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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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10ASHGABAT223 TURKMENISTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat proposes that S/GWI support the Tech Age Girls program in Turkmenistan. The Tech Age Girls project will address low technology literacy among young women in Turkmenistan and will encourage cvic [...]
2010-02-17 11:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
10ASHGABAT233TURKMENISTAN: BRIBERY IS PERVASIVE IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bribery is pervasive throughout Turkmenistan's government, to the extent that the public expects to pay bribes during almost any interaction with the government. Turkmen routinely pay bribes when obtaining a drive [...]
2010-02-23 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT239TURKMENISTAN: DOMESTIC TEXTILES NOT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, Embassy economic assistant surveyed Ashgabat stores that specialize in textile products to find out what types of products they offered, where the textiles were produced, and the price range. The governmen [...]
2010-02-25 07:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EIND ETRD SOCI PGOV PREL TX
10ASHGABAT240TURKMENISTAN: EMBASSY TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 08:54:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON TX
10ASHGABAT241DISAGREEMENT AMONG EU EMBASSIES REGARDING HUMAN
[...] (C) Romanian Ambassador Radu Horumba (protect) met with Charge February 24 to share his concern about the EU human rights approach in Turkmenistan. Romania is representing the Spanish presidency, since there is no Spanish embassy in Ashgabat. Madrid has asked that there be a push to open a [...]
2010-02-25 09:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN TX
10ASHGABAT249TURKMENISTAN'S MOST ACTIVE BLACK MARKETS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Foreign currency, imported alcohol and tobacco, and pharmaceuticals are the three most prominent items sold on the black markets in Turkmenistan. Until the Turkmen Government unified the exchange rates in 2008 (Ref A),curre [...]
2010-02-26 09:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR TX
10ASHGABAT251TURKMENISTAN: POOR HEALTHCARE ANOTHER DETERRENT
[...] (C) An Amcit employee of Austrian energy company OMV met with Poloff to ask about the quality of healthcare in Turkmenistan. Even though he is his company's sole expatriate employee in Turkmenistan, he said company headquarters required him to have a medical and other emergency contingency pl [...]
2010-02-26 12:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMED EINV EPET PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT29 EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. EXBS, as part of other meetings, discussed our efforts to import radioactive sources into Turkmenistan for calibrating and testing the radiation portal monitors (RPM) emplaced by Department of Energy's (DOE) Second Line of Defen [...]
2010-01-07 12:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
10ASHGABAT31TURKMENISTAN: BAPTIST CHURCH REMAINS ACTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Baptist church in Ashgabat held Christmas services last month at which it distributed a large number of Turkmen language Bibles. Despite occasional access to religious literature such as these Bibles, officials continue to target church members upon arrival at the airport, [...]
2010-01-07 12:40:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT33TURKMENISTAN: ONLY BASIC VETERINARY SERVICES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Veterinary Service of Turkmenistan is responsible for all animal care in the country, including licensing and employment of veterinarians, maintaining healthy livestock, preventing the spread of contagious diseases, and certifying the quality of meat imports and exports. [...]
2010-01-08 07:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALBTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT39TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL EVANGELICAL ORGANIZATION
[...] (C) On January 6, poloff met with Murad Kerimi, the leader of the Ashgabat-based unregistered Protestant religious group "Word of Love" Church and the unregistered "Turkmen Golden Age" ("TAA" for Turkmen Altyn Asyr) humanitarian organization. Regarding TAA, Kerimi explained that its efforts s [...]
2010-01-08 11:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT4TURKMENISTAN: 2010 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Brief Justification for Project 1 -- Trade Show. Embassy Ashgabat would like to assist Turkmen business people to attend a trade show in the United States in May 2010 by sending a locally engaged Embassy staff person (LES) as a trade show facilitator. The concept of entrepreneurship is still [...]
2010-01-04 12:28:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO TX
10ASHGABAT41TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY AND BEYOND THROUGH IRAN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The attendance of Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yildiz at the opening of the second gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Iran raised questions about Turkey's heightened interest in Turkmen gas via Iran. The Turkish Embassy's Economic Counselor in Ashgabat, Ahmet E [...]
2010-01-08 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO IR TU TX
10ASHGABAT42CONTINUED INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmentelecom provides the only dial-up and A/DSL internet service in Turkmenistan. It controls and monitors access and reportedly blocks certain sites. Recently, the media reported that YouTube and other sites were added [...]
2010-01-08 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDTINT SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM TX
10ASHGABAT45TURKMENISTAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The following is Post's 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is relatively large (slightly larger than California),but sparsely inhabited (about five million),[...]
2010-01-13 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC TX
10ASHGABAT48TURKMENISTAN: EVANGELICAL GROUP MAINTAINS LOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A small group of local evangelical Protestants manages to practice its beliefs without hindrance by the government, due primarily to the group's extremely low profile. The group eschews denominational ties, traditional church trappings, and links with foreign churches, consider [...]
2010-01-13 12:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV KISL PHUM TX
10ASHGABAT49A GLIMPSE INTO THE TURKMEN TOURISM INDUSTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officials met with representatives of Turkmenistan's primary official tourism agency, Ashgabatsiyakhat to discuss tourist programs in Turkmenistan. Official Turkmen tourism focuses on providing controlled visits for tourists to cultural sites, nature parks and adventure t [...]
2010-01-13 13:08:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT50IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN BUSINESSMAN INFURIATED;
[...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Iran Watcher, Golammreza Gieahpour, the General Director of Iran Samen's Ashgabat branch, said that he was "surprised, angry and very, very disappointed" that the UAE-based firm Pars Energy, owned and run by Iranian citizen Ahmad Ramazani, had been awarded the c [...]
2010-01-14 04:47:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL IDB IR PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT55TURKMENISTAN: MEDICAL CARE WELL BELOW WESTERN STANDARDS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The system of medical care in Turkmenistan is unreliable, with the majority of hospitals being old, unsanitary, and lacking in basic diagnostic equipment and medical supplies. However, there are some well-educated do [...]
2010-01-14 12:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT7TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN BOYCOTT OF AHMADINEJAD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) French Embassy Charge Henri Leval contacted us January 5 to inform that the EU had decided not to participate in events associated with the official visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Head of Mission level [...]
2010-01-05 10:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EPET EU IR TX
10ASHGABAT73MI SWACO'S EIGHT-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (SBU) MI SWACO, a U.S. company represented in Turkmenistan by its UK-based subsidiary M-I Drilling Fluids U.K. Ltd, has been present in Turkmenistan since 2002. In Turkmenistan, the company focuses on supplying drilling fluids and drilling fluid-related equipment. The company also provides c [...]
2010-01-19 13:07:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
10ASHGABAT75TURKMENISTAN: UPS AND DOWNS OF TWO CHARISMATIC
[...] (C) On January 18, poloff met with the leader of the unregistered Turkmenbashy-based Word of Life group, Timur Muradov, during his visit to Ashgabat (Ref A). A member of an unregistered group of the same name in Ashgabat, Batyr, also attended the meeting (Ref B). Muradov participated at the [...]
2010-01-19 13:23:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT91IRAN: MASSHAD RESIDENTS HOPEFUL THAT "OBAMA IS
[...] (C) In a conversation with Iran Watcher this week, Ghandeem Gurbanov, a prominent Persian language scholar in Ashgabat, recounted his impressions following a recent visit to northern Iran. He was in Mashhad for several days in December to receive an award for his translation from Farsi to Tur [...]
2010-01-20 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
10ASHGABAT94TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent quarterly meeting, members of Embassy Ashgabat's Law Enforcement Working Group reported progress in their activities with the Turkmen government, as well as a few frustrations. All agencies reported that bilateral exchanges and training activities are continuing [...]
2010-01-20 14:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR MASS TX
10ASHGABAT96TURKMENISTAN: IS AMNESTY FOR IMPRISONED
[...] (C) Embassy local staff member has learned that Seyitbay Kandimov, a Niyazov-era Deputy Chairman for Finance and Central Bank Chairman, recently had his prison sentence reduced by three years. Kandimov has been in the Owadan-Depe prison since May 2002. It was not clear when Kandimov is now [...]
2010-01-21 12:03:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TX
10ASMARA14DECREASES IN DARFUR FIGHTERS IN ERITREA
[...] (C) The number of fighters from Darfur rebel groups in Eritrea has shrunk considerably over the last few months, according to Abdul Beghi, a representative from the Revolutionary Democratic Freedom Forces (RDFF) in Asmara. Beghi said most of the fighters, who were stationed along Eritrea's wes [...]
2010-01-20 11:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF MOPS PGOV SU ER
10ASMARA17ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of December is as follows: a) On December 1, the American Center (IRC) marked World Aids Day by distributing red ribbons, providing HIV/AIDS reading materials to patrons, and hosting the movie titled "A Closer Walk". b)O [...]
2010-01-26 06:18:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
10ASMARA22DARFUR FACTION LEADER DENIES REBEL MERGER
[...] (C) Khamis Abdallah, leader of his own faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/Khamis) denied reports that his movement participated in the recent merger of Darfur groups in Kufra, Libya (Ref A). He stated the Kufra event was a shallow attempt at peace that incorporated only token repre [...]
2010-01-29 06:05:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU ER
10ASMARA3REPORTS OF OPPOSITION ATTACKS AND BORDER SKIRMISH
[...] (SBU) Eritrean rebel groups claimed to have killed 25 Eritrean soldiers and wounded another 38 in two separate attacks in south-central Eritrea, according to January 2nd media reports. The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and the Eritrean Salvation Front (ESF),Ethiopian-backed a [...]
2010-01-05 12:41:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS ASEC PTER PGOV PINS PREL ER ET
10ASMARA33SAUDI CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi ambassador to Eritrea is concerned about Iranian influence, says Iran has supplied materiel to the Eritrean navy, and recently ran into an Iranian delegation visiting Asmara. He claims Yemeni Houthi rebels were present in Eritrea in 2009 (but is not sure if they still [...]
2010-02-12 06:44:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ER SA IR YM
10ASMARA40ERITREAN GOVERNMENT GALVANIZES THE PUBLIC OVER UN
[...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) is coercing its citizens into participating in letter-writing and petition-signing campaigns, ostensibly to get the sanctions overturned, but actually to drum up anti-American, pro-regime sympathy. This week schoolchildren throughout Eritrea were told to br [...]
2010-02-18 11:30:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PGOV PREL ER
10ASMARA46MINISTER OF EDUCATION SAYS LOCAL STAFF SPIES FOR
[...] (C) All public school teachers in Asmara were summoned on February 19 for a briefing on the recently passed UNSCR 1907, according to two reliable embassy sources. During the briefing, Minister of Education Semere Russom stated that Eritrea's chief enemy is the United States, and that the U.S. [...]
2010-02-23 09:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ER
10ASMARA47NEPOTISM REIGNS AT ASMARA PALACE HOTEL
[...] (C) Management of the Eritrean government-owned Asmara Palace Hotel (formerly the Intercontinental Hotel) has started arresting employees for bad performance or because of favoritism, according to a reliable embassy source. The goverment (GSE) took over management of the Asmara Palace in Octo [...]
2010-02-23 10:08:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ER
10ASTANA13 KAZAKHSTAN: A TALE OF TWO NORTHERN CITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On recent visits to Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, PolOff visited American corners in Kostanai and Petropavlovsk. Local residents claimed their regions are "the most peaceful in Kazakhstan," and expressed [...]
2010-01-11 03:11:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI KPAO RS KZ
10ASTANA133 KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 27, the Embassy delivered reftel points on the Copenhagen Accords to Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note. The CDA then reiterated the U.S. position to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov [...]
2010-02-01 06:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGCC SENV KZ
10ASTANA138 KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER'S TRIP CLEARS CTR LOGJAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past eight years, implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, has been grinding along, ever more slowly, as the Kazakhstani bureaucracy matures. In advance of State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev's [...]
2010-02-01 10:17:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KNNP KZ
10ASTANA158 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND AN NGO JOIN FORCES TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to a February 3 press conference to discuss joint Kazakshtan-U.S. efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP),Charge and INL Officer visited the newly-opened, government-funded TIP shelter operated by lo [...]
2010-02-05 10:14:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA159 KAZAKHSTAN: GE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES REGIONAL PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An American executive with General Electric's Transportation Division visited the Embassy on February 3 to discuss the company's plans to assemble locomotives in Kazakhstan and expand into the Russian market. He identified financial and political challenges the company faces, [...]
2010-02-05 10:19:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ
10ASTANA187 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...]
2010-02-16 02:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA2 KAZAKHSTAN EXPRESSES PIQUE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 31 meeting (reftel),Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov raised concerns about the human-rights certification process. He told the Ambassador that Kazakhstan is ready to refuse al [...]
2010-01-05 06:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID UZ KZ
10ASTANA23 ETHNIC HARMONY IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, interlocutors emphasized the tolerant nature of Kazakhstani society and government efforts to encourage ethnic harmony. According to Vik [...]
2010-01-12 04:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA248 KAZAKHSTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Post nominates three projects, in order of priority, for funding consideration under the small grants initiative of the Office of Global Women's Issues. A brief summary and budget for each project follows below. PROJECT 1: GENDER ISSUES IN THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS A) NGO: Central As [...]
2010-02-21 02:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN KTIP KZ
10ASTANA249 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER INSISTS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action cable (see para 6). The Ambassador met Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on February 19 to discuss a range of issues, including the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC),the visit of Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, tarmac access, FSN income taxe [...]
2010-02-22 05:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON KZ
10ASTANA251KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...]
2010-02-22 07:03:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ
10ASTANA255 KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19
[...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...]
2010-02-22 09:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
10ASTANA257 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE LAND-LEASE DEAL STIRS UP CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a December 23, 2009, Interfax press report that President Nazarbayev instructed the prosecutors to punish those who disseminate information about the sale of land to foreigners, opposition leaders have con [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI CH KZ
10ASTANA259 KAZAKHSTAN: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 03:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ
10ASTANA267KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, ZHOVTIS, OSCE SUMMIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 05:19:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALAF KZ MARR PGOV PREL
10ASTANA268 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on February 21. Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov and MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiyev, as well a [...]
2010-02-26 05:26:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
10ASTANA271 KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 22-26
[...] (SBU) This weekly cable disseminates spot reports based on Embassy conversations with contacts as well as reports from the Kazakhstani media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report or that will be developed later. MAJOR POLICY DEVELOPMENTS: H [...]
2010-02-26 08:10:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KNNP KCOR
10ASTANA275 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]
2010-02-26 10:00:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASTANA33 KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 12, PolOff received the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note Number 10-2/4818, responding to Post's diplomatic note Number 0758-09, dated September 28, 2009 (reftel). 3. (SBU) An unofficia [...]
2010-01-14 05:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETTC MNUC KNNP KOMC BU KZ
10ASTANA37 KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TO HOST A SPRING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is an action request (see para 9). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, Post received a Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic note (see para 7),which outlined Kazakhstan's proposal to hold a Global Initi [...]
2010-01-14 12:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MNUC KNNP RS KZ
10ASTANA44KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 01:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10ASTANA53 KAZAKHSTAN: EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSS NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussion with European diplomats at January 14-15 energy events centered on the Nabucco gas pipeline, and what role -- if any -- Kazakhstan would likely play in supplying natural gas to Europe via a "southern corridor." There was also agreement that Turkmenistan's ability to d [...]
2010-01-20 09:17:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET TX RS KZ
10ASTANA56 KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...]
2010-01-21 04:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ
10ASTANA67 KAZAKSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]
2010-01-25 06:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA73 KAZAKHSTAN: POC FOR STAFFDEL HELWIG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana's point of contact for Staffdel Helwig's March 2-10 trip to Kazakhstan is political officer Anna Radivilova. Her contact information is as follows: Name: Anna Radivilova Office phone: +7-7172-70-2397 Cell [...]
2010-01-25 09:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT KZ
10ASTANA74 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]
2010-01-25 09:22:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA82 KAZAKHSTAN: APPRECIATION MIXED WITH CONCERN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov noted the Kazakhstani government's appreciation for Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake's recent remarks on Kazakhstan at the National Press Club in Washington and Special [...]
2010-01-26 04:06:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID MARR AF RS KZ
10ASUNCION138PARAGUAY'S 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel A questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake f [...]
2010-02-17 15:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV ELAB PREL KPAO KCRM KFRD ASEC KWMN
10ASUNCION71PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]
2010-02-11 15:19:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECIN ECON PTER PA CO
10ASUNCION83TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP
[...] (U) THE AMBASSADOR, OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION PARAGUAY (ODC),AND THE PARAGUAYAN MILITARY FORCES COMMANDER CONCUR WITH THE 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (7TH SFG) JCET TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) AND DEPLOYMENT AS OUTLINED HERE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED: [...]
2010-02-17 11:47:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETMOPS PREL MASS MCAP MARR PGOV PA
10ASUNCION85TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP
[...] (U) THE AMBASSADOR, OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION PARAGUAY (ODC),AND THE PARAGUAYAN MILITARY FORCES COMMANDER CONCUR WITH THE 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (7TH SFG) JCET TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) AND DEPLOYMENT AS OUTLINED HERE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED: [...]
2010-02-17 13:03:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETMOPS PREL MASS MCAP MARR PGOV PA
10ASUNCION97GOP SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT NEW CELL PHONE INTERCEPT SYSTEM, BUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Filizzola told the Ambassador February 10 that the GOP would soon be rolling out a new, expanded cell phone intercept program, which would continue to cover counternarcotics but would also include anti-kidnapping cases as the GOP ratchets up efforts to capture the [...]
2010-02-18 20:52:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL PA
10ATHENS117GREECE: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: Greeks are concerned about the privacy of data involved in law enforcement and counterterrorism information sharing with the U.S., as would be expected in a country with privacy laws that are significantly stronger than the European norm. Nevertheless, it is possible to engage in [...]
2010-02-18 17:30:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA EUN GR
10ATHENS119GREEK SECURITY INCIDENTS AT 20-YEAR HIGH -- POLICE YET TO
[...] (SBU) Greece has seen a steep increase over the past ten years in security incidents related to domestic terrorists, extremists, and anarchists. This increase has been especially dramatic in recent years. The Embassy recorded over 430 security incidents in 2009, defined to include incendiary and [...]
2010-02-18 18:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC ABLD GR
10ATHENS141Greek Intelligence Dir. Bikas on Proposed Reorganization
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting on February 8, EYP Director General Bikas told Ambassador Speckhard that he accepted the ambassador's proposal for regular dialogue between the embassy and the leadership of EYP and the HNP on counterterrorism. Bikas commented briefly on the challe [...]
2010-02-25 14:32:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER GR
10ATHENS142Nomination for Relationship Fraud Conference
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 13:26:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT
10ATHENS150Visa Revocation - Papatheodorou, Asimina/Valiraki, Assimina
[...] (U) In accordance with reftel and Colyvas-VO/L/C e-mails, post contacted Asimina Papatheodorou (aka Valiraki, Assimina) and asked that she appear at the Embassy with her passport. CONOFF physically cancelled Ms. Papatheodorou's B1B2 visa in her tourist passport (passport number AB6523665). Sh [...]
2010-02-03 13:08:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
10ATHENS152Visa Revocation - TRITSIBIDAS, Panayotis (DPOB: 26-Apr-1990)
[...] Post was advised that Panayotis TRITSIBIDAS had attempted to travel to the U.S. with his valid F1 student visa on XXX. His visa was revoked by DHS at pre-departure inspection at London's Heathrow Airport. Post had not been notified of the visa revocation to advise him in advance of his travel [...]
2010-02-03 13:39:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
10ATHENS18Greece: Engagement on Women's Issues
[...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Greece closely integrates women's issues into public diplomacy programming, human rights outreach, commercial outreach, and partnerships with [...]
2010-01-08 17:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN KTIP GR
10ATHENS206Visa Revocation - STERGIOU, Vasileios (DPOB: 04-Nov-1979,
[...] In accordance with reftel, post reached Vasileios STERGIOU (DPOB: 04-Nov-1979, Greece) on February 5, 2010 to advise him that he could not travel with the B1B2 visa issued into passport number AB5724024. He appeared with his passport at the Embassy on February 11, 2010 at which time the visa [...]
2010-02-11 14:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
10ATHENS21Greek Engagement with Cuba
[...] (C) On January 13, Poloff raised REF A points with Anastopoulos Chanos, Second Secretary in the MFA A8 Directorate for South America and the Caribbean. Econoff also raised points with Ioannis Klonias, MFA B5 Directorate for Economic Relations with Central and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa [...]
2010-01-14 14:53:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CU GR
10ATHENS234Visa Revocation - Korovessis, Pericles DPOB: 20-Jul-1941,
[...] In accordance with reftel, post contacted Pericles Elias KOROVESSIS (DPOB: 20-Jul-1941, Greece) (a/k/a Periklis Korovesis) to advise him he could not travel with the B1B2 visa issued into passport number XB0051604. Citing inconvenience and ill health, Korovessis declined to appear personally [...]
2010-02-19 14:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS
10ATHENS246GREECE: REFORMS, THE PUBLIC RESPONSE, AND POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) The GoG has begun making public further details on and introducing legislation to implement various commitments made in its updated Stability and Growth Program (SGP),including in the areas of public sector wage cuts, tax reform and pension reform. The public has seen this coming, as Gre [...]
2010-02-23 11:36:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN PREL GR
10ATHENS25Muslim Engagement in Greece
[...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...]
2010-01-19 15:36:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR
10ATHENS45GREECE: Ambassador Speckhard's Meeting with Hellenic Coast
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a 50-minute meeting on 20 January Vice Admiral Bousios spoke to Ambassador Speckhard about the ongoing reformation of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG),which he has headed since late November 2009. Bousios said that the HCG was being reorganized to resemble the U.S. Coast [...]
2010-01-28 10:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GR PGOV SMIG PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA PTER SNAR
10ATHENS51Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS54FY 2010 Request for Sustaining Funds-American Corners Greece
[...] Introduction and Summary: Embassy Athens requests $54,800 in FY10 funds to strengthen programs at the six American Corners (ACs) in Greece: Xanthi (northeastern Greece),Veria (northwestern Greece),Sparta (southern Greece),Corfu (western Greece),the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in central A [...]
2010-01-15 08:21:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KIRC GR
10ATHENS55Scenesetter for Alt/FM Droutsas' visit to Washington
[...] (C) Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas travels February 2 to the much anticipated first meeting of the new GoG with senior USG officials in Washington. We have had signals from within the MFA that PM Papandreou will soon step aside as foreign minister, permitting Droutsas to take [...]
2010-01-29 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR
10ATHENS57CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR
10ATHENS59Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS61Scenesetter for Alt/FM Droutsas' visit to Washington
[...] (C) Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas travels February 2 to the much anticipated first meeting of the new GoG with senior USG officials in Washington. We have had signals from within the MFA that PM Papandreou will soon step aside as foreign minister, permitting Droutsas to take [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR
10ATHENS75(C) GREECE/IRAN: CHINA KEY TO EFFECTIVE PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Alternate FM Dimitri Droutsas January 30, stressing the U.S. commitment to diplomacy, outlining the need to begin ramping up pressure on Iran given its failure to engage constructively, and urging Greece to consider what it could do bilat [...]
2010-02-03 16:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR
10ATHENS81LOGISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 22-23 RSI MEETINGS IN ATHENS
[...] (U) Embassy Athens, in conjunction with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),is pleased to host the February 22 Iraq and Neighbors and the February 23 Eastern Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) meetings. Our goal is to make the RSI, and y [...]
2010-02-04 15:37:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER OTRA GR
10ATHENS85THE CASE FOR INCREASING GREECE'S FY2012 IMET FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens strongly supports EUCOM's request for $500,000 IMET funding for Greece in FY2012. Returning IMET funding in Greece to 2000-2008 norms will help advance American goals by: - Fostering strong bilateral mil-mil relations with the U.S.; - [...]
2010-02-08 09:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS GR
10ATHENS922010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) - GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 08:34:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB OPIC GR USTR
10ATHENS99Climate Change: Interagency Obstacles Threaten Greek Forests
[...] (SBU) Interagency coordination obstacles and a weakened forestry service continue to threaten Greece's ability to adequately protect its forests, wild lands, and meet climate change targets. Greece recently agreed to associate with the Copenhagen Accord through the EU (ref A),but by not addr [...]
2010-02-12 12:57:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EAGR GR
10BAGHDAD104ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past six months, the Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR),the MOD's Human Rights Directorate, and Parliament have conducted inspections, revealing serious allegations of human rights violations at a military facility (Camp Honor in the International Zone) closely linked to the [...]
2010-01-14 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD113PLANS FOR ADDRESSING THE DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy, in close coordination with UNAMI, is pressing PM Maliki, President Talabani, Speaker Samarrai'e, former PM Allawi, and other key leaders to secure political agreement to defer vetting of candidates until after the March 7 election, with the time between now and then [...]
2010-01-17 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD118MFA ACCEPTS TO SEEK UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud told DCM January 13 that the GOI would accept the USG-suggested option of seeking a UNSC Presidential Statement as the best way to have WMD-related Chapter VII resolutions eventually lifted. Haj Hamoud agreed that the GOI would send a l [...]
2010-01-18 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU
10BAGHDAD121DE-ESCALATING THE DE-BAATHIFICATION DEBATE: POST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi political leaders appear to be looking for a face-saving way to step back from the furor created by the purported Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) efforts to exclude electoral candidates under the provisions of the de-Ba'athification law. The ISCI-led Iraqi Nat [...]
2010-01-18 18:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD122IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL ISSUES VERDICT IN HALABJA
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, 2010, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) announced its verdict in the trial of Ali Hassan Al Majid (a.k.a. &Chemical Ali8),and Iraqi army officers Sultan Hashim, Sabir Al Douri, and Farhan Mutlak Saleh for the March 16, 1988 chemical attack on the Northeastern Iraqi ci [...]
2010-01-19 10:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC IZ
10BAGHDAD125FINANCE MINISTER ON THE 2010 BUDGET, THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance Jabr and his Special Advisor Azez Jaffar reported that Ministry of Finance review of parliamentary amendments to the draft 2010 budget was almost completed, and that passage of the 2010 budget is expected by the end of January. Azez also stated that the Min [...]
2010-01-19 14:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV BEXP IZ
10BAGHDAD135ALL OIL BID ROUND CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil and the Ministry of Oil (MOO) have reached agreement on a final contract for part of Iraq's largest oil field. This contract, the last of the ten contracts from Iraq's 2009 oil bid rounds to be initialed, covers development of the super-giant West Qurna Phase 1 field [...]
2010-01-19 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD140RRT ERBIL: RECENT KRG OUTREACH TO TEHRAN, ANKARA
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) and RRT Team Leader, KRG officials gave readouts of their recent contacts with Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad. KRG PM Barham Salih and others categorically denied press reports that [...]
2010-01-20 11:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD145KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador January 18 that the key objective of his visit to Washington next week is to seek a strong reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to Kurdistan, including possibilities for a U.S. diplomatic and security presence bey [...]
2010-01-20 15:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD149FM ZEBARI PREVIEWS JCC, REVIEWS CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari told A/DCM January 18 that he welcomed arrival of NEA A/S Feltman for the holding of the first Diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee, set for January 24. Zebari also informed A/DCM that he had written to the President of the Security Council and the DG [...]
2010-01-21 13:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU IR
10BAGHDAD153PARTY BLOC LEADERS SEEK TO FIT SQUARE PEG OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Key political leaders continued to meet behind the scenes January 21 to develop a solution to the ongoing de-Ba'athification controversy. Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Amiri, the key Shi'a figure in the negotiations, continues to shop around the Ammar al-Hakim (ISCI) proposal (gener [...]
2010-01-21 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD162TRADE MINISTER DEFENDS GOI EXCLUSION OF CARGILL ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach, Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Deen al-Safi defended the GOI's case against U.S. food marketer Cargill, which has asked Post to intervene in a trade dispute over contractual obligati [...]
2010-01-22 13:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
10BAGHDAD175MANAGEMENT CHANGES MAY SIGNAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 11, PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Transportation Advisor, and Najaf International Airport (NIA) Director Issa al-Shemeri reviewed the status of negotiations over management of the [...]
2010-01-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV PGOV KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD185OPPORTUNITIES AND PERILS FOR MINORITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Christian political and religious leaders tell us that while they had hoped for more than a five-seat quota in the national elections law, they view March 7 elections as an opportunity to expand their representation and influence within the Parliament. In contrast, leaders of the [...]
2010-01-25 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNKDEM KIRF PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD191IRAQ VISA AND REFUGEE VETTING: INTERAGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Using Embassy Baghdad's VISAS VIPER Committee as a focal point, the Consular Section (CONS) and the Office of Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Affairs (REF) have coordinated efforts to significantly increase the sources and flow of derogatory information on persons that [...]
2010-01-25 15:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ
10BAGHDAD193RELIGIOUS BATTLEGROUND NO LONGER, MUSTANSIRIYAH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ePRT Baghdad Northeast Team Leader met in late December with new Mustansiriyyah University Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Adil al-Baghdadi, to review efforts to reduce the influence of extremist political and religious groups on campus. Baghdadi described 200 [...]
2010-01-25 17:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL ASEC PTER KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD20PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER BLACKWATER DECISION GENERATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Public outrage has erupted within Iraq over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges brought against Blackwater employees for their role in the deaths of 17 Iraqis on September 16, 2007. GOI spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh condemned the decision on Januar [...]
2010-01-04 16:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD209DEMINING IRAQ: HIGH-WATER MARK OF PROGRESS ACHIEVED
[...] (U) Deputy Minister of Environment Kamal Latif Hussein marked the completion of a humanitarian landmine clearance project in Baghdad's "Army Canal" January 23 with leaders of the Iraq Mine and UXO Clearance Organization (IMCO),an Iraqi NGO and U.S.-grantee. National television networks cover [...]
2010-01-27 14:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD211SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S
[...] (C) Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi hopes to use his trip to Washington to bolster his image domestically as a respected national figure and defender of Sunni interests. We understand from his advisors that he sees himself as a contender to succeed Jalal Talabani as President. Time and again, [...]
2010-01-27 16:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD216AMBASSADOR AMPLIFIES VP'S MESSAGES IN IRAQI MEDIA INTERVIEWS
[...] Summary: Reinforcing the messages delivered by Vice President Biden during his recent visit to Iraq, Ambassador Hill hosted a January 24 round table discussion with eight local Arabic media outlets, followed by interviews with two major Iraqi TV channels. The back-to-back media engagements at t [...]
2010-01-28 06:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ KPAO PREL
10BAGHDAD218DPM SHAWAYS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, SFA, AND DFI
[...] (C) Summary: New Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach on January 27 that he favored free markeQ; wants to re-energize the Strategic Framework Agreement,s Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC); and belie [...]
2010-01-28 12:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD221PASSAGE OF NGO LAW SIGNALS MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In one of the last sessions of the outgoing Council of Representatives, Iraqi legislators adopted a bill regulating the status of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that, once promulgated by the Presidency Council later this month, will be the gold standard for civil society le [...]
2010-01-28 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD225RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE U.S. CIVILIAN PRESENCE
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: This message responds to ref A request for a drawdown plan for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq. The plan below has been jointly agreed by Ambassador Hill and GEN Odierno. Embassy and USF-I request interagency concurrence on this plan, which envi [...]
2010-01-29 13:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL APER AMGT IZ
10BAGHDAD234A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI CO-CHAIR DIPLOMATIC JCC-
[...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]
2010-01-30 09:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KU PGOV PREL SY
10BAGHDAD253MELKERT WARNS MALIKI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION; IHEC
[...] (C) UNAMI has stepped in to add urgency and reinforcement to the Embassy's message to Iraqi political leaders that the Accountability and Justice Commission must be compelled to stop its activities, that the appeals process must be legally sound to ensure due process for candidates, and that t [...]
2010-01-31 16:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD258IRAQ'S BORDER SURVEILLANCE PROJECT TAKES SHAPE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We joined Interior Minister Bolani at a January 30 groundbreaking of a border roads project that took place along the Iraq-Syrian border. Supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),the border roads project is headed by the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) under [...]
2010-02-01 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL MASS IZ
10BAGHDAD263SUNNIS DIVIDED IN REACTION TO CANDIDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The reaction among Iraq's Sunni community to the electoral disqualification of hardliner MP Saleh al-Mutlaq and other Sunni politicians has been varied, ranging from condemnation to acquiescence to silent approval. Mutlaq's partners in the Iraqiyya coalition have made a show of [...]
2010-02-01 16:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD265TRACKING DE-BA'ATHIFICATION NUMBERS GETS TRICKY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to short-circuit the AJC process by questioning its legitimacy seem to have ground completely to a halt, as political parties have replaced some 180-200 candidates who were disqualified by the AJC and are seeking decisions on appeals. Embassy and UNAMI are pressing for a [...]
2010-02-01 16:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD267FM ZEBARI ANNOUNCES GOI'S WMD ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a brief meeting with A/DCM and COMs from the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The FM briefed the group on recent developments on the Oil for Food (OFF) and follow-on arrangements for the D [...]
2010-02-02 06:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD271IMPLEMENTING THE COMBINED SECURITY MECHANISMS IN
[...] (SBU) This is a joint Embassy Baghdad/USF-I message. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Combined Security Mechanisms (CSMs) consist of temporary, non-political measures across the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas of northern Iraq, and are designed to ensure the security of the Iraqi pop [...]
2010-02-02 12:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD282NINEWA GOVERNOR TESTS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: As the first test of the newly operational tripartite Combined Security Mechanisms (CSM) in northern Iraq, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi - whose freedom of movement in Kurdish-controlled areas of Ninewa has been circumscribed since he took office in 2009 - visited [...]
2010-02-03 13:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD290ALLAWI CRITICIZES PM MALIKI'S AUTHORITARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqiyya coalition leader Ayad Allawi told A/DCM on February 2 that the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) effort to eliminate candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds was symptomatic of a broader problem of intimidation in the Iraqi political system. He att [...]
2010-02-04 13:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM LE IR IZ
10BAGHDAD296POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO JUDICIAL DECISION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Cassation Chamber's February 3 decision ordering the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athfication disqualifications to remain on the ballot was widely denounced by the major Shi'a-led parties as "un [...]
2010-02-04 17:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD302 CHAPTER VII: NEGOTIATION OF U.S. VICTIM CLAIMS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 16 and 17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and U.S. representatives from the Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Defense, and Department of Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text f [...]
2010-02-05 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KU PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD305THE VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PRE- AND
[...] (U) January 23, 2010; 9:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (C) Participants: United States: Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeff Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Ne [...]
2010-02-06 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD306VPOTUS DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES, THE IRAQI BUDGET,
[...] (U) January 23, 2010; 1:45 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Biden Ambassador Christopher Hill General Raymond Odierno, Commander, USF-I Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs [...]
2010-02-06 12:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG PHUM KDEM KU IZ
10BAGHDAD320ARMY INTERVENTION IN SALAH AL-DIN "GOVERNOR"
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of PM Maliki, DPM Rafi,e al-Issawi is attempting to mediate a resolution to the three-month-long dispute over the seating of the Salah ad-Din (SAD) governor-elect. The Iraqi Army has blocked all access to the Provincial Government building in Tikrit since January 2 [...]
2010-02-07 12:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD326VPOTUS MEETING WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (U) January 23, 2010, 11:00 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary, NEA Colin Kahl, DASD Pun [...]
2010-02-08 06:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD338AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM MALIKI, ISCI CHAIRMAN;
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador met separately with PM Maliki and ISCI Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on February 7 to press for early resolution of the de-Ba'athification controversy, underscore U.S. support for de-Ba'athification in accordance with Iraqi law, and push back on accusations t [...]
2010-02-08 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD3386PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...]
2010-01-01 10:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD3387CORRECTED COPY: PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...]
2010-01-01 13:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD344PRT NAJAF: CLEAR PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, BUT
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),Embassy rule of law (ROL) officer, and USF-I officer visited Najaf to engage local officials in assessing corruption in Najaf and government's efforts to improve. C [...]
2010-02-09 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD349IRAQIS READY TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Coordinator of Support and Deputy Director of International Organizations, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Humaimidi confirmed to EmbOff February 10 that the GOI still plans to co-sponsor a 1267 Committee resol [...]
2010-02-10 15:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER JO SY IZ
10BAGHDAD364CW DESTRUCTION PLAN IN IRAQ: NO MONEY AND SHIFTING
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 7 meeting with PMOff and a United States Forces - Iraq (USF-I) J-3 representative, Dr. Mohammed Al Sharaa, Director General of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD),claimed the GOI did not forward prior chemical munitions find reports to the Organiz [...]
2010-02-11 15:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ
10BAGHDAD366MINISTRY OF INTERIOR BOMB DETECTOR STIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The disclosure in January of the arrest of a UK businessman who allegedly sold useless bomb detectors to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) posed new questions about the GOI's ability to ensure the public welfare, particularly as the equipment was being used at government facilities th [...]
2010-02-11 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR ASEC ECON IZ UK
10BAGHDAD367 With Help from the FBI, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Holds
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, 2010, the Ministry of Interior's National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) held its first Citizens' Academy in Baghdad for approximately twenty-five Iraqis, including private citizens, religious leaders, and government officials. Modeled after the succe [...]
2010-02-11 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PGOV IZ PTER
10BAGHDAD368SETTING THE CONDITIONS - MARCH 7TH ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG, GOI, and international election security planning continues since the January 23rd release of the GOI,s election security plan. The Ambassador hosted a well attended and received election briefing for the Baghdad diplomatic community on February 4th that focused heavily on s [...]
2010-02-11 15:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10BAGHDAD369UPDATE #1: NINEWA GOVERNOR'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tempers that flared in the wake of the February 1 confrontation involving Kurdish security forces, Ninewa Governor Nujaifi, and U.S. forces have cooled for the moment. Angered by the detention of 11 males accused of attacking Nujaifi's convoy, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG [...]
2010-02-11 15:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD371AYAD ALLAWI COMMENTS ON IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and a group of advisors met with POL M/C February 9 to discuss the Iraqi political environment and increased sectarian tensions in the run-up to national elections. Allawi acknowledged that the Cassation Chamber, in a shift from its February [...]
2010-02-11 17:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD372AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ANBAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's trip to Anbar province on February 9, provincial government leaders and tribal sheikhs implored him to "intervene" more directly against perceived Iranian domination of the GOI. They envisioned Anbar as the key to a prosperous, stable, and united Iraq that [...]
2010-02-11 17:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD373IRAQI ARMY CORDONS OFF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 9, the Iraqi Army (IA) formed a cordon around the Salah ad-Din (SAD) Provincial Council (PC) building, with orders reportedly from PM Maliki to prevent access by the PC Chair. The PC Chair warned that protests could escalate unless the IA was removed. He also reported [...]
2010-02-11 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD377HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ALAARAGY AND AL-SODANI
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD, who have been nominated to participate in the Sovereign Challenge at Special Operation [...]
2010-02-13 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
10BAGHDAD381UPDATE #3: BARZANI EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RELEASE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Approximately 90 minutes before the February 11 deadline set by the Kurds to withdraw from the Ninewa Combined Check Points (CCPs) and block the roads north of Mosul to the Kurdistan Region, KRG President Barzani was persuaded to extend the deadline to February 13 to allow time [...]
2010-02-14 09:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD3852010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INFORMATION FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period of mid- February 2009 to mid-February 2010. Despite numerous issues facing the Government of Iraq (GOI) during this reporting period, it has taken decisive steps towards addressing the issue of human t [...]
2010-02-15 05:02:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTIP LAURA PENA INL DRL PRM NEA RA KTIP
10BAGHDAD387PRT MUTHANNA: MUTHANNA GOVERNOR CANCELS MEETING
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (PM) reportedly ordered Muthanna Governor Ibrahim Salman al-Mayali (State of Law) to cancel his February 10 meeting with Ambassador Hill in Baghdad. The Governor advised the PRT that the PM wanted to [...]
2010-02-15 08:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD391 With Help from the FBI, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Holds
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, 2010, the Ministry of Interior's National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) held its first Citizens' Academy in Baghdad for approximately twenty-five Iraqis, including private citizens, religious leaders, and government officials. Modeled after the succe [...]
2010-02-15 09:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PGOV PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD401THE FUTURE OF BAGHDAD'S LOCAL COUNCILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the American military drawdown in Iraq progresses, members of Baghdad sub-provincial councils remain anxious. Threats to their positions, salaries, lives and political independence have taken a toll even though legislation approved by parliament on January 25 may deliver some [...]
2010-02-15 18:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD405PRIME MINISTER INSERTS HIMSELF INTO AUTHORIZATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki, through the Office of the Commander in Chief head General Faruq, directed February 12 that the PM must authorize all U.S. combined operations following a February 11/12 U.S.-Iraqi operation in the southern Iraqi province of Maysan. The operation was aim [...]
2010-02-16 13:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD408 IRAQ IN-COUNTRY REFUGEE PROGRAM -- MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the second anniversary of the "Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act" the in-country refugee program has doubled capacity since last year and is functioning more efficiently as it focuses on the most vulnerable in the program. Processing has improved through a concerted dedication of De [...]
2010-02-16 14:23:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD411PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION SECURITY PLANNING - GOI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent briefings by the GOI and United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) personnel provided insights into the state of election security planning in advance of the March 7th national poll. On February 11th, the Electoral Supreme Security Committee (ESSC) hosted a second [...]
2010-02-16 14:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD414UNAMI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE
[...] (C) Previewing SRSG Melkert,s February 16 report to the UNSC, Deputy SRSG said Melkert would likely express concern about the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification campaign but caution against making a determination at this time on the legitimacy and credibility of Iraq's electoral pr [...]
2010-02-16 15:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD416 ATF Promotes Standards in Iraqi Post-Blast
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent series of high-profile Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) in Baghdad has highlighted the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior's urgent need for an incident command system that helps ensure the safe and necessary collection of evidence and facilitates follow [...]
2010-02-17 04:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS IZ KCRM PTER
10BAGHDAD42INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Baghdad Visit Lays
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary Johnson utilized his December 11-15 Baghdad trip to advance the transition of the police development program from the U.S. military to the State Department. Johnson prev [...]
2010-01-07 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD420 IRAQ IN-COUNTRY REFUGEE PROGRAM -- MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the second anniversary of the "Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act" the in-country refugee program has doubled capacity since last year and is functioning more efficiently as it focuses on the most vulnerable in the program. Processing has improved through a concerted dedication of De [...]
2010-02-17 10:59:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD422DE-BA'ATHIFICATION AND THE ELECTIONS: A COMPLEX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The disqualification of election candidates by the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) and the resulting appeals process appears to have been heavily influenced by political considerations. Efforts to prevent the barring of candidates until after a transparent, thorough r [...]
2010-02-17 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD423TAWWAFUQ BLOC LEADER ENTHUSIASTIC ON CODE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 12:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD426PM MALIKI ORDERS RETURN TO ALMOST NORMAL
[...] (S/NF) The Prime Minister's Office issued a memorandum February 16 to the Defense and Interior Ministries which reversed the February 12 order to suspend U.S.-Iraqi combined security operations (text in paragraph two below). The new order effectively allows almost all Iraqi Security Force o [...]
2010-02-17 15:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD433DPM ISSAWI: WORST OF DE-BA'ATH CRISIS IS OVER;
[...] (C) On February 15, Deputy PM Issawi told CDA his Iraqiyya coalition had weathered the worst of the de-Ba'athification storm, provided there were no further major incidents targeting them. Issawi responded favorably to the idea of a joint agreement and statement by the major coalitions on a [...]
2010-02-18 11:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD434AMBASSADOR MEETS UNAMI SRSG TO DISCUSS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and UNAMI SRSG Melkert agreed February 6 to work together to create a robust new impetus for settlement of Iraq's disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) following the March 7 election. The USG and UNAMI will work to establish a broad-based "normalization process" (t [...]
2010-02-18 12:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ
10BAGHDAD439BANK MELLI BRANCH LICENSES EXTENDED
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Despite assurances from the Prime Minister's office that it would not renew licenses for new Bank Melli branches in Basra, Karbala and Erbil, the Central Bank of Iraq instead extended the licenses. The Embassy will continue to engage with the Prime Minister's office to ensure th [...]
2010-02-18 15:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD440WEEK ONE OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN: POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first week of the official election campaign period saw no major surprises and indicators show that voters will likely turn out in numbers similar to levels for the successful January 2009 provincial elections. While the campaign started out slowly in the south of Iraq, alleg [...]
2010-02-18 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD441ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT DE-ESCALATES TENSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the wake of a February 16 press statement by the UN Security Council Presidency calling on the GOI and Iraqi political actors to conduct national elections in a transparent, inclusive and legitimate manner, the five major political coalitions (PM Maliki's State of L [...]
2010-02-18 17:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD442PRT MAYSAN: ALI AL-SHARQI OPERATION SPURS PUBLIC
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Inaccurate reports of a unilateral USF-I raid upon a village in southern Maysan provinces, leaving a woman and child among the ten dead, sparked angry reactions among local residents. In reality, the combined Iraqi-US operation was aimed [...]
2010-02-19 07:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KDEM KPAO IR IZ
10BAGHDAD470GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VISIT OF UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel demarche to DFM Labeed Abbawi February 17, regarding the visit to Syria of Under Secretary Burns and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Benjamin. Abbawi said the GOI would not have problems with the visit. Reports in the Arab press that Washington had decide [...]
2010-02-22 12:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IZ
10BAGHDAD474MFA SENDS FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO IAEA; REVIEWS WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Zebari has sent a second follow-up letter to IAEA Director General Amano making explicit the GOI intent to provisionally apply the Additional Protocol (AP). The short February 17 letter states that the AP "will be implemented provisionally as of the date of this letter pendin [...]
2010-02-22 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD475IRAQI ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2010
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's electoral campaign continues to proceed apace with less than two weeks left until voting day. Reports in the Western press of a Sunni election boycott are vastly exaggerated; there are no serious indications that Sunni voters will stay away from the polls in meaningful nu [...]
2010-02-22 17:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD480TIP IN IRAQ: DIVISION AND MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with Government of Iraq (GOI) officials, as well as political developments, indicate that trafficking in persons (TIP) remains a divisive topic, but one whose profile is rising. Recent movement on the GOI's anti-trafficking draft legislation has emboldened various [...]
2010-02-23 11:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALTIP DRL NEA RA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB
10BAGHDAD481USF-I COUNTER PKK ACTION PLAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: USF-I is drafting a joint action plan to recommend initiatives for the GOT and GOI to consider in combating the PKK following a visit to Ankara by USF-I Commanding General Ray Odierno on February 3. Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, on February 17 presented two action [...]
2010-02-23 11:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR PREL PTER TU
10BAGHDAD482AUSTR DELANEY VISIT: GOI PROGRESS ON WTO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: Government, parliamentary, and judicial officials expressed varying degrees of support for the GOI's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession ambitions during the February 7-11 visit to Baghdad of Assistant United States Trade Representative Michael Delaney. Delaney pushed all s [...]
2010-02-23 12:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
10BAGHDAD490EPRT BAGHDAD WEST: INTERNALLY DISPLACED RAISING
[...] This is an ePRT Baghdad West report. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, Kadhimiyyah District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Muslim Salih repeated to ePRT Baghdad West Team Leader (TL) his preference that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) resident in local clusters return to their places [...]
2010-02-23 18:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD499COALITION PROFILE: PM MALIKI'S STATE OF LAW
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a significant move toward political independence, PM Maliki announced the formation of the State of Law Alliance (SLA) in October 2009, distancing himself from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA),the dominant Shi'a-led coalition. Despite its strong ties to Iran, SLA [...]
2010-02-24 14:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ
10BAGHDAD506PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ - TARGETED VIOLENCE DOWN BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports that it has not seen an increase in targeted violence against Palestinians in Iraq. It does report an increase in: accounts of harassment at the many checkpoints found throughout Iraq; reports of arbitrary and targeted detentions following terrorist incidents in B [...]
2010-02-25 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD507MEK/ASHRAF: GOI PLANS TO RELOCATE MEK ON HOLD FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with Emboffs and USF-I officials, the Chairman of the GOI's Ashraf Committee responsible for the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) stated the following: (1) The GOI has no plans to move the MeK for the foreseeable future given the national elections and the [...]
2010-02-25 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CVIS IR IZ
10BAGHDAD508PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: TRANSITION ISSUES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) held its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at Embassy Baghdad. Embassy, NEA, and military officials briefed Team Leaders on the state of play regarding the national election scheduled [...]
2010-02-25 16:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PGOV
10BAGHDAD509IRAQI ELECTION CAMPAIGN WEEK TWO: POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Election campaigning intensified as the second week of the official campaign season drew to a close. Iraqis were bombarded by campaign ads through a variety of media; some poster-filled city streets took on a decidedly garish look. Many Iraqi political leaders, including senior [...]
2010-02-25 17:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD510AUSTR DELANEY VISIT: GOI PROGRESS ON LABOR RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Shura Council has completed its constitutional review of a draft labor code and will send it to the Council of Ministers "in the coming days," Shura President Ghazi Milo Ibrahim al-Janabi told Assistant United States Trade Representative Michael Delaney during Delaney's Februa [...]
2010-02-26 11:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ
10BAGHDAD518MOBILE BANKING - GREAT POTENTIAL IN IRAQ, BUT OBSTACLES
[...] (SBU) This cable contains substantial input from Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),DoD's Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TF BSO) and USF-I, J-6 (Communications and Information Systems Directorate). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With two cell phones for every three Iraqis [...]
2010-02-28 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN ECON EAID IZ
10BAGHDAD52PM MALIKI ON BLACKWATER, OIL CONTRACTS, UM QASR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Maliki told the Ambassador January 7 that he was very satisfied with recent counterterrorism operations mounted in the Mosul area, attributing some of the success to measures he had implemented in the past that were providing the critical institutional support required t [...]
2010-01-08 14:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PTER IZ IR
10BAGHDAD521MOD/MOI PERSONNEL CHURN INDICATIVE OF POLITICAL
[...] (SECRET/NOFORN) SUMMARY: February 24 media accounts of renewed de-Ba'athification are not new; rather, they represent the culling of up to 376 MoD and MoI personnel previously reported in mid- and senior-level personnel assignments. Many of these personnel movements, however, arguably are unre [...]
2010-02-28 07:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PINS MCAP IZ
10BAGHDAD535LESSONS LEARNED FROM IDP RETURNS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Community leaders from south Baghdad's Saydiya neighborhood report that approximately 7,200 displaced families have returned since early 2008 and that around 1,400 families have not returned but rent out their homes. (NOTE: Baghdad ePRT tracking data from police statistics sh [...]
2010-02-28 15:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD537COALITION PROFILE: THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi National Alliance (INA) was officially formed on August 24, 2009 and is often seen as the successor of the pan-Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),which captured a plurality of votes in the 2005 national elections. Comprised of 32 entities, including a small number of tok [...]
2010-02-28 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD63FALLOUT OVER BLACKWATER CONTINUES, ALBEIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The public upset over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges against former Blackwater employees for their role in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September 2007 has quieted, but there continue to be repercussions. The Embassy and CODEL McCai [...]
2010-01-11 11:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD64KRG OFFICIALS ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with senior leaders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraqi (SANI) emphasized U.S. support for a negotiated, consensus-based solution to Kirkuk. SANI stressed to Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Kamal Kirkuki an [...]
2010-01-11 14:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM USNC IZ
10BAGHDAD74S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: WOMEN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of comprehensive data, trafficking of women and girls for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and indentured servitude in Iraq appears to be a persistent and widespread problem. As the Government of Iraq (GOI) has not taken significant steps to [...]
2010-01-12 05:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM TIP AID SGWI TRSY ODAG
10BAGHDAD82 Iraq Likely to Gain EITI Candidacy
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iraq's political leaders renewed their support for improved transparency of oil export revenues and the country is now poised for candidacy status in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). During a conference January 10-11, the Ministry of Oil Inspector Gene [...]
2010-01-13 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV KCOR EFIN ECON IZ NO
10BAGHDAD83DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AT THE ANBAR DETENTION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a series of December visits to the Hurricane Point Judicial Complex in Ramadi, PRTOffs discovered unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the recently occupied detention facility. The principal cause of these condition [...]
2010-01-13 08:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM
10BAGHDAD96UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PRESIDENCY COUNCIL, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Constitutional Review Committee of parliament drafted a series of proposed constitutional amendments in July 2009. If approved by an absolute majority in parliament before the end of the current term in mid-March, the Constitution provides that the amendments wou [...]
2010-01-13 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD97THE WAY FORWARD ON THE AL-MUTLAQ CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: The controversy that has erupted over the possible barring of Sunni political leader Saleh al-Mutlaq has highlighted some of the swirling political cross-currents evident in the run-up to Iraqi elections in March. Few if any contacts have anything good to say about Mutlaq but ma [...]
2010-01-13 16:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
10BAKU107GRAND AYATOLLAH TO KHAMEINI: FREE PRISONERS, MAKE
[...] (C) Iranian source briefed Baku Iran watcher on an alleged February 9 meeting in Tehran between Supreme Leader Khameini and Grand Ayatollah Musavi-Ardebili. The source, a relative by marriage of Ardebili's, is a longtime Baku Iran watche contact who has credibly demonstrated access to a wide [...]
2010-02-16 12:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU117KREMLIN FREQUENT FLYER NARYSHKIN BRINGS SOFT POWER
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, completed another high-profile visit to Baku - his fifth since President Aliyev's second presidential term began in October 2008 - from January 22-24. Naryshkin's visits combine close-hold diplomacy with Pres [...]
2010-02-18 13:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ
10BAKU118AZERBAIJAN: S/GWI FY2010 PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, this cable summarizes the three prioritized Post proposals addressing (1)prevention of gender-based violence through public awareness in IDP populated areas in the outskirts of Baku; (2) legal empowerment of women through education and individualized legal support in isola [...]
2010-02-19 14:09:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM AID COM TSY AJ KWMN PREL
10BAKU12AZERBAIJAN: THE MARKET FOR LABOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Range Rover class may be awash in wealth as oil exports continue to grow, but we see no evidence that oil wealth has transformed wages at the bottom end of the salary scale. The largest employer of unskilled Azeri labor is the construction sector; the number of j [...]
2010-01-07 13:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ETRA EINV EIND AJ
10BAKU123KAZAKH CIO TRIP TO BAKU AND YEREVAN "ONLY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan's Embassy eagerly denied to Poloff that FM Kanat Saudabayev, visiting Baku February 14-15 as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),brought any new proposals with him relating to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),contrary to local media reporting. The Embassy emphasized that the Minister [...]
2010-02-23 12:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
10BAKU127AZERBAIJAN: WHO OWNS WHAT VOL. 2 - THE MINISTER OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a series that profiles the most powerful families in Azerbaijan, both in terms of economic and political power. This issue features Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and his family. Heydarov was previously Chairman of the State Customs Com [...]
2010-02-25 05:18:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV RS KS IR
10BAKU132AZERBAIJAN: CHANGES TO MEDIA LAW CONSTRICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Parliament on February 12 approved changes to media legislation that further restrict journalists from gathering and disseminating information while reinforcing the government's ability to investigate the public. In an already constrained media environment, these ch [...]
2010-02-25 06:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
10BAKU134AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TO U/S BURNS: "YOU CAN'T
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev used this coarse street slang to describe the relationship between Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin, but he might well have used the same idiom to describe his concerns about Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Peace Process. He to [...]
2010-02-25 08:15:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ETRD AJ AM RS IR TU
10BAKU135AZERBAIJAN: OUR TELECOMS OFFICER IS SELIM
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Baku is pleased to inform EEB/CIP that our Telecommunications Policy Officer (TPO) is Mr. Selim Ariturk. We expect Mr. Ariturk will be at post until the end of May, at which time he will be succeeded by Ms. Olga Romanova, who will also succeed him as TPO. LU [...]
2010-02-25 12:03:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS AJ
10BAKU136AZERBAIJAN 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Embassy submits answers to reftel questions on Trafficking in Persons in Azerbaijan. Point of contact is Poloff Joanna Ganson and she can be reach by phone 994-12-498-0335, fax 994-12-465-6671, and email gansonjh@state.gov. Estimated number of hours spent on thi [...]
2010-02-25 13:21:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP ELAB KMCA PREF
10BAKU137AZERBAIJAN: FATIMA ZAHRA MOSQUE AWAITS ITS FATE
[...] (U) The Fatima Zahra mosque located in the Yeni Guneshli area of Baku's Surakhani District remains closed, and its construction is frozen amid press reporting and statements by religious officials criticizing the potential destruction of the mosque. 2. (C) In early February 2010, Po [...]
2010-02-26 12:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR AJ
10BAKU138HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NOW FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22 poloff met with three of Azerbaijan's leading human rights defenders for an update on their major concerns. Topping their list were increasing Iranian-inspired religiosity and property rights, as well as political prisoners and NGO registration problems. The righ [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ
10BAKU14AZERBAIJAN: TREASURY A/S COHEN DISCUSSES AML/CTF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baku, October 21-22, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, David S. Cohen, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) officials and private sector business representatives. In meetings with the Minister Finance, Chairman of the [...]
2010-01-08 08:20:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ
10BAKU15AZERBAIJAN: MOED READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON NEXT ROUND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. - Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission last met in November 2008; prior to that, meetings took place roughly annually, alternating between Baku and Washington. These meetings were successful in sending a message about U.S. commitment to a more transparent business [...]
2010-01-08 08:20:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD BTIO EFIN KCOR KIPR AJ TU GG
10BAKU17POLICE BRUTALITY IN NAKHCHIVAN VILLAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, 28 and January 5, police allegedly arrested and mistreated hundreds of residents of a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. The OSCE Office in Baku, through conversations with residents of the village now living in Baku, was able to confirm the b [...]
2010-01-08 12:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
10BAKU24AZERBAIJAN: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) This cable answers reftel questions on USG engagement on women's issues in Azerbaijan. 2. (SBU) Provide details on current women's issues programs which highlight Post's work with civil society, NGOs, local governments, international or regional organizations, and other relevant inter [...]
2010-01-12 13:03:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KWMN AJ
10BAKU27AZERBAIJAN: POLOFF AND LES FACE HARASSMENT IN
[...] (SBU) At 1100 local January 13, a group composed of Poloff, a political LES and the DCM of the Norwegian Embassy in Baku were harassed by an angry crowd while visiting the village of Bananiyar in the autonomous exclave of Nakhchivan to investigate the events reported in Reftel. On approaching [...]
2010-01-13 13:42:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AJ
10BAKU39AZERBAIJAN: DIPLOMATS HARASSED IN NAKHCHIVAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As detailed in reftel A, on December 28 and January 5, police mistreated hundreds and arrested dozens of residents of Bananyar, a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. Poloff and a political LES joined the Norwegian DCM on a fact-finding trip to Nakhchivan on Ja [...]
2010-01-19 13:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
10BAKU49AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES THE U.S. FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Morningstar's January 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, Charge took the opportunity to draw the Minister's attention to the recent incident in Nakhchivan (ref A) and the Charge's earlier discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Sadiqov. The exchang [...]
2010-01-25 12:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ
10BAKU54AZERBAIJAN: WHO OWNS WHAT? PART 1 - THE FIRST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the first in a series that will highlight the most powerful families in Azerbaijan, both in terms of economic and political power. In this opening issue, we profile the family of First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva (born Mehriban Pashayeva),and her uncle, former Azerbaijani [...]
2010-01-27 13:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV AJ
10BAKU59EXBS: AZERBAIJAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - January
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:35:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AJ
10BAKU65AZERBAIJAN: THREE AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTORS TRAINED AT USDOJ
[...] SUMMARY: In April 2009, three Azeri prosecutors went with the DOJ OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor on an INL funded study-tour to the DOJ National Advocacy Center (NAC) Columbia, South Carolina. Under the RLA's supervision, they took an intensive two-week trial advocacy course. Each of these thre [...]
2010-02-02 07:29:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
10BAKU69PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CLAIMS NAKHCHIVAN POLICE
[...] (C) On January 29, Senior Presidential Advisor for Law Enforcement Fuad Alesgarov told the Charge that "I don't know if there were Interior Ministry abuses in Bananyar village (of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic),but if there were, we had to do it to fight religious extremism." He continu [...]
2010-02-02 13:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP AJ IR
10BAKU86BAKU SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 19 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku will be a welcome demonstration of high-level attention to Azerbaijan as the Turkey-Armenia normalization process moves toward a conclusion. Baku is plainly seeking assurances that the United States will continue to engage on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after the Tur [...]
2010-02-09 14:32:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
10BAMAKO102MALIAN PRESS REPORTS THAT GOM RELEASED AQIM
[...] (SBU) On February 19, the Malian newspaper l'Independant carried a front page news story stating that in an extraordinary session beginning at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of February 18, the judge presiding over the court of first instance of Bamako's Commune III released four Al Qaeda in the L [...]
2010-02-19 13:36:00Embassy BamakoSECRETML PREL PTER
10BAMAKO114MALI'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 15:57:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ECPS ML
10BAMAKO13 MALI SEEKS AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE MAMADOU
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received on January 8 a diplomatic note (dated January 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali in Bamako. The note seeks the USG's agrement for the appointment of Mamadou Traore as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotent [...]
2010-01-11 14:26:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP ML
10BAMAKO26RADIO KAYIRA JOURNALIST ARRESTED, THEN FREED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2009, police in Kita, Mali, arrested Noumouke Sidibe, a journalist for the opposition Radio Kayira group of radio stations. Local authorities accused Sidibe of having used his radio show to incite the July 15, 2009 riots in Kita that occurred following the shoot [...]
2010-01-15 12:08:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO31TOWN HALL MEETING: 2009 FORUM GIVES MALIANS
[...] (U) On December 10, 2009, the 14th Democracy Forum was held at Bamako International Convention Center. Started in 1992 by then-President Alpha Oumar Konare, the Forum is the Malian equivalent of an American town hall meeting - an opportunity for citizens to present questions and complaints di [...]
2010-01-21 13:33:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO48MALI - GHFSI DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
[...] (U) Embassy Bamako is pleased to submit its Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) diplomatic strategy paper. Post has a robust plan to foster agricultural development. It coordinates closely with the Government of Mali (GOM) and international donor partners. We have identified s [...]
2010-01-29 11:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PREL ML
10BAMAKO54NEW INFORMATION ON CRASHED DRUG PLANE
[...] (S) On January 12, [name redacted], provided PolCouns with copies of documents from the civil aviation authorities of Saudi Arabia and Guinea-Bissau he believed pertained to the Boeing 727 that crashed on take-off near the town of Tarkint in Northern Mali at the beginning of November 2009. The firs [...]
2010-02-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoSECRETKCRM PGOV PINS SNAR ML
10BAMAKO59MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On February 1 Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Al-Maamoun Keita to highlight U.S. efforts to mobilize diplomatic engagement with Iran in 2009, underscore the lack of a meaningful Iranian response, outline U.S. view of the necessity of increasing pressure on Iran [...]
2010-02-01 17:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PREL UNSC
10BAMAKO66MALI RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: 2009 REPORT
[...] This cable responds to Reftel A requests for information on child labor and forced labor for DOL congressional reporting requirements. Tasking 1 / TVPRA 2. The following answers, keyed toquestions in paragraph 15 of 2009 State 131995, are provided below: 1A) GOOD: As per paragraph 14 o [...]
2010-02-03 08:18:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID ML
10BAMAKO75MALIAN SECURITY SERVICE ARRESTS CHEIBANI OULD HAMA
[...] (S) On February 2, 2010, Malian security forces apprehended Cheibani ould Hama (a.k.a. Alhassan ould Mohammed). Cheibani has been accused of participating in the kidnappings of four western tourists along the Mali/Niger border in late December 2008/early January 2009. These were later sold [...]
2010-02-09 09:27:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL PTER ML
10BAMAKO77MALI'S COURTS TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: From December 30, 2009 to January 29, 2010 the Court of Appeals of Bamako held a special session to try a series of corruption cases. Twelve cases were presented involving 52 defendants accused of having stolen a total of USD 3.7 million of public money. The cases covered a wid [...]
2010-02-09 09:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO79YOUTH WING OF MALI'S LARGEST PARTY ELECTS NEW
[...] On January 23-24, the youth wing of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA) held its third general congress in Bamako, with 250-300 delegates in attendance. By way of background, ADEMA is the party of former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare and is the largest in the National Assembly. [...]
2010-02-09 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO90CIVIL AVIATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 16:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ML
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN18Microsoft Finds Light At The End Of The
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 08:13:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV USTR BX
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN6BRUNEI'S EXPANDING ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS
[...] (SBU) Brunei has seen a relative increase in corruption case brought to trial as well as said trials receiving extensive media coverage. Most cases involve Government of Brunei (GoB) employees charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The GoB employees range from a career diplomat receivi [...]
2010-01-08 04:07:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KINR BX
10BANGKOK113THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW MFA PERMANENT
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with the new MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador and Theerakun explored opportunities for U.S. engagement in Thailand and the region, agreeing that additional U.S. involvement would be valuable for both nations. The Ambassador prev [...]
2010-01-14 09:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM APEC SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK114THAILAND: MFA REACTS STRONGLY TO AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's opinion piece on the repatriation of the Lao Hmong in the Bangkok Post on January 13 triggered an immediate reaction from the RTG (full op-ed text included at para 7). The PM's office and MFA called first thing in the morning. PermSec Theerakul tasked the MFA Americas [...]
2010-01-14 10:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK125 BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $20,000 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' (EEB) agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2010. EEB's funding would support a workshop on the intersection of biotechnology, food security, rice production and the four [...]
2010-01-15 10:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH
10BANGKOK126THAILAND PLANS TO ASSIST HAITI
[...] (SBU) The RTG plans to provide $20,000 assistance to Haiti following the devastating earthquake on January 12, Phisek Panupat of MFA's Latin America Division confirmed to us. (Note: No information on how that money would be sent.) The RTG is forming an interagency team to examine what addition [...]
2010-01-19 00:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK147SOUTHERN THAILAND: JUNE 2009 MOSQUE SHOOTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sutthirak Kongsuwan, the prime suspect in the June 8, 2009 shooting at the Al Furqon mosque in Narathiwat, turned himself into Thai police on January 14 after months of pressure from Democrat Party politicians on security forces for progress in the case. Authorities announced t [...]
2010-01-19 10:05:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK148THAILAND INCREASES PLANNED CASH AID FOR HAITI, MOD
[...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel U.S. appreciation for Thailand's assistance for Haiti relief efforts to Phisek Panupat of the Latin America Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 19. Phisek confirmed to us that the Thai Cabinet had decided earlier January 19 to increase Thailand's offer [...]
2010-01-19 11:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT TH HA
10BANGKOK149THAILAND: RED-SHIRT CORE LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") on January 14 to engage them on UDD plans for anti-government protests in the new year. The Ambassador stressed the importance of the movement eschewing violence a [...]
2010-01-20 04:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK163 THAILAND SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT LAGS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ESTHoff discussed COP15 with Thailand's lead climate change negotiator on January 13; Ref A demarche was delivered to Minister of Environment on January 14. Both viewed the Copenhagen Accord positively. The PM will chair an interagency meeting on January 21 to start [...]
2010-01-20 07:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
10BANGKOK175THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...]
2010-01-21 07:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK185A/S SHAPIRO AND THE AMBASSADOR PRESS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and the Ambassador repeatedly raised a USG request for the Thai government's list of screened-in Hmong during meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban, Minister of Defense [...]
2010-01-23 10:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK206THAILAND: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (David J. Ahn and Thomas J. Walsh),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text: Chapter 6: Investment Climate --------------- [...]
2010-01-26 01:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
10BANGKOK209 BANGKOK ENGAGES MEDIA AND PUBLIC ON HAITI
[...] Summary: Post engaged local Thai audiences in a variety of ways to counter any possible misperceptions, inaccuracies and misinformation regarding U.S. relief efforts for Haiti. The centerpiece of the outreach was a roundtable for Thai journalists held by the Ambassador on Thursday, January 21 [...]
2010-01-26 04:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA TH
10BANGKOK210SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT BY
[...] (C) Summary. Post believes that the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has violated the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) by transferring Pratt & Whitney F100 engines to Samsung Industries in the Republic of Korea and Bet Shemesh Industries in Israel for overhaul and repair, prior to return to Thaila [...]
2010-01-26 09:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS ETTC TH
10BANGKOK226SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL WILLARD
[...] (C) Admiral Willard, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecognized. That a full range of actors in the Thai political scene can openly and vigorously debate policies and the state [...]
2010-01-27 10:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK233THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...]
2010-01-28 10:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK249THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the unit and the commander listed below, who has been selected to attend [...]
2010-01-29 09:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK269CHINA,S SUSTAINED, SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO COURT
[...] (C) Summary: Thai contacts from government to academia see a decade-long Chinese romance of Southeast Asia, both through ASEAN and bilaterally, to have been successful in increasing Chinese influence during a period in which many believe that U.S. influence and prestige in the region has waned [...]
2010-02-02 04:24:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK276EMBASSY ENGAGES THAI OFFICIALS ON SECOND BOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we briefed officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 27 and Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on February 1 about the existence of a second, sealed indictment and USG plans to submit an additional extradition request for Viktor Bout. The [...]
2010-02-02 09:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALCJAN PGOV PREL TH
10BANGKOK278THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]
2010-02-02 10:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BANGKOK283THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...]
2010-02-03 09:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK286CHINA'S RISE AS THAILAND'S ECONOMIC PARTNER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the month of December 2009, China, for the first time, displaced the United States as Thailand's top export market. For the previous year as a whole, the U.S. barely held on to the number one position it has held for decades, but China is likely to overtake the U.S. in 2010. [...]
2010-02-03 09:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TH
10BANGKOK287THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL RESUMES A MORE VISIBLE
[...] (C) King Bhumibol Adulyadej has actively presided over three separate swearing-in ceremonies at Siriraj Hospital since mid-January, dispensing philosophic advice to ministers and judges in public and the Prime Minister in private. In addition to swearing-in the five new cabinet members on Jan [...]
2010-02-03 10:47:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH
10BANGKOK298SCENESETTER FOR THE CSA-HOSTED VISIT OF THAI ARMY
[...] (C) General Casey, the upcoming visit of Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paojinda will be an important occasion to demonstrate our appreciation for the U.S.-Thai relationship. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecogni [...]
2010-02-04 05:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK3PM ABHISIT AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK: A MOSTLY POSITIVE
[...] (C) One-year into his term as Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva has lasted in office far longer than most political prognosticators ever thought possible. Through this sheer act of survival in the rough and tumble world of Thai politics, he has confounded his detractors and rebutted -- in the [...]
2010-01-04 04:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK310 China's Role in Thai Education Growing, but not
[...] (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables on China's influence in Thailand. 2. (SBU) Summary. The impact of China's efforts to increase its soft power in Thailand is evident in the field of education. The number of Thai students in China and of Chinese students in Thailand has increa [...]
2010-02-04 23:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL PREL CH TH
10BANGKOK320THAI FINANCE MINISTER REAFFIRMS TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij reaffirmed to the Ambassador his personal commitment to working through economic and commercial issues of concern to the USG and U.S. businesses. Korn informed the Ambassador that draft customs law amendments may be presen [...]
2010-02-05 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL KHLS EWWT TH
10BANGKOK34THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...]
2010-01-07 03:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK35THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...]
2010-01-07 03:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGKOK360RELO BANGKOK REPORT ON ENGLISH-TEACHING IN THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Regional English Language Office (RELO) in Bangkok, consisting of a RELO and a RELO Assistant (LES),is actively engaged in a variety of programs aimed at improving the teaching and learning of English in SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Taiwan). A dive [...]
2010-02-11 05:44:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TH KPAO OEXC SCUL
10BANGKOK378THAILAND S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR THE 2010
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok's grant review committee submits the following four proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is an innovative and comprehensive economic empowerment program for women in Souther [...]
2010-02-12 08:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TH
10BANGKOK379Thai Business Leaders Tell DAS Marciel that the Regional
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting hosted by Ambassador John for visiting DAS Scot Marciel, Thai business leaders expressed confidence in ASEAN as a stable business community and stressed the importance of the Greater Mekong Sub-region in U.S. foreign policy. They are not concerned about China's gro [...]
2010-02-12 09:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ECON CH BM TH
10BANGKOK381DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES THAI LEADERS ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. EAP DAS and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged the Thai MFA PermSec and PM deputy SecGen, as well as several prominent Thai thinkers, on key regional and bilateral issues during his February 10 visit to Bangkok. Issues included regional architecture, U.S.-Thai rel [...]
2010-02-12 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK411ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders stressed continued U.S. engagement in Thailand and assistance to the Thai military as extremely valuable during Admiral Willard's February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva highlighted his desire for continued strong U.S. engagement in Thailand and [...]
2010-02-18 05:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS MCAP TH
10BANGKOK43SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA,S JANUARY
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Congressman Faleomavaega, Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes your visit. You will arrive January 16 to a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after [...]
2010-01-07 09:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK432NGO Activist Believes Prevention is Key to Fight against
[...] (SBU) Summary: An experienced NGO activist working in a Thai border area believes the only thing that has proven to work against trafficking in persons is prevention, i.e., keeping victims from getting involved in the first place. Once involved in trafficking, it is hard for victims to return [...]
2010-02-22 10:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM KTIP TH
10BANGKOK45SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHAPIRO
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shapiro, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic discord and current inward focus, Thailand's strategic importance to the U.S. cannot be overstated. Your visit provides an opportunity to signal the United States' appreciation for the long-s [...]
2010-01-07 10:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK454 HOW FAST IS BANGKOK SINKING?
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With a decades-long history of land subsidence similar to that of New Orleans, rising sea levels now threaten the 12 million people of Bangkok with inundation by 2050. ESTHoff and Embassy Science Fellow met with various academic and government actors over several weeks to [...]
2010-02-24 09:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
10BANGKOK468THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BANGKOK48Embassy Bangkok Welcomes Staffdel Steigleder
[...] Post welcomes Staffdel Steigleder with regards to site visits to projects managed by the Department of Labor's International Labor Affairs Bureau that aim to improve worker rights and eliminate child labor. Control officer will be Lawrence Petroni (information below) who has been in touch wit [...]
2010-01-08 03:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB CH JA TH
10BANGKOK483Thai Customs DG Tells Ambassador Reforms on Track
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Director General for Customs told the Ambassador that the first two phases of the Customs reform effort mandated by the Abhisit government have been approved by the Cabinet and that the crucial third phase, which will revamp the rewards system, has been drafted and will [...]
2010-02-26 10:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PARM EWWT TH
10BANGKOK80THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...]
2010-01-12 07:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
10BANGUI11CAR: MINISTER REQUESTS MORE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, RETURN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Economy, Planning, and International Cooperation Sylvain Maliko and his deputy on January 22 to discuss U.S. development assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR). The meeting was at Maliko's request. Maliko praised the high level [...]
2010-01-25 08:43:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON PREL CT
10BANGUI13CAR: BIG HILLBILLY BLUEGRASS BAND TAKES BANGUI
[...] SUMMARY: The visit of "Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band" (BHBB) to the Central African Republic from January 16 to 21 was a resounding success that enabled post to build good will with the Central African Government and populace and provide an exchange of traditional American and Cent [...]
2010-01-25 16:55:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL CT
10BANGUI41LINKAGE BETWEEN DDR AND ELECTIONS COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 2010 Central African elections and the country's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs are becoming increasingly linked, which could result in serious difficulties for the country in the coming months. The opposition continues seek every opportunity to [...]
2010-02-16 15:10:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
10BANGUI46S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, below is Post's submission for S/GWI funding for the Central African Republic (CAR). The program seeks to improve women's leadership capacity, provide technical assistance and capacity building for women's organizations, and promote women's political advancem [...]
2010-02-19 07:34:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CT
10BANGUI9DIAMONDS IN THE CAR: DELETERIOUS TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic (CAR) is at the bottom of the UN's Human Development Index while at the same time possessing vast mineral wealth that could fuel economic growth. Diamonds, in particular, make up roughly 45 percent of all exports from the CAR. Yet, despite particip [...]
2010-01-20 09:19:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN EMIN CT
10BASRAH4BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: GREAT TRANSPORT AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) could play an important role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Relatively new and under-utilized, the airport also connects to Iraq's rail, po [...]
2010-02-09 13:27:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ICAO EINV IZ
10BEIJING102PRC/CENTRAL ASIA: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OPENING
[...] (C) Summary: Following President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 visit to Central Asia and his participation in the inauguration of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, the PRC hopes to deepen political and economic ties to the region, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In [...]
2010-01-14 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET ETRD MARR CH
10BEIJING104JANUARY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA'S INTERNET, HAITI
[...] Key points at the January 14 MFA press briefing were: --"China's Internet is open and the Chinese Government encourages the development and application of the Internet and creates a favorable environment." --"China's law prohibits cyber attacks, including hacking" and China "welcomes inter [...]
2010-01-14 09:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC ETRD CH TW IR IN JA AU
10BEIJING122POSITIVE OFFICIAL REACTION, MUTED PRESS REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech on Asian regional architecture, inviting further bilateral discussion on how best to build effective regional institutions. Stating that differences among Asian states made an EU-like structure untenable, o [...]
2010-01-15 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF XC XE XU
10BEIJING123PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...]
2010-01-15 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN
10BEIJING137DESPITE LISBON TREATY, BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS
[...] (C) Summary: Though uncertainty exists on how EU-PRC relations might change in the wake of the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the PRC hopes to "consolidate strategic trust" in the relationship, according to an MFA official. PRC and EU contacts alike concur that while EU-PRC relation [...]
2010-01-19 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
10BEIJING183SECRETARY'S INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH: CHINA REACTION
[...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 21 speech on Internet Freedom touched a nerve in China. Official reaction was negative, with harsh criticism coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an official statement and from other parts of the Chinese system through critical articles and editorials [...]
2010-01-25 07:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH
10BEIJING206YEMEN CONFERENCE: PRC SUPPORTS BROAD-BASED EFFORT
[...] (C) In response to reftel points explaining USG efforts in Yemen, goals for the January 27 London meeting, and future multilateral efforts, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Attache Jiang Bo told PolOff January 26 that China appreciated the U.S. perspective [...]
2010-01-26 09:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM CH
10BEIJING207GOOGLE UPDATE: PRC ROLE IN ATTACKS AND RESPONSE
[...] (S) Summary: A well-placed contact claims that the Chinese government coordinated the recent intrusions of Google systems. According to our contact, the closely held operations were directed at the Politburo Standing Committee level. -- Another contact claimed a top PRC leader was actively worki [...]
2010-01-26 10:55:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PGOV PHUM PREL EINV CH
10BEIJING208PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPACT OF FOUR PARTY ELDERS'
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, four Communist Party elders published an open letter questioning the legal basis for the conviction of rights activist and Charter 08 co-author Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion." The letter did not call on the Chinese government to release Liu, but rat [...]
2010-01-26 11:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI CH
10BEIJING218PRC MEDIA DEBATE CHINA'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Obama's December 1 announcement at West Point to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Chinese Communist Party(CCP)-affiliated media and the PRC's official television network CCTV began airing disparate views on the proper PRC response to the situation [...]
2010-01-27 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO ECON CH PK AF XD ZK
10BEIJING229CHINA SENDING DELEGATION TO THIRD NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) PolOff and Dutch Embassy counterpart delivered reftel demarche and Note Verbale requesting China's participation in the third Sherpa meeting scheduled for February in The Hague to prepare for the April Nuclear Security Summit to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Divisio [...]
2010-01-28 07:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IAEA EAID TBIO NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10BEIJING230MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET FREEDOM, CHINA POLICY
[...] INTERNET FREEDOM a. "The White House started the 'Internet War' to prepare for elections" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(01/28)(pg 2): "The Chinese people are a little confused by the fact that an unprecedented 'Internet War' is occurring when [...]
2010-01-28 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING231BUILDING U.S. JOBS BY LEVERAGING CHINA,S GROWTH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
10BEIJING233PRC/INDIA: CONTACTS SEE POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China and India will seek to leverage the positive atmosphere surrounding the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2010 to project an image of a healthy, stable bilateral relationship, according to PRC academics and Indian diplomatic contacts. There is consensus that terr [...]
2010-01-28 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING241CHINA REJECTS PROPOSAL ON NEW FEDEX FLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) authorities rejected a U.S. Government request to approve new flight segments to FedEx's hub facility at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. CAAC Director General Li Jiangmin's January 29, 2010 response, faxed to the Embassy, cited the airspa [...]
2010-01-29 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA CH
10BEIJING246PRC/EGYPT: IRAN SUPPORT, LOP-SIDED BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Egyptian diplomatic contact, Arab states are increasingly frustrated by China's ability to obtain concessions in the China-Arab Cooperation Forum without offering the region commensurate support for its interests. China was primarily interested in political suppo [...]
2010-01-29 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH EG IR
10BEIJING247GOOGLE UPDATE: CHINA TECH BUSINESS COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary. Despite media reports quoting Google officials in the U.S. as saying Google is in talks with China, a Ministry of Commerce official told a visiting U.S. delegation on January 28 that "it would be better if Google stopped telling the media that it is in negotiations with China, sin [...]
2010-01-29 12:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV PREL CH
10BEIJING250PRC/KOREAS: ROK EMBASSY VIEWS ON RECENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea asked China to stop publishing cross-border trade statistics, the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) Counselor in Beijing told Econoffs. The North's recent currency revaluation probably would work in the short term, but the he assessed the ban on foreign curr [...]
2010-02-01 01:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV PINR MNUC KNNP KN
10BEIJING260PRC INITIAL RESPONSE TO TAIWAN ARMS SALE
[...] (C) Summary: Two days after the announcement of new arms sales to Taiwan, China's negative reaction to the announcement dominated all discussions of U.S.-China relations. Observers predict a continued series of responses across various sectors that could be exacerbated if President Obama mee [...]
2010-02-01 11:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS PARM CH TW
10BEIJING268TAIWAN ARMS SALES: U.S. FIRMS' EXPOSURE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of major U.S. firms involved in the Taiwan arms deal (and with significant China operations) tell the Embassy they are concerned about possible Chinese sanctions resulting from the deal, but have not yet been contacted by Chinese authorities. Chinese media have f [...]
2010-02-02 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING276MPS REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING HUMAN
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with Embassy Beijing on January 29, Chen Shiqu, Director of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)Office of Combating Human Trafficking requested assistance in updating the statistical models currently in use for deriving data on trafficking in China. Chen stated that the [...]
2010-02-03 07:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL
10BEIJING293PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]
2010-02-04 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BEIJING295TAIWAN ARMS: CHINESE CALL IN U.S. FIRM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) summoned General Electric (GE) China President Mark Norbom to the MFA on February 4 to warn GE on its participation in Taiwan arms sales, referring specifically to the sale of Sikorsky helicopters "built by UTC and GE." The MFA official, [...]
2010-02-04 12:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING30CHINA RATIFIES PALERMO PROTOCOL AND PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) Summary: China on December 26, 2009 voted to ratify the UN Palermo Protocol, effectively obligating itself to bring domestic laws and efforts in line with international standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Separately, a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official told PolMinCo [...]
2010-01-08 03:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
10BEIJING303 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CHINA
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for China, keyed to the categories listed in reftel. 2. 2010 Investment Climate Statement - China -------------------------------------- Overview of China's Investment Climate --------------------------------- [...]
2010-02-05 07:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC CH
10BEIJING309(C) PRC COOPERATION ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK
[...] (C) PRC, South Korean and Japanese contacts believe that Chinese efforts in the Six-Party Talks process will not suffer from Chinese anger at the recent U.S. decision to sell arms to Taiwan. MFA Asia Department Korean Peninsula Affairs Office Director Mao Ning told PolOff February 3 that work [...]
2010-02-05 09:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PARM CH KN KS JA TW
10BEIJING312THIRD U.S.-CHINA TOURISM WORKING GROUP HELD IN SANYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Third U.S.-China Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting under the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) was held on January 13, 2010, in Sanya, China, chaired by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services Joel Secundy and Vice Chairman Zhu Shanzhong of the China Natio [...]
2010-02-05 11:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD CVIS EAIR CH
10BEIJING326IOM DEEMS CHINA TAKING POSITIVE STEPS TO FIGHT
[...] (SBU) In a January 28, 2010 telcon with Embassy Beijing and Department representatives, Tom Sinkovits, Head of Office for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Liaison Office in Beijing stated that human trafficking was a high interest issue in the upper ranks of the Chinese gover [...]
2010-02-08 07:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDCH KWMN KTIP PGOV
10BEIJING33(C) CHINA-AFGHAN RELATIONS PLAGUED BY CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Corruption and commercial fraud have plagued China-Afghan economic relations, according to a Beijing-based Afghan diplomat. Our contact claimed that a "mafia" of corrupt Afghan officials, including Foreign Minister Ragin Dadfar Spanta and former Minister of Mines Ibrahim Adel, had receive [...]
2010-01-08 09:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH
10BEIJING350China/RMB Internationalization: Some
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hong-Kong-based HSBC bank last week announced it had issued the first Renminbi-denominated letter of credit in which none of the trading parties involved came from mainland China. The move was the latest step towards Beijing's stated goal of establishing the Renminbi (RMB) as a [...]
2010-02-10 07:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN CH
10BEIJING352CHINA: S&ED II DATES AND TOPICS; RMB APPRECIATION; ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 25-28 visit to advance preparations for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue II (S&ED II),the U.S. Economic Track staff delegation met with key economic ministries, economists, and U.S. industry representatives. The delegation proposed to their Ministr [...]
2010-02-10 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD CH
10BEIJING353BEIJING'S OLYMPICS AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS TEMPORARY
[...] (SBU) The results of a Cornell University-led study on air quality control measures imposed by the Chinese government during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing show that local controls in Beijing succeeded in only temporarily improving air quality. Although the measures reduced certain pollutants, [...]
2010-02-10 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
10BEIJING367AFRICAN EMBASSIES SUSPICIOUS OF US-CHINA
[...] (C) African Embassy officials told EmbOffs that many in the African community were uncomfortable with the concept of US-China development cooperation in Africa. China's fast, efficient, "no strings attached" bilateral approach is popular in the region, as is the PRC preference for infrastructure ov [...]
2010-02-11 09:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID EINV CH XA
10BEIJING37CHINA-MONGOLIA COOPERATION ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) Summary: China-Mongolia cooperation on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) improved over the past year, particularly at the local levels, according to official and NGO contacts in Beijing, Ulaanbaatar and Erlian, a Chinese town located near the PRC-Mongolia border. Mongolian officials [...]
2010-01-11 01:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
10BEIJING38PRC: WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISOR VALERIE JARRETT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 18 round table with White House Senior Advisor and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls Valerie Jarrett, Chinese activists working on issues effecting women and girls in China noted that while there had been significant improvements in China on women [...]
2010-01-11 01:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN CH
10BEIJING380PRC/PAKISTAN: NO PLA BASE PLANNED, CCP PLAYING ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press speculation about PRC plans to establish a military presence in Pakistan is completely groundless, has been fanned by paranoid Indian news outlets and can be traced back to a single op-ed by a Chinese academic, according to Pakistan Embassy officials. The Pakistani [...]
2010-02-12 08:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING382CHINA-ROK RELATIONS: MINOR TENSIONS, POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary: In a round of recent meetings on the state of Sino-ROK relations, Chinese and ROK officials agree that the overall trend of the bilateral relationship is positive. Chinese leaders are quite pleased at the appointment of Yu Woo-ik, the former Chief of Staff to ROK President Lee My [...]
2010-02-12 09:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH
10BEIJING383STOMP AROUND AND CARRY A SMALL STICK: CHINA´S NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The harsh (per usual) PRC reaction to the recent U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan and President Obama´s intention to meet with the Dalai Lama has focused Chinese domestic attention on a phenomenon already observed (and criticized) abroad: China´s muscle-flexing, triumpha [...]
2010-02-12 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR TW EUN CH
10BEIJING384BEIJING BANS LOCAL-LEVEL LOBBYISTS; FEW PACKING
[...] (C) Summary: China's State Council is moving to close the thousands of local government representative offices in Beijing. Notorious for giving lavish gifts in exchange for central government pork-barrel spending in their districts, local government representatives, according to several cont [...]
2010-02-12 10:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
10BEIJING393PRC-INDONESIA: INCREASED PRC DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC State Councilor Dai Bingguo's "warm, friendly" January 21-26 visit to Indonesia reinforced the perception that China-Indonesia relations have been relatively free of tension of late; however, in reality PRC diplomatic assertiveness with Indonesia has risen steadily in recent [...]
2010-02-18 07:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ASEAN CH ID XC XE
10BEIJING394CAAC DISCUSSES CAPE TOWN TREATY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Embassy officials met with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on February 1, 2010 to discuss China's implementation of the Cape Town Convention and the status of its Technical Cooperation Agreement with FAA. CAAC stated t [...]
2010-02-18 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA ETRD CH
10BEIJING414 EMBASSY BEIJING WELCOMES S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth and Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim and their delegation to China Feb. 24-25, 2010 for consultations related to North Korea policy. Additional Members of Delegation: [...]
2010-02-23 01:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP JA KN KS PREL MNUC CN
10BEIJING438REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR SOCOM FIFTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate, who is currently serving as the Defense Attach at the People's Republic of China (PRC) Embassy in Washington, D.C. He has been nominated to participate in SOCOM's Fifth Annual Conference, "Threats to Sovereignt [...]
2010-02-24 07:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR PTER KCRM SNAR CH
10BEIJING5UK-PRC HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE POSTPONED AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: On December 29 British citizen Akmal Shaikh, who the UK government had asserted was mentally ill, was executed for narcotics charges. On the same day the Chinese government notified the UK that it was indefinitely postponing the January session of the annual UK-PRC bilateral huma [...]
2010-01-04 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10BEIRUT107 INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] (SBU) The MOL, via its Child Labor Unit, and the Ministry of Interior (MOI),via the Internal Security Forces (ISF),were responsible for the enforcement of laws related to hazardous child labor and forced labor. 2. (SBU) In 2009, there were minimal mechanisms for exchanging information bet [...]
2010-02-03 05:34:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID ECON PGOV LE
10BEIRUT11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8 visit as the first high-level delegation to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Foreign Min [...]
2010-01-05 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT114JUSTICE MINISTER NAJJAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador on February 3 that he had forwarded a draft trafficking in persons law to the cabinet for approval, a step needed before it goes to a parliamentary vote. He did not expect the draft to face political opposition. His ministr [...]
2010-02-04 15:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTIP KJUS PHUM KWMN PREF EAID SY
10BEIRUT122ECONOMY MINISTER SAFADI OPTIMISTIC ON GROWTH
[...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Safadi requested assistance in setting up meetings during his private March 7-14 trip to Washington. The prime minister, presi [...]
2010-02-05 16:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAID MEPI KIPR LE
10BEIRUT123SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...]
2010-02-05 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR
10BEIRUT15SCENESETTER FOR A/S JOHNSON'S JAN 10-11 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 10-11 visit as one of the first high-level visits to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meeting with Interior Minister Ziad Baroud will reinforce the message that [...]
2010-01-06 14:11:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PBTS SNAR PREF PTER KPAL KCRM LE
10BEIRUT154CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 409, GOL CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 25 crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from the Beirut airport has brought to light the GOL's weak crisis management planning and interagency coordination. While such deficiencies are common around the world, Lebanon's u [...]
2010-02-17 11:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL MASS MCAP LE ET
10BEIRUT187DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN TRANSFERS OF ARMS TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador's February 25 demarche on the danger of Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hizballah, Prime Minister Saad Hariri acknowledged the urgency and serious nature of the message and said he had feared that Hizballah had "new technol [...]
2010-02-25 16:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PBTS MASS MOPS IS LE TU SY
10BEIRUT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8-9 visit as one of the first high-level delegations to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and [...]
2010-01-05 07:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
10BEIRUT40UNIFIL EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
[...] The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has an authorized strength of 15,000 troops with current troop strength at just over 12,500. In response to ref A, we found no public or media reports concerning trafficking in persons (TIP) or sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving [...]
2010-01-13 16:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM LE UN
10BEIRUT44SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]
2010-01-14 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT68LEBANON: FY2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Introduction: In Lebanon, lack of fiscal transparency is more than a failure of the capacity of the state. It is at the center of a government system that is designed to be opaque so as to serve the interests of the leaders of the political class, rather than the needs of citizens (septel [...]
2010-01-21 17:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR LE
10BEIRUT74CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLT 409: LEBANESE GOVERNMENT REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, RECOVERY
[...] The Lebanese government has requested immediate USG assistance in search and rescue and/or recovery operations following the crash of Ethiopian Airways flight 409 on January 25. The plane, en route from Beirut to Addis Ababa, went down shortly after its 02:30 hrs (local) take-off approximate [...]
2010-01-25 10:16:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC KEMR MOPS LE
10BELGRADE168SERBIA: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2009 End Use Monitoring Report follows. Background A. EUM Program Coordinator Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, NorrisRE@state.gov B. Inventory System DOJ/OPDAT and DOJ/ICITAP do not use an automated inventory system to record and track the distr [...]
2010-02-03 15:58:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN SR
10BELGRADE178SUBJECT: BALKANS REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR REPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 17:19:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV SR
10BELGRADE19Serbia: Ambassador's First Meeting with President Tadic
[...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with Serbian President Tadic, the Ambassador emphasized her desire to expand bilateral cooperation on defense and economic issues, as well as to increase high-level contacts between our governments. Tadic welcomed the intent but expressed frustration that he had not [...]
2010-01-29 17:50:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPREL PGOV SR KV
10BELGRADE210SERBIA MAKES PROGRESS ON TIP RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (SBU) Serbia has recently made several improvements in fighting trafficking in persons, including addressing two major deficiencies in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report in the areas of demonstrating prosecutions and referring victims to services. The government also stepped in to save tw [...]
2010-02-10 14:49:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP KCRM SR
10BELGRADE254SERBIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY STARTS OPERATION
[...] (SBU) Serbia's new Anti-Corruption Agency officially opened its doors January 1, 2010, after months of preparatory work. Despite government officials' strong statements supporting anti-corruption efforts, some observers noted that the new agency lacked effective enforcement power; others were [...]
2010-02-17 07:21:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCOR SR
10BELGRADE266Serbia: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister Dulic
[...] (SBU) In her February 9 introductory call on Minister of Environment and Zoning Dulic, the Ambassador thanked him for his assistance leading to the NEC groundbreaking. Dulic pledged his ongoing support as construction proceeds and requested technical assistance on a variety of environmental [...]
2010-02-18 11:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KIDE SENV PGOV SR
10BELGRADE274Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Djelic Talks Kosovo to
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technology Djelic told the Ambassador that Serbia sought a more "balanced" solution for Kosovo, otherwise Serbia would be isolated from the EU and would not advance toward Europe. Djelic thanked the United States for supporting Serbia's [...]
2010-02-19 17:52:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINV TSPL SR
10BELGRADE28Balkans Regional Refugee Coordinator Report of Weekly
[...] (SBU)December 14-30 Report on Weekly Activities -- Macedonia Government to Take over Refugee Assistance in 2010 -- UNHCR Macedonia's Exit Strategy -- More Returns to Kosovo from Macedonia Possible -- Macedonia's New Amended Asylum Law; Operations Show Improvement -- Kosovo Returns - [...]
2010-01-08 13:09:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV SR
10BELGRADE29Serbia: Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to Ambassador:
[...] (C)Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told the Ambassador, during her February 9 courtesy call, that following his meetings and recent trip to the United States he was committed to expanding our police cooperation on training and operational issues. He assured the Ambassad [...]
2010-02-12 17:50:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC SR
10BELGRADE324SERBIA: Recipe for a NATO Debate - Let Stand 10 Years Then
[...] (SBU) In recent months Serbian media and civil society have tossed a decade of taboos out the window by publishing letters, op-eds and articles that openly debate Serbia's future relationship with NATO, which they have portrayed for years as a "criminal organization." Despite sharp emotional [...]
2010-02-26 11:11:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL OEXC SCUL SR KPAO
10BELGRADE336BELGRADE DESIGNATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY OFFICER
[...] Embassy Belgrade designates Econoff Susan McFee to serve as Telecommunication Policy Officer. McFee is responsible for reporting on all telecom issues, including information and communications technology (ICT) and is Embassy's point of contact with EEB's office of International Communications [...]
2010-02-26 16:34:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON SR
10BELGRADE94SERBIA TO DONATE FUNDS TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Per reftel requests, Embassy presented points to Foreign Affairs Ministry North America Desk Officer Srdjan Miljkovic on assistance to Haiti and Haiti air traffic. We also expressed appreciation for the work of the five Serbian police officers participating in MINUSTAH at the time of th [...]
2010-01-19 16:32:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM UN HA SR
10BELMOPAN104UDP GOVERNMENT'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY BRINGS BUDGET SHORTFALLS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 9 the Prime Minister held his quarterly press conference in Belize City. The main issues discussed were his Government's successes, social assistance programs, the economy, and crime and security. The PM also answered an onslaught of questions from the media, includi [...]
2010-02-24 15:07:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI ECON BTIO BH
10BERLIN101GERMANY TO MOVE AHEAD ON REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 16:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY GM
10BERLIN11EMILY HABER'S RISE TO POWER IN GERMANY'S
[...] (U) The following report contains observations about the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new Political Director Emily Haber based on Embassy PolOff's experience as Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellow in the Western Balkans division (209) at the MFA between September 2007-August 2008. PolOff, [...]
2010-01-07 07:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM PREL PGOV
10BERLIN117(S) IRAN-BOUND SIEMENS COMPUTERS REMAIN STUCK IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 17:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR AE UK CH GM
10BERLIN128ACTION REQUEST: OVERCOMING GERMAN DOUBTS ON U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Embassy Berlin strongly recommends that the Washington Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and data privacy experts currently scheduled to visit Brussels next week also visit Berlin to discuss TFTP and U.S. data privacy policy with German officials. Ge [...]
2010-01-29 06:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10BERLIN137HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: DISESTABLISHMENT
[...] (C) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding Navy plans to disestablish the Fleet Readiness Center Northwest Detachment Expeditionary Logistics Unit at Sembach (state of Rhineland Pfalz),Germany. 2. (C) Government Reaction. We do not expect a negati [...]
2010-02-01 09:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GM
10BERLIN138MAXIMIZING GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 10:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN147IRANIAN IAEA PERM REP DEMANDS NEGOTIATIONS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a restricted high-level January 19 event organized by the Koeber Foundation, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian Permanent Representative to the IAEA argued that negotiations about Iran,s nuclear program remained the only constructive and promising approach to avoid further escal [...]
2010-02-02 16:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
10BERLIN16MEDIA REACTION: US, AFGHANISTAN, TERRORISM, U.S.
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Obama-Intelligence Services Meeting 3. (Afghanistan) Run-up to London Conference 4. (U.S.) Guant namo, Yemen 5. (U.S.) Obama Policy 6. (Environment) Climate Policy  [...]
2010-01-07 13:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAF PTER US KGHG
10BERLIN173MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EURO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, UKRAINE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Protests 3. (EU) Euro Financial Crisis 4. (EU) New European Commission 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (Sri Lanka) Rising Tensions 7. (Germany-U.S.) GM-Opel  [...]
2010-02-10 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM
10BERLIN175TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM
[...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...]
2010-02-11 12:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN180CHANCELLOR MERKEL ANGERED BY LACK OF GERMAN MEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel is privately angry over the lack of support German members of the European Parliament gave the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement and is worried that Washington will view the EP's veto as a sign that Europe does not take the terrorist threat s [...]
2010-02-12 17:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM
10BERLIN181GERMANY RELIEVED BY EU SUMMIT OUTCOME ON GREECE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Angela Merkel's government welcomed the decision taken at the EU's February 11 informal summit in Brussels not to provide financial assistance, for the moment, to cash-strapped Greece. German officials believe a bailout is not needed at this time, and that extending a [...]
2010-02-12 19:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN GM GR PGOV
10BERLIN189ATHENA -- THE GERMAN GODDESS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bremen-based OHB-System is seeking a partnership with "like-minded" countries to develop and deploy a ballistic missile (BM) early warning/tracking satellite constellation, dubbed Athena, conceptually capable of accurately tracking northern latitude missiles from early launch thr [...]
2010-02-18 12:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR RS CH GM
10BERLIN21MISSION BERLIN INCORPORATES WOMEN'S ISSUES INTO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Berlin's programming on women's issues has focused on a range of themes, including violence against women, discrimination, and raising awareness. The Mission's approach has been to address issues that affect women within our broader agenda and to strengthen our ties to lo [...]
2010-01-07 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM GM
10BERLIN216GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...]
2010-02-25 16:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM
10BERLIN224GERMANY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON U.S.
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) Germany has requested clarification regarding visits to German firms by U.S. officials under the framework of various USG export control End-Use-Monitoring (EUM) programs, including the Department of State Blue Lantern, the Departm [...]
2010-02-26 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC GM
10BERLIN33MEDIA REACTION: U.S., MEPP, U.S., ITALY, ECONOMIC;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Remarks on Improving Security 3. (MEPP) U.S. Pressure on Israel 4. (U.S.) Harry Reid Comments 5. (Italy) Violence Against Africans 6. (Economic) Google Tax  [...]
2010-01-11 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDUS XF IT ECON
10BERLIN37BERLIN SENATE ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS DECISION TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Division Director for Foreigner Issues at the Berlin Senate Administration for Interior Issues and Sport, Peter Marhofer, firmly defended his office's denial of residency permits for two AmCit Scientologists to Embassy PolOff on both technical grounds and based on their Scientol [...]
2010-01-12 11:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
10BERLIN50GERMANY'S EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOLLOWING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany's immediate response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti includes the following: 500,000 euros for food aid, 1 million euros for search and rescue operations, a trained search and rescue team, and two water purification devices. More assistance should be forthcomin [...]
2010-01-14 18:18:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
10BERLIN58H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Still Low
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 1,137 to a total of 216,818 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 178. Due to the lack of demand for the H1N1 vaccination, Germany has cut its order for the 2009-H1N1 vaccine to 34 milli [...]
2010-01-15 16:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
10BERLIN62GERMANY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON TRANSITION
[...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA AF/PAK Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on January 15, emphasizing the U.S. hope that NATO's progress in developing a plan for provincial transition could be highlighted as a deliverable at the January 28 London Conference. Koenig, just back from pre- [...]
2010-01-15 17:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN70GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 7.5 MILLION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany has increased humanitarian assistance to Haiti following the January 12 earthquake to 7.5 million euros. Of this total, the Development Ministry (BMZ) is providing 2.5 million euros for food aid and the Foreign Ministry is contributing the remainder for emergency assistan [...]
2010-01-20 06:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA
10BERLIN71GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 7.5 MILLION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany has increased humanitarian assistance to Haiti following the January 12 earthquake to 7.5 million euros. Of this total, the Development Ministry (BMZ) is providing 2.5 million euros for food aid and the Foreign Ministry is contributing the remainder for emergency assistan [...]
2010-01-20 06:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA
10BERLIN74MEDIA REACTION: HAITI EARTHQUAKE, OBAMA PRESIDENCY;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake 3. Obama Presidency - One year On  [...]
2010-01-20 13:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KMDR US HA
10BERLIN80GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 10 MILLION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Germany is actively engaging the German government and public on Haiti following the January 12 earthquake, and has formed an internal task force to coordinate our initiatives. As part of our efforts, I would like to update you on our outreach activities, the German go [...]
2010-01-21 06:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA
10BERLIN85GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany's new Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party - FDP),is a strong proponent of the market economy with a policy agenda focused on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and competition. His principled stand against f [...]
2010-01-21 16:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EIND GM PGOV
10BERLIN87SPD PARLIAMENTARIANS WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians from the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) indicated privately to the Ambassador that under the right circumstances, they might support a modest increase of German troops in Afghanistan. They also promised to remain "serious" on Afghanistan even though the [...]
2010-01-22 11:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN9GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2009
[...] Begin text of report: German security officials stress that Islamist-inspired terrorism is the greatest threat to German security and they estimate that roughly 185 individuals have undergone paramilitary training over the past ten years at Islamist extremist training centers located primari [...]
2010-01-06 13:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL GM
10BERLIN95GERMAN AMB. IN IRAN: TRANSITION TO "NORMAL"
[...] (C) Summary: Germany's new Ambassador to Iran, Bernd Erbel noted that he had not been warmly received by the Iranian government and that most European diplomats are finding the environment in Tehran increasingly difficult to work in. His impression after his first two and a half months was [...]
2010-01-25 13:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GPGOV IR GM
10BERN31ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWITZERLAND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bern is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to engagement with Muslim communities in Switzerland, coordinating efforts between the Political-Economic and Public Affairs sections (reftel). Switzerland has a Muslim population of approximately 320,000 (4.3 percent of the total pop [...]
2010-01-25 21:31:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SZ XG
10BERN40BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH IRAN REGARDING HIKERS?
[...] (S) On January 2, 29 and 30, DCM Carter met with Swiss State Secretary Ambuehl and Swiss AMB to Iran Leu, who passed information detailing Swiss conversations with Iranian FM Mottaki on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF),in Davos, Switzerland, during which Swiss FM Calmy-Rey and Mo [...]
2010-02-01 07:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL CASC MNUC SZ IR
10BERN48U/S HORMATS REVIEWS BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS \
[...] (U) January 25 at 11:00 am; Zurich \ \ 2. (U) Participants: \ \ U.S. \ \ U/S Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and \ Agricultural Affairs \ Amb. Donald Beyer, US Ambassador to Switzerland \ Alex Whittington, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary \ Richard Rorvig, Bern Em [...]
2010-02-04 17:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD SZ
10BERN56TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 11:52:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10BISHKEK113SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Bishkek welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke to Kyrgyzstan on February 19. Your visit comes at a timely period as the U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relationship has experienced positive momentum since the signing of the new agreement for [...]
2010-02-16 07:41:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK114KYRGYZ DEMOCRACY, OR POLITICAL THEATER: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES A NATIONAL KURULTAI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 08:23:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALKG PGOV PREL
10BISHKEK160KYRGYZSTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is submitting two project proposals in response to the call for nominations for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiatives (reftel). Post's first choice proposal is the proposal for funding of a regional conference on women's empowerment, [...]
2010-02-19 08:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO
10BISHKEK51TRANSIT CENTER RENEWAL AND U.S. COMMITMENTS LOOM
[...] (U) See para 18 for action requests. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S. must inform the Government of Kyrgyzstan of its intent to renew the Transit Center agreement for another year by April 14. Since the agreement went into effect in July 2009, U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relations have improved significant [...]
2010-01-20 10:17:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK56Chinese Soft Power in Kyrgyzstan
[...] (SBU) Summary: China is making inroads in Kyrgyzstan, a country that has traditionally gravitated toward Russia. The Chinese Embassy in Bishkek recently achieved a public diplomacy coup when it agreed to donate 20,000 satellite receiver boxes in exchange for permission to broadcast two televis [...]
2010-01-22 04:12:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KG CH
10BISHKEK57KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR ATTENDS BELL SANCTIFICATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 13, the Ambassador attended a ceremony for the blessing of nine new bells at a newly reconstructed Russian Orthodox Church. The ceremony was also attended by First Lady Tatiana Bakiyeva. The appearance of the First Lady was notable as she does not make many public a [...]
2010-01-22 04:22:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO KG
10BISHKEK71KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN BLAMES SECURITY SERVICES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz Ombudsman for Human Rights Tursunbek Akun said in a meeting with the Ambassador that he was very concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan. He asserted that the Kyrgyz State National Security Service (SNB) was responsible for the death o [...]
2010-01-29 03:14:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
10BISHKEK80DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF ENERGY OFFICERS -
[...] (U) In response to reftel, the officer responsible for energy issues at Embassy Bishkek is Michael Latham, Political and Economic Officer, e-mail: lathamme@state.gov; phone: 996-312-551-241, ext. 4406. 2. (U) USAID FSN Almaz Asipjanov (aasipjanov@usaid.gov; 996-312-551-241, ext 4511) is res [...]
2010-02-02 07:43:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KG
10BISHKEK82KYRGYZSTAN'S TRIALS: WAITING FOR EVIDENCE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of six people charged with starting an ethnic riot in the village of Petrovka continues to grind forward. Witness after witness denies that the defendants were inciting the riot, and many say that the three prominent activists on trial were trying to stop it. The p [...]
2010-02-02 08:52:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KG
10BISHKEK91KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS ICG VISA
[...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting, Ambassador Gfoeller and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev discussed the denial of a visa extension to the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project Director Paul Quinn-Judge by the MFA. The Ambassador expressed concern at the decision and no [...]
2010-02-05 08:47:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
10BISHKEK96HEAD OF KYRGYZ SECRETARIAT CLAIMS RFE/RL FOSTERS
[...] (C) Summary: In a friendly lunch at the Ambassador's residence, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, reiterated her opposition to RFE/Radio Azzatyk, claiming that their programs are anti-government, anti-Christian, and promote intolerance to the edge of anti-Semitism [...]
2010-02-08 06:45:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KG
10BISHKEK98HEAD OF SECRETARIAT ASSERTS SADYRKULOV DEATH AN
[...] (S) Summary: During a friendly lunch at the Ambassador's residence, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, broached the topic of Medet Sadyrkulov's death. She said that he was her husband, soul mate and the father of her youngest child, and that she could not have con [...]
2010-02-09 06:11:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM KG
10BOGOTA11SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JAN 11-13 VISIT
[...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to focus U.S. and Colombian efforts to consolidate Colombia's gains as the country enters a transition year. President Uribe will seek your reassurance of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. His decision on whether to [...]
2010-01-06 23:01:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
10BOGOTA126BOGOTA PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECH OUTREACH FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Embassy Bogota requests the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (EEB) fund a Spanish-speaking U.S. expert on biotech policy to engage Colombian Congressional members and the private sector on the safety of biotechnology and its advantages for developing cou [...]
2010-01-14 18:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ETRD KPAO CO
10BOGOTA13Peace Commissioner Lays Out Way Ahead on FARC, ELN
[...] (S/NF) Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Frank Pearl told the Ambassador January 5 that his office is preparing "roadmaps" for the next Administration on how best to pursue peace agreements with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN). Pearl acknowle [...]
2010-01-07 13:44:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM ECON CO
10BOGOTA132AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO CARTAGENA HIGHLIGHTS THE RICHNESS OF
[...] The Ambassador traveled to Cartagena on December 4-5 to inaugurate the 13th Houston Series conference, visit two USAID projects, meet with landmine survivors, and attend a luncheon hosted by AmCham Cartagena. The Ambassador's visit to Cartagena was widely covered by the press and highlighted t [...]
2010-01-14 20:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PHUM EINV ECON ETRD PTER PREL SOCI CO
10BOGOTA136TFHA01: COLOMBIAN RESPONSE TO HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) sent an Air Force B-727 to Haiti to participate in humanitarian relief operations on the morning of January 14. The flight carried 7 doctors, 20 search and rescue officials, and emergency food and medical supplies. Colombian officials said the flight was [...]
2010-01-14 23:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR MARR PREL KPKO AORC CO HA
10BOGOTA143GOC CONFLICTED OVER RISING URBAN HOMICIDES
[...] (C) Homicides in Colombia appear to be on the rise after several years of steady decline. The GOC's leading authorities on crime statistics reported sharply contrasting 2009 homicide rates, with police numbers indicating a 2% downtick and the national forensic examiner's data registering a 15% [...]
2010-02-03 18:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO KCRM ASEC SNAR
10BOGOTA15COLOMBIA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO COMBAT SPREADING FIRES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GOC requested emergency USG fire-fighting assistance on January 6 to help combat a growing number of fires caused by an atypical drought in Colombia. More than 60 municipalities have been affected by such fires, damaging an estimated 1,700 hectares. Our [...]
2010-01-07 18:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV EAGR ECON PREL PGOV CO
10BOGOTA150BOGOTA LESSONS LEARNED REQUEST - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE
[...] This is a response to the action request in reftel. Post thanks the trainers from FSI for helping conduct a set of training sessions and a very helpful Crisis Management Exercise (CME) on December 4 and 5, 2010. FSI trainers Kevin Misenheimer and Brenda Pennington were invaluable in aiding p [...]
2010-01-19 13:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CO
10BOGOTA167TFHA01: COLOMBIA'S LARGEST HUMANITARIAN EFFORT EVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Colombian assistance to Haiti is ongoing and is the largest overseas humanitarian effort in the country's history. The Ambassador and Government of Colombia (GOC) officials highlighted Colombian assistance to Haiti at a public appearance with a backdrop of Colombian and U.S. tro [...]
2010-02-05 23:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV ECON PREL MARR KPAO CO HA
10BOGOTA171FIGHT OVER DEMOCRATIC SECURITY: COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR
[...] (C) Despite its weakened state, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continued to carry out asymmetrical attacks on soft targets and executed several higher profile operations in the fourth quarter of 2009 -- including the kidnapping and execution of the governor of Caqueta and an [...]
2010-02-08 15:22:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MCAP ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CO
10BOGOTA18DIPNOTE REGARDING NON-RESIDENT ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated December 16 outlining Colombia's regulations regarding organ transplants for non-resident foreigners. 2. (U) BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE: DAM/CAE No. 68221 The Ministry o [...]
2010-01-05 15:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO PREL PHUM CASC AMED CO
10BOGOTA186DECEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Defense Sergio Jaramillo's resignation leaves the USG without a key National Consolidation Plan (PNC) interlocutor and the GOC lacking a chief PNC strategist and spokesperson. Post is engaging GOC leaders to focus their attention on consolidation in light of upcoming ele [...]
2010-01-20 16:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
10BOGOTA198Haiti Reporting from Colombia
[...] (U) SUMMARY. All leading national and regional newspapers in Colombia continue their extensive coverage of the events in Haiti, and have highlighted the USG's quick response to the crisis. Post has closely followed the overwhelmingly positive coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assista [...]
2010-01-21 18:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA217"FTA WITH U.S. IS BLOCKING COLOMBIA'S GLOBAL TRADE POLICY,"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata told us the lack of U.S. Congressional action on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is hampering Colombian efforts to integrate into the world economy and in particular threatening pending accords with Canada and the E [...]
2010-02-11 18:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL ELAB EAIR PGOV CO
10BOGOTA225COLOMBIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Emboffs spoke on February 11 with officials at the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). These Government of Colombia (GOC) officials confirmed that there are currently 26 Colombian police officers in Haiti as part of MINUSTAH. The Colomb [...]
2010-02-11 21:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO HA CO
10BOGOTA235THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...]
2010-02-12 17:01:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA
10BOGOTA237INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] Per reftel a, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. The following is new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) [...]
2010-02-12 17:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA239COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX (FEBRUARY 17-19)
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and two Colombian military facilities is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. The possible referendum to allow Pre [...]
2010-02-12 18:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV MCAP MOPS PTER ETRD PHUM SNAR OREP CO
10BOGOTA244NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares (ha) of coca sprayed, with a total True Ground Area Coverage of 101,573 ha for the year. Manual eradication of coca for 2009 totaled approximately 61,000 ha, short of the goal of 70,000 ha; total eradicati [...]
2010-01-22 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
10BOGOTA247TFHA01: FACILITATING COLOMBIAN ACCEPTANCE OF HAITIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Bogota has framed out the procedures to facilitate the transfer of Haitian earthquake patients to Colombia for long-term post-operative care. Key points of contact have been established with the Government of Colombia (GOC) and the Haitian Ministry of Health. Post and G [...]
2010-02-12 22:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV HHS CO PREL HA
10BOGOTA249DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA FREQUENCIES DESIGNATION
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated February 11 to assign 99 weekly frequencies for Avianca, AIRES and Aerorepublica airlines. A copy of the diplomatic note and accompanying letter from AeroCivil has been emailed to DOT and EEB/TRA/AN. The unofficial [...]
2010-02-12 22:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR CO
10BOGOTA251TFHA01: FACILITATING COLOMBIAN ACCEPTANCE OF HAITIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Bogota has framed out the procedures to facilitate the transfer of Haitian earthquake patients to Colombia for long-term post-operative care. Key points of contact have been established with the Government of Colombia (GOC) and the Haitian Ministry of Health. Post and G [...]
2010-02-12 23:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL HHS CO HA
10BOGOTA252CABLE COLOMBIAN ACCEPTANCE LEMDP PROGRAM APRIL 2010
[...] Colombia accepts the invitation, per Reftel, for ten (10) students to attend the Law Enforcement Management Development Program (LEMDP) at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in San Salvador, El Salvador, from April 12 to May 21, 2010. 2. Embassy Bogota POC for ILEA is: [...]
2010-01-25 18:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCRM PREL OTRA ES
10BOGOTA253DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA CARRIER DESIGNATIONS
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated February 11 to assign 99 weekly frequencies for Avianca, AIRES and Aerorepublica airlines. A copy of the diplomatic note and accompanying letter from AeroCivil has been emailed to DOT and EEB/TRA/AN. The unofficial [...]
2010-02-15 21:24:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CO
10BOGOTA258Haiti Reporting from Colombia (January 22-25, 2010)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post continues to closely follow the Colombian media coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assistance. Though Colombian coverage of the earthquake aftermath is beginning to diminish, reporting on the U.S. role in providing sweeping disaster and humanitarian assistance continu [...]
2010-01-26 13:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA264CONSOLIDATION PROGRESS IN FORMER FARC STRONGHOLD IMPRESSIVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite notable progress, including marked gains in public security, reduction of coca cultivation, and winning support of the local population for governmental institutions, the overall situation is fragile in the Macarena area of Meta Department -- the former heartland of the [...]
2010-01-26 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA291PRIVATE PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DCA
[...] (C) On February 12, officials from the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) informed us that private plaintiffs filed two separate petitions with the Constitutional Court dated November 12, 2009, challenging the constitutionality of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). The pla [...]
2010-02-17 21:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV MCAP PTER PHUM CO
10BOGOTA293SHARP DECLINE IN INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS, CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) and local NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) both reported new internal displacements declined, 47% and 24% respectively, in 2009. The GOC attributed the decline to consolidated state presence, reduced violence from the conflict, and b [...]
2010-02-17 22:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO
10BOGOTA307JUSTICE IN CRISIS: SUPREME COURT ORDER TO REPLACE
[...] (C) A Supreme Court ruling on February 4 touched off mass firings at the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) when the Court gave Acting Prosecutor General Guillermo Mendoza 15 days to comply with the results of a November 2007 written exam, which was sponsored by the EU and intended to profe [...]
2010-02-19 17:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA323SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN WIRETAPPING SCANDAL, BUT MOST
[...] (SBU) Vice Prosecutor General Fernando Pareja told Poloff on February 10 that the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to progress with four concurrent cases involving former Administrative Department of Security (DAS) employees implicated in illegal wiretapping and intelligence gat [...]
2010-02-22 21:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO
10BOGOTA380EXTRADITION: LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO - EXTRADITION
[...] The Embassy received official notification from the GOC on January 29, 2010, that the extradition of Colombian national LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO has been approved on the count in para. 2 pursuant to Resolution No. 349, dated December 11, 2009. The individual did not enter an appeal. [...]
2010-02-02 14:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL CJAN CO KCRM KJUS
10BOGOTA400Passport Fraud: Tales of the Sophisticated and
[...] Over a three week period in January, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in Bogota investigated three separate incidents of US passport fraud. Two involved attempts to smuggle alien children, while the third was a case of an American fugitive assuming a different identity to avoid detection by US [...]
2010-02-03 17:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS SMIG KFRD KCSY CO
10BOGOTA42REQUEST FOR US SPEAKER FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 21:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO CO
10BOGOTA47DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA AGREES TO EXTEND AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated December 30, 2009 accepting the U.S. proposal to extend the expiration date of paragraphs 1 and 3 of the amendments effected by the 2000 Agreement to the 1956 Air Transport Agreement to December 31, 2010. The u [...]
2010-01-15 19:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA CO
10BOGOTA502COLOMBIA FIGHTING FOREST FIRES WITH USG HELP
[...] (U) Summary. Since early January, the USG has assisted the GOC respond effectively to forest fires caused by an atypical lack of rain. Experts expect the fires to spread during a continued drought in February and March. USG assistance to Colombia totals $650,000, notably $515,000 of donated [...]
2010-02-09 21:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL CO
10BOGOTA508COLOMBIA-MEXICO COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND JUSTICE COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Colombian National Police (CNP) reported that it conducted training for 5,747 Mexican police members in 2009; 98% of which took place in Mexico. According to the CNP, its judicial courses at the Center of Criminal Investigation and Accusatory Penal System in Mexico City acco [...]
2010-02-10 19:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CO MX PM
10BOGOTA686AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDICAL MISSION HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to La Macarena, Meta, on February 2 to tour a SOUTHCOM-sponsored humanitarian assistance mission supplying medical services to more than 5,000 Colombian citizens. The operation in the former guerrilla heartland underlined the security gains made under Colombia's Na [...]
2010-02-22 17:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR EAID SNAR MARR CO
10BOGOTA716S/WGI PROJECT PROPOSAL - COLOMBIA
[...] Embassy Bogota nominates the project proposal "Political Training for Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Women" by the Departmental Network of Choco for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. The project complements Post's strategy to promote opportunities [...]
2010-02-23 18:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CO
10BOGOTA75IICA SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO COUNTER BLAME ACCUSATIONS FOR
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Representatives of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA),a branch of the OAS, met with Emboffs on January 21 to refute what they see as a Colom [...]
2010-01-22 23:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PREL OAS PGOV CO
10BOGOTA778AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CSDI TO NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR DANGEROUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of the National Council for Dangerous Drugs (CNE) on February 11, the Ambassador presented the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) and reviewed our effort to align CSDI with the Government of Colombia's (GOC) National Consolidation Plan. The [...]
2010-02-26 19:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA96CIVILIAN DEMINING EXPECTED IN COLOMBIA FOR 2010
[...] (SBU) During the Second Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines in Cartagena in December, the Government of Colombia (GOC) told Poloff they expect civilian demining to begin in 2010. The GOC also confirmed they would initially limit civilian demining to the [...]
2010-01-08 16:37:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM PREL KHDP CO
10BOGOTA97International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation
[...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...]
2010-01-27 19:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL
10BRASILIA104BRAZIL: NEGOTIATIONS BRING TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AGREEMENT CLOSE TO CONCLUSION
[...] (SBU) On January 29 negotiators from the Brazilian Finance (Fazenda),Ministry of External Relations (MRE),and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) met via digital videoconference with representatives from the U.S. Department of State, Treasury Department and USAID to finalize the text of the Tro [...]
2010-02-02 19:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA BR
10BRASILIA118REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING,
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following two candidates, of the Defense Attach????'s Office at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC, who have been nominated to participate in the Sovereign Challenge at Special Operations Program, from March 15-19, 2010, in Tam [...]
2010-02-05 15:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BR
10BRASILIA15CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: BRAZIL WILL INSCRIBE ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will inscribe the mitigation actions it previously announced under the Copenhagen Accord by January 31, 2010, according to both Ministry of External Relations' Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and Vice Minister of the Environment Izabella Tei [...]
2010-01-21 19:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG BR
10BRASILIA16Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC BR
10BRASILIA160Request for Human Rights Vetting for 5TH Annual Sovereign
[...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, of the Brazilian Police, who has been nominated to participate in the 5TH Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, Key West, FL, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. 2. ( [...]
2010-02-11 19:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BR
10BRASILIA162BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 22:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC PREL BR
10BRASILIA176Brazil: Competition Policy Overview
[...] (SBU) Brazil's Competition Policy System (SBDC) is awaiting Congressional approval of major reforms to restructure its three constituent agencies, add much-needed professional staff, and implement substantive reforms (notably, pre-merger notification requirements). In a Februa [...]
2010-02-18 12:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EIND EINV BR
10BRASILIA19SENIOR BRAZIL OFFICIALS PRAISE COOPERATION, SEEK CLOSER
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Charge on January 22, Chief of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) General Staff Admiral Joao Afonso Prado Maia de Faria ("ADM Prado Maia") and Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Latin America Antonio Simoes both said they saw no conflict between the United S [...]
2010-01-22 22:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA190PROCEEDS OF SALE - PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 18:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT
10BRASILIA3FX2 at the End of 2009
[...] (C) As 2009 comes to end, Brazil's FX2 competition remains undecided. It had been expected that President Lula would make a decision before the end of the year, so as to be able to complete the sale during his tenure. Practically speaking, however, even if a Presidential decision were to be [...]
2010-01-05 19:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS BR
10BRASILIA34BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TWO YEAR RENEWAL OF FRAMEWORK
[...] On January 7, 2010, Embassy Brasilia received diplomatic note number MRE/DMAE/DAI/CGEUC/01/MESP BRAS EUA, dated January 5 2010. 2. The note is a response to Embassy Brasilia's diplomatic note 443, dated December 10, 2009, proposing a two-year extension of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreem [...]
2010-01-12 11:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA BR
10BRASILIA42Mission Brazil and Embassy Maputo Propose Trilateral
[...] SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Embassy Brasilia and Embassy Maputo jointly request funding for a trilateral seminar on the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to take place in Mozambique, featuring speakers from the United States and Brazil. The United States is a world leader in [...]
2010-01-14 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR MZ
10BRASILIA43BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT LULA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Shannon presented his credentials to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on February 4. Lula indicated his continuing interest in building a strong relationship with President Obama and his desire for active engagement aimed at developing the enormous potenti [...]
2010-02-09 10:13:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ODIP HA BR
10BRASILIA45BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MRE SECRETARY-GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. After presenting his credentials to Brazilian President Lula (septel),Ambassador Shannon met for over an hour February 4 with Secretary-General (Deputy FM) Antonio Patriota, covering the work ahead in Haiti, the status of Brazil's FX2 fighter purchase, climate change negotiatio [...]
2010-02-09 10:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SENV MASS HA IR
10BRASILIA49BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: DILMA ROUSSEFF COMES UP
[...] (C) Summary. Late January polling indicates that likely Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's chosen successor, has closed much of the gap with front-running opposition Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate Jose Serra, and now trails by less t [...]
2010-02-13 18:48:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BR
10BRASILIA5Brazil: Foreign Policy as an Emerging Campaign Issue
[...] (C) Summary. With both sides unwilling to promote distinctive alternatives to prevailing economic policy in a pre-election environment, Brazil's two principal rival parties - President Lula's Worker's Party (PT) and front-running presidential candidate Jose Serra's Brazilian Social Democratic [...]
2010-01-08 16:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BR SU VE CO
10BRASILIA59BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MRE UNDER SECRETARIES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Ambassador Shannon February 9, MRE Under Secretaries for Political Affairs I Vera Machado and Political Affairs II Roberto Jaguaribe both focused on concerns that Iranian domestic issues would make a solution to the nuclear issues difficult to achieve. [...]
2010-02-19 22:39:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR CH BR
10BRASILIA61BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings at the Presidential Palace, Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia and Presidential Chief of Staff Gilberto Carvalho discussed with Ambassador Shannon their interest in working together on a range of regional and global issues, including Honduras, Ve [...]
2010-02-19 23:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL XM BR
10BRASILIA7BRAZIL: FOREIGN MINISTRY EAGER TO LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Celso Amorim broke with normal protocol and practice and met with Ambassador Shannon January 8, only hours after the Ambassador had arrived in country. Amorim welcomed the Ambassador's arrival, lamented the drawn out confirmation process, and said he was eager to [...]
2010-01-11 11:57:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
10BRASILIA9Brazil Has Not Addressed Amcit Cases with Iran
[...] (C) The Government of Brazil has not discussed with the Government of Iran the cases of the six American citizens detained or missing in Iran. Reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty) Iran desk officer Roberto Salome (currently acting head of the Iran/Central Asia [...]
2010-01-11 19:39:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC BR IR
10BRATISLAVA18SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slovakia's economy has not been spared by the global recession and is expected to [...]
2010-01-15 16:23:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BRATISLAVA21SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (UPDATED)
[...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. This is an updated version; please disregard previous cable, Bratislava 18. 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slova [...]
2010-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BRATISLAVA32SLOVAKIA ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Radovan Javorcik, Director of the Fifth Territorial Department at the Slovak MFA, and Marek Brieska, Desk Officer for Afghanistan, on January 25. Javorcik will accompany Foreign Minister Lajcak to the London Conference. Javorcik said that he had already [...]
2010-01-25 16:44:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF LO
10BRATISLAVA41SLOVAKS AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING REAL PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Charge d'affaires made reftel demarche to Slovak MFA Political Director Slobodnik on January 29. Slobodnik appreciated the U.S. points, noting that they reinforced Under Secretary Burns' recent session with EU political directors in Spain. Slobodnik said the Slovaks fully understood that [...]
2010-01-29 14:53:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR LO
10BRATISLAVA43U.S. COMPANY BUYS TROUBLED SHARES IN SLOVAK OIL PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) Capitol Project Partners, a small U.S. consulting and investment company, has notified us that it has acquired stock in Transpetrol, the state-owned oil pipeline in Slovakia. The company acquired the stock from a Czech company which had recently bought the shares from a Slovak investor w [...]
2010-01-29 16:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG PGOV LO
10BRATISLAVA58SLOVAKIA REPONSE TO OIG INQUIRY ON REQUIRED REPORTING
[...] Below are Embassy Bratislava's responses to the queries in reftel. a. Which mandated reports require most time and attention from Department personnel at your embassy? The Human Rights Report, the Trafficking in Persons Report, and the Investment Climate Statement are the most time consumi [...]
2010-02-09 14:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASIG PHUM EGEN LO
10BRATISLAVA71SLOVAKIA 2010 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The Ministry of the Interior (MOI),police, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),and NGOs are reliable sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. In March 2010, the government will open an Inter [...]
2010-02-18 15:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10BRATISLAVA72ONE DOWN, ONE DIRTY: CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE TAINT
[...] (U) Summary. In the past six weeks, the chief of Slovakia's Border and Alien Police (BAP) and its senior officer at the eastern (Ukrainian) border have both fallen from grace, the former taking responsibility for a fiasco involving explosives secreted in luggage by the bomb squad, the latter [...]
2010-02-19 14:54:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PGOV LO PREL UP PINR
10BRATISLAVA82SLOVAKS AGREE WITH U.S. POSITION ON CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 15:48:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP PREL LO
10BRIDGETOWN112ENERGY OFFICER FOR BARBADOS AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Jake Aller is the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown point of contact for energy issues through July 2010. Mr. Aller may be contacted via email at AllerJC2@state.gov or by telephone at (246) 227-4274. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown covers Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, [...]
2010-02-08 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG
10BRIDGETOWN15TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. --------------------------------------------- ------ PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------ [...]
2010-01-19 19:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KWMN KTIP PGOV PHUM SMIG ASEC
10BRIDGETOWN162TFHA01: St. Lucia, Dominica may have Creole-Speaking Police
[...] (SBU) Embassy contacts in St. Lucia and Dominica have each signaled that they may be able to supply up to 15 Creole-speaking law enforcement personnel for assignment with the UN in Haiti. St. Lucia is much further along in its thinking; the special services unit (SSU) deputy chief told Emboff [...]
2010-02-18 15:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPKO MASS HA XL
10BRIDGETOWN166S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - DOMINICA
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY DO XL
10BRIDGETOWN168S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY AC XL
10BRIDGETOWN170S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY VC XL
10BRIDGETOWN172S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY SC XL
10BRIDGETOWN174S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY ST XL
10BRIDGETOWN176S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY BB XL
10BRIDGETOWN178S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - GRENADA
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...]
2010-02-18 19:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY GJ XL
10BRIDGETOWN196TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR BARBADOS AND THE EASTERN
[...] Jake Aller is the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown point of contact for telecommunications issues through July 2010. Mr. Aller may be contacted via email at AllerJC2@state.gov or by telephone at (246) 227-4274. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown covers Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis [...]
2010-02-25 15:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON EINT OECS XL
10BRIDGETOWN23St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party Wins Historic Fourth
[...] (C) The St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP) won six of the eight seats available to them in the Federal Elections on St. Christopher, giving them a majority of the seats in the federal parliament for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term. Opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) Lea [...]
2010-01-29 19:15:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR XL
10BRIDGETOWN25TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) As requested reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. --------------------------------------------- ------ PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2010-02-01 14:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KWMN SMIG
10BRIDGETOWN33TIP SUBMISSION - ST KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is [...]
2010-02-23 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB ASEC SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA XL
10BRIDGETOWN68Teamwork Produces Successful Results in the Eastern
[...] (SBU) The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Military Liaison Office, and the Narcotics Affairs Section are working with local and regional authorities to deter drug trafficking. Many operations have been successful; however, without consistent, reliable maritime assets to assist the Region [...]
2010-01-29 17:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
10BRIDGETOWN702010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR BARBADOS
[...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through Invest Barbados, strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. (U) The Government offers special incentive packages for foreign [...]
2010-02-01 12:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR XL
10BRIDGETOWN84OIG REVIEW OF IMPACT OF REQUIRED REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bridgetown appreciates the OIG's interest in the impact of mandated reporting on Post resources and welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback. The 65 annual reports cited reftel tracks closely with our February, 2009 OIG inspection report, but in fact under-reports the number [...]
2010-02-04 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASIG PHUM
10BRUSSELS106EMBASSY CONTINUES VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN OF AWARENESS
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Brussels, and particularly Ambassador Gutman, have intensified their efforts to raise Belgian public and official awareness, understanding and support for the President's strategy on Afghanistan since the new year. The strategy has included a vigorous round of media interv [...]
2010-01-27 16:03:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV EAID BE AF
10BRUSSELS11BELGIUM: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Brussels' Public Diplomacy (PD) office has been working with the Washington, D.C.-based Non Governmental Organization "Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights" (http://www.karamah.org/) since 2004 in order to empower Belgian Muslim women and improve their health a [...]
2010-01-05 16:22:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN XG PHUM BE
10BRUSSELS115BELGIUM: AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) One week after the earthquake in Haiti, Ambassador Gutman appeared as a guest on the Flemish evening talk show, Phara. During this interview, the Ambassador addressed concerns that America was "taking over" Haiti, as the presenter suggested. When the presenter inquired whether America ha [...]
2010-01-29 09:26:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA BE
10BRUSSELS155 BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES KEEP FALLING IN 2010
[...] On January 28, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 1,614 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 12 to January 17 (week 3). This figure is marginally higher from an estimated 1,302 cases the previous week. [...]
2010-02-09 14:14:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
10BRUSSELS160BELGIUM SUPPORTS U.S. ON IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT
[...] (C) On February 9, Embassy Acting PolEconCouns discussed the human rights situation in Iran with Pierre Gillon, Iran desk officer in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolEconCouns noted the issuance on February 8 of the joint US-EU statement and asked whether the Belgian Foreign Ministr [...]
2010-02-09 19:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC IR BE
10BRUSSELS171IRAN: INCREASING THE PRESSURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C/NF) USEU poloff presented reftel demarche on February 8 to Claudia Gintersdorfer, Iran Desk Officer at the European Council Secretariat,s Human Rights Unit, who noted that the demarche complemented the just-issued joint U.S.-EU statement on Iran. She indicated that Iran was a standing point [...]
2010-02-11 15:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMNUC PARM IR PREL PHUM PTER EUN
10BRUSSELS174S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED SEEKS WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary: Daniel Fried, U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, met on January 27 with Stefaan De Clerck, Minister of Justice of Belgium and (separately) with Dirk Wouters, Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere. S/E Fried was joined by Matt Olsen, the Director o [...]
2010-02-12 13:16:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PTER BE
10BRUSSELS179BELGIUM:2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) This is the draft TIP report provided by U.S. Embassy Brussels. The data included is old data, and the GOB predicts that new data will be available to complete this report in April, 2010. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT OF TIP REPORT, with numbering from instruction cable. 25. (SBU) THE COUNT [...]
2010-02-12 16:27:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KTIP BE
10BRUSSELS181 BELGIAN TRADE WITH IRAN
[...] (U) The trade relationship between Belgium and Iran appears insignificant based on the total value of goods imported and exported; however, the relationship has steadily grown over the past few years, and Belgium does play a large role in Iran's total imports and exports. With over 700 million [...]
2010-02-16 16:30:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ETTC PINR PREL
10BRUSSELS191BELGIUM BEGINS TO DEVELOP AN ANTI-RADICALIZATION
[...] (C) Poloff and Political Analysts met recently with GOB security, counterterrorism, and police experts to discuss Belgium's national anti-radicalization policy-planning and development process. Belgium intends to complete by mid-2011 an anti-radicalization white paper that integrates threat d [...]
2010-02-17 16:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL BE
10BRUSSELS203BELGIAN PREMIER RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO ELDER
[...] (U) On February 19, four elder statesmen of Belgian foreign policy, Former NATO Secretary General and Belgian Foreign Minister Willy Claes (Sp.a, Flemish Socialist),former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene (CD&V, Flemish Christian Democrat),former Foreign Minister Louis Michel (MR, francophone [...]
2010-02-22 16:16:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMNUC MARR PREL PGOV NATO BE
10BRUSSELS232GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE
10BRUSSELS41BELGIUM: GOB STRATEGY TO SECURE RELEASE OF THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After the safe return of three Belgian citizens held in Iran, poloffs met with Pierre Gillon, Iran desk officer in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Belgian approach to obtaining their release and to urge Belgium's assistance in securing the release of Amer [...]
2010-01-14 14:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER BE
10BRUSSELS43BELGIUM: DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO HAITI: OVER 70
[...] A 58-person team of emergency workers from the Belgian Government arrived in Haiti the afternoon of January 14, according to the GOB's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The B-FAST team (Belgian First Aid and Support Team) consists of medical aid workers and specially-trained agents, equipped to s [...]
2010-01-15 05:13:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI BE HA
10BRUSSELS51BELGIUM: GOB AWARE OF THREAT OF KIDNAPPING IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:08:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC XI XG
10BRUSSELS64BELGIUM: ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuba desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Sadi Brancart, said that Belgian-Cuba relations are "better than the EU average," thanks to significant development assistance. He was unaware of Spain's initiative to replace the EU common position with individual bi [...]
2010-01-20 15:15:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU BE
10BRUSSELS75TFHA1: COORDINATION OF BELGIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] Emboff talked to Geert Vansintjan, Director of the Office of Humanitarian Aid, Food Aid and Rehabilition on January 21 to thank him for Belgium's contributions to Haiti earthquake relief on January 20. Belgium has contributed a "B-fast" team of up to 130 workers who focus on search and rescue [...]
2010-01-21 17:08:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA BE
10BRUSSELS85BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...]
2010-01-26 09:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR
10BUCHAREST22ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. Romania's marketplace offers 21.5 million consumers, a well- [...]
2010-01-13 12:27:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
10BUCHAREST28NEW FM - A CAREER DIPLOMAT, TRUSTED BY PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Teodor Baconschi, 47, was confirmed by the Romanian Parliament as Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 23, 2009. President Traian Basescu himself pushed Prime Minister Emil Boc to choose Baconschi for the job rather than incumbent MFA State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu who was put forw [...]
2010-01-15 13:19:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST40NEW DEFENSE MINISTER - OLD SOLDIERS DON'T DIE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Retired four-star General Gabriel Oprea brings both military and political know-how to the Ministry of National Defense (MoND). After serving for over a decade as a logistics and legal officer in the Army, Oprea continued to serve as a military academic at the National Defense [...]
2010-01-22 10:05:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST45AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BACONSCHI
[...] (S) Summary: In his introductory call on new Romanian FM Teodor Baconschi, Ambassador previewed the upcoming visit to Romania by U/S Tauscher and expressed U.S. gratitude for the GOR's January 21 decision to increase its Afghanistan contingent by an additional 600 troops. FM Baconschi noted his gov [...]
2010-01-27 13:19:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RO
10BUCHAREST81 Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Information-Sharing
[...] (SBU) On February 10, 2010 POLOFF and Department of Justice (DOJ) Resident Legal Advisor to the SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime (SECI Center) delivered reftel non-paper to Radu Ragea, Deputy Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Viviana Onaca, Director of the [...]
2010-02-17 04:33:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA CON
10BUCHAREST88 ROMANIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF non-paper February 19 to Cristian Olimid, Director, EU External Relations. Olimid provided no substantive feedback on the talking points but thanked the Embassy for the information. GITENSTEIN [...]
2010-02-22 06:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA IR UP RO
10BUCHAREST92ROMANIAS ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANSF TRAINERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 11:30:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL NATO RO
10BUDAPEST23HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON AFGHAN TRANSITION PLANNING
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B points to the MOD Policy State Secretary Jozsef Bali and MFA's Security Policy and Non-proliferation Deputy Department Head, Gabor Horvath, January 15. Both expressed appreciation for the ref A's clarifying points and acknowledged the importance of continued [...]
2010-01-15 16:05:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF HU
10BUDAPEST26AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador made January 11-14 introductory calls on President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordan Bajnai, and Foreign Minister Peter Balazs. Although the most substantive meeting was with Prime Minister Bajnai, each of the Ambassador's Hungarian interlocutors stressed the [...]
2010-01-19 14:45:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG EPET EINV MARR MOPS PHUM RS LO HR
10BUDAPEST37AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings January 21 with the Ambassador, MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Gabor Iklody stressed the importance of the U.S.-Hungarian bilateral relationship and outlined proposed cooperation between the Visegrad Four and the USG on Roma and energy issues. Hi [...]
2010-01-25 12:38:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU
10BUDAPEST54PENSIONS EMERGE AS MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary. Pension reform is emerging as a major election issue as Socialist (MSzP) and Fidesz party leaders trade attacks in hopes of winning the votes of Hungary's estimated 2.7 million pensioners. As each party accuses the other's program of leaving pensioners worse off, both are trying [...]
2010-02-02 09:07:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL HU
10BUDAPEST7HUNGARY'S ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Summary. Post employs three basic tools to engage on women's issues: outreach by the Ambassador and Embassy staff at numerous events; hosting prominent visitors to Hungary; and making full use of exchanges and the International Visitor's (IV) Program, which yield the most promising longer-last [...]
2010-01-08 13:42:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM EU HU
10BUDAPEST76OFFICIAL HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON
[...] On February 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided an official response to Ref A non-paper post had conveyed on January 14 regarding climate change next steps. The Hungarian response (in the form of a non-paper) is consistent both with what senior GOH officials have told us previously ( [...]
2010-02-05 15:12:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG HU
10BUDAPEST77BUDAPEST ENERGY OFFICERS
[...] (U) In response to reftel request for information on energy portfolio allocation at Embassy Budapest, the following officers cover energy-related issues: - Jeff Jordan, Economic Officer (jordanjm@state.gov, 36-1-475-4226),is the primary officer responsible for the Hungarian energy sector, [...]
2010-02-05 15:15:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDENRG
10BUDAPEST81(U) CONFIRMATION OF ESTA ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE
[...] (U) Per Reftel, ConsChief and ConOff met January 28 with Budapest International Airport Police Chief Jozsef Duzs, Deputy Chief Miklos Balogh, and Delta Airlines Security Director Istvan Szabo to discuss the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's plans to enforce compliance with the requirem [...]
2010-02-08 14:08:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT KPAO HU
10BUDAPEST88HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA's Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos February 8 and to the MFA's Iranian Desk Officer Ferenc Kato February 10. Lakatos expressed Hungary's support and agreement with the reftel points, specifically underscoring that Hungary does [...]
2010-02-11 15:42:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR HU
10BUDAPEST89LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. There is a good record of information sharing cooperation between U.S. and GOH law enforcement agencies on law enforcement and counterterrorism issues. Hungary's post-communist era constitution, with its broad guarantees of individual rights and liberties, requires high levels of [...]
2010-02-11 15:42:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKTFN KCRM KHLS KPAO PTER ECPS ECON PREL HU
10BUENOSAIRES107Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...]
2010-02-24 19:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR
10BUENOSAIRES109Argentina: Codel Engel Addresses Bilateral Relations
[...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel enjoyed a very productive visit to Buenos Aires, January 5-7. The Codel was led by Eliot Engel (D-NY) and included Shelly Berkley (D-NV),Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met with the Codel for two hours [...]
2010-02-24 22:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALOREP ECON ELAB PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES110HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 19:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
10BUENOSAIRES111Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead
[...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...]
2010-02-25 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES118Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Full Speed Ahead on
[...] (SBU) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino stressed in a February 1 meeting that the debt exchange is moving ahead at full speed. He repeatedly emphasized that there are no political obstacles to moving it forward and that the Central Bank and Redrado affair is not affecting the trans [...]
2010-02-02 22:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES130MEDIA REACTION: FIRST HAITIAN ORPHAN ARRIVES IN ARGENTINA;
[...] Haitian orphan Rosalindha's arrival -- the first in Argentina -- received broad press coverage, most of which noted the medical care the baby received in Pittsburgh. Several media praised U.S. efforts to expedite the orphan's arrival to the country, while two reported on the U.S. decision to [...]
2010-02-04 20:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES142Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 29-February
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 29-February 4, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov to [...]
2010-02-05 17:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES168Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February 5-February
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January February 5-February 12, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@sta [...]
2010-02-12 18:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES182Argentina: Government Interested in Partnering for
[...] (U) Action request for Department in para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Argentine MFA North American Affairs and International Cooperation Directorates asked DCM on February 11 to explore the possibility of establishing a mechanism for coordination of U.S. and Argentine development assist [...]
2010-02-17 18:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR AR
10BUENOSAIRES196ARGENTINA: MISSION CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ENERGY USE
[...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...]
2010-02-18 20:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR
10BUENOSAIRES198Argentina: Mission Campaign to Reduce Energy Use
[...] At a typical Argentine barbecue in January, Ambassador Martinez challenged Mission Buenos Aires staff to turn out the lights. Inspired by President Obama and Secretary Clinton's Green Embassies initiative, Mission Buenos Aires is embarking on an internal energy challenge: to reduce energy use [...]
2010-02-19 00:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASUP ENRG SENV OPRC AR
10BUENOSAIRES200Argentina: S/GWI Project Proposals
[...] Summary: A Country of Healthy Women was developed by Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra El Cancer (LALCEC) with support from Embassy Buenos Aires. Argentina has a low awareness rate of cancer risks, the importance of early detection, and treatment possibilities. Research has shown that a lar [...]
2010-02-19 15:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY AR
10BUENOSAIRES202ARGENTINA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA/TIP TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 15:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS PTER KTIP AR
10BUENOSAIRES206Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 12-February 19, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...]
2010-02-19 18:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES210HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES212HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES214HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES216HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES218HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 12:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES22HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 15:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES25U.S. Court Lifting of Asset Freeze Calms Argentine Waters,
[...] (C) Summary: A New York District Judge's decision on January 15 to temporarily lift the freeze on Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) reserves in the U.S. calmed the markets and appeared to give the GoA some breathing room to resolve the issues of Martin Redrado's fate as BCRA President and the fut [...]
2010-01-20 18:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES254Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 20-February 26, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...]
2010-02-26 18:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES256MEDIA REACTION: CFK CRITICIZES PRESIDENT OBAMA DAYS BEFORE
[...] Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's "critical" interview with CNN and her "photo opportunity" with Secretary Clinton made headlines in all newspapers. Most highlighted Kirchner's comments that President Obama failed "to meet Latin American expectations" and that she disapproved of the wa [...]
2010-02-26 19:56:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES28HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES30HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES34MEDIA REACTION: US RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] All major Argentine newspapers reportedly positively on U.S. relief efforts in Haiti, echoing President Obama's comments that they are "the most important in recent time." Media coverage of U.S. troop deployments also was generally positive, focusing on the humanitarian nature of the mission [...]
2010-01-19 22:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
10BUENOSAIRES36HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES38HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES48Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 18-21, 2010
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 18-21, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]
2010-01-21 20:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES55Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]
2010-01-28 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES60MEDIA REACTION: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ROLE IN HAITI; JANUARY 23-
[...] Press coverage of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti was mostly positive over the last three days, highlighting the humanitarian nature of the U.S. role. Local media welcomed the U.S.-U.N. agreement putting the U.N. in charge of security operations, following concerns over the use of U.S. troops. [...]
2010-01-25 20:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES68MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR
[...] Local newspapers report on the Montreal First International Conference for Haitian Relief Efforts, highlighting that Canada and humanitarian NGOs called wealthy countries to cancel Haitian debt. Some papers picked up an Embassy press release on the U.S. Southern Command's 50,000 dollar donatio [...]
2010-01-26 20:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES8ARGENTINA: VACATIONS724 BREAKS ITS SILENCE TO INTIMIDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine traveler Carolina Millone reports that on-line travel agency Vacations724.com tries to intimate her after she goes public with their scam. Per reftels Buenos Aires FPU shares new information on Vacations724.com and its alleged owners. END SUMMARY. ------------------ [...]
2010-01-08 15:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC SMIG PE AR
10BUENOSAIRES81Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...]
2010-02-05 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR
10BUENOSAIRES89(C) Argentina: Nestor Kirchner Down, but Not Out
[...] (C) Summary: Former President and first spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) is recuperating after undergoing emergency surgery for a partially blocked carotid artery. NK underwent a carotid endarterectomy, which involved temporarily introducing a shunt in his artery to redirect the blood flow to the [...]
2010-02-12 20:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AR
10BUENOSAIRES91Argentina: Profiles of Key Anti-Kirchner Piqueteros REF: BUENOS AIRES 526; BUENOS AIRES 794; BUENOS AIRES 13 09 BUENOS AIRES 1084; 08 BUENOS AIRES 980 CLASSIFIED BY: VilmaSMartinez, Ambassador, DOS, Exec; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Argentina's social activist movements, known as piqueteros, have captured the media spotlight through frequent protests. While former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts to co-opt the movement have divided it, the hotly contested title for noisiest piqueteros go [...]
2010-02-12 21:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AR
10BUENOSAIRES95Falklands/Malvinas: GoA Requires Permission for Ships to
[...] (C) The GoA issued a decree on February 16 requiring ships to obtain GoA permission before sailing from Argentina or through Argentine waters to reach the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner sought to justify the decree based on UN resolutions. The decree is intende [...]
2010-02-17 22:40:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR
10BUENOSAIRES96Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]
2010-01-29 14:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUJUMBURA112R-E-S-P-E-C-T: WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: The government of Burundi conscientiously seeks to meet the quota for women in national and provincial governmental positions, in some cases even exceeding the constitutional requirements. These female politicians face additional challenges that their male counterparts escape, inclu [...]
2010-02-25 14:39:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN BY
10BUJUMBURA37UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF EXTREMIST CELL IN BURUNDI
[...] (S) Summary. On 17 January, the founder of the MSD political party, Alexis Sinduhije, met with RSO Bujumbura. Sinduhije requested this meeting to report his knowledge of a possible terrorist cell in Burundi. Sinduhije stated one of his party members had learned that two Arabs and four Somal [...]
2010-01-19 10:45:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETASEC BY PTER
10CAIRO108CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99423 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy has [...]
2010-01-20 16:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO115China's Economic Presence in Egypt
[...] (SBU) Key points: -Despite recent growth in bilateral trade and pledges to increase investment, China's economic relations with Egypt remain fairly modest. -Chinese investment in Egypt is not focused solely on profits, but rather on building and maintaining a Chinese presence in Eg [...]
2010-01-21 15:41:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EG CH
10CAIRO119EGYPT: NEW MB SUPREME GUIDE NAMED
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Administrative insider and relative unknown Mohammed Badie, 66, was named the Muslim Brotherhood's eighth Supreme Guide on January 16. Badie's selection represents a generational shift within the group. He is the first Guide not to have known MB-founder Hassan Al-Banna. -- (C) In [...]
2010-01-21 15:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
10CAIRO123EGYPT-IRAQ BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-24 14:26:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALETRD EG IZ EINV ECON
10CAIRO131EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 07:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM EG
10CAIRO137ARAB LEAGUE CONCERN OVER SUMMIT; ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE;
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 15:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL YM LY EG
10CAIRO139DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 15:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG
10CAIRO157RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] (U) On February 1, the U.S.-funded, human rights-oriented police training program resumed, following its suspension in July 2008 pending bilateral negotiations related to the change in funding from ESF to INCLE (reftels). The February 1-3 three-day course focused on "Data-based Decision Making [...]
2010-02-04 09:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EG
10CAIRO167Country Team Support for Third-Party Transfer to Iraq
[...] (SBU) The Egyptian military is requesting third-party transfer approval for the sale of M1A1 tanks and ammunition to Iraq. All of the equipment is produced in Egypt under a co-production agreement with the United States. The country team supports the sale. 2. (C) Egypt proposes sell [...]
2010-02-04 16:26:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL MASS ETTC EG
10CAIRO168EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BANNING TEXT MESSAGES WHILE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 15:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV EG
10CAIRO169Sudan: Launch of the Nuba Mountains People's Forum
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Leaders of the Nuba community informed Embassy Cairo that they have created the International Permanent Forum for the Nuba Mountains Indigenous People (Nuba Forum) to protect and advocate for the rights of the Nuba people, which they believe are in danger under the NCP [...]
2010-02-08 14:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL SU EG UNCHS
10CAIRO175Egyptian MFA on Yemen
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL YM EG
10CAIRO184CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99488 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-02 06:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO195FOREIGN WORKER AND LABOR PROBLEMS IN QIZ FACTORY
[...] (C) Key Points: -The manager of a ready-made garments factory participating in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) program told EconOff that his company has been holding the passports of foreign workers and that it fired an Egyptian employee for organizing a strike. -This is firs [...]
2010-02-11 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB ETRD EG PGOV
10CAIRO211Tenth Annual Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report - Cairo
[...] (U) This cable contains U.S. Embassy Cairo's response to Trafficking in Persons (TIP) contribution requirements (reftel A). The following text contains responses to paragraphs 23-29 in the original tasking cable. 2. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. Available sources of inf [...]
2010-02-16 15:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KCRM PGOV PREF PHUM KFRD KWMN KMCA SMIG
10CAIRO221New Transport Minister Supports Greater Cooperation with
[...] (SBU) Ambassador made a courtesy call February 1 on newly appointed Egyptian Minster of Transport Alaa El Din Fahmy. Appointed January 3, 2010, Transport Minister Fahmy is responsible for all safety, operations, and infrastructure issues relating to civil aviation, marine transport, ports, rive [...]
2010-02-21 15:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALELTN EAIR EWWT ETTC EG
10CAIRO237El Baradei Returns to Cairo
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Thousands of supporters greeted former IAEA Chairman Mohammed El Baradei upon his return to Cairo. Beleaguered leaders of the opposition seem relieved at their ability to muster a show of support for El Baradei and enthusiastic about his potential impact. -- El [...]
2010-02-23 13:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO238Egypt: Prime Minister Announces Center of Excellence
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told the Ambassador and Science Envoy Ahmed Zewail that the Egyptian government (GoE) plans to create a center of excellence targeting entrepreneurship and innovation, although he did not provide a detailed timeline for implementation. --The [...]
2010-02-04 15:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO OVIP TSPL EG
10CAIRO250CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99533 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-08 06:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO255TPT Blanket Approval for Non-technology Transfer Requests
[...] (C) Post continues its efforts to improve Egypt's End Use Monitoring (EUM) performance and to simplify the Third Party Transfer (TPT) request process in an effort to streamline the process and provide timely responses to the Government of Egypt (GOE). We recommend implementation of a responsive, st [...]
2010-02-28 13:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MASS EG MARR
10CAIRO263Designation of Telecommunications Policy Officer
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request for information, Embassy Cairo's telecommunications policy officer and point-of-contact for ICT issues is Economic Officer Ashli Simpson. Ms. Simpson can be reached via e-mail at simpsonac@state.gov or by telephone at +20-2-2797-3467. Please note that Cairo is seven hou [...]
2010-02-28 14:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS PREL EG
10CAIRO304CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99546 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-16 15:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO328Invitation for Egyptian Participation in NNSA Doha Workshop
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-21 08:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG KNNP EG AORC
10CAIRO33EGYPT: NEW EDUCATION AND TRANSPORT MINISTERS, FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 15:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ELTN SOCI
10CAIRO358CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99561 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-24 12:18:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO366Nonproliferation Meetings in Cairo: UNSCR 1540 Workshop and
[...] (U) Key Points: -- A United Nations multilateral workshop for African countries on implementation of UNSCR 1540 was held December 7-10, 2009 in Cairo. The workshop focused on countering WMD proliferation through strengthened border controls. -- U.S. -Egypt bilaterals on the margins [...]
2010-02-24 15:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP UN ETRD PBTS PREL EG CF CG KE MO NI GH
10CAIRO368Egypt Requests Support for Reelection to the ICAO Council
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Post received on February 8 a diplomatic note from the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division. The dip note was addressed to all embassies accredited to Cairo, and was accompanied by a detailed aide memoire requesting support for a GO [...]
2010-02-24 16:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EG ICAO PREL
10CAIRO59UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN ATTACK
[...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On January 7, gunmen armed with automatic weapons fired on Coptic Orthodox Christians as they were leaving Christmas Mass at the Mar Johanna (Saint John's) Church in Naga Hamadi, Qena Governorate, in Upper Egypt. Six Copts and one Muslim police officer guarding the church died [...]
2010-01-11 12:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
10CAIRO68GOE UNWILLING TO BUDGE ON QIZ APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 14:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EG ETRD PGOV IS
10CAIRO78EGYPT'S AID-BASED DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 11:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SU SO EG
10CAIRO92 Update on Baby Trafficking Case in Alexandria
[...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian authorities in Alexandria are quickly progressing with the investigation of the case described in ref (A). In addition, to the American citizen husband, the alleged Egyptian birth mother has been arrested and detained. Arrest warrants have also been issued for a doctor [...]
2010-01-19 08:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
10CANBERRA118RUDD SAYS ZERO "COMMERCIAL" WHALING IN SOUTHERN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will initiate legal action if Japan does not agree by November to end whaling in the Southern Ocean. PM Rudd announced February 19 that if negotiations do not result in a commitment by Japan to reduce the number of whales killed in the Southern Ocean by "commercial w [...]
2010-02-19 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EFIS PREL AS
10CANBERRA31AUSTRALIANS HAVE RAISED THE ISSUE OF AMCIT
[...] (S) Australia has urged Iran to release the six AmCits in its custody (reftel). Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division saw the Iranian Ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, January [...]
2010-01-13 06:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRETCASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER AS
10CANBERRA51VISAS VIPER: POST RECOMMENDS 23 NAMES FOR NO FLY
[...] (S) Embassy Canberra recommends 11 individuals be placed on the NO FLY list and 12 individuals be placed on the SELECTEE list. The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Ye [...]
2010-01-21 04:05:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC
10CANBERRA78AUSTRALIAN SHERPA LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will take part in the Nuclear Security Summit's third Sherpa meeting in The Hague. The Australian Sherpa expressed concerns over French objections to the discussion of MOX fuel and Non-Aligned Movement criticism of the Nuclear Security Summit. Australia hopes that [...]
2010-02-02 07:20:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10CARACAS105Raising RCTV and Haiti with Venezuelan Foreign Ministry
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 lunch with the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Director for North American Affairs, Yaneth Arocha, Polcouns raised U.S. concerns about official Venezuelan misinformation about U.S. assistance efforts in Haiti (ref a) and the closure of RCTV. Arocha said she [...]
2010-01-28 16:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM VE PINR
10CARACAS107January 2010 Caracas CIWG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 18:32:00Embassy CaracasSECRET//NOFORNASEC
10CARACAS119RE: Chavez Threatens "Radical Action" if Protests Continue
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 28, hundreds of students gathered in cities across Venezuela for a fifth day of protests. Media reports indicate that since January 25, the protests have led to 2 deaths, nearly 70 injuries, and at least 60 arrests/detentions nationwide, although almost all of the [...]
2010-01-29 21:43:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS139Venezuela: Cuban Assistance to Confront Electricity Crisis
[...] (SBU) The evening of February 2, President Chavez announced the arrival of Cuban Minister of Technology and President of the Cabinet of Ministers Ramiro Valdez in Venezuela [NOTE: According to USINT Havana, Valdez is the Cuban Minister of Communication. END NOTE]. He reportedly was sent to le [...]
2010-02-03 22:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS155VENEZUELA: PDVSA Official's Comments on Bariven and PDVSA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to George Kabboul, the former President of PDVSA procurement subsidiary Bariven, the Venezuelan national oil company continues to be concerned that the USG might decide to close down its Houston operations. Kabboul maintains that Bariven provides procurement services for [...]
2010-02-05 22:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS161Venezuela Deports Three Fugitives, Justice Minister Asks for
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) deported U.S. fugitive Salomon "Big Daddy" Camacho, as well as two fugitives wanted by France and Colombia. Minister of Justice El-Aissami told PolOff and Legatt that he had been instructed by President Chavez to return these [...]
2010-02-09 21:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CARACAS181Rumored Sale of Globovision
[...] Summary. On February 10, opposition-oriented cable television station Globovision issued a press release denying rumors that it had been sold or had changed management. However, Director Ravell confirmed that he had been asked to resign. End Summary. Rumors of Government Pressur [...]
2010-02-12 16:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE KDEM
10CARACAS185Unofficial Emissary Suggests Possibility for Improved
[...] (C) Summary. Rene Arreaza, who is closely tied to senior Chavista officials, told the Ambassador on February 3 that, despite President Chavez' hostile rhetoric, the GBRV was willing to have a dialogue with the United States. Arreaza noted two initiatives promoting dialogue, one bilater [...]
2010-02-12 19:23:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
10CARACAS187Increased Harassment of Approved Cuban Medical Parolees
[...] (C) Summary: Harassment of Cuban Medical parolees has increased significantly since December 2009. Recent media coverage has exacerbated difficulties experienced by parolees attempting to exit Venezuela. These Cuban medical professionals who staff President Chavez's flagship medical service program [...]
2010-02-12 20:20:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CU VE
10CARACAS189Widespread Support for "Chavismo Lite" in Lara State
[...] (C) Summary: On February 3 and 4, Emboffs visited the city of Barquisimeto in western Lara State, where "Chavista lite" Governor Henri Falcon is widely praised across the political spectrum for his administrative efficiency and relatively moderate political stance. Business leaders noted Fa [...]
2010-02-12 20:36:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS193Chevron "Wins" A Carabobo Project
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron and Repsol-led consortia won the rights to negotiate mixed company deals with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) in the Carabobo bid round. In its first major heavy oil bid round since President Chavez assumed power in 1999, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [...]
2010-02-12 21:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS20Request for Establishment of Defensive Security Coordinator
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftels Caracas requests DS/IP/OPO/FPD establish one Defensive Security Coordinator (DSC) position in Caracas to manage select Caracas Defensive Planning and Support Staff (DPSS). Post Management and Charge John Caulfield support this new position. Post will provide office [...]
2010-01-14 15:07:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT APER
10CARACAS209S/GWI Project Proposal - Venezuela
[...] Please find below a project proposal for the "Shelter for Victims of Gender-Based Violence" for the S/GWI small grants initiative, as announced in reftel. FundaSucre, a public foundation of the Sucre municipality of Caracas, would be the recipient organization, and this project would support [...]
2010-02-19 22:52:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS21Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" Bilateral Contacts
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy as well as ope [...]
2010-01-08 22:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG VE
10CARACAS219Globovision Owners Acknowledge Defeat; El Nacional On the Ropes?
[...] (S) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador between February 17-19, several of Venezuela's major private media XXXXXXXXXXXX acknowledged that relentless Venezuelan Government (GBRV) pressure against their television and print outlets has threatened to put them out of business. XX [...]
2010-02-23 18:15:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV PREL VE PHUM KDEM
10CARACAS223FOLLOW-ON COMPLIANCE RESPONSE - OIG INSPECTION CARACAS,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 16:34:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ABLD AADP ASIG
10CARACAS229TRIPWIRES FOR AUTHORIZED AND ORDERED DEPARTURE IN THE EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 17:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS AMGT AEMR
10CARACAS23Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing"
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy a [...]
2010-01-08 22:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG VE
10CARACAS231Venezuela's 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 20:49:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KMCA PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP
10CARACAS233VENEZUELA: PDVSA Director for Strategic Planning Alleges it
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadi Kabboul, a member of PDVSA's board of directors, asserted PDVSA's openness to dialogue with the USG, and expressed interest in the US Geological Survey's survey on recoverable oil in the Orinoco Belt that effectively doubled Venezuela's estimated reserves, and the on-going deb [...]
2010-02-26 13:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS27Venezuela: Chavez Devlaues Bolivar and Creates a Second Rate
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Chavez announced a devaluation of the bolivar (Bs) on January 8. Instead of an official exchange rate of 2.15 Bs/USD, there will be two rates: an "official" rate of 2.6 Bs/USD (a devaluation of 17 percent) and a "dolC!r petrolero" rate of 4.3 Bs/USD (a 50 percent de [...]
2010-01-11 19:07:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN VE PGOV EPET EINV ETRD EAIR CVIS
10CARACAS29Foreign Minister Maduro Protests Alleged Overflights,
[...] (C) Summary. On January 11, Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro called in Charge Caulfield to deliver a diplomatic note protesting an alleged violation of Venezuelan airspace by a U.S. military aircraft on January 8. Maduro expressed concern that the alleged overflight occurred on the v [...]
2010-01-11 23:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL VE
10CARACAS35Venezuelan Focus on the Electricity Sector: Too Little Too
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The daily Venezuelan press is now filled with stories concerning the electricity sector crisis that distract attention and confuse the general populace. Relying on its hydropower, Venezuela has managed to generate nearly all of the electricity it requires on a daily basis. Curre [...]
2010-01-12 20:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EINV VE
10CARACAS45Caracas Proposals for FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach
[...] (U) This cable contains Post's proposals for biotech outreach in response to State 122732. 2. (U) Though the GBRV has not granted approval for biotechnology crops, there is significant interest and research from government institutions and universities on its development. Despite the gov [...]
2010-01-19 17:31:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECIN ETRD TBIO KPAO
10CARACAS57TFHA01: Venezuela Continues Attacks on U.S. Haiti Relief;
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 resolution, the Venezuelan National Assembly characterized U.S. assistance to Haiti as a "military occupation," which it rejected as a threat to both Haiti and Venezuela. The GBRV Ministry of Communication and Information Vive website altered its January 18 articl [...]
2010-01-20 22:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS64EMBASSY STAFF OPENS DIALOG WITH NEWLY APPOINTED MFA PROTOCOL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with newly appointed MFA Protocol and Immunities and Privileges personnel to clarify procedures for expediting Embassy requirements in the areas of approval of Venezuelan visas for TDY and permanently assigned staff, importation of vehicles, c [...]
2010-01-26 22:15:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADPM APER ADCO AMGT CMGT PREL VE
10CARACAS67TFHA01: One Relief Flight Departs Venezuela
[...] (SBU) Summary: A C-130, Venezuela's fifth relief flight, departed January 21 reportedly carrying 12 tons of supplies and 48 personnel . Local press reported that a Russian IL-76 carrying Venezuelan relief supplies to Haiti was unable to obtain landing authorization. In fact, the aircr [...]
2010-01-21 22:58:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE
10CARACAS75RE: RCTV Closed; Protests Erupt
[...] (C) In a press conference the evening of January 23, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Housing and Public Works and the director of the broadcasting regulatory agency Conatel, announced that he had instructed cable TV operators to remove RCTV and five other cable networks from their progr [...]
2010-01-25 20:40:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS79Emergency Action Committee Meeting of 01/12/10
[...] (SBU) Caracas EAC convened on 01/12/2010 to discuss STATE 2602 and to review the current threat environment following the shooting incident on 01/09/2010 at Valle Arriba Commercial Center and the ongoing effects of electricity and water rationing within Caracas and the entire country. EAC memb [...]
2010-01-25 21:48:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CVIS
10CARACAS93Cargill Takes a Hit to Protect Larger Interests
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After its expropriation in March 2009, Cargill decided to accept a deal for its rice plant that did not fully reflect its value in order to protect its larger investments in Venezuela. Cargill is now, however, considering pursuing legal action due to the Government of the Boliva [...]
2010-01-27 16:33:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
10CASABLANCA132009 MOROCCO UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR FOR TVPRA AND TDA
[...] (U) This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on forced labor and exploitive child labor as mandated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) and requested in reftel. 2. (SBU) The [...]
2010-02-01 16:17:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
10CASABLANCA15 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2010 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 1, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and PD in attendance. Discussion centered on implementation of new requirements in the Visas Vip [...]
2010-02-03 17:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
10CASABLANCA18MOROCCO: LABOR MONITORING AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco has engaged in significant labor reform, primarily through a 2004 modernization of its labor code, an effort that received added impetus as a result of the negotiation of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. While the current law adheres to core international labor [...]
2010-02-05 11:10:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV MO
10CASABLANCA2 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 4, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with Ambassador, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, USAID and PD in attendance. Discussion centered around new requirements in the Visas [...]
2010-01-05 15:50:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
10CASABLANCA20MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-16 09:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA25MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-22 17:35:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA5MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...]
2010-01-13 15:56:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPINR KISL GM MO
10CASABLANCA7MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire the Democratic Republic of the Cong [...]
2010-01-13 17:05:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO
10CHENGDU12HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HUANG QI: ATTORNEY PROVIDES MORE
[...] (C) Summary. The attorney of imprisoned Chinese dissident Huang Qi told Consul General January 8 that there were significant irregularities in Huang's court case, including fabricated evidence and procedural inconsistencies. Huang's appeal documents are expected to be reviewed by judges in F [...]
2010-01-15 04:45:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CH
10CHENGDU31NEPAL'S LHASA CG ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The unspoken quid pro quo during the December 26-31 visit of Nepal's Prime Minister to Lhasa and Beijing appears to have been a public statement by Nepal that it would no [...]
2010-02-04 11:20:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ENRG SENV CH NP IN
10CHENNAI15 Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: New Unevenly Applied
[...] Summary: The Indian Government recently implemented changes in immigration regulations without advance public notice, in apparent response to the arrest of alleged terrorist David Headley. The new regulations restrict reentry of foreign tourists holding a valid Indian visa for two months eve [...]
2010-01-27 11:09:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON EAGR EIND EINV ECIN ETRD EFIN BEXP IN
10CHIANGMAI16KAREN STATE UPDATE
[...] (C) According to the Karen National Union (KNU),which continues its armed struggle against Burma's military regime, it has agreed on the terms of a defensive military alliance with two other armed groups - the Kachin Independence Army (KIA-a ceasefire group) and Chin National Army. Talks aim [...]
2010-02-19 08:03:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR BM TH
10CHIANGMAI18"CREATIVE THAILAND" -- STRENGTHENING THE IT SECTOR AND
[...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting in Chiang Mai, the Ambassador gathered executives from U.S. information technology (IT) firms and officials from Thai government and public agencies for an informal discussion on opportunities and challenges for U.S. IT firms in Thailand. All of the firms clearl [...]
2010-02-24 13:47:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EINT KIPR PREL TH
10CHIANGMAI3NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PIPELINE CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH
[...] (C) During a late 2009 trip to Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, contacts told us that: North Korean asylum seekers continue to enter the province at a rate of 350-400 per year, mostly in the March-May and October-November timeframes; field-level cooperation to intercept would-be arr [...]
2010-01-11 09:06:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM SMIG CH KN KS TH
10CHIANGMAI8ROUND-UP: PAD CANCELS RALLY; RED-SHIRTS SPLINTERING?
[...] (SBU) On January 9, the generally pro-government Peoples' Alliance for Democracy cancelled a rally it planned to hold in Chiang Mai on January 16 in order to avoid violent clashes with anti- government red-shirts. Meanwhile, the localized reconciliation effort brokered by academics and priva [...]
2010-01-15 14:09:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON TH
10CHISINAU21MOLDOVA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating [...]
2010-01-15 10:29:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
10CHISINAU77EMBASSY CHISINAU ENERGY OFFICER CONTACT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, contact information for Embassy Chisinau Energy Officer and Economic Specialist is listed below: John (Jack) Hardman, Economic and Commercial Officer Phone: +373 22 40 8684 E-mail: HardmanJT@state.gov Valentina Robertson, Economic Specialist Phone: +373 22 40 8 [...]
2010-02-12 05:30:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON MD
10CHISINAU81REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY
[...] The United States and Moldova conduct Bilateral Defense Consultations every two years with the location traditionally rotating between the United States and Moldova. As part of the U.S. Department of Defense's bilateral relationship with Moldova, these consultations are designed to review th [...]
2010-02-12 13:18:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PM MD
10CHISINAU83MOLDOVA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 13:37:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10COLOMBO109SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF, new cases of child recruitment in 2009 numbered 17 by the TMVP and 402 by the LTTE. All of these children were released. There were now five outstanding cases of TMVP children recruited before 2009 who were under 18, and 54 outstanding cases who had turned 18 [...]
2010-02-11 09:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO110Northern Province Health Infrastructure Assessment
[...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 18-22, the embassy's Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE),together with Sri Lankan Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) officials and Medical Teams International (a primarily U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization),planned and conducte [...]
2010-02-12 07:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CE PTER PHUM EAID PREF
10COLOMBO111FM BOGOLLAGAMA SUMMONS CHARGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ON
[...] (C) On February 12, Foreign Minister Bogollagama summoned Charge to provide more information regarding her question at a February 11 briefing for the diplomatic corps regarding General Fonseka's medical care. At the February 11 briefing the FM enumerated the legal provisions that govern the p [...]
2010-02-12 11:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO115PRESS REPORTS LINK CYBER CENSORSHIP TO WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) The lead news story in the February 14 Sunday Times newspaper claimed that information technology experts from China's Military Intelligence Division were coming to Sri Lanka to help the Government of Sri Lanka block websites critical of the government. The article indirectly cited [...]
2010-02-16 12:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON ECPS KPAO PGOV SOCI TINT
10COLOMBO126 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES
[...] (U) Summary. Post carefully reviewed 59 proposals for S/GWI funding, and after discussing country priorities, the committee selected the strongest five proposals: four are for Sri Lanka, and one is for the Maldives. The proposed projects cover key issues such as gender based violence, econom [...]
2010-02-22 03:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CE MV
10COLOMBO132FONSEKA CATCH-22: SUPREME COURT RULES NO RELEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Fundamental Rights hearing on February 23, the Supreme Court denied General Fonseka release as interim relief because his claim that there was no reason to detain him could not be verified until the investigation was completed and, presumably, charges were filed. At the same [...]
2010-02-24 01:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO133COLOMBO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche on distracted driving to the Director General of the Economic Affairs Division and the Deputy Director of the United Nations Division of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 22 and 23, 2010 respectively. 2. In follow-up conversations, the [...]
2010-02-24 04:27:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA CE
10COLOMBO142ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...]
2010-02-26 07:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO20JOURNALIST TISSAINAYAGAM RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) On January 11, Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam -- who last August was convicted by a Sri Lankan high court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for publishing articles critical of the Sri Lankan Government's (GSL) war effort, conspiring with others to pub [...]
2010-01-11 12:30:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO26MALDIVES ASSISTANCE OVERVIEW: U.S. AND OTHER DONORS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Maldives have enjoyed a friendly and expanding relationship. U.S. efforts were instrumental in the successful conclusion of negotiations between Maldives and IMF, with the IMF approving in December 2009 a stand-by arrangement and related program worth a combin [...]
2010-01-13 05:42:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO30TISSAINAYAGAM OUT OF PRISON
[...] (C) Imprisoned journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was granted bail on January 11, was released from prison today after processing of his court documents. (NOTE: The non-computerized Sri Lankan court system is notoriously slow, and the two-day delay in Tissainayagam's release was not out of th [...]
2010-01-15 05:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO34THE MALDIVES HAS GREATLY IMPROVED ITS BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Maldivian President Nasheed has made improving budget transparency a goal for the Maldives. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) has taken action by adopting a public accounting system and using the IMF's Government Financial Statistics (GFS) budgetary format. The GOM has [...]
2010-01-19 10:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MV PREL
10COLOMBO36SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...]
2010-01-19 13:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO40SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 9
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Two persons were reported shot and seriously injured the night of January 18 while returning home from a Fonseka campaign rally in a small town near Hambantota. Numerous Post contacts have expressed concern about increasing violence in the remaining days befor [...]
2010-01-20 14:43:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO49EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 01/20/2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 20, 2010. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming Sri Lanka presidential elections on January 26. The EAC discussed elections violence, threat information, arrangements [...]
2010-01-22 08:27:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
10COLOMBO55AMBASSADOR SUMMONED BY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister called in the Ambassador this afternoon to express his concerns about her televised interview which aired on all three MTV news broadcasts the evening of January 14. Foreign Minister Bogollagama also raised the Ambassador's weekend call to the Inspector Gene [...]
2010-01-25 13:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO56SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]
2010-01-26 01:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO57SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]
2010-01-26 01:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO63IPR PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA: BAD, BUT IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's intellectual property rights regime is good on paper but lax on enforcement. Still, since the passage of comprehensive legislation in 2003, things have slowly been improving. The Embassy, American Chamber of Commerce, Business Software Alliance, a cadre of specializ [...]
2010-01-28 11:55:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKIPR ECON PGOV CE
10COLOMBO65SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 15
[...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Despite earlier confusion, Elections Commissioner Dissanayake confirmed in a meeting with PolOff on January 28 that he had indeed certified President Rajapaksa's victory in the January 26 presidential election. He said the official gazette notification was be [...]
2010-01-28 12:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO67INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - THE MALDIVES
[...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for the Maldives for 2010. (NOTE: Certain Website addresses were split to allow for sending via cable. The report sent in Word format has the correct links.) INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE MALDIVES JANUARY 2010 INTRODUCTION [...]
2010-01-29 05:47:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COLOMBO82POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's presidential election has brought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on media outlets and attacks against journalists. MTV (Sirisa),a popular private television and radio conglomerate, has received official warning that it must cease airing anti-governme [...]
2010-02-02 13:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO83DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...]
2010-02-02 13:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO85DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...]
2010-02-03 06:18:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO94PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF UNITY, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS
[...] (C) In his Sri Lankan National Day speech in Kandy on February 4, President Rajapaksa promised to turn Sri Lanka into the "Pride of Asia" through economic development and national unity. The themes were quite similar to those used in his op-ed article in the February 4 edition of the Wall Str [...]
2010-02-05 08:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO99SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION
[...] EconOff delivered reftel points to Mr. G. Piyasena, Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, on February 2, and followed up on February 8. Piyasena noted that a representative from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Manilla would attend the CITES meeting, although he could [...]
2010-02-08 11:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE
10CONAKRY102PM DORE APPOINTS A NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one month after his appointment as Prime Minister, Jean Marie Dore announced a new 34 person government on February 15 at 2000 hours. The government is comprised of ten political party representatives, ten representatives from civil society, ten from the CNDD, and four fro [...]
2010-02-16 15:47:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY104GUINEA: 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Despite considerable rhetoric by the junta government concerning anti-TIP efforts, little progress has been made toward combating TIP in Guinea during the reporting period. The country remains a point of origin, transit, and destination for trafficked men, women, and children. After the [...]
2010-02-17 06:38:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10CONAKRY97DORE PROMISES ELECTIONS IN SIX MONTHS
[...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador Moller, Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore promised to work toward elections in six months and to publicly appoint his government by this evening. Dore said that his main focus during the transition would be to prepare for elections and significantly reduce corrup [...]
2010-02-11 16:35:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC GV
10COPENHAGEN102(C) MIDEAST PEACE: DANISH MFA FLOATS A LOW-KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA briefed the Embassy on an initiative it is exploring - pending approval from FM Moeller - to promote low-key cooperation among Israel and its neighbors. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar responded favorably during an exploratory visit in January. Palestinian interest [...]
2010-02-22 11:06:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL XF
10COPENHAGEN104 MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen announced his new Cabinet February 23. The most extensive reshuffle in recent Danish history, it sets his stamp decisively on the Government, nearly 11 months after he took office without an election when his predecessor became NATO Secreta [...]
2010-02-23 12:26:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN2WOMEN'S ISSUES - USG ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Denmark is a leader in promoting gender equality at home and abroad. It consistently ranks in the top ten in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report (seventh in 2009; the United States ranked 31st). While some Danish women have identified "glass [...]
2010-01-05 08:43:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM DA
10COPENHAGEN28BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - CASE NO. K-1679
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 13:00:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC DA
10COPENHAGEN29BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - CASE NO. K-2438
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 13:11:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC DA
10COPENHAGEN62(SBU) BURQA: PM TRIES TO END DEBATE, DPP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government and opposition agree that a complete ban on wearing face-covering garments such as the burqa or niqab would be unconstitutional. At the same time, the Government associates such garments with an agenda that is oppressive to women and thus contra [...]
2010-02-03 17:10:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL DA
10COPENHAGEN67SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS: DENMARK WILLING TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 16:47:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT DA
10COPENHAGEN69 (SBU) DENMARK: GOVERNMENT WEATHERS COP-15 AFTERMATH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unrealistic public expectations for the outcome of COP-15 and initial confusion over how to interpret the Copenhagen Accord led to intense media and opposition questioning of Denmark's role as host of the conference, in particular focused on PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen's performanc [...]
2010-02-05 07:03:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG PGOV PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN84DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING: DANISH RESPONSE
[...] On Feb 2, Embassy ESTH specialist shared ref A points on distracted driving with Joen Kellberg, Administrator, Department of Roads, Ministry of Transport. Kellberg thanked Post for providing this information. He added that Denmark has campaigned and will continue to campaign against distract [...]
2010-02-12 07:27:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA DK
10COPENHAGEN88TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: POST'S INPUT TO 10TH
[...] (U) Post is providing the following answers keyed to question headings in REFTEL. 2. (SBU) DENMARK'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The following is a list of sources and their websites that offer information regarding human trafficking in Denmark: -The United Nations Human Rights Council - www. [...]
2010-02-16 07:39:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KMCA DA
10COTONOU65BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On January 27, PAS Cotonou hosted a well attended Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest to promote the use of English and to usher in Black History Month. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 27; second quarter, FY 10. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION/OBJECTIVES: Post held this eve [...]
2010-02-04 16:43:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BN
10COTONOU66BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: ?WHO MOVED MY CHEESE?
[...] SUMMARY: On January 28 2010, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource Center (IRC). The discussion, led by Norma Shorey-Bryan, an International Change Management Consultant, focused on the bestseller, 'Who Moved My Chees [...]
2010-02-04 16:44:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN
10COTONOU67 BENIN OUTREACH PROGRAM: WORKSHOP ON ETHICS AND
[...] SUMMARY: On January 29, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended training workshop for twenty Beninese reporters sharpen their professional skills by exchanging ideas and sharing experiences with senior counterparts in the profession. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 29, 2009; second [...]
2010-02-04 17:13:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BN
10COTONOU73S/GWI Project Proposal for Benin.
[...] SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROGRAM: This S/GWI project proposal for Benin consists of equipping and renovating Benin's existing DNA laboratory in order to give it the capacity to perform DNA comparison analysis in criminal cases and to thereby furnish the courts with the valuable forensic evidence th [...]
2010-02-09 17:11:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BN
10COTONOU80BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GOB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The GOB provided to Post prosecution statistics for 2009 demonstrating good will to crack down on child trafficking. 2. (SBU) The National Child Protection Coordination and Monitori [...]
2010-02-12 10:57:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN BN
10DAKAR226Senegal Registers First Lab Confirms cases of H1N1
[...] Senegal has seen its first official cases of H1N1 after some 14 were reported in the papers and then confirmed by Minister of Health Modou Diagne Fada. Seven of the cases were reported in the Dakar suburb of Pikine, six were reported in Diourbel and one in Touba. Both Diourbel and Touba were r [...]
2010-02-12 10:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR ECON SG
10DAKAR286SENEGAL'S ROLE AS MEDIATOR IN NIGER
[...] (SBU) PolCouns met with Mamadour Ndiaye, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Ambassador Mamadou Sow, senior adviser to the Foreign Minister, and Mouhamadou Sarr, head of the MFA's America and Oceania Division, to discuss Senegal's role as a mediator in Niger. Ndiaye [...]
2010-02-22 09:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SG XY NG ECOWAS
10DAKAR76Senegal: The Return of Political Violence
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 17, two arsonists, allegedly belonging to the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) set ablaze the stand where Ousmane Tanor Dieng, the leader of the Socialist Party (PS) was sitting during a political rally in Thies. Dieng and key leaders of the PS, including the [...]
2010-01-21 15:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
10DAMASCUS100WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...]
2010-02-03 09:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY IR
10DAMASCUS106HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES -- SARG BUDGES ON TIP, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: SARG pressure on civil society and human rights activists has been unrelenting since the 2007 detention of the Damascus Declaration National Council's leadership. The SARG consistently retaliated against any public statements, including press reports, deemed critical of the regime. The [...]
2010-02-07 03:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL KMPI KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS143EMBASSY DAMASCUS PROPOSALS FOR SMALL GRANTS
[...] (C) Embassy Damascus requests S/GWI support and funding for three proposals: "Grassroots Diplomacy," "Gender Research," and "Empowering Young, Deaf Women." These programs represent our first, substantive engagement with independent, grassroots NGOs in almost five years. With full funding we [...]
2010-02-18 16:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAO OEXC KWMN PGOV PREL SY
10DAMASCUS16SYRIAN NGO REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY DAMASCUS
[...] (C) BASMA, the Children with Cancer Support Association, requested Embassy staff assistance in overcoming sanctions that prohibited the organization's ability to import badly needed equipment. Their proactive efforts marked a significant departure from Syrian NGOs' hesitancy to interact with [...]
2010-01-06 10:36:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON KPAO PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS168V/FM MIQDAD DENIES SUPPLYING BALLISTIC MISSILES TO
[...] (S) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche, Syrian Vice Foreign Minister (V/FM) Miqdad expressed surprise the U.S. was sharing such a strong message in the wake of Under Secretary (U/S) William Burns' positive February 17 visit. He argued Israel represented the major threat to stability in the regio [...]
2010-02-25 13:43:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREF PREL IS LE SY
10DAMASCUS170"WE ARE READY": IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of discussions with SARG ministries, the Iraqi Embassy and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported they would be ready to facilitate voting by Iraqi refugees in Syria in the Iraqi legislative elections on March 5-7. However, confusion over [...]
2010-02-25 14:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS172SYRIA - 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: ( 963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax ( 963) (11) 3391-4687. Mr. Deaton (FS-03) spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured t [...]
2010-02-28 11:52:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA
10DAMASCUS174REFUGEE VOTING: IRAQI ELECTORAL COMMISSION RUSHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With five days remaining before Iraqi refugees in Syria begin voting, officials at the Damascus office of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) told us February 28 they were rushing to train election staff and get the word out in advance of the March 5-7 voting. [...]
2010-02-28 14:34:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS18SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...]
2010-01-07 11:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS19CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS' JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings met President Bashar al-Asad on January 7 for a cordial one-hour discussion on how the U.S. and Syria might improve regional stability. During the meeting, the congressman told the president he would advocate for Syria to be granted observer status with [...]
2010-01-10 03:52:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PREF PGOV PHUM IR LE IZ TU SY
10DAMASCUS28SYRIANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO ENHANCED TSA SCREENING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrians of all stripes have reacted negatively to enhanced airport screening requirements for travelers from 14 countries, including Syria, recently instituted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Government officials, students, journalists, businesspeople, and ot [...]
2010-01-11 13:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM SOCI PREL PTER PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS50UNRWA'S SYRIA CHIEF FRETS ABOUT FINANCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Syria Country Representative Roger Hearn told Staffdel Marcus January 9 that his organization's "surreal" financial situation is so dire, due mostly to donor fatigue, that it requires immediate attention and may entail "a complete r [...]
2010-01-14 13:59:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS512010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC SY
10DAMASCUS52ASAD'S VISIT TO KSA: INITIAL REACTION IN DAMASCUS
[...] (SBU) President Asad's January 13 trip to Riyadh, his second trip to Saudi Arabia since September, cemented opinion in Damascus that Syria and Saudi Arabia had solidified the "normalization" of bilateral relations both sides said they hoped for after King Abdullah's landmark visit to Damascus o [...]
2010-01-14 14:11:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS57SYRIA-IRAQ UPDATE: DAMASCUS FORESEES LITTLE CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Iraqi diplomats agreed Iraqi-Syrian relations would likely not improve until at least after Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for March. There has been no sign of a thaw in the frostiness between Damascus and Baghdad since the withdrawal of the countries' res [...]
2010-01-18 08:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PTER SY IZ
10DAMASCUS66IRAQI REFUGEES: SARG BACKS UNHCR REGIONAL APPEAL,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad used a UNHCR conference in Damascus to burnish the SARG's credentials in helping Iraqi refugees and to call on others, including the U.S. and Iraq, to do more. UN officials, though uncertain of the donor response to their ambitious [...]
2010-01-19 10:04:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ
10DAMASCUS68ONE NEW FACE IN ASAD'S CHOICES FOR STATE PLANNING
[...] (C) In a move to rapidly fill a gap at the State Planning Commission (SPC) following the ouster of SPC Head Dr. Taysir Raddawi (reftel),President Bashar al-Asad appointed on January 18 the current Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Hosni Lutfi, as head of the SPC. Asad also selected Syria's [...]
2010-01-20 03:28:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS75THE VIEW OUTSIDE DAMASCUS: SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN IN
[...] (C) During Econoff's recent tour of northwest Syria, Syrian businessmen argued that U.S. sanctions have had a minimal impact on most Syrian businesses. Major companies in the region appeared to be not only surviving but prospering in spite of the sanctions regime. Businessmen told Emboff the [...]
2010-01-25 10:10:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV PREL SY
10DAMASCUS77SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION: IRAQI EMBASSY PROTESTS SARG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi embassy told us January 25 the GOI was offended by comments regarding Iraq's alleged neglect of Iraqi refugees made by Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad at a UNHCR conference in Damascus last week. Miqdad's comments reportedly angered Baghdad and heightened G [...]
2010-01-25 14:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PTER IZ SY
10DAMASCUS8CODEL GREGG'S DECEMBER 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary: In a frank one-hour meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, Senators Gregg, Bayh, Specter, Enzi, Cornyn, and Klobuchar affirmed Washington's interest in better U.S.-Syrian relations and pushed Asad to take positive steps as well. The senators urged Syria to move forward on [...]
2010-01-04 09:32:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL IR LE IZ SY
10DAMASCUS95MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON PLANE IT WANTS FOR
[...] (C) Ever hopeful that a way can be found to obtain a "Syrian Air Force One" for President al-Asad, Foreign Minister Muallim's chief of staff, Bassam Sabbagh, took advantage of a January 31 meeting with CDA (reported septel) to provide details about the airplane the Emir of Qatar offered Asad l [...]
2010-02-01 08:08:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY
10DAMASCUS97SARG SHEDS LIGHT ON ITS DROUGHT CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials discussed the drought afflicting northeast Syria with surprising transparency during a January 27 public forum that drew comparisons to those held during the pre-2001 "Damascus Spring." During the same week, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-D [...]
2010-02-01 13:29:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON FAS PGOV PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DARESSALAAM107ZANZIBAR LEGISLATURE VOTES FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 14:42:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI TZ
10DARESSALAAM108ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z-BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 09:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM113FORMAL REQUEST FOR USG AIR SHIPMENT OF CATERPILLAR GENERATORS
[...] As anticipated in Reftel, the Government of Zanzibar sent the Mission a formal assistance request as follows. 2. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) presents its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in Tanzania fo [...]
2010-02-04 11:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM136TANZANIA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. TIP SITUATION IN TANZANIA ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Reliable sources of qualitative information for TIP trends include the Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry o [...]
2010-02-11 11:31:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10DARESSALAAM138CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA
[...] The deep and long-standing Tanzanian-Chinese relationship continues to be characterized by significant trade, diplomatic exchanges and Chinese assistance and investment in Tanzania. Tanzania remains one of China's principal African trading partners and assistance recipients. Ministerial visit [...]
2010-02-12 07:15:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN TZ MCC
10DARESSALAAM181LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM MIZENGO PETER PINDA,
[...] The Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note (AB 85/710/01/156) and attached letter from Prime Minister Mizengo Peter Pinda from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: 2. Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Uni [...]
2010-02-24 13:17:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL TZ
10DARESSALAAM26OVERCROWDING CRITICAL CHALLENGE FOR TANZANIAN PRISONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding produces poor living conditions in Dar es Salaam's prisons. Our observations indicate food supplies are sufficient, while sanitary and sleeping facilities are clearly inadequate. Remand prisoners at the Segerea Prison, who may wait up to five years for a tr [...]
2010-01-14 12:52:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PHUM TZ
10DARESSALAAM38ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND: POWER CRISIS UNABATED
[...] This is an action message. Please see para. 15. 2. SUMMARY: On January 15, representatives from the donor community met at UNDP headquarters to hear the UN and the Norwegian Embassy's assessments of Zanzibar's needs following the December 10 malfunction of the power cable terminus connecti [...]
2010-01-20 14:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EIND TZ
10DARESSALAAM66TANZANIAN ALBINOS: SOME GOVERNMENT SUCCESS AS MURDERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Government efforts in 2009 to curb attacks against Tanzanians with albinism met with some success, as the number of murders dropped to 7, from 27 in 2008. From leadership by the President and the Prime Minister to police and judicial work resulting in several convictions of killer [...]
2010-01-29 03:48:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TZ
10DARESSALAAM83ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z'BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG TO
[...] SUMMARY: The USG should expect a formal request from the Zanzibar Government (SMZ) seeking assistance for air transport of up to 32 Caterpillar-brand diesel generator units currently located in Belgium. Several donors have pledged to provide support for the purchase of these units. The SMZ sa [...]
2010-02-02 07:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM95ZANZIBAR LEGISLATURE VOTES FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 12:23:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI TZ
10DHAKA107LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pandemic Influenza Senior Leaders Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 24, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 04, 2010. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]
2010-02-04 08:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA113LEAHY VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Maneuver Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on March 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 08, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 2 [...]
2010-02-08 08:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA114LEAHY VETTING FOR APPLICATION OF INTERAGENCY BIOLOGICAL
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Application of Interagency Biological Restoration Demonstration (IBRD) in Germany, which will begin on March 29, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 08, 2010. Post requ [...]
2010-02-08 08:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA1147LEAHY VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ALP) IN USA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) in USA, which has begun on November 12, 2009. The course will last for approximately one year and the participant will begin as soon as possible [...]
2010-01-03 07:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA1148LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course in USA, which will begin on 18 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December 29, 2009. Post requests that vetting be [...]
2010-01-03 08:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA1149LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...]
2010-01-03 08:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA1150LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on January 29, 2010. Post vetting was comp [...]
2010-01-03 08:52:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA121AMERICA WEEK 2009 - TELLING AMERICA'S STORY ON THE ROAD IN
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka made a splash in northwest Bangladesh with America Week Rajshahi, highlighting the U.S.-Bangladesh partnership and making key contacts outside the capital in this densely populated Muslim-majority country. The three-day Mission-wide outreach program included a cricket match [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SCUL KPAO SOCI BG
10DHAKA132JAMAAT PLEADS ITS CASE BEFORE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) On February 10, 2010, the Ambassador and Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Razzaq discussed the recent upsurge in student violence, the possible repeal of the 5th amendment, and the looming war-crimes trials. One of Bangladesh,s leading barristers, Razzaq repeatedly stressed Ja [...]
2010-02-16 03:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KUIR PINR BG
10DHAKA145LEAHY VETTING FOR STABILITY, SECURITY, TRANSITION AND
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTAR) Course in Germany, which will begin on March 16, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 18, 2010. Post requests [...]
2010-02-22 03:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA146LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY OPERATION AND LAW CONFERENCE
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Military Operation and Law Conference (MILOPS) Course in Hawaii, which will begin on March 28, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 18, 2010. Post requests that vetting [...]
2010-02-22 03:35:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA152BANGLADESH SEEKS MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL OF
[...] Post received two diplomatic notes from Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There will be no signed original. The diplomatic notes are repeated below. The attachment CV mentioned will be sent by email to SCA/INSB. 2. Begin text: No. UN-EL-8004 (ITU)/09/235. The Ministry of Foreign A [...]
2010-02-24 04:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL BG
10DHAKA153LEAHY VETTING FOR SSENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN NESA CENTER
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Senior Executive Seminar in NESA Center for Strategic Studies, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 25, 2010. Post requests that vetti [...]
2010-02-25 03:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA159LEAHY VETTING FOR TIGER SHARK 2, 11 APRIL-15 MAY
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following Unit has been selected for participation in the Tiger Shark 2 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, which will begin on April 11, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 18 to pr [...]
2010-02-28 07:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA160LEAHY VETTING FOR TIGER SHARK 4, 15-30 SEPTEMBER 2010
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following Unit has been selected for participation in the Tiger Shark 4 conducted throughout Bangladesh, which will begin on September 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by Mar [...]
2010-02-28 07:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA161LEAHY VETTING FOR AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE IN
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Air Command & Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on April 30, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 1 [...]
2010-02-28 08:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA166LEAHY VETTING FOR PASOLS PLANNING GROUP (PPG) MEETING,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pasols Planning Group (PPG),Australia, which will begin on April 19, 2010. Post vetting was completed on February 28, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 14, [...]
2010-02-28 10:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA20LEAHY VETTING FOR SIGNAL CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Signal Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on February 03, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 05, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 20 [...]
2010-01-10 00:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA21LEAHY VETTING FOR SEMINAR ON TRANSATLANTIC CIVIL SECURITY
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) in Germany, which will begin on February 02, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 05, 2010. Post requests that vetting be [...]
2010-01-10 00:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA23LEAHY VETTING FOR FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER Retainer
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for FBINAA ASIA PACIFIC CHAPTER Retainer Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19-24 July, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed by 02/01/2010 to provide sufficient time for process [...]
2010-01-10 08:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA24LEAHY VETTING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON EAST ASIA SECURITY (SEAS
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Symposium on East Asia Security (SEAS 2010) in USA, which will begin on March 01, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]
2010-01-10 08:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA25LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SENIOR LEADERS
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pandemic Influenza Senior Leaders Workshop in USA, which will begin on February 24, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]
2010-01-10 08:30:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA26 BANGLADESH MISSION FOOD SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Bangladesh and the U.S. diplomatic-development team at Embassy Dhaka (Mission Dhaka) are well-positioned to maximize the opportunities presented by the USG's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Mission Dhaka will capitalize on the political will of Bangladesh's leaders and our wh [...]
2010-01-10 09:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO KWMN BG
10DHAKA3LEAHY VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (ALP) IN USA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) in USA, which has begun on November 12, 2009. The course will last for approximately one year and the participant will begin as soon as possible [...]
2010-01-03 07:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA32LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin on February 06, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 10, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]
2010-01-11 09:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA4LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course in USA, which will begin on 18 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on December 29, 2009. Post requests that vetting be [...]
2010-01-03 08:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA5LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...]
2010-01-03 08:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA55LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on February 26, 2010. Post vetting was com [...]
2010-01-18 06:32:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA56LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on February 12, 2010. Post vetting was com [...]
2010-01-18 06:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA6LEAHY VETTING FOR SURVIVOR SUPPORT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Survivor Support and Human Trafficking Laws for Police Officials and Public Prosecutors Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on January 29, 2010. Post vetting was comp [...]
2010-01-03 08:52:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA65EMBASSY DHAKA SUPPORT FOR EDA LANDING SHIP, TANK
[...] (SBU) Bangladesh's senior navy and civilian leadership, including the Prime Minister's national security advisor, have repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Excess Defense Articles (EDA) ships from the United States to help upgrade and modernize Bangladesh's Navy. Approving the transfer [...]
2010-01-19 10:42:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNMASS MCAP PINS PREL KPKO BG
10DHAKA70EMBASSY DHAKA FINAL REPORT FOR 2009 COMBINED FEDERAL
[...] (U) Embassy Dhaka's final report for the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign is as follows: 2. (U) Total number of donors: 6 3. (U) Total dollars pledged: $18,791.24 4. (U) Number of employees qualifying for Eagle Award: 2 5. (U) Number of employees qualifying for Double Eagle Award: 0 [...]
2010-01-21 05:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER
10DHAKA74LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Defense Management Course in USA, which will begin on February 06, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]
2010-01-24 08:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA75LEAHY VETTING FOR BASIC INSTRUCTOR COURSE AND INSTRUCTIONAL
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Basic Instructor Course and Instructional System Designer Course in USA, which will begin on February 26, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests tha [...]
2010-01-24 08:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA76LEAHY VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS STAFF OFFICERS COURSE
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the United Nations Staff Officers Course (UNSOC) In Malaysia, which will begin on March 01, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be compl [...]
2010-01-24 08:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA77LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS (CMLO)
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Liaison Officer (CMLO) Course in Bangladesh, which will begin on February 7, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be com [...]
2010-01-24 08:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA78LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the International Peacekeeping Operations Contingent Commander Course (PKOCCC) in USA, which will begin on February 15, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post [...]
2010-01-24 08:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA83LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Identifying and Developing Investigative Information from February 21 to March 4, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on 01/27/2010. Post requests tha [...]
2010-01-27 07:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA86BANGLADESH: AN IDEAL FEED THE FUTURE FOCUS COUNTRY
[...] Bangladesh is an ideal candidate to serve as the Asian focus country for the USG's Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative. This Muslim majority nation of more than 150 million people, where poverty and malnutrition rates remain high, places a very high priority on ensuring food security. The effec [...]
2010-01-27 08:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO BG
10DHAKA88BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR U/S MCHALE
[...] (C) Undersecretary McHale, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people that is friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh to help develop its democracy and economy and countert [...]
2010-01-27 10:08:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPAO ECON PINR PINS KDEM PTER BG
10DHAKA89LEAHY VETTING FOR MCIP IN THAILAND, 15 - 19 FEBRUARY 2010
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Multinational Communications Interoperability Program (MCIP) in Thailand, which will begin on 15 February, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 28, 2010. Post requests th [...]
2010-01-28 08:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA902010 BFIF REQUEST FROM BANGLADESH
[...] Mission Dhaka requests funding from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for training of economic-commercial staff and consultations with the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) office in Kolkata. In the last three years, our commercial workload has increased dramatically, and our sma [...]
2010-01-28 10:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON PREL BG
10DILI42TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...]
2010-02-19 08:32:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT
10DILI43TIMOR-LESTE: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili submits the following two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is the Caukus Feto Iha Politika (Women's Political Caucus),an organization founded to promote women's p [...]
2010-02-22 06:58:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL PHUM AID CDC COM TSRY TT
10DILI49USS REUBEN JAMES VISITS TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The USS Reuben James visited Timor-Leste February 21-24 and completed highly successful military-to-military engagements, humanitarian engineering projects, and community relations activities. Led by the Chief of the Timorese Defense Forces (F-FDTL),the F-FDTL engaged with the [...]
2010-02-25 08:23:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP PGOV TT
10DJIBOUTI100DJIBOUTI: MISHANDLED SOMALI REFUGEE RETURN STRAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In mid-November, 43 Somalis rescued in international waters by a Dutch military ship and off-loaded in Djibouti were repatriated by the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) to Mogadishu (Ref A). UNHCR claimed that this constituted refoulement. The GODJ maintained that UNHCR was awar [...]
2010-02-07 10:35:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF DJ SO UNHCR PREL SMIG
10DJIBOUTI125DJIBOUTI - FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S JAN 19 VISIT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a brief stop-over in Djibouti January 19, French President Nicholas Sarkozy met with Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh for a wide-ranging discussion that included China's role in Africa, climate change, Eritrea's role in the region, the African Union, Frenc [...]
2010-02-02 09:53:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR DJ FR ER CH AU
10DJIBOUTI135DJIBOUTI: EAC DISCUSSES AL-SHABAAB THREAT
[...] (S/NF) Core members of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met February 2 to discuss recent threat reporting regarding U.S. service members (ref A),review current security conditions, and determine whether there was a need to increase our security posture. GRPO stated that this reporti [...]
2010-02-04 14:30:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC MOPS PTER DJ SO
10DJIBOUTI193DJIBOUTI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message contains Embassy Djibouti's 2010 trafficking in persons (TIP) submission. Responses are keyed to ref A numbering and lettering. Since the late 2007 passage of Djibouti's comprehensive anti-TIP law, awareness and acknowledgement of TIP as an important challenge con [...]
2010-02-17 10:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP SMIG PREF PHUM KWMN ASEC KFRD ELAB KMCA DJ
10DJIBOUTI195DJIBOUTI: GEN WARD MEETING WITH DJIBOUTIAN CHOD MG FATHI
[...] (C) Summary: In a friendly hour-long meeting with AFRICOM Commander General William Ward on February 10, Djiboutian Chief of Defense Staff Major General Fathi Ahmed Houssein reviewed threats from Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea and appealed for additional U.S. assistance to preserve Djibout [...]
2010-02-17 13:07:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPINS PTER MOPS MASS DJ ER SO YM
10DJIBOUTI199DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...]
2010-02-22 05:34:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM
10DJIBOUTI203DJIBOUTI/FRANCE - Public Spat over GOF Reliability as Ally
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 08:44:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINS MASS PBTS DJ ER FR
10DJIBOUTI3DJIBOUTI: AT RISK "BETWEEN YEMEN AND SOMALIA," GODJ ASKS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 18:33:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MASS DJ SO YM
10DJIBOUTI31DJIBOUTI: FONMIN REPORTS MORE ERITREAN PLOTTING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 16:21:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS DJ ER
10DJIBOUTI35EMBASSY DJIBOUTI HOLDS EAC TO DISCUSS TERRORISM AND VISAS
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 13 to review VISAS VIPERS procedures. Attendees included: DCM (chair),CONS/PD, ORA, MGT, NCIS, OBO, acting RSO, DATT, and USAID. 2. (U) EAC members reviewed the purpose and procedures for "VISAS [...]
2010-01-19 06:25:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PTER PINR DJ
10DJIBOUTI37DJIBOUTI: SCENESETTER ON SECURITY ISSUES FOR ASD VERSHBOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense Vershbow and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonnier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language R [...]
2010-01-19 12:00:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR
10DJIBOUTI66DJIBOUTI: FY10 BFIF PROGRAM PROPOSAL
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Djibouti, a non-Commercial Service post, requests USD 3,500 in FY10 BFIF funds (ref A) to organize a three-day workshop on entrepreneurship in Djibouti before October 2010. The proposed workshop--to be executed in collaboration with the Djiboutian National [...]
2010-01-25 10:27:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ECON DJ
10DJIBOUTI7DJIBOUTI: FONMIN AND CHOD ON IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON ERITREA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 16:23:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS DJ ER UNSC
10DJIBOUTI77AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DJIBOUTIAN PRESIDENT GUELLEH
[...] (SBU) On January 24, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf informed Ambassador that President Ismail Omar Guelleh will lead Djibouti's delegation to the 2010 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. 2. (SBU) Arrival and departure times are currently unknown. Contact information: Presumably [...]
2010-01-24 14:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC DJ AU
10DOHA22QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DOHA23JANUARY 18 DARFUR TALKS IN DOHA: OFFICIAL
[...] Below is the English-language communique provided to Embassy Doha by Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the outcome of January 18 consultations on Darfur. 2. Begin Communique: In the framework of the ongoing efforts by the international community to find a solution to the Darfur confl [...]
2010-01-20 13:13:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SU QA
10DOHA24Engaging Al Jazeera on Haiti
[...] (SBU) On Sunday, January 17, Al Jazeera's English (AJE) news channel, headquartered in Doha, began running inaccurate coverage of U.S. and international relief efforts in Haiti. At times, the coverage used inflammatory language, such as accusing the U.S. military of setting up a "mini-Green Zo [...]
2010-01-20 13:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KDEM QA HA
10DOHA28OIL AND GAS PRICE ALIGNMENT AND THE NEW HEAD OF
[...] (U) During the opening of the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),the Amir of Qatar Shaykh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani called for the alignment of gas prices with oil prices. In his remarks, the Amir urged GECF members to explore the reasons for the disparity b [...]
2010-01-21 13:36:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS
10DOHA39EGYPTIAN DCM: CAIRO TO THWART ANY QATARI
[...] (C/NF) Adham Naguib, Egypt's DCM at its Embassy in Qatar (strictly protect),told P/E Chief Rice January 26 that the Egyptian Government is determined to thwart any initiative that Qatar proposes during its current term as president of the Arab League, just for the sake of thwarting it. Nagui [...]
2010-01-28 11:47:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA
10DOHA40FRENCH ENVOY EXPRESSES OPTIMISM, FRUSTRATION WITH
[...] (C) In a January 26 conversation with Poloff Caudill, French Special Envoy for Sudan Issa Mauraut expressed his frustration at the slow pace of the Darfur peace talks. He said that representatives of factions in Darfur come to Doha and drag out the process, as if wanting to lengthen their sta [...]
2010-01-28 13:15:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU FR QA
10DOHA43U.S.-ISLAMIC FORUM: SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS TO
[...] (U) As you prepare for the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, please find below some suggested talking points from Embassy Doha for you to use while here. They are designed to help promote the President's Muslim engagement agenda as outlined in his June 2009 address in Cairo. But first, our t [...]
2010-02-02 10:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP OREP OTRA QA
10DOHA52SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...]
2010-02-08 09:50:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA
10DOHA53FRENCH EMBASSY READOUT OF SARKOZY'S DISCUSSION
[...] (S) French Political Counselor Brigitte Curmi shared with P/E Chief Rice February 7 the readout that the French Embassy in Doha received of President Sarkozy's February 4 discussion in Paris with Qatar's Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the latter's just concluded visit to Tehran. Acc [...]
2010-02-08 09:50:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL IR FR QA
10DOHA55QATARI PERSONAL DEBT: MANAGABLE - FOR NOW
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 08:43:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN QA
10DOHA69QATARI MFA OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVE OF HEIR
[...] (C) MFA Director for Asian and African Affairs Zayed Al-Naemi told P/E Chief Rice February 21 that the February 3 visit by Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Tehran, which had been planned for several months, should be seen through the prism of Qatar's need of "dealing with Iran as a ne [...]
2010-02-23 07:06:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR QA
10DOHA7SENIOR APPOINTMENTS UNDERSCORE AL-MAHMOUD
[...] (SBU) In December, the MFA announced the appointment of several officials to key positions within the ministry. Several of those officials, including the new head of Asian and African Affairs Zayed bin Rashid Al Naemi, have worked in the office of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al [...]
2010-01-07 12:54:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINB QA
10DOHA8SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- QATAR MILITARY CONSULTATIVE
[...] (C) The eleventh meeting of the U.S. - Qatar Military Consultative Committee (MCC) is scheduled for 11-15 January 2010 in Washington DC. The last MCC between Qatar and the U.S. took place in March 2007. Brigadier General Abdulla Juma'an, Chief of International Relations, (referred to as "Gen [...]
2010-01-07 14:13:00Embassy DohaSECRETMARR MASS PREL QA
10DUBAI1RAK Airport Sleepy, but with Residual Russian Connection
[...] (C) Summary: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport is attempting to reinvent itself as a cargo transit point for the RAK Free Zone in the wake of RAK Airways suspension of regular commercial flights in late 2008. The airport is also working to distance itself from its reputation as a transport facilitat [...]
2010-01-07 07:41:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV PREL AE
10DUBAI11UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...]
2010-02-04 13:24:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK
10DUBAI14UAE Media Reaction: New TSA Security Screening
[...] SUMMARY: Emirati editorials this week express anger and disappointment over new TSA air screening measures of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 specific countries. While acknowledging a need to address terrorist threats, the recent screening measures are widely decried as discriminatory and rac [...]
2010-01-07 13:26:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR AE
10DUBAI29U.S. Credit Cards linked to Mabhouh Assassination
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The Dubai Police released new details of their investigation into the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh February 24, including the names of an additional 15 suspects (bringing the total to 26) and the numbers of 14 credit cards issued by a U.S. bank allegedly used by t [...]
2010-02-25 10:51:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC PTER IS AE
10DUBLIN65IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 10:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10DUSHANBE103INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AGREE ON UNIFIED ROGHUN MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gross convened a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions in Dushanbe to discuss a common approach to the government of Tajikistan's campaign to force its citizens to contribute to the construction of the Roghun dam. Attendees agreed on a two-pronged strategy: They wou [...]
2010-01-21 12:02:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE107UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSPORT -- OFF THE RAILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A tit-for-tat over rail shipments highlights the Tajik rail system's dependence on Uzbekistan for its international transport. After Uzbekistan delayed Tajik railcars carrying construction materials for hydroelectric projects, Tajikistan responded by holding up Uzbek trains. Tas [...]
2010-01-25 11:55:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALELTN PREL ETRD UZ TI
10DUSHANBE112TAJIK ELECTIONS: CCER PROMISES FULL ACCESS FOR MONITORS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) Chief Mirzoali Boltuev promised to enforce President Rahmon's call for free and fair elections in a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Gross. Boltuev said foreign and local election observers would have full access to monito [...]
2010-01-26 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE113DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe delivered points in reftel on January 22 to Farhod Salim, Director of the North America and Europe Department at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Salim said the MFA had no immediate comment on the U.S. goals at the London Conference on Afghanistan, but he had ma [...]
2010-01-27 03:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF TI
10DUSHANBE117A CASE-STUDY IN ROGHUN EXTORTION
[...] (C) Summary: The experience of the U.S. micro-finance institution FINCA offers a case study in the subtle and not-so-subtle efforts by the Tajik government to extort funding for the Roghun hydroelectric dam. Employees at all but one of FINCA's 34 offices in Tajikistan have been told to contri [...]
2010-01-27 12:19:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALECON KCOR EFIN PGOV PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE143EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY
[...] Site Assessments a) On January 20 the EXBS Staff and the ODC Counter Narcotics Program Manager visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to meet the new Customs Port Director. The EXBS Staff examined the EXBS funded Rapiscan luggage x-ray scanner at the passenger processing terminal and the [...]
2010-02-02 11:59:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
10DUSHANBE149INTERIOR MINISTER - THAT'S NOT MY ANTI-AMERICAN SCREED
[...] (C) Summary: Following the issuance of a pamphlet claiming that the United States Government intentionally supported the narcotics industry in Afghanistan during the 1980s to destroy the Soviet Union, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) told Ambassador that the pamphlet was unauthorized and [...]
2010-02-03 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TI
10DUSHANBE150RELIGIOUS MINORITY GROUPS FACE RED TAPE, NOT CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Most of Tajikistan's previously registered religious groups and nearly all mosques completed mandatory re-registration with the Department of Religious Affairs (DRA) before their January 1, 2010 deadline. The Dushanbe synagogue was not able to re-register because of a land owne [...]
2010-02-03 14:41:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KRFR TI
10DUSHANBE156MEDIA CRACKDOWN: OFFICIALS SUE NEWSPAPERS FOR MILLIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik judges, a Ministry, and a government agency hit five of Tajikistan's independent newspapers with separate lawsuits in what could be the death knell of media freedom in the country. On January 25, three judges sued three newspapers for publishing a defense attorney's statem [...]
2010-02-04 11:21:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SCUL TI
10DUSHANBE157TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 29 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. The Ministry did not have immediate answers to the questions posed in the demarche. Post will [...]
2010-02-05 07:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU TI
10DUSHANBE165TAJIK ELECTIONS: THE CAMPAIGN THAT WASN'T
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Rahmon parties and MPs are well-positioned to expand their dominance of the Majlisi Namoyandagon in February 28 parliamentary elections. Opposition parties have waged lackluster campaigns, mostly relying on local officials to arrange their meetings with constituents. Indepe [...]
2010-02-09 03:30:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TI
10DUSHANBE1702010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Enclosed is Embassy Dushanbe's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report. As outlined in reftel, we have paraphrased the text of each question and then provided answers based on discussions with non-governmental organizations, Tajik authorities, and other relevant officials. [...]
2010-02-10 12:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP TI
10DUSHANBE171IMPACT OF ROGHUN CAMPAIGN ON U.S. ASSISTANCE GOALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government stresses electricity shortfalls as a serious threat to living standards and economic growth, and rightly so, but refuses to confront key causes of the shortfall, or to pursue to the most effective solutions. Instead, it insists that building mega-hydro-proje [...]
2010-02-11 10:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON SOCI PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE172TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]
2010-02-12 10:10:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE173CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...]
2010-02-16 13:41:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE203TAJIK ELECTIONS: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE 2005
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The week before parliamentary elections, opposition party leaders reported an uptick in government harassment of their activities and a concurrent increase in local officials' support for People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) candidates. Security officials briefly det [...]
2010-02-18 12:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE215DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS RELIGION AND ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullo Yuldashev summoned Ambassador Gross on February 25 to discuss a range of religious, economic, and political issues. On May 18-20, Tajikistan will host an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers summit in Dushanbe and will invite U.S. Spec [...]
2010-02-25 11:41:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE229NEWSPAPERS STAND FIRM IN COURT, EMBASSY ISSUES STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preliminary court hearings in Dushanbe, editors in chief of four independent newspapers called libel lawsuits filed against them by government officials "groundless". On February 23, representatives of Asia-Plus, Farazh, Ozodagon and an attorney, Solijon Juraev, appeared in [...]
2010-02-26 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE27TAJIK ELECTIONS: RAHMON SHOWS RULING PARTY WHO'S BOSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the pre-election congress of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT),which dominates both houses of the Tajik Parliament (Majlisi Oli),President Rahmon won unanimous re-election as PDPT chairman and installed his son on the party's central committee. He dismissed [...]
2010-01-05 12:47:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TI
10DUSHANBE4TAJIK EARTHQUAKE IMPACT LESS SEVERE THAN REPORTED
[...] Summary: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan on the morning of January 2. Embassy contacts and others with direct knowledge of the area said a few hundred households have been affected by the earthquake, far short of the 20,000 figure widely reported in the international medi [...]
2010-01-04 12:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM CACS TI
10DUSHANBE52DAM IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T: ROGHUN PRESSURE MOUNTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Tajik government inaugurated nationwide sales of shares in the Roghun hydroelectric dam project, using extortion and intimidation to pressure individuals and organizations to buy stock. As part of an unprecedented multi-media campaign, all four state televisio [...]
2010-01-13 09:02:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PHUM ENRG EINV TI
10DUSHANBE82MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev [...]
2010-01-15 11:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE93BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following are post's responses to reftel regarding transparency of the government of Tajikistan's central budget. -- Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? 2. (SBU) Yes. The U.S. government is expected to provide assistance to the central gover [...]
2010-01-20 08:32:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID ECON EFIN PREL TI
10DUSHANBE95TAVILDARA - THE MOST STABLE PLACE ON EARTH?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Tavildara District, scene of fighting between government forces and militants from May-July 2009, contacts described the area as stable and identified the absence of international development groups and lack of jobs, rather than security concerns, as the main [...]
2010-01-20 09:25:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPGOV PHUM ECON PINR TI
10DUSSELDORF14NRW Election Chess Game II: Ruettgers Castles His Rook
[...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President (M-P) Juergen Ruettgers, tried to quickly mend political damage from his party's financing scandal by announcing February 23 his close advisor Andreas Krautscheid as the new NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Secretary-General, th [...]
2010-02-24 17:02:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM
10DUSSELDORF16NRW Election Chess Game III: Ruettgers' Rook In Action -
[...] (U) Andreas Krautscheid, the new Secretary General of the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Christian Democrats (CDU),testified February 25, in his capacity as Minister for European and Federal Affairs, to a special session of the State Parliament's Main Committee. Krautscheid strongly rejected ac [...]
2010-02-25 16:50:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM
10DUSSELDORF3FIRST MUSLIM PARTY IN GERMANY PREPARING TO GO NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Germany's first and only Muslim-oriented political party, Alliance for Peace and Fairness (BFF) -- up until now only active in Bonn -- will run in the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state elections this May and ultimately aims to form party organizations in other states and on the [...]
2010-01-26 12:21:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL GM
10DUSSELDORF4FEARS OF AFGHANISTAN DEBATE EMERGE MONTHS BEFORE NRW STATE
[...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia Party leaders for the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) coalition fear the issue of sending more troops to Afghanistan could hurt their chances in the May 2010 state elections if the opposition or the Left Party makes [...]
2010-01-26 16:20:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GM AF
10EFTOKABUL668Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10EFTOLONDON16UK TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE TO GICNT EPG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 12:33:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC UK
10EFTOLONDON224UK TO SEND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on January 29, along with Political Counselor Birgitta Tazelaar of the Embassy of the Netherlands. Phillips thanked the U.S. and the Netherlands for the [...]
2010-01-29 15:37:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG
10FRANKFURT120FDP "THREE KINGS DAY": CHIEF WESTERWELLE DEFENDS TAX-CUTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister and Free Democratic Party (FDP) national chair Guido Westerwelle defended the party's tax policy and downplayed problems in the national coalition at the FDP's annual leadership gathering in Stuttgart January 5-6, "Three Kings Day". The event's highlight was the [...]
2010-01-12 15:00:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GM
10FRANKFURT218FUTURE OF NIGHT FLIGHTS AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT REMAINS
[...] SUMMARY: In December, the Hesse Administrative Court published its August 2009 decision dismissing all claims against further expansion of the Frankfurt airport. The ruling, however, left the future of night flights at the airport unclear. The court advised the State of Hesse to "revisit" its [...]
2010-01-22 12:58:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV EU GM
10FREETOWN35DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT FROM SIERRA LEONE,
[...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with a list of the following delegates to the annual African Union: President Ernest Bai Koroma: Hon. Haja Zainab H. Bangura - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int. Cooperation Hon. Alhaja Ibrahim B. Kargbo - Minister of Information & Communi [...]
2010-01-25 13:36:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP AORC SL
10FREETOWN36SIERRA LEONE GIVES 100,000 DOLLARS FOR HAITI
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura discussed President Koroma's offer of 100,000 dollars in cash for Haitian earthquake relief during a courtesy call with CDA January 21, saying the money was to "pay back" the international community for all it had done for Sierra Leone. She added that Sie [...]
2010-01-25 17:11:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SL
10FREETOWN49SIERRA LEONE: DAILY CONCERNS OUTWEIGH
[...] Summary: There are no government reprisals in Sierra Leone against former combatants, and reprisals at the individual or communal level appear to be minimal, if any. The populace is focused on surviving in the present, not settling old scores. End Summary. 2. For Sierra Leoneans today, [...]
2010-02-04 14:43:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SL
10FREETOWN50SIERRA LEONE: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] This message responds to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone and potential areas for cooperation. Post opted for a front channel cable as well as an email in light of the significant interest in the level of Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone. 2. China wa [...]
2010-02-05 09:27:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON SL CN
10FREETOWN61UPDATE ON NARCOTICS MATTERS IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:07:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDLI SL SNAR
10FREETOWN67SIERRA LEONE: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
[...] Summary: The four minor incidents of inter-religious violence over the past five years are the first such occurrences in Sierra Leone. As Christianity becomes less orthodox and Islam more so, such incidents are likely to recur or worsen, but Sierra Leoneans, both Muslim and Christian, are p [...]
2010-02-17 10:04:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SL
10FREETOWN73Preparing for Sierra Leone's 2012 Elections
[...] (U) Embassy has begun a series of meetings aimed at determining what needs to be done to ensure that Sierra Leone's 2012 elections comes off smoothly and honestly. We are trying to see what, if anything, the US might do to help that process. Post would welcome any guidance from the Departme [...]
2010-02-25 12:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM EAID SL UN
10GABORONE139WELCOME TO BOTSWANA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Gaborone warmly welcomes Codel Meeks-Watt to Botswana. Your visit comes as the Government of Botswana, which announced its proposed FY 10/11 budget last week, attempts to maintain its social welfare and infrastructure development programs despite the global economic slowdown. Bo [...]
2010-02-12 10:21:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BC
10GABORONE174TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER FOR BOTSWANA
[...] This is a response to the action request contained in State 17143 requesting the identification of a telecommunications policy officer (TPO). 2. Post identifies HEATHER MERRITT, Political/Economic Chief, as the TPO for Embassy Gaborone. Ms. Merritt's email address is MerrittHC@state.gov an [...]
2010-02-26 07:50:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON BC
10GENEVA101SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONFORMING GROUP MEETINGS IN MOSCOW,
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-001. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: January 18-22, 2010 Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian members of the New START Treaty Conforming Group met in Moscow January 18-22, [...]
2010-02-18 18:09:00Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GEORGETOWN15Jagdeo Visits Iran
[...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...]
2010-02-04 19:52:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG IR XL GY
10GEORGETOWN78TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT - GUYANA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) GUYANA'S TIP SITUATION: A. Sources of information available include: the Guyanese media; the Ministry of Home Affairs; the Ministry [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA GY
10GEORGETOWN86Guyana: S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] (U) Per reftel, local NGO Help & Shelter's program proposal is provided below: 2. Project Title: Support in Combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with proposed project duration of 18 months. Amount requested is USD99,970 (see paragraph 7). 3. Help & Shelter Background: [...]
2010-02-19 19:59:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC GY
10GEORGETOWN90SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 3-4 VISIT BY S/EGCI DAVID GOLDWYN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Embassy Georgetown welcomes you to Guyana March 3-4. On March 3 you are scheduled to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Bank of Guyana Central Governo [...]
2010-02-24 14:38:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV GY
10GUANGZHOU34(C) South China Sea - Hainan-Based Think Tank Probes DATT
[...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Steve Lang for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS),Defense Attach (DATT) Rear Admiral Gehrke was treated to more than a generic overview of the institute's history an [...]
2010-01-21 09:07:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHSA PGOV CH
10GUANGZHOU49Ambassador Attends Symposium Comparing U.S., Chinese
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Huntsman addressed representatives from the Counselor's Office of the State Council of China and the Kissinger Institute at a January 20-22 symposium on similarities and differences between U.S. and Chinese government systems. Speakers from both sides gave comparative v [...]
2010-01-29 07:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL CH
10GUANGZHOU74U.S. AND CHINA HOLD FIRST PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Officials and nuclear energy experts from the United States and China convened in Shenzhen, Guangdong January 20-23 to share information and best practices for improving safety in the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPS). The workshop was a key cooperative activity that the U.S. Depa [...]
2010-02-10 00:21:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV PREL PGOV CH
10GUANGZHOU77South China Economic Analysts Predict Continued Reliance on
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Although China is making gradual progress towards greater economic diversification, cheap exports will continue to drive growth in the near term, according to comments made by local economic analysts during a conversation with the Consul General, visiting Deputy Direc [...]
2010-02-10 08:35:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ELAB PGOV PREL SENV ECON CH HK
10GUATEMALA134Embassy Guatemala Strongly Supports Continuation of the
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS' Aviation Support Program is a critical element in the USG's fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime in Guatemala. It has been extremely successful in supporting law enforcement operations and eradication missions throughout Guatemala. The USG's ability [...]
2010-01-19 14:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS GT
10GUATEMALA148GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 135
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 16:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM PREL SNAR GT
10GUATEMALA152FY-2010 SSI Speaker Request -- Guatemala -- Women's
[...] In partnership with Embassy Belmopan, Post requests an SSI speaker under the topic of "Women's Empowerment" to address the issue of girls' education. The idea for this SSI came from a recent feature on America.gov on the same topic; the program will also tie in with Women's History Month (Marc [...]
2010-01-22 15:01:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSTAG KPAO OIIP
10GUATEMALA162GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 136
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA164GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 137
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA166GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 138
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA204GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST 139
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 22:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PINR APER AFSN GT
10GUATEMALA214EAC GUATEMALA REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING VISAS VIPER
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post's EAC (AMB, DCM, CONS, RSO, AID, NAS, DEA, DHS/ICE, MILGP, DAO, PAS, ADMIN, CLO, ORA, CDC, POL/ECON, DHS/ICE, and Peace Corps) convened January 13. The DCM (EAC chairperson) and Consul General (CG) emphasized the importance of the Visas Viper process, and stressed the r [...]
2010-02-03 17:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT
10GUATEMALA224GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 141
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 19:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA226GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 142
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 19:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA228GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 140
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 19:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA232Guatemala Child Labor Report for TVPRA and TDA
[...] (U) Below is a response to Ref A, Tasking 1 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)) and Tasking 2 (Trade and Development Act (TDA)). Guatemalan children continue to be the victims of forced and exploitive labor practices in the production of goods and the provision of serv [...]
2010-02-04 21:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI GT
10GUATEMALA236Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...]
2010-02-04 22:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10GUATEMALA25Leading Human Rights Activist Prepares to Take on Police
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Pol/Econ Counselor, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, Helen Mack, discussed her plans for her new position overseeing police reform, for which she would seek international assistance. Mack warned the Embassy to be watchful as it administers a $2 [...]
2010-01-26 16:56:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ASEC KCRM SNAR GT
10GUATEMALA268GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 143
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 21:29:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA27Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition
[...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...]
2010-01-27 00:12:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT
10GUATEMALA296Conviction of Publisher Raul Figueroa Overturned
[...] (U) Summary: On February 5, the Second Court of Penal Appeals annulled a lower court conviction of Guatemalan publisher Raul Figueroa Sarti on charges of copyright infringement. Figueroa's conviction six months earlier by the Seventh Penal Court had generated substantial interest in the Washi [...]
2010-02-16 16:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL GT
10GUATEMALA3Guatemala Response: Blue Lantern Level 3 Post-Shipment
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, EmbOffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Gun Depot. The research included an on-site inspection of Gun Depot, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with the MOD's General Directora [...]
2010-01-08 16:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
10GUATEMALA318GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 144
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:17:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA32Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...]
2010-01-06 15:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10GUATEMALA320GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 145
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:17:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA322GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 146
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA324GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 149
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA326GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 147
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA328GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 148
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA330GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 150
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA332GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 151
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 16:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA336GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 152
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 22:16:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA41GUATEMALA: RECENT CRIME EVENTS AND TRENDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues to be a significant issue for Guatemala, with police struggling to address gang and street crime, and citizens taking the law into their own hands more frequently, 2009 police statistics show an increase from 2008 and 2007 for almost all reported crimina [...]
2010-02-11 22:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KCRM GT
10GUATEMALA452009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010
[...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...]
2010-02-17 20:51:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT
10GUATEMALA47Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom
[...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...]
2010-02-17 22:09:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT
10GUATEMALA49Opposition Leader Complains of Smear Campaign
[...] (C) The Ambassador met February 17 with rightist opposition leader General Otto Perez Molina. Perez said the First Lady and her associates are preparing a smear campaign to falsely accuse him of human rights abuses during the internal conflict, and are trying to manipulate the judiciary to d [...]
2010-02-22 17:04:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM GT
10GUATEMALA52GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 133
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 17:15:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA72GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 134
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 17:35:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
10GUATEMALA82Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...]
2010-01-13 23:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PGOV GT
10HAMBURG3MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: DOE SEEKS GERMANY'S PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A DoE team visited Germany December 8-11 to promote the inclusion of the ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg in their Megaports Initiative. The Initiative aims at providing equipment, training, and technical support to international partners to enhance their ability to deter, dete [...]
2010-01-13 16:55:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM
10HAMBURG6HAMBURG POLITICIANS UNDERSCORE SPD DILEMMA ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Two senior Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hamburg Landtag representatives discussed the London Conference and the German-Afghanistan debate with Hamburg P/E staff on January 28. While the SPD is struggling with internal party calls to limit [...]
2010-02-17 12:15:00Consulate HamburgCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF GM
10HANOI1Violent Demolition of Crucifix Overshadows Progress on
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 10:08:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
10HANOI106Joint Demarche Delivered on Preparations for Third Sherpa
[...] (SBU) On January 27, PolOff, together with the Dutch Charge Collett, met with MFA International Organizations Assistant Director General Do Hung Viet to deliver reftel A demarche regarding the Third Sherpa Meeting in the Hague on February 9-11. PolOff and Collett highlighted the importance of t [...]
2010-01-29 03:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI11How much influence does China have over Vietnam's internal
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Animosity toward China, heartfelt and pervasive in the most routine of times, appears to have taken on an added urgency in the wake of sensitive border negotiations, protracted controversy over Chinese investment in bauxite mining projects in the Central Highlands, and China's imp [...]
2010-01-27 02:55:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MARR CH VM
10HANOI112Another Dissident Convicted for "Anti-State Propaganda"
[...] (SBU) Following a half-day trial in Haiphong January 29, Ms. Pham Thanh Nghien was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by three years administrative probation for "conducting propaganda against the State." Nghien -- the 15th dissident convicted since October 2009 -- was arrested in S [...]
2010-01-29 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL HURI VM
10HANOI154VIETNAM HAS NOT YET CONSIDERED DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On January 27, Embassy delivered the distracted driving demarche to the Ministry of Transportation. In several follow up conversations, the Ministry of Transportation stated that it had not yet reviewed the demarche in detail, nor had it determined who in the Ministry eventually would resp [...]
2010-02-08 10:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA VM
10HANOI164Prominent Dissident Writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy Convicted of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent political dissident and writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was sentenced to 42 months in jail on February 5 for assault. Thuy's husband received a two-year suspended sentence. Thuy argued she was being persecuted for her outspoken views and for attempting to attend dissiden [...]
2010-02-09 09:43:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI18SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...]
2010-01-06 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI1902010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of 3
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 08:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM
10HANOI196Vietnam's Nomination for S/GWI Project Proposal 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit two distinct project proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative (ref A). Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam - one that is of growing concern to the Vietnamese government and public. The 2 [...]
2010-02-12 09:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM
10HANOI214Is Vietnam Blocking BBC.com?
[...] (SBU) There is mounting, though inconclusive, evidence that access to the BBC's Vietnamese-language internet news site is becoming more difficult in Vietnam. According to a UK Political Officer, the British Embassy began to receive reports during last week's Tet Holiday suggesting that the BB [...]
2010-02-23 10:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI218SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES TO
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of continued U.S. engagement on health and environmental issues. Your meetings with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),the United Nations (UN),and the European Union will allo [...]
2010-02-24 10:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KGHG KHIV VM
10HANOI220TWO FIRST HUMAN CASES OF INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN VIETNAM IN
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam reported its first two Influenza A/H5N1 infections of 2010, one of them apparently fatal. Consistent with seasonal trends, Vietnam also has experienced several outbreaks in flocks of chickens and ducks throughout the country. End Summary. First Human Infection of I [...]
2010-02-26 11:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
10HANOI3Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...]
2010-01-15 09:32:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD
10HANOI31Tour D' Horizon with Vice Minister of Public Security
[...] (C) Summary: Over dinner with the Ambassador February 8, powerful vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong expressed serious concern about the success of China's "soft power" campaign to increase its influence in the region and challenged the U.S. commitment to Asia, saying ASEAN nati [...]
2010-02-12 12:13:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN
10HANOI32Education Reform in Vietnam: Everyone Being Left Behind
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This cable is the first of two reports on Vietnam's stalled education reform. Education reform is key to Vietnam's political and economic development, yet three years after Deputy Prime Minister Nhan announced his intent to overhaul the education system, little real [...]
2010-01-13 04:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO PGOV VM
10HANOI33Father Ly Health and Possibility of Medical Parole Update
[...] (C) Father Nguyen Van Ly's health is not improving, according to his sister, who last visited the prominent political dissident in Nam Ha prison February 7. She informed us that although he recovered well from his fist stroke in July 2009 (Ref A & B),his second stroke in November 2009 has le [...]
2010-02-25 09:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VM
10HANOI4Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...]
2010-01-05 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI5Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai
[...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...]
2010-01-15 10:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TH VM
10HANOI7Vietnam Religious Freedom Update - The Case Against CPC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's poor handling of the situations at the Plum Village Community at the Bat Nha Pagoda and the Dong Chiem Catholic parish last week "” particularly the excessive use of violence "” is troublesome and indicative of a larger GVN crackdown on human rights in the run-up to the J [...]
2010-01-20 09:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF HURI PREL VM
10HANOI90Many Vietnamese Youth Trust Big Brother to Monitor the
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion at the American Center in Hanoi following the airing of the Secretary's speech on internet freedom (Ref A) several participants parroted the Party line that the internet could be used to spread information that is harmful to Vietnamese society an [...]
2010-01-27 03:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EINT PGOV SOCI VM
10HARARE110STRIKE IN ZIMBABWE HITS EDUCATION HARDEST
[...] (SBU) Some government employees, including teachers, began a labor action on February 5 in demand of higher wages, improved working conditions, and price cuts at government-controlled essential utilities. The greatest impact of the strike has been felt in the education sector, as teacher ab [...]
2010-02-11 06:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
10HARARE118CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) Although statistics are not readily available, anecdotal evidence shows increasing Chinese involvement in Zimbabwe's economy. The trend became pronounced with the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) "Look East Policy" in 2003, through which it sought to emphasize new ties with China in place o [...]
2010-02-12 11:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID CN ZI
10HARARE158Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...]
2010-02-23 20:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN
10HARARE170ZANU-PF Peacefully Protests Sanctions In Front Of U.S.
[...] (U) A ZANU-PF organized group protested peacefully in downtown Harare and in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 24. The protesters, who were allegedly bused in from outside Harare, shouted anti-sanctions slogans and appeared to have been paid at ZANU-PF headquarters after the march ended. [...]
2010-02-24 15:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
10HARARE19AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH INDIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) In a meeting on January 13, Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe Ashok Venkatesan told the Ambassador that India has had a relationship with Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF that dates to the independence struggle, and Mugabe had a personal relationship with Indira Gandhi. The GOI takes a neutral sta [...]
2010-01-14 12:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI IN
10HARARE44ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NEW MEDIA COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) The GOZ has named members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC),a regulatory body that will receive and process applications for media publishing licenses. Media groups view this development as an opportunity to democratize the media environment in Zimbabwe. However, they question t [...]
2010-01-22 11:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO ZI
10HARARE45ZIMBABWE 2010 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy Harare proposes three projects to be supported by the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). The total amount of BFIF support requested is $15,000. 2. The common theme of the projects is transparency and good governance. Zimbabwe is once again open for business after several [...]
2010-01-25 06:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD ZI
10HARARE50AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF
[...] (C) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made stated that the Global Political Agreement was deadlocked and there would be no movement by ZANU-PF unless sanctions were lifted. Hewing to the ZANU-PF party line, Made touted land reform, denied there [...]
2010-01-26 12:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR PREL PGOV PINR ZI
10HARARE66AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF
[...] (U) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29 and delivered demarches on the Copenhagen Accord and CITES (Refs). Other discussion focused on land conservancies and indigenization, conservation of rhinos, and the political situation in Zimbabwe [...]
2010-02-02 07:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV CITES KGHG ZI
10HARARE8AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mugabe pulled Zimbabwe out of the British Commonwealth in December 2003 relations between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, while not hostile, have been decidedly cool. Mugabe blames Nigeria for plans to expel Zimbabwe, and believes the current Nigerian president is 'misinformed' abo [...]
2010-01-09 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI NI
10HARARE82WAITING FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In spite of the Zimbabwean government's attempt to hype the 2010 World Cup's ability to bring in a large influx of tourists, businesses in Victoria Falls are projecting a significant decrease in business. With the exception of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA),business interl [...]
2010-02-04 10:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
10HARARE95Ambassador Meets with Zim Home Affairs Co-Ministers
[...] (SBU The Ambassador met February 8 with Khembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) and Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T),the co-ministers of Home Affairs, at their office. The meeting was friendly, especially when contrasted with Ambassador McGee's meeting with the two ministers in April 2009 (Ref). 2. (SBU) Moh [...]
2010-02-10 13:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KTIP ASEC PINR ZI
10HAVANA109USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS
[...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]
2010-02-25 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HELSINKI19INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND
[...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...]
2010-01-15 15:33:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI
10HELSINKI21GOF CONSIDERING MODEST INCREASES IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:24:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF FI MOPS PREL
10HELSINKI36FINLAND TO ANNOUNCE INCREASED AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the London Conference Finland will announce its plans to increase its contributions to Afghanistan. On January 22 President Halonen and the Government decided to increase its military and civilian presence and to direct additional development assistance to the northern provi [...]
2010-01-25 16:11:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL
10HELSINKI71AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...]
2010-02-22 15:38:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL
10HOCHIMINHCITY33SHOW TRIAL OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SHOWCASES CHALLENGES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of four pro-democracy advocates, including prominent lawyer/Fulbright scholar Le Cong Dinh and activist and blogger Nguyen Tien Trung, opened and closed in HCMC on January 20. All four were convicted for "attempting to overthrow the state" and given sentences ranging f [...]
2010-01-21 11:29:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY37STATE MEDIA SPINS FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS OF JAN 20 DISSIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: News reports on the January 20 trial of four democracy advocates (ref A) carried in Vietnam's tightly controlled media -- particularly the more reliably vitriolic papers connected to the armed forces and MPS -- clearly demonstrated why the GVN banned foreign observers and media f [...]
2010-01-29 02:49:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINS PROP PREL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY39HCMC IPR BUSTS DEMONSTRATE IMPACT OF MISSION EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City police recently raided the largest illegal disc production operation to date, seizing millions of CDs and DVDs and disrupting a ring that is believed to stock up to 60% of the shops selling illegal discs to the HCMC market. This bust comes close on the heels of [...]
2010-02-02 09:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY49BIOFUEL IN VIETNAM: ENERGY SAVER BUT NOT ENERGY SAVIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The central and southern provinces of Vietnam are rich in agricultural resources and faced with a growing energy crunch, suggesting to many that biofuel could be an important 'green component' to the GVN's overall energy strategy. However, the biofuel industry is still nascent [...]
2010-02-11 09:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY51NEW YEAR'S UPDATE WITH FORMER MAYOR VO VIET THANH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh, former HCMC Mayor and current advisor to both PM Dung and President Triet, remains deeply troubled by what he views as China's increasingly belligerent stance towards not only Vietnam but the rest of Asia. His message for the USG was that whether we are dealing with [...]
2010-02-12 07:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CH VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY52NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG'S PARENTS ASK USG TO REQUEST AMNESTY
[...] Summary: (C) During their February 8 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Marciel, the parents of jailed democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung asked the USG to press the GVN to grant their son amnesty. Trung's parents said they are allowed monthly visits, can give Trung a small stipend, and that Trung [...]
2010-02-12 09:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY53CHURCH LEADERS SHARE SOUTHERN VIEW ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During DAS Marciel's meetings with Cardinal Pham Minh Man and Pastor Le Quoc Huy of the Grace Baptist Church on February 7 and 8, respectively, both religious leaders affirmed Vietnam has made significant progress on ensuring the majority of Vietnam's Christians can practice their [...]
2010-02-12 10:31:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY56THE HOA HAO TODAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The religious freedom situation facing the more than one million mainstream Hoa Hao continues to improve since GVN recognition in 1999, as evidenced by the open religious gathering in An Giang province attended by 50,000-70,000 followers in January. The vast majority of Hoa Hao [...]
2010-02-24 10:27:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10ISLAMABAD10 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 03:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD102 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD11 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD115PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD14CPPA WOULD BRING TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to WAPDA Chairman Durrani, PEPCO, the power sector holding company, is morphing into a new WAPDA, taking financial, technical, and human resources control away from Pakistan's public sector distribution and generation companies. PEPCO's metamorphosis is based on the p [...]
2010-01-05 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
10ISLAMABAD152SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...]
2010-01-23 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD176 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD184 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD190PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted his Afghan and Iranian counterparts for a meeting in Islamabad on January 16. This was the third high-level gathering of the three countries in the past year -- which included a trilateral heads-of-state summit in May 2009 in Tehran. Th [...]
2010-01-26 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON SNAR PK AF IR
10ISLAMABAD191PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 14:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
10ISLAMABAD206TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...]
2010-01-27 07:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD208 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD222 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD223 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 10:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD232 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 01, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD265 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD282 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD294 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 14:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD308 CODEL LYNCH'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH SBP GOVERNOR RAZA,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL
10ISLAMABAD309INTER-AGENCY HUMAN TRAFFICKING - BONDED LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior hosted an inter-agency conference on human trafficking and bonded labor on February 3. Officials from all four provinces attended. Participants included the provincial Inspector Generals of Police, the Ministry of Labor, provincial Departments of Labou [...]
2010-02-08 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK
10ISLAMABAD310 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD313 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD319 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 02:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD332U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...]
2010-02-11 14:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD339 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD345WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S
[...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...]
2010-02-12 13:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD362 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 16, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 10:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD380 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD39ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC
[...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...]
2010-01-11 04:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD398 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD409ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - JAN
[...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for January 2010, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Nationwide Drought Deepens -- Islamabad to Harvest Rain Water -- Promoting Business, Community and Ecology with Pine Nuts -- Worr [...]
2010-02-22 04:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD41 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 11, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD414SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 22, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD416SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S FEBRUARY 24
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your February 24 visit to Pakistan. You will participate in a trilateral cooperation meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, followed by bilateral meetings with senior Pakistani officials, includi [...]
2010-02-22 14:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
10ISLAMABAD426 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 07:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD428SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 16 meeting with President Zardari, Senator Kerry said that India was ""very open"" to constructive talks with Pakistan, and urged Pakistan to reach an agreement with India on counter terrorism. Zardari said with U.S. support, talks could move forward. He said he doubted [...]
2010-02-23 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN PK
10ISLAMABAD441 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD444TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...]
2010-02-25 02:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK
10ISLAMABAD446 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 10:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD54 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD94 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISTANBUL12IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...]
2010-01-08 13:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR
10ISTANBUL31IRANIAN POLITICS: MOUSAVI'S LAWYER REQUESTS USG
[...] (S) Summary: We met January 20 with Dr. Ardashir Arjomand, a legal advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who fled Iran after being detained in the post-June crackdown against reformists. Ardashir entered Turkey illegally but he holds a valid French residency permit. He [...]
2010-01-21 16:09:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREF PREL PGIV PINS PHUM TU IR
10JAKARTA104REVIEW OF "THE AMERICAN PLACE" RFP
[...] As follow-up to our January 21, 2010, teleconference, we are pleased to quickly respond in detail to all of the issues and concerns raised in ref A's A/LM/AQM report. We believe that this high priority project must be funded and implemented given the USG's strategic interest in Indonesia. Bre [...]
2010-01-26 00:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KPAO AFIN ASEC OEXC ABLD ID
10JAKARTA115CHARM INOFFENSIVE: CHINA'S STATE COUNCILOR DAI REASSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first-ever visit to the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) by a high-ranking Chinese official, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo delivered a message of Asian brotherhood and inclusiveness to a packed house of some 200 diplomats, ASEC staff, and representatives of Jakarta's Chi [...]
2010-01-26 10:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PINR PHSA ASEAN XC CH ID
10JAKARTA117ENGAGING WITH KOPASSUS UNIT 81
[...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) and other senior Indonesian officials have made it clear to us that SBY views the issue of Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) training as a litmus test of the bilateral relationship and that he believes the March visit of President Obama will not be successful unless [...]
2010-01-26 11:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ID
10JAKARTA121PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...]
2010-01-27 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT EAID CACS ID
10JAKARTA129SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...]
2010-01-29 06:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ID
10JAKARTA131Indonesia - US Interfaith Dialogue: A Cairo Initiative
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The January 25-27 Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Dialogue, the first of its kind under President Obama's Cairo vision, concluded with the issuance of a joint statement that calls on the U.S. and Indo [...]
2010-01-29 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JAKARTA134POTUS Indonesia Climate Initiative: from Science to
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta suggests the framework below as a way to carry a POTUS message on climate change and environment during his upcoming visit to Indonesia. SOLUSI is the Indonesian word for "solution" and could be the name of an Obama climate and environment initiative. SOLUSI -- Science, [...]
2010-01-29 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV KMCA MCC PREL ID
10JAKARTA135AMBASSADOR HUME MEETS WITH DEPLU ON POTUS
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) On January 29, Ambassador Hume and Deputy Chief of Mission Ted Osius met with Director General for Europe and the Americas Retno Marsudi at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) to review U.S. and GOI priori [...]
2010-01-29 15:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID
10JAKARTA136INDONESIAN FIU FEARS FATF SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, Embassy RLA met with representatives of the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Unit (PPATK) to discuss concerns about a recent FATF review of the GOI anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime. The PPATK interlocutors expressed concern that t [...]
2010-02-01 06:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA140INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF
[...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...]
2010-02-02 05:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM
10JAKARTA143LETTER RECEIVED FROM MINISTER OF TRADE FOR USTR KIRK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, 2010, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu, dated January 26, addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk. The letter is in response to the USTR letter of N [...]
2010-02-02 10:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP EINV ID
10JAKARTA149FOOD SECURITY OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
[...] We have an opportunity to develop a real U.S.-Indonesia Partnership on Agricultural Innovation and Investment as part of joint efforts on food security for President Obama's planned March visit. President Yudhoyono has publicly stated interest for a U.S. partnership on food security. Indonesi [...]
2010-02-03 03:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR ETRD ID
10JAKARTA159ENGAGING INDONESIAN YOUTH - NSC RAMAMURTHY
[...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy met with a wide cross-section of Indonesian youth, in addition to meetings with government officials and civil society and business interlocutors during his January 24-29 visit to Indonesia. Ramamurthy shared with audi [...]
2010-02-04 07:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL EAID ID XF
10JAKARTA171S/CT AMB BENJAMIN BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, conducted meetings with Indonesian officials on counterterrorism issues and cooperation in Jakarta on December 16. Ambassador Benjamin's interlocutors said the proposed GOI interagency Counterter [...]
2010-02-09 07:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA173SUCCESS STORIES: INDONESIA STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is improving its operational effectiveness in combating trafficking in persons. Although much remains to be done, a recent TIP conference (see septel) in Surabaya highlighted several success stories. Police are successfully adapting their tactics to pursu [...]
2010-02-09 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA182Health Cooperation-No Agreement to Launch
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After three days of intense discussions, U.S. and Indonesian negotiators could not reach agreement on the creation of the Indonesia- United States Center for Biomedical and Public Health Researc [...]
2010-02-11 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA186MISSION INDONESIA FUNDING REQUEST TO AMPLIFY SOCIAL MEDIA
[...] Action/funding request in paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Mission Indonesia requests immediate additional funding to use new media and social networking tools maximize online outreach for the POTUS visit scheduled for late March, 2010. Already the leading U.S. Mission in the world on Facebook with [...]
2010-02-12 05:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ID XC
10JAKARTA199NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...]
2010-02-16 05:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA200GOI CAUTIOUS ON US PARTICIPATION IN EAST ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with EAP DAS Scot Marciel, Indonesian Foreign Ministry (KEMLU) Secretary General Imron Cotan conveyed the Indonesian government's (GOI) hesitancy to endorse U.S. participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) at this time, because of the likelihood that this [...]
2010-02-16 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID
10JAKARTA201Health Cooperation-Closing Down NAMRU
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following our failure to reach an agreement to establish the Indonesia-United States Center for Biomedical and Publi [...]
2010-02-16 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA204LETTER FROM INDONESIAN TRADE MINISTER TO COMMERCE SECRETARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 11, 2010, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu, dated February 9, addressed to United States Secretary of Commerce Gary F. Locke. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Minister of Trade of [...]
2010-02-17 05:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON APECO BEXP EINV ETRD KIPR ID
10JAKARTA207PARLIAMENT LEADER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FIRST MAJOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ID
10JAKARTA211INDONESIA WELCOMES U.S. SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. All corners of Indonesia's science and policy community welcomed President Obama's science envoy engagement effort. Despite Science Envoy Dr. Bruce Alberts' last minute injury preventing his travel, the GOI pressed on with the majority of the January 18-29 planned schedule with [...]
2010-02-18 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID
10JAKARTA216CPR ASSERTS ITS ROLE IN ASEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-installed ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) in Jakarta is working to define a policy and programmatic role that satisfies member-states' capitals desire for oversight of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) while increasing ASEAN efficiency by concentrating more [...]
2010-02-18 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID
10JAKARTA227VISIT OF DRL A/S POSNER TO JAKARTA -- NOTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed February 23-26 visit of DRL Assistant Secretary Posner and EAP/MTS Director Joe Yun and proposes the following notional schedule for consideration: Tuesday, February 23 ----------------- -- Internal meetings at the Embassy, including: -- A [...]
2010-02-19 11:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MARR ID
10JAKARTA23WEST ACEH'S TIGHT PANTS LAW LOOSENED UP
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local Shariah edict in West Aceh District banning women from wearing pants which will go into effect in February has been softened due to commu [...]
2010-01-08 08:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ID
10JAKARTA239S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN ROUNDTABLE WITH REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Deputy Chiefs of Mission from the Southeast Asia Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Embassies on December 17, 2009 in Jakarta. The day was split between an internal discussion of regional counterterrorism issue [...]
2010-02-23 06:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA258INDONESIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-27 19:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10JAKARTA48INDONESIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive until the report is finalized for submission to Congress. Begin text: - GENERAL AS [...]
2010-01-14 04:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA57DIPNOTE FROM PERMANENT MISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to ASEAN delivered this dipnote regarding the ASEAN-US Working Group Meeting. 2. (U) The text of the dipnote follows: Begin text: Note no. 07-2010 The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to ASEAN presents its compliments to the Embassy [...]
2010-01-15 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEAN ID XC
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