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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 09ZAGREB167 | GOC COORDINATING WITH USG ON NEXT STEPS IN NATO [...] (C) Summary. After the Croatian Parliament approved Croatia's NATO Accession Protocol, the Ambassador met with MFA Director Mario Nobilo on March 26 to coordinate on the next steps that the GoC would take so it would be ready to become a member of NATO in time for the Summit on April 3. Nobi [...] | 2009-03-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 09ZAGREB168 | CROATIAN TOURIST SEASON WILL BE KEY FACTOR IN [...] Summary. The Croatian National Bank (HNB) over the past several years has very successfully maintained the exchange rate due to strong foreign currency inflows from the tourism sector, foreign direct investment, and a significant foreign reserve position. All these sources of kuna stability [...] | 2009-03-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
| 09ZAGREB172 | REFUGEE RETURNS, MARCH PRINCIPALS MEETING [...] (U) Summary. In a March 17 meeting with ambassadorial level representatives of the international community (IC),the Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return, Slobodan Uzelac, reported that the GOC had made significant progress in resettling former occupancy/te [...] | 2009-03-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA |
| 09ZAGREB173 | GOVERNMENT MOVES TO CUT SALARIES, UNIONS CRY FOUL [...] SUMMARY: The GOC has proposed a budget revision showing a revenue drop of HRK 8 billion ($1.5 billion) and expenditure cuts of HRK 5.4 billion ($1 billion). The revision assumes a 2 percent fall in GDP for 2009 and estimates a deficit of 1.6 percent of GDP. The revision includes a 6 percent cut [...] | 2009-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB174 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 26, 2009 [...] (U) MOVING TOWARD QUALIFICATION FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: From March 18-20, representatives CA/P/IP, L/CA and TSC visited Zagreb to begin negotiations on an arrangement to share terrorist screening information under HSPD-6. The negotiating team met with representatives from the Croatian Mini [...] | 2009-03-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB175 | CROATIA-SLOVENIA BORDER DISPUTE: CROATIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 30 conversation, Croatian Prime Minister Sanader told the Ambassador that Croatia would continue to insist that the final arbitration of the disputed border with Slovenia could only be done by an international court. All other outstanding issues, including the right [...] | 2009-03-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO EU |
| 09ZAGREB180 | SANADER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE OPENS POSITIVE CHAPTER [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Zagreb and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (C) Summary: Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Belgrade on March 20 to meet with senior Serbian political figures, including Serbian President Boris Tadic. Both the GoC and the GoS viewe [...] | 2009-04-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PRGOV PREL HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB194 | UPDATE: COOPERATION WITH ICTY, MISSING GOTOVINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials and ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz continue to disagree on whether Croatia is doing everything it can to comply with Brammertz' request for additional documents in the Gotovina trial at The Hague. Although they agreed on a list of 23 key documents that should have ex [...] | 2009-04-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB20 | GAS SUPPLIES FROM ITALY AND GERMANY TO HELP [...] Two agreements over the weekend may ease pressure on Croatia's gas situation (reftels). First, Italian ENI agreed to split gas production from its northern Adriatic fields with Croatia, beginning delivery over the weekend of 30,000 cubic meters per hour. Croatia also began receiving gas shi [...] | 2009-01-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG HR |
| 09ZAGREB244 | CROATIA ACCEPTS REHN'S PROPOSAL FOR RESOLVING [...] (U) After political consultations with all parliamentary parties and President Mesic on May 5, the Government of Croatia has announced that it will agree to EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie Rehn,s latest proposal to resolve the border dispute with Slovenia. President Mesic and Prime Minister [...] | 2009-05-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB250 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 7, 2009 [...] (U) FORMER CROATIAN POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN JAIL FOR WAR CRIMES: After having been acquitted three times in past years by a local court, former member of the Karlovac special police Mihajlo Hrastov was found guilty by the Croatian Supreme Court of killing 13 and wounding two JNA res [...] | 2009-05-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB252 | PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ANNOUNCE STRIKE FOR MAY 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight public sector unions will go on strike May 13 and stage a public demonstration May 16 over the six percent pay cut that took effect April 1 as part of the GOC's budget revision. The decision comes after nearly two months of failed negotiations and a majority vote by union mem [...] | 2009-05-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB254 | CROATIAN MP BRANIMIR GLAVAS AND CO-DEFENDANTS [...] (U) The Zagreb County Court on May 8 found Croatian MP Branimir Glavas and his five co-defendants guilty of war crimes for the killings of over a dozen ethnic Serb civilians in 1991 in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek. Glavas received a sentence of ten years, while his co-defendants receiv [...] | 2009-05-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC HR |
| 09ZAGREB26 | CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...] | 2009-01-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
| 09ZAGREB271 | UNIONS AND GOC REACH AGREEMENT, STRIKES CANCELED [...] SUMMARY: Union and GOC representatives have reached an agreement on public sector wages. Based on the agreement, union leaders called off their one-day-old strike and the demonstration planned for May 16 (Ref A),and union members have returned to work. According to the agreement, public serva [...] | 2009-05-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB272 | JUSTICE MINISTER LAYS OUT GOC VIEWS ON ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Simonovic says Croatia has been unable to find any more of the 23 documents (or types of documents) sought by the ICTY Prosecutor, and which the GoC agrees once existed but says have now disappeared. The GoC has reconstructed the chain of custody for these docume [...] | 2009-05-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB294 | CROATIAN COMPETITION AGENCY: NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC and EU continue to negotiate the terms for privatizing Croatian shipyards - one of the key remaining challenges in Croatia's EU accession process. According to the head of the Croatian Competition Agency, the GOC has now proposed selling a 50 percent stake in Uljanik, th [...] | 2009-05-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PGOV PREL EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB295 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 26, 2009 [...] (U) ALBANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ZAGREB: Albanian President Bamir Topi met with President Mesic on May 20 and discussed the widening cooperation between the two countries. Mesic stated that Albania and Croatia joining NATO this year introduced "a new element" in bilateral relations, and that it [...] | 2009-05-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG HR PGOV PREL |
| 09ZAGREB304 | GOC BOND ISSUANCE PROVES EASY MONEY [...] (U) Seemingly unaffected by recent credit-rating downgrades, the GOC successfully completed its largest ever bond issuance on May 27. Media report that investor interest was "beyond expectations"; the full EUR 750 million was registered in just one day and the issuance was oversubscribed by 6 [...] | 2009-05-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB31 | PROPOSAL FOR EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HR |
| 09ZAGREB32 | EARLY YEAR-END NUMBERS CONFIRM WEAKENING CROATIAN [...] SUMMARY: Year-end figures confirm a slowdown in the Croatian economy. In the third quarter of 2008, GDP grew at its slowest pace in eight years, rising just 1.6 percent above its level in the third quarter of 2007. Retailers saw decreased sales in the second half of 2008, prompting significan [...] | 2009-01-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB321 | UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLAPPER DISCUSSES REGION [...] (C) Summary. President Mesic told Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper on June 1 that Serbia needed to send a public message to the political elite in Republika Srpska that they were part of BiH and should look to Sarajevo, not to Belgrade. Mesic warned that the leaders [...] | 2009-06-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB326 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) BRIEF TRADE WAR WITH BOSNIA RESOLVED (FOR NOW): The Croatian Minister of Agriculture and officials of the Veterinary Office met with Bosnian counterparts over the May 30-31 weekend in an attempt to resolve a growing meat trade war that threatened Croatia's $400m export market in food produ [...] | 2009-06-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB329 | CMC STEEL: LARGEST U.S. INVESTMENT IN CROATIA [...] Summary: With the buyout of Barr Pharmaceuticals by the Israeli firm Teva, the Houston-based Commercial Metals Corporation of Sisak is now the largest U.S. investment in Croatia. The mill employs roughly 1,000 people, making it also one of the largest employers in this central Croatian town [...] | 2009-06-05 12:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV HR |
| 09ZAGREB341 | FRENCH EMBASSY VIEW OF THE CROATIAN-SLOVENIAN [...] (C) French diplomats in Zagreb judge that Ljubljana,s ultimate aim is to leverage Croatia,s EU accession process to secure a settlement or a mechanism to settle the longstanding border dispute that is unbalanced in Slovenia,s favor. France is pessimistic that EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie [...] | 2009-06-09 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR SI |
| 09ZAGREB352 | CROATIA PLANNING EUROPE'S FIRST MAJOR REVERSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian police are planning to undertake US-style reverse sting operations in the coming months, becoming the first European country to do so. The operations are a direct result of recommendations from post's ICITAP program to Croatian police to help strengthen their fight a [...] | 2009-06-12 13:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR HR |
| 09ZAGREB365 | CROATIAN REACTION TO LATEST REHN PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB375 | 2009 CROATIA INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been following one ongoing case involving a U.S. investor attempting to purchase a subsidiary of the Croatian railroad in a privatization tender. The investor claims the Croatian Railroad (HZ) has refused to return a 150,000 euro deposit after the two sides could not [...] | 2009-06-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE OPIC CASC HR |
| 09ZAGREB40 | CROATIA'S VIEWS ON THE NATO RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) On January 21 Croatia held a State Council meeting on NATO, which focused on progress toward ratification of Croatia's Accession Protocol among NATO allies and domestically. Following the State Council's meeting, PM Sanader expressed cautious optimism that the process will be complete b [...] | 2009-01-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB408 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Following the visits of the Vice President and yourself to the region in May, your participation in the "Croatia Summit" will demonstrate the new Administration's high-level engagement in Southeastern Europe, in close partnership with the EU. Much of your time will be scheduled, with your [...] | 2009-07-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB421 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 10 [...] (U) LITTLE CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC POLICY: The new Kosor government released a 19-point governance program this week, 15 points of which concern economic policy. There is no major change of direction from the Sanader government. Most points focus on broad principles such as establis [...] | 2009-07-09 08:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB432 | SDP SELECTS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE; SEEKING ALLIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first ever party primary in Croatia, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on July 12 chose law professor Ivo Josipovic as the party's presidential candidate for elections to be held in late December 2009 or early January 2010. The formal Josipovic campaign will probably be [...] | 2009-07-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HR |
| 09ZAGREB437 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 17 [...] (U) MOU SIGNED TO IMPROVE LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH U.S.: Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko and Ambassador Robert Bradtke signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Croatia on Combating Crime on July 16. The MOU will allow for the for [...] | 2009-07-20 05:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCOR HR SI SR CU |
| 09ZAGREB448 | CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON SECOND BUDGET REVISION THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Kosor has made revising the deteriorating budget one of her top priorities. The Croatian Sabor passed the government's second budget revision this year on Friday July 17, then immediately went into negotiations for its third. The bill passed last week includes [...] | 2009-07-21 10:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB453 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 24 [...] (SBU) BOZINOVIC APPOINTED MFA STATE SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS: On July 16 the MFA announced that Davor Bozinovic would be the new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs, replacing Bianca Matkovic who is now serving as Minister without Portfolio in the new Kosor government. Bozinovic [...] | 2009-07-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV KHDP KCRM HR |
| 09ZAGREB458 | CROATIAN PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON UPCOMING [...] (C) PMs Kosor and Pahor will meet Friday, July 31, at 11:30 at Trakoscan castle in northern Croatia. The GoC would like to present a three-step solution for unblocking Croatia's EU accession negotiations and restarting negotiations on an eventual arbitration process for the border dispute. T [...] | 2009-07-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI HR |
| 09ZAGREB466 | IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGES IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) While Prime Minister Kosor's ruling coalition and government consist of nearly the same membership as her predecessor's, Croatian foreign policy will be conducted in a significantly different manner than under PM Sanader. Early indications are that Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic has [...] | 2009-07-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR HR |
| 09ZAGREB467 | NEW KOSOR GOVERNMENT KNOWS TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Croatian economy is likely to shrink between 4 and 5 percent in 2009, and the Government of Croatia is struggling to cut its budget deficit down to a manageable level and secure financing. Years of poor and bloated fiscal policy are at the center of Croatia's pro [...] | 2009-07-30 13:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB484 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BOSNIAN [...] (C) In a private meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, Sulejman Tihic of the SDA argued that constitutional reform had to come before the closure of the Office of the High Rep (OHR) in Bosnia. He also expressed skepticism of the value of continuing the "Prud 3" process, unless it was to agr [...] | 2009-08-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
| 09ZAGREB488 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 7 [...] (U) SIX SHIPYARDS OFFERED FOR SALE: On August 1, the government issued long-awaited tenders for six Croatian shipyards. Among the shipyards up for sale is Brodosplit, the largest Croatian shipyard with 4000 employees. The contentious process, which has dragged on for years, has pitted union [...] | 2009-08-07 12:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB497 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CROATIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Progress on Croatia's LNG terminal is excruciatingly slow, with LNG project staff at INA, Croatia's largest shareholder in the project, sitting idle waiting for the final investment decision to be made. As Croatia's domestic gas production slowly declines, its need for new so [...] | 2009-08-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV HR |
| 09ZAGREB509 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] (U) MESIC TO TRAVEL TO CUBA THEN UNGA: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, who is nearing the end of his second and final term in office, is planning to visit Cuba prior to his participation in the 2009 UN General Assembly (UNGA). Mesic last traveled to Cuba in 2006 when Havana hosted the conf [...] | 2009-08-21 08:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB522 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS JONES' VISIT TO ZAGREB [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Zagreb comes at a time of renewed optimism on the Slovenia border dispute, but also political and economic uncertainty for the young Kosor government. As the vacation season winds down, Croatian government leaders return to Zagreb with major challenges looming bef [...] | 2009-08-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON HR SI |
| 09ZAGREB545 | CROATIA PREFERS JOINT BULGARIAN/HUNGARIAN/CROATIAN [...] (SBU) While reftel reports that Croatia was inclined to provide an oral briefing at the ICJ on Kosovo's independence, MFA State Secretary Davor Bozinovic informed charge this morning that Croatia would now prefer to undertake this oral argument jointly with Bulgaria and Hungary. Bozinovic ex [...] | 2009-09-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC HR PREL ICJ KV |
| 09ZAGREB551 | EUR DAS JONES' DISCUSSIONS IN ZAGREB ON BOSNIA, [...] (SBU) Croatian officials told EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 of their concern about political developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but pledged that Croatia would continue to play a constructive, and relatively hands-off, role there. The Croats also noted continued strains in their relationsh [...] | 2009-09-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON HR BK SR ICJ |
| 09ZAGREB559 | CROATIA AND SLOVENIA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT ON BORDER [...] (C/NF) PMs Kosor and Pahor announced today in Ljubljana that they had reached an agreement to unblock Croatia's EU accession negotiations and re-start negotiations on a Arbitration Agreement for their long-standing border dispute. If all goes well, this could mean both processes get back unde [...] | 2009-09-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB572 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SLOVENIA, BOSNIA, KOSOVO, [...] (C) The Ambassador paid his initial call on FM Gordan Jandrokovic late in the afternoon on September 14. Most of the hour-long meeting was spent discussing the recent agreement with Slovenia to get EU accession talks going again and to reach an agreement on an arbitration process for the disp [...] | 2009-09-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI ICTY ICJ |
| 09ZAGREB581 | MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR [...] (C) Summary: During a September 18 introductory courtesy call, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor welcomed Ambassador Foley to Croatia, noting that bilateral relations were excellent and expressing thanks for U.S. support on Croatia's NATO accession and recent negotiations with Slovenia over a lo [...] | 2009-09-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI ICTY ICJ |
| 09ZAGREB592 | CROATIAN FDI SUFFERS WITHOUT LARGE PRIVATIZATIONS [...] Summary. The Croatian National Bank (HNS) reported that foreign direct investment (FDI) declined 50% through the first six months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Senior economists from private banks blame the financial crisis for the drop, but also point to high labor costs, red ta [...] | 2009-09-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND HR |
| 09ZAGREB600 | ZAGREB WEEKLY REPORT- OCTOBER 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) MAYOR BANDIC SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS ABOUT CROATIA AND EUROPE; PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS? During an initial courtesy call with the Ambassador on September 28, four-term Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic described the relationship between the city of Zagreb and the Embassy as excellent. He also exp [...] | 2009-10-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS PREF HR |
| 09ZAGREB602 | CROATIA PLANS NEW INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic told Ambassador Foley on October 2 that Croatia is forming a police-led interagency task force to conduct additional investigations into missing documents related to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) trial of Croat [...] | 2009-10-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
| 09ZAGREB605 | CONFUSION AND FINGER POINTING OVER DELAY IN LNG [...] SUMMARY. Insiders within the government and energy industry are at a loss to explain the slow pace of progress in the liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal planned for construction on the Croatian island of Krk. Both are quick to point fingers at the other for the delay. Contacts in the natural [...] | 2009-10-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV HR |
| 09ZAGREB606 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SLOVENIA, DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoran Milanovic, President of Croatia's opposition Social Democrats, and Ivo Josipovic, the SDP's candidate in the upcoming Presidential elections, expressed deep suspicion about whether the Croatian government was being truthful in discussing its negotiations with Slovenia. Both [...] | 2009-10-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI |
| 09ZAGREB61 | CROATIAN ECONOMY BACKED INTO A CORNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Economics Institute of Zagreb (EIZ),a key independent government think tank, has released a negative 1.4 percent growth forecast for 2009, the first domestic institution to forecast negative growth for the country. Press were quick to publish headlines of recession, lead [...] | 2009-02-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
| 09ZAGREB620 | ZAGREB WEEKLY REPORT- OCTOBER 16, 2009 [...] (U) AMBASSADOR FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES VISITS ZAGREB: Ambassador Stephen Rapp visited Zagreb on October 11-13 and met with the Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior, and Chief State Prosecutor, among others. The focus of the visit was on Croatia's cooperation with ICTY and the newly ann [...] | 2009-10-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF HR |
| 09ZAGREB635 | WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp met separately with top Croatian justice officials and EU ambassadors to discuss Croatia's latest investigation into the missing Gotovina documents (reftel) and related efforts to unblock the Judiciary Chapter in the EU accession process. He noted t [...] | 2009-10-23 08:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
| 09ZAGREB644 | PM KOSOR STRENGTHENING POLITICAL WILL TO FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Jadranka Kosor took over as Prime Minister in July following Ivo Sanader's sudden resignation, she has brought to her office what appears to be a new attitude toward allegedly corrupt party members that is strengthening the political will to fight corruption at all levels in the [...] | 2009-10-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR HR |
| 09ZAGREB647 | CROATIAN PARLIAMENT BACKS KOSOR TO SIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian Parliament on November 2 voted by simple majority to authorize Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to sign the Arbitration Agreement (AA) with Slovenia agreed between the two Prime Ministers on 26 October (ref A). The GoC hopes Kosor and Pahor will be able to sign the Agree [...] | 2009-11-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SI HR |
| 09ZAGREB649 | CROATIA: INCSR 2009-2010, PART 1 [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Croatia. BEGIN TEXT. Croatia I. Summary The Republic of Croatia is a transit point through which narcotics are smuggled from production countries to consumer countries. While smuggling occurs [...] | 2009-11-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM HR |
| 09ZAGREB653 | PM KOSOR URGES BOSNIAN CROAT LEADERS TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Kosor made an official one day visit to Sarajevo on November 3 and during her meetings with HDZ-1990 Party President Bozo Ljubic and HDZ-BiH Party President Dragan Covic the GoC urged them to support the Butmir process. Ljubic said that he had proposals for changes to the Hou [...] | 2009-11-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
| 09ZAGREB655 | POPULAR ZAGREB MAYOR ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (U) At 7:00AM on the mountain that overlooks Zagreb, the capital city's popular mayor, Milan Bandic, announced that he would run as an independent candidate in the upcoming presidential race (ref A). For months Bandic has been in unofficial campaign mode, criss-crossing the country and raisin [...] | 2009-11-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB669 | PM SENDS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT TO PARLIAMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 07:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI |
| 09ZAGREB678 | PM KOSOR DRAWS IN OUTSIDE EXPERTS AND ELEVATES OLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Croatian PM Kosor announced on November 13 the appointment of Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) Executive Director Djuro Popijac as Minister of Economy, and Health Minister Darko Milinovic and Finance Minister Ivan Suker as Deputy Prime Ministers in addition to their current p [...] | 2009-11-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB68 | JUSTICE MINISTER ADDRESSES WAR CRIMES DOCUMENTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Justice Minister Simonovic on January 30 to hear his explanation of the steps Croatia has taken to find missing documents requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (reftel),ahead of the ICTY Chief Prosecutor's visi [...] | 2009-02-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB691 | ZAGREB'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE BOSNIAN CROAT PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA State Secretary Davor Bozinovic told post that he was in Sarajevo on November 16 and 17 following up on PM Kosor's engagement with HDZ-1990 Party President Bozo Ljubic and HDZ-BiH Party President Dragan Covic on the Butmir process. Bozinovic believed that both leaders were l [...] | 2009-11-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
| 09ZAGREB694 | PUSHING CROATIA FORWARD ON ICTY COOPERATION AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: After making difficult concessions in order to conclude an Arbitration Agreement with Slovenia, Prime Minister Kosor now confronts an ongoing UK and Netherlands blockage of Croatia's EU accession path, inspired by ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. This impasse has the potential to endur [...] | 2009-11-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICTY EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB708 | KOSOR GROWING IN CONFIDENCE; FIRMER MANAGEMENT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has been growing in confidence in her role as premier since assuming office unexpectedly in July 2009. She has moved steadily to implement a 3-track agenda, which has earned public support for her personally and halted her party's (Croatian Democrat [...] | 2009-12-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB711 | Zagreb Daily Report - December 04, 2009 [...] (U) Prime Minister Reacts to Brammertz Report, Pledges to Continue Investigation: Responding to ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz's report to the UN Security Council on December 3, in which he welcomed Kosor's initiative to set up a special task force to find missing documents, Prime Minister Jadranka [...] | 2009-12-04 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR AF XT ECON |
| 09ZAGREB722 | CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that [...] | 2009-12-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB723 | CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that i [...] | 2009-12-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB724 | CROATIAN POLICE RAID HOMES OF FORMER MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9, Croatian police, coordinated by the GoC's inter-agency Task Force searching for missing artillery documents sought by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),raided and searched a number of homes an [...] | 2009-12-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB731 | GOC SAYS ALL LEADS ON ICTY DOCUMENTS POINT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Davor Stier, foreign policy advisor to PM Kosor, briefed the Ambassador on December 14 regarding the latest developments in the GoC's search for the artillery documents sought by ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. Stier said that the searches conducted by the special Task Force [...] | 2009-12-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB733 | Zagreb Daily Report - December 15, 2009 [...] (U) Court upholds indictment against former defense minister Roncevic: On December 14, the Zagreb County Court upheld all counts of an indictment filed by the Office for Suppression of Organized Crime and Corruption (USKOK) against former defense minister, Berislav Roncevic, and his former ass [...] | 2009-12-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB746 | CROATIA AND SERBIA FIND LITTLE COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expert-level meeting between Croatia and Serbia in early December aimed at defining an agenda for a Belgrade-sponsored conference to address the lingering refugee issues in the region did not go well, according to contacts in Zagreb. The only agreement the parties reached wa [...] | 2009-12-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNHCR HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB754 | Zagreb Daily Report - December 22, 2009 [...] (U) Croatia closes two more EU Chapters: Croatia closed two more policy chapters in its accession negotiations with the European Union in Brussels on Monday, December 21 and has now closed 17 out of 33 chapters. Croatia closed negotiations on chapter 3 "Right of Establishment and Freedom to Pro [...] | 2009-12-22 14:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB759 | PROSECUTORS PLANNING TO CHARGE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic may charge several presidential candidates for unspecified crimes following the first round of presidential elections. In the meantime, Bajic is beginning to feel a backlash as he investigates corruption among top politicians. Parliament rejec [...] | 2009-12-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR HR |
| 09ZAGREB81 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report for 2008. Croatia has previously been ranked as a Tier 1 country. Post believes that Croatia has maintained its efforts to meet Tier 1 status, and post strongly recommends retaining the Tier 1 ranking for 2008. The [...] | 2009-02-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09ZAGREB85 | CROATIAN NATURAL GAS PROJECTS: LOOKING FOR NEW [...] Summary: The recent gas crisis has fueled discussion and interest in the subject of Croatian energy security and energy diversification. The most significant project addressing these issues is the long-delayed construction of an LNG terminal on the Adriatic. Senior government leaders have e [...] | 2009-02-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV HR |
| 09ZAGREB93 | CROATIA MAKING PROGRESS IN COOPERATION WITH ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said that Croatia and ICTY have reached agreement on a list of key documents in the Gotovina case that Croatia now admits existed. According to ICTY's representative in Croatia, this represents [...] | 2009-02-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB98 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 19, 2009 [...] (U) MFA REPORTS THAT ALL NATO PARLIAMENTS HAVE APPROVED CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL The MFA issued a press release on February 18 stating that it received information that the Parliament of Greece approved Croatia's accession protocol. The MFA also reported that over the last week it [...] | 2009-02-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB99 | RESTRAINED CROATIAN RESPONSE TO SLOVENIAN BLOCKING [...] (SBU) Summary: So far the senior Croatian leadership has had a restrained response to a toughly worded resolution the Slovenian Parliament passed on February 19 regarding the border dispute with Croatia as well as the news that a referendum on Croatia's membership in NATO was moving forward [...] | 2009-02-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 10ABIDJAN15 | PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR CALM, SETS UP OBSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 12, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro publicly declared that the current Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) scandal has not jeopardized the integrity of the voters' list. However, to ensure that there are no doubts about the integrity of the list, the four ot [...] | 2010-01-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN160 | Chinese Engagement in Cote d'Ivoire; Few Potential Areas for [...] (SBU) On February 4, Pol/Econ Chief met with Lu Pang, Economic Commercial Counselor at the Chinese Embassy, along with first secretary Luo-Fa Yang to discuss reftel issues. Both men said that China has very few commercial activities or assistance programs in Cote d'Ivoire, citing difficulti [...] | 2010-02-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CH IV |
| 10ABIDJAN37 | OPPOSITION YOUTH TO HOLD MASS DEMONSTRATION ON JAN 26 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political youth leaders from the RHDP opposition coalition have called for a mass demonstration on January 26. It will be the opposition's first major demonstration since March 2004. They plan to march on the state-owned television network in Abidjan and hold a [...] | 2010-01-25 16:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN45 | ELECTORAL PROCESS GRINDING TO A HALT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) fraud scandal made headlines in early January, the pace of electoral preparations has slowed to a crawl. There is still no consensus among the political parties on a way forward following the CEI scandal. The 70 observati [...] | 2010-01-29 17:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN49 | Finance Minister Says Election Delay Won't Impact Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 27, the Finance Minister told the Ambassador that a slight delay in elections would not have a major impact on this year's budget. He said that the USD 217 million shortfall in customs revenue was due to problems with a new computerized system, which were being rem [...] | 2010-02-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN57 | Dispute Process Extended; CEI Commissioners Protest [...] (U) Summary: After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister's Office and the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced on February 2 that the period for filing challenges to the provisional electoral list will be reopened from February 4 through 14. The day after the announcem [...] | 2010-02-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN59 | Dispute Process Extended; Mambe Weakened by Dissent within [...] (U) Summary: After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister's Office and the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced on February 2 that the period for filing challenges to the provisional electoral list will be reopened from February 4 through 14. The day after the announceme [...] | 2010-02-08 18:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN77 | New Government Announced; Opposition Slots Still Vacant [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23, the new, slightly streamlined Ivoirian government was announced; 11 ministerial slots reserved for the various opposition parties remain vacant, as the opposition has refused to participate until the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) is reconstituted. Sixt [...] | 2010-02-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC IV |
| 10ABIDJAN98 | Cote d'Ivoire 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Abidjan's Investment Climate Statement 2010 follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text. Openness To Foreign Investment. In September 2002, an attempted coup in Cote d'Ivoire began a crisis that divided the country politically, militarily, and eco [...] | 2010-01-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR IV |
| 10ABUDHABI105 | D/S Wolin Discusses Global Recovery with UAE Officials [...] (U) Summary. On 15-16 February 2010, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin met with UAE officials to review progress in the global economic recovery. UAE officials expressed approval of U.S. measures to restore global growth and stressed the resilience of the UAE's economy in navigating Dubai's [...] | 2010-02-25 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF AE IR |
| 10ABUDHABI107 | D/S Wolin Presses UAE for More Cooperation on Iran - Af/Pak [...] (S) Summary. On 15-16 February 2010, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin met with UAE officials to press for continued cooperation on illicit finance issues with respect to Iran and the Taliban. UAE officials noted progress made and yet to come, and expressed concern about international resolv [...] | 2010-02-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EFIN AE IR AF |
| 10ABUDHABI160 | WELCOMING CODEL LOWEY TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai. 2. (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome CODEL Lowey for a first-hand review of key U.S. priorities here. Our robust relations with the UAE focus on mutual [...] | 2010-02-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS ECON AE |
| 10ABUDHABI194 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY AND UNDERSECRETARY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai and complements the Mission's classified scenesetter (reftel). 2. (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome the February 14-16 visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary [...] | 2010-02-09 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BEXP MARR AE |
| 10ABUDHABI212 | UAE ORGANIZES ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On February 7, post received a letter from Majid Al Mansouri, Secretary General of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD),requesting U.S. support for an "Eye on Earth" summit in Abu Dhabi. The Summit, tentatively planned for Nov. 15-17, seeks to "launch a multilateral process to desig [...] | 2010-02-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV AE |
| 10ABUDHABI246 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY CHU [...] (U) Mission UAE looks forward to welcoming the Feb. 23-25 visit of Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu. THE UAE AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic pow [...] | 2010-02-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV KGHG AE |
| 10ABUDHABI270 | UAE ESTABLISHES INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ADVISORY BOARD [...] (SBU) On February 22, the UAE announced the establishment of an International Advisory Board (IAB) for the UAE's nuclear power program, under the leadership of former IAEA DG Hans Blix (complete text of official announcement in para 4). The Advisory Board, which was first referenced in the UAE' [...] | 2010-02-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PGOV AE |
| 10ABUDHABI33 | UAE FM DISCUSSES TALIBAN FINANCIAL FLOWS AND REINTEGRATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a January 11 meeting in Abu Dhabi, visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Amb. Richard Holbrooke discussed Afghan reintegration with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ). AbZ noted the importance of establishing an effect [...] | 2010-01-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF IR YM AE |
| 10ABUDHABI43 | Case Closed: No Appeal of Sheikh Issa Torture Trial Verdict [...] (SBU) Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's January 10 acquittal will stand, as Abu Dhabi prosecutors declined to appeal the verdict before a 15-day filing deadline expired January 26. Post reported this expected outcome (ref A) in the case against Sheikh Issa, who was filmed torturing an Afghan m [...] | 2010-01-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AE |
| 10ABUDHABI7 | ABU DHABI'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL [...] (C) Summary: While many have surmised that Abu Dhabi would seek certain political concessions for its (at least) USD 25 billion financial support for Dubai in 2009 (reftel),there is little indication of a coerced quid pro quo. Rather, Abu Dhabi officials remain squarely focused on mastering [...] | 2010-01-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KIPR ECON ENRG AE |
| 10ABUDHABI72 | UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE |
| 10ABUDHABI77 | UAE on Situation in Yemen and "Friends of Yemen" Next Steps [...] (C) On February 14, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan summoned the Ambassador and British ChargC) d'Affaires Ian Wood to the MFA seeking guidance from the US and UK on Friends of Yemen (FOY) goals and the UAEG's role. Haidan welcomed the recent cease-fire agreement betwe [...] | 2010-02-14 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER YM AE |
| 10ABUDHABI85 | UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA [...] (C) In a joint meeting with British ChargC) d'Affaires Ian Wood on February 14 at the MFA, Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche points with Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Haidan considered Iran's February 11 announcement on uranium enrichment a turning point in the sa [...] | 2010-02-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC ETTC IR CH AE |
| 10ABUDHABI89 | PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...] | 2010-02-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE |
| 10ABUDHABI9 | (S) US-UAE FURTHER COOPERATION TO DISRUPT TALIBAN FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PTER KTFN AE AF EFIN |
| 10ABUJA105 | KANO GOVERNOR INSISTS HIS STATE HAS NO LINKS TO OUTSIDE [...] (C) Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau insisted to the Ambassador during a January 21 meeting in Kano that the state had no "linkages" to external terrorism or religious extremist groups. He noted that the brigade based in Kano had deployed some of its personnel to Jos in Plateau State to help con [...] | 2010-01-27 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI NI |
| 10ABUJA109 | JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES TUSSLE OVER [...] (C) The Senate demanded January 27 that the President submit a letter informing the legislature of his "medical leave" from office, in the wake of a High Court Judge's ruling that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had 14 days in which to decide whether ailing President Yar'Adua remained fit t [...] | 2010-01-28 18:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA116 | U.S./U.K. Team Assesses Nigeria's Preparedness for National [...] (SBU) In response to a request from President Yar'Adua to the Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (reftel),USAID and DFID assembled and facilitated an international, independent team of experts to conduct an assessment of Nigeria's electoral system. During its two weeks in Nigeria, the team me [...] | 2010-01-28 19:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA123 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- SUCCESSFUL RE-RUN ELECTION IN EDO STATE --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Independ [...] | 2010-01-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA125 | PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR YAR'ADUA TO STEP ASIDE [...] (SBU) An Eminent Elders Group led by former Heads of State Alhaji Shehu Shagari, General Yakubu Gowon, and Chief Ernest Shonekan submitted letters to Senate President David Mark and House Speaker Dimeje Bankole January 28 demanding that President Yar'Adua hand over power formally to Vice Presid [...] | 2010-01-29 18:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA131 | JOS STATUS: TWO WEEKS LATER [...] (C) Jos and surrounding towns now exhibit a tense quiet in the wake of the widespread violence that erupted there two weeks ago. Use of cellular telephones and text messaging, which reportedly contributed to the rapid spread of violence, continue to keep tensions elevated as rival groups called [...] | 2010-02-01 18:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA141 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ---------------------------------------- RENEWED POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AKWA IBOM ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Contacts o [...] | 2010-02-05 17:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA155 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON ENGAGES WITH GOODLUCK JONATHAN ON [...] (C) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan February 9 on democracy and constitutional succession, the need for credible national elections, prospects for removal of Nigeria from [...] | 2010-02-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP PINR PTER SOCI NI |
| 10ABUJA159 | INEC CHAIRPERSON CALLED OUT ON DISMAL PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Special Assistant, USAID Democracy Officer, and PolOff (notetaker) met with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Maurice Iwu February 10 to emphasize the importa [...] | 2010-02-11 17:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI NI |
| 10ABUJA161 | ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON UWAIS HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met with Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) Chairperson and retired Chief Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais February 10 to discuss electoral reform, prospects for return to military rule, need for expanded corruption investigations and prosec [...] | 2010-02-11 18:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OVIP PTER SOCI KCRM NI |
| 10ABUJA163 | MADUEKWE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe reiterated to Assistant Secretary Carson and the Ambassador February 9 his country's full support for counter-terrorism engagement in Nigeria and regionally and commitment to democratic principles and the constitution during Yar'Adua's absence. [...] | 2010-02-11 19:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER OVIP SOCI NI |
| 10ABUJA165 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --- WESTERN NAVY COMMAND CONTENT WITH CIVILIAN RULE --------------------------------------------- --- [...] | 2010-02-12 19:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KPAO EAGR NI |
| 10ABUJA179 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CHANGE WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY [...] (C) Within 24 hours of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's designation as Acting President, Jonathan replaced controversial Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa with Minister of Labor and Productivity Adetokunbo Kayode on February 10. The Ambassador met with Kayode Februa [...] | 2010-02-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER CJAN SNAR SOCI KCRM NI |
| 10ABUJA181 | NIGERIAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF: WE BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS),LTG Dambazau, told A/S Carson February 8 that the GON military believes there is no alternative to democracy. "We are a young nation and will improve if we give ourselves the opportunity." He termed the violence in the North a "new phenomenon," and sa [...] | 2010-02-18 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR PINS PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA183 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue February 10 on Nigeria's leadership crisis, elections, and electoral reform with Kwara Governor and Governors' Forum Chairperson Bukola Saraki, former Senate President Ken Nnamani (now Chairperson o [...] | 2010-02-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI KDEM KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA185 | NORTHERN NIGERIAN MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) Muslim scholars, government officials, politicians, professors, students, and civil society representatives discussed their views on the United States and its foreign policy with PolOffs during a visit in January to the Northern Nigerian state of Sokoto. Many interlocutors expressed apprec [...] | 2010-02-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI KDEM KISL KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA19 | EMBASSY AND CONSULATE GENERAL RECEIVE "POISON PEN" [...] (C) The Embassy and Consulate General have received correspondence and e-mail messages in the form of "poison pen" missives regarding alleged Nigerian terrorists. In follow-up to Mission's daily Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) meetings, convened after the attempted December 25 attack on [...] | 2010-01-05 18:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CVIS ASEC PINR PINS PREL NI |
| 10ABUJA191 | SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION CALLS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ahmed called on Ambassador Sanders on February 16 to discuss the state of the nation. Ahmed said the domestic political situation in Nigeria was "very sensitive." Ahmed raised the possibility of Jonathan traveling outside [...] | 2010-02-18 19:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI |
| 10ABUJA197 | NIGERIAN SECURITY CHIEF BRIEFS FOREIGN PARTNERS ON MUTUAL [...] (S) Director General Afas Gadzama, Intelligence Director Yusuf Bichi, and Operations Director Mathew Seiyefa of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) briefed foreign diplomats and intelligence officials on security issues February 18. Gadzama welcomed the opportunity to correct what he cha [...] | 2010-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC SOCI KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA199 | MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE [...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...] | 2010-02-23 20:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA201 | JONATHAN TELLS FORMER PRESIDENT HIS PLANS FOR NEW INEC [...] (C) Former President George W. Bush and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice included the Ambassador in their 30-minute courtesy call on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan at his official residence February 21. PolOff (notetaker) and an aide to Dr. Rice accompanied the delegation. Vario [...] | 2010-02-23 21:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KDEM PTER NI |
| 10ABUJA205 | PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA RETURNS TO NIGERIA: WHAT NEXT? [...] (S) Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's secretive return to Abuja at roughly 0230 February 24 created new uncertainty over who has actual charge of Nigerian Government (GON) decision-making, and raised new concerns about a military intervention. The absence of any images of Yar'Adua's ret [...] | 2010-02-24 19:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV OVIP PINR MCAP PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA207 | GON Chief of Army: Political Climate Dangerous, Politicians [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Dambazau, concerned about the current political environment in Nigeria, told the Ambassador February 24 in a one-on-one session at a safe house in Abuja, that he still considers Goodluck Jonathan the Commander-in-Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces until such [...] | 2010-02-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS PINR MARR NI |
| 10ABUJA209 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. Included in this addition are: -- CRISIS AVERTED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA'S JIGAWA STATE -- LES IN CANADIAN EMBASSY IN NIGER BECOMES THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] | 2010-02-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON CASC KISL KPAO NI |
| 10ABUJA215 | GOODLUCK JONATHAN REMAINS ACTING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA [...] (C) Ambassador met February 26 with Acting President (AgP) Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the Vice President's official residence, Aguda House, in Abuja to review the current political situation following the return earlier this week of ailing President Yar'Adua. Moves are afoot, between Jonathan and key [...] | 2010-02-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER MARR NI |
| 10ABUJA246 | TEXT OF NIGERIAN INFORMATION MINISTER'S MEMORANDUM TO [...] (SBU) As reported in Reftel, Nigerian Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili submitted a memorandum to Cabinet colleagues at the February 3 Federal Executive Council Meeting requesting that President Yar'Adua hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President [...] | 2010-02-05 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL KPAO SOCI NI |
| 10ABUJA38 | FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES NO INTEL OR SECURITY BRIEFINGS, [...] (S) Ambassador spoke to Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on January 10 regarding his strident views and calls of discrimination related to the recent reports that Nigeria is one of 14 "countries of interest" on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) list following the December 2 [...] | 2010-01-14 11:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS OVIP NI |
| 10ABUJA39 | TSA DEMARCHE ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Transportation Security Administration (TSA) demarche (ref A) January 12 to Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe, who characterized the December 25 attempted bombing of a U.S. commercial aircraft as a "wake-up" call for Nigeria. Though Maduekwe initially smirked when t [...] | 2010-01-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA56 | UPDATE ON VIOLENCE IN JOS [...] (SBU) Violence continued for a fourth day in Jos, but at a reduced level, at least for now, according to Mission contacts and press reports. After widespread violence overnight, contacts report relative calm the morning of January 20, punctuated by periodic bursts of gunfire. Vice President [...] | 2010-01-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
| 10ABUJA71 | FIRST SEMBLANCE OF ORDER RETURNS TO JOS [...] (SBU) Violence in Jos had calmed by the morning of January 21 in Jos. The reinforced military and police presence is keeping people off the streets. Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Dambazau visited Jos January 21 to assess security, adding to the climate of calm. Plateau State Governor Jonah [...] | 2010-01-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA75 | YAR'ADUA'S HOLD ON POWER GROWS TENUOUS [...] (C) President Yar'Adua's recent BBC interview showed that he is alive, but reinforced doubts about his ability to resume presidential powers. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has become divided over whether Yar'Adua should hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Many Senators [...] | 2010-01-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NI |
| 10ABUJA88 | NIGERIA'S MBE MOUNTAINS FUNCTION AS IMPORTANT WILDLIFE [...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO),ESTH Officer, and World Conservation Society Country Director visited Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) projects in Cross River State that support the conservation of the critically-endangered Cross River gorilla November 22 to 24. The team also met [...] | 2010-01-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR TBIO EAID ECON NI |
| 10ACCRA102 | DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche regarding road safety and distracted driving to Twumasi-Ankrah Selby, Chief Director of Ghana's Ministry of Transport, and Noble Appiah, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission. Mr. Selby told us that the issue of distracted driving had been the s [...] | 2010-02-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON SOCI GH |
| 10ACCRA103 | GHANA INSTALLS AIRPORT BODY SCANNER; BUSTS [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, 2010, Dutch contractor OD Security completed installation of the INL funded full body scanner at Accra's international airport (KIA). Officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and Ghana Airports Authority (GAA) were trained, and NACOB now maintains responsibi [...] | 2010-02-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR GH |
| 10ACCRA114 | GHANA OK WITH U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana will support the U.S. priority proposals for the March 2010 CITES Meeting on sharks, corals and polar bears, but feels that U.S. proposals on bobcats require support from the European states, to avoid confusion with other lynx species. Ghana, along with several other Afri [...] | 2010-02-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO CITES GH |
| 10ACCRA132 | GHANA: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following information on forced labor and exploitive child labor in the production of goods, as well as current information on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in Ghana. POC for this report is Raymond Stephens (StephensRW@state.g [...] | 2010-02-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP GH |
| 10ACCRA149 | GHANA-SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON [...] USAID/West Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Accra, Ghana over February 8-12, 2010, on the implementation in West Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 60 people ac [...] | 2010-02-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL GH |
| 10ACCRA157 | OIL IN GHANA - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a business roundtable with AF Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, oil and gas companies discussed both the advantages and the risks of doing business in the energy sector in Ghana. The country stands at a fork in the road regarding the use of Ghana's modest future oil an [...] | 2010-02-24 18:18:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON GH |
| 10ACCRA19 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT MILLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with a relaxed and confident President Mills for 45 minutes on January 6. Mills promised cooperation on security issues and sought greater partnership, including a second body scanner for use at Kotoka Airport's VIP lounge. He expressed his concern about stabili [...] | 2010-01-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET SNAR PTER MARR TO NI GH |
| 10ACCRA54 | 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana [...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...] | 2010-01-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH |
| 10ACCRA56 | 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana [...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...] | 2010-01-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH |
| 10ACCRA73 | RULING PARTY STRIVES TO REGAIN UNITY AT NATIONAL CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sharp divisions between senior members of the party, Ghana's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) took steps at its National Conference to restore unity and incorporate dissident faction into the party leadership. After publicly criticizing President Mills' governmen [...] | 2010-01-22 13:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
| 10ACCRA84 | NEWMONT TO PAY DEARLY FOR CHEMICAL SPILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. corporation Newmont Mining's Ghanaian subsidiary has agreed to pay $5 million in compensation to the Government of Ghana (GOG) for a chemical spill that occurred in October 2009 at the company's Ahafo gold mine. The GOG commission that investigated the incident determined t [...] | 2010-01-28 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EMIN EIND EINV ECON GH |
| 10ACCRA87 | New UNHCR Representative Outlines Challenges in Ghana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR's new Representative in Ghana, Sharon Cooper, has significant experience working with Liberian refugees and implementing local integration programs. Cooper plans changes in office strategy for broader and more proactive engagement with the government of Ghana, particular [...] | 2010-02-01 07:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL LI GH SL |
| 10ACCRA97 | DOHA DEMARCHE: GHANA PREFERS MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS [...] SUMMARY. Econoffs met with GOG trade officials to discuss the recent WTO Ministerial Conference (Reftel). Director of Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade Clement Nyaaba appreciated Post initiating the conversation and agreed that the impasse at the conference was "disturbing." He exp [...] | 2010-02-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD GH |
| 10ADANA11 | SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 9, 2010 [...] (U) The security assistant at Consulate Adana compiled the following security incidents for the period of February 1 - 9, 2010, from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends o [...] | 2010-02-11 11:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU |
| 10ADANA4 | TURKEY: BIMONTHLY SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG TU SY |
| 10ADANA9 | TURKEY: SPIKE IN SYRIAN VISITORS TO SOUTHERN TURKEY FOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reciprocal abolishment of the visa regime between Turkey and Syria on September 18, 2009, has resulted in a spike in Syrian visitors to Mersin, Hatay and Gaziantep. According to contacts, the travel, tourism and retail sectors have seen vigorous business that only promise [...] | 2010-02-01 15:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER TU SY PREL |
| 10ADDISABABA114 | DECEMBER REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: The December 2009 Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter reports on a variety of environment, science, technology and health events that took place in Addis Ababa this month. From two U.S. university sponsored science and technology workshops and a Peace C [...] | 2010-01-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET |
| 10ADDISABABA130 | ETHIOPIA: FIVE NGO WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN SOMALI [...] (C) According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ethiopia, five Ethiopian employees of a British NGO were kidnapped in the Somali Regional State on January 15, by individuals claiming to be members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF),and were re [...] | 2010-01-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SMIG EAID ASEC ET |
| 10ADDISABABA135 | KENYA: CURRENT CONDITIONS IN DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The three camps that comprise Dadaab refugee camp currently house over 260,000 refugees, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expects the number could increase in the coming months due to the suspension of food assistance in al-Shabaab controlled areas of Somalia [...] | 2010-01-28 04:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL EAID KE ET SO |
| 10ADDISABABA166 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S JANUARY 30, 2010, [...] (C) Summary: A high-level Kenyan delegation headed by Foreign Minister Wetangula used a long January 30 meeting on the margins of the AU Summit to lobby Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson's support for the GOK's long-incubating Lower Juba initiative. Wetangula, the Minist [...] | 2010-02-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SOCI KE SO |
| 10ADDISABABA167 | UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, in a January 31 meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the AU Summit underscored continued USG support bu [...] | 2010-02-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER EAID SO |
| 10ADDISABABA176 | ETHIOPIA: ASD VERSHBOW AND GOE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) During separate January 25 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Ambassador Alexander Vershbow discussed regional issues and bilateral relations with Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa, and Chief of De [...] | 2010-02-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR YE SU SO ET |
| 10ADDISABABA187 | AU SUMMIT: AHTISSARI URGES TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION [...] (U) January 31, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin Ambassador Michael Battle AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook Political Officer Lauren Ladenson AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (no [...] | 2010-02-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM XA FI |
| 10ADDISABABA188 | AU SUMMIT -- LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF UPBEAT [...] (U) January 30, 2010, 5:25 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin Ambassador Michael Battle Special Advisor Nicole Goldin AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetaker) [...] | 2010-02-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM XA |
| 10ADDISABABA189 | AU SUMMIT: NIGERIA FM SAYS CONSTITUTION SACRED, WILL SIGN [...] (U) January 31, 2010, 3:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin Ambassador Michael Battle AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetake [...] | 2010-02-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV XA |
| 10ADDISABABA190 | ETHIOPIA - FIRST LADY TELLS U/S OTERO OF FGM PROGRESS, TIP [...] (U) In a January 30 meeting, Ethiopian First Lady Azeb Mesfin told Under Secretary of State Maria Otero that after four years of intensive engagement with community and religious leaders in the Afar region, her efforts on behalf of the Ethiopian Government (GoE) have prompted a significant redu [...] | 2010-02-04 04:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KWMN PREL OTRA ET |
| 10ADDISABABA191 | AU SUMMIT: KIKWETE WILLING TO DO MORE ON SOMALIA [...] (U) February 2, 2010, 5:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson USAU Ambassador Michael Battle NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin Special Assistant Akunna Cook AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetaker) Tanzania President J [...] | 2010-02-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM XA |
| 10ADDISABABA192 | AU SUMMIT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING [...] (SBU) February 1, 2010; 11:45 a.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook PolOff Brian Bauman PolOff [...] | 2010-02-04 05:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GV GB AU |
| 10ADDISABABA199 | UNHCR 2010 PLANS FOR NEW REFUGEE CAMPS AND SUDANESE [...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the GOE Administration of Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) intend to open at least two more camps in 2010 for Somali and Eritrean refugees. Melka Dida camp, near Dolo Odo on the Ethiopian/Kenyan/Somali border, is expected to [...] | 2010-02-04 07:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL EAID ET SO |
| 10ADDISABABA200 | USAU: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with U.S. Special Advisor Wolpe on the margins of the AU Summit, Burundian President Nkurunziza characterized the 16 soldiers recently arrested as mutineers, not coup plotters, who posed no threat to the presidency or to the cohesion of the army. He reiterated his des [...] | 2010-02-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
| 10ADDISABABA236 | AU SUMMIT: SOMALILAND FORMIN REASSURES A/S CARSON [...] (U) February 1, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ambassador Michael Battle USAU DCM Joel Maybury Special Assistant Akunna Cook IO Michael Gonzales (Notetaker) SOMALILAND Foreign Minister Abdullahi Duale Notetaker [...] | 2010-02-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PTER SO |
| 10ADDISABABA240 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Ethiopia comes during a period of political and economic challenges. Ethiopia takes pride in being the oldest independent country in Africa. The modern political landscape of Ethiopia has been shaped by the 1998-2000 border conflict with Eritrea (70,000 Ethiopian [...] | 2010-02-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF ET |
| 10ADDISABABA244 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Ethiopia comes during a period of political and economic challenges. Ethiopia takes pride in being the oldest independent country in Africa. The modern political landscape of Ethiopia has been shaped by the 1998-2000 border conflict with Eritrea (70,000 Ethiopian [...] | 2010-02-08 05:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF ET |
| 10ADDISABABA245 | UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH WOMEN [...] (SBU) February 1, 2010; 6:30 pm; Chief of Mission Residence, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero Charge d'Affaires John Yates Special Assistant to U/S Otero Caroline Mauldin Special Advisor to U/S Ot [...] | 2010-02-08 05:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV AF ET |
| 10ADDISABABA247 | FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) recent high profile land deals and shift in agricultural policy (reftel) have attracted additional foreign investors to the agricultural and tourism sectors. In January, Egyptian Prime Minster Dr. Ahmed Nazif led a large delegation to Ethiopia [...] | 2010-02-08 06:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET |
| 10ADDISABABA275 | USAU: FURTHERING COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the start of the year, USG and African Union Commission (AUC) officials on several levels have been discussing the problem of drugs being trafficked through Africa on their way to Europe. On January 21, the two sides met at AU headquarters to launch technical discussions [...] | 2010-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL AU |
| 10ADDISABABA278 | AU SUMMIT: NEW AU CHAIR MALAWI PLANS FOOD SECURITY PUSH [...] (U) February 1, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Assistant Akunna Cook USAU Acting DCM Joel Maybury AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles (notetaker) Malawi President Bingu wa [...] | 2010-02-11 04:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM XA |
| 10ADDISABABA280 | AU SUMMIT: MUSEVENI'S MUSINGS ON AFRICAN [...] (U) January 31, 2010; 5:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Africa Advisor Michelle Gavin Special Envoy Scott Gration Special Advisor Howard Wolpe Deputy Special Advisor Jim Yellin USAU Amba [...] | 2010-02-11 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL AU |
| 10ADDISABABA287 | AU SUMMIT -- U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH AU [...] (U) January 31, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration Special Advisor on the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe [...] | 2010-02-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU |
| 10ADDISABABA289 | USAU: AU SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA -- OUTCOMES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 13:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU |
| 10ADDISABABA291 | ETHIOPIA: FORMER ONLF LEADER URGES U.S. MEDIATION [...] (C) According to a former leader from the early days of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF),Ismael Sheikh Abdi, continued conflict between the ONLF and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has resulted in the deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia's Somali region over the pa [...] | 2010-02-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SO ET |
| 10ADDISABABA297 | JANUARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Regional Environment Officer (REO) spent much of January 2010 on the road. Thanks to Dovie Holland in Madagascar for a busy 10-day orientation visit complete with informative meetings and field visits. REO and the Regional Environment Assistant (REA) also travelled to C [...] | 2010-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET |
| 10ADDISABABA299 | USAU: COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA BENDS GENERAL WARD'S [...] (C) Summary: In what has become a regular exchange during U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General Ward's semiannual visits to Addis Ababa, African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra broke with his tradition of providing a security tour d'horizon and devoted almo [...] | 2010-02-13 07:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PTER SO AU |
| 10ADDISABABA314 | SOMALIA: TFG-ASWJ DEAL INITIALED IN ADDIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the leadership of the Al-Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) movement in Somalia have initialed an agreement aiming to integrate ASWJ into the structures of the TFG. The agreement would specifically assign five of the TFG's 39 ministries to [...] | 2010-02-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ET PGOV PREL SO |
| 10ADDISABABA326 | USAU -- CONGRESSMEN MEEKS, WATT HEAR AFRICAN UNION [...] Summary: In a meeting on February 17 at African Union (AU) headquarters, U.S. Congressmen Gregory Meeks, D-New York, and Melvin Watt, D-North Carolina, received a briefing about the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on African countries from AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Era [...] | 2010-02-17 11:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL AU |
| 10ADDISABABA328 | ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Leaders of the opposition Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (Forum) coalition told Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero they had little confidence that Ethiopia's May election will be free or fair, and complained that their party activists are being [...] | 2010-02-18 05:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
| 10ADDISABABA331 | AU SUMMIT -- U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) February 1, 2010; 2:45 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Africa Advisor Michelle Gavin Special Advisor Howard Wolpe Deputy Special Advisor Jim Yellin USAU Military Advisor Ellington (notet [...] | 2010-02-18 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KPKO AU |
| 10ADDISABABA342 | USAU: SOMALIA MINISTERIAL TURNS HEATED [...] (SBU) Summary: A regular meeting of AMISOM troop-contributing countries (TCCs) is fraught with recriminations and increased frustration, particularly on the part of the Somali Minister of Defense. Ethiopia announces what appears to be a landmark diplomatic breakthrough that would bring Alhus [...] | 2010-02-19 10:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MCAP AU |
| 10ADDISABABA372 | PM MELES PUSHES FOR UNITED STATES TO PREVENT [...] (C) During a February 1 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Prime Minister Meles emphasized the importance of beginning post-2011 negotiations and convincing the Government of Sudan to accept the outcome of the referendum. He believed that an unsuccessful referendum could spawn [...] | 2010-02-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC |
| 10ADDISABABA395 | ETHIOPIA: CODEL MEEKS HEARS GOE'S WHIP-INFLATION-NOW PHILOSOPHY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Visiting Congressmen Meeks and Watt asked Finance Minister Sufian and National Bank Governor Teklewold to comment on the impact of the world financial crisis on Ethiopia and on the state of relations between the ministry and the bank. Sufian said the crisis had largely passed i [...] | 2010-02-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR AF ET ECON PGOV |
| 10ADDISABABA49 | POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE ON ALLOCATION OF AIRTIME FOR ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 10ADDISABABA59 | USAU: CONGOLESE SENATE LEADER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a confidential visit to Addis Ababa en route back to Kinshasa after personal leave in Europe, President of the Congolese Senate Kengo wa Dondo (strictly protect) reached out to the US Mission to the African Union (USAU) and gave a preview of what he hopes to discuss with Af [...] | 2010-01-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KCOR PGOV CG AU |
| 10ADDISABABA73 | ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] (U) This cable is a reftel response that includes Ethiopia's Investment Climate Statement 2010. As requested, the response is divided into the following categories: Openness to Foreign Investment; Conversion and Transfer Policies; Expropriation and Compensation; Dispute Settlement; Performanc [...] | 2010-01-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AF ET |
| 10AITTAIPEI104 | MEDIA REACTION: FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 27 on a Taiwan Air Force Academy T-34C twin-seat training aircraft, which went missing near Kaohsiung Tuesday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's transit in San Francisco en route to Honduras; on developments in cross-Stra [...] | 2010-01-27 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI114 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 28 on the Taiwan government's plan to raise the National Health Insurance premiums; on President Ma Ying-jeou's transit in San Francisco en route to Honduras; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the ye [...] | 2010-01-29 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI119 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 news coverage on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, on suspected Chinese submarine movement in the waters near Kaohsiung on January 27, and on the college entrance exams for Taiwan senior high school students. 2. Almost ever [...] | 2010-02-01 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI12 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 5 on the controversy over the U.S. beef issue and the discussions in the Legislative Yuan over amendments to the law concerning U.S. beef imports; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; on the domestic concerns over the H1N1 [...] | 2010-01-05 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI126 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 2 news coverage on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; on developments in cross-Strait relations; on the reform of the KMT; and on the year-end five city and county magistrates' elections. 2. Editorials and commentaries in the Chinese [...] | 2010-02-02 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI13 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 1-4 on the New Year celebrations; on the controversy over the U.S. beef issue and the discussions in the Legislative Yuan over amendments to the law concerning U.S. beef imports; and on cross-Strait relations. 2 [...] | 2010-01-05 09:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI130 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 3 news coverage on an article written by James Kraska on a scenario in which the United States lost a naval war to China in 2015; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the Taipei City government's plan to increase the property ta [...] | 2010-02-03 09:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI131 | TAIWAN ANTICIPATES CONTINUED GROWTH OF [...] (SBU) Summary: While direct maritime and aviation transportation links with China have expanded significantly over the past two years, several issues remain unresolved, including onward-bound passenger flights from PRC destinations (Fifth Freedom rights) and an increase in weekly cross-Strait [...] | 2010-02-03 23:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
| 10AITTAIPEI135 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 08:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI144 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI151 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI155 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 09:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI157 | TAIWAN FIRMS REVEAL DIVERGING CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans for a cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA; reftel) have dominated Taiwan trade policy with the PRC. At least initially, an ECFA would include only petrochemical, textile, machine tool, auto/auto parts, and flat panel display "early harvest" sectors. [...] | 2010-02-10 06:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TW CH |
| 10AITTAIPEI163 | CLEANING HOUSE IN THE JUSTICE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ma's nomination of an official known for his integrity, impartiality and modesty, to be Taiwan's top prosecutor will strengthen judicial independence after the previous Prosecutor-General was impeached over his handling of the corruption investigation of former Presiden [...] | 2010-02-11 03:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PREL TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI18 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave extensive straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage January 6 to the controversy concerning the import of U.S. beef. Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on January 5 amended the Act Governing Food Sanitation which ba [...] | 2010-01-06 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI181 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI35 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 8 on the proposed referendum on the import of U.S. beef products, which passed the initial review by the Referendum Review Committee of the Executive Yuan Thursday and will be able to enter the second stage of the r [...] | 2010-01-08 09:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI40 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 9-11 on the legislative by-elections on Saturday, in which the ruling KMT suffered a major setback; on the fallout following the Legislative Yuan's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation last week, whic [...] | 2010-01-11 09:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI46 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 12 on yet another legislative by-election, which is slated for the end of February; on the year-end five city and county magistrate elections; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the visit by three-tim [...] | 2010-01-12 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI59 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 14 on the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday; on Google's threat to quit China Tuesday; and on the year-end five city and county magistrate elections in Taiwan. 2. In terms of editorials and commenta [...] | 2010-01-14 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI77 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, HAITI, GOOGLE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 16-19 on the Legislative Yuan's passage of a disputed amendment to the Local Government Act on Monday amid fistfights between ruling KMT and opposition DPP legislators; on the devastating situation in Haiti in the w [...] | 2010-01-19 09:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI80 | A ROADMAP FOR BUILDING THE U.S.-TAIWAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the U.S. works to resolve the beef market access issue while reviving its bilateral economic agenda with Taiwan (reftels),AIT proposes using a revived Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) as a vehicle to facilitate progress on a specific timeline of trade agreements [...] | 2010-01-20 03:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW EAGR |
| 10AITTAIPEI82 | MEDIA REACTION: FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, HAITI [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage January 20 to the resignation of Prosecutor-General Chen Tsung-ming, which came shortly after a Control Yuan motion to impeach him for dereliction of duty and lack of integrity. News coverage also focused on the year-end [...] | 2010-01-20 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI89 | TAIWAN DEVELOPS "ACTION PLAN" TO SUPPORT U.S. BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2010 meeting with the Deputy Director, Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Francis Liang unveiled an interagency "Action Plan" designed to facilitate all U.S. beef imports now allowed by Taiwan law, repair damage done to consumer confidence in U.S. beef safety, [...] | 2010-01-21 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI90 | THE DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH KMT SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Poor political judgment by the Ma administration was a key factor in Taiwan's inability to implement fully the bilateral beef protocol, KMT Secretary General King Pu-tsung told the Director on January 21. King agreed to work to lift Taipei city's anti-U.S. beef campaign, and sai [...] | 2010-01-21 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PINR TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI91 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 21 on the aftermath of Prosecutor-General Chen Tsung-ming's resignation Tuesday; on the legislative by-election slated for the end of February; on the rescue and relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti; and on d [...] | 2010-01-21 11:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI95 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10AITTAIPEI99 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA, GOOGLE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 26 on President Ma Ying-jeou's nomination of the island's top prosecutor Monday; on developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Honduras and the Dominican Republic; on Taiwan's rescu [...] | 2010-01-26 09:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 10ALGIERS111 | ALGERIA: DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANY [...] (C/NF) Eight directors, including the CEO, of Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach are under investigation for corruption and have been fired and replaced. Industry insiders fear company operations will soon be affected. Algeria's intelligence services are leading the investigation. This sc [...] | 2010-02-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD KCRM PINS AG |
| 10ALGIERS115 | FM TO SANDERSON: TSA LIST "POISON IN RELATIONS" [...] (C) In a meeting with visiting NEA DAS Sanderson January 25, Algerian Foreign Minister Medelci objected to TSA's placing Algeria on a list with supporters of terrorism and countries where U.S. troops were at war, arguing that this was at variance with Algeria's solid commitment to fighting te [...] | 2010-02-10 08:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON KPAL KGHG SENV ML SU AG |
| 10ALGIERS116 | ALGERIAN CT CHIEF PRESSES NEA DAS SANDERSON ON TSA [...] (C) Meeting with NEA DAS Sanderson January 25, Algerian Counterterrorism Coordinator Kamel Rezag Bara objected that putting Algeria on the list of countries subject to enhanced airport screening is at variance with Algeria's solid commitment to fighting terrorism and its close security partner [...] | 2010-02-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AG UN US |
| 10ALGIERS123 | CHINA'S IMPACT AND RISKS IN ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's footprint in Algeria is primarily commercial and focused on construction contracts for major infrastructure projects. China provides no development or other forms of assistance. There are more than 40,000 Chinese nationals living in Algeria. Chinese firms have a stake i [...] | 2010-02-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ELAB ECON ETRD CH AG |
| 10ALGIERS153 | ORASCOM TELECOM ALGERIE DISPUTE CAUSES WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA),Algeria's largest wireless phone company -- one of the largest and most economically productive foreign investments this decade -- has been assessed USD 650 million in back taxes via a series of assessments dating back to late 2008. On the face of it, many o [...] | 2010-02-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV AG EG |
| 10ALGIERS157 | OIL COMPANIES WORRIED ABOUT ALGERIA'S ENERGY FUTURE [...] (C/NF) Leading foreign oil companies (FOCs) are concerned that the corruption investigation into Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach (reftel) has paralyzed company decision-making and could slow ongoing projects. Unless Sonatrach consolidates under new management and resumes normal contr [...] | 2010-02-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON ETRD KCOR PREL PINS AG |
| 10ALGIERS20 | ALGERIA STRONGLY PROTESTS TSA LISTING [...] (S/NF) MFA Americas Director General Sabri Boukadoum expressed to the Ambassador January 6 the GOA's "profound dismay" regarding Algeria's inclusion on the TSA list for enhanced screening. He said this message came directly from President Bouteflika. The TSA decision, Boukadoum stressed, did not ac [...] | 2010-01-06 17:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PINR AG US |
| 10ALGIERS39 | ALGERIAN FM: TSA LISTING “INTOLERABLE, [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci January 11 summoned the Ambassador and forcefully objected to Algeria's placement on the TSA enhanced screening list. He termed the decision intolerable, inappropriate, and inopportune. It reflected neither the reality of Algeria's security situation, its coun [...] | 2010-01-12 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS AG US |
| 10ALGIERS40 | CONSULAR SECTION ALGIERS WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES [...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Algiers consular section recently implemented an orientation program for potentially vulnerable new immigrants to the United States. Diversity visa (DV) winners, female fiancs and female spouses of American citizens are given the opportunity to pick up their visas at th [...] | 2010-01-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT AG |
| 10ALGIERS62 | ALGERIA AND COPENHAGEN FOLLOW-UP [...] DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Director for North American Affairs Ambassador Ahriz January 20. The DCM noted that Algeria carried great weight in African discussions leading up to and during Copenhagen, had had some difficulty with the emerging consensus, had then joined the large majori [...] | 2010-01-20 16:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG PREL AG |
| 10ALGIERS78 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
| 10AMMAN196 | JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...] | 2010-01-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO |
| 10AMMAN216 | JORDAN BLUE LANTERN:VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF [...] (SBU) Economic Section and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) LESs conducted initial/preliminary database searches on this firm through Government of Jordan (Ministry of Industry and Trade(MoIT)) on-line records and found no pertinent information. 2. (SBU) Blue Lantern officer performed a no- [...] | 2010-01-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JO |
| 10AMMAN218 | GOVERNMENT ENACTS CONTROVERSIAL TAX LAWS TO STREAMLINE AND LOWER RATES, AND EMPOWER TAX AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan enacted recently two new tax laws to lower income tax rates and grant greater powers to tax authorities. The laws, which will remain in force until a new parliament is elected and votes on them, represent the first notable achievement of the new governm [...] | 2010-01-21 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JO KMCA |
| 10AMMAN237 | JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...] | 2010-01-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO |
| 10AMMAN252 | JORDAN: COURT RULING THREATENS FREEDOM OF [...] (S) Summary: Journalists and non-governmental organizations are up in arms about a ruling by Jordan's highest court subjecting online media to the country's Press and Publications Law (PPL). Non-governmental organizations and journalists assert the government will use the ruling to curb the [...] | 2010-01-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM SOCI JO |
| 10AMMAN274 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER AND INPUT FOR FTA LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor cooperation between the U.S. Jordan has been strong and productive over the past several years. Effective engagement, backed with targeted assistance, has produced significant results, such as improved labor conditions in the garment sector, enhanced efforts to combat traf [...] | 2010-01-28 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD JO |
| 10AMMAN276 | JORDAN: MAYOR OF AJLOUN STRESSES THE NEED FOR [...] (S/NF) The mayor of Ajloun said that national reforms are needed to halt growing discontent in his town. He is in favor of the proposed decentralization plan, saying that inefficient megaprojects have proven to be spectacular failures because they were designed by bureaucrats in Amman with no [...] | 2010-01-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID KMPI JO |
| 10AMMAN299 | THIRD RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. The third donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) convened in The Hague on January 28. The World Bank, along with the beneficiary parties, chaired the meeting attended by almost all of the donors with the exception of Japan and Gr [...] | 2010-02-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL JO |
| 10AMMAN305 | JORDAN: COLUMNIST MISCHARACTERIZES U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 2, Fahd Al-Khitan, a columnist and managing editor of Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm, wrote a bizarre column entitled, "Jordanian-American understandings on the limits of reform." Khitan referred to visits by several U.S. officials over the past several weeks, including NEA DAS [...] | 2010-02-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
| 10AMMAN311 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL SENTENCES PERPETRATOR [...] On January 28, Jordan's honor crime tribunal sentenced a 19-year-old man to ten years in prison for murdering his 20-year-old sister in April 2009. The court originally handed down a full 15-year murder sentence but immediately reduced the sentence to ten years when the victim's father dropp [...] | 2010-02-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
| 10AMMAN314 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND YOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In meetings with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Wittes January 26-28, government officials, representatives of civil society, and alumni of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs discussed the challenges of democratic reform and sought further U.S. assistance [...] | 2010-02-04 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO |
| 10AMMAN320 | Jordan's 2010 Budget Hits Government Agencies Hard with [...] (SBU) Summary: The severe cuts to the 2010 budget have hit Government of Jordan (GOJ) ministries hard (ref A). With a projected deficit of $1.43 billion, the 2010 budget of $7.71 billion includes 20% cuts to capital expenditures and 1.4% cuts to current expenditures, and will impact GOJ entit [...] | 2010-02-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN EAID PGOV JO |
| 10AMMAN323 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman warmly welcomes your visit, which will allow us to engage the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the highest levels. We have requested an audience with King Abdullah and confirmed meetings with the Foreign Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperatio [...] | 2010-02-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JO |
| 10AMMAN327 | CODEL HASTINGS VISIT FOCUSES ON DISPLACED IRAQIS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During a January 11 visit to Amman, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL),in an audience with King Abdullah and joint meeting with Prime Minister Samir Rifai and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, reasserted the importance of U.S.-Jordanian relations, a message well-received days a [...] | 2010-02-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS JO AF |
| 10AMMAN356 | Demarche on Distracting Driving - Jordan Has Legislative [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTHOff delivered ref A demarche on distracted driving to officials at the Greater Amman Municipality and representatives of the traffic safety NGO Hikmat on February 3. Both work with a coalition of GOJ partners including the traffic police, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry [...] | 2010-02-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL PGOV JO |
| 10AMMAN383 | JORDAN: INPUT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR FOR [...] (U) Task 1 Summary: A range of governmental, non-governmental, and private sector interlocutors continue to inform Post that, as a whole, forced labor in the garment sector has significantly decreased, largely due to government action. However, they also state some forced labor conditions st [...] | 2010-02-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV JO |
| 10AMMAN396 | JORDAN: HRW REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP WITHDRAWALS [...] (S) The release of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report "Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality" has elicited an angry response from the GOJ. The report highlights the personal experiences of eleven individuals who had their nationality revoked by the Mini [...] | 2010-02-16 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF KPAL IS JO |
| 10AMMAN455 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan continued to demonstrate a strong commitment and made steady progress to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). The primary achievement was the completion of a strong legal framework to prevent and prosecute TIP, which included the passage of a compreh [...] | 2010-02-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO |
| 10AMMAN456 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO |
| 10AMMAN459 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (S//NF) Summary: Mr. Vice President, Embassy Amman warmly welcomes you to Jordan. As you arrive, Jordan continues to face some of the most troubling challenges of King Abdullah's 10-year reign. Jordan has been hit hard by the global economic slowdown and is heavily aid-dependent. The pared- [...] | 2010-02-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP EAID PGOV PREL JO |
| 10AMMAN461 | JORDAN: A/S POSNER'S FOCUS ON DEMOCRATIC AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL),pressed the Jordanian government during his January 10-11 visit to move forward on the implementation of a number of high-priority political and human rights reforms. This cable describes A/S Posner [...] | 2010-02-28 08:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI KPAL KWMN PREL PGOV PHUM JO |
| 10AMMAN91 | JORDAN: REGIONAL SECURITY SUPPORT - AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This cable is part 1 of 5 in a series on Jordan's regional security contributions and military support. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Jordan has been exceptionally responsive to USG requests for military contributions in support of regional and international security priorities. In Afghanistan, [...] | 2010-01-07 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL ASEC JO |
| 10AMSTERDAM8 | VISAS VIPER WATCHLIST NOMINATION [...] Visas Viper 2. (SBU) The following biographical information is provided for watchlisting purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: XXXXXXXXXXXX POB: XXXXXXXXXXXX Gender: Female Nationality: Dutch and Croatian Pas [...] | 2010-02-26 15:37:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT NL |
| 10ANKARA102 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA110 | BARAK AND DAVUTOGLU ON GAZA, SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Embassy's readout on the January 17 Davutolgu-Barak meeting was markedly more downbeat than that offered us by the Turkish MFA. Barak was cautiously receptive to a GoT proposal that it be permitted to deliver pre-fabricated housing units to Gaza. He discouraged Turk [...] | 2010-01-22 20:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 10ANKARA120 | TURKISH MILITARY TAKES A POUNDING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: "Taraf" newspaper broke the newest in a chain of alleged anti-democratic military plots on January 20, a day before the Constitutional Court overturned a 2009 law extending civilian court jurisdiction to military officers (REFTEL). The newspaper claimed the Turkish First Army [...] | 2010-01-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINR PINS PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA122 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA126 | SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT: [...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...] | 2010-01-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM |
| 10ANKARA135 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA14 | CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH MFA PLUGS NEW PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu on January 5 passed the Charge a copy of the Turkish Cypriots' latest proposal on Governance and Power-Sharing that includes a cross-voting provision to enable Greek Cypriots to have a 10-20 percent weighted vote on Turkish Cypriot candidates [...] | 2010-01-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |
| 10ANKARA142 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: AKP MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH [...] (C) Huseyin Celik, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of promotion and the media, elected deputy, close confidant of PM Erdogan, a.:QQ^se a constitutional amendment in the current environment, that it would pass to a referendum. There are 337 voting members [...] | 2010-01-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
| 10ANKARA145 | KEY QUESTIONS FOR NEW U.S.-TURKISH ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Following up on the successful announcement of the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Turkey during PM Erdogan's visit, we now need to put meat on the bones of the proposal. I and my staff will be working closely with the Turks, but the USG will [...] | 2010-01-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV USTR TU |
| 10ANKARA147 | IN SOUTHEAST, DESPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...] | 2010-01-29 05:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TU |
| 10ANKARA148 | IN SOUTHEAST, DISPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...] | 2010-01-29 07:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TU |
| 10ANKARA150 | TURKEY: OF COUPS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Reports of coup plots against PM Erdogan's Islamist-leaning government have been a staple of the Turkish media since 2007. Despite protests by Turkey's top brass that there is no substance to the allegations, a growing percentage of the population believes that at least some elements wit [...] | 2010-01-29 07:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU |
| 10ANKARA155 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA160 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DISCUSSES BIOTECH, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey discussed the Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Coordination Ali Babacan on January 28. He also raised concerns about the potential effect of a draft biotechnology law on US exports and [...] | 2010-02-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN EINV ECON USTR TU |
| 10ANKARA164 | BDP CONVENTION SHOWS NEW PARTY, SAME FACE FOR KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP),which took over the reins from the now-banned Democratic Society Party (DTP) in December, held its first party convention on February 1 in Ankara. Although PKK demonstrators were fewer than at the DTP convention in October 2008, it was clear th [...] | 2010-02-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
| 10ANKARA173 | GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...] | 2010-02-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA174 | GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...] | 2010-02-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA175 | Science Envoy Finds Strong Programs, Opportunities in [...] (U) SUMMARY: On a January 13-15 visit to Ankara and Istanbul, Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail met with academics, government officials, and PM Erdogan. He was impressed by the GOT's strong commitment to S&T development and the programs being implemented in academia and the private sector, all o [...] | 2010-02-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV TU |
| 10ANKARA176 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA189 | Iranians Seek Global Support Not Nuclear Pressure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants to assess their reaction to US pressure regarding Iran's nuclear program. Although applicants voiced strong supp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
| 10ANKARA19 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA191 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA195 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN, AZERI GAS, NUCLEAR [...] (U) Ambassador Jeffrey met with Energy Minister Yildiz on February 3 to discuss the DOE energy efficiency conference, expected nuclear power plant projects, Iran, and negotiations with the Azeris on Shah Deniz gas. Yildiz, for reasons unknown but appreciated, hauled ambassador out before the [...] | 2010-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA201 | FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE": MOSTLY MEDIA SPLASH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The February 4 one-day nationwide work stoppage by major labor confederations made a significant media splash but seemed to create only minor disruptions across Turkey. Two confederations did not, in the end, participate in the work stoppage, although they had initially committed [...] | 2010-02-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB TU |
| 10ANKARA203 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 06:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA21 | FM DAVUTOGLU REBUILDING HIS MINISTRY IN HIS IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu used his opening speech to the January 4-8 Turkish ambassadors' conference to reinforce his vision of an activist diplomacy that asserts the country's profile regionally and beyond. He appears to be making progress selling that vision to a generation [...] | 2010-01-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA215 | TURKEY: ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM THE "COUP ERA" [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 4 representatives of Turkey's General Staff (TGS) and the Interior Ministry signed a document which abolished the "EMASYA Protocol," a secret agreement between the military and the police which authorized the military to intervene unilaterally to restore pu [...] | 2010-02-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 10ANKARA22 | Scenesetter for Science Envoy Dr. Zewail [...] (SBU) While U.S. and Turkish entities collaborate in several areas of science and technology, both sides see room for and benefit to expanding collaboration. The Turks are particularly interested in results-oriented partnerships that can spur economic development. Currently, the strongest are [...] | 2010-01-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV TU |
| 10ANKARA221 | APPARENT MOVEMENT ON JOWZJAN PRT'S SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: MFA confirmed that a meeting took place among Turkish, Swedish, German and NATO officials on the margins of the February 4-5 informal NATO Defense Ministerial in Istanbul and said that there is now an agreement in principle that Turkey's "civilian PRT" is acceptable to all parties. [...] | 2010-02-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR TU |
| 10ANKARA222 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA224 | TEKEL STRIKE: LAST GASP FOR LABOR MOVEMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now in its 58th day, the TEKEL strike is emerging as a defining moment for Turkey's labor movement and a significant political challenge for Prime Minister Erdogan. The strikers continue to draw major media attention, not least from the 200 workers who launched a hunger strike fi [...] | 2010-02-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA229 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA23 | TURKISH MFA: LEGAL FRAMEWORK UNDERWAY TO OPEN HALKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA told us January 6 it is preparing a legal framework for the opening of Halki Seminary that will center on Article 40 of the Lausanne Treaty, which gives non-Muslim minorities the right to manage their own religious institutions. The MFA said using the Lausanne Tr [...] | 2010-01-07 09:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU US |
| 10ANKARA230 | TURKEY SUPPORTS OIC ISLAMIC PEACE FORCE PROPOSAL [...] (C) On February 2 MFA Middle East desk officer M. Rami Sayliman told us Turkey supports the "Islamic peace force" idea proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (a Turkish national). (Note: SG Ihsanoglu proposed the formation of a "depa [...] | 2010-02-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA237 | AKP'S DEFLATED DREAMS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AKP seems have backed way from any immediate moves on constitutional reform. Its potential joint effort with MHP on calling for a referendum has collapsed. More AKP members also caution against holding a referendum prior to the general election, noting that the effort could [...] | 2010-02-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA238 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA239 | ALLEGED PKK WARNING TO U.S. AGAINST PROVIDING UAVS [...] (C) In comments responding to a question regarding the visit to Ankara by Secretary Gates on February 6 and USF-I Commanding General Odierno on February 3, the leader of the terrorist PKK reportedly issued a warning to the U.S., apparently against providing Turkey with an armed UAV capability. [...] | 2010-02-12 16:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MOPS TU |
| 10ANKARA243 | NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY: GOOD COP, BAD COP [...] (C) Summary. Though not in full election mode, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) appears to have begun its planning for national elections now set for mid-2011. Talks with senior party members suggest that the strategic party organs are kicking into gear to develop an election and post-ele [...] | 2010-02-12 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
| 10ANKARA251 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul (MND Gonul) and the Chief of the Turkish Genral Staff General Ilker Basbug (Gen Basbug) in separate meetings during his bilateral visit to Ankara on February 6, 2010. Se [...] | 2010-02-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER TU |
| 10ANKARA257 | PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WARNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an extensive meeting with the Ambassador February 16, eight members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee raised concerns about the draft Armenian Genocide Resolution now being discussed in the US Congress and warned that, if passed by the full Congress, an AGR wo [...] | 2010-02-17 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR TU |
| 10ANKARA267 | USF-I GENERAL ODIERNO'S COUNTER-PKK MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the top level of the Turkish inter-agency security affairs group, USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno agreed to develop an action plan to improve counter-terrorism pressure on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Odierno suggested the plan's initi [...] | 2010-02-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 10ANKARA269 | SCENESETTER FOR UNVIE AMB. DAVIES' FEB 22 VISIT TO [...] (C) Thank you for taking the time to come to Turkey. You will arrive very shortly after U/S Bill Burns will have left. Iran will be at the top of his agenda, but your visit will help us advance our efforts to press Turkey to support UNSC sanctions against Iran and drop its opposition to the N [...] | 2010-02-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC ETTC ENRG IR TU |
| 10ANKARA27 | TURKEY MAKES PROGRESS ON TURKMEN GAS VIA IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Yildiz attended the January 6 opening ceremony for the Turkmen-Iran natural gas pipeline and met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamidov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, and the energy ministers from both countries. Yildiz said progress was made in bringing Turkmen g [...] | 2010-01-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA270 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA275 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA286 | FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS FOR PRESIDENT GUL'S TERM?: A [...] (C) Summary. Further examination regarding the timeline of the election of President Gul, the wording of the parliamentary decision after his election, and the constitutional amendment on direct presidential elections reveals no easy solution to the question of how long his term should be. Gi [...] | 2010-02-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA287 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA288 | PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-simmering power struggle between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's secularist judiciary escalated sharply last week after the arrest of a provincial prosecutor in Erzincan who was investigating the activities of a religious group. The High Coun [...] | 2010-02-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA290 | PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA291 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA294 | TURKEY: LARGEST WAVE OF MILITARY DETENTIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 22 police detained 47 retired and active-duty military officers, including 17 flag-grade officers for -- according to press reports -- their alleged involvement in coup plots dating back to 2003-2004. Although coverage of the detentions blanketed the press, neither th [...] | 2010-02-23 19:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS TU |
| 10ANKARA298 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA299 | No Foreseeable Relief For Iranian Domestic Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants regarding the political, economic, and social conditions since the February 11 Revolution Day demonstrations. Applicants expressed mixed views about the effectiveness of the Iranian opposition [...] | 2010-02-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
| 10ANKARA302 | U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...] | 2010-02-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU |
| 10ANKARA303 | ANTALYA: THE SUN ALWAYS RISES FOR TOURISM, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's premier tourist destination, Antalya has seen 10 percent economic growth annually over the past six years and remains a magnet for young Turks seeking jobs. Some 11 million tourists (most of them foreigners) came to Antalya in 2009, although there was a sharp drop in Is [...] | 2010-02-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON TU IS |
| 10ANKARA304 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT, PM, AND CHOD MEET IN EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, PM Erdogan, and CHOD Basbug met on February 25 in an effort to dispel tensions resulting from the February 22 detention of scores of active duty and retired military officials, including the former deputy CHOD and retired force commanders (refs a and b). Deputy PM [...] | 2010-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS TU |
| 10ANKARA307 | TURKEY: BDP TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 23 meeting, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chairman Selahattin Demirtas struck a surprisingly moderate tone while outlining the goals and methods for the party. The conversation with Demirtas and other BDP leaders notably lacked any discussion of the PKK or its [...] | 2010-02-25 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
| 10ANKARA312 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA315 | TURKEY: AFTER A BRIEF LULL, NEW ARRESTS AND [...] (C) Summary: An Istanbul court on February 26 charged and jailed eleven of the officers detained in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plot against the government (bringing the total to 31). In addition, a new round of detentions in thirteen cities the same day brought another eighteen service [...] | 2010-02-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 10ANKARA316 | SCENESETTER FOR 5TH US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) In preparation for the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group meeting to be held in Washington on March 1, we would like to update you on where our relationship with Turkey stands, where Turkey's relationships with other key countries stand, and how these relationships are affecting energy issue [...] | 2010-02-26 17:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA33 | REFERENDUM IN THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Group Chairman submitted a draft proposal to reduce the time it would take to hold public referendums on constitutional amendments. Although AKP members deny the move is in anticipation of any forthcoming amendment [...] | 2010-01-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS TU |
| 10ANKARA35 | Iranians Pine For Relief As GOI Tightens Grip [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants from mid-December to early January 2009 to gain insight into Iran's current economic and political climate. Applicants report a bleak economic outlook due to continued corruption and mismanageme [...] | 2010-01-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
| 10ANKARA36 | TURKEY:EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) This is a joint Embassy Ankara, Consulate General Istanbul, and Consulate Adana cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Turkey has worked tirelessly during the past year to promote awareness and empowerment on women's issues. From managing grants and programs to socia [...] | 2010-01-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN XG PHUM |
| 10ANKARA38 | (C) TURKEY PRESSES FOR USF-I INTEL TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik requested a meeting January 8 with the Charge to emphasize President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and Minister of Interior Atalay's strong interest in a proposed visit by a USF-I (formerly MNF-I) intelligence team to Ankara in late January or early F [...] | 2010-01-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ |
| 10ANKARA41 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 06:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA52 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA54 | MFA EYES "ANTI-TURKISH SENTIMENT" IN BULGARIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA told us January 8 "anti-Turkish sentiment" in Bulgaria was a cause for concern in otherwise good relations between the governments of Turkey and Bulgaria. This anti-Turkish stance, it said, was one of the factors leading to Minister Dimitrov's demanding compensation from [...] | 2010-01-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BU TU |
| 10ANKARA56 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA57 | TURKEY READY TO RE-ENERGIZE AEGEAN TALKS, BALL IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General Cagatay Erciyes told PolMilCouns on January 8 that Turkey is ready to re-energize Aegean talks with Greece, but is still awaiting a formal response to Erdogan's letter to Papandreou. The MFA wants exploratory talks to resume early in 2010, and said the [...] | 2010-01-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
| 10ANKARA74 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BOEING SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim confirmed to Ambassador Jeffrey that price is now the main sticking point in the prospective purchase of Boeing aircraft by Turkish Airlines (THY). Yildirim stressed, however, that price is not the only consideration and that THY is looki [...] | 2010-01-19 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD EAIR PREL TSPA TU |
| 10ANKARA87 | WHAT LIES BENEATH ANKARA'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) There is much talk in chanceries and in the international media these days about Turkey's new, highly activist foreign policy, which unquestionably represents a transition not only from prior governments, but also from the AKP regime before the Gaza/Davos events, and before the ascent of A [...] | 2010-01-20 05:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
| 10ANKARA91 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANKARA92 | TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Erdogan's January 12-13 visit to Moscow produced several key agreements, notably a joint statement committing both sides to continue talks on a nuclear power plant, with a nod from PM Erdogan that he would sign an intergovernmental agreement granting Russia the pro [...] | 2010-01-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU RU |
| 10ANKARA98 | TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 10ANTANANARIVO105 | MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar's ongoing political crisis, which began in December 2008, has severely diminished the government's ability to address a wide range of social problems, including child labor and forced labor. The most recent reliable data specific to this subject remains the 2007 national su [...] | 2010-02-25 04:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO111 | LOCAL FRENCH VIEWS ON MALAGASY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the French government may be outwardly in synch with the rest of the international community, discussions with local French representatives indicate that do not plan to "lay down the law," in a clear, non-ambiguous way, to Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and the HAT. They contin [...] | 2010-02-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FR MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO112 | CONTROVERSIAL MILITARY FIGURE NAMED NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice-Admiral Hyppolite Ramaroson was named Vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs on February 24, and sworn in today. He takes over an important ministry at a crucial moment, with AU sanctions looming if the de facto GOM fails to implement the 2009 Maputo/Addis accords (ref c) by [...] | 2010-02-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO114 | AU MOVES TOWARD SANCTIONS, FOLLOWING ICG-M CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) decided on targeted sanctions against Madagascar's coup leaders, giving them a final deadline of March 16 to implement the 2009 Maputo/Addis accords in good faith. Although France and China blocked such precise [...] | 2010-02-26 05:20:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MA AU |
| 10ANTANANARIVO32 | ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Update for January 4 to 20, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) -Crack Down Against the Opposition - [...] | 2010-01-20 07:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO43 | MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...] | 2010-01-25 13:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO44 | MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...] | 2010-01-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO53 | FRUSTRATED DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The forestry sector in Madagascar continues to be decimated by rampant unsustainable and illegal practices, especially in the northeastern region of the country. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable discussion on Jan 21 with NGOs and like-minded ambassadors to discuss the causes [...] | 2010-02-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETTC ECON ETRD MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO56 | MADAGASCAR: TGV'S CHOICES: ACCEPT PING PROPOSAL [...] (S) Summary: Finally exasperated with Rajoelina's incompetence, a group from within his inner circle and the military will give him a stark: accept the Ping/AU "compromise" proposal, or stand aside to allow a consensual council to run Madagascar until elections. Rajoelina returns today fr [...] | 2010-02-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | SECRET | PGOV PREL MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO66 | ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for February 1 - 5, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-6) - French Deputies Support TGV - TG [...] | 2010-02-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ECPS MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO67 | MADAGASCAR: STATE OF APPAREL COMPANIES AFTER AGOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Madagascar's suspension from AGOA on December 23, 2009, newspapers report daily demonstrations of workers protesting lay-offs from garment factories. These demonstrations have been small, mainly peaceful, and not targeted against the U.S. Although only a few companies have [...] | 2010-02-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGOA ECON EAID ETRD MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO68 | FORMER MALAGASY PRESIDENT ZAFY: PATIENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, Ambassador Marquardt met with former President Albert Zafy to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing political impasse. Zafy remains firm in his support for a return to the 2009 Maputo and Addis agreements, still clearly considers himself an equal partner [...] | 2010-02-09 04:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO72 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese investment stock, detailed below, reached USD 39 million in 2008 in Madagascar, while Chinese investment remains limited in the Comoros. No USG collaboration on development programs has been undertaken to date with the Chinese in either island nation. The best opportuni [...] | 2010-02-12 05:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR EAID CH CN MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO77 | (MORE) CONFUSION IN MADAGASCAR AS ICG APPROACHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) prepares to discuss Madagascar's ongoing crisis on February 18 in Addis Ababa, Antananarivo is buzzing with political intrigue, although facts remain scarce. All four political movements have submitted their replies to AU C [...] | 2010-02-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
| 10ANTANANARIVO97 | MADAGASCAR: REACTIONS TO ICG DURING AF/E VISIT [...] (C) Summary: While the International Contact Group on Madagascar was meeting in Addis Feb 18 (septel) and the African Union's Peace and Security Council was deciding to give Madagascar's leaders until March 16 to implement the power-sharing accords signed in Maputo and Addis, AF/E Deputy Dire [...] | 2010-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
| 10APIA2 | CHINA AID TO SAMOA: A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND-OR WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL WS |
| 10ASHGABAT114 | TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES GENERALLY STABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) A recent price check for basic food items at the local market revealed that prices for locally produced food items have not changed, but remained high since August 2009. Prices for imported food items fell since last August, [...] | 2010-01-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI TX |
| 10ASHGABAT117 | TURKMENISTAN: FREE AT LAST -- TASP STUDENTS ABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen American Scholarship Program students, who had been prevented since July 2009 from leaving the country for any reason, simply because they either had been enrolled at or planned to enroll at the American University in Central Asia, are now free to leave Turkmenistan. [...] | 2010-01-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI TX |
| 10ASHGABAT126 | TURKMENISTAN: US AGRIBUSINESS PROPOSALS NEED HELP [...] (C) A company representative for several U.S. companies met with Poloff on January 21 to discuss a test project on irrigation systems in which he is participating. This businessman represents the U.S. company Valmont that produces center pivot irrigation systems, among other structures. Valmo [...] | 2010-01-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD BTIO PGOV PREL SENV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT130 | TURKMENISTAN: BRITISH DIPLOMATS TALK CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) On January 26, econoff met with the new British Ambassador to Turkmenistan Keith Allen and the British Regional Energy Officer Martin Child. The British Ambassador stated that he had brought up the UK's increased interest in securing natural gas for Europe at his first meeting with Presid [...] | 2010-01-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KZ UK TX |
| 10ASHGABAT131 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW ON STATE MIGRATION SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late 2009, the Turkmen Government adopted a law governing the State Migration Service. Previously, the Migration Service's responsibilities were spelled out in a presidential resolution. The law provides a lega [...] | 2010-01-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PHUM PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT133 | TURKMENISTAN: TEACHERS' NGO SUBSUMED BY ACADEMY OF [...] (C) On January 25, poloff met with the Director of the Turan Mugallym Association Jamila Sarjayeva to discuss the group's recent activities. Last year, the group decided to discontinue its efforts to become a registered NGO after its applications had been rejected seven times since 2007 (ref [...] | 2010-01-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT135 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF TEXTILES FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Sukhanmurad Shaherov, Deputy Minister of Textile Industry, met with Poloff on January 26 to give an overview of Turkmenistan's textile production. He emphasized that the Turkmen Government is attempting to use a greater percentage of the cotton grown in the country in finished products, [...] | 2010-01-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT136 | TURKMENISTAN: STEPPED UP PRESSURE AGAINST COUPLE [...] (C) On January 27, local RFE/RL journalist Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev informed poloff that security officials detained Bazargeldy Berdiyev on January 26. Berdiyev, a former businessman, and his wife have been seeking compensation from the government for illegal seizure of their property and tort [...] | 2010-01-29 08:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT149 | TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS BEGIN TO [...] (C) Despite numerous email inquiries from Iranians to the Consular Section asking about applying for visas in Turkmenistan -- many who make appointments are ultimately no-shows -- it appears that the cumbersome Turkmen visa process still prevents most potential applicants from getting across t [...] | 2010-02-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PGOV PHUM TX CVIS |
| 10ASHGABAT15 | TURKMENISTAN: LOTUS ENERGY PLANNING TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-based Lotus Energy continues to seek lucrative energy sector deals with the Government of Turkmenistan. Lotus Energy's founder and CEO Erdal Celik was the first CEO of the Turkish energy company Chalyk Energy, but left Chalyk in 2005 over differences with the company's hi [...] | 2010-01-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TU TX |
| 10ASHGABAT151 | THE TRANSLUCENT STATE OF TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan is often described as opaque, with a government with an inscrutable decisionmaking process. While still very insular, with few external points of reference, it is not opaque. The system has rules, although this fact is not readily apparent to those with only a pass [...] | 2010-02-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TX |
| 10ASHGABAT152 | TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS BEGIN TO [...] (C) Despite numerous email inquiries from Iranians to the Consular Section asking about applying for visas in Turkmenistan -- many who make appointments are ultimately no-shows -- it appears that the cumbersome Turkmen visa process still prevents most potential applicants from getting across t [...] | 2010-02-02 05:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM TX CVIS |
| 10ASHGABAT153 | EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. On 7 January, EXBS met with UNODC representatives in Ashgabat. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a joint partnership with the UNODC for a three-phase project along the Afghan-Turkmen border. Phase one will be executed befo [...] | 2010-02-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG |
| 10ASHGABAT16 | TURKMENISTAN: A HARBINGER OF THE TOUGH CHOICE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, those affected most by government efforts to eliminate dual citizenship have been individuals holding both Turkmen and Russian passports, currently being unable to obtain new Turkmen passport [...] | 2010-01-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SMIG TX |
| 10ASHGABAT17 | TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH YOLOTEN AND FOUR SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 29, 2009, Turkmenistan's state- owned gas company Turkmengaz signed four servicing contracts with foreign companies totaling $9.7 billion for the development of phase one of the South Yoloten gas field. [...] | 2010-01-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV EINV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT172 | TURKMENISTAN'S LINGUISTIC SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen language is more widely spoken than might otherwise be appreciated by Russian-speaking foreigners. Most citizens of Turkmenistan have facility in both Russian and Turkmen, and only the margins are monolingual, with maybe 10 percent speaking only Russian. Niyazov pu [...] | 2010-02-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL TX |
| 10ASHGABAT175 | TURKMENISTAN'S TRAVEL BLACKLIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX keeps an officially "nonexistent" blacklist of activists, journalists, students, and others that are not allowed to leave Turkmenistan for any reason. By enforcing the blacklist at all exit points, the GOTX can block exit to anyone that it believes represents a threat or [...] | 2010-02-06 09:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI TX |
| 10ASHGABAT190 | TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) reported at the February 5 session of the Cabinet of Ministers that two Ashgabat women had been arrested for heroin smuggling. No other details regarding [...] | 2010-02-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PGOV SOCI TX IR |
| 10ASHGABAT193 | DFM HAJIYEV HIGHLIGHTS TURKMENISTAN'S ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 4 meeting with the Central Asia Assistance Review delegation, Turkmen Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev provided an outline of the country's ongoing reform process. He stressed that potential assistance donors needed to coordinate their proposals with the T [...] | 2010-02-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
| 10ASHGABAT195 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY WEATHERFORD EYES MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S.-based oil and gas service company Weatherford continues to press forward in Turkmenistan, seeking additional service contracts with international oil and gas companies (IOC),as well as direct contracts with the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX). The company is considering a [...] | 2010-02-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO IR TX |
| 10ASHGABAT207 | TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL STILL HOPES TO DRILL IN DISPUTED WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cyprus-registered energy company Buried Hill hopes to drill in Block 3 of the Caspian by the end of 2010. The company has completed seismic exploration and a required environmental impact study and is awaiting Turkmen governmental approval before it begins drilling. However, [...] | 2010-02-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO AJ TX |
| 10ASHGABAT211 | SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an opportunity to strengthen our bilateral diplomatic dialogue and highlight our desire for greater cooperation involving Afghanistan. Key issue [...] | 2010-02-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT213 | TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS OPEN TO COOPERATION ON LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the visiting EUR/ACE delegation Mejlis (Parliament) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva said local self-governing councils, which are subordinated to Parliament, realized that they should suppor [...] | 2010-02-16 04:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM TX |
| 10ASHGABAT216 | HYUNDAI TO BUILD GAS FACILITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd. (HEC) is preparing to launch construction of a gas processing plant at the South Yoloten gas field, Turkmenistan's largest. The construction agreement was signed with government-run [...] | 2010-02-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV EINV KS TX |
| 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 11:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
| 10ASHGABAT231 | TURKMENISTAN: HARE KRISHNA LEADER VISITS AFTER [...] (C) On February 22, poloff met with visiting Hare Krishna spiritual leader Govinder Swami to discuss the situation of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Based in India, Govinder Swami is responsible for Hare Krishna groups in Central Asia, Tatarstan and Mauritius. He spends a few months each [...] | 2010-02-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT238 | FMC PLANS TO EXPAND BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: FMC Technologies (FMC),a U.S.-based oil drilling equipment provider, has supplied equipment to Dragon Oil in Turkmenistan for seven years. The company is now considering plans to establish an office here. FMC is [...] | 2010-02-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV EINV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT250 | TURKMENISTAN: A TALE OF TWO BUSINESSES: LICORICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan's second largest city, continues its role as a transport hub and industrial center, despite diminished regional commerce in the post-Soviet era. A large complex that processes locally-harvested licorice root continues to prosper due to the availability [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO ECON BEXP PGOV EINV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT50 | IRAN/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 04:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IDB IR PGOV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT56 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ENTREPRENEUR'S CAR BUSINESS IN [...] (C) On January 13, econoff met with the owner of International Automotive Resources to discuss his decision to buy used cars in the United States. and ship them to Ashgabat, while also setting up an automotive service center in the capital. The owner, a U.S. citizen from Arizona, purchased a [...] | 2010-01-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ELTN ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX |
| 10ASHGABAT57 | TURKMENISTAN'S ONLY HOMEGROWN WOMEN'S MAGAZINE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government publishes a monthly magazine for women named Zenan Kalby (Women's Soul). Despite having the largest circulation of any Turkmen periodical, the magazine's highly politicized content lacks [...] | 2010-01-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM PGOV PHUM TX |
| 10ASHGABAT77 | TURKMEN COUNTERPARTS READY TO BROADEN ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During meetings on December 9-10, 2009 between USAID's Economic Reform to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) Chief of Party and officials from the Institute for Strategic Planning and Economic Development (ISPED) and the [...] | 2010-01-20 05:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
| 10ASHGABAT79 | TURKMEN OIL AND GAS MINISTER FIRED AFTER THREE MONTHS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 15, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree relieving Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Oraznur Nurmyradov from his position. The dismissal occurred during an expanded Cabinet meeti [...] | 2010-01-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV TX |
| 10ASHGABAT96 | TURKMENISTAN: 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 12:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TX |
| 10ASMARA16 | 16 MONTHS UNDERGROUND FOR "THE WRONG RELIGION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Selam Reta (please protect),spent 16 months of her life in an underground cell at the Wi'a prison and was subjected to daily physical torture for being a member of the Berhane Hiwet Evangelical Church, a banned religious group. Selam was released after 16 months only after develo [...] | 2010-01-25 11:46:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI ER |
| 10ASMARA22 | DARFUR 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 06:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER |
| 10ASMARA39 | THE ISAIAS REGIME'S SECURITY POSTURE [...] (C) 7,000 PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS -------------------------------- Eritrea boasts one of the largest standing armies in Africa and is among the most militarized societies in the world. To protect himself and his regime from assassination, coup d'etat, army mutiny, or a foreign commando strike, [...] | 2010-02-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ER |
| 10ASTANA109 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE TO SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vitaliy Voronov, lawyer for imprisoned human-rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis filed on January 27 a motion to request the Supreme Court review the case. The court has one month to decide whether to accept the case and an additional month to issue a decision. Cautiously optimisti [...] | 2010-01-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
| 10ASTANA119 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, the outgoing and incoming CEOs of U.S. oil services company J. Ray McDermott conveyed to the Ambassador their optimism about the investment climate in Kazakhstan, and asserted that strong, fundament [...] | 2010-01-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
| 10ASTANA122 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH EVOKES DEBATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a viewing of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet Freedom, a roundtable discussion by Kazakhstani Internet activists on January 22 in Almaty revealed broad agreement that Kazakhstani a [...] | 2010-01-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM KZ |
| 10ASTANA154 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE TO REGULATE FUEL PRICES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since independence, the government has attempted to manage gasoline prices through various means, including direct ownership of Kazakhstan's three refineries, crude export duties, bulk procurement, and state contr [...] | 2010-02-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI 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 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ |
| 10ASTANA163 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CURRENCY CORRIDOR FOR THE TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan introduced a new currency corridor on February 5. On average, the exchange rate of the tenge will remain at 150 tenge to the dollar. However, the National Bank said the tenge will n [...] | 2010-02-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
| 10ASTANA175 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 5 for Action Request. All three of Kazakhstan's approved nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit have confirmed their participation in the Summit on April 26-27. Post [...] | 2010-02-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KZ |
| 10ASTANA186 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HEAD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Alexandre Keltchewsky, Head of the OSCE Center in Astana, told the Charge d'Affaires during a luncheon on February 1 that the OSCE and Kazakhstan have politely differed over words and perceptions, a te [...] | 2010-02-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KZ |
| 10ASTANA198 | KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHOIL CALLS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, Nurlan Balgimbayev -- former Prime Minister and first president of KazakhOil -- shared his strident opinions of the national oil company he helped to create, the degree of local content in oil and [...] | 2010-02-16 06:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 06:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID UZ KZ |
| 10ASTANA20 | KAZAKHSTAN: NDN AND OVERFLIGHT ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a January 11 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov told the Ambassador that the Kazakhstani government still is discussing U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (ref A). He communicated his plan to p [...] | 2010-01-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM MARR MNUC KNNP IR AF RS |
| 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 04:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA24 | NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN PROMOTES INTER-RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-C),officials, civil society representatives, and leaders of the Russian Orthodox and Islamic communities emphasized the regions' r [...] | 2010-01-12 05:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA251 | KAZAKHSTAN: 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 07:03:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV 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 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ |
| 10ASTANA260 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSCRIPT OF S/SRAP HOLBROOKE'S FEBRUARY 21 [...] Following his meeting with State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met briefly with the media. Transcript follows. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT: Ambassador Holbrooke: We've just completed some excellent [...] | 2010-02-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR KPAO GG UZ KG AF KZ |
| 10ASTANA261 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS ON OIL TRANSPORTATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 22, ConocoPhillips' John Dabbar called on the Ambassador to discuss relations between the Kashagan consortium and national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (C [...] | 2010-02-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI AJ TX KZ |
| 10ASTANA267 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, ZHOVTIS, OSCE SUMMIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ MARR PGOV PREL |
| 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 08:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 10:00:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ |
| 10ASTANA41 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...] | 2010-01-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA44 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 01:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 10ASTANA49 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES TO ARBITRATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15, a senior executive from U.S. power company AES told the Ambassador that the company has worked with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States to prepare a settlement letter to the government to r [...] | 2010-01-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SOCI KZ |
| 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 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA60 | KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...] | 2010-01-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA61 | KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...] | 2010-01-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA62 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUBLICLY DENIES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's statement to "Radio Free Europe" that Kazakhstan is delaying full implementation of the U.S.-Russia Transit Agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry made public tod [...] | 2010-01-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR RS AF KZ |
| 10ASTANA68 | KAZAKHSTAN: VIGNETTES OF PUBLIC OPINION: RBK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On January 23 in Almaty, the Ambassador was the key-note speaker at the founding session of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),an international group for CEOs of mid-level (or larger) companies who must meet stringent international standards [...] | 2010-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID KPAO WTO RS KZ |
| 10ASTANA69 | KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...] | 2010-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SOCI KZ |
| 10ASTANA72 | KAZAKHSTAN: MONEY AND POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PINR EPET EINV KCOR RS CH KZ |
| 10ASTANA90 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES REVISIONS TO MARITIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 21 roundtable hosted by the Association of Maritime Transportation Entrepreneurs, parliamentarians and representatives of 10 ministries, international shipping companies, and the diplomatic community di [...] | 2010-01-26 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ |
| 10ASUNCION138 | PARAGUAY'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 15:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV ELAB PREL KPAO KCRM KFRD ASEC KWMN |
| 10ASUNCION2 | Paraguay Media Analysis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay is characterized by a free and vibrant media environment with independent newspapers, TV and radio stations. While radio and TV penetration is close to 100%, Internet diffusion is fairly low at about 8%, with Google, Orkut and YouTube being the most popular sites. Tex [...] | 2010-01-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS OIIP PA KPAO PREL AID |
| 10ASUNCION71 | PRESIDENT 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 15:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON PTER PA CO |
| 10ASUNCION97 | GOP 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 20:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL PA |
| 10ATHENS113 | Papandreou Cabinet Insider Pamboukis on Managing the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Minister of State Haris Pamboukis February 1 to gain a better understanding of the GoG's internal deliberations on reforms, the economic crisis and domestic stability, and on regional foreign policy priorities. Pamboukis, a constitutional lawyer who esc [...] | 2010-02-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PTER GR PINR |
| 10ATHENS117 | GREECE: 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 17:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA EUN GR |
| 10ATHENS137 | GREECE: VIEWS ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greek interlocutors conveyed that a review or a possible lifting of the European Union's China arms embargo is not on the agenda in Brussels, to the best of their knowledge. They stated that since the replacement of the EU's political "Code of Conduct on Arms Exports" in Decembe [...] | 2010-02-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH EUN GR |
| 10ATHENS150 | Visa 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 13:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS |
| 10ATHENS246 | GREECE: 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 11:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN PREL GR |
| 10ATHENS25 | Muslim 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR |
| 10ATHENS41 | MFA TALKS TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA interlocutors were wary of Turkish motives in the Aegean yet intent on finding ways to improve relations in a January 19 meeting. While they attributed some of the positive gestures from Turkey toward the tail-end of 2009 as posturing in advance of the December 2009 European [...] | 2010-01-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR TU CY |
| 10ATHENS45 | GREECE: 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 10:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GR PGOV SMIG PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA PTER SNAR |
| 10ATHENS51 | Hellenic 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 13:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR |
| 10ATHENS53 | NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...] | 2010-01-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS GR TU |
| 10ATHENS55 | Scenesetter 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 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR |
| 10ATHENS57 | CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR |
| 10ATHENS59 | Hellenic 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 20:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR |
| 10ATHENS61 | Scenesetter 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 20:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR |
| 10ATHENS63 | NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...] | 2010-02-01 20:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS GR TU |
| 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 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR CH VE GR |
| 10ATHENS77 | AMBASSADOR TO DROUTSAS: SHOW WASHINGTON YOUR STUFF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas just prior to his first trip to the U.S., Ambassador Speckhard focused him on resolving challenges close to home and advised him to show Washington he was not just a diplomat but a political decision maker w [...] | 2010-02-03 16:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR GR MK TU CY IR |
| 10ATHENS92 | 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) - GREECE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB OPIC GR USTR |
| 10BAGHDAD101 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD111 | AFTER TWO YEARS OF RELATIVE CALM, DEADLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Early evening bomb attacks rocked the old city of Najaf on January 14, the first major blasts in the city for more than two years. Sources within the provincial government and media initially reported at least two dead and 73 wounded. PRT Team Leader has been in contact with th [...] | 2010-01-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KJUS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD112 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MOTTAKI VISIT AND IRAQ-IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Taha Shukr Abbassi, the head of the Iraqi MFA's Neighboring Countries' division (A/S equivalent),made the following comments regarding Iranian FM Mottaki's visit and the recent oil field dispute between Iraq and Iran: (1) Mottaki promised to fully withdraw Iranian sold [...] | 2010-01-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD113 | PLANS 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 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD118 | MFA 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 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU |
| 10BAGHDAD119 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS IRAQ'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DCM January 12, senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud asked for USG help in improving Iraq's relations with its neighbors and in defending its interests. Regarding Iran, he noted a host of contentious issues that went beyond the current disputed border are [...] | 2010-01-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY IZ IR JO |
| 10BAGHDAD121 | DE-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 18:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD122 | IRAQI 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 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD127 | LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE -- GOVERNANCE,S [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...] | 2010-01-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD131 | CORRECTED COPY: LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...] | 2010-01-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD135 | ALL 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 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD136 | IHEC NOTIFIES CANDIDATES OF DISQUALIFICATION AS [...] (C) At a meeting with the Ambassador January 19, PM Maiki said that he was upset by the entire de-Ba'athification crisis. He expressed support for the plan proposed by ISCI/Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Ameri, which he said would lead to the establishment January 20 of a new de-Ba'athification c [...] | 2010-01-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD137 | ABOUT BOMBS IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad Message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Four major bombings have shaken Baghdad since the US operational military withdrawal from Iraq,s cities June 30. Despite the dramatic improvement in overall security in the province since the middle of 2008, these attacks acce [...] | 2010-01-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KCRM KJUS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD139 | RRT ERBIL: BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND KRG PM ON [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the December 7 White House statement, President Barzani,s upcoming visit to Washington, and the way forward with Dr. Fuad Hussein, President Barzani,s chief of staff on Januar [...] | 2010-01-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD140 | RRT 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 11:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU |
| 10BAGHDAD141 | AL-MUTLAQ DISQUALIFICATION IS SALT IN THE WOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Diyala provincial leaders have expressed concern that disqualification of Sunni MP Saleh Mutlaq and other party candidates due to de-Baathification procedures could adversely effect Diyala's security situation and create more fertile grounds for insurgents to co-opt members of th [...] | 2010-01-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KJUS |
| 10BAGHDAD147 | DE-BA'ATHIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals -- one political, the other constitutional/legal -- are moving forward in parallel as political leaders work to resolve the current controversy over the possible disqualification of more than 500 candidates from the March 7 election. President Talabani told the Am [...] | 2010-01-20 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD149 | FM 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 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU IR |
| 10BAGHDAD150 | IN SALAH-AD-DIN, BUILDING PROVINCIAL CAPACITY [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din PRT is fostering economic development in the province through banking and agriculture initiatives. The PRT supports the expansion of private banking by facilitating the opening of Al-Warka [...] | 2010-01-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN EAGR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD151 | PM ADVISOR SIGNALS IRAQ WILL LIKELY NEGOTIATE, NOT [...] (C) On January 20, the Chair of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission (and former Oil Minister) Thamir Ghadhban told Emboffs that the GOI was moderating its rhetoric on oil production increases and compliance with an eventual OPEC quota. He noted approvingly the shift in emphasis in Oil Mi [...] | 2010-01-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD153 | PARTY 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 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD160 | TWO GOI OFFICIALS ON IRAN CROSS-BORDER OIL FIELDS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Oil officials will continue technical-level talks with Iran over cross-border oil fields, and remain open to formal discussions of oil field unitization. To conclude such talks, MOO officials would welcome greater support from other parts of the GOI, including the Mi [...] | 2010-01-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD168 | BAGHDAD AREA REACTIONS TO PRE-ELECTORAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two IFND (MP Salih al-Mutlaq's party) and one INM member of the Baghdad Provincial Council told the PRT January 18 that VPOTUS' engagement regarding the de-Ba'athification review of electoral candidates was welcome and the U. [...] | 2010-01-23 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISC KCRM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD169 | MOMENTARY STALL IN CRAFTING SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political negotiations to resolve the de-Ba'athification controversy appear to have stalled in the wake President Talabani's January 21 actions questioning the legitimacy of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC). Talabani's move -- including a statement in support of n [...] | 2010-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD172 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said senior KRG officials recently signaled for the first time an understanding that Kirkuk would not ultimately be annexed to the Iraqi Kurdistan [...] | 2010-01-24 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU |
| 10BAGHDAD173 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...] | 2010-01-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU |
| 10BAGHDAD175 | MANAGEMENT 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 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV PGOV KISL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD177 | TRADE MINISTER DEFENDS SLOW PROGRESS ON WTO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a January 19 meeting, Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Deen al-Safi told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach that the GOI was focused on attracting foreign direct investment to Iraq to move its economy away from import dependence. Wi [...] | 2010-01-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP |
| 10BAGHDAD178 | PRT ANBAR: PROMINENT ANBARIS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on January 14 and 16 that PRTOffs and representatives of U.S. forces held with prominent Anbari imams and sheikhs, the Anbaris expressed anger at reports that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) had agreed to [...] | 2010-01-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD183 | RRT ERBIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS BARZANI AND BARHAM [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary. On January 18 in Erbil, the Ambassador met separately with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and KRG PM Barham Salih. Both were sympathetic to U.S. concerns about the political aspects of the de-Ba'athification co [...] | 2010-01-25 08:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET IZ TU |
| 10BAGHDAD185 | OPPORTUNITIES 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 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM KIRF PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD191 | IRAQ 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 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD193 | RELIGIOUS 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 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL ASEC PTER KISL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD198 | MUTHANNA PRT: LONG SHADOW OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Muthanna PRT Team Leader met with Provincial Council Chairman Lateef Hassan al-Hassani, at his request, on January 14 at JSS Soto. During the meeting Chairman Hassani decried what he called &Iranian heavy handedness and threats8 a [...] | 2010-01-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD20 | PUBLIC 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 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ASEC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD200 | DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY SHIFTS TO APPEALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments January 26 confirm that the political parties have backed away from a political fix to the de-Ba,athification controversy, out of fear that the Iraqi public will not tolerate a solution that creates the perception of being soft on Ba'athists. Speaker Samarrai,e told [...] | 2010-01-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD206 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOQTADA AL-SADR'S KINDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr (strictly protect),cousin of Moqtada al-Sadr, made the following points: (1) Iraq owes a debt of gratitude to the U.S. for toppling Saddam and will require a lasting partnership [...] | 2010-01-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR EG IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD209 | DEMINING 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 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD212 | DE'BAATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY MOVES TO COURTS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political currents on January 27 continue to move toward a judicial resolution as the only remaining option in the de-Ba'athification controversy. According to Da'wa spokesman Haider al-Abadi, members of Parliament had lost interest in pursuing a political solution when they real [...] | 2010-01-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD213 | PRT BABIL: EXPO '09: BABIL BUSINESSES STRUT THEIR [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT reporting cable. Summary - - - - 2. (U) From December 8 to 11, the Babil Tourism Business Group hosted &Expo8; a combination trade fair, tourism conference and investment promotion meeting at the Babylon Conference Center. The event, the first of its kind in many [...] | 2010-01-28 04:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND PGOV EINV IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD218 | DPM 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 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD22 | IRAQI VIEWS ON EVENTS IN IRAN AND IMPACT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD221 | PASSAGE 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 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD222 | DE-BA'ATHIFICATION BY THE NUMBERS [...] (SBU) The total universe of candidates disqualified under de-Ba'athification stands at 406. According to Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) data provided by IHEC and UNAMI, 63 candidates have now been reinstated (removed from the list of disqualified). The AJC sent the most recent [...] | 2010-01-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD223 | ALLAWI THREATENS ELECTION BOYCOTT IF [...] (C) The Ambassador underscored to PM Maliki on January 28 the importance of ensuring that the resolution of the de-Ba'athification controversy is concluded in a manner and timeframe that ensures due process and full participation by all qualified Iraqi voters and candidates. According to Mali [...] | 2010-01-28 16:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD234 | A/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 09:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU PGOV PREL SY |
| 10BAGHDAD236 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQI REGIONAL INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Feltman met with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on January 23 to discuss Iraq's role in the region and Hakim's recent regional engagement efforts. Hakim stressed the importance of Iraq's regional integration and the need for Arab states to [...] | 2010-01-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD243 | VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...] | 2010-01-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ SA |
| 10BAGHDAD244 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 13, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik shared his views on PM Maliki, government formation and Kirkuk. Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will support other coalitions, including Iyad Allawi,s al-Iraqiya A [...] | 2010-01-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 10BAGHDAD246 | PM MALIKI CLAIMS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador and CG January 28 that the de-Ba'athification controversy had "stabilized" and that he expected the specially appointed Cassation Chamber to announce its decisions on the 350-odd appeals from disqualified candidates within a few days. (COMM [...] | 2010-01-31 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 10BAGHDAD250 | DIYALA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS OF IDP RETURNS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A January 24 visit to Diyala province demonstrated that a GOI-led initiative to create conditions for return is reaching returnee populations and appears to be having a positive effect on populations that are considering coming back. The Government of Iraq (GOI) is enthusiastic [...] | 2010-01-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD258 | IRAQ'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 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PREL MASS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD266 | THE DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY: SECTARIANISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de-Ba'athification controversy that erupted in early January and has yet to subside is complicated, with the intentions of the political players involved often clouded in ambiguity. At its simplest, it can be viewed as an Iranian plot, directed by Tehran allies Ahmed Chalab [...] | 2010-02-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD270 | PRT MUTHANNA: WITH RETURN OF SHEIKH KASHAN, [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Recently returned from his self-imposed exile in Germany, Sheikh Hakim Khazal Kashan hopes to win a seat in the Council of Representatives (COR) from Muthanna. In a surprising change of political attitude, he is running as part of [...] | 2010-02-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD276 | BAGHDAD-ERBIL OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? PM ADVISOR OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: The chair of the prime minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadhban, offered little hope for a quick resolution of the disagreement between the central Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the legitimacy of the two KRG-negotiated oil contract [...] | 2010-02-02 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD278 | DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: NUMBER OF APPEALS DROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post received clarification as well as additional confusion February 2 on the ongoing de-Ba,athication controversy. -- The Cassation Chamber judicial panel continues its review of outstanding cases in the de-Ba'athification controversy but now faces a dramatically reduced nu [...] | 2010-02-02 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV KDEM |
| 10BAGHDAD279 | RRT ERBIL: KRG MOVES TO AMEND PRESS LAW RAISE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities and other sources confirm that the government will propose amendments to the region's 2008 press law in a bid to regulate electronic media, provide greater protection against perceived inv [...] | 2010-02-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD28 | AFTER INITIALING OIL CONTRACTS, IRAQ DEMANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) has demanded significant changes to its contracts with the three winning consortia in Iraq's first oil bid round on June 30. While sixteen of these changes were incorporated in advance into the revised model contracts used for the second bid round in [...] | 2010-01-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD284 | BAGHDAD-ERBIL OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? MPS OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Key members of the parliament's oil and gas committee offered little hope for a quick resolution of the disagreement between the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the legitimacy of the two KRG-negotiated oil contracts published on January 17 [...] | 2010-02-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD285 | DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: JUDICIAL PANEL OPTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seven-judge Cassation Chamber issued a conclusive legal opinion February 3 that orders IHEC to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athification disqualifications to run in the upcoming elections. Supreme Court Judge Chief Medhat, who supervises the special pa [...] | 2010-02-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD288 | IRAQ AGREES TO MANPADS REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (see paragraph 5). 2. (S//NF) The Government of Iraq (GOI) officially supports a plan to adopt a host-country led MANPADS reduction program (subsequently "MANPADS program", reftel). National Security Council Director General Khamza Sharif Hasan told [...] | 2010-02-04 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ PARM PGOV PREL PTER MASS MARR |
| 10BAGHDAD289 | PRT ANBAR: ABU RISHA DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. On January 19, PRT Team Leader and incoming U.S. Division-Central (USD-C) deputy commanding general for Anbar met with paramount Anbar Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the Mutammar Sahawat al-Iraq (MSI) Party S [...] | 2010-02-04 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD291 | PRT KARBALA: VOTERS IN DOUR MOOD AS UNOFFICIAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Karbala province has been allotted ten seats in the next Council of Representatives (CoR). Local PRT employees and Karbala business and community leaders expect that Dawa will win four to five seat [...] | 2010-02-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD292 | CRACKS IN THE KDP-PUK ALLIANCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cracks are beginning to emerge in the alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party (PUK),as evidenced by the absence of a high-level PUK representative in the KRG delegation that met POTUS on January 25. The erosion of the PUK's p [...] | 2010-02-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KDEM |
| 10BAGHDAD296 | POLITICAL 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 17:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD300 | PRT KIRKUK: FIRST ELECTION IN FIVE YEARS SPURS [...] (U) This a PRT Kirkuk cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Despite voter cynicism, ethnic tension, uncertainty about the province's future status, and electoral list fraud allegations, there is intense interest in Kirkuk in the national elections. Provincial leaders predict voter turnout of 80 percent or [...] | 2010-02-05 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD305 | THE 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 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD306 | VPOTUS 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 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG PHUM KDEM KU IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD309 | PRT ANBAR: PROVINCIAL ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. On 25 January, the Anbar Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) briefed the military, police and civilian leadership of Anbar on the Independent High Electoral Commission's (IHEC's) election-day plan. Additionally, Iraqi police army lead [...] | 2010-02-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD310 | DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: DE-BA,ATHIFICATION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An anti-Ba,athist demonstration, coupled with the Provincial Council,s announcement that former officials of the Saddam regime must give up their weapons within seven days, mark an escalation of the Ba,athist issue in predominantly Shi,a Diwaniyah Province. Diwaniyah,s Governor [...] | 2010-02-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD322 | INL Baghdad January Highlights [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Baghdad continues to see progress on its Judicial and Law Enforcement Assistance (JALEA) programs and police training transition efforts. The Police Transition Team (PTT) completed an initial, detailed assessment of basing and staffing options. JALEA's Iraq HJC Court Admini [...] | 2010-02-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD326 | VPOTUS 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 06:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD333 | ARMY WITHDRAWS; SALAH AD DIN GOVERNMENT REOPENS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following repeated and strong representations by the Ambassador and USF-I CG GEN Odierno, PM Maliki ordered the withdrawal of the Iraqi Army from the Salah ad-Din (SAD) Provincial Government building on February 7. The Acting Governor was able to enter the building, which had been [...] | 2010-02-08 12:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD336 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: DELISTED CANDIDATES DESCRIBE [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prior to 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 rem [...] | 2010-02-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD339 | VPOTUS MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani told VP Biden that Iraqi leaders understand the need for a transparent solution to the political problem created by the attempt to disqualify some parliamentary election candidates because of alleged Ba'athist ties. He claimed the main Sunni parties and politic [...] | 2010-02-09 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD34 | IRAQI SPEAKER ON FUTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY, BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Iyad Sammarra'i confirmed for Pol M/C January 4 that the Constitution made clear that Iraq's Presidency Council would not continue after the end of the term of the current government, and the new President would not have the veto. H [...] | 2010-01-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD350 | SOUTH BAGHDAD: ON THE EVE OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The January 25 Transfer of Authority (TOA) from ePRT Baghdad South's current partner brigade (30th HBCT) to the incoming new brigade (1/3 ID) is a good moment for a snapshot of the Area of Operations (AO) jointly shared with the 30th for the past 10 months. In an AO [...] | 2010-02-10 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD36 | VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...] | 2010-01-06 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD361 | MULTI-PARTY COOPERATION ON THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) was reborn in 2009 as a remarkably inclusive body. In a deliberate repudiation of its predecessor's sectarian outlook, it has adopted a non-partisan approach that emphasizes institutional priorities. The national elections will str [...] | 2010-02-11 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD362 | PRT WASIT: BA,ATH DISQUALIFICATION REACTION AND [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Wasit,s largely Shia population supported attempts to disqualify former Ba,athists from the upcoming national elections, although there was also a perception that the disqualification process was politicized and posed risks. No prominent candidates were affected in [...] | 2010-02-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD369 | UPDATE #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 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PBTS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD371 | AYAD 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 17:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD378 | POLITICAL MANEUVERING AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army (IA) continued to complicate the political situation in Salah Ad-Din (SAD) by forming a cordon around the SAD Provincial Council building, with orders from the Prime Minister to prevent access by the Provincial Council Chairman. Additionally, the PM attempted t [...] | 2010-02-13 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD380 | PRT KIRKUK: PUK SHEDS ITS OWN TO GUARANTEE LOYALTY [...] (U) This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting message. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Kirkuk chapter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is systematically purging party members who they believe are vulnerable to recruitment by opposition party Goran. With the national parl [...] | 2010-02-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD381 | UPDATE #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 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS PBTS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD388 | PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE'BAATHIFICATION SPARKS [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...] | 2010-02-15 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD390 | PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE-BA'ATHIFICATION SPARKS [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...] | 2010-02-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD401 | THE 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 18:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD403 | OIL MINISTER AND OTHERS ON FUTURE PRODUCTION AND [...] (U) Summary: At a recent seminar, Oil Minister Shahristani predicted the global oil market will need Iraq's increased production resulting from the ten oilfield development and production contracts from Iraq's 2009 oil bid rounds. The head of Iraq's State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) predicted [...] | 2010-02-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD405 | PRIME 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 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV 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 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD411 | PARLIAMENTARY 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 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD412 | OIL MINISTER ON PREPARING FOR IOC OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: Oil Minister Shahristani expressed to ACMAT Haslach and USF-I DCG Hunzeker complete, and perhaps unrealistic, confidence in the Ministry of Oil's (MOO's) preparations to support international oil companies (IOCs) as they begin operations under the ten contracts awarded from Iraq's [...] | 2010-02-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD413 | UPDATE #4: NINEWA PROVINCIAL GOV FILES PETITION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ninewa Provincial Governor (PGOV) Nujaifi filed a petition requesting a change of venue from Tal Kayf back to Mosul for the 9 detainees (reftels A, B, C),citing concern for his personal safety to appear in Tal Kayf for the investigative hearing. In doing so, the anticipated [...] | 2010-02-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD42 | INL 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 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR 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 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD427 | BARRED CANDIDATE DETERMINED THAT SUNNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani, the most prominent of the de-Ba'athified lawmakers, told PolCouns that Sunnis were angry and frustrated at the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification process. Mutlaq complained that the U.S. public response had been too weak and pressed f [...] | 2010-02-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD430 | PRT DIYALA: AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES IDPS, SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Hill visited Governor Abd-al-Nasir al Muntsir al-Mahdawi and,separately, local leaders in the village of Al Mujadad on February 8 in Diyala Province. The Governor said the security situation in hi [...] | 2010-02-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD432 | BARRED CANDIDATE DETERMINED THAT SUNNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani, the most prominent of the de-Ba'athified lawmakers, told PolCouns that Sunnis were angry and frustrated at the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification process. Mutlaq complained that the U.S. public response had been too weak and pressed f [...] | 2010-02-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD436 | ISCI CHAIRMAN HAKIM CONDEMNS MILITARY OPERATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISCI Chairman Ammar al-Hakim condemned a recent combined Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) - USF-I operation in Maysan to CDA, arguing that Iraqi Police should have conducted the operation. U.S.-Iraqi relations should be increasingly defined by socio-economic ties, rather than military [...] | 2010-02-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD440 | WEEK 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 16:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD442 | PRT 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 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KDEM KPAO IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD446 | DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: PUSHING FURTHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Province officials continue to press their de-Ba,athification campaign, and some of them view their province as a trailblazer in the effort. Governor Salim Alwan led a February 9 demonstration to protest against allowing former Ba,athists to run in the upcoming electio [...] | 2010-02-19 12:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD447 | AMBASSADOR SHEHI DISCUSSES THE UAE'S ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the UAE's role in Iraq with Ambassador Abdullah Ebrahim Alzoy al Shehi on February 7. Shehi noted the Sunni - Shi'a divide, Iraq's lack of a "business friendly" investment climate and Iraqi's poor educational system as significan [...] | 2010-02-19 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD449 | EPRT EAST-BAGHDAD: LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zafraniyyah is a sometimes violent, mixed semi-rural/urban area on the outskirts of the city, squeezed between the Diyala and the Tigris rivers in south Eastern Baghdad. In an effort to develop indigenous civil society organizations, ePRT East-Baghdad and the Brigade focused on [...] | 2010-02-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KDEM |
| 10BAGHDAD451 | UPDATE #5: ASSAYESH TAKE CAPTIVES - SIX DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 16, a Mosul detention facility (Trans Jail) released 6 of 9 Wanna detainees. Although it was a welcome relief for all concerned, the release was in advance of the legal paperwork. Judges have become increasingly aware of the tensions between Provincial Governor Nuja [...] | 2010-02-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD452 | EXAMINING OPTIONS FOR BAGHDAD'S DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: RefCoords conducted a series of visits to informal settlements of internally displaced persons (IDPs) around Baghdad province on February 9, 10, 11 and 15. The visits reaffirmed the need to take a tailored, multi-faceted approach to create durable solutions for the estimated 180 [...] | 2010-02-19 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD454 | ARREST OF SUNNI PC MEMBER STOKES CRIES OF ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The arrest of yet another Sunni Provincial Council member, Najim Abdullah Ahmad (Iraqqiya coalition lead for Diyala) on February 7th, is fueling cries that Sunnis are being targeted for arrest by the central government to help shape the e [...] | 2010-02-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD455 | PRT NINEWA: CREDIT CRUNCH STIFLES ECONOMIC [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. SUMMARY: Banking leaders in Ninewa province told PRT that significant barriers to commercial and consumer lending in Ninewa province continue to hamper economic development. The precarious security situation, a paralyzed p [...] | 2010-02-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD456 | OIL MINISTER TO CHANGE SIGNING BONUSES FOR 2009 [...] (C) Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach and U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) Deputy Commanding General for Support (DCG) Hunzeker on February 11 that the refundable signing bonuses, stipulated in the three contracts awarded from [...] | 2010-02-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD457 | CHEVRON ON IOC INVESTING IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with ACMAT Haslach, Chevron expressed eagerness to return to Iraq, but not at any price. The company might join one of the ten consortia that were awarded contracts from Iraq's two oil bid rounds in 2009; Total is a likely partner. Chevron suggested that differences in i [...] | 2010-02-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD458 | UPDATE #6: TIT FOR TAT - A SPATE OF KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG leadership remains fixated on the continued incarceration of three Wanna detainees, charged with assaulting the Ninewa governor and demands their immediate release. In apparent retaliation, unidentified Kurdish security elements - presumably Assayesh and/or Zervani - d [...] | 2010-02-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD463 | PRT ANBAR: ANBARIS PERCEIVE IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iranian attempts to exert influence in Anbar Province face a significant obstacle: Anbar is 96% Sunni and Anbaris view Iran as Iraq's mortal enemy. Most of PRT's interlocutors believe that Iran has been meddling in Iraq not only t [...] | 2010-02-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ IR |
| 10BAGHDAD466 | NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CELL OPERATIONAL BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Prime Minister created the National Intelligence Cell (NIC) after the December 8 high profile terrorist attacks in Baghdad to consolidate information and work with operational units to prevent future attacks. While it started off slow, it now is beginning to p [...] | 2010-02-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD467 | IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...] | 2010-02-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PREL PGOV |
| 10BAGHDAD473 | CORRECTED COPY: IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE [...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...] | 2010-02-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD48 | ELECTION COMMISSION REVIEWS PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF [...] (C) IHEC Commissioner Judge Kasim al-Abodi confirmed to poloffs December 30 that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) registered 6,529 candidates for the 325 Council of Representatives (COR) seats to be contested in the March parliamentary election. IHEC will continue the process [...] | 2010-01-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD480 | TIP 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 11:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TIP DRL NEA RA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB |
| 10BAGHDAD482 | AUSTR 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 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD483 | PRT MUTHANNA: DE-BA'ATHIFICATION AS POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Anti-Ba'athist sentiment is now the political weapon of choice in Muthanna. The Provincial Council recently enacted a law to purge all civil servants who might have been associated with the banned party, even if [...] | 2010-02-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD485 | BABIL TRIBAL LEADER PREDICTS IRAQIYYA COALITION TO [...] This is a Babil PRT Cable 2. Summary. On February 17, Chief Sheikh Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi told PRToff that his public call for a boycott among his predominantly-Sunni 150,000 tribe is mostly for show. He said that he believes the Iraqiyya coalition could win as many as 100 seats [...] | 2010-02-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI |
| 10BAGHDAD486 | BABIL DE-BAATH: DEPUTY GOVERNOR GOES FROM OUT TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: On February 9, a group of approximately 300 people demonstrated in front of the Babil Provincial Government Center against the participation of alleged former Ba'athists in the upcoming national elections. The demonst [...] | 2010-02-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD488 | DIYALA GOVERNOR TO ISF: STOP ELECTION-SHAPING [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (C) Summary: Diyala,s Governor, Abd al Nasr Al Mahdawi, used Diyala,s February 21st election security rehearsal to warn senior Iraqi Security Force officials from across the province against executing additional politically-motivated arrest warrants prio [...] | 2010-02-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD489 | BAGHDAD GOVERNOR TELLS CDA DE-BA'ATHIFICATION WAS [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT BAGHDAD MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Salah Abd al-Razzaq (Da'wa) questioned CDA about the USG's position on de-Ba'athification on February 18, noting that the de-Ba'athification process was legal and mandated under the Iraqi Constitution. He criticized U.S. [...] | 2010-02-23 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD490 | EPRT 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 18:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD497 | UPDATE #7: NINEWA SCORE REMAINS 3 TO 8 - SEEKING A [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of late afternoon February 23, the three Wanna detainees in Mosul have been formally charged under Chapter 2 Paragraph 222, which pertains to offenses against the state, in regards to gathering with intent to commit crimes. The three could remain in jail pending apprehensive [...] | 2010-02-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS KJUS IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD499 | COALITION 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 14:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD502 | IN LIMBO, MUTLAQ REQUESTS U.S. HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: With little prospect that political colleagues will take action on his behalf, MP Saleh al-Mutlaq is seeking U.S. and UNAMI intervention to reinstate him on the ballot. He also urged the United States to "isolate" Ahmad Chalabi, who he thought would continue to press his malici [...] | 2010-02-24 19:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD505 | PRT NINEWA: IRAQI CHRISTIANS FEEL UNDER SIEGE IN [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (U) Summary. The city of Mosul's estimated 3,000 Christians, an already diminishing community, has suffered another round of targeted violence. Over the first three weeks of February, assailants have brutally assassina [...] | 2010-02-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF PINS KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD506 | PALESTINIAN 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 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD507 | MEK/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 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CVIS IR IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD508 | PRT 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 16:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV |
| 10BAGHDAD510 | AUSTR 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD512 | DE-BA,ATHIFICATION, ELECTION VIOLATIONS, MAR START [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Much as it is dominating the business of governing in Muthanna (reftel A),anti-Ba,athist sentiment is a dominant theme of the campaign, for the moment. The furor is squeezing out other, more traditional campa [...] | 2010-02-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD513 | PRT NAJAF: FORMER OIL MINISTER AND COR CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Najaf parliamentary candidate and former Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr-Uloum (Iraqi National Alliance/Independent) met PRT Team Leader February 18 to discuss his campaign and the impact of de-Ba'athificati [...] | 2010-02-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL KDEM OESC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD514 | PRT KIRKUK: KURDISH CAMPAIGN BEHAVIOR - UNHEEDED [...] This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Politically motivated intimidation, vandalism and threats of violence in Kirkuk did not subside following the provincial governor's emergency meeting, calling on political parties to cease irresponsible behavior [...] | 2010-02-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD517 | COALITION PROFILE: TAWAFUQ CONFRONTS DIMINISHED [...] (C) Summary: The Tawafuq coalition, centered around the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and once the predominant Sunni group in parliament, is in a state of continued decline as it heads into the March 7 elections. Down to only 25 seats in the Council of Representatives (COR) and with the loss of f [...] | 2010-02-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD518 | MOBILE 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 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ECON EAID IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD520 | HUMAM AL-HAMMUDI: ELECTION PROSPECTS AND U.S. ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) bloc leader Humam al-Hammudi was optimistic regarding the election and believed the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) and State of Law Alliance (SLA) were in very close competition. He welcomed U.S. and UNAMI efforts, especially monitoring, to s [...] | 2010-02-28 07:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD521 | MOD/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 07:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS MCAP IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD522 | DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: DE-BA,ATHIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Province officials have eased up on their de-Ba,athification campaign, and in their conversations with PRToffs they now downplay plans for its implementation. Yet the de-Ba,athification issue lingers in the suspension of First Deputy Governor Ab,d Muslim Ghazali, a [...] | 2010-02-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD53 | PRESS REPORTS OF SUNNI MP CANDIDATE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7 a spate of press stories in Iraq and in the U.S. reported that Saleh Mutlaq, MP and a senior leader of the leading Sunni-majority political coalition, had been barred from running for a seat in the Council of Representatives under de-Bathification provisions of the [...] | 2010-01-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD535 | LESSONS 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 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD537 | COALITION 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD61 | DIYALA PROVINCE: PERCEPTIONS OF SECTARIANISM [...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: A spate of arrests and assassinations of Sunni leaders and a perception of sectarian bias among the Iraqi Police in the strategically important Muqdadiyah area of Diyala are undermining reconciliation efforts [...] | 2010-01-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KISL KIRF KCOR SOCI IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD64 | KRG 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 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM USNC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD70 | IRAQI PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R/AZ),Joseph Lieberman (I/CT),John Barrasso (R/WY),and John Thune (R/SD) on January 5, 2009 held meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi to discuss the recent Blackwater ruling, upcoming Iraqi national election, an [...] | 2010-01-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 10BAGHDAD71 | PM ADVISOR CITES IMPACT OF BLACKWATER DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told Pol M/C January 10 that the Blackwater decision would greatly complicate efforts to settle the Saddam-era civil claims of American citizens, and telegraphed that the GOI intended to use the decision as a lever in its bargaining on the level of compen [...] | 2010-01-11 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KJUS PREF IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD74 | S/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 05:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN 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 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV KCOR EFIN ECON IZ NO |
| 10BAGHDAD89 | IN WAKE OF ATTACKS, ANBAR GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The December 30 attacks against the Provincial Government Center in Anbar resulted in the resignation of the Provincial Chief of Police. The direct involvement of Prime Minister Maliki and Sahwa party head Sheikh Ahmed ab [...] | 2010-01-13 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KISL KTFN PREL ASEC IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD91 | RRT ERBIL: NO SIGN PUK-GORAN TENSIONS ABATING IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: Recent violence in Sulaimaniyah Province (details reported reftel) may foreshadow a rough and dirty political struggle between the PUK and Goran ("Change") Movement in the runup to the March 7 national elections. Everyone from KRG PM Salih [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 10BAGHDAD92 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES AL-MALIKI ON AL-MUTLAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a difficult January 12 meeting, Iraqi PM al-Maliki strongly defended the actions against Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq, insisting that no one could intervene in the process and that those who worry about sectarian tensions are "blowing things out of proportion." In respons [...] | 2010-01-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 10BAKU107 | GRAND 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 12:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAKU117 | KREMLIN 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 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ |
| 10BAKU127 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV RS KS IR |
| 10BAKU132 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 06:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 10BAKU134 | AZERBAIJANI 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 08:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ETRD AJ AM RS IR TU |
| 10BAKU136 | AZERBAIJAN 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 13:21:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP ELAB KMCA PREF |
| 10BAKU138 | HUMAN 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 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ |
| 10BAKU14 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ |
| 10BAKU16 | EXBS: AZERBAIJAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - December [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 12:48:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AJ |
| 10BAKU17 | POLICE 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 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ |
| 10BAKU24 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KWMN AJ |
| 10BAKU30 | REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION: UNDERSTANDING IRAN'S [...] (C) Iran has one of the largest state-owned sectors in the world, and privatization has long been an official part of state policy. This "View from Baku" report examines the reality behind Iran's recent privatization effort, based on a wide variety of Baku Iran watcher discussions with Irania [...] | 2010-01-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON PGOV EINV AJ RU IR |
| 10BAKU32 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, Ambassador Morningstar met with President Ilham Aliyev, and separately with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, to discuss the status of various issues in the region and emphasize the U.S. desire to maintain strong bilateral relations with Azerbaijan. They [...] | 2010-01-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EIND EPET PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ |
| 10BAKU39 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ |
| 10BAKU49 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 12:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ |
| 10BAKU51 | AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2010 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...] | 2010-01-25 13:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC AJ |
| 10BAKU59 | EXBS: AZERBAIJAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - January [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:35:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AJ |
| 10BAKU63 | IRAN: CHILD MALNUTRITION, DRUG USE, DRUG LABS AFFLICT URBAN POOR [...] (C) Baku Iran Watcher met with a two Iranian NGO leaders who focus on children's rights and drug addiction problems in poor areas on Tehran and other cities. Among other activities the NGO operates child-feeding programs that support approximately 4,000 families. The pair work in some of th [...] | 2010-02-01 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AJ ECON IR PGOV PHUM SNAR UN |
| 10BAKU65 | AZERBAIJAN: 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 07:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
| 10BAKU69 | PRESIDENTIAL 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 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP AJ IR |
| 10BAKU77 | AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR [...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...] | 2010-02-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ |
| 10BAKU83 | AZERBAIJAN: NAKHCHIVAN AUTHORITIES REPORT RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Cankorel told Charge that during his January 28-29 visit to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Bananyar village, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Vasib Talibov, told him that the criminal case was closed on the Bananyar village incident (reftels B-D). More [...] | 2010-02-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ IR PGOV PHUM |
| 10BAKU86 | BAKU 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 14:32:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU |
| 10BAKU91 | IRAN: JAFARI REPORTEDLY SLAPS AHMEDINEJAD AT SNSC [...] (S) Baku Iran watcher met with an Iranian opposition journalist and former political prisoner (protect) who has demonstrated a wide range of Iranian political and governmental contacts (including relatives). The contact has been known to Iran watcher for over a year, and has reportedly accur [...] | 2010-02-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PARM PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAKU92 | VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...] | 2010-02-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAKU93 | VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...] | 2010-02-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAKU97 | VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, managem [...] | 2010-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAKU98 | IRAN: JAFARI REPORTEDLY SLAPS AHMEDINEJAD AT SNSC [...] (S) Baku Iran watcher met with xxxxx (strictly protect - see reftels). He who Got Slapped ------------------ 2. (S) According to source, President Ahmedinejad surprised other SNSC members by taking a surprisingly liberal posture during a mid January post-Ashura meeting of the SNSC called to disc [...] | 2010-02-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PARM PHUM AJ IR |
| 10BAMAKO11 | MALIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) followed his annual formal New Year,s greeting to the diplomatic corps with a lengthy private discourse on the problems he is facing in the north of Mali. While acknowledging Mali's own shortcomings and without mentioning particular nations [...] | 2010-01-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ML PGOV PREL PTER |
| 10BAMAKO31 | TOWN 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 13:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ML |
| 10BAMAKO52 | KIDNAPPING AND LIBERATION OF KOUNTA LEADER [...] (S) Summary: In the early morning of Jan 22, Kounta traditional chief and Mayor of Anafis Baba ould Sidi Elmoctar was kidnapped from his residence in Anafis in theKidal region. POL sources concur that Telemsi Arab smugglers kidnapped the octogenarian leader as a reprisal for an ambush ould Sidi Elm [...] | 2010-02-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER KCRM PINS PGOV ML |
| 10BAMAKO79 | YOUTH 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 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM ML |
| 10BAMAKO8 | ATT LAYS OUT PLANS IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (U) On December 31, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) delivered his annual New Year's Address to the nation. The centerpiece of ATT,s address was the discussion of plans, first summarized on the occasion of his inaugural anniversary speech on June 8, 2009, for a constitutional revisi [...] | 2010-01-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV ML |
| 10BAMAKO98 | NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...] | 2010-02-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | MARR ML PREL PTER |
| 10BAMAKO99 | NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...] | 2010-02-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | MARR ML PREL PTER |
| 10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN6 | BRUNEI'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 04:07:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KINR BX |
| 10BANGKOK149 | THAILAND: 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 04:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 07:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
| 10BANGKOK176 | THAI GOVERNMENT EXTENDS MIGRANT WORKER NATIONALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Thai government extended for two-years to February 28, 2012, the deadline for migrant workers from Burma, Laos, and Cambodia to complete the nationality verification (NV) process associated with Thailand's illegal migrant worker amnesty program. The decision [...] | 2010-01-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM BM TH |
| 10BANGKOK178 | AMBASSADOR AND RTG SPOKESMAN DISCUSS RED SHIRTS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with RTG spokesperson Dr. Panitan Wattanayakorn at the Residence January 21 to review the latest political developments in Thailand. Panitan analyzed the three main factions within the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka t [...] | 2010-01-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK191 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, 299 Company, Ltd. is listed as follows: Registration No. 0105536005188 Registered Date: January 18, 1993 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 5,000,000 baht Partners: Chailai Yugala Na Ayutthaya and Anyawida Yugala Na Ayutthaya Com [...] | 2010-01-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
| 10BANGKOK192 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIVY COUNCIL CHAIR [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador paid a series of New Year's-related calls on influential Thai figures, including Privy Council Chair GEN Prem, Privy Council member ACM Siddhi, and former PM Anand, to discuss the year ahead. Abhisit's performance, issues related to the royal family, and challenges posed by [...] | 2010-01-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK197 | A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: BILATERAL TIES AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a wide range of military and civilian government officials to discuss U.S.-Thai relations, Thai views of strategic challenges, and RTG plans to deploy a battalion of peacekeep [...] | 2010-01-25 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 10BANGKOK206 | THAILAND: 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 01:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH |
| 10BANGKOK210 | SUSPECTED 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 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETTC TH |
| 10BANGKOK211 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on opposition Puea Thai party Chair GEN Chavalit Yongchaiyuth January 26 to discuss the Thai political year ahead, the relationship between Thaksin, his Puea Thai party, and the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),and the agenda that [...] | 2010-01-26 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK226 | SCENESETTER 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 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
| 10BANGKOK227 | THAILAND: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGES [...] (U) Summary: The Democrat Party MP caucus voted on January 26 to oppose the proposal by the five junior members of the governing coalition to amend the constitution. The coalition partners had proposed altering the articles dealing with the parliamentary electoral system (Article 94) and parli [...] | 2010-01-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK234 | Baby Steps Toward the Resolution of the Map Ta Phut Impasse [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Royal Thai Government has made some progress towards the resolution of the Map Ta Phut impasse, the end is not yet in sight. Some of the necessary guidelines that will enable companies to comply with Article 67 of the Thai Constitution have been established; however, u [...] | 2010-01-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH |
| 10BANGKOK244 | THAILAND: PM'S DEMOCRAT PARTY IN SIMMERING LEGAL [...] (C) Even as the Democrat party struggles to manage the political fallout associated with spurning its coalition partners on the constitutional amendment push (reftel),another cloud looms on the horizon. The party stands accused by political opponents of running afoul of the Political Parties [...] | 2010-01-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
| 10BANGKOK255 | DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...] | 2010-01-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK259 | DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...] | 2010-02-01 06:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
| 10BANGKOK278 | THE 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 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SA TH |
| 10BANGKOK286 | CHINA'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 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TH |
| 10BANGKOK287 | THAILAND: 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
| 10BANGKOK298 | SCENESETTER 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 05:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM 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 23:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SCUL PREL CH TH |
| 10BANGKOK319 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa on February 4 at Chart Thai Pattana party headquarters to review the latest political developments. Countering much press speculation, Banharn told the Ambassador he never expected the Democrat party to endorse the [...] | 2010-02-05 09:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
| 10BANGKOK360 | RELO 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 05:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TH KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 10BANGKOK362 | THAILAND: EAP DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES RED-SHIRT [...] (U) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel met separately with the top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") and a group which included PM deputy SecGen and Acting Government Spokesman Panitan on February 10 to discuss the state [...] | 2010-02-11 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK378 | THAILAND 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 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TH |
| 10BANGKOK379 | Thai 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 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO ECON CH BM TH |
| 10BANGKOK380 | THAILAND: VIEWS FROM THE RED HEARTLAND - STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent swing through central Isaan, the northeast heartland of pro-Thaksin and red-shirt sentiment, revealed an interesting set of views on the key political, economic, and social issues facing Thailand, both in the short-term, with large-scale red-shirt protests expected in B [...] | 2010-02-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 10BANGKOK413 | ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: RTG FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders provided their view of the strategic goals for Thailand and the nations' goals for the future for PACOM Commander Admiral Willard during his February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva encouraged increased U.S. engagement in the region, particularly [...] | 2010-02-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF TH |
| 10BANGKOK414 | ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Robert Willard's February 2-7 visit to Thailand in conjunction with the multilateral Cobra Gold exercise, Thai officials and political commentators expressed optimism that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would be able to effectively [...] | 2010-02-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF TH |
| 10BANGKOK43 | SCENESETTER 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 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
| 10BANGKOK432 | NGO 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 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
| 10BANGKOK434 | DON,T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THAKSIN,S PARTY LOOKS TO [...] (C) Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Puea Thai political party appears poised to reassert its political pre-eminence in one of its traditional strongholds in Northeastern Thailand, aka Isaan. Unlike in central Isaan (REF B),and south-central Issan (REF C),where the trend [...] | 2010-02-23 00:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
| 10BANGKOK45 | SCENESETTER 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 10:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV 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 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
| 10BANGKOK456 | Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction [...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...] | 2010-02-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP TH |
| 10BANGKOK46 | THAILAND: CABINET RESHUFFLE AS CENSURE DEBATE AND [...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva seems set to initiate a minor government reshuffle of Democrat Party figures slightly more than a year after taking office in late December 2008. In the wake of Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai,s resignation [...] | 2010-01-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK470 | THAILAND: RED PLANS CRYSTALLIZE ON EVE OF THAKSIN [...] (C) The Thai Supreme Court will issue the much anticipated verdict in the Thaksin assets case February 26. The judgment itself remains an unknown, with most contacts anticipating either a partial or full seizure of the frozen 76 billion baht (more than $2 billion). However, the Thaksin-affili [...] | 2010-02-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CASC TH |
| 10BANGKOK478 | THAILAND: GT200 BOMB DETECTOR FAILURE IGNITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered a halt to RTG procurement of the GT200 explosive detection device on February 16, after tests conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology determined the device was ineffective. The GT200 is used throughout Thailand by many agenci [...] | 2010-02-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
| 10BANGKOK481 | THAILAND: MFA ANTICIPATING OCTOBER ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Burma Unit Chief Arunrung Phothong Humphreys told us February 24 that the RTG still believed that Burma would hold elections in October of this year, despite some rumors that they would be held in May (reftel). The RTG intends to increase assistance to Burma for development a [...] | 2010-02-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU |
| 10BANGKOK483 | Thai 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 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PARM EWWT TH |
| 10BANGKOK61 | THAILAND: PM ABHISIT TAKES A STAND, FORCES DEPUTY [...] (C) Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi tendered his resignation January 10 in the wake of a scandal involving planned procurement irregularities that already cost the Health Minster his job (reftel). The resignation represented a sharp about face for both Manit and his political [...] | 2010-01-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
| 10BANGKOK62 | THAILAND: A TALE OF TWO BY-ELECTIONS: WIN SOME, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai political New Year began with two hotly contested by-elections that many observers suggested could help determine the political fortunes for the opposition Puea Thai and coalition Phumjai Thai (PJT) parties in the lead-up to the next round of elections. In the end, the [...] | 2010-01-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
| 10BANGUI13 | CAR: 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 16:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL CT |
| 10BANGUI2 | FURTHER ATTACKS TARGETING NGOS IN NE CAR MARK TROUBLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 22 and 23 targeted attacks on International Medical Corp (IMC) facilities, in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR) continue a disturbing pattern in this lawless and unstable part of central Africa (Ref A). The recent discovery of the three IMC vehicles for sa [...] | 2010-01-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 10BANGUI41 | LINKAGE 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 15:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI42 | CAR: PRESIDENT CUTS FUNDING FOR THE ELECTIONS AND ASKS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though the Central African Republic Government (CARG) promised USD 7.9 million for the upcoming national elections, President Bozize announced on February 2 that the CARG would only make USD 4.3 million available. President Bozize then urged the United Nations Peace Building Fun [...] | 2010-02-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI54 | CAR: ELECTIONS DELAYS THREATEN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER, MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African constitutional and electoral law stipulates that elections must occur 105 days before the end of the government's mandate, with the Council of Ministers announcing elections at least 60 days before the planned date. Although the Independent Electoral Commissi [...] | 2010-02-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI7 | CAR: IMPROVEMENTS IN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to Ref A. The Central African Republic (CAR) made commendable strides to address budget transparency in 2009. Though there is still much ground to cover, the government, with the help of the international community, is making concerted efforts to increase its [...] | 2010-01-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL CT |
| 10BASRAH1 | BASRAH: FOREIGN SECURITY FIRMS ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-23 06:22:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET KCRM PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 10BEIJING102 | PRC/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 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET ETRD MARR CH |
| 10BEIJING105 | GOOGLE DAY 2: BALL STILL IN GOOGLE'S COURT [...] (C) Summary. Google's Beijing headquarters continued business "as usual" today as it still provided the China-based version of its search engine. Google emphasized its filtering of that search engine remained "unchanged" and "compliant with Chinese law." Google has not yet engaged the Chinese [...] | 2010-01-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH |
| 10BEIJING109 | CHINESE LGBT NGOS FACE CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: PRC lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) NGO leaders told PolOffs December 22 that their organizations are not viewed by the government as particularly sensitive but face the same registration and funding challenges as other civil society groups. PRC Internet censors equate h [...] | 2010-01-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM SOCI |
| 10BEIJING11 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, U.S. POLICY, AFGHANISTAN [...] CHINA POLICY "China and its neighbors should build a wealth zone on the land" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(01/05)(pg 2):"The China-ASEAN free trade area will significantly reduce this region's dependence on Western markets and capi [...] | 2010-01-05 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING137 | DESPITE 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 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM |
| 10BEIJING167 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH, U.S.-JAPAN [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH a. "Secretary Clinton's speech promotes internet freedom" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/22)(pg 3): "Although the U.S. officials denied that Secretary Clinton's speech was targeted at China, after Goog [...] | 2010-01-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING17 | UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S RISING SEX RATIO IMBALANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's sex ratio at birth (SRB, the number of male births to 100 female births) reached 120.56 in 2008, marking a continued and dramatic rise in the gender imbalance since the 1980s. Across all of China's provinces and municipalities, only Tibet now has a normal SRB. The unde [...] | 2010-01-06 07:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOP SOCI PHUM KPAO KWMN TBIO CH |
| 10BEIJING183 | SECRETARY'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 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH |
| 10BEIJING19 | BEIJING VIEWS ON FOURTH ROUND OF CROSS-STRAIT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice Secretary General Ma Xiaoguang said that of the three agreements signed in the December 21-23 Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)-ARATS talks in Taichung, the one on agriculture was most likely to benefit Taiwan as it op [...] | 2010-01-06 08:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN CH TW |
| 10BEIJING216 | MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING231 | BUILDING U.S. JOBS BY LEVERAGING CHINA,S GROWTH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH |
| 10BEIJING241 | CHINA 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 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CH |
| 10BEIJING243 | S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH MFA COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China are both aware of the "strategic importance" of their relationship, notwithstanding recent "troubles" and "differences," said MFA Policy and Planning Department DDG Zhao Jianhua in a January 26 meeting with S/P Deputy Director Chollet. The Strategic a [...] | 2010-01-29 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV CH AF PK UNSC |
| 10BEIJING245 | EU OFFICIAL IN BEIJING DOWNPLAYS SPANISH COMMENTS [...] (C) EU Mission Political Counselor Alexander McLachlan told PolOff January 29 that some EU member states were annoyed with Spanish Ambassador to China Blasco Villa's recent statements to Chinese media that suggested that the EU would consider lifting its arms embargo against China. The Spanish Amba [...] | 2010-01-29 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV ECON CH EU |
| 10BEIJING259 | MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING260 | PRC 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 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PARM CH TW |
| 10BEIJING263 | PRC: NUCLEAR RESEARCH AT CHINESE ACADEMY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ENRG KPWR MNUC OSCI PINR PINS SENV TPHY |
| 10BEIJING268 | TAIWAN 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 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW |
| 10BEIJING278 | MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, DALAI LAMA, [...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN "U.S. arms sales will have a serious negative effect on Sino-American exchanges and cooperation on many issues" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(02/03)(pg 3): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ma Zhaoxu said that 'The United States insis [...] | 2010-02-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING28 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CARBON TARIFF, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Calmly deal with trade protectionism" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (01/07)(pg 3): "Some countries' protectionist measures have added more difficulty to the global economic recovery. Unfortunately, following the financial crisis, some cou [...] | 2010-01-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING281 | TAIWAN ARMS SALE: MEDIA REMAINS FIERCELY CRITICAL, [...] (C) Summary: Beijing observers continue to claim that despite the loud and angry official reaction to the U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan, the government wants to avoid fundamentally damaging U.S.-China relations. Nonetheless, real popular discontent may underlay harsh media statemen [...] | 2010-02-03 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM CH TW |
| 10BEIJING290 | MEDIA REACTION: MEETING THE DALAI LAMA, ARMS SALES TO [...] MEETING THE DALAI LAMA a. "Obama insists on meeting the Dalai Lama; Sino-U.S. relations are drastically cooling down" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(02/03)(pg A5): "Zhang Zhi-rong, professor of Tibetan Studies at Beijing Univer [...] | 2010-02-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING292 | CHINA ASSET BUBBLES: ARE THEY HERE, WILL THEY POP? [...] (C) Summary. China's massive 2009 monetary stimulus program was instrumental in avoiding economic recession during the global crisis, but the huge amount of new credit flowing into the economy has prompted concerns that asset bubbles could form -- and burst -- in the property and equity marke [...] | 2010-02-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH |
| 10BEIJING293 | PRC/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 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR |
| 10BEIJING294 | FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS, IRAN, [...] Key points at the February 4, 2010 MFA press briefing were: -- The announced sale of arms to Taiwan is a "gross intervention" into China's internal affairs and in complete disregard to China's "stern" opposition. -- China has taken note of the report regarding Tehran's plans to sell enrich [...] | 2010-02-04 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ETRD MNUC CH JA IR SZ |
| 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 07:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC CH |
| 10BEIJING307 | MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, RMB APPRECIATION [...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN a. "The United States threatens to be tougher on China" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/05)(pg 1): "President Obama's remarks to be tougher on China on trade issues seems to have star [...] | 2010-02-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC 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 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM CH KN KS JA TW |
| 10BEIJING310 | CHINA/ECONOMY: HU JINTAO RECONFIRMS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a major February 3 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao called for the ministers and top provincial leaders present to accelerate China's economic structural adjustment. While acknowledging the impact of the financial crisis, Hu emphasized that the crisis h [...] | 2010-02-05 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CH |
| 10BEIJING312 | THIRD 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 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD CVIS EAIR CH |
| 10BEIJING325 | CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Commerce Secretary Mary Saunders on January 14 led a delegation made up of USG officers from Commerce, Energy, and State, and U.S. nuclear industry representatives to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) with China's National Ene [...] | 2010-02-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH |
| 10BEIJING326 | IOM 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 07:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | CH KWMN KTIP PGOV |
| 10BEIJING327 | MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA, U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS [...] DALAI LAMA "China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson remarks on planned Obama-Dalai meeting" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (02/06)(pg 3): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu said, 'China resolutely opposes the visit by the Dalai Lama to the United St [...] | 2010-02-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING342 | MEDIA REACTION: CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT, RMB EXCHANGE RATE, [...] CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT "Reflection on capitalism in the international financial crisis" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (02/09)(pg 23): "The outbreak of the international financial crisis urged many people to reexamine the capitalist's development direction. In [...] | 2010-02-09 08:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING349 | CHINA ON U.S. PROPOSALS AT CITES COP 15 [...] (U) Post relayed on February 2 the background information and points regarding U.S. proposals at the March 13-25 Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) contained in REF A to the CITES Management Authority Office of the China State Fore [...] | 2010-02-10 04:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CH |
| 10BEIJING35 | CHINA'S ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS GENDER IMBALANCE PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB) and excess female child mortality both contribute directly to the sex ratio imbalance in China. Social consequences of this imbalance include an estimated excess of over 30 million unmarriageable males, a potentially destabilizing force [...] | 2010-01-10 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOP SOCI PHUM KPAO KWMN TBIO CH |
| 10BEIJING350 | China/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 07:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN CH |
| 10BEIJING351 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Be vigilant about being pushed to the opposition side of the world by the U.S." The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/10)(pg 14): "In 2010, Sino-U.S. relations are undergoing a substant [...] | 2010-02-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING355 | PRC/IRAN: BEIJING'S PROLIFERATING ARGUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC academics are deploying a range of arguments against new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, but some contacts say China will not go it alone in opposing them. A well-placed think-tanker argued that Iranian political divisions could result in favorable changes to the [...] | 2010-02-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
| 10BEIJING357 | CHINESE BANKS: WILL THE 2009 CREDIT BINGE COME [...] (C) Summary. New loan issuance by Chinese banks in January totaled RMB 1.6 trillion (USD 235 billion),nearly equal to last year's record pace of RMB 1.62 trillion, and would have been even larger if regulators had not intervened mid-month to curtail lending. In public, Chinese financial off [...] | 2010-02-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL |
| 10BEIJING358 | TIBET: CHINA FEELING PUBLIC PRESSURE TO REACT [...] (C) Summary: Increased expression of nationalistic sentiment and public anger over recent Taiwan arms sales mean the PRC leadership will need to somehow "punish" the United States if the President meets with the Dalai Lama, according to several contacts. A Tibetan academic at a Communist Pa [...] | 2010-02-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
| 10BEIJING359 | MAINTAINING POSITIVE U.S.-PRC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A Chinese public perception that U.S. China policy under President Obama would be "different" than that of his predecessors and that recent warming in cross-Strait relations made arms sales unnecessary fueled many Chinese' vitriolic response to the latest Taiwan arms sales, accord [...] | 2010-02-10 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ECON ETRD CH TW IR AF KN |
| 10BEIJING362 | MEDIA REACTION: COLOR REVOLUTION, IRAN, INTERNATIONAL [...] COLOR REVOLUTION "'Color Revolution' is a democratized political game" The official Communist Youth League newspaper China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao) (02/11) (pg 5): "In fact, the 'color revolution' is none other than 'non-normal regime change' carried out through the interference [...] | 2010-02-11 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING366 | FDI in China: Which Way Will the Pendulum Swing? [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's January 29 speech at Davos and recent State Council guidelines encouraging foreign direct investment (FDI) in China indicate continued support at senior levels of government for economic reform and a more open investment climate, according to a [...] | 2010-02-11 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CH |
| 10BEIJING377 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Sino-U.S. competition will see who changes its growth method first" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/12)(pg 14): "Both the United States and China are seeking new advantages [solut [...] | 2010-02-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING38 | PRC: 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 01:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN CH |
| 10BEIJING382 | CHINA-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 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH |
| 10BEIJING384 | BEIJING 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 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
| 10BEIJING399 | MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA MEETING; U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; [...] DALAI LAMA MEETING "Dalai Lama meeting to be held as scheduled" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/18) (pg 1): "Despite the choice of location, however, any state leader who meets with the Dalai Lama in private or public risks damaging relations with China, said Pang Z [...] | 2010-02-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING401 | China/Xinjiang: Energy Sector Booms as Clean Energy Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: While Xinjiang remains an important resource base for traditional energy sources--including oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and coal--the region has in recent years emerged as a clean energy leader, according to local officials and business contacts. Locally-grown [...] | 2010-02-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET SENV CH |
| 10BEIJING443 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, DALAI LAMA MEETING, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The United States exagerates that China is the top network threat" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/24)(pg 3): "Tang Lan, expert of information security at the China Institute of Co [...] | 2010-02-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIJING468 | TIBET WORK CONFERENCE: EXPANDING DEVELOPMENT FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: Although the Communist Party's Fifth Tibet Work Conference January 18-20 did not result in major policy changes, it signaled shifts in emphasis intended to address economic tensions that led to the March 2008 violence throughout Tibetan areas of China. Contacts at two Party thin [...] | 2010-02-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
| 10BEIJING68 | BEIJING STUDENTS TALK POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Nine Chinese university students and recent graduates shared with PolOffs December 18 their views on China's domestic challenges, climate change, human rights, corruption and minority policies. Citing China's formidable internal challenges, the students argued that Americans gro [...] | 2010-01-12 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
| 10BEIJING86 | MEDIA REACTION: GOOGLE, TAIWAN, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] GOOGLE a. "Google's global strategy will experience a severe setback if it withdraws from the China market" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao)(3/14)(pg B9): " Over the past four years, and under the leadership of its CEO, Dr. Kai-fu Lee, it has not bee [...] | 2010-01-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH |
| 10BEIRUT123 | SCENESETTER 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 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR |
| 10BEIRUT145 | CHRISTIANS OBJECT TO BERRI'S PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war called for "deconfessionalization," the abolishment of the quotas for sectarian representation that undergird the Lebanese political system. Like many tenets in Taif, the proposal has yet to be implemented. Recently, Speaker [...] | 2010-02-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINR SOCI KDEM LE |
| 10BEIRUT164 | CABINET APPROVES MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL REFORMS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite pressure from multiple sides to delay, the Lebanese municipal elections are still scheduled for June 2009. In January Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud presented a draft bill to cabinet containing a menu of electoral reforms, including measures to create standardized pre-pr [...] | 2010-02-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI LE |
| 10BEIRUT184 | INL A/S JOHNSON PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ISF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson assured MGen Rifi, the head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF),of continued U.S. support to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Lebanese police so they can exercise their authority in all of Lebanon. Gen. Rifi acknowledge [...] | 2010-02-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
| 10BEIRUT24 | JUMBLATT SAYS RECONCILIATION WITH RIVALS NEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: His reconciliation with the March 8 alliance is nearly complete, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador on January 5. While his base had initially opposed his exit from March 14 and his opening to the Shia, Jumblatt explained, they were "getting used" to his shift, which [...] | 2010-01-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KCRM SY LE |
| 10BEIRUT44 | SCENESETTER 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 14:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE |
| 10BEIRUT47 | PRIME MINISTER HARIRI MEETS WITH CODEL MCCAIN [...] (C) Summary: Increased U.S. military assistance to Lebanon is a priority, Prime Minister Saad Hariri told CODEL McCain on January 9. Though wary of Syrian intentions after his recent trip to Damascus, Hariri said he would work to build on positive practical steps to improve the bilateral rela [...] | 2010-01-15 13:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MASS MCAP KJUS PBTS LE SY IR |
| 10BEIRUT50 | PRESIDENT SLEIMAN, SPEAKER BERRI AND WALID [...] (C) Summary: An urgent need for progress on regional peace was the common priority for President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt during their meetings with visiting CODEL McCain on January 8 and 9. Sleiman sought reassurances that U.S. military assistance [...] | 2010-01-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MASS KPAL KJUS ECPS SY IR LE |
| 10BEIRUT65 | MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...] | 2010-01-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LE SA |
| 10BEIRUT72 | NEW CABINET'S AGENDA AND EFFECTIVENESS STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet, which first met on December 21, has not resolved any substantive issues during the three sessions that have been held to date. All sides appear keen to avoid polarization in the cabinet following the late 2009 dispute over the wording of the ministerial [...] | 2010-01-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM LE |
| 10BEIRUT81 | HEALTH MINISTER TOUTS MINISTRY'S COMMITMENT TO IPR [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Health Mohammad Khalifeh informed the Ambassador January 22 that earlier that morning he had worked with the chief prosecutor's office to issue arrest warrants for individuals involved in a counterfeit pharmaceutical smuggling ring. Proud of the ministry's accomplishm [...] | 2010-01-27 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV KIPR KDEM PINR KPAL LE |
| 10BEIRUT89 | S/E MITCHELL RULES OUT FORCED NATURALIZATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell affirmed to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Chami that the U.S. opposes the forced naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon under any circumstance. During his Janua [...] | 2010-01-29 08:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MEPP KPAL SY IS LE |
| 10BELGRADE108 | SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly a priority for the government of Serbia (GoS). Serbi [...] | 2010-01-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINT OPIC KTDB EFIN PGOV SR |
| 10BELGRADE118 | Scenesetter for the U.S. Visit of Serbian Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Ivica Dacic, who wears three hats as First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, and head of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS),is perhaps the most savvy and intriguing member of the Serbian government. As the head of strongman Slobodan Milosevic's former party, Dacic has laid [...] | 2010-01-22 15:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM SR |
| 10BELGRADE172 | Serbia: Ambassador's Introductory Call on PM Cvetkovic [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Cvetkovic highlighted the Serbian government's commitment to European integration in welcoming Ambassador Warlick to Serbia. Cvetkovic said that Serbia's formal application for candidacy status demonstrated there was no turning back from a European future. Cvetkovic comm [...] | 2010-02-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV SR |
| 10BELGRADE188 | SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 17-19 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Belgrade comes at a time when Serbia's pro-European government is stable and recently achieved key milestones in its path to EU membership. To keep making progress, however, Serbia must stop allowing the Kosovo issue to undermine its broader foreign policy approach and s [...] | 2010-02-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MARR SR |
| 10BELGRADE19 | Serbia: 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 17:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PREL PGOV SR KV |
| 10BELGRADE210 | SERBIA 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 14:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP KCRM SR |
| 10BELGRADE23 | SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) In a February 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Sutanovac welcomed the opportunity for increased bilateral engagement and identified his top goals for 2010 as professionalization of the military, sending troops to peacekeeping operations in Lebanon and Cyprus, and increa [...] | 2010-02-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SR KV |
| 10BELGRADE244 | SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 18-21 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes at a time when Serbia's pro-European government is stable and recently achieved key milestones in its path to EU membership. To keep making progress, however, Serbia must stop allowing the Kosovo issue to undermine its broader foreign policy approach and shift [...] | 2010-02-12 11:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MARR PREL OREP SR |
| 10BELGRADE28 | Balkans 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 13:09:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV SR |
| 10BELGRADE282 | SERBIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Serbia's TIP Situation -------------------------- A. The office of the National Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Persons and the Agency for Coordination of Protection of Trafficking Victims, as well as other government ministries and agencies, provide information about traffi [...] | 2010-02-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN SR |
| 10BELGRADE29 | Serbia: 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 17:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC SR |
| 10BELGRADE3 | Post ICJ Opinion: Serbia to Continue Obstructing Kosovo [...] (C) We expect Serbia will continue to obstruct and undermine Kosovo's sovereignty in the lead up to and following the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, which most believe will be ambiguous. Regardless of the position taken by the ICJ, Kosovo's independence and sovereignty are irref [...] | 2010-01-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KV SR |
| 10BELGRADE35 | SERBIA: FINGERPOINTING CONTINUES IN MAJOR ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (C) Serbian efforts to crack down on narcotics trafficking and organized crime have led to several arrests, including in the Operation Balkan Warrior case, which began with Serbian cooperation in seizing two tons of cocaine in October 2009. Montenegrin-born organized crime figure Darko Saric [...] | 2010-02-24 17:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SR MW |
| 10BELGRADE82 | SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: ------------------------------------- A. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------------- Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly [...] | 2010-01-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SR |
| 10BELGRADE88 | SERBIA SAYS KOSOVO ELECTRICITY OFFER IS INSUFFICIENT AND [...] (SBU) Serbia's lead electricity negotiator, Assistant Minister for Kosovo Dragan Petkovic, insists Serbia wants to find a solution to the ongoing electricity dispute in northern Kosovo, but says KEK's proposal is insufficient and its willingness to reconnect the north is insincere. While Petk [...] | 2010-01-19 11:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KV SR |
| 10BERLIN100 | LEFT PARTY CHAIRMAN OSKAR LAFONTAINE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Left Party Co-Chairman Oskar Lafontaine's January 23 resignation from the Bundestag and as party chair due to his battle with cancer has created an immediate leadership vacuum in The Left Party, leaving no one of similar stature to take over. His announcement has fueled speculation about [...] | 2010-01-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
| 10BERLIN106 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 15 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany is increasing its official assistance to Haiti to 15 million euros following the January 12 earthquake. The increase reflects 5 million euros in new funds from the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that will support construction of housing for displa [...] | 2010-01-25 17:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
| 10BERLIN108 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, HAITI, IRAQ, U.S., ISRAEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Position 3. (Haiti) Montreal Conference 4. (Iraq) Execution of Chemical Ali 5. (U.S.) Bank Reforms 6. (Israel) Goldstone Report 7. (U.S.) Bernanke Hearing  [...] | 2010-01-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF HA IQ ECON XF |
| 10BERLIN112 | GERMANY: THE SHAKY ROAD TO THE 850 TROOP INCREASE [...] (S) Chancellor Merkel on January 26 announced that Germany will send 850 more troops to Afghanistan (500 for immediate deployment and 350 to be held in reserve) in addition to increasing development assistance from 220 million euros to 430 million euros, increasing police trainers from 123 to [...] | 2010-01-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF GM |
| 10BERLIN114 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S. YEMEN, IRAN, FRANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Aftermath of Quake, Montreal Conference 3. (U.S.) State of the Union, Austerity Program, Banking Crisis 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Iran) Karrubi Gives In 6. (France) Ban on Burqas 7. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German [...] | 2010-01-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA US YM AF IR FR |
| 10BERLIN121 | SCENESETTER: GERMAN ECON MINISTER BRUEDERLE'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party, FDP),will be the first senior German economic official to visit Washington since Germany's new coalition government assumed office in October 2009. Bruederle is a strong proponent of the f [...] | 2010-01-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN GM |
| 10BERLIN124 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, HONDURAS, SRI [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Strategy 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Honduras) Lobo Inauguration 6. (Sri Lanka) Outcome of Elections 7. (Iran) Nuclear Program 8. (Germany-U.S.) Germ [...] | 2010-01-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF YM HO CE IR GM |
| 10BERLIN131 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, HAITI, SWIFT, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference 4. (Iran) Execution of Opposition Politicians 5. (Haiti) Aftermath of Quake 6. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT 7. (Greece-EU) Bailout Program? 8. (France) Clearstream Trial [...] | 2010-01-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF IR HA EU ECON FR |
| 10BERLIN139 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA, IRAN, UK, YEMEN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) U.S. Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf 3. (China-U.S.) Arms Shipments to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Opposition Movements 5. (UK) Iraq War Inquiry 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 8. (Economic) Davos W [...] | 2010-02-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR CH UK YM XF ECON EU GM |
| 10BERLIN145 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BUDGET, U.S.-NASA, U.S.-CHINA, MIDDLE [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Draft Budget 3. (U.S.) Reaction to Plans to Stop Moon Mission 4. (U.S.-China) Arms Shipment to Taiwan 5. (Middle East) Goldstone Report 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Russia) Demonstrations in Kaliningrad, Moscow  [...] | 2010-02-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US TSPA ETRD XF YM RS |
| 10BERLIN151 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BUDGET, U.S.-QDR, U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Draft Budget 3. (U.S.) Quadrennial Defense Review 4. (U.S.-EU) Summit Meeting 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 8. (Iran) Nuclear Program 9. (Environment) Climate Policies 10. [...] | 2010-02-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR EFIN MCAP EU CH PARM PTER IR KGHG GR |
| 10BERLIN153 | DEFLATED EXPECTATIONS FOR MERKEL'S DREAM COALITION [...] (C) Summary: One hundred days after Germany's black-yellow coalition took office, a strong, unified government led by Chancellor Merkel has yet to materialize. The much anticipated "dream coalition" comprised of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister the Christian Social Uni [...] | 2010-02-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GM |
| 10BERLIN156 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Fallout from Cancellation of Summit 3. (U.S.-China) Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Missile Test 5. (Afghanistan) Karzai, Future Strategy 6. (EU-Greece) Financial Crisis 7. (U.S.) Space Travel 8. (Economic [...] | 2010-02-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US CH IR AF EU ECON |
| 10BERLIN16 | MEDIA 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 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PTER US KGHG |
| 10BERLIN160 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Relations 3. (U.S.-China) Impact of Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke Interview 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (EU-Euro) Financial Woes 7. (Haiti) Reconstruction Efforts 8. (Environment) Climate 9. (Fran [...] | 2010-02-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US CH AF IR EMS HA KGHG FR |
| 10BERLIN164 | WESTERWELLE ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, TAC NUKES [...] (C) German FM Westerwelle told Amb February 5 that it was important to refocus Afghanistan efforts on civilian reconstruction; that we needed to avoid suggesting German troops engaged in less risk than other countries; that he did not invite Iranian FM Mottaki to Germany or seek a meeting wit [...] | 2010-02-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA MARR NATO PARM PINS PREL PGOV GM AF IR |
| 10BERLIN166 | Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2010-02-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM |
| 10BERLIN168 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU, NATO, IRAQ, US.;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Enrichment 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries 5. (NATO) Istanbul Defense Ministers Meeting 6. (Iraq) Parliamentary Elections 7. (U.S.) Budget Deficit  [...] | 2010-02-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR UP EMS UK NATO IQ US |
| 10BERLIN170 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries  [...] | 2010-02-09 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR UP EU |
| 10BERLIN172 | GERMANY PROFESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Post delivered reftel points on NATO contingency planning to MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Director Gunnar Denecke on February 3. Schlagheck claimed that assertions in a recent article of the Economist -- which specifically named Germany as a early opponent of ex [...] | 2010-02-09 20:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR MCAP NATO PREL GM |
| 10BERLIN173 | MEDIA 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 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM |
| 10BERLIN175 | TEHRAN: 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 12:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR GM |
| 10BERLIN177 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GREECE-EU, GREECE-EURO, UKRAINE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Greece Financial Crisis) Germany, France Rescue Efforts 4. (Greece Financial Crisis) Long-term Prognosis for Euro 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT [...] | 2010-02-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR EMS UP START PTER SF ECON |
| 10BERLIN178 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN-NUCLEAR, EU-SWIFT, EU-GREECE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Anniversary 3. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 4. (EU-Greece) Special Summit Meeting 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections  [...] | 2010-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR PTER EMS UP |
| 10BERLIN180 | CHANCELLOR 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 17:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM |
| 10BERLIN181 | GERMANY 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 19:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN GM GR PGOV |
| 10BERLIN183 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GREECE-EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) ISAF Offensive 3. (Mideast) Secretary Clinton in the Mideast 4. (Greece-EU) Stability of the Euro, Goldman Sachs Involvement 5. (U.S.-China) Obama Receives Dalai Lama 6. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 7. (U.S.) Obama Government  [...] | 2010-02-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF XF EMS CH PTER US |
| 10BERLIN184 | FDP DIZZY FROM IDENTITY CRISIS AND COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Will Merkel defend Westerwelle? The German media wants to know. After one hundred days in office, poignant questions are percolating as to how prepared the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) is to govern the country within the current coalition. The FDP has suffered a major d [...] | 2010-02-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 10BERLIN190 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, U.S.-SYRIA, DUBAI-MOSSAD, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Relations, Dalai Lama 3. (U.S.-Syria) Washington Sends New Ambassador 4. (Dubai) Killing Of Hamas Arms Dealer 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.) New Nuclear Power Plants 7. (EU-Greece) Euro  [...] | 2010-02-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH SY XF UP ENRG EMS |
| 10BERLIN194 | BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE DEFENCE CHIEF DISCUSSES EUROPEAN SECURITY, NPT REVCON [...] (S) Summary. On the margins of the Munich Security Conference, February 6, UK Foreign Office Director General for Defense and Intelligence Mariot Leslie told U/S Tauscher that the allies should negotiate with Russia a new follow-on agreement to the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. L [...] | 2010-02-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | CD GM KCFE NATO NPT PARM PREL UK |
| 10BERLIN198 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA [...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...] | 2010-02-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP |
| 10BERLIN2 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, ANTI-TERROR, PAKISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Governance, Cabinet Selection 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Anti-Terror Fight) Yemen, Guant namo, Security Measures 5. (Pakistan) Attack on Volleyball Game 6. (Islam in European Society) Westergaard Attack 7. Look Back at [...] | 2010-01-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC AF IR ZP PK |
| 10BERLIN203 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-NETHERLANDS, IRAN, EU-GREECE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan-Netherlands) Dutch Government's Fall 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU-Greece) Economic Crisis 5. (U.S.) Justice Department Report 6. (UK) Brown in a Bad Temper  [...] | 2010-02-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NL IR EMS US UK |
| 10BERLIN206 | Germany's Coming Solar Eclipse? [...] Summary: Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen plans to cut Germany's solar feed-in tariffs by 15 percent as of April 2010. While the proposals are much less dramatic than the 30 percent reduction advocated by consumer organizations, the solar sector has indicated that any subsidy cut above [...] | 2010-02-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL GM |
| 10BERLIN207 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-CIVILIANS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Civilian Casualties 3. (Afghanistan) Fears of Dutch Domino Effect 4. (Afghanistan) German, NATO Role 5. (Turkey) Arrest of Senior Military Officers 6. (Dubai) Israel Criticized Over Dubai Killing  [...] | 2010-02-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF TK XF |
| 10BERLIN209 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, U.S.-CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai takes Control over Electoral Watchdog 3. (NATO) New Strategic Concept 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Climate Policy 6. (Western Hemisphere) Summit of the Americas 7. (Turkey) Alleged Coup Plot 8. (EU-Greece [...] | 2010-02-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF NATO XF KGHG XM TK EMS XT |
| 10BERLIN215 | MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, U.S.-HEALTHCARE, GREECE-GERMANY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform Summit 4. (Greece-Germany) Greek Anger at Germany 5. (Greece-EU) Austerity Program 6. (U.S.) Criticism of Google 7. (Sudan) Peace Process 8. (Western Hemisphere) Latin America [...] | 2010-02-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CU US GR EMS KWWW SU XM MASS |
| 10BERLIN218 | GERMAN DEPUTY NSA BELIEVES TIMING COULD UNDERMINE [...] (C) Begin Summary. During a February 12 meeting with U/S Defense Flournoy, German Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel said he was doubtful that allies could reach agreement on the issue of territorial defense in time to make a final decision at the NATO Summit in Lisbon. Specifically, [...] | 2010-02-26 08:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO GM |
| 10BERLIN22 | GERMANY: MOUNTING BUMPS IN ROAD TO LONDON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The German government is struggling to get some traction on an Afghanistan strategy in the run-up to the January 28th London Conference, and thus far the indications are not promising. Chancellor Merkel chaired a mini-cabinet meeting January 4 in preparation for the conferen [...] | 2010-01-07 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 10BERLIN223 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., INDIA-PAKISTAN, SYRIA-IRAN, CUBA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 3. (India-Pakistan) Resumption of Talks 4. (Syria-Iran) Ahmadinejad-Assad Meeting 5. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 6. (EU) Debate Over Leading Personnel 7. (Falkland Islands) Tensions over Drilling 8. (Turkey) [...] | 2010-02-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US XO SY CU EU FK TK EMS UP |
| 10BERLIN25 | BUNDESTAG TO EXAMINE CIA/BLACKWATER ASSASSINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27 the Bundestag Interior Affairs Committee will examine allegations that a CIA team tracked a suspected al-Qaida supporter in Hamburg and planned to assassinate him before eventually aborting the mission. The story originated from a recent Vanity Fair article on Black [...] | 2010-01-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV GM |
| 10BERLIN28 | MEDIA REACTION: AVIATION SECURITY, IRAN, EU-TURKEY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aviation Security 3. Iranian regime 4. U.S.-Chinese Relations 5. Turkish EU Membership Bid 6. Killings of Christians in Egypt  [...] | 2010-01-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO |
| 10BERLIN33 | MEDIA 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 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | US XF IT ECON |
| 10BERLIN38 | LONDON CONFERENCE: GERMANY TO FOCUS ON POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Westerwelle intends to emphasize the importance of civilian police training at the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and announce that Germany is willing to increase its contributions in this area. Although the inter-agency has yet to finalize the speci [...] | 2010-01-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PTER PGOV PREL AFDB AF GM |
| 10BERLIN4 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.YEMEN, TERRORISM-AIRPORTS, MEPP, IRAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Terrorism) Developments in Yemen 3. (Terrorism) Airport Security 4. (Middle East) New U.S. Peace Proposal 5. (Iran) Role of Opposition Movement 6. (Afghanistan/Iraq) U.S. Role 7. (Economic) Russian Oil Exports 8. (Greece) Financia [...] | 2010-01-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER XF IR AF RS GR |
| 10BERLIN40 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., CHINA, TERRORISM, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Death of Nuclear Scientist 3. (U.S.) Special Levy on Banks 4. (China) Test of Missile Defense System 5. (Terrorism) Yemen 6. (Russia) Dagestan Violence 7. (Middle East) Israel Builds New Wall  [...] | 2010-01-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | IR US CH YM RS XF |
| 10BERLIN48 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, CHINA-GOOGLE, TURKEY-ISRAEL, U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Earthquake 3. (China-Google) Dispute 4. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations 5. (U.S.) Bankers in The Hot Seat 6. (Iran) Aftermath of Assassination of Scientist  [...] | 2010-01-14 17:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA KWWW TK US IR |
| 10BERLIN50 | GERMANY'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 18:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
| 10BERLIN53 | GERMANY BOOSTS ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is poised to ramp up its civilian reconstruction and development assistance to Afghanistan by two-thirds over last year, bringing its 2010 total to 430 million euros ($620 million). Additional funding would go towards rural development projects in the north. This consid [...] | 2010-01-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF GM PK |
| 10BERLIN56 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S., CHINA, TERRORISM, TURKEY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Relief Efforts 3. (U.S.) President Obama to Tax Banks 4. (China) Censorship of Google 5. (Terrorism) Attack on Mesud 6. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations  [...] | 2010-01-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA CH PTER TK |
| 10BERLIN58 | H1N1 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 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
| 10BERLIN64 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI EARTHQUAKE, OBAMA PRESIDENCY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Earthquake 3. Obama Presidency -- One Year On 4. Afghanistan -- New Ministers, Attack on Government Quarter 5. Ukraine elections  [...] | 2010-01-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SENV ASEC KMDR AF US HA UP |
| 10BERLIN69 | CHANCELLOR EMPHASIZES NEED FOR BROAD POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internal German debate regarding a possible increase in German troops in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference is back on a positive trajectory now that government concerns about the planned inflow of U.S. forces into the north have been largely dispelled. Defense [...] | 2010-01-19 19:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 10BERLIN74 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI EARTHQUAKE, OBAMA PRESIDENCY;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake 3. Obama Presidency - One year On  [...] | 2010-01-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KMDR US HA |
| 10BERLIN76 | ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE, [...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...] | 2010-01-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM |
| 10BERLIN8 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, MIDEAST, ICELAND, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Obama - Intelligence Services' Meeting 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference 4. (Iran) Ban to Talk to Foreign Institutions 5. (Mideast) New Peace Efforts 6. (Iceland) Government Won't Repay Debts 7. (Defense) A 400 M 8. (Economic [...] | 2010-01-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AF IF XF IC EFIN |
| 10BERLIN80 | GERMANY 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 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
| 10BERLIN81 | GERMAN MFA HOPE IRAN SANCTIONS TARGET LEADERS NOT MASSES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM |
| 10BERLIN83 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, OBAMA PRESIDENCY, KUNDUZ AIRSTRIKE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Earthquake 3. Massachusetts Senate Race 4. Afghanistan--Kunduz Airstrike 5. Climate Protection--IPCC Â [...] | 2010-01-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR SENV KGHG HA US AF |
| 10BERLIN86 | GERMAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on January 18 and followed up with him on January 20. 2. (C) On Iran, Fluegger said Germany supported all the U.S. points, with the exception of the one calling for the EU to repeat that it stands ready to "acco [...] | 2010-01-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR BK SO AF UP GM |
| 10BERLIN87 | SPD 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 11:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
| 10BERLIN89 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, BANK REFORM, MIDEAST, INTERNET [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Rescue Operation 3. The President's Bank Reform 4. Mideast Policy 5. Internet Freedom 6. Closure of Opel Plant in Antwerp  [...] | 2010-01-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR EFIN EINT HA CH XF |
| 10BERLIN95 | GERMAN 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV IR GM |
| 10BERLIN97 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, HAITI, MIDEAST, U.S, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Run-Up to London Conference 3. (Iraq) Biden Visit 4. (Haiti) Reconstruction Efforts 5. (Mideast) Peace Process, U.S. Role 6. (U.S.) Obama Administration 7. (Economic) Banking Regulation  [...] | 2010-01-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IQ HA XF US ECON |
| 10BERN15 | SWISS AGRICULTURE AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) During a January 20 roundtable luncheon on Swiss agriculture hosted by the Ambassador, representatives of the Swiss Government, parliament, and the agricultural media laid out their views on the challenges facing Swiss farmers and the prospects for an EU-Swiss agricultural free trade agree [...] | 2010-01-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SZ |
| 10BERN21 | SWISS FIRM QUARTZCOM COLLUDING WITH IRANIAN FRONT [...] Pol-Econ Couns. was called in by Swiss Economics Department Industrial Export Control chief Juergen Boehler on January 15 to discuss reftel case. (Reftel points were previously provided to the Economics Department.) Boehler stated that Swiss authorities are grateful for the U.S. information [...] | 2010-01-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | SZ IR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC |
| 10BERN25 | TFHA01: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI: SWISS [...] Pol-Econ couns. delivered points (reftels A,B,and C) to Swiss Foreign Ministry Americas' Office Deputy Director Daniel Hunn on January 19. Hunn thanked the US for the information and said that Switzerland is grateful that the United States is leading the assistance effort, since it has many ca [...] | 2010-01-22 07:02:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PREF EAID PHUM |
| 10BERN40 | BILATERAL 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 07:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL CASC MNUC SZ IR |
| 10BERN48 | U/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 17:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SZ |
| 10BERN56 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
| 10BISHKEK10 | KYRGYZSTAN'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz Government plans to make large investments in its electricity infrastructure over the next few years in order to increase generation capacity, create an electricity transmission system that would be potentially independent of its neighbors, and upgrade its distribution [...] | 2010-01-06 08:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL KG |
| 10BISHKEK51 | TRANSIT 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 10:17:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 10BISHKEK55 | Kyrgyzstan: Media Responds to Human Rights Situation [...] (U) Summary: Recent events, including the conviction and harsh sentencing of presidential candidate and former Minister of Defense Ismail Isakov on corruption charges (reftel) and Kyrgyzstan's downgraded rank in Freedom House's freedom index, have triggered an increase in negative articles on t [...] | 2010-01-22 03:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
| 10BISHKEK56 | Chinese 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 04:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KG CH |
| 10BISHKEK84 | KYRGYZSTAN SEEKS SIGNS FROM THE U.S. OF LONG-TERM [...] (C) Action request para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is actively reviewing the state of its relationships with the U.S., Russia, and China, seeking a balance which would best serve its interests. A key concern of our interlocutors is what role the U.S. inten [...] | 2010-02-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG |
| 10BISHKEK86 | MAXIM BAKIYEV'S DEBUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Maxim Bakiyev made his international debut leading an official delegation to China. He returned home triumphant, at least at first glance, with several signed agreements, including one on Chinese financing for the construction of a trans-Kyrgyzstan power transmission line. Howev [...] | 2010-02-03 02:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 10BOGOTA100 | DISASTER DECLARATION: COLOMBIAN FOREST FIRES [...] SUMMARY: In response to the increasing number and severity of forest fires that have affected 98 municipalities in 12 departments across Colombia, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. Government assistance. The damage has exceeded the [...] | 2010-01-11 02:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV PREF SOCI EAGR ECON PREL PGOV CO |
| 10BOGOTA11 | SCENESETTER 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 23:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO |
| 10BOGOTA165 | Mixed Reactions to Plan Colombia Cut, GOC to Lobby US [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia's (GOC) reaction to the announcement of cuts to USG Plan Colombia assistance has been measured and has recognized fiscal realities in the United States as well as Plan Colombia's natural tendency towards reduced assistance. Still, officials have expressed conce [...] | 2010-02-05 23:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO |
| 10BOGOTA171 | FIGHT 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 15:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MCAP ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CO |
| 10BOGOTA186 | DECEMBER 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 16:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
| 10BOGOTA201 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JANUARY 12, 2010 MEETING WITH [...] (U) January 12, 2010; 10:00 AM; Monteria, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador William Brownfield DAS Christopher McMullen, WHA DCM Brian Nichols USAID Mission Director Ken Yamashita Political Counselor Mark Wells (notetaker) NAS Director Dan Foote [...] | 2010-02-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE |
| 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 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL ELAB EAIR PGOV CO |
| 10BOGOTA238 | CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES FTA AND DCA, ENCOURAGES COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Eliot Engel led a Congressional delegation to Cartagena and Monteria, Colombia from January 7-10, 2010. At his private ranch in Monteria, President Uribe outlined Colombia's progress, with U.S. support, on counterna [...] | 2010-01-22 18:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO |
| 10BOGOTA239 | COLOMBIA 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 18:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV MCAP MOPS PTER ETRD PHUM SNAR OREP CO |
| 10BOGOTA244 | NAS 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 21:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
| 10BOGOTA245 | Santos Eager to Assume Uribe's Mantle, but Uribe Still [...] (C) The reelection referendum rollercoaster rolls on. Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra's draft decision declaring the referendum unconstitutional initially led many observes to predict the referendum would not be held. This perception was fueled by President Uribe's meetings with pot [...] | 2010-02-12 21:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO |
| 10BOGOTA264 | CONSOLIDATION 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 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO |
| 10BOGOTA276 | EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND EXPORT OPPORTUNTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals [...] | 2010-01-27 17:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO |
| 10BOGOTA293 | SHARP 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 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO |
| 10BOGOTA307 | JUSTICE 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 17:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
| 10BOGOTA361 | COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...] | 2010-02-26 23:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
| 10BOGOTA400 | Passport 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 17:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS SMIG KFRD KCSY CO |
| 10BOGOTA46 | US SPEAKER REQUEST: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO CO |
| 10BOGOTA678 | FY 2010 NAS BOGOTA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT BUDGET [...] The Following is FY-10 PD&S Budget Requirements for NAS Bogota Object Description Actual Non Proposed FY-2010 Code FY-2009 Recurring Increases Plan Ob [...] | 2010-02-19 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN |
| 10BOGOTA686 | AMBASSADOR'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 17:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID SNAR MARR CO |
| 10BOGOTA91 | OPPOSITION CANDIDATE PARDO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Liberal Party Director and presidential candidate Rafael Pardo predicted that: the Uribe coalition would maintain its congressional majority in the March 14 election, independent Sergio Fajardo would have a tough time winning the presidency due to a lack of congressional support, President [...] | 2010-01-27 13:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON PTER PINR CO VE CU |
| 10BOGOTA93 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: TAA 0361-04F AND TAA 4140-08D [...] (S//NF) Summary. Blue Lantern Officer consulted with the Defense Attache Office, US MilitaryGroup (MILGROUP),FBI and DEA regarding the accuracy of intelligence reports listed in ref A. DEA confirmed the derogatory information in ref A, linking Vertical de Aviacion to Helitaxi, [...] | 2010-01-27 18:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC SNAR CO TH PM |
| 10BOGOTA95 | EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS EXPORT AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals a [...] | 2010-01-27 19:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO |
| 10BRASILIA10 | CDA GATHERS INFLUENTIAL WOMEN TO PARTNER ON THE ELIMINATION [...] In an effort to highlight the work of activists and organizations at the forefront of addressing violence against women, on December 9 Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Lisa Kubiske and emboffs visited Civil Police Chief Sandra Gomes de Melo at the Women's Precinct (DEAM) in Brasilia. The next day, the [...] | 2010-01-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN |
| 10BRASILIA102 | BRAZIL: ONE NORTHEAST STATE TRIES TO CATCH THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: The development challenges facing the Brazilian northeast state of Piaui are representative of the difficult issues Brazil's poorest regions must overcome to achieve the level of prosperity in the country's southern regions. Despite economic growth rates over the past several yea [...] | 2010-02-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC COM USTR EAID PREL BR |
| 10BRASILIA140 | BRAZIL: INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY INTO DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),the Government of Brazil (GOB) announced the mitigation actions it plans to take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020 compared with " [...] | 2010-02-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EFIN KSCA BR |
| 10BRASILIA15 | CLIMATE 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 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG BR |
| 10BRASILIA16 | Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC BR |
| 10BRASILIA176 | Brazil: 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 12:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EIND EINV BR |
| 10BRASILIA184 | SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-26 VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) I want to warmly welcome you to Brazil for your visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, and to attend the 8th Meeting of Justice Ministers of the Americas (REMJA). The Government of Brazil (GOB) is enthusiastic that you have decided to attend the REMJA, and you will be eagerly received [...] | 2010-02-19 22:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS KCRM JUS OAS BR |
| 10BRASILIA198 | BRAZILIAN NATIONAL WATER AGENCY SEEKS TO DEEPEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA) seeks to deepen its cooperation with the USG on environmental issues related to water resources. ANA consistently highlights its history of cooperation with U.S. agencies, as well as on-going negotiations with the Brazilian Ministry of [...] | 2010-02-26 17:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA EAID EWWT EINV BR |
| 10BRASILIA204 | Brazil: March HRC [...] On February 24, poloff delivered the points reftel to Nathanael de Souza e Silva and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Division of Human Rights, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Religious and racial intolerance 2. Poloff handed Silva and de Paula a copy of the U.S.-proposed Action Plan [...] | 2010-02-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN BR GV IR BM CG IS |
| 10BRASILIA3 | FX2 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 19:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS BR |
| 10BRASILIA42 | Mission 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 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR MZ |
| 10BRASILIA45 | BRAZIL: 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV MASS HA IR |
| 10BRASILIA49 | BRAZIL'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 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BR |
| 10BRASILIA5 | Brazil: 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 16:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BR SU VE CO |
| 10BRASILIA53 | BRAZIL: UPDATE ON EFFORTS AND FUTURE PLANS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials coordinating Brazil's post-earthquake assistance to Haiti listed for PolOffs Brazil's humanitarian donations, gave an update on February 8 on the deployment of Brazilian troops to Haiti, and laid out Brazil's plan for transitioning [...] | 2010-02-18 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MASS BR HA |
| 10BRASILIA55 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...] | 2010-02-18 21:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY |
| 10BRASILIA59 | BRAZIL: 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 22:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR CH BR |
| 10BRASILIA62 | Head of Brazil's Haiti Relief Efforts Reports Good [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Charg???? d'Affaires, a.i., Lisa Kubiske on January 19, Brazil's coordinator for Brazil's Haiti emergency relief effort, Minister Jorge Armando Felix, head of the Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) at the Presidency, said he was pleased with bilateral coordination [...] | 2010-01-22 12:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BR |
| 10BRASILIA7 | BRAZIL: 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 11:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
| 10BRASILIA86 | Controversy Over New Human Rights Program Subsides, for Now [...] Summary: President Lula was caught off guard by the surge of controversy, including within his own government, which followed the GOB's public release of the Third National Program of Human Rights in a December 21 presidential decree. The program in fact is far-reaching, calling for, among o [...] | 2010-01-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON EAGR MCAP SOCI BR |
| 10BRASILIA9 | Brazil 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 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC BR IR |
| 10BRATISLAVA14 | LANGUAGE LAW UPDATE: SO FAR, ALL QUIET [...] Summary: The implementing guidelines for the Amended State Language Act, which were approved by the Slovak government on December 16, 2009, took effect on January 1, 2010. According to officials from four mixed-ethnicity towns and the Ministry of Culture, there have been few practical effects [...] | 2010-01-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA18 | SLOVAKIA: 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 16:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA21 | SLOVAKIA: 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 10:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA32 | SLOVAKIA 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 16:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA48 | SLOVAKIA READIES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CAPPING NATIONAL DEBT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Slovak cabinet is poised to approve a constitutional law capping the public debt at 50% of GDP and reforming government accounting in order to limit the ability of future administrations to "cook the books." The proposals are an effort by Finance Minister Jan Pociatek to box-i [...] | 2010-02-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA6 | HARABIN UNBOWED BY GROWING CRITICISM OF JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary. Despite a public plea from over Slovak judges to address problems in the Slovak judiciary, including the prevalent use of suspensions for judges accused of minor infractions, and the willingness of key GOS officials to discuss the judiciary with foreign interlocutors, Chief Just [...] | 2010-01-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA7 | EXPLOSIVES BLUNDER REVERBERATES; FACTS REMAINS MURKY [...] (U) Summary. As much of the world now knows, a January 2 airport security exercise in Poprad, Slovakia, went terribly awry. Slovak police had placed a 100-gram sample of RDX explosives in the bag of a Slovak citizen traveling to his residence in Dublin to test detection capabilities. Ap [...] | 2010-01-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR EI LO |
| 10BRATISLAVA71 | SLOVAKIA 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 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA |
| 10BRATISLAVA72 | ONE 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 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PGOV LO PREL UP PINR |
| 10BRATISLAVA86 | PRESIDENTS PARTY TO SUPPORT PM'S SMER-SD IN UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Movement for Democracy (known by its Slovak acronym "HZD") - a party founded by current Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic in 2002 after an acrimonious split with HZDS, the party led by his longtime political partner and autocratic former PM Vladimir Meciar - announced its with [...] | 2010-02-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE17 | REFUGEE UPDATE-NEARLY 107,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA [...] (U) According to UNHCR Brazzaville, the number of displaced in Congo-Brazzaville now totals 106,674. There are approximately 15,000 additional displaced persons in the Central African Republic. Although the displaced population has grown by nearly 20,000 since the last report (REF A),anecdotal [...] | 2010-01-15 08:33:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CF CG |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE37 | BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (U) Christmas came late to Congo, as the World Bank and IMF announced January 28 that Congo(B) had achieved HIPC "completion point," a significant step toward debt relief for the country. According to the IMF and World Bank, the decision will generate total debt service savings of USD 1.9 billi [...] | 2010-02-03 22:01:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL CF |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE53 | DRC REFUGEES IN LKOUALA- LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Congo-Brazzaville (GROC) estimates the total number of DRC citizens displaced to ROC now totals 115,077. Since mid-January, UNHCR has registered over 40,000 displaced persons and expects that the total number of registrations will be about 10% below the GROC's est [...] | 2010-02-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL UNHCR WFP CF |
| 10BRIDGETOWN19 | Rearranging the Dominos in Dominica's Cabinet [...] (C) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his new cabinet at an event in the National Stadium on the 4th of January. Fifteen ministerial positions will be parsed out among 18 MPs, almost half of whom are new to government. Skerrit added Foreign Affairs and Information Technology [...] | 2010-01-23 00:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN200 | Barbados Employers, Unions Muddling Through Recession With [...] (U) Summary/Comment: Despite unemployment hitting 11 percent this year, Barbados has avoided large scale layoffs and appears to be weathering the economic downturn reasonably well. Mothballed construction projects are slowly coming back on track and tourist arrivals, while down, have begun to [...] | 2010-02-25 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EINT XL OECS |
| 10BRIDGETOWN23 | St. 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 19:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN27 | VINCENTIAN PM GONSALVES THREATENS MEDIA OUTLET, CIVIL [...] (C) In what has become a standard political bully tactic, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has lobbed threats of legal action at a local radio station sympathetic to the main opposition party, a London-based campaign strategizing firm working with the Opposition, and a civil society a [...] | 2010-02-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN35 | PM King: Rising Crime Threatens St. Lucia's Expanding [...] (C) St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King told the Charge in a February 10 meeting that his government is struggling to stem the tide of violent crime that has begun to adversely affect the country's vital but vulnerable tourism sector. He is hiring more police, weeding out corruption in t [...] | 2010-02-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MASS SNAR XL |
| 10BRUSSELS108 | BELGIUM: DESTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Summary: The law in Belgium regarding text messaging, or any cellular phone use while driving, is very clear: no driver may use a mobile phone while holding it in his or her hand unless the car is stopped. This legislation was enacted in 2000; however, despite the longstanding law, many Be [...] | 2010-01-27 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA |
| 10BRUSSELS109 | EU: WHAT IS "MAINSTREAMING" WOMEN'S ISSUES AND HOW [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Secretary's priority to integrate women's issues into the broader work of the Department coincides with an effort by the European Union to mainstream gender issues into its own external relations. Towards this end, the EU is currently circulating an internal action plan th [...] | 2010-01-27 19:06:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN MASS EU |
| 10BRUSSELS11 | BELGIUM: 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 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN XG PHUM BE |
| 10BRUSSELS120 | EU PARLIAMENT POISED TO VETO U.S.-EU CT TFTP AGREEMENT; PNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Parliament is increasingly likely to veto the U.S.-EU Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP, also known as SWIFT) next week. There are two aspects to this action. First, members of the European Parliament do not feel that they know enough about the operational [...] | 2010-02-01 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM KJUS |
| 10BRUSSELS121 | USEU AND MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: USEU Muslim outreach efforts have two objectives: U.S-EU cooperation on countering radicalization in Europe and globally, and sharing of best practices in integrating minorities into our societies. The latter cooperation on broader integration of minorities particularly reinfor [...] | 2010-02-01 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI PTER PINS |
| 10BRUSSELS128 | AMBASSADOR KENNARD’S MEETING WITH SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1, Ambassador Kennard made a courtesy call on the Spanish Permanent Representative to the European Union, Carlos Bastarreche Segues. They discussed the state of play for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP),the nature of the European Parliament after the Lisbon Tr [...] | 2010-02-03 10:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS141 | BELGIAN FM VANACKERE'S JAN 18-25 TRIP TO CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry provided a readout February 1 of Belgian FM Vanackere's January 18-25 trip to the Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Rwanda, and Burundi. Vanackere met the presidents and foreign ministers of all three coun [...] | 2010-02-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG RW BY 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 14:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 10BRUSSELS169 | THE MIGRATION DIALOGUE: A U.S.-EU JHA DELIVERABLE [...] (U) This cable includes two action requests. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the USEU representatives from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA),and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) met with represen [...] | 2010-02-10 16:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF CVIS KFRD KISL EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS174 | S/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 13:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PTER BE |
| 10BRUSSELS176 | EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 [...] Per reftel, this is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment --Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation --D [...] | 2010-02-12 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS178 | BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO FALL IN JANUARY [...] On February 11, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 626 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 25 to January 31 (week 5),and an estimated 257 cases during January 18 to 24. Two additional H1N1-related de [...] | 2010-02-12 16:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 10BRUSSELS179 | BELGIUM: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 16:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV 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 16:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ETTC PINR PREL |
| 10BRUSSELS183 | SUBJECT: DEPUTY NSA MICHAEL FROMAN VISIT TO [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman held wide-ranging discussions with over 25 senior EU officials in Brussels January 27. Froman and the Ambassador met with Commission President Barroso, the incoming European Commissioners for Climate (Hedegaard),[...] | 2010-02-17 13:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ECPS EFIN ENRG EINV ETRD EUN KGHG |
| 10BRUSSELS191 | BELGIUM 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 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL BE |
| 10BRUSSELS197 | EU REVISES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The EU formally agreed on February 15 to extend its sanctions against Zimbabwe by twelve months. Changes include the de-listing of six individuals and nine entities; the EU otherwise rolled over all existing program measures. Preambulatory paragraphs within the Council Deci [...] | 2010-02-19 13:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER EFIN EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS203 | BELGIAN 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 16:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MARR PREL PGOV NATO BE |
| 10BRUSSELS215 | BELGIUM:ENCOURAGING ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANF [...] (C) On February 19, Acting PolEconCouns delivered reftel talking points, requesting more trainers for the Afghan security forces from Belgium and other ISAF countries, to Gilles De Kerchove at the MFA. De Kerchove confirmed that NATO's request for 22 trainers from Belgium and more general ass [...] | 2010-02-24 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID AF BE |
| 10BRUSSELS219 | U.S. - EU SANCTIONS INFORMAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On February 3, an interagency delegation held an off-the-record roundtable discussion on sanctions issues with Spain (current EU Presidency) and the EU institutions. Topics included legal challenges to sanctions regimes, innovations to UN and EU counterterrorism programs, d [...] | 2010-02-25 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP BM EAIR EFIN ETTC EUN EWWT KJUS KN KNNP |
| 10BRUSSELS228 | EU DECLARES U.S. A KEY SECURITY AND DEFENSE PARTNER [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors recently approved a policy paper on EU defense and security relations with non-EU countries, which singles out the United States as an indispensable partner, according to French Pol-Mil Counselor Thomas Bertin (protect). [...] | 2010-02-26 11:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS233 | IRAN'S URANIUM PROGRAM, EU SANCTIONS AND IRISL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Acting PolEconCouns and PolIntern met with Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, regarding ref A and B demarches. Bauwens said Belgium regards Iran's insistence on moving forward with a higher level of uranium enrich [...] | 2010-02-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT IR BE |
| 10BRUSSELS35 | EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...] | 2010-01-14 05:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN |
| 10BRUSSELS4 | EU PRESIDENT VAN ROMPUY’S PLANS FOLLOWING [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the Conference of Parties (COP) Conference in Copenhagen and Afghanistan with EU Council Permanent President Herman Van Rompuy over coffee December 23 after delivering the congratulatory letter (reftel) from President Obama. Van Rompuy called the Copenhagen [...] | 2010-01-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU SENV PINR BE |
| 10BRUSSELS41 | BELGIUM: 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 14:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER BE |
| 10BRUSSELS46 | Belgium: Disaster Assistance to Haiti: Approximately 130 [...] The Belgian media reported January 15 that approximately 130 Belgians are now on the ground in Port-au-Prince, focusing on finding survivors (with four search dogs) and setting up a field hospital and water purification unit to provide medical assistance and clean water. Belgian Development Co [...] | 2010-01-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI BE HA |
| 10BRUSSELS48 | EU: COPENHAGEN DISAPPOINTING BUT GOOD STEP [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: After the leaders departed Copenhagen, initial commentary was not positive, the prevailing theme being the inability of EU leadership to deliver. Initial press reports highlighted the marginalization of EU officials, but soon began to focus on China's unconstr [...] | 2010-01-15 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EIND PREL KGHG EU |
| 10BRUSSELS63 | DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with the European Commission's Director of Asia and Oceania James Moran January 12 to discuss assistance to Pakistan. Moran stated the European Commission is deepening its commitment to Pakistan by increasing its assistance, holding a EU-P [...] | 2010-01-20 14:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EUN PK |
| 10BRUSSELS65 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your January 21 meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will enable you to deepen the relationship you established with her during your introductory meeting at NATO in early December and in subsequent phone calls. By receivin [...] | 2010-01-20 15:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MASS MARR EU |
| 10BRUSSELS66 | EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...] | 2010-01-21 04:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC |
| 10BRUSSELS70 | BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...] | 2010-01-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE |
| 10BRUSSELS76 | EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...] | 2010-01-22 04:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC |
| 10BRUSSELS88 | EU APPROVES MILITARY TRAINING MISSION FOR SOMALI [...] (SBU) On January 25, EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels approved an EU military mission to train Somali National Security Forces in Uganda. French and German contacts tell us the mission will begin in May. Operational level planning will continue under the supervision of EU Political [...] | 2010-01-26 13:05:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL SO XA XW UG EUN |
| 10BRUSSELS92 | BELGIUM:FM VANACKERE CRITICIZED FOR MEETING KABILA [...] (SBU) All Belgian newspapers gave prominent coverage January 25 to the criticism levied by former Belgian FM Karel De Gucht on FM Steven Vanackere for meeting with Congolese President Joseph Kabila last week. FM Vanackere met with Kabila at his private estate in Lubumbashi, DRC on January 19 [...] | 2010-01-26 16:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CG BE |
| 10BRUSSELS96 | EULEX MAKING PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 18, the EU convened the EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors, which comprises EU and non-EU contributing countries for a political and operational discussion. The Committee heard an operational briefing from the EU and conveyed U.S. policy points to all contribut [...] | 2010-01-27 09:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV KV XG EUN |
| 10BUCHAREST101 | ROMANIA: PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS (FINALLY) IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) Summary. After a series of politically-motivated delays, the Government of Romania (GOR) signed a contract with U.S.-based Franklin Templeton Investments to manage the Property Fund ("the Fund") on February 25th. Despite early hopeful signs (reftel) that this management contract would b [...] | 2010-02-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO |
| 10BUCHAREST104 | ROMANIA'S FAR RIGHT: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD [...] (C) In separate interviews, Romanian political analysts, government officials and former supporters of the far right largely dismissed Romania's ultra-nationalist movement as politically irrelevant. The far right is divided between the Greater Romanian Party (PRM) and New Generation Party (PN [...] | 2010-02-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM RO |
| 10BUCHAREST105 | ROMANIA: LNG NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD [...] (C) Summary. Excited about the possibility of developing a shortcut to new gas supplies, Minister of Economy and Trade Adriean Videanu relayed his hope to the Ambassador that the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) proposal, which would twin liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals i [...] | 2010-02-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RO |
| 10BUCHAREST22 | ROMANIA: 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 12:27:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO |
| 10BUCHAREST28 | NEW 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 13:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
| 10BUCHAREST40 | NEW 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 10:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
| 10BUCHAREST45 | AMBASSADOR'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 13:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RO |
| 10BUCHAREST52 | ROMANIA'S PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARING FOR LAYOFFS TO COMPLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although overall unemployment in Romania reached 7.8 percent in December 2009, the number will go higher in 2010 as layoffs in the public sector are just beginning. As many as 100,000 government positions could be on the chopping block if the Government of Romania (GOR) is to rem [...] | 2010-02-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI IMF RO |
| 10BUCHAREST82 | ROMANIA: PURSUING AN AZERI-GEORGIAN-ROMANIAN ENERGY [...] (SBU) Although the Government of Romania (GOR) insists publicly that the Nabucco pipeline project is still its top energy security priority, the GOR is actively pursuing alternative sources and routes for natural gas imports. It has signed bilateral energy cooperation agreements with Azerbaij [...] | 2010-02-17 04:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO |
| 10BUCHAREST93 | ROMANIA: OPPOSITION PSD SURPRISED BY ELECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a marathon extraordinary party convention February 20 that finally ended after 3:30 Sunday morning, Challenger Victor Ponta, 37, defeated incumbent chairman Mircea Geoana in elections to the Social Democratic Party (PSD) national chairmanship. The all-day event, carried live [...] | 2010-02-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RO |
| 10BUDAPEST102 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU FAC MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on February 19. 2. (C) Dekany provided the following comments on three topics: Iran, Ukraine and Libya. -- IRAN: The recent announcement by Iran that it would increase i [...] | 2010-02-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU RU UA HU |
| 10BUDAPEST106 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES BILATERAL TAX TREATY AND S&T [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
| 10BUDAPEST107 | PARLIAMENT PASSES ANTI-HOLOCAUST BILL [...] (U) On February 22, in its last session before April's national elections, Parliament passed a Holocaust denial bill. According to the new legislation, which amends the Hungarian criminal code, anyone who publicly denies the Holocaust, calls it into doubt, or diminishes its significance can [...] | 2010-02-23 17:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI HU |
| 10BUDAPEST113 | PECS - A WINDOW ON HUNGARIAN POLITICS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pecs is off to a lurching start as a "European Cultural Capital." The new Fidesz administration has proven as inept as its Socialist predecessors in getting the city ready for this year-long event, with infrastructure upgrades months behind. Fidesz mayor Zsolt Pava appears to b [...] | 2010-02-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI HU |
| 10BUDAPEST16 | HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: NEW CASES DOWN, FOR NOW [...] Summary: The first wave of the H1N1 pandemic in Hungary appears to be in decline, according to data from the Influenza Surveillance Division of Hungary's National Center for Epidemiology. However, the Center cautions that a second wave may arrive shortly, as schools reopen following the Chri [...] | 2010-01-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU |
| 10BUDAPEST26 | AMBASSADOR'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 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG EPET EINV MARR MOPS PHUM RS LO HR |
| 10BUDAPEST37 | AMBASSADOR'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 12:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU |
| 10BUDAPEST43 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HUNGARY [...] The following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Hungary: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HUNGARY OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Hungary maintains an open economy and attracting foreign investment remains a priority for the Hungarian government. According to the Hungaria [...] | 2010-01-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB PGOV HU |
| 10BUDAPEST48 | HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA FROM APRIL TO [...] On January 15, Hungary's National Center for Epidemiology published a report on the H1N1 influenza pandemic in Hungary in its weekly journal EpInfo. The report analyzed epidemiological data collected from April 30, 2009 to January 15, 2010. Key data follows. 2. From April 30, 2009 until [...] | 2010-01-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU |
| 10BUDAPEST78 | ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION SURROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hungarian Parliament recently passed legislation to incorporate the EU's energy unbundling directives. However, the legislation has been widely criticized because of the influence of energy conglomerates MVM and MOL on the bill, for the lack of input from government or ind [...] | 2010-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
| 10BUDAPEST98 | HUNGARY: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] We believe the Government of Hungary (GOH) fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The GOH has improved its efforts to combat trafficking and followed through on its proposals to address the problem. Notably, the government improved its support for victims [...] | 2010-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV MCA PHUM PREF |
| 10BUENOSAIRES100 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; CHINA'S CENSORSHIP OF GOOGLE AND [...] Although no longer a front-page news story, Haiti continues to make headlines, with articles now focusing on reconstruction and adoption issues. The Chinese government's censorship of both Google and the Avatar movie, as well as Argentina's nuclear development in view of the upcoming NPT Con [...] | 2010-01-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA CH KNNP AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES106 | MEDIA REACTION; HAITI; 1/30/10 -2/1/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Most local newspapers reported that ten U.S. Baptists were arrested after attempting to take 33 children out of Haiti, as well as on the temporary suspension of U.S. medical evacuation flights from Haiti. One positive opinion piece emphasized the important logistic role played by the U.S. in [...] | 2010-02-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES108 | MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY CONTINUES FOLLOWING STATE OF THE [...] Over the weekend, only two Argentine dailies, largest daily Clar????n and left-leaning, pro-government P????gina 12, printed opinion articles written by Argentine reporters on President Obama's foreign policy following the State of the Union address. All other dailies published articles fro [...] | 2010-02-01 18:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IS |
| 10BUENOSAIRES109 | Argentina: 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 22:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ECON ELAB PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES11 | (C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...] | 2010-01-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES111 | Argentina: 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 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES118 | Argentina: 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 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES122 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI; 2/3/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Headlines on Haiti on 2/3 focused on PM Jean-Max Bellerive's remarks that the death toll has now reached over 200,000. Only three newspapers reported on the ten Americans arrested for child trafficking. End summary. NEW DEATH TOLL MAKES HEADLINES --------------- 2. Seve [...] | 2010-02-03 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES13 | Argentina: Standoff between the President and the Central [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a major institutional crisis in Argentina with her January 8 dismissal of Central Bank (BCRA) Governor Martin Redrado. The GoA has since been fighting frantically with the opposition-controlled Congress, the courts, and media [...] | 2010-01-11 23:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES134 | Argentina: Fiscal Situation Steadily Deteriorating But No [...] (SBU) The long-term Argentine fiscal situation is deteriorating. The fiscal gap is manageable in 2010, but will be difficult to overcome in 2011 without a restoration of the government's ability to borrow on the international financial markets. The GOA has, so far, managed to bridge the gap [...] | 2010-02-04 22:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES138 | ARGENTINA - PREPARATIONS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Alberto Dojas, Deputy Director at the MFA's Direction for International Security and Nuclear Affairs (DIGAN),and with Francisco Spano and Elena Maceiras, respectively Chairman and Vice-President of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),to discuss points raised in reftel. [...] | 2010-02-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PARM KSUM PINS PREL IAEA PTER AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES152 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/9/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Iran's announcement that it is enriching uranium to 20% was widely covered in Argentine newspapers, focusing on U.S. and French discussions in Paris over new sanctions. Articles contained quotes from top U.S. and French officials denouncing Iran's policies and renewing calls for the UN Secur [...] | 2010-02-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES178 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/11-16/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine President Kirchner's invitation from President Obama to attend a nuclear summit in April received large, positive press coverage. Newspapers also widely reported on Iran's 31st Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, with articles highlighting the Iranian government trying to suppre [...] | 2010-02-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES194 | MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA, IRAN, HAITI, AND U.S. LATIN [...] Although Europe's financial troubles continue to dominate international news sections, several U.S. topics also made headlines. Articles characterized China's disapproval of the Dalai Lama's visit to the U.S. as a sign that China "wants to be heard" on key international issues. In addition, [...] | 2010-02-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR HA IR CO CH |
| 10BUENOSAIRES200 | Argentina: 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 15:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES208 | Argentina: Farmer Demonstration Against Agriculture Policy [...] (SBU) A February 17 demonstration by farmers in Chab????s, Santa Fe province, protesting the government's agriculture policies has brought about welcome policy changes. That evening, hoping to defuse the situation and avoid another all-out strike and sales boycott by farmers, Minister of Agr [...] | 2010-02-19 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES25 | U.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 18:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES254 | Argentina 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 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES43 | Argentina: Former Vice Mayor Michetti Talks National [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly-elected national Deputy from Argentina's center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) party Gabriela Michetti on January 8, and discussed the GOA's showdown with Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado (reftel) and the opposition's legislative plans under t [...] | 2010-01-26 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES55 | Argentina: 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 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES70 | MEDIA REACTION: COUNTDOWN TO STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; [...] Argentine newspapers are reporting growing expectations over President Obama's State of the Union address, portraying it as an effort to regain political momentum and regain initiative. Despite one opinion article critical of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, the speech is expected to con [...] | 2010-01-26 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES75 | Argentina: Surprise Appointment to Head Central Bank [...] (C) In a surprise move, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appointed Mercedes Marco del Pont to the post of President of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Marco del Pont, 50, and the first woman ever to hold the job, is now serving as Interim President until she is confirmed b [...] | 2010-02-04 23:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES86 | MEDIA REACTION; STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; 1/28/10; BUENOS [...] Local newspapers extensively covered President Obama's State of the Union Address, leading their international sections. Reactions were mixed. Most newspapers reported positively, highlighting the President's plans regarding job creation and health care reform. Largest daily Clarin and righ [...] | 2010-01-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR EFIN ECON ETRD |
| 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 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES91 | Argentina: 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 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES95 | Falklands/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 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR |
| 10BUENOSAIRES96 | Argentina 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 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
| 10BUJUMBURA37 | UNCONFIRMED 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 10:45:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC BY PTER |
| 10CAIRO119 | EGYPT: 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 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
| 10CAIRO121 | UNPROFITABLE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SWAP LAND FOR DEBTS [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) are handing over real estate to settle a significant amount of their outstanding loans to public sector banks. -- The land for debt swaps will settle about 80% of the SOEs outstanding loans with the public banks. -- This pr [...] | 2010-01-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EG |
| 10CAIRO131 | EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID YM EG |
| 10CAIRO145 | A/S POSNER ENGAGES WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] Key Points: -- (C) In meetings January 13-14, A/S Posner told activists and opposition politicians that the U.S. is seeking ways to advance human rights and political participation over the coming 12-18 months. -- (C) Activists urged the U.S. to end a "double standard" on Israeli human rig [...] | 2010-01-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 10CAIRO153 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION VISITS EGYPT - SECTARIAN ATTACK [...] (SBU) A delegation from the United States International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF),consisting of three commissioners and three staff members led by the USCIRF chairman, visited Cairo from January 22 to 26. The delegation met with the Minister of Islamic Endowments, the Grand [...] | 2010-02-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL EG KPAO |
| 10CAIRO179 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our strong law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the auspices of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adly (we have reques [...] | 2010-02-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
| 10CAIRO181 | Scenesetter for Admiral Mullen [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Since your last visit, the U.S. and Egypt initiated a senior-level Strategic Dialogue that built upon the improved bilateral atmosphere following President Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo. We have seen improved cooperation in multilateral fora, in addition to close c [...] | 2010-02-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PARM ETTC EG |
| 10CAIRO197 | Egypt: New Round of MB Arrests [...] Key Points: -- (U) Three senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt including Deputy Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat, Spokesman Essam El Eryan and MB "Mufti" Abdel Rahman El Barr were detained by security forces the morning of February 8 along with twelve other members of the MB. [...] | 2010-02-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM EG |
| 10CAIRO203 | FORMER HOUSING MINISTER RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT AMIDST [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) On February 2, former Housing Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Soliman resigned from parliament in the midst of press reports that the Public Prosecutor is investigating him for corruption. -- (C) Independent MPs had filed a criminal complaint against Soliman in Januar [...] | 2010-02-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR EG |
| 10CAIRO211 | Tenth 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 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KCRM PGOV PREF PHUM KFRD KWMN KMCA SMIG |
| 10CAIRO219 | Egypt: Tax Reform Continues As Revenues Meet Lowered [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -- Egypt's Tax Commissioner expects the implementation of the new real estate law to proceed without significant alternations. -- He claims that much of the public resistance to filing property declarations is rooted in people's desire to maintain the secrecy of th [...] | 2010-02-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI EG |
| 10CAIRO237 | El 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 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 10CAIRO238 | Egypt: 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 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP TSPL EG |
| 10CAIRO257 | DASD Kahl Meeting with Egyptian Military Officials [...] (C) Key Points: -- On January 31, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dr. Colin Kahl met with Major General Mohammad al-Assar, Assistant to the Minister of Defense, Major General Ahmad Moataz, Chief of the American Relations Branch, and Major General Fouad Arafa, Consu [...] | 2010-02-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR IS IR IZ EG LY SU |
| 10CAIRO64 | EGYPT'S EMERGENCY LAW AND ITS BROAD USES [...] KEY POINTS -- Egypt's State of Emergency, in effect almost continuously since 1967, allows for the application of the 1958 Emergency Law, which grants the GOE broad powers to arrest individuals without charge and to detain them indefinitely. -- The Emergency Law creates state security cour [...] | 2010-01-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KIRF ELAB EG |
| 10CAIRO67 | ARAB LEAGUE PLANS FOR SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
| 10CAIRO79 | MFA ADVISOR PRESENTS BLEAK PICTURE OF AFRICAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EAID SU SO ET ER EG |
| 10CAIRO99 | ACTIVISTS, BLOGGERS DETAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) The GOE arrested and detained a group of about 30 activists and bloggers the morning of January 15 as they arrived in Naga Hamadi to visit the families of those killed in the January 6 sectarian shootings (ref A). -- (SBU) The group of detainees included activists from secular [...] | 2010-01-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG |
| 10CALGARY38 | Signs of Life for Northern Canadian Gas Through the [...] Summary: The contents of a long-delayed regulatory report on the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline has brought some optimism back to project proponents. The pipeline would bring 1.2 billion cubic feet (bcf) of northern Canadian gas per day from the Northwest Territories' Mackenzi [...] | 2010-02-16 23:48:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV SENV CA |
| 10CANBERRA104 | AUSTRALIA INCREASES AID TO BURMA, MAINTAINS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will increase its humanitarian and development assistance to Burma by about forty percent over the next three years to roughly USD 40 million. The aid increase is the only major change resulting from Australia's just completed Burma policy review. Australia's current [...] | 2010-02-12 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BM AS |
| 10CANBERRA118 | RUDD 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 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
| 10CANBERRA119 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA120 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA122 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA15 | WHALING COLLISION: AUSTRALIA WILL INVESTIGATE [...] (C/NF) The initial video evidence of the collision between a Japanese whaling ship and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel Ady Gil (ref A) strongly suggests that the Ady Gil stopped or slowed significantly in the path of the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru at close range a [...] | 2010-01-07 06:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS EWWT PREL AS JA |
| 10CANBERRA24 | TWO QANTAS EXECUTIVES HELD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two Australian airline executives are being prevented from leaving Vietnam over fuel hedging losses incurred by Vietnamese controlled airline JetStar Pacific. Australian airline QANTAS, which owns 27 percent of the airline, is strongly defending the two executives and is trying [...] | 2010-01-11 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS |