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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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09RIYADH569SAUDI MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ON REGULATING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 31, FinAtt, DepFinAtt, and GRPO officers met with members of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) to respond to their request for information on charity regulation. The MOI's Mabahith had requested information explaining how the U.S. regulates U.S. charities sen [...]
2009-04-14 13:08:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL ETTC KTFN SA
09RIYADH571SAUDI ARABIA'S CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL DOMINATED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 04:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN SA
09RIYADH572SAUDI ARABIA'S BUDGET TRANSPARENT
[...] (U) In response to request in ref A, Post submits the following: -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. -- Is the host country's budget publicly available? Yes. The SAG publishes its annual budg [...]
2009-04-15 06:29:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SA
09RIYADH575COMMERCE MINISTER ALIREZA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) Key points: -- Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Zainal Alireza confirmed he will be in Washington, DC, April 21-30 to deliver remarks at a conference at the New America Foundation and to meet with U.S. officials. He stressed the need to emphasize business and trade as the fu [...]
2009-04-15 15:45:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR ETRD ECON KIPR TSPL SA OVIP
09RIYADH577RECENT SIGNS ON SAUDI ECONOMY MIXED
[...] (U) Key points: -- (U) All four Saudi banks that have reported their first quarter earnings to date were profitable, three at higher levels than in the same period last year. -- (SBU) Despite this, it is clear banks still are not lending money and project finance has not recovered. -- ( [...]
2009-04-15 16:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EINV ETRD SA
09RIYADH590MFA ON KOSOVO, GAZA, PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Key points: -- (C) Deputy FM for Economic and Cultural Affairs Saadoun told Charge that money pledged to Pakistan will be channeled through the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). -- (C) According to Deputy FM for Bilateral Relations Jindan, Saudi Arabia is likely to recognize Kosovo o/a [...]
2009-04-20 15:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON EAID SA
09RIYADH596SAUDIS PLAN MINIMUM MARRIAGE AGE
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (U) The new Saudi Justice Minister has announced that a "system to regulate child marriages" is under consideration. The Justice Ministry has constituted a committee of scholars to provide advice to the King on a minimum age that would be "best for society." -- (C) Accord [...]
2009-04-21 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SA
09RIYADH598SAUDI CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL DOMINATED BY
[...] KEY POINTS AND COMMENT: -- (U) King Abdallah appointed 81 new members to Saudi Arabia's 150-member Majlis Al Shura (Consultative Council) on February 14. --(U) Half of all the members (and 43 percent of the new appointees) studied in the US, and 70 percent have PhDs. -- (C) The new Majl [...]
2009-04-22 04:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH61SAUDI VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) On January 4, the DCM, British Charge Andrew Turner, and German Counselor Stephan Schneck delivered Ref A points to Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations, Prince Turki Saud Al Kabir. Representatives from the French and Italian Embassies were scheduled to [...]
2009-01-10 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR SA
09RIYADH612SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATE'S MAY
[...] KEY POINTS -- (U) The King will strongly welcome your visit as an opportunity to hear your assessment of regional security issues and particularly to hear about U.S. plans toward Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. -- (C) Saudi foreign policy calculations are driven by a deep fear and s [...]
2009-04-26 14:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMARR PINR PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH623 SAUDI MFA ON OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Embassy received the following dip note from Saudi MFA April 29. Begin text: VERY URGENT The Ministry wishes to refer to a letter received from the Royal Saudi Embassy in Washington in which the Saudi Embassy advised [...]
2009-04-29 14:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PREL SA
09RIYADH651IDEOLOGICAL AND OWNERSHIP TRENDS IN THE SAUDI MEDIA
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi regulatory system offers the al-Saud regime a means to manipulate the nation's print media to promote its own agenda without exercising day-to-day oversight over journalists, and Saudi journalists are free to write what they wish provided they do not criticize the ruling fami [...]
2009-05-11 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER ECON KISL SA
09RIYADH653SAG FLEXES MUSCLES TO ENSURE GCC CENTRAL BANK IN
[...] (U) Key points: -- (U) The GCC announced on May 5 that the GCC monetary council, a precursor to a GCC central bank, would be located in Riyadh and would start operating by the end of 2009. -- (SBU) Embassy contacts disagree as to the reason for locating the council in Riyadh as opposed to [...]
2009-05-11 14:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PREL ETRD GCC SA
09RIYADH659First U.S.-Saudi Joint Commission Meeting on Science and
[...] SUMMARY: Delegates from U.S. and Saudi technical agencies met in Riyadh May 11-12, 2009, to attend the first Joint Commission Meeting under the auspices of the United States-Saudi Arabia Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation, signed in December, 2008. The primary result of this me [...]
2009-05-13 14:27:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TSPL KTIA KSCA ECON SA
09RIYADH670SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met in Riyadh May 16 with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MbN),Saudi Assistant Minister of the Interior. -- (C) Holbrooke emphasized that Afghanistan and Pakistan should be treated as a closely inter-related problem. He stressed U.S. desire fo [...]
2009-05-17 16:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK SA YM
09RIYADH671AMB HOLBROOKE MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, AMB Richard Holbrooke, met with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud for 40 minutes on May 17. AMB Holbrooke stressed the importance that the new Administration ascribes to Afghanistan and Paki [...]
2009-05-18 07:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREF PTER
09RIYADH694U.S.-SAUDI INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP:
[...] (C) Summary: On May 19, 2009 HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Minister of Interior (MOI) and Charge' D'Affaires David Rundell signed three agreements to fund U.S. staff dedicated to supporting Saudi Arabia's critical infrastructure protection program. The signing ceremony took place in M [...]
2009-05-20 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
09RIYADH695RIYADH EAC MAY 17, 2009 - DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHS -
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In accordance with the RefTel A the Embassy in Riyadh and Consulates General in Dhahran and Jeddah reviewed the impact of the President's decision not to release detainee photographs. There has not been any impact on the three diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia as a result of [...]
2009-05-20 16:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH698CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following items: 2. (C) Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server Advanced Edition Connection Pack License a. CDW part number 831179 b. Manufacturer part number MW2ZPSA0001-G, UNPSC: 43242915 c. Quantity: 5 3 [...]
2009-05-24 05:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKSLG AMGT KSUP
09RIYADH699REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy answers to questions posed in ref A are listed below. In general terms, the Saudis have strained relations with Iraq, continue to drag their feet in sending an Ambassador or forgiving Iraqi debt for reasons outlined below. They are not likely to welcome new regional mech [...]
2009-05-24 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SA IZ IR GCC
09RIYADH702INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was briefed on Saudi counterterrorism efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry officials at the Security Forces officers Club in Riyadh. At the same meeting Holbrooke received a second briefing on Saudi terrorist f [...]
2009-05-24 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SA
09RIYADH709DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN EXPORT
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 26 to Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry for Foreign Trade Mr. Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Hamoudi with Japanese DCM Fumio Iwai and Taiwanese Economic Division Director Yan Hsing Yin. Hamoudi said that in general the Saudi government welcomed enhancemen [...]
2009-05-26 14:18:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD SA
09RIYADH71GRASSROOTS BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS GAINING
[...] (SBU) -- A grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. goods and franchises, with the notable exception of automobiles and hotels, is gaining ground in the Kingdom. -- This campaign is bolstered by endorsements from local and foreign Islamic scholars. -- Comment: This campaign is broader than sim [...]
2009-01-12 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS
09RIYADH713FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE GETTING SPOTLIGHT IN
[...] Key points: -- (U) Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa. -- (U) The creation of a state-owned agriculture investment company, the Saudi Company for Agricultural Investment and Animal Production, was announced last month, tho [...]
2009-05-27 13:05:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH716SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR
[...] Key points: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Treasury DAS Glaser were briefed on Saudi terror finance efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry (MOI) officials at the Security Forces Officers Club in Riyadh. Holbrooke also received a briefing on Saudi counter [...]
2009-05-29 11:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN AF PK SA
09RIYADH730IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI "SURPRISED" BY AL-MALIKI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ghanam al-Jumaili told Embassy Riyadh's Charg May 30 that he was "surprised" by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's public comments regarding the Saudis. He felt he had made good progress in the past few weeks improving Baghdad-Riyadh relations [...]
2009-05-31 16:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIZ PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH732SAUDI ARABIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONG TERM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On 30 May Dr. Khalid al-Taweel, who oversees the Ministry of the Interior's (MOI) interface with Office of Program Management:Ministry of the Interior (OPM-MOI),again requested assistance for (1) a new cyber security program and ( [...]
2009-06-01 07:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
09RIYADH761H1N1: SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY ACTS EXPEDITIOUSLY IN FIRST
[...] (SBU) Key Points and Action Request: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two cases of H1N1, both involving persons who contracted the disease abroad. -- MOH will adhere to WHO guidelines and has imposed neither travel nor import restrictions. -- MOH is gearing up for the Hajj/U [...]
2009-06-09 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH788SAUDI ADVISOR ON THE IMF, DOLLAR PEG
[...] (U) Key points: -- (C/NF) According to a key Post contact, quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy will be most effective in convincing the Saudis to make greater contributions to the IMF. -- (C/NF) The SAG is supporting, and will continue to support, the dollar, but could have to re-think thi [...]
2009-06-14 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH789PRO-ACTIVE DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND
[...] (SBU) The June 9 edition of the Saudi Gazette reported that Minister of Culture and Information, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khoja, appointed Deputy Minister Abdulrama Bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazzaa as the official spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI). A Microsoft representative who met [...]
2009-06-15 06:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH793NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION: MODERN
[...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Charge, the new Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja believes the Kingdom cannot avoid the reach of modern technology. A "wise but strong" approach is needed to reconcile traditional values with modernity and protect women's rights. Khoja prom [...]
2009-06-15 13:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH795YEMENI AMBASSADOR ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES AND JUNE
[...] (S) According to Yemeni Ambassador Al-Ahwal, President Saleh, during his late May meeting with King Abdullah in Riyadh, while professing to prefer that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be returned to Yemen, said Yemen "wouldn't mind" if another country accepted them due to Yemen's lack of resourc [...]
2009-06-15 14:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER SA YE
09RIYADH798KING'S SON-IN-LAW TAKES CONTROL OF SAUDI MINISTRY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: His Highness Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed (bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal bin Turki, see para. 9),King Abdullah's son-in-law and recently appointed Minister of Education, assured Charge and Public Affairs Counselor in a recent meeting of King Abdullah's firm commi [...]
2009-06-16 08:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL SA
09RIYADH80THE DILEMMA OF HADI AL-MUTIF
[...] (C) Hadi al-Mutif's blasphemy conviction was reportedly based on an accusation he told a joke that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Blasphemy is a capital offense under Saudi Islamic law (Shari'ah). 2. (C) Sources inform Post that al-Mutif has been held in a type of "limited" solitary confin [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH800SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 14, the Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman Dr. Khalid Al-Mirghalani confirmed a total of 14 cases of H1N1 since June 3, and new cases are being reported steadily. The Ministry identified infected persons via thermal screening at airports in Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, and Riyadh, an [...]
2009-06-16 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH817NAIF CONFIRMS UAE BORDER DELAYS CAUSED BY NEW
[...] (SBU) In recent comments to the media, Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz confirmed the recent delays at the Saudi - UAE land border crossings at Al-Batha and Al-Ghuwaifat were due to the recently-imposed requirement that all first-time entrants to the Kingdom be fingerprinted (see r [...]
2009-06-21 10:29:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL SA AE
09RIYADH82SAUDIS MAKE SECOND REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) The Saudi Arabian Government has for the second time requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on January 11, 2009. An Embassy translation of this note follows. The original will be e-mailed to [...]
2009-01-13 14:41:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS OPDC PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH822DRL-IRF OFFICER FINDS GREATER TOLERANCE BUT NO
[...] (C) DRL/IRF Officer Abdelnour Zaiback visited Riyadh on May 5 for meetings to discuss religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The Filipino Ambassador stated that economic incentives and the prospect of lenient legal treatment encourage Filipino expat workers to convert to Islam. A Sunni religiou [...]
2009-06-21 13:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL SA
09RIYADH823 FEMALE MUTAWWA'IN IN SAUDI ARABIA?
[...] (SBU) In May 2009, the Shura Council approved a bill to allow the religious police to hire women. The bill, which would need to be approved by the Council of Ministers and King to become law, has provoked intense controversy and mostly negative public opinion. It is not likely to be approved [...]
2009-06-21 15:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH828TREASURY DAS PRESSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION IN
[...] (S) Summary: On 16-17 May 2009, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser visited Riyadh to advance counter terror finance cooperation with Saudi government and private sector officials. DAS Glaser explored developments pertaining to the Saudi charities commission, encouraged an act [...]
2009-06-22 13:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EINV EFIN KTFN SA
09RIYADH829EX-IM SIGNS LANDMARK DEAL IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) On June 22, U.S. Export-Import Bank Board of Directors member Bijan R. Kian signed the final documents for the financing of $912 million for the sale of 23 General Electric (GE) turbines to the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). SEC will use the turbines to deliver power to Riyadh and the c [...]
2009-06-22 15:27:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EFIN ENRG SA
09RIYADH83DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE SAYS "LET'S WORK
[...] (C) Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) Deputy Minister Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa and MOCI Director General of Copyrights Obaidallah Obaidallah in their offices on January 11th to discuss ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. [...]
2009-01-13 14:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH830NEXT STEPS TO USE THE GSA ANNEX AS OFFICES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Requested: Embassy plans to renovate a building in the GSO Annex for use as office space for the Office of Program Management-Ministry of the Interior (OPM-MOI). The Saudi Arabian Ministry of the Interior (MOI) is prepared to fund this project. Embassy requests a cos [...]
2009-06-23 04:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS SA
09RIYADH837SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE: 48 CASES, NO TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 45 cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3, and on June 25 the Arab News reported three additional cases. The Ministry has reported no fatalities to date, and 17 of the H1N1 patients have been released from the hospital. Several pat [...]
2009-06-25 06:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH843CHARGE,S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH MFA DEPUTY MINISTER
[...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Charge, MFA Deputy Minister for Bilateral Affairs Jindan confirmed that improving Saudi-Syrian relations were being driven by Syria's improved behavior toward Lebanon and Hamas and by Saudi Arabia's strategic interest in pulling Syria away from Iran and draw [...]
2009-06-27 04:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE IR IS SA
09RIYADH857SAUDI FOLLOW-UP ON TOKYO PLEDGE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, EconCouns had an opportunity to speak briefly with Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Managing Director and Vice Chairman Yousef Al-Bassam regarding Saudi Arabia's follow-up on its pledge at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference. 2. (SBU) Al-Bassam said that Saudi Arabia had [...]
2009-06-30 12:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PK SA
09RIYADH859SAG PROVIDES ACCOUNT OF PA BUDGET ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the SAG provided a non-paper describing their budget assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past seven years. The text of the non-paper follows: Saudi Arabia's Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian People (2002 - 2009) PA Budget [...]
2009-06-30 12:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KWBG SA IZ
09RIYADH860DEPUTY MINISTER NOURA AL-FAIZ: AMBITIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Stinging media criticism of Noura Al-Faiz, Deputy Minister for Girls' Education, reflects the anxieties of Saudis -- especially women -- whose hopes were raised by Ms. Faiz's Valentine's Day appointment as the first Saudi female at Deputy Minister rank. Her ongoing [...]
2009-06-30 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KMPI SA
09RIYADH871SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: 81 CASES, CDC VISITORS ADVISE
[...] (SBU) On June 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 81. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date in the country, and 39 H1N1 patients had been released from hospitals as of June 24. Several patie [...]
2009-07-01 14:23:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH887AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH "ENLIGHTENED CONSERVATIVE"
[...] (SBU) Over a June 24 dinner at his spacious, extended-family compound, a religious academic and several of his colleagues from Imam University - the most prestigious Islamic University in Saudi Arabia and once a breeding ground for extremist religious thought - engaged Ambassador and Embassy of [...]
2009-07-06 09:34:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA
09RIYADH888EMBASSY RIYADH'S EXPANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH IMAM MOHAMMAD
[...] (SBU) Programming in Saudi Arabia can be an exercise in frustration, but paradoxically, as some doors shut, others seem to open wider. One prime example is the deepening Embassy relationship with the once-ultraconservative Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University, and its increasing willingnes [...]
2009-07-06 12:01:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA
09RIYADH895CHINESE DUMPING PROBE OUTRAGES SAUDIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Saudis responded sharply July 4 after Beijing began a dumping probe on two of the Kingdom's petrochemical products. Newspapers published unusually critical statements, probably in part to signal the displeasure of government and industry leaders to the PRC. A Saudi Deputy Min [...]
2009-07-07 14:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENRG WTO SA
09RIYADH899ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN A FUNDAMENTALIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocating women,s rights in Saudi Arabia is a difficult task under the best of circumstances. In Qassim Province north of Riyadh, deep in the Kingdom,s conservative Nejd heartland, it can be life-threatening. Despite the many obstacles, a courageous and assertive Princess, Noura [...]
2009-07-08 09:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL KWMN SA
09RIYADH901SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES HAJJ
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Erdman met with Health Minister Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah on July 8 to discuss Saudi healthcare issues including H1N1 preparation for the upcoming Hajj. Rabeeah noted that the Ministry's plan follows the 15 recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
2009-07-08 15:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH902SAUDI TERROR TRIAL CONVICTIONS
[...] The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released a statement from the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution regarding the verdicts in the terrorism trials for accused Al-Qaida militants. The SPA statement follows below: June 8, 2009: Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sa'daan, official spokesperson for the S [...]
2009-07-08 17:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PINR SA
09RIYADH903SAUDI OPEC GOVERNOR PROVIDES CODEL TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) met OPEC governor for Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid Al-Moneef with DCM June 29. Moneef provided an unusually detailed tour d'horizon of his views on the oil business and OPEC. He expressed satisfaction that the price of oil was moving back [...]
2009-07-10 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL OVIP OPEC SA
09RIYADH910SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY
[...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...]
2009-07-12 09:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH911SAUDI EDITOR LAMENTS MUSLIM INSENSITIVITY TO
[...] (C) Over breakfast on June 28, Al-Watan Editor-in-Chief Jamal Khashoggi argued to Charge that the influence of the Saudi religious establishment was declining, though this didn't necessarily translate into support for secularization. He attributed intensified religious observance in Saudi Arab [...]
2009-07-12 15:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA
09RIYADH914EX-IM BANK DISCUSSES $2 BILLION ARAMCO FACILITY, U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Dhahran June 25-28 to meet with business leaders in the Eastern Province. Kian discussed next steps towards signing a $2 billion facility with Saudi Aramco and explored other export opportunities for U.S. goods and services in [...]
2009-07-13 10:03:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET SOCI SA
09RIYADH921SAUDI TERROR TRIALS A "WIN" AGAINST TERRORISM AND
[...] (C) On June 8, Saudi Arabia,s special criminal court convicted 330 terror suspects in 179 cases on charges of involvement with Al-Qaeda and "posing a threat to national security." Sentences imposed by the court ranged from house arrest and travel bans to financial penalties and prison terms, [...]
2009-07-14 12:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA
09RIYADH922SAUDIS CONTINUE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PUSH
[...] (U) As part its "War of Ideas" campaign to combat extremism and in the context of its overall reform programs, the SAG continued its campaign to promote national dialogue and tolerance through a 3-day forum for cultural dialogue trainers. In a keynote address, Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti call [...]
2009-07-15 08:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH929SAUDI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON H1N1, OTHER HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Saudi Minister of Health Abdullah Rabeeah briefed Charge July 8 on his Ministry's priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage season. Rabeeah requested Embassy assistance delivering a letter to the Centers for Disease Control regarding the distribution of H1N1 tes [...]
2009-07-15 16:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH933H1N1 UPDATE: 232 CASES, OUTBREAKS IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced July 14 that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 232. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date and 90 percent of those infected reportedly have recovered fully. The Ministry of Education, at the [...]
2009-07-18 04:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH935GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS
[...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]
2009-07-18 07:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09RIYADH947SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you back to the Kingdom. Since your last visit just after the U.S. presidential election we have heard Saudi officials from King Abdullah on down expressing hope and expectation that we are moving toward a more consultative and productive pa [...]
2009-07-20 05:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH949SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY'S JULY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia remains an important strategic U.S. ally by virtue of its energy resources, geographic location, counterterrorism role, and leadership within the Muslim world. The Al Saud see the United States as their most important strat [...]
2009-07-20 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ABLD ASEC CMGT CVIS CASC ECON PREL SA
09RIYADH958CONOCOPHILLIPS ON PLANNED YANBU REFINERY, SAUDI
[...] (C) ConocoPhillips President for the Middle East and North Africa Nick Spencer told DCM July 12 his company is committed to building the planned 400K barrel/day oil refinery in Yanbu with Saudi Aramco, with construction to begin next year and first production in 2014. Spencer said the Saudi in [...]
2009-07-22 07:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV SA
09RIYADH959SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: UMRAH RETURNEE DIES IN EGYPT,
[...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in the Kingdom has risen to 294, and the first fatality was reported on July 19. An Umrah pilgrim with a pre-existing heart ailment died of H1N1 reportedly after becoming ill while on Umrah pilgrimage in the Kingdom. The patient, a 25 year old Egyptian woman, r [...]
2009-07-22 15:07:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH962SAUDI MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MADANI
[...] (C) During a July 20 meeting Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani accepted Charge's congratulations on his appointment by the King to another 4-year term; praised President Obama's efforts on the Middle East and the recent meeting with the Quartet in Trieste; and focused o [...]
2009-07-25 09:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SA SY LE AF PK IR XF
09RIYADH974DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI TIP ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) DCM hand-delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2009 Tier 3 Short-Term Action Plan (reftel) to Vice Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulwahed Al-Humaid July 26. Humaid said Saudi Arabia takes trafficking issues seriously, and the United States should revisit the Tier 3 ranking in light of rec [...]
2009-07-28 14:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP PREL SA
09RIYADH976MORE ON FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT GOSAIBI AND SAAD
[...] (C) Summary: Saud Al-Gosaibi (strictly protect),chairman of the Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi),told Econoff that a court in the Cayman Islands decided July 24 to freeze 9.2 billion dollars of Maan Al-Sanea's assets. Saud hopes this ruling will put pressure on the Sa [...]
2009-07-29 06:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR PGOV CJ SA
09RIYADH979SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH, ARAB HEALTH
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health reported Saudi Arabia's first H1N1 death July 27. Saleh Al-Shehri, a 30 year old Saudi man, died in Dammam reportedly after contracting H1N1 from an infected individual he had been visiting frequently. Al-Shehri's family accused the private hospital of negligence [...]
2009-07-29 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH982DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza told EconCouns that he wants to develop an action plan for intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and awareness with input and sponsorship from the private sector. Hazza hopes to conclude and publish the [...]
2009-07-29 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH984SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO IMPLEMENT NEW HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraphs 7.B.1 and 7.G.1. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche on the TIP Action Plan for Saudi Arabia, an MFA official described recently enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation. Further, the Saudi Council of Ministers al [...]
2009-07-30 11:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH985TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest, including recovery of the global economy, the riyal-dollar peg, illicit finance, cooperation at the G-20 and IMF, an [...]
2009-07-30 12:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH986TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH KING
[...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Saudi Arabia and met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Yanbu, discussing a broad range of topics including commitment to the dollar, the global economic crisis, illicit finance, Israel-Palestine issues, and the G-2 [...]
2009-07-30 12:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH987JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HOSTS
[...] (U) Summary: In his July 14 visit to Saudi Arabia, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner led a roundtable discussion and delivered a speech at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). He discussed the economic downturn and measures taken to stem the crisis, sharing his outlook for t [...]
2009-07-30 12:11:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09ROME1240G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]
2009-11-10 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME144U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the first Political Directors Meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Venice, February 2-3. All participants showed great interest in the new Administration's approach to major policy issues -- most notabl [...]
2009-02-06 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MNUC IT AF PK IR KN BM
09ROME171INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]
2009-02-12 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME355ITALY READY TO HELP ON GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
[...] (C) Italian Foreign Minister Frattini confirmed to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson March 24 that Italy is ready to help the United States resolve the issue of Guantanamo detainees through resettlement in Italy and advocacy for the U.S. effort within the EU. Frattini advised that there is oppositio [...]
2009-03-26 17:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IT
09ROME409G8 ASIA DIRECTORS MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: SCA PDAS Patrick Moon and S/SRAP Adviser Neil Kromash represented the U.S. at an April 6 G8 Asia Directors' Meeting in Rome convened by Italy to craft an agenda for its G8 Ministerial Outreach Meeting on Afghan [...]
2009-04-09 10:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF PK EAID
09ROME521ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN REWARDS ITALY'S FRIENDSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. On a May 4-5 visit to Rome, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met separately with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, as well as Rome's mayor and the leadership of its tiny Jewish community. With Berlusconi and Frattini, Lieberman stre [...]
2009-05-08 06:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL EU IS IT
09RPODUBAI235IRAN’S FIRST FAN: DISSATISFACTION WITH AHMADINEJAD MAY
[...] (C) Summary: As emotions run high following a week of adversarial debates between Iran's four presidential candidates, the outcome of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying match against the UAE could add to voters' dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad just 36 hours before they head to the pol [...]
2009-06-09 14:24:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI316IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S STAR FADING IN THE ARAB WORLD?
[...] (U) This is a joint cable by the Iran Regional Presence Office and the Dubai Regional Media Hub. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Since Iran's June 12 presidential elections, Arab media have intensely focused their coverage on the demonstrations in Iran and the international community's response to t [...]
2009-08-03 11:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PROP PGOV PINR IR
09RPODUBAI415IRAN OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION DECLINING, FAILING TO MEET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent statistics in Iranian press indicate Iran's current offshore oil production in the Persian Gulf is declining. This decline comes despite ambitious growth plans for offshore production in the current Five-Year Development Plan, which has the target of one million barrels per [...]
2009-10-06 13:59:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL
09SANAA1007NORTHERN TRIBAL LEADER THROWS LOT IN WITH
[...] (S) Sheikh Mohamed Naji al-Shaif told the Ambassador on May 26 that he has met repeatedly with southern leader Ali Nasser Mohamed and had committed to give financial support to another prominent dissident. He further claimed that if Yemen's southern governorates secede, the northern governora [...]
2009-05-27 14:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA1015SALEH SEES FOREIGN HAND BEHIND YEMEN,S INTERNAL
[...] (S) Summary. During a 40-minute meeting at his residence in Taiz, President Saleh confirmed to D/D CIA Kappes his intention to permit Yemenis to enter the Saudi rehab program upon their release from Guantanamo, an issue that he said he will discuss King Abdullah during a visit to Riyadh on May 31. [...]
2009-05-31 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1060YEMENIS IMPRESSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH,
[...] (U) Embassy interlocutors responded positively to President Barack Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. They were pleased with the speech's respectful and balanced tone. Interlocutors, however, were somewhat skeptical that the change in tone would be matched by a change in policy, and awaited cle [...]
2009-06-08 06:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPRC KPAO KISL YM
09SANAA1124SPOT REPORT: ROYG WORKS TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED
[...] SUMMARY. The ROYG has developed a new strategy to provide Yemeni workers with training specifically tailored for the entry-level labor market in the Gulf. The ROYG,s plans come after a May GCC decision to give Yemeni workers priority over other foreign workers in Gulf state employment. An in [...]
2009-06-20 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL GCC YM
09SANAA116SALEH TAKES PR HIT FOR DOHA, STOKES PAN-ARAB FLAMES IN
[...] President Saleh's decision not to send Yemeni representation to the emergency Arab League summit called by Qatar for January 16 left him and the ROYG open to criticism and condemnation by the Yemeni opposition and the public at large. Observers largely credit pressure from Saudi Arabia and Eg [...]
2009-01-21 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO KPAL YM
09SANAA1278PRESIDENT SALEH PRESSES FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (S) A clearly agitated President Saleh complained to the Ambassador July 20 that it was a negative recommendation from Embassy Sana'a that was preventing the White House from extending an invitation to him for an official visit with President Obama. The Ambassador clarified to Saleh that his [...]
2009-07-20 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL KDRG PTER YM
09SANAA1299SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes your return to Yemen. Since your last visit in November, we have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country. Parliamentary elections scheduled for April were delayed by two years [...]
2009-07-23 15:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL OTRA YM
09SANAA1402(S/NF) PROGRESS ON US-ROYG COOPERATION TO REDUCE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20-22, a PM/WRA delegation visited Yemen to discuss MANPADS threat reduction efforts with ROYG officials. Since 2004, US-ROYG cooperation has dramatically reduced the availability of MANPADS on the black market in Yemen. Although the program has likely recovered the bulk o [...]
2009-08-04 11:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1403(S/NF) ROYG DESTROYS BLACK MARKET MANPADS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On July 27, PolOffs verified the destruction of 102 MANPADS acquired from the Yemeni black market by the National Security Bureau (NSB). This brings the total number of black market MANPADS destroyed through US-ROYG cooperation to 1,263. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND ---------- [...]
2009-08-04 11:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1487EMBASSY SANA'A WELCOMES CODEL MCCAIN AUGUST 16-17
[...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes CODEL McCain to Yemen. The poorest country in the Arab world, Yemen and its government continue to face multiple, serious challenges. We have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country in recent ye [...]
2009-08-11 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL OVIP YM
09SANAA149IRAN'S RED LINE IN YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. "Iran is a crucial neighbor so Yemen should respect its red lines and it should respect Yemen's red lines too," said Minister of Foreign Affairs Abu Bakr al-Qirbi during a January 19 interview with an independent, sometimes sensationalist, news outlet. The comment, apparently u [...]
2009-01-28 12:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IR YM
09SANAA1507SA'ADA: WITH PLANES AND TANKS, ROYG SIGNALS SIXTH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The spread of violent clashes across Sa'ada, al-Jawf and the Saudi border and confluence of the Houthi rebellion with tribal and sectarian conflict in the region has finally drawn the ROYG into what now appears to be the sixth round of fighting. After several months of sporadic [...]
2009-08-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1532SIXTH ROUND OF SA'ADA FIGHTING INTENSIFIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The sixth round of fighting between the ROYG and the Houthis, which began on August 11, has continued to escalate, kinetically and rhetorically. On August 13, the ROYG gave the Houthis six conditions for ceasing hostilities, including one that the Houthis most likely have no powe [...]
2009-08-17 15:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1604CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...]
2009-08-29 12:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM
09SANAA1628SA'ADA CONFLICT: A PROXY WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
[...] (C) While Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels exchange fire in Sa'ada, a vociferous exchange of accusations and counter-accusations over alleged foreign interference in the conflict is taking place in the Yemeni and regional media. Iranian official media is giving the conflict unpreced [...]
2009-09-02 11:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PINS KPAO YM
09SANAA1633PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF
[...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...]
2009-09-02 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR
09SANAA1648ANOTHER HALF-HEARTED CEASEFIRE IN SA'ADA; FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The sixth war in Sa'ada shows no sign of slowing, despite another brief ceasefire announcement on September 4. The ongoing war of words between the ROYG and Houthis is resulting in a dizzying see-saw of accusations and counter-accusations, none of them independently verifiable. [...]
2009-09-09 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1662IRAN IN YEMEN: TEHRAN's SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, BUT FOOTPRINT IS SMALL (c-ne9-01257)
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite repeated ROYG accusations of Tehran's material and financial support to the Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and increasingly belligerent media exchanges between Yemen and Iran, Iranian influence in Yemen has thus far been limited to informal religious ties between Yemeni and Iranian [...]
2009-09-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EIND IR YM
09SANAA1669BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING SEP 6, 2009
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a September 6 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, President Saleh pledged unfettered access to Yemen's national territory for U.S. counterterrorism operations, suggesting that in the process, the USG assumed responsibility for the success - or failure - [...]
2009-09-15 06:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PINR KDRG PINS SA YM
09SANAA1679TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...]
2009-09-15 14:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA168ROYG MOVES REHABILITATION CENTER SITE TO ADEN
[...] (C) In what he described as his last "official task" for President Saleh following his December 17 cabinet resignation, former Deputy Prime Minister Rashad al-Alimi told the Ambassador during a January 31 meeting that he will oversee the construction of Yemen's extremist rehabilitation center [...]
2009-02-02 08:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG YM
09SANAA1680LATEST FRONT IN SA'ADA WAR: YOUTUBE
[...] In the sixth war between the ROYG and Houthi rebels, the fighting has spread to a new front: Youtube. Houthis and their supporters have posted video clips online as part of a vigorous information campaign to publicize battlefield victories, allege ROYG atrocities against civilians and accuse [...]
2009-09-15 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PROP PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA1692DAS SANDERSON HEARS OF PROMISING ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 15-16 visit to Yemen, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Ambassador Janet Sanderson met with ROYG officials, advisors, and European diplomats to discuss some of Yemen's most pressing social and economic challenges. Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi pressed for a "strategi [...]
2009-09-22 07:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV YM
09SANAA1850SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]
2009-10-07 10:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA1892MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]
2009-10-13 13:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA1937COULD A SA'ADA CEASEFIRE BE ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Rumors of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's arrest, a flurry of high-level ROYG visits to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Qirbi's sudden dispatch to Egypt, Syria, and Libya, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's postponed visit to Sana'a point to the possibility of significant developments [...]
2009-10-20 12:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1939FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]
2009-10-20 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA2029FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]
2009-11-04 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]
2009-11-04 15:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2040SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]
2009-11-09 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA204265 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA204357 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-10 04:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2052SA’ADA SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE THOUGHT, FEWER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ongoing, direct Saudi involvement in the Sa'ada war, which in and of itself risks expanding the regional and sectarian dimensions of the conflict, also seems to be encouraging other Sunni neighbors to provide material support to President Saleh's ill-conceived campaign to eradicate [...]
2009-11-11 09:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA YM
09SANAA2062DEPUTY FM WANTS TO DISCUSS "HIDDEN AGENDAS"
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy FM Al-Dhabbi told Ambassador Seche in a meeting November 10 that he looks forward to a candid exchange to clarify our agendas and views in relation to the ROYG conflict with the Houthis which, he noted, the ROYG, considers as an immediate threat compared to that posed [...]
2009-11-15 15:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA2070SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN --
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]
2009-11-16 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2073ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]
2009-11-17 08:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2117SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]
2009-11-23 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA215LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]
2009-02-07 07:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2155SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]
2009-12-02 12:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2184PREPARING FOR FM QIRBI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 8, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi at Qirbi's request to discuss the Ambassador's most recent consultations in Washington. Qirbi had been appraised of the invitation to visit Washington in January 2010 for meetings with Secretary Clinton a [...]
2009-12-09 13:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KVIP ECON YM
09SANAA2185WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]
2009-12-09 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2202YEMENI POVERTY LEVELS HIGHEST IN WAR-AFFLICTED
[...] Summary. The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is particularly affected by poverty. 34.8 of the population lives below the poverty line as defined by a UNDP index; 45 percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The real losers when it comes to poverty are the war [...]
2009-12-13 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PHUM PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA2205IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]
2009-12-13 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2227SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]
2009-12-16 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA2249YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...]
2009-12-21 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE
09SANAA2259ROYG MAKES THE ROUNDS IN EUROPE: ATTEMPTS TO STAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Muhi al-Dhabbi recently returned from a whirlwind trip to six European nations in which he attempted to explain ROYG policy on the Houthi conflict in Sa'ada and postpone rumored UN Security Council debate that the ROYG fears might lead to greater foreign i [...]
2009-12-22 10:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MOPS PTER YM
09SANAA227YEMEN: OIL MINISTER (OVERLY?) OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ameer Salem al-Aidaroos, on February 7. The Minister predicted that new discoveries, the eventual return of higher oil prices, and the start of natural gas exports would resolve the Republic of Yemen Government,s (ROYG's) [...]
2009-02-09 09:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV RU YM
09SANAA2274ROYG ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN AQAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi for the first time publicly acknowledged U.S. intelligence assistance in the December 17 strikes during a presentation to Parliament on December 23. Preliminary reports from Post contacts indicate that Alimi's prese [...]
2009-12-27 12:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS PINR YM
09SANAA2279YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]
2009-12-28 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2287YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]
2009-12-31 10:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA271YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]
2009-02-11 14:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA291INTERIOR MINISTER GIVES AMBASSADOR ASSURANCES ON
[...] (C) The Minister of Interior gave the Ambassador on February 16 assurances on a number of issues ranging from reports of recently released al-Qaeda suspects to information sharing with the Embassy to the protection of Yemen's Jewish community. While Post is relatively confident that the issu [...]
2009-02-17 12:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KIRF
09SANAA293FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK
[...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...]
2009-02-17 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA307SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES
[...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...]
2009-02-18 14:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA334YEMENI MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES AL-QAEDA
[...] (S) During a February 18 meeting with Embassy officers, MG Mohammed al-Maqdashi, Regional Commander of the Yemeni Armed Forces Middle District, described al-Qaeda's (AQ) presence in Marib as a diffuse, well-trained force of mostly Saudi recruits. Despite ample funding from sources in neighbori [...]
2009-02-25 12:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER ECON YM
09SANAA356SANAA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Various ethnic, religious, and professional groups are capable and have been allowed to stage demonstrations in the past. T [...]
2009-03-02 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM
09SANAA427CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS A SMALL SPOTLIGHT ON
[...] SUMMARY: The Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry has established a women,s unit on the heels of the first-ever national businesswomen,s conference. The women,s unit and the Yemen Business Women,s Council are initiating efforts to integrate women into the often male-dominate [...]
2009-03-08 13:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV KWMN YM
09SANAA430A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]
2009-03-08 14:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA495SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...]
2009-03-23 07:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM
09SANAA569ROYG FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 16 BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi called in Ambassador April 1 to express concern about the outcome of last month,s discussion between APDNSA John Brennan and President Saleh on GTMO detainees, and solicit the Ambassador,s views as to how we can move this issue forward. Dhabbi [...]
2009-04-01 14:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL KDRG YM
09SANAA708GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...]
2009-04-21 08:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SCUL YM
09SANAA84OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR YEMEN
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Yemen is a poor, developing country. The central government has control over the major cities and towns, while traditional tribal powers control the outlying areas. Tourists and expatriates run the greatest risk of encountering criminal elements in those [...]
2009-01-14 14:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC APER AMGT YM KCRM
09SANTIAGO324VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN
[...] (U) March 28, 2009; 8:30 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian Harris (notetaker),Political/Economic Officer, U. [...]
2009-04-03 22:17:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETOVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UK PK JOSEPH BIDEN
09SAOPAULO19BLUE LANTERN CASE 050136184
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff visited AVIBRAS munitions manufacturing site and met with company president Sami Hassuani on January 8. The company appears to have adequate security measures to protect sensitive USML items. Hassuani provided copious documentation to support th [...]
2009-01-09 17:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC MY BR
09SAOPAULO663Engaging Sao Paulo's Muslim Communities: SMRC Pandith's
[...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo offers unique possibilities for Muslim engagement, many of which were evident throughout Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith's November 22-23 visit. The major Sunni and politically moderate Muslims were delighted to receive SMRC Pandit [...]
2009-12-08 18:46:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM PREL SCUL KISL KPAO OEXC BR
09SEOUL1049SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 06:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL455IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...]
2009-03-23 07:59:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK
09SEOUL963SEOUL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST
[...] Summary: On June 9-10, the ROKG hosted the Seoul High Level Meeting on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia. The introductory remarks advocated coordination of international efforts and stabilization of Somalia as key to effectively combating piracy. Meeting participants agreed that internation [...]
2009-06-17 06:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS
09SHANGHAI251EAST CHINA COMMODITY EXPORTS HEADING FOR RECOVERY? YIWU
[...] (SBU) Summary: One of the largest manufacturing and trading centers in East China, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province suffered in late 2008 from the global financial crisis but is seeing signs of recovery. The economic downturn has impacted different industries to varying degrees, with man [...]
2009-06-08 06:51:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR CH
09SINGAPORE51 SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]
2009-01-15 09:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SINGAPORE588FOLLOWING THE MONEY TRAIL OF SINGAPORE'S SECRETIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a portfolio estimated at more than $300 billion, the funding sources and uses of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds (SWF) are shrouded in secrecy and not well understood by the Singapore public or most analysts. SWF funds come from three sources: the government's [...]
2009-06-23 09:21:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN
09STATE100749FAYYAD PRESENTS INSTITUTION-BUILDING PLAN AT AHLC
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the United States and more than 20 donor countries joined Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for a September 22 meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at United Nations headquarters in New York. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere, who chaire [...]
2009-09-28 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID KPAL PREL PGOV WBG EU IS
09STATE1023UPDATE ON EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO INCLUDE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, 2008 European Ministers officially adopted a Directive to include international aviation in the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). All flights arriving and departing from EU airports, [...]
2009-01-06 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU
09STATE102887COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: OPPORTUNITY FOR FINANCIAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will hold a Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course at the FDIC Training Facilities in Arlington, Virginia. This training is funded by INL and S/CT, which co-chair the [...]
2009-10-02 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL
09STATE102971(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON THE SOUTHERN
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT IN YEMEN CLOSELY AND GREATLY APPRECIATE EMBASSY SANAA'S REPORTING ON THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, WHICH PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO DEVELOPMENTS ON THE GROUND IN YEMEN. WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN MOVE [...]
2009-10-02 18:56:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER YM
09STATE102973FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (C) In April 2009, Ukraine circulated to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners notification of the GOU's intention to transfer MTCR Category I and Category II items to Saudi Arabia. The notification state [...]
2009-10-02 19:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP SA
09STATE103130SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, met with key interlocutors on preparations for the 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Japan from August 25-30 on the mar [...]
2009-10-02 21:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG CH ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS UK
09STATE103150DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UN ENGAGEMENT IN YEMEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes intends to travel to Yemen on/about October 8 to observe UN agency responses to the Houthi conflict in the northern Sa'ada province of Yemen. The Department requests that USUN approach Mr. Holmes in advance of his visit to relay the i [...]
2009-10-02 21:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM YM
09STATE103636INTRODUCING THE COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY. As part of the Administration's energy policy, the Secretary recently appointed me as the Department's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs S/CIEA. In this position, I will help to ensure that energy security is integrated into the core mission of the Department and to elevat [...]
2009-10-05 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EPET ETRD PREL SENV PGOV
09STATE104679YEMEN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Yemen to help stre [...]
2009-10-07 20:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG YM
09STATE10849THANK YOU FROM SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL
[...] (U) The following is a note from Special Envoy George Mitchell. Please distribute to Embassy staff as appropriate. (Begin Text) Dear Ambassador Fraker, I want to thank you and your staff for the exceptional work in support of my recent visit to Riyadh. Acting on short notice and with [...]
2009-02-05 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP AMGT
09STATE108736EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99209 THRU 99249 -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 13:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EG EWWT PREL
09STATE111693MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. [...]
2009-10-29 15:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALBR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA
09STATE112828DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 15, South African Justice Richard Goldstone released the report of his fact-finding Mission into alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the fighting between Hamas [...]
2009-11-02 17:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE114494TRAVEL ALERT - THE HAJJ
[...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the latest information on the 2009-H1N1 influenza (also referred to as novel H1N1 or swine flu) pandemic and preparations for the Hajj. Although most people who have become ill with 2009-H1N1 influenza have recovered without requiring medical tr [...]
2009-11-06 00:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED AMGT TBIO KFLU SARB
09STATE114630EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99267 THRU 99294
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-06 14:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE114669BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050176047 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 and L-100 air [...]
2009-11-06 14:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK SA
09STATE115229DRAFT UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to share the draft resolution in paragraph 2 with the members of the Security Council, and to report reactions to the Department. End request. 2. Begin text of draft UN Security Council 1846/1851 renewal resolution: -- The Security Council, -- i. R [...]
2009-11-06 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE116023October 2009 Paris Club Meeting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...]
2009-11-10 19:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
09STATE118784CIVIL NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In February 2008, an Ambassadorial-level U.S. delegation including Jackie Wolcott, the former Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, visited Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to discuss potential areas of cooperation aimed at the devel [...]
2009-11-17 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY KU BA SA MU
09STATE118799OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]
2009-11-17 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE11902RESPONSE TO IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4-6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On May 16, 2008, the United States Government and the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on civil nuclear cooperation. A few weeks later, a similar nuclea [...]
2009-02-09 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PREL TRGY SA QA
09STATE119211PSI: UPDATE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE
[...] We wish to update all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise LEADING EDGE2010 and invite them to participate in or observe selected phases. This cable also provides logistical information regarding travel, billeting, and registration requirements. In addition, the exercise p [...]
2009-11-18 20:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ
09STATE11937(U) Secretary Clinton's February 5, 2009
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on February 5 for 30 minutes in their first bilateral meeting. The warm and open exchange followed a one-on-one working lunch and preceded a 20-minute press conference. The two agreed to coordinate closely on a wid [...]
2009-02-10 03:28:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL KPAL FR IR RS
09STATE120769(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SAUDI ARABIA'S
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE EMBASSY RIYADH'S REPORTING ON THE NEW GOVERNOR IN NAJRAN, MISHAL BIN ABDALLAH. IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING SAUDI ACTIVITIES RELATED TO YEMEN, ANALYSTS ARE PLANNING TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROLE O [...]
2009-11-23 22:53:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE120774(C) SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE ANY EMBASSY RIYADH AND CONSULATE DHAHRAN/JEDDAH REPORTING ON SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. ANALYSTS ARE PLANNING TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROLE OF SAUD [...]
2009-11-23 22:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE122214GUIDANCE AND ACTION REQUEST: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (U) On November 25, the Government of Israel (GOI) announced a 10-month moratorium on new settlement construction and new approvals in the West Bank. Following the announcement by the GOI, Secretary Clinton released a written state [...]
2009-11-27 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPAL PREL KWBG
09STATE122229SAVE THE DATE REQUEST FOR CENTCOM GULF REGION
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. A Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held in Amman, Jordan, 21-23 February 2010, co-sponsored by Commander, United States Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM) and the Government of Jordan (GoJ),and coordinated with Embas [...]
2009-11-27 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECPS EINT MARR MCAP PREL XF
09STATE1223CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY ISSUES FOR
[...] This is an action request. Per Ref A, action addressees are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) in New York on January 13-14, 2009. To better prepare its participants, the Department requests that posts solicit feedback from host governments on discuss [...]
2009-01-07 00:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
09STATE129668Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective December 20, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-723. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]
2009-12-18 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE130735EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE 99342 THRU 99365 AND
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-12-23 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE130964(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS COMMEND POSTS FOR THEIR TIMELY AND INVALUABLE REPORTING SINCE NIGERIAN PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S SUDDEN MEDICAL EVACUATION TO SAUDI ARABIA IN NOVEMBER. POSTS' REPORTING ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND THE RESULTING PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION CRISIS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO ANA [...]
2009-12-24 16:43:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR NI
09STATE131661UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING
[...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...]
2009-12-29 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER
09STATE131801TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR
[...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para 3. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In August 2009, Special Representative to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan (S/SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in coordination with the Department of Treasury established the interagency Illicit Finance Task Fo [...]
2009-12-30 13:28:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK KU AE QA SA
09STATE131863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 051010477 for the export of 766 (AN/PVS) Gen 3 Monocular Night Vision Devices (NVDs) to Saudi [...]
2009-12-30 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE132604PREPARING FOR ADDITIONAL SOMALI REFUGEE FLOWS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: In view of likely significant refugee outflows from Somalia to neighboring countries in the Horn of Africa in early 2010, addressees are requested to urgently provide their best advice on how the USG can work with host governments, including in consultation with other rel [...]
2009-12-31 21:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL DJ ET EU KE SO YM
09STATE14577ACTION REQUEST: RUSSIA S-300 MISSILE TO IRAN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for Posts in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Cairo, Kuwait City, Manama, and Riyadh. Please see para 7. Summary and Background ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) Posts are requested to raise with appropriate government officials our concerns about Russia [...]
2009-02-18 00:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL RS BA KU AE EG JO IS IR
09STATE15113REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD)
[...] (U//FOUO) This is an action request; see Para. 13. 2. (U//FOUO) Under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was written to provide the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources ( [...]
2009-02-18 23:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER
09STATE19681PSI: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 and 11 below. 2. Summary: The FBI plans to host a Regional Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Counterproliferation Workshop July 14-16, 2009 at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Budapest, Hungary for government experts/act [...]
2009-03-03 20:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP ZR
09STATE20212TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] This Travel Warning warns American citizens about the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S. citizens of recommended security precautions. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There is an ongoing security thre [...]
2009-03-04 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL PTER SA
09STATE20890JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2009-03-05 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL ASEC JO
09STATE26373VIEWS ON SUDAN -- MEETINGS WITH UK, FRANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Department AF and S/WCI officials met March 10-11 with UK and French, Sudan Contact Group, and UN/AU mediation team members to discuss recent Sudanese developments. UK and France are deeply disappointed at Arab and African reactions to ICC issuance of an arrest warrant for Presid [...]
2009-03-19 14:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU UN
09STATE26517SOMALIA CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 17:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO KE
09STATE29163(SBU) SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH AF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Foreign Minister Mohamed A. Omaar (FonMin) met with Bureau for African Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter (AA/S) on March 24. The FonMin and AA/S spent the majority of the meeting discussing the African Union Mission [...]
2009-03-26 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSO PGOV SOCI PINR PTER KPKO
09STATE30838DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, March 31, 2009 2. (U) 2009 NATO Summit - Paragraphs 8-16 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 17-23 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 24-44 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 45-59 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 60-68 7. (U) Suspicious [...]
2009-03-31 17:32:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE30921JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR MAY 2009 COESPU
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2009-03-31 18:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJO MASS PHUM PREL
09STATE31102REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) As announced by the President on March 27, the United States Government has concluded its Afghanistan- Pakistan Strategic Review (Ref A). The conclusions of the Strategic Review -- informed by consultations with the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, NATO Allies, International Secur [...]
2009-04-01 00:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
09STATE3120DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR THE JANUARY 16 ARAB
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) At the request of Qatar, the Arab League has called an Emergency Ministerial meeting on January 16 in Kuwait to discuss the situation in Gaza. This meeting of foreign ministers precedes the Kuwait- [...]
2009-01-13 00:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF
09STATE31659KEY THEMES AND FACT SHEET ON LONDON G20 SUMMIT
[...] (U) This cable provides key themes and messages for posts' use in commenting on the April 2 London Summit. A detailed fact sheet outlining U.S. goals and objectives for the Summit is reproduced at para 3 below. The fact sheet has already been released to the U.S. press and may be distributed [...]
2009-04-01 21:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO
09STATE32025DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, April 2, 2009 2. (U) 2009 NATO Summit - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 14-21 4. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 22-24 5. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 25-38 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 39-47 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]
2009-04-02 17:24:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE322ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...]
2009-01-03 03:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE32712FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3 for general talking points. Paragraph 4 has Post-specific points. 2. (U) Per reftel, Japan and the World Bank are co-hosting a Donors Conference for Pakistan on April 17 in Tokyo. The stated goal of the conference is to raise $4 bill [...]
2009-04-03 16:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK
09STATE33629DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD
[...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...]
2009-04-07 11:44:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE34688(U) Secretary Clinton's April 7, 2009 meeting
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 04:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP CLINTON HILLARY UAE
09STATE37284BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050149165 for the export of F-15 and C-130 component parts to Saudi Arabia. Post is requeste [...]
2009-04-15 19:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE41287SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH OMAN FM YUSUF BIN
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 meeting at the Department, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi discussed the current situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and how the U.S., Oman, and the international community could [...]
2009-04-24 14:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF PK ZR IAEA MNUC PGOV PREL PARM
09STATE41665ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for OIC-member posts to approach host governments to urge recognition of Kosovo as well as to reinforce reftel demarche seeking support for Kosovo,s membership bids in the IMF and World Bank. Posts may advise Department if an approach would be counterproductive [...]
2009-04-24 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KV
09STATE44005SOMALIA: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General (UNSYG) Ban Ki-Moon convened an international donors conference in Brussels, Belgium, from April 22 to 23 under the joint auspices of the African Union (AU),European Union (EU) and the UN to solicit contributions to support the Transitional Fed [...]
2009-04-30 17:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OVIP PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE44736U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will release its Annual Report and recommendations on Countries of Particular Concern for systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom (CPCs) on May 1. This cable clarifies the identity and rol [...]
2009-05-01 23:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO
09STATE45504DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, May 5, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 14-20 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 21-32 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 33-36 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 37-45 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]
2009-05-05 16:44:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE4690MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: In keeping with our efforts to provide key non-members with information about the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and its activities, we want to brief on the results of the November 2008 Canberra M [...]
2009-01-16 18:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA
09STATE47315(S) KUDOS ON REPORTING ON THE STATE OF THE SAUDI
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE RIYADH 000910 ON THE STATE OF SAUDI SHI'A. ANALYSTS WERE INTERESTED IN THE CHANGES THE SAUDI SHI'A HAVE EXPERIENCED AND THE FACT THAT DESPITE THE PROGRESS THE SHI'A HAVE MADE IN SAUDI ARABIA, THEY CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYM [...]
2009-05-08 20:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE47360KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47369KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47372KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE501812009 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS
[...] This is an action request, please see para 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) shi [...]
2009-05-15 20:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
09STATE52832SUBJECT: SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON AF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Omaar (ForMin) met with Bureau for African Affairs (AF) Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson (A/S) on May 15. The ForMin and A/S discussed recent fighting in and around Mogadishu and TFG efforts to r [...]
2009-05-22 16:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO
09STATE54155BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050132756 for the export of firearms to Saudi Arabia. Post is requested to complete this Blue [...]
2009-05-27 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE5567FOLLOW-UP TO INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver immediately. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A asked Sudan to stop flights from Sudan which we believed are carrying lethal military equipment. Earli [...]
2009-01-22 01:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE5572APPROVAL OF PERSONAL TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 01:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC SA
09STATE55873(S/NF) SAUDI ARABIA: KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S ASSESSMENT OF THE DILEMMA FACING THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT REGARDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS. THE ASSESSMENT WAS USED IN A RECENT NATIONAL TERRORISM BULLETIN ON THE EFFORTS OF SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO DENIGRATE AL-QA'IDA. THIS PIECE WAS VERY WELL RECE [...]
2009-06-01 15:02:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER SA
09STATE58420GUIDANCE ON MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA IN NATO-ICI
[...] (C) The USG supports the full membership of Saudi Arabia in the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, vice its current "observer" status. We recognize that future movement on ICI membership largely depends on approval by a higher level within the Government of Saudi Arabia, and that approval a [...]
2009-06-05 22:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSA NATO PREL
09STATE60355SRI LANKA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CE
09STATE60413SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60423QATAR -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG QA
09STATE60445INDONESIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAP KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ID
09STATE60453PHILIPPINES -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG RP
09STATE60542CAMEROON -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CM
09STATE60565NIGERIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI
09STATE60574TOGO -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TO
09STATE60583YEMEN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG YM
09STATE60590DJIBOUTI -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DJ
09STATE60594ETHIOPIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ET
09STATE60595KENYA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KE
09STATE60611SUDAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SU
09STATE60612TANZANIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TZ
09STATE61050FRANCE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 18:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR
09STATE61213PAKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONF PLEDGES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pakistan received generous pledges from donors at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference, which was intended to raise funds for social safety net and development programs, and to shore up reserves. For broader donor coordination and t [...]
2009-06-12 23:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PK
09STATE61218PAKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONF PLEDGES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pakistan received generous pledges from donors at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference, which was intended to raise funds for social safety net and development programs, and to shore up reserves. For broader donor coordination and t [...]
2009-06-13 00:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PK
09STATE61340NEPAL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-15 00:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
09STATE61707JUNE 8 MEETING OF THE AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] Summary: The United States used the June 8 meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) -- the principle policy-coordinating mechanism for donor assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) -- to focus donors on the need to (1) strengthen the PA with immediate budget support and (2) foster e [...]
2009-06-15 19:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS
09STATE61779RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR NSF 1ST
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 15, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Â [...]
2009-06-15 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL KWBG PHUM JO IS
09STATE62400JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]
2009-06-16 21:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE63071BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050094716 for the export of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - controlled sign [...]
2009-06-18 13:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA SF
09STATE63483JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM PHUM PREL JO
09STATE63860DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, June 19, 2009 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 6-10 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 11-19 4. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 20-27 5. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 28-31 6. (U) Significant Events 7. (S) EUR - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Eme [...]
2009-06-19 17:17:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE64090ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL
[...] Effective June 21, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-710. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire m [...]
2009-06-19 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE67103TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] The Department of State warns American citizens about the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S. citizens of recommended security precautions. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There is an ongoing security t [...]
2009-06-29 16:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC SA
09STATE67105DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, June 27-29, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-11 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 12-23 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 24-43 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 44-57 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 58-64 7. (U) Iraq 8. (S//NF) Alle [...]
2009-06-29 16:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE69240THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (U) July 1, 2009; 4:30 p.m.; Washington DC 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale, Deputy Assistant Secretary, NEA Palestinian Authority --------------------- Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Manal Zeidan, Direc [...]
2009-07-03 00:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY EAID KPAL PGOV PREL
09STATE7018SOMALIA: TRANSMITTING PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] USUN is instructed to transmit the attached letter in paragraph 2 announcing the formation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)to the Security Council President. USUN should also transmit to the Security Council President the Communiqu (para 3) referenced in the let [...]
2009-01-26 23:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE71028(C) SAUDI SHURA COUNCIL (C-ME9-01376)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND INFLUENCE OF SAUDI ARABIA'S MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, OR SHURA COUNCIL. UNDER A 1992 LAW, THE COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT. THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL TO 150 [...]
2009-07-09 14:57:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV SA
09STATE71311(S) TIES BETWEEN PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS, IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, HAVE A KEEN INTEREST IN ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN DIASPORA POPULATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULF STATES. AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE IS INTEREST [...]
2009-07-09 21:44:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR AE AF BA KU MU PK SA YM
09STATE71850DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE LEBANESE ARMY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three through six. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Posts are requested to seek host government support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and, specifically, to request funding for the purchase, upgrade, and transfer of 56 of Jordan's U.S.- [...]
2009-07-10 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKU LE PREL PTER QA SA AE
09STATE71880SAUDI ARABIA -- TIP 2009 TIER 3 SHORT-TERM ACTION
[...] This is an action cable: please see paragraph 4. 2. The 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report carries policy and programmatic implications for those countries listed on Tier 3 (i.e. those countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of tr [...]
2009-07-10 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE71885ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for Doha, Kuwait, Muscat, and Sanaa. See paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (C) Now that Jordan has joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE in recognizing Kosovo, we ask that Ambassadors or DCMs make a high-level approach to urge remaining GCC states and [...]
2009-07-10 17:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL KV
09STATE72112(S) ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION FOR ARMS
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph five. Ambassador Seche is authorized to orally convey information in paragraphs 7-9 in delivering this demarche (but asked not to leave points in written form). Post may not/not provide these points in the form of a non-paper. 2. (S) OBJEC [...]
2009-07-10 23:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09STATE73869ENGAGING CARICOM STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for posts in CARICOM member states. See paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Sixty-two countries have now recognized Kosovo. It is a high U.S. priority to obtain new recognitions to strengthen Kosovo,s international position, especially ahead of [...]
2009-07-16 11:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KV
09STATE7606INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] This is an action request. The United States hosted the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) on January 14 in New York City, at which it was decided to invite four additional countries and the Arab League to join the CGPCS. Department requests that [...]
2009-01-28 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
09STATE79299WORLDWIDE CAUTION
[...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instab [...]
2009-07-29 21:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC
09STATE81736UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 23:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE81744UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE83026UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: USG
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-6. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In May 2009, legal representatives for 1267-listed entity Jamaat-ud-Dawah (identified by the UN 1267 Committee as an alias for Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, permanent refe [...]
2009-08-10 23:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE8319ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP TO IRANIAN FLIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver as soon as feasible. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A expanded the action in Ref B to include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen, [...]
2009-01-30 02:38:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE84305PSI: ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI
[...] In keeping with the PSI goal to improve interdiction cooperation and capabilities through the conduct of international PSI exercises, we wish to inform all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise Leading Edge 2010, and invite them to participate or observe selected phases. P [...]
2009-08-13 13:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ
09STATE85140Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-08-14 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE85632(U) IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN YEMEN (C-NE9-01257)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN IRANIAN PRESENCE AND ACTIVITIES IN YEMEN, AND POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO UNREST THERE, IN RESPONSE TO POLICYMAKER INTEREST. AS POSTS' TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH AND INTENTIONS TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT, [...]
2009-08-17 20:58:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR IR YM
09STATE86157GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, AUGUST 19
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para. 2 building blocks when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on August 19. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: I thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his report [...]
2009-08-18 23:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL AR BA EG IS JO LE SY
09STATE86455FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of signal amplifiers to Saudi Arabia. This request was sent on 18 June 2009, over 60 days ago. We request an update from Post regarding the status of this case. If Post has alrea [...]
2009-08-19 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE86584(U) RE-RELEASE: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN YEMEN
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN IRANIAN PRESENCE AND ACTIVITIES IN YEMEN, AND POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO UNREST THERE, IN RESPONSE TO POLICYMAKER INTEREST. AS POSTS' TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH AND INTENTIONS TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT, [...]
2009-08-19 20:37:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR IR YM
09STATE8722DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMMEDIATE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy George Mitchell's trip to the region demonstrates the start of the Obama Administration's active U.S. engagement in the Middle East peace process. Empowering the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a focus of Mitchell's [...]
2009-01-30 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG
09STATE87522(U) VIETNAM: INVESTMENT SECTORS (C-DI9-01568)
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA THAT HAVE SIGNED OR NEGOTIATED INVESTMENT TREATIES, PARTICULARLY VIETNAM. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER DETAILS POSTS CAN PROVIDE ON THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS BELOW, TIME AND RESOURCES PERMITTING AND IN THE COURSE OF [...]
2009-08-21 21:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR ECON EIND ETRD VM
09STATE88787REQUEST TO DELIVER LETTERS FROM THE SECRETARY TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Summary: On August 11, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its intent to transfer $200 million in budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The transfer was completed on August 19. This level of support matches the U.S. gov [...]
2009-08-25 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS
09STATE90247ACTION REQUEST - CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 7 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In May of 2010, the UN General Assembly in New York will elect new members to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Election to the HRC is done by regional group. There are four open seats for the Asia group an [...]
2009-08-28 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR
09STATE9032INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to share U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Session, to be held February 2-13. The HRC's Fourth UPR session will include [...]
2009-02-02 08:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM
09STATE9230WORLDWIDE CAUTION
[...] This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instability and social unrest. The armed conflict b [...]
2009-02-02 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC
09STATE95980DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE AD-HOC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Department requests that action addressees inform appropriate government officials of USG support for the September 22 working-level meeting in New York City of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC),the principal e [...]
2009-09-15 22:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS
09STATE96519ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME - WASHINGTON, D.C.). 2. (SBU) BACKG [...]
2009-09-17 10:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE96550ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE
[...] (U) (THIS CORRECTED COPY PROPERLY REFERENCES STATE 96526.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EAS [...]
2009-09-17 11:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE97244POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION
[...] (U) (CORRECTED COPY FOR THE RECORD. NO ACTION REQUESTED. THIS CORRECTED COPY HAS A REPLACEMENT SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 6. PLEASE DISREGARD THE SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN THE EARLIER TRANSMISSIONS OF THIS CABLE. SEE REFTELS.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Pl [...]
2009-09-18 18:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETEZ MARR PREL
09STATE97443SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD-UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 8. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (S) The period between now and Iraqi national elections in January 2010 will be acutely sensitive within Iraq, both politically and in terms of security. It is extremely important that we wei [...]
2009-09-18 22:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
09STATE99583BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99584BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99588BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99589BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99590BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STOCKHOLM384SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S JULY
[...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisis and climate change. Bilateral relations are [...]
2009-06-24 19:08:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM418EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]
2009-07-09 16:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM594SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AND OBJECTIVES AT THE AD-HOC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 14:44:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL EAID PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM778SWEDISH-IRANIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS: BUSINESS AS
[...] (S) Summary: Behind the Swedish government's reluctance to support further sanctions in Iran, especially unilateral European measures, is a dynamic (though still fairly small) trade involving some of Sweden's largest and most politically well-connected companies: Volvo, Ericsson and ABB to nam [...]
2009-12-15 07:10:00Embassy StockholmSECRETECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL IR SW
09TAIPEI1196VISA WAIVER FOR TAIWAN: THE U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST
[...] (C) Summary: One of the most pro-United States places in the world, Taiwan has a highly literate, technologically advanced, and well-educated population, no links to terrorism, a low rate of fraud related to U.S. visas and immigration, and strong commercial, travel and educational links to th [...]
2009-10-05 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCVIS PREL TW
09TASHKENT222UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...]
2009-02-26 13:01:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG
09TBILISI1602GEORGIA SEEKS U.S. HELP IN PROMOTING UNGA IDP
[...] (SBU) Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Sergi Kapanadze told emboffs on August 25 that the EU has decided to support the draft UN General Assembly resolution entitled "Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia a [...]
2009-08-25 14:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNGA RS GG
09TELAVIV1006ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited President Shimon PeresQs satisfaction over his meeting with President Obama last night. Media quoted the office of the White House Press Secretary as sayin [...]
2009-05-06 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1039ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Pope Benedict XVI in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas declined PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs invitation to meet with him. The media reported that Netanyahu will me [...]
2009-05-11 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1070CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]
2009-05-13 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1149ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu told his Likud party's Knesset faction yesterday, following a stormy debate on the outposts, that coordination with Washington over the Iranian [...]
2009-05-26 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "How We Beat Obama" Senior op-ed writer Akiva Eldar commented in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (6/1): "Let's agree that Obama in his naivete really has become preoccupied with inconsequential matters, such as a handful o [...]
2009-06-01 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1177CODELS CASEY AND ACKERMAN MEET WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Post hosted two CODELS during the week of May 25: one from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Senator Casey, the other from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Congressman Ackerman. Both delegations met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who conveyed similar [...]
2009-06-02 06:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS IR KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1192ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV12ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1209ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1251SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1324GOI DISCUSSES LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH HOF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 10, Fred Hof, Special Advisor for Regional Affairs in the office of Special Envoy Mitchell, held a series of meetings with GOI officials from the MFA and MOD to discuss the situation in Lebanon and Syria and the possibilities for progress towards opening negotiations with each. [...]
2009-06-18 08:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL LE SY UN IS
09TELAVIV1434ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1459ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted remarks made yesterday by Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad on ABC-TV's "This Week" program: "We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot [...]
2009-07-06 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1547ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1574ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1671SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 06:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1685ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1688PM A/S SHAPIRO'S JULY 22-23 VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a number of GOI officials on July 22-23 to stress the importance of the U.S.-Israeli political-military relationship, and to discuss among other issues Israel's Qualitative Military Edge (QME). GOI interlocutors [...]
2009-07-30 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV1710ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday all media reported that on Friday Saudi Arabia sharply rejected American calls for gestures toward Israel. The Jerusalem Post noted that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who a [...]
2009-08-03 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1726GOI, NGO ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The consensus among GOI officials and Israeli NGOs is that the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) will not proceed independently of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project (RDS) due to funding and/or legal concerns. GOI interlocutors asserted that Israel has sufficient d [...]
2009-08-05 03:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL IS JO KWBG
09TELAVIV1767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Nabil ShaQath, a Fatah Central Committee member, listed 14 preconditions set yesterday by Fatah delegates meeting in Bethlehem to dialogue with Israel, amon [...]
2009-08-07 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1808ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that Israel might agree to a move led by President Obama in which it would pledge to freeze construction in settlements if i [...]
2009-08-14 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1832ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1862ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet that he would like to resume direct negotiations with the PA following the U.N. Genera [...]
2009-08-24 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] All conflicts are soluble; 2. Israel is the stronger party; 3. And so it must take the greater risks for peace. Liberals are exasperated by Israel's failure to embrace these principles categorically. Yet we survive in this region because we don't. Edward Kennedy understood all this and more. [...]
2009-08-28 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1915ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted an unnamed Israeli diplomat as saying that there is no disagreement with the U.S. regarding the issue of construction freeze in the settlements. The diplomat was quoted [...]
2009-09-02 12:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV193ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anniversary of 9/11 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday before an audience of Likud members in Tel Aviv that Israelis were ready to make concessions for peace [...]
2009-09-11 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2015SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2089ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and President Barack Obama will meet this week, despite U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell's [...]
2009-09-21 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2098CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Israel August 19-21 for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, primarily focused on the peace process, regional security issues, and arms sales. Rohrabacher met with Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, Deputy Foreign M [...]
2009-09-22 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media viewed President ObamaQs QcoldQ announcement after his meeting yesterday with PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas at New YorkQs Waldorf Astoria Hotel as a sign of [...]
2009-09-23 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2105ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2126ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that, two days before the opening of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic Republic carried out a test launch of long-range missiles capable of reaching I [...]
2009-09-29 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2131ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Electronic media reported that the Security Cabinet has approved the release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for proof that Gilad Shalit is alive. In a stateme [...]
2009-09-30 13:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...]
2009-10-01 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2205ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "Restraint in a Delicate Place" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (10/7): The growing tension surrounding the Temple Mount threatens to undermine the calm Israel has enjoyed for the past few months.... Netanyahu [...]
2009-10-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2230SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Israel-NATO Cooperation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday, in his opening speech to the KnessetQs winter session, PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the Qtwisted repor [...]
2009-10-13 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2256ISRAELI UAV FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSION IN LEBANON
[...] (SBU) On October 13, the Israel Air Force publicly released video footage taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) shortly following the October 12 explosion of an apparent arms cache in the Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi. The IAF UAV footage show Hizballah operatives removing rockets and oth [...]
2009-10-14 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY UN IS
09TELAVIV23ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2324SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 06:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2401ISRAELI MFA POLITICAL RESEARCH BUREAU DISCUSSES
[...] (C) POLOFF and NEA/IPA Desk Officer met with MFA's Political Research Bureau (INR equivalent) on October 14 to discuss recent developments in Syria and Lebanon. MFA analysts explained that lately the political atmosphere in Lebanon suggests progress toward resolving the political crisis. So [...]
2009-11-02 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV LE SY IS
09TELAVIV241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2454ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Obama in the White House today. HaQaretzQs banner -- QObama Showing Israel WhoQs Boss with S [...]
2009-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2473SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (S) Summary. Israel is deceptively calm and prosperous. The security situation inside Israel is the best since the outbreak of the Second Intifada, the economy has weathered the storms of the international economic crisis, and Netanyahu's governing coalition is stable, for the time being at le [...]
2009-11-12 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KWBG IS IR
09TELAVIV2482ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]
2009-11-16 08:55:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV250040TH JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE
[...] (S) Summary: During the Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and Israeli counterparts continued discussion on the creation of four new Qualitative Military Edge (QME) working groups. GOI interlocutors continued to raise concerns regarding the F-15 sale to [...]
2009-11-18 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR RU SA LE TU IS
09TELAVIV250240TH JPMG: NEA REGIONAL DISCUSSION (PART 3 OF 4)
[...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and GOI counterparts discussed security issues in the Near East region. GOI officials expressed support for the P5 plus 1 engagement process with Iran, but doubted the process would lead to any change in Iranian behavior - [...]
2009-11-18 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV2679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran/President Obama 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night thousands (over 30,000, according to major media outlets) of settlers and right-wing sympathizers rallied near PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs off [...]
2009-12-10 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2778CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH IDF CHIEF OF GENERAL
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Lt General Gabi Ashkenazi at the MFA November 15. Their discussion covered U.S.-Israeli cooperation on missile defense and cyber warfare, the Iranian threat, Syria and Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Goldstone Report, and IDF training and readiness. L [...]
2009-12-23 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS MASS KWBG SY IR IS
09TELAVIV380PRIME MINISTER OLMERT DISCUSSES HAMAS, PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Ambassador Cunningham and members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 29 to discuss Israel's recent military operation in Gaza, peace talks with the Palestinia [...]
2009-02-13 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS TU SY KPWG IS
09TELAVIV441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that some European leaders and many influential voices in the Arab world are full of Qgloom-and-doom predictions about Benjamin Netanya [...]
2009-02-24 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV452CODEL CARDIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Cardin called on Prime Minister Olmert at his Jerusalem office February 16. Olmert and the CODEL discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Turkey's role in the indirect negotiations with Syria, the Iranian nuclear threat, and Olmert's peace offer to Palestinian President [...]
2009-02-25 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR SY TU IS
09TELAVIV500SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Any dialogue must be both preceded by and accompanied by harsher sanctions against Iran, both within the framework of the UN Security Council and outside it. Otherwise, the talks are liable to be perceived by both Iran and the international community as acceptance of Iran's nuclear program. [...]
2009-03-03 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV546ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday the police national fraud squad announced that it had enough evidence to recommend indicting PM Ehud O [...]
2009-03-06 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Formation of NetanyahuQs Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday the media reported that Yisrael BeiteinuQs Avigdor Lieberman is likely to receive all the cabinet portfolios he is demanding from PM-designate Benja [...]
2009-03-09 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV605ACTING A/S FELTMAN,S DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman met with MFA officials on March 4 to discuss his upcoming visit to Syria, the GOI talks on Ghajjar with the UN, the status of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and Israel's relations with Mauritania and the Gulf states. Deputy Dire [...]
2009-03-12 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG EAID EG QA MR MU JO LE IS
09TELAVIV654ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH THE GULF STATES FOCUS ON
[...] (S) Summary. MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Yacov Hadas provided PolCouns March 16 with an overview of Israel's relations with several of the Gulf states. Hadas described Israel's relations with the Gulf as a function of the Gulf Arabs' fear of Iran, but also as due to the A [...]
2009-03-19 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV69ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported that PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with a handful of close associates to discuss ministerial postings, a move he hopes will ward of [...]
2009-03-30 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV793ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Electronic media reported that at noon today a terrorist carried out an attack at the settlement of Bat Ayin (Gush Etzion),armed with an axe. A [...]
2009-04-02 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the murder of a 13-year-old boy and the wounding of a seven-year-old boy when an axe-wielding Palestinian man attacked them in the settlement of Bat Ayin [...]
2009-04-03 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media highlighted the tension between Egypt and Hizbullah. The media cited EgyptQs claim that Hizbullah sought President Hosni MubarakQs [...]
2009-04-13 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV860SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 04:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV876ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington on May 17 and meet with President Obama on May 18 or 19. The Jerusalem Post reported that the visit will t [...]
2009-04-20 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE210CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 16-26, 2009
[...] (SBU) After Iraq's delivery of its initial declaration, Delreps met with the Iraqi Ambassador and delegate on March 17 to discuss preparation for Iraq's presentation at the April destruction informals and the importance of having Iraqi experts arrive in The Hague in advance of that meeting. [...]
2009-03-27 08:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE247SCSL’S TAYLOR TRIAL MEETS KEY MILESTONE, BUT SCSL
[...] (SBU) On February 27, 2009, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL or Court) took another step toward completing its work when the Prosecution rested its case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor -- the last SCSL case at the trial stage. The Court could potentially complete its work b [...]
2009-04-15 15:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC
09THEHAGUE288CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW 56TH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Executive Council (EC) 56 was characterized by a high interest in the search for a new Director-General (DG),an extensive agenda of routine business and increasingly obstructive behavior by the South African delegation. Iraq's presentation of its former chemical weapons (CW) program t [...]
2009-05-06 17:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE452CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...]
2009-07-24 16:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE455CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW
[...] (SBU) During the Executive Council, July 14-17, the U.S. delegation met bilaterally with the Chinese, Libyan, Japanese and French delegations to discuss a variety of issues. The Indian delegation convened a meeting of interested delegations to present its views on industry issues, and U.S. C [...]
2009-07-27 13:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE500GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 15:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE596NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes you to The Hague to convene the 2009 Regional Energy Officers Conference. During your stay, you will also meet the Foreign Minister, Economic Affairs Minister, Royal Dutch Shell's Executive Director responsible for Russia/Central Asia, and address Dutch energy in [...]
2009-10-02 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL NL
09THEHAGUE632CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...]
2009-10-22 18:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU
09THEHAGUE94GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (C) Summary: On February 10, State representatives met bilaterally with Russian MFA (Rozhkov) and then trilaterally with Netherlands MFA (van der Kwast) to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Fifth Plenary Meeting scheduled for June 16-17, 2009 in The Hague. It [...]
2009-02-12 07:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC RS NL
09THESSALONIKI27NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) On April 1, the Thessaloniki Port Authority announced the cancellation of an earlier tender for the privatization of the port's Cargo Station. The decision followed weeks of deliberations on how to proceed, after the winning bidder Hutchison Whampoa withdrew its bid which was valued [...]
2009-05-08 07:29:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09TIRANA184ALBANIAN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ELECTIONS RIGGED?
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, Selim Muca, Chairman of the Albanian Islamic Community (AIC),announced the AIC would hold elections for the Chairman, and three days later Muca was elected unopposed to another five-year term. However, on March 24, in response to a March 20 lawsuit filed by some AIC [...]
2009-03-25 13:32:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF PREL AL
09TOKYO1069 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1193GOJ STRATEGY FOR IAEA ELECTION; REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) Please note action request contained in para 5. 2. (SBU) The GOJ is aware of and greatly appreciates U.S. advocacy on behalf of its candidate for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and [...]
2009-05-27 03:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1239JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 04:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1368JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO15JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1543 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1586 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1599 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1800JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1944JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO198JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2335TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EAST ASIAN TOUR,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the first meeting on Thursday of a new GOJ tax panel created under the Hatoyama administration. 2. "U.S. to Call Attention to Stronger Ties with China" On the White House announcement concerning President Obama's upcoming trip to East Asi [...]
2009-10-09 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2498JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a significant increase in the monetary value of Japanese trade with Iran in 2008 due to fluctuations in the price of oil, Japanese economic engagement with Iran is not growing, according to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) officials. Japanese export of chemical c [...]
2009-10-29 04:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IR JA
09TOKYO2589SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER 13-14
[...] (C) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Mr. President: Welcome to Japan. It is fitting that you begin your inaugural visit to Asia here as the U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the indispensible foundation of U.S. strategy in Asia. Prime Minister Hatoyama and his administration have stressed the [...]
2009-11-09 06:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO2590TOKYO AFGHANISTAN TRACK CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND
[...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Embassy of Afghanistan Press Officer Jason Pratt provided a copy of the program schedule and participants for the November 23-25 Track II conference on Afghanistan (reftel A) organized by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Upper House Member Ta [...]
2009-11-09 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF JA
09TOKYO2714 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2788 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 23:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO478JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO485JAPAN: TALKING POINTS ON U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Charge delivered Ref A points March 2 to MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto. Umemoto was grateful to receive the points and noted that Japan has begun to pursue the "next phase" of its relationship with Iraq, which will focus on building commercial relations [...]
2009-03-03 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS IZ JA
09TOKYO518JAPANESE MOFA BRIEFS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN
[...] (C) MOFA officials March 5 briefed selected members of the diplomatic community concerning Japan's plans to host back-to-back meetings on April 17 of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Group and a Pakistan Donors Conference. According to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Yusuke Shindo, oth [...]
2009-03-08 22:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK JA
09TOKYO715TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN, ARAB
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included President Obama's call for GM and Chrysler to rework their restructuring plans. 2. "'Smart Diplomacy' to Be Tested" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (3/31): "In contrast to former President Bush's single-note focus on military op [...]
2009-03-31 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO979 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/09
[...] Leadership of and cooperation between the United States and Russia 2. Nuclear disarmament by China and other nuclear weapons-holding states 3. Transparency over nuclear arsenals and information disclosure 4. Irreversible nuclear disarmament 5. Study on future verification Q Measures to [...]
2009-04-28 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO992 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TORONTO200 TORONTO'S SOMALI COMMUNITY REMAINS CLOSE TO HOMELAND
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly 80% of Canada's Somali population resides in Ontario, with the largest community in the Toronto area. The community, which consists mostly of recent immigrants, has had difficulty integrating into mainstream Canadian society due to problems with discrimination, both perceiv [...]
2009-08-27 14:31:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SCUL SMIG KISL KPAO SO CA
09TORONTO202BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: EXPORT OF U.S. DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 20:22:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR ETTC KOMC CA
09TRIPOLI201SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 12:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI202SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 12:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI221LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) NOC Calls on Engineering Firms to Establish Libyan Presence: The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) invited foreign petroleum engineering companies to a meeting February 25 to discuss how they could establish a permanent local presence. [en.noc.com.ly, 2/8/2009] 2. (U) Total Accepts [...]
2009-03-14 14:38:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV EFIN LY
09TRIPOLI293LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR MARCH 2009
[...] (U) Libya Oil Holdings Changes its Label Brand in Morocco: The Libyan state-owned oil group Libya Oil Holdings (LOH),which manages a network of 182 fuel distribution stations in Morocco, will now be called "Oilibya" in Morocco. LOH is an integrated oil company involved in the shipping, trading [...]
2009-04-08 14:25:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI566AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S AND SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration that he would press member states to financi [...]
2009-07-14 08:28:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ER SO SU KSUM AU LY
09TRIPOLI618CATERPILLAR NEGOTIATIONS INCHING ALONG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 14:14:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ECON PGOV EPET LY
09TRIPOLI76LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts and clarify the status of any pending legal action against them. Trials against both detainees have, according to their understanding, been completed. One said he was found guilty of terrorism- [...]
2009-02-02 08:53:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY
09TRIPOLI920INSIGHT INTO QADHAFI'S LIFE FROM AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the last six months, an American investment consultant has managed to connect himself to Muammar al-Qadhafi's exclusive inner-circle through one of Qadhafi's longtime female protocol staffers. Through her, the investor has gained access to Qadhafi on numerous occasions, in [...]
2009-11-18 16:08:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EINV PINR ECON LY
09TRIPOLI948MGSF01: LIBYA REPORTS FIRST DEATH DUE TO H1N1, WITH 84
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to Libyan state-run media, a pregnant 40-year old Libyan woman recently died in the country's first reported H1N1-related death. The number of H1N1 cases in the country reached 84 as of December 1, a jump from the official figure of 20 provided by the Libyan Nationa [...]
2009-12-03 16:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI CASC LY KFLU AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09TRIPOLI955LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP REVISES JIHADIST IDEOLOGY REF: A) Tripoli 359; B) Tripoli 678 TRIPOLI 00000955 001.2 OF 003
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 15:56:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KISL PHUM LY
09TRIPOLI961LIBYAN CHANGE OF EID AL ADHA HOLIDAY PROMPTS RARE PUBLIC GRUMBLING TRIPOLI 00000961 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 09:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI LY
09TUNIS339TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL UPDATE
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, the Minister of State Properties and Real Estate emphasized that it should be easy to reach a solution at the working level to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) lease issue. There has been no other explicit reaction from the GOT in the two w [...]
2009-06-03 17:21:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS343TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH,
[...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...]
2009-06-04 22:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS407GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...]
2009-06-19 17:18:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS754CITING H1N1 CONCERNS, TUNISIA "POSTPONES" THE HAJJ
[...] (C) Summary: The Tunisian government has announced it is "postponing" the country's participation in the annual Hajj pilgrimage, citing fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the government is not actually prohibiting participation in a legal sense, the suspension of the GOT's normal [...]
2009-10-09 12:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KIRF TBIO TS
09UNESCOPARISFR1587183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
[...] Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. 2. UNESCO's [...]
2009-11-25 15:28:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNROME52FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The FAO Finance Committee (FinCom) held its 128th session from July 27-31 in Rome, giving particular attention to a controversial biennial budget proposal tabled by FAO managemen [...]
2009-08-17 09:34:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO
09UNROME54RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...]
2009-09-03 16:36:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME58WORLD FOOD SUMMIT "ZERO DRAFT" DECLARATION: IMPROVED, BUT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request --------------------- 2. (SBU) To prepare for the November 16-18 World Summit on Food Security, to be co-hosted in Rome by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gener [...]
2009-10-05 10:41:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNVIEVIENNA103COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished its objectives for the 46th session of the STSC in Vienna February 9-20, 2009, including STSC approval of the voluntary safety framework for the use of nuclear power sources in outer space and adoption of a new agenda item on space weather research. The U.S. delega [...]
2009-03-13 15:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA114COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY: EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of Working Group B of Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),Ambassador met with Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth to review the results of the three weeks of meetings. Toth welcomed signs [...]
2009-03-20 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT SA
09UNVIEVIENNA123ISRAEL CONSIDERING PALESTINE OBSERVERSHIP AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Following up discussions with incoming Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Prepcom Chair Australia, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli met March 19 with DCM to review the long-standing issue of Palestinian observership and to float the idea of "package deal" in which Israel might acquie [...]
2009-03-25 09:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KTBT PARM CTBT KPAL IS
09UNVIEVIENNA128 IAEA/DG ELECTION: FIRST DAY INCONCLUSIVE, AMANO
[...] (S) The first three rounds of balloting for the IAEA Director General election on March 26 proved inconclusive, with neither candidate able to command the required two-thirds majority of the 35-member Board. The vote tally was 21(Amano)-14(Minty)-0 in the first round; 20(Amano)-15(Minty)-0 in [...]
2009-03-26 15:09:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA178IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE
[...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]
2009-04-22 14:41:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA201U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...]
2009-05-04 15:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA206COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-07 08:49:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA225CORRECTED COPY OF UNVIE VIENNA 206: COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-13 14:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA240IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...]
2009-05-26 16:25:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA243NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...]
2009-05-27 16:25:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP EG SA
09UNVIEVIENNA268IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN
[...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...]
2009-06-09 13:25:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA276CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO
[...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...]
2009-06-15 14:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN
09UNVIEVIENNA289IAEA/SYRIA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: CONCERN OVER NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The June Board debate on Syria unfolded along largely familiar lines with many Board members calling on Damascus to cooperate with the Agency,s requests, while NAM and Arab delegations continued to focus on Israel,s misdeeds, rather than the need for Syrian cooperation. The debat [...]
2009-06-19 15:59:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA293IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES COOPERATION AND
[...] (SBU) The June 17 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran, although overshadowed by Director General(DG) ElBaradei's concluding intervention scolding Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh for Tehran's lack of engagement with the IAEA (reftel),highlighted the need for Iran to begin full cooperati [...]
2009-06-22 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA310IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE
[...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]
2009-06-29 15:46:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA331IAEA/DG: AMANO SKETCHES AMBITIOUS TRANSITION AGENDA
[...] (C) IAEA Director General-designate Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude for U.S. support during a July 9 congratulatory lunch and engaged Charge in a wide-ranging discussion of senior personnel, budget and compliance issues. Amano attributed his election to support from the U.S., Australia and F [...]
2009-07-10 15:41:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA TRGY JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA410 IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ?
[...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...]
2009-08-28 13:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA425 IAEA/BOG: September Board Wrap-Up
[...] (SBU) USDEL to the September 7-10 Board of Governors met our core objectives with respect to spotlighting Iran and Syria's failure to comply with NPT safeguards. Despite an alarmist note struck by international media about Iran's breakout capability, Board delegations welcomed a moderated U.S. [...]
2009-09-14 14:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA435IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON
[...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...]
2009-09-22 16:05:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA450 IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up
[...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...]
2009-09-30 15:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA50IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS
[...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...]
2009-02-05 16:03:00UNVIESECRETAORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA68BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...]
2009-02-18 17:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA86VIENNA PERMREPS URGE U.S. ACTION ON CTBT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent lunches, eighteen Vienna PermReps provided Ambassador their advice to the new Administration on advancing the multilateral agenda here, especially in the IAEA. Common themes and thought-provoking perspectives, especially from NAM/G-77 counterparts, include [...]
2009-02-27 10:50:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC TRGY MNUC KNNP XF
09UNVIEVIENNA93IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES TEHRAN TO COOPERATE
[...] (SBU) A joint six-country (P5 1) statement on Iran, the first of its kind at an IAEA Board of Governors meeting, had a salutary effect on the tenor of the March 3 Board deliberations on Iran. This statement of unity took Board members and Iran by surprise and the majority of the Board wel [...]
2009-03-06 14:50:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA94IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 14:59:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09USEUBRUSSELS1172COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 10:05:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09USNATO232KUWAIT FORCES NATO TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 3 meeting with the North Atlantic Council (NAC),representatives from the four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries pledged to work both in and out of the ICI structure with NATO on issues of common concern, such as piracy. The Kuwaiti Ambassador argued that [...]
2009-06-05 15:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREL BA KU QA AE MU SA
09USNATO236RFG: USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI
[...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador informed the SYG that a recent high-level Saudi delegation which visited NAT [...]
2009-06-05 16:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL SA
09USUNNEWYORK1008UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]
2009-11-09 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1038PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]
2009-11-16 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1046UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...]
2009-11-17 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG
09USUNNEWYORK1086GENERAL COMMITTEE ADDS MORE ITEMS TO 64TH UNGA
[...] On November 24, the General Committee of the General Assembly convened to discuss the organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items. President of the General Assembly Ali Treki presented the following four items for addition to the agenda of the 64th session of the Gen [...]
2009-12-02 22:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1121 SYRIA CALLS VOTE IN GA DURING CONFLICT DIAMOND RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted the conflict diamonds resolution on December 11, amidst rancor and confusion after Syria called a surprise vote on language referring to Israel in the text. The PGA failed to clearly articulate what the vote was about or whether it was procedurally corr [...]
2009-12-15 14:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNGA XA XY
09USUNNEWYORK1125SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE FOR THE 64TH
[...] Summary: On December 14, the Sixth Committee concluded debate on agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. Saudi [...]
2009-12-17 13:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK207AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (C) During a March 4 introductory meeting, Iraqi PR Hamid al-Bayati told Ambassador Rice that Iraq was eager for a "long-term strategic relationship with the U.S." He expressed his willingness to serve as an intermediary with the UN,s group of Arab Ambassadors, and also offered to help assist [...]
2009-03-04 22:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK208KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...]
2009-03-04 22:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK219AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP
[...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...]
2009-03-05 22:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XF ZP
09USUNNEWYORK347USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 19:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK349USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS
[...] (C) On April 1, Ambassador Rice met with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and a delegation from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and discussed CPA implementation, the Darfur peace process, the International Criminal Court indictment of President Bashir, expulsions of NGOs from Darfur, a [...]
2009-04-03 12:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK496U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...]
2009-05-13 09:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC UNGA PREL
09USUNNEWYORK502SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...]
2009-05-14 17:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK54AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN
[...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...]
2009-01-27 19:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK544ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES
[...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]
2009-06-01 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK574MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...]
2009-06-08 23:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG
09USUNNEWYORK618AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE
[...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...]
2009-06-25 02:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT
09USUNNEWYORK692AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism met from June 29 to July 2 to discuss the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). While all countries publicly expressed the belief that terrorism must be condemned and professed the desir [...]
2009-07-15 16:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CT
09USUNNEWYORK7CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 15:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
09USUNNEWYORK857(U) AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME
[...] Classified by Ambassador Susan Rice. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 21, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Charge d,Affairs Negash Kebret Bortora 4 [...]
2009-09-28 09:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UNP PGOV PTER KPKO ET SO
09USUNNEWYORK864UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...]
2009-09-30 14:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK913SIXTH COMMITTEE: GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES ON
[...] Summary: General Debate on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism began on October 6 and concluded on October 9 with over 70 Member States (including the United States) expressing their views on the subject. Debate focused mostly on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on Int [...]
2009-10-14 22:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK95064TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK968SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559,
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...]
2009-10-30 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09VATICAN134AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...]
2009-12-18 11:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN42VATICAN VIEWS ON SAUDI GOVERNMENT REFORMS; DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican's Arabian Peninsula Director said the Holy See considered recent Cabinet changes in Saudi Arabia significant but "oversold". The decision to include all schools of Sunni jurisprudence in the Council of Senior Ulamas was far more meaningful. The Vatican still expected [...]
2009-03-18 13:03:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL KIRF PHUM VT SA
09VIENNA1012009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investo [...]
2009-01-27 10:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR
09VIENNA1527Austria, Strong Niche Player in Europe's Space Industry
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria has developed a successful niche within Europe's space industry in the areas of earth observation and satellite equipment since its late entry to the European Space Agency (1987). Clusters of small earth observation firms (centered on universities in Salzburg, Innsbruck an [...]
2009-12-01 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL AU TNGD SENV
09VIENNA270Austria's Iran Trade Shrinking; Commercial
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian trade with Iran fell in 2008 for the third year in a row, bucking the overall expansion of Austrian trade worldwide. The Austrian Kontrollbank (equivalent to the U.S. Ex-Im Bank) has further tightened export guarantees for Iran in line with UN/EU sanctions. The presen [...]
2009-03-10 06:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL IR AU
09VILNIUS84AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER PLAN FOR SECRETARY
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph five. Ambassador Seche is authorized to orally convey information in paragraphs 7-9 in delivering this demarche (but asked not to leave points in written form). Post may not/not provide these points in the form of a non-paper. 2. (S) OBJE [...]
2009-02-10 09:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LH
09WARSAW1005POLAND WELCOMES TRILATERAL MIDDLE EAST MEETING
[...] (C) GoP officials were pleased that U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian leaders met last week. Although the Poles discerned little progress, they saw the symbolic talks as establishing a precedent for more detailed discussions in coming months and, more importantly, demonstrating a renewed U.S. c [...]
2009-09-29 15:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS PL
09WARSAW388POLAND STEPS UP IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Jacek Najder April 9 confirmed GoP plans to increase Poland's contribution to ISAF and noted: -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski had good meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other senior leaders during a visit to Afghanistan April 8. -- K [...]
2009-04-10 14:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MCAP MOPS AF PL
10ABUDHABI272BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK - APPLICATION 050209929
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 12:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AE
10ABUDHABI33UAE FM DISCUSSES TALIBAN FINANCIAL FLOWS AND REINTEGRATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a January 11 meeting in Abu Dhabi, visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Amb. Richard Holbrooke discussed Afghan reintegration with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ). AbZ noted the importance of establishing an effect [...]
2010-01-25 09:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF IR YM AE
10ABUDHABI55SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC WOLIN AND U/S HORMATS UAE VISIT
[...] (SBU) Mission UAE looks forward to hosting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neil Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Robert Hormats in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from February 14-16. This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai 2 [...]
2010-02-04 13:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON EINV ENRG PTER PGOV AE
10ABUDHABI57UAE FINALIZES JOINT CASH COURIER OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) On February 3, Emboffs from DHS, State, Treasury, Justice and GRPO met with key UAE State Security Directorate (SSD) officials and Abu Dhabi and federal customs officials to finalize plans for a February 21-24 bulk cash smuggling training program and a Feb. 28 - March 3 airport and borde [...]
2010-02-04 13:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER PGOV PINR PK AF AE
10ABUDHABI69UAE - SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS
[...] (SBU) Admiral Mullen: we warmly welcome your visit to Abu Dhabi, and have requested an appointment with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),whom you last met on 9 September 2009 in Washington. We have also req [...]
2010-02-09 11:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AE
10ABUDHABI89PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]
2010-02-21 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ABUDHABI9(S) US-UAE FURTHER COOPERATION TO DISRUPT TALIBAN FINANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 13:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON PTER KTFN AE AF EFIN
10ABUDHABI95UAE ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (C/NF) On February 14, the United Arab Emirates became the first OPEC member to associate with the Copenhagen Accord in a letter from Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash to the UNFCC (complete text below). Unusually, there was no UAEG press release on the decision and no lo [...]
2010-02-22 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG PREL AE
10ABUDHABI98EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LENZE POWER
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct five separate post-shipment verifications for Static Inverters (Static Converters) exported as No License Required by AC Technology Corporation, Uxbridge, MA. 2. On January 20, 2010, Export Control Officer met with Mr. Reza Sarraf, Managing Director [...]
2010-01-21 08:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
10ABUJA101TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON
[...] (S/NF) Following a High Court order to the Federal Executive Counil (FEC) that the FEC had two weeks to demonstrate to the nation that President Yar'Adua could continue in office, the FEC (an expanded cabinet) will hold its weekly meeting on January 27 to weigh its options amid a swirl of compe [...]
2010-01-27 08:04:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL MARR SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA109JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES TUSSLE OVER
[...] (C) The Senate demanded January 27 that the President submit a letter informing the legislature of his "medical leave" from office, in the wake of a High Court Judge's ruling that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had 14 days in which to decide whether ailing President Yar'Adua remained fit t [...]
2010-01-28 18:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA123NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- SUCCESSFUL RE-RUN ELECTION IN EDO STATE --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Independ [...]
2010-01-29 16:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA137YAR'ADUA'S REMAINING SUPPORT ERODES FURTHER
[...] (C) Demands for President Yar'Adua to step aside continued to mount from nearly all sections. Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili distributed a memorandum at the February 3 Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting demanding that Yar'Adua submit a hand-over letter to Vice Presi [...]
2010-02-04 19:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MARR PREL SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA147SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS/WATT VISIT TO NIGERIA, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Meeks/Watt to Nigeria to visit Lagos February 15 and 16. Embassy provides the following political and economic overview of the current situation in Nigeria. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RE [...]
2010-02-08 15:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PINR OVIP NI
10ABUJA157ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed discussed the current "very abnormal" political situation, President Yar'Adua's health, concerns about the 2011 elections, and what he considers an Algerian-Chadian axis of support for extremists February 9 in [...]
2010-02-11 15:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA167GOODLUCK JONATHAN BECOMES ACTING PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives approved resolutions February 9 designating Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Jonathan announced his acceptance of the designation during a brief televised address to the nation. [...]
2010-02-12 20:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA183ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION,
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue February 10 on Nigeria's leadership crisis, elections, and electoral reform with Kwara Governor and Governors' Forum Chairperson Bukola Saraki, former Senate President Ken Nnamani (now Chairperson o [...]
2010-02-18 12:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA197NIGERIAN SECURITY CHIEF BRIEFS FOREIGN PARTNERS ON MUTUAL
[...] (S) Director General Afas Gadzama, Intelligence Director Yusuf Bichi, and Operations Director Mathew Seiyefa of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) briefed foreign diplomats and intelligence officials on security issues February 18. Gadzama welcomed the opportunity to correct what he cha [...]
2010-02-22 17:20:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA199MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE
[...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...]
2010-02-23 20:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA205PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA RETURNS TO NIGERIA: WHAT NEXT?
[...] (S) Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's secretive return to Abuja at roughly 0230 February 24 created new uncertainty over who has actual charge of Nigerian Government (GON) decision-making, and raised new concerns about a military intervention. The absence of any images of Yar'Adua's ret [...]
2010-02-24 19:01:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV OVIP PINR MCAP PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA207GON Chief of Army: Political Climate Dangerous, Politicians
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Dambazau, concerned about the current political environment in Nigeria, told the Ambassador February 24 in a one-on-one session at a safe house in Abuja, that he still considers Goodluck Jonathan the Commander-in-Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces until such [...]
2010-02-25 12:39:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PINR MARR NI
10ABUJA211POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUES; YAR'ADUA REMAINS OUT OF
[...] (C) According to multiple contacts, President Yar'Adua was returned to Nigeria to prevent the Federal Executive Council from declaring him permanently incapacitated. One contact, who spoke recently with the President's brother in Saudi Arabia, confirmed that Yar'Adua remains in "bad shape," wi [...]
2010-02-25 16:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV OVIP PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA43OPPOSITION LEADER DISCUSSES NIGERIAN CURRENT
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolOffs on January 11, key opposition leader and former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa recounted his recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged corruption, outlined the "Mega-Party" National Democratic Movement's (NDM) next s [...]
2010-01-19 18:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
10ABUJA69SCENE-SETTER FOR FEBRUARY 6 TO 11 VISIT BY ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Carson to Nigeria to visit Lagos, Abuja, and Kano February 6 to 11. Embassy provides the following political, economic, and management information. We will transmit key messages f [...]
2010-01-21 15:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA73CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO NIGERIA
[...] (C) During his January 8-9 visit to Nigeria, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Nigerian Vice President Jonathan and seven Cabinet members, and signed various "cooperation agreements," according to PRC embassy contacts. End Summary. ------------------------ FOREIGN MINIST [...]
2010-01-22 11:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINS CH NI
10ABUJA75YAR'ADUA'S HOLD ON POWER GROWS TENUOUS
[...] (C) President Yar'Adua's recent BBC interview showed that he is alive, but reinforced doubts about his ability to resume presidential powers. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has become divided over whether Yar'Adua should hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Many Senators [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA79NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 22 2010
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --------- ELECTION MONITOR REQUESTS MORE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS -------------------------------------- [...]
2010-01-22 15:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI NI
10ABUJA99TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON
[...] (S/NF) Following a High Court order to the Federal Executive Counil (FEC) that the FEC had two weeks to demonstrate to the nation that President Yar'Adua could continue in office, the FEC (an expanded Cabinet) will hold its weekly meeting on January 27 to weigh its options amid a swirl of compe [...]
2010-01-27 08:04:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR NI
10ADDISABABA189AU SUMMIT: NIGERIA FM SAYS CONSTITUTION SACRED, WILL SIGN
[...] (U) January 31, 2010, 3:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin Ambassador Michael Battle AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetake [...]
2010-02-03 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV XA
10ALGIERS116ALGERIAN CT CHIEF PRESSES NEA DAS SANDERSON ON TSA
[...] (C) Meeting with NEA DAS Sanderson January 25, Algerian Counterterrorism Coordinator Kamel Rezag Bara objected that putting Algeria on the list of countries subject to enhanced airport screening is at variance with Algeria's solid commitment to fighting terrorism and its close security partner [...]
2010-02-10 08:04:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AG UN US
10AMMAN196JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]
2010-01-19 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10AMMAN203JORDAN BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF
[...] (SBU) Economic Section and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) LESs conducted initial/preliminary database searches on this firm through Government of Jordan (Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)) on-line records and indentified no pertinent information. 2. (SBU) Blue Lantern Officer, accompa [...]
2010-01-20 08:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC JO
10AMMAN237JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]
2010-01-25 11:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10ANKARA151TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA154TURKEY'S AFGHANISTAN SUMMIT EMPHASIZES REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to showcase the role of Afghanistan's neighbors in advance of the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan, Turkey's President Gul hosted a Summit on Afghanistan and its contiguous neighbors on January 26, 2010. Participants included Afghan President Karzai, Pa [...]
2010-01-29 20:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV AF TU
10ANKARA155TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA17TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA189Iranians Seek Global Support Not Nuclear Pressure
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants to assess their reaction to US pressure regarding Iran's nuclear program. Although applicants voiced strong supp [...]
2010-02-04 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA19TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA270TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA302U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S
[...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...]
2010-02-25 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA40TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 05:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA52TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA56TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA73TURKEY ASSEMBLING A MIDDLE EASTERN FREE-TRADE ZONE
[...] (C) During a January 14 readout on Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's visit to Ankara earlier this week, MFA Syria and Lebanon desk officer Burak Rende said a planned trade-liberalization agreement and recently signed visa-waiver agreement with Beirut will advance Foreign Minister Davutoglu [...]
2010-01-15 16:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON TU SY JO LE
10ANKARA81TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA87WHAT LIES BENEATH ANKARA'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) There is much talk in chanceries and in the international media these days about Turkey's new, highly activist foreign policy, which unquestionably represents a transition not only from prior governments, but also from the AKP regime before the Gaza/Davos events, and before the ascent of A [...]
2010-01-20 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU
10ANKARA91TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANTANANARIVO72CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese investment stock, detailed below, reached USD 39 million in 2008 in Madagascar, while Chinese investment remains limited in the Comoros. No USG collaboration on development programs has been undertaken to date with the Chinese in either island nation. The best opportuni [...]
2010-02-12 05:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAGR EAID CH CN MA
10ASHGABAT15TURKMENISTAN: LOTUS ENERGY PLANNING TO EXPAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-based Lotus Energy continues to seek lucrative energy sector deals with the Government of Turkmenistan. Lotus Energy's founder and CEO Erdal Celik was the first CEO of the Turkish energy company Chalyk Energy, but left Chalyk in 2005 over differences with the company's hi [...]
2010-01-06 09:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TU TX
10ATHENS75(C) GREECE/IRAN: CHINA KEY TO EFFECTIVE PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Alternate FM Dimitri Droutsas January 30, stressing the U.S. commitment to diplomacy, outlining the need to begin ramping up pressure on Iran given its failure to engage constructively, and urging Greece to consider what it could do bilat [...]
2010-02-03 16:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR
10BAGHDAD101CODEL MCCAIN MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 12:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD119SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS IRAQ'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DCM January 12, senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud asked for USG help in improving Iraq's relations with its neighbors and in defending its interests. Regarding Iran, he noted a host of contentious issues that went beyond the current disputed border are [...]
2010-01-18 08:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY IZ IR JO
10BAGHDAD206AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOQTADA AL-SADR'S KINDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr (strictly protect),cousin of Moqtada al-Sadr, made the following points: (1) Iraq owes a debt of gratitude to the U.S. for toppling Saddam and will require a lasting partnership [...]
2010-01-27 12:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR EG IZ
10BAGHDAD233A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI LAUNCH DIPLOMATIC JCC-
[...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]
2010-01-30 09:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM
10BAGHDAD236A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQI REGIONAL INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Feltman met with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on January 23 to discuss Iraq's role in the region and Hakim's recent regional engagement efforts. Hakim stressed the importance of Iraq's regional integration and the need for Arab states to [...]
2010-01-30 10:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD243VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...]
2010-01-31 07:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ SA
10BAGHDAD258IRAQ'S BORDER SURVEILLANCE PROJECT TAKES SHAPE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We joined Interior Minister Bolani at a January 30 groundbreaking of a border roads project that took place along the Iraq-Syrian border. Supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),the border roads project is headed by the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) under [...]
2010-02-01 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL MASS IZ
10BAGHDAD339VPOTUS MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani told VP Biden that Iraqi leaders understand the need for a transparent solution to the political problem created by the attempt to disqualify some parliamentary election candidates because of alleged Ba'athist ties. He claimed the main Sunni parties and politic [...]
2010-02-09 07:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
10BAGHDAD347FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 03:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD350SOUTH BAGHDAD: ON THE EVE OF U.S. MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The January 25 Transfer of Authority (TOA) from ePRT Baghdad South's current partner brigade (30th HBCT) to the incoming new brigade (1/3 ID) is a good moment for a snapshot of the Area of Operations (AO) jointly shared with the 30th for the past 10 months. In an AO [...]
2010-02-10 17:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD36VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT
[...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...]
2010-01-06 17:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ
10BAGHDAD388PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE'BAATHIFICATION SPARKS
[...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]
2010-02-15 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD390PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE-BA'ATHIFICATION SPARKS
[...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]
2010-02-15 09:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD403OIL MINISTER AND OTHERS ON FUTURE PRODUCTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: At a recent seminar, Oil Minister Shahristani predicted the global oil market will need Iraq's increased production resulting from the ten oilfield development and production contracts from Iraq's 2009 oil bid rounds. The head of Iraq's State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) predicted [...]
2010-02-16 10:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD475IRAQI ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2010
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's electoral campaign continues to proceed apace with less than two weeks left until voting day. Reports in the Western press of a Sunni election boycott are vastly exaggerated; there are no serious indications that Sunni voters will stay away from the polls in meaningful nu [...]
2010-02-22 17:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD499COALITION PROFILE: PM MALIKI'S STATE OF LAW
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a significant move toward political independence, PM Maliki announced the formation of the State of Law Alliance (SLA) in October 2009, distancing himself from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA),the dominant Shi'a-led coalition. Despite its strong ties to Iran, SLA [...]
2010-02-24 14:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ
10BAGHDAD537COALITION PROFILE: THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi National Alliance (INA) was officially formed on August 24, 2009 and is often seen as the successor of the pan-Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),which captured a plurality of votes in the 2005 national elections. Comprised of 32 entities, including a small number of tok [...]
2010-02-28 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAKU51AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2010 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]
2010-01-25 13:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC AJ
10BAMAKO54NEW INFORMATION ON CRASHED DRUG PLANE
[...] (S) On January 12, [name redacted], provided PolCouns with copies of documents from the civil aviation authorities of Saudi Arabia and Guinea-Bissau he believed pertained to the Boeing 727 that crashed on take-off near the town of Tarkint in Northern Mali at the beginning of November 2009. The firs [...]
2010-02-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoSECRETKCRM PGOV PINS SNAR ML
10BAMAKO75MALIAN SECURITY SERVICE ARRESTS CHEIBANI OULD HAMA
[...] (S) On February 2, 2010, Malian security forces apprehended Cheibani ould Hama (a.k.a. Alhassan ould Mohammed). Cheibani has been accused of participating in the kidnappings of four western tourists along the Mali/Niger border in late December 2008/early January 2009. These were later sold [...]
2010-02-09 09:27:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL PTER ML
10BAMAKO8ATT LAYS OUT PLANS IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS
[...] (U) On December 31, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) delivered his annual New Year's Address to the nation. The centerpiece of ATT,s address was the discussion of plans, first summarized on the occasion of his inaugural anniversary speech on June 8, 2009, for a constitutional revisi [...]
2010-01-06 13:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV ML
10BANGKOK278THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]
2010-02-02 10:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BANGKOK468THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BASRAH2BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
[...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]
2010-01-31 11:07:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
10BASRAH4BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: GREAT TRANSPORT AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) could play an important role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Relatively new and under-utilized, the airport also connects to Iraq's rail, po [...]
2010-02-09 13:27:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ICAO EINV IZ
10BEIJING13JANUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-SINO RELATIONS,
[...] Key points at the January 5 MFA press briefing included: -- On trends in U.S-China relations, the two sides worked from a "comprehensive common ground," believed in the peaceful development of the relationship, and respected the "core interest" of each other. -- The PRC followed the "ethic [...]
2010-01-05 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH NK UK IR VM PG XA
10BEIJING293PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]
2010-02-04 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BEIJING355PRC/IRAN: BEIJING'S PROLIFERATING ARGUMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC academics are deploying a range of arguments against new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, but some contacts say China will not go it alone in opposing them. A well-placed think-tanker argued that Iranian political divisions could result in favorable changes to the [...]
2010-02-10 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
10BEIRUT11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8 visit as the first high-level delegation to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Foreign Min [...]
2010-01-05 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT123SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...]
2010-02-05 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR
10BEIRUT145CHRISTIANS OBJECT TO BERRI'S PROPOSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war called for "deconfessionalization," the abolishment of the quotas for sectarian representation that undergird the Lebanese political system. Like many tenets in Taif, the proposal has yet to be implemented. Recently, Speaker [...]
2010-02-12 15:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PINR SOCI KDEM LE
10BEIRUT16MINDEF MURR CONTINUES PRESSING FOR SOF SUPPORT
[...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Elias al-Murr announced to the Ambassador a plan to restructure the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) with an emphasis on special operations forces (SOF). Murr asked the Ambassador for help in convincing Prime Minister Saad Hariri not to spend a large portion of a prom [...]
2010-01-06 15:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETMARR MASS MCAP KJUS PREL PTER KPAL LE
10BEIRUT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8-9 visit as one of the first high-level delegations to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and [...]
2010-01-05 07:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
10BEIRUT44SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]
2010-01-14 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT65MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]
2010-01-21 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE SA
10BEIRUT99PM HARIRI SETS SIGHTS ON TURKEY AS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his aides explained that Lebanon was seeking "strategic cooperation" with Turkey following the PM's January 10-12 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish diplomats in Beirut confirmed that the Lebanon and Turkey signed six agreements, includi [...]
2010-02-01 09:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE
10BERLIN139MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA, IRAN, UK, YEMEN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) U.S. Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf 3. (China-U.S.) Arms Shipments to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Opposition Movements 5. (UK) Iraq War Inquiry 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 8. (Economic) Davos W [...]
2010-02-01 13:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR CH UK YM XF ECON EU GM
10BERLIN145MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BUDGET, U.S.-NASA, U.S.-CHINA, MIDDLE
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Draft Budget 3. (U.S.) Reaction to Plans to Stop Moon Mission 4. (U.S.-China) Arms Shipment to Taiwan 5. (Middle East) Goldstone Report 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Russia) Demonstrations in Kaliningrad, Moscow  [...]
2010-02-02 13:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US TSPA ETRD XF YM RS
10BERLIN156MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Fallout from Cancellation of Summit 3. (U.S.-China) Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Missile Test 5. (Afghanistan) Karzai, Future Strategy 6. (EU-Greece) Financial Crisis 7. (U.S.) Space Travel 8. (Economic [...]
2010-02-04 14:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US CH IR AF EU ECON
10BERLIN166 Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...]
2010-02-05 16:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM
10BERLIN28MEDIA REACTION: AVIATION SECURITY, IRAN, EU-TURKEY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aviation Security 3. Iranian regime 4. U.S.-Chinese Relations 5. Turkish EU Membership Bid 6. Killings of Christians in Egypt  [...]
2010-01-08 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO
10BERLIN33MEDIA REACTION: U.S., MEPP, U.S., ITALY, ECONOMIC;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Remarks on Improving Security 3. (MEPP) U.S. Pressure on Israel 4. (U.S.) Harry Reid Comments 5. (Italy) Violence Against Africans 6. (Economic) Google Tax  [...]
2010-01-11 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDUS XF IT ECON
10BERLIN35GICNT: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF NEW DATES; QUESTIONS
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Russian MFA First Secretary Dmitry Cherkaschin also attended. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the information. 2. (SBU) Rinnert wondered aloud how the GICNT fits into the G-20 as it overtakes the G-8 and, pre [...]
2010-01-12 07:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
10BERLIN82GERMANY SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany intends to inscribe and associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord within the context of the European Union before the January 31st deadline, and the government has begun to encourage third countries to do the same. However, some German officials continue to publicly ex [...]
2010-01-21 12:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG GM SENV KGHG AG CH
10BRUSSELS192GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SE FRIED DISCUSSES EUROPEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried, along with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner and Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force Director Matthew Olsen discussed the detention facility's curr [...]
2010-02-18 05:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDRG EUN PTER
10BUENOSAIRES180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN AND SECRETARY CLINTON;
[...] Argentine newspapers mostly limited coverage of NATO's new Afghanistan offensive and Secretary Clinton's Middle East trip to newswires. Secretary Clinton's quote that Iran is heading towards a "military dictatorship" appeared in all papers covering the story, usually as the headline. As for [...]
2010-02-16 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR AF
10CAIRO131EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 07:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM EG
10CAIRO166EGYPT: Ministry of Health to Provide Assistance to Iraq
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --The Ministry of Health is expanding its medical cooperation with Iraqi and has signed agreements to allow sick Iraqis to seek treatment at Egyptian facilities and to offer training opportunities for Iraqi doctors. --The Ministry is reviewing an Iraqi request to design a [...]
2010-01-28 14:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EG IZ
10CAIRO169Sudan: Launch of the Nuba Mountains People's Forum
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Leaders of the Nuba community informed Embassy Cairo that they have created the International Permanent Forum for the Nuba Mountains Indigenous People (Nuba Forum) to protect and advocate for the rights of the Nuba people, which they believe are in danger under the NCP [...]
2010-02-08 14:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL SU EG UNCHS
10CAIRO184CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99488 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-02 06:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO211Tenth Annual Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report - Cairo
[...] (U) This cable contains U.S. Embassy Cairo's response to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) contribution requirements (reftel A). The following text contains responses to paragraphs 23-29 in the original tasking cable. 2. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. Available sources of inf [...]
2010-02-16 15:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KCRM PGOV PREF PHUM KFRD KWMN KMCA SMIG
10CAIRO250CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99533 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-08 06:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO255TPT Blanket Approval for Non-technology Transfer Requests
[...] (C) Post continues its efforts to improve Egypt's End Use Monitoring (EUM) performance and to simplify the Third Party Transfer (TPT) request process in an effort to streamline the process and provide timely responses to the Government of Egypt (GOE). We recommend implementation of a responsive, st [...]
2010-02-28 13:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MASS EG MARR
10CAIRO358CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99561 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-24 12:18:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO384Despite Potential, Leading Wind Developer Not Bullish on
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --A leading Middle East wind energy company envisions tremendous potential for renewable energy in Egypt but blames government inaction and unwillingness to support business initiatives as the main problem hindering development. --The company's vice president believes sol [...]
2010-02-28 15:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT ENRG SENV TSPL EG
10CASABLANCA20MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-16 09:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA24OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...]
2010-02-19 11:26:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR
10CASABLANCA25MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-22 17:35:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA5MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...]
2010-01-13 15:56:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPINR KISL GM MO
10CASABLANCA8MOROCCO - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 09:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
10CHENGDU32TIBET: LHASA MUSLIMS' RESURGING IDENTITY, WARY RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Lhasa's small but energetic community of Muslims, both ethnic Tibetan and from other regions of China, is closely monitored by the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),CG's rec [...]
2010-02-04 12:11:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CH IN NP
10CHENGDU45YUNNAN IMAMS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE HAJJ, AND BUILDING
[...] (U) Summary: Southwest China's Yunnan Province has one of the PRC's highest concentrations of Muslims, with over 640,000 Muslims in the province and 140,000 in the provincial capital of Kunming. Muslims' religious freedom in Yunnan is increasing, though unannounced visits by Religious Affairs [...]
2010-02-26 06:17:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SOCI KISL SA CH
10COPENHAGEN102(C) MIDEAST PEACE: DANISH MFA FLOATS A LOW-KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA briefed the Embassy on an initiative it is exploring - pending approval from FM Moeller - to promote low-key cooperation among Israel and its neighbors. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar responded favorably during an exploratory visit in January. Palestinian interest [...]
2010-02-22 11:06:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL XF
10DAMASCUS100WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...]
2010-02-03 09:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY IR
10DAMASCUS151PALESTINIAN REFUGEES: COMMISSIONER-GENERAL LATEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis said February 21 UNRWA's operations assisting Palestinian refugees in Syria were "in serious trouble" and that "dramatic" changes are possible if the ag [...]
2010-02-22 06:36:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS168V/FM MIQDAD DENIES SUPPLYING BALLISTIC MISSILES TO
[...] (S) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister (V/FM) Miqdad expressed surprise the U.S. was sharing such a strong message in the wake of Under Secretary (U/S) William Burns' positive February 17 visit. He argued Israel represented the major threat to stability in the regio [...]
2010-02-25 13:43:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREF PREL IS LE SY
10DAMASCUS170"WE ARE READY": IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of discussions with SARG ministries, the Iraqi Embassy and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported they would be ready to facilitate voting by Iraqi refugees in Syria in the Iraqi legislative elections on March 5-7. However, confusion over [...]
2010-02-25 14:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS172SYRIA - 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: ( 963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax ( 963) (11) 3391-4687. Mr. Deaton (FS-03) spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured t [...]
2010-02-28 11:52:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA
10DAMASCUS18SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...]
2010-01-07 11:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS41IRANIAN FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT MEANT TO SERVE AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus on January 11, the latest in a string of visitors from Tehran during the last six weeks. Arab diplomats told us the Iranian visits reflected growing insecurity in Tehran over (1) whether Syria's warmer relations with Tu [...]
2010-01-13 13:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS52ASAD'S VISIT TO KSA: INITIAL REACTION IN DAMASCUS
[...] (SBU) President Asad's January 13 trip to Riyadh, his second trip to Saudi Arabia since September, cemented opinion in Damascus that Syria and Saudi Arabia had solidified the "normalization" of bilateral relations both sides said they hoped for after King Abdullah's landmark visit to Damascus o [...]
2010-01-14 14:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS70DROUGHT UPDATE: WFP RENEWS SYRIA AID APPEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Muhannad Hadi requested on January 13 that the United States donate food aid valued at $10 million to the drought appeal for northeast Syria. WFP seeks to begin food distribution in February but thus far has received only a fract [...]
2010-01-21 13:16:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON FAS PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DAMASCUS78IRAQI REFUGEES: REGIONAL REFUGEE RESPONSE PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched the 2010 Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for the MENA region in a January 18 ceremony in Damascus. The ceremony was well attended by an assemblage of notables from the refugee assistance world. The SARG hosted the ev [...]
2010-01-26 06:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF SY
10DAMASCUS92"MA FEE SHABAB": SYRIAN YOUNG MEN FRUSTRATED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 07:34:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALSCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DARESSALAAM136TANZANIA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. TIP SITUATION IN TANZANIA ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Reliable sources of qualitative information for TIP trends include the Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry o [...]
2010-02-11 11:31:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10DHAHRAN14CALM PREVAILS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE AS SHIA COMMEMORATE
[...] (S/NF) An atmosphere of calm prevailed during the Islamic New Year as Shia of the Eastern Province celebrated Ashura. Moderate leaders such as Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar drew large audiences to their lectures during the run-up to Ashura, with a particularly strong showing by youth. Contacts note [...]
2010-01-23 08:41:00Consulate DhahranSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL INR SA YM BA
10DHAHRAN18SOLAR ENERGY PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) The First Energy Bank of Bahrain plans to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia to serve an increasing demand for solar energy power generation in the Middle East. The King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) launched a major initiative to use its research facilities to d [...]
2010-02-06 11:38:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA BA
10DHAHRAN28TWO WOMEN APPOINTED TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE CHAMBER OF
[...] (U) For the first time in the history of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI),two women were appointed to the board. This follows disappointing results for the three different women candidates who ran unsuccessfully for the board in the recent elections. The appointm [...]
2010-02-08 12:37:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KWMN SA
10DHAHRAN31SAUDI ARAMCO IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BUILD MAJOR REFINERY
[...] (C) On January 19, the Ministry of Petroleum announced that Saudi Aramco had been asked to build the estimated USD $10 billion Jazan refinery. This project was originally to be built by the Saudi private sector in a move to give them valuable experience in managing a big project. For now, it [...]
2010-02-22 12:56:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA
10DHAKA92ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PDAS MOON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) In January 21 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Moon and the Ambassador underscored opportunities for closer U.S.- Bangladesh cooperation on a wide range of issues including regional integration, refugees, and multilateral issues. The Foreign Mi [...]
2010-01-31 08:54:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG
10DJIBOUTI127DJIBOUTI: ASD VERSHBOW AND GODJ DISCUSS STRONG BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate January 24 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Defense [...]
2010-02-02 12:05:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KPKO KPIR DJ YM ER SO
10DJIBOUTI199DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...]
2010-02-22 05:34:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM
10DOHA27ENERGY DEPSEC RECEIVES OVERVIEW OF QATAR'S ENERGY
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister (also Minister of Energy and head of Qatar Petroleum) Abdullah Al-Attiyah welcomed Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman December 10, saying that he welcomed the renewed contact with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Chu. Al-Attiyah said before meeting S [...]
2010-01-21 10:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA
10DOHA52SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...]
2010-02-08 09:50:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA
10DOHA71SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...]
2010-02-24 09:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DOHA8SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- QATAR MILITARY CONSULTATIVE
[...] (C) The eleventh meeting of the U.S. - Qatar Military Consultative Committee (MCC) is scheduled for 11-15 January 2010 in Washington DC. The last MCC between Qatar and the U.S. took place in March 2007. Brigadier General Abdulla Juma'an, Chief of International Relations, (referred to as "Gen [...]
2010-01-07 14:13:00Embassy DohaSECRETMARR MASS PREL QA
10DUBAI15Blue Lantern: Pre-License Check on Licenses 050209916 and
[...] (SBU) Poloff conducted a Blue Lantern pre-license end-use check with with Claremont Aviation CEO Mahmood Rattansi and Claremont Aviation Vice President Manny Gamboa on January 27 as requested in reftel. Claremont Aviation was previously "Claremont Real Estate." Rattansi changed the name of th [...]
2010-02-08 11:01:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AE
10FREETOWN67SIERRA LEONE: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
[...] Summary: The four minor incidents of inter-religious violence over the past five years are the first such occurrences in Sierra Leone. As Christianity becomes less orthodox and Islam more so, such incidents are likely to recur or worsen, but Sierra Leoneans, both Muslim and Christian, are p [...]
2010-02-17 10:04:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SL
10HELSINKI35FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff, Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen received U.S. points on FAC agenda items contained in ref A and provided the following responses, previously reported in ref B email. In general Finland supported almost all U.S. p [...]
2010-01-25 14:06:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALBK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM
10HOCHIMINHCITY50FOUR CG TOUR OF THE DELTA HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A joint trip undertaken by the Consuls General of Australia, India, Kuwait and the USA to the Mekong Delta provinces of Can Tho, Hau Giang and An Giang provided a host of opportunities to share experiences, gain insights from colleagues, forge new connections and reinforce key sh [...]
2010-02-12 06:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTIP KIRF PREL PGOV SOCI VM
10ISLAMABAD10 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 03:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD152SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...]
2010-01-23 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD222 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD223 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 10:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD23 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD232 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 01, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD252PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 10:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD265 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD282 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD313 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD380 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD431SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 18 meeting, Ambassador Holbrooke thanked President Zardari for GOP cooperation in fighting Taliban militants, especially the recent capture of Afghan Taliban military leader Mullah Beradar. Zardari agreed that the United States and Pakistan had weakened the Tali [...]
2010-02-23 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK
10ISTANBUL49KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...]
2010-02-09 13:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL6IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...]
2010-01-06 15:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINS TU IR
10JAKARTA173SUCCESS STORIES: INDONESIA STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is improving its operational effectiveness in combating trafficking in persons. Although much remains to be done, a recent TIP conference (see septel) in Surabaya highlighted several success stories. Police are successfully adapting their tactics to pursu [...]
2010-02-09 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA258INDONESIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-27 19:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10JEDDAH10CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...]
2010-01-08 10:30:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA
10JEDDAH14JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S
[...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...]
2010-01-10 06:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALCASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS
10JEDDAH4JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A GATEWAY THROUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Smith's December 28 visit to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed an active organization on the front line of social change in Saudi Arabia. Ambassador met with Deputy Chair Dr. Lama Sulaiman, the first woman to be elected to this position (r [...]
2010-01-04 09:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECON PREL EMIN EFIN EIND EINV SA
10JEDDAH50GACA COMMENTS ON US-SAUDI OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On February 3, Captain Mohammed Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),discussed issues needing to be resolved for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to sign an Open Skies agreement (reftels). Jamjo [...]
2010-02-27 13:05:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA
10JERUSALEM2JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10KABUL170SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...]
2010-01-19 05:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL211JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK
10KABUL361AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF HAJI AND
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 26 meeting with the new Afghan Minister of Haji and Islamic Affairs (MHIA),Dr. Mohammad Yousef Niazi, they discussed ways the Ministry could promote respect for fundamental human rights, peace, justice, and national unity through Afghanistan's netwo [...]
2010-01-30 12:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EAIR AP
10KABUL436AFGHANISTAN’S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDER’S
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...]
2010-02-03 13:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL IR AF
10KABUL500KARZAI DELIGHTED AT SAUDI ARABIA VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is "very happy" with his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, according to Karzai Chief of Staff Daudzai and reconciliation advisor Masoom Stanekazai, each of whom described the high-level attention Karzai received from Saudi leaders as a boost for Karzai and GIRoA's sta [...]
2010-02-09 09:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL AF SA
10KABUL571NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND
[...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...]
2010-02-15 10:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL593AN UNDEFINED MISSION AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, newly-appointed Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandewal discussed his plans for the Ministry with Ambassador Eikenberry and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne. Minister Arghandewal indicated that he would deve [...]
2010-02-17 09:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL674KARZAI ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai addressed a joint session of Parliament on February 20, on the occasion of the opening of the final session of Parliament. Karzai spoke for 40 minutes to a poorly-attended, subdued joint session of Parliament that also included members of the Supreme Court and [...]
2010-02-23 14:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KHARTOUM236SUDAN: CHINA POISED FOR KEY ROLE IN POST 2011 AGRICULTURE
[...] (U) Summary: The People's Republic of China (PRC) is encouraging Chinese private enterprises to invest heavily in Sudan's agriculture sector, Lee "Ali" Wei Zheng, Commercial Officer for the Chinese Embassy, told PolEconOff February 3. Chinese investors currently have ten farms in China, and [...]
2010-02-11 09:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ECON EFIN EPET SU
10KINGSTON11VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:24:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC
10KUALALUMPUR59MALAYSIA: SKS VENTURES EXPLAINS ITS IRAN INVESTMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: SKS Ventures (SKS) CEO Abang Iskandar Muas (Iskandar) met with Econoff January 19 to discuss SKS plans to develop the Golshan and Ferdowsi gas fields (G&F) in Iran. Iskandar said that the GOM had initially negotiated the deal with the GOI and handed the project to SKS just prior [...]
2010-01-27 10:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV ENRG EPET ETTC IR KNNP MY
10KUWAIT102GOK WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (C) On January 31st, Econoff followed up on the status of Kuwait's deliberations on associating with the Copenhagen Accord with Captain Ali Al-Haider, the Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority (KEPA) (ref B). Al-Haider, the head of Kuwait's interagency climate co [...]
2010-02-04 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV KU
10KUWAIT11PARLIAMENT GIVES INITIAL APPROVAL TO BILL
[...] (C) Kuwait's National Assembly, by a vote of 35-22 (one abstention) on January 6 approved a bill sanctioning the write-off of interest on citizens' consumer loans and rescheduling their debts. (Note: Total consumer loans reached KD 5.2 bn (USD 18 bn) in November 2009. End note.) The GoK str [...]
2010-01-10 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
10KUWAIT129KUWAIT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait cordially welcome the February 16-18 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal S. Wolin. 2. (SBU) Situated at the nexus of Iraq, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is a constitutional emirate with a freely-elected -- and rambunctious -- parli [...]
2010-02-11 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PTER KTFN OVIP KU
10KUWAIT134AMBASSADOR PULSES YOUNG KUWAITIS ON THEIR VISIONS
[...] (C) Summary. At a February 2 luncheon at the CMR organized around the theme "Youth Vision for Kuwait in 2020," Ambassador pulsed fifteen Kuwaiti youth leaders, ranging from liberal to conservative, on what sort of Kuwait they will seek to create a decade from now. In response to her overture, [...]
2010-02-15 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
10KUWAIT137MOVING TO THE PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN: KUWAITIS
[...] (U) This is an action message for the Department, please see paragraph X. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador reviewed February 10 developments in US Iran policy with FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammed Al Sabah, taking the opportunity to note USG concerns about recent high-level Kuwait-Iran exchanges and pr [...]
2010-02-16 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
10KUWAIT142KUWAIT INTERIOR MINISTER SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah told Ambassador February 16 that he is deeply concerned about Iranian actions, particularly in Yemen with the Houthis. A security hard-liner whose views do not always reflect those of the rest of the GoK, Shaykh Jaber suggested Iran [...]
2010-02-17 14:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IR YM KU
10KUWAIT23MFA’S ARAB WORLD DEPARTMENT DISCUSSES ABU MAZEN’S
[...] (U) There is an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The head of MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassem Mubaraki, told Polcouns January 12 that Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's January 5 - 6 visit to Kuwait and meeting with the Amir was positive, and provided an oppo [...]
2010-01-12 14:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KU IR YM
10KUWAIT36TRIPARTITE TALKS: POSITIVE VIBES BUT NOTHING TO
[...] (C) Despite continued, laudable efforts by the GoI Ministry of Human Rights to secure progress on recovering the remains of Kuwaiti MIAs -- including formation of an Iraqi interagency coordinating committee -- the lack of tangible progress and the looming June expiry of the Tarasov UN Mandate [...]
2010-01-19 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
10KUWAIT4SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapsh [...]
2010-01-04 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU
10KUWAIT42KUWAIT RECEIVES IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES IN RUN-UP
[...] (C) Former Iraqi PM Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari held a series of high-level meetings in Kuwait on December 12 and 13 including with the Amir, Parliamentary Speaker, and National Security Bureau (NSB). While the visits were publicly portrayed as focused on building bilateral relations, Al-Jaafari a [...]
2010-01-20 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV KU IZ
10KUWAIT52FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON ISSUES WITH IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging January 17 interview with Al-Qabas, a leading Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah voiced his thoughts on lingering bilateral issues with Iraq and on Kuwait's relations with Iran. Embassy provides [...]
2010-01-25 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR KU
10KUWAIT61IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LARIJANI COMPLETES
[...] (U) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani completed a two-day visit to Kuwait on January 27 at the invitation of Kuwaiti Parliament speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, who met Larijani on arrival at Kuwait airport. While Kuwait's press provided only a sketchy outline of the meetings, some ink was de [...]
2010-01-27 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR KU
10KUWAIT8SBU SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapshot [...]
2010-01-05 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU
10KUWAIT88AMBASSADOR RAISES IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a January 31 luncheon in honor of Tony Blair at the residence of Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, pulled aside Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah and raised ref A points concerning Iran's nuclear program, continuing USG concerns, and our efforts to addres [...]
2010-02-01 11:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV UNSC IR KU
10KUWAIT95KUWAIT TRIES TO DOWNPLAY IMPORTANCE OF VISITS BY
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti officials took pains to downplay the importance of a January 26 - 27 visit by Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and the preceding week's visit by an Iranian economic team. Officials insisted that the Larijani visit had come at the invitation of Kuwait's Parliament [...]
2010-02-02 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET ENRG IR KU
10LAGOS13SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...]
2010-01-11 09:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NI
10LIBREVILLE45GABON: PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon was one of the 28 countries that participated in the intensive negotiating sessions at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change and will associate with the Copenhagen Accord. Lee White, the Director of Gabon's National Parks and President Ali Bongo Ondimba's special advisor on [...]
2010-02-02 10:59:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV PGOV KSCA PREL UNEP GB
10LONDON92United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2010-01-15 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10MADRID181ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE
[...] Summary. On January 28, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, met with Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angel Lossada, on bi-lateral issues related to Africa. Lossada described Spanish interests and concerns in West Africa; requested U.S. views on a proposed confe [...]
2010-02-16 12:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID69SPAIN INCREASINGLY LIKE-MINDED ON ADDITIONAL IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Stephen Mull, Special Advisor to P, on January 15 briefed Spanish diplomats regarding key updates in the USG's engagement track with Iran and the need to begin focusing on a UNSC resolution for additional sanctions if Tehran refuses to engage. Mull emphasiz [...]
2010-01-22 16:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN
10MANAMA11GUARDING NDI'S FLANK
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-10 11:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI BA
10MANAMA15BAHRAINI FM ON AFGHANISTAN, ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifah January 11 for an hour and discussed a range of topics including the Israeli-palestinian conflict and Afghanistan. MFA advisor Amb Saeed Al Faihani and DCM joined the meeting. Afghanistan ----------- 2. (C) On Afghanista [...]
2010-01-11 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS AF BA
10MANAMA24WELCOME STAFFDEL RAVEN TO BAHRAIN: JANUARY 19-21,
[...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Raven to Bahrain from January 19, 2010 to January 21, 2010. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Rachel Mihm. Her office telephone number is (973)1724-2931; mobile (973) 3908-9220; home (973) 1759-1702. Email: MihmRI@state.g [...]
2010-01-18 08:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL BA
10MANAMA26BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD CONCERNED ABOUT QATAR, GCC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 12:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG MARR IR BA
10MANAMA87 WELCOME STAFFDEL ANDERSON/BELZAK TO BAHRAIN (FEBRUARY 23 -
[...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Anderson/Belzak to Bahrain from February 23, 2010 to February 24, 2010. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Rachel Mihm. Her office telephone number is (973)1724-2931; mobile (973) 3908-9220; home (973) 1759-1702. Email: Mihm [...]
2010-02-22 08:15:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA
10MANILA1492010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV RP USTR
10MANILA293TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from mid-February 2009' to mid-February 2010, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Doreen Bailey, BaileyDP@ [...]
2010-02-17 07:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MUNICH34 ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...]
2010-02-23 08:29:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EINT KISL XF XD GM
10MUSCAT103OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS AND A/S FELTMAN DISCUSS YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman, Sultan Qaboos -- Supported President Saleh and a united Yemen; -- Concurred wholeheartedly with the U.S. analysis and approach to Yemen, especially on the need to maintain pressure on President Saleh; -- Agreed [...]
2010-02-23 06:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER MU YM
10MUSCAT107A/S FELTMAN WITH OMANI FM - YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions about Yemen during a February 17 meeting between Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YbA) and NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman revealed that the U.S. and Oman are on the same page regarding both internal politics and external influences. Y [...]
2010-02-24 13:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL YM MU
10MUSCAT41OMANI MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON THE BUDGET, GCC, AND PORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Oman's Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki on January 9. Macki proved enthusiastic and energetic about Oman's plans for development, detailing them at great length. Topics of discussion ranged from Oman's 2010 budget to internal conf [...]
2010-01-20 16:12:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EWWT PGOV MU
10MUSCAT71OMANI GOVERNMENT REACTS STRONGLY TO SUGGESTION OF PATRIOT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent New York Time's (NYT) article describing Patriot missile deployment to countries in the Gulf in order to counter Iran, assuage Israel, and reassure our Gulf partners has been disquieting to the Omani Government. There has never been an official USG offer of Patriots to O [...]
2010-02-02 14:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR MU
10MUSCAT99OMAN - GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER TWO GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE REGION
[...] (S) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Oman's number two in government, Sayyid Fahd, gave a frank view of regional issues, interspaced with praise for the United States' efforts. He opined that Iraq will eventually settle down and that the United States had done a great s [...]
2010-02-22 08:00:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL IZ IR IN PK AF YM IS KPAL MU
10NAIROBI15Somalia - TFG Prime Minister Reviews Progress in Wake of
[...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke described to Somalia Unit December 30 his government's plans, immediately on his January 3 return to Mogadishu, to shake-up Mogadishu port operations by removing the current, corrupt leadership, and implementing [...]
2010-01-05 16:19:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PINR EFIN EAID ECON
10NAIROBI191Somalia - Perspectives on TFG-ASWJ Agreement
[...] (C) The February 13 agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) (reftel) represents potential progress in their ongoing collaboration. But to be successful, the agreement must first gain the support of ASWJ on the ground, especially from l [...]
2010-02-18 18:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID ET MOPS
10NAIROBI57Somalia - The TFG After One Year
[...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER
10NEWDELHI298SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] Wire reports appearing in the Indian media highlighted the Secretary's remarks on Iran. Secretary Clinton was reported saying that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks. Iran has a right to nuclear power, but [...]
2010-02-17 03:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI333MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN,
[...] "WHY AF-PAK IS IMPORTANT TO INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS," op-ed in February 22 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India-Pakistan relations changed course all of a sudden after the London conference. It is bizarre the way India suddenly did an about-turn on Pakistan, offering talks. Was it an independent [...]
2010-02-23 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI34MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM -- U.S. POLICY;
[...] "FAILURES OF U.S INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA," op-ed in January 10 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "President Obama has come down hard on U.S secret agencies for their intelligence failure on the failed Christmas bombing attempt. The real question, however, is why [...]
2010-01-11 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI356RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA
[...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...]
2010-02-25 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT
10NOUAKCHOTT58MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Islamic Affairs expects to see a majority of the 68 Salafists in detention publicly renounce violence and the extremist ideology expressed by Al Qaeda. While the renunciation of violence will not affect the judicial process against those who have actually commit [...]
2010-01-25 16:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR
10NOUAKCHOTT59 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-25 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-26 08:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT90MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...]
2010-02-10 13:51:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10PARIS174SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with French FM Bernard Kouchner in Paris on February 8, 2010. Discussions included how to persuade the Chinese and others to support sanctions against Iran, and the import [...]
2010-02-12 16:56:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR FR IR AF NATO
10PARIS196FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS23 OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...]
2010-01-08 08:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR
10PARIS25FRENCH MFA ON PEACE PROCESS, YEMEN, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are focusing on Palestinian action as the key to unblocking discussions and wonder if President Mahmoud Abbas might be able to press forward the peace process by pronouncing his own prerequisites for the resumption of negotiations, according to Patrice Paoli, French MF [...]
2010-01-08 14:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY YM LE IZ FR
10PARIS56SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...]
2010-01-15 17:50:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL OVIP FR
10PARIS85MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware met with French MFA officials on January 15, with discussions focusing on regional terrorism (lack of unity among regional actors) and the Mauritanian government's performance following the resolution of the long political crisis and [...]
2010-01-26 18:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MR FR
10PARISFR185PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ZERHOUNI BRINGS MESSAGE OF SCIENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Presidential Science Envoy Dr. Elias Zerhouni inaugurated his first official trip with a stop at UNESCO, where he met with key ambassadors, secretariat staff and the director general to promote President Obama's agenda of enhanced scientific and technological coop [...]
2010-02-17 13:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PRAGUE36CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING FAC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova regarding the January Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). She offered brief comments on possible EU sanctions against Iran, Yemen, Bosnia, Somalia, and A [...]
2010-01-22 17:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF IR
10RABAT22WHY DID MOROCCO SEND DADIS CAMARA TO BURKINA FASO?
[...] (C) Summary: Following the Secretary,s conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Embassy was surprised to learn January 12 of the Government of Morocco,s (GOM,s) abrupt decision to discharge Guinean junta leader Dadis Camara from the Mohammed V Military Hospital in R [...]
2010-01-15 07:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS GV MO UV
10RABAT66CODEL GREGG DISCUSSES MEPP AND COUNTER-EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Gregg held an open and wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Director General for Studies and Documentation (Director of National Intelligence equivalent) Mansouri in a joint meeting on January 5. They focused on making progress on the Israeli-Pale [...]
2010-02-01 18:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL KPAL PINS MO
10RIGA93AIRBALTIC CEO UNHAPPY ABOUT IRAN; WANTS USG HELP TO START
[...] (C) Bertolt Flick, CEO of airBaltic, met with Ambassador Garber to complain about U.S. pressure on the GOL to prohibit airBaltic's planned new service to Iran (Reftel A & B). Flick confirmed that airBaltic will not fly to Tehran. However, he expressed his frustration that the previou [...]
2010-02-26 11:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ SA LG
10RIYADH1CHEVRON INAUGURATES LARGE SCALE STEAM INJECTION
[...] (U) Ambassadors Smith and Jones, and Dhahran Consul General Kenny, participated in the inauguration of Chevron's large scale steamflood pilot project at the Wafra field in the Saudi Arabia-Kuwaiti partitioned neutral zone November 4. Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Na [...]
2010-01-03 07:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL SA KU
10RIYADH101SPECIAL ADVISOR TO SRAP WITH SAUDI INTEL: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE TALIBAN?
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-23 12:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAF PGOV PK PREL SA
10RIYADH102SAUDI FOREIGN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS: OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request for EEB and USDA. Please see paragraph 17. Summary and introduction ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After decades of heavy support for domestic agriculture that made this arid Kingdom one of the world's largest wheat exporters for many years, the Saudi g [...]
2010-01-24 03:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ECON EAID SENV PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH103SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes your visit, planned for February 15-20, to Riyadh and Jeddah. You will arrive just after several prominent official visits, including Deputy Treasury Secretary Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Hormats, and just before [...]
2010-01-24 11:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KIPR EINV TSPL SENV SOCI SA
10RIYADH104SAUDI DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs three and six. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Deputy Minister of Health Ziad Memish told Econoffs that the Ministry's top two health cooperation priorities with the U.S. are to finalize an MOU with HHS and to increase significantly the number o [...]
2010-01-24 11:57:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV PREL SA
10RIYADH105SAUDI-SYRIAN RELATIONS: A "GOOD SMELL IN THE AIR"
[...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's three-day visit to Saudi Arabia from January 13-15 (ref A) marked the third time in four months that the once-estranged Asad and King Abdullah have met face to face. While the Syrian Embassy in Riyadh has downplayed the political dimensions of the visit-- [...]
2010-01-25 11:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA LE SY IR WB GZ
10RIYADH106DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG YEMEN POLICY
[...] (U) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. goals for the January 27 Yemen ministerial in London, per reftel. Econ Counselor discussed reftel points with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Affairs Sulaiman Al-Turki in a separate meeting t [...]
2010-01-25 12:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH107SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2010-01-25 13:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR SA
10RIYADH108DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OUTREACH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. priorities for the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and solicit Saudi support for these goals per reftel. Econ Counselor also met separately with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Af [...]
2010-01-25 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF SA
10RIYADH118SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSING CHINA TO STOP
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi Foreign Ministry officials told visiting NEA A/S Feltman that they are convinced Iran intends to develop a nuclear weapon, and that the Saudi Foreign Minister pressed his counterpart hard for greater Chinese engagement on this threat during the Chinese FM's visit earlier in [...]
2010-01-26 17:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PTER PGOV KGHG SENV ETRD SA IR
10RIYADH123CHINESE FM YANG VISITS RIYADH
[...] (C) Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with King Abdullah and FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal on January 13, during the last stop of a five nation Africa and Middle East tour. During the visit, FM Yang discussed deepening Saudi-Chinese ties in a variety of fields, emphasizing trade, in particul [...]
2010-01-27 12:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH KWBG IR SA
10RIYADH125SAUDI OFFICIALS ON ENERGY SUBSIDIES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 13:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV SA
10RIYADH129SAUDI ARABIA RESPONDS TO HOUTHI CEASEFIRE OFFER
[...] (U) Speaking to the press from the Saudi border region of Jizan on January 27, Assistant Defense Minister Khalid bin Sultan responded to the ceasefire offer made by Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on January 25 (reftel). He maintained that the Saudis had driven the Houthis from their territory prior to [...]
2010-01-27 14:57:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH131A/S FELTMAN'S JANUARY 26 MEETING WITH CULTURE
[...] (C) During a January 26 meeting with Assistant Secretary Feltman, Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja urged us to share our thoughts on Iraq with FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal; said the Saudis remained convinced of Iranian support for the Houthis in Yemen; expressed concern about the possibility of Is [...]
2010-01-30 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH132JOINT U.S. - SAUDI BUSINESS DIALOGUE LAUNCHED
[...] (U) The Saudi Council of Chambers pulled out all the stops lining up an impressive array of Saudi business leaders to discuss U.S. - Saudi business relations with Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard. The discussion revolved around a number of key themes, including the need for a renewed emphasis on b [...]
2010-01-30 14:15:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH139WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN QASSIM STRENGTHENED BY
[...] (C) Although often considered the heart of the conservative Nejd region, the province of Qassim is home to a cohesive, locally-driven women's movement focused on pragmatic steps to improve the status and daily life of women in Qassim. Under the patronage and guidance of Princess Noura bint M [...]
2010-01-31 12:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KMPI KWMN
10RIYADH148RIYADH HIGH COURT OVERTURNS AL-JOUF FORCED DIVORCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 30, English-language dailies Saudi Gazette and Arab News reported that the newly-established High Court in Riyadh -- a "supreme court" of review which is one of the first fruits of King Abdullah's judicial reform efforts -- had overturned the highly contentious forced d [...]
2010-02-01 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH149SAUDI COMMERCE MINISTRY WELCOMES ANTIBOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Representatives from DOC's Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance visited Riyadh January 31 to discuss Saudi progress on reported Arab League Boycott requests. Saudi Arabia's compliance record has improved dramatically from 350 prohibited requests in 1994 to five prohibited requests in 2009 [...]
2010-02-01 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT PREL SA IS
10RIYADH152MOJ REPORTS SOME PROGRESS ON LEGAL REFORMS; STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Smith, engaged in a frank and wide-ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa on January 27. Dr. Al-Issa spoke candidly about the challenges he faced in implementing King Abdullah's reform agenda, citing several examples of recent progress such a [...]
2010-02-02 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH153PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) During a meeting on January 30, Ambassador Smith and Prince Turki Al-Faisal--former GIP Head and Ambassador to the U.S., and current Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Center-- discussed ways to further strengthen the U.S.- Saudi bilateral relationship; Saudi Arabia's Afghanistan les [...]
2010-02-02 13:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA AF PK
10RIYADH154DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (C) DCM met with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations, Dr. Khalid Al-Jindan, on February 3 to solicit Saudi support for the U.S. strategy to mobilize pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program per reftel A. 2. (C) Al-Jindan noted that he had attended th [...]
2010-02-03 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC SA
10RIYADH155KARZAI TO THE KING: I NEED YOUR HELP
[...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to Riyadh for a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah on February 3. Karzai's visit comes a week after his speech at the London Afghanistan Conference, where he called upon the Saudis to assist in facilitating the Afghan reconciliation process. As Karzai [...]
2010-02-03 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK SA
10RIYADH159(S) SAUDI ARABIA: RENEWED ASSURANCES ON SATELLITE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan to relay U.S. concerns about sharing USG imagery with Saudi Arabia in light of evidence that Saudi aircraft may have struck civilian targets during its fighting with the Houthis in northern Yemen. Pr [...]
2010-02-07 09:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR SA YM
10RIYADH160SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFERS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior briefed visiting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman on its concerns about regional stability, centering on Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Syria. MOI is concerned that Yemeni leaders do not have a coherent vision for the development of the country, and are instead preoccupied [...]
2010-02-07 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SA
10RIYADH161SAUDI ARABIA CAUTIOUSLY CONSIDERING CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation briefed KACST VP Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud January 23 on possible areas of cooperation with the United States on civil nuclear power. Prince Turki said KACST would issue a Request for Proposals in the next few months for a consulting firm to conduct [...]
2010-02-08 03:29:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL SA
10RIYADH172SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] (SBU) Madam Chair, Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes the visit of CODEL Lowey to Riyadh and Jeddah. By virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, Saudi Arabia plays a critical role in almost every global and regi [...]
2010-02-09 17:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON SA
10RIYADH178SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S FEB 15-16
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Mission Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to the Kingdom, a country which, by virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, plays a critical role in many global and regional issues of importance to us. [...]
2010-02-11 12:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PTER SA YM IR ECON
10RIYADH182SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to Saudi Arabia, which, by virtue of its historical and cultural ties to Central Asia; personal relationships between Saudi, Afghani and Pakistani leaders; financial power; and leadership of the Muslim world, can play a central role in im [...]
2010-02-12 12:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTFN SA AF PK
10RIYADH183SAUDI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY SUPPORTIVE OF A
[...] (SBU) Representatives from Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) told Econoffs February 10 that SAGIA is very supportive of the development of a civilian nuclear sector in Saudi Arabia. The Vice President for Energy and Economic Cities Development Omar Al-Madhi said Canadian, Bri [...]
2010-02-12 14:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL SA
10RIYADH184TWO FACES OF SAUDI ARABIA’S CLIMATE NEGOTIATING
[...] (S) Saudi Arabia is officially still studying the issue of whether to associate with the Copenhagen Accord on Climate Change. Behind the scenes, we understand serious discussions are taking place about which road will best serve the Kingdom's long term interests. On one hand, Saudi Arabia's lead cl [...]
2010-02-12 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKGHG SENV EPET ENRG PREL SA
10RIYADH188INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM DISCUSSIONS CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Forty three of 53 countries that attended the International Energy Forum's February 6-7 meeting of the Expanded High Level Steering Group broadly endorsed a recommended set of next steps to make the IEF a more effective venue for a producer-consumer dialogue on international oil [...]
2010-02-14 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL SA
10RIYADH193YEMENI-HOUTHI CEASEFIRE: WILL IT LAST?
[...] (S) Summary: On Thursday, February 11, the Yemeni Government announced a ceasefire in its conflict with the Houthis to take effect as of midnight on February 12th. While violations and political setbacks are likely in the days and weeks ahead, the ceasefire ought to hold for the near term. T [...]
2010-02-15 06:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA YM
10RIYADH204SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 21-23 VISIT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Saudi officials are very excited about your visit, which they expect will build on the successful December visit of Deputy Secretary Poneman to write a new chapter in our bilateral dialogue on energy and Science & Technology Cooperation. You will arrive at a tim [...]
2010-02-18 13:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KGHG EINV ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH208FURTHER SAUDI GOVERNMENT PROGRESS ON ENFORCING
[...] (SBU) On February 17, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (MOCI) Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa hosted a meeting with the Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance and Microsoft, who presented initial mock ups of an extensive public relations campaign to increase public awareness of the issue of piracy in S [...]
2010-02-20 15:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH213WHAT CONCERNS SAUDI ARABIA ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Assistant Petroleum Minister, and senior Royal Family Member in MinPet, recently summarized Saudi concerns about the long-term outlook for international energy markets. Saudi Arabia is concerned by the lack of clarity for the outlook, as forecasts have ranged from many progno [...]
2010-02-21 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ENRG KGHG PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH214SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES SOLAR DESALINATION PLANT
[...] (SBU) King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST, effectively Saudi Arabia's science ministry) announced a three-phase national plan for solar energy-based desalination production in late January. The Kingdom has abundant sun energy exposure on the order of 2,000 kilowatts per squa [...]
2010-02-21 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV EPET PREL SA
10RIYADH224CODEL LOWEY AND SAUDI VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
[...] (U) During a February 14 visit to the National Dialogue Center (KACND) CODEL Lowey was briefed on its primary goal of combating extremism by promoting dialogue and exchanges of differing points of view among Saudis. On the role of women the Center's Director explained the SAG privatization st [...]
2010-02-24 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KISL KOCI KPAO PGOV PPD PREL SA
10RIYADH225GCC WANTS TO FOCUS ON TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is looking forward to the February 27-28 meeting on technical aspects of assistance to Yemen, which it hopes will identify the main impediments to more effective aid programs on the ground. This is the latest in a series of meetings the GCC has he [...]
2010-02-24 14:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID EFIN PREL SA
10RIYADH226TREASURY D/S WOLIN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND
[...] (U) Summary: On February 13-14, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visited Saudi Arabia and met with Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Muhammad Al Jasser and Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al Assaf. Wolin reviewed the improving strength of the U.S. and global economies, and other [...]
2010-02-25 07:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN EINV SA
10RIYADH228TREASURY D/S WOLIN DISCUSSES ILLICIT FINANCE AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 13-14, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visited Saudi Arabia, discussing illicit finance and Iran policy issues with Assistant Minister of Interior HRH Prince Muhammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (MBN),Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al Assaf, and Saudi Arabian [...]
2010-02-27 11:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10RIYADH29ASSISTANT SAUDI OIL MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman January 4 at the Prince's request. Prince Abdulaziz gave Ambassador a copy of the report of the International Energy Forum (IEF) Expert Gro [...]
2010-01-05 12:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL ECON FR IEF SA
10RIYADH31SAUDI LEADERSHIP PROFILES: PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN
[...] (C) During a warm introductory meeting with Ambassador Smith on January 2, Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman discussed his desire to foster a better understanding of Saudi Arabia, its people, and its culture through increas [...]
2010-01-05 15:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV SA
10RIYADH33SAUDIS ANGRY & CONFUSED OVER NEW TSA SCREENING
[...] AN AVALANCHE OF INQUIRIES: The Embassy has been deluged with media inquiries since the story broke January 4. All Saudi media outlets reported January 5 that the U.S. Department of State had issued a new directive for intensive air screening of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 countries, includ [...]
2010-01-05 17:35:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER SCUL KPAD SA
10RIYADH38SAUDI FOCUS ON PEACE TALKS DURING ABBAS VISIT
[...] (C) FOCUS ON PROSPECTS FOR PEACE: Palestine Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Mahir Karaki told Pol/Mil Counselor that President Mahmoud Abbas' December 30 meetings with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal focused on restarting Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Dr. Mahir obser [...]
2010-01-06 11:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL SA EG SY
10RIYADH61POSITIVE TREASURY ENGAGEMENT WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 05:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10RIYADH62ADDITIONAL SAUDI VIEWS ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF
[...] (S) A/DCM met Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral Relations Dr. Prince Torki bin Mohammed January 10 to follow up on the U.S. proposal (ref A) to designate Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two AQAP leaders under UNSCR 1267, previously delivered to the Saudis December 23 [...]
2010-01-11 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON KTFN PREL PTER YM SA
10RIYADH66SAUDI LEADERS STUNG BY NEW TSA SCREENING RULES
[...] (SBU) Following news of TSA's January 3 designation of Saudi Arabia as a "country of interest," Saudi leaders from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Culture and Information we talked to all have expressed surprise and dismay that their co [...]
2010-01-11 15:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL ASEC ECON SA
10RIYADH67Saudi Public Reaction to New TSA Initiatives
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saudi public and media reaction to the new TSA requirements has been overwhelmingly negative, with the tenor of commentary ranging from rhetorical assertions that the Kingdom is being punished for its "position against Israel" to practical concerns by workaday Saudis of the heal [...]
2010-01-11 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SA
10RIYADH69HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SENDS OPEN LETTER TO SAUDI KING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2009 the unlicensed Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) appealed to King Abdullah in an open letter to order the release from prison of 73-year old, well-known Human Rights activist, Suliman Al-Reshoudi. The letter claimed that Al-Reshoudi, a former j [...]
2010-01-12 14:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
10RIYADH75FIRST EVER COPYRIGHT CASE REFERRED FOR DETERRENT
[...] (SBU) On January 5, Minister of Culture and Information Khoja referred the first-ever copyright violation case to the Board of Grievances (BOG),Saudi Arabia's tribunal for commercial dispute resolution. The Ministry's Violations Review Committee (VRC) recommended the Board fine the repeat of [...]
2010-01-13 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
10RIYADH76SAUDI ARABIA'S 2009 BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND 2010 FORECAST
[...] (U) Summary: The SAG announced its largest budget ever on December 21. It projects spending for 2010 will be $144 billion, up 14 percent from 2009; and estimates revenues will be $125.3 billion compared to 2009's actual revenues of $135 billion, projecting a deficit of $18.6 billion. As with [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV SA
10RIYADH79AFCENT COMMANDER DISCUSSES AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In January 5 meetings with Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) Commander LTG Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Hussein and Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) Commander VADM Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Saud, U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage broached CENTCOM [...]
2010-01-13 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH80 RSAF LTG FAISAL COMPLAINS TO AFCENT COMMANDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Commander Prince (Lt Gen) Abd-al-Rahman bin Fahd Al-Faisal Al-Saud laid out an extensive laundry list of releasability problems the RSAF was enduring in trying [...]
2010-01-13 16:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH88SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONES' JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] (S/NF) General Jones' meeting with Crown Prince Sultan was the first working meeting that the Crown Prince has had with an American official since his return on December 11, 2009 after a year's absence for treatment of colon cancer. During the 30 minute meeting, the Crown Prince on several occ [...]
2010-01-19 08:13:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10RIYADH90SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONES’ JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] (S) Summary: During a 30-minute meeting with Prince Mohammed, General Jones reviewed U.S. and Saudi efforts to combat Al-Qaida extremists in the region and discussed Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemen, and Iran. Prince Mohammed highlighted Saudi Arabia's continued and growing concerns about Al-Qaida opera [...]
2010-01-19 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10RIYADH91MEDICALLY ILL YEMENI IDPS ALLOWED TO CROSS SAUDI
[...] (C) UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari told Poloff on January 13 that Yemeni internally displaced persons (IDPs) in need of immediate medical treatment are being allowed to cross the Saudi border. According to Bukhari, the Saudi government has set up mobile medical teams a [...]
2010-01-19 10:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF SA YM
10RIYADH93SAUDI-IRANIAN TENSIONS EVIDENT IN
[...] (C) Following a relatively quiet Hajj season, Saudi-Iranian tensions are once again on display. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal traded barbs, with Ahmadinejad criticizing the SAG's role in the Houthi conflict and FM Saud countering that Iran was the one inter [...]
2010-01-19 12:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR SA
10RIYADH96SAUDI BUDGET CONTINUES TO BE TRANSPARENT
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide input into this year's review of budget transparency. The government publishes both its income and its expenditures each year, as well as information about the economy (e.g., inflation, growth, GDP, etc.). In addition, the central bank, the n [...]
2010-01-20 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SA
10RIYADH97SAUDI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY OUTLINES AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has achieved remarkable results over the last five years in making Saudi Arabia a more attractive destination for foreign investment, more than doubling total investment to $38 billion in 2008. SAGIA is trying to focus the co [...]
2010-01-21 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON ETRD ENRG TBIO PREL SA
10ROME173SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini during an official visit to Rome on February 8. On Afghanistan, Frattini was eager to move beyond the London Conference and work to produce practical results for the Afghan [...]
2010-02-12 13:18:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IR
10ROME82INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...]
2010-01-21 14:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10SANAA168REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]
2010-01-26 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA1782010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
[...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]
2010-01-27 11:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA203HOUTHIS OFFER YEMEN (CONDITIONAL) CEASEFIRE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second major audio message in less than a week, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi conditionally accepted the ROYG's five ceasefire conditions, provided that the Yemeni army ceases military operations in Sa'ada. Official media sources reported that the ROYG quickly rejecte [...]
2010-02-02 06:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PREF MOPS YM SA
10SANAA211FEARS OF AL-SHABAAB TIES PROMPT ROYG REVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG's recent call for universal registration of all refugees in Yemen has raised fears among African refugees, particularly of Somali origin, that they will be deported due to the ROYG's suspicions of Al-Shabaab support to terrorist elements and to the Houthi rebels in Sa'a [...]
2010-02-02 15:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREF PTER PREL SMIG PGOV UNHCR SO YM
10SANAA221AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES CT ASSISTANCE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. During a 35-minute meeting on January 31, the Department's Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, congratulated President Saleh on the success of the London meeting and counter-terrorism (CT) operations the ROYG has undertaken in recent weeks against al- [...]
2010-02-03 13:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP ASEC
10SANAA275YEMEN: SUDDEN QUIET IN SA'ADA AS ROYG AND REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saleh and rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi agreed to suspend hostilities and began to implement a ceasefire agreement at midnight on February 12. After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, it appears that the reconciliation and reconstruction process has begun to [...]
2010-02-12 11:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM SA
10SANAA295YEMEN: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-15 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10SANAA382YEMEN: CEASEFIRE IMPLEMENTATION CREEPS ALONG IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 12 ceasefire agreement between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels continues to hold, despite reports of violations and foot-dragging by the Houthis. The four geographically oriented mediation committees continue to make slow progress, with greater success in Malahit and [...]
2010-02-23 14:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
10SANAA4GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]
2010-01-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10SANAA64YEMEN: HOUTHIS SAY THEY AGREE TO CEASEFIRE POINTS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Houthi rebels' January 6 acceptance in writing of the ROYG's six conditions for a ceasefire, including the cessation of attacks in Saudi Arabia, has thus far been ignored by a Yemeni government determined to end the five-year rebellion once and for all. It is unclear if the Houthis [...]
2010-01-13 14:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS YM
10SARAJEVO73BOSNIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION
[...] In the past several years, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. However, the global economic crisis, coupled with increasing internal political struggles, has led to a significant slowdown in necessary reforms since 2008. [...]
2010-01-25 13:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BK
10SEOUL15SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 6, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 06:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SINGAPORE55THE CHRISTMAS BOMBER: SINGAPORE CONNECTION
[...] (C) As reported in the press, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (the attempted Christmas Day bomber) was enrolled in language classes in Yemen beginning in August 2009, and his roommate while enrolled in the classes was 28-year old Singaporean Ahmad Hassan. While Post has no information specifically c [...]
2010-01-14 08:36:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ASEC SN
10SINGAPORE67 SINGAPORE - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2010 Investment C [...]
2010-01-19 00:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
10STATE11453(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (U) January 21, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Washington. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon PA Assistant Secretary Crowley Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar Director for Policy and Planning Slaughter NSC Director ( [...]
2010-02-04 17:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL EAID PGOV KNNP XG HA XD
10STATE1187ENGAGING ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) The attempted Christmas day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight resulted in a presidential review and new Transportation Security Administration TSA) screening requirem [...]
2010-01-06 21:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER ASEC ECON AF AG CU IR IZ LE LY NI PK SA
10STATE12095GULF REGION COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 2010 UPDATE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY. Reftel announced a by-invitation-only Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) in Amman, Jordan, 21-23 February 2010, co-hosted by United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Reftel requested pos [...]
2010-02-05 18:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECPS EINT MARR MCAP PREL XF
10STATE12997WORLDWIDE CAUTION
[...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps [...]
2010-02-12 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC
10STATE13701EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99488 THRU 99532
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-02-16 22:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PHUM PREL SNAR EG
10STATE13894EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99533 THRU 99545
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-02-17 15:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PHUM PREL SNAR EG
10STATE15561COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the January 2010 Department of State-led delegation to the Gulf region, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) provided information on the potential for cooperation with [...]
2010-02-20 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU BA KU SA
10STATE15682TRAVEL WARNING ? SAUDI ARABIA
[...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S. citizens of recommended security precautions. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There is an ongoing security thre [...]
2010-02-21 01:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SARB
10STATE15722GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Embassy Suva for Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Embassy Libreville for Gabon and Sao Tome. Embassy Port Moresby for Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Embassy Port Louis for Seychelles only. Embassy Koror for Palau only. Embas [...]
2010-02-22 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA
10STATE16107DEMARCHE REQUEST: GCC SECRETARIAT MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming GCC Secretariat meeting on Yemen and concurrent visit of Yemeni PM Mujawar to Saudi Arabia offers the opportunity to update our GCC partners on our Yemen policy and related goals for the GCC Secretariat mee [...]
2010-02-22 21:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
10STATE17894DEMARCHE: CONTINUED CONCERN OVER SYRIAN SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. Summary ------- 2. (S) We previously demarched Britain, France, and Turkey on our increasing concerns over Syria's continued provision of advanced weapons to Hizballah (Ref A). In London, Paris and Ankara the demarches were taken serious [...]
2010-02-26 00:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS IS LE SY
10STATE18161EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99561 THRU 99582
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-02-26 16:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PHUM PREL SNAR EG
10STATE18163EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99561 THRU 99582
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-02-26 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PHUM PREL SNAR EG
10STATE1923FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
[...] (U) This is a request for action by January 20; see paragraphs 3, 4, and 10. 2. (U) Under Section 7086(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-117) (SFOAA),the Department and USAID are prohibited from providing any bi [...]
2010-01-08 18:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL
10STATE2607INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO REQUEST UN 1267 LISTING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. SUMMARY: The U.S. prenotified (ref A) its intention to request on December 18, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its leaders, Nasir al-Wah [...]
2010-01-12 00:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KN KS KTFN PREL PTER SA YM UNSC
10STATE4612Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective January 17, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-725. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2010-01-15 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10STATE4712INVITATION TO DOE/NNSA EVENT ENTITLED "REGIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the United States Department of State are sponsoring a Regional Energy Planning and Nonproliferation Workshop in Muscat, Om [...]
2010-01-15 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU SA BA KU TC JO QA MO AG TS
10STATE5725IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE
[...] (U) The annual meetings of Contracting Parties to the London Convention (LC) and the London Protocol (LP) on ocean dumping were held concurrently 26-30 October at the International Maritime Organization in London (LC31/LP4). The U.S. delegation consisted of representatives from seven USG agenc [...]
2010-01-20 21:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT IMO PHSA SENV UK KRAD KGHG
10STATE6241BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050209916 and 050209922 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 [...]
2010-01-21 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TC SA
10STATE6355OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The United States expects the main headlines of the London Conference on Afghanistan on January 28 will be the announcement of an international trust fund to support Afghan-led reintegration efforts and the wide endorsement of NATO,s plan for conditions-based, [...]
2010-01-22 02:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
10STATE6928DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY TOWARD YEMEN AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-22 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE6940CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-23 01:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE7242OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PHUM PREL
10STATE7562TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) was in Haiti January 25 and met with the DCM and USAID. (TF1/ Interagency Conference Call) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (U) Teams from Fairfax County, VA, and Los Angeles County, CA, will continue to conduct operations thr [...]
2010-01-26 12:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE9668(U) Secretary Clinton’s January 22, 2010
[...] (U) Classified by NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman. Reason: 1.4 (d). 2. (U) January 21, 2010; 2:45pm; Washington, DC, USA 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Jeff Feltman S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin PA A/S P.J. Crowley Andrew MacDonald (notetaker) Yemen Foreign Ministe [...]
2010-01-30 01:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV YM
10STOCKHOLM32SWEDEN'S POINTS ON 25 JANUARY FAC
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Stockholm delivered FAC demarche points on January 20 to the EU Correspondent's Office Deputy Kristin Forsgren-Bengtsson, Head of the Gulf Section Gufran Al-Nadal, and Head of the Asia and East Asia Department Klas Mohlin. Their main points were: -- The London Conferenc [...]
2010-01-21 13:10:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR BK EUN SW
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TELAVIV113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell will visit Da [...]
2010-01-21 05:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV128ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President ObamaQs Interview with TIME Magazine 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited President ObamaQs interview with TIME Magazine, in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too h [...]
2010-01-22 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV18ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism that talks with the Palestinians will soon resume. "In recent weeks, I've [...]
2010-01-05 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV25ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamist Aims ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that a few weeks ago White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told IsraelQs Consul-General in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, that the U.S. administration is Qfed upQ with [...]
2010-01-06 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV434D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]
2010-02-24 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10TELAVIV436ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Israel today, leading an important delegation of officials from the Pentagon, the National Security [...]
2010-02-24 08:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV51ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV8ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv detailed what it says is the American peace plan for the Middle East: The immediate start of negotiations between the sides; a permanent-status agreement is the obj [...]
2010-01-04 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV98ISRAELI-SAUDI TRACK TWO DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Hi [...]
2010-01-15 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR KWBG IS
10TOKYO108INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - JAPAN
[...] TABLE OF CONTENTS A.1. Overview of Foreign Investment Climate, para. 2-33 A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies, para. 34-35 A.3. Expropriation and Compensation, para. 36 A.4. Dispute Settlement, para.37-41 A.5. Performance Requirements and incentives, para. 42 A.6. Right to Private Ownershi [...]
2010-01-19 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR JA
10TOKYO143 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO17TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - YEMEN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included a Sankei piece concerning the upcoming release by the Pentagon of the quadrennial defense review and the nuclear posture review reports. 2. "Situation in Yemen Becoming Uncertain" The business- oriented Nikkei editorialized (1/5): [...]
2010-01-05 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO307TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included President Obama's approval of the federal government's loan guarantee intended to underwrite the construction of two nuclear power plants in Burke County, Georgia. 2. "U.S., China Looking for New Approaches to Each Other" Concerning th [...]
2010-02-17 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO318TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's one-on- one debates in the Diet on Wednesday with the leaders of the opposition parties. 2. "U.S. to Clearly Demonstrate Its Position of Attaching Importance to Human Rights" The business- or [...]
2010-02-18 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TRIPOLI110MUBARAK AND QADHAFI CONFER ON AL SUMMIT PLANNING, VISAS FOR EGYPTIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL AL KPAL KSUM EG LY
10TRIPOLI133LIBYA SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION ON ASTRONOMY, SEISMOLOGY AND SATELLITES TRIPOLI 00000133 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 09:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALTSPA ETTC PINR LY
10VATICAN15CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
10VATICAN26(C) IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE CRITICAL OF USG IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See, Albert Yelda, told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that he supports the exclusion of former Baathists candidates from the March 2010 parliamentary elections in Iraq (ref. A). Yelda said USG efforts to include former Baathists are an inter [...]
2010-02-12 14:50:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT
10VIENNA138AHMADINEJAD ADVISOR TELLS AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT AMCIT
[...] (S) Summary: Michael Postl, former Austrian Ambassador to Iran, gave Embassy Vienna and UNVIE Poloffs a readout February 5 of his meeting in Geneva with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, chief of staff to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, on February 1. Postl said Mashaie told him the three Amcit hikers [...]
2010-02-05 15:03:00Embassy ViennaSECRETCASC PREL IR AF AU
10VIENNA180Profile of Top Aeronautics Producers in Austria
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable profiles four leading-edge aeronautics companies in Austria -- FACC, Diamond, Schiebel and Frequentis -- to illustrate how this export-driven industry has adapted to the dramatic aviation slowdown. Austrian firms have increasingly turned to foreign partnerships and inve [...]
2010-02-18 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETTC TSPL AU
10VIENNA46AUSTRIA ON AMCIT CASES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 10:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
85MOGADISHU1175ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
1985-01-31 05:31:00Embassy MogadishuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SO
85RIYADH4906THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...]
1985-05-27 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKPRP MCAP MASS SA
85RIYADH5400 SAUD IN TUNIS: SUPPORT FOR ARAFAT
[...] (U) IN JUNE 10 "ASHARQ AL-AWSAT" INTERVIEW IN TUNIS, FON MIN SAUD AL-FAISAL TALKED ABOUT THE ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON LEBANON. REFERRING TO KING FAHD'S PREVIOUS EXPRESSION OF DISGUST AND DISMAY AT EVENTS AT THE PALESTINIAN CAMPS IN LEBANON, HE SAID HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO [...]
1985-06-11 13:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE PLO
85RIYADH5470 SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...]
1985-06-12 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA
85STATE196513 IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE FOLLOWING SIRO ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM IS BEING SENT AS A PART OF A PACKAGE OF INTELLIGENCE TO REINFORCE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S PRESENTATION ON TERRORISM DURING HIS TALKS WITH HOST COUNTRIES. OTHER ANALYSES DEAL WITH LIBYA AND BEIRUT AND WIL [...]
1985-06-27 02:06:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
85STATE38496 INTERNATIONAL LINKS OF LARF
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. REFTEL 1 RAISES A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND LEBANESE TERRORIST GROUPS AS THEY MIGHT RELATE TO INVESTIGATON OF LADISPOLI SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH ITALIAN MAGISTRA [...]
1985-02-07 22:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
86ALEXANDRIA1048THE "AL-AHRAR" PARTY IN ALEXANDRIA: THE ISLAMIC RIGHT RESURGENT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PHENOMENA WITHIN EGYPT'S ESTABLISHED OPPOSITION PARTIES OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN THE TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE "LIBERALS" OR "AL-AHRAR" PARTY. THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S, THE PARTY W [...]
1986-09-20 10:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS PINR EG
86ALGIERS5347 ALGERIA AND THE ARAB WORLD: MOVING FROM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: UNLIKE ITS SELF-PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFRICA, ALGERIA HAS ATTEMPTED TO POSITION ITSELF IN THE ARAB WORLD AS A MEDIATOR/PEACEMAKER AT THE CENTER OF COMPETING FACTIONS AND INTERESTS. ALGERIA IS NO LONGER IN THE FOREFRONT OF RADICAL ARAB CAUSES, ALTHOU [...]
1986-10-21 11:36:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL XF AG
87ALEXANDRIA292 ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...]
1987-02-25 16:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87RIYADH10227OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS AN OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY SENT TO THE EMBASSY FROM CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S OFFICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST IN PLANNING FOR ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON. WHILE THE BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS NOTHING SURPRISING, IT IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON [...]
1987-10-08 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
87RIYADH8409 WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN RIYADH AND TEHRAN
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND RIYADH CONTINUES AT A HIGH PITCH. FOR THE IRANIANS, THE SAUDIS ARE SERVANTS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR "WORLD ARROGANCE" OR THE "GREAT SATAN" (I.E. THE U.S.) WHO HAVE PERPETRATED A "DIRTY, UGLY, ODIOUS AND MONSTROUS ACT" IN MEC [...]
1987-08-26 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR
87STATE154739 U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS
[...] TEXT OF MAY 16 WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE "U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS, WHITE HOUSE TO NOTIFY CONGRESS OF $500 MILLION DEAL" BY BARRY SCHWEID OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOLLOWS. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 3. IN A MOVE CERTAIN TO TOUCH OFF HEATED DEBATE, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL NOTIFY CONGRESS NEXT WEE [...]
1987-05-21 05:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS SA US
88BAGHDAD2571IRAQ KEEPS THREATENING TO SEND MISSILES
[...] No summary [...]
1988-05-09 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KPAL MOPS PREL
88CAIRO21161 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - "JIHAD" FRICTIONS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: TENSIONS SIMMERING BETWEEN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) AND A MORE EXTREME GROUP ERUPTED INTO A BLOODY CLASH IN ASSYUT IN LATE JULY. (THE EXTREMISTS WERE IDENTIFIED BOTH AS "AL-JIHAD" AND AS "AL-GAMA'A AL-ISLAMIYA", OR THE ISLAMIC GROUPING, SIN [...]
1988-09-06 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINS SOCI EG
88RIYADH12430 SAUDI ARABIA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1988 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS-- - A. RESULTS OF 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - FOLLOWING [...]
1988-12-08 09:15:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER SA
88TUNIS5278 RAMADAN IN TUNISIA: OBSERVANCE AND
[...] C O N F I D E N T I A L -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN ITS FIRST RAMADAN SINCE COMING TO POWER LAST FALL, THE NEW GOVERNMENT HAS BROKEN WITH THE SECULARISM OF THE PREVIOUS REGIME AND ACTIVELY PROMOTED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. IN DOING SO, HOWEVER, IT HAS ENCOURAGED TOLERA [...]
1988-05-19 13:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV TS
89ABUDHABI5423LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. TEHRAN REMAINS ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AND DEPRESSING ACCORDING TO UAE MINISTER OF HEALTH HAMAD AL-MIDFA. DURING AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL OCTOBER 3 (DCM ACCOMPANYING),MIDFA COMMENTED ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO TEHRAN AS PART OF A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLI [...]
1989-10-04 11:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC IR
89ANKARA17365TURKEY: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY --------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. --------------------------------------------- ---------- [...]
1989-12-06 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
89KUWAIT3922 THE MERCHANT FAMILIES LOSE GROUND TO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. - ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE 1980'S HAVE WITNESSED A GRADUAL REALIGNMENT IN THE BALANCE OF POWER AMONG KUWAIT'S FOUR MAJOR FAMILY GROUPS: THE RULING AL-SABAH, THE SUNNI AND SHIA MERCHANT ARISTOCRACIES, AND THE JENAAT (IRAQI-ORIGIN SUNNI). THE AL-SABA [...]
1989-08-01 11:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKPRP SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV KU
89KUWAIT5979 THE PRESS LORDS OF KUWAIT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS, KUWAIT HAS DEVELOPED A POWERFUL CLASS OF NEWSPAPER MAGNATES WHICH, NOT SURPRISINGLY REFLECTS THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC GROUPINGS IN MODERN KUWAITI SOCIETY. END SUMMARY. 3. REFTELS WELL POINT OUT THE ROUGH DIVISION OF THE K [...]
1989-11-02 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALOPRC KPRP KU
89RIYADH9763SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX IS BEING SENT SEPTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS -- - A. RESULTS OF 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING [...]
1989-12-06 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP SA
89RIYADH9764 SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT,
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TERRORISM, WHICH SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUCTION WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED DRAFT (SEPTEL). 3. IN ADDITION TO INTENSIFIED INTERNAL SECURITY FOLLOWING THE [...]
1989-12-06 14:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP SA
90JEDDAH2807KUWAITI SAUDI RELATIONS - A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY - ------- GIVEN THE VAST DIMENSIONS OF THE GULF CRISIS AND THE INTENSE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AT THE PRESENT TIME, FRICTION OR DISAGREEMENTS ARE AMAZINGLY FEW AND GENERALLY OF A MARGINAL NATURE - AT LEAST FROM THE KUWAITI PERS [...]
1990-11-22 19:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL KU SA
90JERUSALEM3430FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...]
1990-09-25 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KISL PINS IS
90KHARTOUM3477SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS;
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...]
1990-04-01 07:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU
90KHARTOUM5759 SUDAN'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT: MORE IN CHECK
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 30, 1989, WHEN ELEMENTS OF SUDAN'S ARMORED AND AIRBORNE FORCES SEIZED POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI, IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE LONG-AWAITED TAKEOVER BY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT HAD FINALLY TAKEN PLACE. [...]
1990-05-31 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETMARR MCAP PGOV PINR KPRP SU
90KUWAIT4144 SADDAM'S THREAT HELPS PULL KUWAITIS TOGETHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IRAQI THREATS HAVE HAD THE EFFECT OF UNIFYING SOME KUWAITI LEFTISTS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS BEHIND THE GOK. THE LEFTIST KUWAIT TRADE UNION FEDERATION (KTUF),IN A JULY 20 STATEMENT, DENOUNCED IRAQI ALLEGATIONS AS TANTAMOUNT TO A DIRECT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST KUWAI [...]
1990-07-21 12:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KU IZ
90KUWAIT4425 IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. BRAVO PARA 6 REFTEL RE ASSETS. IT HAD JUST OCCURRED TO US. MOST EFFECTIVE FURTHER MEASURE I CAN SUGGEST TO EFFECT WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT CONDITION IS TO PREVAIL UPON SAUDI ARABIA AND TURKEY TO SHUT DOWN PIPELINES CARRYING IRAQI OIL UNTIL COMPLETE PULL-BACK. 3. C [...]
1990-08-02 06:37:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MOPS PINS KU IZ
90MOGADISHU10380MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...]
1990-11-29 13:54:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA
90MOGADISHU10701DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR
[...] No summary [...]
1990-12-10 15:02:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV SO
90RIYADH10007 SAUDI ARABIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN COMPONENT OF THE 1990 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - THERE WERE NO GOVERN [...]
1990-11-14 10:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP SA
90RIYADH5215 BACKGROUND ON SAUDI VISITOR TARIQ BIN LADEN AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. POST THANKS MOSCOW FOR ITS INTERESTING REPORT (REFTEL). TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR THE "IZVESTIYA" INTERVIEW WITH TARIQ BIN LADEN AND ITS IMPACT ON SAUDI SOVIET TIES, POST PROVIDES FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON TARIQ AND THE BIN LADEN BUSINESS COMPANIES IN GENERA [...]
1990-06-28 08:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL UR SA ECON
90RIYADH6309 TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. WHILE AMBASSADOR WAS IN THE AIR BETWEEN JEDDAH TO RIYADH, A VERY TIRED AND ANGRILY IMPATIENT FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TELEPHONED DCM DUNFORD TO ASK WHERE THE WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN URGENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. F [...]
1990-08-09 11:11:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MOPS PREL SA US
90RIYADH6329 FAHD OUT OF THE CLOSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NATIONWIDE SPEECH AT 1400 LOCAL TIME TODAY (1100 GMT, AUGUST 9) KING FAHD PUT SAUDI ARABIA FOUR SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF THOSE COUNTRIES CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION AND CALLING FOR IRAQ TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY. FAHD ALSO PUBLICLY THANKED THE "U [...]
1990-08-09 18:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SA US
90STATE244793IRAQ IS NOT BLINKING
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IT IS IRAQI "RIGHTS," INCLUDING TO RUMAYLA OIL, WHICH PUSHES VISITING MEDIA FOR VISITING MUBARAK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE JULY 24 HEADLINES. KUWAITI LEADERS ARE URGED TO OUST THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER FOR PRO-U.S. POLICIES AND THE UAE IS OFFICIALLY [...]
1990-07-26 10:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU US IZ
90STATE254153 TFKI02: SITREP NO. 1 : IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
1990-08-02 10:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ KU US
90STATE255577TOSEC140323 TFKU01: SITREP NO. 5: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE:
[...] (S) KUWAIT CITY IS QUIET, EXCEPT FOR A SERIES OF LOUD EXPLOSIONS, REPORTEDLY AN ARTILLERY VOLLEY, WHICH COMMENCED AT 0400 LOCAL. EMBASSY BELIEVES THIS WAS AN IRAQI SCARE TACTIC. EMBASSY KUWAIT HAS OUTLINED A PLAN FOR ORDERED PERSONNEL DRAWDOWN WHEN FEASIBLE. (KUWAIT 4430, 4431) 2. (S [...]
1990-08-03 04:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MOPS IZ KU US
90STATE255723TOSEC140328 TFKU01: SITREP NO. 6: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE:
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL) EMBASSIES KUWAIT AND ABU DHABI HAVE REPORTS THAT IRAQI FORCES ON THE STREETS ARE SELECTING AMERICAN, BRITISH, AND OTHER EUROPEANS AND TAKING THEM OUT OF TOWN ON BUSES, POSSIBLY TO BAGHDAD. EMBASSY BAGHDAD IS TAKING UP THE MATTER AT THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY. DESPITE CNN REPO [...]
1990-08-03 11:25:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MOPS IZ KU US
90STATE257623 KELLY DEMARCHE TO IRAQI AMBASSADOR
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: A/S KELLY CONVOKED IRAQI AMBASSADOR AL-MASHAT FOR A MEETING AT 1430 EDT, 8/3/90, PRIMARILY TO PUT IRAQ ON NOTICE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY OF AMERICANS. KELLY ALSO CALLED AGAIN FOR IRAQI WITHDRAWAL AND RESTORATION OF LEGITIMATE KUWAITI [...]
1990-08-04 20:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KU IZ US
90STATE260064 TKFU01: SITREP NO. 20 IRAQ-KUWAIT TASK FORCE,
[...] (S) CHARGE WILSON MET WITH IRAQI MFA IN BAGHDAD AND WAS TOLD IRAQIS WOULD ALLOW DEPARTURE OF OFFICIAL AMCIT PERSONNEL ON THURSDAY MORNING AUG. 9. CHARGE REQUESTED THAT BORDER BE OPENED TO ALLOW DEPARTURE OF NON-OFFICIAL AMCITS AND WAS TOLD BY UNDERSEC HAMDUN THAT BORDERS WOULD REMAIN CLOSED [...]
1990-08-07 19:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL MOPS IZ KU US
90STATE32618 THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YAR PRESIDENT
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, SECRETARY BAKER HOSTED PRESIDENT SALEH AND HIS DELEGATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR A ONE AND A HALF HOUR EXCHANGE INCLUDING A WORKING LUNCHEON. THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE MIX OF U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FY 90 TOTALLING 47.5 MILLION DOLLA [...]
1990-02-01 23:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL ECON EAID YE
91CAIRO12383 THE GREAT SHAYKHS: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLITICAL ISLAM IN EGYPT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO ESTABLISHMENT ISLAM REPRESENTED BY THE RELATIVELY MODERATE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),AND THE RADICAL FRINGE REPRESENTED BY OMAR ABDURRAHMAN AND COMPANY. THESE GROUPS COMPETE FOR RECRUITS, STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE [...]
1991-07-11 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL PINS KPRP EG
91JEDDAH1892JEDDAH'S MERCHANT ELITE: THE ALIREZAS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE ALIREZAS ARE JEDDAH'S FIRST FAMILY AND AMONG THE MERCHANT ELITE THEY ARE CLEARLY PRIMA INTRA PARAS. AT PUBLIC RECEPTIONS SENIOR ALIREZAS ARE DEFERRED TO BY ALL BUT THE AL-SAUD. WHILE PROBABLY NOT THE OLDEST OR RICHEST FAMILY IN [...]
1991-08-28 11:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EFIN ECON SA
91RIYADH10006 PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL CRITICIZES IRAN
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. DURING A NOVEMBER 21 MEETING ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS (SEPTELS, NOTAL),THE AMBASSADOR SPARKED A DIATRIBE ON IRAN FROM SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL BY ASKING WHAT HE THOUGHT IRAN WAS UP TO IN THE OIC. PRINCE SAUD REPLIED THAT IRAN HAD INDEED [...]
1991-11-24 08:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL OIC GCC IR SA
91RIYADH1809 OVERVIEW OF SAUDI ARABIA'S JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: THE UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION ON THE CONCEPT OF JIHAD AND ITS RELATION TO THE GULF CRISIS ENDED IN RIYADH FEBRUARY 20 AFTER THREE DAYS OF DISCUSSION BY PERHAPS THE MOST DIVERSE GATHERING EVER OF SAUDI RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENT, AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES [...]
1991-02-22 11:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91RIYADH1865 ISLAM AT THE JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE ISLAM WAS A CENTRAL SUBJECT AT LAST WEEK'S JIHAD CONVENTION IN RIYADH, DISCUSSIONS GENERALLY REPEATED THE SAME POINTS EMPHASIZED BY SAUDI RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, AND ESPECIALLY THE BAATH PARTY, WERE ROUNDLY CONDEMNED BY ALL SPEAKERS, [...]
1991-02-24 10:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91RIYADH3320 THE SAUDI PRESS: PROFILES OF INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THIS CABLE GIVES BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF SAUDI DAILY NEWSPAPERS, THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORIGINS, SPECIAL SLANTS, AND ESTIMATED CIRCULATION FIGURES. (ONLY "AL-HAYAT," A SAUDI-CONTROLLED DAILY PUBLISHED IN LONDON IS NOT INCLUDED). REF A DESCRIBED THE STRUCT [...]
1991-04-06 05:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PGOV SA
92DOHA3240 ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT WAS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN QATAR WHERE THE ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION HAS A PRESENCE. THE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED AND IS PROVIDED SOLELY AS BACKGROUND FOR COMPARISON WITH INFORMATION SOURC [...]
1992-12-01 07:47:00Embassy DohaSECRETSOCI QA SU PREL PINR
92KHARTOUM8257SUDAN: '92 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IRANIAN PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM IN DECEMBER, 1991, THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN HAS ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN, A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE USG LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM. - CONCURRENTLY, THE INVASIVE AND DOMINEERING ROLE O [...]
1992-11-16 09:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SU
92KUWAIT4025 KUWAIT'S SUNNI MERCHANTS: UNHAPPY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE TRADITIONAL POLITICAL PREEMINENCE OF KUWAIT'S LARGE ARISTOCRATIC SUNNI MERCHANT FAMILIES IS THREATENED BY THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE EMIRATE. ALREADY EMBATTLED BY A DECADE OF FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL S [...]
1992-07-19 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPRP EFIN PINR PREL KU
93JEDDAH1305THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...]
1993-06-27 07:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR SA
93RIYADH593MY BROTHER'S A MUJAHID, CONFESSES A SAUDI BANKER
[...] No summary [...]
1993-01-23 15:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI PGOV SA
93STATE176000 POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA
[...] THIS CABLE TRANSMITS AN INR MEMO OF JUNE 1 ON "POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA." THE MEMO IS A SUMMARY OF VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ACADEMICS AT A MAY 7 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY INR AND, AS SUCH' DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. BEGIN SUMMARY [...]
1993-06-10 16:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPINR XA KISL
94BEIRUT5863 (S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...]
1994-11-09 09:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE
94KADUNA365THE LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: WHO'S WHO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING CABLE PROVIDES BIOGRAPHIC DATA REFLECTING THE CONSUL GENERAL'S CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE SKETCHES DO NOT AIM TO REPRODUCE MATERIAL MOST LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AF AND INR FILES, BUT RATHER TO GIVE IMPRESS [...]
1994-03-29 14:45:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINR PGOV ECON NI
94RIYADH2051 THE SAUDI MAJLIS ASH-SHURA: NO PROBLEMS,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MAJLIS ASH-SHURA PRESIDENT MOHAMMED BIN JUBAIR REVIEWED IN GENERAL TERMS THE WORK OF THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, ASSERTING THAT IT WAS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY AND SATISFACTORILY. HE SAID, WITHOUT ELABORATION, THAT THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA HAS NOT YET ESTABLISH [...]
1994-04-16 12:18:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
94RIYADH6031SAUDI ARABIA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
1994-11-23 13:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER
94RIYADH989 BIN LADIN FAMILY PUBLICLY WASHES HANDS OF USAMA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. IN A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 19 ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY, AL-RIYADH, BAKR BIN LADIN, HEAD OF A LARGE AND WEALTHY JEDDAH-BASED BUSINESS FAMILY, PUBLICLY SOUGHT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AND HIS CLAN FROM THE FAMILY BLACK SHEEP AND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ACTI [...]
1994-02-20 13:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER SA
95KHARTOUM2625 A CONVERSATION WITH BASHIR
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PRESIDENT BASHIR AND I MET FOR OVER TWO HOURS AT HIS HOME SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 28. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON PRESENT WAS GENERAL FATIH IRWAH, WHOM BASHIR WANTS TO BE HIS AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON. WHEN I NOTED THAT, EXCEPT FOR BRIEF ENCOUNTERS AT RECEPTIONS, IT HA [...]
1995-05-29 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU US
95LONDON13048 LEADER OF SUDANESE OPPOSITION SEEKS USG SUPPORT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LEADER OF THE SUDANESE OPPOSITION COALITION, AL-SAYED EL-MERGHANI, TOLD US SEPTEMBER 15 THAT OPPOSITION EFFORTS WILL PRODUCE THE DOWNFALL OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) REGIME IN KHARTOUM. -- TO FURTHER THIS EFFORT, EL-MERGHANI ASKED THE US [...]
1995-09-20 16:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID SU IQ IZ
95RIYADH3041 FM SAUD AL-FAISAL: RELATIONS WITH JORDAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN JULY 4 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR, FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL CHARACTERIZED SAUDI-JORDANIAN RELATIONS AS HAVING IMPROVED SOMEWHAT, "THEY ARE MOVING ALONG," AND "I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE." HE CONFIRMED THAT THE SAUDIS INTEND TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR TO AMMAN [...]
1995-07-05 07:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA JO
95RIYADH4074 SAUDI CLERICS URGE OBEDIENCE TO KING, TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RIYADH'S LEADING IMAM, TOGETHER WITH A SHAYKH FORMERLY RENOWNED FOR PUBLICLY OPPOSING AL SAUD POLICIES, RECENTLY ADVOCATED OBEDIENCE TO KING FAHD AND UNITY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THE OCCASION, A MOSQUE SEMINAR WHICH WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY COVERED BY A SAUDI NEWSPAPER, [...]
1995-09-12 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
95RIYADH5221 SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT IF THE KING REMAINS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. 2. (C) THE CURRENT MEDICAL PROGNOSIS FOR KING FAHD, ALBEIT INCOMPLETE AND TENTATIVE, SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF MEDIUM-TERM OR EVEN PROLONGED RECOVERY FROM WHAT IS DESCRIBED DEFINITIVELY BY OUR MEDICAL SOURCES AS [...]
1995-11-30 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SA
95RIYADH5285 SAUDI ARABIA: A "FATIGUED" KING FAHD STILL OUT
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ACCORDING TO PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN, KING FAHD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE MILD STROKE HE SUFFERED NOVEMBER 30. HOSPITAL SOURCES REPORT THE KING IS ANTICIPATED TO CHECK OUT FROM THE H [...]
1995-12-04 15:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GCC SA
95RIYADH5382 SAUDI ARABIA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN REFTEL. A. (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 13 BOMBING OF THE RIYADH HEADQUARTERS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD (OPM/SANG),WHICH KILLED SEVEN PERSONS, INCLUDING FIVE AMERICANS, AND INJURED MORE THAN FORTY O [...]
1995-12-11 10:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
95RIYADH5405 SAUDI ARABIA: REGARDLESS OF AGE SENIORITY,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE BODY OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS, PRINCE MISH'AL (AS WELL AS THE DECEASED PRINCE ABD AL-MUHSIN) WAS BORN BEFORE MINDEF SULTAN. HOWEVER, MISH'AL'S SENIORITY IN AGE DOES N [...]
1995-12-12 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPINR PGOV SA
95RIYADH5472 CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...]
1995-12-17 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA
95RIYADH712 IRAN: MEETING WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 26 MEETING, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TOLD NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY PELLETREAU THAT IRAN HAD BEEN PRESSURING THE SAG FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS, BUT THE SAG HAD SEEN NO INDICATION THAT IMPROVING RELATIONS WOULD PRODUCE A ST [...]
1995-02-08 09:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL IR SA BA RU
96CAIRO13851EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI ON THE FUTURE OF SUDAN
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM VINCENT BATTLE, REASON 1.5 (D). CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING POINTS, DCM MET WITH EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI IN CAIRO ON DECEMBER 30 TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE PLANS, SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES, THE POLITICAL SITUATION INSID [...]
1996-12-31 06:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KISL SU EG
96ISLAMABAD5972 PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC TERROR AND HUA
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THOMAS W. SIMONS, JR., AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5 (B),(C) AND (D). 2. (S) DURING THE COURSE OF FRANK WISNER'S AND MY LUNCHEON WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON JULY 12, SHE NOTED THAT SHE WAS PICKING UP DISTURBING INTELLIGENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS MADRASSAS AND OTHER INSTITU [...]
1996-07-14 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PK IZ LY SA IR
96JEDDAH948USAMA BIN LADEN AS SEEN BY HIS BR0THER
[...] No summary [...]
1996-09-24 08:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR SA
96RIYADH1338 SAUDI ARABIA: THE CROWN PRINCE'S VIEWS ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A SELF-CONFIDENT CROWN PRINCE, OBVIOUSLY AT HOME WITH HIS EXPANDED AUTHORITY, SEPARATELY LECTURED FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO SAUDI ARABIA, A/S RICHARD MURPHY AND CHAS FREEMAN, ON THE UNFAIR FINANCIAL BUR [...]
1996-04-10 07:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR SA
96RIYADH2406 CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH THE DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA THEODORE KATTOUF, REASON 1.5.D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GIVEN KING FAHD'S UNCERTAIN HEALTH, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF REPRESENTING SAUDI ARABIA'S FACE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHILE DRAMATIC CHANGES ARE NOT THE HALLMARK OF SAUDI GOVERNANCE, [...]
1996-06-19 16:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SA
96RIYADH4784 SAUDI ROYAL WEALTH: WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THAT MONEY?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ALBERT THIBAULT. REASON: 1.5 (B). THIS MESSAGE FULFILLS A POST REPORTING PLAN REQUIREMENT. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) SAUDI PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, OF WHOM THERE ARE THOUSANDS, ARE KNOWN FOR THE STO [...]
1996-11-30 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PINR SOCI SA
96RIYADH763 SAUDI ARABIA: CROWN PRINCE'S FAMILY ALLIES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SPECULATION THAT THE CROWN PRINCE ANGRILY DEPARTED FOR HAFR AL-BATIN FOLLOWING KING FAHD'S RESUMPTION OF FULL GOVERNING POWERS ON FEBRUARY 21 IS DISMISSED BY SOURCES WITHIN THE SAUDI ARABIA NATIONAL GUARD [...]
1996-03-04 07:11:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SA
97ADDISABABA2584 ALLAH IN ETHIOPIA: MOSTLY QUIET ON THE ISLAMIC FRONT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, REASON 1.5 (D) . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FEW ISSUES ARE OF GREATER LONG-TERM CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) THAN THE THREAT OF MILITANT POLITICAL ISLAM. AT PRESENT THE GFDRE FACES LITT [...]
1997-04-01 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PTER PREL KPRP ET
97ISLAMABAD2488 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THAT MULLAH OMAR
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY TOM PRICE, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: MARCH 27 PAKISTANI PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT MULLAH OMAR MET WITH FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER BIN LADEN IN KANDAHAR ON MARCH 25 AND TOLD HIM NOT TO USE "AFGHAN TERRITORY FOR ANTI- SAUDI GOVERNMENT ACTIVIT [...]
1997-03-27 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL PREL AF PK SA
97KARACHI1443TALIBAN REP ON NARCOTICS AND BIN LADEN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DOUGLAS B. ARCHARD, CONSUL GENERAL, AMCONGEN KARACHI. REASON 1.5(D). ...SUBJECT: TALIBAN REP ON NARCOTICS AND BIN LADEN Â [...]
1997-08-21 12:33:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPREL NARC PTER AF PK
97RIYADH4701 SAUDI ARABIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1997-12-10 12:12:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
98BEIRUT3570 AMBASSADOR'S CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS AT THE PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER NABIH BERRI AND HIS DEPUTY ELIE FERZLI INDICATED THAT LAF COMMANDER GENERAL EMILE LAHUD IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT PR [...]
1998-09-29 14:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL MEPP LE
98ISLAMABAD7870SHAHBAZ SHARIF ON NUCLEAR ISSUES, ISLAMIZATION AND POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MEETING OCTOBER 14 WITH VISITING AMBASSADOR MILAM, PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF EMPHASIZED HIS BROTHER'S COMMITMENT TO FINDING COMMON GROUND WITH THE UNITED STATES ON PROLIFERATION ISSUES, JUSTIFIED THE RECENT REDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS AS A POLITICAL IMPERATIVE, AND [...]
1998-10-20 10:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MNUC ENRG PK
98JEDDAH1247JEDDAH OBSERVERS ON THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN W. BUCK, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING RECENT VISIT BY RIYADH POLCOUNS, JEDDAH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED ROYAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER AND THE CROWN PRINCE'S ROLE AND PROSPECTS. LIKE SO MANY SAUDIS, MOST SEE [...]
1998-12-09 07:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINS ECON PHUM SOCI PREL SA
98RIYADH3482 SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989)
[...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...]
1998-10-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA
98RIYADH4048 SAUDI ARABIA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1998, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1998-12-02 14:22:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
98RIYADH879 SAUDI ARABIA: BEDOUIN LORE ON CROWN PRINCE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION THEODORE KATTOUF. REASON: 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE ANAYZA TRIBE, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF POWER LIES IN THE SHAMMAR AND ANAYZA TRIBES. HE HAS MARRIED INTO BOTH TRIBES, DRAWS ON THEM FOR THE MAJORITY [...]
1998-03-14 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SA
98STATE55357APPROACH TO EU ON TALEBAN SUPPORT FOR USAMA BIN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE - SEE PARA 2. 2. (S/RELEASABLE TO THE EU) THE U.S. IS CONCERNED BY THE SO-CALLED FATWA RECENTLY ISSUED BY TERRORIST PATRON USAMA BIN LADEN THAT CALLS ON ALL MUSLIMS TO KILL AMERICANS. WE HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE TALEBAN BOTH IN KABUL AND IN NEW YORK. [...]
1998-03-27 21:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL AF SA
98STATE96941TERRORISM: SEEKING HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AGAINST OSAMA BIN LADEN THREAT TO U.S. FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
1998-05-30 15:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
99DAMASCUS2528 SYRIAN SUCCESSION: AFTER ASAD THE STRUGGLE
[...] (C) HAFIZ AL-ASAD'S EFFORT TO PREPARE SON BASHAR TO ASSUME EVENTUALLY THE PRESIDENCY IS INCREASINGLY THE PRISM THROUGH WHICH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE VIEWED AND INTERPRETED. THE PROSPECTS FOR A SMOOTH SUCCESSION ARE A DIRECT FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH TIME ASAD HAS -- AND HOW MUCH APTITUDE BASHAR [...]
1999-05-24 11:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PTER SY
99ISLAMABAD495PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: USAMA BIN LADIN
[...] No summary [...]
1999-01-26 03:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF KISL PK PREL PTER
99JERUSALEM1970 "ABU SAOOD:" (ONE OF) ARAFAT'S REVILED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL JOHN E. HERBST, REASON 1.5(B). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PALESTINIANS INCREASINGLY COMPLAIN THAT ARAFAT'S COTERIE OF "GATEKEEPERS" ARE EXERCISING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POWER AND PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WITH ARAFAT F [...]
1999-07-02 11:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KDEM PINR
99RIYADH2025"PRETTY IN PINK" - FAIZAH RAFSANJANI
[...] (U) FAIZAH RAFSANJANI, DAUGHTER OF FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, VISITED SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 13-14 IN HER OFFICIAL ROLE AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IRAN'S NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION AMONG SAUDI AND IRANIAN WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS. SHE PAID A FORMAL CALL ON F [...]
1999-06-23 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SOCI IR SA
99RIYADH3810SAUDI ARABIA: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1999, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELA [...]
1999-12-05 14:20:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
99RIYADH4064 A SAUDI RAMADAN FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
[...] SUMMARY. RAMADAN IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS YEAR HAS TAKEN ON A CHARACTER QUITE DIFFERENT FROM RAMADANS PAST. SAUDI RAMADAN IS TRADITIONALLY CHARACTERIZED BY DAYTIME INACTIVITY AND NIGHTTIME ENERGY, WITH SAUDIS PASSING SOMNAMBULANT DAYS AT WORK FOLLOWING NIGHT-LONG FLINGS OF EATING, SHOPPING AND [...]
1999-12-30 11:55:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SA
99STATE31692TALIBAN CLAIM BIN LADEN OUT OF THEIR TERRITORY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: TALIBAN UN "PERMREP DESIGNATE" ABDUL HAKEEM MUJAHID TOLD SA A/S INDERFURTH FEBRUARY 17 THAT USAMA BIN LADEN (UBL) WAS NO LONGER IN TALIBAN-CONTROLLED TERRITORY. HE WOULD NOT PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS BUT IMPLIED THAT UBL WAS ELSEWHERE IN AFGHANISTAN THOUGH EN ROUTE TO A FOREI [...]
1999-02-19 23:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL PGOV AF
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