:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2032MANAGUA SITREP 2: HURRICANE FELIX AFTERMATH,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Today we were able to make our first on-the-ground assessment of damage to Puerto Cabezas. Lack of potable water and adequate shelter are the most severe problems. Structural damage in Puerto Cabezas is extensive, but was mostly to building roofs; aside from a hospital, few structure [...]
2007-09-06 01:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2044MANAGUA SITREP 3: HURRICANE FELIX USG RELIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. We continued our field assessments today. The hardest hit area seems to be a triangular-shaped area (Puerto Cabezas-Sandy Bay-Rosita) where the devastation has been extreme. Sandy Bay and surrounding communities were virtually destroyed. Interior towns of Bonanza, Siuna and [...]
2007-09-07 02:59:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2059MANAGUA SITREP 4: WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AS U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our plan to distribute relief supplies outward from Puerto Cabezas went into effect this morning. We began moving supplies to Sandy Bay and the surrounding area. As of late afternoon, we had also transported 25,000 lbs of supplies from Managua to Puerto Cabezas with JTF-B heli [...]
2007-09-07 23:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2100MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 02:59:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2102MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY. Following the re-activation of the Samuel Roberts' two SH-60 helicopters on September 10, a total of 19 sorties have been carried out, delivering relief supplies, medical supplies, doctors, and security personnel to nine outlining communities in the Northern Atlantic Autonom [...]
2007-09-13 14:31:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2117MANAGUA SITREP 7: U.S. RELIEF TOPS USD 1.4 MILLION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, U.S. SH-60 helicopters carried out 13 relief flights and delivered nearly 26,000 pounds of relief materials as well as medical and security personal. The morning of September 14, two JTF-B CH-47 Chinook helicopters will arrive in Managua and begin operations. [...]
2007-09-14 01:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2148MANAGUA SITREP 8 (FINAL): SUMMARY OF RELIEF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. military assets concluded emergency relief operations on September 17. Assets flew a total of 136 sorties and transported some 595,000 lbs of relief supplies and materials over a 10-day period. On September 17 the Government of Nicaragua (GON) disaster team (SINAPRED) clos [...]
2007-09-19 23:20:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2211ATLANTIC COAST - THE LONG (WINDING) ROAD BACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The indigenous Miskito indians of Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) believe the Nicaraguan government (GON) failed to adequately warn them of Hurricane Felix's September 4 arrival and has not done enough to help them. Miskito leaders believe the true death tol [...]
2007-09-26 23:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU
07MANAGUA2325ATLANTIC COAST - GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FUMBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Hurricane Felix the Nicaraguan government continues to mismanage the situation in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). In his presentation before the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega failed to ask the [...]
2007-10-15 17:07:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2366 MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE
[...] (U) This cable includes a COM disaster declaration. The US Ambassador to Nicaragua requests authority for $50,000 for immediate disaster response. Funds will be programmed with local partners to meet the most urgent needs. Programming details will follow. See Para 7 2. (U) Summary: A [...]
2007-10-19 23:41:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2372OCTOBER FLOODS: USG INITIAL RESPONSE
[...] Summary. Preliminary reports by Nicaraguan authorities indicate that 20,266 people have been affected by floods, mostly in the northwest of the country, but scattered over other regions as well, with 8 known deaths and two missing persons. There are no known U.S. citizen casualties. The floods have [...]
2007-10-22 22:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2384RAINS STOP; FLOOD RECOVERY CONTINUES
[...] Subject: The persistent heavy rains that flooded Nicaragua the past weeks have let up, and relief is starting to flow to victims of the October flooding. President Ortega called together a meeting of donors on October 23 to urge for international assistance in response to the second natural [...]
2007-10-26 16:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC MASS AEMR EAID KPAO NU
07MANAGUA2472COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET IN NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Nicaragua appreciates the invitation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet. We note that President Ortega has exhibited a penchant for attacking "U.S. imperialism and interventionism," though not the Great White Fleet specifically. However, Ortega also be [...]
2007-11-14 13:10:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS KPAO PREL MASS NU
07MANAGUA463NICARAGUA NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) After careful consideration of several potential candidates for Secretary Rice's Women of Courage Award, Post nominates Zoilamerica Narvaez Murillo for this distinction. Despite the repeated denial of due process in the national courts, Zoilamerica has persevered in her quest for justice [...]
2007-02-21 20:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO NU
07MANAMA315BAHRAIN: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with UNDP Program Analyst Mohamed Al Sharif March 28, Poloff inquired about the status of a UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project being conducted by the UNDP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD). Al Sharif explained that the project has un [...]
2007-04-04 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP BA
07MANAMA391ISLAMIC AFFAIRS U/S DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Fareed Al-Muftah, a strong promoter of moderation in Islam, told the Ambassador he welcomes further cooperation with the USG on a variety of programs planned in the coming months. He outlined efforts he is undertaking to revise religious education i [...]
2007-04-26 14:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV BA HUMRIT
07MANAMA534PRO-GOVERNMENT COMMENTATORS CRY FOUL OVER CNN
[...] (C) A June 1 report by CNN reporter Hala Gorani on poverty in Bahrain caused an uproar among Bahraini pundits, who accuse the program of stoking sectarian tensions. Gorani said on the air that while the piece was supposed to cover poverty, "it almost immediately became obvious that this was [...]
2007-06-11 14:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAO BA POL
07MANAMA713DEMOCRACY ACTIONS: BAHRAIN
[...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy continues to actively promote democracy and democracy-related programs, and the Ambassador, in close coordination with POL and PAS, made this an important theme of his farewell calls and press interviews. Examples: -- In a prominent, full-page interview June [...]
2007-07-26 13:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV PHUM BA HUMRIT
07MANAMA932TERRORIST CELL SUSPECTS FORMALLY CHARGED; JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Justice confirmed that the prosecutor presented to a judge his case against five extremist defendants October 1, and that their trial will begin on October 23. While cautioning that the defendants may challenge the constitutionality of the new counter-terrorism la [...]
2007-10-10 14:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL ASEC KPAO BA
07MANILA104 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN P. HUGHES, UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] Embassy Manila warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy; Col. Christopher Krisinger, Senior Advisor; and Ms. Katherine D. Balls, Special Assistant, for their January 24-27, 2007 visit to the Philippines. 2. Le [...]
2007-01-10 09:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OTRA KPAO CH RP
07MANILA243 PRESS GUIDANCE ON DEATH OF TERRORIST LEADER KHADAFI
[...] (U) At the instruction of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Esperon confirmed to the media on January 20 that FBI laboratories, working together with Philippine experts, had confirmed that a corpse uncovered in December on Jolo Is [...]
2007-01-20 06:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS KPAO PREL RP
07MANILA299U/S HUGHES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT ARROYO ON
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Hughes voiced U.S. praise for recent Philippine counterterrorism successes to President Arroyo, who vowed to continue these operations as well as defense modernization and reform. President Arroyo called on the U.S. to sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation this year [...]
2007-01-29 00:29:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ECON KPAO RP
07MANILA3320AMBASSADOR AND MTV LAUNCH ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARENESS
[...] Summary: On September 25, Ambassador Kenney, a local pop star, USAID Director, and executives from MTV launched the Philippine portion of "EXIT"(End Exploitation and Trafficking),an MTV-produced campaign against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Asia. EXIT's first release was a 30-minute anti-t [...]
2007-10-05 04:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KWMN KCRM RP
07MANILA3419 AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CEBU'S BRIGHT HORIZONS
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 4 visit to Cebu highlighted the opportunity the vital role American businesses play in the commercial life of the Philippines' second city. Buttressed by a live television interview and a roundtable with print media business editors, the Ambassador opened an [...]
2007-10-15 11:06:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO BTIO ECON MARR RP
07MANILA3637PHILIPPINES -- GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION
[...] (C) After lengthy discussion of the strategic and political impact that the Great White Fleet commemoration initiative could have on bilateral relations, Post declines participation in the commemoration and recommends against a visit to the Philippines. The United States and the Philippines [...]
2007-11-13 08:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RP KPAO MASS MPOS
07MANILA3694Philippine Delegation List to Washington International
[...] Per ref A request for invitees from the Philippine government to WIREC 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines has suggested that invitations be sent to the following individuals: - Department of Foreign Affairs, 2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines Secretary A [...]
2007-11-16 09:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA RP
07MANILA3795RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2007 EAP/RSP WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND
[...] In response to the FY 2007 EAP/RSP Women's Issues Fund proposal solicitation, Embassy Manila received ten grant proposals from Philippine non-governmental organizations (NGOs),aimed at promoting women's political participation and economic independence, and contributing to women's freedom from [...]
2007-11-29 04:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KWMN KPAO SOCI RP
07MANILA411U/S HUGHES VISIT ENERGIZES US-RP TIES
[...] SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes visited the Philippines January 24-27 to survey Mission's multi-agency, multi-disciplinary public diplomacy programs and projects. She met with a wide range of Filipinos, including President Arroyo, adult and [...]
2007-02-05 09:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SCUL RP
07MANILA625STRATEGIC SPEAKER INITIATIVE - EMBASSY MANILA
[...] In the framework of the Strategic Speaker Initiative, Embassy Manila requests a speaker who will be able to argue effectively that law enforcement agencies and civil society activists have a common interest in modifying laws and administrative procedures that block access to information and som [...]
2007-02-26 08:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP RP
07MANILA850AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTHERN LUZON TO DEEPEN US PHILIPPINE
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Kristie Kenney visited Cabanatuan, Tarlac, and Baguio in the northern Luzon provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Benguet March 8-9. Ambassador Kenney focused on deepening relations with northern Luzon interlocutors and highlighting historical and cultural ties between the [...]
2007-03-15 08:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAGR OEXC SCUL KPAO RP
07MASERU272LESOTHO: EDUCATIONAL ADVISING TAKES OFF
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru's student advising program has now grown into a lively and formal weekly program which has begun its third year. The program is building on the successes of the past year to continue its expansion. After a tour of local radio stations by our dedicated academic adviso [...]
2007-05-10 18:43:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SCUL CVIS LT
07MASERU304CRACKING THE CODE: FINDING SUCCESS FOR A U.S. FILM FESTIVAL
[...] SUMMARY: After a series of film screenings at the beginning at Embassy Maseru's seven-week U.S. film festival (March 8 through April 19),the event closed with a packed, standing room only showing of Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." Attendance grew remarkably during the course of the fes [...]
2007-05-29 08:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL PREL LT
07MASERU347LESOTHO: TIP REPORT RELEASE FILM SCREEENING STRIKES CHORD
[...] SUMMARY: On June 12, hours after the release of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report in Washington, Embassy Maseru held a presentation on the report's results and a screening of the IIP-supplied film "Human Trafficking." The event, attended by representatives of Lesotho's Gender and Child [...]
2007-06-13 14:36:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO LT
07MASERU37EMBASSY MASERU'S MLK DAY EVENT SETS TONE FOR UPCOMING
[...] SUMMARY: On January 17, Embassy Maseru held a lecture/discussion event in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which one resident Ambassador declared "the best and most intellectually stimulating event I've attended since I've arrived in Lesotho." The MLK Day Commemoration event, fe [...]
2007-01-24 07:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SCUL PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU388LESOTHO VOLVIS APPLICATION: COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER
[...] Embassy Maseru's Public Affairs Section respectfully submits the following request for a voluntary visitor program for Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, Lesotho's Minister of Communications, Science, and Technology. He is planning to travel to the U.S. in late August, and would appreciate a progra [...]
2007-07-05 15:57:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL LT
07MASERU410LESOTHO: SPEAKER PROGRAM EVALUATION - DR. CHUEN-YEN LAU,
[...] SUMMARY: From June 18-22, Embassy Maseru hosted international speaker Dr. Chuen-Yen Lau, an HIV/AIDS vaccine researcher from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lau's speaking ability, magnetic personality, and clear grasp of her subject matter made this an excellent program on a topic of [...]
2007-07-12 13:06:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KHIV OIIP SCUL LT
07MASERU553LESOTHO: ANACLETTA KEISO MATASHANE-MARITE, NOMINEE FOR
[...] Embassy Maseru is proud to nominate Ms. Anacletta Keiso Matashane-Marite for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. As instructed REFTEL, we will also send this nomination by unclassified e-mail. 2. The following is Ms. Keiso's official nominating information: [...]
2007-10-03 11:29:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM LT
07MASERU82EMBASSY MASERU'S PRE-ELECTIONS MEDIA WORKSHOP IS TIMELY,
[...] SUMMARY: On February 8-9, 2007, Embassy Maseru gathered 25 of Lesotho's state-employed and independent journalists for a two-day pre-election media workshop conducted by Cape Town-based American media trainer Terry FitzPatrick. Mr. FitzPatrick used examples from television, radio, and print [...]
2007-02-20 15:06:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SCUL PREL LT
07MINSK1030TO ROCK OR NOT TO ROCK?
[...] Following a banned rock concert November 14, several blacklisted rock musicians met with Chief State Ideology Officer and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Oleg Proleskovskiy November 21. Proleskovskiy acknowledged the alleged ban, committed to lifting it, and encouraged the music [...]
2007-12-17 14:26:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO BO
07MINSK142BELARUS' NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) Post has the honor to nominate Irina Kozulina for the Secretary of State's first International Women of Courage Award for SIPDIS her work on behalf of political prisoners and her promotion of breast cancer awareness in Belarus. She stands as a vital national figure representing both hu [...]
2007-02-14 15:36:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BO
07MINSK154EMBASSY IN BELARUSIAN STATE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: COVERAGE
[...] (SBU) The Belarusian state media landscape remains challenging, with a clear anti-USG and anti-Western agenda. State-owned media outlets, both broadcast and print, have continued their negative and inaccurate reporting about U.S. Embassy activities; post management and Embassy officers -- par [...]
2007-02-20 15:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK223Embassy Minsk FY-07 Proposal for Television Co-Op on
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Minsk submits the following nomination for consideration in the Department's TV Co-Op program for fiscal year 2007. 2. Post would like to produce a documentary on the topic of Electronic Fraud, and has located a local television broadcaster that is interested and eage [...]
2007-03-15 15:45:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL BO
07MINSK437EUR DAS KRAMER'S MESSAGE RESOUNDS
[...] (SBU) Local media coverage of DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk reflected primarily straightforward and opinion-free reporting. A bit of vituperation was thrown in by Belarusian State TV, which commented in a manner consistent with its usual anti-American sentiment. A lively element of pu [...]
2007-05-24 10:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK885EMBASSY MINSK'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Enira Bronitskaya, former political prisoner, human rights advocate, civil society activist, and International Coordinator for the Belarusian NGO Committee for Defense of the Repressed "Salidarnasts." Nominee is wil [...]
2007-10-19 08:08:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN CG BO
07MONTERREY947NEW MEDIA IN MEXICO: A RISING FORCE
[...] SUMMARY: Since the introduction of the internet in Mexico in 1992, internet usage has grown exponentially among government, business and private individuals. While poverty, lack of education and regional insufficiencies in telecommunications infrastructure inhibit internet use, more and more M [...]
2007-11-21 19:07:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TINT SOCI ECON MX
07MONTEVIDEO1001CHAVEZ UNDER FIRE IN URUGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been a favorite subject of the media and political columnists in Uruguay, who more often than not highlight his faults. This was exemplified by a flurry of recent articles and editorials that have cast Chavez in a negative light. Several ar [...]
2007-11-27 18:57:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAO VE UY
07MONTEVIDEO1050SECRETARY CHAO HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao highlighted the critical need to create the right climate for growth in light of global competition for talent. She spoke about ways to manage emigration and provide retraining for employees affected by the opening economies. During a two-day v [...]
2007-12-19 18:09:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO ELAB ETRD UY
07MOSCOW1677RUSSIAN OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN COUNTRY AVIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, Russia has not yet adopted a communications strategy for avian and pandemic influenza that complies with WHO best practices for outbreak communication to the public. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Russia has yet to adopt a comprehensive Avian Influenza (AI) and Pa [...]
2007-04-13 03:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW1704RUSSIAN SCIEN...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a luncheon meeting with EST April 10, Kurchatov Institute Director Mikhail Koval'chuk weighed in on issues ranging from Russia's proposed floating nuclear power stations to the power struggles between the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Ministry of Education and Science (M [...]
2007-04-14 12:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKIPR KNNP KPAO TBIO PREL RS
07MOSCOW1867RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 12:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW1974RUSSIAN SCIENCE: PUTI...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 26 address, President Putin announced an unprecedented GOR investment in a single scientific field -- 180 billion rubles (approximately seven billion USD) for nanotechnology to be disbursed over a four-year period. Putin had stressed his personal interest in the growin [...]
2007-04-30 13:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07MOSCOW3379RUSSIAN LAB MOVES AHEAD TO BECOME REGIONAL AND WHO FLU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia pledged to transform the Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk into a regional influenza center and ultimately a WHO Collaborating Center for avian influenza as part of its 2006 G8 Presidential focus on infectious diseases. Although [...]
2007-07-11 02:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW3775ANDREY FURSENKO: THE PHYSICIST TURNED MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Minister of Science and Education since 2004, Andrey Fursenko has evoked a storm of controversy with his efforts to reform Russia's tradition-bound science and education establishments. Fursenko is passionate about modernizing Russian science to make it more competitive and m [...]
2007-08-01 13:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKIRF KPAO PGOV PINR RS SCUL SOCI TSPL
07MOSCOW4120RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSCR 1540 SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 04:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS
07MOSCOW4485RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT US POSITION ON UNSCR 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 02:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS
07MOSCOW5584HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THREE JOURNALISTS BEATEN
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ingushetia capital of Nazran on November 24, masked gunmen abducted a human rights worker and three Moscow television journalists from their hotel rooms, robbed them of their equipment and notebooks, and threatened them with execution. The gunmen then took the four victims [...]
2007-11-29 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW5598PUTIN AND UNITED RUSSIA DOMINATE MEDIA IN RUN UP
[...] (C) Summary. All one has to do is watch the national nightly news to see that President Putin, his administration, and United Russia garner the majority of coverage in the run up to the December 2 Duma elections. Over the past two months, three-fourths of the national television coverage and over h [...]
2007-11-30 12:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW933RUSSIAN SCIENCE: TURNING BIOWEAPONS INTO BOTTLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A super-secret, elite bioweapons institute during Soviet times, the Institute of Immunological Engineering (IIE) now hosts an American company on its territory in an attempt to replace the state funding that ceased in 1994. Institute Director Dr. Sergey Pchelnitsov, who has spe [...]
2007-03-05 13:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07MUSCAT2SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION
[...] SUMMARY: Oman's state-owned press has been conspicuously silent on Saddam's execution, with only a brief mention in Arabic-language "Oman." Private dailies carried wire service reports of the execution and Saddam's burial, but published no op-eds by Omani authors. Online discussion was heavy [...]
2007-01-03 09:16:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT25MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICISM ABOUT GREATER MIDDLE EAST
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" blames "illegitimate invasion" for crises in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon. "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" regret Palestinian infighting, and call for unity and "patient resistance" against Israel. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. [...]
2007-01-08 13:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT264MEDIA REACTION: CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS,
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" praised Omani diplomacy in the Mideast, including engagement with Iran, and expressed hope for positive effects of the Baghdad conference of Iraq's neighbors. Privately owned "Al-Watan" derided the idea of an international women's day "while millions of [women] [...]
2007-03-14 07:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT28ENGAGING OMANI AUDIENCES ONLINE
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Oman provides the following information on trends and patterns in Internet usage in Oman. In the general absence of reliable official statistics on the subjects requested, the information is based on extensive surfing by Embassy staff and on information gat [...]
2007-01-09 11:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRETECPS KPAO KISL OIIP PTER MU
07MUSCAT286MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI REACTION TO PALESTINIAN NATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" and privately owned "Al-Watan" express the importance of acknowledging the new Palestinian national unity government and taking it seriously in order to maintain peace in the region. The dailies suggest that while the Arab world hailed the new Palestinian gove [...]
2007-03-20 12:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT303MEDIA REACTION: NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, U.S. ROLE IN
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" emphasizes the role of the international community in pushing the peace process forward and not accepting the "obstacles" Israel creates; "Oman" also condemns the latest escalation between Fatah and Hamas. Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses the U.S. of trying [...]
2007-03-26 12:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT357INTERNET TRIAL REINFORCES ONLINE CHILL
[...] (C) Online discussion in Oman remains muted in the wake of the November 2006 closure of the Sultanate's most popular online forum, "Al-Sablah." In early 2007, the site's founder and nine colleagues were tried on charges including violations of Oman's press and communications laws. Although a [...]
2007-04-11 11:16:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALOIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU
07MUSCAT374MEDIA REACTION: FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF BAGHDAD'S FALL,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 12:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT400MEDIA REACTION: VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, ARAB NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 12:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT415OMANI RESPONSE TO BEHEADING OF CAPTIVE BY CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-29 12:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO MU
07MUSCAT426MEDIA REACTION: OMANI VIEW OF SYRIA AND IRAN, MAJLIS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 07:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT43MEDIA REACTION: NEW IRAQ STRATEGY, ARAB-ISRAELI CRISIS
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses America of giving "false promises" to Arabs when it needs their support, and also posits that the crises facing America and Israel in the Middle East are increasing as time goes by. Government-owned "Oman" thinks Democrats' objections to a troop inc [...]
2007-01-16 06:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT443NOT-SO-FREE EXPRESSION IN OMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of March's mixed verdict in the trial of leaders of Oman's popular Al-Sablah discussion forum (Ref A),post has been gathering impressions on the state of free expression in the Sultanate. Two recent meetings, the first with Al-Sablah's founder and the second with th [...]
2007-05-07 05:37:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALOIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU
07MUSCAT452MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH IRAQ SUMMIT, HAMAS
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says that regional cooperation is "vital" to stop violence in Iraq, and said that lifting the "blockade against the Palestinians" can advance the Peace Process. Privately owned "Al-Watan" calls on the EU to be "more understanding" of Arab political concerns, mor [...]
2007-05-08 09:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT474MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN PREMIER VISITS MUSCAT, DEMOCRACY
[...] SUMMARY: In the leadup to this week's visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Iran's ambassador to Oman calls their bilateral relations "exemplary," adding that American "ships and war fleets" are the real danger to the environment and regional stability, and that he supports a GCC nuclear pro [...]
2007-05-14 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT512MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN-OMANI RELATIONS, AMBASSADOR
[...] SUMMARY: Iranian President's visit to Muscat garners heavy local media coverage; Ambassador Grappo's op-ed on trafficking published in two local dailies; Ambassador Grappo visit to Dhofar University; president of International Republican Institute visit to Muscat. State-run "Oman" newspaper sa [...]
2007-05-21 12:59:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT536MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE,
[...] SUMMARY: Government-run daily "Oman" says Israel is the sole beneficiary of inter-Arab strife, whether in Lebanon or Palestine; privately owned "Al-Watan" worries that Likud's "weakness" spawns Israeli military operations in Palestine; "Oman" says that there is a "mutual responsibility" to achi [...]
2007-05-30 07:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT545RARE OMANI CANDOR: AMBASSADOR HEARS LOCAL VIEWS OF
[...] (SBU) From May 16-22, the Ambassador traveled overland from Muscat to Salalah and on to the Yemeni border - a trip of more than 1,300 kilometers - meeting with tribal sheikhs and other local officials along the way. The trip provided a unique opportunity to reach out to Omanis at the grassroot [...]
2007-05-30 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL KPAO KISL IR IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT567OMAN CONSIDERS PUBLISHING WARNING ON STUDY IN THE
[...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador during a June 2 meeting that the government is considering publishing an announcement in local media warning Omanis of the possibility of detention by U.S. law enforcement authorities if they choose to study in th [...]
2007-06-04 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL OEXC SCUL KHLS KPAO CMGT CVIS MU
07MUSCAT570MEDIA REACTION: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, LEBANON VIOLENCE, OMAN
[...] SUMMARY: "Oman" government daily compares crises in Somalia and Sudan to violence in Palestine and Iraq; also says national reconciliation in Lebanon is more vital than ever; privately owned "al Watan" says that election Majlis al Shura candidates on a tribal basis is not a solution to challeng [...]
2007-06-05 11:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT581OMAN DECLINES U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) On June 9, the Ambassador extended another offer of U.S. humanitarian and other assistance to help Oman recover from tropical cyclone Gonu to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister thanked the Ambassador profusely for the offer, but confirmed that the gove [...]
2007-06-09 13:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KHLS KMDR KPAO KSAC MU
07MUSCAT587OMANI MEDIA CHALLENGED BY CYCLONE REPORTING
[...] (SBU) The profound limitations of Oman's media, public and private, have been thrown into high relief by the challenge of reporting the approach, onset, and aftermath of Cyclone Gonu between June 4 and the present. While basic information regarding the storm's arrival was disseminated on a re [...]
2007-06-11 12:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KPAO PREL PGOV KMDR MU
07MUSCAT634ARABSAT BROADCASTS OF AL-ZAWRAA AND AL-MANAR: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 13:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER KPAO MU
07MUSCAT64MEDIA REACTION: THUMBS DOWN AND UP ON SECRETARY'S TRIP;
[...] SUMMARY: Privately owned daily "Al-Watan" denigrates Secretary's Middle East trip while state-owned "Oman" lauds it as a "vital" diplomatic initiative. "Oman" criticizes President Bush's new Iraq strategy and says that the "only choice" is a gradual troop withdrawal. "Oman" also lauds Sultan [...]
2007-01-23 12:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT648MEDIA REACTION: VIOLENCE IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ, CYCLONE
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the ongoing violence in Iraq and Palestine. Dailies also reported on the recovery from cyclone Gonu, and elicited local volunteers to clean up cities and beaches. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. All dailies continu [...]
2007-06-25 12:02:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT661OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA
[...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...]
2007-07-02 03:20:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU
07MUSCAT666SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS
[...] On Thursday, June 28, government-owned, Arabic-language daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) covered the President's Islamic Center address in tandem with news of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's appointment as a Middle East envoy. A box in the center of the front page featured the headlin [...]
2007-07-02 05:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT669MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH INITIATIVES, IRAQ VIOLENCE,
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the efforts of Arab leaders to foster dialogue between Hamas and Fatah through the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, and also lamented the increasing violence in Iraq. There was limited coverage of POTUS Islamic Center address. Dailies reporte [...]
2007-07-03 06:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT716MEDIA REACTION: PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE,
[...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies welcome President Bush's call for a Middle East peace conference; youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" reports final closure of popular online forum "Al-Sablah;" editorial in government-owned "Oman" says proposed peace conference "will not be easy, especially not if Israel is [...]
2007-07-25 14:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT720PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN OMAN
[...] (C) Oman presents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is still in its infancy, the press is constrained by unwritten government redlines and self-censorship, and a large majority of Omanis are content with the political status quo. While t [...]
2007-07-28 11:38:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO MU
07MUSCAT760OMAN MEDIA REPORTING ON SECRETARY'S EGYPT VISIT
[...] Omani print media outlets generally carried positive, direct news reports on the Secretary's July 31 meetings with Arab ministers in Sharm el-Sheikh. English-language dailies the "Times of Oman" and the "Oman Daily Observer" ran upbeat, front-page headlines on August 2 highlighting the Secreta [...]
2007-08-05 12:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KPAL MU
07MUSCAT773MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE; MILITARY AID;
[...] Government-owned daily "Oman", August 4 (circulation 38,000); editorial: "The Weather Changes": The invitation of American president George Bush came yesterday for the great powers to hold a meeting next September in Washington to discuss climate change, in an attempt to put in place long-te [...]
2007-08-08 12:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT894MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW,
[...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...]
2007-09-18 12:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT916MEDIA REACTION: TIP INTERVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS AS "AMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY: "Times of Oman" and "Al-Shabiba" highlight G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon's interview on trafficking; "Al-Watan" criticizes Ambassador Grappo's defense of the Trafficking in Persons report and calls the report part of "American Blackmail." Other "Al-Watan" editorials criticize human ri [...]
2007-09-29 06:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT9482007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...]
2007-10-10 10:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU
07MUSCAT979C-NE7-00774: FINAL ELECTION PUSH IN OMAN AS VOTING
[...] (C) Omanis in 10 countries outside Oman voted without incident on October 20 for their representatives in the Majlis al-Shura. The government continues to assert that all will be ready for national elections inside Oman on October 27 and that various safeguards (e.g. secure voting forms and [...]
2007-10-23 12:33:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU
07MUSCAT992FEW SURPRISES IN OMAN'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Thanks in part to a relentless government effort to get out the vote, a larger than expected 62.7% of registered Omani voters reportedly cast ballots in the October 27 Majlis al-Shura elections. According to the results of a speedy electronic vote count, newcomers won 46 of the 84 seats in [...]
2007-10-29 12:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU
07MUSCAT996MEDIA REACTION: OMAN'S MAJLIS ELECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies carry prominent features and articles on elections for the sixth round of the Majlis Ash-Shura (84-member lower house of parliament). "Oman" regrets that no women were elected but anticipates their return in the near future. "Al-Watan" hails the "positive signs" in [...]
2007-10-30 06:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1639MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: HASSAN OLE NAADO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national chairperson of the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) depicts "African Islam" under siege from "Wahabi extremist foreigners." HKMYA favors moderate, modern, indigenous Islam with an emphasis on education as a means of uplifting the Muslim community. He also advoc [...]
2007-04-13 11:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI2072KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...]
2007-05-16 05:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI2618Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...]
2007-06-26 04:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET
07NAIROBI3675 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs. The circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to intimidate her from campaigning. Her leg was brok [...]
2007-09-17 13:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3676 AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND
[...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...]
2007-09-17 13:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KE
07NAIROBI4804MEDIA COVERAGE OF KENYAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: REASONABLE
[...] Summary: A UNDP-funded, independent assessment of Kenyan mainstream media coverage in the run-up to the December 27 general election indicated that, from November 10 to December 10, media coverage was generally balanced and accurate, with a few notable exceptions. This coincided with US Embas [...]
2007-12-18 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL OPRC PHUM KPAO KE
07NASSAU195BAHAMAS NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] Post nominates Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Dr. SIPDIS Dean-Patterson is a pioneering advocate for women's rights in The Bahamas. She has been a public spokeswoman on women's rights and violence against women for decades, promotin [...]
2007-02-14 21:53:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BF
07NDJAMENA17 CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]
2007-01-09 06:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA506ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]
2007-06-19 16:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA507CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND
[...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]
2007-06-19 16:16:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]
2007-06-20 06:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA509CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND
[...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]
2007-06-20 06:44:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NEWDELHI1715ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI1723ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...]
2007-04-11 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI2628INDIA HAS NO CIVIL SOCIETY OR DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 05:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR IN
07NEWDELHI768PM TELLS SECRETARY GUTIERREZ U.S.-INDIA RELATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh February 14. The two agreed to explore means to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, clean energy and education, and with regards to education, the Secretary mentioned his initiatives an [...]
2007-02-15 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF BEXP EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD IN KPAO MASS PK
07NIAMEY1220Journalist's arrest sparks international concern
[...] On September 25 Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka was charged with violating Niger's national security for alleged collaboration with MNJ rebels fighting against GON forces in the North. Police arrested Kaka on September 20 citing evidence including phone records and recordings of telephone call [...]
2007-09-27 10:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1346GON Arrests Another Journalist
[...] Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, director of biweekly Agadez-based newspaper Air Info, was arrested on October 9, 2007 in Niamey. He remained in custody without formal charges until October 31, 2007, when he was charged with conspiracy and transported to prison. 2. Diallo was arrested at Niamey's inte [...]
2007-11-02 10:02:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY1452Journalists' Arrests Raise Questions about GON Commitment
[...] (U) On December 5, 2007 two journalists of the private biweekly L'Enqueteur were arrested and held in custody in Niamey. Editor/journalist Ibrahim Souley and owner/journalist Soumana Maiga were detained in response to a libel complaint filed by Niger's Minister of Economy and Finance Mahamane A [...]
2007-12-12 15:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
07NIAMEY158IN LAST PLACE AND FALLING: THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION IN
[...] Niger's education system ranks among the worst in the world. It suffers from a crumbling infrastructure, a lack of resources and a teacher corps that is under-trained and demoralized. Niger's woes are compounded by a population growth rate of 3.4%, one of the highest in the world. Corruption [...]
2007-02-22 15:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA NG
07NIAMEY22FOUR YEARS ON, NIGERIEN NGO UP IN ARMS OVER NIGER
[...] Apparently prompted by the execution of Saddam Hussein, on Sunday, January 7, a Nigerien NGO gave a press release denouncing the USG for its "false accusation against Niger for the sale of uranium to Iraq." The NGO, CODDAE - the "Collective for the Defense of Rights to Energy in Niger" - is m [...]
2007-01-10 15:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NG
07NICOSIA103INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WOES THREATEN T/C "STATE U"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Cyprus's Eastern Mediterranean University is "in dire trouble," worries Vice Rector for Student Affairs Samil Ergodan and Senior Advisor to the Rector Johann Pillai. Beset by labor strife, empty "government" funding commitments, and cronyism at home, the "TRNC's state" univ [...]
2007-02-02 15:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU
07NICOSIA135CYPRUS - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE NOMINATION
[...] Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.gov, [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY
07NICOSIA146BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 15:14:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA151BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent roll-out of a Greek-drafted history textbook containing a "nationalistically" incorrect and too-short Cyprus section has sparked protests in Nicosia and prompted demands that the government draft its own texts instead of relying on mother Greece's. In the meantime, th [...]
2007-02-21 05:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALOEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA519POSITIVE REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT; SIDES FOCUSED ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a refreshing change from prior years, Cypriots on both sides of the Buffer Zone reacted constructively to the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report. Authorities, faced with a fair and factual report (and ranking),publicly admitted the need to combat trafficking in persons [...]
2007-06-18 09:38:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO
07NICOSIA57MINISTER'S DEATH MAY HARM BILAT COOPERATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education and Culture Pefkios Georgiades, a childhood friend of RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, died suddenly January 17 from cardiac arrest; he was 72. An internationally renowned architect whose works are prominent in Nicosia, Georgiades, a former participant i [...]
2007-01-18 15:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO OEXC CY
07NICOSIA665GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] The following is in response to reftel regarding request for information on PD support gaps and the management burden of all grant awards. 2. ICASS Support: The PA section receives excellent support in PD budget planning and execution, IRM system management, HR matters, financial managemen [...]
2007-08-14 14:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKICA KPAO OIIP AMGT
07NICOSIA700NEW INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO FIGHT TIP
[...] (U) Combatting trafficking in persons ranked amongst his highest priorities, Republic of Cyprus Interior Minister Christos Patsalides, just six weeks in office, informed the Ambassador August 24. Prior experience as a professor of European Union law had made him aware of the international co [...]
2007-08-28 09:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG CY
07NICOSIA71CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT DOES NOT HAVE IRAN-FOCUSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 05:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL CY PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR
07NICOSIA843CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Eleni ("Elena") Pissaridou for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Pissaridou is the Director of STIGMA, the Organization for the Care of Vi [...]
2007-10-19 10:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PREL PHUM CY
07OSLO1007WIREC MINISTERIAL DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 14:36:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07OSLO1099PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION?
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]
2007-11-08 15:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO295UN DEMOCRACY FUNDED PROJECT: OSLO GOVERNANCE CENTRE
[...] Summary. Per Ref A, on March 26 we spoke with Director of the Oslo Governance Centre Bjoern Foedre regarding the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDF) project, Communication for Empowerment. The project is not a Norwegian government initiative, and only has recently begun. End Summary. 2 [...]
2007-03-27 12:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL OIIP NO KDEM KPAO UN NGO
07OTTAWA760LOW KEY RECOGNITION FOR AFRICA MALARIA DAY IN
[...] Foreign Ministry officials advised that Canada planned no nationwide public events for Africa Malaria Day beyond an April 17 announcement by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) of a C$20 million (from the FY 2007 budget) donation to the Canadian Red Cross for bednets in Africa [...]
2007-04-26 18:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID KPAO CA
07PANAMA1410PANAMA: NONPROLIFERATION DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 18:55:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP UNSC ID SF PM
07PANAMA1532GUTIERREZ DELIVERS POSITIVE TPA MESSAGE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Panama September 12-13 with a strong message on the benefits of a TPA for Panama and the U.S. Alluding to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) elevation to National Assembly presidency, Secretary Gutierrez also made clear in all his public a [...]
2007-09-14 23:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD KPAO PGOV OVIP PM
07PANAMA230PANAMA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy Panama is pleased to nominate Angelica Maytin for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Biographical information and justification statement for Ms. Maytin follow: Name: Angelica Maytin Justiniani Title: [...]
2007-02-14 21:09:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO PM
07PANAMA524PANAMA: UNDEF PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (U) Panama's United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project is ready to launch pending disbursement of the grant funds, Foundation for the Development of Civil Liberties Executive Director Angelica Maytin told Poloff on April 3. The two-year project to develop a public corruption risk index wo [...]
2007-04-09 21:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UNAUS NGO PM
07PANAMA996PANAMA: FM SATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) "The 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report does not look too different from last year's report. That is good to see," said First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis after Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 11. Ambassador noted the report acknowledged positive [...]
2007-06-13 16:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO PM
07PARAMARIBO393RHYTHM ROAD REQUEST: OCTOBER 18-20 OR NOVEMBER 1-3
[...] Post is delighted to accept ECA/PE/C/CU offer for an American Music Abroad - Rhythm Road stop in Suriname and looks forward to an excellent opportunity to reach out in particular to youth. The hip-hop format will be especially attractive for target audiences and the large "Afro-Sranan" or "C [...]
2007-07-27 13:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
07PARAMARIBO467RESPONSE TO GRANTS ADMINISTATION AND SUPPORT FOR
[...] The following responses are keyed to reftel, paragraph 3: a) No. Generally, Post receives about $35,000 a year in grants, which fall into three categories: Ambassador's small grants program, Ambassador's HIV/AIDS fund, and Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. b) No. c) Yes. [...]
2007-08-31 19:03:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KICA KPAO NS
07PARAMARIBO491SURINAME: WIREC 2008 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENGR EPET TRG KPAO NS
07PARAMARIBO556RHYTHM ROAD REQUEST: FEBRUARY 20-25 OR FEBRUARY
[...] Post is delighted by the ECA/PD/C/Cu offer for an American Music Abroad - Rhythm Road stop in Suriname and looks forward to an excellent opportunity to continue the vibrant music outreach program at Post. This presentation fits our MSP goal of mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect co [...]
2007-10-24 19:52:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
07PARAMARIBO602DECLINE: COMMEMORATION OF GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] (U) Post thanks the department for the opportunity to suggest participatory activities in commemorating the "great white fleet," but declines the offer to participate in related public diplomacy events at this time. 2. (U) Post discussed the "Great White Fleet" commemoration at the cou [...]
2007-11-21 19:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NS
07PARIS1 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE;
[...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]
2007-01-03 05:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1027WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PRESIDENT BUSH IN LATIN AMERICA;
[...] (SBU) In a week dominated by President Chirac's address to the nation (March 11),domestic politics led the national agenda, whether questions about Chirac's legacy, centrist presidential candidate Bayrou's rise in the polls, or the essence of French identity. On the international front, Presi [...]
2007-03-16 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1034EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...]
2007-03-16 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU
07PARIS1146WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR
[...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...]
2007-03-23 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS150 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...]
2007-01-12 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1585MAIN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGRICULTURE PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the farm population makes up less than 4 percent of the French electorate it's political influence has been, during the tenure of President Chirac, disproportionately strong. In this Presidential campaign, the agricultural policies of the main candidates have not been a [...]
2007-04-19 14:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS218 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...]
2007-01-19 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS2224FRANCE'S NEW RESEARCH MINISTER TO REFORM UNIVERSITIES
[...] Summary: On May 18, parliamentarian and spokesperson for France's center right UMP party, Valerie Pecresse, was appointed as a full minister for Higher Education and Research in the new Sarkozy government. (In the previous government a 'junior' minister held the same portfolio.) Pecresse will [...]
2007-05-30 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV PINR KPAO FR
07PARIS2485FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...]
2007-06-08 16:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR
07PARIS254UNESCO - FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH'S UNESCO ROUNDTABLE ON
[...] Summary. On January 15, 2007, Ambassador Oliver moderated a Roundtable at UNESCO hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and Director General Matsuura on the topic, "Teacher Training and Literacy". The purpose of this roundtable was to highlight the First Lady's role as Honorary Ambassador for the UN [...]
2007-01-22 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL KPAO
07PARIS306ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...]
2007-01-25 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG
07PARIS317 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE, STATE
[...] (SBU) The Lebanon Donors' Conference, held in Paris in the presence of Secretary Rice and Lebanese PM Siniora, received a fair amount of coverage and gave President Chirac personally a publicity boost in France, while the rioting prior to Siniora's departure from Beirut elicited commentary on L [...]
2007-01-26 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS3414SARKOZY'S SHAKE-UP OF FRENCH PUBLIC BROADCASTING
[...] (SBU) French public radio and television, long a stable and dominant force in the French media scene, looks set to make some changes in the coming year. We expect these changes will leave it with a leaner management structure and with at least some overlapping functions eliminated in an effort [...]
2007-08-14 15:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO OPRC FR
07PARIS3480FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to both the Strategic Affairs/ Non-proliferation and the United Nations bureaus at the French MFA. Our interlocuters were unfamiliar with the South African and Ind [...]
2007-08-21 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ID KNNP PREL PTER SF KPAO
07PARIS3663NEAR-TERM ANTI AL-QAIDA COMMUNICATION ACTIONS
[...] This is Embassy Paris Anti Al-Qaida Communication Plan (ACAP) report number 1, as tasked reftel A. Task 1 (Encouraging French CT Internet effort) No activities to report. Task 2 (Support to surrogates, "credible voices") Post currently provides small PA program grants to French NGOs [...]
2007-09-04 18:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER OIIP KPAO FR
07PARIS422 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...]
2007-02-02 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS4311OUTREACH TO WOMEN LEADERS IN FRANCE
[...] October 10-12, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli conducted outreach to women leaders at the Deauville Women's Economic Forum and in Paris, reaching audiences from leaders in French politics to women social workers in underserved areas [...]
2007-10-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL FR PHUM
07PARIS4352PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...]
2007-10-25 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR
07PARIS4634TV COOP HIGHLIGHTS FRENCH GOSPEL SINGER IN THE UNITED
[...] (SBU) Based on a proposal from APP Lille and with funding from PA, regional television affiliate France 3 Nord-Picardie produced a twenty-six minute magazine feature on Sabrina Adel, a young musician of Muslim origin whose lifelong dream was to study American gospel music in the U.S. France 3 [...]
2007-12-04 16:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC KPAO SCUL FR
07PARIS499FRANCE TV COOP
[...] France 3, a regional state television channel, will send a team led by Serge Guynier, anchor for France 3's Aquitaine news shows, who has extensive experience in the U.S. and speaks fluent English. He will be assisted by Thierry Julien and Jean Marc Ceccaldi. They will focus on the following [...]
2007-02-08 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP KPAO FR
07PARIS538 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...]
2007-02-09 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS598USUNESCO: INDIAN RESOLUTION ON RUMI INVOLVES US, IRAN,
[...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission was invited by the Indian delegation to a preview of a film by the Indian Film Director Muzaffar Ali on the prose of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi, 12th century writer and mystic. In [...]
2007-02-15 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO KPAO PREL
07PARIS627 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]
2007-02-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS633FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE
[...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...]
2007-02-16 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS701WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS702WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS703NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS722 FY 2007 NOMINATION FOR USUNESCO VOLUNTARY VISITOR AURORA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 05:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
07PARIS723 FY 2007 NOMINATION OF MOKTAR GAOUAD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 05:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
07PARIS807WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?;
[...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS917WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING
[...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...]
2007-03-09 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PHNOMPENH682BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]
2007-05-17 03:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PODGORICA1MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006
[...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...]
2007-01-03 14:47:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
07PODGORICA33MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JANUARY 2007
[...] THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES WERE EUROS 582.3 MILLION, YIELDING A SURPLUS OF EUROS 34.6 MILLION. A SURPLUS OF ONE MILLION EUROS WAS PLANNED. RECEIPTS WERE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, DRIVEN BY VAT RECEIPTS WHICH WERE 36 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN 2005 [...]
2007-02-13 14:50:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KPAO PGOV MW EIND ETRD
07PODGORICA46MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING
[...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...]
2007-02-27 16:04:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR
07PORTAUPRINCE1715HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" 2008 NOMINEE
[...] Per reftel, Post nominates Marilyn Allien, founder of the Haiti Legacy Foundation, for the Seretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Biographical information and justification for award selection: Full legal name of nominee: Marilyn B. Allien Job title/associ [...]
2007-10-24 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1202EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 19:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PORTOFSPAIN820T&T ENCOURAGED BY WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's participant at the July 9 White House Conference on the Americas was enthusiastic about the conference as a morale boost and supported the idea of more regionally-based or subject-specific events in the future. T&T along with other Caribbean countries would bene [...]
2007-08-14 17:46:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM KPAO TD
07PRAGUE1276CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS
07PRAGUE45CZECHS WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. "AS MUCH AS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Czech efforts to promote human rights and democracy in Iran are limited primarily to support for Radio Farda, an annual scholarship, a few internships, and humanitarian relief following the Bam earthquake. However, the Deputy Director of the MFA Middle East Department emphasized [...]
2007-01-18 15:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN EZ
07PRETORIA1110ZIMBABWE: QUIET DIPLOMACY GETS (A LITTLE) LOUDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Parliament held an extraordinary debate on Zimbabwe March 28, with opposition parties strongly criticizing the Government's Zimbabwe policy. DepForMin van der Merwe defended the SAG policy, but stated that the GOZ's recent crackdown was a "major cause for concer [...]
2007-03-29 17:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO ZI SF
07PRETORIA3586WASHINGTON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 13:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07PRETORIA3916SOUTH AFRICA PROMISES 100 MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy 100 additional troops to UNAMID by year end and will consider additional specialized contributions after other countries finalize their pledges. The commitment to send additional troops came during President Bashir's November 5-7 official visit to South A [...]
2007-11-08 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR KPAO SF SU
07PRETORIA3995ANALYST OLOJEDE CLAIMS MBEKI LIKELY TO WIN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Analyst Dele Olojede claimed that President Thabo Mbeki has essentially sewn up the nomination as ANC president at the upcoming December 16-20 party conference. Mbeki used the power of the incumbency to sideline his rival Jacob Zuma. According to Olojede, ForMin Nkosazana Dlamin [...]
2007-11-19 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KPAO SF
07PRISTINA161KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...]
2007-03-02 16:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO
07PRISTINA214USOP'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NEWLY RE-ACCREDITED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari,s proposal for Kosovo,s final status calls for the regularization of the university in north Mitrovica as a Kosovar institution of higher learning. On March 11 UNMIK quietly and temporarily extended accreditation to the university. In a March 15 me [...]
2007-03-20 11:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SCUL
07PRISTINA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...]
2007-05-02 16:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI
07PRISTINA685KOSOVO: IDENTIFING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN THE MUSLIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post identifies Kosovo Islamic Community (KIC) leader Mufti Naim Ternava as a credible voice rejecting violence, along with his chief of staff, Ejup Ramadani, and his chief of media relations, Qemajl Morina. The below information is keyed to reftel A. END SUMMARY. INFLUENCE, B [...]
2007-09-14 09:58:00Embassy PristinaSECRET//NOFORNKPAO KV YI
07QUITO559GOE CRITICAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006
[...] (U) Summary: The Correa Government publicly criticized our recently-released human rights report detailing problems in Ecuador, challenging our competency to judge human rights. That said, GOE objections were more muted than last year, under the Palacio Government. Ecuadorian press reaction [...]
2007-03-08 21:53:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO APER PHUM PREL EC
07QUITO642Manta FOL - Request for DOS and DOD Financial Support for
[...] The U.S.-Ecuador agreement to allow U.S. counter narcotics operations to be conducted at the Forward Operating Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Ecuadorian air base in Manta expires in Nov., 2009. President Rafael Correa has publicly stated that he does not intend to renew the agreement. Th [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV SNAR MARR MASS KPAO
07RABAT1180Moroccan journalists detained for publishing confidential
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- Â [...]
2007-07-19 17:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO PGOV
07RABAT1265MAGAZINES SEIZED AND EDITORS CONVOKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Moroccan authorities seized, on orders of PM Jettou, the most recent editions of TelQuel and Nichane, weekly current affairs magazines on August 4 for violating laws that forbid criticism of the mona [...]
2007-08-07 14:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1523SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - COMMENTARY ON CHOICE OF PRIME
[...] (U) The Moroccan print press has commented extensively on King Mohamed VI's September 19 decision to appoint Istiqlal Party Secretary General Abbas El Fassi as the new prime minister. Most of SIPDIS the press, including the partisan, pro-Palace, and more conservative independent press, off [...]
2007-09-25 09:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1698ARABIC TRANSLATION FOR 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO
07RABAT337AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO REMOTE CORNERS OF MOROCCO
[...] Summary: The Ambassador conducted a series of outreach visits across Morocco January 31 - February 7. Taking advantage of the one-week availability of a USG C-12 aircraft, the Ambassador travelled "off the beaten path" to Errachidia, Figuig, and Oujda in the east, Al-Hoceima in the north, and [...]
2007-02-21 09:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KPAO MO
07RABAT742MOROCCO: UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT
[...] (U) Summary: The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is supporting "Promoting Women's Role(s) in the Transitional Justice Process in Morocco" with a $350,000 grant for a two-year period (reftel A). This project is being implemented by UNIFEM North Africa in coordination with the Consultati [...]
2007-04-26 09:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL OIIP MO
07RANGOON1117WIF GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN,S EMPOWERMENT IN
[...] Embassy Rangoon recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for Locally-based Organizations: A. Identifying Information: --------------------------- a) Name of project: Strengthening Women Capacity Empowerment in Kachin State: App [...]
2007-11-19 08:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI BM
07RANGOON184BURMA REGIME WARNS AMERICAN CENTER, BRITISH COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Deputy Director General of Protocol summoned DCMs from the U.S. and U.K. embassies on February 23 to issue a warning about public affairs activities of the embassy's American Center and the British Council. He stated that institutions that teach or provide information to t [...]
2007-02-23 09:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON259INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) In honor of International Women's Day, the Charge d'Affaires held a well-attended afternoon discussion on March 8 with women leaders from the National League for Democracy, the 88 Generation Students, ethnic representatives, and leaders of grass-roots NGOs. The Charge opened the discus [...]
2007-03-12 09:58:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07RANGOON262BURMA: REGIME DETAINS AMERICAN CENTER STUDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: In an aggressive move against our American Center, the regime has detained several of our high-profile students and patrons. A prominent American Center student was detained at Yangon International Airport while departing Burma for the U.S. to participate in a State Department f [...]
2007-03-12 11:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM KPAO OEXC
07RANGOON314FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNS AGAIN ABOUT AMERICAN CENTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: MFA Protocol Deputy Director-General U Soe Win summoned DCM and PAO to the Foreign Ministry on March 28 to reiterate warnings about the American Center activities (reftel). After repeating GOB directives that institutions that teach or provide information to the public must be r [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07RANGOON42BURMA: TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] For translating the 2006 Human Rights Report into the Burmese language, Embassy Rangoon plans to use "Option Two" (ref A). Post understands LS will translate the report after its release and R will provide funds for the translation (ref B). VILLAROSA [...]
2007-01-12 06:09:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO BM
07RANGOON643BURMA REGIME ISSUES ANOTHER WARNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: a senior Foreign Ministry official summoned DCM and Acting PAO to a meeting on July 9 to repeat previous GOB complaints about the activities of the American Center. Unlike previous meetings, which focused on specific events the American Center hosted, this time the GOB criti [...]
2007-07-11 08:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO BM
07REYKJAVIK171ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS BURNS
[...] (SBU) The Mission and I welcome you most warmly to Iceland. Your timing could not be better. The May 12 parliamentary elections strengthened Prime Minister Haarde's mandate to govern. A new Foreign Minister (and unabashedly would-be future PM) is wary of us but open to an exchange of views. [...]
2007-06-13 09:29:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK203Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]
2007-07-13 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK232Grants Support for PD Projects (Iceland)
[...] The Public Affairs Section of Embassy Reykjavik receives excellent administrative support from the Management Section for post's PD programs, including grants. State is the only agency at post, and therefore, PAO signs only PD-related grants. 2. The Management Section provides PD with the [...]
2007-08-09 12:06:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK313Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...]
2007-10-30 17:38:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK335 ICELAND DEMANDS APOLOGY IN DETENTION CASE
[...] THE AMBASSADOR WAS CALLED IN BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GISLADOTTIR ON DECEMBER 13 TO HEAR ICELANDIC CONCERNS REGARDING THE CASE OF ERLA OSK ARNARDOTTIR, WHO WAS DETAINED BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING HER ARRIVAL AT JFK AIRPORT DECEMBER 9 (SEPTEL). SAYING [...]
2007-12-13 18:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK336ICELANDIC TRAVELER DETAINED BY DHS IN NEW YORK CREATES
[...] Summary: Erla Osk Arnardottir, an Icelandic women traveling to New York for holiday shopping, was detained in New York December 9-10 by the Department of Homeland Security for a Visa Waiver Program violation. She was returned to Iceland on the next available flight after spending the night i [...]
2007-12-13 18:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK337ICELAND MEDIA ROUNDUP: MEDIA FIRESTORM OVER DEPORTATION
[...] Summary: The media storm over the deportation of Erla Osk Arnadottir continues on television, radio, and in the newspapers. Arnadottir's account of being shackled and jailed in New Jersey before being deported for her overstay on the visa waiver program in 1995 has created a media frenzy. En [...]
2007-12-14 13:12:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK346 Icelandic Foreign Ministry welcomes DHS letter on
[...] The Ambassador delivered DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker's letter regarding the Erla Osk Arnardottir case to Acting Foreign Minister Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on December 19. (Foreign Minister Gisladottir, to whom the letter is addressed, left the country this morning but will be [...]
2007-12-19 12:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE
[...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...]
2007-03-16 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK85 NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...]
2007-03-28 15:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC
07RIGA371BROADWAY IN RIGA - A PUBLIC DILPOMACY SMASH!
[...] SUMMARY: BROADWAY COMPOSER AND LYRICIST STEPHEN SCHWARTZ VISITED RIGA MAY 7-11, 2007, TO PROMOTE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER AS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART FORM. SCHWARTZ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TONY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS DEBBIE GRAVITTE AND BROADWAY PERFORMER SCOTT COULTER, WHO TAUGHT A SERIES OF MASTER C [...]
2007-05-21 04:34:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO PREL LG
07RIGA56LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...]
2007-01-22 06:55:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG
07RIGA787Latvia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008
[...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Anita Ratkevica, social worker and founder of the NGO women's support club "Harmonija." Ms. Ratkevica is pleased to be nominated for the award. Biographical data requested in reftel is below. A. Full Name: Anita Ratkevica [...]
2007-10-22 13:37:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN LG
07RIYADH1659MAJLIS EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS; REQUESTS
[...] (C) PolCouns met with Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council) member Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban recently to discuss the possible participation of Majlis members in the new International Visitor Leadership Program for Saudi regulatory body members, including the Capital Market Authority, C [...]
2007-08-08 10:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SA
07RIYADH1822SAUDI EDITION AL-HAYAT CROSSES THE LINE, GETS
[...] (C) Summary: According to KSA's most influential newspaper editor, Turki Al-Sudairi, Al-Hayat has been shut down for three days for implying a connection between respected religious scholars and a Saudi university, and Al-Qaeda Iraq in a Monday, August 27 article. While an unusual shut-down [...]
2007-08-29 15:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH1981PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN
[...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...]
2007-09-25 13:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA
07RIYADH2024SAUDI WOMEN PETITION KING ABDULLAH FOR RIGHT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported that on Saudi National Day, September 23, Saudi women activists submitted a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The Committee of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive, a component of the newly formed Socie [...]
2007-10-01 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH2034ANOTHER "HOLY" PEACE AGREEMENT IGNORED: SOMALIS
[...] (U) In one of dozens of attempts to end the sixteen-year civil war, Somali leaders signed a peace agreement on September 16 in the presence of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan during the final session of the Somali reconciliation conference in Jeddah. The reconciliation conference was i [...]
2007-10-02 09:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO XW SO SA
07RIYADH2049SAUDI,S GRAND MUFTI DISCOURAGES SAUDI YOUTH FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Saudi press gave extensive coverage to an October 1 sermon given by Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed al-Asheikh, Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warning young "zealous" Saudis against traveling abroad under the pretext of jihad. Furthermore, he cautioned Muslims agains [...]
2007-10-03 14:51:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2080MORE SUPPORT FOR GRAND MUFTI'S FATWA DISCOURAGING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Commentary from the Saudi press on the October 1 sermon of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammed Al-Asheikh, the most senior Wahhabi cleric and the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, continues to be strongly positive. Saudi Islamic scholars and officials are voicing full suppor [...]
2007-10-10 13:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL KPAO SA
07RIYADH2085UPDATED DEMOCRACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) Per Ref A request, this constitutes Post's updated strategy for supporting reform in Saudi Arabia. To bolster and advance reform in Saudi Arabia, we need to assist the Majlis Al-Shoura and municipal councils in efforts to expand their role to include oversight, increase independence, and [...]
2007-10-10 15:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2096FUROR OVER THE CASE OF SAUDI NATIONAL HOMAIDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Al-Arabiya aired a two-part investigative program in early September regarding Saudi national Homaidan al-Turki, who was sentenced by a Colorado court in August 2006 to 28 years to life for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid (ref A). The program featured interviews with offi [...]
2007-10-12 14:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH2105SAUDI ARABIA: NOMINATION OF PRINCESS LOULWA AL
[...] (U) Post is pleased to nominate Princess Loulwa Al Faisal for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Princess Loulwa is the daughter of the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz and Queen Effat Al Thunayaan, as well as the sister of Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal. She is [...]
2007-10-18 12:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO LE
07RIYADH22FOLLOW UP ON AL MANAR AND AL AKSA TELEVISION; ARMS
[...] (C) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to follow up on several demarches delivered during the Hajj and 'Eid holiday. Charge' asked for the SAG's support in discontinuing broadcasts of Al Manar television on Arabsat, as well as [...]
2007-01-08 11:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID PARM KPAO ASEC KPAL LE SA
07RIYADH397DECEMBER 2006 MEETING OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 10:15:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH507SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT
[...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]
2007-03-13 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH580FORCED DIVORCE: A NEW PHENOMENON IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported on March 11 that the Ministry of Justice has formed a committee to investigate the growing number of "forced" divorces in the Kingdom. Saudi poet and activist Nimah Nawwab is one of several women who have raised the visibility of this issue in the press t [...]
2007-03-24 10:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL KWMN KPAO SA
07ROME1789ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Acting PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Office Director Filippo Formica and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini August 22. A/PolMinCouns explained that South African and Indonesian efforts to prevent the internet posting of country ma [...]
2007-08-22 11:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT
07ROME1800ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 10:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT
07ROME2166IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES: MISSION ITALY RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is Mission Italy's response to reftels. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Rome is providing these carefully vetted names -- individuals who are already well known and who have taken public stands in favor of moderation or against extremism. The individuals named below are well-known pro-wes [...]
2007-10-11 14:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SCUL SOCI IT
07SANAA1142DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ARABSAT BROADCAST OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 11:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1352EAST AFRICA REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE IVLP
[...] This cable has been cleared by US Embassies Addis Ababa, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, and Sana'a. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Embassies Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Port Louis request the crea [...]
2007-07-17 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KSEP OEXC PHUM PREF PTER SCUL YM
07SANJOSE1823MEDIA COVERAGE OF CAFTA CAMPAIGN AND
[...] SUMMARY: Over the past two months, the Ambassador's visits to Costa Rican businesses affected by international trade generated significant media coverage and a variety of reactions, including a complaint filed by anti- CAFTA union leaders to the Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE),septel. Meanw [...]
2007-10-05 23:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PGOV PREL KPAO CS
07SANJOSE1829RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] PolOff hand delivered a copy of the 2007 Costa Rica Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Viviana Tinoco, Human Rights Director of the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA, [...]
2007-10-10 22:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS KDEM KIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM SOCI
07SANJOSE1830COSTA RICA MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON
[...] Per reftel, PolOff met on October 5 with Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Julio Matamoros, Vice Minister of Energy (MINAE) and secured a tentative list of attendees to the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy [...]
2007-10-10 22:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS EAID ENRG KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY
07SANJOSE553 COSTA RICA: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT
[...] On March 12, Poloff, Cultural Affairs Officer, and foreign service national met with Maria Eugenia Bujanda of the Omar Dengo Foundation (FOD),the Costa Rican UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) grantee. FOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to national development through improvements and innovat [...]
2007-03-20 22:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL CS
07SANSALVADOR1628EL SALVADOR: EVALUATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post met with the three Salvadoran participants in the White House Conference on the Americas--Claudia Umana, Director of the Legal Studies Department of FUSADES (Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development),Jose Leon Bonilla, Executive Director of CLUSA (Coopera [...]
2007-08-20 22:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM KPAO ES
07SANSALVADOR2297EL SALVADOR: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND POLICY SUPPORT
[...] (U) Summary: A U.S. Navy ship visit to El Salvador under the auspices of the upcoming commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet circumnavigating the globe would offer Embassy San Salvador significant public diplomacy and policy support opportunities. As such, mission hop [...]
2007-11-19 16:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KPAO MASS MOPS PREL
07SANTIAGO1MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] On January 3, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Saddam Hussein: A Bad Solution" ("Peor que el fondo") Quote: "Almost 60 years after the Nuremburg process took place, the same impossibility of having a truly exemplary justi [...]
2007-01-03 16:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO10MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Iran Sanctions." Quote: 2. "The U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 1737.... The crisis between the international community and Iran has deepened due to (Iran's) nuclea [...]
2007-01-04 15:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO104MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On January 18, Megavision's morning news program featured a commentary by international pundit Libardo Buitrago on Iran's President Ahmadinejad to Latin America. He said, "He is a very controversial President of a Muslim, religious, Shiite nation.... He has a particular relationship with Hugo [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO108MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] On January 19, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried an opinion column by international pundit Raul Sohr entitled "Chile Humiliates Itself Before the World." Quote: "Once again Chile postponed the ratification of the International Criminal Court... The [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO109MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
[...] On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Mercosur's Failed Promise." Quote: "For a long time Mercosur has seemed more a place for political gathering than a trade pact. But the bloc's ongoing Summit has made clear the extent (to which [...]
2007-01-19 16:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
07SANTIAGO1098MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 18:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
07SANTIAGO11MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried a column by international analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "Iraq: The World is Waiting." Quote: 2. "Since my early studies of Political Science I have admired the values chosen by the America [...]
2007-01-04 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO1112MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA
[...] On July 14, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) ran an editorial entitled, "The U.S. and Latin America: A Strategic Relation." Quote: 2. "In recent days several high-ranking U.S. government officials have visited several countries in Latin America, including Chile. [...]
2007-07-17 19:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
07SANTIAGO125MEDIA REACTION - ECUADOR, CORREA PRESIDENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 19:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO EC CI
07SANTIAGO127MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 19:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
07SANTIAGO130MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
[...] On January 22, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Risks in Bolivia." Quote: "Morales' means of advancing his controversial electoral promises are preventing him from capitalizing on the auspicious conditions under which he [...]
2007-01-23 12:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1314CHILEAN DAILIES HYPE NUCLEAR AND CLEAN ENERGY AS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's most prominent dailies claim energy will be the top agenda item of the next U.S. Ambassador. "La Tercera" declared that the nomination of Paul Simons -- EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities -- represents a decision to elevate energy to a U.S. foreign policy pr [...]
2007-08-10 21:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO132MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
07SANTIAGO1327MEDIA REPORT - POSITIVE COVERAGE OF U.S.-CHILE SCHOLARSHIP
[...] SUMMARY: The Chilean media gave wide coverage to the announcement by Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Foxley in Washington that 100 Chilean Ph.D. students will receive scholarships to advance their studies in U.S. universities under a new educational program. The local press highlighted th [...]
2007-08-13 22:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO1336MEDIA REPORT - EDITORIAL ON U.S.-CHILE SCHOLARSHIP
[...] On August 14, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Educational Cooperation." Full translation follows: 2. "The university scholarships agreement signed by Minister Foxley and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice represent [...]
2007-08-14 21:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
07SANTIAGO1355MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' PROPOSALS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] On August 17, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried a column by international analyst Raul Sohr entitled "Chavez on the Offensive." Quote: 2. "A seven-year presidential term with the possibility of immediate reelection -- as easy as that," concluded Ven [...]
2007-08-20 12:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1368MEDIA REPORT - EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS' VISIT TO
[...] Summary: Press coverage of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' visit has been extremely positive. All dailies highlighted the visit with references to the new Ph.D. Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program, which Secretary Rice signed in Washington on August 8. Influential "El Mercurio" [...]
2007-08-21 18:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO1383MEDIA REPORT - EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS IN CHILE
[...] Summary: For a second consecutive day, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings received positive press coverage on her visit to Chile. The media reported about her keynote speech to members of the private sector and her meetings with Chilean university presidents and students. TV Channel 13 [...]
2007-08-22 22:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO1392SECRETARY SPELLINGS AND CHILEAN EDUCATION MINISTER LOOK TO
[...] SUMMARY: Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and State Department DAS for Academic Programs Thomas Farrell discussed the new U.S.-Chile Equal Opportunities Scholarship Program with Education Minister Yasna Provoste, encouraging the GOC to widely publicize it to talented Chile [...]
2007-08-24 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI CI
07SANTIAGO1404EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS, ECA DAS FARRELL AND
[...] SUMMARY: During their August 18-21 program in Chile, Secretary of Education Spellings and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs Farrell, with eight U.S. university presidents, met with Chile's top university administrators, students, business and industry leaders, and alumn [...]
2007-08-27 21:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI CI
07SANTIAGO142MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA MILITARY PURCHASES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 11:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV CI VE
07SANTIAGO1421MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL INFLUENCE
[...] On August 29, conservative, independent, "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an op-ed by Bolivian analyst Sergio Molina entitled "To bed with Chavez or Bush?" Excerpts follow: 2. "Will Latin Americans accept a horse with teeth like those tins cans distributed in Pisco (Peru),bribes of the Bol [...]
2007-08-29 19:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO147MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
[...] On January 25, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Climate Change and the Global Agenda." Quotes: "Yesterday and the day before, there were two signals... that global warming has become a priority in the global agenda. On Tuesday night in the [...]
2007-01-25 17:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
07SANTIAGO1501MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHILE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 13:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
07SANTIAGO153MEDIA REACTION: CHILEANS CRITICAL OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION
[...] On January 29, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried a column by Raul Sohr entitled, "Chileans Condemn Bush." Quote: 2. "The majority of Americans and the rest of the world condemn Bush's policies.... The BBC commissioned a survey in 25 countries... [...]
2007-01-29 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
07SANTIAGO1537MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY AND GLOBAL MARKETS
[...] September 21, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio," carried the editorial "International Economic Ups and Downs." Quotes follow: 2. "The drop in home sales and the price of real estate in the United States has been a strong blow for global financial markets.... Th [...]
2007-09-21 18:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO ECON CI
07SANTIAGO165MEDIA REACTION - DAVOS SUMMIT
[...] On July 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an editorial entitled "Davos and the World Economic Forum." Quote: 2. "The recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos is a clear example that the international community recognizes increasingly that there is an array [...]
2007-01-30 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO170MEDIA REACTION - JUDICIAL RULING ON PIRACY
[...] On January 31, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Piracy and Tax Crimes." Quotes: 2. "The Supreme Court upheld the Tax Revenue System's (SII, in Spanish) reasoning and sentenced a salesman not just for piracy, but als [...]
2007-02-01 12:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO1708MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: PROSPECTS FOR ARAB/ISRAELI
[...] On October 20, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sat. circ. 173,049) published the following editorial: "US Diplomacy: Back to the Middle East." Quote: 2. "It is a surprise that the White House took so long to launch an aggressive diplomacy to try to resolve the [...]
2007-10-22 16:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO1717MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S REGIONAL INFLUENCE
[...] On October 21, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried a column by Andres Oppenheimer entitled "Hugo Chavez' Project in the Continent." Quote: 2. "It is no mystery that Hugo Chavez...wants to destabilize Latin American countries that have go [...]
2007-10-22 19:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO173MEDIA REACTION - DAVOS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] On February 1, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried a column by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "Bush, Davos, and Climate Change." Quotes: 2. "This week two events occurred that strengthen the theory that global warming [...]
2007-02-01 14:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO1742MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH ON CUBA
[...] On October 25, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an article headlined, "Bush makes unprecedented call on Cuba's military." The article highlights Presidents Bush's call for Cubans to "rise peacefully" against the government of Fidel and Rau [...]
2007-10-25 15:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
07SANTIAGO177MEDIA REACTION - LULA, KIRCHNER, AND CHAVEZ
[...] On January 31, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried a column by Venezuelan political analyst Alberto Garrido entitled, "Lula and Kirchner's 'Warning' to Chavez." 2. "The leak to the press of an alleged warning from Lula (da Silva) and (Nestor) Kirchner to [...]
2007-02-01 20:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE BL NU CU EC CI
07SANTIAGO1826MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT
[...] Summary: The verbal flap between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dominated news about the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago. Foreign Minister Foxley's public statements after the Summit reflected the GOC's discontent with Chavez, emphasizing the need for tolera [...]
2007-11-14 11:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1846MEDIA REACTION - IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT AFTERMATH
[...] Summary: The Chilean press continues to collect opinions among experts and international commentators about the impact of the clash between the King of Spain and Chavez. The overall consensus is that Chavez' primary goal is to disrupt relations among nations in the region to his own advantag [...]
2007-11-20 10:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO1859MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM - DVC WITH
[...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador Greg Schulte, briefed via Digital Video Conference (DVC) Chilean TV and radio commentators, think tank analysts, and university academics on the danger of Iran's nuclear program and the need for Iranian complian [...]
2007-11-23 10:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PREL PGOV OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO1870MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA
[...] On November 27, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Bolivia and the Threat of a Permanent Crisis." 2. The violence in the streets of Sucre these past days is a reflection of the deep historical divisions in Bolivian society. Bolivia is not j [...]
2007-11-27 18:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
07SANTIAGO199MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN
[...] On February 3, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) carried an editorial entitled "The Strategy that the Conflict in Iraq Calls For." Quote: 2. "It is clear that the original U.S. goal to make post-Hussein Iraq the center from which to expand democratic values is no [...]
2007-02-05 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO20MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 15:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
07SANTIAGO201MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WARMING
[...] On February 4, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sun. circ. 222,084) carried an editorial by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled "Global Warming Divides the United States." Quote: "In his recent State of the Union Address, President Bush for the first time spoke about climate change.... It i [...]
2007-02-06 11:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KSTC KTIA CI
07SANTIAGO202AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO FORMER TORTURE CENTER WELL RECEIVED
[...] Summary: An unpublicized visit by Ambassador Kelly to Villa Grimaldi -- a Pinochet-era torture center (now a memorial park) -- received favorable media attention and commentary. The certified guide of the site (a Villa Grimaldi survivor) praised the Ambassador for taking the initiative, and [...]
2007-02-06 13:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI
07SANTIAGO211MEDIA REACTION - IPR AND THE U.S.-CHILE FTA
[...] On February 6, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried a column by University of Chile law professor Gabriel Zaliasnik. The article failed to note that Zaliansnik also is the attorney for Chile's association of local pharmaceutical companies. Quote: 2. "In the pas [...]
2007-02-07 11:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR ETRD CI
07SANTIAGO279MEDIA REACTION - DISARMING NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On February 16, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried a column by international analyst Raul Sohr entitled, "Winds of Peace in North Korea." Quotes: 2. "Bad peace is worth more than a good war and that is what the west, led by the United States, has acc [...]
2007-02-16 15:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI KN
07SANTIAGO296MEDIA REACTION - PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI
[...] Conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record El Mercurio (Sat. circ. 173,049, 2/17) ran an op-ed by former Army Commander-in-Chief and current Director of the International Studies Center of the Catholic University Juan Emilio Cheyre entitled, "Haiti: The Imperative Not To Fail." Excerpts [...]
2007-02-20 19:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV HA CI
07SANTIAGO337MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 14:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO338MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 18:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO348MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN
[...] On February 28, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by Gabriela Mistral University assistant dean Ricardo Riesco, entitled, "Failing in Iraq Would be a Disaster." Quote: 2. "The collapse that characterizes any territorial fragmentation could have very [...]
2007-02-28 18:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO363MEDIA REACTION - ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] On March 2, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an op-ed by Juan Emilio Cheyre, director of the Catholic University's International Studies Center, entitled, "Demanding Results in Haiti." Quote: 2. "The commitments assumed in Haiti need to show results.... We shou [...]
2007-03-02 18:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA
07SANTIAGO384MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 16:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO402MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] On March 8, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried a column by political scientist Boris Yopo entitled "Bush in Latin America." Quote: "President Bush's trip to Latin American is related to the global, regional, and domestic problems he is facing globally, regionally, [...]
2007-03-08 19:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO408MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO418MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN TIES WITH VENEZUELA
[...] On March 11, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried an editorial entitled "Iran's Diplomacy in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Iran is actively engaged with the President of Venezuela to increase its influence in Latin America.... An eventual [...]
2007-03-13 13:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO441MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] Summary: Wrap-up coverage of the President's trip to Latin America had an underlying negative tone in Chile. Words such as "no evident success," "cosmetic impact," "no significant assistance," are mentioned. However, the bio-fuel agreement signed with Brazil is identified as a success. End [...]
2007-03-16 12:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO448MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] On March 16, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran a positive editorial about President Bush's trip to Latin America entitled "The Other America." Quote: 2. "Bush reached an understanding with governments both on the left and right and was well re [...]
2007-03-16 22:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO461MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 16:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO48MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
[...] On January 10, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Venezuela and Twenty-First Century Socialism." Quote: 2. "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has clearly shown his intention of deepening what he calls 'Twenty-First Century Sociali [...]
2007-01-10 18:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO55MEDIA REACTION - CHILE AND THE PRIORITY WATCH LIST
[...] Summary: Adding Chile to the "Priority Watch List" on January 8 for its deteriorating protection of intellectual property received widespread media coverage. The GOC expressed disappointment and frustration with Chile's placement on the list, claiming that Chile has gone to great lengths to [...]
2007-01-12 12:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR ECON PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO562SPORTS DIPLOMACY: TENNIS HERO ANDRE AGASSI BIG HIT IN CHILE
[...] SUMMARY: American tennis legend Andre Agassi generated good will and a media frenzy throughout his March 29-31 visit to Chile. In Santiago for an exhibition match, Agassi participated in clinics for Chile's promising young competitors and disadvantaged players. Headlines called him a true "ge [...]
2007-04-05 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV OVIP CI
07SANTIAGO57MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
[...] On January 11, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an opinion column by international analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "The Conscience of the Global Left." Quote: 2. "OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza should not feel bad for becomin [...]
2007-01-12 13:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO590MEDIA REPORT - PROMOTING CHILE'S SUCCESS AND A MORE ACTIVE
[...] Summary: In separate interviews, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley emphasized that Chile is an example of political, economic, and social success in Latin America, but that Chileans fail to recognize the scope of these accomplishment [...]
2007-04-11 17:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV MX CI
07SANTIAGO619MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S CRITICISM OF CHILEAN SENATE
[...] Summary: Last week the Senate voted to urge President Bachelet to complain at the OAS over Venezuela's decision to cancel the concession of an independent TV broadcast station. President Hugo Chavez reacted saying that Chile's Senate was "dominated by the same fascists that supported coups a [...]
2007-04-17 15:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO624MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ, CHILE, AND BACHELET
[...] On April 17, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an editorial entitled "Problems with Venezuela." Quotes: "The new diplomatic impasse in which Chile finds itself due to President Hugo Chavez's statements against the Chilean Senate...confirms how imprudent it wou [...]
2007-04-17 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO629MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ, CHILE, AND BACHELET
[...] On April 17, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an editorial entitled "Problems with Venezuela." Quotes: "The new diplomatic impasse in which Chile finds itself due to President Hugo Chavez's statements against the Chilean Senate...confirms how imprudent it wou [...]
2007-04-17 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KIPR PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO635MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On April 18, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial by political scientist Boris Yopo entitled "The United States and the Threat of War with Iran." Quotes: 2. "Iran's intentions are clear. It wants...the international community to recognize its status a [...]
2007-04-18 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO683MEDIA REACTION - DANGERS OF IPR PIRACY IN CHILE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR ETRD CI
07SANTIAGO686MEDIA REACTION - POSITIVE COVERAGE OF WHA A/S SHANNON'S
[...] Summary: Santiago dailies gave prominent coverage to WHA A/S Thomas Shannon at a press roundtable on April 26. The press highlighted his remarks about Chile's ability to promote dialogue and cooperation, "build bridges" in the region, and its linkages to other economies in Asia and North Ame [...]
2007-04-26 21:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV ETRD CI
07SANTIAGO70MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S REGIONAL AND
[...] On January 12, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an editorial entitled "Irreconcilable Positions." Quote: "The Governments of Venezuela and Bolivia have adopted similar political projects inspired in the Cuban model. But while Caraca [...]
2007-01-12 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE BL NU CI
07SANTIAGO72MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO797MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA NEEDS U.S. SUPPORT AND FTA
[...] On July 15, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Democratic Security." Quote: 2. "The President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, has had a dramatic increase in popularity... in spite of accusations of ties between members [...]
2007-05-16 11:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SNAR KCRM KPAO PINR KMDR CO CI
07SANTIAGO828MEDIA REACTION - WORLD BANK PRESIDENT AND HIS ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] On May 18, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 4,200) carried an editorial by international analyst Raul Sohr entitled "The Unacceptable Wolfowitz." Quotes follow: 2. "Wolfowitz...is largely responsible for the invasion of Iraq... and in Washington he is known for h [...]
2007-05-18 19:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
07SANTIAGO848MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL EFFORTS
[...] On May 23, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Grupo de Diarios America is exploring...the phenomenon of Chavez' penetration in Latin America. From the abundant information gathered we [...]
2007-05-24 11:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO85MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO859CHILEAN MEDIA VIGILANT ABOUT RCTV CLOSURE
[...] SUMMARY: Chilean media coverage of the upcoming cancellation of Radio Caracas TV's concession has increased noticeably in recent weeks. While the GOC has not commented publicly on the RCTV issue, newspaper editorials have argued against Chavez's undemocratic actions and interference in the re [...]
2007-05-25 22:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO87MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] On January 17, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an editorial entitled "Uncertainty Over ICC Vote." Quote: "The constitutional reform that would allow the Chilean State to acknowledge the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction faces new [...]
2007-01-17 19:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
07SANTIAGO870CHILEAN MEDIA CRITICAL OF RCTV CLOSURE
[...] SUMMARY: Chilean dailies gave prominent coverage to the closing of RCTV in Venezuela, including critical editorials in influential El Mercurio and conservative La Tercera. With the exception of one Socialist Party Senator, leading political figures expressed opposition to Chavez's efforts to [...]
2007-05-29 21:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO887YOSEMITE-TORRES DEL PAINE SISTER PARK PARTNERSHIP
[...] SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission on Science and Technology (JCM) on May 10, a partnership between Yosemite National Park in California and Torres del Paine (TDP) in southern Chile was signed, the first of its kind between a U.S. and Chilean park. The partnership ha [...]
2007-05-31 18:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO OIIP PREL CI
07SANTIAGO910MEDIA REACTION: RCTV CLOSURE AND THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Summary: Santiago's most influential dailies ran editorials criticizing the lack of a strong stance against Chavez' decision to close RCTV, notably by the OAS and other countries. Influential "El Mercurio" highlighted that the United States has been the only country to firmly oppose Venezuela [...]
2007-06-06 17:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO939MEDIA REACTION: CRITICAL OP-EDS ON OAS REACTION TO RCTV
[...] Newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000, 6/8) carried a column by Andres Oppenheimer entitled, "The Sad Spectacle of Cowardice Among Democracies." Quote: 2. "The silence of the majority of Latin American countries in the OAS on the closing of Venezuela's oldest television station [...]
2007-06-11 21:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC KIPR PGOV CI
07SANTIAGO95MEDIA REACTION -EAST ASIA: CHINA, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 16:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI CH
07SANTODOMINGO2242SPEAKER EVALUATION: DR. JOHANNA MENDELSON FORMAN
[...] Summary: The below is an evaluation of a recent speaker series held September 17-18 on the development of biofuels and the diversification of energy sources in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. 2. A. Name, date: CSIS Biofuel Speaker from the Center for Strategic and International Stud [...]
2007-10-02 17:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG KPAO
07SANTODOMINGO2260BLOWBACK PREDICTED IF DOMINICAN EXTRADITION
[...] Summary. Accused cop-killer and top-wanted Dominican fugitive Jeffry Alejandro Pena Bencosme remains in custody in New York while fighting extradition to the Dominican Republic. A combination of legal maneuvering and doubts about the Dominican claims have caused the hearing to morph into a " [...]
2007-10-05 15:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN KCRM KPAO KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2459WIREC 2008 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 18:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07SANTODOMINGO2466LIQUID PROPANE GAS TANKER RUNS AGROUND: THREAT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV KPAO DR
07SAOPAULO167UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' SPEECH IN SAO PAULO, FEBRUARY 6,
[...] (U) Summary: In a speech at the new American Studies Center at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP) in Sao Paulo February 6, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns highlighted common challenges and opportunities that Brazil and the U.S. face and called for strengthen [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXP KPAO PREL PGOV SCUL BR
07SAOPAULO301GOB UNVEILS NEW EDUCATION PLAN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
[...] Prominent commentators and politicians have increasingly identified deficiencies in Brazil's public education system as a leading cause of the country's subpar economic performance and its inability to keep pace with other so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) economies. Recent result [...]
2007-04-16 15:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI PGOV ECON KPAO BR
07SAOPAULO895BRAZIL: NOT A MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL PARADISE
[...] (SBU) Discrimination against Afro-Brazilians tarnishes Brazil's international reputation as a tolerant and welcoming country home to hundreds of indigenous groups and immigrants from every corner of the world. In Brazil the issue is extremely divisive with many claiming that racism does not e [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KPAO BR
07SARAJEVO2229BOSNIA - WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION FOR FATA
[...] (U) Post nominates Fata Orlovic as an International Woman of Courage for 2008. For more than 8 years, Ms. Orlovic, a Muslim, has been involved in a political and legal battle with the Government of the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Serb Orthodox Church for the return of property illegally tak [...]
2007-10-19 07:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO2568BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SEEKS CONTROL OF FEDERATION TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political and media contacts allege that Bosniak nationalist parties are conspiring to seek control over the editorial policies of public television. An upcoming vote in Parliament to replace the Bosniak board member for Bosnia-Herzegovina Radio and Television (BHRT) will provi [...]
2007-11-30 12:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO456BOSNIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ VERDICT: FROM
[...] (U) Following weeks of speculation and building up of expectations, the announcement by the International Court of Justice that Serbia and Montenegro were not guilty of genocide during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina provoked immediate reactions across the political spectrum here. [...]
2007-02-26 16:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KJUS BK
07SECTION02OF03EIJING483U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 12:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI283EAST CHINA DISPATCHES, MAY 14, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: In this Dispatch, we learn that Shanghai loves luxury cars, anti-Japanese sentiment still simmers, Internet rumors spread quickly in Shanghai, even migrants dream of making it big on the stock market, information on IPR continues to be welcomed, and some Shanghai youth are passi [...]
2007-05-14 07:37:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH
07SHANGHAI286SHANGHAI EDITORS INCREASE U.S. NEWS COVERAGE AS RESULT OF IV
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 18 lunch hosted by the President of the Shanghai Youth Daily, four senior editors from the paper who had recently returned from an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) reported that they came back from their IVLP trip with overwhelmingly positive views [...]
2007-05-15 07:50:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON OEXC OIIP KPAO CH
07SHANGHAI557SHANGHAI FINANCIAL LEADERS DISCUSS SED
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Chinese financial service company executives, the Strategic EcoQic Dialogue (SED) plays an important and positive role in advancing U.S.-Chinese relations and understanding. While foreign investments in the financial services sector, and the technology, products, a [...]
2007-08-31 11:17:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON PINR KPAO CH
07SINGAPORE2035COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 06:04:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO MARR MASS SN
07SKOPJE845MACEDONIA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) After consulting with members of the country team, Post has identified Xhane Kreshova (Dzane Kresova) as this year's Woman of Courage. Ms. Kreshova has been notified of her nomination. BIO DATA 2. (U) Name of the nominee: Xhane Kreshova In passport: Dzane Kresova Job title/associ [...]
2007-10-19 12:16:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MK
07SOFIA1260NOMINATION FOR ANASTASIA GEORGIEVA MOSER AS A
[...] (U) Post nominates Anastasia Georgieva Moser for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Woman of SIPDIS Courage (IWOC) for her personal sacrifices to advance the democratic process in Bulgaria. Moser emigrated to the U.S. in 1962 to be reunited her father, Georgi M. Di [...]
2007-10-24 15:06:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
07SOFIA185BULGARIA: NO PROGRAMS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 13:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEUN KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL IR BU
07SOFIA377BULGARIA: MISSILE DEFENSE PD STRATEGY
[...] (U) Per Ref A request, Post has designated DCM Alexander Karagiannis as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (U) During the Sofia visit of Admiral Harry Ulrich, CINCUSNAVEUR, the Admiral briefed the Sofia and Varna press corps in appearances on February 2 [...]
2007-03-21 13:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KPAO PL EZ RU BU
07SOFIA834BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: MFA PESSIMISTIC ON EVE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER FAIM CHAUSHEV TOLD US JULY 9 THAT HE NOW EXPECTS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK OF THE LIBYAN SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO UPHOLD THE DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST THE BULGARIAN NURSES [...]
2007-07-09 16:06:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO LY BU
07STATE125277TRAVEL WARNING - SUDAN
[...] This Travel Warning for Sudan alerts U.S. citizens to the threat from armed conflicts and warns of continued threats from terrorism in Sudan. This supersedes the Travel Warning issued for Sudan on October 5, 2006. 2. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against all trave [...]
2007-09-06 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL AF SU
07STATE138428REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON MINISTERIAL DELEGATIONS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7-9. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Background: As described in reftel, on May 1, 2007 Secretary Rice announced that the State Department will SIPDIS host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) i [...]
2007-10-01 23:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07STATE148496RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE
[...] (U) 1. The Department has reviewed Post's suggested Press guidance (ref a),and provides the following approved guidance if Post is asked for comment on the verdict in the Farhad Aliyev trial. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),[...]
2007-10-24 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ
07STATE149959REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; MINISTER
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: On July 19, 2007, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with France's Natalie Kosciusko-Morizet (Secretaire d' Etat, Ministere de L' Ecologie et du Developpement Durable) to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC [...]
2007-10-29 17:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG FA
07STATE149960REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; MR. KESTERIS (HEAD
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: On July 18, 2007, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with the European Commission's Andris Kesteris (Head of Cabinet, Commissioner for Energy to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). As part of that d [...]
2007-10-29 17:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG EUN XG
07STATE149963REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; CORRADO CLINI DG,
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: During the US-Italy climate change bilateral meetings in June, Italy provided enthusiastic support for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008),including the possibility of GOI providing financial assist [...]
2007-10-29 17:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG IT
07STATE149968REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; DR. AMIN (HEAD
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with the United Kingdom's Dr. Amal-Lee Amin (Heaad Technology, Investment and Development, International Climate Change, Defra) to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 200 [...]
2007-10-29 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG UK
07STATE151077REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; HONORABLE KAZUYUKI
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: The week of September 24th, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with Japan's Kazuyuki Takeuchi (Director, Economic Security Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) [...]
2007-10-31 19:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG JA
07STATE154860REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; MR. SMALL (ASSISTANT
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: On July 16, 2007, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with Canada's Political Minister Kevin O,Shea and Energy Counselor Paul Connors to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). As part of that discussion [...]
2007-11-09 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KPAO SOCI TRGY CA
07STATE160639FY 2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. This cable lays out our FY 2008 biotech outreach strategy and describes some of the resources available to posts as we seek to encourage the use of agricultural biotechnology. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of rural economic develo [...]
2007-11-27 19:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
07STATE163714REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 3. 2.(SBU) SUMMARY: The USG will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) on March 4-6, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center. As the third global ministerial-level event on renewable energy, WIREC is e [...]
2007-12-05 18:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENG KPAO SENV TRGY
07STATE165916REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY FOR WIREC SUPPORT
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) on March 4-6, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center. As the third global ministerial-level event on renewable energy, WIREC i [...]
2007-12-11 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TRGY SOCIS KPAO ENG
07STATE166241REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK FOR WIREC
[...] THIS IS AN INFORMATION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: The USG will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) on March 4-6, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center. As the third global ministerial-level event on renewable energy, WIREC is expected [...]
2007-12-12 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCIS KPAO ENG NB
07STATE2659SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background: Department wishes to gain current information about EU member states, efforts to promote democratic reform in Iran, including civil society, respect for human rights, and freedom of information. Through its Freedom [...]
2007-01-09 19:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN
07STATE32192RESEND: MARSHALL PLAN 60TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 & 7. 2. (U) The year 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, arguably the most significant American diplomatic and economic initiative towards Europe in our nations, history. In the aftermath of World War II, the Marshall Plan r [...]
2007-03-14 16:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEUN FR KPAO SCUL UNESCO
07STATE58915REQUEST FOR AZERBAIJAN-SPECIFIC STATEMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 13:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE76354SURVEYING FRIENDLY COUNTRIES ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Begin Background. (U) Through its Freedom Agenda and diplomatic engagement with like-minded governments and NGOs, the Department is engaging in programs throughout Iran to promote civil society, respec [...]
2007-06-04 14:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR
07STATE87911NEW MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID FOUNDATION: SEIZING THE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph four. 2. (C) Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, announced at the World Economic Forum on May 19 the establishment of the $10 billion Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation (MbR [...]
2007-06-23 00:00:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNECON SOCI SCUL AE KPAO
07STOCKHOLM183SWEDEN - INFO ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) On February 15, Poloffs met with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director at the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department, to discuss Sweden's efforts to promote civil society and democracy in Iran. Per reftel, Poloffs shared information on U.S. democratization efforts in Iran. Ulf Lind [...]
2007-02-20 10:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN KPAO KDEM IR SW
07SURABAYA33MALANG: EAST JAVA'S UNIVERSITY CITY AND EPICENTER OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) During an August 30-31 visit to Malang, Principal Officer spoke with educators and civil society leaders about the duality of this East Javanese city: a city famous for both education and growing poverty that has made Malang's citizens easy targets for traffickers. Malang hosts two state [...]
2007-09-04 07:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG KPAO ID
07SURABAYA44CONGEN SURABAYA CLEBRATES RAMADAN
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. Consulate General Surabaya planned and hosted five separate Iftar activities during the month of September. Two were hosted by the Consul General at her residence, and another one was hosted by the CG in Manado, in the province of North Sulawesi. Another two events involved unde [...]
2007-10-02 09:58:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO ECON ID
07SURABAYA63JAWA POS: FIRST HAND-COVERAGE OF BURMA CRISIS, INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit by the Surabaya Principal Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Public Affairs Assistant to the Surabaya headquarters of the Jawa Pos Group October 19, Jawa Pos editors and journalists described their efforts to provide accessible and relevant news coverage to read [...]
2007-10-25 09:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM ID BM NS IS
07SURABAYA85CENTRAL SULAWESI: POST-CONFLICT TENTENA AND POSO -- SAVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Syaiful Anam and Amril Ngiode were sentenced to 18 years and 15 years respectively for bombing a market in Tentena on May 29, 2005. The bombing, which killed 22 and wounded 40, was only one horrifying episode during an extended period of violent inter-religious co [...]
2007-12-06 03:33:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO EAID SOCI PTER SCUL
07SUVA496EMBASSY SUVA NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] Embassy Suva is pleased and proud to nominate Ms. Virisila Buadromo, Executive Director of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement for the Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award. Ms. Buadromo has been notified of her nomination. 2. Ms. Buadromo's particulars are as follows: V [...]
2007-10-18 16:19:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PLUM PREL KPAO FJ
07SUVA497EMBASSY SUVA NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] Embassy Suva is pleased and proud to nominate Mrs. Betty Blake, Coordinator of the Legal Literacy Project of the Tonga Catholic Women's League for the Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award. Mrs. Blake has been notified of her nomination. 2. Mrs. Blake's particulars are a [...]
2007-10-18 16:19:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PLUM PREL KPAO TN
07TAIPEI1920MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 22 on the aftermath of the combustion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa Monday; on President Chen Shui-bian's transit in Alaska Tuesday morning; on local pig farmers' strong protests Tuesday over the Taiwa [...]
2007-08-22 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07TAIPEI2033PROTEST TO AIT REGARDING TAIWAN UN BID REFERENDUM
[...] During the small group demonstration outside AIT on Sept 4 (reftel),ADIR invited several Legislative Yuan and Taipei Council members (list provided below) to present their views inside AIT. Apart from reading their letters (translated below),several added their own views during the meeting. [...]
2007-09-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO CH TW
07TAIPEI2632TIP UPDATE: TAIWAN MAINTAINS ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) Summary: Taiwan continues to make progress in its fight against human trafficking. The Taiwan authorities and local NGOs co-sponsored three separate TIP conferences over the past month. The Legislative Yuan (LY) amended the Immigration Law to provide additional protections for traffickin [...]
2007-12-20 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW
07TALLINN395ESTONIAN REACTION TO 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) On June 13, we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP (trafficking in persons) Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights. Hion was pleased that the Report acknowledged the progress the GOE has made in combating TIP - pr [...]
2007-06-14 08:04:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO EN
07TALLINN90ESTONIA: NOMINATION FOR SEC STATE AWARD FOR
[...] (U) Post nominates the following individual for the Secretary of State's annual Award for International SIPDIS Women of Courage (IWOC). Name: Ms. Barbi Pilvre Title: Editor in chief Organization: "Areen", a weekly cultural affairs newspaper Date of Birth: 1963 Contact Information: bar [...]
2007-02-13 11:13:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO EN
07TASHKENT1447POPULAR WEEKLY CLOSED BY UZBEK AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) The Uzbek Agency for Press and Information closed the popular Uzbek Islam-oriented weekly Odamlar Orasida (Among the People) on July 30 for alleged violation of media laws. The Uzbek authorities, unsurprisingly, did not outline the specific breaches of the law. 2. (C) Launched in Februa [...]
2007-08-09 11:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KPAO UZ
07TASHKENT1744CONTINUED GOU INTERFERENCE AND HARASSMENT WITH
[...] (C/NF) During the last two weeks of September, travel and contact work by U.S. officials has been hindered or disrupted by the GOU on multiple occasions. On September 21 (ref B),poloff,s visit to a Bukhara school was interrupted by a National Security Service officer and the director of the [...]
2007-10-08 01:47:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1931JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI FULL
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with several USG international exchange program alumni who described what they learned in the United States and how they have transferred that knowledge to their home communities. The [...]
2007-11-06 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON KPAO PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2023GOU CONTINUES TO EXPAND CONTROLLED ACCESS TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy personnel, and in particular Ambassador Norland, have been afforded expanded, though carefully controlled, access to GOU officials. Over the past several weeks, Ambassador Norland has met twice with President Karimov, and once each with National Security Service Chairman [...]
2007-11-23 13:50:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON ECIN EAGR KPAO OEXC PGOV PTER SCUL
07TASHKENT2179NO SURPRISES IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF UZBEK ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local press coverage of the December 23 Uzbek presidential election was flatteringly positive and utterly ignored critical statements, such as that of the OSCE election monitoring mission. Russian reporting was mixed, while most Western reporting was more critical. Among fore [...]
2007-12-27 13:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM UZ
07TBILISI1639USG TO HOST THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] Per reftel, Ambassador sent information about the conference by letter to Minister of Energy Gilauri and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Tkeshelashvili. As requested, we will look for other opportunities to highlight WIREC 2008 with host country media, civil society, [...]
2007-07-11 11:54:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO GG
07TBILISI2560Georgia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008
[...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Marina Tabukushvili, artist, civil society activist, and chairman of the Georgian NGO TASO. Nominee is willing to be considered for the award and agrees if selected to travel to Washington DC. Biographical data requested in reftel [...]
2007-10-11 11:40:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN GG
07TBILISI2944DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI
[...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]
2007-11-21 11:30:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2973REQUESTED SPEAKER ON MEDIA ETHICS IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
[...] Summary: Embassy Tbilisi requests a rapid response speaker program for a program on journalistic ethics in covering elections. This program should last 7-9 days and take place in December 2007, before the January 5, 2008 snap Presidential elections. Post requests George Krimsky of the ICFJ, or [...]
2007-11-28 09:58:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO GG
07TBILISI3092IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE
[...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]
2007-12-13 12:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3147GEORGIA MEDIA AND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE: THE CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the election campaign heats up, Embassy Tbilisi is reviewing the media coverage of the elections. Although the Autonomous Republic of Ajara remains an opposition stronghold according to polls, Ajara media is indirectly controlled by the National Movement, and seems to be la [...]
2007-12-21 10:34:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3167IMEDI STRUGGLES AND SUSPENDS OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Imedi TV voluntarily ceased operation shortly after 20:00 hrs on December 26, 2007. This was a decision of News Corp management after 16 key Imedi journalists announced their resignations in the aftermath of the release of a number of video and audio tapes in which Badri Patar [...]
2007-12-27 13:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI624Georgia Bi-Weekly Update March 23
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 11-23. Investigation of MOD Finances under Okruashvili --------------------------------------------- -- 2. Georgian newspapers are reporting that the Audit Chamber has [...]
2007-03-23 13:07:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO GG
07TELAVIV2682TEL AVIV RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S JUNE 5 PRAGUE
[...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, the [...]
2007-09-05 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDXF KMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV IS
07THEHAGUE145NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) In response to ref A, poloff followed up with MFA Human Rights Division Policy Officer Sonja van der Meer Jan 25. Van der Meer, who in December provided information (ref B) on the Netherlands' 13 million Euro Iranian media diversity program, promised to seek details on an additional 1 mi [...]
2007-01-29 09:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1897WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] Econoff delivered reftel request for Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008 delegation information on October 10 to Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Foreign Economic Relations, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA). 2. Smeets said the GON [...]
2007-10-16 11:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG NL
07THEHAGUE194DUTCH-FUNDED MEDIA PROGRAMS FACE IRANIAN HARASSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three participants in a Dutch-sponsored media diversity program were arrested Janaury 27, on their way to a training session in India. They were released the next day. Iranian authorities have reportedly filed charges and accused the Dutch government of acting as a conduit for [...]
2007-02-01 16:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN KDEM KPAO PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1966NETHERLANDS/WIREC: DUTCH ECONOMIC MINISTER SEEKING
[...] In response to ref A request, Post reported on October 16 Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven's interest in attending WIREC and per ref B offered possible Dutch invitees for the conference. 2. In a subsequent discussion November 1, Taco Westerhuis, Senior Energy Advisor, [...]
2007-11-05 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG NL
07THEHAGUE421DUTCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS DETAINEES, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Legal Adviser John Bellinger met March 1 and 2 with senior MFA officials. The Dutch conveyed a laundry list of concerns, including claims of abuse by an extradited terror suspect, negative publicity related to a U.S. failure in 2005 to meet our consular notification obligations, r [...]
2007-03-08 17:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN KPAO PHUM NL
07THEHAGUE501NETHERLANDS: LINKING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH WATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Geographical realities in the Netherlands and the economic consequences of rising sea levels argue for a U.S.-Dutch dialogue that links climate change initiatives with water management and innovation efforts. In response to reftel, Post will continue to encourage Congressional and st [...]
2007-03-21 08:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV SENV ENRG TSPL NL
07THEHAGUE783NATIONWIDE OBSERVANCE OF DUTCH-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
[...] Summary: The Embassy organized observances across the Netherlands April 16-24 marking Dutch American Friendship and the 225th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. The Embassy organized speeches, receptions and other celebrations in seven cities, including an event at parliament co-h [...]
2007-04-27 07:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SCUL NL
07THEHAGUE816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[...] Country clearance is granted for Farah Pandith, EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement to travel to The Netherlands from May 6-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is for outreach events, post consultations, counter-terrorism training and awareness. 2. Control officer for the visit is Su [...]
2007-05-02 09:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE936TERRORIST FINANCING/NETHERLANDS: DISRUPTING
[...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) Econoff delivered reftel points on May 1 to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Ministry of Finance, and on May 2 to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Un [...]
2007-05-16 14:13:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKTFN PTER EFIN KPAO NL
07TOKYO1JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/03/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1021MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-DPRK Talks in HANOI -
[...] "Don't Let North Korea Have Its Way" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/9): "If the just-ended two-day Japan-DPRK normalization talks in Hanoi are any indication, future negotiations will see many ups and downs.... Japan cannot normalize relations with North Korea without [...]
2007-03-09 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1026 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1038 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1052MEDIA REACTION Q AFGHANISTAN - TOKYO
[...] "Afghanistan: Resurgence of Terrorist Organizations Cannot Be Ignored" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/11): "The Taliban, which once controlled Afghanistan, and al-Qaeda are rapidly regaining influence in that country. While the Taliban are reported to be preparing for a [...]
2007-03-12 06:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1059 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1085MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ CONFERENCE - TOKYO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1089 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1090 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1096JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1102MEDIA REACTION - BUSH DIPLOMACY - TOKYO
[...] "Bush Diplomacy Shifting to Dialogue with Rogue States" Washington correspondent Takashi Sakamoto of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (3/14): "The Bush administration is accelerating a shift in its diplomatic stance to dialogue with such 'rogue states' as North Korea and Iran. The n [...]
2007-03-14 04:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO111MEDIA REACTION - NEW US IRAQ POLICY/NORTH KOREA
[...] Most TV networks during their Thursday noon broadcasts gave prominent play to President Bush's primetime speech on his new Iraq policy. There were no immediate TV commentaries. 2. "Bush Calls for Iraqis to Take the Lead" Quasi- governmental broadcaster NHK's noon news program gave top play [...]
2007-01-11 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1113 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1122JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1129MEDIA REACTION Q SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: Concern About Possible US Betrayal" The conservative Sankei editorialized (3/15): "The six- party talks in Beijing are at a critical juncture. Accelerating economic aid to North Korea before it has made the decision to give up its nuclear weapons would be suicide for the six- [...]
2007-03-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1158JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1172MEDIA REACTION - US LIFTING OF FINANCIAL
[...] "What Effect Will US End to Financial Sanctions Have on DPRK Denuclearization?" An editorial in the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (3/16): "...The US Treasury Department, which had been investigating the Macau-based Banco Delta Asia (BDA) on suspicion of helping launder money for [...]
2007-03-16 06:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1197MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Iraq War Four Years On: Dialogue Needed to End Sectarian and Ethnic Violence" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (3/19): "Tuesday marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, with the ensuing sectarian and ethnic violence drawing the country further into the quicksand of a [...]
2007-03-19 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 11:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1227MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA/IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Don't Play into North Korea's Hands" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (3/20): "Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Glaser, meeting the press Monday morning in Beijing, announced that the US would release the entire amount of frozen DPRK-linked accounts, estimated at ab [...]
2007-03-20 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1253 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1271 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1276JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1285MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Does DPRK Intend to Reject Nuclear Dismantlement?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/23): "In the end, it will not be easy to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs. The six- party talks in Beijing went into recess without any substantive talks on the North' [...]
2007-03-23 04:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1314 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1322JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1325MEDIA REACTION Q IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "UNSC's Imposition of Additional Sanctions on Iran a Matter of Course" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (3/26): "The UN Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran. This was a matter of course, given that Tehran had failed to heed repeated [...]
2007-03-26 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1338JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1344 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1345 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1347MEDIA REACTION Q PROMOTION OF DIALOGUES IN
[...] "US Taking the Initiative in Promoting Middle East Dialogues" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai wrote (3/28): "The USG is taking the initiative in promoting dialogues with Israel and pro-US Arab nations, including the Iraq Stabilization Conference held on March 10 in Baghdad and planned regul [...]
2007-03-28 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1349JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO135MEDIA REACTION - NEW US IRAQ POLICY - TOKYO
[...] "Is New US Iraq Policy a Turning Point?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/12): "...President Bush announced a new Iraq policy, which calls for the deployment of an additional 21,500 troops. The question is whether this new plan will actually work, as the situation in Ira [...]
2007-01-12 03:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1360 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1378 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1379 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1391JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1393MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH - TOKYO
[...] "Arab Leaders Agree to Relaunch Peace Initiative" Riyadh correspondent Michio Okamoto of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (3/30): "Arab leaders ended a summit in Riyadh Thursday after adopting the Riyadh Declaration, which calls for relaunching their five-year-old peace initiative [...]
2007-03-30 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1414 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 10:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1418MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Chaos in Iraq Cannot Be Ignored" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/31): "With terrorist attacks continuing and sectarian violence intensifying, the situation in Iraq is becoming more serious. As a member of the international community, it is a matter of course that Japan [...]
2007-04-02 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 03:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1421JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1431 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1438MEDIA REACTION Q FTA - TOKYO
[...] "US-ROK FTA: Japan's Turn Now" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "South Korea and the US have concluded a free trade agreement (FTA). Although the sensitive issue of opening the South Korean rice market was shelved, the conclusion of these drawn-out and difficult negotiations will jolt Ja [...]
2007-04-03 02:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1461MEDIA REACTION Q FTA - TOKYO
[...] "US-ROK FTA: Time for Japan to Act" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (4/4): "The US and South Korea have agreed to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA). It is urgent for Japan to remap its trade strategy so as not to be left behind as the rest of the world pursu [...]
2007-04-04 02:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1482JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1489JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO15 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1507JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 02:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1510MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST - TOKYO
[...] "Changing Diplomatic Environment in the Middle East" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (4/6): "Israeli Prime Minister Olmert proposed peace talks with Arab nations in response to the adoption at the recent Arab Summit meeting of the 'Riyadh Declaration,' which seeks comprehensiv [...]
2007-04-06 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-08 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1531MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST - TOKYO
[...] "Political Action Should be Taken to Break Middle East Deadlock" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/9): "... There have been moves to find a way out from the current fix in the Middle East arising from stalemated Palestinian peace efforts, the chaos in Lebanon and Iran's nuclear development. A [...]
2007-04-09 00:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 00:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1545JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1563MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Japan Should Promote Strategic Relations with Iraq" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/10): "During their meeting on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Abe and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki agreed to build a long-term strategic partnership between the two countries.... [...]
2007-04-10 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1564 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 23:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1577JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1579MEDIA REACTION Q RELEASE OF DPRK FUNDS AT BDA -
[...] "Release of BDA Funds: Panicked America Capitulates to DPRK" Washington correspondent Takashi Sakamoto of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (4/11): "The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it would countenance the withdrawal by North Korea of all its funds frozen at BDA und [...]
2007-04-11 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1592 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO16JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1605JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1609MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "Six-Party Talks: Time for DPRK to Implement 'Initial Steps'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/12): "On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department and Macau authorities announced that they would release all DPRK-linked funds frozen at Banco Delta Asia (BDA). Attention is now shifting to whether [...]
2007-04-12 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1615 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/07
[...] Enhancing efforts to protect drinking water resources. Preventing river pollution and cooperating in preventing water pollution, especially the basins of Bo Hai and Huang Hai. 2. Making every effort for recycling wastes. Cooperating in collecting wastes and implementing a corporate environme [...]
2007-04-12 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1631 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1633MEDIA REACTION - CHINESE PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO
[...] "Wen Jiabao's Speech: Visible Change in China's Stance" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri stated (4/13): "Chinese Premier Wen's speech before the Diet clearly demonstrated a change in Beijing's attitude toward Japan. Two points are worth noting. First is the issue of history. He stated: 'J [...]
2007-04-13 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO164 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-15 22:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1643 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1651MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA/US-JAPAN ALLIANCE -
[...] "Six-Party Talks: DPRK Fails to Implement Initial Steps" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (4/16): "Saturday's 60-day deadline for the DPRK to take 'initial steps' toward its nuclear dismantlement, as stipulated in the February six-party agreement, has come and go [...]
2007-04-16 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1657 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1671MEDIA REACTION Q DPRK - TOKYO
[...] "North Korea: Consider Setting a Time Limit Backed by Sanctions" An editorial in the conservative Sankei stated (4/17): "North Korea did not meet the deadline to implement 'initial steps' toward denuclearization. US and Chinese negotiators have said that the process needs to be given a few mor [...]
2007-04-17 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1677 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1688MEDIA REACTION - US GUN VIOLENCE - TOKYO
[...] "Virginia Tech Massacre: Need to Strengthen Gun Control" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/18): "The massacre Monday at Virginia Tech was the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history, again showing that gun-related tragedies can occur anywhere in the US.... The motive for the shooting [...]
2007-04-18 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1689JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO172MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN REGIONAL SUMMIT/PM ABE'S
[...] "Will Envisioned Charter Change ASEAN?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/16): "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),which marks its 40th anniversary this summer, has entered an important phase of major change. ASEAN leaders agreed at their summit in Cebu, [...]
2007-01-16 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1752JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1768 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-21 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1779JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 02:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1780JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1782MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO
[...] "WTO Negotiations: Japan Must Revitalize Agricultural Industry" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/23): "Japan is being forced to import more agricultural products in exchange for expanding its industrial exports. This puts the foundations of the nation's food self-sufficiency at risk [...]
2007-04-23 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1802JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1843JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1847MEDIA REACTION - PM ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
[...] "PM Abe's Visit to US: Confirm Strong US-Japan Cooperation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/25): "Prime Minister Abe will leave for the US Thursday for talks Friday with President Bush. This will be his first visit to the US since he became prime minister last September. While in Washing [...]
2007-04-25 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1852 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1864MEDIA REACTION - PM ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
[...] "Abe's Visit to US: Close Gaps in US-Japan Alliance" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/26): "PM Abe Abe begins a two-day visit to the US on Thursday, his first since his inauguration last September.... Certainly, the US-Japan alliance is more mature than it has ever been. But the allian [...]
2007-04-26 06:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1865JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1923JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1926JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO193MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE IN MIDEAST
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to plans by the Ministry of Defense to provide the US military with intelligence collected by the ASDF's Base Air Defense Ground Environment (BADGE) system in the event of a contingency in areas surrounding Japan. 2. "US Wins Support [...]
2007-01-17 03:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1931MEDIA REACTION - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
[...] "Bush-Abe Meeting: Efforts Needed to Make Alliance Rock Solid" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/29): "During their meeting in Washington, Prime Minister Abe and President Bush agreed to create an 'irreplaceable' US-Japan alliance. To do so, both allies must make constant [...]
2007-05-01 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1934JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-3
[...] Bills sponsored by government and ruling parties 2. Minshuto-sponsored bill National referendum bill  [...]
2007-05-01 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1951 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 22:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1990MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Course for Stabilization Remains Unclear" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/6): "In Iraq, where a large number of citizens are dying every day due to violence and terrorism, millions of people have become refugees in their own country.... An international conference on Iraq was held in th [...]
2007-05-07 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Urgent Need to Draw Up Strategy for Overcoming Crises" The top-circulation, moderate conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/3): "Crises are deepening across the globe in the face of the relentless pursuit of nuclear programs by Iran and North Korea, as well as the stalemated situation in Iraq. [...]
2007-01-03 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2025DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2033JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2042MEDIA REACTION - FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -
[...] "Sarkozy's Diplomatic Ability Unknown" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/8): "...French President-elect Sarkozy's diplomatic ability is still unknown. While maintaining its alliance with the US, France has made strict demands on the US from time to time, thus showing its independent position. [...]
2007-05-08 04:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2053 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2074MEDIA REACTION - US BUDGET FOR IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "US Must Fulfill Responsibility to Stabilize Iraq" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/9): "The Bush administration and Congress are increasingly at loggerheads over policy on Iraq, which has become more chaotic. President Bush has vetoed a supplementary budget for Iraq spen [...]
2007-05-09 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2077JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2079MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Iraq Situation: Utilize Framework for Stabilizing Iraq" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (5/10): "At the recent foreign ministerial on the security and stability of Iraq held in Egypt, representatives from about 50 countries, including Iraq's neighboring nations, Japan and other G-8 n [...]
2007-05-10 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2102 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2113JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2143MEDIA REACTION Q BLAIR'S RESIGNATION - TOKYO
[...] "Blair Stuck in Iraq QuagmireQ The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/12): "... British Prime Minister Tony Blair was obliged to announce his resignation halfway through his remaining term of office because of a sharp drop in public support and under rising pressure from his ow [...]
2007-05-14 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2158 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2168JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2170MEDIA REACTION Q CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON SDF -
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front- paged DaimlerChrysler's decision to sell the bulk of its stake in the Chrysler unit to US private equity fund Cerberus Capital. These papers also gave front-page coverage to Monday's enactment of referendum legislation for constitutional amend [...]
2007-05-15 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2187 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2194 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 23:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2195MEDIA REACTION - US-RUSSIA RELATIONS - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's conservative Sankei front-paged a report quoting a source familier with Japanese and Taiwanese military affairs as disclosing on Tuesday that China is developing anti-ship missiles to possibly counter US aircraft carriers in the event of a cross-straits milit [...]
2007-05-16 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2239JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2244MEDIA REACTION - NORTH-SOUTH KOREA CONFIDENCE
[...] "Connection of Two Koreas by Rail: Reconciliation Alone Cannot Lead to North's Denuclearization" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/18): "North and South Korea ran a train across the heavily militarized border Thursday for the first time in nearly 50 years. The ROK had str [...]
2007-05-18 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO226 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2276JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 02:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2277MEDIA REACTION - EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT - TOKYO
[...] "Breakdown of EU-Russia Summit: Concern over a 'New Cold War'" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (5/22): "With the confrontation between the two sides becoming so sharp, the EU-Russia summit held on May 18 in central Russia broke down. There are concerns that without efforts to improve [...]
2007-05-22 02:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2289 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2290 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2304MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged the OIE classification of the US as a "controlled risk country" for BSE. 2. "Russia Becoming More Distant from US and EU" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/23): "Russia's relations with the US and EU continue to c [...]
2007-05-23 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2312 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO232JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 02:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2336 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2343MEDIA REACTION Q POST-KYOTO PROTOCOL FRAMEWORK -
[...] "Global Climate Initiative Hinges on US and China" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/25): "...PM Abe on Thursday announced the GOJ's basic policy for an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which states tha [...]
2007-05-25 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2361 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2370JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2371JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2389MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "US, Iran Agree on Iraq's Stabilization, But Outlook for Improved Ties Unclear " Tehran correspondent Ando of the liberal Asahi wrote (5/29): "The US and Iran held direct talks Monday in Baghdad to discuss Iraq's stabilization. Though the Monday meeting was at the ambassadorial level, it was t [...]
2007-05-29 06:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2395 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2400JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2401MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO
[...] "US, Iran Should Continue Talks" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/30): "The US and Iran held their first formal talks in 27 years since they broke off diplomatic relations. The ambassador-level talks will not lead directly to improving bilateral ties, however, given that the [...]
2007-05-30 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2411 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 09:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2412 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2430 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 08:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2447MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers front-paged the early-morning passage in the DietQs Lower House of two pension-related bills. 2. "G-8 Foreign Ministerial at Potsdam: Strengthen Ties to Deal with DPRK" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (6/1): "...Foreign ministers [...]
2007-06-01 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2473MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun gave top play to an interview in Moscow with Russian President Putin, who repeated Moscow's claim to the Northern Territories and said that resolving the territorial dispute with Japan would be difficult. 2. "US and Iran S [...]
2007-06-04 02:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2480 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2493JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2517JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2521MEDIA REACTION - MISSLE DEFENSE IN EASTERN
[...] Wednesday's Yomiuri and Nihon Keizai front-paged the opening on Wednesday of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "US, Russia Should Work Harder to Prevent New Cold War" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/6): "The US and Russia are sharply at odds over the planned US deployment o [...]
2007-06-06 06:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2533 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2542MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged the Bush-Abe meeting Wednesday afternoon before the opening of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "G-8 Summit Should Aim for Substantive Progress on Global Warming" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/7): "...Global warming i [...]
2007-06-07 03:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2556 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2575MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA'S ISOLATION AT G-8
[...] LEAD STORIES: All six Friday morning papers gave top play to an agreement at the G-8 leaders' meeting Thursday in Heilingendamm, Germany, on the need for substantial global reductions in -- and consideration of seriously halving -- greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 2. "Russia Sharply at Odd [...]
2007-06-08 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO259 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2611 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2612MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT IN GERMANY - TOKYO
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published Monday morning because of a press holiday. Quasi-governmental broadcaster NHK-TV reported on computer glitches Sunday at the Shizuoka and Okayama branch offices of the Social Insurance Agency (SIA),which inconvenienced pensioners who had flocked to [...]
2007-06-11 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2618 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 09:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2627JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2629MEDIA REACTION - PLANNED DEPLOYMENT OF MISSILE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's liberal Mainichi front- paged the alleged sale by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) of its headquarters in Tokyo to a fund led by the former head of the Public Security Investigation Agency, which has monitored the gr [...]
2007-06-12 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2630NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]
2007-06-12 02:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07TOKYO2652 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 23:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2655JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 05:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2656TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH'S TRIP TO EUROPE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai front-paged GOJ plans to resume full-scale military exchanges with China after a suspension of more than nine years. 2. "Bush Receives Warm Welcome in Former Communist Nations" Sofia correspondent Takashi Sadahiro of the top-c [...]
2007-06-13 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2664 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2691 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2696JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO272MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "Tensions Reemerge Among Iraqis in Baghdad Over New US Military Deployment" Cairo correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote (1/22): "About 10 days after the US decided to deploy around 21,000 more US troops in Iraq, the US military is again deploying units in the Iraqi capital t [...]
2007-01-22 03:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2729TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH AND
[...] "Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation the Only Way Forward" An editorial in the conservative Sankei stated (6/17): "Due to internal conflicts between Hamas and Fatah, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has essentially been divided into two government bodies in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. As things sta [...]
2007-06-18 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2739 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2759TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]
2007-06-19 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2760TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]
2007-06-19 07:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2761 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2772JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2774TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Yomiuri front-paged Assistant Secretary of State Hill's meeting with his Japanese counterpart Tuesday evening at MOFA to discuss North Korea's nuclear program and other issues. 2. "Greater Efforts Should Be Made for Palestinian Reconciliation" The liberal [...]
2007-06-20 03:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2784 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2789 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-2
[...] Differences in interest rates between Japan and foreign countries Masaki Fukui of Mizuho Corporate Bank: "There is a speculation that differences in interest rates of Japan, the US and European countries will not narrow. For the time being, the market will move toward a 125 against the dolla [...]
2007-06-20 20:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2795TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the Diet's enactment on Wednesdday of legislation extending by two years the Iraq Assistance Special Measures Law. 2. "Palestinian Split: Restructuring of Peace Diplomacy Should be Hastened" Business-oriented Nihon Keizai editori [...]
2007-06-21 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2799JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2813 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2823JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 03:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2825TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged DOS spokesman McCormack's confirmation of Assistant Secretary of State Hill's meeting on Thursday with his SIPDIS North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan in Pyongyang. 2. "A/S Hill's Visit to DPRK: Don't Leave Abduction Issue Behind" The [...]
2007-06-22 04:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2841 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2847JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2848JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2856TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] "Will DPRK Take Concrete Action?" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (6/23): "...Assistant Secretary of State Hill, the US representative to the six-party talks, visited Pyongyang for talks with Foreign Minister Pak and other North Korean officials.... Last week, t [...]
2007-06-25 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2878JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-26 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2883TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged the growing likelihood that the Tokyo headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) will be auctioned off by the GOJ-backed Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC). 2. "Palestinian Ch [...]
2007-06-26 06:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2893 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-26 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2897JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2898JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2929JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2937TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to a GOJ plan to provide bullet-train technology to Russia. 2. "Don't Neglect Tragedy in Sudan" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (6/28): "The humanitarian crisis in Darfur has been neglected. The fighting between an Ara [...]
2007-06-28 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2944 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2958JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 03:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO296JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 00:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2967 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2982JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2994TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] "US-Proposed Four-Party Talks: Don't Destroy Six-Party Framework" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/2): "Concerns are growing among GOJ officials over the proposal by Assistant Secretary of State Hill that four nations - the US, North Korea, China, and South Korea - should meet to discu [...]
2007-07-02 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO30 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3006 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO301MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
[...] "US Troop Increase Intensifying Terrorism" Cairo correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote (1/23): "Armed insurgents are intensifying their terrorist attacks at a time when the US military is moving to bolster its forces in Iraq. Sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis has [...]
2007-01-23 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3013JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3022TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] "Thorough Verification Needed to Ensure Complete Denuclearization" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (7/3): "North Korea and the IAEA have agreed on the modalities of the latter's verification of the shutdown and sealing of the Yongbyon nuclear complex. Given its track record of broke [...]
2007-07-03 04:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3031 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3054TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH-PUTIN MEETING
[...] "US, Russia Must Continue Efforts to Bridge Gap" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/4): "Presidents Bush and Putin met at a time when US-Russia relations are at a post-Cold War low. It appears that the two leaders were able to repair their personal relationship of trust after [...]
2007-07-05 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3073 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3077JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3088TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ONE YEAR AFTER DPRK'S
[...] "Don't Allow North Korea to Flout UNSC Resolutions" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/6): "On July 5, 2006, North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles, including a Rodong medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan. Although a Taepodong-2 missile, which is believed to be capable o [...]
2007-07-06 04:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3100 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3104JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3121TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] "GOJ Should Deepen Discussion on Collective Defense" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/9): "A GOJ panel has worked out a course of action to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective defense. Further discussions are necessary to clarify that course of action. Expert [...]
2007-07-09 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3123 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3129 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 23:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3130JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/07
[...] The government will receive pension benefits in full in a responsible manner. 2. The party will introduce a child-rearing allowance system to pay 26,000 yen for each child. 3. The party will establish an income compensation system to cover every farmer. Seven proposals  [...]
2007-07-10 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3151JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3163DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3164DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3165TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN MOSQUE SIEGE
[...] "Mosque Siege: Breeding Grounds for Terrorists Should Not Be Neglected" An editorial in the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (7/11): "What effect will Pakistan's difficult decision to use force against Islamist militants at the Red Mosque have on its shaky internal political situat [...]
2007-07-11 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3166RADIO BROADCASTING TO THE DPRK
[...] (C) Summary: Kazuhiro Taguchi, Acting Director of the Policy Planning Division in the Prime Minister's office overseeing abduction issues told Embassy Tokyo on July 5 that the Japanese government would begin short-wave radio broadcasts to the DPRK on July 9. Japanese officials believe the [...]
2007-07-11 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO JA KN
07TOKYO3171JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3181TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN MOSQUE SIEGE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged a panel discussion among the heads of seven main political parties in Tokyo on Wednesday one day before the official start of the campaign for the July 29 Upper House election. 2. "Storming of Mosque: The Danger of Relying on Force" Th [...]
2007-07-12 06:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3191DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3192DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3205JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-13 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3232 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-13 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3241TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK
[...] "Continue Pressure on DPRK Nuclear Disablement" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/17): "... North Korea declared it has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facilities. IAEA Director General ElBaradei said IAEA inspectors, visiting the Yongbyon complex, confirmed the facilities' [...]
2007-07-17 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3243JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3244JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3265 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 21:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3301JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3311 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3318JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3319TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UK-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] "UK-Russia Relations Looking Like New Cold War" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/18): "At a time when US-Russia relations are awkward, ties between London and Moscow are becoming downright chilly, and the friction between the two appears so deep-rooted that coming to terms w [...]
2007-07-20 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO333MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS/ARMS
[...] There were no immediate editorials or commentaries regarding the State of the Union Address. 2. "Bush Calls for Support for New Iraq Policy" Quasi- governmental NHK-TV's Washington bureau chief Nishikawa stated (1/23): "In his first State of the Union Address to a Democratic Congress, the p [...]
2007-01-24 06:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3349TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] "No Optimism Warranted over DPRK Denuclearization" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/21): "Procedures for North Korea's denuclearization could not be finalized in the recent round of the six- party talks in Beijing, and the participants put off dealing with thorny issues. [...]
2007-07-23 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3362JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3371 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3380JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3383TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AS AL-QAEDA
[...] "US Applies Pressure on Pakistan to Clear out al-Qaeda Stronghold" Washington correspondent Sakamoto of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (7/25): "The Bush administration has become increasingly irritated with Pakistani President Musharraf, who is not inclined to take action again [...]
2007-07-25 04:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO339 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3397 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3413TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MIDDLE EAST PEACE
[...] "Stepped up Diplomacy for Middle East Peace" Jerusalem correspondent Mina Mitsui of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (7/26): "Egyptian Foreign Minister Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Khatib visited Jerusalem for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Israeli Foreign [...]
2007-07-26 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO343JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3437JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3439TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE
[...] "Taliban's Indiscriminate Brutality" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/27): "The Taliban have executed one of the 23 South Korean hostages that the group has been holding. The Koreans had entered the country on a relief mission. This is yet another example of the Taliban's i [...]
2007-07-27 04:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3458JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3459JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3460TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S TRAVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO347MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS -
[...] "US Burden in Iraq Casts Shadow on its DPRK Policy" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/25): "The burden of Iraq rests heavily on the shoulders of President Bush, whose remaining term in office is about two years. The question is what impact America's Iraq policy will have o [...]
2007-01-25 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3487TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US MILITARY AID TO
[...] "US to Offer Large-Scale Military Aid to Middle East" Washington correspondent Hideo Kato of the business-oriented Nihon Keizai reported (7/31): "The USG will likely offer large-scale military aid to the pro-US Arab nations of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as Israel. Washington has announced [...]
2007-07-31 05:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3490 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-1
[...] Meantime, the opposition camp, which obtained a majority in the House of Councillors in Sunday's poll, is poised to oppose that legislation. A termination of the SDF mission against the background of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan might rock the foundation of the Japan-US alliance a [...]
2007-08-01 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3496JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3511 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3512 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO352 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3523TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - A.R.F. MINISTERIAL
[...] "Rice's Absence from ARF Ministerial Criticized" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun's Manila correspondent Tomoyoshi Aoyagi reported (8/2): "Representatives from some countries attending the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ministerial are critizing Secretary of State Rice's absence from the meeting, saying [...]
2007-08-02 04:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3539 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3547JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-1
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule 4. Abe Cabinet reaches new support low of 22% in Fuji-Sankei poll, with non-support rate at 64.8% ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting: 5. ASEAN ARF closes after having given consideration to North Korean abduction and comf [...]
2007-08-03 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3548JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3550TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the conclusion on Thursday of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) foreign ministerial in the Philippines, with the chairman's statement welcoming the shutdown of North Korean nuclear facilities. 2. "China's Presence at ARF Stands out in Rice's [...]
2007-08-03 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3557TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HOUSE ADOPTION OF
[...] "House Adoption of 'Comfort Women' Resolution Could Damage US-Japan Relations" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (8/1): "The adoption by the US House of Representatives of a resolution calling for the GOJ to formally apologize for the 'comfort women' issue could damage US-Japan [...]
2007-08-03 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3568 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3569 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3575TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO359JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3598 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 08:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO36JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3606JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3612 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 07:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3614 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 22:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO362MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MISSILE TEST - TOKYO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 04:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3624JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3639JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3640JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3643TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT
[...] "Can Roh-Kim Summit Help Denuclearization?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/9): "The main focus of the just-announced inter-Korean summit will be whether the talks can give momentum to the six- party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. South Kor [...]
2007-08-09 03:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3658 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3688 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07
[...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]
2007-08-10 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3696 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-1
[...] Views in the party are being unified after President Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition to the said law, but many members are worried that if the party remains opposed to the said law, questions might be raised about its ability to grab political power. The party's move reflects its desire to do [...]
2007-08-13 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3703TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3716DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2
[...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]
2007-08-13 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3717DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-3
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3727JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3736 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO375DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3768 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3777JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 04:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3783 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3784 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3792TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items in Friday morning national papers included worldwide stock-market plunges and the scorching heat wave sweeping Japan. 2. "SCO reinforces unity to check US." The business- oriented Nikkei reported from Bishkek, Kyrgyz (8/17): "The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation [...]
2007-08-17 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3794JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 03:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3812 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07
[...] Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]
2007-08-17 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3820JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3821TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL MARKET REACTION
[...] "Can U.S. Rate Cut Stop Worldwide Stock Plunge?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/19): "In the wake of the downturn in global stock markets, the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate on its loans to banks, and this has helped the U.S. bourses rebound. Optimism, however, i [...]
2007-08-20 02:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3830 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3837JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3841TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS
[...] "Rules for SDF's Use of Arms Should Follow International Standards" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/21): "It is time for Japan to take a concrete first step toward revising the rules for the Self-Defense Forces' use of arms, which are very different from those of foreign [...]
2007-08-21 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3865 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3877 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO39MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA TIES - TOKYO
[...] "Japan Should Adopt Strategic Diplomacy Toward China" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (1/9): "...Japan and China have established close economic ties similar to the US-Japan economic relationship. Both Japan and China are opposed to North Korea's nuclear test. The removal of nuclear w [...]
2007-01-09 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3914 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3919JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07
[...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...]
2007-08-24 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3920TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22
[...] "President Bush Equates Prewar Japan with Al-Qaeda" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Yoshiyuki Komurata wrote (8/24): "Although President Bush praised Japan's successful postwar democratization to justify his Iraq policy during his remarks at the national convention of Veterans of [...]
2007-08-24 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-24 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3954TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22
[...] "US Policy on Iraq Too Simplistic" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/25): "Faced with growing debate in the US about withdrawing troops from Iraq, President Bush during a speech last week at the national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri, likened the form [...]
2007-08-27 02:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3966 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3974JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3995JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
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