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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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KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN 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08TELAVIV5ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-01-02 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-03-10 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV602ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-03-14 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV622SCENESETTER FOR D/HHS VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (U) Post welcomes the visit to Israel of HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy on April 2. Post offers the following update on its social and public health situation. Your visit presents an opportunity to underscore our shared interests in matters of primary health care and global public health, incl [...]
2008-03-17 14:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KIPR KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]
2008-03-19 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV675SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-03-24 06:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Dutch Film on Islam ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and other media reported that PM Ehud Olmert told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as his Kadima faction on SIPDIS Monday that he would conti [...]
2008-04-01 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-04-07 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV84SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV95SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-01-11 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV967ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
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2008-04-30 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE331DUTCH MOVING AHEAD WITH CONTROVERSIAL AVIATION TAX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Dutch aviation tax is on track to take effect July 1, despite opposition from parts of the business community and the public. A March 19 court ruling dismissed complaints brought by the air travel industry, clearing a potential obstacle to implementation. Dutch aviation [...]
2008-04-10 15:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN NL
08THEHAGUE420CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]
2008-05-16 15:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE891CWC: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY STALEY'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Ken Staley participated in the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague from October 13 - 15. In addition to the formal Council sessions, DAS Staley met with OCPW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter, [...]
2008-10-23 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER CWC
08THESSALONIKI87THESSALONIKI JEWISH COMMUNITY RESTITUTION CLAIM STALLED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community of Thessaloniki remains frustrated by the lack of progress made by the Greek Government on its 2006 promise to compensate the community for Jewish cemetery land confiscated by the GoG during WWII. The government has repeatedly reassured the Jewish communit [...]
2008-12-16 15:55:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GR
08TIJUANA730PLANNED MEGAPORT IN BAJA CALIFORNIA COULD RELIEVE CONGESTION
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2008-07-09 01:58:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND EINV MX
08TIRANA411UIGHURS (AND OTHERS) IN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Albania accepted eight former Guantanamo detainees as refugees -- five Uighurs, and one each Algerian, Egyptian, and Uzbek. All the refugees now live outside Albania's Babrru Refugee Center in apartments rented for them by the GOA. The GOA is providing language and [...]
2008-06-02 08:59:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL AL
08TOKYO100AFRICANS WELCOME JAPAN'S RESPONSIVENESS IN TICAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) taking place May 28 - 30 in Yokohama will focus on four main topics: economic growth and investment; human security; environment and climate and; consolidation of peace. The GOJ has invited all African [...]
2008-01-11 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON JA PREL AF
08TOKYO1014JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08
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2008-04-14 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1020 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/08
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2008-04-14 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1024JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08
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2008-04-15 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/15/08
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2008-04-15 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1032JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08
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2008-04-16 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1043 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/08
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2008-04-16 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08
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2008-04-17 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08
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2008-04-17 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08
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2008-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO108JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08
[...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions  [...]
2008-01-15 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1082JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/08
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2008-04-21 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1096 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08
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2008-04-21 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1101JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/22/08
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2008-04-22 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1102TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND ANTI-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include alleged insider trading by a Nomura Securities employee and Monday's rocket attack on a Japanese tanker by a small unidentified vessel off Yemen. 2. "Japan-ROK Summit Should Be Start of New Ties" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri argu [...]
2008-04-22 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08
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2008-04-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1115JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08
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2008-04-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08
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2008-04-23 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1124JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08
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2008-04-24 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08
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2008-04-24 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1143JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08
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2008-04-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1148JAPAN: YAMAGUCHI BY-ELECTION CLOSE BUT LDP
[...] (C) The April 27 by-election in Yamaguchi District 2 is shaping up to be a major test of the strengths of Japan,s two main parties. Taking place just three days before the ruling coalition's probable use of its supermajority to override opposition objections to the controversial gas tax, each [...]
2008-04-25 04:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1153 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08
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2008-04-25 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1158TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK-SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top coverage to the landslide victory of the DPJ candidate over his LDP rival in Sunday's bi-election in Yamaguchi. 2. "Is Bush Administration Going Back to Hard line?" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (4/26): "The impact of the Bush a [...]
2008-04-28 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1159JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/08
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2008-04-28 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1170 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/08
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2008-04-28 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1177JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/08
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2008-04-30 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1185JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/08
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2008-05-01 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO120JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1200JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1226JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1234TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WORLD FOOD CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Wednesday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on Chinese President Hu Jintao's arrival in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon. NHK-TV and Kyodo News reported early Wednesday morning that Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte will visit So [...]
2008-05-07 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1238SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL
08TOKYO1241JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1253JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1264 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1267NO SURPRISES DURING HU JINTAO,S JAPAN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: There have been no surprises during the first three days of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 6-10 visit to Japan. Hu's visit is being characterized in the press as successful, is viewed as in important step forward, and signals a new chapter in Japan-China ties. As reported sep [...]
2008-05-09 09:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO127 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1272DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...]
2008-05-10 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS
08TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1284EEB DAS MANISHA SINGH'S APRIL 25 TOKYO MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: April 25 meetings in Tokyo between officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh reviewed progress on the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, Japan' [...]
2008-05-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1288 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1296JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1326TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA, CHINA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the devastation in Sichuan Province, China, which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday. 2. "Junta's Rejection of International Relief Teams a Crime Against Humanity" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (5/15): "...The [...]
2008-05-15 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1335 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1367JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1379 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1402JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1409 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1419JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CYCLONE RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning Japanese national dailies front-paged a major foreign policy speech given by Prime Minister Fukuda on Thursday, in which he called for enhanced economic and disaster relief cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. 2. "Junta Plays up International Coordination [...]
2008-05-23 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO145 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1471JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1479JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1497JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1504 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1505G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL -- JAPANESE GOALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the June 8 Aomori G-8 Energy Ministerial includes the world oil and gas markets and the energy investment climate. Much of the press and public focus in Japan, however, will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take to reduce greenhous [...]
2008-06-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG AADP OVIP JA
08TOKYO1513JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1532JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1543JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1547CLIMATE CHANGE: FURTHER GOJ THOUGHTS ON KOBE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Director-General for Global Issues, Koji Tsuruoka, told EMIN Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura are now concerned that the U.S. is focused on the Major Economies Meeting at the expense of the G8. At the same time they are asking [...]
2008-06-06 06:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO1555SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (S) While your upcoming visit to Tokyo will focus primarily on multilateral and G-8 issues, the Mission would like to share with you some background on where our relations with Japan now stand. Your meetings with Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka and your host, Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae, w [...]
2008-06-08 23:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA
08TOKYO1558JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1573 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1574JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1583 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1588JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1595 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1600JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO161 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1613JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1643JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1667JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1679 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1699JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1700TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a GOJ advisory panel decision on Thursday to launch around July 5 the "dubbing 10 system" that would increase the number of legal copies that can be made by viewers of digital TV programs to ten from the current one. 2. "We Are Unconvinc [...]
2008-06-20 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1717JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1719 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO172 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1726JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1741ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES SEEK CONTINUED ATTENTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the abductees' families passed a letter to Embassy Tokyo June 25 urging the G8 to take up the cause of abductions during the upcoming Foreign Ministerial and Summit meetings. The representatives also expressed "shock" and "disappointment" about the possible U. [...]
2008-06-25 06:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1748OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...]
2008-06-25 09:27:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO
08TOKYO1753JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1754TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ZIMBABWE AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Thursday morning included the announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura on Wednesday that more than 1,400 civil servants received cash, beer coupons, and other forms of inducements from taxi drivers when being driven home late at night on taxpayer money and t [...]
2008-06-26 03:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1772 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1778FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...]
2008-06-27 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1790TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan among Japan, China, and South Korea to hold a joint medical response drill in October aimed at dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. 2. "U.S., China Enhance Security Coordination" A correspondent for the top-circulation, mode [...]
2008-06-30 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1791 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1798TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Mainichi gave top play to the finding that a GSDF staffer last February lost a USB memory device containing a unit deployment chart for a U.S.-Japan defense exercise. 2. "Secretary Rice Calls for Closer Coordination for DPRK Denuclearization" The liberal Main [...]
2008-07-01 03:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO180JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1802 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1808JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]
2008-07-03 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1844JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1859 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1865TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT AND ZIMBABWE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to the start of the G8 summit on Monday in Toyako, Hokkaido, during which African leaders urged the G8 nations to take action on soaring oil and food prices. 2. "G8 Summit Should Serve as Starting Point for African Self-Reliance" The l [...]
2008-07-08 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO189 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1915JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO193JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1952 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1963JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1978JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1991JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2000 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2006JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2036JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2040METI'S NEW AGENCY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: METI's new Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Director-General, Kazuhiko Hombu, stressed a strong desire to work closely with the U.S. on energy issues, including in connection with climate change and other environment issues, in a meeting with emboffs July 22. Homb [...]
2008-07-24 07:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2045 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 11:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2058JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO206 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2065 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2067JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2071 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2075 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2085 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2089JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO21JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2107 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2112JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2122JAPANESE CABINET RESHUFFLED: PLAYING IT SAFE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda August 1 announced a new cabinet and a new leadership lineup for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The new cabinet reflects a cautious balance of party factions that may strengthen Fukuda's base within the ruling coalition but will likely do [...]
2008-08-03 22:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
08TOKYO2123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2129 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO214JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2144 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2159 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2176 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2179JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2196JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2214TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Russian ground troops' advance on Monday into the city of Gori in central Georgia. 2. "No Progress without Verification" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The USG has decided to postpone delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of [...]
2008-08-12 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2225 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2237BOUCHER FINDS GOOD PARTNER IN TOKYO ON INDIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Tokyo August 7-8 to discuss India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia with a number of senior government officials. On the India civil nuclear deal, he was told that while Japan is "bas [...]
2008-08-14 08:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2238JAPAN: CABINET SHUFFLE NOT ABOUT ECONOMICS, SAYS
[...] (C) Prime Minster Fukuda's cabinet shuffle was about politics, not economics, foreign and domestic business interlocutors told Emboffs in a series of meetings. In shoring up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the next Lower House election, PM Fukuda concentrated on balancing party [...]
2008-08-14 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2242 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 22:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2244JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2259 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-17 22:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2264JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2277JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2301JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2307 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO231FEARS OF DOWNTURN IN U.S. SPARK CONCERNS IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Weakening economic data from the United States and global financial market volatility are sparking fears that a recession in Japan may not be far behind. In fact, Japanese economic growth is slowing, public and private forecasts have been revised downward over the past several [...]
2008-01-29 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2332JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2351 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2358TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included the discovery of the body of a Japanese aid worker who was kidnapped earlier in Afghanistan by an armed group, as well as a secret accord forged among U.S., European, and Japanese monetary authorities in March concerning the defense of th [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2369JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2378 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2380JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2392 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2405JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2415 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2418JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...]
2008-09-04 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2428 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2431JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2457 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2476JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2493Japan Economic Scope for September 8, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 25, 2008 Food and Agriculture ---------- 2. (U) FM Koumura Pledges Continued Support For Afghanistan, after Death of Non-Governmental Organization Aid worker. Foreign Minister Koumura pledged Japan's continued efforts for Af [...]
2008-09-10 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO2495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2499JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO250JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2503RACE FOR NEW PM IS ON, WITH ASO MAKING STRONG
[...] (C) The race for the next LDP President -- and Prime Minister of Japan -- has begun, and polling of LDP Diet members and party prefectural chapters shows that party Secretary General Taro Aso is in a strong position. The five candidates' focus has so far been almost completely on economic and [...]
2008-09-11 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON JA
08TOKYO2505 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2507JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2523 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2531 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08
[...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]
2008-01-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2555 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2564JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2576 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2581JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 03:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2594 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2602TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST BOMBING IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the reelection on Sunday of DPJ President Ozawa as party chief, as well as the anticipated landslide victory today of LDP Secretary General Aso in the party presidential race. 2. "Review of War on Terrorism Needed [...]
2008-09-22 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2612ASO WINS LDP PRESIDENCY; WILL BE ELECTED PM ON
[...] (C) Summary. Taro Aso overwhelmed four other candidates in the September 22 ruling LDP presidential election, taking 351 of 527 votes. Aso succeeds Prime Minister Fukuda as LDP President effective immediately. He will replace Fukuda as Head of Government and name a new Cabinet on September 24 [...]
2008-09-22 10:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2613 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2614JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO262JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2620 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2629JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2639ASO ELECTED PM; CABINET PICKS AIMED AT SOLIDIFYING
[...] (C) Former LDP Secretary General Taro Aso was elected Prime Minister of Japan on September 24, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his intention to resign on September 1. Aso announced his new Cabinet the same day, re-appointing just five of 17 ministers from the recently reshuffled Fukuda [...]
2008-09-24 11:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA
08TOKYO2646JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08
[...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]
2008-09-25 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2655JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2678 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2682JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO271 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2715TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY, NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged a coordinated decision by the central banks of the U.S., Japan, and Europe to provide financial markets an additional $330 billion in liquidity in order to make credit available in dollars amid a freeze in lending among commercial banks. [...]
2008-09-30 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2727 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2742 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2747JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2754 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2760JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2779 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO278JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2785JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2798 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO28JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2802JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2810 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2813JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2817 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2825TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Japan's plan to propose at the G7 meeting on Friday an emergency IMF loan program for newly emerging economies and small- and medium-sized nations. 2. "New Thinking Needed for Unprecedented Crisis" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1 [...]
2008-10-10 02:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2834 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2843CITING FINANCIAL TURMOIL, UNIONS SEEK HIGHER WAGES
[...] (C) Financial turmoil in the United States is exacerbating the downturn in Japan's real economy, a top trade union official told Emboffs, and the effects are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the Japanese economy into 2009. In response to workers' subsequent feelings of economic i [...]
2008-10-10 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2845SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...]
2008-10-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR
08TOKYO2849 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 06:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2859 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2867TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND GLOBAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Top stories on TV networks included the sharp rebound in share prices in U.S., European, and Asian markets on Monday following the announcement of the coordinated action plan by G7 policymakers to cope with the f [...]
2008-10-15 00:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2869JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO287 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2875 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2879 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2890JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2896 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2904JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2920 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2924JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2938JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2978 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2983JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2997 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3000JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3010JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3023JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 05:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO304 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3051 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3070 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3080JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3088JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3090 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3094JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3102OPPOSITION PUSHES COMPETING ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is criticizing Prime Minister Aso's second stimulus plan and is pushing a competing agenda, which includes childcare allowances, reduction of gasoline taxes, and the elimination of highway tolls. The proposals fit into the broader economic framewor [...]
2008-11-07 08:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO3109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3124 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 00:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3138 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3139JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08
[...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]
2008-11-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3148TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND G20
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning were today's opening of the G20 financial summit in Washington and the dismissal of an ASDF general for sexual harassment in September. 2. "Do Not Allow North Korea to Refuse Sampling" The conservative Sankei editorialized (11/14): "It was learne [...]
2008-11-13 02:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3164 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-16 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3175 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3180JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3188 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO319 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3194JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3218 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3221HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY'S VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) As the world's second largest economy, Japan remains a strong ally and a key partner for the U.S. in global health efforts. During its G8 presidency, Japan has shown leadership on import [...]
2008-11-21 10:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO KSTH ECON PREL KFLU JA
08TOKYO3222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3233 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3244 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3251JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3255AMBASSADOR, DEFMIN DISCUSS NEW ADMINISTRATION,
[...] (C) The Ambassador stressed that Alliance initiatives should continue into the next U.S. administration without substantial changes and urged the Japanese government to appropriate significant amounts of money in 2009 to begin construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) during his [...]
2008-11-28 06:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3264JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3265TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND AIRPORT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included a plunge in public support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Is Roadmap for Exit in Sight?" on the Iraqi parliament's approval of a SOFA with the U.S., the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/1): "A roadmap for the U.S. to extricate itself from the q [...]
2008-12-01 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3272 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3281TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AIRPORT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the 27.3 percent drop in auto sales in Japan in November from a year earlier. The papers also front-paged President-elect Obama's appointment on Monday of Sen. Hilary Clinton as secretary of state. 2. "Reconciliation Necessary for 'Land of Smiles'" [...]
2008-12-02 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3288JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3293TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THE OBAMA TEAM AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the collapse of the Somchai administration in Thailand. 2. "Quick End to Turmoil Needed" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/3): "Criticism of the government in a democratic state is a matter of course. However, such a reckless act as [...]
2008-12-03 02:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3305JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3318JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3323 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3327JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3334 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO334TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO DEFENSE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning include the arrest of a former sumo stable master in connection with the fatal beating of a 17-year-old wrestler last June. 2. "How to Repair Discord within NATO" The top- circulation, moderate-Yomiuri's correspondent reported from Vilnius (2/8): [...]
2008-02-08 02:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3345JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3357 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3370 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3373JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 06:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3383 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3403AMBASSADOR FOLLOWS UP ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Japan recognizes the importance of Pakistan to the war on terror and is committed to remain a top donor, VFM Yabunaka assured the Ambassador on December 15. At the same time, he said, Japan is "perplexed" by the immediacy of a planned donors conference in January and unclear on t [...]
2008-12-15 09:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO3409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3419 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08
[...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]
2008-12-16 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3427JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3435DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]
2008-12-17 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3437TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, WAR ON TERROR,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning dailies front- paged a GOJ panel decision to stipulate in the GOJ's mid-term tax reform program a phased increase in the consumption tax starting in fiscal 2011. 2. "Failure No Longer Acceptable" On the WTO failure to convene a ministerial on the Doha Ro [...]
2008-12-17 09:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3439 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO345 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3453JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3466 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3470JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3472TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO AND CUBA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers front-paged declassified documents from the MOFA archives, one of which showed that then Prime Minister Sato, when he held talks with then Defense Secretary McNamara in Washington in January 1965, asked that the U.S. use its nuclear weapons to attack Chi [...]
2008-12-22 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3483 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3500 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3514TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACK
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the Israeli military's air strike on the Gaza Strip over the weekend. 2. "Israel Should First Exercise Self-Restraint" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/29): "... Although Israel claims that its attack on the Gaza Strip was part of i [...]
2008-12-29 05:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3521JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]
2008-12-30 02:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3532CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...]
2008-12-30 07:49:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA
08TOKYO3534 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3541 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO371JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO385 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO39JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO394JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO408FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...]
2008-02-14 17:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO429 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO433JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO454JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO469JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO475ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...]
2008-02-22 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA
08TOKYO476SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Begin Text. Madam Secretary, You arrive in Japan at a sensitive time in our relationship. Less than three weeks ago, a 38-year-old Marine confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl. I flew to Okinawa with the Commander of U.S. Forces Japan to express our own outrage and sympathy for th [...]
2008-02-22 11:50:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL ECON JA
08TOKYO483JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO491 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO5 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO505 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 00:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO508JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO513TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening. 2. "Reform Should Be Realized through Real Transfer of Power" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/27): "...Fidel Castro appears to intend to remain as first secre [...]
2008-02-27 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO522JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO527TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the admission by Vice Defense Minister Masuda that top MSDF Staff Council officials questioned the chief navigator of the destroyer involved in last week's fatal collision with a trawler without prior approval from the Japan Coast Gua [...]
2008-02-28 06:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO550JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO56JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO567JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO571 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO576JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO584 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO592CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET
[...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...]
2008-03-06 02:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH JA
08TOKYO601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO616JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO627 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO648 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 23:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO65 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO656JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO665 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO669JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO677 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO68JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO692 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO697JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO7JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 04:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO707 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO713JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO730JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO748 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO754JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO761BANK OF JAPAN -- ACTING GOVERNOR ONLY
[...] (C) Despite the appointment of Masaaki Shirakawa as acting governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ),local and international press wasted no time in lambasting Japanese politicians for failing to appoint a new governor by March 19, the end of the previous governor's term. The vacancy is the first [...]
2008-03-20 10:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO765JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO781SUPRAPARTISAN LEAGUES PROLIFERATE IN DIVIDED DIET
[...] (C) Summary. The proliferation of suprapartisan parliamentary leagues has been a noteworthy aspect of Japanese politics since the opposition gained control of the Upper House in the July 2007 elections. Some observers see the cross-party groupings as nothing more than a means for overcoming [...]
2008-03-21 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO783 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO785JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO801BANK OF JAPAN CUSTODIANS PUT ON BRAVE FACE
[...] (U) Working to ensure the smoothest possible operations following the Diet's inability to compromise on a central bank governor before incumbent Governor Fukui's term expired March 19, the Bank of Japan's Policy Board met on March 21 and elected deputy governor Masaaki Shirakawa as Chairman. T [...]
2008-03-24 07:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO809JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO82 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08
[...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...]
2008-01-10 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO823 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO826JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO83WIREC: FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) As requested in ref, EMIN met with MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe January 10 to deliver the Secretary's formal invitation to Foreign Minister Koumura to attend the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Otabe appreciated t [...]
2008-01-10 08:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08TOKYO835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO837JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO846 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO858 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO86JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO868JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO881JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO888 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO894JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO898 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO905JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO920JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO933JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO975 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO976MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...]
2008-04-09 09:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF AU KS CH TT JA
08TOKYO979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO994JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TRIPOLI538LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...]
2008-07-07 15:29:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI SU CD UN LY
08TRIPOLI896AL-QADHAFI AND THE REFORM "VISION THING"
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting broadcast on state-owned television, senior Government of Libya (GOL) officials disagreed with Muammar al-Qadhafi about plans to implement dramatic government restructuring and privatization he proposed last March. Al-Qadhafi blasted the officials, accusing them of wantin [...]
2008-11-18 12:26:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPRV KCOR LY
08TRIPOLI912LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR OCTOBER 2008
[...] (U) A New Oil Discovery by Sirte Oil Company: On October 7, Sirte Oil, a state-owned company, announced a new oil discovery in the well A1-NC216A in the Ghadames Basin. The well is located approximately 310 km southwest of Tripoli. The initial production testing established an oil rate of 1,725 [...]
2008-11-25 11:04:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EIND ECON EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI935LIBYA'S TOP AFRICA DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES CHAD-SUDAN, SOMALIA,
[...] (C) Summary. Libya is pleased with recent progress on Chad/Sudan reconciliation and expects a Libyan-led peacekeeping force to be deployed along the border by year's end, according to the GOL's top diplomat for African affairs, Dr. Ali Treiki. Treiki said the GOL would soon re-start efforts to [...]
2008-12-05 12:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO LY CD SU MR SO
08TRIPOLI976LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...]
2008-12-22 08:43:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
08TUNIS1059RULING RCD PARTY RESHUFFLES THE TOP
[...] (SBU) Following President Zine el Abdidine Ben Ali's Cabinet reshuffle, the ruling Democratic Constittional Rally (RCD) announced changes in the leadership of its Political Bureau (PB) September 5. In Tunisia, Cabinet Ministers fall somewhere behind the members of the RCD Political Bureau in [...]
2008-09-25 15:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TS
08TUNIS448SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]
2008-05-06 17:13:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS493TUNISIA: WHAT SUCCESSION SCENARIO?
[...] (S/NF) Even as most Tunisians are resigned to the fact that President Ben Ali is likely to announce his candidacy for the 2009 Presidential elections this summer, who will succeed him in 2014 (when he will not be eligible to run) remains a question no one can answer. There has been no major c [...]
2008-05-09 07:24:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PREL TS
08TUNIS514PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS
[...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...]
2008-05-12 16:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS894GOVERNORS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON YOUTH, JOBS
[...] (SBU) At a July 22-23 meeting of Tunisia's 24 governors, GOT officials promised to increase recruitment of Tunisians with college degrees, with a goal of creating more than 200,000 private and public sector jobs for university graduates over the next five years. Also announced was the creati [...]
2008-08-07 14:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PINS TS
08ULAANBAATAR192MONGOLIAN PRESS MOSTLY OR "PARTLY FREE," BUT FEELING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Mongolian media are "partly free," according to the latest Freedom House report, citing cases of intimidation of the press and the selective use of defamation lawsuits for this judgment. They note that these abuses present an obstacle to Mongolia's continuing demo [...]
2008-04-28 07:42:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR320MONGOLIAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: PARTIES MULL JUNE 29
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolian voters head to the polls on Sunday, June 29, to elect all 76 members of its parliament. This will be the fifth election since Mongolia peacefully cast aside its authoritarian, communist system in 1990/91, beginning its democratic transformation. With public frustration [...]
2008-06-27 11:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SOCI MARR PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR340June Elections Could Jeopardize Recent Reforms of
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 08:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EPET MG
08UNVIEVIENNA243READ-OUT OF APRIL 23 HCOC INFORMAL MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Per reftel guidance, poloff attended the April 23, 2008, Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) informal meeting in Vienna. Around forty representatives of subscribing states attended this meeting, with several countries represented by officials f [...]
2008-04-25 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA284IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]
2008-05-19 08:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA584IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA
[...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA627IIASA Council Selects New Deputy Director and Chairman
[...] The IIASA Council held its annual meeting on November 17-18 in Laxenburg, where it made some personnel decisions triggered by the selection of American Detlof von Winterfeldt as IIASA's ninth director, effective January 1, 2009. The Council, which consists of representatives of the 18 Nationa [...]
2008-11-28 16:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA NAS AORC PGOV AU
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA650UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate and [...]
2008-12-11 13:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDUN AU KCRM UNODC RUEHZO UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA659UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate a [...]
2008-12-18 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08USEUBRUSSELS1475DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU
[...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...]
2008-09-23 15:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EU
08USNATO121NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 1 OF 2
[...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 1 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their strong s [...]
2008-04-08 17:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO140UN SRSG EIDE SHARES INITIAL THOUGHTS WITH NAC AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan Kai Eide told NATO and ISAF SIPDIS Ambassadors in a joint NAC meeting April 16 that the June 12 international donors' conference in Paris must leave no doubt about international commitment to the development and [...]
2008-04-17 17:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
08USNATO186NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008
[...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...]
2008-05-29 12:06:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO213NATO-GEORGIA NAC JUNE 18: FM TKESHELASHVILI
[...] (C) Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili exchanged views with NATO PermReps June 18 on Georgia's democratic transition and its tensions with Russia. She acknowledged that the May 21 Parliamentary elections had not been perfect, but said they had avoided the worst shortcomings that observers had identif [...]
2008-06-19 11:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NATO GG
08USNATO30NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 23, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occurred in 40 districts, largely in RC-South and RC-East, and urged nations to provide forces to deal with this reality. SHAPE bri [...]
2008-01-24 17:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO31CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT -
[...] (C/NF) The purpose of this corrected copy is to add additional addressees. The substance of the cable remains the same. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occu [...]
2008-01-25 08:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO354A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...]
2008-10-01 12:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO456NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 10:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP
08USNATO96NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 12, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, and urged Allies to support him fully. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) LTG Eik [...]
2008-03-13 12:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USOSCE185OSCE,S ANNUAL SECURITY REVIEW CONFERENCE -
[...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations and speakers alike called for the OSCE to move from symbolic words to concrete action during this year's Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC),held July 1-2 in Vienna. NATO SACEUR General Craddock called on the international community to do more in Afghanistan a [...]
2008-07-18 13:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE317FSC DECEMBER 17: CYBER SECURITY AND AIAM AGENDAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The December 17 Forum for Security Cooperation adopted the agendas for the March 17-18, 2009 cyber security workshop and the March 3-4, 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. Russia complained that South Ossetia still needed natural gas and appealed for international e [...]
2008-12-18 14:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USUNNEWYORK1069UNGA'S LATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS PANEL MORE BALANCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee held a panel discussion to examine the causes and impact of the global financial crisis on November 11. In contrast to the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) October 30 panel on the crisis (reftel),this latest discussion w [...]
2008-11-13 23:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PREL ENRG UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK117363RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]
2008-12-16 00:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK1199UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]
2008-12-23 19:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK122SUDAN CONTACT GROUP AGREES TO FOCUS ON SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK164UN HOSTS NEW YORK MEETING OF JCMB COUNTRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat hosted a meeting in New York for representatives from Joint Coordination and Monitoring Group (JCMB) countries February 19 to deliver a readout of the recent meeting in Tokyo, and to discuss the upcoming Security Council renewal of the mandate for the United N [...]
2008-02-21 17:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK212SYG BAN AND U/SYG GUEHENNO DISCUSS SUDAN WITH SE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson met with Secretary-General Ban and U/SYG Guehenno at the United SIPDIS Nations on March 5. SE Williamson underscored President Bush's commitment to help to alleviate the suffering in Sudan, and emphasized the importance of more rapid UNAMID deployme [...]
2008-03-07 16:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK379AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MONTHLY DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on April 17 to discuss a range of issues, including Burma, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, UN Security Council Reform and UN Budget and Management. Takasu said Japan was "very worried" about the situation in Burma, and was d [...]
2008-04-28 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC JP
08USUNNEWYORK490REASSESSING U.S. POSTURE AND TACTICS TOWARD THE CPC
[...] SUMMARY: With the start of the 48th session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) scheduled for June 9, USUN believes the time is appropriate to reassess our current posture toward CPC with a view to determining what steps, if any, we can take to make CPC a more effective enti [...]
2008-06-03 20:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK515MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] Mission clearance is requested for the U.S. delegation to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board to attend the Annual Session of the Executive Board which takes place in Geneva from June 16 until June 27, 2008. 2. Delegation members are as follows: Representative Andrew Haviland Deputy Dire [...]
2008-06-11 16:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNDP UNFPA
08USUNNEWYORK629LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: As part of its work to finalize the first-year budget for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),the STL Management Committee continued to discuss staffing levels for the STL on July 3 and 8. STL Registrar Robin Vincent has requested 315 staff, at an estimated cost of USD [...]
2008-07-15 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK647LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE EXPRESSES
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare asked Amb. Khalilzad in a July 16 private meeting for the United States to provide the UNIIIC with experienced analysts to assist in the investigation. Bellemare also called f [...]
2008-07-21 16:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK723U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...]
2008-08-12 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREM IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK872CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...]
2008-09-29 14:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
08VATICAN18CHINA: CARDINAL ZEN ON HOLY SEE'S CHINA DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: According to Cardinal Zen, the Holy See's lack of China expertise within its top ranks has resulted in an ineffective relation with the Government of China (GoC) that fails to take advantage of the window of opportunity afforded by Beijing's preoccupation with its international im [...]
2008-01-31 07:08:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
08VIENNA1414TREASURY U-S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 10, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met Austrian financial regulators and representatives of the Raiffeisen and Bank Austria-Creditanstalt groups to warn of the continued risks of doing business with Iranian entities. Austrian regulators were receptive but quest [...]
2008-09-24 14:46:00Embassy ViennaSECRETECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1663GOA DENIES RANSOM PAID FOR HOSTAGE RELEASE
[...] (U) Summary: Top GOA officials have denied media speculation that Austria had paid up to 5 million euros for the release of two hostages held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Mali since February 2008. According to some reports, a charity fund run by a son of Libyan leader Gaddafi paid the ransom. [...]
2008-11-13 13:15:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA1849DEMARCHE ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 07:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA
08VIENNA220CORRUPTION CHARGES STRAIN AUSTRIA'S VOLATILE COALITION
[...] (SBU) Austria's volatile coalition of Social Democrats (SPO) and Conservatives (OVP) has plunged into another crisis of confidence following corruption charges by a fired top police official against senior aides of former OVP interior ministers. While the public prosecutor is looking into alle [...]
2008-02-15 10:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA311AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008
[...] The two governing parties, the OeVP and the SPOe, are in free fall in the wake of new allegations of political scandals and continued failure to agree on important issues, the most recent polls have revealed. The latest Gallup poll gives the OeVP 31 percent and the SPOe 29 percent of support. S [...]
2008-03-04 14:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA317AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008
[...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer has called on the SPOe-OeVP coalition to "live up to the expectations" people "have placed in it." His comments came in response to the ongoing dispute between the two government parties, which he, too, was "quite aware of," Fischer stressed. A government was "n [...]
2008-03-06 07:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA335AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 07, 2008
[...] The parliamentary investigating committee created earlier this month to look into allegations of abuse of office in the Interior Ministry will meet for the first time today. At the inquiry's inaugural session, members will vote on a chairperson - a position sought by both the Freedom Party (FPO [...]
2008-03-07 14:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA349AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 11, 2008
[...] All Austrian media report that President Heinz Fischer invited the leaders of the government coalition, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPOe) and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP),to talks at the Hofburg yesterday, in an attempt to resolve the current political deadlock. Details of the mee [...]
2008-03-11 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA527AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008
[...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...]
2008-04-16 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA721AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 27, 2008
[...] According to a new opinion poll, there is little public support for the strike Austrian doctors have threatened to hold in June. Three quarters of Austrians believe a doctors' strike is not justified, and most say they believe the doctors' real concern in the matter is their own financial posit [...]
2008-05-27 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA764AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES NABUCCO, ILISU,
[...] (C) Summary: Austrian President Fischer discussed the Nabucco pipeline, the Ilisu dam project, counterterrorism, and Turkey's EU candidacy during a May 19-22 visit to Turkey, according to Turkish Embassy and Austrian MFA readouts. Fischer pressed Turkish President Gul and PM Erdogan on the nee [...]
2008-06-05 07:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU EU ENRG EPET AU
08VILNIUS564BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 18, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled (para. 2) - Demonstration Dispersed and Opposition Leader Beaten (para. 3) - United Civic Party Youths Jailed (para. 4) - Human Rights Adv [...]
2008-07-18 07:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS880BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...]
2008-10-21 05:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS905BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 24, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Popular Front Celebrates 20th Anniversary (para. 2) - Democratic Seniors Denied Registration (para. 3) - Independent Election Observer Fined (para. 4) - Opposition You [...]
2008-10-24 09:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08WARSAW1274SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
[...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...]
2008-11-04 15:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV
08WARSAW277SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH
[...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...]
2008-03-03 16:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS OVIP PL
08WARSAW309POLISH RESPONSES TO THE MARCH 10 GAERC
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Pawel Herczynski of the MFA's EU Department on March 7 to discuss the March 10 GAERC. Owing to FM Sikorski accompanying PM Tusk to Washington that day, the Polish delegation will be led by MFA Undersecretary Grazyna Bernatowicz. Herczynski said the GOP's top prio [...]
2008-03-10 06:56:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN PL
08WARSAW314MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]
2008-03-10 15:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW457SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY
[...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...]
2008-04-10 14:46:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL
08WARSAW597POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...]
2008-05-15 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW845POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...]
2008-07-16 15:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL
08WARSAW86 AMBASSADOR HONORS POLISH PROFESSOR FOR DISTINGUISHED
[...] (U) Summary. January 17, Ambassador Victor Ashe presented an award to Professor Henryk Jasiorowski, acknowledging his scientific work and leadership to develop Polish and global agriculture. The award, a post-initiated project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),recognizes Jasiorows [...]
2008-01-22 15:13:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WELLINGTON154 FM PETERS TO ADJUST BEHAVIOR AS ELECTION NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 8, Foreign Minister Winston Peters repudiated the China-New Zealand FTA, widely hailed as the premier foreign policy accomplishment of Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Government. Clark was widely criticized when she appointed Winston Peters as New Zealand's Foreig [...]
2008-05-07 19:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND
08WELLINGTON180NEW ZEALAND SEEKS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH JAPAN, SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. In what has been predicted to be her last official overseas trade mission as Prime Minister ahead of the upcoming general election, Helen Clark traveled last month to Japan and South Korea to discuss securing free trade agreements (FTAs) with both countries. The timing of Clark [...]
2008-06-09 04:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON388 WHY THE LABOUR PARTY LOST THE NZ ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ever since John Key took the helm of the National Party in December 2006, Helen Clark and the Labour Party seemed flat, out of step, and headed for defeat in the 2008 election. Economic issues were at the forefront of voters' minds and National convinced the electorate that it [...]
2008-11-17 04:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON408NEW GOVERNMENT'S EVENTFUL FIRST WEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his first weeks as Prime Minister John Key has addressed, in quick succession, many challenges: the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Peru; a national aviation tragedy; and having hundreds of New Zealand travelers stranded in Bangkok. On the whole, observers judge that Key has perf [...]
2008-12-08 20:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WINDHOEK235NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...]
2008-07-31 17:20:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA
08WINDHOEK302NAMIBIA'S LABOR PAINS
[...] (C) Namibia's leading labor union federation, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW),has long argued that its close relationship with the ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) party ensures workers' concerns are considered when the Namibian government (GRN) crafts and [...]
2008-09-29 12:12:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB WA
08YAOUNDE164CAMEROON SCENSETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome back to Cameroon. Since your July 2006 visit (refs b and c),we have made much progress on military cooperation with Cameroon, highlighted by the launch of the ACOTA program in 2007. Following the standing up of the new Africa Command, we have also engaged in a robust [...]
2008-02-20 11:57:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE211CAMEROON: STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS...WHAT NOW?
[...] (C) Summary. On February 25-27, Cameroon experienced its worst period of violence since the early 1990s. Violent protests and looting left major property damage and 16-17 dead (according to government estimates; nonofficial estimates are much higher). The causes were a mix of political and e [...]
2008-03-04 15:18:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PREL MARR ECON ELAB CM
08YAOUNDE873CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs at the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the ruling CPDM party Gregoire Owona. Owona confirmed that the ruling CPDM party will hold a major Congress in the coming months, indicated that Preside [...]
2008-09-10 15:54:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON KCOR PGOV
08YEREVAN1013DASHNAK LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Dashnaksutyun party leaders called on the Ambassador to broaden their contacts with USG. The Dashnaks fretted about the rights and welfare of Georgia's Armenian minority, which they portrayed as a dangerous crisis with the potential to deteriorate into irredentist conflict. T [...]
2008-12-17 06:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CVIS KIRF KDEM TU RU GG
08YEREVAN1035ARMENIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2008. Armenia continued to be a constructive partner of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The Armenian Government (GOAM) made measured progress in implementing border security and an [...]
2008-12-24 08:21:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AM
08YEREVAN127THE DVD WAR: THE RULING PARTY STRIKES BACK,
[...] (C) Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) campaign has for weeks been distributing campaign DVDs, featuring the former president's campaign speeches and rallies. This technique has been somewhat effective, not only as a medium to reach voters in the absence of fair television coverage, but also as a [...]
2008-02-15 03:40:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN144VOTERS FOR SERZH SARGSIAN -- ARMENIA'S MOST
[...] (C) Although he is the front-runner in Armenia's February 19 presidential election, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian nevertheless remains little known by the Armenian electorate. While many despise him and accuse him of being sinfully corrupt, countless others respect him as an experienced mili [...]
2008-02-19 14:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN178RULING PARTY OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Republican Party official Samvel Nikoyan offered confidential, personal insights on the political standoff. He reported that President Kocharian and President-elect/PM Sargsian have very different strategies, with Kocharian favoring a "get tough" approach, and Sargsian preferin [...]
2008-02-29 15:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN186ARMENIA SITREP: ARMY CALLED IN TO RESTORE ORDER;
[...] (C) Calm prevailed in Yerevan March 3, after pitched battles between opposition protesters and security forces ended in the early hours of March 2. Official GOAM reports state that eight people died in the armed clashes, 33 police were injured, and 100-200 injured overall, although a higher d [...]
2008-03-03 14:42:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN218EUR DAS BRYZA MEDIATES POLITICAL CRISIS IN YEREVAN
[...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Yerevan March 6-8 to consult with key leaders on Armenia's post-election political crisis. He met the President, Prime Minister (twice),Foreign Minister Oskanian, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP),and a range of other politicians, civil society [...]
2008-03-13 07:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN243ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]
2008-03-20 03:28:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN244ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]
2008-03-20 05:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN267UNEASY SEMI-CALM SETS IN; ALL SIDES AWAIT APRIL 9
[...] (C) The much-anticipated end of the state of emergency (SOE) on March 21 transpired without any violence, with Armenian police massed in downtown Yerevan to deter would-be protesters. The silent evening protest drew roughly 3,000 supporters, a smaller-than-expected number that suggests GOAM p [...]
2008-03-28 12:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN363DAS BRYZA WARNS OF MCC SUSPENSION IN DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) During his April 9 visit to Yerevan to attend President-elect Sargsian's inauguration, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza discussed Armenia's political crisis SIPDIS with pro-government and opposition figures. Prominent politicians from Sargsian's recently announced coalition [...]
2008-04-29 11:56:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM
08YEREVAN384CDA PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) CDA and FM Nalbandian reviewed U.S. relations, Armenia's neighbors, and democratic reforms during an April 29 introductory call. On Turkey he afirmed readiness to talk, but nitpicked FM Babacan's congratulatory letter. On NK, he again expressed firm commitment to negotiate, but complain [...]
2008-05-09 09:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM GG RU TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN426MCC ELIGIBILITY UPDATE -- NEW ARMENIAN
[...] (C) Armenia's new president has done little to correct the grave failings of the February election and post-election crisis. His public and private messages have become increasingly hardline (see Ref C example). He acknowledges no government fault for widespread election fraud, police brutal [...]
2008-05-26 17:22:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN490JUNE 13 LETTER TO AMB DANILOVICH FROM PRIME
[...] (SBU) Late on June 13 post received a letter from Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, writing in his capacity as Director of the MCA-Armenia Governing Council, addressed to Ambassador Danilovich. The letter requests the next disbursal of funds from the MCC, including for the previously delayed pack [...]
2008-06-13 15:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN497ARMENIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO USE ANTI-SEMITISM TO VILIFY THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Beginning in mid-May, pro-government print media and state-run Public Television have made outlandish anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic accusations against former president and current opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Most of the accusations appear to be harsher versio [...]
2008-06-18 09:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF AM
08YEREVAN564FM NALBANDIAN PREVIEWS ISSUES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Eduard Nalbandian July 10 at the FM's request to compare issues to be raised during Nalbandian's July 17 meeting with Secretary Rice and other high-level meetings in Washington that week. Nalbandian fenced with CDA in classic Soviet style on Armenia's democracy [...]
2008-07-11 13:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM KJUS TU AM
08YEREVAN770OPPOSITION/MEDIA CRY FOUL OVER CHANGE IN MEDIA
[...] (C) A midnight amendment to Armenia's Law on TV and Radio imposes a two-year moratorium on new TV broadcasting licenses, and has sparked criticism by domestic and international observers. Armenia's opposition and independent media experts say the moratorium constitutes another attempt to muzz [...]
2008-09-26 12:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN888LTP URGES U.S. TO TAKE INITIATIVE ON NK CONFLICT
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Levon Ter-Petrossian, the ex-president and opposition leader declared the time was ripe for a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and urged the U.S. to step in decisively to seal the deal. Ter-Petrossian pledged not to hinder President [...]
2008-11-07 16:28:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN953DAS BRYZA MEETS ARMENIAN PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) On November 17 EUR DAS Matt Bryza met separately with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian. Acknowledging Armenia's failing MCC indicators and the upcoming MCC board meeting, the PM asked for time and understanding from Washington, warning that a program susp [...]
2008-11-26 05:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KJUS MARR MOPS
08YEREVAN999AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO DENY VENUES FOR MEETINGS
[...] (C) On December 3, 13 NGOs issued a public statement condemning the repeated refusal of meeting space to civil society organizations on the grounds that the meetings carried a political nature. Since the end of the State of Emergency in late March, there have been at least twenty reported ins [...]
2008-12-12 10:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08ZAGREB556 ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 25
[...] (U) ONE MORE CHAPTER CLOSED, ONE MORE OPENED IN EU ACCESSION TALKS: At its first negotiating session under the French EU Presidency in Brussels, on July 25, Croatia will close the negotiating chapter on Enterprise and Industrial Policy, and open negotiations on the Free Movement of Goods chapt [...]
2008-07-25 09:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB69ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS
[...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...]
2008-01-31 10:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB739ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...]
2008-10-23 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR
09ABIDJAN382GBAGBO INTERVENES TO STOP PORT STRIKE
[...] (U) Summary. A three-week-long strike at the Port of Abidjan ended June 17 after President Gbagbo promised to resolve all of the striking dock workers' grievances and ordered the release of workers who had been jailed. The strike resulted in some violence and a major disruption of port opera [...]
2009-06-19 14:31:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EWWT ECON PGOV IV
09ABUDHABI1151ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE WARNS DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a December 9 meeting in Abu Dhabi (other meetings reported septel),Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) that the USG shared many energy policy priorities with the UAE, including renewable energy development and th [...]
2009-12-17 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM ENRG IR YM AE
09ABUDHABI736CROWN PRINCE SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (ABZ) for a dinner covering a range of reg [...]
2009-07-20 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON IR AE
09ABUDHABI737UAE AFFIRMS SUPPORT DURING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 18. 2. (C) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with UAE Government and finance officials to discuss developments in the global economy, review U.S. measures to address the financial crisis, and stress the importance o [...]
2009-07-20 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON CVIS SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI890Disrupting Taliban Financing: First Meeting of US-UAE Cash
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On 7 September 2009, Embassy officials from DHS/ICE, GRPO, Treasury, and State attended the first meeting with Emirati counterparts of the US-UAE Cash Courier Task Force (Ref A) to address the interdiction of cash couriers as one method of disrupting Taliban financing. In the mee [...]
2009-09-08 10:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PTER PGOV PINR PK AF AE
09ABUDHABI911 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's visit to Washington received prominent coverage in all UAE print and electronic media. His meeting with President Obama made the main front-page headlines in the UAE dailies. End Summary. 2. Print: A. Abu Dhabi-based Arabic semi-official daily "Al-I [...]
2009-09-14 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR AE
09ABUJA1209NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Minister of State for Petroleum Odien Ajumogobia and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Professor Emmanuel Egbogah on June 8 to introduce U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Mana [...]
2009-06-30 11:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1357NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-23, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-23, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Narcotics News --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS -------------- Â [...]
2009-07-27 05:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1398NIGERIAN MILITARY COMBING FOR EXTREMISTS, BOKO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 17:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1411SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO NIGERIA
[...] (C) Over two years in to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's administration, the GON is facing serious and growing problems on several fronts. While the President's election was judged largely fraudulent, his assumption of office was at least accepted by most Nigerians, and welcomed by many. His [...]
2009-08-03 12:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON NI
09ABUJA1740NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------------- ------- ANAMBRA STATE VOTER REGISTRATION ENCOUNTERS PROBLEMS --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]
2009-09-18 13:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1945VILLA INSIDER ON HIS BOSS'S HEALTH, NIGER DELTA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A presidential insider says his boss focused on the Niger Delta after he realized it undermines his administration's top priorities. He confirmed that Yar'Adua traveled to Saudi Arabia in September for medical treatment, adding that the head of state suffers from lupus. END SUM [...]
2009-10-23 14:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1962PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA DEMARCHES U.S. AND UK TO
[...] (U) This is an action request telegram; please see last paragraph. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua delivered a personal demarche to the Ambassador and British High Commissioner, requesting long-term experts to help the Nigerian Government (GON) con [...]
2009-10-27 20:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2110NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------- CORRUPT FORMER GOVERNOR ----------------------- 2. (C) Human rights lawyer and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) p [...]
2009-11-23 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KTIP PHUM PINR NI
09ABUJA2111ECOWAS PRESIDENT STEPPING DOWN FOR POSTING IN
[...] (U) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe opened the Sixty-Third Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers Meeting in Abuja November 20 by announcing that the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States [...]
2009-11-23 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2152PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Riyadh; please see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) President Yar'Adua left the intensive care unit last night and was "sitting up slightly" in bed this morning, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki told the Ambassador in a phone call from [...]
2009-11-30 19:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2173NIGERIAN INFORMATION MINISTER: YAR'ADUA COMATOSE;
[...] (S) As a follow-up to an earlier conversation (ref b) Information Minister Dora Akunyili called Ambassador at 11:45 p.m. at her residence December 1 to discuss the state of President Yar'Adua's health, and as another Southerner, the worries of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan if the President [...]
2009-12-02 17:49:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA229NIGERIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL SENATORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria's bicameral legislature has 490 federal legislators, of which a few are more influential than others due to the leadership positions they occupy or their connections to powerful players in Nigerian politics. Some are respected within and outside the chambers because they [...]
2009-02-09 06:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR NI
09ABUJA2292 NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE PUTS THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE
[...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and ESTH Officer visited Cross River State November 20-24 to assess wildlife and forest conservation efforts in the state. State officials reported that the state has embarked on an ambitious environment-centered development agenda with the primary obje [...]
2009-12-18 12:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON NI
09ABUJA326(C) NIGERIA: NAPTIP'S NEW LEADER CAUSES CONCERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),was "officially retired" on February 19 and replaced by Simon Egede, a close confidante to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Michael [...]
2009-02-23 16:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KTIP NI
09ABUJA526NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MARCH 1-14, 2009
[...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Northern Nigeria --Southern Nigeria --Delta Incidents Economic News -------------- [...]
2009-03-26 15:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA673NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON EVE OF BANK/FUND
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador conveyed invitations from Treasury Secretary Geithner and other senior Treasury and State Department officials during meeting with GON Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar on April 17. Muhtar told the Ambassador that he appreciated efforts by the U.S. and U.K. governments t [...]
2009-04-20 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR NI
09ACCRA1070COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD DENIES POLITICS AT BOARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Executive Secretary Yaw Akrasi Sarpong told Poloffs October 5 that while he is a staunch supporter of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),party politics has no place at the NACOB. Sarpong complained about the lack of effective narcotics enforc [...]
2009-10-08 15:25:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV CVIS XA GH
09ACCRA1325NDC LEADERSHIP ON PARTY DIVISIONS AND MILLS
[...] (C) Amidst growing public criticism of the Mills Administration as it approaches the end of its first year in office, senior National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials - including the President - met December 9 to discuss their difficulties and attempt to close ranks ahead of the NDC's Janua [...]
2009-12-15 14:58:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ACCRA356GHANA: OFF TO SEE THE WIZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Dr. Kwabena Duffuor will be leading a delegation of 10 from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) and the Bank of Ghana (BOG) to the spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Washington, April 25-26. The minister discuss [...]
2009-04-17 12:56:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN OVIP GH
09ADANA52SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: SEPTEMBER 04 - SEPTEMBER 10,
[...] THE FOLLOWING SECURITY INCIDENTS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2009, WERE COMPILED BY THE SECURITY ASSISTANT AT CONSULATE ADANA FROM RSO SOURCES, TO INCLUDE TURKISH SECURITY CONTACTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MEDIA REPORTS. SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHARED INFORMALLY BY E-MAIL. PO [...]
2009-09-15 11:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC
09ADANA79TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...]
2009-12-23 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI TU
09ADDISABABA1469SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW TO
[...] (S/NF) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A),intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 poses a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its [...]
2009-06-23 08:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO
09ADDISABABA1587 ETHIOPIA'S PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
[...] (SBU) On its final day in session, the Ethiopian parliament passed the government's Antiterrorism Law (ATL, reftel) on July 7. In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Head of the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Affairs Minister Berhanu Adello -- one of the key drafters of the ATL and other [...]
2009-07-07 13:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1842SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMB. KIRK'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. The economy is punctuated by a chronic -- and largely endogenous -- macroeconomic imbalance and the government and ruling party's dominance over most economic sectors. The global economic downturn has only e [...]
2009-08-03 10:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA606ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...]
2009-03-13 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA804SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09ADDISABABA805SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09AITTAIPEI107MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday from January 24 to February 1, 2009. During this period, news coverage in major Taiwan Chinese-language dailies focused on the weather, traffic and New Year celebrations around the island. In terms of editorials and commentaries, several [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1076VICE PRESIDENT TELLS DIRECTOR DALAI LAMA VISIT MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Director's September 2 introductory call, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan hoped to begin discussions with the PRC on a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, but noted it was unclear if the Dalai Lamai's visit to [...]
2009-09-02 11:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR SENV EINV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 24-26 on the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. bone-in-beef and beef products; on the elections for the KMT's central standing committee; and on the Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball leagu [...]
2009-10-26 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1326MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from November 7 through 9 on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on U.S. President Barack Obam [...]
2009-11-09 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI237MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...]
2009-03-04 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI256MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI268MA ECONOMIC POLICY PRESENTS CHALLENGES - AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Entering office last May determined to build cross-Strait economic ties and recharge Taiwan's economic growth, the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou has instead been confronted with an unprecedented global economic downturn. Nearly a year into its tenure, the Ma administrat [...]
2009-03-11 08:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR EFIN PINR TW CH
09AITTAIPEI302TAIWAN EXPANDS ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION WITH THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Unofficial Taiwan-PRC interaction on the environment has been ongoing since 1987, primarily sponsored by academic institutions advising Taiwan companies investing in the PRC. These exchanges have since grown, and private Taiwan entities regularly advise PRC government agencies o [...]
2009-03-19 04:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PGOV PREL ETRD TW CH
09AITTAIPEI328MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...]
2009-03-23 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI530MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S OBSERVER STATUS AT WHA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 1 news coverage on the world's upgraded alert on the H1N1 flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; on Taiwan's observer status at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA); and on the surge of the Taiwan Stock Excha [...]
2009-05-01 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI849TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT POLICY EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with AIT officers, senior staff at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) underscored what they characterize as generally favorable public perceptions of Ma administration efforts to pursue closer economic integration wi [...]
2009-07-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI85MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...]
2009-01-21 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI975EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) On July 21, the Advisor and the EconChief met with Lin, Sheng-Chung, Vice Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The meeting was to provide first-hand knowledge of EXBS work in Taiwan and to elevate export control discussions above the working level. (SBU) Vice Mi [...]
2009-08-13 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09ALGIERS948ALGERIA SAYS BAMAKO SUMMIT KEY TO REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister Delegate for Defense Guenaizia told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston October 19 that the Algerian, Mauritanian, Nigerien and Malian chiefs of staff had agreed to set up a regional command for joint counter terrorism [...]
2009-10-25 09:28:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]
2009-12-01 08:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMMAN1007CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: CODEL McConnell met April 9 with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali jointly. Ali expressed her hope that the Senators would help Jordan obtain supplemental economic support. The Foreign Minister stressed th [...]
2009-05-03 05:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1116ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...]
2009-05-13 12:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN134JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded 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 undertak [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN1424JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...]
2009-06-25 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO
09AMMAN145JORDAN: JANUARY 15 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Beneath sorrowful images from Gaza, banner headlines in today's Jordan-based newspapers focused on the apparent disagreement among Arab League member states. King Abdullah's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon topped local coverage. Public protests were few as the Islamist [...]
2009-01-15 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1579Jordanian-Iraqi Technical Committee Discusses Ways to
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian-Iraqi Joint Technical Committee met on June 22 to discuss efforts to advance bilateral trade and economic ties. Jordanian officials viewed the meeting as important for building upon growing bilateral trade levels, as evidenced by Iraq receiving 20 percent of Jord [...]
2009-07-14 09:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN1659JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF
[...] (S) Jordan is increasing its contributions in Afghanistan and to regional security efforts, reaching out to Syria to provide an alternative to Iranian influence, and maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The King is able to carry out this ambitious [...]
2009-07-23 17:00:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS JO
09AMMAN1866JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS TALK ABOUT CAIRO SPEECH,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a dinner on August 3, which unexpectedly included Islamist politicians, conversation focused on the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian electoral politics, and Embassy engagement with Islamist groups (Ref A). The Islamists welcomed the Cairo speech and spoke about a p [...]
2009-08-19 03:54:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KISL JO
09AMMAN2252THE JORDANIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: AN ORG CHART
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) is an umbrella organization which oversees and controls the political, charitable, and spiritual activities of the Islamist movement in Jordan. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),its political wing, is directly controlled by the JMB through [...]
2009-10-08 06:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KISL KPAL EFIN JO
09AMMAN472JORDANIAN ECONOMY WEAKENS UNDER GLOBAL PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan is starting to feel the effects of the global economic crisis, with real growth expected to drop from 6% in 2008 to 3% in 2009. Although conservative monetary policies helped protect Jordan from immediate external shocks, weak domestic and international demand and tight [...]
2009-02-19 16:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EAID KTEX EFIN JO
09AMMAN508LOWEST RAINFALL LEVELS SINCE 1995 CAUSE JORDAN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is preparing for a summer water crisis due to the lowest rainfall levels since 1995. As the fourth driest country in the world, Jordan has long had its share of water troubles (reftels). Even during years of average to good rain, Jordan's total [...]
2009-02-23 13:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALSENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS
09AMMAN669STRIDENT GOJ LANGUAGE WITH U.S. ON MUGHRABI GATE,
[...] (C) Summary: While Jordanian fears that Israel will unilaterally rebuild the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif have cropped up periodically since the original ramp was damaged by heavy rains in 2004, over the past year the matter has been raised in increasingly strident [...]
2009-03-16 11:21:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL UNESCO IS JO
09AMMAN833GROWING INTERNET COMPETITION AND LAUNCH OF A 3G TENDER IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, this cable provides an update on Jordan's initiatives and strong government commitment to improve telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Such efforts led to an increase in Jordan's rank to 44 out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2 [...]
2009-04-07 12:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINT EINV TINT JO
09AMMAN856 DK Garment Factory Shuts Down After Strike and Financial
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 93 Bangladeshi employees at DK Textiles Company in Al Hassan Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) went on strike in January 2009 after an altercation between a Bangladeshi supervisor and Bangladeshi employee. The strike led to financial problems that caused DK to clo [...]
2009-04-12 04:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09ANKARA1012TURKEY: ABBAS TO TELL GOT "STOP EMPOWERING HAMAS"
[...] (S) Summary: Despite multiple embassies' expressions of concern regarding the growing number of NGO-sponsored Muslim-based conferences in Turkey attended by radical regional participants, the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party-led (AKP) GOT has chosen to turn a blind eye. PLO Amba [...]
2009-07-15 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA1013TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1054TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1056TURKEY: ABBAS VISIT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED
[...] (C) Summary: GOT leadership maintained a positive and constructive tone during Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas' July 8-10 Ankara visit despite previous concerns surrounding Abbas, recent Cyprus trip and past pro-Hamas GOT rhetoric. Erdogan and Abbas discussed USG regional policy, e [...]
2009-07-23 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA1073TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 11:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1087TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1130TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1144TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1218TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1288TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1310CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...]
2009-09-08 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU
09ANKARA1328TURKEY: ANKARA BRAVES OPPOSITION TO ARMENIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties continue to object vigorously to the Turkish MFA's August 31 announcement of the agreement between Turkey and Armenia to begin consultations on bilateral protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and opening the border. Given the opposition's pre-existing [...]
2009-09-10 04:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM
09ANKARA1367TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1429TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1430TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1472SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (S) Sandy, Glad you'll be able to visit Turkey at this key time. Your short visit will give you an opportunity to engage with key Turkish leaders on, first and foremost in their minds, missile defense. The Turks are keen to learn more about U.S. plans, in particular what role the U.S. wants/e [...]
2009-10-13 08:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA1528ASD VERSHBOW BRIEFS TURKS ON MISSILE DEFENSE: GOOD
[...] (S) ASD Vershbow briefed top Turkish MFA and General Staff officials on details of the proposed U.S. Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European ballistic missile defense and presented Turkey with a request to participate in this effort to protect NATO territory by agreeing to allow a radar an [...]
2009-10-22 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1574TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1592TURKIC COUNCIL ESTABLISHED; KAZAKHSTAN THE PRIZE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has renewed its effort to consolidate its influence among the Turkic countries to its east with a new approach toward its neighbors. Two recent developments point to the initial success of this new posture. During the October 2-3 Turkic Summit in Nakhcivan, Turkey join [...]
2009-11-05 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG AJ ZK TU
09ANKARA1662NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG COMMUNIQUE WILL BE
[...] (C) During her November 18 Missile Defense consultations in Ankara (septel),U/S Tauscher reviewed the basic outline of our proposed NATO Ministerial Communique Missile Defense Language (as per reftel para 2) with top Turkish General Staff and Foreign Ministry officials. While the Turks did n [...]
2009-11-19 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1665TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1675TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1707TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1736TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1762TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1834TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...]
2009-12-27 18:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU EG IS PREL IR
09ANKARA1839TENSIONS SPIKE AMIDST DEPUTY PM ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors and police conducted extensive, unprecedented searches in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Special Forces Mobility Command on December 25 following the arrest of two special forces officers for allegedly targeting Deputy PM Bulent Arinc for assassination. TGS Chief GEN [...]
2009-12-28 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA256ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 12:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA296ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA31TURKEY: 10TH ROUND OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS ROCK
[...] (C) Summary and comment: A new wave of arrests on January 7 related to the Ergenekon investigation (ref a) included two retired four star generals and the former chair of the Higher Education Council (YOK). A former mayor of Istanbul, Bedrettin Dalan, who is in the U.S. currently, is also bein [...]
2009-01-08 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA345ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA362ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA367ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA375ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA447IDEOLOGICAL FAULT LINES AMONG KURDS IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The January 2009 launch of Turkey's first government television channel to broadcast in Kurdish, the warming of ties between the GOT and northern Iraq, continued probing of the Ergenekon case, and conferences hosted by intellectuals and media elements to discuss once taboo subjects, re [...]
2009-03-25 05:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM IZ TU
09ANKARA464ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA545Media Say Turkey and Azerbaijan Will Address Tensions Over
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA569MEDIA SUPPORT PARALLEL STEPS BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA624TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA625TURKEY'S MILITARY CHIEF ADDRESSES MEDIA ON
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a April 29 press conference, Turkey's top military official GEN Ilker Basbug rejected media speculations of military links to the shadowy "Ergenekon" organization, whose alleged aim is to foment a coup against the current government. He reiterated the military' [...]
2009-04-30 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
09ANKARA643TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN SHAKES UP HIS CABINET, TILTING
[...] (C) Summary: To shore up support for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) following its disappointing performance in March 29 local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced May 1 an extensive overhaul of his cabinet, appointing nine new ministers, dismissing eight, an [...]
2009-05-04 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA656TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA659TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA663TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA672TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA68TURKISH ECONOMIC TEAM EAGER TO MEET WITH NEW U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 13 courtesy call, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nazim Ekren told the Ambassador he wants to visit Washington to meet with President-elect Obama's top economic leaders as soon as practical. The Ambassador said he would be pleased to support such a visit, although [...]
2009-01-15 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON OVIP TU
09ANKARA692TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA81ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA816TURKEY: DAVUTOGLU STEPS FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmet Davutoglu's May 1 appointment as Foreign Minister has raised many questions about the future of Turkish foreign policy. As Senior Prime Ministry Foreign Policy Advisor, Davutoglu created a new paradigm that broadened Turkey's traditional Western orientation to include a dee [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA82ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA868TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA871TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA889TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA957TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA985GEN PETRAEUS VISITS ANKARA, FINDS BROAD AGREEMENT
[...] (S) During a June 30 - July 1 visit to Turkey, CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus found broad agreement on and readiness to cooperate with the USG approach in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, generally speaking, Iraq. Turkey was already working to increase further its commitment to Afghanistan, b [...]
2009-07-10 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM MARR TU
09ANTANANARIVO13MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE DIMINISHES PM'S ROLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana started the new year with a small cabinet reshuffle, announced on January 4, transferring power away from Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara and towards the presidency. Coming amid political turmoil in the capital (reftel B) and a series of prison break [...]
2009-01-09 09:50:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO142CHINESE MALARIAL RESEARCH IN MADAGASCAR AND
[...] (U) Summary: Chinese researchers have targeted several small islands: Nosy Be, Madagascar and Moheli, Comoros, to conduct drug trials of a new treatment with the hopes of eradicating malaria. Because malaria is among the top three causes of death and disease, especially among young children, [...]
2009-03-02 14:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO EAID CN MA
09ANTANANARIVO2 Gulf Investment Group Influence In The Comoros
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks insight from the Department into the background of Comoro Gulf Holdings and its principal officers: Bashar Kiwan (French-Syrian),President; Ali Kazma, Vice President; Ahmed Jaroudi (Lebanese),Manager. END ACTION REQUEST. Investment Promotion - - - - - - [...]
2009-01-05 08:30:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO264MULTIPLE ROAD MAPS TOWARDS THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's High Transition Authority (HAT) presided over a two-day "National Meeting" on April 2-3, in a bid to bolster their legitimacy, develop a transition road map, and defuse opposition (and international community) concerns about their opaque a [...]
2009-04-10 03:43:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO618MAPUTO II: NO AGREEMENT ON TRANSITION LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: After three days of tense negotiations aimed at dividing up posts in a consensus transition government, Madagascar's four main political rivals failed to reach agreement on who would fill the top posts of transition president, vice president, and prime minister. However, they did [...]
2009-08-28 09:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO634MADAGASCAR: NEW TRANSITION GOVERNMENT FAR FROM
[...] (C) Summary: High Transitional Authority (HAT) Prime Minister Roindefo Monja today announced the composition of Madagascar's "new and consensual" transition government, confirming suspicions that the majority of positions would remain safely in the hands of HAT loyalists (para 6). Their effor [...]
2009-09-08 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO701MADAGASCAR: TGV DIMS HOPE OF CRISIS RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the third ICG-M hosted by the AU in Antananarivo, de facto transition leader Rajoelina failed to make good on his promises to replace his prime minister with a consensus candidate. Instead, he demanded on national television that the international community make se [...]
2009-10-05 14:24:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO791MADAGASCAR: INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The implementation of the transition charter agreed to in Maputo by Madagascar's four main political rivals has begun. The leadership of a new power-sharing transition government has been installed, including a consensus prime minister, president of congress, the transition pre [...]
2009-11-19 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA
09ASHGABAT1043 TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...]
2009-08-18 09:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX
09ASHGABAT1487TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CENTER CHIEF DESCRIBES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Ashgabat OSCE Center briefed DAS George Krol about OSCE programs and prospects in Turkmenistan. The number of projects i expanding, including several new fields, but it seems the Turkmen are merely checking a box by holding the events, with no tangible results. [...]
2009-11-20 15:30:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT2: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]
2009-01-05 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT358TURKMENISTAN: SMALL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FINDS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Church of Christ in Ashgabat is a small evangelical group founded by missionaries in the 1990s. The group has been registered for four years and rents a multi-purpose room in a commercial building where it holds its worship services, seminars, and youth activit [...]
2009-03-19 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT458SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to advance our urgent military overflight issues, as well as to show continued support for U.S. investment in energy resource development, greater cooperation in education, and progress in human r [...]
2009-04-09 13:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT498 EDUCATION OFFICIALS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COOPERATION, BUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's meeting with Turkmenistan's top two education officials successfully presented U.S. views and continued engagement in this area. Unfortunately, it also revealed the continued [...]
2009-04-20 05:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL EAID KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT526DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmen1. (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Energy and Development, Yarmuhammet Orazguliyev. Orazg [...]
2009-04-24 12:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ETRD TRGY TX
09ASHGABAT691TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE REGISTRATION, KRISHNA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two leaders of the Society for Krishna Consciousness described the registered religous group's situation in generally positive terms, but mentioned many restrictions and uncertainties that hinder the group from attracting new members and becoming better established. Members are [...]
2009-06-04 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT837SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT880CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION - BLESSING FOR SOME, CURSE FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in higher education is pervasive and comes at a high cost to the integrity of the educational system, as well as a high cost to parents who are forced to borrow huge sums from family and friends in order [...]
2009-07-15 03:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASMARA31JEM'S INTER-ETHNIC HOSTILITIES
[...] (C) Summary: On January 1, gunmen led by ethnic Zaghawa JEM commanders fired on 32 unarmed JEM members of the Meidob ethnic group of North Darfur, according to JEM's Secretary for Legal Affairs. The attack was aimed at eliminating potential opposition to Khalil Ibrahim's retention by force o [...]
2009-01-27 08:20:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL SU ER
09ASMARA319ERITREA AND SOUTH SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese VP and SPLM chairman Salva Kiir, accompanied by top Southern officials, concluded a two-day visit to Eritrea September 15. President Isaias, reportedly worried that the SPLM lacks strategy and cohesion, fears that Sudan could tip into chaos in the context of the upcoming [...]
2009-09-22 09:06:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ER SU
09ASMARA80IS ERITREA UNRAVELING?
[...] (S) Summary: Young Eritreans are fleeing their country in droves, the economy appears to be in a death spiral, Eritrea's prisons are overflowing, and the country's unhinged dictator remains cruel and defiant. Is the country "on the brink of disaster" as posited by Eritrea's first cousins across the [...]
2009-03-05 13:21:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV PREL ECON PINR ER
09ASTANA1005 KAZAKHSTAN: WTO NEGOTIATOR AITZHANOVA CONFIRMS DECISION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's lead WTO negotiator, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, told the Ambassador on June 11 that the decision by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus to launch joint WTO accession negotiatio [...]
2009-06-12 07:29:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ
09ASTANA106 KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS LEADERS DISCUSS BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate January 16 meetings with the Ambassador, Mazhilis Speaker Ural Mukhamedzhanov and Mazhilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov expressed hope that the O [...]
2009-01-20 10:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1103 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]
2009-07-02 11:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1250 KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS 'LOGISTICS BASE' FOR NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with USTRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb, Kazkahstan's Security Council Deputy Chairman Nurlan Abdirov was pleased to learned that the United States has approved local procurement of non-lethal supplies along the Northern Distribution Network, including i [...]
2009-07-24 07:31:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA1328 KAZAKHSTAN PRAISES BILATERL RELATIONSHIP, SAYS "LOGISTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev opened an August 3 meeting with the Ambassador with an unusually long introduction with the media present in which he stressed that U.S.-Kazakhstan relations are a top priority for President Nazarbayev and detailed the full spectrum of bilateral c [...]
2009-08-04 11:39:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP AF KZ
09ASTANA1429 KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION
[...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...]
2009-08-25 04:36:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF
09ASTANA1494 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...]
2009-09-09 06:16:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA150 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF ECONOMY SUPPORTS CLOSER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Ambassador met Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov and discussed the government's response to the financial crisis, the new tax code, administrative barriers to doing busines [...]
2009-01-27 01:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1538 KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...]
2009-09-18 09:24:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1541KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]
2009-09-18 11:12:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1627 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...]
2009-09-28 01:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA169 KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...]
2009-01-28 11:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ
09ASTANA1858 KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN BRIEFED ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Astana, the government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of French companies to study construction of a 730- [...]
2009-10-16 05:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV FR KZ
09ASTANA1902 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY DISCUSSES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman met Mangystau Oblast Akim (governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani energy and non-proliferation projects in western Kazakhstan. Ponem [...]
2009-10-21 09:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC SOCI KNNP AJ RS TX KZ
09ASTANA193 KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA MAYOR TASMAGAMBETOV DETAILS PLANS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Astana Akim (Mayor) Imangali Tasmagambetov told the Ambassador on January 28 that government assistance is facilitating a recovery of Astana's construction sector. He maintained that signature projects in the city' [...]
2009-02-03 01:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1949 KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL REVIEWS PPEPI, OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol and National Security Council Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly met Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev on October 30, primarily to review the structure, goals, and i [...]
2009-11-03 00:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1950 KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...]
2009-11-03 02:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA200 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...]
2009-02-03 10:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ
09ASTANA2006 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S.
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...]
2009-11-13 05:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2008 KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...]
2009-11-13 07:49:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2064 KAZAKHSTAN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]
2009-11-19 10:03:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2065 KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...]
2009-11-19 10:21:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2071 U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...]
2009-11-23 00:40:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KZ
09ASTANA2110 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...]
2009-12-04 04:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2148 KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...]
2009-12-14 10:53:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA22KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...]
2009-01-09 02:19:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ
09ASTANA2201 KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...]
2009-12-23 05:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2205 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POLITICAL PARTY, PIPE DREAM, OR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani functionary with an intriguing resume says he wants to found a Green Party of Kazakhstan. We are unsure if he is a sincere big dreamer, or if he might possibly have ties to others who want to chall [...]
2009-12-24 02:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2238 KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...]
2009-12-28 08:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA249 KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...]
2009-02-12 01:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ
09ASTANA254 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...]
2009-02-12 08:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ
09ASTANA264KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]
2009-02-13 09:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA372KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...]
2009-03-02 06:57:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ
09ASTANA373KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...]
2009-03-02 10:41:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA376 KAZAKHSTAN: THE CENTRAL ASIAN PIVOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We have enormous equities at play in Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Kazakhstan in particular, and Central Asia more widely, has a pivotal role to play in securing our national interests. With the advent of a new Administration, we need to take hold of the opportunities in a f [...]
2009-03-03 06:50:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS AF KZ
09ASTANA432 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR
[...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...]
2009-03-11 07:43:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA433 KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...]
2009-03-11 10:20:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA435KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...]
2009-03-12 07:28:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA442 KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]
2009-03-13 08:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA443KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDS "BE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay called in the Ambassador on March 12 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. He advised the Ambassador it is not "constructive" to describe the case as a "political provocation." He said he woul [...]
2009-03-13 08:31:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR CASC IR KZ
09ASTANA445 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...]
2009-03-13 09:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ
09ASTANA541 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009
[...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]
2009-03-27 09:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA674KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]
2009-04-21 11:45:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA83 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...]
2009-01-15 10:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA943 KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...]
2009-06-03 11:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA959 KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]
2009-06-08 02:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASUNCION17LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 12:55:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION338MIXING THE MILITARY AND POLITICS IN PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 8-12 holding of a South American leftist, anti-imperialist youth convention at a Paraguayan military facility continues to cost the Lugo government scarce political capital. President Lugo publicly denied authorizing the use of the military facility to hold the political event [...]
2009-05-22 17:48:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION359NARCOTICS MAJOR LIST 2010 PARAGUAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 18:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PA
09ASUNCION389SUCCESSFUL HIGH-PROFILE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political-Economic Sections, and the local Military Information Support Team, collaborated on a successful anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign launched in conjunction with the June 16 release of the Department's TIP Report. The campaign brought atten [...]
2009-06-23 20:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GTIP KPAO GIWI SNAR MX PA
09ASUNCION39LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...]
2009-01-16 18:17:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION450PRESIDENT LUGO'S STATE OF THE UNION
[...] (SBU) President Fernando Lugo gave his state of the union address July 1 to the Paraguayan Congress. Lugo repeated that Paraguay will maintain diplomatic relations with all countries that want to cooperate with Paraguay. He highlighted his social programs, such as cash subsidies to the poor, [...]
2009-07-16 21:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PA
09ASUNCION495CODEL PRICE SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Price August 19-20. Your visit will come on the heels of President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. An inexperienced team, exceedingly high exp [...]
2009-08-05 20:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OVIP PREL PY
09ASUNCION532CODEL GRANGER SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Granger September 2-5. Your visit follows President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. A corrupt judiciary and national police, under-funded law [...]
2009-08-25 19:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL OVIP PA
09ASUNCION675SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...]
2009-12-07 18:33:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA
09ASUNCION703WHA A/S VALENZUELA TELLS PARAGUAYANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO
[...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela visited Paraguay December 17-18. Congressional leaders from major political parties expressed frustration with their failed attempts to initiate dialogue with President Lugo on building a national agenda. They commented on swirling rumors of pre [...]
2009-12-31 17:04:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PA
09ASUNCION72SCENE-SETTER FOR CAPSTONE FELLOWS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CAPSTONE fellows February 22-24. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents an historic transition after the Colorado Party's 61 years of rule. Lugo's challenges are many: An inexperienced team, exceedingly high expectations for change, endemi [...]
2009-02-06 12:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR SNAR MASS MCAP PGOV PA
09ATHENS1033Greece Euro-Elections Analysis: ND Government Likely to Limp
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite ruling party New Democracy's (ND) loss to main opposition PASOK in June 7 European Parliament elections, the ND government is likely to limp on, with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis focusing inward and scrambling to protect his fragile one-seat majority in the Greek Parli [...]
2009-06-22 09:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN GR SMIG SOCI ASEC
09ATHENS1103A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...]
2009-06-30 08:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PL
09ATHENS1179GREEK RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, POL officers delivered reftel points regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1874's financial and trade provisions and the U.S. Advisory on North Korea to Loukas Tsokos and several other representatives of the MFA's Office for UN and International Organizations, Disarmament Issu [...]
2009-07-08 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP GR
09ATHENS1201GREEK FIU: IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY, BUT MORE NEEDED TO MAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting on July 9, Stelios Grozos, the Chairman of the Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering Committee (aka the Greek Financial Intelligence Unit or FIU),told A/EconCouns that he largely agreed with the problems and recommendations identified in the FATF's Fifth Follow-Up Report [...]
2009-07-13 09:48:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN KTFN MK PREL EFIN ECON GR
09ATHENS1257DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK FOREIGN
[...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Theodora Bakoyannis told Deputy Secretary Steinberg May 15 that although she had stopped negotiations on an OSCE mandate in Georgia, her last proposal remained on the table in case Russia were to reconsider its position. She agreed that Russ [...]
2009-07-17 11:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1261DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH GREEK PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his May 15 meeting with Greek PM Karamanlis (accompanied by FM Bakoyiannis),Deputy Secretary Steinberg outlined our strategic vision for broadening the U.S.-Greece relationship. The Deputy Secretary reviewed key global challenges where we could work more closely together, i [...]
2009-07-17 13:22:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1455NEW NATO SYG GETS MIXED REVIEWS IN GREECE
[...] (C) Greek government and media reaction to the August 26-27 visit of new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen has been moderately negative. While Greeks were pleased to have the opportunity to brief Rasmussen on their positions on the Aegean, the new NATO strategic concept, and other issues, they [...]
2009-09-02 15:14:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL CY TU GR
09ATHENS1515Greece's Surging Far-Right LAOS Party Inches Towards Center
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of their unprecedented success in European Parliament elections in June, the leaders of Greece's surging, far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) expect to win 6 to 7 percent of the vote and up to 20 parliamentary seats in October 4 domestic elections and are pre [...]
2009-09-28 15:51:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KIRF GR
09ATHENS1535WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As expected after his comfortable win in the October 4 Greek parliamentary election, PM George Papandreou has named a government consisting of some PASOK old guard, with a liberal helping of fresh new faces, many of whom have substantial international experience, if not govern [...]
2009-10-07 15:16:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ECON GR PGOV
09ATHENS1605MOD VENIZELOS: POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT SOME TOUGH ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos expressed his commitment to a strong bilateral defense relationship in the Ambassador's first one-on-one meeting with him November 4. Well-briefed on Afghanistan, he said Greece would keep its medical teams (there for the elections suppo [...]
2009-11-05 17:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS GR AF TU
09ATHENS1627MFA VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT, NRC, CFE, OSCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece supports our goal at the December Foreign Ministerial of MAP for Montenegro, and agrees BiH is not ready. On NATO-Russia, he noted that the SecGen's draft ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats may be a bit overly ambitious, but that it was importan [...]
2009-11-13 15:46:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1661THE PAPANDREOU GOVERNMENT: OLD VS. NEW
[...] (C) Seven weeks after it was brought to power in Greek parliamentary elections, the government of George Papandreou has come under criticism from the Greek public and international markets for an erratic start in implementing its sweeping governmental reform. In many ways this is to have been [...]
2009-11-27 10:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS19FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE,
[...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...]
2009-01-07 17:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN
09ATHENS252CODEL DURBIN FOCUSES ON CYPRUS IN MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their February 18 meeting with PM Karmamanlis, Senator Durbin and Illinois state treasurer Giannoulias focused primarily on how to achieve progress on Cyprus this year. PM Karamanlis noted improvement in Greek-Turkish relations in many areas, but not on "heavy political i [...]
2009-02-26 12:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CVIS PHUM NATO UNFCYP GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS318GREECE TRIES TO COPE WITH HEIGHTENED DOMESTIC
[...] (C) New terrorist attacks continue to rock Greece with a frequency not seen since 2000, unnerving the country's political and professional elite. A number of violent far-left groups -- some previously unknown -- have claimed responsibility for bombings, shootings, and arson incidents, and thi [...]
2009-03-16 05:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ABLD PGOV PREL GR
09ATHENS371GOG IMPLEMENTS THIRD ROUND OF AUSTERITY MEASURES
[...] (SBU) In a move to boost market and EU confidence in the government's commitment and ability to contain public finances, the GoG on March 18 implemented a third series of measures to cut spending and boost revenues, including a wage freeze affecting approximately 70 percent of public sector em [...]
2009-03-24 15:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECIN PREL GR
09ATHENS435GREECE: Response to Afghanistan-Pakistan Stragegic Review
[...] (C) POLCouns delivered ref a points to the Greek MFA's NATO on March 26 and to the MFA's Asian Affairs Department on March 27. MFA Counsellor Caterina Dimakis noted that, as the Hague conference was not a pledging conference - FM Bakoyiannis did not plan to make specific proposals for addition [...]
2009-04-01 10:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF NATO
09ATHENS685VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: A TOP PRIORITY IN U.S.-GREECE BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a top priority in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations. As the U.S. and Greece "reset" relations after several difficult years and the advent of a new American Administration, Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyann [...]
2009-04-29 05:36:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DHS CVIS GR
09BAGHDAD101BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY
[...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...]
2009-01-14 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1011DIYALA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FORMED DESPITE
[...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a tense atmosphere, with the threat of arrest looming over several members of the Tawafuq bloc, the newly-formed Diyala Provincial Council convened the third meeting of its first session on April 11 and elected it [...]
2009-04-13 07:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD118NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL
[...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]
2009-01-16 13:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1181AMB. HILL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON IRAQI VP ABDEL
[...] (C) Summary: During a friendly introductory meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi welcomed the Ambassador's emphasis on successful parliamentary elections and progress on hydrocarbons legislation as top items on Iraq's national agenda. The Vice President encouraged the Ambassador to use TV [...]
2009-05-05 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD119NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL
[...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]
2009-01-16 13:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD141NINEWA: NINEWA IIP LEADER TELLS PMIN THEY ARE
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Ninewa Province, Mohammad Shaker, told us January 8 that both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Al-Qaida Iraq (AQI) routinely intimidate and attack members of his party. The former has largely prevented IIP from campaigning in [...]
2009-01-20 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1478PRT SALAH AD DIN: PC CHAIRMAN EMERGING AS KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ahmed Abdullah Abid Khalaf (aka Abu Mazin) is emerging as an influential leader and skillful politician in the SAD provincial government. In his first few weeks as chairman, Abu Mazin has asserted his authority with officials from all levels of go [...]
2009-06-05 03:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINS PINR ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1706RRT ERBIL: "CHANGE" IS AFOOT IN DOHUK, BUT ARRIVES
[...] (SBU) In preparation for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) elections planned for July 25, Nawshirwan Mustafa's party -- the Change list -- has finally established a presence in Dohuk, the northernmost province of the Kurdistan Region. So far, the Change list has found a lukewarm receptio [...]
2009-06-26 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV IR
09BAGHDAD1856SECOND MEETING OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al Eissawi and EMIN Marc Wall convened the second meeting of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on July 6, 2009. Both sides highlighted the continued significance of the SFA as the fou [...]
2009-07-09 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD198ANBAR LOOKS AHEAD TO AN ORDERLY ELECTION, AND A
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Anbar is on track for an orderly election, according to recent soundings of the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) and local security officials. The GEO says that the parties have thus far brought only minor campaign infractions to [...]
2009-01-26 17:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1987PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SECURITY AGREEMENT
[...] (S) Summary. Progress under the Security Agreement (SA) has improved from the early days when a fist fight broke out between two Iraqi generals. The USG and GOI have worked through the SA,s joint subcommittees (JSCs) to sort through alleged "violations" at the working level, rarely needing [...]
2009-07-23 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL IZ MARR KTIA EAIR PGOV MASS
09BAGHDAD206THE SPEAKER'S RACE 3-RING CIRCUS: PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The race for Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) is wide open again as Acting Speaker Khalid al Attiya announced a special vote for February 4 to select the speaker. Any bloc may submit a candidate, although the lead candidates remain nominally Ayad al Samarraie, lead [...]
2009-01-27 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2223PLANNING FOR THE OCTOBER U.S.-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy offers our perspective on planning for the two events announced during PM Maliki's recent visit to Washington: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference. Both events, but partic [...]
2009-08-17 14:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2230CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani predicted to CODEL McCain that, with U.S. help, the Kurds and Arabs would be able to avoid conflict and resolve critical issues like the status of Kirkuk. He said Barhem Salih was on track to become the next KRG prime minister. FM Zebari emphasized that the Jan [...]
2009-08-17 16:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM SY IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2282RRT ERBIL: KRG CONVENES NEW PARLIAMENT BUT
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a ceremony in Erbil August 20, the newly-elected Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliament was sworn in and President Barzani inaugurated. Barzani and President Talabani strongly condemned the Baghdad bombings and called for Iraqi un [...]
2009-08-23 16:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD258UN LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR IRAQ ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development (UNDP) program held in January in Amman the first workshop as part of its 2008-2010 anti-corruption program for Iraq, which comes with the support of US funding. Statisticians and experts in survey design from the United Nations Office on Drugs an [...]
2009-01-31 12:29:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2632MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ'S OIL FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, GOI Minister of Oil Hussayn Shahristani expressed optimism about the upcoming second oil licensing round, as well as for Iraq's future willingness to sign a gas agreement with Europe. In the wide ranging discussion, [...]
2009-10-01 09:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2662ELECTION AND INVESTMENT LAWS WEIGH HEAVILY ON PM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki focused on passage of the election law and an amendment to the investment law in an October 1 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Hunzeker. The PM noted that disputes over the distribution of parliamentary seats in Kirkuk still posed a [...]
2009-10-03 14:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2905SENIOR ADVISOR MISENHEIMER,S MEETINGS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, held a round of meetings in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah October 19-22. He met with the incoming and outgoing KRG Prime Ministers, the KRG Parliamentary leader, KDP and PUK officials, President Barzani,s Chief of Sta [...]
2009-10-30 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2906CORRECTED COPY: SENIOR ADVISOR MISENHEIMER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, held a round of meetings in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah October 19-22. He met with the incoming and outgoing KRG Prime Ministers, the KRG Parliamentary leader, KDP and PUK officials, President Barzani,s Chief of Staf [...]
2009-10-30 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2966A GOOD WEEK FOR IRAQ'S ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Overshadowed by the October 25 bombings and wrangling over the election law, it has been a good few weeks for Iraq on the economic front. Washington hosted the oversubscribed U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference from October 20-21. The Ministry of Oil signed an agreem [...]
2009-11-09 09:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET PGOV BEXP IZ CH
09BAGHDAD2984LARIJANI'S VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani visited Iraq November 4-7, where he traveled to Baghdad, Karbala, and Najaf to meet with his Iraqi counterpart, parliamentary bloc leaders, PM Maliki, President Talabani, and Grand Ayatollah Sistani. His primary objective appears to [...]
2009-11-10 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2992IRAN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQI ELECTORAL POLITICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran is a dominant player in Iraq's electoral politics, and is using its close ties to Shia, Kurdish, and select Sunni figures to shape the political landscape in favor of a united Shia victory in the January election. A pro-Iran, Shia-dominated, and preferably Islamist governme [...]
2009-11-13 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3006RRT ERBIL: KURDISTANI REACTION TO THE ELECTION LAW
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) welcomed passage of the election law. The Kurds achieved their paramount objectives, by virtue of the law passing with the inclusion of Kirkuk and without compensatory seats reserved for Arabs or Turk [...]
2009-11-16 11:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3054RRT ERBIL: PUK PLENUM - WOOING THE DISAFFECTED
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party held its first party plenum since 2006 on October 29-31 with the goal of reinvigorating the party and increasing party unity in the lead up to the national elections in January. The pa [...]
2009-11-20 10:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3144ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE DECEMBER 4, 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A major anti-corruption case is breaking over the Baghdad Amana (mayor's office),with early indications that the Commission on Integrity (COI) is planning enforcement actions on a possible theft of over USD 20 million in employee salaries. Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) [...]
2009-12-05 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3180SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING
[...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...]
2009-12-10 15:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3181SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING
[...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...]
2009-12-10 15:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3326IRAN-IRAQ OIL WELL INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-26 06:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON IR IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD3334IRAN-IRAQ OIL WELL INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-26 13:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON IR IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD430RRT ERBIL: PUK REFORM WING GATHERS MOMENTUM -
[...] (C) Summary. A group of PUK members led by former PUK Deputy Secretary General Nawshirwan Mustafa is confident that their reform agenda will lead them to prevail over other PUK contenders in the contest for PUK leadership in a post-Talabani world. For the time being, this group does not com [...]
2009-02-18 23:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD544 DETENTION OF DIYALA SUNNI ARAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The circumstances surrounding the arrest and subsequent five month detention of a high-ranking government official in Diyala Province, Dr. Hussein al-Zubaydi, raise questions as to whether it is politically motivated. A Sunni Arab provincial council member, Dr. Hussein was ar [...]
2009-03-02 15:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD548BAATHISTS IN NORTHWEST BAGHDAD: 500 PARTIES, WHY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tarmiyah, Taji and Abu Ghraib "qadas" (rural counties) of northwest Baghdad Province are home to many former members of the Baath Party, Iraqi Army, and other security institutions of the former regime. Most were low-ranking members, but many remain unemployed and suspicious [...]
2009-03-03 12:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD561IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) The second Sub-Committee meeting (SC) (of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue took place February 26, a week after the latest Working Group (WG) meeting held on February 19 when Iraq provided to Turkey for the first time, intelligence on the PKK. At the SC, the GoI presented [...]
2009-03-04 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU
09BAGHDAD662SRSG DE MISTURA LAYS OUT UNAMI'S IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) In his March 9 debrief of his recent trip to Washington, SRSG Staffan de Mistura told the Charge that he plans to use the political capital he's gained after the successful elections to advance the UNAMI agenda on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs). The UN seeks close support from the U [...]
2009-03-13 14:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD691IRAQ 201: IRAQ'S PRESIDENCY AND CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. The Presidency Council and Council of Ministers (Cabinet) reflect a broad-based membership of the Iraqi Government and are institutions that sometimes attempt to restrain an increasingly assertive Prime Minister. The Presidency has used its authorities to ensure consensus on key i [...]
2009-03-16 07:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD775PRT SALAH AD DIN: PC JOCKEYING ATTEMPTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources told the PRT that many members of the new Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) met on March 15 to form a coalition called "Fortress Salah ad Din." The coalition aims to prevent current Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein Jebara or any Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)/Tawafuq [...]
2009-03-22 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD778RRT Erbil: Nawshirwan Mustafa on Free Press, Elections
[...] (SBU) During a March 17 visit to Sulaimaniyah, legendary Peshmerga commander and Talabani political rival Nawshirwan Mustafa gave RRT officers an impromptu tour of his Kurdistan News Network (KNN),the Region's first private TV station. KNN is finishing its test broadcast phase and will soon g [...]
2009-03-22 08:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD808NAJAF: ISCI BOXED OUT AS COALITION-BUILDING
[...] (C) Summary: The provincial election results mark the end of one-party Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) domination in Najaf and will usher in a power-sharing coalition in one of southern Iraq's most religiously and politically important provinces. ISCI's Shahid al-Mihrab list and Prim [...]
2009-03-24 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD857IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN IRAQI SHOW, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Although the GOI was in the lead on the successful January provincial elections, U.S. assistance greatly facilitated the elections logistically and helped the GOI to conduct the voting in a manner approximating international norms. Our support for the Iraqi provincial election [...]
2009-03-30 09:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD980RRT ERBIL: KRG: LAST DIVIDED MINISTRIES MERGE
[...] (C) Summary. On April 6, the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament voted to approve the merger of the ministries of Finance, Interior and Peshmerga affairs, heretofore separated into KDP and PUK ministries, and to swear in the new Deputy Prime Minister, Emad Ahmad Sayfor (PUK). The merger completes a p [...]
2009-04-09 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAKU22BAKU'S PERSPECTIVES ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
[...] (C) Summary: One of the few positive effects of Russia's war on Georgia in August 2008 was a reinvigoration of efforts to solve the Caucasus' other frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many observers, and even officials at the highest levels of both governments, felt that the stark demonstr [...]
2009-01-13 13:00:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV AJ AM RU TU
09BAKU229AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT,
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Derse met Foreign Minister Mammadyarov March 13, one day after Secretary Clinton called President Aliyev and following a visit to Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Mammadyarov liberally shared his impressions of a correct but not warm Lavrov visit and showed a [...]
2009-03-25 13:15:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU275AZERBAIJAN: GOAJ'S "IRAN POINT MAN" ENDORSES
[...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov warmly applauded President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's outreach efforts to foreign partners, including their commitment to increased consultation on international issues. He praised President Obama's [...]
2009-04-07 09:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ELTN PREL SNAR RU IR AJ
09BAKU470SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of a successful visit by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar and the June 4 meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in St. Petersburg. The mood here with respect to US-Azerbaijani relations remains skeptical, fed [...]
2009-06-09 13:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU508IRANIAN ELECTION: IRANIAN POLITICAL SOURCES REPORT
[...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher was in contact Tuesday night with four well-connected sources who shed light on the ongoing situation in Iran. Two sources were wealthy Baku-based Iranian businessmen with allegedly extensive contacts in Tehran including to Mousavi's circle. The other two are in [...]
2009-06-24 13:10:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON AJ IR
09BAKU580AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT SAYS ARREST OF TWO YOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 20 a Baku appeals court upheld the pre-trial detention for two months of bloggers and youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (Reftels). The case has been distinguished by unusual levels of intervention by the European Union and national governments, although the E [...]
2009-07-22 12:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU776NAGORNO-KARABAKH STATE OF PLAY VIEWED FROM BAKU
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Baku realistically sees few prospects for a near-term breakthrough, i.e., at Chisinau and immediately thereafter, that would pave the way for a peaceful and favorable resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The fallout from the August 2008 war in Georgia and th [...]
2009-09-30 03:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AM RU GG AJ
09BAKU825CONOCPHILLIPS SEEKS EXPLORATION BLOCK IN AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ConoCPhillips (CP) representatives visited Embassy Baku October 15 to discuss interest in renewing their energy exploration in Azerbaijan. CP left its two exploration fields in Azerbaijan about 4 years ago due to differences with SOCAR, the state oil company. It now believes the [...]
2009-10-16 10:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET AJ TX RS
09BAKU972IRANIAN SNSC ON AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSITION ARRESTS
[...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met again with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who previously reported on recent deliberations of the Supreme National Security Council (Shuraye Aliye Amniate Melli),and other issues (reftels). Baku contact has been known to Iran watcher for ov [...]
2009-12-17 14:02:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SA AJ SY IR
09BAMAKO226SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR
09BAMAKO277LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 11:42:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO53LOCAL ELECTIONS, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:01:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC
09BAMAKO73FREE TO BE: OPPOSITION LAMBASTS GOVERNMENT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 10:58:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN71AMBASSADOR TODD HOLDS WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador Todd met with Brunei Deputy Foreign Minister, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, on March 19th at Pehin Lim's request. Ambassador Todd pressed USG concerns regarding religious freedom, especially at private religious schools. Pehin Lim Jock expressed surprised and consternation that this iss [...]
2009-03-27 07:57:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PREL KIPR BX
09BANGKOK1004THAI PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT AIMS FOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador recommended to a top MFA official on April 21 that the RTG lift the state of emergency (SOE) in Bangkok as soon as possible. RTG officials tell us that they understand our view and are eager to rescind the SOE, but they are concerned about a continuing possibility of destab [...]
2009-04-21 09:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK1223THAILAND: FM KASIT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit Piromya hosted Ambassador for lunch May 20 to follow-up Kasit's April 24-26 visit to Washington and his May 16 telcon with Secretary Clinton. Burma and bilateral relations dominated the conversation. On Burma, Kasit stressed that the top priority should be Aung Sang [...]
2009-05-20 10:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF TH
09BANGKOK1246ASEAN DEBATES ASSK DETENTION
[...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN) Scot Marciel attended the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Phuket May 19-20. He had a brief encounter with his Burmese counterpart, Director General for ASEAN Affairs U Than Tun, on the margins and [...]
2009-05-21 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK125SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW PM ABHISIT'S PLAN FOR
[...] (C) In a press conference for the Foreign Correspondents, Club of Thailand on January 14, Prime Minister Abhisit said resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand was among his government's top policy priorities. He said his government would restore the rule of law in all of Thailand, incl [...]
2009-01-16 10:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1329MISSION BANGKOK'S REQUEST TO OCCUPY COMMERCIAL SPACE
[...] SUMMARY: Bangkok is a rapidly growing regional post in critical need of additional functional office space. Post U.S. Direct Hire positions have grown by 35% in the last 10 years, and the Overseas Building Operations (OBO) estimated in their recent Master Planning exercise that Post requires [...]
2009-06-03 07:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ABLD PREL TH
09BANGKOK1662THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will arrive July 21 in a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after revered but ailing 81 year old King Bhumibol eventually passes. Despite a deep and broad alliance partnership that continues to deliver sign [...]
2009-07-13 07:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1684THAI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES GREATER
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the Mission,s campaign to improve the treatment of American firms in Thailand, Ambassador John, accompanied by representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, raised July 2 with Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu issues of concern to th [...]
2009-07-14 07:17:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1763SECRETARY CLINTON'S BANGKOK "TOWNTERVIEW": SUBSTANTIVE,
[...] Summary: During Secretary Clinton's recent trip to Bangkok she participated in a one-hour hybrid media event organized by the Embassy Public Affairs Section. The "Townterview," as some have called it, combined both an exclusive interview and a town hall setting. The program was hosted by two [...]
2009-07-24 06:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV OIIP PREL SCUL OPRC TH
09BANGKOK1901THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...]
2009-08-05 10:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH
09BANGKOK2009ABHISIT,S SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: STAYIN ALIVE,
[...] (C) Defying the longevity projections of seasoned Thai political handicappers everywhere, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently marked the six-month point in his tenure by mounting a public defense of his administration's record to date. Abhisit expressed optimism that his government had [...]
2009-08-14 08:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2045SENATOR WEBB FOCUSES ON BURMA WITH PM AND FM;
[...] (C) Summary. During the course of August 17 meetings with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Minister Kasit Pirmoya, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) shared the details of his recent visit to Burma and outlined his thoughts on breaking the impasse with the regime. Both Kasit and Vejjajiva not [...]
2009-08-18 08:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS
09BANGKOK2046 Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate
[...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]
2009-08-18 10:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK2096SOUTHERN THAILAND: THE HDC DIALOGUE RESUMES
[...] (S) In a late July meeting, HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative Michael Vatikiotis briefed us on RTG efforts to revive the HDC brokered dialogue between the Thai government and insurgents in southern Thailand. In subsequent meetings with CG in Chang Mai, Mark Tamthai, Dir [...]
2009-08-21 04:36:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2289THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT,S
[...] (C) Above and beyond the challenges associated with steering Thailand out of the economic morass, PM Abhisit continues to grapple with a seemingly endless litany of political problems both inside and outside his party, including in-fighting with Deputy PM Suthep. Questions about possible elec [...]
2009-09-09 10:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2320AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CUSTOMS CONCERNS WITH DEPUTY FINANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "I will work personally to address these customs problems," Deputy Finance Minister Pradit Phataraprasit told the Ambassador in a meeting on September 8. Pradit, a coalition member of the Abhisit Administration, is the face of the government's new reform plan to address at least [...]
2009-09-11 09:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2554NEW MEDIA, OLD DOGS AND NEW TRICKS: EAP PRESS WORKSHOP
[...] (SBU) The EAP Press and Information Officers Workshop held in Bangkok, September 14-16, was an opportunity to review strategic responses to broad regional issues, deepen understanding of key messages and policy objectives from the new administration on global issues, and improve understanding o [...]
2009-10-06 09:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP OPRC TH
09BANGKOK283THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: ABHISIT GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The Abhisit government reopened the secret channel of discussions with representatives of southern insurgents facilitated by the Henri Dunant Centre (HDC) in late January, HDC Southeast Asian representative Michael Vatikiotis told PolCouns February 3. Vatikiotis said that Thai FM [...]
2009-02-03 10:17:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2848PREPARING FOR SECRETARY LOCKE'S MEETING WITH THAILAND'S
[...] (SBU) I encourage you to make time to meet with Thailand's Deputy Minister of Commerce, Alongkorn Ponlaboot, on the margins of APEC. Since Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took office in December 2008, I have regularly engaged the Prime Minister and his administration, including Deputy Ministe [...]
2009-11-06 09:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2867THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...]
2009-11-09 10:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2931THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT GOVT HAS
[...] (C) Following a politically disastrous fortnight for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai political party (REF B),current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is riding a wave of newfound popularity and enjoying the fruits of Thaksin's missteps. However, Abhisit recognizes [...]
2009-11-18 10:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK3171THAILAND: HDC-FACILITATED DIALOGUE WITH SOUTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: At the same time the Thai government hosted the visit of Malaysian PM Najib to southern Thailand December 9 (ref A),in what is generally seen as a positive step forward in both countries, southern separatist insurgents leaders based in Malaysia and involved in unpublicized secret [...]
2009-12-16 10:36:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3188THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN RETURNS TO CAMBODIA
[...] (C) Summary: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra December 13 returned to Phnom Penh to take credit for the by-all-accounts orchestrated release of Siwarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer who had been imprisoned for reportedly sharing flight details for Thaksin's November visit to Cambodia [...]
2009-12-17 09:54:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK324THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: JOINT BORDER
[...] (C) Summary. The Thai and Cambodian Joint Border Commission met February 3-4 in Bangkok for friendly talks but was unable to make substantive progress in resolving their border dispute. The two sides could not agree on the official name for the temple at the heart of the border dispute and fo [...]
2009-02-06 10:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK567AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...]
2009-03-05 10:00:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU
09BANGKOK582 EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (Thailand)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 00:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ECON AMGT APER TH
09BANGKOK721THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...]
2009-03-23 09:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGUI251INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN PLACE, BUT ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the Central African (CAR) elections of 2010 was sworn into existence on October 8, 2009 and its president, Pastor Joseph Binguimale, voted into position shortly thereafter. To date, the IEC has been largely quiet, and the general con [...]
2009-11-13 11:38:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BASRAH18BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 10:58:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ
09BASRAH47PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS
[...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...]
2009-08-16 15:00:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR
09BASRAH53BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...]
2009-09-24 06:52:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ
09BEIJING1075MEDIA REACTION: EASTERN TURKISH TERRORISTS, CIA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] EASTERN TURKISH TERRORISTS "U.S. punishes Eastern Turkish terrorist leader" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/21): "Recently, the U.S. Department of Finance announced that they would put financial sanctions on the leader of the Eas [...]
2009-04-22 09:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1314SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, the Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism of high-level visits. They will want to use your visit to demonstrate that China is deepening links with all parts of the U.S. Government. They will welcome [...]
2009-05-15 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1339 CHINA'S AUTO INDUSTRY ENJOYS RECORD SALES FOR FOURTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Record auto sales in April suggest that China's auto support plan is providing a significant boost to the industry. April auto sales data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show that 1.15 million vehicles were sold, the fourth straight month of [...]
2009-05-19 04:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND OTRA SENV CH
09BEIJING1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, A/H1N1
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Hacking military computers 'not a hack job'" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (05/21): "There is no way hackers - including those from China - can access top-secret data by penetrating the firewalls of military or government networks. The US milita [...]
2009-05-21 08:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1378"UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION
[...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...]
2009-05-21 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09BEIJING1384SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS,
[...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]
2009-05-22 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING1387TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR
[...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]
2009-05-22 12:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1390TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR
[...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]
2009-05-25 12:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING145TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE
[...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]
2009-01-16 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1467BEIJING GEARS UP FOR JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China's security forces are warning well-known activists against protest activities and putting many under virtual house arrest. Despite tight Party control of Inte [...]
2009-06-02 10:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING151 CHINA ANNOUNCES STEEL AND AUTO INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The State Council approved industrial support plans for the auto and steel sectors on January 14, the first two of ten industry focused plans to help those sectors hardest hit by the economic slowdown. The measures will support domestic demand, protect employment and promote en [...]
2009-01-16 11:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EMIN ECON SENV CH
09BEIJING174CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]
2009-01-21 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING18352009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]
2009-07-01 06:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1868140 DEAD IN URUMQI RIOTS, DEATH TOLL MAY GO
[...] (C) During the course of July 6, China's official media steadily revised upward the death toll from July 5 rioting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to 140. The Xinhua News Agency warned the final figure could be higher. 828 people were injured and police have made "hundreds" of arrests, the agency report [...]
2009-07-05 11:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1970RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY
[...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]
2009-07-13 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING1971China's new super think tank
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to widespread official and media criticism of Chinese think tanks' failure to adequately respond to the global financial crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao pushed for the creation of a new think tank with an impressive roster of high-level members. The center made i [...]
2009-07-13 10:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN CH
09BEIJING2023URUMQI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 192 -- JULY 16
[...] (C) Post has received no reports of new violence or unrest in Urumqi, or other areas of Xinjiang, July 16. The death toll from the July 5 riot climbed to 192 with 1,721 people injured. Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan was quoted in the local press as saying most of the dead were "innocent. [...]
2009-07-16 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2024MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, XINJIANG
[...] SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT "China and the U.S. should face the climate challenge together" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(07/16): "The constructive meaning of Secretary Chu and Secretary Locke's Chi [...]
2009-07-16 12:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2034MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, XINJIANG
[...] SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT "The new growth point for China- U.S. relationship" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/17): "The announcement of plan to develop a joint energy research center marked the first substantive outcome of China-U.S. energy negotiations s [...]
2009-07-17 08:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2040PREMIER WEN SUFFERS CRITICISM, BUT POSITION
[...] (C) Rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao is under fire for a variety of alleged failings continue to circulate among China's politically active circles, but the chances of Wen being forced out before his term expires in 2013 are remote, according to a number of Embassy contacts. Wen has reportedly [...]
2009-07-17 10:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM EFIN CH
09BEIJING2063PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL
[...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]
2009-07-20 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2112TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS,
[...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]
2009-07-23 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2126Senior Hu Advisor Zheng Bijian Organizing China-U.S. Clean
[...] (SBU) Professor ZHENG Bijian, a senior advisor to China's president Hu Jintao, met with the U.S. Energy Secretary Chu and U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke, during their recent trip to China. Zheng's primary aim during the brief lunch meeting was to solicit the attendance of the two Secretaries at [...]
2009-07-26 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2141MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE, NORTH KOREA, THE
[...] U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE "The first round of the U.S.-China S&ED will start with a good opening" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/27): "The first round of the S&ED symbolizes the new era and structure of the U.S.-China relationship. The dialogue has three c [...]
2009-07-27 08:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING22LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]
2009-01-06 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2298INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS
[...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...]
2009-08-11 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH
09BEIJING2317MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ECONOMY, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] CHINA'S ECONOMY "Europe and the United States envy China's economic trend" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/12): "China's July Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index have both dropped, which shows China's economy is continuou [...]
2009-08-12 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2340MEDIA REACTION: RIO TINTO, U.S.-CHINA TIRE TRADE, U.S.
[...] RIO TINTO "Enlightenment seen in shift from 'espionage' to 'crime' in Rio Tinto case" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21 Shiji Jingji Baodao)(08/13): "Chinese authorities have backed down from accusing four Rio Tinto executives [...]
2009-08-13 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2693SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...]
2009-09-18 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW
09BEIJING2753UIGHUR BUSINESSWOMAN DESCRIBES XINJIANG REGION
[...] (S) Summary: A Uighur businesswoman and author, who is also a staff member of the Xinjiang Region Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, described mass detentions of Uighurs in the wake of the early-July ethnic violence in Urumqi. She described how she was almost detained August [...]
2009-09-24 09:52:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING2794SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA,
[...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...]
2009-09-29 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF
09BEIJING2849APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...]
2009-10-13 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH
09BEIJING2872A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]
2009-10-14 11:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING288PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]
2009-02-06 01:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING303CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS
[...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...]
2009-02-06 12:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3035MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN, MISSILE
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN "Secretary Clinton blames the Pakistani government for insufficient effort in the War on Terror" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/03)(pg 4): "Secretary Clinton's criticism o [...]
2009-11-03 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3128PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]
2009-11-16 12:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING315MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, U.S. POLICY,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "The order of the visits gives clues to Clinton's diplomacy goals" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/09): "Secretary Clinton has carefully arranged her Asia trip. She is creating a b [...]
2009-02-09 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3160THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT,
[...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]
2009-11-23 11:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3313UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]
2009-12-11 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING3314MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER
[...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...]
2009-12-11 11:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3396DAS HOLT'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DDG LI JUNHUA
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC remains committed to UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) and supports efforts to establish achievable mandates and to promote political processes that will complement UNPKO activities, MFA International Organizations and Conference Deputy Director General Li Junhua told B [...]
2009-12-18 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING3442CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON
[...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]
2009-12-23 09:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING350SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA,
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]
2009-02-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING400SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC
[...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]
2009-02-17 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING518HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]
2009-02-27 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING531NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5:
[...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]
2009-03-02 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING570CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...]
2009-03-05 06:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING649ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]
2009-03-12 13:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING755U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]
2009-03-23 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING766RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH
[...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]
2009-03-24 11:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING801MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 08:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING904LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON
[...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]
2009-04-03 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING905NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO
[...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]
2009-04-03 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIRUT1043LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]
2009-09-24 05:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1367LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...]
2009-12-31 09:40:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY
09BEIRUT137LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS
[...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]
2009-02-03 13:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT222LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS
[...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]
2009-02-24 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT277LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN
[...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...]
2009-03-11 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT279LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO
[...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]
2009-03-11 16:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT351LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH,
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]
2009-03-26 14:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT482LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON ELECTIONS, JUMBLATT,
[...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had come to agreement with Majority Leader Saad Hariri on a way forward in the Beirut 2 electoral district, but was still at an impasse with his opposition Christian ally Michel Aoun on candidates in Jezzine [...]
2009-04-28 11:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT515LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT
[...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...]
2009-05-09 10:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT605LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]
2009-06-02 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT644LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER,
[...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]
2009-06-10 10:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BELGRADE1284SERBIA'S JUDICIAL REFORM PROCEEDS DESPITE CONTINUING
[...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed in late 2008 an ambitious judicial reform package in line with requirements in the 2006 Constitution, and the government immediately began the process of implementing the new laws. The laws are intended to increase judicial independence and efficiency a [...]
2009-11-02 12:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1534FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...]
2009-12-22 13:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS SNAR SR
09BELGRADE212SERBIA: TADIC TARGETS ORGANIZED CRIME
[...] (SBU) President Tadic has declared that the Serbian government will take on entrenched organized crime groups in order to break their linkages with business and the state, and thereby enable Serbia to cope with the economic crisis. The message, which marks a distinct shift in the government's [...]
2009-03-12 16:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS KV SR
09BELGRADE280SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND
[...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...]
2009-03-31 15:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE420 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH,
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]
2009-05-14 16:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE480SERBIA/BOSNIA: INZKO VISIT UNDERSCORES OBSTACLES
[...] (U) This cable was cleared with Embassy Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) High Representative Inzko,s visit to Belgrade in early May refocused current challenges in bilateral relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In meetings with top Serbian officials, Inzko elicited Ser [...]
2009-06-04 16:34:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK SR
09BELGRADE645SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS
[...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...]
2009-07-07 09:21:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL
09BELGRADE667SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]
2009-07-13 13:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE836ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHT IN SERBIA
[...] (SBU) Top Serbian officials publicly announced a campaign against organized crime and appear to be committed to fight it. Serbia has had some regional cooperation successes, and officials talk about further initiatives. A series of recently enacted laws, and several additional contemplated la [...]
2009-08-11 13:58:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM SR
09BERLIN1002CDU AND CSU HOLD THE CARDS IN GERMANY'S COALITION
[...] (C) With politicians returning from their annual summer vacation to face seven weeks of intense campaigning, speculation is rife about how Germany's coalition poker game will play out as the mainstream political parties jockey for position. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CD [...]
2009-08-14 15:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1148MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, U.S.-WILSON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Presidential Elections 3. (EU) Barroso Election 4. (Economic) U.S. Recession, Lehman Bros. 5. (U.S.) Issue of Race in America  [...]
2009-09-17 11:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1176MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN
[...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]
2009-09-22 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1199MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...]
2009-09-28 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO
09BERLIN1234MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...]
2009-10-02 14:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US
09BERLIN1241A FEW GOOD MINISTERS: WHO MIGHT BE WHERE IN THE
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) began coalition negotiations on October 5, and although personnel issues will be addressed last, speculation on the Cabinet make-up already is in full swing. German cabinet minister [...]
2009-10-05 12:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1259DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...]
2009-10-07 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM
09BERLIN1285MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...]
2009-10-15 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1339EU SUMMIT DOMINATED BY CZECH DEMANDS; PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: German experts believe that EU leaders will spend much of the October 29-30 EU Summit coordinating with the Czechs over final steps needed to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Meanwhile, there seems little likelihood that the summit will produce actual candidates for the new positions of EU [...]
2009-10-26 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN GM
09BERLIN1340GERMANY'S NEW COALITION AGREEMENT: THE DOMESTIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany's recently elected CDU/CSU-FDP coalition signed a Coalition Agreement -- the document setting out policy priorities for the next four years -- on October 24, 2009. The agreement includes several elements -- tax cuts worth around 24 billion euros for individuals and pri [...]
2009-10-26 17:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1358MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...]
2009-10-28 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1371MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...]
2009-10-30 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US
09BERLIN1373SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...]
2009-10-30 17:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM
09BERLIN1381MEDIA REACTION: GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN THE US, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. US-Germany/Climate 3. Afghan Presidential Elections 4. Secretary Clinton in the Mideast  [...]
2009-11-02 13:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF XF
09BERLIN1392SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]
2009-11-03 17:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1420MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall 3. OEF Offensive in Kunduz 4. GM/Opel 5. Top EU Jobs  [...]
2009-11-10 11:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1434MFA STATE MINISTER HOYER DEFENDS WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer strongly defended the new government's commitment to seek the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons from Germany during a November 10 meeting with EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy, arguing that there was not one credible scenario in w [...]
2009-11-12 17:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO MNUC PARM GM RU AF
09BERLIN144MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...]
2009-02-04 12:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1458MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...]
2009-11-17 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1460GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REJECT PARTY'S TOP-DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's struggling Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted in a new leadership and recommitted itself to serving as the country's center-left people's party at its November 13-15 party convention. After having suffered its worst defeat at the polls since World War II, the newly [...]
2009-11-17 14:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF GM
09BERLIN1469MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...]
2009-11-18 11:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1481MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]
2009-11-23 07:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1483MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...]
2009-11-23 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG
09BERLIN1578GERMANY DEFENDS EXPORT MODEL BUT EXAMINES WAYS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In December 7 meetings in Berlin, German officials expressed a cautious optimism about Germany's recovery, but stressed that downside risks remain, particularly weaknesses at state-owned banks ("Landesbanken"). They were also concerned about Greece's debt position and the thre [...]
2009-12-14 09:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM PREL
09BERLIN1609GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...]
2009-12-21 16:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1628MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, TERRORISM, ISRAEL, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) Clashes Between Regime and Opposition 4. (Terrorism) U.S.-Yemen 5. (Israel) New Settlements 6. (Afghanistan) London Conference  [...]
2009-12-31 13:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR YM IS AF
09BERLIN187GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]
2009-02-13 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN215(C) GERMANS WARN THAT BUY AMERICA COULD PROMPT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials have encountered strong official reactions, public outcry and unfavorable press on Buy America provisions in the U.S. stimulus package. Germans are widely concerned about their impact on an already troubled export-oriented economy. Embassy representatives re [...]
2009-02-20 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL GM
09BERLIN272GM Calls for State Funds in Opel Plan: Germans Wary
[...] Summary. This week, GM presented the German government with its plan to partially divorce Opel by creating a holding company. The plan would require the German government to provide funding support to the new company. German Economics Minister zu Guttenberg promised a German government respo [...]
2009-03-06 16:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
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