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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09SEOUL877	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US

09SEOUL881	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 06:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL893	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 06:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL90	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL905	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 07:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL906	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 07:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL91	PRESS BULLETIN - January 20, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Cooperation Is Leverage in Resolving North Korean Nuclear Issue (Dong-a Ilbo, January 19, 2009, Page 31) 2. KORUS FTA and Hillary Clinton's True Intentions (Chosun Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 27) 3. Obama's Train of Hope (Dong-a Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 30) 4. The Incoming O [...]	2009-01-20 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL910	U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...]	2009-06-10 02:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KS JA KN
09SEOUL924	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 07:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL930	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 07:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL941	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL951	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009 [...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...]	2009-06-16 06:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL952	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 07:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL961	OPPOSITION EXPLOITS ROH'S SUICIDE TO CREATE OPENING [...] (C) Summary: South Korean domestic politics remain in a quagmire with President Lee Myung-bak incapable of doing much despite his party's (the Grand National Party) firm numerical control of the National Assembly. Most recently, opposition parties are trying to leverage former President Roh [...]	2009-06-17 05:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL963	SEOUL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST [...] Summary: On June 9-10, the ROKG hosted the Seoul High Level Meeting on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia. The introductory remarks advocated coordination of international efforts and stabilization of Somalia as key to effectively combating piracy. Meeting participants agreed that internation [...]	2009-06-17 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS
09SEOUL964	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 07:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL965	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL973	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL976	UNIFICATION MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING: LEANER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the early days of the Lee Myung-bak Administration, when the Ministry of Unification (MOU) was slated to disappear, the MOU has been steadily weakened. Earlier this month, the ROKG announced a restructuring of the Ministry of Unification that: -- raises the profile of u [...]	2009-06-18 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PREF KS KN
09SEOUL982	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 05:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL99	PRESS BULLETIN - January 21, 2009 [...] Good luck, President Obama (JoongAng Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 2. ROK-U.S. Alliance Needs Constant Care (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 3. High Expectations for Obama's Era (Hankook Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 39) 4. A New Beginning for America (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, [...]	2009-01-21 05:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL992	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 05:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL997	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 06:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SHANGHAI103	RURAL ANHUI: CALM ON THE SURFACE BUT SEA MONSTERS LURKING [...] (C) Rural Anhui Province has not yet faced new social instability problems as a result of China's economic downturn, but the province's ongoing dependence on migrant worker remittances for disposable income in the countryside leaves Anhui, particularly its northern region, vulnerable to social [...]	2009-03-02 08:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI104	ANHUI FACING SOBERING ECONOMIC REALITY [...] (SBU) During the Deputy Principal Officer's February 24-27 visit to Anhui Province, provincial and local government officials said that despite initial optimism in the 4th quarter of 2008 that Anhui might avoid the worst of the economic downturn, conventional wisdom now holds that the province [...]	2009-03-04 09:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI105	(SBU) YANGTZE RIVER DELTA PROPERTY DEVELOPERS FEELING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospective home buyers in the Yangtze River Delta are holding off on home purchases for now, preferring to wait on the sidelines in anticipation that home prices will continue to fall, according to a wide range of Consulate contacts Econoff spoke with in recent weeks. Banks, [...]	2009-03-04 10:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV
09SHANGHAI11	(C) SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG RELEASED, BUT PETITIONERS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai civil activist Mao Hengfeng recently was released from prison after completing her sentence but is in poor health as a result of her incarceration. Mao and her husband, Wu Xuewei, expressed concern about the petitioners' movement in Shanghai, adding that they believe one [...]	2009-01-06 04:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH UN
09SHANGHAI110	BREAD AND ROSES: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN [...] (SBU) Shanghai women enjoy a higher social status than in most other parts of China, according to attendees at a Consulate lunch in honor of International Women's Day. The guests talked freely about their own struggles as women in male-dominated fields such as film, law, and engineering, and e [...]	2009-03-09 02:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM ECON PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI118	NO "FEBRUARY CRISIS" IN EAST CHINA, BUT ANXIETIES ABOUT [...] (C) The global economic slowdown has not led to significant social unrest in East China during early 2009 as was predicted by those analysts who warned of a possible "February Crisis" brought on by the nexus of rising numbers of unemployed migrant workers and university students' fears of poor [...]	2009-03-13 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI119	(SBU) SHANGHAI FINANCIAL SECTOR SEES CHINESE INVESTMENT AS [...] (SBU) Summary. China 's stimulus program emphasizes capital investment, particularly in railways, subways, roads, and airports, say a variety of Shanghai financial sector professionals. Shanghai has been quick to seek support for previously rejected World Expo and other projects. At the sam [...]	2009-03-13 10:11:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI120	(SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...]	2009-03-13 10:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI122	SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...]	2009-03-17 07:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL
09SHANGHAI124	ALIBABA WORKS MAGIC DESPITE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang Province, prides itself on its rapidly growing high-tech sector. City leaders often draw comparisons between the city and Silicon Valley, citing the symbiosis of its numerous high-tech companies and rich academic community. Perhaps [...]	2009-03-17 09:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINT PGOV EINV ELAB KIPR BEXP OIIP CH
09SHANGHAI126	NEW SHANGHAI PERMANENT RESIDENCY POLICY GETS TEPID RESPONSE [...] (C) The Shanghai Municipal Government has received an unenthusiastic response to its new permanent residency policy, which aims to make it easier for soon-to-be college graduates and other workers with specified "talents" to find jobs in the city. Despite much positive media coverage when the [...]	2009-03-18 04:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI128	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI SEE ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a series of roundtable discussions, university students in Shanghai said they see a rough road ahead for China over the next several years but believe the economic downturn will help China in the long run if it leads to economic restructuring. Although many students were s [...]	2009-03-18 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI132	ANHUI OPENS THE DOOR TO COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Anhui Province opened the door to cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPR) with the United State by holding a roundtable at the Consulate's request. The meeting was a breakthrough for the Consulate, representing the first engagement on IP issues with t [...]	2009-03-20 08:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CH
09SHANGHAI135	(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...]	2009-03-23 06:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI148	WORLD EXPO 2010: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON "BETTER CITY, BETTER [...] SUMMARY: Shanghai officials and event organizers are already touting the "green" focus of Expo 2010, set to open May 1, 2010 and run for six months. With the theme "Better City, Better Life," the Expo will showcase new approaches to urban development, human habitats, lifestyles, and working c [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY SCUL BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI149	CHANGZHOU EMBRACES CLOSER U.S. TIES, ENJOYS HONEYMOON WITH [...] (SBU) A key Yangtze River Delta (YRD) city located roughly midway between Shanghai and Nanjing, Changzhou aggressively woos foreign investors, and city officials often travel to the United States and Europe to expand commercial ties. Responding to repeated invitations from energetic city offi [...]	2009-04-02 08:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB SCUL SENV CH
09SHANGHAI156	THIRTEEN PERCENT GDP GROWTH TARGET: PORT CITY LIANYUNGANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials in Lianyungang, a major Chinese port in Jiangsu Province, have set their 2009 GDP growth target at 13 percent, a modest decrease from recent years' growth. Municipal Government and Party officials say that the Central Government and Jiangsu Provincial Government have [...]	2009-04-07 09:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND EFIN PGOV EAIR CH
09SHANGHAI162	SHANGHAI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: BALANCING CULTURAL [...] (C) Shanghai's rapid economic development leaves room for the appreciation of Jewish history and culture, but not for greater religious freedom or historic preservation. Local officials and religious scholars admire the contributions of Jews and Jewish culture to China and Shanghai, but dismis [...]	2009-04-13 03:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI169	SHANGHAI PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet Shanghai's energy demands and ambitious Central Government-mandated energy consumption reduction targets, Shanghai officials are working hard to adjust the city's energy mix by reducing its reliance on coal through the use of environmentally-friendly resources and improv [...]	2009-04-14 08:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY SENV EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI170	CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...]	2009-04-15 03:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR
09SHANGHAI175	THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...]	2009-04-16 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI178	AMERICAN BISHOP SHARES IMPRESSIONS OF EASTER IN SHANGHAI AND [...] (C) An American Catholic Bishop who was born in Beijing shared his views on celebrating Easter in Shanghai during a lunch with Chinese religious leaders and academics at the Consulate. The Bishop and Chinese guests asserted that much progress has been made for religious believers in Shanghai w [...]	2009-04-17 08:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI185	(SBU) EAST CHINA SEES CORPORATE BOND MARKET OPENING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign-invested banks in Shanghai generally agree that they will take only gradual steps into local corporate bonds traded on the interbank market. Several banks are still studying the market conditions, although one disappointment already is that foreign-invested banks most [...]	2009-04-23 02:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI187	(C) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL REVEALS FINANCIAL POLICY DETAILS [...] (C) Summary. According to a leading Shanghai government finance official, the Central Government will probably seek to limit Hong Kong's role as a financial center, and bolster Shanghai's. For now, said the official, Beijing has no intent to make the renminbi convertible, but it is taking a [...]	2009-04-24 07:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV
09SHANGHAI191	(C) STATE COUNCIL APPROVES SHANGHAI FINANCIAL REFORM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. A leading Shanghai government finance official recently revealed that the State Council has approved a critical document for Shanghai, laying out how the city will become an international financial and shipping center. Reforms could include opening a financial futures market, al [...]	2009-04-27 11:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI193	SCANDAL-RIDDEN WENZHOU DEALT ANOTHER BLOW [...] (SBU) Scandal-ridden Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province was dealt another blow on April 1 when a document was posted on the internet that identified local officials who illegally bought houses at below market prices. The case reportedly is related to the mysterious disappearance last fall of Yang Xi [...]	2009-04-28 06:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV CH
09SHANGHAI194	IPR - MOVING THE BALL DOWN FIELD IN ZHEJIANG WITH PATENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the Consulate's successful engagement with Zhejiang intellectual property (IP) officials during a roundtable in January 2009 (reftel),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) co-sponsored a joint seminar on [...]	2009-04-28 08:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI200	CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-04-30 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI201	STIMULUS PROVIDES LIFELINE TO CHINA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government stimulus policies have saved thousands of apparel manufacturers in East China from shutting down production as dramatic drops in volume, sharp price cuts and RMB appreciation erode profit margins. During a series of meetings with Yangtze River Delta (YRD) apparel an [...]	2009-04-30 08:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ELAB KTEX CH
09SHANGHAI202	RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-05-04 01:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI209	HEFEI OFFICIALS PAINT OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF PROGRESS IN [...] (U) Summary. As part of Consulate efforts to scale up outreach to Anhui Province, the least affluent part of our consular district, the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief visited the provincial capital of Hefei April 8-9. During the visit, the Consul General met with Governor Wang Sanyun an [...]	2009-05-07 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELTN CVIS TPHY SENV SCUL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI21	MUSLIMS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: There are over 200,000 Muslims in Shanghai, according to one estimate, most of them migrants from Western China. The Muslim population in Shanghai has recently leveled off, though the number of Muslim students at Shanghai universities has increased. Muslims face no restrictions [...]	2009-01-09 08:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI211	ANHUI SHOWCASES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LU'AN [...] (SBU) On April 25-27, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Anhui to attend the 2009 Central China Expo in Hefei (ref A) and visit Lu'an Municipality in western Anhui. `Central China Rising' was the theme of the weekend, and provincial leaders and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) [...]	2009-05-08 02:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN EIND PGOV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI221	TSMC AND SMIC: TWO SEMICONDUCTOR RIVALS IN SHANGHAI FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: TSMC and SMIC, two large semiconductor manufacturers with foundries in Shanghai, saw a "freefall" in orders in late 2008. The firms hit bottom in December 2008 and January 2009, but orders started to pick up again in Q1 2009. Shanghai-based executives at these firms are cautiou [...]	2009-05-18 04:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB TNGD CH TW
09SHANGHAI228	CONSUMPTION COUPONS IN HANGZHOU: BOOSTING CONSUMPTION, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: One of few cities in China to issue its own consumption coupons, Hangzhou has taken the lead in local government efforts to boost consumption. The Hangzhou Government issued the first tranche of consumption coupons in mid-January 2009, followed by a second tranche in March 2009 [...]	2009-05-22 06:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI23	SOME ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PERSISTS IN YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: City officials and businesspersons in the Zhejiang Province manufacturing and trading city of Yiwu in mid-December continued to express optimism that Yiwu and its businesses will fare comparatively better than other parts of Zhejiang and other parts of China during this economic [...]	2009-01-12 06:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI230	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI231	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI233	CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 25 breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC),over 70 U.S. business representatives discussed energy/environment-related business opportunities in China, U.S. competitiveness, intellectual [...]	2009-05-26 00:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PREL PHUM KIPR OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI237	(SBU) SHANGHAI UPBEAT ON OPENING TO TAIWAN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent financial forum, Chinese officials and financial sector professionals offered an upbeat assessment of the potential for Taiwan financial firms to enter the mainland market. The panelists cited opportunities offered by the current financial crisis, as some Western f [...]	2009-05-27 07:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09SHANGHAI24	SHANGHAI "TWO MEETINGS" OPEN: LEADERS FACING ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Shanghai Municipality's "Two Meetings" kicked off on January 12 with the opening session of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Reflecting on a "challenging year" in 2008 and looking ahead to 2009, the CPPCC Shanghai Committee's "Work Re [...]	2009-01-12 07:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI241	CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 25 roundtable discussion on energy conservation and emissions reduction with Shanghai entrepreneurs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Markey, Sensenbrenner, Blumenauer, and Speier underscored the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on energy issues, especially [...]	2009-05-29 06:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KIPR KGHG TRGY OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI245	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY: SHANGHAI FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS, NOT [...] (C) A wide range of Shanghai-based contacts said they expect the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre to pass with little fanfare in the city, as current concerns about China's economic downturn outweigh political considerations. Given the focus in Shanghai on the economi [...]	2009-06-01 08:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI246	S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET, [...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...]	2009-06-03 02:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK
09SHANGHAI248	(SBU) SHANGHAI EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO KIRK, LARSEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 27-28 visit by U.S. Representatives Larsen and Kirk, a variety of interlocutors painted a picture of Shanghai responding to a sharp downturn in the local economy, but optimistic that the elements of longer-term growth are in place. AmCham Shanghai noted that mul [...]	2009-06-04 03:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL SENV
09SHANGHAI251	EAST CHINA COMMODITY EXPORTS HEADING FOR RECOVERY? YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the largest manufacturing and trading centers in East China, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province suffered in late 2008 from the global financial crisis but is seeing signs of recovery. The economic downturn has impacted different industries to varying degrees, with man [...]	2009-06-08 06:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI258	NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...]	2009-06-12 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA
09SHANGHAI259	SHANGHAI FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE HOLDS "UNPRECEDENTED" [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) convoked Consular Corps representatives on June 9 for an "unprecedented" meeting on improving Shanghai's service environment for foreigners. With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, relevant municipal government authorities must a [...]	2009-06-12 03:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC PGOV ECON TBIO KFLU ASEC AMGT CVIS
09SHANGHAI26	TAIWAN BANK KEEN TO START BUSINESS IN MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: The chief representative of a Taiwan bank in the Mainland expects SEF and ARATS to sign a financial MOU in March 2009, which would allow his bank to begin operations in the Mainland by the end of 2009. Lack of RMB/NTD convertibility and restrictions on RMB lending cast a shadow o [...]	2009-01-14 02:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ETRD ECON CH TW
09SHANGHAI267	SHANGHAI'S MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB ON COURSE TO LAUNCH [...] (U) In a May 26 briefing for diplomats arranged by the Shanghai Foreign Affair Office, Shanghai authorities said the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub (Hongqiao Hub),one of China's largest infrastructure projects (reftel),is on schedule to begin partial operations before for the 2010 [...]	2009-06-17 11:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ECIN CH
09SHANGHAI271	MPA ON EXPO, FILM INDUSTRY, IPR AND COOPERATION IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen officers met with Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman and Asia-based Motion Picture Association (MPA) officials on to discuss film piracy, copyright enforcement and other IPR issues. MPAA/MPA hopes that the Shanghai 2010 World Ex [...]	2009-06-22 02:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KPAO SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI273	CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: THE SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China released its national roadmap for healthcare reform on April 6, which calls for universal healthcare coverage by 2020 and large investments in key areas. Provinces and municipalities (who will bear a large amount of the implementation costs) are now formulating their own [...]	2009-06-22 06:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI275	FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS SHANGHAI EXPATS HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are leading many in Shanghai's expatriate community to return home ahead of schedule just as Shanghai ramps up for the 2010 World Expo. Shanghai has approximately 150,000 expats who work for many of its 40,000 foreign-invested projects [...]	2009-06-23 06:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL CASC CH
09SHANGHAI282	NANJING TAIWAN EXPERT COMMENTS ON TAIPEI POLITICS, MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China relations have become more stable and "mature" in the view of the head of Nanjing University's Taiwan Research Institute. This fact allows for more "space" to address problems than in the past. The decision of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to become KMT Chairman was [...]	2009-06-29 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW
09SHANGHAI291	HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]	2009-07-01 05:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI292	BEIJING LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY DEVELOPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks the Central Government has shifted from--in the words of one contact--"strangling" the property sector with regulatory restrictions to encouraging families to purchase homes. While this is not the direct aid that many struggling property developers were hoping [...]	2009-07-01 10:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI309	SHANGHAI AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, Shanghai has been discussing environmental protection in several different fora. Shanghai's experience with environmental protection has been quite different from other cities in China due to its rapid growth and expansion. Because [...]	2009-07-10 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY EFIN BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI314	THE COORDINATION MECHANISM AND PERSONALITIES THAT MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai has often been cited by the U.S. business community as the "diamond in the rough" when it comes to intellectual property protection in China. The highest levels of Shanghai Government have publicly declared the city's commitment to IPR, largely as a means to spur inno [...]	2009-07-16 02:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON KIPR PGOV PINR
09SHANGHAI315	A ROUNDUP OF IPR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai is one of the bright spots in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China and is squarely focused on putting it best foot forward for the 2010 World Expo. In 2008, the city beefed up its IP strategy in keeping with the June 2008 National IP Strategy; i [...]	2009-07-16 09:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ECIN CH
09SHANGHAI321	(C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...]	2009-07-19 10:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09SHANGHAI33	ZHEJIANG VICE GOVERNOR PROMOTED TO COMMERCE VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) China's State Council recently appointed Zhejiang Vice Governor Zhong Shan to move to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as Vice Minister. Zhong has served in Zhejiang's provincial government since 2003 during a period of rapid economic growth and the expansion of trade and investment tie [...]	2009-01-16 07:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON PINR CH
09SHANGHAI335	CHINA'S PORT OF NINGBO SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE U.S., [...] (U) Summary: During a July 13-14 visit to Ningbo, the Consul General (CG) toured the massive Port of Ningbo, second only to Shanghai in container throughput. Officials of the Ningbo Port Company Ltd. (NPCL) gave an overview of the port's features while explaining how the port has fared durin [...]	2009-07-27 08:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EIND ETRD EWWT PREL
09SHANGHAI340	EXPO FEVER AND THE CULT OF HAIBAO: SHANGHAI GOES ALL OUT [...] (U) Summary: Feverish preparations for Shanghai's World Expo 2010, due to begin next May 1, have taken over every corner of this city of 20 million people. The authorities have mobilized government, media, community, cultural, environmental and engineering resources to ensure a successful and [...]	2009-07-31 06:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BEXP SENV KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI341	(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ASSESS DPRK'S RECENT PROVOCATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said in early July they believe North Korea was reacting to both international pressures and domestic needs with their series of recent provocations. Scholars noted a strong connection between Kim Jong Il's declining health, his potential successor, and the nucl [...]	2009-07-31 08:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS
09SHANGHAI351	SHANGHAI SUMMER SIMMERING WITH SUB-SURFACE SOCIAL STRIFE [...] (C) Two recent housing protests as well as other local concerns that cropped up during the summer highlight the continuing challenges to social stability in Shanghai. Consulate contacts say housing issues will remain a point of contention in the coming months, but point out that unrest to date [...]	2009-08-07 07:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI359	SHANGHAI PERSPECTIVES ON FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with Shanghai scholars and commentaries in local papers suggest many in East China believe the nuclear issue was the main topic of discussion during former President Bill Clinton's August 4-5 trip to North Korea. Shanghai scholars expressed hope that the visit would kick [...]	2009-08-13 07:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KN KS PARM PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI360	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREAN POLICY GOALS AND [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai foreign affairs experts believe North Korea seeks to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and Kim Jong-il has moved close to the views of the North Korean military in order to maintain stability during the transfer of power to his successor. The scholars all conclude [...]	2009-08-17 03:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS
09SHANGHAI362	STIMULUS BOOSTING GROWTH, SHANGHAI ANALYST TELLS CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economy is likely to achieve the Central Government's 8 percent growth target this year, a Shanghai-based investment bank analyst told CODEL Boehner on August 11. However, much of the growth is a result of Beijing's economic stimulus measures, which are non-transparent [...]	2009-08-19 04:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PREL OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI365	SENATOR NELSON HEARS UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 10 roundtable discussion with Senator Bill Nelson, representatives of 20 American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) member companies responded to Senator Bill Nelson's (D-FL) queries regarding opportunities for U.S. businesses, technology transfer, corruption, [...]	2009-08-20 08:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD ETTC OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI367	SENATOR NELSON RAISES CONCERNS OVER CONTAMINATED DRYWALL [...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting with senior officials of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ),Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) expressed concern over the devastating impact of contaminated drywall imported from China on U.S. households and indicated [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD PGOV OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI368	ZHEJIANG ACTIVISTS ON POLITICAL ANNIVERSARIES, SOCIAL [...] (C) Human rights activists in Zhejiang Province told PolOff they currently enjoy relative freedom of movement following restrictions during the June 4 period, but they predict much tighter controls in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the PRC in October. The activists remain concerned abou [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI369	FEARS OF POLICY CHANGES DRIVE SHANGHAI STOCKS SLUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai stock market's recent 18 percent decline stems from three main factors, say ConGen Shanghai contacts: a more cautious Central Government stance regarding potential asset bubbles; profit-taking by some leading institutional investors; and an expected moderation to t [...]	2009-08-20 08:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI380	BOOSTING CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROBLEMATIC, SAY EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: China's decentralized investment approval process aids the entry of foreign businesses into the China market, in the view of ConGen contacts in Shanghai's financial sector. However, problems with official approval of investment projects and the varying quality of government ca [...]	2009-09-04 11:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI381	JIANGSU MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE ELEVATES POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A leadership shuffle in Jiangsu Province, sparked by former Suzhou Party Secretary Wang Rong's transfer to Shenzhen in mid-June, elevated officials to key posts in Suzhou, Nanjing and Yangzhou in August. Based on their ages and previous experience, all three -- Suzhou Party Secr [...]	2009-09-09 02:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CH
09SHANGHAI399	SHANGHAI WTO CENTER CALLS U.S. "IRRESPONSIBLE" FOR IMPOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the Consul General September 18, the head of Shanghai's WTO Center labeled the U.S. decision to impose safeguard tariffs on tire imports from China politically motivated and "irresponsible" in the current global economic climate but at the same time expressed unders [...]	2009-09-21 08:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PREL CH
09SHANGHAI40	(SBU) SHANGHAI MBA SCHOOL FEELING IMPACT OF FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A prominent Shanghai-based international business school is seeing demand for its Executive MBA (EMBA) program dropping in recent months as the financial crisis hits the bottom line of foreign and domestic corporations in China, according to two new Consulate contacts speaking [...]	2009-01-20 07:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ELAB

09SHANGHAI401	CHINESE BANKS DEMANDING ASSURANCES ON FOREIGN BANKS' [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chinese regulations governing derivatives trading that went into effect September 16 are having a disproportionate negative impact on foreign-invested firms. In the face of efforts by foreign-invested banks to modify or roll back the requirements, the major Chinese banks [...]	2009-09-22 05:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI405	POLITICAL PESSIMISM AS 60TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES [...] (C) The recent plenary session of the Communist Party Central Committee and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC are mechanisms to protect the Party's legitimacy and reassert its supremacy over other political institutions, according to Shanghai contacts. Efforts to cu [...]	2009-09-25 08:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI410	SHANGHAI DEFINING ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai received a large rhetorical boost this past spring in its quest to build a modern financial sector that might eventually rival New York and London. The State Council, after months of delay, issued an endorsement of Shanghai's goal to become China's international finan [...]	2009-09-30 05:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI411	60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...]	2009-09-30 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH
09SHANGHAI436	ANHUI'S 2009 ECONOMIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE [...] (SBU) Anhui Province boasted robust economic growth through the first three quarters of 2009 despite concern earlier in the year of a slowdown. Much of the province's growth is due to the Central Government's economic stimulus measures, including investment in infrastructure. Most of Anhui's [...]	2009-10-28 02:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI444	JIANGSU PURSUES INVESTMENT-FUELED GROWTH DESPITE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With little regard for Central Government concerns about investment bubbles or overcapacity, Jiangsu -- East China's largest province -- is tapping a locally funded government stimulus program and lending to large firms to rack up impressive growth figures even as net exports r [...]	2009-11-02 10:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI46	WENZHOU - A CANARY IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC MINESHAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Deputy Principal Officer's January 21-22 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials said Wenzhou was one of the first cities in China to feel the impact of the global slowdown because of its largely private sector economy and heavy reliance on exports. Th [...]	2009-01-23 07:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI469	REAL ESTATE TALES FROM A SECOND-TIER CITY: NANJING HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Real estate sales are booming in Jiangsu -- as they are in neighboring provinces -- and have become a key component of economic growth following the introduction of real estate stimulus measures in December 2008. However, our contacts say that the stimulus measures will be dif [...]	2009-12-04 11:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI475	POSITIVE VIBES FROM PRESIDENT'S VISIT; SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (SBU) Shanghai-based scholars generally expressed positive views on President Obama's November visit to China during a panel discussion on December 7 but noted areas of friction and disagreement that remain unresolved. They appeared optimistic that U.S.-China relations are headed in the right [...]	2009-12-10 08:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI485	SHANGHAI AIRLINES TO RESUME SAIPAN SERVICE DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Shanghai Airlines (SAL) representatives met with Shanghai Consulate Officers December 14 to resolve lingering confusion following a November 28 Department of Homeland Security directive permitting visa-free travel to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by Chinese [...]	2009-12-16 02:02:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL CVIS CH CQ
09SHANGHAI486	2009 SHANGHAI FDI SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009, Shanghai's foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to grow despite China's dramatic drop in nationwide FDI. Municipal officials and academics report that Shanghai's increasingly service-based economy, the Central Government's anointment of Shanghai as a future intern [...]	2009-12-16 10:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH ETRD
09SHANGHAI492	PARTY CHIEF TOUTS SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC "TRANSFORMATION" [...] (SBU) Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced to a December 5-6 meeting of senior municipal officials that Shanghai would "lead the transformation of China's economic development model" in the coming year. Yu's statements appear to reassure local officials of Central Gover [...]	2009-12-18 09:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SENV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI494	FAST CHINESE LOAN GROWTH BUOYS PROVINCIAL BANK'S AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank of Jiangsu (BOJS) -- a model for government-led reform of China's municipal-level commercial banks -- appears to be prospering from the current lending boom, and has set its sights on becoming a trans-regional bank. Within Jiangsu Province in East China, BOJS is building a [...]	2009-12-21 12:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI51	RURAL EASTERN ANHUI STABLE AND PROSPEROUS IN THE YEAR OF THE [...] (C) Rural Eastern Anhui Province appeared festive and upbeat on the eve of Lunar New Year celebrations despite continued reports of returned migrant workers facing difficult job prospects after the holiday. A County Governor who attended Central Party School training in Shanghai in November 20 [...]	2009-01-30 04:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI52	THE MAKINGS OF A CHINESE LABOR LAWYER [...] (C) First-year labor law students in Suzhou shared their motivations for becoming labor lawyers with Poloff during a January 8 visit. The students from all over China had different reasons for pursuing their chosen field of study, ranging from aiding their own employment prospects during a per [...]	2009-01-30 04:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON CH
09SHANGHAI53	SHANGHAI AIRLINES FACES TURBULENT TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Airlines (SAL),China's fifth largest and first independently-run local airline, struggled through a string of economic blows in 2008, and the global economic slump is promising to bring more hardship in 2009. Shanghai Airlines Senior Vice President Gu Jiadan said the [...]	2009-01-30 11:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI54	SHANGHAI UNIVERSITIES NURTURE NEXT GENERATION OF IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. A key element of the Shanghai Municipal Government's efforts to be a leader in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been the establishment and support of IPR colleges and research centers at several major universities throughout the city. Although these schools tr [...]	2009-01-30 11:23:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI57	ZHEJIANG ECONOMIC ENGINE STILL MOVING, BUT TRADE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang provincial officials remain upbeat on their largely private sector economy but acknowledged the growth rate is slowing. The province's 2008 GDP grew roughly 10 percent over 2007, and total exports and imports for 2008 were up 19.4 percent. When introducing economic t [...]	2009-02-02 03:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI59	ZHEJIANG RESUMES COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of Consulate efforts to revive relations on intellectual property rights (IPR),Zhejiang IP officials held a roundtable on January 12 on efforts to protect IPR in the province. The meeting is a breakthrough in IPR relations, representing the first engage [...]	2009-02-02 05:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI60	MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB - LYNCHPIN OF EAST CHINA AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai authorities are racing to complete one of China's largest infrastructure projects, the city's 26 square kilometer Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, in time for the 2010 World Expo. The mega project, located 13 kilometers from the city center in the western su [...]	2009-02-02 06:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI61	NANJING BANKER ON MONEYLAUNDERING AND OTHER FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) office in Nanjing is organizing monthly anti-moneylaundering training sessions, according to the chief representative of the Standard Chartered Bank branch there. New bank regulations imposing a tax on overseas borrowings are causing concerns fo [...]	2009-02-03 02:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PTER
09SHANGHAI64	(SBU) GOVERNMENT HOUSING STIMULUS PLANS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese government plans to expand subsidized housing have been designed to limit the benefits to property developers, according to a new contact who works with one of China's main real estate market indexes -- in fact, the government is not opposed to housing prices falling fa [...]	2009-02-04 04:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI65	(SBU) NEW TAXES HIT FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks based in China could see their cost of foreign funding rise by 15 percent this year as a result of recent Chinese tax changes, said a partner in a leading tax accountancy firm's Shanghai office. Foreign banks have lobbied for exemptions, but so far have not been [...]	2009-02-05 01:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KTIA PREL
09SHANGHAI66	SOCIAL STABILITY IN ZHEJIANG: CALM FOR NOW [...] (C) Zhejiang Province remains relatively calm despite continued concerns about post-Lunar New Year social instability as a result of the province's failing economy, contacts told Poloff during a February 4 visit to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital. Some cities are in better shape than o [...]	2009-02-05 07:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI67	(C) HANGZHOU ACTIVISTS ON "08 CHARTER" AND EAST CHINA HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Four Hangzhou-based signatories of the 08 Charter told Poloff on February 4 that the document's impact has not been as significant as was originally hoped, but the charter's support is greater than the number of signatories (Refs A, B, and C). The contacts also shared their views [...]	2009-02-05 08:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH UN
09SHANGHAI70	BAO STEEL GLOOMY ON QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's largest steel producer, Bao Steel, is pessimistic about China's economic prospects through 2009. In a February 3 meeting with Bao Steel, Vice President Dai Zhihao said that demand in China's steel market remains lackluster with no sign of recovery. Although excess stoc [...]	2009-02-06 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI73	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...]	2009-02-09 09:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI74	(SBU) U.S. CORPORATIONS LIMITING LAYOFFS DESPITE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Major U.S. corporations are limiting layoffs, even though they are feeling the effects the economic downturn, said the chief Shanghai representative of the U.S.-China Business Council. U.S. corporations are handling layoffs differently in China than they would in the United S [...]	2009-02-10 10:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP CH EFIN ELAB ETRD
09SHANGHAI79	JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...]	2009-02-13 01:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA
09SHANGHAI80	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-13 12:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN PHUM MCAP SENV CH TW KN IR
09SHANGHAI85	TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN NANJING HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province said securing bank loans remains one of the biggest challenges for Taiwan firms in the Mainland but are hopeful the next SEF-ARATS talks will address this issue. The interlocutors complained about their inability to layoff workers [...]	2009-02-19 07:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI86	CORRECTED COPY: SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-19 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN IR KN PHUM PREL SENV TW MCAP
09SHANGHAI87	EAST CHINA SCHOLARS ON TAIWAN'S WHA PROSPECTS, ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: East China scholars believe China is trying to help Taiwan's ailing economy but criticize Taiwan for treating mainlanders like "third-class citizens." The scholars are optimistic that Taiwan will gain observer status in May's World Health Assembly but express reservations about gi [...]	2009-02-20 04:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ECON EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI96	ANHUI'S AUTO INDUSTRY HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BENEFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of double-digit growth, Chery Automobile Company and Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC),two large Chinese auto manufacturers headquartered in Anhui Province, saw sales slump in 2008 due to the economic downturn, with exports hit particularly hard. Recent government [...]	2009-02-27 01:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB EIND PGOV CH
09SHENYANG119	DPRK REFUGEES: MORE DIVERSE, ELITE, AND RELIANT UPON BROKERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 04:46:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG134	DANDONG VANADIUM SEIZURE PART OF "CONTINUING [...] (S) Summary. Reports of a July 24 seizure of 70 kilograms of vanadium at the China-North Korea border at Dandong were confirmed by Customs Officials, who portrayed the event as business as usual. A key government contact, however, took pains to tell us that in fact things have tightened up [...]	2009-07-29 04:10:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG137	CHINESE VANADIUM SEIZURE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C)Summary. On July 30 Congenoffs went to Dandong to observe land port inspections and meet with Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) officials regarding the discovery of an attempt to smuggle vanadium concealed in fruit containers (reftel). Officials clarified that the vanadium had actually been disc [...]	2009-07-31 04:26:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PEL RS
09SHENYANG141	PRC-DPRK BORDER: DPRK ECONOMY ROBUST, UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources agree that the North Korean economy appears to be the strongest it has been in recent memory. Chinese officials may be enforcing UNSC 1874 (Ref A, B) and financial sanctions through stepped-up inspections at the PRC-DPRK border, but there is local skepticism about the abil [...]	2009-08-13 04:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG142	PRC-DPRK BORDER: HARDLY ANY NEW REFUGEES AT ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the PRC-DPRK borderlands indicate that as of August 2009, there are virtually no new DPRK refugees crossing the Tumen River with the goal of settling in China (Ref A) but that the area is home to many refugees from the late 1990s, not a few of whom have integrated into [...]	2009-08-13 04:06:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG143	PRC-DPRK BORDER: RASON, PUST, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason is the most open and liberalized place in North Korea, but minor improvements in relations with DPRK officials there should not be read as evidence of further engagement or liberalization, according to two key NGO contacts. Meanwhile, the Pyongyang University of Science and [...]	2009-08-14 01:35:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG148	PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER [...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...]	2009-08-21 03:10:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH
09SHENYANG152	TONGHUA PROTEST FOLLOW-UP: INVESTIGATION GOING [...] (C) Summary. Wang Shou Kun, chief economic research advisor investigating the Tonghua Steel factory labor disturbance that resulted in the death a manager (reftel) says the Jilin government is committed to getting to the bottom of what happened but that no arrests have been made. Rumors of maf [...]	2009-08-27 02:39:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON ELAB PGOV PINS SPILL
09SHENYANG167	JILIN TRADE FAIRS: CHINESE SELF-ADULATION, LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade fairs in Northeast China are becoming larger productions, with aims beyond mere regional cooperation. The Chinese seem to be moving away from the UNDP Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) begun in the early 1990s to new China-only regional projects. Northeast China's main trade [...]	2009-09-17 21:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECIN ELTN ETRD KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG170	DPRK CONFIDENT BUT ANXIOUS; PRC ENVOYS; INFORMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact who has extensive experience in North Korea believes the DPRK's "charm offensive" is the result of newfound confidence stemming from its missile launch and nuclear test. North Korea feels economically and politically dominated by China, so it is anxious [...]	2009-09-25 01:50:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EMIN ETRD KN KS PARM PREL
09SHENYANG183	YANBIAN PRC ACADEMIC ON DPRK: NO WAY OUT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a well-connected Chinese expert on DPRK issues, the international community missed its opportunity to negotiate away the North Korean nuclear program in 2006. He questioned the U.S. "exit strategy" and inquired if the United States could stomach a nuclear and prolife [...]	2009-10-19 04:00:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAID ECON EFIN KN KS PARM PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG194	IN THE ZONE: COMPANIES TELL US THEIR DALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 26 ) 27 visit of officers from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to various development zones in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, provided an opportunity to visit several U.S.-invested and Chinese companies, including Intel, Epoch Internation [...]	2009-11-05 23:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG195	ZONE DEFENSE: DALIAN ADMINISTRATORS TELL USITC [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) officers visited various development zones and companies (chiefly foreign-invested) in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province with the purpose of discerning the differences between the various zones and the benefits they provide to [...]	2009-11-05 23:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG200	MEETING WITH ROK POLMIN SUNGNAM LIM: FRUSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) ROK Political Minister Lim Sungnam, a relative newcomer in Beijing (two months, overlapping by his account somewhat awkwardly with his predecessor),dropped by Shenyang briefly on November 9 before jetting off to Harbin as part of a Northeast familiarization tour. Lim asked the Consul G [...]	2009-11-10 03:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH PMIL ROK
09SHENYANG208	MIGRANT LABOR MARKET SNAPSHOT: CRACKS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to a major labor market in Shenyang shows that despite government and NGO efforts to increase protections for migrant workers, an underclass of mostly unskilled migrants continues to exist here. Individuals in this situation have difficulty finding temporary work [...]	2009-11-20 02:47:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PLAB PGOV SOCI CH
09SHENYANG216	PRC-DPRK BORDER: BIG PLANS FOR 2ND BRIDGE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Premier Wen Jiabao's October 4-6 meetings in Pyongyang produced a joint PRC-DPRK agreement to build a second bridge across the Yalu River. During ConGenOffs' recent trips to Dandong, officials openly discussed their development plan to include the to-be-built bridge, estimating a M [...]	2009-12-04 02:32:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAID ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KN KS PBTS PREL
09SHENYANG219	CHINESE INVESTMENT IN NORTH KOREA: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese investment in North Korea appears to be a largely state-directed affair, supporting government objectives to engage in resource diplomacy. Chinese businesses consider business in North Korea to be unprofitable, are wary of entering the market, and will only do so with Chi [...]	2009-12-21 23:33:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ETRD KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG220	PRC-DPRK BORDER: BRIBES SOFTEN LAWS ON REFUGEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact with family ties to one of South Korea's more conservative and recognized DPRK defector NGOs reports that Chinese government and security officials are willing to turn a blind eye to their operations to shelter-in-place undocumented North Koreans who want t [...]	2009-12-21 23:36:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS SOCI
09SHENYANG221	PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...]	2009-12-21 23:38:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI
09SHENYANG31	LIFE IN CHINA'S NORTH: SNAPSHOTS FROM HARBIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Heilongjiang Province displayed a well-informed interest and concern about the global economic slowdown while remaining upbeat on prospects for development, particularly in the transportation and environmental areas. Sector-specific industries related to exports and Ru [...]	2009-02-27 03:18:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD KN KS PREL RS SENV
09SHENYANG39	STRAINED YANJI ECONOMY, YUST/PUST OPERATIONS; DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While 2008 was a banner year for trade in Jilin Province as a whole, a recent visit to the China-DPRK- Russia border region showed that the global slowdown has sharply reduced South Korean and Russian trade. This is in stark contrast to the past, when generous capital inflows fro [...]	2009-03-05 23:08:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG75	STARS QUIETLY ON THE RISE IN JILIN AND HEILONGJIANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unique arrangement of Jilin Province's Governor Han Changfu and Party Secretary (PS) Wang Min's reversed roles continues to garner success for the poorest of China's Northeast provinces. Farther north, Heilongjiang's Ji Bingxuan is now firmly ensconced in his role as PS and [...]	2009-04-24 03:29:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PINR
09SHENYANG76	PRC-DPRK BORDER: CHINESE TENSE, NORTH KOREANS BUSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, Chinese officials have taken measures to tighten access by foreigners to border areas. Even areas previously open to tourists and foreigners are now restricted. Meetings with government, Public Security Bureau (PSB),[...]	2009-04-24 04:03:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SHENYANG90	PRC-DPRK BORDER: QUIET REFUGEE FRONT, LOCAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, China's increased security posture along the border (Ref A) does not seem to have translated into increased pressure on illegal border-crossers from the DPRK. Amcits working for non-U.S. projects in Rason and o [...]	2009-05-21 02:00:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG92	PRC-DPRK BORDER ECONOMY: SOME EXASPERATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese businessmen and government officials may be experiencing "North Korea fatigue" and, against the backdrop of the DPRK's April 5 missile launch, may in the future become less enthusiastic about undertaking investment opportunities in the DPRK. Trade at Dandong, which account [...]	2009-05-21 05:02:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SINGAPORE1010	SINGAPORE COOPERATES ON EXTRADITION OF TAMIL TIGER [...] (C) Singapore citizen Balraj Naidu Ragavan is under U.S. indictment for violating the Arms Export Control Act and committing other crimes in connection with attempts to broker weapons sales to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2006. The United States formally requested Naidu's extradi [...]	2009-10-20 02:14:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SN
09SINGAPORE1016	SINGAPORE PASSES TAX INFO SHARING LAW, EYES U.S. TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore took a step to exiting the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "grey list" of tax havens by passing tax amendments that improve its ability to exchange tax information with foreign authorities. Singapore is also renegotiating existing Double T [...]	2009-10-20 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1057	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Mr. President, Singapore is abuzz over your return to Asia. Your visit, in the wake of your historic changing-of-the-generations meeting in Washington with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, has the potential to change fundamentally perceptions of the United States in the region. Your presen [...]	2009-10-30 07:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR OVIP POTUS SN ASEAN
09SINGAPORE1108	SINGAPORE BROADBAND NETWORK PROMISES FASTER INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: Supported by a billion dollars in subsidies, Singapore is launching construction of a city-wide next generation broadband network that promises higher connectivity speeds at lower subscription rates. The new fiber-to-home network is part of a grand ten-year plan begun in 2005 [...]	2009-11-19 02:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1123	SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. POSTURE ON [...] (C) Singapore's bilateral relations with Iran remain positive, but Singapore has made it known to Iran that while all nations have the inalienable right to peaceful nuclear energy, that right comes with obligations and Iran must work with the international community to restore confidence in it [...]	2009-11-24 08:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA AORC SN
09SINGAPORE1138	PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...]	2009-12-01 08:49:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV APEC CN SN
09SINGAPORE1154	AFGHANISTAN: SINGAPORE PUBLICLY WELCOMES PRESIDENT [...] (U) The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following press statement late on December 2. (Note: President Obama's West Point speech took place on the morning of December 2 Singapore time. End note.) BEGIN TEXT OF MFA STATEMENT Singapore welcomes the United States' continu [...]	2009-12-03 08:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN AF PK
09SINGAPORE1159	SINGAPORE RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF EDBI TO EXPAND [...] (S) There are no branches of Iranian banks in Singapore and the Government of Singapore (GOS) is not aware of any efforts by the Economic Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) to establish financial ties or institutions in Singapore, Valerie Tay, the Head and Deputy Director of Financial Services C [...]	2009-12-04 09:53:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC ETRD PREL SN
09SINGAPORE1223	SINGAPORE PORT DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's port, the busiest container port in the world, is beginning to recover from the global financial crisis that crippled international trade, but volumes are still dramatically off the heights from early 2008. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) saw its annual conta [...]	2009-12-21 07:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT SN
09SINGAPORE1224	SINGAPORE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Singapore submits the following draft narrative for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Please note that requests for updated statistics for the first paragraph are pending with the government of Singapore. Post will submit that data separately. For purposes of this draft, we hav [...]	2009-12-21 08:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN
09SINGAPORE1243	FOO KOK JWEE OFFERS DEPUTY NIO HIS PERSONAL VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: "The next 100 days are critical for Indonesia," MFA Deputy Director for Indonesia, FOO Kok Jwee conveyed in a December 14 meeting with Deputy NIO for East Asia, Dr. Terrence Markin. Citing the KPK and Bank Century corruption scandals that are dogging Indonesia's government, Foo [...]	2009-12-27 23:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ID PGOV PINR PREL SN
09SINGAPORE1245	SINGAPORE FTA REVIEW REVEALS PROGRESS IN SOME AREAS, DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and U.S. trade officials noted progress in resolving outstanding trade issues during an annual review of the 2004 U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review saw positive developments in the processing of two textile short supply requests, initiatives under [...]	2009-12-28 06:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR SN
09SINGAPORE131	SINGAPORE REACTS TO LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT TEMASEK [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials from Temasek leadership, the announcement of the upcoming departure of CEO Ho Ching from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is suspected to be at least partly a result of the fund's recent poor performance. Ho oversaw a broad expansion and diversi [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE152	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS HAVE HOPE BUT WANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Singapore's Muslims welcome the Obama presidency as "a new era of hope," but are waiting to see what new steps the United States will take, Hajji Mohammad Alami Musa, President of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS),told the Charge d' Affaires (CDA) on February 12 [...]	2009-02-19 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE158	SINGAPORE APPLAUDS SECRETARY'S "STRONG SIGNAL" TO [...] (C) Summary. MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan and Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh provided EAP/DAS Scot Marciel and the Charge d'Affaires glowing reactions to the Secretary's recent visit to Indonesia during separate meetings February 20. Kausikan said the Secretary's first vi [...]	2009-02-24 01:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE164	EARLY ELECTIONS? GOVERNMENT LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) Summary: Fueling rumors of early polls, the Government of Singapore (GOS) is executing the procedural steps that will allow it to call a general election at will. Political observers here speculate that the People's Action Party (PAP) may be keen to hold an early election (which must oth [...]	2009-02-25 05:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE165	GOS PROVIDING $200 MILLION TO "AIRPORT PARTNERS" IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will provide S$200 million to airlines and "airport partners" to help bolster local aviation and airport business in 2009. Funds will be disbursed in the form of property tax and rental rebates, as well as other incentives. Air [...]	2009-02-25 06:26:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE227	SINGAPORE MAKES PUBLIC ITS RELEASE OF TWO JI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Singapore released two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members from custody on January 5, Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) informed Embassy officials on March 11. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release about the freed JI members on the evening of March 12 an [...]	2009-03-13 10:42:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SN
09SINGAPORE237	SINGAPORE LOWERS HOPES FOR ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) Summary: The planned Human Rights Body (HRB) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will remain a "work in progress" for several years, Singapore's MFA and two former ASEAN Secretaries-General said March 11. ASEAN has not publicly released the draft terms of reference (TOR [...]	2009-03-17 10:17:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE25	GAO REVIEWS CANCELLATION OF SFI TRIAL IN SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 01:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSLG ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE28	GAO REVIEWS CANCELLATION OF SFI TRIAL IN SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A three-person team from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) visited Singapore December 12 to 19 to meet with GOS officials, private sector representatives, and Embassy personnel regarding cancellation of the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) trial. At a multi-agency brie [...]	2009-01-09 03:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSLG ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE287	SINGAPORE PM RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In a minor cabinet reshuffle March 26, Defense Minister Teo took on the long-expected additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM). Teo replaces DPM S. Jayakumar, who will become one of two Senior Ministers. People's Action Party (PAP) stalwart Lim Hwee Hua will become [...]	2009-03-27 10:43:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SN
09SINGAPORE288	SINGAPORE-INDIA: STRATEGIC SYMBIOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is working systematically with India to strengthen India's bilateral and regional engagement in East Asia, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, Indian High Commissioner S. Jaishankar, and other contacts told CDA and Embassy officers. Symbolic of this was Foreign Minister Geor [...]	2009-03-27 10:46:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MOPS SN IN
09SINGAPORE301	SINGAPORE - 2009 NARRATIVE ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request for information regarding the transparency of Singapore's budget, we provide the draft narrative below. The narrative is an update of the text from last year's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance (Ref B [...]	2009-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL SN
09SINGAPORE303	SINGAPORE ECONOMISTS LOOKING FOR LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Singapore has seen a steep drop in exports and industrial production the past few quarters and is expected to see continued drops in the near future, Singapore economists are beginning to see signs that the economy has bottomed out and a slow recovery may soon be under [...]	2009-04-01 00:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE308	OUTLOOOK FOR PORT OF SINGAPORE FROM MARITIME AND PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has caused container volumes to decline substantially in Singapore, but it has not had a comparable effect on vessel traffic and daily operations at the port, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) officials told Emboffs March 31. There are no ships laid up in [...]	2009-04-02 01:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV EPET ETRD EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE325	SINGAPORE OPENS DOOR TO CHINESE TO MAINTAIN ETHNIC [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a chronically low fertility rate and high emigration, Singapore has used a selective but relatively open immigration policy to increase its population, fuel its normally strong economic growth, and maintain a politically delicate balance among its Chinese, Malay and In [...]	2009-04-07 06:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR ELAB SN CH
09SINGAPORE420	SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 type A influenza in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) raised its alert level on May 1 from yellow to orange, indicating a potentially greater risk of human-to-human transmission but without declaring a pandemic. The GOS has institu [...]	2009-05-06 01:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE520	RULING PARTY TILTS FUNHOUSE MIRROR TO MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong announced on May 27 plans for three reforms intended to enhance the quantity and quality of debate in Singapore's Parliament. For the next elections, due by early 2012, the government will increase the minimum number of opposition members in [...]	2009-06-03 03:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE529	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERGâ€™S MAY 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) May 30, 2009; 6:30 p.m.; The Presidential Palace; Singapore. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Glyn T. Davies, EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Daniel L. Shields, CDA (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew Chee Hong Tat, Princi [...]	2009-06-04 09:08:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL MNUC ECON SN CH
09SINGAPORE563	ANTI-ISLAM PAMPHLETS PROVOKE JAIL TERMS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A Singapore court found a couple guilty of sedition on May 28 and sentenced them on June 10 to eight weeks in prison for distributing Christian pamphlets offensive to Muslims. The U.S.-published pamphlets, "The Little Bride" and "Who Is Allah?", portrayed Islam as "dangerous" a [...]	2009-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE575	SINGAPORE RELEASES TWO TERROR SUSPECT DETAINEES [...] (C) Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) publicly announced on June 16 the release of two men from preventive detention under the Internal Security Act; unusually, one of the men released had been in custody for no more than a month. Arifin Ali (alias John Wong Ah Hung),a former senior [...]	2009-06-18 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PGOV PTER SN
09SINGAPORE603	SINGAPORE: 220 H1N1 CASES; SLOW MOVE TO MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore health officials have confirmed 220 cases of H1N1 influenza as of June 24, including numerous cases of local transmission. With community spread of the virus confirmed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced June 22 that Singapore would begin the transition from a con [...]	2009-06-25 10:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE61	JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...]	2009-01-16 09:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL SN
09SINGAPORE614	UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (C) In response to reftel instructions, CDA delivered the points for ASEAN governments to Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan. CDA and Kausikan had two discussions on June 29, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon. In the afternoon discussion, Kausikan said he [...]	2009-06-29 08:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM KN SN
09SINGAPORE624	SINGAPORE: 701 H1N1 CASES; QUARANTINE MEASURES EASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Singapore has risen rapidly to more than 700, spurring the GOS to continue its move away from strict containment measures toward mitigating the effects of local transmission of the virus. However, during this transition phase there are mixed [...]	2009-07-01 07:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE671	SINGAPORE PULLS OUT OF RECESSION, TECHNICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's economy showed positive growth during the second quarter, unofficially marking the end of a year-long recession. Advance estimates are that Singapore posted a 20.4 percent expansion over the previous quarter, though still a 3.7 percent drop from the same period in [...]	2009-07-14 08:58:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE676	SINGAPORE ENDS H1N1 TEMPERATURE SCREENING AT BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been at least 1,200 cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Singapore. The GOS ceased temperature screening at border checkpoints on July 11 and has stopped reporting individual confirmed cases of H1N1. Instead, the Ministry of Health will only report hospitalized cases, [...]	2009-07-15 06:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE68	SINGAPORE CRACKS OPEN DOOR TO POLITICAL FILMS, [...] (C) Singapore signaled on January 9 that it will begin a phased liberalization of political content in new media, while reserving the power to ban material it deems inappropriate. Singaporeans will be able to see independent political films, but only if a government-appointed panel certifies [...]	2009-01-21 06:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE703	TEETER TOTTER BALANCING ACT FOR FALUN GONG IN [...] (C) Summary: While Falun Gong (FLG) practitioners in Singapore enjoy a certain degree of freedom, problems still persist. Over the past decade, the organization has seen its membership drop by more than half. Although FLG has received little media coverage in recent years, this does not ne [...]	2009-07-24 08:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN CM
09SINGAPORE704	SINGAPORE AIRPORT "CORPORATIZED"; LEE FAMILY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore has "corporatized" Changi International Airport in a move that will consolidate control of the domestic aviation sector in the hands of sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Lee family. Aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has split off [...]	2009-07-24 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON SN

09SINGAPORE72	SINGAPORE: ANNUAL OSAC CRIME / SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation. Post's assessment is that the overall level of crime in Singapore is low. Complete crime statistics for 2008 will be published in the first quarter of 2009, and Post will report any significant changes when the info [...]	2009-01-22 10:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SN
09SINGAPORE776	PM TOUTS GOVERNMENT'S COMPETENCE, WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his annual National Day Rally speech, Singapore's equivalent of the U.S. State of the Union address, on the evening of August 16. He asserted that government policies have cushioned Singapore against job losses but predicted a "subdued [...]	2009-08-18 09:19:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE779	READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...]	2009-08-18 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM
09SINGAPORE80	SINGAPORE LAUNCHES EXPANSIONARY BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled an expansionary budget January 22 with S$20.5 billion (USD 13.7 billion) in new measures to help Singapore businesses and workers survive the economic downturn. Tharman made clear the budget was not sufficient to pull [...]	2009-01-23 10:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE818	SINGAPORE HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore has several concerns about the new U.S. proposal (reftel) to move beyond the concept of membership to one of participation in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen told Poloff August 27. Chen said S [...]	2009-08-27 07:53:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE842	TEMASEK UPDATES CHARTER TO REFLECT COMMERCIAL FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings revised its charter to reflect what it called "a changed environment," downplaying its former leadership role in managing Singapore's state-owned companies and guiding the country's economic development. The new charter emphasiz [...]	2009-09-03 02:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE852	SINGAPORE MFA'S TOMMY KOH TALKS CHINA, SE ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh offered Staffdel Luse his views on Southeast Asian countries' relations with China, the United States, and each other in an August 17 meeting. According to Koh, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mem [...]	2009-09-04 04:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN
09SINGAPORE884	SINGAPORE PUSHING R&D AND POACHING TALENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Singapore (GOS) aims to grow research and development (R&D) spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010. GOS agencies advocate a results-driven and integrative approach to R&D in order to expand the local economy and involve foreign [...]	2009-09-14 08:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV TSPL TBIO PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE982	SINGAPORE'S COUNTER-RADICALIZATION PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (S) Summary: Singapore claims its integrative approach to counter-radicalization is effective at reducing extremism, and that there has been zero recidivism among the 41 terrorists that have been released into the community on a restricted basis. However, some independent observers are skepti [...]	2009-10-07 03:43:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC SN
09SKOPJE109	MACEDONIA: MAYORAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) As Macedonia holds its first combined presidential and local elections in March/April (first round March 22, second round April 5),key local races are as much in the spotlight as the presidential race. In some cases, better-known political names will be found on mayoral ballots than in [...]	2009-03-09 14:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE117	MACEDONIA: CAN THE DENAR AVOID DEVALUATION? [...] (SBU) Summary. Macedonia's current account deficit widened dramatically in 2008. The central bank's currency reserves have dropped at an alarming rate in 2009, raising concern about the country's ability to maintain the pegged value of the denar at roughly 61 to the euro, a fundamental elem [...]	2009-03-16 06:33:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL MK
09SKOPJE146	MACEDONIA ELECTIONS ROUND TWO: ON TRACK BUT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 15:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE156	MACEDONIAN ELECTIONS: GRUEVSKI IN NEAR-COMPLETE [...] (SBU) In a second round of presidential and municipal elections assessed as generally meeting international standards, ruling VMRO-DPMNE,s Gjorge Ivanov won by almost a two-to-one margin over SDSM opponent Ljubomir Frckoski. Macedonia,s ethnic Albanian population essentially boycotted the pre [...]	2009-04-08 15:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE177	MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI RECEPTIVE TO ADVICE ON NAME, [...] (C) Summary: PM Gruevski was receptive to the Ambassador's advice on the name issue and continued engagement with NATO in the course of a wide-ranging conversation April 15. Ambassador pressed for retention of CHOD LTG Stojanovski, a positive public tone and negotiating stance toward Greece on [...]	2009-04-17 15:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV GR MK
09SKOPJE188	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN POLITICS IN FERMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Albanian politicians increasingly believe PM Gruevski's government is not committed to their top goal: Euro-Atlantic integration. Largest e-Albanian party and coalition partner DUI is struggling with how to push Gruevski to solve the name issue (thus opening the door to NA [...]	2009-04-22 16:37:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE203	FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 11:25:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK
09SKOPJE206	MACEDONIA'S CULTURE WARS [...] (SBU) Summary: Coincidentally (or perhaps not),two church/state issues in Macedonia have grabbed the headlines and pitted PM Gruevski's VMRO government against the opposition and his own ethnic Albanian coalition partner, DUI. The GoM is aggressively pressing forward with its plans to fund t [...]	2009-05-08 06:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI MK
09SKOPJE214	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Your visit presents an opportune moment to underscore to Macedonians that the Obama Administration is not "pro-Greek," that the United States is prepared to engage in active behind-the-scenes support for developing a reasonable solution to the name dispute -- working with BOTH sides -- [...]	2009-05-12 18:23:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR KV MK
09SKOPJE332	MACEDONIA: DANGEROUS DRIFT? [...] (C) PM Gruevski's government continues a very mixed performance. He and his closest cronies continue to engage in highly questionable practices on government tenders and in squeezing EVN, the Austrian-owned electricity distributor. Substantial judicial reform lags, but Gruevski has directed t [...]	2009-07-10 13:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
09SKOPJE35	MACEDONIA: S/WCI GROUP FINDS ICTY CASES HIGHLY [...] (C) Summary: Members of the State Department,s S/WCI team discovered an ethnically divided, highly politicized environment surrounding the four war crimes cases returned to Macedonia by the ICTY. GOM officials admitted that political pressure was guiding these cases. The e-Albanian leadershi [...]	2009-01-23 08:10:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE369	MACEDONIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATO ADVISORY TEAM [...] (C) Summary: The assignment of Bulgarians to both the commander and deputy positions of the NATO Advisory Team for Macedonia is not in U.S. interests. End summary. 2. (C) We learned off-line in early June that Bulgaria was the only Ally who volunteered to fill the "Chief NAT" position in S [...]	2009-07-29 07:06:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK BU NL
09SKOPJE377	MACEDONIA: NEW DEBATE ON USE OF LANGUAGE HEATING UP [...] (C) Summary: New Democracy (ND) leader Imer Selmani's request for more complete implementation in parliament of the law that outlines the use of minority languages has escalated to a wider debate in Parliament. An unlikely alliance between ND and governing coalition partner DUI is now seeking [...]	2009-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE38	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR WARNS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: We have been engaging at all levels of the GoM regarding Macedonia,s decision to name a stadium, highway, and new cargo airport for Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon and its plans to erect yet more Alexander statues in Skopje and elsewhere. In a Jan. 16 meeting with FonMi [...]	2009-01-26 13:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE382	IMPEDIMENTS TO MACEDONIA'S DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) I request senior-level intervention to resolve bureaucratic impediments to the long-planned deployment of 79 Macedonian soldiers to Afghanistan. This deployment will allow the Vermont National Guard to double its reconnaissance and police mentor teams, from 4 to 8 of each. Obtaining pra [...]	2009-08-05 17:10:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS NATO AF MK
09SKOPJE411	MACEDONIA: AHMETI RATES STATE OF AFFAIRS A "FOUR [...] (C) Summary: Following the commemoration of the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, Ambassador Reeker joined DUI leader Ali Ahmeti at his family sheep station deep in the mountains of western Macedonia on August 16. Ahmeti was critical of Prime Minister Nikola Gru [...]	2009-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE477	MACEDONIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA STIRS UP INTER-ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of the first ever Macedonian National Encyclopedia by the government-funded, nearly ethnically homogeneous Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts has caused uproar in the ethnic-Albanian community and provoked reactions from Macedonia's neighbors. The encyclopedia a [...]	2009-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK KV AL BU
09SKOPJE49	MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: The ruling VMRO choice for president, Georgi Ivanov, will likely win and further consolidate PM Gruevski's hold on power. SDSM's candidate, Ljubomir Frckoski, is unlikely to win and may not even come in second. Former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski could threaten VMRO's party [...]	2009-02-04 17:17:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK
09SKOPJE589	MACEDONIA: NEW TIP COMBATING AND PREVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has continued to refine its victim protection and TIP prevention activities and is attending to the shortcomings identified in its established TIP infrastructure. Partnering with the international community, the government has begun expansive training projects focused [...]	2009-12-07 09:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG SOCI ELAB TI KS SR
09SKOPJE601	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, it appears that Prime Minister Gruevski and his VMRO inner circle have used the judicial and policing arms of the state to enforce party discipline and quell dissent, which has contributed to an increasing climate of fear. The government has been using a catch [...]	2009-12-14 09:11:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XG ZL MK
09SKOPJE67	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA [...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...]	2009-02-13 14:52:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK
09SKOPJE74	MACEDONIA: PRIMER ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF [...] (SBU) Just nine months after holding parliamentary elections marked by violence, intimidation and serious irregularities, Macedonia will hold its first-ever concurrent presidential and mayoral/municipal elections, with the first round on March 22 and second on April 5. With Euro-Atlantic i [...]	2009-02-18 08:24:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SOFIA1	BULGARIA: TOTAL CUT IN GAS SUPPLY SPARKS CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas hit Bulgaria broadside on January 6, when the country discovered that 100 percent of its gas supplies had been suspended indefinitely. PM Stanishev has reached out to his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to demand an im [...]	2009-01-06 15:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV
09SOFIA101	BULGARIA: F-16 ENDGAME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is in the final sprint of a ten-year marathon to acquire new fighters. A successful deal on F-16s will lock in a NATO-reinforcing U.S.-Bulgaria defense relationship for at least a generation. Without it, we will have a hole in NATO's southern tier: Bulgaria wil [...]	2009-03-12 11:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA116	Want to be a Phony Roma? Just Google Bulgarian coyotes! [...] Summary: We continue to process fraudulent asylum cases (follow-to-join) in which we have no choice but to issue the visas. We have yet to come across an asylum case based on Roma ("gypsy") ethnicity -- and virtually all cases are based on Roma ethnicity -- in which the claimant is actually Roma. T [...]	2009-03-18 10:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ASEC BU
09SOFIA127	BULGARIA: THE ECONOMY'S MUDDLING THROUGH, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is finally feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. After years of impressive growth, major indicators are down and the real economy is taking a hit. But years of fiscal conservatism have left Bulgaria with sufficient buffers to avoid the financial turbulen [...]	2009-03-25 07:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA131	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA132	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA133	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA140	AF/PAK: BULGARIA WILLING TO DO MORE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing appreciation for Bulgaria's current troop deployments to Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia, DCM Karagiannis stressed the importance of new Bulgarian contributions in Afghanistan. Looking to President Parvanov's first meeting with our President, the DCM urged Bulga [...]	2009-03-31 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA15	BULGARIA: DIGGING OUT OF THE ENERGY HOLE [...] (C) Summary: The total gas cut-off, now in its seventh day, has exposed the vulnerabilities and short-sightedness of Bulgaria's Russia-centric energy policy. Nearly 100 percent dependent on Russia for its gas, oil and nuclear fuel, Bulgaria is clearly under Moscow's thumb. We are urging s [...]	2009-01-12 15:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA154	SOFIA'S MEAN STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Sofia's streets are a showcase for potholes and uncollected garbage. Lined by decaying soviet style blocks and uncompleted new construction (mixed with some glitzy modern buildings),they are ugly. While the ordinary crime rate is low, organized crime violence is a recurrent [...]	2009-04-02 14:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA159	BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINGTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]	2009-04-03 15:30:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA162	BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]	2009-04-03 17:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA169	FM KALFIN PREVIEWS HIS APRIL 8 WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Kalfin previewed his Washington visit with the Charge for 90 minutes on April 6. He asked for a strong public statement by the Secretary commending the substantially strengthened bilateral partnership over the past five years, underscoring that it will establish the foundation for t [...]	2009-04-06 17:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BU
09SOFIA177	BULGARIA'S PARLIAMENT: FUMBLING AT THE FINISH LINE [...] (C) Summary: With less than 20 working days left before June 7 European Parliamentary and expected national elections in early July),Bulgarian MPs are scrambling to clear a pile of long-stalled legislation. A scrum has developed over the key law regulating national elections, which has de [...]	2009-04-10 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA180	BULGARIA'S ENERGY DEBUT: GETTING WHAT WE WANT AT SOFIA'S NATURAL GAS SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit is many things to many people. Bulgaria's ostensible goal is to improve Europe's outreach and relationship with Central Asian and Caspian producers, while at the same time putting Sofia on the energy map. Russia will use it as a way to highlight and [...]	2009-04-14 06:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA183	BULGARIAN ROMA: LOST IN (NON)INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Roma communities across Bulgaria commemorated International Roma Day, the government sluggishly moved to update the 1999 Framework Program for Roma Integration. Ten years after the adoption of the government's first policy document on Roma integration, results are meager. [...]	2009-04-16 10:07:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU SIPDIS
09SOFIA186	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT VETOES ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov vetoed amendments to the election law that raise the threshold vote for coalitions to enter the parliament (from 4 to 8 percent) and allow for majority vote election of "district deputies" (31 of the parliament,s 240 seats) rather than on a proportional basis. [...]	2009-04-16 15:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA20	BULGARIA 2008: PERSPECTIVE ON A TOUGH YEAR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Bulgaria begins 2009 with a bad hangover. Pervasive disgust over the problems of recent months and the even grimmer prospects of the coming year has led many here to sink into an already deep hole of apathy and cynicism. Tangible improvements in family income and overall [...]	2009-01-15 05:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BU
09SOFIA221	BULGARIA: PM RATIONALIZES RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a move that prompted scathing ridicule by local media, Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev rushed to Moscow less than 24 hours after the April 24-25 regional energy summit in Sofia (which Putin refused to attend). While in Moscow, Stanishev signed yet another "secret" agreement [...]	2009-05-12 12:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BG
09SOFIA225	TWO YEARS IN, BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO FIND VOICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two years after accession, Bulgaria still struggles to find its voice within the EU. Preoccupied with domestic political in-fighting, shamed by the withholding of EU funds, and sensitive to its status as a "quasi member state" subject to a rule-of-law-related special monitoring [...]	2009-05-14 14:48:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA229	Semi-annual Fraud Summary Sofia; October, 2008 - March, [...] SUMMARY: Though overstay rates for Bulgarians may still be declining overall, low wages here continue to fuel problems in this area. Our latest H2B validation study, for instance, indicated a 33 percent overstay rate. On the other hand, our most recent B1/B2 validation study found the overst [...]	2009-05-15 10:30:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC BU
09SOFIA23	BULGARIA: FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. Post requests $30,240.00 to fund agricultural biotechnology ("agbiotech") programs in FY2009. These programs will educate consumers, farmers, academics, and policy makers about the benefits of agbiotech, with the goal of assisting Bulgaria to become a successful model and advoc [...]	2009-01-15 07:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRB TBIO KPAO
09SOFIA235	BULGARIA: UPDATED HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (U) This cable provides an unclassified update on Bulgarian Government practices on information collection, screening, and sharing since the classified November 2007 baseline cable (See REF A). Responses correspond to questions listed in REF B. 2. (SBU) In December 2007, the Bulgarian [...]	2009-05-19 15:00:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KHLS BU
09SOFIA25	BULGARIA: SECOND DAY OF PROTESTS PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two thousand protestors gathered for a second day in front of Parliament January 15, a day after a demonstration of roughly the same size turned violent as extremist groups clashed with police. The January 14 clashes were the worst since mass protests brought down the Sociali [...]	2009-01-16 07:04:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA259	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN POE'S MAY 30-JUNE 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Poe, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful May 30 - June 1 visit. Your visit comes at an important time - just one week before European Parliamentary Elections and five weeks before Bulgaria's national elections. The current S [...]	2009-05-28 12:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA264	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is staggering toward the finish line of a tawdry year-long campaign that has ushered in new lows in mudslinging and slander. Neither of the top two contenders, Sofia Mayor Borissov and Socialist PM Stanishev, have any chance of winning an absolute majority. The real [...]	2009-06-02 08:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA27	BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: 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. Prom [...]	2009-01-20 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
09SOFIA271	BULGARIA'S LOOMING DEMOGRAPHIC SQUEEZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is shrinking. Low birth rates, short life expectancy and persistent net outward migration have produced negative population growth, which, if not stemmed, will cause Bulgaria's current 7.2 million population to decline by nearly one-third by the year 2060. The Gove [...]	2009-06-05 13:27:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU
09SOFIA278	BULGARIA: CONSERVATIVES DO WELL, BUT SOCIALISTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Bulgaria's European Parliament (EP) elections results are in line with the general EU trend of a low turnout, gains by conservative parties, and a strong protest vote punishing incumbent governments. Sofia Mayor Borissov's GERB party held its five seats while the Socialists l [...]	2009-06-09 15:48:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA29	BULGARIAN POLICE PROTEST, DEMAND REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in a little over a month, Bulgarian police officers protested on January 17 over low wages and poor work conditions. Despite conflicts between police and student protesters earlier in the week, students on January 17 supported the police protest and joined c [...]	2009-01-21 14:33:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA292	BULGARIAN ECONOMY WORSENS; IMF PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: With spending up, revenues down, and the economy officially in recession, the Bulgarian Government's handling of its finances is increasingly in question. Running on its up-to-now steady handling of economic issues in the midst of global financial turmoil, the Socialist-led coal [...]	2009-06-12 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA301	BULGARIA: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corrupt, compromised and even recently incarcerated candidates appear poised to enter parliament in this summer's national elections. In the latest negative development, a June 16 court decision freed the notorious Galevi brothers on bail, pending their trial on racketeering [...]	2009-06-18 08:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA302	BULGARIA; RESPONSE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS' EFFECT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Global Financial Crisis is beginning to affect Bulgaria, but not yet to the extent of other EU nations. Few migrants work in the country and therefore increased negativity or violence against immigrants is nonexistent. Relatively few Bulgarian migrants have returned to [...]	2009-06-18 12:43:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA305	BULGARIA'S JULY 5 GENERAL ELECTIONS: NUTS AND BOLTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgarians go to the polls July 5 to elect 240 members of the unicameral parliament for a four-year office term. This year the MPs are elected through a newly-introduced "mixed" electoral system, in which 31 MPs are elected from districts on an individual, first-past-the-post b [...]	2009-06-19 08:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA312	BULGARIA: AID'S POST-GRADUATION PARTNERSHIP: [...] Summary: When AID formally closed its mission to Bulgaria in 2008 after 17 years of operation and 650 million dollars of aid, many Bulgarians assumed that the assistance relationship had come to an end. However, the continuing need for engagement to help address domestic priorities and to p [...]	2009-06-22 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID BU EU
09SOFIA313	BULGARIA: DECISION NOT TO INVITE IRAN TO JULY 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 14:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR
09SOFIA324	BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...]	2009-06-26 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
09SOFIA325	BULGARIA/EC MONITORING TEAM: "HOW DO YOU MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX (please strictly protect) confided that the July report on Bulgaria's anti-crime and corruption efforts would be negative, but the EU political level would "water down" the tone of the final version. The report's release might be delayed until September because of the [...]	2009-06-26 15:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BU
09SOFIA341	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: GERB LEADS IN LAST LAP, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the homestretch of a cynical and uninspiring campaign for July 5 parliamentary elections, Bulgaria's parties are targeting the 25 percent undecided vote that holds the balance of power. Voter distrust and disgust are sky high, but turnout may yet reach traditional 50-60 perc [...]	2009-07-02 09:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA342	BULGARIA: VOTE FRAUD 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in Bulgaria is deep-seated, but post-transition elections have generally been free and fair. The last two cycles have produced more extensive electoral fraud. This year, it is more widespread and sophisticated, reaching levels in which vote buyers can fine-tune re [...]	2009-07-02 10:01:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA362	BULGARIA: NEW CHOD, OLD MINDSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nomination of Simeon Simeonov as Chief of Defense (CHOD) is a testament to the lack of appetite for serious reform. In his previous position as Commander of the Air Force, Air Force modernization lagged far behind the other services. A classic, myopic bureaucrat, he stifle [...]	2009-07-07 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA363	BULGARIA: BELENE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's highest profile energy project -- the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is dogged by cost overruns, financing woes, construction delays, and now serious safety and quality assurance concerns. Belene may end up costing Bulgaria more than money in the long run. Despite [...]	2009-07-07 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA369	ELECTED OFFICIALS SENTENCED IN LANDMARK HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Varna District Court sentenced two municipal counselors on June 11 to one and three years respectively for leading and participating in an organized crime group involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and human trafficking. The government froze their property and anticipat [...]	2009-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SOFIA37	BULGARIA: IPR EFFORTS LOSE STEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission informed the relevant deputy ministers of Culture, Economy and Foreign Affairs January 22 that, despite modest progress in some areas, Bulgarian IPR efforts were not hitting the mark. In order to improve performance, Bulgaria has to take urgent actio [...]	2009-01-23 15:50:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD BU
09SOFIA377	BULGARIA: BORISSOV SWALLOWS HARD, ASSUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The big winner of Bulgaria's July 5 national elections, Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov, has always been more interested in power than responsibility. His landslide victory (48 percent of parliamentary seats) and the implosion of the Socialist party have now made his ascent to Prim [...]	2009-07-10 11:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA381	BULGARIA: COALITION MANEUVERS [...] (C) Summary: Eight days after the July 5 elections, the shape of Bulgaria's next government remains unclear. The Blue coalition of UDF and DSB (pro-West center-right parties) barely squeaked into parliament after winning 6.7 percent of the vote, though most assumed they would play a king-mak [...]	2009-07-13 13:37:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA403	BULGARIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT: GERB'S "FLOATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With an almost-majority of 48 percent of parliament seats, incoming GERB PM Boyko Borissov believes he can achieve his goals without having to take on a coalition partner. Borissov has opted for a minority government that will negotiate voting majorities for specific legislatio [...]	2009-07-24 11:40:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA404	BULGARIA: OUTGOING PM GAMING FOR FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. On the last day of his four-year administration, outgoing PM Stanishev expressed deep bitterness over his electoral defeat, asserting that he was brought down by dirty politics, as well as his own coalition partners and opponents within his own party. Meeting with the Ambassad [...]	2009-07-24 12:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA422	BULGARIA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER SETS NEW COURSE; [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 5. 2. (C) New Foreign Minister Rumiana Zheleva invited DCM and POLEC Chief as her first official visitors to the ministry on 7/28, her first full day on the job. During the brief meeting, she emphasized her desire to show the world that B [...]	2009-07-31 14:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA43	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV BACKS SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Summary: President Parvanov sharply jabbed the government in his annual security address for its lack of a new strategic policy, failure to develop an energy policy, and lack of a clear defense reform package. Parvanov strongly supported both South Stream and Nabucco and called for imm [...]	2009-01-28 08:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
09SOFIA44	BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS IN THE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Tsonev's principal message for his Feb 5 meeting with Secretary Gates is that Bulgaria's strategic future lies in a deepened partnership with the United States and he wants to implement programs now that will ensure that future. In concrete terms, he will talk [...]	2009-01-30 10:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA45	BULGARIA: PUSHING TRANSPARENCY AT THE SOFIA [...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented, two-week gas cutoff put a crack in Bulgaria's faith in its Russia-focused energy strategy. The Bulgarians now have a window to tackle issues that have plagued them for years: highly secretive and non-transparent gas supply and transit deals with Gazprom and [...]	2009-01-30 10:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA450	BULGARIA: PM FOCUSED RULE OF LAW; U.S. PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Borissov stressed the importance of U.S. support on rule of law reform in his first meeting with new Charge d,Affaires Ordway, and urged Washington to send top-level law enforcement officials to Bulgaria to help advance his reform agenda. Buoyed by very positive [...]	2009-08-14 14:49:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA46	BULGARIA: INTENSIFIED COUNTER-WMD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Astride traditional smuggling routes linking the Western Balkans, Black Sea, Turkey and Russia, Bulgaria occupies a strategic position on Europe's frontier. The ratification of three major agreements in 2008 (the WMD Agreement, the Second Line of Defense Agreement and the Nu [...]	2009-01-30 12:09:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA479	BULGARIA: INVESTMENT DISPUTES TEST NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Several high profile, U.S.-related investment disputes are testing the new government's resolve to turn Bulgaria into a more transparent investment destination. The successful resolution of these cases, many left over from the previous government, will go far in demonstrating [...]	2009-08-25 08:13:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG BU
09SOFIA499	BULGARIA: THE FUTURE IS NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A month in office, PM Borissov and his team are showing the political will and determination needed to attack endemic corruption, restore public confidence, and conduct a U.S.-friendly foreign and security policy. Not one to let either a good crisis or a good scandal go to waste, [...]	2009-09-03 13:19:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON BU
09SOFIA506	U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM BULGARIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Bulgaria would see a major reduction in U.S. forces in Europe as a sign of U.S. disengagement from European security during a period of growing concern over stability in the Western Balkans, Caucasus and Black Sea region. Partnership with the United States has been the bedr [...]	2009-09-10 16:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA507	BULGARIA: USG ENGAGEMENT NEEDED AS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Driven by mounting budget deficits and a desire to step back from the previous government's cozy energy relationship with Russia, PM Boyko Borissov's new government is re-evaulating Bulgaria's participation in all Russia-led energy projects. On the possible chopping block are t [...]	2009-09-11 10:27:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA508	BULGARIA'S MOST WANTED: THE SKULL, THE BERET, THE [...] (C) Summary: The number and scale of deeply entrenched organized crime (OC) groups operating in Bulgaria present a tremendous challenge to the new government as it strains to enforce the rule of law. The Bulgarian mafia bosses, better known by nicknames such as the Skull, Big Margin, and the [...]	2009-09-11 10:56:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCRM KCOR BU
09SOFIA513	BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNODC AS OFFICIAL OBSERVER TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy, with Andrey Shabanov, Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria, notified Desislava Taneva, Mariya Yaneva, and Mariya Delevska of the MFA Security Policy Directorate that, per reftel, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is now an offici [...]	2009-09-14 12:30:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC
09SOFIA537	BIO NOTES FOR NEW BULGARIAN UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Bulgarian media have responded generally positively to reports of Irina Georgieva Bokova's September 22 election as the Director-General of UNESCO (reftel). A career diplomat and politician, Bokova was born on July 12, 1952. She comes from a family with long ties to the former Bulga [...]	2009-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA538	BULGARIA: PM BORISSOV SEEKING WHITE HOUSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: A letter from Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to President Obama dated September 24, 2009, was hand-delivered to the Embassy the same day with an urgent request to transmit it to the White House. In the letter, the PM asks for advice on strategic decisions in the energy sector to [...]	2009-09-24 14:57:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA559	BULGARIA RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Detelina Peicheva, Chief Expert of the International Cooperation Department at the Environment Ministry on October 1. Peicheva expressed appreciation for what she described as the United States' new position on climate change, which is now closer to [...]	2009-10-02 09:28:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG TRGY BU
09SOFIA60	BULGARIA: INCREMENTAL SHIFTS IN ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Traditionally Moscow's most ardent supporter, President Parvanov showed hints of a new attitude in his long planned visit to Moscow February 4-6. While there he presented Putin and Medvedev with a list of energy-related demands. When these were rebuffed, the President pushed [...]	2009-02-11 11:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA603	BULGARIA: NEW GOVERNMENT SENDING POSTIVE SIGNALS ON IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With July elections and government formation behind it, the new government is now focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The new Deputy Minister of Culture in charge of IPR is highly regarded by industry experts. His reorganized intergovernmental IPR Council, wh [...]	2009-10-26 13:20:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON PGOV BU
09SOFIA651	SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rumiana Zheleva seeks to put a new face on Bulgaria when she visits Washington November 23. Conducting the most high-profile U.S. visit of PM Borissov's government so far, Zheleva will be single-minded about convincing you that the government she represents is [...]	2009-11-16 16:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BU
09SOFIA666	BULGARIA: NEW GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid a deepening recession, the new government's focus is on promoting recovery, maintaining fiscal discipline, and avoiding an IMF package. Its short-term "Anti-Crisis" plan includes an ambitious set of 82 measures which range from the vague to the concrete, many still requirin [...]	2009-11-24 13:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV BU
09SOFIA673	BULGARIA: ENERGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since taking power in July, PM Borissov has shaken up the energy sector by calling into question the Russian-backed energy projects pursued by the previous government and emphasizing the need for greater transparency and diversification. While Bulgaria may continue going through [...]	2009-11-25 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA674	SCENESETTER FOR SPE MORNINGSTAR'S DECEMBER 4 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has experienced a profound change in leadership and outlook since your visit in April. July national elections ushered in a reformist center-right government focused on fighting organized crime and corruption and putting the country's fiscal house in order. On energy, [...]	2009-11-25 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BU

09SOFIA683	BULGARIA: 2009-2010 INCSR, PART I [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT Bulgaria I. Summary Bulgaria is a transit country for heroin and cocaine, as well as a producer of illicit narcotics. Astride Balkan transit routes, Bulgaria is vulnerable to illeg [...]	2009-12-02 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR BU
09SOFIA685	BULGARIA AND THE GLOBAL MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Post welcomes inclusion in the Global Muslim Engagement Initiative as outlined in ref A. We recommend tailoring post participation to fit Bulgaria's unique circumstances and look forward to working with S/P as suggested in reftel A to determine the most effective ways to proceed. Bulga [...]	2009-12-02 16:21:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL SOCI BU
09SOFIA69	BULGARIA'S BELENE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - BUYERS [...] (C) Summary: Despite its status as Bulgaria's highest priority energy project, the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is foundering. Marred by cost over-runs, financing problems, infighting between strategic partners, rumors of corruption, and serious delays, the project is looking increasingly lik [...]	2009-02-17 14:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA694	BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT TAKES ON ROADS [...] (C) Summary: One of the most visible results of years of weak governance and corruption in Bulgaria is the condition of the road network. Roads are in poor repair, congested, and among the most dangerous in the EU. Not one highway has been completed in the past several decades despite promis [...]	2009-12-08 14:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA696	BULGARIA PREPARES TO ANSWER RUSSIA ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister, President and Energy Minister briefed SPE Morningstar December 4 on changes in the Bulgarian energy sector and preparations for the next round of Bulgarian-Russian intergovernmental economic committee meetings. The Russian delegation, led by Energy Minister [...]	2009-12-09 15:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA698	BULGARIA TARGETS EUROZONE ENTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having succeeded in unfreezing millions in EU funds, passing a balanced budget, and seeing signs of green shoots in the economy, Bulgaria's new government is now revving up for a renewed push to secure ERM-II membership in 2010. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance [...]	2009-12-11 05:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA70	BULGARIA: MINISTER OF ENERGY ON POST-GAS CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov used a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador to lay out Bulgaria's post-gas crisis energy strategy. Heavy on diversification projects, the as-yet unwritten plan seeks to distance Bulgaria from Russian energy sources. In the two- [...]	2009-02-18 08:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV
09SOFIA712	BULGARIA: LEAN 2010 BUDGET AIMED AT ERM-II/ EUROZONE ENTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After successfully stabilizing a ballooning deficit in 2009, the Bulgarian government proposed a conservative 2010 budget in hopes of bolstering its credentials for ERM-II and eurozone membership. Approved by the Parliament on December 4, the government's final 2010 budget expec [...]	2009-12-21 12:07:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV BU
09SOFIA716	BULGARIA: WHAT IF THE GAS IS CUT AGAIN? [...] (C) If a Russia-Ukraine dispute results in a 2010 gas cut-off similar to one experienced in January 2009, Bulgaria will be better prepared. Gas storage supplies are full, agreements with Greece and Turkey to reverse gas flows have been established, and district heating plants are prepared to [...]	2009-12-22 11:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV ECON BU
09SOFIA86	SPECIAL 301 2008: BULGARIAN EFFORTS LOSE FOCUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two years off the Special 301 list, Bulgarian IPR results were mixed in 2008. The formerly dynamic and cooperative relationship between the Government and IPR industry representatives soured, partially owing to personality-driven issues. The once-model Intergovernmental [...]	2009-02-27 08:32:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD BU
09SOFIA89	BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing the strategic challenge that Afghanistan presents - for the Alliance and for the region Q the Bulgarian government is looking to increase its commitments on troop levels and civilian support. As one of the principal transit routes for Afghan heroine, the Bulgarians [...]	2009-02-27 16:32:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA90	BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing the strategic challenge that Afghanistan presents - for the Alliance and for the region ) the Bulgarian government is looking to increase its commitments on troop levels and civilian support. As one of the principal transit routes for Afghan heroine, the Bulgarians [...]	2009-02-27 17:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09STATE100135	Implementation of Transportation Lite [...] Summary. The Office of Logistics Management is working with posts to deploy a new module in ILMS called Transportation Lite. This new software tool is designed to more effectively coordinate personal property shipments between the traveler, GSO, and Despatch Agency. It provides functiona [...]	2009-09-25 17:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AFIN APER AMGT
09STATE100153	EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 for action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The United States is aware that Iran has been secretly building another enrichment facility, in addition to the one at Natanz. Some other governments are also in possession of similar information. [...]	2009-09-25 18:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP MNUC PARM
09STATE100197	SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake SCA Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Rajapaksa Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a September 24 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotobhaya Rajapa [...]	2009-09-25 19:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER
09STATE100237	DAY 2: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) Day 2 discussions of the U.S.-South African Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue focused on technical level nuclear security issues. DOE/NNSA, NRC, and State gave a series of presentations on areas of cooperation. The United States invited the SAG to visit U.S. nuclear facilities [...]	2009-09-25 20:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE100252	DAY 3: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (SBU) On Day 3 of the U.S.-South Africa Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue, participants shared views and plans for upcoming international events, and discussed next steps. Einhorn provided an overview of the latest U.S. plans for the upcoming UN Security Council Summit on Disarmament a [...]	2009-09-25 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE100275	WHALING: US COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GROUP TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach appropriate Government of Japan officials regarding the Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Support Group meeting in Santiago, Chile, October 5-1 [...]	2009-09-25 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IWC PREL EFIS JA SENV
09STATE100279	TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA 2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the quarantine measures imposed by the Government of China in response to the 2009-H1N1 pandemic that may affect travel to China. This Travel Alert updates the July 9, 2009, Travel Alert in order to advise U.S. citizens of the current quarantin [...]	2009-09-25 23:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMED CH
09STATE10088	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 5, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States has noted with concern press reports that Russia plans to open three military bases in the Abkhaz reg [...]	2009-02-04 14:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RU GG
09STATE101182	AF A/S CARSON,S MEETING WITH KENYA PM ODINGA, [...] Classified by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) September 24, 2009; 8:00 a.m.; New York, NY. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Special Advisor to the Great Lakes Region Harold Wolp [...]	2009-09-29 14:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREF PREL PTER SO KE
09STATE101294	CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH TUNISIA: [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has expressed interest in consultations with USG nuclear experts as part of a study it is conducting on the feasibility of achieving nuclear power on its territory by 2023. Since past GOT [...]	2009-09-29 17:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS
09STATE101367	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPARATE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; various times; New York, USA. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Italian Secretary of State Ezno Scotti, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas, and Paraguayan FM Hector Lacognata, Assistant Secretary Shannon described the current state of affairs in H [...]	2009-09-29 18:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR HO VT IT PA XK GT
09STATE101519	MANDATORY TRAINING FOR AFGHANISTAN SERVICE [...] SUMMARY: American employees of all USG agencies who are preparing for assignments or temporary duty in Afghanistan should review the following mandatory training requirements, which are effective October 1, 2009. Employees must complete the training required for their assignments before trav [...]	2009-09-29 23:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE101610	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; New York, NY. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff Acting Assistant Administrator at USAID Earl Gast Somalia Desk Officer Matthew Walsh (Notetaker) CONTACT GROUP COUNTRIES AND O [...]	2009-09-30 12:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO SO
09STATE102018	CONSULAR ISSUES CABLE -- SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Thank you to all the bidders who have submitted their bid lists via consularbidders@state.gov. If you are planning to bid on consular positions and have not yet expressed your interest to CA, please do so now. It is that time of year. Remember that your bids should be realistic. If a posi [...]	2009-09-30 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT
09STATE10260	BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH CENTCOM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialists from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met October 21-22 in Cairo with USG officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related defense trade and compliance issues. Topics included third-party t [...]	2009-02-04 19:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL
09STATE102919	IRANIAN SHIPPING IN A POST-UNSCR 1803 ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iranian Shipping in a Post-UNSCR 1803 Environment" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point o [...]	2009-10-02 18:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE103113	U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...]	2009-10-02 20:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS
09STATE103127	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2, 7-9. 2. (C) Summary: Consideration of the stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is expected to resume during upcoming UN Sixth Committee meetings in October. USUN should maintain USG redlines in ensuring that [...]	2009-10-02 21:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CT PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE103147	EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND S/EEE AMB. MORNINGSTAR,S [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney and Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with Bulgarian FM Rumiana Zheleva. The meeting focused on European energy policy, Russia,s role in [...]	2009-10-02 21:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL UNGA BU
09STATE103560	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Robert O. Blake, SCA Assistant Secretary Matthew Lowe, Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker BANGLADESH Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary 2. (U) SUMMARY. In a meeting on the margins of UNGA with South and Ce [...]	2009-10-05 18:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PGOV PHUM PREL
09STATE103561	UNDER SECRETARY BURN'S SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] (U) September 25, 2009; 18:00; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Bert Kraaimoore (Notetaker) EL SALVADOR Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez UN PermRep Carmen Maria Gallardo Chief of Cabin [...]	2009-10-05 18:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SMIG SNAR ES HO
09STATE103661	SECRETARY BURNS MEETS FM BOGOLLAGAMA [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Bill Burns Assistant Secretary Robert Blake Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Elena Soderblom (Notetaker) SRI LANKA Foreign Minister Bogollagama Notetaker 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, Under Secretary Burns told Foreign Minister Bogollagam [...]	2009-10-05 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER CE
09STATE103663	CLARIFYING THE UFC POSITION ON UNSC REFORM: A/S [...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Italian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Scotti on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused entirely on Italy's positions on UN Security Council (UNSC) expansion. END SUMMARY. 2. At a meeting with [...]	2009-10-05 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL
09STATE103665	SUDAN ELECTIONS: UNSC DRAFT PRESS STATEMENT [...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Press Statement regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft press statement in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...]	2009-10-05 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE103697	MGEAP1: EAP NATURAL DISASTER MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) The United Nations is readying a Flash Appeal for donations, as soon as it completes a needs assessment. (MGEAP1/Embassy Jakarta telcon) 2. (SBU) A Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team (HARRT) field hospital, sent by the U.S. Pacific Command, arrived at Padang's airport. [...]	2009-10-06 03:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
09STATE103767	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the four separate interagency-cleared proposals in paragraphs 3-6 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for distribution [...]	2009-10-06 13:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL FR
09STATE10381	POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for all addressees. See para 4. 2. (SBU) The role of regional and multilateral institutions in Asia continues to evolve and incrementally increase in importance. USG interaction with ASEAN on both policy and programs has expanded notably over the past several [...]	2009-02-04 21:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN
09STATE103983	SUDAN ELECTIONS: DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft PRST in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...]	2009-10-06 15:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE10431	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY HOM [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. As yo [...]	2009-02-04 23:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KV
09STATE104542	2009-H1N1: CONSULAR SERVICES FOR U.S. CITIZENS [...] SUMMARY: In June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that a global pandemic was underway due to 2009-H1N1 influenza, also known as novel H1N1. Unlike avian influenza (H5N1),the disease caused by this strain of the influenza virus is far less severe, with a mortality rate simi [...]	2009-10-07 17:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC CMGT TBIO KFLU
09STATE104643	FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND: [...] This cable provides guidance to all Americans and Locally Employed (LE) Staff for making donations to the Foreign Service National (FSN) Emergency Relief Fund (see paras 4-7). As a result of heavy flooding in Manila, Ouagadougou and Dakar, our LE colleagues in those regions are in urgent nee [...]	2009-10-07 19:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KSEP AFIN APER
09STATE104723	BRAZIL'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER [...] SUMMARY. IO Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer met with Brazilian Director-General for International Organizations Carlos Duarte on September 24 to discuss a wide range of multilateral issues, including peacekeeping, human rights, the Alliance of Civilizations, Brazil's non-permanent seat on t [...]	2009-10-07 21:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL
09STATE104737	SOMALIA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OCTOBER 8 BRIEFING [...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing on Somalia on October 8, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to begin by thanking Spec [...]	2009-10-07 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE105354	CCIT TOPS INDIA'S UNGA PRIORITY LIST: A/S [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Indian Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Kumar Bhattacharjee on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on India's UN priorities for the coming yea [...]	2009-10-09 00:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL
09STATE105413	IRAQ: ADDRESSING AMERICAN VICTIMS' CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) Summary: On July 16 -17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and representatives from State Justice, DOD and Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text for resolvin [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
09STATE105819	CWC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 58th SESSION OF THE OPCW [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the Fifty-eighth Session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council (EC). The three significant political items on the agenda are: Appointment of a new Director-General, the Draft Program [...]	2009-10-10 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW
09STATE106423	URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. South African Jurist Richard Goldstone submitted his report on conflict in Gaza to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 15. After negotiating with the United States to reshape an initial, one-sided Pales [...]	2009-10-14 05:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE106749	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP FOR REPORTING ON GABON'S [...] (C/NF) US EMBASSY LIBREVILLE HAS PROVIDED EXCELLENT REPORTING (SEE REFTELS) ON GABON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCESS, CANDIDATES, AND OUTCOME THAT HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WHO TRACKED THE ELECTION AND COMPLETED VARIOUS WRITTEN PRODUCTS AND BRIEFINGS, INCLUDING A LEADERSHI [...]	2009-10-14 19:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR GB
09STATE106834	CHANGING THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In his April 5 Prague speech, President Obama called for a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation, including an international fuel bank, so that countries can access peaceful nuclear power with [...]	2009-10-14 23:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA AR BR EG MX NL VM SZ KU GG AG EZ
09STATE107044	ACTION REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S AND [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: In previous Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) membership discussions, the U.S. objected to Serbian membership in SEDM without a firm commitment by the Government of Serbia to not/not block its [...]	2009-10-15 14:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR
09STATE107194	EURASIAN ENERGY POLICY: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) The purpose of this cable is to provide Embassies with talking points and general press guidance that they can draw on as needed regarding our Eurasian Energy policy. We continue to believe that diversity ) of energy suppliers, transportation routes and energy sources ) is the key to [...]	2009-10-15 18:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PPD
09STATE107298	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] Summary. On September 25-26 in New York, Secretary Clinton introduced the USG approach to combating global hunger and promoting food security. The Secretary underscored that a key component of the U.S. plan is the support of country-led programs through strong partnerships and collaborations [...]	2009-10-15 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD
09STATE107329	CWC: SPECIAL GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The contest for OPCW Director- General is unexpectedly coming to a rapid conclusion. As a result of the fifth straw poll, conducted Thursday, October 15, the Turkish candidate (Ahmet Uzumcu) is the clear leader. Further straw polls will be conducted on Friday, October 16, to [...]	2009-10-16 01:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW
09STATE107705	(S) NEXT STEPS ON TURKEY'S SEIZURE OF IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) On October 4, in response to U.S.-provided information, Turkey halted a convoy of three flatbed trucks enroute from Iran to a Lebanon-based company via Syria. The trucks were su [...]	2009-10-16 22:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU
09STATE108151	UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) On October 12, the United Kingdom banned British companies from trading with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Iranian Bank Mellat. This ban w [...]	2009-10-19 19:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK XG XT
09STATE108174	NOT ANOTHER HOLIDAY POUCH ALDAC ALREADY [...] Summary. It's that time of year again for your A/LM/PMP/DPM diplomatic pouch team to send their annual holiday ALDAC. So, what better way to continue this tradition by starting off with a joke? Knock knock Who's there? Holly Holly who? Holly-days are here again!!! Now that the stage has [...]	2009-10-19 20:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AMGT APER KSEP
09STATE108370	S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) SUMMARY - S/E for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, Ambassador Daniel Fried, met with Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar on October 16 to inform Mekouar that Moroccan national Younis Abdurrahman Checkkouri (197),has been approved for transfer from Guantanamo to Morocco. The [...]	2009-10-20 15:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG AG LY MO TS
09STATE108901	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Brokering Controls in the United States" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (PO [...]	2009-10-21 18:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE108939	USUN POINTS FOR BRIEFING ON MINURCAT [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during a briefing in the Security Council on the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) scheduled for October 22, 2009. 2. I would like to thank A/SYG Mulet for his briefing, and commend MINUR [...]	2009-10-21 19:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPKO CD CT
09STATE109017	DEMARCHE REQUEST: DFI/IAMB ARRANGEMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) In Article 26 of the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, the United States pledged to support Iraq,s efforts to extend, temporarily, UN-mandated arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq ( [...]	2009-10-21 20:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL UNSC IZ
09STATE109388	U.S.- EU TROIKA DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA [...] (U) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell chaired the East Asia and Pacific session of the U.S.- EU Consultations on Asia (COASI) Troika in Washington, DC on September 11, 2009. Topics discussed included the U.S. overall approach to Asia, followed by North Korea, Burma, China, and [...]	2009-10-22 19:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PREL
09STATE10941	PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO FRENCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) In late December 2008, we informed French officials that as of mid-November 2008, a procurement official affiliated with Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program was seeking German-origin engines via the French intermedia [...]	2009-02-06 13:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FR
09STATE109494	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] (U) This is an action request. All action addressees, please see paragraphs 5-7. Paragraphs 8-17 contain instructions or further background information for specific posts. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in th [...]	2009-10-22 22:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE109500	SRI LANKA: REPORT TO CONGRESS ON RECENT CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake and Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Investigations Rapp met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and DCM Tissa Wijeratne October 21 at the State Department to provide them a copy of the Department of State "Repo [...]	2009-10-22 23:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KAWC PHUM CE
09STATE109948	EUR: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AJ MD UA RS MW LG
09STATE110433	WHA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 22:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AR BH DR GT GY NU XL
09STATE111403	CAMEROON: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) this is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cameroon to help s [...]	2009-10-28 19:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CM
09STATE111742	ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SHALE [...] This cable is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. Summary: Recent technological advances in natural gas production could have a significant impact on international energy security and climate change. Natural gas from so-called unconventional sources, in particular production from hydroc [...]	2009-10-29 17:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET
09STATE111944	DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG SUPPORT FOR AN INDONESIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: As part of our broader efforts in support of normalization of relations between Israel, and Arab and Muslim-majority countries, the Department requests that Embassy Jakarta engage the Government of In [...]	2009-10-29 21:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN IS
09STATE111958	EAP: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 22:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG RP CB CH FM
09STATE112291	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Emerging Technologies for MTCR Consideration" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]	2009-10-30 17:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
09STATE112432	AF: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action cable; action request in paras 5 and 6. 2.(SBU) The Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as amended in 2003, requires the Secretary of State to submit a "Special Watch List" of countries on the TIP Report that either 1) had moved up a tier on the TIP Report over the las [...]	2009-10-30 20:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AO BY CM CT CG CF IV
09STATE11248	SCHEDULED VISIT BY A MISSILE-RELATED DELEGATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In April 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG that in early March 2008, a Yemeni delegation was planning to travel to North Korea to meet with representat [...]	2009-02-06 21:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE112489	NEA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 22:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AG BH EG AE LY MU LE
09STATE112504	G/TIP FY 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING COMPETITIVE GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 8 and 9. 2. (U) Summary: The Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) is conducting a two-stage competitive process for FY 2010 funding of projects that will improve the response to trafficking in persons. [...]	2009-10-31 01:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
09STATE112828	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 15, South African Justice Richard Goldstone released the report of his fact-finding Mission into alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the fighting between Hamas [...]	2009-11-02 17:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE113007	REQUEST GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA TO STOP LME [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (S/NF) Background. On October 16, 2009, we alerted the Government of Bulgaria (GOB) that as of early August 2009, the Turkish firm TSS Silah Ve Savunma Sanayi Dis Ticaret Ltd. was preparing for the possible transfer of Bulgarian-origin AHM- [...]	2009-11-02 23:02:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	BU ETTC MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER SY MASS
09STATE113752	(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH TURKEY ON AK MAKINA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: On several occasions in 2009, we have alerted Turkish authorities to sales of computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools by the Turkish firm Ak Makina to entities affilia [...]	2009-11-04 14:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU
09STATE113758	LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...]	2009-11-04 14:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF
09STATE114330	SCA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 19:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AJ BG CE IN PK TI UZ
09STATE114489	AFGHANISTAN: TALKING POINTS FOR SYG BAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 00:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC AF
09STATE115166	MALAYSIA-BASED PROCUREMENT ENTITY CONTINUES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) In July 2009, we shared with German officials information indicating that the Malaysian-based, Iranian- controlled entity, Skylife Worldwide Sdn Bhd, was working to acquire a model R5-4 rotary swaging machine fro [...]	2009-11-06 21:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GE IR MY
09STATE115194	SWISS FIRM PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions in 2008 and 2009, we discussed with Swiss officials efforts directed by the Iranian procurement entity FEDCO to procure crystal oscillators from the Swiss firm Quartzcom (Refs). [...]	2009-11-06 22:07:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SZ SY
09STATE115230	VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution currently "in blue" on "The situation in Afghanistan" on November 9, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should seek additional gui [...]	2009-11-06 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL AF
09STATE115235	PROVINCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S.-IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Participation of Iraqi Provincial officials in the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference produced excellent results. Iraqi Governors and Provincial Investment Commission Chairmen were well-prepared and active throughout the conference and aggressively courted potential inve [...]	2009-11-06 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PINS PREL IZ
09STATE115569	MALAYSIA: TIP TIER 3 ACTION PLAN (2009-2010) [...] (U) This is an action cable: please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. (U) The 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report carries policy and programmatic implications for those countries listed on Tier 3 (i.e. those countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elim [...]	2009-11-09 19:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG MY
09STATE115619	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOLLOW UP ON [...] (U) This is an action request for the U.S. Delegation in The Hague and for Embassy Tripoli; see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) A demarche sent in September 2009 (Ref A) defined transparency measures for Libya,s future communications on Chemical Weapons Con [...]	2009-11-09 20:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW
09STATE115929	GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DEBATE, NOV. 11 [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the building blocks at paragraph three for the November 11 Security Council high-level debate on the protection of civilians. 3. (SBU) Begin Building Blocks: Mr. President, It is now over ten-years si [...]	2009-11-10 16:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE116023	October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...]	2009-11-10 19:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
09STATE116252	TRAVEL ALERT - MOZAMBIQUE [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens in Mozambique to the potential for violence following the official release of the October 28, 2009 general election results, which is now scheduled for November 12. This replaces the Travel Alert dated September 23, 2009 and expires on November 20 [...]	2009-11-10 23:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC KPAO PREL MZ
09STATE116297	SFO-VII GUIDANCE-001: RESPONSES TO SVO-GVA-VI [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-11 04:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE117710	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-14 00:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE117929	RESPONSE TO GERMANY'S REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On October 28, Germany's MFA Export Control Division provided Embassy Berlin with a non-paper requesting U.S. guidance by November 17 on a pending German export of extruded aluminum plates to India that may be similar to an export [...]	2009-11-16 14:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GE IN
09STATE118094	DEMARCHE REQUEST: MANAGING THE VISIT OF [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Brasilia. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (C) Summary. The Department requests Embassy Brasilia persuade Brazilian officials to use the expected November 23 visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Brazil to urge Iran's constructive engag [...]	2009-11-16 19:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR
09STATE118217	REQUEST FOR REGULAR REPORTING ON LORD'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 3 and 4. 2. (U) As operations to pursue and destroy the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continue, an unfortunate side effect is the widening geographic area in which marauding small groups of LRA attack and prey on civilians for resupply of sust [...]	2009-11-16 22:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT
09STATE118318	LRA: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 17 UNSC [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in paragraph 4 below for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations on November 17, with a goal of setting the scene for additional consultations about the upcoming renewal of the MONUC mandate. [...]	2009-11-17 11:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNSC AF
09STATE118799	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]	2009-11-17 23:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE118802	U.S. SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR JAHANGIR'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 00:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR

09STATE119005	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON HONDURAS ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 15:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HO JA
09STATE11902	RESPONSE TO IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4-6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On May 16, 2008, the United States Government and the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on civil nuclear cooperation. A few weeks later, a similar nuclea [...]	2009-02-09 23:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PREL TRGY SA QA
09STATE11916	GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR FEBRUARY 10 SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council consultations on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia scheduled for February 10, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the Secretary General for his [...]	2009-02-10 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL GG
09STATE11917	COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE FEBRUARY 9-20, 2009 [...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE USDEL TO THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE (STSC) OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). THIS SESSION OFFERS NEW POSSIBILITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN COPUOS AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEES. SINCE UNISPACE III IN [...]	2009-02-10 00:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNGA UNCOPUOS AORC KNNP AU
09STATE11918	JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...]	2009-02-10 00:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE11937	(U) Secretary Clinton's February 5, 2009 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on February 5 for 30 minutes in their first bilateral meeting. The warm and open exchange followed a one-on-one working lunch and preceded a 20-minute press conference. The two agreed to coordinate closely on a wid [...]	2009-02-10 03:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL KPAL FR IR RS
09STATE120099	BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO CANADA: DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met October 13-16 with Mission Canada staff in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, GOC officials, and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use moni [...]	2009-11-20 18:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CA
09STATE120241	ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER'S MEETING WITH DOT [...] (SBU) On November 4, 2009, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood held a thirty-minute meeting with Angola,s Minister of Transport Augusto da Silva Tomas. The Minister spoke in great detail and with great enthusiasm (and without notes) about Angola,s integrated plan to completely restructure [...]	2009-11-20 21:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE120250	ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER TELLS WASHINGTON [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Angolan Minister of Transportation August da Silva Tomas and a delegation of Government of Angola transportation figures discussed future cooperation in supp [...]	2009-11-20 22:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE120273	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION -- "IMPROVING THE [...] BACKGROUND. Negotiations on Belarus' trafficking in persons (TIP) resolution are wrapping up. Last draft resolution is the November 10 version. A major area of contention throughout the negotiations was how the draft resolution would characterize a Global Plan of Action (GPOA) on TIP. Be [...]	2009-11-20 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SIPDIS UN UNGA PHUM SOCI KWMN
09STATE120282	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-21 00:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE120288	U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Iran's continued reluctance to cooperate with international efforts to build confidence and transparency in its nuclear program will be of increasing concern to U.S. diplomacy in the weeks ahead. Of part [...]	2009-11-21 01:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09STATE120541	CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request for DTROs in Astana and Kyiv, and for Pol-Mil in Minsk. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Background: The START Treaty expires on December 5, 2009. The START follow-on treaty will be a strictly bilateral treaty between the U.S. and Russia. There will thus be [...]	2009-11-23 16:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
09STATE120796	NOVEMBER 25, 2009-UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATE ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 below, as appropriate, during the UN General Assembly debate on the Annual Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). 2. Begin talking points: -- We thank Ambassador Munoz for his dedication to the Pea [...]	2009-11-24 00:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO BY CT PU SL
09STATE120799	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: LOOKING TO ATHENS [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the November 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States is deeply committed to this organization, and to the principles and commitments enshrined in the He [...]	2009-11-24 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OSCE
09STATE121106	GICNT: U.S. CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL JUNE 2010 [...] This is an action request for Embassy Tel Aviv. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ----------------------------------- 2. The United States supports the Government of Israel,s (GOI) request to host a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop on legal frameworks and foren [...]	2009-11-24 18:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IS PARM PREL PTER RS US KGIC
09STATE121117	GICNT: U.S. CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REPUBLIC OF [...] This is an action request for Embassy Seoul. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ---------------------------------- 2. The United States welcomes the Republic of Korea,s (ROK) offer to host the 2011 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary meeting. The United States ha [...]	2009-11-24 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER RS US KGIC SK PARM
09STATE121328	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09STATE121568	ERITREA: AF A/S CARSON URGES ERITREA TO MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 16 meeting with Eritrean Ambassador Ghirmai Ghebremariam, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson rejected Eritrea's (GSE) late October proposal to send a delegation to the U.S. for meetings with senior USG officials. Alternatively, A/S Carson infor [...]	2009-11-25 15:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO
09STATE121625	DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXTENSION OF UN ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 2, at the highest appropriate level, as soon as judged practical, Embassy is requested to discuss actions required by the Government of Iraq (GOI) to extend the UN arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). At the same [...]	2009-11-25 16:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ PREL UN
09STATE121856	RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS SCHEININ, NOWAK, [...] This is an action request: Mission Geneva is requested to transmit the response of the United States Government in paragraph 3 to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on tor [...]	2009-11-25 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR
09STATE122115	KENYA'S CONVENTIONAL ARMS END-USER CERTIFICATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. ---------- background ---------- 2. (S//NF) Since late 2007, the Government of Kenya (GOK) has assisted the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) military, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA),with the purchase of Ukrainian-origin lethal mili [...]	2009-11-27 17:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS
09STATE122214	GUIDANCE AND ACTION REQUEST: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (U) On November 25, the Government of Israel (GOI) announced a 10-month moratorium on new settlement construction and new approvals in the West Bank. Following the announcement by the GOI, Secretary Clinton released a written state [...]	2009-11-27 21:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL KWBG
09STATE122227	GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR 30 NOVEMBER ARRIA-STYLE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On November 30, the Mexican Permanent Representative to the United Nations will host an Arria-style meeting (in which members of the Security Council gather informally to be briefed by independent experts about matters of international [...]	2009-11-27 22:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE122725	PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow, P3 Embassies (London and Paris),the European Union Council and Commission, which participate in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG),as well as Norway -- see paras 7 and 10 to be left as non-papers. For USUN, see para 12, for Ottawa, see [...]	2009-12-01 00:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS CA UK FR NO
09STATE122731	THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a period of intensive review, the President will announce his decision about the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an address to the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point on December 1 at eight o'clock pm eastern standard time. I request th [...]	2009-12-01 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CLINTON HILLARY PREL AF PK
09STATE122732	FY 2010 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of food insecurity and mitigate climate change. To realize this potential, and to protect the interests of U.S. farmers and exporters, we seek to promote understanding of the technology and encourage [...]	2009-12-01 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
09STATE122923	Second OAS Public Security Ministerial Spotlights Crime [...] (U) This cable is sent from the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (SBU) Summary. Public Security Ministers, Justice Ministers, and Attorneys Generals met in Santo Domingo Nov. 4-5, 2009 for the OAS Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Ameri [...]	2009-12-01 16:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XL XK XM XR OAS
09STATE122950	IRAN'S SHIG USING INTERMEDIARIES IN EFFORT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Objective: We want to advise German officials of information indicating that as of June 2009, two Iranian intermediary firms offered test equipment manufactured by the German firms Rohde & Schwarz [...]	2009-12-01 17:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GE IR
09STATE123202	RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS NOWAK AND ERTUERK [...] This is an action request: Mission Geneva is requested to transmit the response of the United States Government to the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak and to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes [...]	2009-12-01 23:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR
09STATE123222	THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The President will announce his decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an address to the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point on December 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time. This cable contains information which we hope will be us [...]	2009-12-02 01:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK
09STATE12327	OSCE JOINT FSC/PC MEETING: RESPONSE TO EUMM HEAD [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 11, 2009, joint FSC/PC meeting in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today,s meeting, Ambassador Haber and Ambassador Salber. The United States fully supports the EU mo [...]	2009-02-10 23:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GG RU
09STATE123562	QUARTERLY REIMBURSEMENT TO THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Quarterly reimbursement payments for logistical, military, and other support to United States military operations, including access to the Manas Transit Center, will be made pursuant to a new coordination process that will occur following the conclusion of each quarter. The curren [...]	2009-12-02 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS KG
09STATE123621	CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR AMERICAN CORNERS [...] The American Corners Steering Committee is now calling for proposals for sustaining funds for American Corners (AC) partnerships. While specific funding cannot be guaranteed, the call for proposals will enable R, IIP, and the PD offices in the regional bureaus to evaluate proposals and make [...]	2009-12-02 19:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KIRC
09STATE123740	NOVEMBER 2009 U.S.-AZERBAIJAN SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 22:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG KCRM KISL MARR PBTS PINR PREL PTER AJ
09STATE124113	(S) IRAN SEEKING MACHINE TOOL ASSISTANCE FROM TAIWANS ROUNDTOP [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: For many years, we have raised with Taiwan our concerns regarding exports by Roundtop Machinery Industries Company that posed potential proliferation concerns (Reftels). This case was discussed at both the February [...]	2009-12-03 21:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR
09STATE124128	ATTEMPTS OF IRANIAN FIRM TO ACQUIRE MACHINE TOOLS FROM SOUTH KOREA'S HYUNDAI-KIA (S) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 21:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS
09STATE124358	Secretary Clinton meets Indian Prime Minister [...] Classified by SCA Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Reason: 1.4 (b),(d) 2. November 24, 2009; 5:00 PM; Washington, DC 3. Participants: U.S. The Secretary Under Secretary Bill Burns Under Secretary Robert Hormats SCA Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Ambassador Tim [...]	2009-12-04 14:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL ECON ENRG MASS
09STATE124580	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an hour long meeting, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats and Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid discussed the global economic situation and its impact on Egypt. Both agreed that it was important to ensure the str [...]	2009-12-04 20:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EG
09STATE125021	BURUNDI: GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 10 UNSC [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 3 during the December 10 UN Security Council consultations on the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). 2. (U) Objectives: Express our support for the ongoing disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration [...]	2009-12-07 18:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE125192	S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BAALI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Ambassador Daniel Fried met with Algerian Ambassador Abdallah Baali on December 4 to ascertain GOA willingness to accept Algerians who do not wish to return to Algeria, and specifically, GOA willingness to receive [...]	2009-12-07 22:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDRG AG
09STATE125228	DEMARCHE: PRESS FRANCE TO SUPPORT UN SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. Background ---------- 2. (C) The United States is vigorously supporting an African-led effort to impose UN Security Council sanctions on Eritrea for its actions destabilizing Somalia and maintaining forces on Djiboutian territory i [...]	2009-12-08 00:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNP PGOV ER FR
09STATE125362	RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR NOWAK REGARDING [...] This is an action request. Mission is requested to convey to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to Mr. Nowak's letter of November 18, 2009 regarding an urgent appeal co [...]	2009-12-08 14:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR
09STATE126209	US APPROACH TO 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request (see para 11 below). As we reach the six- month mark before the start of the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon),posts are requested to use all appropriate opportunities with host government officials and in publi [...]	2009-12-09 22:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT
09STATE126217	TALKING POINTS FOR UNDOF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE [...] USUN may draw on the talking points in paragraph 2 during December 14 Security Council consultations on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). 2. Begin talking points -- Mr. President, we are pleased the UNDOF area of operation has remained generally quiet during this p [...]	2009-12-09 23:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SY IS
09STATE126228	RESPONSE TO SR VILLALOBOS AND SR NOWAK REGARDING [...] This is an action Request. Mission Geneva is requested to convey to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to their [...]	2009-12-10 00:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR
09STATE126780	CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...]	2009-12-11 03:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09STATE127336	CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP MANDATE [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the mandate renewal of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 14, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolutio [...]	2009-12-12 00:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE127339	CAR: USUN TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 15 UNSC [...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council consultations on the Central African Republic (CAR) on December 15. End action request. 2. Begin statement: Special Representative Zewde (Zow-day),thank you for your briefing to th [...]	2009-12-12 00:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PREL PGOV PHUM PINR
09STATE127434	GUIDANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540 [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. USUN may also leave para 6 points as a non-paper. 2. (U) Background: Security Council member Mexico, in its capacity as Vice Chairman of the 1540 Committee, is leading the Committee Working Group currently focused on finalizing an outcome docum [...]	2009-12-13 22:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE127514	AF A/S CARSON CONVERSATION WITH BLAISE COMPAORE [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, 2009 (10AM),Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson called Burkinabe President and ECOWAS/AU mediator Blaise Compaore to discuss the political impasse in Guinea. During the conversation, Carson stressed the opportunity presented by Defense Minister [...]	2009-12-14 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GV PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UV
09STATE127635	(U) BLUE LANTERN CHECK VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. (U) U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. [...]	2009-12-14 17:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AV BB CY ETTC KOMC UK
09STATE127892	NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OUR BALTIC ALLIES [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2-3. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Action Request. The United States is developing a strategy for reaffirming both NATO and U.S. commitment to the core responsibility of the Alliance: collective defense. Examining NATO's approach to contingency plannin [...]	2009-12-15 09:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO MARR MCAP PREL EN LG LH PL
09STATE128289	VOTING INSTRUCTION: EXTENSION OF DFI/IAMB [...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution renewing arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) for one year. USUN is authorized to provide U [...]	2009-12-16 00:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IZ
09STATE128614	HIV FINAL RULE [...] SUMMARY: On November 2, the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC),published a Final Rule in the Federal Register that will remove HIV infection from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance and remove references [...]	2009-12-16 19:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT
09STATE128635	UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (S) Background: Since November 2007, we have discussed with Ukrainian officials a case involving the sale of high-accuracy gyrotheodolites by the Ukrainian firm Arsenal to entities associated with China's Sanjiang Space G [...]	2009-12-16 20:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH
09STATE129118	JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON POSTAL REFORM REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan is currently undergoing an intensive process of reviewing postal reform policies and drafting new legislation regarding the structure and services offered by Japan Post. The USG, though neutral [...]	2009-12-17 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JA
09STATE129187	ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3). 2. (U) Begin Summary: Significant numbers of additional U.S. civilian personnel are now arriving in Afghanistan for deployment to all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a critical element of our strategy. To facilitate timely deploy [...]	2009-12-17 22:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ
09STATE129239	SUDAN: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR DECEMBER 21 DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) USUN may draw from the points and questions in paragraph three for the December 21 Security Council briefing and debate on the Mbeki Report. The U.S. aims to support the objectives of the Mbeki report, but also point out that some of the Mbeki Report's recommendations may not advanc [...]	2009-12-18 02:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE129480	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Rome, Canberra, Ankara, Jakarta, New Delhi, Brasilia, Oslo, Baghdad, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna, Stockholm, Mexico City, Pretoria, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Ashgabat, Beijing, and the U.S. Mission to the Eu [...]	2009-12-18 18:07:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IT NZ TU ID
09STATE129520	(U) Secretary Clinton's December 9, 2009 [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon - Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) December 9; 1:15 p.m.; Washington DC; U.S.A 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton Assistant Secretary Phil Gordon, EUR Ambassador Richard Morningstar, S/EEE Ian Kelly, PA Kristina Kvien, [...]	2009-12-18 18:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG UP MD
09STATE130338	ACTION REQUEST: DIPNOTE ON AMCIT HIKER CASES [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Damascus. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Department directs Charg to deliver as soon as possible the diplomatic note in paragraph 3 to the Chief of Staff of Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad to request assistance in urging the Iranian g [...]	2009-12-22 23:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PROP
09STATE130811	TRAVEL ALERT: INDIA - NEW VISA REGULATIONS [...] The Department of State wishes to alert U.S. citizens with Indian tourist visas about new regulations that may affect planned travel. Travelers are urged to review travel plans in light of these new regulations. This Travel Alert supplements the Travel Alerts for India dated October 29 and [...]	2009-12-24 03:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC IN
09STATE130865	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) BOARD [...] This message contains an action request for action addressees (FY10 MCA Compact eligible countries) in paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY. The Millennium Challenge Corporation,s (MCC) Board of Directors met December 9, 2009 to select countries as eligible for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Co [...]	2009-12-24 14:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC
09STATE132579	IRANIAN INVESTMENT IN GEORGIA'S HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Ref A states that the Iran Export Bank would provide financing for a proposed hydropower electricity project with the Georgian Investment Group (GIG). Post alerted the GOG (ref D) that the Iran Export Bank may be a [...]	2009-12-31 20:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD GG IR PREL
09STATE132604	PREPARING FOR ADDITIONAL SOMALI REFUGEE FLOWS [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: In view of likely significant refugee outflows from Somalia to neighboring countries in the Horn of Africa in early 2010, addressees are requested to urgently provide their best advice on how the USG can work with host governments, including in consultation with other rel [...]	2009-12-31 21:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL DJ ET EU KE SO YM
09STATE14020	UNAMID: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to draw from the following talking points for the 2/17 consultations on the UN-Africa Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Begin Talking Points: General: -The United States thanks the Secretary General for preparing this report on the deployment [...]	2009-02-14 00:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SU KPKO PREL
09STATE14035	(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's February 11, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Steinberg and UK Ambassador Sheinwald met on February 11 for 40 minutes. On Afghanistan, the Deputy Secretary said the USG was reviewing its policy and wanted to develop a strategy that was sustainable. He cautioned against the UK proposal to push back Afgha [...]	2009-02-14 02:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UK
09STATE14039	GUIDANCE FOR THE 2009 UN GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides guidance for the U.S. Expert to the 2009 UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on the Continuing Operation of the UN Register of Conventional Arms. The 2009 GGE will meet February 16 - 20, April 27 - May 3, and July 13-17. The February and April meetin [...]	2009-02-14 03:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP UNGA CDG MASS SIPDIS
09STATE14421	(U) Secretary Clinton?s February 12, 2009, [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeff Feltman for reasons: 1.4 (b) & (d). 2. (U) February 12, 2009; 13:00 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman Egypt Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit Egyptian Ambassador to t [...]	2009-02-17 18:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EG IS IR MEPP UN
09STATE14577	ACTION REQUEST: RUSSIA S-300 MISSILE TO IRAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Posts in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Cairo, Kuwait City, Manama, and Riyadh. Please see para 7. Summary and Background ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) Posts are requested to raise with appropriate government officials our concerns about Russia [...]	2009-02-18 00:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL RS BA KU AE EG JO IS IR
09STATE14756	DEPUTY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 14:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV OVIP PREL KN KS
09STATE15844	MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITY SEEKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Since mid-2008, the U.S. has on several occasions shared with Berlin information related to the efforts of Malaysian-based entities to acquire German- origin items on behalf of Iranian entities of proliferation [...]	2009-02-20 15:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GE IR MY
09STATE17214	RANF: U.S. DEMARCHE TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 9; Kuwait please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has been developing a mechanism for reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF). This mechanism is intended to suppleme [...]	2009-02-24 23:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG JO KNNP KU MO QA SA TH TRGY TS VM IAEA
09STATE17263	MULTILATERAL AEGEAN EXERCISE EGEMEN [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: FROM MARCH 13-30, A TURKEY-UK PLANNED MULTILATERAL EXERCISE, EGEMEN ("SOVEREIGN") IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE AEGEAN. THE U.S. IS SCHEDULED TO PARTICIPATE (ONE SHIP, USS MITSCHER) ALONG WITH THE NETHERLA [...]	2009-02-25 02:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM GR TU UK
09STATE17313	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, February 25, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-9 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 10-13 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 14-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 32-40 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 41-52 7. (U) Iraq [...]	2009-02-25 04:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE17748	INVITATION TO IRAQI DELEGATION TO ADDRESS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (S) Embassy Baghdad delivered a demarche (reftel State 8721) on February 3 to the Government of Iraq (GOI) which urged action on the part of the GOI to address outstanding claims against it, including particularly claims of A [...]	2009-02-25 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS
09STATE17751	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA AND [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 26, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends OSCE, EU, and UN coordination of the February 17-18 round of Geneva talks, and welcomes the [...]	2009-02-25 23:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
09STATE17766	POINTS FOR OPEN DEBATE ON UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI) [...] (U) USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the open debate on UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI) in the Security Council on February 26. 2. (SBU) Begin points: ------- General ------- -- The end of the MNF-I mandate on December 31 of last year marked a new beginning for Iraq and its rela [...]	2009-02-26 02:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC IZ
09STATE18284	FEBRUARY 23-MARCH 20, 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF [...] (SBU) The annual substantive session of the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (the C-34) will be held February 23 to March 20. We have reviewed the 2008 C-34 report (A/62/19),as well as the Secretary-General's report on implementation of the recommendations of t [...]	2009-02-27 04:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR AMGT SC GA
09STATE18863	URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER [...] (SBU) The Department requests Embassy Kinshasa seek a meeting as soon as possible with President Kabila to urge him to issue a statement in support of the Indian peacekeeping contingent in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC). The Department similarly requests Embassies Brussels, London and Pari [...]	2009-02-27 23:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN
09STATE18867	SHIELD S04D-08: PREVENTING INDIAN FIRMS FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S//NF) The U.S. would like to continue the dialogue we initiated with the GOI regarding Syrian efforts to procure Australia Group-controlled chemical production equipment for its chemical weapons program [...]	2009-02-27 23:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC SY IN
09STATE18873	SHIELD S04D-08: PREVENTING INDIAN FIRMS FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S//NF) The U.S. would like to continue the dialogue we initiated with the GOI regarding Syrian efforts to procure Australia Group-controlled chemical production equipment for its chemical weap [...]	2009-02-28 00:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC SY IN
09STATE19783	ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING TRAVEL BY A [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In May 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG concerning planned travel by a Yemeni delegation to North Korea to meet with representatives from the North Ko [...]	2009-03-03 22:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE1985	DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO DELAY APPROVAL OF THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. Department requests action addresses to urge host governments and EU officials at the highest appropriate levels to withhold approval of the EU-Syrian Association Agreement. The EU and the Syrian government (SARG) initia [...]	2009-01-08 21:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY
09STATE20757	(U) Secretary Clinton's February 24, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) February 24, 2009; 9:45 a.m., Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR Acting DAS Pamela Spratlen PA Robert Wood S Staff NSC Tobin Bradley EUR/WE Elaine Samson (EUR Notetaker) SPAIN [...]	2009-03-05 19:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KDRG ENRG EUN
09STATE21427	SMART LISTENING: SOLICITING OVERSEAS IDEAS TO [...] SUMMARY: All overseas posts are encouraged to take advantage of the public diplomacy opportunities offered by the inauguration of President Obama to invite members of your target audiences to share their ideas for increased mutual understanding with the United States. The State Department's in [...]	2009-03-06 22:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP
09STATE22024	AMERICA.GOV INFOCUS TOPIC FOR MARCH:"ALTERNATIVES [...] SUMMARY. America.gov's "In Focus" topic for March explores how grassroots organizations around the globe are working to confront violence in their communities. The eJournal USA examines the intellectual and religious roots of the tradition of nonviolence as it has been practiced globally. To [...]	2009-03-09 20:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PREL
09STATE22067	GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN DEMARCHES ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] This is not an action request. ------------------- SUMMARY ------------------- 2. A Government of Sudan (GOS) demarche to the United States Government(USG) on GOS reactions to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to arrest the President of Sudan, Omer Al Bashir, on charges [...]	2009-03-09 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AF APER CA IO PGOV PHUM PREL UNC
09STATE22422	ACTING A/S PHIL CARTER,S MEETINGS WITH THE QATAR, [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the aftermath of last week's International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Acting Assistant Secretary (A/S) of African Affairs (AF) Phil Carter held meetings with embassy officials from Qatar, Egypt, and China [...]	2009-03-10 18:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU UN
09STATE22566	RANF: GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO UK [...] (U) For London: This is an action request. See para 7 below. 2. (U) This document provides guidance (paras 5-6) for the U.S. delegation, to be led by UNVIE Ambassador Schulte, to the UK Conference on "Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle," which will be held March 17-18 in Lond [...]	2009-03-10 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY UK IAEA
09STATE22953	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 12 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Svilanovic, thank you for your report and the 2009 Action Plan. The Action Plan reminds us of the breadth of issues touched on by the Seco [...]	2009-03-11 18:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL ECON PGOV
09STATE23011	NEW IIP PUBLICATION ON "MUSLIMS IN THE U.S.A." [...] The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) announces the publication of "Being Muslim in America," a booklet intended for use by field posts with select foreign audiences. Conceived as IIP's flagship print publication on the rich and varied experiences of the nation's growing Musli [...]	2009-03-11 19:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC
09STATE23142	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA AND LET 1267 DESIGNATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy New Delhi. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) India's UN mission told USUN (Ref ) that India is ready to move forward on UN 1267 designations for three Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET) members; Masood Azhar, Azam Cheema, and Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki. The U.S. is n [...]	2009-03-11 22:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN PTER IN
09STATE23176	HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR MARCH 12 MEETING [...] (C) The March 12 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting will take place on the heels of the NATO Foreign Ministerial and Secretary Clinton's bilateral meeting with FM Lavrov in Geneva. Discussion will center on a CFE "stocktaking" exercise (called for by Turkey at the January 29 HLTF) and prep [...]	2009-03-12 01:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL
09STATE23254	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad, The Hague for the CWC Delegation and Embassy London; see paragraphs 6 and 7. The contents of this cable are sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) Iraq submitted its instrument [...]	2009-03-12 12:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW IZ
09STATE23333	P3 + UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON SOMALIA IN LONDON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office reached out to invite us to this P3 United Nations (UN) meeting on Somalia one day prior to the two-day International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia meeting commencing in Brussels. Discussion topics included recent politi [...]	2009-03-12 13:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OVIP PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE23541	ACTING A/S PHIL CARTER SPEAKS WITH GOSS PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Between Monday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 10, Acting Assistant Secretary (A/S) of African Affairs (AF) Phil Carter spoke with Government of South Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir and, separately, Ezekiel Gatkuoth, the GOSS Head of Mission to the United States. Kiir and Gatkuot [...]	2009-03-12 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU UN
09STATE23758	DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES ON EFFECTS OF THE [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The effects of the global financial and economic crisis have been acutely felt in many Central and Eastern European countries. Of the eleven countries that have sought IMF Stand-By Arrangements since the start of [...]	2009-03-12 20:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL
09STATE23860	(U) Secretary Clinton's March 9, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) March 9, 2009, 2:00 - 2:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Deputy Spokesman Robert Wood NSC Director Maria Germano EUR/NB Desk Officer Carol Be [...]	2009-03-13 03:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV PHUM NATO EUN ENRG AF

09STATE24053	HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: At the May 29-30, 2008 annual meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),the Immediate Central Contact (ICC) reported that as of the meeting's opening, 72 of the 126 subscr [...]	2009-03-13 14:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE24054	HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: At the May 29-30, 2008 annual meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),the Immediate Central Contact (ICC) reported that as of the meeting's opening, 72 of the 126 subscr [...]	2009-03-13 14:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE246	DEPOSIT OF NOTIFICATION AND INSTRUMENT OF [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 3 below. 2. Background: The Department is forwarding via Federal Express (tracking number 8638 1698 3980) the U.S. Instrument for Ratification to the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Ato [...]	2009-01-02 19:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY IAEA NPT
09STATE24665	DEMARCHE: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is asked to approach the Host Government at the highest appropriate levels to pursue the following objectives, drawing from the talking points in paragraph 3. Tokyo should also draw from the talking po [...]	2009-03-16 16:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE2516	PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Order (E.O.) 12938 on two Malaysian citizens for involvement in [...]	2009-01-09 22:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS MY
09STATE2534	PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on one Sri Lankan citizen who is a [...]	2009-01-09 22:58:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL CE
09STATE25689	INFORMING BEIJING OF CHINESE FIRM LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 13:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
09STATE26180	GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNAMA MANDATE [...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points below for its participation in the March 19 UNSC debate on the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). 2. Begin points: -- The United States supports the renewal of UNAMA's mandate in Afghanistan for 12 months beginning on / about [...]	2009-03-19 02:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA UNSC PREL PGOV UN
09STATE26297	OCHA BRIEFING MARCH 20 ON SUDAN HUMANITARIAN [...] USUN may draw from the following talking points as needed for the March 20 briefing by OCHA on the humanitarian situation in Sudan. Begin points: -- The United States reiterates its condemnation of the Government of Sudan's expulsion of 13 international humanitarian aid organizations fro [...]	2009-03-19 13:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM AA
09STATE26373	VIEWS ON SUDAN -- MEETINGS WITH UK, FRANCE, [...] (C) Summary: Department AF and S/WCI officials met March 10-11 with UK and French, Sudan Contact Group, and UN/AU mediation team members to discuss recent Sudanese developments. UK and France are deeply disappointed at Arab and African reactions to ICC issuance of an arrest warrant for Presid [...]	2009-03-19 14:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UN
09STATE27726	(S) ALERTING TAIWAN TO TURKISH INTERMEDIARYS EFFORTS TO SUPPLY TAIWAN-ORIGIN MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In October 2008, the U.S. alerted Taiwan that an intermediary in Turkey named Ak Makina was working to supply Taiwan-origin machine tools to Iran (Ref A). During the February 2009 U.S.-Taiwan Gameplan meetings in Ta [...]	2009-03-23 18:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE27957	(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: In January 2009, the United States alerted Turkish officials that Iran's Machine Sazi Tabriz was working with the Turkish firm Ak Makina to procure Taiwan-origin machine tools (Re [...]	2009-03-24 13:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE27993	USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (U) USUN is requested to inform the French UN Mission that we intend to submit the delisting petition found in para 3 below on behalf of Talal El'Dine. Following agreement from the French, USUN sh [...]	2009-03-24 13:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE28079	(U) Secretary Clinton's March 23, 2009 meeting [...] Classified by AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Acting. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(d) 2. (U) Monday, March 23, 2009; 11:00 a.m; Washington DC 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary AF A/S Phil Carter, Acting PA A/S Robert Wood, Acting Andrew Silski (AF/W notetaker) Nigeria [...]	2009-03-24 16:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NI
09STATE28279	COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR THE 48TH SESSION OF THE [...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE 48TH SESSION OF THE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). IT IS DIVIDED INTO A GENERAL OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE FOR SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. ---------------- GENERAL OVERVIEW ---------------- 2. THIS YEAR,S LEGAL SUB [...]	2009-03-24 20:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA AORC
09STATE28300	NON-PAPER FOR EUROPEAN UNION ON U.S. SPACE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: At a European Council summit in December 2008, EU Heads of State and Government endorsed efforts to pursue space situational awareness (SSA) and other space capabilities as part of the European Security and Defense P [...]	2009-03-24 21:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT
09STATE28317	SUDAN ) DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH SUDANESE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see instructions in paragraph 3 and the talking points that follow. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) In advance of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit in Doha, President President Omar al-Bashir, for whom the International Criminal Court (ICC) recently [...]	2009-03-24 23:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO PREF PHUM SU
09STATE28858	EITI UPDATE FOR CANDIDATE COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL
09STATE28882	SRI LANKA: USUN GUIDANCE ON THE MARCH 26 OCHA [...] (U) This is an action request please see para 2: 2. (U) USUN should draw from the talking points in para 3 during the March 26 informal OCHA briefing on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Due to the impossibility of the Council reaching consensus on a joint statement, Mission shoul [...]	2009-03-25 23:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CE PREL XD XO
09STATE29391	WRITTEN ASSURANCES SOUGHT TO ADVANCE SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background. In response to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) request for USG security support for the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA),USSOUTHCOM has developed a robust Concept of Operations for consideration by the U.S [...]	2009-03-26 20:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TD
09STATE29395	(S) ALERTING SPAIN TO TURKISH INTERMEDIARY'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY SPANISH-ORIGIN MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 20:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR SP
09STATE29419	BAIKONUR TSA: STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 21:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KZ RS
09STATE2997	TAIWAN COMPANY POSSIBLY SUPPLYING MACHINE TOOLS [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: In April 2008, we alerted Taiwan authorities that the Taiwan firm Euma-Spinner Corporation was negotiating the sale of a machine tool controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement and Nuclear Suppliers Group to a [...]	2009-01-12 20:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW PK
09STATE29981	THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ECONOMY OF IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides background, analysis, and status on the programs and activities of the United Nations (UN),UN agencies and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) as they relate to the economy of Iraq. This review is provided in support of the ongoing activities of USUN and [...]	2009-03-27 20:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KU USUN PREL ECIN EFIN ECON UNSC
09STATE30022	ALTERNATIVES TO MANAS AIRBASE [...] (S) Department requests that all action addressees draw on the objectives and background below to assess the receptivity of the governments of Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to U.S. use of, respectively, Isa Air Base, al-Masirah, al-Thumrait (and potentially limited support at [...]	2009-03-27 23:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AE MU KG BA MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
09STATE30114	USUN INSTRUCTION: IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Washington concurs with USUN's proposed approach (reftel) for next steps in the Iran Sanctions Committee with regard to the M/V Monchegorsk incident. 3. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Mission is instructed to engage the UK and France on possible next steps in [...]	2009-03-29 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP SY CY
09STATE30235	A/AS CARTER'S MAR 19 MEETING W/ FORMER GUINEAN PM [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Acting A/S Phillip Carter met with former Guinean Prime Minister Francois Fall to exchange views on Guinea and the ruling National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD). Fall said that he supported the USG's efforts to pressure the CNDD into holding elections [...]	2009-03-30 13:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GV KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09STATE30838	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, March 31, 2009 2. (U) 2009 NATO Summit - Paragraphs 8-16 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 17-23 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 24-44 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 45-59 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 60-68 7. (U) Suspicious [...]	2009-03-31 17:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE30848	CWC: GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 1-2, 2009 CHEMICAL [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the CWC Delegation in The Hague for three consultation sessions on chemical industry issues being held by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on April 1-2, 2009. The April 1, 2009 session will address inspection results for ot [...]	2009-03-31 17:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW
09STATE30925	(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON [...] (C) INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE BY US POLICYMAKERS. DURING A CHAOTIC PERIOD IN KYRGYZSTANI POLITICS, POST HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REPORTING ON KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES AND ON AN APPARENT SHIFT IN THE GO [...]	2009-03-31 18:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KG
09STATE30927	(C) KUDOS FOR BUENOS AIRES 000174 ,,"" ,,""REF: BUENOS AIRES 000174 ,,"" ,," [...] (C/NF) INR/B ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL, WHICH ,""PROVIDED EXCELLENT INSIGHTS FROM A KNOWN POLITICAL OPERATOR ,,""IN ARGENTINA. DUHALDE'S COMMENTARY, OBSERVATIONS, AND ""ANALYSIS ON THE FIELD OF CANDIDATES IN THE PARTY, AS WELL AS ,""MAJOROPPOSITION PLAYERS WAS IMMENSELY HELPFUL TO ANALY [...]	2009-03-31 18:58:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV AR
09STATE30962	SPANISH FIRM SHIPS ADDITIONAL CONSIGNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In mid-January, we shared with the Spanish government information indicating a business relationship between the Spanish firm Aceros IMS and several firms that believe could be acting on behalf of t [...]	2009-03-31 19:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY
09STATE31175	ACTION REQUEST: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an urgent action request for all diplomatic posts. Note specific action requests for Wellington (paragraph 4),Tel Aviv (paragraph 5),and for friendly countries on the Council or that are running for a seat on the Council (paragraph 3). The United States has decided to seek election [...]	2009-04-01 09:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
09STATE31398	WORLD BANK'S MIGA PLANS IRAQ TRIP AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and State met with the head of the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),Executive Vice-President Izumi Kobayashi, and Chief Operating Officer James Bond, to discuss MIGA's incipient efforts at suppor [...]	2009-04-01 15:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BEXP BTIO EFIN EINV OTRA IZ
09STATE31622	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 2 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, We are pleased once again to welcome to the Permanent Council the Representative on Freedom of the Media. Mr. Haraszti, you have set a [...]	2009-04-01 20:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL
09STATE31659	KEY THEMES AND FACT SHEET ON LONDON G20 SUMMIT [...] (U) This cable provides key themes and messages for posts' use in commenting on the April 2 London Summit. A detailed fact sheet outlining U.S. goals and objectives for the Summit is reproduced at para 3 below. The fact sheet has already been released to the U.S. press and may be distributed [...]	2009-04-01 21:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO
09STATE31670	(U) Secretary Clinton's March 23, 2009 [...] (U) Participants: Department of State Secretary Clinton U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard EUR DAS Matthew Bryza Special Assistant Andrew Shapiro Greece Desk Officer Ilan Goodman (Notetaker) Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios Father Alex Karloutsos Andr [...]	2009-04-01 22:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC CY
09STATE32018	FY2010 DEMARCHE/OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST [...] This message is an action request (Paragraphs 7, 8 and 9). 2. Summary and Action Requested. This message provides guidance for posts to engage the host country through a demarche on USG narcotics control objectives. This process is in connection with the State Department coordinated ann [...]	2009-04-02 17:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PE PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE32025	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, April 2, 2009 2. (U) 2009 NATO Summit - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 14-21 4. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 22-24 5. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 25-38 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 39-47 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]	2009-04-02 17:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE32269	IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...]	2009-04-02 21:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09STATE32281	CMI: WORLDWIDE ROLLOUT OF ESERVICES [...] SUMMARY: A majority of missions have submitted statements affirming that they have launched the Collaborative Management Initiative (CMI). Many of these participated in the phased rollout of the newest version of eServices. Encouraged by this progress, the Regional Initiatives Council ( [...]	2009-04-02 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KICA
09STATE32299	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON U.S.-RUSSIA SECURITY [...] The text below has been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding the April 1 meeting between President Obama and Russian President Medvedev. Please note that background information should be used only to inform posts [...]	2009-04-03 00:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS US PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER
09STATE3291	(U) THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 9, 2009 COURTESY [...] (U) FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009; 11:00 A.M.; SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE SECRETARY PA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SEAN MCCORMICK EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATT BRYZA EUR/CARC DIRECTOR BAXTER HUNT EUR/CARC ANYA YAKHEDTS (N [...]	2009-01-13 16:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR GG
09STATE33075	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-05 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR US RS CH EZ MNUC PTER
09STATE33306	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-06 16:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER EZ US RS
09STATE3354	4 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to lift our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerni [...]	2009-01-13 19:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE33583	GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON U.S. RESPONSE TO UN [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel A, the Department has reviewed the March 26, 2009 UN-drafted paper on the future presence of the UN in Georgia. While interagency discussions regarding U.S. policy towards the UN's presence in Georgia have not concluded, Post should inform [...]	2009-04-07 00:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG
09STATE33629	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...]	2009-04-07 11:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE34174	SECRETARY CLINTON'S 4/6/2009 MEETING WITH CANADIAN [...] (U) Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. April 6, 2009; 2:00 p.m.; Washington, D.C. 3. Participants: U.S. ---- Secretary Hillary Clinton WHA/CAN Director Ned Nolan Executive Assistant Joseph Macmanus WHA/CAN Karl Rios ? Note-tak [...]	2009-04-08 09:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY EAIR SENV EFIS ECON PGOV
09STATE34336	NIAG 9028: ENTITY WITH TIES TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (S//REL Germany) SUMMARY: We have received information that the Iranian entity Rahtess Construction Company has approached the German firm Mit-Weimar in order to procure 1800 stainless steel valves on behalf of the Iranian company Rahkar-E Sanaye-Ye Novin, a front company for the Atomic Energ [...]	2009-04-08 14:22:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	GM IR MNUC PARM PREL
09STATE34419	48TH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The ISTC Governing Board's (GB) 48th meeting in Moscow on March 26 focused on transforming the Center to make it more relevant to changed global nonproliferation threats in a way that would maintain GoR support for the Center. Russian MFA and Rosatom officials argued that the C [...]	2009-04-08 17:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM TSLP RS
09STATE34650	U.S. POLICY ON POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable describes the new U.S. policy on political engagement in Iraq. It should be read in the context of President Obama's February 27 speech at Camp Lejeune, in which he detailed plans for the drawdown and change of mission of U.S. troops in Iraq. It is provided as policy [...]	2009-04-08 22:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
09STATE34659	DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Mauritius (GOM) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somal [...]	2009-04-08 23:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP
09STATE34680	(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH [...] (U) APRIL 6, 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES The Secretary WHA A/S Thomas Shannon PA Spokesperson Robert Wood S Staff Dorothy Ngutter (WHA notetaker) PERU Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Ambassador Luis Valdivieso (Appointed) DCM Manuel Talaver [...]	2009-04-09 01:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP HILLARY CLINTON PREL PTER SNAR ECON
09STATE34777	MARCH 19 COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE [...] (U) Post is requested to deliver the nonpapers in para 13 to appropriate host country government officials. End action request. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The fourth U.S. ) UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF) was held on March 19 in Abu Dhabi at the level of Assistant Secre [...]	2009-04-09 12:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC XB ZP ZO AE
09STATE34795	SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION: DESIGNATION OF KARL LEE, [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. ------------------ BACKGROUND/SUMMARY ------------------ 2. (U) Summary: On April 7, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated Karl Lee, the commercial manager o [...]	2009-04-09 13:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
09STATE3482	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND [...] (U) This is an urgent action request for Embassy Ankara. See para 8. 2. (C) Background: In July 2008, NATO released the draft Program Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU) to participating Allies, including Turkey, for national staffing and approval. At the October 2008 Conference of Nation [...]	2009-01-13 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO MARR TU
09STATE35241	(U) Secretary Clinton's April 8, 2009 [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (SBU) April 8, 2009; 3:00 p.m.EDT; Washington, DC. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman Matthew Irwin (NEA Notetaker) LEBANON Minister of Defen [...]	2009-04-10 02:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PTER LE SY
09STATE36734	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH PALITHA [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona regarding the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Boucher told Kohona that the Sri Lankan Army must halt the continued shelling of the safe z [...]	2009-04-14 19:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM CE
09STATE36825	(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT OF UAVS [...] (S//NF) On March 25, we alerted Turkey to Iranian plans to ship unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Venezuela (ref C). The GOT expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share it with select officials in other agencies at a previously-scheduled GOT interagency export control taskforc [...]	2009-04-14 21:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR
09STATE36838	IAEA BEIJING MINISTERIAL ON NUCLEAR ENERGY - [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (U) On April 20-21, 2009, the Government of China, through the China Atomic Energy Authority, will host an international ministerial conference on "Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century." Following the Ministerial Conference held in Pari [...]	2009-04-14 22:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CH ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA
09STATE37071	MARCH 2009 OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY MEETING [...] (SBU) U.S. delegation (USDEL) members from the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) participated in the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) meeting in Paris March 16-20, 2009. The WGB made significant progress on its Review of Instruments, w [...]	2009-04-15 16:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH CI ECON EG EINV EN ETRD EZ FR ID IN IS PGOV
09STATE37293	EEB A A/S NELSON DISCUSSES BIOFUELS AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian U/S for Energy Andre Amado met with EEB A A/S David Nelson on March 4 to discuss ongoing cooperation on biofuels and cooperation on energy more broadly. Brazil and the U.S. remain enthusiastic about our cooperation on biofuels, particularly in assisting developing cou [...]	2009-04-15 20:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SG SN ENGR DR ES GB GM GT HO
09STATE37319	U.S. INDICTMENT OF IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On April 6, 2009, the Justice Department announced that Baktash Fattahi, an Iranian national, was arrested and charged, along with ten other defendants, with participating in a conspiracy to export U.S.-ma [...]	2009-04-15 20:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC AE
09STATE37357	KUDOS ON JAPANESE REPORTING AND ADVOCACY [...] (U) The Secretary's February visit to Japan, new domestic political developments almost every week, and a flood of visitors to and from Tokyo have the past few months a particularly busy time in U.S.-Japan relations. Fortunately, Washington has had the benefit of Mission Japan,s stellar repor [...]	2009-04-15 21:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ECON ETRD EFIN MARR PGOV PREL JA
09STATE37478	NIAG 9041: IRANIAN ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH [...] (S) We have received information that Iranian entities with ties to Iran's missile program seek to procure Japanese-origin diesel generators, ostensibly for a planned light-water moderated nuclear reactor to be built near Darkhovin, Iran. While Iran is not prohibited from constructing light- [...]	2009-04-16 12:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09STATE3778	GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, REMARKS FOR [...] USUN may draw from the following remarks during an January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Guidance regarding a draft PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict will follow septel. 2. Begin suggested remarks: Mr. President: On behalf [...]	2009-01-14 18:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE38591	ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE ON BALTIC ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Prime Ministers and Energy Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will meet in Vilnius on April 26-27 to discuss energy security; Poland, Sweden and Finland will be represented at lower levels, as will CEOs of several Baltic energy companies. The United States supports and has [...]	2009-04-17 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG LG LH PL RS SW FI
09STATE38609	PRM RECOMMENDATIONS ON UNHCR SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (U) We are now in the fifth year of the organized repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees with probably 12 to 18 months remaining for a concerted push to get all of the remaining refugees home in safety and dignity in time to participate in the 2011 referendum but before uncertainties abou [...]	2009-04-17 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID SU
09STATE38617	CWC: U.S. RESPONSE TO OPCW LEGAL ADVISER ON [...] (U) This is an action request for all addressees on Monday, April 20, 2009, see paras 4-6. 2. (U) Background: On April 14, U.S. delreps to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Legal Adviser Santiago Onate and other OPCW TS [...]	2009-04-18 01:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC IZ
09STATE38656	GOI INTENTIONS AND PLANS TO NEGOTIATE A [...] (U) This is an action cable for Embassy Baghdad requesting delivery by hand of the letter included below to Dr. Fadel Jawad Khadum, Legal Adviser to the Prime Minister. Embassy Baghdad is asked to confirm delivery of the letter, report on Dr. Fadel's response and follow-up to confirm specific [...]	2009-04-18 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN IZ KJUS OVIP PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09STATE3902	RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Tbilisi and Moscow. See para 6. 2. (C) In response to Ref A request for GOR update on the status of radiation sources that had been located in Sukhumi, working-level Russian MFA contacts were unable to provide definitive information about these s [...]	2009-01-14 21:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS
09STATE39151	SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 15 MEETING WITH EU [...] (U) Meeting took place April 15, 2009; 12:30 - 1:10 pm; Washington, DC. 2. (U) Participants U.S. ------ The Secretary Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Richard Morningstar EUR - Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary NSC [...]	2009-04-20 19:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL
09STATE39222	GUIDANCE REGARDING USG PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] This is an action request for Geneva, The Hague, Moscow, Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Lusaka, Rabat, Bamako, Abuja, Dakar, Mexico City, Brasilia and Rome. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The draft review conference outcome document for the Durban Review Conference does no [...]	2009-04-20 23:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM
09STATE3943	(S) NIAG 8233: TRANSFER OF MARAGING STEEL FROM CHINA TO IRAN [...] (S//REL China) We have received information that XXXXXXXXXXXX associated with XXXXXXXXXXXX was making arrangements with Chinese entity XXXXXXXXXXXX to purchase maraging steel. The steel was to be partially machined in order to disguise it as mechanical parts in order to evade Chinese customs offici [...]	2009-01-14 23:15:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR CH
09STATE39698	DEMARCHE REQUEST: CHINA'S DRAFT POSTAL LAW [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 2 below. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. The National People's Congress (NPC) is proceeding to finalize the draft Postal Law in the April 20-24 meeting of its Standing Committee and all indications are that the fi [...]	2009-04-21 20:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO CH
09STATE39754	INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...]	2009-04-21 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE39834	ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]	2009-04-22 12:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG RU UN IS
09STATE40237	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE FEBRUARY 24-25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 18:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
09STATE40403	GUIDANCE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council thematic debate on Children and Armed Conflict scheduled for April 29, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Secretary Espinosa, Mr. President, thank you for hosting today,s debate on [...]	2009-04-22 20:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE40420	OVERCOMING UKRAINE'S VAT TAXES ON EXERCISES SEA [...] (U) This is an action cable. Post is requested to deliver points in paragraph 5 to appropriate Ukrainian interlocutors. 2. (U) Background. Despite repeated assurances to us over the years that Ukrainian law will be changed to provide for exemption from VAT, excise, use, and other taxes [...]	2009-04-22 21:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV US UP
09STATE40824	HCOC - ENCOURAGING INDIA TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE HCOC [...] (C) Summary: Department requests Embassy to encourage India to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). This overture is consistent with India's positive efforts related to preventing the spread of ballistic missiles via harmonization and adherenc [...]	2009-04-23 16:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE4100	USTR ANNOUNCES REVISIONS TO HORMONE BEEF [...] (U) Summary: On January 14, 2009, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a revised list of products subject to retaliatory duties in connection with the long-standing EU ban on beef from cattle raised with growth hormones. The changes to the retaliation list are intended to [...]	2009-01-15 15:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EUN EAGR
09STATE41287	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH OMAN FM YUSUF BIN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 meeting at the Department, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi discussed the current situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and how the U.S., Oman, and the international community could [...]	2009-04-24 14:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK ZR IAEA MNUC PGOV PREL PARM
09STATE4159	IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORK CONTINUES EFFORTS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: In early October 2008, we shared with German officials information indicating that Malaysia's Evertop Services and its Iran-based parent company, Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company [...]	2009-01-15 17:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM ETTC MNUC TSPA IR MY GM
09STATE41666	HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 28 MEETING [...] (C) The focus of the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting will be a CFE "stocktaking" discussion based on an Ally's request that the U.S. provide a non- paper on the status of the elements of the Parallel Actions Package. Allies will also review plans for the NATO International Staf [...]	2009-04-24 22:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL
09STATE41764	BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]	2009-04-26 20:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09STATE41765	KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]	2009-04-26 20:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09STATE42321	COORDINATING U.S. LEADERSHIP OF HORN OF AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington Inter-Agency agrees with the way forward outlined in USNATO 160 as modified below. 2. (C) Recently Secretary of State Clinton has called for U.S. leadership of international counter-piracy efforts in the Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden. She also called for a stren [...]	2009-04-27 22:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM NATO PBTS PREL
09STATE42351	SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 15 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (U) Classified by: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d) 2. (U) April 15, 2009; 1400 EDT; Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Chief of Staff and Counselor Cheryl Mills WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon PA A/S Robert Wood, Acting Ambassado [...]	2009-04-28 03:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN SMIG CASC
09STATE42778	KAZAKHSTAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH EEB A/S DAVID [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 17:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV
09STATE4297	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 25. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels January 26-27. We expect the formal agenda to include: Western Balkans, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Ukraine [...]	2009-01-15 20:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO
09STATE43053	HLTF: SHARING RUSSIAN PAPER ON CFE [...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (SBU) Mission is requested ask the IS to deliver to delegations promptly on Thursday, April 30, a copy of the paper contained in paper 3 below along with the following explanatory remarks : -- Following up on discussions during the April 28 HLTF meeting [...]	2009-04-28 22:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
09STATE43056	SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING GROUP -- APRIL 29 [...] (SBU) Context: In January 2009 the French and UK circulated a non-paper on the challenges facing UN peacekeeping, with a focus on strategic oversight, matching mandates and resources, setting clear political objectives and establishing benchmarks for progress. The paper was discussed in an [...]	2009-04-28 23:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE43083	U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: ENGAGING THE WORLD [...] In keeping with the President's vision for active diplomatic engagement with the world to advance American interests and address the challenges our nation faces in the 21st century, our foreign policy team has been actively promoting partnerships to secure a better future, addressing the globa [...]	2009-04-29 01:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO
09STATE43253	H1N1 INFLUENZA (SWINE FLU) UPDATE [...] H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by a type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among pigs. These viruses do not normally infect humans; however, human infections with H1N1 flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of H1N1 [...]	2009-04-29 14:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE43385	ACTING A/S NELSON MEETS WITH LATVIAN FINANCE [...] (SBU) In his April 26 meeting with Acting A/S David Nelson on the margins of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, Finance Minister Einars Repse outlined Latvia's plans for a 7% of GDP fiscal deficit in 2009 and 3% deficit in 2010 in hopes of meeting IMF conditions and establishing a sustainab [...]	2009-04-29 16:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LG
09STATE4350	IN-COUNTRY REFUGEE & SIV PROGRAMS FOR IRAQIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 22:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREF
09STATE44005	SOMALIA: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General (UNSYG) Ban Ki-Moon convened an international donors conference in Brussels, Belgium, from April 22 to 23 under the joint auspices of the African Union (AU),European Union (EU) and the UN to solicit contributions to support the Transitional Fed [...]	2009-04-30 17:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OVIP PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE44254	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGE POSTS TO REMOVE TRADE [...] For posts listed in paragraphs 6 and 7, this is an action request; other posts are encouraged to draw on these points if appropriate. Given the growing sensitivity on this issue, however, posts are requested to use discretion in discussing these points with countries that have not enacted r [...]	2009-04-30 23:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON

09STATE44280	CONSULAR ISSUES CABLE -- APRIL 2009 [...] April passed quickly here in Washington. Between complicated arrest cases in Iran and North Korea, the H1N1 flu situation, and a myriad of visa-related issues, this month brought many interesting and difficult policy challenges. Secretary Clinton continues to take an active interest in many [...]	2009-05-01 01:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT
09STATE44998	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]	2009-05-04 15:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE45019	READ OUT OF APRIL 23 MEETING OF G-8 [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Nonproliferation Directors devoted most of the April 23 NPDG meeting in Rome to revising draft nonproliferation language, which the Italian G-8 Presidency plans to release as a separate Leaders' statement at the July G-8 Summit. Lengthy debate occurred on the paragraph r [...]	2009-05-04 15:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IT
09STATE45021	SITUATION REPORT NO. 5: INFLUENZA TASK FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 15:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45149	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 24, 2009 [...] (U) April 24, 2009; 12:15 pm; State Department. 2. (C) Summary: Finance Minister Biti, who was in Washington for meetings with the World Bank and IMF, had a courtesy call with U/S Burns on April 24. In their discussion of the transition government, Biti noted that much work remains to b [...]	2009-05-04 19:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ZI
09STATE45229	U.S.-EU TASK FORCE READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of priority economic, political, and other issues during an April 27 meeting in Washington. The U.S. team was led by PDAS Ries and NSC Director Toby Bradley, and included other Department and interagency attendees. The EU team was led by [...]	2009-05-04 21:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD IR PGOV PREL TBIO
09STATE45230	SHIPMENT OF IRANIAN-ORIGIN TACTICAL VEHICLES [...] (S//REL Italy) Italian authorities detained a shipment of Iranian-origin tactical vehicles destined for Syria in June 2006. We have obtained information suggesting that the shippers of this cargo believe Italian authorities intend to release the shipment, allowing them to complete the delive [...]	2009-05-04 21:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC IR IT PARM PREL
09STATE45249	HR ONLINE BECOMES SINGLE SIGN-ON PORTAL [...] This is an action message to all employees who access Human Resources (HR) Online. This communication is related to the implementation of "single sign-on" functionality in HR Online. Employees are no longer required to enter their HR Online account username and password to access authorized a [...]	2009-05-04 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE45615	New FSI Facility Manager Tradecraft Training Courses [...] FSI announces the launch of five new courses for the Facility Manager (FM) profession. Facility managers, General Service Officers serving at posts without FMs and Senior FM LES staff should take advantage of one or more of these courses to refresh and develop their skills. These courses are [...]	2009-05-05 18:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT AFSI AFSN ABLD ASUP ATRN
09STATE45660	BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EUCOM, CONSULATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 25-27 in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and Bonn with USG and German officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related U.S. expo [...]	2009-05-05 19:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GM
09STATE46078	BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EUCOM, CONSULATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 25-27 in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and Bonn with USG and German officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related U.S. expo [...]	2009-05-06 18:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GM
09STATE46244	ITGBL - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES [...] Summary. The Office of Logistics Management (A/LM) appreciates the feedback provided by Locally Employed (LE) transportation staff through post visits and FSI training sessions. Foremost among your comments was the need to more clearly express the roles and responsibilities of all parties i [...]	2009-05-06 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AMGT APER KSEP
09STATE46263	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KAZAKHSTAN INTERNET DRAFT [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, The Internet is a powerful tool for information exchange and free expression that we believe has generally furthered the social and cultu [...]	2009-05-06 21:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE46591	GUIDANCE: UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in the Security Council debate on the Middle East scheduled for May 11, and for its public statements about the debate. 2. (U) Talking points: -- Thank the Secret [...]	2009-05-07 16:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL IS LE KPAL
09STATE46713	SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO STRENGTHEN NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a May 1 working lunch, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller and Republic of Korea (ROK) Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Joon Oh discussed further strengthening the international nonproliferation regime, coping with the North [...]	2009-05-07 19:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PREL KN KS
09STATE46834	SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE [...] (U) The WHO reports 201 confirmed cases in Canada. (Reuters) 2. (SBU) The CDC confirms 896 U.S. cases and reports 927 probable cases in 43 states. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 3. (SBU) The Mexican Government confirms 1,204 cases of H1N1 and 44 deaths and notes these numbers might conti [...]	2009-05-07 21:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE46946	SRI LANKA NEGOTIATING TO PROCURE LETHAL MILITARY [...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is negotiating the procurement of Lethal Military Equipment (LME) from North Korea and Iran. Recent intelligence reports indicate that a Sri Lankan company re [...]	2009-05-08 12:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KN KNNP MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL
09STATE47278	JAPAN: SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION [...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with senior officials at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to encourage Japan to maintain its current launch schedule for the Global Change Observation Mission satellite program. 2. Back [...]	2009-05-08 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TSPA SENV JA
09STATE47917	(U) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: KUDOS FOR [...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORTING FOR DETAILS OF ONGOING INSECURITY IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC'S NORTHERN REGIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF ARMED GROUP OPERATING AREAS, AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON REBEL DYNAMICS WHICH HELP TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE CURRENT SITUATION. THESE [...]	2009-05-11 21:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL CT
09STATE48359	ANTARCTICA: THE THIRTY-SECOND ANTARCTIC TREATY [...] Begin Summary and Comment: The 32nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) met in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6-17, 2009, to discuss a range of issues related to Antarctica. The Meeting was convened initially at the Department of State in Washington as part of the first-ever joint mee [...]	2009-05-12 18:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY
09STATE48478	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 21:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL OSCE
09STATE48479	ITU TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION ADVISORY [...] Summary. This is a report of the results of a meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG),which met for three days in Geneva from April 28-30, 2009. TSAG is a meeting of Member States and Sector Members of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is res [...]	2009-05-12 21:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC ITU
09STATE48677	IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR THE SECRETARIAT-PROPOSED [...] (U) This cable provides guidance regarding the IAEA-proposed budget for 2010-2011 in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) Mission should seek a regular budget increase of no more than 9.5 percent in 2010 to strengthen IAEA capabilities in core areas of importance to the United States -- nuclear sec [...]	2009-05-13 13:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL
09STATE4882	USTR FILES FOR WTO CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON [...] (U) Summary: On January 16, 2009, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States is seeking World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations regarding the EU,s prohibition on the import of poultry meat and poultry meat products that have been processed with path [...]	2009-01-16 22:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EUN EAGR
09STATE4887	DALIAN SUNNY INDUSTRIES/LIMMT AND BELLAMAX - [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: On January 15, 2009, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, having determined that sanctionable activity within the meaning of U.S. missile sanctions l [...]	2009-01-16 22:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
09STATE4903	USUN TALKING POINTS FOR UNOWA CONSULTATIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to draw on the points below during the January 21 UNSC consultations by the Special Representative of the Secretary General Said Djinnit concerning the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA). End Action Request. 2. Begin points: - The U.S. we [...]	2009-01-16 23:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL XA
09STATE49092	UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FRENCH TARGETS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objectives are to: -- Express U.S. appreciation and willingness to work with France on sanctions issues; -- Request enhanced information sharing w [...]	2009-05-13 22:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE49096	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...]	2009-05-13 23:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE49124	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...]	2009-05-14 01:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE49125	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: REPLY TO AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week, the United States drew to the attention of the Permanent Council the annual World Press Freedom Day. Ambassador Azimov responded to [...]	2009-05-14 01:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU
09STATE49126	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: REPLY TO AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week, the United States drew to the attention of the Permanent Council the annual World Press Freedom Day. Ambassador Azimov responded to [...]	2009-05-14 01:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU
09STATE49495	Secretary Clinton's May 7, 2009 Meeting with [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) May 7, 2009; 12:00pm; Washington, DC, United States. 3. (S) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Under Secretary Burns NSC Senior Russia Director McFaul EUR Assistant Secretary Fried Ambassador Beyrle PA DAS [...]	2009-05-14 18:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV
09STATE49884	NEW IIP ELECTRONIC JOURNAL: "THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] The May 2009 edition of eJournal USA, The Global Financial System, describes the mechanics of the global financial system and the cyclical nature of financial markets. Experts from across the political spectrum present historical background and discuss such issues as the optimum level and form [...]	2009-05-15 14:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP
09STATE49968	HARD-TO-FILL AND 2009 REGULAR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES [...] Summary: ---------- This cable announces that HR/CDA will accept applications from eligible family members (EFMs) for the regular Professional Associates (PA) program for two weeks from the date of this cable. This cable outlines the requirements and procedures for applying. This exercise is [...]	2009-05-15 15:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE50240	GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE 231/09 ON VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. This cable provides guidance, as requested in reftel, for Embassy Panama to respond to Diplomatic Note 231/09 from the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Please deliver the followingresponse to the MFA. 2. (SBU) Begin text: (Complimentary [...]	2009-05-15 21:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM
09STATE50258	CONTINUING COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH KOREA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In May 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG concerning planned travel by a Yemeni delegation to North Korea to meet with representatives from the North Kor [...]	2009-05-15 21:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE50499	ACTION REQUEST: MAY 29 MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. This demarche is info only for Embassy Nicosia, as Cyprus has not been invited to participate in the May 29 meeting. ---------------- OBJECTIVES ---------------- 2. Reference A announced the upcoming plenary meeting of the Contact Grou [...]	2009-05-18 13:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
09STATE50709	USG HOSTED PIRACY MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY [...] This is an information cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) hosted a meeting of the maritime community, key international partners and the U.S. government on April 23. This meeting was a follow-up to previous reach-out sessions to engage the shippi [...]	2009-05-18 18:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA
09STATE50829	U.S. EXTENSION OF IRAQ'S FINANCIAL IMMUNITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 19:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON PREL UN
09STATE50848	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050051029 and 050050791 for the export of firearms to Georgia. Post is requested to [...]	2009-05-18 20:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GG GT
09STATE50903	SENIOR LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) SUMMARY. During their April 1 meeting in London, President Obama and President Medvedev acknowledged that while differences remain over the purposes of deployment of missile defense assets in Europe, the U.S. and Russia would discuss [...]	2009-05-19 00:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09STATE50910	U.S. NON-PAPER ON ELEMENTS OF A START FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Background: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with a Russian delegation led by Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affair [...]	2009-05-19 02:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE51396	CYPRUS: GUIDANCE FOR MAY 22 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for May 22, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: The United States welcomes the report of the Secretary-General. We echo his full support for the current C [...]	2009-05-19 22:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE51405	U.S. POLICY ON IRAQI REFUGEES AND DISPLACED [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable describes the new U.S. policy on assisting Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). It expands upon the objectives described by the President in his February 27 speech in which he committed to helping the millions of displaced Iraqis inside Iraq and in [...]	2009-05-19 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SY JO IZ
09STATE51418	Defense Doors Opening for Diplomats: Foreign [...] The Bureau of Political Military Affairs (PM) seeks talented, action-oriented officers who are interested in working at the interface of diplomacy and defense as Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADs). This is in response to increased hiring authorized by Congress for FY 2009 to expand the Foreign [...]	2009-05-20 01:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE51852	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 22, 2009 [...] Classified by Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary. Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali conveyed that the GOE warmly welcomes the "palpable change in attitude and atmosphere" with the United States, and Deputy Secretary Lew underscored that the Uni [...]	2009-05-20 20:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EG
09STATE51905	CRISIS MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED [...] SUMMARY: FSI delivers approximately 100 Crisis Management Exercises (CMEs) annually at Foreign Service posts worldwide. This cable highlights best practices and key lessons learned from the FSI-directed CMEs conducted over the past 12 months. END SUMMARY. ----------------------------------- [...]	2009-05-20 23:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC
09STATE52348	IRISL CONTINUING EVASIVE ACTIVITIES IN MALTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 18:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK MT PREL PARM FR
09STATE52510	UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...]	2009-05-21 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE52512	GOI'S RELEASE OF IRANIAN-ORIGIN TACTICAL VEHICLES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The USG received information on 18 May that the GOI had released a cargo of Iranian-origin tactical vehicles, destined for Syria, that Italian customs officials had seized in 2006. The vehicles were suspected of being part of a ground-based electronic warfare system. When ap [...]	2009-05-21 21:29:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EUR ISN NEA
09STATE52639	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAVIN [...] (SBU) On May 19, senior U.S. and UK Africa representatives participated in a secure video teleconference (SVTC) focused on Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Somalia. All expressed mutual interest in holding a regular dialogue via SVTC, and agreed to meet during Wood's June 9-10 trip to Washington. U.S. pa [...]	2009-05-22 12:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KE SO UK XA ZI
09STATE52684	UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...]	2009-05-22 13:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE52832	SUBJECT: SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON AF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Omaar (ForMin) met with Bureau for African Affairs (AF) Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson (A/S) on May 15. The ForMin and A/S discussed recent fighting in and around Mogadishu and TFG efforts to r [...]	2009-05-22 16:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO
09STATE52919	ACTION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] We've heard you, we're engaged and taking action. As CIO Swart discussed with AmEmbassy Kabul leadership last week, we understand the challenges and high level impact of Mission Afghanistan. Going forward, we will continue to work closely with you, doing everything possible to provide both w [...]	2009-05-22 18:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AADP KRIM AF
09STATE53774	CHANGE IN REST AND RECUPERATION TRAVEL [...] SUMMARY: A recent amendment to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 added language to Section 901(6)(B) to the Act regarding rest and recuperation travel. Therefore, The Director General for the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources is pleased to announce that the Department now has th [...]	2009-05-26 21:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
09STATE53816	HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR MAY 26-28 AWAY DAY [...] (SBU) The NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) will meet from May 26-28 at the NATO School in Oberammergau to take stock of the current situation with CFE and brainstorm on possible ways forward. During the April 29 meeting, Allies agreed that discussion at the Away Day would be based on the U.S [...]	2009-05-27 01:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE PARM PREL
09STATE54049	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 14:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG PGOV
09STATE54399	UNITED STATES SEEKING INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Prior to the Berlin Plenary last year, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the c [...]	2009-05-27 21:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ETTC IR UK FR GM NL AU JP
09STATE54436	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (C) The following guidance is provided to the U.S. delegation participating in the HCOC Annual Meeting, in Vienna, on May 28-29, 2009. 2. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: In discussing HCOC Annual Meeting agenda items, the delegation should seek HCOC outcomes that are consistent with U.S. foreign [...]	2009-05-28 00:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC
09STATE5482	INAUGURAL U.S.-IRAQ HIGHER COORDINATING COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 13, Secretary Rice chaired the inaugural Higher Coordinating Committee meeting, officially launching the implementation process called for in the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) between the United States and Iraq. The Secretary affirmed the U.S. commitment to the [...]	2009-01-21 20:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
09STATE54959	CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on May 29, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any additional substant [...]	2009-05-29 00:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE55536	PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 10-13. 2. (SBU) Summary. Fighting between the Pakistani military and extremists in the North West Frontier Province has displaced approximately 2.8 million persons. There is an estimated gap of more than $250 million required to meet the UN app [...]	2009-05-29 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREF
09STATE55545	COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR 52ND SESSION OF UN COMMITTEE [...] Following is guidance for the 52nd session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). This guidance will focus on matters that require specific action by the Committee. USDEL should draw on detailed guidance in ref A (Scientific and Technical Subcommittee) and ref B (L [...]	2009-05-29 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM
09STATE5558	U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LUNCH: [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried's January 9 working luncheon with EU Political Directors in Prague focused on Russia, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and briefly Belarus. On Russia, there were useful exchanges on the gas dispute with Ukraine, the Georgia situation, and the Medvedev security [...]	2009-01-21 23:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
09STATE5565	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes Special Representative Christopoulos to the Permanent Council. We appreciate the Greek Chai [...]	2009-01-22 00:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GG
09STATE56371	DEMARCHE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (U) Action Request: Please see para. 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In light of the upcoming June meetings of the UN Committee that is considering the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and in response to Indian inquiries concerning U.S. support for the proposed Conventio [...]	2009-06-02 13:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PREL PTER
09STATE56622	UNAMI SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) DOD, State, and UN representatives met May 21 at the Pentagon to discuss continued USG security support to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Issues discussed included U.S.-UN collocation within the International Zone and at PRT locations, and the UN,s desire to fol [...]	2009-06-02 18:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MOPS UN PREL AORC
09STATE56790	CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 4, 2009 VCC [...] (C/NF) This is an action request, see para 5. Aside from standard agenda items, the June VCC will include a focused discussion on future work of the VCC group of experts. The NATO IS added this topic to the agenda following an April 23 VCC discussion concerning the U.S. non-paper on the stat [...]	2009-06-03 01:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE
09STATE57298	PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 10-13. 2. (SBU) Summary. Fighting between the Pakistani military and extremists in the North West Frontier Province has displaced approximately 2.8 million persons. There is an estimated gap of more than $250 million required to meet the UN app [...]	2009-06-03 21:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREF
09STATE57332	DEMARCHE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SADC CONTROLS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ACTION REQUEST ---------- 2. (SBU) The Department is following up on a request for information to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Ref A) to determine whether the United States and SADC may enter into a meaningful e [...]	2009-06-03 23:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SADC BC ZI
09STATE57344	2009 DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR [...] This message contains action requests. See paragraphs 4-6. 2. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2009 DRL Officers Conference. On behalf of DRL, I would like to invite all democracy, human rights, and labo [...]	2009-06-04 00:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OTRA KTEX ETRD ELAB ECON AMGT
09STATE57450	THE 2010 AFGHANISTAN/IRAQ/PAKISTAN CYCLE [...] Following is the text of a personal message from the Secretary on service in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq which comes from a video that was released earlier this week (available via links on the Assignment-Afghanistan, Assignment-Iraq, and Assignment-Pakistan websites listed in para 3). Ad [...]	2009-06-04 13:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
09STATE57898	GUIDANCE ON EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO BELARUS [...] (C) While the Department understands Post's concerns as outlined in REF A, Department does NOT/NOT authorize the transmission of the proposed text. The Department requests USNATO to stand by previous instructions (REF B) -- we support Belarusian participation in the EAPC Defense Ministerial a [...]	2009-06-04 22:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO NATO PREL
09STATE57899	GUIDANCE FOR 6/5 UNSC BRIEFING ON SRI LANKA [...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the June 5 informal briefing to the UN Secrity Council on Sri Lanka by the Secretary-General. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: -- We would like to thank the Secretary General (and Under Secretary Holmes) for [...]	2009-06-04 22:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PHUM PREL MOPS CE
09STATE58992	CONTRIBUTING TO NATO,S LONG-TERM COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: At the strong urging of the United States, NATO is moving forward with a long-term counter-piracy mission (Operation Ocean Shield). On June 5, Allies agreed to a concept of operations (CONOPS) for a year-long counter piracy mission and are expected to pledge forces at a confere [...]	2009-06-09 00:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO PGOV PREL
09STATE59424	JUNE 3 U.S.-RUSSIA CFE MEETING: NO BREAKTHROUGHS, [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and Russian CFE Teams led by VCI A/S Gottemoeller and Russian MFA Director for Disarmament Antonov met in Geneva in the afternoon of June 3 to review ideas for moving forward on CFE. The meeting had an introductory character, as it was the first time U.S. and Russian inte [...]	2009-06-09 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KCFE MD NATO PARM PREL RS
09STATE59534	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala. We than [...]	2009-06-10 12:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE59967	DEMARCHE ON LATVIA,S FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] (C/NF) The Department agrees with post,s assessment, Ref A, that the Latvian government,s (GOL,s) implementation of the terms of its IMF/European Commission assistance package thus far has been inadequate and that its pending proposals for budget cuts lack credibility. The time is right for th [...]	2009-06-10 22:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EUN IMF LG
09STATE60334	IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6-10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) ElBaradei released his latest reports on the status of the IAEA's investigations into Iran and Syria's nuclear programs on 5 June 2009. [...]	2009-06-11 17:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY
09STATE60413	SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 19:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60433	JORDAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 20:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO
09STATE60526	TIMOR-LESTE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 22:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TT
09STATE60529	SOUTH AFRICA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 22:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60535	SWAZILAND -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 22:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG WZ
09STATE60546	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR
09STATE60586	BURUNDI -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 23:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BY
09STATE60588	SECRETARY CLINTON'S JUNE 9, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (SBU) June 8, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Washington, D.C. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Ian Kelly, PA Spokesman Jake Sullivan, Senior Advisor Debra Benavidez, EAP/MTS (Notetaker) INDONESIA Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda Bunyan Sapt [...]	2009-06-11 23:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV PREL ECON ID
09STATE60599	CHILE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CI
09STATE60627	MEXICO -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MX
09STATE60641	UZBEKISTAN--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 01:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP UZ
09STATE60957	IRAQ -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 16:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IZ
09STATE61153	READOUT OF JUNE 5 MEETING OF G-8 NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Acting ISN DAS Matthias Mitman led the U.S. Delegation to the last NPDG meeting before the G-8 Summit. After some heated discussion, the Group agreed on most of the Leaders' nonproliferation statement, but several paragraphs remained in brackets. France remained isolated in opposition t [...]	2009-06-12 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IT
09STATE61156	(S) RESPONDING TO TAIWAN ON QUESTIONS REGARDING [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: In March 2009, the United States requested that Taiwan investigate efforts by the Turkey-based company Ak Makina to supply Iran's Ardalan Machineries Company with a variety of machine tools produced by comp [...]	2009-06-12 20:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE61177	Improved Billing for Despatch Agency Shipments [...] Effective immediately A/LM is making an incremental change to improve the rate and billing processes. The Transportation Rate (formerly known as the aggregate rate) was established to provide the posts with a better tool for calculating transportation costs and to single bill customers to red [...]	2009-06-12 21:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AMGT AFIN KSEP
09STATE61197	GUIDANCE FOR 6/17 UNSC DEBATE ON KOSOVO [...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the June 17 UN Security Council discussion of Kosovo. 2. Begin points: Mr. President, -- I would like to welcome Special Representative Zannier and thank him for his leadership of the UN Mission in Kosovo (U [...]	2009-06-12 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PGOV KO
09STATE61202	CONTINUING URGENT NEED FOR AMERICAN VICTIMS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the restoration of Iraq's immunity in cases brought by American victims of the Saddam Hussein regime reinforces the need to move forward on government-to-government [...]	2009-06-12 23:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL EFIN
09STATE61231	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874 ON NORTH [...] The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1874 on June 12. This resolution unequivocally condemns North Korea's May 25 claimed nuclear test, imposes unprecedented new sanctions measures to address the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation acti [...]	2009-06-13 00:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM UNSC KN
09STATE61326	(S)DEMARCHE TO CHINA CONCERNING TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paras 5-6. 2. (S) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Inform China of the U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement. Explain that repatriation is [...]	2009-06-14 18:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09STATE61415	INDIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-15 13:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IN
09STATE61456	MOTOR VECHICLE INVENTORIES [...] SUMMARY. This is an action telegram. As part of your preparations for your August 2009 annual Chief of Mission Statement of Assurance regarding management controls at your post, Chiefs of Mission and senior post management officers are asked to review motor vehicle inventories for accuracy, a [...]	2009-06-15 14:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AMGT AFIN KSEP

09STATE61762	GEORGIA - UNOMIG ROLLOVER RESOLUTION VOTING [...] (U) This is an action request. On June 15, 2009, the UN Security Council will vote on a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). We understand that Russia will likely veto this resolution. USUN is requested to vote in support of the resolution, include [...]	2009-06-15 20:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL GG
09STATE61832	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to continue negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]	2009-06-16 00:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US KTIA RS
09STATE61995	SECRETARY CLINTON'S JUNE 8, 2009 MEETING WITH MIDDLE [...] (U) June 8, 2009; 2:00 - 2:20 pm; Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Secretary NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak DRL Acting DAS Kay Mayfield NEA/PI Acting Director Kenneth Longmyer NEA/PI Charles Kiamie (notetaker) Middle East and North Africa ----------------------- [...]	2009-06-16 13:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI OVIP PHUM XF
09STATE62422	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: CHALLENGING THE PROCESS TO [...] (S/NF) Thank you for your cable (ref b) setting out the actions being taken on the ground to deliver credible, secure and inclusive elections. It is our view that we must do more. Despite your best efforts, there remains an Afghan and international perception that the U.S. and most of the inte [...]	2009-06-17 00:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09STATE62907	ASSIGNMENT AFGHANISTAN: ONE OF OUR HIGHEST FOREIGN [...] Afghanistan is receiving the high-level policy attention needed to safeguard America's security and rebuild that war- torn country. As President Obama said, "We are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the United States, our friends and allies, and the people of Afghanista [...]	2009-06-17 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT AF
09STATE62909	DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Arab and Palestinian reaction to PM Netanyahu's June14 speech has focused entirely on the negative, without acknowledging PM Netanyahu's recognition of a future Palestinian state as a significant step, or recogniz [...]	2009-06-17 23:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09STATE62952	CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD): GUIDANCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 03:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL SIPDIS
09STATE6399	MALAYSIAN BROKER SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN SERVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: Since August 2007, the U.S. has discussed with Japan efforts by Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle program (UAV) to procure equipment produced by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko using [...]	2009-01-23 21:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09STATE64071	TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA 2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the quarantine measures imposed by the Government of China in response to the 2009-H1N1 pandemic that may affect travel to China. This Travel Alert expires on September 30, 2009. 2. Current quarantine measures in China include placing arriv [...]	2009-06-19 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMED CH
09STATE64075	Keeping Foreign Area Per Diem Rates [...] All Federal agencies, as well as Federal contractors, many non-governmental and international organizations, and private companies, utilize the Department of State-managed Foreign Area Per Diem Rates to determine appropriate levels of support for lodging and meals / incidental expenses while on [...]	2009-06-19 23:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE64424	LEBANON -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary released the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release received substantial coverage in domestic and foreign [...]	2009-06-22 18:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG LE
09STATE64642	GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, JUNE 23 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks for remarks during June 23 consultations on the Middle East. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: It is the policy of the United States to move quickly and actively to seek a lasting peace between Israel and it [...]	2009-06-23 01:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE
09STATE6467	GEORGIA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request: USUN should work with the P-3, Germany, and Russia to quickly adopt a resolution renewing UNOMIG's mandate for four months. USUN is authorized to support France's revised version of Germany's original draft resolution in paragraph 6 below, the United States- draf [...]	2009-01-24 00:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSCR PREL GG
09STATE66001	UN SECURITY COUNCIL: THEMATIC DEBATE ON UN [...] (U) The past six months have been a time of renewed energy and attention to the challenges facing UN peacekeeping operations. Ambassador Rice told the C-34 on February 24 that peacekeeping was a priority for the United States. Over the past few months, the French/UK initiative, supported by [...]	2009-06-25 16:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR UNSC
09STATE66250	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 12, 2009, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1874, a Chapter VII resolution imposing further measures on the Democratic People's Repu [...]	2009-06-25 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP
09STATE66557	GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DEBATE, JUNE 26 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the building blocks in para 2 during the open debate on the protection of civilians in the Security Council on June 26. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. Holmes, for your briefing. I would also like to thank the Secretar [...]	2009-06-26 18:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE66578	(S) TURKISH FIRM AK MAKINA'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO MISSILE-RELATED ENTITIES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 18:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE66681	EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, [...] SUMMARY: The Department convened a regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officers Conference (ESTHOC) on April 15 - 17 for officers and foreign service nationals (FSNs) covering ESTH issues at posts in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. The Bureau of Oceans, Envir [...]	2009-06-26 21:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV XB XC XE XU ID
09STATE67097	SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 16:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS
09STATE67105	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, June 27-29, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-11 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 12-23 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 24-43 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 44-57 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 58-64 7. (U) Iraq 8. (S//NF) Alle [...]	2009-06-29 16:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE67127	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 24, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. ) 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the third session of the START Follow-on negotiations focused on receiving [...]	2009-06-29 17:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE67384	U.S. DESIGNATION OF NAMCHONGANG TRADING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- REPEAT GREEN LIVE MSG SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States will designate two North Korean entities under E.O. 13382 (Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass D [...]	2009-06-30 02:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PARM KNNP
09STATE67708	USNATO GUIDANCE: PROJECTED SHORTFALL IN SPENDING FOR NATO [...] (U) Washington concurs with recommended positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A, specifically its proposal to reduce national administrative expenses (NAE) funds paid by NATO to nations and agencies managing NSIP projects from three percent to two percent in those instances when a nation has mis [...]	2009-06-30 18:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO
09STATE68548	USNATO GUIDANCE: GUIDANCE: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD [...] (U) In general, Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A. Additional guidance is provided below. 2. (C) Ref Item I, ISAF. In discussion of resource implications of the establishment of an intermediate ISAF HQ, Mission may draw on the para 3 talking points, if pressed [...]	2009-07-01 21:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO AFIN ABUD AMGT
09STATE68555	OFFICE OF IRANIAN AFFAIRS JULY 1 IRAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM
09STATE69221	GUIDANCE RESPONSE: DEALING WITH THE MICHELETTI [...] (C) The General Assembly of the OAS adopted a resolution condemning the detention and expulsion of President Zelaya. The resolution also declared "that no government arising from this unconstitutional interruption will be recognized," and instructed Secretary General Insulza to initiate diploma [...]	2009-07-02 22:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EAID ECON EFIN HO KDEM MARR PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE69240	THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) July 1, 2009; 4:30 p.m.; Washington DC 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale, Deputy Assistant Secretary, NEA Palestinian Authority --------------------- Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Manal Zeidan, Direc [...]	2009-07-03 00:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY EAID KPAL PGOV PREL
09STATE69684	INFORMATION FOR UK DESIGNATION OF IRISL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) Summary: The Department wishes to provide the UK with information on the proliferation-related activities of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IR [...]	2009-07-06 17:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PINR PREL
09STATE69790	IRPO & NEA/IR ELECTION SPOT REPORT JULY 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 20:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
09STATE69814	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-20. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in the final stages of reviewing the first two tranches of names circulated by the UN (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Commi [...]	2009-07-06 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE70073	(S/NF) SENIOR INDIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS TOWARD [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS PLAN TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS ON 21 JULY 2009, IN RESPONSE TO RECENT SENIOR US POLICYMAKER REQUESTS. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTING POST CAN PROVIDE, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ON THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS [...]	2009-07-07 17:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR IN PK
09STATE70157	(S) ARMENIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN LINKED TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Yerevan, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: In 2003, the Armenian Ministry of Defense facilitated an Iranian purchase of 1,000 Bulgarian-made RPG-22 anti-tank rockets and machine guns. Some of these RPG-22s were used in at least two 2008 att [...]	2009-07-07 19:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR AM
09STATE70201	RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA REGARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Department appreciates reftel report of a pending Georgian deal to accept Iranian investment in Georgia's hydropower sector. Such business deals with Iran or Iranian entities, particularly in the energy sector, under [...]	2009-07-07 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG GG IR
09STATE70831	UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...]	2009-07-08 23:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE70858	LETTER ON ESF FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. There will be no signed original. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter outlining your thoughts on the long-term prospects for ESF in Egypt. Like you, I am p [...]	2009-07-09 01:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL EAID PHUM EG
09STATE71028	(C) SAUDI SHURA COUNCIL (C-ME9-01376) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND INFLUENCE OF SAUDI ARABIA'S MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, OR SHURA COUNCIL. UNDER A 1992 LAW, THE COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT. THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL TO 150 [...]	2009-07-09 14:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV SA
09STATE71091	DEMARCHE REQUEST: JAPANESE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU)Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) under President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is facing a severe financial crisis that threatens its financial and political stability. According to the PA and International M [...]	2009-07-09 16:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG JA IS
09STATE71092	TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA 2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the quarantine measures imposed by the Government of China in response to the 2009-H1N1 pandemic that may affect travel to China. This Travel Alert updates the June 19, 2009 Travel Alert in order to address the potential for quarantine of unaccom [...]	2009-07-09 16:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMED CH
09STATE71324	TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA UNREST IN URUMQI, XINJIANG [...] The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to safety and security concerns in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This Travel Alert expires on August 10, 2009. 2. On July 5, 2009, ethnic violence erupted in Urumqi. The unrest continued in the following days, wit [...]	2009-07-09 22:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC CH
09STATE71325	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-14. 2. SUMMARY: The President's June 4 speech in Cairo called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Among the Presiden [...]	2009-07-09 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD
09STATE7146	UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (S) Background: In November 2007, we advised Ukrainian officials that in late August 2007, the Ukrainian firm Arsenal was in the final stages of a deal to sell a high-accuracy gyrotheodolite to entities associated with Ch [...]	2009-01-27 14:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH
09STATE71885	ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Doha, Kuwait, Muscat, and Sanaa. See paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (C) Now that Jordan has joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE in recognizing Kosovo, we ask that Ambassadors or DCMs make a high-level approach to urge remaining GCC states and [...]	2009-07-10 17:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV
09STATE72095	FRMR FINMIN DORE-GUINEA DECLINING BUT DORE STILL [...] (C) On June 23, former Guinean Minister of Finance Ousmane Dore met with PDAS Phillip Carter to discuss recent developments in Guinea. Dore noted that conditions in Guinea have been deteriorating ever since Captain Dadis Camara, head of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CN [...]	2009-07-10 21:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GV KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09STATE72110	BURMA: TALKING POINTS FOR SYG BAN'S BRIEF TO THE [...] This is an action memo. USUN may draw on the points in para 2 when making an intervention at UN Secretary-General Ban's July 13 briefing to the UN Security Council on his July 3 -4 trip to Burma. 2. Begin talking points: -- The United States joins other Council members in reiterating [...]	2009-07-10 22:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC BU
09STATE72438	SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED MEETING WITH KUWAITI AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, S/E for the Closing of Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried told Kuwaiti Ambassador Sabah that the U.S. has deep security concerns regarding the return of Kuwaiti detainees, stemming from the 2008 suicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq carried out by former Kuwai [...]	2009-07-13 15:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU
09STATE731	USUN INSTRUCTION: 4 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to join the UK and France in lifting our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to re [...]	2009-01-05 23:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09STATE73192	U/S TAUSCHER,S MEETING WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher, met with German Ambassador to the United States, Klaus Scharioth, on July 9, 2009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U/S Tauscher,s Office U. [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE73197	(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON [...] (C) INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KYRGYZSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE BY US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-G ARE EXAMPLES OF POST,S EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING. A. (C) REFS A AND G (&PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DIS [...]	2009-07-14 21:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KG
09STATE73217	U.S. SIGNS THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 29, the United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization. Signatories now number 136 countries. The United Arab Emirates will host IRENA, and Germany and Austria will h [...]	2009-07-14 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE73869	ENGAGING CARICOM STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for posts in CARICOM member states. See paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Sixty-two countries have now recognized Kosovo. It is a high U.S. priority to obtain new recognitions to strengthen Kosovo,s international position, especially ahead of [...]	2009-07-16 11:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KV
09STATE74362	ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST [...] (SBU) The purpose of this demarche request is to encourage host governments to start thinking about how they might enhance their contributions to the effort in Afghanistan following the August 20 Afghan presidential election. General McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assist [...]	2009-07-16 21:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
09STATE74378	JULY 22 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON POST-CONFLICT [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph three. 2. On June 11, 2009, the UN Secretary-General issued his report on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of a conflict. On July 22, Uganda will convene a meeting of the UN Security Council on the report and post-conflict peacebuilid [...]	2009-07-16 23:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE74418	(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's June 19, 2009 [...] Classified by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 19; 5:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Pamela Park, D Staff William Bellis, EAP/ANP (Notetaker) [...]	2009-07-17 02:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL PGOV SCUL KNNP ASIR KN KS
09STATE74939	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, July 17, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-10 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 11-15 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 16-42 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 43-50 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 51-62 7. (U) Iraq 8. ( [...]	2009-07-17 20:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE74989	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JUNE 27, 2009 [...] (U) June 27, 2009; 1700; Corfu, Greece. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder, USNATO A/S Phil Gordon, EUR DASD Celeste Wallander, OSD Dr. Liz Sherwood Randall, NSC Bruce Turner, Director EUR/RPM Reece Smyth, notetaker Other NRC Ministers Al [...]	2009-07-17 21:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MOPS NATO OVIP RS PREL KCFE
09STATE75013	ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Bujumbura. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S//NF) BACKGROUND: Per REF A, Embassy Bujumbura agrees with Washington's assessment of the Burundian canister described in REF C. Although the canister is likely related to previous scams, post believes that [...]	2009-07-17 22:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AF ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER BY XA ZF
09STATE75504	U/S TAUSCHER,S MEETING WITH GERMAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (T),Ellen Tauscher, met in Washington with Gernot Erler, Minister of State in the German Foreign Office, on July 16, 2009. They promised to maintain a dialogue on strategic arms control, missile defense, CTBT, [...]	2009-07-20 18:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KACT START US GE
09STATE75614	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START Follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]	2009-07-21 02:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE76107	USG AND ISRAEL AGREE ON SPENDING LIMITS, FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 29 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG),the USG and GOI delegations agreed on conditions that would govern the decision to release FY 2010 and FY 2011 tranches of loan guarantees. These conditions support fiscal discipline in Israel,s [...]	2009-07-21 20:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID IS
09STATE76467	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON EVOLVING TURKISH AND IRAQI KURDISH POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS (C-RE9-00967) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANKARA-ARBIL RELATIONSHIP WHICH COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON US INTERESTS IN 2009. ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN DISCOVERING THE DRIVERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAQI KURDISH AND TURKISH LEADERS AND IDENTIFYI [...]	2009-07-22 16:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IZ TU
09STATE7649	DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Trafficking in Persons Program for the East [...]	2009-01-28 17:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE76708	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuclear fuel ba [...]	2009-07-22 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09STATE77250	UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: POINTS FOR 29 [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw on the points in para 2 during the 29 July consultations regarding the Council's Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee"). 2. BEGIN POINTS -- In resolutions 1853 and 1844, this [...]	2009-07-23 22:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE77689	(C) TURKEY'S EU PROSPECTS: U.S.-SWEDEN COORDINATE [...] (U) This is a joint EUR-Embassy Stockholm cable. 2. (C) Summary: On July 15, EUR DAS Bryza and Swedish MFA European Director Lars Wahlund discussed coordinating strategies to advance Turkey's EU accession and Cyprus negotiations during Sweden's EU Presidency. Both agreed that there is an [...]	2009-07-24 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU EUN
09STATE77701	ACTION REQUEST - MANDATE RENEWAL FOR THE UNITED [...] Summary. This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 for action. The mandate for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) will expire on July 31. A UN Security Council (UNSC) decision on UNAMID,s mandate renewal will take place on July 30. Libya is seeking to in [...]	2009-07-24 23:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL SU
09STATE78227	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 28 through October 9 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG views on host government huma [...]	2009-07-27 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE
09STATE78275	HATFIELD CASE TALKING POINTS FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that Post deliver the points in paragraphs 2-10 on the Hatfield Case to the government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Tuesday, July 28 and report delivery that same day. To support parallel action here in the United States, it is critical that these points b [...]	2009-07-28 02:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KG
09STATE7832	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO EU PRESIDENT, [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 29 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Permanent Council, Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg. The United States and the Czech Republic have a close bilateral relationship, [...]	2009-01-29 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM GG EU
09STATE78776	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian delegations continued their discussions at the U.S. Mission on Thursday, [...]	2009-07-28 23:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09STATE79541	Secretary Clinton's July 24, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) July 24, 2009; 2:30 PM; Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg Ambassador Chris Hill Public Affairs Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman Executive Assistant Joseph MacManus NEA Senior [...]	2009-07-30 15:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI UNSC PREF OVIP
09STATE80762	Secretary Clinton?s July 24, 2009 Higher [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman for Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. July 24, 2009; 3:30 PM; Washington, DC. 3. Participants: U.S. Secretary Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Feltman PA A/S Philip Crowley USAID A/A Alonzo Fulgham DOJ D A/F David Ogden U/S Jud [...]	2009-08-03 23:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI OVIP CLINTON
09STATE81281	IRANIAN PROCUREMENT AGENT SEEKS GERMAN TEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In August 2008, we informed Berlin that the German firm Voetsch Industrietechnik was negotiating a deal to sell two model VT7004 environmental test chambers to the Malaysian intermediary Toshi Electr [...]	2009-08-05 11:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM TH
09STATE81321	UNSCR 1820 - WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: UNSC [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 below during the August 7 consultations on UN Security Council Resolution 1820 on Women, Peace and Security. Mission should review the approach outlined in talking points below, and if, based on latest information from its interact [...]	2009-08-05 12:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PHUM PREL CG
09STATE82013	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation met with key Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) interlocutors in London, Paris, and Berlin from July 14 ) 17. The meetings demonstrated that we have very few differences with these government [...]	2009-08-06 18:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UK UNGA
09STATE83031	COORDINATING OUR AFGHAN ELECTIONS MESSAGING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 00:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PREL PGOV KPAO
09STATE83574	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFRATION CONSULTATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL SC EU XO RU IR
09STATE83603	DEMARCHE REQUEST: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to demarche at the highest appropriate level regarding host country objections to a draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) dealing with the Aung San Suu Kyi verdict in Burma. (PRST text in REFTEL) Embassies Beijing and Mosco [...]	2009-08-12 01:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09STATE83605	Econ Track Opening Session [...] (U) U.S. and China Strategic & Economic Dialogue; Economic Track Opening Session; 9:25 ? 9:40; Treasury Department, Washington DC. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner National Economic Council Director Summers Federal Reserve Bank Governor Warsh Federal Deposit Insura [...]	2009-08-12 02:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KMDR OPRC PREL CH
09STATE85122	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has promoted the concept of multilateral nuclear fuel assurances. This concept is intended to strengthen the international nuclear [...]	2009-08-14 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR AR SF EG IN MY RS
09STATE86157	GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, AUGUST 19 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para. 2 building blocks when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on August 19. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: I thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his report [...]	2009-08-18 23:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPAL AR BA EG IS JO LE SY
09STATE86567	DEMARCHE: PROSECUTING PIRATES OF EGYPTIAN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. -------------- Objectives -------------- 2. Department requests that the Embassy approach the GOE at the appropriate level with the following objectives: -- Express U.S. admiration for the courageous self-rescue of the Egyptian crews of t [...]	2009-08-19 20:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EG
09STATE86627	GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO DPRK SANCTIONS [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 to respond to the 1718 briefing on August 20 in the Security Council. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 1718 (2006),the Chairman (Fazli Corman, Turkey, Acting Chairman) of the Security Council [...]	2009-08-19 22:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KN PARM PREL UNSC
09STATE86776	DEMARCHE: EGYPT INVITATION TO ERITREA FOR BRIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. The Department requests Embassy Cairo assistance convincing the Government of Egypt NOT to invite the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) as an observer to the BRIGHT STAR military exercise. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND ----- [...]	2009-08-20 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL PTER ER EG
09STATE87148	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and objectives: In May 2009, the United States shared with Germany information that Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) and subsidiaries were engaged in efforts to procure Swiss-origin digital [...]	2009-08-21 12:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR SZ
09STATE87162	IRAN'S FEDCO CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROCURE FRENCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: In January 2009, the United States shared information with Germany that the UAE-based firm Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC placed an order with Germany's MPS Electronic Vertriebs GmbH fo [...]	2009-08-21 12:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM AE IR
09STATE8722	DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMMEDIATE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy George Mitchell's trip to the region demonstrates the start of the Obama Administration's active U.S. engagement in the Middle East peace process. Empowering the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a focus of Mitchell's [...]	2009-01-30 20:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG
09STATE87508	CIVILIAN PROTECTION AGAINST LRA ATTACKS IN THE [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Khartoum/Juba, Kinshasa, and Bangui. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) -- though dispersed by Operation Lightning Thunder/Rudia II -- continues to attack civilian populations in border areas of the Democratic Republic of the Cong [...]	2009-08-21 20:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU
09STATE87595	AUSTRALIA GROUP: CHEMICAL MICRO-REACTOR SYSTEMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) Drawing on the background below, Department requests Australia Group (AG) country Embassies provide the non-paper in paragraph 6 to appropriate host government officials and e [...]	2009-08-22 18:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC
09STATE88787	REQUEST TO DELIVER LETTERS FROM THE SECRETARY TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Summary: On August 11, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its intent to transfer $200 million in budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The transfer was completed on August 19. This level of support matches the U.S. gov [...]	2009-08-25 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS
09STATE89113	DEMARCHE TO AU AND ECOWAS ON DELAY OF GUINEAN [...] This is an action request for both Embassy Abuja and the U.S. Mission to the AU. Please see paragraph 3. Background: Guinean Elections Delayed ------------------------------------- 2. On August 17, the ruling military junta announced that Guinea's legislative and presidential elections [...]	2009-08-26 17:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AU GV KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PREL
09STATE89275	HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSIONS WITH MEXICO AT COMMUNITY [...] (U) DRL Acting Assistant Secretary Karen B. Stewart met with Mexican Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Juan Manuel Gomez-Robledo July 11 on the sidelines of the Lisbon Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial to discuss human rights and democracy priorities. This was G [...]	2009-08-26 21:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM MX
09STATE89304	GUIDANCE: DFI-IAMB CONSULTATIONS, AUGUST 27 [...] (U) USUN should draw from the following building blocks (para 2) during August 27 UNSC consultations on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory Management Board (IAMB). 2. (U) Begin building blocks: -- The United States welcomes the first report of the Secretar [...]	2009-08-26 23:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IZ
09STATE8952	(S) POSSIBLE IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENTS [...] (U) NIACT precedence is justified by urgent operational information. Cable should be transmitted at OOB. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------- Background ---------- 3. (S/NF) Washington has been working with several governments to prevent Iranian air [...]	2009-01-31 06:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR SU AE YM CD
09STATE90199	SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for action addressee posts that have recognized Kosovo. See paragraph 2. ACTION REQUEST AND OBJECTIVES --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Embassies are requested to urge host governments to formally register with the Internati [...]	2009-08-28 20:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV
09STATE90242	ABU GHRAIB AND AFGHANISTAN DETAINEE TALKING POINTS [...] (U) Embassy Brussels may draw upon the points in paras 2-3 below in answering questions about the status of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and about detainee policy and practice in Afghanistan. The points in para 4 can be shared as a fact sheet. Status of Abu Ghraib -------------------- 2. [...]	2009-08-28 22:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09STATE9032	INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSIONS [...] (U) Summary: This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to share U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Session, to be held February 2-13. The HRC's Fourth UPR session will include [...]	2009-02-02 08:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM
09STATE91199	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - OVERCOMING INDIA'S SENSE OF [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see paras 3 and 14. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 15-18, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuc [...]	2009-09-01 19:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IN RS
09STATE91302	ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN JUSCANZ [...] (SBU) Using talking points in paragraphs 11 and 12 below, Action Embassies and Consulate Generals are requested to demarche host governments (for Embassy Bern - Switzerland and Liechtenstein, for Consulate General Barcelona - Andorra) at the highest appropriate level to gain support for Israel, [...]	2009-09-01 23:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PHUM
09STATE91633	U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 6-8. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG) ELBARADEI RELEASED HIS LATEST REPORTS ON THE STATUS OF THE IAEA'S INVESTIGATIONS INTO IRAN AND SYRIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMS ON AUGUST 28, 20 [...]	2009-09-02 20:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL
09STATE91692	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming you, Ambassador Zekolli, and thanking you for your thorough and detailed repo [...]	2009-09-02 21:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL TZ

09STATE91703	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 3, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Today, a year after the August 2008 war, the situation in Georgia remains a matter of grave concern. A little over a y [...]	2009-09-02 22:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09STATE92189	FY 2010 ICASS INITIAL BUDGET PREPARATION AND [...] SUMMARY: Posts should start to develop the FY 2010 Initial Requirements data before the new software, budget guidance/checklist and the official targets are released to posts. Web.ICASS version 2.30 is scheduled to be posted on the PASS website no later than the first week of October. The F [...]	2009-09-03 22:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT
09STATE92282	DEMARCHE - LIMITATIONS ON ENTRY/EXIT TO ISRAEL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Action Request: The Department requests that Embassy Tel Aviv approach the GOI at the highest appropriate level to parallel Department approaches regarding the limitations that the GOI has placed on certain Amcit travelers as reported [...]	2009-09-04 12:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS KPAL PREF PREL IS
09STATE92527	CFE: A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: An extended "informal" discussion of CFE Treaty issues between VCI Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov in Geneva September 3 revealed some common ground regarding basic concepts for potential provisional application, trial imp [...]	2009-09-04 18:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
09STATE92639	CFE: JCG FALL 2009 OPENING OF SESSION GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Since Russia's "suspension" of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) implementation in December 2007, the Alliance has used the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) to establish a clear record of Russian noncompliance while calling on Russia to return to full implementation. [...]	2009-09-04 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE PARM PREL
09STATE92641	PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-11. BACKGROUND: ADVOCATING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Following the end of hostilities in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) moved over 270,000 internally displaced persons (ID [...]	2009-09-04 23:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE
09STATE92655	SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] Classified By: Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. September 3, 2009, 1230-1330, Washington, DC. 3. Participants: U.S. ==== The Secretary Undersecretary for Global Affairs Maria Otero PA Assistant Secretary Phillip J. Crowley WHA Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-09-05 02:24:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP CLINTON HILLARY XM HO
09STATE93356	WASHINGTON LAYS OUT PARAMETERS FOR EGYPT ESF [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Cairo correctly understands that the most recent Government of Egypt (GOE) proposal for the Economic Support Funds (ESF) program goes beyond what Washington is willing to support in the name of better bilateral relation [...]	2009-09-09 01:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EG PGOV PREL
09STATE93687	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 10 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming Ambassador Almhofer back to the PC. We thank you for your thorough report. [...]	2009-09-09 17:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV KV
09STATE93706	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93930	IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] PER SEPTEL, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USDEL FOR AGENDA ITEM 6(D) ON IRAN ARE INCLUDED IN PARAS 2-3. DEL IS INSTRUCTED TO USE THE STATEMENT IN PARA 4. 2. U.S. POSITION PAPER BEGIN ISSUE PAPER ISSUE: THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL?S LATEST REPORT ON THE STATUS OF TH [...]	2009-09-10 00:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA KNNP TRGY AORC PTER IR
09STATE94665	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 2, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian Delegation presented two papers for consideration by the United States: the fi [...]	2009-09-11 16:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94677	(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED UNGA RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-008. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) During negotiations to develop a treaty to replace the START Treaty, the Russian Delegation presented a paper for consideration by the United States containing a draft United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Bila [...]	2009-09-11 17:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START UNGA
09STATE94757	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Baghdad, Berlin, Brasilia, Canberra, Doha, Jakarta, London, Mexico, Muscat, New Dehli, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna, and the U.S. Mission to the European Union. Please see the action request in paragraph 5 [...]	2009-09-11 18:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR
09STATE94941	TRAVEL ALERT: CHINA SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS [...] The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to safety and security concerns in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, particularly in the city of Urumqi. U.S. citizens are advised to carefully consider travel to the Xinjinang Uyghur region at this time. This Travel Alert expires on Decembe [...]	2009-09-11 23:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC CH
09STATE95492	HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING [...] (C) The September 17 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting will provide an opportunity to give Allies a frank report of the September 3 U.S.-Russia bilateral discussion of the CFE parallel actions package and to raise the issue of how we should deal with the second anniversary (in December)of [...]	2009-09-14 21:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
09STATE96343	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of facemask canisters to Guyana. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check withi [...]	2009-09-16 18:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC GY KOMC
09STATE96445	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome, Ambassador Salber, (or Deputy Pietrusiewicz, as appropriate) to the Permanent Council. The United States applauds the valuable [...]	2009-09-16 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV KV
09STATE96447	IMF OFFICIALS DISCUSS SBA NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of senior IMF officials met with Ambassador Christopher R. Hill on September 11 to discuss ongoing negotiations for a new Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) between the IMF and the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the current situation in Iraq. IMF officials noted that negotiations [...]	2009-09-16 20:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EPET IZ PREL
09STATE96519	ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME - WASHINGTON, D.C.). 2. (SBU) BACKG [...]	2009-09-17 10:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EZ MARR PREL
09STATE96526	U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY AND EUROPE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT IS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009, AT 9:55 A.M. (EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME - WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House is exp [...]	2009-09-17 11:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EZ
09STATE96550	ACTION REQUEST: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE [...] (U) (THIS CORRECTED COPY PROPERLY REFERENCES STATE 96526.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS CABLE ARE TO BE EMBARGOED FROM DELIVERY TO HOST GOVERNMENTS UNTIL 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 AT 9:55 A.M. (EAS [...]	2009-09-17 11:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EZ MARR PREL
09STATE96625	FOLLOW-UP: DONOR SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED FOR [...] This is an action request. 2. Action request: Ref A, transmitted July 8, 2009, requested action addressees to approach host government officials to urge them to provide support to meet urgent humanitarian needs, including food assistance, in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. If Posts have no [...]	2009-09-17 13:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN
09STATE96890	PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION (PART ONE OF TWO PARTS) [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House announced a Presidential decision on September 17 regarding a U.S. European-based BMD adaptive regional architecture, which is significantly different from the Bush Administration's plan to deploy [...]	2009-09-17 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EZ PREL
09STATE96892	PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE: POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The White House announced a Presidential decision on September 17 regarding a U.S. European-based BMD adaptive regional architecture, which is significantly different from the Bush Administration's plan to deploy [...]	2009-09-17 20:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EZ
09STATE97244	POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (U) (CORRECTED COPY FOR THE RECORD. NO ACTION REQUESTED. THIS CORRECTED COPY HAS A REPLACEMENT SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 6. PLEASE DISREGARD THE SIXTH TICK IN THE RUSSIA TALKING POINTS IN THE EARLIER TRANSMISSIONS OF THIS CABLE. SEE REFTELS.) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Pl [...]	2009-09-18 18:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EZ MARR PREL
09STATE97434	AUSTRALIA GROUP: SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE FOR [...] (U) This message provides supplmentary guidance on membership and regional nonproliferation issues for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- MEMBERSHIP ---------- 2. (C//REL AUSTRALIA GROUP) Russia: -- The Del may not suppor [...]	2009-09-18 22:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC RS KN IR SY KZ BR CI MX
09STATE97443	SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 8. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (S) The period between now and Iraqi national elections in January 2010 will be acutely sensitive within Iraq, both politically and in terms of security. It is extremely important that we wei [...]	2009-09-18 22:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
09STATE98567	ACTION REQUEST: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Posts should make determinations about delivering the points in para 8 and 9 below based on their discretion and best understanding of how to advance USG goals identified in paras 5 and 6 with host governments. Please see para 7 for action request. Bac [...]	2009-09-23 05:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09STATE98720	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 MEETING [...] (U)Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Meeting date, time and location: September 14, 2009, 3:15 p.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U)Participants: U.S. ---- Deputy Secretary Lew EEB Acting Assistant Secretary Dave Nelson NEA Deput [...]	2009-09-23 15:03:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN IS
09STATE98727	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2009-09-23 15:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE98749	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Missile Proliferation Trends" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]	2009-09-23 15:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE99831	PA INTEREST IN WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Requested, for Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and USTR/Geneva: Drawing on the points and background below, please respond to requests from host government and others for the U.S. position on efforts by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to secure full observer status in the Genera [...]	2009-09-25 00:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD USTR WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09STATE99833	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING [...] (U) Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Date, time and location: September 15, 9:45 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jack Lew Office Director Tom Goldberger, Office of Israel and Palestinian [...]	2009-09-25 00:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CACS IS
09STOCKHOLM1	Media Reaction - Foreign Minister Carl Bildt op-ed [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 14:53:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM11	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. ARCTIC POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 14:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV KGCC KPAO SW
09STOCKHOLM112	SWEDEN'S EU CORRESPONDENTS ON IRAN SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In several meetings this month, the MFA EU Correspondent's Office has offered us their views on Iran sanctions, Belarus, Turkey's EU accession, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. On Iran, Sweden continues to raise concerns that "blanket" trade sanctio [...]	2009-02-18 15:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENVT EU BO TU SW
09STOCKHOLM119	STOCKHOLM'S ESTA IMPLEMENTATION (NOV 2008-FEB 2009) [...] Summary: The January 12, 2009 mandatory implementation of the ESTA program has proceeded smoothly in Sweden. Post's media outreach resulted in a series of ESTA-related articles in the national Swedish media, and this and other outreach efforts appear to have helped inform the public at-large [...]	2009-02-20 12:56:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM141	SPECIAL 301 FOR SWEDEN: POST RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Stockholm recommends that Sweden continues to be placed in the Special 301 Initiative, and not be on the Watch List for 2009. We are aware of the differing recommendations of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) and PhRMA. Post recommendation is bas [...]	2009-03-02 13:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM149	SWEDEN'S EU MINISTER ON COOPERATING WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: Sweden's EU Minister Cecilia Malmstrom met Charge on March 3 to discuss Sweden's upcoming EU presidency. On the Transatlantic Agenda, Malmstrom identified climate change, EU enlargement, Israeli-Palestinian talks and Afghanistan as being most important for cooperation with the US [...]	2009-03-04 16:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EU AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM153	Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 09:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM155	Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 09:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM174	Media Reaction - Op-ed on Somali terrorist movement Hizbul [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 10:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM178	SWEDEN ON INTEGRATING IRAQ INTO REGION [...] (C) Summary: Sweden thinks Iraq is integrating well into the broader Middle East and that the Expanded Neighbors Process is a good vehicle. Sweden supports the International Compact with Iraq but worries that it would be hard to attract ministers to Baghdad this summer because of security con [...]	2009-03-13 17:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM192	SWEDEN ON AFGHANISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) In recent weeks, CDA and Poloffs have discussed Afghanistan with a wide range of Swedish officials in the Swedish Prime Ministry, MFA, Defense Ministry and aid agency. They confirmed that: -- Sweden will in 2009 implement last December's decision to deploy additional troops (130, for a [...]	2009-03-19 17:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM201	A VISIT TO SWEDEN'S BIOREFINERY COAST [...] Summary: During a March 10-11 trip to three cities on the north east coast, embassy staff visited the heart of a traditional export industry - paper and pulp - in the process of redefining itself. These large paper and pulp mills are developing biofuels from previous waste by-products: ethano [...]	2009-03-24 10:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KGHG PGOV EAID SW
09STOCKHOLM202	LAUNCHING A U.S.-EU ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] This is a joint USEU/Embassy Stockholm cable. Action requests in para 12. Summary ======= 2. Posts propose launching a "U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership" during the Swedish Presidency of the EU, July-December 2009. This partnership, based on Embassy Stockholm's successful One Bi [...]	2009-03-24 12:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KPAO ECON OEXC BEXP KGHG PREL EUN
09STOCKHOLM204	SWEDEN LOOKS TO REFORM DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, announced March 9 that Sweden is evaluating its aid to multilateral organizations and is disappointed in how several UN organizations have used Swedish development assistance, singling out the following agencies: [...]	2009-03-24 15:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM207	Sweden's Deputy PM Comes to Washington with climate change [...] Summary. Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson is the pragmatic political leader of the Center Party that holds the Cabinet positions for energy, environment, industry and agriculture. She has a strong relationship with PM Reinfeldt and has worked closely with him recently to reverse [...]	2009-03-25 16:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG SENV KGHG SW
09STOCKHOLM211	SWEDISH MFA CLAIMS EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: An EU-Syria Association Agreement will be approved by EU foreign ministers meeting informally in the "Gymnich" format March 27-28, according to Sweden's senior MFA officials dealing with EU matters. Discussion at the Prague meeting is expected to be "operational" on the topic, le [...]	2009-03-26 15:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY SW
09STOCKHOLM212	BELARUS, EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND WESTERN BALKANS: [...] (C) Summary: EU foreign ministers meeting informally in the "Gymnich" format March 27-28 will reach a decision on the question of Belarus' participation at the May 7 European Summit, according to Sweden's senior MFA official dealing with EU matters. A "Burma solution" that has the Belarus for [...]	2009-03-27 07:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GG MW ZL SW
09STOCKHOLM239	Media Reaction - Op-ed on the pirate standoff in Somalia [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 12:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM247	FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM [...] Summary: As Sweden prepares to take the June through December 2009 rotational European Union presidency, refugees remain a top priority for the country. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identification documen [...]	2009-04-15 08:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW
09STOCKHOLM259	SWEDEN ON APRIL 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: We discussed Ref A GAERC points with Swedish MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, the EU Correspondent's office, and MFA country desks April 22-24. They told us the Czechs keep changing the GAERC agenda and Sweden wants to add a point on the possibility of the EU publishing huma [...]	2009-04-24 17:51:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM266	SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S WASHINGTON AGENDA [...] (S) Summary: For Bildt's May 4 visit to Washington, we recommend the following top three issues: additional contributions in Afghanistan, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, and leadership in the EU on autonomous sanctions on Iran. Given Sweden's upcoming EU Presidency, July-December 2009, [...]	2009-04-29 15:14:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM287	SWEDEN ON MAY 18-19 "SUPER GAERC" [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, poloff met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the GAERC agenda for May 18-19. Wendel said it will be a "Super GAERC," to include a special meeting between the Foreign and Defense Ministers. The overall agenda would therefore be brief. Highlights o [...]	2009-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IS GR GG RU EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM309	SWEDEN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden, the first Congressional delegation to travel here since Rep. Larson of Connecticut visited in September 2007. The United States and Sweden share a strong and abiding relationship built on a foundation of shared values, cultural [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM312	Media Reaction - Editorials on DPRK nuclear testing [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 10:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM32	SWEDISH POLDIR ON GEORGIA AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us on January 15: -- Sweden sees "eye-to-eye" with the USG on Georgia and the separatist regions, but had been frustrated that a "harder line" was being resisted by other EU members who wanted to "move on"; -- Within the EU, Sweden would co [...]	2009-01-16 07:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG SW
09STOCKHOLM327	MALMO'S ISLAMISTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS CO-EXIST, UNEASILY [...] Summary: The Charge, accompanied by the Regional Senior Commercial Officer and the Energy and Environment Outreach Assistant visited Lund and Malmo in southern Sweden May 14-15 to learn more about the Swedish side of the Oresund Region. Malmo is reinventing itself and trying to improve its re [...]	2009-05-28 14:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KGHG KISL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 12:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW
09STOCKHOLM342	SWEDEN'S FOREIGN AID REFORM [...] Summary: Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson told journalists on May 7 that Swedish assistance still has a "long way to go" when she presented a comprehensive report of development assistance. She commented that Sweden must prepare and monitor programs [...]	2009-06-04 06:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM35	SENIOR POLDIR ON IRAN AND GAZA [...] (S) Summary: Swedish MFA Director-General for Political Affairs, Bjorn Lyrvall, told us January 15 that: -- On Iran, Sweden now backs an "intensified implementation of existing UN Security Council resolutions" that will result in EU designation of at least "one or two" more banks; -- It wo [...]	2009-01-16 17:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IS SW
09STOCKHOLM353	SWEDISH MFA STATE SECRETARY ON TURKEY, BOSNIA, [...] (C) Summary: State Secretary Frank Belfrage met with Charge June 5 to discuss Turkey, Bosnia, Iran, and Afghanistan. --On Turkey, he welcomed U.S.-Swedish convergence of views and observed that the German position on Turkish EU membership is shifting. --He urged strong U.S. pressure on th [...]	2009-06-10 09:33:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM355	AARGH! SWEDISH PIRATES SET SAIL FOR BRUSSELS [...] Summary and Comment: Sweden's two largest political parties, the ruling Moderates and opposition Social Democrats, saw little change over their 2004 levels of support in the June 7 European Parliament (EP) election here. Instead, the Greens and the pro-EU Liberal Party were the big winners -- [...]	2009-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON KIPR SW
09STOCKHOLM368	POST SUPPORT OF POTUS BILATERAL WITH SWEDISH PM [...] (U) On June 16, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally requested a bilateral meeting for Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt with the President on the margins of the G8 in Italy on 8-10 July. (We understand the Swedish embassy in Washington passed this request to NSC also.) [...]	2009-06-18 17:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EUN IT SW
09STOCKHOLM374	SAAB + KOENIGSEGG = KOENIGSSAAB? [...] (U) Summary: On June 16, GM revealed its plans for the future of Saab Automotive as Koenigsegg Group AB confirmed the details of a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Saab. Koenigsegg is a Swedish sports car maker, producing as few as 18 exclusive cars per year. Commentators in [...]	2009-06-23 08:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM38	Media Reaction - Swedish troops in Afghanistan [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 10:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM384	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S JULY [...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisis and climate change. Bilateral relations are [...]	2009-06-24 19:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR ECON SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM386	Swedish views on the third MEF [...] (SBU) Lars-Erik Liljelund, PM Reinfeldt's Director General for Climate told us on June 24 that the third MEF meeting was "much better than the Paris MEF". Liljelund is pleased with the progress on financing, adaptation, and technology transfer, but is concerned about the large gaps between p [...]	2009-06-26 14:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM389	SWEDISH MINDEF ON AFGHANISTAN AND SWEDISH DEFENSE REFORM [...] Summary. On May 29, Swedish Defense Minister Sten Tolgfors told CODEL Tanner: 1) Sweden is focusing on development and army training in Afghanistan, but has concerns about the capabilities of the Afghan National Police; 2) Swedish defense reforms signal the capacity for more international coo [...]	2009-06-26 14:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP MARR EUN MOPS AF SW
09STOCKHOLM412	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON,S JULY [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden. The mood in Sweden is both eager anticipation for its turn to set the agendas and chair the EU meetings, and a bit of trepidation at the daunting list of issues, starting with the financial crisi [...]	2009-07-08 15:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	EUN ECON USAID MARR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM418	EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]	2009-07-09 16:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM423	Media Reaction - Obama trip to Moscow, G8 and Ghana [...] On July 12, the independent Stockholm morning daily "Dagens Nyheter" in a signed editorial by Peter Wolodarski opined on the Moscow visit under the headline 'Separate worlds in Moscow': "No cheering crowds met Barack Obama in Moscow. With yet another well-formulated and benevolent speech he [...]	2009-07-13 08:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM428	GAERC JULY 26-7 AGENDA: SWEDEN'S PRELIMINARY ITEMS [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Poloffs met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the July 27-8 GAERC agenda. He said that, as the Swedes intended, the agenda is short to focus discussion on the most important international issues. Currently, there are three B items: conclusions o [...]	2009-07-14 14:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IC NK BM SO IR KE GG UN EU SW
09STOCKHOLM440	SWEDEN TO DOUBLE CONTRIBUTION TO EUPOL IN [...] (C) Swedish officials are working to double Sweden's contribution to the EUPOL policing mission in Afghanistan to 20 personnel by the end of the year. Nils Daag, Swedish MFA Director for Security Policy, told visiting DASD James Townsend on July 17 that more and more, Swedes understand that " [...]	2009-07-20 10:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM AF SW
09STOCKHOLM444	MOVING FORWARD WITH UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, Poloffs and EUR/ACE Larry Silverman met with Malena Mard, Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asian Department, and Johan Frisell, Head of the Eastern Europe Desk. Mard gave a rundown on the challenges Sweden expects during its EU Presidency between the EU and [...]	2009-07-21 14:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UK BO GG EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM445	JULY GAERC FOLLOW-UP WITH THE SWEDES [...] (C) On July 17 and 20, Post followed-up on reftel GAERC demarche with Ambassador Marika Fahlen, MFA Horn of Africa Special Envoy; Johan Frisell, Georgia Desk Officer; and Magnus Scholdtz, EU Correspondent. --On Iran, they expect no "concrete steps" at the GAERC on additional sanctions until [...]	2009-07-21 16:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW
09STOCKHOLM449	SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY HOLL LUTE'S [...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. Bilateral relations are close and collaborative, and you will find good partners in Minister for Justice Beatrice Ask, Minister for Asylum and Migration Tobias Billstrom, and Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. Sweden's EU Presidency priorit [...]	2009-07-22 16:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM456	SWEDEN TO CLOSE FIVE MISSIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) On July 23, the MFA officially announced the results of a controversy that has been brewing for some time: the closure of five of its missions abroad in 2009. This includes the consulates in New York and Los Angeles. MFA State Secretary Belfrage told CDA on June 30 that the closures and [...]	2009-07-23 15:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM458	SWEDEN INFORMED ABOUT MANAS; REPLIES THAT VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 16:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM459	Media Reaction - Consulate closures [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 06:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM461	SKIRMISH, SWEDES KILL THREE EXTREMISTS IN NORTHERN [...] (U) On July 23 at 2100 local time, Swedish troops came under fire in the Balkh district, three kilometers west of Mazar-e-Sharif, according to press and MFA sources. According to the Swedish Armed Forces, the attack on the Swedish rifle unit continued during the night. Reinforcements were disp [...]	2009-07-24 16:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF SW
09STOCKHOLM462	SWEDES TO PROPOSE PARLIAMENTARY BILL ON 2010 [...] (C) Summary: Sweden is increasing its troop presence in Afghanistan to 500 soldiers by year-end. FM Bildt has visited Afghanistan twice in recent months, including the visit July 24 with Amb. Holbrooke. Senior MFA and MOD officials tell us the government is now preparing its annual bill to [...]	2009-07-24 17:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM474	MEK SET UP CAMP OUTSIDE OF EMBASSY, PROTEST CAMP [...] (C) Summary: At 1600 on July 28 a group from the National Council of Resistance of Iran, or Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK),began an unauthorized, peaceful protest directly outside the U.S. Embassy. The groups has grown and ebbed in size, averaging 90 people. The police have authorized the protest [...]	2009-07-30 10:14:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IR IQ SW
09STOCKHOLM502	EU FEELING ITS WAY AHEAD WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Nearly two months after the first EU-Pakistan summit on June 17, the EU is still working to identify counterterrorism and development projects that best suit the EU's capabilities and Pakistan's needs. Swedish MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Majeed Olerud told Poloffs August 7 that the [...]	2009-08-12 09:02:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EUN PK EU
09STOCKHOLM512	CLIMATE -- SWEDISH PM'S CLIMATE ADVISOR EXPRESSES NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The comparability discussion continues to be important to the Europeans, and Reinfeldt's top climate advisor thinks that the mid-term target year needs to be moved beyond 2020. The Swedes sees potential in the MEF and are curious about the prospect of a limited MEF leaders' mee [...]	2009-08-14 13:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM513	Discussion with Sweden on Next Steps to Launch the "Next [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials are enthusiastic about launching the "Next Big Thing," a U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership modeled on the U.S.-Sweden partnership. State Secretary for Energy Ola Altera said he will contact Sweden's Perm Rep in Brussels as soon as he had reviewed this with [...]	2009-08-14 13:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09STOCKHOLM514	Media Reaction - Clinton Africa visit [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 09:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM515	A/S CARSON'S SWEDEN VISIT AND U.S.-EU TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETTC EUN MARR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM524	SWEDES FAVOR U.S. PROPOSAL REGARDING IAEA SEARCH [...] (C) On August 20, Deputy Economic Counselor discussed reftel points with Asa Gustafsson, Deputy Director, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Gustafsson immediately characterized this as a very "complicated issue." She stated that Swe [...]	2009-08-21 10:52:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA EG IS SW
09STOCKHOLM526	PREVIEW OF EU TROIKA'S AGENDA FOR S/E STERN'S AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish Environment Minister Carlgren, who will head the EU troika in its Washington meeting with S/E Stern, wants to talk comparability, financing, and coordination of approaches to China and other key emerging economies. DCM suggested that the EU troika be prepared to focus [...]	2009-08-21 13:30:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM542	SWEDISH ARTICLE ON ISRAELI ORGAN HARVESTING OF [...] (U) An August 17 article in the largest selling Swedish tabloid "Aftonbladet" alleged that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from Palestinian youths for sale on international markets, and it tied this allegation to a NYC-based organ trafficking ring. This resulted in a diplomatic feud between [...]	2009-08-24 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IS SW
09STOCKHOLM545	SWEDEN ASKS ABOUT U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE G-20 SUMMIT; [...] (SBU) Summary: As EU President, Sweden has asked what sort of political success the U.S. is seeking from the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. State Secretary for Finance Per Jansson noted the need to show concrete progress in handling the financial crisis, and on climate change. He also discusse [...]	2009-08-25 09:39:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM551	SWEDISH LEGAL OBSTACLES TO EXPRESSING REGRET FOR [...] Tensions between Israel and Sweden continue over an August 17 article in Sweden's largest tabloid newspaper, Aftonbladet, which alleged that Israeli troops harvested organs from Palestinian prisoners for sale on international markets. Press reports indicate Israel is asking for the GOS to cond [...]	2009-08-26 13:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM552	NEW SWEDISH DEFENSE PRIORITIES: SWEDEN PUTS [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy (DASD) James Townsend met with Ministry of Defense (MoD) Director General for Political Affairs Johan Raeder for bilateral defense consultations (BDCs) on July 17-18, the first such talks of what is expected to be an annual [...]	2009-08-26 16:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO KVIR MARR NATO PREL EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM553	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) On August 25, Emboffs discussed reftel points regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference with Deputy General Director Christer Ahlstrom and Deputy Director Asa Gustafsson Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-08-28 13:25:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM557	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid his first call on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt August 28. The tone of the meeting was very positive, yet casual, as they exchanged anecdotes about their common experiences in the world of information technology. Highlights of the meeting included: [...]	2009-08-31 15:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM56	FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES GROUND SWEDISH FLIGHTS TO [...] On January 24, the Swedish Transport Agency (STA) revoked the operating license of Nordic Airways, a carrier operating flights between Sweden and Iraq. The Stockholm District Court turned down a request by Nordic Airways, which had been operating with a temporary license, to extend the period [...]	2009-01-27 07:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM565	SWEDES OFFER MORE DETAIL ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) Sweden's MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall provided Pol Counselor with details on Swedish plans for discussions of the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak),and improving the EU as a global actor at the informal gathering of EU foreign ministers ("Gymnich meeting") in Stockholm [...]	2009-09-03 13:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR IZ PK IS AL CE EUN SW

09STOCKHOLM567	CLIMATE - ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WANTS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] Summary: On September 2, Environment Minister Carlgren told the Ambassador that the EU Troika meetings with U.S. Special Envoy Stern were very useful in increasing EU understanding of U.S. thinking. He put his public statements that the U.S. needs to do more on climate change in context by sa [...]	2009-09-04 14:27:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM569	SWEDISH DEPUTY PM URGES SENIOR USG VISITS TO SWEDEN DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2, Deputy Prime Minister Olofsson pressed for the strong U.S.-Sweden cooperation in alternative technology to show results. She urged a ministerial-level U.S. official come to the October 14-16 Informal meeting of EU Competitiveness Ministers to present U.S. effor [...]	2009-09-08 05:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EUN ECON EIND KGHG SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM570	SWEDEN,S PLANS FOR THE G-20, CONCERNS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador, Sweden,s Finance Minister Anders Borg praised the new mind set of the U.S. Administration that has us participating in international institutions. He urged the U.S. to keep countries focused on the political need to prevent an economic coll [...]	2009-09-08 08:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM572	"SWEDISH" CARS SOON CHINESE? [...] (U) Summary. Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automobile announced on September 8 that it is still interested in purchasing Volvo, now all of it. The news hit Sweden as Koenigsegg's Saab deal receives Chinese funding, creating fear among Swedish employees and workers unions that Swedish car ma [...]	2009-09-09 13:25:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM573	PRIME MINISTER REIGNS IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON U.S. [...] (C) The Swedish Prime Minister's office has issued an internal directive to reign in government officials following a series of inconsistent public statements on climate change, including statements by Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren that the U.S. needs to do more. The Ambassador had rai [...]	2009-09-09 13:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM574	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENLARGEMENT, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on the Minister for EU Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, the minister expressed Sweden's eagerness to work together with the United States on climate issues and in Afghanistan. She cautiously said the Swedish EU presidency so far was going "okay" and [...]	2009-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL TU SW
09STOCKHOLM594	SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AND OBJECTIVES AT THE AD-HOC [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 14:44:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL EAID PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM597	RISE IN AFGHAN AND SOMALI MINORS TO SWEDEN, NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: A sharp rise in unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan and Somalia has been reported in Sweden, Norway and Finland, according to UNHCR's regional office in Stockholm. UNHCR explains that the teens are smuggled through Europe in order to escape deteriorating security and economic s [...]	2009-09-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL UNHCR EUN NO FI SW
09STOCKHOLM610	KREMLIN COLD SHOULDER: EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Moscow finally agreed to attend the EU-Russia Summit to be hosted by the Swedish EU Presidency in Stockholm on November 18. But the Russians are still refusing a bilateral leaders' meeting between President Medvedev and PM Reinfeldt. Comment: The agreed summit date relieves some [...]	2009-09-25 12:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM620	SWEDES WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPTED BY THE PROSPECT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 25 meeting, Swedish Environment Ministry officials continued to resist U.S. urgings that the U.S. and EU speak with one voice to pressure emerging economies on climate change, but showed some weakening in their resolve when the conversation turned to the speci [...]	2009-09-29 13:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM625	SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. VIEWS ON CHINESE PURCHASE OF VOLVO AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise Goran Hagglund described "very strong Chinese interest" in buying 100% of Volvo-cars, which is owned by Ford, and 30-40% of Saab which is owned by GM. He said his government had asked the companies to [...]	2009-10-01 05:17:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINV ETRD PREL SW CM
09STOCKHOLM629	SWEDISH DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN: "PLEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Swedish Defense Minister Tolgfors spoke primarily about Afghanistan. Highlights included: -- Security in Sweden's PRT was good during the elections but is declining overall. Swedish troops are patrolling more aggressively as a res [...]	2009-10-06 09:12:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PMIL PGOV KPAO AF SW
09STOCKHOLM631	SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...]	2009-10-07 05:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM632	SWEDISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICALLY PRESSURES LATVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials publicly chastised the Government of Latvia for its inability to present a 2010 budget that would satisfy IMF and EU conditions during the annual IMF meeting this weekend. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finance Minister Andres Borg warned Riga that [...]	2009-10-07 05:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM649	SWEDISH MFA STATE SECRETARY FRANK BELFRAGE ON USEU [...] (C) DCM discussed U.S.-EU Summit preparations and climate change with MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage (DepSec equivalent) on October 13, two days before Belfrage's trip to Washington for talks with NSC and State counterparts. --Sweden still agreed with A/S Gordon's views expressed at the [...]	2009-10-13 15:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV PGOV IR SW
09STOCKHOLM66	DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES ISAF, KFOR WITH CDA [...] (S) On January 30, CDA, DAO and poloff met with Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. CDA thanked Sweden for its continued contributions to ISAF and KFOR and said the U.S. supports expansion of Sweden's international military operations. Tolgfors' points were: -- ISAF: Tolgfors said possible [...]	2009-01-30 16:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PMIL AF BK XZ ZB SW
09STOCKHOLM660	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ADMINISTRATOR FULGHAM's OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden. The Government of Sweden is focusing its EU Presidency on several global priorities, including the financial crisis, climate change and development issues. Bilateral US-Sweden relations are close [...]	2009-10-20 06:29:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL IZ IR SW
09STOCKHOLM662	FRAUD SUMMARY - STOCKHOLM [...] Summary: As Sweden hosts the Presidency of the European Union from June through December 2009, one of the top priorities at the EU and national level remains refugees. Embassy Stockholm continues to deal with Sweden's large population of third country nationals, many with insufficient identif [...]	2009-10-21 12:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS SW
09STOCKHOLM667	SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]	2009-10-23 14:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM668	SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]	2009-10-23 14:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM669	SWEDISH MFA: EU TESTING THE WATERS WITH BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 14:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BM SW
09STOCKHOLM676	'SPOTIFY FOR MOVIES' PARTNERS WITH BREDBANDSBOLAGET [...] Summary: Voddler, also known as 'the Spotify of Movies,' was launched Tuesday Oct. 27. The service which offers access to movies online using streaming instead of downloads is expected to be a great success. End summary. 2. Voddler and Bredbandsbolaget, the second largest broadband provi [...]	2009-10-28 14:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM678	SWEDISH VIEWS OF LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL [...] (U) Summary: Sweden is optimistic about Latvia's 2010 budget proposal, but Stockholm is concerned about the income distribution effects of the measures. Sweden's appeals to shift more of the fiscal adjustment burden from expenditure cuts to tax increases have been rejected by Riga so far. Supp [...]	2009-10-29 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM685	OBAMA-REINFELDT DOMINATE HEADLINES IN SWEDEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: All major news outlets covered the bilateral meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt on November 2 and focused on the climate change discussion. Outlets relayed Reinfeldt's sentiments on the importance of an agreement at the summit in December with an understa [...]	2009-11-03 13:58:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM686	OPPOSITION SOCIAL DEMS PLAN FOR 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Sweden's opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP),the largest party in Parliament, held its 36th annual conference October 28-November 1. At the conference, the party decided its future domestic and foreign policy platforms -- all with an eye on the September 2010 general elections, when [...]	2009-11-03 15:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM688	U.S. EU SUMMIT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE MAJOR MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: All major Swedish news outlets covered the U.S.-EU summit on November 3, focusing on the U.S.-EU search for common ground on climate. Outlets conveyed cautions from both sides that there should be no expectation of a binding international climate agreement in Copenhagen. Media fe [...]	2009-11-04 13:27:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINR SW XA
09STOCKHOLM691	SWEDISH LEFT PARTY'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS: TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, MP Hans Linde, the Left Party's foreign affairs spokesman, gave poloff a preview of his party's policy priorities, including on labor rights and Afghanistan -- two issues which are obstacles to consensus within the opposition Red-Green Coalition. Coalition parties [...]	2009-11-05 14:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN AF SW
09STOCKHOLM694	SWEDEN APPROVES NORD STREAM PIPELINE [...] Summary: On November 5, the Government of Sweden approved the request by Nord Stream AG to lay two pipelines to transport natural gas through international waters within Sweden's economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline would supply Germany with natural gas from Russia. In announcing the [...]	2009-11-06 06:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PREL RU GM SW
09STOCKHOLM701	SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...]	2009-11-09 06:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM702	SWEDISH BANKING SECTOR STABLE, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] Summary: All four major Swedish banks continued to see deteriorations to their credit portfolios in the third quarter primarily as a result of exposure to the Baltic region and Ukraine, but signs of improvement appeared in the form of decelerating credit losses. Market commentators continued t [...]	2009-11-09 06:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM703	SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]	2009-11-09 13:29:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM705	SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]	2009-11-09 14:46:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM708	IRAN - STATEMENT ON EMBASSY TAKE-OVER ANNIVERSARY [...] On November 4 representatives of "The Green Movement of the People of Iran" delivered the statement in para 2 to U.S. Embassy Stockholm. They stated that the group was delivering the same statement to thirty (30) other U.S. Embassies. Embassy Stockholm received the document without comment. [...]	2009-11-12 07:12:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SW IR
09STOCKHOLM709	SWEDEN'S STATE SECRETARY SPILLS ON IRAN, ISRAEL, [...] (C) Summary: On November 9, DCM and acting PolCouns met with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Frank Belfrage, to review Swedish perspectives on the November 3-4 US-EU Summit. Belfrage relayed EU thinking on Iran (expert level groups are in constant discussions on appropriate types of sanc [...]	2009-11-12 12:16:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN IR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM715	Swedish EU Presidency Minister for Communications Visit to [...] This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request: Post recommends appropriate policy-level Washington officials meet with Swedish Minister of Communications Asa Torstensson during her November 30-December 3 visit because she is seeking U.S. input into her [...]	2009-11-13 12:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KIPR ETRD EINT OVIP PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM72	SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO [...] Summary: On February 3, the Government announced a U.S. $6 billion rescue package for the banking sector, utilizing the Stability Fund introduced in October of 2008. The package is designed to enable banks to increase lending to businesses and households. Sweden's major banks continue to st [...]	2009-02-05 10:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SW
09STOCKHOLM729	SWEDEN ON OUR CONCERNS WITH SERBIA'S PROPOSED ANNEX AT [...] (U) Post relayed reftel points to Foreign Ministry desk officer for Serbia and Kosovo, Ms. Asa Pehrson. She was aware of the issue, as her Kosovo contacts have expressed concern about Serbia's proposed Annex at the ITU Study Group 2 meeting underway in Geneva. She was happy to get additional [...]	2009-11-20 10:33:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU SW
09STOCKHOLM73	ISRAELI AND IRAQI AMBASSADORS TALK IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: On February 2, at a dinner hosted by the CDA, Iraqi Ambassador Ahmad Bamarni and Israeli Ambassador Benny Dagan held a friendly and thought-provoking discussion on the Middle East. UK Ambassador Andrew Mitchell, Swedish MFA Director General for the Middle East Robert Rydberg, and [...]	2009-02-05 10:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PINR MEPP IS IR IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM733	SWEDEN: INTERNET PIRACY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Implementation of the European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) continues to be controversial in Sweden. During their recent party congress, the opposition Social Democrat Party decided that the legislation needs to be changed. On a positive note, [...]	2009-11-24 06:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR EINT ECPS ETRD PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM734	Sweden's Economic Outlook Improves, But Problems Remain [...] (U) Summary: Sweden's economy continues to recover. Although still in recession, the 2009 fall in GDP is projected to be less at 4.6 percent. Unemployment will peak earlier than expected, and at a slightly lower level of 10.7 percent. Finance Ministry projections remain somewhat more negativ [...]	2009-11-24 06:44:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM736	CONCERNS ABOUT ACTA NEGOTIATIONS AND IPR UPDATE: IPRED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish media and the usual blogger-circles have expressed similar concerns about the on-going ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) negotiations as we have seen in many other countries, mostly focusing on the secrecy and the internet chapter with its reported demands for [...]	2009-11-24 12:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM739	SWEDISH FM CARL BILDT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On November 24, Swedish FM Carl Bildt told the Ambassador that if EU development efforts were better coordinated, "we could have twice the effect for half the cost." The EU "will be as supportive as we can" when the results of the U.S. Af/Pak strategy review are made public in De [...]	2009-11-25 14:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM740	SAAB: HOPE NOW WITH THE CHINESE AS KOENIGSEGG DEAL [...] (U) Summary. Luxury car maker Koenigsegg announced on November 24 that they will not pursue their purchase of Saab, blaming the "time-consuming bureaucracy" of the European Commission and other major players. All hope is now with the Chinese because the Swedish government reiterated that it [...]	2009-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EIND PGOV CH SW
09STOCKHOLM749	CORRECTED COPY: SWEDISH FM CARL BILDT ON [...] (C) Summary: On November 24, Swedish FM Carl Bildt told the Ambassador that if EU development efforts were better coordinated, "we could have twice the effect for half the cost." The EU "will be as supportive as we can" when the results of the U.S. Af/Pak strategy review are made public in De [...]	2009-11-30 14:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM76	SWEDEN'S AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAM [...] Summary: The Swedish automobile industry (Volvo Cars - owned by Ford; Saab Automobile - owned by GM) has shed about 7700 jobs since the financial crisis began in September 2008. Sales are down in January 2009 by 50 percent, compared to last January. The Swedish government has issued a rescu [...]	2009-02-06 09:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD SENV PREL WTO SW
09STOCKHOLM776	EU PATENT BREAKTHROUGH DURING SWEDISH PRESIDENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Competitiveness Council, chaired by Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling, managed to broker a deal after over 40 years of efforts to agree on a unified EU patent system. Swedish Minister for Communications, Esa Torstensson discussed Swedish concerns about the ongoing ACTA [...]	2009-12-14 13:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM778	SWEDISH-IRANIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS: BUSINESS AS [...] (S) Summary: Behind the Swedish government's reluctance to support further sanctions in Iran, especially unilateral European measures, is a dynamic (though still fairly small) trade involving some of Sweden's largest and most politically well-connected companies: Volvo, Ericsson and ABB to nam [...]	2009-12-15 07:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM779	SNAPSHOT OF MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWEDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: As in other European countries, Muslim communities in Sweden are fast-growing and diverse. Muslims represent between 2.7% to 4.4% of the total Swedish population of 9.2 million, some 250,000 to 450,000 persons. Prominent communities are from Iraq and other Arabic-speaking count [...]	2009-12-15 09:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM784	MUSLIM COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE IN SWEDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 30% or 400,000 of Sweden's foreign-born population comes from a Muslim-majority country. Despite generous government-sponsored social services for newcomers, immigrants routinely face racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. Immigrants often live in segregate [...]	2009-12-16 11:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM787	SWEDEN'S PROGRAM OF PREVENTING ISLAMIST [...] (C) Summary: The Swedish Security Police (SAPO) have three specific areas of concern when it comes to combating Islamist radicalization and violent extremism: (1) individuals who travel from Sweden to Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq; (2) growing isolation and alienation felt by some me [...]	2009-12-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM796	SWEDEN'S INTERIM REPLY ON DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, [...] (SBU) On December 21, POL Counselor delivered ref A points to Carl Magnus Ericsson, Deputy Director of the MFA International Security Policy Department, and Cecilia Helander of the MOD Security Policy Department. Ericsson stated that Sweden very much welcomes Washington's general approach of [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM799	Post Gets Clarification of Sweden's Post COP-15 Public [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge called Prime Minister Reinfeldt's climate change advisor Lars Erik Liljelund to discuss recent public criticism of the United States by Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Liljelund agreed it was wrong to criticize U.S. efforts at Copenhagen, noting that the [...]	2009-12-28 06:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG SW
09STOCKHOLM800	Post Gets Clarification of Sweden's Post COP-15 Public [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge called Prime Minister Reinfeldt's climate change advisor Lars Erik Liljelund to discuss recent public criticism of the United States by Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Liljelund agreed it was wrong to criticize U.S. efforts at Copenhagen, noting that the [...]	2009-12-28 06:16:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG SW
09STOCKHOLM91	SWEDISH VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC AGENDA ITEMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 15:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
09STPETERSBURG118	LGBT FILM FESTIVAL FACES CONTINUED LOCAL HOSTILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Last year's St. Petersburg LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) community "Side-by-Side" film festival generated an intense media and political backlash, with access to several planned film venues repeatedly shut down due to strong political pressure. "Side-by-Side" organi [...]	2009-09-08 12:08:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG121	KALININGRAD OUTREACH: DESPITE COOL RECEPTION, SOLID INTEREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers traveled to Kaliningrad recently for public diplomacy and consular outreach. Despite a cool reception at Kaliningrad's main university and amidst rumors of misdeeds associated with the collapse of the region's main airline, Conoffs managed to meet with hundred [...]	2009-09-30 08:35:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS CVIS KFRD OEXC SCUL
09STPETERSBURG139	SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CRY FOUL OVER CITY'S EVICTION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: A running property dispute between local small-business owners and the St. Petersburg city administration has escalated, as the administration recently announced it will evict the entrepreneurs in January 2010 from a market they leased from the city in 2001. The lease expired in [...]	2009-12-15 15:02:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM
09STPETERSBURG22	ST. PETERSBURG HR OMBUDSMAN - NOT YOUR EVERYDAY OMBUDSMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 10 meeting with the Consul General, the St. Petersburg Human Rights Ombudsman Igor Mikhaylov expounded on his interpretation of human rights and political views. The discussion ranged over his view of the raid on Memorial's headquarters, migrant workers, the rig [...]	2009-02-18 14:01:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM PGOV
09STPETERSBURG27	VOLOGDA OBLAST: KEEPING AFLOAT - SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary. While Vologda Oblast's dependence on the ferrous metallurgy industry -- particularly steel exports -- renders it vulnerable to the global economic downturn, regional authorities thus far have managed to mitigate much of the impact thanks to Moscow's financial assistance and the [...]	2009-03-10 11:27:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS ECON EIND
09STPETERSBURG28	UNITED RUSSIA WINS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous elections were held in Northwest Russia on March 1st at the oblast, city, and local levels. With turnout low, United Russia won everywhere resoundingly with only minor setbacks. The Communists and Liberal Democrats had relatively poor showings, and other opposition gr [...]	2009-03-17 12:10:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG30	KARELIA: STRIVING FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Worsening economic conditions and the uncertain prospects of recovery dominated the Consul General's meetings in Petrozavodsk. Local officials and business people are skeptical that the regional administration can solve the problems of the export-oriented Karelian economy, and [...]	2009-03-19 08:30:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON
09STPETERSBURG31	REBELLIOUS GOVERNOR OF MURMANSK OBLAST REPLACED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev has relieved Murmansk Oblast Governor Yuriy Yevdokimov of his position and replaced him with Deputy Head of the State Fishing Committee Dmitriy Dmitriyenko. Medvedev's decision followed United Russia's recent election defeat in the city of Murmansk where the [...]	2009-03-23 15:02:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
09STPETERSBURG32	PSKOV OBLAST - VERTICAL OF POWER WITHOUT APOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Pskov Oblast and City has a new political hierarchy with strong Kremlin ties -political and financial. The opposition sees these personnel moves as an effort to consolidate Muscovite control over the region. Local authorities say the oblast's and city's economies have not suff [...]	2009-03-24 10:29:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PREL ECON EN LG
09STPETERSBURG48	AMBASSADOR BEYRLE MEETS WITH ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting together, the Ambassador and Governor Matviyenko discussed the economic crisis, U.S. investment, international relations, and various housekeeping issues related to the Consulate. The meeting was cordial and Governor Matviyenko was clearly will [...]	2009-04-22 08:18:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS ASCH BTIO ECON EINV
09STPETERSBURG68	PUTIN INTERVENES TO MEET WORKERS' DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a display of political drama broadcast on national television, Prime Minister Putin rode into the small town of Pikalyovo in Leningrad Oblast on June 4 and forced a resolution to a simmering labor dispute, meeting workers' demands and publicly humiliating the Leningrad Govern [...]	2009-06-10 09:15:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON
09STPETERSBURG73	DISPUTED ST. PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL ELECTION SEAT SAGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy continues to surround St. Petersburg's March 1 municipal elections. In the city district of Morskoy Okrug, a local court cancelled the allegedly forged final election figures which deprived Yabloko candidate Boris Vishnevskiy of his apparent victory. But, Vishnevsk [...]	2009-06-16 13:24:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG75	UNITED RUSSIA WINS PETROZAVODSK MAYORAL ELECTION TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Karelia's Governor Katanandov appointed former opposition politician and mayoral candidate Davletkhan Alikhanov to the position of governor's representative in Russia's Federation Council. In exchange, Alikhanov withdrew from Petrozavodsk's mayoral election, which many thought [...]	2009-06-18 08:49:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG8	PETROZAVODSK MAYOR RESIGNS IN ROW WITH GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrozavodsk Mayor Viktor Maslyakov opened the new year by abruptly resigning in response to last year's decision by the regional government to move up the mayoral elections from 2010 to 2009. Several analysts believe the elections were moved forward because Karelian Republic G [...]	2009-01-21 14:16:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG9	RUSSIAN GAS SALES IN THE BALTIC REGION - A COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The history of the international gas trade from northwest Russia to its Baltic neighbors is an example of an extraordinary smooth and successful shift towards market principles. The main factors that facilitated this were the financial willingness and ability of the Baltic cons [...]	2009-01-23 10:46:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS ECIN EPET EN LG LH FI
09STPETERSBURG90	RUSSIAN POSTAL SERVICE FIRES OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The St. Petersburg branch of the Federal Postal Service forced an employee to resign on June 24, reportedly after its management discovered information regarding his past political activities. Both the company and the employee publicly stated that the "separation" was based on [...]	2009-07-17 12:25:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG92	ST. PETERSBURG CITY GOVERNMENT INTERVENES TO RESOLVE PAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Workers at one of St. Petersburg's oldest and largest construction materials production companies - DSK-3 -- went on strike in early July after the firm failed to pay full staff salaries for five consecutive months. The company had blamed the salaries shortfall on non- payment [...]	2009-07-24 13:58:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON ELAB
09STPETERSBURG93	ECONOMIC CRISIS IMPACTS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 14:19:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON RS PGOV
09STRASBOURG3	COE: GEORGIA TOUGHENS STANCE; RUSSIA DOES NOT GIVE AN INCH [...] (C) The Council of Europe continued February 4 to discuss the consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia. Georgia toughened its rhetoric and called for the COE to issue a statement should Moscow veto UNOMIG's extension. Russia continued to refuse monitoring of its COE commitments. [...]	2009-02-04 17:16:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORG FR GG RU
09SURABAYA101	EXXONMOBIL'S CEPU PROJECT: LOCAL POPULATION PERSPECTIVE MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's operation of the Cepu oil field has come under harsh media criticism for failure to meet production targets and the expectations of the local population. The situation on the ground, however, paints a different picture. While eager to see more economic impact from [...]	2009-10-26 08:26:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV PREL ID
09SURABAYA106	JPIP COMPETITION ENCOURAGES GOOD GOVERNANCE, EXPANDS INTO [...] (U) In 2001, Indonesia began a political transformation from the centralized system of the Suharto era to a decentralized system characterized by high levels of local autonomy. During the intervening eight years, some regency and city governments have used this new-found authority to improve t [...]	2009-10-30 09:33:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID ID
09SURABAYA113	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER MITIGATION, [...] SBU(U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has taken over full responsibility for mitigation efforts at the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster. Due to financial difficulties, Lapindo has not met the original compensation deadline. However, most victims have accepted an installment payment system that L [...]	2009-11-24 04:27:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV SENV ENRG SOSI PGOV ID
09SURABAYA13	EAST JAVA: CHINESE SWEAT AND DIPLOMACY -- TRYING TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary: The bridge linking Surabaya and the nearby island of Madura is nearing completion. The Chinese continue efforts to transform their reported USD 1.6 billion in loans and financing into a milestone representative of China's increasingly close economic ties with Indonesia. China's V [...]	2009-02-09 10:03:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ID CH
09SURABAYA17	EAST JAVA: BOY HEALER GIVING HEALTH MINISTER A BLACK EYE [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking a cure from water blessed by a ten year old boy, thousands are flocking to a small village near the East Java city of Jombang. Provincial authorities have tried to stop the flood of potential patients, but with marginal success. Four have died while queuing to see the boy [...]	2009-02-19 07:52:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA23	EAST JAVA: FEMALE CANDIDATES UNAFRAID OF COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary: East Java's female legislative candidates are not worried about their ability to compete in upcoming national elections despite the effective cancellation of a quota requiring that women account for 30% of candidates. More than gender, a lack of experience and education are th [...]	2009-03-12 07:23:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL ID
09SURABAYA4	EAST JAVA AND CENTRAL SULAWESI: RHETORIC HEATS UP PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations against Israeli military action in the Gaza strip remain peaceful in Surabaya. Four recent demonstrations have focused on the Consulate itself and one on the Consular Agency in Bali. In Surabaya, protestors led by a local leader in the Islamic Cleric's Associa [...]	2009-01-13 10:15:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
09SURABAYA40	LOMBOK: FOUR AHMADI FAMILIES RETURN HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT [...] The Ahmadiyah representative in Lombok told Congen April 24 that the head of the Ketapang district office visited the Transito camp on April 14 to request the Ahmadis once again delay their return to their homes in the Gegerungan Village in West Lombok Regency for security reasons. The official [...]	2009-04-24 10:25:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA43	NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...]	2009-04-30 14:42:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA48	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS THIRD ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mudflow has buried over 700 hectares over the past three years and threatens critical infrastructure. While the East Java Governor is pushing speedy construction of a new transportation corridor around the mudflow, landowners are demanding compensation equivalent to [...]	2009-05-13 03:29:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA62	SURABAYA: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE OPENS--BUT IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: After decades of sporadic planning, Indonesia's longest bridge opened on June 10th. Empty pockets and grass roots opposition stymied the span that now links the islands of Java and Madura. Burdened with symbolism before it carried its first car, skepticism over promised economic [...]	2009-06-19 01:43:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID CH
09SURABAYA66	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after the Sidoarjo Mudflow disaster began, the Indonesian government signaled an intent to take over responsibility for mitigation from Lapindo Brantas, citing Lapindo's financial difficulties. If it follows through, the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) will ex [...]	2009-07-08 01:28:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA73	DECENTRALIZATION BRINGS LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's decentralization program has created significant leeway for local governments to prioritize community services and spending. Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, has focused its attention on improving health services and allocated significant budget resources to [...]	2009-08-11 01:12:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA74	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: POLICE DROP CASE AGAINST LAPINDO; [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 5, the East Java Provincial Police Chief (Kapolda) announced that his office was dropping its investigation into the cause of the Sidoarjo mudflow. This decision effectively absolves the Lapindo company and its staff of responsibility for causing the mudflow, which ha [...]	2009-08-13 01:54:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SUVA102	FIJI'S LEADERS MEETING SETS STAGE FOR A PALAVER [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with Fijian political and government leaders, EAP/ANP Director Alcy Frelick heard a wide range of views about the recent Leaders of Political Parties (LOPP) meeting held on March 13, in which all of Fiji's political parties participated. Although the views [...]	2009-03-20 03:45:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA124	FIJI APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST BAINIMARAMA; DECLARES COUP [...] (U) Summary: Fiji's Court of Appeals today ruled against interim Prime Minister and Armed Forces Commander Frank Bainimarama by overturning an October 2008 High Court judgment legitimizing his interim government (IG). Delivering its judgment just a day after closing arguments, the court declare [...]	2009-04-09 08:47:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA131	FIRST STEPS IN DEALING WITH POST-CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The abrogation of Fiji,s 1997 Constitution and the reinstatement of Fiji,s military-led interim government (IG) is the denouement of a series of IG blunders that has compounded the serious racial and economic problems already confronting ethnic and Indo-Fijians. The challenge [...]	2009-04-16 08:10:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	FJ KDEM PGOV PREL
09SUVA152	ANXIOUS FIJI MAINTAINS SURFACE CALM [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the abrogation of its constitution, life largely continues as normal in Fiji. Beneath the surface, many Fijians remain fearful and angry over the recent events. Some Embassy contacts warn of civil unrest in the upcoming months, but most discount the likelihood. [...]	2009-04-24 07:32:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA176	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PM CHAUDHRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, I met with former prime minister and leader of the Fiji Labor Party (FLP) Mahendra Chaudhry. We discussed the situation in Fiji following the abrogation of its constitution and possible ways forward for the country. He said that the abrogation was a lost opportunity [...]	2009-05-08 20:08:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA189	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y SUVA 176 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, I met with former prime minister and Fiji Labor Party (FLP)leader Mahendra Chaudhry. We discussed the situation in Fiji following the abrogation of its constitution and possible ways forward. He said that recent events amounted to a lost opportunity for the interim g [...]	2009-05-11 07:47:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA213	FIJI REGIME DETAINS PROMINENT LAWYERS FOR [...] (C) On May 20, armed with a search warrant, at least ten Fiji Police officers entered the legal offices of Munro Leys, confiscated equipment and detained two senior partners. The police erroneously suspected that the lawyers were the source of Auckland-based anti-regime blog rawfijinews. [...]	2009-05-21 03:46:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM FJ
09SUVA219	FIJI DE FACTO GOVERNMENT APPOINTS JUDGES AND WEAKENS LAW [...] (SBU) On May 22, Fiji's senior judicial positions were partially repopulated, as the de facto government appointed a new Chief Justice and four Judges of the High Court six weeks after the constitution was abrogated and the judiciary sacked on April 10 (reftel B). Five High Court Judges led by [...]	2009-05-26 05:59:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM FJ
09SUVA24	Fiji's First Comprehensive Environmental Law Comes into [...] Summary: The Environment Management Act of 2005 and the subsequent regulations of 2007 have come into effect from January 1, 2009. This landmark measure is the first comprehensive environmental law in Fiji's history. Businesses generating waste or pollution are now required to obtain a perm [...]	2009-01-20 22:00:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV FJ
09SUVA251	NOTED ACADEMIC'S SPEECH BANNED BY FIJI'S DE FACTO [...] (U) On June 12, Fijian police banned the opening session of the Fiji Institute of Chartered Accountants annual congress in Nadi because Fiji lawyer and outspoken critic of the de facto government Graham Leung and Dr. Brij Lal, Professor of Pacific and Asian History at the Research School of Pa [...]	2009-06-12 03:16:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM
09SUVA255	FIJI GOVERNMENT BANS METHODIST CONFERENCE [...] Summary: On May 28, Fiji's military-led government banned the Methodist Church from holding its annual national conference after deeming the conference a threat to national security under the Public Emergency Regulations (PER). The agenda for the August conference reportedly included a discus [...]	2009-06-16 21:25:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FJ KDEM PINR
09SUVA26	Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2009 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of political events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors [...]	2009-01-22 05:07:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09SUVA264	FIJI CONFIRMS ITS FIRST TWO CASES OF H1N1 [...] Fiji recorded its first two confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 over the weekend. According to press reports, a 36-year-old male resident of Fiji, who returned home from Melbourne on June 10, sought treatment from a private physician after he became ill and after family in Australia advised h [...]	2009-06-22 04:41:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC AMED KFLU FJ

09SUVA277	FIJI ROADMAP TO DEMOCRACY LEADS NOWHERE [...] (U) On July 1, Fiji strongman Bainimarama gave a national address entitled "Fiji's Strategic Framework for Change" (text provided septel). Bainimarama outlined his regime's plans to establish a new constitution for Fiji by September 2013 and to lead the country to "true democratic, non-commun [...]	2009-07-01 05:36:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT FJ

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