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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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09TRIPOLI64AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is passing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sensitive and [...]
2009-01-28 14:20:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY
09TRIPOLI68AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is relinquishing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sen [...]
2009-01-29 09:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY
09TRIPOLI741VISA WOES AND LIBYAN BUREAUCRACY: CHINESE COMPANIES FACE SIMILAR ISSUES AS U.S. FIRMS IN LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 15:06:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELTN LY ETRD ECPS EPET CH
09TRIPOLI924LIBYAN SUCCESSION: QADHAFI ORCHESTRATING THE BOYS' HIGH WIRE ACT? REF: A) TRIPOLI 883; B) TRIPOLI 685; C) TRIPOLI 212; D) 08 TRIPOLI 699; E) TRIP OLI 487; F) 08 TRIPOLI 870; G) STATE 43049; H) TRIPOLI 661; I) TRIPOLI 208; J) TRIPOLI 899
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 15:52:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR LY
09TRIPOLI938LIBYA HALTS HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FUEL TRANSFER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Following a four-day standoff, the Russian plane scheduled to remove Libya's last remaining HEU spent fuel stores departed Libya without its cargo. Despite bilateral agreements with the U.S. and Russia -- and intensive outreach efforts by the U.S. and Russian Ambassadors -- Libyan [...]
2009-11-25 13:59:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS MNUC PARM PINR RS KGIC KNNP KRAD ENRG
09TRIPOLI960SAIF AL-ISLAM'S STAFF REACHES OUT ON POL-MIL ISSUES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During recent meetings, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi's staff has shown an increased interest in bilateral military and security issues, particularly requests linked to Captain Khamis al-Qadhafi, including purchases of helicopters and "Tiger" vehicle components, and M113 refurbishment. S [...]
2009-12-14 09:05:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KACT MCAP MASS LY
09TUNIS830TUNISIA AND UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] (C) The Ambassador explained U.S. opposition to no-vote actions, and requested Tunisian support (or at least abstention) on pending human rights resolutions concerning Iran, Burma, and North Korea in a November 12 meeting with Mokhtar Chaouachi, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Internatio [...]
2009-11-13 16:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TS UN
09UNVIEVIENNA100ISRAEL STILL CONSIDERING UNODC MAJOR DONOR STATUS,
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting on March 11, DCM and MsnOff met with Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Deputy Director Eitan Gorni and Israeli MFA Director of the International Organizations Department Tibor Shalev-Shlosser to discuss Israeli participation in the CND and UNODC as well as consultative g [...]
2009-03-12 13:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
09UNVIEVIENNA260IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO
[...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]
2009-06-05 12:06:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA435IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON
[...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...]
2009-09-22 16:05:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA526 IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA544IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...]
2009-12-03 15:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09USEUBRUSSELS1681EUPOL COPPS LOOKING FOR EXPANSION AND GREATER USSC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) implements police training and mentoring programs and serves as a clearing house for EU Member States, bilateral financial contributions to the Palestinian police. Begun in early 2006 as a 33-person financ [...]
2009-12-18 06:46:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNKPMI WE EUN PREL PINS XF WBG
09USEUBRUSSELS554THIRD STATES LEVERAGING ESDP TO PURSUE THEIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 16:23:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR EUN
09USNATO115MARCH 12 HLTF: NATO ALLIES PRESS U.S. TO LEAD ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 12 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, three main themes emerged from Allies' comments on next steps regarding CFE: 1) Allied support for U.S. leadership in engaging Russia on CFE; 2) support for the Parallel Actions Package as the basis for engagement; and 3) [...]
2009-03-23 17:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO121USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...]
2009-03-25 13:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK
09USNATO145READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 8,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN
09USNATO166AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...]
2009-05-05 08:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS
09USNATO173SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...]
2009-05-05 15:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
09USNATO197NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 13,2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 15:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO AF XG
09USNATO238NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 3,2009
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: At the June 3 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies discussed continuing disagreements over the scope of the proposed NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer stressed the urgency of reaching a [...]
2009-06-05 19:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO247RFG: NOMINATION OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE
[...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. ----------------------- The Call for Nomination ----------------------- 2. (C/NF) The Danish Representative to NATO, in his capacity as dean of the Council, passed a letter from Secretary General-designate Rasmussen to the Allies o [...]
2009-06-09 17:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL
09USNATO289ASD NACHT-LED TEAM CONSULTS WITH NATO ALLIES ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: An interagency delegation led by ASD Michael Nacht met with NATO Allies on June 29 to discuss and consult regarding the ongoing USG Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR),potential MD cooperation with Russia, and the synergy of NATO and U.S. plans for MD in Europe. Allies [...]
2009-07-03 11:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR NATO RS
09USNATO299NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 8,2009
[...] (S/NF) Summary of the July 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies were briefed on ISAF's revised tactical directive which emphasized the importance of population security. The Deputy Secretary General and Allies expressed frustration at not being notified by militar [...]
2009-07-13 18:05:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO309JULY 9 MEETING REAFFIRMS NATO CONSENSUS ON CFE
[...] (C) Summary: Keying off of U.S. briefings on CFE discussion at the U.S.-Russia Summit in Moscow and shared experiences at the June 9 Berlin CFE meeting and the Corfu Ministerials, Allies used a brief HLTF meeting to reaffirm a general consensus on next steps with regard to CFE. Allies reaff [...]
2009-07-17 13:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO315NATO AWACS IN THE UAE TO SUPPORT ISAF - LEGAL
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Lawrence Rossin on July 20 briefed Allies in the Political Committee about difficulties and potential opportunities in his negotiations with the UAE regarding the potential of basing NATO AWACS at al-Ain airbase in support of the ISAF opera [...]
2009-07-20 18:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS AE AF
09USNATO334RASMUSSEN TAKES CHARGE; ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY On August 3--his first day of official business at NATO Headquarters--new NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen released his roadmap for completing NATO's new Strategic Concept in time for a NATO Summit in the fall of 2010. He also named the 12 individuals he has chos [...]
2009-08-03 16:05:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREF PTER MOPS MAR IC
09USNATO395ALLIES WELCOME INTER-AGENCY BRIEFING ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies received a September 17 briefing on the President's decision on the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review positively, especially its linkage with NATO's missile defense plans. A number of Allies asked questions regarding possible missile defense cooperation with Rus [...]
2009-09-17 21:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO4DECEMBER 17-18 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS
[...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: During meetings of Experts on 17 and 18 December, Allies de-conflicted the 2009 Vienna Document 99 Verification Schedule. In addition, the U.S. secured CFE quota inspections to Armenia and Ukraine, a Flank inspection to Ukraine and two Additional Paid inspections to Ukr [...]
2009-01-06 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO
09USNATO422NATO/VCC: SEPTEMBER 21 VCC AND EXPERTS - ALLIES
[...] (C) Summary: Experts reviewed implementation coordination procedures in accordance with para 11 of AC/319-D(2009)001(INV) and agreed that, for the purposes of coordinating verification activities in November/December 2009, Allies should continue to use the procedures contained therein. The VC [...]
2009-10-01 16:05:00Mission USNATOSECRETKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO491NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS LITTLE AT AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) held an October 21 discussion on Afghanistan and Pakistan that saw the U.S. and Allies ask Russia to provide additional assistance to Afghanistan, while Moscow offered nothing concrete and reiterated its call for the Alliance to work with the Collect [...]
2009-10-30 13:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS
09USNATO52JANUARY 29 HLTF: ALLIES WILLING TO WAIT FOR U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the January 29 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, two clear messages - pointedly directed at the U.S. - emerged. First, Allies continue to place high importance on a unified NATO strategy for retaining the CFE regime and getting it back on track. Many specifically not [...]
2009-02-04 17:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO522NOVEMBER 5 HLTF MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the November 5 HLTF, Allies welcomed the U.S. proposal to revise NATO's NAC Communique message on CFE to reflect the Alliance's growing concern about Russia's continuing suspension of implementation of CFE. Most Allies also agreed in principle to the U.S.'s specific suggestion [...]
2009-11-16 15:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO580(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 3, 2009; 8:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special As [...]
2009-12-10 09:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO PGOV MOPS
09USNATO596WAY FORWARD ON SUPPORTING EUPOL EXPANSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe there may be an opportunity to enhance ISAF support for the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). Turkey and EU officials have indicated privately that they might be open to engaging on such an initiative. Unless instructed otherwise, USNATO intends to work inform [...]
2009-12-22 15:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV EUN MARR AF PINS
09USNATO625 FEB 2009 VVC AND EXPERTS: TURKEY NEARLY SCUTTLES 2009 VD 99 VERIFICATION COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 14:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO63READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Discussion focused on scheduling strategic instructed dialogues prior to the Krakow Defense Ministers, meeting on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, crafting an interim response to the Afghan-proposed military technical agreement, and Pa [...]
2009-02-13 15:56:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
09USNATO73ALLIES RECEPTIVE TO FRANK PRESENTATION BY PETRAEUS
[...] (C) Summary: General Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, held a well-received consultation with NATO Permanent Representatives on February 12. Allies were surprised by and receptive to his frankness. Petraeus reassured Allies that the U.S. will complete its Afghanistan strategic r [...]
2009-02-20 15:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF
09USOSCE13FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99
[...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...]
2009-01-29 15:21:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG
09USOSCE138FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...]
2009-06-04 15:44:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE145FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...]
2009-06-19 14:54:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE153CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...]
2009-07-02 10:50:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE156CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...]
2009-07-08 16:03:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE157OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 12:03:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE199OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009
[...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...]
2009-09-10 13:55:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE210OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009
[...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...]
2009-09-28 07:24:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ
09USOSCE256FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA
[...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]
2009-11-16 16:44:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE257FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA
[...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]
2009-11-17 07:14:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE260FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...]
2009-11-20 10:48:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE65OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A
[...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2009-03-25 16:22:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USUNNEWYORK1038PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]
2009-11-16 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1041UN FERNANDEZ-TARANCO BRIEFS USUN REGARDING RECENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Ambassador DiCarlo met with UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, following his recent return from Baghdad. Fernandez-Taranco reported that Iraqi officials have accepted that Taranco's mission was not an investigation; howeve [...]
2009-11-16 23:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ SY
09USUNNEWYORK1051SRSG MELKERT BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMI
[...] (U) Summary: On November 16 Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert briefed the Security Council regarding UNAMI activities during the last quarter, emphasizing the recent successful passage of an election law while highlighting the work remaining to hold credible el [...]
2009-11-18 15:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV UNSC IZ SY TY
09USUNNEWYORK1072BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES
[...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...]
2009-11-25 19:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK1073UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...]
2009-11-25 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1123UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...]
2009-12-15 21:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK1150UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...]
2009-12-23 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1152CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...]
2009-12-23 20:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK137GENERAL SUPPORT FROM UNSC MEMBERS FOR 1540 WORKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-14 00:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK151UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...]
2009-02-18 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK159UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...]
2009-02-19 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK19UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]
2009-01-13 21:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK227OCHA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON NGO EXPULSIONS FROM SUDAN
[...] Summary: Libya began March 6 Security Council consultations on Darfur by noting that the African Union and Arab League would send a high-level delegation to brief the Council on regional organizations' unanimous opinion that the Council should defer prosecution of President Bashir by invokin [...]
2009-03-10 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK230UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]
2009-03-10 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK248UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...]
2009-03-11 21:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK328UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...]
2009-03-27 22:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK345UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]
2009-04-02 00:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK355DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...]
2009-04-06 17:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK401DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...]
2009-04-16 14:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK407DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...]
2009-04-21 15:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK433UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK
[...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...]
2009-04-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK453CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...]
2009-05-04 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK483SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING EU
[...] (SBU) Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told Ambassador Rice on May 6 that Sweden's priority during its upcoming EU presidency would be to prepare to address EU institutional issues under the assumption that the Lisbon Treaty would be fully ratified by the end of the year. Lyrvall thou [...]
2009-05-12 01:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EUN
09USUNNEWYORK485SRSG ADADA IN SHARP EXCHANGE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's April report on the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). SRSG Adada characterized the situation in Darfur as a "low-intensity" conflict with a high-risk of escalation an [...]
2009-05-12 01:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK493UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK500SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY:
[...] (C) The Security Council held short consultations on May 13 on the Secretary-General's transmittal to the Council of his letter and summary of the Gaza Board of Inquiry report and Libya's draft resolution on the matter. The Council agreed to take no further action and asked the Presidency to [...]
2009-05-13 23:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK507TURKISH PR ILKIN RAISES IRAQ, CYPRUS WITH
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Turkish PR Ilkin met with Ambassador Rice on May 13 to discuss Turkey,s Presidency of the Security Council in June. Ilkin said his Foreign Minister would like to chair the quarterly debate on Iraq/UNAMI, tentatively scheduled for June 18. Ambassador Rice said [...]
2009-05-14 21:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK517UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS
[...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...]
2009-05-18 19:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK532CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP
[...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...]
2009-05-26 22:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK592DPRK: COUNCIL VOTES TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and impose new sanctions. All Council members delivered statements that were generally supportive of the text and condemned t [...]
2009-06-13 02:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK608SRSG DE MISTURA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN A
[...] (U) Summary: On June 18, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMI/Iraq. Turkish FM Davutoglu chaired the meeting, which included interventions by all Council members, Iraqi PR Bayati and SRSG Staffan de Mistura in his last address before the Council. De Mistura praised the work [...]
2009-06-20 01:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK64UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...]
2009-01-30 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK641ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...]
2009-06-30 20:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK689BAN BRIEFS THE UNSC ON JULY 3-4 TRAVEL TO BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an open session of the Security Council on July 13, Secretary-General Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" in the regime's refusal to allow a visit with Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). However, he added that he was able to convey key recommendations, including the release of all [...]
2009-07-14 22:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK700GREECE: NEW PERMREP DISCUSSES MACEDONIA, CYPRUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis told Ambassador Wolff during a July 14 introductory call, that he thought Greece would be prepared to settle the name dispute with Macedonia with a geographical qualifier such as "North Macedonia", but that Greece would want a Secu [...]
2009-07-17 23:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE GR
09USUNNEWYORK701DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE MAKES NEW SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") unanimously approved a package of new sanctions designations, which included five entities, five individuals, and two technical items linked to DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The Committee acted in res [...]
2009-07-18 00:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK788UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...]
2009-08-24 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK811GREEK PERMREP FORSEES NO NEAR-TERM PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory call, newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis sought Ambassador Rice's concurrence to schedule a Security Council briefing by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as Chairwoman-in-Office of the OSCE during the UNGA Ministerial Week. Mitsialis exp [...]
2009-09-02 14:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP MK TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK812DPRK: PANEL OF EXPERTS ALMOST UP AND RUNNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-created UN Panel of Experts (POE) for North Korea is on track to be operational by mid- to late-September, somewhat later than planned. As a result of various delays -- namely political wrangling and logistics snags -- none of the seven experts has yet arrived in New Yo [...]
2009-09-02 16:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK828UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 3 for the third meeting of the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 43 delegations, including all of the P-5, spoke on the intermediate model. The UK and France did not of [...]
2009-09-09 22:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK841DPRK: COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PANEL REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the UN Secretariat briefed the Council on the establishment of the DPRK Panel of Experts (POE),a body mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve the implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The Secretariat explained that only two POE membe [...]
2009-09-16 15:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK850THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SEPTEMBER 16 LUNCH WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion during the monthly Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hosted by Ambassador Rice in her capacity as Security Council President, Ban updated Permreps on UN activities in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and [...]
2009-09-21 20:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM
09USUNNEWYORK854UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...]
2009-09-23 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO
09USUNNEWYORK859CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS TELLS P-5 HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At an annual lunch with P-5 missions to the UN, Cyprus President Demitris Christofias said he was not optimistic about the possible outcome of Cyprus reunification talks. He cited Turkish PM Erdogan as being responsible for Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's hard position o [...]
2009-09-28 16:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNFICYP CU CY
09USUNNEWYORK860POTUS CHAIRS UNSC SUMMIT, PASSES UNANIMOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama on September 24 convened a heads-of-state summit of the UN Security Council at which resolution 1887 on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation was adopted unanimously and with full Council co-sponsorship. In addition to the 15 Security Council members [...]
2009-09-29 12:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09USUNNEWYORK885UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.)
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...]
2009-10-09 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM
09USUNNEWYORK893SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]
2009-10-13 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK916THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S 14 OCTOBER LUNCH WITH THE
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) In the monthly UN Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the SYG discussed Guinea, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan with PermReps. The lunch was hosted by Vietnamese PermRep Le Luong Minh, in his capacity as [...]
2009-10-15 21:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PK GV AF SU
09USUNNEWYORK947TURKISH PERMREP APAKAN PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 courtesy meeting, Turkish Permrep Ertugul Apakan invited Ambassador Rice to visit Turkey. He said a workshop/retreat on peacekeeping and peacebuilding, which Turkey was considering hosting during the summer of 2010, might be a good opportunity. Apakan thoug [...]
2009-10-26 20:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC TU
09USUNNEWYORK968SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559,
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...]
2009-10-30 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK99164TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 13:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09VALLETTA498PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SYG
[...] (S) SUMMARY. U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec met November 12 with Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM),at Piazzi's request. Piazzi urged U.S. support for and participation in PAM's planned February meeting in Malta on the Jerus [...]
2009-11-16 19:12:00Embassy VallettaSECRETPREL KPAL IS MT
09VANCOUVER261CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry a [...]
2009-11-10 17:20:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC KFRD CPAS CMGT CA
09VATICAN134AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...]
2009-12-18 11:44:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN78HOLY SEE: SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT’S JULY 10 VISIT
[...] (C/NF) Holy See officials also are pleased you are visiting. Your meeting with Pope Benedict XVI will be an opportunity to discuss our shared commitments to overarching goals such as peace, justice, development, human dignity, and inter-faith understanding. From the Vatican's perspective, it will a [...]
2009-06-26 16:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VT
09VIENNA1554Hydropower, Austria's Mixed Blessing
[...] SUMMARY: Austria is blessed with extensive hydropower resources which provide the bulk of its electricity supply -- but come with environmental and political costs. Austria's hydropower potential is (TWh) 56 terawatt hours annually -- of which 38 TWh are already installed -- but further expan [...]
2009-12-09 15:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV ECON KGHG AU
09VIENNA1589AUSTRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. Introduction and General Assessment ----------------------------------- 2. Accordin [...]
2009-12-18 12:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
09VIENNA381TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA AVOIDS
[...] (C) Summary: The international movement of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen is represented in Austria by a cultural foundation, a high school, and a newspaper. While Gulenists in Austria are openly critical of the Turkish secular state, they avoid controversies over Muslim integration [...]
2009-03-30 15:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU AU
09VIENNA603AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES "ANTI-SEMITISM" IN
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Faymann on May 18 denounced Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the rightwing, xenophobic Freedom Party (FPO) as a "hatemonger" and said the FPO was trying to stir up anti-Semitism with a campaign ad promising to veto EU membership for Israel (and Turkey). Leaders from [...]
2009-05-20 07:45:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AU
09YEREVAN103DEFENSE MINISTER REVIEWS CSTO, RUSSIA, REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian reviewed Armenia's regional security perspectives with Ambassador February 10. He commented that the recently-announced CSTO reaction force remains only "on paper." He linked Russia's military presence in Armenia to the potential threat posed by [...]
2009-02-17 16:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO CIS RU TU AJ AF AM
09YEREVAN135ARMENIA'S 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 12:59:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
09YEREVAN2CARC DIRECTOR HEARS PESSIMISM ON DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) During his December 7-10 visit to Yerevan, EUR-CARC Director Baxter Hunt met with civil society leaders, members of parliament, heads of various think tanks, business leaders, senior officials, and representatives of the political opposition to discuss a wide range of domestic and foreign [...]
2009-01-05 10:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN201SPEAKER LEANS FORWARD ON MARCH 1 DETAINEES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Without revealing specifics, National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian seemed to signal dramatic new moves on releasing March 1 (and election-related) detainees in the upcoming weeks, now that the parliament has enacted the criminal code revisions negotiated with PACE. He indica [...]
2009-03-23 08:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE GG TU AJ RU AM
09YEREVAN228SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009)-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Armenia remains a high-fraud post. While consular staff members periodically uncover fraud rings and other organized plots, post's interviewing officers deal with small-scale fraud every day. Due to widespread document fraud, including birth and marriage certificates as well a [...]
2009-03-30 14:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PHUM KFRD KCRM AM
09YEREVAN257EU-ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION DOCUMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armenian and European parliamentarians agreed to a "Final Statement and Recommendations of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee meeting" (text below) on April 8. The text lists 41 points of interest in EU-Armenia relations, and is remarkable for its [...]
2009-04-15 10:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EU AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN275SERIES OF SMALL PROTESTS AT EMBASSY CALL FOR U.S.
[...] The Embassy has been visited by a string of small, brief demonstration rallies in recent days, each calling for the U.S. Government to label the Armenian massacres of 1915 as "genocide." Each of these demonstrations amounted to several dozen participants. First in line, on April 16, was the [...]
2009-04-27 03:59:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC AM
09YEREVAN286MEDIA REACTION: Armenia - Turkey Negotiations, the Long
[...] (SBU) Both print and TV media extensively covered the April 23 joint "road map" statement by Turkish, Armenian and Swiss foreign ministries on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. President Sargsian and FM Nalbandian made strong public statements of support for the proposal, which w [...]
2009-04-30 07:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO KMDR KDEM AM
09YEREVAN319ARMENIAN OPINION LEADERS DEBATE TURKEY-ARMENIA TIES
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted five prominent television and political personalities April 22 for a lively discussion of Armenia-Turkey relations. The Armenian guests remained convinced that the Turks are unscrupulously exploiting Armenia's diplomatic initiatives in order to prevent "genocide" recogni [...]
2009-05-14 06:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN335DASHNAK LEADERS EXPLAIN DECISION TO EXIT COALITION
[...] (C) Leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) told the Ambassador that they exited the coalition in response to the April 22 Turkish-Armenia joint statement to normalize relations. They said that Armenia had gotten nothing out of it, while Turkey had success [...]
2009-05-18 09:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN382LTP REFUSES SEATS ON CITY COUNCIL; PRESIDENT HAILS ELECTION
[...] (SBU) At the peaceful yet heavily policed post-election June 1 rally held by the Armenian National Congress (ANC),Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) denounced Yerevan's May 31 mayoral election as the "ugliest election in Armenia's history." He announced that the ANC would not occupy the projected 13 [...]
2009-06-04 11:45:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN422EUR A/S GORDON'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Meeting with EUR A/S Philip Gordon on June 9, former Armenian Foreign Minister and current leader of the opposition Raffi Hovannisian characterized the results of the recent elections for Yerevan Mayor and City Council as a "failed post-Soviet" election that shows the challenge Armenia fa [...]
2009-06-18 05:30:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AJ AM
09YEREVAN424ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS GLOOMY ON
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Philip Gordon met with four of Armenia's civil society leaders to learn their views on the current state of human rights and democratization in Armenia. The leaders offered a gloomy assessment, recounting their experiences with Yer [...]
2009-06-18 05:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN465YEREVAN'S RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON POLITICAL
[...] (U) Following are post's responses to Ref A questions: 2. (C) WHICH NATIONAL LEADER AND/OR CABINET FIGURES ARE MOST ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DECISIONMAKING? ARE THERE DIFFERING OPINIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP REGARDING APPROPRIATE ACTIONS IN LIGHT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS? The [...]
2009-07-02 08:01:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR ECON EFIN EINT AJ AM GG
09YEREVAN567EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH ARF/DASHNAKTSUTIUN
[...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's meeting on August 8 with ARF/Dashnaktsutiun leaders Vahan Hovhannisian and Giro Manoyan indicated this leading opposition group remains skeptical about President Sargsian's efforts to negotiate reconciliation with Turkey and an end to the conflict over Nagorno Karab [...]
2009-08-17 11:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN608ECONOMIC PROJECTS READY TO GO -- EVEN WITHOUT
[...] (C) Opening the border between Armenia and Turkey is generally expected to produce long-term economic benefits for both countries. However, even without formal opening of the border or establishment of diplomatic relations, projects in the transportation, energy and telecommunications are near [...]
2009-09-02 11:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG ETRD AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN687ARMENIA'S OPPONENTS TO PROTOCOLS RATCHET UP THEIR
[...] (C) Less than two weeks before Armenia's and Turkey's foreign ministers are to sign their agreed protocols to establish bilateral relations, domestic and Diaspora opponents of President Sargsian's rapprochement policy are ratcheting up their rhetoric against the protocols and the President. A [...]
2009-09-30 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN700ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES RESTRICTIVE
[...] (SBU) On September 23 the GOAM approved proposed changes to the Law on Public Organizations (NGO law) which, if adopted by the Parliament, threaten to restrict significantly the rights of NGOs and increase government control of their finances. There were no public discussions held with the NGO [...]
2009-10-02 13:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AM
09YEREVAN719OPEN BORDER COULD INCREASE TRADE AND COOPERATION,
[...] (C) The closure of Armenia's border with neighboring Turkey has isolated this landlocked country and imposed a high price in terms of lost economic opportunities. Armenia is not part of any regional transportation or energy network. Its isolation has helped foster import monopolies, stifled [...]
2009-10-13 14:41:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG ETRD PROG PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN753AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ARAGATSOTN MARZ ASSESSES
[...] (SBU) NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERNET. HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Yovanovitch's September 15 trip to Aragatsotn Marz, one of the nation's poorer regions, included visits to USG assistance project sites as well as meetings with Governor Sargis Sahakian, Ashtarak Mayor Gagik [...]
2009-10-26 12:34:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
09YEREVAN771ADVANCING HR/ROL AGENDA WITH THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prosecutor General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepian on October 28 in an attempt to advance Post's human rights and rule of law agenda. The specific goals of the meeting were to acknowledge the PG's recent intervention in the release of two civil society activists--that Post ha [...]
2009-11-02 10:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS KTIP TU AM
09YEREVAN789FATE OF PROTOCOLS--DEPENDS ON TURKEY'S RATIFICATION
[...] (C) In light of the executive branch's dominance of the unicameral National Assembly, where President Sargsian's ruling Republican party and its loyal coalition partners control 97 out of 131 seats, ratification of the protocols to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations is essentially a one-man [...]
2009-11-10 13:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN8 DAS GRAFFY VISITS ARMENIA, EMPHASIZES ENGLISH LANGUAGE
[...] Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in Europe and Eurasia Colleen Graffy visited Yerevan from December 12 - 14, 2008. DAS Graffy held fruitful discussions with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Ara Tadevosyan, Director of the NATO Information Center. She als [...]
2009-01-08 04:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AM
09YEREVAN865DEPUTY PM DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING, INVITES AMB
[...] (C) On November 25 Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian to discuss Armenia's current anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador emphasized that Armenia needed to continue the positive momentum it had achieved with its improved ranking last year, and that now was [...]
2009-12-15 06:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN TU AM
09YEREVAN885ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WEIGHS IN ON
[...] (C) Parliamentary Speaker Abrahamian believes, based on conversation with his Turkish counterpart, that the Turkish Parliament has the votes necessary to ratify the Turkey-Armenia normalization protocols, if the government makes the political decision to proceed. On democracy and human rights [...]
2009-12-22 13:48:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09ZAGREB132POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT INFORMAL SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 5 and 6 Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic hosted an informal meeting of Southeastern European Defense Ministers that focused on advancing peace and stability through Euro-Atlantic integration. Defense Ministers from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, an [...]
2009-03-10 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO HR
10ADANA1SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: DECEMBER 28, 2009 - JANUARY 3,
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of December 28, 2009 - January 3, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security [...]
2010-01-08 14:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA11SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 9, 2010
[...] (U) The security assistant at Consulate Adana compiled the following security incidents for the period of February 1 - 9, 2010, from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends o [...]
2010-02-11 11:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA12SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 25-31, 2010
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 25-31, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tre [...]
2010-02-11 11:12:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA13SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 10 - 15, 2010
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of February 10 - 15, 2010, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation an [...]
2010-02-18 12:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA15SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 23, 2010
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of February 16 - 23, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and [...]
2010-02-25 12:12:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA3SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 04, 2010 - JANUARY 10,
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 04, 2010 - January 10, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA5SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 11-19, 2010
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 11-19, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tre [...]
2010-01-22 08:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA7SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 18-25, 2010
[...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 18-25, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tr [...]
2010-01-30 08:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA9TURKEY: SPIKE IN SYRIAN VISITORS TO SOUTHERN TURKEY FOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reciprocal abolishment of the visa regime between Turkey and Syria on September 18, 2009, has resulted in a spike in Syrian visitors to Mersin, Hatay and Gaziantep. According to contacts, the travel, tourism and retail sectors have seen vigorous business that only promise [...]
2010-02-01 15:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON PTER TU SY PREL
10ALGIERS111ALGERIA: DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANY
[...] (C/NF) Eight directors, including the CEO, of Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach are under investigation for corruption and have been fired and replaced. Industry insiders fear company operations will soon be affected. Algeria's intelligence services are leading the investigation. This sc [...]
2010-02-08 16:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ENRG ECON ETRD KCRM PINS AG
10AMMAN329JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN ADM
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The Chairman's visit comes at a time when Jordan has made significant contributions both in Afghanistan and to broader regional security: encouraging Syria to seek a moderate Arab alternative to Iranian influence, maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli- [...]
2010-02-08 06:43:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS OVIP JO
10AMMAN455JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan continued to demonstrate a strong commitment and made steady progress to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). The primary achievement was the completion of a strong legal framework to prevent and prosecute TIP, which included the passage of a compreh [...]
2010-02-25 11:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO
10ANKARA102TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 11:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA107CIVILIAN COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on a petition filed by the staunchly secularist opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),Turkey's Constitutional Court January 21 overturned the June 26,2009 law that sought to establish civilian courts' jurisdiction over military personnel accused of crimes against sta [...]
2010-01-22 16:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MARR TU
10ANKARA114TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA118PROPOSAL TO SEND TURKISH JOURNALISTS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. Turkey: A Key Contributor in Afghanistan... ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is an important contributor to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and is a key partner in the USG' [...]
2010-01-25 15:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
10ANKARA120TURKISH MILITARY TAKES A POUNDING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: "Taraf" newspaper broke the newest in a chain of alleged anti-democratic military plots on January 20, a day before the Constitutional Court overturned a 2009 law extending civilian court jurisdiction to military officers (REFTEL). The newspaper claimed the Turkish First Army [...]
2010-01-25 16:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR PINS PREL TU
10ANKARA121CHP DEPUTY CHAIR OYMAN ON EARLY ELECTIONS, MIL-GOV
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 23 conversation with the Ambassador, Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Oyman predicted elections in 2010 that would cost the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) its ability to govern without forming a coalition. AKP's likely partner wou [...]
2010-01-25 17:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA122TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 11:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA126SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT:
[...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...]
2010-01-26 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM
10ANKARA130TURKEY: CHOD ANGRILY DISMISSES PLOT (AGAIN),
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's military chief delivered a forceful and at times angry response to the allegations surrounding the alleged 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plot. General Basbug took particular issue with the claim that the military had planned to bomb mosques in order to create the environment [...]
2010-01-26 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA131UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 16-23, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23 period, one security official was [...]
2010-01-27 11:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA135TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA14CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH MFA PLUGS NEW PROPOSAL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu on January 5 passed the Charge a copy of the Turkish Cypriots' latest proposal on Governance and Power-Sharing that includes a cross-voting provision to enable Greek Cypriots to have a 10-20 percent weighted vote on Turkish Cypriot candidates [...]
2010-01-05 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU UNFICYP US
10ANKARA145KEY QUESTIONS FOR NEW U.S.-TURKISH ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Following up on the successful announcement of the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Turkey during PM Erdogan's visit, we now need to put meat on the bones of the proposal. I and my staff will be working closely with the Turks, but the USG will [...]
2010-01-28 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV USTR TU
10ANKARA147IN SOUTHEAST, DESPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...]
2010-01-29 05:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR TU
10ANKARA148IN SOUTHEAST, DISPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...]
2010-01-29 07:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR TU
10ANKARA150TURKEY: OF COUPS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
[...] (C) Reports of coup plots against PM Erdogan's Islamist-leaning government have been a staple of the Turkish media since 2007. Despite protests by Turkey's top brass that there is no substance to the allegations, a growing percentage of the population believes that at least some elements wit [...]
2010-01-29 07:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU
10ANKARA152FIRST ACTIVE DUTY FLAG OFFICER CHARGED IN
[...] (C) Summary: A civilian court has accepted an indictment against several active duty military officers -- including an one-star admiral -- and has reportedly rejected the military court's request to transfer the case to the military judicial system. The officers are charged with involvement in [...]
2010-01-29 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS TU
10ANKARA155TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA163TURKISH MFA: "WE'LL KEEP UP OUR PRESSURE" ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with MFA U/S Sinirlioglu, the Ambassador conveyed REF A points on increasing pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Sinirlioglu noted that the Turkish Government is skeptical about the usefulness of new sanctions, but considers unity of the intern [...]
2010-02-02 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TU IS IR
10ANKARA167UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 24-31, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 24-31, no security official was killed. The [...]
2010-02-03 05:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA168TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 05:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA17TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA173GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...]
2010-02-03 08:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA174GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...]
2010-02-03 09:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA175 Science Envoy Finds Strong Programs, Opportunities in
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On a January 13-15 visit to Ankara and Istanbul, Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail met with academics, government officials, and PM Erdogan. He was impressed by the GOT's strong commitment to S&T development and the programs being implemented in academia and the private sector, all o [...]
2010-02-03 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV TU
10ANKARA176TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA184 FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE" GATHERS STEAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The looming February 4 nationwide "work stoppage" by six major labor confederations is garnering extensive media coverage but few reliable predictions on the extent of participation. Turk-Is President Kumlu has carefully emphasized that what they will launch should not be term [...]
2010-02-03 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA185PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 2 conversation with parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Murat Mercan, the Ambassador elicited the senior governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP's perspectives on Israel, Iran and the recent Armenian Constitutional Court ruling. Mercan ar [...]
2010-02-04 09:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EFIN KTFN PINR ETTC IS IR TU
10ANKARA191TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA194EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY
[...] January 6 - The EXBS Advisor and Coordinator met with Ender Gurleyik and Mehmet Akilli, Department Heads for the Directorate General of Customs Enforcement to discuss EXBS training events scheduled for 2010, review Customs equipment needs, and to request border crossing visits for equipment [...]
2010-02-05 10:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
10ANKARA201 FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE": MOSTLY MEDIA SPLASH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The February 4 one-day nationwide work stoppage by major labor confederations made a significant media splash but seemed to create only minor disruptions across Turkey. Two confederations did not, in the end, participate in the work stoppage, although they had initially committed [...]
2010-02-05 17:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA203TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 06:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA214TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA215TURKEY: ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM THE "COUP ERA"
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 4 representatives of Turkey's General Staff (TGS) and the Interior Ministry signed a document which abolished the "EMASYA Protocol," a secret agreement between the military and the police which authorized the military to intervene unilaterally to restore pu [...]
2010-02-09 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA216UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 1-7, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 1-7, no security official was killed. The [...]
2010-02-10 06:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA219TURKEY VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2010 NAMES SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Visas Viper. 2. (C) The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. All the individuals listed in this cable were identified by as members of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL by the Turkish General S [...]
2010-02-10 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKVPR CVIS CMGT PNIR PTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA22Scenesetter for Science Envoy Dr. Zewail
[...] (SBU) While U.S. and Turkish entities collaborate in several areas of science and technology, both sides see room for and benefit to expanding collaboration. The Turks are particularly interested in results-oriented partnerships that can spur economic development. Currently, the strongest are [...]
2010-01-07 09:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV TU
10ANKARA220TURKEY VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2010 NAMES SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Visas Viper. 2. (C) The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. All the individuals listed in this cable were identified by as members of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL by the Turkish General S [...]
2010-02-10 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKVPR CVIS CMGT PNIR PTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA222TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA223COPENHAGEN ACCORD: TURKEY SAYS IT CANNOT TAKE ON
[...] (C) Summary and action request: We delivered reftel A points to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy, Water and Environment Murat Yavuz Ates on February 9. Ates said Turkey is still unsure if it will associate with the Copenhagen Accord because it is a developing country for energy and indu [...]
2010-02-10 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG TU KGHG
10ANKARA224TEKEL STRIKE: LAST GASP FOR LABOR MOVEMENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Now in its 58th day, the TEKEL strike is emerging as a defining moment for Turkey's labor movement and a significant political challenge for Prime Minister Erdogan. The strikers continue to draw major media attention, not least from the 200 workers who launched a hunger strike fi [...]
2010-02-10 16:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA229TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA23TURKISH MFA: LEGAL FRAMEWORK UNDERWAY TO OPEN HALKI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA told us January 6 it is preparing a legal framework for the opening of Halki Seminary that will center on Article 40 of the Lausanne Treaty, which gives non-Muslim minorities the right to manage their own religious institutions. The MFA said using the Lausanne Tr [...]
2010-01-07 09:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU US
10ANKARA230TURKEY SUPPORTS OIC ISLAMIC PEACE FORCE PROPOSAL
[...] (C) On February 2 MFA Middle East desk officer M. Rami Sayliman told us Turkey supports the "Islamic peace force" idea proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (a Turkish national). (Note: SG Ihsanoglu proposed the formation of a "depa [...]
2010-02-11 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA238TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA239ALLEGED PKK WARNING TO U.S. AGAINST PROVIDING UAVS
[...] (C) In comments responding to a question regarding the visit to Ankara by Secretary Gates on February 6 and USF-I Commanding General Odierno on February 3, the leader of the terrorist PKK reportedly issued a warning to the U.S., apparently against providing Turkey with an armed UAV capability. [...]
2010-02-12 16:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MOPS TU
10ANKARA24EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER
[...] Summary: At the request of the Office of Export Control, ISN/ECC, Middle East Desk,the EXBS Advisor conducted a curriculum review of the Royal Omani Police (ROP) Customs Training Department in Muscat,Oman, December 3-10, 2009. The review focused on the ROP Customs use of risk management pr [...]
2010-01-07 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
10ANKARA243NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY: GOOD COP, BAD COP
[...] (C) Summary. Though not in full election mode, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) appears to have begun its planning for national elections now set for mid-2011. Talks with senior party members suggest that the strategic party organs are kicking into gear to develop an election and post-ele [...]
2010-02-12 17:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA246D/SRAP JONES BILATERALS AT ISTANBUL REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Paul Jones met with senior representatives from China, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Organization of Islamic States (OIC) on the edges of the January 26 Afghanistan neighbors conference in Ista [...]
2010-02-16 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV AF TU
10ANKARA25TURKEY-ESDP CONFERENCE GENERATES HEAT, NOT LIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey pushed for regular consultations with and better treatment by the EU in matters related to European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) during a conference jointly hosted by the EU Institute for Security Studies (EU ISS) and the Turkish MFA in mid-December, but achieved no p [...]
2010-01-07 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EU TR
10ANKARA251SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul (MND Gonul) and the Chief of the Turkish Genral Staff General Ilker Basbug (Gen Basbug) in separate meetings during his bilateral visit to Ankara on February 6, 2010. Se [...]
2010-02-16 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL PTER TU
10ANKARA262TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA263SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS
[...] (C) Welcome to Turkey! With this cable, I'd like to update you on where the relationship stands. WHAT TO RAISE: -- Move forward on the Armenia protocols; an end to Turkey-Armenia reconciliation will harm, if not terminate, the Minsk Group process (para 3). -- Be prepared to support uni [...]
2010-02-17 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA267USF-I GENERAL ODIERNO'S COUNTER-PKK MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the top level of the Turkish inter-agency security affairs group, USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno agreed to develop an action plan to improve counter-terrorism pressure on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Odierno suggested the plan's initi [...]
2010-02-17 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
10ANKARA268USF-I COMMANDING GENERAL ODIERNO'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his February 4 meeting with USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated Interior Minister Besir Atalay's request, made in a separate meeting earlier that day, that USF-I work with Turkey to develop "a calendarized common [...]
2010-02-17 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA27TURKEY MAKES PROGRESS ON TURKMEN GAS VIA IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Yildiz attended the January 6 opening ceremony for the Turkmen-Iran natural gas pipeline and met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamidov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, and the energy ministers from both countries. Yildiz said progress was made in bringing Turkmen g [...]
2010-01-07 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA272TURKEY CONSIDERING DOING MORE TO SUPPORT ANSF
[...] (C) We delivered ref a points to MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Issues Section Head Esra Dogan on February 18. She confirmed that the GoT has received recent letters from both NATO SYG Rasmussen and DSACEUR regarding additional ISAF training requirements and said that Turkey is actively [...]
2010-02-18 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO
10ANKARA275TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA279UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 8-15, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 8-15, no security official was killed. The [...]
2010-02-19 17:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA285MISSION TURKEY'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] SUMMARY: Mission Turkey received 180 proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. Ankara, Adana, and Istanbul POL and PAS officers were energized by the vast number of responses from every corner of Turkey and worked together to reach out and brief [...]
2010-02-22 09:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SGWI SOCI KPAO KWMN PREL
10ANKARA286FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS FOR PRESIDENT GUL'S TERM?: A
[...] (C) Summary. Further examination regarding the timeline of the election of President Gul, the wording of the parliamentary decision after his election, and the constitutional amendment on direct presidential elections reveals no easy solution to the question of how long his term should be. Gi [...]
2010-02-22 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
10ANKARA287TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA288PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-simmering power struggle between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's secularist judiciary escalated sharply last week after the arrest of a provincial prosecutor in Erzincan who was investigating the activities of a religious group. The High Coun [...]
2010-02-23 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
10ANKARA289PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
10ANKARA290PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
10ANKARA291TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA294TURKEY: LARGEST WAVE OF MILITARY DETENTIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: On February 22 police detained 47 retired and active-duty military officers, including 17 flag-grade officers for -- according to press reports -- their alleged involvement in coup plots dating back to 2003-2004. Although coverage of the detentions blanketed the press, neither th [...]
2010-02-23 19:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA296MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT IRF REPORT'S REFERENCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 we were summoned to the MFA where Department Head for Human Rights Yonca Ozceri conveyed MFA concerns and objections to language in the State Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report regarding "security training" offered to "minority religious commun [...]
2010-02-24 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TU
10ANKARA298TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA3SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WASSERMAN SCHULTZ
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Ankara. Your visit comes one month after Prime Minister Erdogan and President Obama met for three hours, an event that received a warm reception in the Turkish press. The two leaders discussed our countries' close collaboration on Afghanistan, convincing Iran to give up its [...]
2010-01-04 08:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA30TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO DEFINE RESPONSE TO US
[...] (C) In a January 4 meeting focused largely on Missile Defense, Ambassador Jeffrey pressed Turkey's top military leaders to define more sharply their technical questions regarding the Phased Adaptive Approach and to be more specific on "precisely how NATO-ized" a system would need to be in ord [...]
2010-01-08 08:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO TU
10ANKARA300TURKEY: UNEASINESS CONTINUES FOLLOWING DETENTION
[...] (SBU) Despite on-going press speculation into the reasons and motivations behind the detention of nearly 50 military officers on February 22 (reftel) -- including discussions of a possible coup by some news outlets -- the situation in Turkey remains calm. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor has fo [...]
2010-02-24 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA302U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S
[...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...]
2010-02-25 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA304TURKEY: PRESIDENT, PM, AND CHOD MEET IN EFFORT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, PM Erdogan, and CHOD Basbug met on February 25 in an effort to dispel tensions resulting from the February 22 detention of scores of active duty and retired military officials, including the former deputy CHOD and retired force commanders (refs a and b). Deputy PM [...]
2010-02-25 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA307TURKEY: BDP TAKES THE HIGH ROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 23 meeting, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chairman Selahattin Demirtas struck a surprisingly moderate tone while outlining the goals and methods for the party. The conversation with Demirtas and other BDP leaders notably lacked any discussion of the PKK or its [...]
2010-02-25 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TU
10ANKARA312TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA314UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 16-23, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 16-23, no security official was killed. Th [...]
2010-02-26 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA315TURKEY: AFTER A BRIEF LULL, NEW ARRESTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: An Istanbul court on February 26 charged and jailed eleven of the officers detained in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plot against the government (bringing the total to 31). In addition, a new round of detentions in thirteen cities the same day brought another eighteen service [...]
2010-02-26 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
10ANKARA316SCENESETTER FOR 5TH US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) In preparation for the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group meeting to be held in Washington on March 1, we would like to update you on where our relationship with Turkey stands, where Turkey's relationships with other key countries stand, and how these relationships are affecting energy issue [...]
2010-02-26 17:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA33REFERENDUM IN THE AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Group Chairman submitted a draft proposal to reduce the time it would take to hold public referendums on constitutional amendments. Although AKP members deny the move is in anticipation of any forthcoming amendment [...]
2010-01-08 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS TU
10ANKARA36TURKEY:EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) This is a joint Embassy Ankara, Consulate General Istanbul, and Consulate Adana cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Turkey has worked tirelessly during the past year to promote awareness and empowerment on women's issues. From managing grants and programs to socia [...]
2010-01-08 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM
10ANKARA38(C) TURKEY PRESSES FOR USF-I INTEL TEAM VISIT TO
[...] (S) Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik requested a meeting January 8 with the Charge to emphasize President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and Minister of Interior Atalay's strong interest in a proposed visit by a USF-I (formerly MNF-I) intelligence team to Ankara in late January or early F [...]
2010-01-08 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA40TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 05:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA41TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 06:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA46TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] Italian PM Berlusconi returned to official duties a month after he was injured by an attacker in Milan. SILLIMAN [...]
2010-01-12 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA47TURKEY PLANS QUADRILATERAL MEETING ON BOSNIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following its spate of meetings with Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia in December, the MFA is planning a new quadrilateral structure that would parallel the Butmir framework for dialogue on Bosnia. At least according to their embassies here, the other participants are open to the idea [...]
2010-01-12 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU BK
10ANKARA49UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 1-7, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 1-7, no security official was killed or inj [...]
2010-01-13 06:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA52TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA53SEARCHES AT TGS CONTINUE; CHOD REMAINS COOPERATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Searches at the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Special Forces Mobility Command continue as prosecutors seek to obtain information related to the December 19 arrest of two Special Forces officers for a suspected assassination attempt against Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc. Alth [...]
2010-01-13 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV TU
10ANKARA56TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA57TURKEY READY TO RE-ENERGIZE AEGEAN TALKS, BALL IN
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General Cagatay Erciyes told PolMilCouns on January 8 that Turkey is ready to re-energize Aegean talks with Greece, but is still awaiting a formal response to Erdogan's letter to Papandreou. The MFA wants exploratory talks to resume early in 2010, and said the [...]
2010-01-13 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GR TU
10ANKARA62TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA74AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BOEING SALE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim confirmed to Ambassador Jeffrey that price is now the main sticking point in the prospective purchase of Boeing aircraft by Turkish Airlines (THY). Yildirim stressed, however, that price is not the only consideration and that THY is looki [...]
2010-01-19 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETRD EAIR PREL TSPA TU
10ANKARA75UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 8-15, 2010)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 8-15, no security official was killed or in [...]
2010-01-19 12:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA78TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA81TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA87WHAT LIES BENEATH ANKARA'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) There is much talk in chanceries and in the international media these days about Turkey's new, highly activist foreign policy, which unquestionably represents a transition not only from prior governments, but also from the AKP regime before the Gaza/Davos events, and before the ascent of A [...]
2010-01-20 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU
10ANKARA88TURKEY: CODEL HASTINGS HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 4-6 visit to Ankara, U.S. Representative Hastings (D-Florida) met with leaders of government, the Turkish General Staff and human rights organizations to discuss Turkey-US relations and regional developments. With the TGS, Rep. Hasting underscored the importance [...]
2010-01-20 07:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OREP TU
10ANKARA89TURKEY UNSURE IF WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN
[...] (C) DCM and Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 15 to Mithat Rende, MFA Acting Director General for Economic Affairs. Rende said Turkey has not yet decided whether it will associate with the Copenhagen Accord nor whether it would inscribe any targets or actions. Rende explained [...]
2010-01-20 07:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKGHG SENV ENRG TU
10ANKARA9UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 24-31, 2009)
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 24-31, no security official was killed or [...]
2010-01-04 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA98TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ASHGABAT158TURKMENISTAN: AVAZA -- THEY'RE BUILDING IT, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov decreed the creation of the Avaza Tourist Zone (ATZ) in 2007. He envisioned a place where Turkmen could rest, exercise, and receive medical and health treatment, right next to the Caspian Sea. To implement his decree, Berdimuhamedov [...]
2010-02-02 12:25:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD BTIO TX
10ASHGABAT224MORE GE TURBINES TURNING IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14, the Turkmen Government commissioned a new power station named "Ahal," located about six miles northeast of Ashgabat. The power station operates with two General Electric gas-turbine units with a comb [...]
2010-02-17 14:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
10ASHGABAT45TURKMENISTAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The following is Post's 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is relatively large (slightly larger than California),but sparsely inhabited (about five million),[...]
2010-01-13 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC TX
10ASHGABAT55TURKMENISTAN: MEDICAL CARE WELL BELOW WESTERN STANDARDS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The system of medical care in Turkmenistan is unreliable, with the majority of hospitals being old, unsanitary, and lacking in basic diagnostic equipment and medical supplies. However, there are some well-educated do [...]
2010-01-14 12:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED PGOV SOCI TX
10ASTANA41 KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...]
2010-01-15 11:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ATHENS113Papandreou Cabinet Insider Pamboukis on Managing the
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Minister of State Haris Pamboukis February 1 to gain a better understanding of the GoG's internal deliberations on reforms, the economic crisis and domestic stability, and on regional foreign policy priorities. Pamboukis, a constitutional lawyer who esc [...]
2010-02-18 08:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PTER GR PINR
10ATHENS25Muslim Engagement in Greece
[...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...]
2010-01-19 15:36:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR
10ATHENS53NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...]
2010-01-29 13:11:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS GR TU
10ATHENS63NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS GR TU
10ATHENS77AMBASSADOR TO DROUTSAS: SHOW WASHINGTON YOUR STUFF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas just prior to his first trip to the U.S., Ambassador Speckhard focused him on resolving challenges close to home and advised him to show Washington he was not just a diplomat but a political decision maker w [...]
2010-02-03 16:43:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR GR MK TU CY IR
10BAGHDAD140RRT ERBIL: RECENT KRG OUTREACH TO TEHRAN, ANKARA
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) and RRT Team Leader, KRG officials gave readouts of their recent contacts with Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad. KRG PM Barham Salih and others categorically denied press reports that [...]
2010-01-20 11:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD172TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said senior KRG officials recently signaled for the first time an understanding that Kirkuk would not ultimately be annexed to the Iraqi Kurdistan [...]
2010-01-24 07:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU
10BAGHDAD173TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...]
2010-01-24 08:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD244TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 13, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik shared his views on PM Maliki, government formation and Kirkuk. Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will support other coalitions, including Iyad Allawi,s al-Iraqiya A [...]
2010-01-31 11:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
10BAGHDAD246PM MALIKI CLAIMS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador and CG January 28 that the de-Ba'athification controversy had "stabilized" and that he expected the specially appointed Cassation Chamber to announce its decisions on the 350-odd appeals from disqualified candidates within a few days. (COMM [...]
2010-01-31 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ TU
10BAGHDAD388PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE'BAATHIFICATION SPARKS
[...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]
2010-02-15 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD390PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE-BA'ATHIFICATION SPARKS
[...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]
2010-02-15 09:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD481USF-I COUNTER PKK ACTION PLAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: USF-I is drafting a joint action plan to recommend initiatives for the GOT and GOI to consider in combating the PKK following a visit to Ankara by USF-I Commanding General Ray Odierno on February 3. Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, on February 17 presented two action [...]
2010-02-23 11:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR PREL PTER TU
10BAGHDAD497UPDATE #7: NINEWA SCORE REMAINS 3 TO 8 - SEEKING A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As of late afternoon February 23, the three Wanna detainees in Mosul have been formally charged under Chapter 2 Paragraph 222, which pertains to offenses against the state, in regards to gathering with intent to commit crimes. The three could remain in jail pending apprehensive [...]
2010-02-24 11:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS KJUS IZ
10BAKU117KREMLIN FREQUENT FLYER NARYSHKIN BRINGS SOFT POWER
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, completed another high-profile visit to Baku - his fifth since President Aliyev's second presidential term began in October 2008 - from January 22-24. Naryshkin's visits combine close-hold diplomacy with Pres [...]
2010-02-18 13:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ
10BAKU127AZERBAIJAN: WHO OWNS WHAT VOL. 2 - THE MINISTER OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a series that profiles the most powerful families in Azerbaijan, both in terms of economic and political power. This issue features Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and his family. Heydarov was previously Chairman of the State Customs Com [...]
2010-02-25 05:18:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV RS KS IR
10BAKU77AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR
[...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...]
2010-02-03 14:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ
10BAKU86BAKU SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 19 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku will be a welcome demonstration of high-level attention to Azerbaijan as the Turkey-Armenia normalization process moves toward a conclusion. Baku is plainly seeking assurances that the United States will continue to engage on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after the Tur [...]
2010-02-09 14:32:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
10BASRAH2BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
[...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]
2010-01-31 11:07:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
10BASRAH4BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: GREAT TRANSPORT AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) could play an important role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Relatively new and under-utilized, the airport also connects to Iraq's rail, po [...]
2010-02-09 13:27:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ICAO EINV IZ
10BEIJING293PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]
2010-02-04 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BEIRUT187DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN TRANSFERS OF ARMS TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador's February 25 demarche on the danger of Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hizballah, Prime Minister Saad Hariri acknowledged the urgency and serious nature of the message and said he had feared that Hizballah had "new technol [...]
2010-02-25 16:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PBTS MASS MOPS IS LE TU SY
10BELGRADE244SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 18-21 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes at a time when Serbia's pro-European government is stable and recently achieved key milestones in its path to EU membership. To keep making progress, however, Serbia must stop allowing the Kosovo issue to undermine its broader foreign policy approach and shift [...]
2010-02-12 11:11:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MARR PREL OREP SR
10BERLIN144IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN GERMANY FOCUSED ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Germany's Iranian exile community is focused on the Iranian government's human rights abuses and what they see as the lack of sufficient international response both from the U.S. and from the EU. In recent conversations with poloff Iranian exiles living in Germany expressed the [...]
2010-02-01 16:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN175TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM
[...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...]
2010-02-11 12:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN2MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, ANTI-TERROR, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Governance, Cabinet Selection 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Anti-Terror Fight) Yemen, Guant namo, Security Measures 5. (Pakistan) Attack on Volleyball Game 6. (Islam in European Society) Westergaard Attack 7. Look Back at [...]
2010-01-04 13:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC AF IR ZP PK
10BERLIN207MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-CIVILIANS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Civilian Casualties 3. (Afghanistan) Fears of Dutch Domino Effect 4. (Afghanistan) German, NATO Role 5. (Turkey) Arrest of Senior Military Officers 6. (Dubai) Israel Criticized Over Dubai Killing  [...]
2010-02-23 16:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF TK XF
10BERLIN209MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, U.S.-CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai takes Control over Electoral Watchdog 3. (NATO) New Strategic Concept 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Climate Policy 6. (Western Hemisphere) Summit of the Americas 7. (Turkey) Alleged Coup Plot 8. (EU-Greece [...]
2010-02-24 13:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF NATO XF KGHG XM TK EMS XT
10BERLIN21MISSION BERLIN INCORPORATES WOMEN'S ISSUES INTO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Berlin's programming on women's issues has focused on a range of themes, including violence against women, discrimination, and raising awareness. The Mission's approach has been to address issues that affect women within our broader agenda and to strengthen our ties to lo [...]
2010-01-07 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM GM
10BERLIN215MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, U.S.-HEALTHCARE, GREECE-GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform Summit 4. (Greece-Germany) Greek Anger at Germany 5. (Greece-EU) Austerity Program 6. (U.S.) Criticism of Google 7. (Sudan) Peace Process 8. (Western Hemisphere) Latin America [...]
2010-02-25 13:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CU US GR EMS KWWW SU XM MASS
10BERLIN81GERMAN MFA HOPE IRAN SANCTIONS TARGET LEADERS NOT MASSES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 11:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
10BRUSSELS179BELGIUM:2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) This is the draft TIP report provided by U.S. Embassy Brussels. The data included is old data, and the GOB predicts that new data will be available to complete this report in April, 2010. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF TIP REPORT, with numbering from instruction cable. 25. (SBU) THE COUNT [...]
2010-02-12 16:27:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KTIP BE
10BUCHAREST45AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BACONSCHI
[...] (S) Summary: In his introductory call on new Romanian FM Teodor Baconschi, Ambassador previewed the upcoming visit to Romania by U/S Tauscher and expressed U.S. gratitude for the GOR's January 21 decision to increase its Afghanistan contingent by an additional 600 troops. FM Baconschi noted his gov [...]
2010-01-27 13:19:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RO
10CAIRO65TURKISH INVESTMENTS IN EGYPT GROWING FAST
[...] (SBU) Key points: -Turkish investment in Egypt has more than tripled in recent years, and is expected to continue growing in the coming years. -The favorable outlook by Turkish investors is driven by lower costs of doing business and Egypt's solid market access to the European Union, the [...]
2010-01-12 09:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EG ETRD TU EINV
10CHISINAU83MOLDOVA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 13:37:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10COPENHAGEN49(C) NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ASKS FOR CONTINUED USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's new Ambassador to Denmark Ahmet Dibek requested continued USG assistance in getting Denmark to engage on Turkish concerns about Roj-TV. He also spoke of Turkish - Danish cooperation to facilitate integration of Turkish immigrants to Denmark, and how these issues relate [...]
2010-01-28 13:23:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR TU DA
10DAMASCUS100WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...]
2010-02-03 09:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY IR
10DHAKA62STAFFDEL AHUJA DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENT AND INDIA,
[...] (SBU) Professional Staff Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Jasmeet Ahuja's January 12 - 14 visit to Bangladesh highlighted the importance of cooperation between the U.S. and Bangladesh to combat terrorism and climate change. Ahuja also pressed Bangladesh to lift its trade boyco [...]
2010-01-19 09:52:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IS BG
10DUSSELDORF3FIRST MUSLIM PARTY IN GERMANY PREPARING TO GO NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Germany's first and only Muslim-oriented political party, Alliance for Peace and Fairness (BFF) -- up until now only active in Bonn -- will run in the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state elections this May and ultimately aims to form party organizations in other states and on the [...]
2010-01-26 12:21:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL GM
10FRANKFURT100 Baden-Wuerttemberg's Younger Political Leadership Sets New
[...] (SBU) Summary: Baden-Wuerttemberg's four primary political parties have all in the last six months elected new and younger party leaders, setting in motion new political dynamics in the state. The trend began in June of 2009 when the FDP surprisingly chose Hans-Ulrich Ruelke (48) as caucus chi [...]
2010-01-11 08:48:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM
10GENEVA132PAKISTAN TELLS CD, "1864 IS DEAD"
[...] (U) Summary. The early part of the week of February 8 saw no progress toward a CD Program of Work as Bangladesh closed out its portion of the rotating presidency. The only issue was whether or not the Bangladeshi President would table a nonpaper to initiate discussions on a Program of Wo [...]
2010-02-12 15:37:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC CDG PK
10ISLAMABAD208 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISTANBUL11ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...]
2010-01-08 12:23:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR
10ISTANBUL12IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...]
2010-01-08 13:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR
10ISTANBUL34LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) (Summary). To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took pl [...]
2010-01-26 12:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL37LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW
[...] (SBU) (Summary) To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took p [...]
2010-01-27 05:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL43TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...]
2010-02-02 09:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
10ISTANBUL44INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...]
2010-02-02 09:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL47FORD OTOSAN,S SUCCESSFUL U.S. - TURKISH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador,s recent visit to a Ford Otosan plant near Istanbul showcased the Ford-Koc joint-venture,s production of the Transit Connect, a U.S. market export that was recently named &2010 Truck of the Year8. Otosan is Turkey,s largest industrial exporter and one of its bi [...]
2010-02-05 12:12:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL49KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...]
2010-02-09 13:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL53ECHR RECOMMENDS AGAINST RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ON
[...] (U) Summary. On February 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey violated freedom of conscience and religion by including religious affiliation on national identification cards. The ECHR concluded that removing the religion box from the cards would be an appropriate s [...]
2010-02-12 11:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE
10ISTANBUL54DINK TRIAL: JUSTICE DELAYED...
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, poloff attended the chaotic 12th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial at Besiktas Heavy Penal Court. A "secret witness" was scheduled to provide testimony during the hearing but was either "forgotten" at home by the police or unable to testify due to the lack of [...]
2010-02-12 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE AR
10ISTANBUL6IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...]
2010-01-06 15:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL60EURASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZERS REQUEST
[...] Istanbul Consul General (CG) met recently with Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Foundation which organizes the annual Eurasia Economic Summit in Istanbul. Suver invited the CG to attend this year's summit, which is scheduled for May 5-6, and asked if the U.S. government would be willing t [...]
2010-02-18 12:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL67NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...]
2010-02-23 12:02:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL7KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...]
2010-01-07 08:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL8RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...]
2010-01-07 08:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
10KABUL211JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK
10KABUL376 Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...]
2010-01-31 13:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
10KABUL437 Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...]
2010-02-03 15:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL656SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPRE EAI TU AF
10KYIV241UKRAINIAN MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR AT A GLANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian mobile telecom sector is divided among three major service providers - Kyivstar, MTS-Ukraine, and Life - which control more than 90 percent of the market. Kyivstar, the market leader, is jointly owned by Norwegian Telenor and Russian Alfa Group. MTS-Ukraine, the [...]
2010-02-17 08:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD EINV UP
10MANILA73GOVERNMENT RACING AGAINST TIME FOR MILF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are poised to continue difficult discussions this month on a comprehensive peace agreement, even as the Philippine government questions how much progress can be made in reconciling the parties' distan [...]
2010-01-14 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MUNICH34 ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...]
2010-02-23 08:29:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EINT KISL XF XD GM
10NICOSIA45CYPRUS ORAMS CASE; EU COURTS MUST ENFORCE RULING
[...] (SBU) On January 20, in a major precedent-setting case, the UK Court of Appeals affirmed the decisions of a Republic of Cyprus court and a lower UK court that found a British couple (the "Orams") guilty of trespassing for having built a holiday home in north Cyprus on land owned by a Greek Cyp [...]
2010-01-26 06:39:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL CY
10NICOSIA55CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10PARIS170 SECDEF GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE HERVE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) was hosted by French Minister of Defense Herve Morin for a working lunch during an official bilateral visit to Paris on February 8, 2010. SecDef and Morin agreed on the basic themes to be included in NATO's revised Strategic Concept. [...]
2010-02-12 13:49:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MAR FR IR AF NATO
10PARIS218MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR
10PARIS56SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...]
2010-01-15 17:50:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL OVIP FR
10PRAGUE30JANUARY 13 U.S.-CZECH STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A/S Phil Gordon led the U.S. side in the second U.S.-Czech Strategic Dialogue on January 13. DFM Tomas Pojar, who led the Czech side, was friendly, open and constructive. Before the Dialogue, A/S Gordon met with FM Jan Kohout. Kohout, Pojar, other leaders and even Czech med [...]
2010-01-21 09:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ENRG AF RS EZ
10PRISTINA77TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10RIYADH182SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to Saudi Arabia, which, by virtue of its historical and cultural ties to Central Asia; personal relationships between Saudi, Afghani and Pakistani leaders; financial power; and leadership of the Muslim world, can play a central role in im [...]
2010-02-12 12:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTFN SA AF PK
10ROME1VISITING WITH A RECUPERATING BERLUSCONI
[...] C) Summary: The Ambassador visited recuperating Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at his Lombardy estate for a private luncheon December 30. The Ambassador had suggested he visit Berlusconi after the Prime Minister was assaulted at a Milan rally in mid-December. Accompanied by Gianni Letta, the Unde [...]
2010-01-01 15:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IT
10ROME2092009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR ITALY PART 1
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10ROME49SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Frattini's visit to Washington is an opportunity to reinforce Italy's commitment to Afghanistan, and stress the need for close coordination on Iran: you will want to thank Italy for its early announcement of additional troop contributions for Afghanistan, and deliver a fir [...]
2010-01-13 14:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
10SARAJEVO13BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR COMUSNAVEUR FITZGERALD'S
[...] (C) Admiral: Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated and disappointed about their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel that Allies unfairly passed up Bosnia in December when they allowed Montenegro to begin a Membership Action Pl [...]
2010-01-05 16:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR BK
10SARAJEVO70BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR PDASD JOSEPH MCMILLAN'S
[...] (C/NF) I am delighted you are coming to Sarajevo to chair the second Bilateral Defense Consultations between Bosnia and the United States. Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated over their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel t [...]
2010-01-22 16:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR BK
10SKOPJE6MACEDONIA: THE OHRID FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Though eight years old, the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) remains the key instrument for maintaining interethnic harmony in Macedonia. Even though it has been imperfectly implemented, it is still an effective tool to reduce the risk of another civil conflict. This cable conta [...]
2010-01-06 12:56:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MK
10SOFIA38BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA39BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Bulgaria - 2010 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Promising sectors for fo [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10STATE10748RAISING ONGOING BAHA,I PERSECUTION WITH THE GOT
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) Seven Baha,i community leaders arrested in March and May 2008 in Iran are currently on trial in a revolutionary court in Iran. After being postponed twice, the closed session trial began on [...]
2010-02-02 21:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
10STATE11453(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (U) January 21, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Washington. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon PA Assistant Secretary Crowley Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar Director for Policy and Planning Slaughter NSC Director ( [...]
2010-02-04 17:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL EAID PGOV KNNP XG HA XD
10STATE13750READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On January 20, 2010, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michele Flournoy hosted the third U.S.-France Strategic Dialogue with counterparts Jacques Audibert and Michel Miraillet. Discussions focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO Reform, Missile [...]
2010-02-17 03:09:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO RS FR IR TU
10STATE15910LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 180)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Resource Management course in Ft. Jackson, SC from 22 February to 02 April 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted [...]
2010-02-22 17:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE17899TRAVEL WARNING: IRAQ
[...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks inherent in travel to Iraq and recommends against all but essential travel within the country given the fluid security situation. Numerous insurgent groups remain active throughout Iraq. Although Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]
2010-02-26 01:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC IZ
10STATE6451(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING CIVIL/MILITARY TENSIONS IN TURKEY THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING DURING THE TWO-YEAR ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION. TURKISH GENERAL STAFF (TGS) CHIEF OF DEFENSE ILKER BASBUG, IN A 17 DECEMBER SPEECH, WARNED THE GOVERNMENT, JOURNALISTS, AND JUDICIAL OFFICI [...]
2010-01-22 13:44:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR TU
10STOCKHOLM13SWEDISH FM BILDT ON AFGHAN DRUG PROBLEM,
[...] (C) Summary: A focus on "the drug issue" is essential for getting Afghanistan right, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt told Ambassador January 12. But the upcoming London Conference does not have the topic on the agenda and it is unclear what is supposed to be achieved at the meeting. If the dr [...]
2010-01-14 09:47:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KGHG SENV CH IR SW
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TBILISI203GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (S) Summary. Georgia is calmer and more stable than at any time since the war, but those improvements are far from durable. A palpable sense of insecurity still permeates society and politics. Miscalculations and provocations - domestically, in the territories or north across the mountains - could [...]
2010-02-18 05:28:00Embassy TbilisiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS MARR OTRA OVIP AF RS GG
10TELAVIV104ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Turkey Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report extensively on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and the successful activity of the Israeli [...]
2010-01-19 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV124BARAK AND GAL VISITS TO ANKARA STABILIZE
[...] (S) Summary. Israel took advantage of two previously scheduled visits to Ankara by Defense Minister Barak and MFA Director General Gal this week to demonstrate Israel's strong interest in preserving good relations with Turkey. According to Israeli accounts, last week's crisis over a theatrica [...]
2010-01-21 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS
10TELAVIV175ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted the German weekly Der Spiegel as saying that Iran will produce an atomic weapon within a year and that it is trying to reduce the s [...]
2010-01-26 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at a joint press conference with visiting Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi that the resumption of talks over a pris [...]
2010-02-03 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...]
2010-02-16 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV379SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S
[...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...]
2010-02-18 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG IS
10TELAVIV395ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media cited new developments in the investigation of the Dubai assassination affair: Yediot bannered the finding that the assassins visited Dubai three times. [...]
2010-02-19 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV405ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday night 35 right-wing activists, including National Union Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari, illegally entered Jericho, prayed at the ancient NaQaran synagogue, [...]
2010-02-22 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV418ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak will leave for the U.S. Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the possible reviving of talks with the Palestinians. Barak decided to mak [...]
2010-02-23 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV436ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Israel today, leading an important delegation of officials from the Pentagon, the National Security [...]
2010-02-24 08:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV86CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...]
2010-01-15 09:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS
10TELAVIV89ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on, and most led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Following a five-hour hike across decimated Port-au-Prince. Non-resident I [...]
2010-01-15 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10THEHAGUE29CWC: WRAP-UP FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15, 2010
[...] (U) This includes an action request: see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) As delegations return to The Hague from the long holidays, work at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is picking up speed. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) hel [...]
2010-01-15 16:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OPCW CWC
10THEHAGUE73AMBASSADOR VERVEER ENGAGES DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer advanced U.S. priorities in a two-day visit to the Netherlands January 13-14. With Dutch cabinet members and working-level officials, she emphasized U.S. interests in maintaining the Dutch commitment to Afghanistan w [...]
2010-02-05 11:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN EAID AF NL
10TOKYO15 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 03:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TRIPOLI166HALF OF LIBYA'S HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET STILL UP FOR GRABS TRIPOLI 00000166 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 16:10:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV TNGD LY
10TUNIS37TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 17:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
10TUNIS51REVISED TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 13:14:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
10UNVIEVIENNA24TURKISH AMBASSADOR INDICATES IRAN STAGNANT ON
[...] (C) In a January 12 conversation with DCM and poloff, Turkish Ambassador Bayer gave a readout of the Iran discussion at the recent Turkish Ambassador's conference in Ankara and his take on the Iranian issue more generally. Bayer noted that he took part in a four-hour working group on Iran at [...]
2010-02-01 10:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU PARM
10UNVIEVIENNA42COSTA ANGST RISES IN VIENNA-TIME FOR PLAN B?
[...] (U) Action Request for IO/GS. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Costa (Italy) is scheduled to complete his second-and last- term in May 2010. Given conflicting reports as to whether UN Secretary General Ban ki Mo [...]
2010-02-08 14:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
10USNATO53NATO: AMBASSADORIAL REVOLT LIKELY TO KILL SECGEN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 3, many NATO Ambassadors protested against the Secretary General's establishment of an informal group (ref a) on NATO-EU relations. As a result, we anticipate that this group will end, at least in its current form. The group did not make concrete progress but did all [...]
2010-02-03 15:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS PGOV MARR EUN
10USNATO64JAN 28, 2010 HLTF: ALLIES CONSIDER BROAD EURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies used the January 28 HLTF and related meetings to touch base on CFE in the wake of the December 2009 NATO and OSCE Ministerials, as well as SYG Rasmussen's mid-December trip to Moscow. Allies welcomed and evinced considerable interest in the information that senior U.S. o [...]
2010-02-10 13:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
10USNATO65SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY AND TURKEY TRADE DUELING
[...] (SBU) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) Summary: A letter from Sweden's Permanent Representative to the EU to the Turkish Ambassador to the EU proposing an updated framework for NATO-EU relations and effective arrangements for cooperation in Afghanistan elicited a negative respons [...]
2010-02-11 15:56:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS PGOV MARR EUN
10USNATO7ALLIES STRESS CAUTION AND SOLIDARITY ON KFOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6,the North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreed on the need to ensure KFOR maintains adequate troop levels and force mobility during the drawdown. The U.S. and a large number of Allies stressed that the KFOR move to deterrent presence must be a conditions-based process with [...]
2010-01-08 14:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI AFDB
10USOSCE28OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...]
2010-01-29 18:28:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USUNNEWYORK22MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...]
2010-01-19 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ETTC KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK48EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 20:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN
10USUNNEWYORK51TURKEY CHAIRS ITS FIRST UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish Permrep Ertugrul Apakan chaired his first UN Security Council CTC meeting January 21. The agenda included the CTC's work program for the next six months and a thematic discussion on implementation and assessment of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). As there ar [...]
2010-01-29 00:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK71SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...]
2010-02-09 14:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM
10USUNNEWYORK95USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...]
2010-02-20 02:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL TU UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK97UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...]
2010-02-22 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN85TURKISH THINK TANK VISIT TO YEREVAN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] A visit to Yerevan by members of a Turkish economic think tank revealed strong interest among the Armenian business community, civil society and government for increased engagement -- both economic and political -- with Turkey. While some interlocutors lamented the hostile attitudes of some Tu [...]
2010-02-19 08:55:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD GA TU AM
85BEIRUT2659TURKEY: PROMINENT KURDISH INTELLECTUAL URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TURKISH DEMOCRATIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] Summary: (C) In a meeting with Adana PO, prominent Kurdish author Mehmet Uzun urged the U.S. to establish a permanent military presence in Northern Iraq to protect the democratic advances of the KRG, which he believes will catalyze liberalization elsewhere in the region. He discounted the pro [...]
1985-05-07 10:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
85STATE371963 ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET -ENTIRE TEXT 2. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PREPARED BY THE US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND: THE ABU NIDAL GROUP IS AMONG THE MOST DANGEROUS AND RUTHLESS OF THE MIDDLE [...]
1985-12-06 01:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
86ANKARA7641 IRAN-IRAQ: IRAQI DEBT REPAYMENT AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: TURKEY IS CONSIDERING THE TERMS OF REPAYMENT OF IRAQI DEBTS, THE MFA OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR IRAN AND IRAQ , ONDER OZAR, SAID RECENTLY. ACCORDING TO THE MFA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, KHOMEINI NOT ONLY WANTS TO OUST [...]
1986-07-23 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD TU IR IZ
86STATE391887 DOCUMENTS ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACT PAPER ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND A CHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED TERRORIST INCIDENTS BY SYRIAN-SUPPORTED GROUPS. EARLIER VERSIONS OF BOTH DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PRESS ON NOVEMBER 14 AND APPEARED IN THE USIA WIRELESS FILE ON THAT DATE. BOTH DOCUMENTS [...]
1986-12-19 05:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SY
88BAGHDAD1097 KURDISH INSURGENCY IN IRAQ AND TURKEY
[...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: TRAINING CAMPS FOR PKK IN IRAN ARE A GROWING WORRY FOR TURKEY AND, ACCORDING TO TURKISH AMBASSADOR, HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN RECENT IRANIAN-TURKISH MEETINGS. BARZANI'S KDP, APPARENTLY IN SOME DISARRAY, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REIN IN THE PKK, W [...]
1988-02-28 10:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV IZ TU
89ANKARA17365TURKEY: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY --------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. --------------------------------------------- ---------- [...]
1989-12-06 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
89STATE227151 FACT SHEET ON 17 NOVEMBER
[...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF FACT SHEET ON THE REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION 17 NOVEMBER WHICH WAS RELEASED PUBLICLY ON JULY 6. COPIES OF THE FACT SHEET BEING POUCHED TO POST ALSO INCLUDE TWO CHARTS DEPICTING THE NUMBERS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS BY YEAR FROM 1975-86, AND THE TYPES OF TARGETS FOR THESE ATTAC [...]
1989-07-18 20:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GR
91ANKARA15709 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR TURKEY
[...] NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY --------------------------------------------- ------------ A. RESULTS OF ANY 1991 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. --------------------------------------------- ------------- THERE WAS A MARKED INCRE [...]
1991-11-21 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
91ANKARA4277SYRIA, THE PKK AND WATER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA SOLMAZ UNAYDIN GAVE POL COUNSELOR MARCH 27 ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO THE TURKISH-SYRIAN DIALOGUE ON THE PKK. SHE SAID FOREIGN MINISTER ALPTEMOCIN HAD RAISED THE SUBJECT EXPLICITLY WITH ASAD DURING HIS FEBRUA [...]
1991-03-28 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG TU SY
91STATE374256 LIBYAN OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR BOMBING PAN 103
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. THE PAPER IS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AND IS CLASSIFIED SECRET UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 1530 (GMT). AFTER THAT POINT THE WHITE PAPER IS DECLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE SHARED WIDELY WITH HOST GOVERNMENT. 2. AS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEL (MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER NOT YET AVAILABLE [...]
1991-11-14 18:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER LY
92ANKARA15625 TURKEY: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] PER REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RESPONDS TO ITEMS (A) THROUGH (I). A) THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN TRAIN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE GOT IS PROCEEDING WITH MULTIPLE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AS OF NOVEMBER [...]
1992-11-16 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
94ATHENS11383 GREECE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. --------------- A. PROSECUTIONS --------------- 2. SUSPECTED TERRORIST GEORGE BALAFAS WAS ACQUITTED ON JULY 25 OF 20 CHARGES RANGING FROM MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY TO MISDEMEANORS. AN APPEAL TO THIS ACQUITTAL WAS [...]
1994-11-16 09:00:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU GR
95ZAGREB3839DEPUTY PM TELLS A/S SHATTUCK GOC PLANS TO REPATRIATE ABDIC MUSLIMS, WILL CUT OFF ASSISTANCE TO BOSNIAN REFUGEES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DEPUTY PM KOSTOVIC TOLD VISITING DRL A/S SHATTUCK THAT THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO REPATRIATE THE 20,000 ABDIC REBEL MUSLIMS IN THE KUPLJENSKO CAMP NEAR VOJNIC AFTER 10-15 DAYS IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED IN THE INTERIM [...]
1995-10-02 20:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB3944 REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA - SLOW PROGRESS ON
[...] TALKS WERE HELD OCTOBER 6-8 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE B-H, CROATIAN, AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR A TRILATERAL ENTITY THAT WOULD MONITOR THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES (ABDIC SUPPORTERS) WHO RETURN FROM CROATIA TO THE VELIKA KLADUSA AREA. TURKISH DELEGATION HAS RETURNED TO [...]
1995-10-10 13:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM BK HR TU
96ANKARA12278GLIMPSES OF THE SHARIA IN TURKEY
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR RICHARD MCKEE, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) ALONG WITH THE GROWING ELECTORAL STRENGTH OF PRIME MINISTER NECMETTIN ERBAKAN'S ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, THE IDEA OF RESTORING THE SHARIA (RELIGIOUS LAW) APPEARS TO BE GAINING ADHERENTS IN T [...]
1996-11-18 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PHUM PINR TU
96ANKARA813REFAH'S GUL ANALYZES THE TURKISH ELECTIONS
[...] CLASSIFIED BY JAMES T. HEG, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON 1.5 (B). 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, ACTING POLCOUNS AND POLOFF CALLED ON ABDULLAH GUL, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND KAYSERI PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY OF THE ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, TO GET THE LATEST REFAH THINKING ON [...]
1996-01-24 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL TU
96STATE237921IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY INR TOM FINGAR, DAS/AN. REASON 1.5(C) (D). 2. (S) AS REOUESTED BY AMEMBASSY ALMATY, INR PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION/TALKING POINTS ON IRAN TO BE SHARED WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GIZZATOV AND SENIOR KAZAK OFFICIALS. WE HOPE THIS MATERIAL G [...]
1996-11-17 04:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PREL KZ PTER KNNP
97ANKARA231 NATO ENLARGEMENT--TURKISH TAKE ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, EMBASSY ANKARA, REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) DURING AN OFFICE CALL BY A/POLCOUNS AND POLOFF ON JANUARY 7, TURKISH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SLAVIC REPUBLICS ALP KARAOSMANOGLU SUMMARIZED AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT BETWEEN FOR [...]
1997-01-08 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU RS
97ANKARA350ERBAKAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA
[...] DURING THE COURSE OF A JANUARY 9 MEETING (REF A),PRIME MINISTER ERBAKAN PRESENTED THE AMBASSADOR WITH THE FOLLOWING LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON: BEGIN TEXT. A. NECESSARY STEPS TO REMOVE TENSIONS IN THE PRISONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN [...]
1997-01-10 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV TU
97ANKARA8752 A "SPECIAL TEAM" VIEW ON THE PKK, OHAL,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, AMEMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 2, POLOFF DISCUSSED THE KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY (PKK),PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE "STATE OF EMERGENCY" REGIME (OHAL),AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN THE TURKISH NAT [...]
1997-09-03 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PINS TU
97SOFIA1105 BULGARIA'S UNION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITES
[...] No summary [...]
1997-02-19 14:01:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
97SOFIA3097 BULGARIA: BUILDING C0NSENSUS AND F0RMING A
[...] No summary [...]
1997-05-08 14:44:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL BU
98ANKARA9055 ARMY CHIEF WARNS SYRIA ABOUT SUPPORT FOR PKK
[...] (U) TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMAND (TLFC) COMMANDER GENERAL ATILLA ATES WAS QUOTED IN THE LOCAL PRESS SEPTEMBER 16 AS SAYING THAT TURKEY WAS "RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE" WITH SYRIA'S ALLEGED SUPPORT OF THE SEPARATIST/TERRORIST KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY (PKK). THE CONSERVATIVE "TURKIYE" NEWSPAPER'S [...]
1998-09-19 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MOPS PINR PREL TU SY IR
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