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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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10USUNNEWYORK54UNMIS ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE; COUNCIL URGES
[...] Summary: On January 26, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Le Roy acknowledged that difficult issues still must be resolved and noted that the upcoming African Union Summit in Addis would provide an opportunity to harmonize strategies. Council mem [...]
2010-01-29 19:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
10USUNNEWYORK60UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session
[...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...]
2010-02-03 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNICEF EAID ECON TZ
10USUNNEWYORK631267: UK SOUNDS ALARM ON TARDY REVIEW OF AL QAEDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham expressed concern to Amb. Wolff about the 1267 Committee's disappointingly slow progress on its one-time review of all names on the Al Qaeda / Taliban sanctions list. Parham expressed frustration that the 1267 Committee still had 400 out of 488 names lef [...]
2010-02-05 16:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK7UN - GA FUNDS SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS FOR 2010
[...] (U) Summary: On December 24, 2009, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the GA completed its consideration of the proposed 2010 budgets for 27 Special Political Missions (SPMs) by approving funding under the regular budget of $569.5 million, a reduction of $30 million (5%) i [...]
2010-01-07 21:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA
10USUNNEWYORK71SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...]
2010-02-09 14:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM
10USUNNEWYORK75AMB. RICE'S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY 3,
[...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...]
2010-02-11 15:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PHUM PREF SU
10USUNNEWYORK77AMBASSADOR RAPP (S/SWCI) HOLDS MEETINGS IN NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Rapp (S/WCI),held meetings in New York February 1, 2 and 5 to take the pulse of the P5, Austria, and Rwanda on the possibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferring cases to Rwanda's national judicial system where an internat [...]
2010-02-11 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYICTY PARM PREF PREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK85AMB. RICE,S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...]
2010-02-16 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU
10USUNNEWYORK88AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PERMREP
[...] Summary: During a February 8 lunch hosted by Ambassador Rice for Brazilian PermRep Viotti, the U.S. and Brazil were in agreement on priorities for and approaches to dealing with Haiti. On Sudan, Viotti said she believes there is "a measure of convergence" in the SC on what needs to be done t [...]
2010-02-16 21:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IAEA BR IR HA SU
10USUNNEWYORK89SECURITY COUNCIL LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: MINURCAT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a lunch hosted by the French Mission for Security Council members on February 12, Secretary General Ban discussed the future status of the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT),Cote D'Ivoire and Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe's recent trip to [...]
2010-02-17 23:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD LY SU CT KN IV
10USUNNEWYORK95USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...]
2010-02-20 02:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL TU UNSC
10VALLETTA27MALTA'S ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SUMMARY) Maltese women are under-represented at the decision making level of most of Malta's government and business organizations. From a total of 69 representatives in Parliament, only six are female. Out of nine Ministers, only one is female. Malta's female workforce has increased over th [...]
2010-01-08 12:16:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM XG MT
10VALLETTA69MALTA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, DATA SHARING,
[...] (C) Summary: On February 1 Ambassador Kmiec met with Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg to discuss a wide range of curently pending issues and U.S. Government requests. Results of the meeting include (1) a Maltese commitment to train Afghan civil servants; (2) Malt [...]
2010-02-02 16:30:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAF ECON ECPS EUN IR KCRM KHLS KPAO KTIA MT
10VANCOUVER100CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY FEBRUARY 2010
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry acros [...]
2010-02-23 01:32:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS CMGT CA
10VATICAN11VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES
[...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...]
2010-01-20 16:44:00Embassy VaticanSECRETEAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA
10VATICAN13“GREEN” POPE SUPPORTS US PATH FORWARD FROM COPENHAGEN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 15:58:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKGHG PGOV PREL CU VE VT
10VATICAN15CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
10VATICAN21CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS INVITATION TO HAITI DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite one bishop's mild criticism of the U.S. military's role in Haiti at a press conference in Rome -- later virtually retracted in a Caritas press release -- the Holy See and Catholic relief agencies greatly appreciate U.S. assistance to Haiti and urge the USG to remain eng [...]
2010-02-05 13:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT
10VATICAN33SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STRAINS IRISH-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHAKES UP
[...] (C) Summary: The November 2009 report of cover-up by local bishops of revelations of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish clergy appalled Catholics and others worldwide. Vatican and Irish officials' first concern was for the victims, but that reality was sometimes obscured in the events t [...]
2010-02-26 16:32:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI
10VIENNA106New Science Minister Faces Student Unrest
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25, the GoA appointed Beatrix Karl as its new science minister. Like her predecessor Johannes Hahn -- who left to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy (reftel) -- Karl is a university law professor and a member of the conservative People's Party (OeVP). [...]
2010-01-28 12:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TNGD PINR KSCA TBIO TPHY AU EUN
10VIENNA107Update on Austrian Aid to Haiti
[...] Austria's total (public and private) assistance to Haiti has risen to about EUR 10 million, making Austria one of the more generous countries in the EU on a per capita basis(after Norway, Sweden and Denmark). 2. Government Aid: This week Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the Go [...]
2010-01-28 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VIENNA117AUSTRIA TO PRESS IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
[...] Econpoloff discussed reftel points January 29 with Gerlinde Paschinger, MFA Human Rights Unit Chief of Minority Rights, Thomas Unger, from the Human Rights division of the MFA Office of the Legal Advisor, and Gerrit Ach, MFA Human Rights Desk Officer. Paschinger said the MFA had called in th [...]
2010-02-01 15:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR AU
10VIENNA119AMBASSADOR PRESSES AUSTRIA ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On Feb. 1, Amb. Eacho delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle, maintaining that Austria was in the European mainstream, was supportive of efforts to win enhanced sanctions in the UN Security Council (UNSC),where he said China would ultimately be [...]
2010-02-02 06:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR AU
10VIENNA137EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRAT LEADER SUGGESTS WAY
[...] (C) Summary. Hannes Swoboda (protect),a VP in the Social Democratic caucus of the European Parliament (EP),believes that a clear commitment by the European Commission (EC) and Council to address EP concerns about the interim TFTP/FMDA agreement can sway a majority in the EP to vote in favor [...]
2010-02-05 15:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KTFN ECPS ECON PREL EUN AU
10VIENNA167Austrian Reaction to US-EU 2nd Stage Air Transport
[...] (U) Embassy representatives delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings with MFA transportation office director Andreas Schmidinger and MinTransport DG for Aviation Affairs Manfred Bialonczyk. 2. (U) Both MFA and MinTransport representatives expressed strong support for continuing the US- [...]
2010-02-11 15:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON AU
10VIENNA180Profile of Top Aeronautics Producers in Austria
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable profiles four leading-edge aeronautics companies in Austria -- FACC, Diamond, Schiebel and Frequentis -- to illustrate how this export-driven industry has adapted to the dramatic aviation slowdown. Austrian firms have increasingly turned to foreign partnerships and inve [...]
2010-02-18 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETTC TSPL AU
10VIENNA195AUSTRIA NOT PREPARED TO EXPAND ISAF PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) With the Ambassador traveling in Austria outside of Vienna, the DCM raised reftel A points February 19 with Gerhard Jandl, MFA Security Policy Director. Jandl noted that the GOA was preparing to send five police trainers to the EUPOL mission in Afghanistan (reftel B),and said Austria w [...]
2010-02-22 14:34:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO AU
10VIENNA27SPO-OVP CLASH OVER PLANNED ASYLUM CENTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Interior Minister Fekter (conservative People's Party - OVP) has come under heavy criticism since her late December announcement of a plan to build an asylum center in Burgenland Province. Burgenland Governor Hans Niessl (Social Democrat Party - SPO),who faces provincial electi [...]
2010-01-08 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENNA46AUSTRIA ON AMCIT CASES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 10:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL AU
10VIENNA63Hypo Alpe Adria Group's Future Unclear Amid Allegations of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Investigations into the nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria banking group (HAA) are likely to have significant legal and political implications in Austria and beyond. Following the December 14 GoA takeover of HAA (Austria's sixth largest banking group with pre-crisis assets of about EU [...]
2010-01-15 14:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN GM AU
10VIENNA70CZECH-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS: NEIGHBORLY DIFFERENCES
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Vienna/Embassy Prague report. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, commercial relations are strong but environmental and other concerns have caused friction in the somewhat-testy Czech-Austrian relationship. Czech PM Fischer's visi [...]
2010-01-19 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL CZ AU
10VIENNA76AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PGOV PREL AU
10VIENNA8Austria's Economic Recovery Sure but Slow
[...] SUMMARY: After the deepest recession in more than 50 years, Austria's economy has started to recover but the upward trajectory will be slow, with set-backs likely. GDP will grow only around 1.5% in 2010 and 2011, insufficient to prevent unemployment rising to 5.2-5.7%: Economists say growth [...]
2010-01-07 07:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
10VIENNA82AUSTRIA: INTEGRATION PLAN SETS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Cabinet on January 19 adopted an "action plan" on integration that requires many immigrants to learn German before entering the country and enhances language requirements for legal residents already living in Austria. The plan also aims to combat discrimination and he [...]
2010-01-22 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VIENNA99AUSTRIA: MERGER OF RIGHTWING PARTIES MARRED BY CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the Alliance for the Future of Austria's (BZO) Carinthia branch voted overwhelmingly January 17 to join the Freedom Party (FPO) in a national alliance, despite recent charges of corruption and mismanagement against the leading proponent of the accord. Some BZO leaders o [...]
2010-01-27 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VIENTIANE97UN SYG ENGAGEMENT ON PROTECTION OF HMONG POCS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The US, along with like-minded countries, has sought the cooperation of the Lao government to allow third-country resettlement of 158 ethnic-Hmong Lao citizens identified as POCs by the UNHCR prior to their forced repatriation from Thailand on December 28, 20 [...]
2010-02-25 10:42:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL UN LA
10VILNIUS115LITHUANIA'S HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DEPUTY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Minister of Health resigned effective February 22 in the aftermath of a corruption scandal in which a vice minister pled guilty to soliciting a bribe. Raimondas Sukys, the first deputy speaker of the parliament and a former Minister of Interior, was nominated to be [...]
2010-02-23 12:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR LH
10VILNIUS118AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN UTENA
[...] Summary: A cross section of municipal, business, and civil society leaders in Visaginas and Utena told the Ambassador on February 10-11 that the recession continues to hit the region hard, with negative impacts on families and communities and prompting increased immigration. The closure of the [...]
2010-02-25 11:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN XH LH BE
10VILNIUS125GOL VIEWS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY
[...] (C) Summary. We spoke with Dovydas Spokauskas from the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department as well as Robertas Sapronas from MOD's International Relations and Operations Department to collect information about the GOL's views on Open Skies (OS). The GOL considers t [...]
2010-02-26 15:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL LH
10VILNIUS13SCENESETTER FOR DAS QUANRUD
[...] (U) Embassy Vilnius warmly welcomes you to Lithuania. Your upcoming visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce our close bilateral relations with this small but committed ally in a sensitive and strategic region. The Embassy has organized a schedule that will address key areas of joint i [...]
2010-01-08 15:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON LH
10VILNIUS3DOES ILL WILL BETWEEN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Growing public disagreement between President Dalia Grybauskaite and Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas has prompted speculation by government officials, political analysts and the media that Usackas may lose his job in a Cabinet reshuffle that is expected early in 2010. End sum [...]
2010-01-04 14:04:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPGOV LH
10VILNIUS4LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT GRYBAUSKAITE'S FIRST SIX
[...] (C) After six months as president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite has put a strong personal stamp on the office and has charted a new direction from that set by her predecessor, Valdas Adamkus. She retains high approval ratings, and is seen as honest and hard working. She has sought to orient [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG LH
10VILNIUS48DEFENSE MINISTER ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Jukneviciene on January 20 asked the Ambassador for USG assistance to provide air transport for President Grybauskaite,s planned visit to Afghanistan this spring. The DefMin hopes to meet with Secretary Gates during [...]
2010-01-26 11:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF LH
10VILNIUS5LATEST MEDIA REPORTING ON ALLEGED CIA PRISON IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the parliamentary investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Lithuania has been marked by inaccuracies in the foreign media and criticism of the government in local media. Lithuanian commentators have been critical of the government for damaging the U.S.-Lithu [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LH
10VILNIUS59LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...]
2010-01-29 11:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL XH RU BO LH
10VLADIVOSTOK12PRISON VISIT TO AMCIT HYO SOON PARK
[...] On February 15, 2010, Consular Officer and Consular Agent-Sakhalin visited Park in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Prison. We spoke with Park for 30 minutes, uninterrupted, in the presence of detention officials and the local MFA representative. 2. Park has serious, ongoing problems with his heart. [...]
2010-02-18 01:15:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RS
10VLADIVOSTOK9BEARS FIND A HOME THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN THE FAR EAST
[...] Bears and pensioners, both prisoners of the Russian bureaucracy, are trying to survive together. Mr. Ivan Leschenko and his wife, Lyubov, have "inherited" a wildlife refuge for eight Himalayan bears. The regional government considers the Himalayan bear to be property of the state, but it doe [...]
2010-02-09 04:49:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SCUL PGOV RS
10WARSAW112POLAND - CIVIC PLATFORM PRIMARY GIVES SIKORSKI A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Civic Platform's (PO) decision to break with longstanding Polish tradition and hold primary elections to decide the party's nominee for president has created an opening for FM Radoslaw Sikorski, one of two declared candidates for the nomination. While the majority of party membe [...]
2010-02-22 18:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
10WARSAW17POLAND - WILL PM TUSK RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Donald Tusk has said his Civic Platform (PO) party will not decide until March on its candidate for the fall 2010 presidential elections. Although he is the overwhelming favorite, Tusk is seen to be buying time to help assure victory, having lost the presidential election in [...]
2010-01-07 17:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PL
10WARSAW48FORMER PM BIELECKI ON U.S.-POLAND ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Former PM Jan Bielecki met with Ambassador Feinstein to discuss Poland's economy, its progression through the financial crisis, and its transition over the past twenty years. At the Ambassador's urging, Bielecki also assessed the U.S. role in Poland's economic transformation, and the p [...]
2010-01-21 11:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EFIN PL
10WARSAW7POLAND: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with the Vice President, a diverse group of Polish civil society representatives, including organizations active in promoting democratic transformation and empowerment of women and minorities, emphasized Poland's efforts to share its successful transform [...]
2010-01-05 12:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM PL
10WASHDC113AU 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 04:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MA AU
10WELLINGTON3CORRECTED COPY -- SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S NEW
[...] (SBU) Secretary Clinton, Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland extend a warm welcome to you for your January 15-17 visit to New Zealand. We have worked closely on preparations with your "Kiwi" hosts and share their excitement about your trip. Your visit to New Zealand, a small Pac [...]
2010-01-06 21:06:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD OVIP AMGT SENV MARR NZ
10WELLINGTON57EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand
[...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...]
2010-02-12 07:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU
10WELLINGTON65DAS Reed Engages on TPP, U.N. Reform, Environmental
[...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19, EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),the United Nations, environmental cooperation, [...]
2010-02-19 07:28:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALOVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL
10WELLINGTON81PM Key on Media Strategy after Military Review Briefing; His
[...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the Ambassador accompanied a Washington visitor to a " courtesy call" on Prime Minister (PM) John Key which turned into an hour plus discussion. PM Key noted that he (in contrast to MFAT) was not concerned about immediately devising a "media strategy" after the r [...]
2010-02-25 05:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NZ
10WINDHOEK114Namibia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor in 2009
[...] No single agency is responsible for the enforcement of laws relating to hazardous child labor. However, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's Labor Inspectorate coordinated enforcement of the laws. The inspectorate's work was supported by the Namibian Police's Woman and Child Protection U [...]
2010-02-05 08:33:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI WA
10WINDHOEK21Namibia: Still Bullish on Fishing
[...] (SBU) Fishing is one of Namibia's top industries, contributing between three and seven percent of GDP since 1990, and about 20 percent of export earnings. The fishing industry is trying to diversify both its markets and its products. The Namibian government (GRN) has been largely successful i [...]
2010-02-04 15:44:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON FWS NMFS WA
10YAOUNDE55Cameroon and Fiscal Transparency
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) annually publishes its budget as passed by the National Assembly and approved by the President. The published budget allows the public to review some information regarding projected revenues and expenditures, but the GRC's actual income and expe [...]
2010-01-25 10:23:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID EINV ECON CM
10YAOUNDE8CAMEROON'S RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, the Foreign Ministry's Director for African Affairs said recent visits to Cameroon by the Presidents of Chad and Cental African Republic focused on security and regional integration (especially the corruption scandal in the Central [...]
2010-01-06 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM ECON EFIN PGOV PREF PREL
10YEREVAN1FINAL DEATH THROES FOR LTP'S OPPOSITION ANC?
[...] (C) Since its creation in May 2008 in the wake of the disputed 2008 presidential election, the 17-party opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has been unable to accomplish its stated goal of dislodging the ruling authorities from power. Led by the overbearing Levon Ter-Petrossian (Armeni [...]
2010-01-04 07:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN102ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CHURCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Catholicos Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC),told the Ambassador that the AAC is willing to participate in a joint commission with the Georgian Orthodox Church and others to discuss the historical ownership of a number of disputed churches in Georgia, as [...]
2010-02-26 13:26:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF SCUL GG AM
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN22ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES TURKEY-ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) On January 12 Armenia's Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and developing bilateral relations are in compliance with the Armenian constitution. Addressing criticisms from opponents of the protocols, the Co [...]
2010-01-14 05:23:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN33OPPOSITION LEADER HANDED 7 YEAR SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) On January 19, a Yerevan court controversially convicted and sentenced to seven years' jail time Nikol Pashinian, one of the most prominent opposition leaders who challenged the results of the disputed 2008 presidential election. Pashinian, who went into hiding in March 2008 after the au [...]
2010-01-22 10:56:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
10YEREVAN41POGROM COMMEMORATIONS TO COUNTER BAKU'S
[...] (C) During the past several weeks, extensive commemorations of the January 1990 pogroms of Armenians in Baku have taken place in Yerevan. The GOAM's sponsorship and support of the commemorations appears to be qualitatively and quantitatively higher than in recent years. Post learned that the [...]
2010-01-26 11:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PBTS TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN63ARMAVIA OWNER OUTLINES PLANS FOR U.S. FLIGHTS
[...] (C) During their meeting on January 21, Armavia Airlines owner Mikhail Baghdassarov told Ambassador that the company has reached agreement to purchase a Boeing 767 as a first step toward establishing its long-awaited service to the U.S. Despite the toll the economic crisis has taken on the wo [...]
2010-02-05 13:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD AM
10YEREVAN642009 INFORMATION ON ARMENIA'S CHILD LABOR PRACTICES
[...] (U) This message represents Embassy Yerevan's response to DOL's information request on child labor practices and forced child labor in Armenia in 2009 (ref A). The cable includes information on both tasks: Task 1 (1/TVPRA) - information request on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive chil [...]
2010-02-05 13:14:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM
10YEREVAN73NEW TELECOM ENTRANT IN ARMENIA BRINGS FIBER TO THE
[...] (C) The development of Armenia's information, communications and technology (ICT) sector promises another advancement with the introduction of "triple play" service and fiber to the home. U-Com, a new entrant in the Armenian ICT sector, plans to launch this convergent service. Customer trials [...]
2010-02-11 07:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EINT EINV AM TU
10YEREVAN78SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...]
2010-02-17 05:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPOGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM
10YEREVAN84UPDATE ON ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS AND DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (SBU) On February 12 the Turkey-Armenia protocols were submitted to the National Assembly and subsequently sent to the Committee on Foreign Relations for discussion. It is unclear when the Committee will discuss the protocols and when (or if) the Parliament will vote on them. The draft amendm [...]
2010-02-18 13:55:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AM
10YEREVAN87AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on February 11 Areg Barseghian, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Armenia office, outlined for the Ambassador the ADB's current projects in Armenia. The GOAM plans to manage the largest road project -- the North-South Corridor -- through a paral [...]
2010-02-19 08:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON GA AM
10YEREVAN98EX-ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's foreign minister from 1998-2008, expressed skepticism to the Ambassador about the fate of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, and accused President Sargsian of mishandling the entire process. He suggested that Turkey, as the senior partner, make a unilateral move to g [...]
2010-02-25 07:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU AM
10ZAGREB115SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. On February 15 Senators Voinovich and Shaheen met with PM Kosor, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, Defense Minister Vukelic, then-President Mesic and President-Elect Josipovic. Prime Minister Kosor described the GoC's key goals as completing EU accession negotiations, strengthening [...]
2010-02-25 09:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR OVIP
10ZAGREB12ZAGREB DAILY REPORT: JANUARY 7, 2010
[...] (U) RULING COALITION SUPPORTS PM KOSOR: Following its decision to expel former PM Ivo Sanader from party membership, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leadership headed by Prime Minister and party president Jadranka Kosor met January 5 with its coalition partners, the Croatian Peasant Party [...]
2010-01-07 13:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB121DS LEW IN ZAGREB: NATO PARTNERSHIP, EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew traveled to Zagreb February 17-18 as head of the presidential delegation to the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovic. Croatia's ISAF contributions, EU accession and role in the region emerged as key themes of the visit. In addition [...]
2010-02-26 13:08:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PVOV HR
10ZAGREB14PRESIDENTIAL RACE TIGHTENS; CANDIDATES PRESENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ivo Josipovic, candidate of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP),and independent candidate Milan Bandic, who is the mayor of Zagreb, are competing in the January 10 presidential run-off election. They share similar positions on key foreign policy issues, such as th [...]
2010-01-08 14:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV HR
10ZAGREB19ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 11, 2010
[...] (U) IVO JOSIPOVIC WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Ivo Josipovic, candidate of the main opposition Social Democratic Party, won the run-off election on January 10, garnering 60 percent of the vote to defeat Milan Bandic and become Croatia's third president. Josipovic won an outright majority in 1 [...]
2010-01-11 14:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR
10ZAGREB26AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR
[...] SUMMARY: I saw Prime Minister Kosor for 75 minutes January 11 to discuss the fallout from the Sanader "political coup" attempt (reftels) and a range of issues, including Croatia's EU accession negotiations, ICTY cooperation, energy relationship with Russia and prospects for improving ties wi [...]
2010-01-12 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB30ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 13, 2010
[...] (U) PM KOSOR MEETING WITH SLOVENE PM PAHOR TODAY: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor is traveling to Kranjska Gora in Slovenia today for a working lunch with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Topics for discussion will include the status of the Slovenia-Croatia Arbitration Agreement for the border dispute [...]
2010-01-14 08:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HR
10ZAGREB34CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ZAGREB45ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 21, 2010
[...] (U) PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ISSUE STATEMENT CLARIFYING MESIC'S RECENT COMMENTS ON BiH: Mesic's office released a statement on January 21 responding to "certain nervous and unfounded reactions" to this week's comments by Mesic that Croatia would be ready to respond militarily if Republika Srpska mo [...]
2010-01-21 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB48Zagreb Daily Report - January 22, 2010
[...] (U) Prosecutors Open Formal Corruption Investigation of Former Deputy Prime Minister: Media reported on January 21 that the Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) has opened a formal investigation of Damir Polancec, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Eco [...]
2010-01-22 11:48:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR ECON
10ZAGREB49PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSIPOVIC REVIEWS FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting with Ambassador Foley, Croatian president-elect Ivo Josipovic reviewed the foreign policy priorities for his mandate. Beginning with an affirmation of Croatia's excellent relationship with the US as a NATO ally, Josipovic went on to express his appreciati [...]
2010-01-22 15:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB53CROATIAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING FORMER PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has outlined to us several ongoing corruption cases targeting former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and other top government officials. Prosecutors are developing at least one case against the former PM which could result in his indictment, and they are [...]
2010-01-26 13:40:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR HR
10ZAGREB55NEW DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL OPEN TO IMPROVE RELATIONS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting on January 20, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic discussed with the Ambassador the recently opened channel with Serbian President Boris Tadic to improve bilateral relations. Bozinovic believed there was good will on both sides to try and tackle the complicated open i [...]
2010-01-26 14:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PREF SR HR
10ZAGREB56ICTY TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE ONCE CHAPTER 23 OPENS,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley briefed Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic on his trip to London to discuss Croatia's investigation into missing war crimes documents and the UK's block on Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) in Croatia's EU accession negotiations. Although some in the B [...]
2010-01-26 15:34:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR
10ZAGREB57HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. Hungary's ambassador to Croatia, Peter Gyorkos, sat down with Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer on January 22 to discuss the recent visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Croatia, and to explain Hungary's increasing nervousness regarding Croatia's energy relations with Russia [...]
2010-01-26 16:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL HU HR
10ZAGREB6FORMER PM'S SURPRISE RETURN TO POLITICS MAY LEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After an extraordinary meeting of the presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),the party leaked to the press that the HDZ presidency decided to expel former premier Ivo Sanader from the party. While the HDZ will not release an official statement stripping Sanader of his [...]
2010-01-04 15:16:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV HR
10ZAGREB71PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CROATIA'S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Kosor will visit Moscow on February 22. Croatia's main aim will be to secure a new gas supply contract with Russia, as the current one expires in late 2010. GoC is also interested in talking about Croatia's possible inclusion in South Stream, but only on a 50/50 basis. [...]
2010-02-02 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG HR RU
10ZAGREB84SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 15 comes in the final week of President Stipe Mesic's second and final term in office, and just three days before the inauguration of Ivo Josipovic, an opposition Social Democrat and legal scholar, who will become Croatia's third president since independen [...]
2010-02-05 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA PGOV HR
10ZAGREB86AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER SUKER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Ivan Suker is relatively upbeat about Croatia's economic prospects, feeling that the government has managed its fiscal situation fairly well. While acknowledging that some further reforms, such as improving labor participation rates, are needed, he appears unwil [...]
2010-02-08 15:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV HR
10ZAGREB92SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO ZAGREB
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 18 for the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovic, will send a clear signal of support for the new president and the US-Croatia relationship overall. Josipovic is a well-respected legal scholar and self-professed "europhile" who was nomi [...]
2010-02-11 12:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA PGOV HR
10ZAGREB97PODRAVKA CORRUPTION CASE TIED TO XXXXXXXXXXXX AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The investigation of former Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec and the Podravka food company (which is 26 percent state-owned) is uncovering a growing scandal and has now tied Podravka's financing schemes to the XXXXXXXXXXXX. The majority of Podravka's board are under arrest. Prosecu [...]
2010-02-12 11:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR HU HR
66BUENOSAIRES2481 EXTENDED NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS OVER HIGH SEAS
[...] PRESS REPORTS AND VARIETY EMBASSY SOURCES CONFIRM NEW ARGENTINE LEGISLATION UNILATERALLY CHANGING SEAS JURIS- DICTION NOW UNDER ADVANCED REVIEW. REPORTEDLY LAW WOULD ESTABLISH SIX MILE TERRITORIAL SEA, PLUS ANOTHER SIX MILES OF EXCLUSIVE FISHING JURISDICTION, PLUS ANOTHER EXTENDED ZONE OF "P [...]
1966-12-28 18:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PBTS AR
72TEHRAN1164ACCELERATION OF F-4ES FOR IRAN
[...] ON FEB 24 CHARGE WAS CONVOKED BY MINSTER OF WAR, GEN. REZANUZIMI, ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM SHAH. AZIMI SAID SHAH MOST DEEPLY CONCERNED AT TRENDS IN SECURITY SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST AND EXPECIALLY ON HIS WESTERN BORDERS. US OFFICALS ALREADY AWARE OF SHAH'S CONCERN THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN MINIS [...]
1972-02-25 09:30:00Embassy TehranUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR IR
72TEHRAN1381TRIALS/EXECUTIONS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT ELEMENTS: STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AND SHAH LASHES OUT AT FOREIGN CRITICS
[...] IN PROTEST AGAINST RECENT TRIALS/PUNISHMENT (PARTICULARLY EXECUTIONS, WHICH NOW TOTAL 10) OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT-ELEMENTS, TEHRAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS -- LEAD BY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS-- MOUNTED ON-CAMPUS DEMONSTRATION AFTERNOON OF MARCH 7 AND EVEN LARGE ONE (CIRC 600) MORNING OF MARCH 8. WHILE [...]
1972-03-09 05:40:00Embassy TehranUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IR
72TEHRAN5055CONTINUING TERRORIST VIOLENCE
[...] IN WAKE OF SMOOTHLY HANDLED ASSASSINATION AUGUST 13 OF HEAD OF PRISONS BRIGADIER GENERAL SAID TAHERI (REFTEL) WHO WAS ALSO CHIEF OF AN ANTI-GUERRILLA SUBCOMMITTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, FREQUENCY OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES HAS INCREASED. RECENT CONFIRMED INCIDENTS HAVE INCLUDED A [...]
1972-08-22 09:27:00Embassy TehranUNCLASSIFIEDIR PTER
73TEHRAN7005ASSASSINATION/KIDNAP PLOT AGAINST SHAH REVEALED
[...] MINISTRY OF INFORMATION ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 2 THE ARREST OF TWELVE PERSONS INCLUDING TWO WOMEN ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP OR KILL MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED FILMMAKERS, CAMERAMEN AND NEWSPAPERMEN, HAD RECONNOITERED SHAH'S CASPIA [...]
1973-10-02 14:00:00Embassy TehranUNCLASSIFIEDPINS IR
7575LIBREVILLE1895KOREA AT 30TH UNGA: GABON
[...] No summary [...]
1975-11-18 12:05:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPFOR UNGA GB KS KN
75TEHRAN2069IRANIAN RESURGENCE PARTY CREATED BY SHAH
[...] SHAH'S LENGTHY STATEMENT AT HIS MARCH 2 PRESS CONFERENCE, FROM WITH CORRESPONDENTS FOR FOREIGN MEDIA WERE EXCLUDED, (TEXT SENT BY AIRGRAM) ESTABLISHED IRANIAN RESURGENCE PARTY. NEW PARTY WILL ABSORB RULING IRAN NOVIN PARTY, LOYAL OPPOSITION MARDOM PARTY, AND THE ULTRA-NATIONALIST PAN IRANIST PA [...]
1975-03-04 11:25:00Embassy TehranCONFIDENTIALPINT IR
79TEHRAN11319MODERATION: DOES IT HAVE A CHANCE?
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE MODERATE IRANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES, WHICH WERE ACTIVE DURING THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND WHICH HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF OPPOSITION TO THE SHAH, HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO THE BACKGROUND BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WHO FOLLOW A NARROW AND AUTHORITARIAN INTERPR [...]
1979-10-26 07:32:00Embassy TehranCONFIDENTIALPINT SHUM PINR IR
85ALEXANDRIA535 LETTER FROM ALEXANDRIA: RAMADAN I
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST MESSAGE IN A TWO-PART SERIES WHICH DISCUSSES THE JUST-COMPLETED MONTH OF RAMADAN, AND THE ENSUING FEAST PERIOD, IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. ALTHOUGH THE MONTH PASSED WITH THE TRADITIONAL GAIETY, THIS YEAR THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF [...]
1985-06-30 11:24:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PINS EG
85ALEXANDRIA547 MORE ON LABOR STRIKE IN ALEXANDRIA
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SINCE SUBMISSION OF REFTEL, ANOTHER LOCAL SECURITY OFFICIAL HAS CONFIRMED TO US THAT A LABOR STRIKE OCCURRED IN MID-JUNE AT THE NEARBY ABU KIR ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES FACTORY, RESULTING IN AUTHORITIES' CLOSING IT FOR TWO DAYS--JUNE 19-20. THE OFFICIAL CONF [...]
1985-07-02 11:26:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ELAB EG
85ALEXANDRIA548LETTER FROM ALEXANDRIA: RAMADAN II
[...] No summary [...]
1985-07-02 11:28:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALEG PGOV PINR PINS
85ALEXANDRIA817 ALEXANDRIA: A "DEEPLY DIVIDED" CITY
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE JULY 2 PRESENTATION, TO THE PEOPLES ASSEMBLY, OF THE PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON ALEXANDRIA GOVERNOR FAWZI MA'AZ'S CONDUCT OF OFFICE DID NOT STOP THE DEBATE. INDEED, NEW CHARGES AND COUNTER-CHARGES HAVE EMERGED DURING THE SUMMER WH [...]
1985-09-03 15:07:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EG
85BAGHDAD3988THE GULF WAR: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE OR EXPANSION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE GULF WAR WILL LIKELY BUT NOT NECESSARILY REMAIN STALEMATED. IRAQ DOMINATES IN EVERY MAJOR WEAPONS CATEGORY AND HAS CONSTRUCTED FORMIDABLE DEFENSES. YET, ALL IS NOT WELL. THE IRANIANS CONTINUE TO MAKE INROADS EVEN WHILE PAYING DEARLY FOR THEM. OVER TIME [...]
1985-11-24 11:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL IZ IR XF
85BANDARSERIBEGAWAN1399SULTAN OF BRUNEI STRIKES TWO MORE RAPID BLOWS AT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. AS REPORTED REFTEL THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI BOYCOTTED ACTIVITIES MARKING THE PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY ON NOV 25 IN ANGER AT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HAVING INTRODUCED SEPARATION OF THE SEXES AT THE CELEBRATION. EVEN THOUGH THE DECISION TO SEPARATE THE SEXES WAS REVERSED, [...]
1985-12-02 07:40:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPGOV XX
85BANDARSERIBEGAWAN214BIG BUSINESS IS ROYAL BUSINESS IN BRUNEI
[...] No summary [...]
1985-03-04 06:20:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALECON BX KPRP
85BEIRUT1014HIZBALLAH ON THE MOVE
[...] C-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: SOME WEEKS AGO, IN A MESSAGE ON POTENTIAL NEW HIZBALLAH TACTICS IN THE WAKE OF THE JENCO KIDNAPPING AND THE MURDER OF TWO FRENCH MILITARY OBSERVERS, EMBASSY BEIRUT SPECULATED THAT HIZBALLAH IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT TOWARD A MORE PUBLIC, VISIBLE STANCE, PART [...]
1985-02-19 13:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPINT LE
85BEIRUT1351 HIZBALLAH "MANIFESTO"
[...] No summary [...]
1985-03-05 08:46:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPINT PTER LE
85BEIRUT1640 JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT"
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE MARONITE PARTIARCH CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO RECONCILE DIFFERENCES WHICH ERUPTED ON MARCH 13 WITHIN THE LEBANESE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BETWEEN JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT" AND PHALANGISTS LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT. THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL PRO [...]
1985-03-15 16:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS LE
85BEIRUT1645 JA'JA'S MOVEMENT COMMUNIQUE
[...] ON MARCH 14, SAMIR JA'JA'S FORCES, NOW CALLED THE "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT," ISSUED THE FOLLOWING COMMUNIQUE OUTLINING THEIR AIMS. 2. BEGIN TEXT. "THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUERIES LATELY ABOUT WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE AUTONOMOUS DECISION OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, ON WHETHER THI [...]
1985-03-15 17:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LE
85BEIRUT1646 JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT":
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLOFF MET MARCH 15 WITH LONGTIME CONTACT NAOUM FARAH, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE LEBANESE FORCES AND NOW AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT." FARAH, WHO UNTIL EARLY MARCH WAS ALSO THE OFFICIAL LF SPOKESMAN, REQUESTED [...]
1985-03-15 17:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL LE US
85BEIRUT1668 SYRIAN EXERTS PRESSURE ON LEBANESE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SYRIA CONTINUES TO EXERT POLITICAL AND MILITARY PRESSURE AGAINST DISSIDENT ELEMENTS OF THE LEBANESE FORCES. STATEMENTS FROM DAMASCUS BY SYRIAN AND LEBANESE LEADERS HINT AT RETALIATION IF THE REVOLT CONTINUES. AFTER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ASSAD, FORMER PRESI [...]
1985-03-17 10:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85BEIRUT1676 CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT RESPONDS TO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE FOCUS OF SYRIAN PRESSURE ON DISSIDENT CHRISTIANS HAS SHIFTED TO THE POLITICAL ARENA AND THE USE OF LEBANESE MUSLIM LEADERS. SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT KHADDAM HAS CANCELLED HIS MARCH 18 VISIT TO BEIRUT. THE WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEETING OF THE LEBANESE CABINET HAS [...]
1985-03-18 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85BEIRUT1683 SOLVING THE CHRISTIAN CRISIS: THE PHALANGE
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON MINISTER OF PTT JOSEPH HASHEM MARCH 18. HASHEM IS A PHALANGE PARTY LEADER AND CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF PRESIDENT GEMAYEL. HE IS ON THE COMMITTEE OF THREE (WITH KARIM PAKKRADOUNI REPRESENTING THE DISSIDENTS AND MICHEL MURR AS THE THIRD MAN [...]
1985-03-18 18:23:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV LE
85BEIRUT1725 FULL TEXT OF ISLAMIC JIHAD 17 MARCH STATEMENT
[...] AP PROVIDED EMBASSY WITH FULL TEXT OF ISLAMIC JIHAD STATEMENT AS TELEPHONED MARCH 17 TO REUTERS AND AFP. 2. BEGIN TEXT: "THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION IN THE NAME OF GOD THE ALL MERCIFUL. THE PUNISHMENT OF THOSE IS THE CURSE OF GOD, THE ANGELS AND ALL PEOPLE. THE DETENTION OF TERRY [...]
1985-03-20 13:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL LE
85BEIRUT1952JA'JA'-PHALANGE STALEMATE DRAGGING OUT
[...] S-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PHALANGE POLITBURO MEMBER ALFRED MAHDI, WHO REMAINS PERSONALLY CLOSE TU JA'JA', 29 MARCH PROVIDED CHARGE WHAT WE SENSE IS ACCURATE WRAP-UP OF CURRENT STATE OF PLAY BETWEEN JA'JA' FORCES AND PHALANGE. 3. MAHDI SAID CURRENT INTERMINABLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REORGANIZED P [...]
1985-03-30 08:31:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV LE
85BEIRUT1974 FURTHER DETERIORATION IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE SIDON AREA CONTINUED ON MARCH 30-31 CAUSING NUMEROUS CASUALTIES. ACCORDING TO MOST REPORTS REACHING BEIRUT, THE FIGHTING, WHICH FOLLOWS RECENT LF-LAF CLASHES IN THE AREA (REFTEL),INCLUDED THE STRONG, DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF ARMED PALESTINI [...]
1985-04-01 11:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS LE SY US
85BEIRUT2048LEBANESE FORCES FINANCES
[...] S-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. LEBANESE FORCES OFFICIAL WHO REMAINS LOYAL TO DEPOSED CHIEF FUAD ABU NADER CONTENDS THAT PART OF REBEL LEADER JA'JA'S APPEAL TO RANK AND FILE IS HIS PROMISES THAT ECONOMY MOVES INTRODUCED BY ABU NADER WOULD END. HE OBSERVES, HOWEVER, THAT PROMISES WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR [...]
1985-04-04 14:34:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV ECON LE
85BEIRUT2325 POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WEST BEIRUT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. FOLLOWING MAJOR FIGHTING ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 16-17, A TENSE CALM NOW PREVAILS IN WEST BEIRUT. SHIITE AMAL MOVEMENT LEADER NABIH BARRI EMERGED AS THE PRIME VICTOR IN THE INTRAMUSLIM FIGHTING. STATEMENTS MADE BY THE VARIOUS LEAD [...]
1985-04-18 17:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY
85BEIRUT240 BOMBS IN WEST BEIRUT
[...] (C) SINCE THE SMUGGLER'S INN BLAST OF JANUARY 9, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR MORE BOMBINGS IN WEST BEIRUT, KILLING SEVEN MORE PEOPLE AND INJURING AS MANY AS 80 MORE. IN ADDITION, A LARGE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING HOUSING THE EMBASSY'S CHIEF POLITICAL SECTION LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...]
1985-01-14 14:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER LE
85BEIRUT2659TURKEY: PROMINENT KURDISH INTELLECTUAL URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TURKISH DEMOCRATIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] Summary: (C) In a meeting with Adana PO, prominent Kurdish author Mehmet Uzun urged the U.S. to establish a permanent military presence in Northern Iraq to protect the democratic advances of the KRG, which he believes will catalyze liberalization elsewhere in the region. He discounted the pro [...]
1985-05-07 10:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85BEIRUT4372 SIDON: ANOTHER "WAR OF THE CAMPS" IN THE OFFING?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. SIX WEEKS AFTER ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF ITS MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM SOUTH LEBANON, THAT REGION REMAINS TENSE AND UNSETTLED. ALTHOUGH RELIABLE, FIRST-HAND REPORTS ARE SPARSE, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE S [...]
1985-07-25 13:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL SY LE
85BEIRUT4802A BAD WEEK FOR BEIRUT
[...] No summary [...]
1985-08-19 15:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PTER
85CAIRO6360 GROWING DEBATE ON SHARIA LAW
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY. MOMENTUM IS BEGINNING TO BUILD TOWARD A MAY DEBATE IN THE PEOPLES ASSEMBLY ON ISLAMIC SHARIA (KORANIC LAW). IN RECENT DAYS, KEY OPPOSITION FIGURES FUAD SIRAJ AL-DIN (CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW WAFD PARTY) AND OMAR TALMASSANI (GENERAL GUIDE OF THE [...]
1985-03-08 12:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SHUM EG
85CAIRO9867 ISLAMIC SHARIA DEBATE--WORDS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. BEGIN SUMMARY. THE MAY DEBATE IN THE PEOPLES ASSEMBLY ON ISLAMIC SHARIA WILL PRODUCE NO IMMEDIATE RESULTS, ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SOURCES, INCLUDING THE OPPOSITION. IT IS LIKELY TO LAUNCH A REVIEW PROCESS LASTING SEVERAL YEARS TO ENSURE T [...]
1985-04-11 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI EG
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
85DAMASCUS3204 IRANIANS IN DAMASCUS AND NOTES FROM TEHRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. A RECENT VISIT OF FAMILY FRIENDS FROM TEHRAN FILLED IN SOME GAPS IN OUR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF IRANIAN TOURIST-PILGRIM FLIGHTS TO DAMASCUS AND PRODUCED SOME COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION IN TEHRAN. THE FLIGHTS OF JUMBO JETS FROM TEHRAN, WHICH USED TO BRIN [...]
1985-05-22 08:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL IR IZ SY TU UR
85DAMASCUS3741 SYRIA AND TERRORISM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SYRIA CONSIDERS ITSELF A TRUE CONFRONTATION STATE--EVERYTHING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DEFEATING THE ENEMY IS POSITIVE. THE "STRUGGLE" PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR CHOOSING THE TARGET AND LEGITIMIZES THE MEANS, INCLUDING TERRORISM, WHICH IS VIEWED AS COST-EFFECTIVE. [...]
1985-06-13 12:22:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER KPAL KPRP JO IS LE SY
85DAMASCUS7872 SYRIA AND IRAN: ALMOST A RETURN TO STATUS QUO
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BY CUTTING OFF OIL TO SYRIA, IRAN SIGNALED ITS DISPLEASURE OVER THE MOUNTING SYRIAN DEBT TO IRAN, SYRIAN POLICIES IN LEBANON, AND MOVES TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JORDAN AND IRAQ. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, PM KASM'S VISIT TO TEHRAN DECEMBER 1-3 PRODUCED [...]
1985-12-18 10:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL KPRP SY IR
85DUBLIN2469 BOEING 747 CRASH OFF IRISH COAST
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: ON JUNE 23, AT 0813 A BOEING 747 JET (AIR INDIA 182) ENROUTE FROM MONTREAL TO BOMBAY WITH 325 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD CRASHED SOME 80 MILES OFF THE IRISH COAST. THERE ARE NO KNOWN SURVIVORS. RECOVERY OPERATIONS CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 2. ON JUNE 24 THE IRISH DEPARTME [...]
1985-06-24 11:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO CA EI IN VI
85GABORONE98ANGOLANS IN SADF SEEK REFUGE IN BOTSWANA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, TWO ANGOLAN MEMBERS OF THE SADF, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, SOUGHT REFUGEE STATUS IN BOTSWANA AND APPLIED FOR THE AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM. AFTER MEETING WITH EMBOFFS, THE MEN WERE SENT TO THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS TO REGISTER [...]
1985-01-10 10:05:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL SREF SHUM PGOV WA SF BC
85ISLAMABAD8251 PAKISTAN SEES SIGNS OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY NAIK SUMMARIZED HIS AMBASSADOR'S APPRAISAL OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES. THE AMBASSADOR ASSERTS IRANIAN RATIONALE IS BASICALLY PRAGMATIC AND ASSERTS TREND WILL CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 3. RESPONDING TO MY EARLIER REQUEST FOR GO [...]
1985-04-23 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PK SU
85KADUNA1207 NORTHERN NIGERIA ECONOMIC QUARTERLY
[...] SUMMARY. PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW GOVERMENT'S POLICIES REMAINS TENTATIVE IN THE NORTH. MOST CONSUMER GOODS ARE IN GOOD SUPPLY, AND PRICES ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO. DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING RAW MATERIALS HAS LED TO PLANT CLOSURES TEMPORARILY IDLING MANY WORKERS, BUT EMPLOYMENT [...]
1985-10-09 12:39:00Consulate KadunaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB EPET EAGR NI
85KUWAIT6483ABU NIDAL AND THE BITAR ASSASSINATION
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A CALL AT THE MFA ON 8 DECEMBER I PRESENTED REFTEL B ANALYSIS AND ANNEX OF THE ABU NIDAL TER- RORIST ORGANIZATION TO UNDERSECRETARY SULAIMAN MAJID AL-SHAHEEN. POINTING OUT THE VICIOUS ATTACKS PER- PETRATED BY ABU NIDAL'S GROUP OVER THE PAST YEARS I STRESSED [...]
1985-12-09 09:41:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER KU
85LAGOS4304 QADHAFI INTERVIEW IN LAGOS NEWSPAPER
[...] ALMOST AS LOCAL EVIDENCE OF LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL QADHAFI'S CURRENT DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF THE SAHARA, THE INDEPENDENT LAGOS DAILY, THE GUARDIAN, PUBLISHED ON APRIL 15, 1985, THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HIM, BYLINED BY YEMI OGUNBIYI. IT CLAIMED THAT THE INTERVIEW WAS QADHAF [...]
1985-04-17 13:56:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPROP LY NI
85LONDON24287 URBAN VIOLENCE IN BRITAIN -- THE CHALLENGE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. DEPRESSED AREAS IN SEVERAL OF THE U.K.'S INNER CITIES ERUPTED IN RIOTS IN THE PAST MONTH. THE BRITISH SEE MANY OF THEIR DOMESTIC WOES THROWN INTO HIGH RELIEF BY THE RIOTS AND THE SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT CAUSE, EFFECT, AND WHO IS TO BLAME [...]
1985-10-31 14:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALSOCI PINS UK
85MOGADISHU1175ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
1985-01-31 05:31:00Embassy MogadishuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SO
85MOGADISHU1242 RUMORS OF TENSIONS IN THE SOMALI REGIME
[...] SECRET/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. RUMORS ARE PROBABLY ALWAYS ABUNDANT HERE BUT AN FSN EMPLOYEE (PROTECT SOURCE) TELLS US THAT RUMORS OF A NEW KIND ARE CIRCULATING, AS FOLLOWS: --FAILURE TO ANNOUNCE A DATE FOR THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT REFLECTS SIAD BARRE'S INDECISION ABO [...]
1985-02-02 07:08:00Embassy MogadishuSECRETPINT PINS SO
85MOSCOW8814 (C) DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN: A SOVIET VIEW
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) . SUMMARY ------- 2. A WELL-INFORMED SOVIET OBSERVER OF EVENTS IN IRAN RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH US THE UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TEHRAN. WHILE ASSERTING THAT SOVIET ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH IRAN WOULD CONTINUE, OUR INTERLOCUTO [...]
1985-07-01 12:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UR IR
85OTTAWA4824 AIRLINE BOMBINGS
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. AMBASSADOR ROBINSON OPENED HIS CALL TODAY ON DR. FRED DOUCET, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, WITH AN EXPRESSION OF U.S. SYMPATHY AND CONCERN OVER THE TRAGIC AIRLINE INCIDENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND. (THE AMBASSADOR HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO M [...]
1985-06-24 18:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER EI IN
85RIYADH4906THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...]
1985-05-27 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKPRP MCAP MASS SA
85RIYADH5470 SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...]
1985-06-12 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA
85STATE184826 BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON TWA HIJACKING
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON TWA HIJACKING ON JUNE 17 GIVEN BY ROBERT OAKLEY: BEGIN TEXT: SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL: I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO, AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER MEETINGS TO GO TO. AND, OBVIOUSLY, OUR PRI [...]
1985-06-17 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PTER LE
85STATE196513 IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE FOLLOWING SIRO ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM IS BEING SENT AS A PART OF A PACKAGE OF INTELLIGENCE TO REINFORCE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S PRESENTATION ON TERRORISM DURING HIS TALKS WITH HOST COUNTRIES. OTHER ANALYSES DEAL WITH LIBYA AND BEIRUT AND WIL [...]
1985-06-27 02:06:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
85STATE80724 THE IRANIAN SUCCESSION
[...] (S ENTIRE TEXT). 2. THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS, PREPARED BY INR/NESA IN FEBRUARY 1985, MAY BE OF BACKGROUND INTEREST TO ADDRESSEE POSTS. T H E I R A N I A N S U C C E S S I O N A N D I T S C O N S E Q U E N C E S 3. IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT PRECISELY HOW EVENTS WIL [...]
1985-03-16 08:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR PINT PEPR
85TELAVIV8792 ISRAEL'S POLICY ON SOUTHERN LEBANON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL KIMCHE BRIEFED AMBAS- SADORS FROM UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND UNIFIL CONTRIBUTOR COUNTRIES JUNE 12 ON SOUTHERN LEBANON. KIMCHE REITERATED ISRAELI POLICY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LEADING UP TO THE WITHDRAWAL, THEN EMPHASIZED THAT ISRAEL [...]
1985-06-12 16:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
85VANCOUVER2152 MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST SIKHS IN VANCOUVER
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. THE RCMP AND VANCOUVER POLICE CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF ARRESTS AND COORDINATED SEARCHES OF THE HOMES OF MILITANT SIKHS HERE IN VANCOUVER NOVEMBER 6. THE RCMP ARRESTS OF TALWINDER SINGH PARMAR AND INDERJIT SINGH REYAT WERE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NARITA AIRPORT EXPLOSIO [...]
1985-11-07 21:35:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS MOPS IN CA
86ALEXANDRIA1048THE "AL-AHRAR" PARTY IN ALEXANDRIA: THE ISLAMIC RIGHT RESURGENT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PHENOMENA WITHIN EGYPT'S ESTABLISHED OPPOSITION PARTIES OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN THE TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE "LIBERALS" OR "AL-AHRAR" PARTY. THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S, THE PARTY W [...]
1986-09-20 10:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS PINR EG
86ALEXANDRIA1240 ISRAELI ACTIVITIES IN ALEXANDRIA AND THE DELTA
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT.) - 2. SUMMARY: ISRAELI CONSUL GENERAL WAS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF HIS AMBASSADOR'S RECENT (AND, SURPRISINGLY, HIS FIRST) "OFFICIAL" VISIT TO ALEXANDRIA. IN WAKE OF SEPTEMBER SUMMIT, INCREASED INTEREST IN TOURISM WAS EXPRESSED, BUT LOCAL ISRAELIS DO NOT EXPECT A [...]
1986-11-05 13:15:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IS EG
86ALGIERS5347 ALGERIA AND THE ARAB WORLD: MOVING FROM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: UNLIKE ITS SELF-PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFRICA, ALGERIA HAS ATTEMPTED TO POSITION ITSELF IN THE ARAB WORLD AS A MEDIATOR/PEACEMAKER AT THE CENTER OF COMPETING FACTIONS AND INTERESTS. ALGERIA IS NO LONGER IN THE FOREFRONT OF RADICAL ARAB CAUSES, ALTHOU [...]
1986-10-21 11:36:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL XF AG
86ANKARA9130 ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUE ATTACK: PRESS COVERAGE
[...] THIS MESSAGE INCLUDES USIS CURRENT MEDIA REACTION. 2. SUMMARY: IN PRESS COVERAGE, EDITORIALS AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS TURKISH REACTION TO THE BOMBING OF NEVE SHALOM SYNAGOGUE IN ISTANBUL HAS BEEN ONE OF SHOCK AND HORROR - AND CAUTION. THE PRIME MINISTER "DAMNED" THE ATTACK AS "BACKSTABBING [...]
1986-09-08 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
86BAGHDAD1907IRAQI AIR FORCE BOMBS TEHRAN REFINERY
[...] (U) AS REPORTED THE RAQI AIR FORCE HAS BOMBED THE TEHRAN OIL REFINERY MAY 7. MILITARY COMMUNIQUE 2216 RELEASED MAY 8 SAYS "GROUPS OF AIRCRAFT" FLEW TO TEHRAN AND STRUCK THE CHOSEN TARGETS: THE REFINERY'S MAIN NOTHERN DISTILLING TOWER, AND THE CENTRAL BOILERS AND COOLING TOWER COMPLEX. THZ IRAQI [...]
1986-05-08 11:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR MOPS
86BEIRUT1023 CONFLICT BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND THE LEBANESE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 26, DR. JAMIL NAHMI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PUBLIC SECURITY (SURETE GENERALE),OFFERED HIS ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT CLASHES IN WEST BEIRUT BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY(LCP) MILITIAS. 3. NAHM [...]
1986-02-26 11:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
86BEIRUT6632 THE CAMPS WAR IN LEBANON
[...] (SECRET/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: THE WAR OF THE CAMPS IN LEBANON CONTINUES UNABATED WITH FIERCE FIGHTING. NOT SURPRISINGLY, LEBANESE POLITICIANS HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE WAR, DEPENDING ON THEIR POLITICAL OPTIC. THERE FOLLOWS OBSER- VATIONS BY SEVERAL LEBANESE POLITICIANS IN [...]
1986-12-04 13:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETMOPS PREL LE
86BOGOTA9347PROSPECTS FOR COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR
[...] No summary [...]
1986-07-08 23:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCO KPRP MILI PINS PTER
86BRASILIA13835 THE BRAZILIAN CONNECTION WITH IRAN AND
[...] (U) WITH THE UNRAVELING OF THE IRANIAN ARMS/CONTRA AID SCANDAL, THE BRAZILIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO POINT TO A SO-CALLED "BRAZILIAN CONNECTION". WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE "VEJA" AND CONSERVATIVE "O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" RAN STORIES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ON THE SUPPOSED BRAZILIAN INVOLVEMENT. 2. [...]
1986-12-12 14:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL BR IR HO NU CE
86CAIRO26111"NO NASSERISM, ONLY NASSERISTS"
[...] No summary [...]
1986-11-13 10:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS EG US
86DAMASCUS2090 LIBYAN SUPPORTED TERRORISM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM THREAT OF LIBYAN-SPONSORED TERRORISM IN THE WAKE OF THE MARCH 24-25 EVENTS IN THE GULF OF SIDRA, PER REFTEL. 3. IN OUR VIEW, QADHAFI'S COFFERS WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN MORE OPEN TO ABU NIDAL AND SOME OF THE [...]
1986-04-02 11:46:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER SY
86DAMASCUS3747 SYRIA AND IRAN ON LEBANON: WHO THREATENS WHOM?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN ITS PRESENT SPARRING WITH IRAN, SYRIA PROBABLY DOES NOT HOLD A STRONG LEBANON CARD. IRAN NOW VIES WITH ISRAEL AS THE SECOND-MOST INFLUENTIAL FOREIGN POWER IN LEBANON, WHERE SHI'A FUNDAMENTALISM, NATURALLY ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN, HAS BECOME WELL-I [...]
1986-06-20 11:02:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON SY IR LE IZ IS
86DAMASCUS7104 CONTINUED WAR FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAMPS --
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AS REFTELS POINT OUT, SYRIA APPEARS TO BE FACING A SUBSTANTIAL DEFEAT IF IT IS NOT ABLE TO QUICKLY AND RESOLUTELY RESOLVE THE LATEST ROUND IN THE "WAR OF THE CAMPS" IN LEBANON. WE BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LATEST ROUND OF FIGHTING ALREADY REPRESENTS A [...]
1986-12-01 15:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL MOPS LE SY
86ISLAMABAD1587KHAMENEI'S VISIT: RESURGENCE OF SHIA EXTREMISM?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE SUCCESSFUL (FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE) VISIT OF KHAMENEI TO PAKISTAN HAS BOOSTED THE MORALE OF THE RADICAL SHIA GROUPS HERE. APPARENTLY FLUSH WITH NEW FUNDS, THE SHIAS HAVE BEGUN MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH THE ANTI-GOP, ANTI-US OPPOSITION, PARTICULARLY [...]
1986-01-23 09:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PK
86KAMPALA745 MUSEVENI'S "BANNING" OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY -
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LOCAL, NAIROBI, AND US MEDIA HAVE CARRIED STORIES RECENTLY TO THE EFFECT THAT PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HAS BANNED ALL POLITICAL ACTIVITY. THESE REPORTS APPARENTLY STEM FROM OFF HAND REMARKS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT AT A MARCH 4 CEREMONY SWEARING IN NEW LOC [...]
1986-03-14 11:49:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SCOM UG
86KUWAIT415 THREAT LETTER FROM "ISLAMIC JIHAD"
[...] (C-ENTIRE TEXT) - 2. EMBASSY ON JANUARY 25 RECEIVED LETTER QUOTED BELOW, PURPORTEDLY FROM ISLAMIC JIHAD. ENVELOPE BORE EGYPTIAN STAMP AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN POST- MARKED IN EGYPT. DATE OF POSTMARK WAS NOT LEGIBLE. LETTER WAS APPARENTLY A PHOTOCOPY. TEXT WAS NEATLY TYPED WITHOUT TYPOS [...]
1986-01-25 12:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER SY KU EG
86MOGADISHU2418 LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SOMALIA
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS MORNING AT THE CEREMONY INITIATING THE AID PROJECT FOR PVOS, I TOOK THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, AHMED SULEIMAN ABDALLAH, ASIDE. I RECALLED THAT WHEN FOREIGN MINISTER JAMA BARRE HAD MET WITH THE SECRETARY AT THE UNGA LAST FALL, JAMA BARRE HAD TOLD MR. SHULTZ T [...]
1986-03-04 10:17:00Embassy MogadishuSECRETPREL PTER LY SO
86MOGADISHU3643 SOMALI ATTITUDE ON LIBYA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON APRIL 1 MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ADAN MET WITH AMBASSADOR BRIDGES AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT SIAD TO PRESENT SOMALI VIEWS ON THE RECENT U.S.-LIBYAN HOSTILITIES IN THE GULF OF SIDRA. AMBASSADOR NUR, STILL VISITING FROM WASHINGTON, AMERICAS DIRECTOR ELMI [...]
1986-04-01 10:56:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPTER LY SO
86STATE29781DEVELOPMENTS IN UGANDA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING FOR POST'S INFORMATION IS TEXT OF INFORMATION MEMO DATED 1/28/86 ON DEVELOPMENTS IN UGANDA. 3. BEGIN TEXT. SUMMARY: SOUTHERN GUERRILLAS HAVE WON THE CAPITAL AND HEARTLAND OF UGANDA AND HAVE THE MILITARY EDGE ON DISSIDENT NORTHERN TRIBES. THE [...]
1986-01-30 11:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UG
86STATE391887 DOCUMENTS ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACT PAPER ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND A CHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED TERRORIST INCIDENTS BY SYRIAN-SUPPORTED GROUPS. EARLIER VERSIONS OF BOTH DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PRESS ON NOVEMBER 14 AND APPEARED IN THE USIA WIRELESS FILE ON THAT DATE. BOTH DOCUMENTS [...]
1986-12-19 05:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SY
87ALEXANDRIA291 ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART II: LEADERS AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS PART II OF OUR REPORT ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA AND IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL SPIRITUAL AND (POTENTIALLY) POLITICAL LEADERS IN THIS CITY AND THE MAIN "RADICAL" MOSQUES. WHILE THERE ARE DOU [...]
1987-02-25 15:25:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87ALEXANDRIA292 ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...]
1987-02-25 16:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87BANDARSERIBEGAWAN1188THE SULTAN'S FIRST YEAR ON HIS OWN - A SOLID PERFORMANCE
[...] No summary [...]
1987-11-27 05:10:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BX
87BOGOTA7890THE GUERRILLA SITUATION: PREPARING FOR WAR?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR HAS BEEN QUIESCENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THOUGH ARMED CONTACTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GUERRILLA GROUPS AND THE MILITARY CONTINUE, THE PACE OF MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS HAS SLACKENED. THE MAIN ARENA OF CONFRONTATION HAS BEEN THE MEDIA, WHERE THE UNION PATRIOTICA ( [...]
1987-06-09 22:18:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKPRP PINS MILI PTER CO
87BOGOTA9309FARC PUBLICLY REJECTS DISARMAMENT
[...] U) SUMMARY: THE FARC GUERRILLA HIGH COMMAND ON JULY 7 PUBLICLY REJECTED "DEMOBILIZATION OR DISARMAMENT" FOR ITS FORCES, CLAIMING FURTHER THAT IT HAD NEVER PROMISED SUCH ACTION. END SUMMARY 2. (U) FARC-UP IN ARMS: IN A RADIO PRESS CONFERENCE JULY 7, TOP LEADERS OF THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION [...]
1987-07-09 20:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS CO
87COLOMBO1041 INSIDE THE LTTE: A LOOK AT THE TIGERS'
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRABHAKARAN HAS DIVIDED HIS LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM INTO FIVE POLITICO-MILITARY REGIONS, EACH COMMANDED BY A REGIONAL LEADER RESPONSIBLE TO PRABHAKARAN. IN TURN THESE REGIONAL COMMANDERS HAVE SUBORDINATE AREA COMMANDERS UNDER THEIR CONTROL [...]
1987-02-12 06:10:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR CE
87COLOMBO4526 THE LTTE FACES PROBLEMS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE HAVE HEARD FROM A VARIETY OF RELIABLE SOURCES THAT THE LTTE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED BY OPERATION LIBERATION BEGUN IN LATE MAY AND THAT IT HAD YET TO RECOUP ITS LOSSES. PERHAPS THE MOST DETAILED AND CREDIBLE REPORT CAME FROM LOUIS PAUL, A SENIOR E [...]
1987-07-09 10:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL CE IN PHUM
87DAMASCUS1746 CHANGES IN ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST (STRICTLY PROTECT) WITH WELL- ESTABLISHED CONTACTS IN AMMAN AND DAMASCUS WITH DFLP AND PFLP PERSONALITIES HAS BEEN TOLD BY HIS PALESTINIAN SOURCES THAT THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION HAS OFFERED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN ITS ACTIVITIES. TH [...]
1987-03-27 12:24:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER
87DAMASCUS3087 SYRIAN EXPULSION OF THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: EVERY SOURCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH CONCERNING ABU NIDAL'S EXPULSION FROM SYRIA HAS CONFIRMED THE STORY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. NO ONE, HOWEVER, CAN SAY AUTHORITATIVELY THAT THE SYRIAN BAN ON THE ANO HAS EXTENDED TO THE CAMPS IN THE BIQA' VA [...]
1987-06-10 13:16:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER PREL SY US LE
87DAMASCUS3703 SYRIA AND NEWS OF A "NEW AND GRAVE MOVE BY
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: REFTEL IS DEAD RIGHT TO SEEK ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON A PKK ATTACK ON U.S. FACILITIES IN TURKEY. IF WE FIND SYRIA IS INVOLVED, WE SHOULD PROTEST HERE STRONGLY -- BARRING TURKISH OBJECTIONS TO SUCH A U.S. MOVE. BUT WE SEE SYRIA AS LARGELY -- IF NO [...]
1987-07-10 06:05:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER TU SY
87DHAKA2354 BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...]
1987-04-02 09:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP IN BG
87KAMPALA184 MEETING WITH MUSEVENI.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIED BY PAO MET WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AT STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE JANUARY 15. THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING CONCENTRATED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND NRA USE OF "3-PIECE TIE". AMBASSADOR [...]
1987-01-21 13:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PHUM US
87LONDON20480 AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHOMEINI
[...] THE SUNDAY TIMES CARRIED A STORY ON SEPTEMBER 20 ALLEGING THAT THE U.S. HAS CUT OFF SUPPLIES OF STINGER MISSILES TO THE AFGHAN MUJAHEDEEN BECAUSE SOME OF THE REBEL COMMANDERS HAD SOLD STINGERS TO THE IRANIANS FOR MONEY AND POLITICAL FAVOR. 2. BEGIN TEXT. AFGHANS SELL US STINGERS TO KHO [...]
1987-09-21 16:29:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS IR
87MADRAS3155N. RAM: LTTE CRUSHED, MAHATHAYA DEAD?
[...] (C) ENTIRE TEXT. 2. "THE HINDU" ASSOCIATE EDITOR N. RAM JUST RETURNED FROM A VISIT TO COLOMBO, WHERE HE INTERVIEWED JAYAWARDENE AND SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF IPKF, JOURANLISTS AND OTHERS. HE OFFERED THESE THOUGHTS TO CG AND POLECON OFF AT LUNCH NOVEMBER 2.: 3. ACCORDING TO JAYAWARDENE AND I [...]
1987-11-02 11:35:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALPREL CE INF
87NEWDELHI19406 INCREASE IN SIKH TERRORISM LIKELY: NO
[...] SUMMARY: ELEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN PUNJAB STATE ON AUGUST 6 IN CONTINUING SECTARIAN STRIFE. DELHI POLICE ARE GEARING UP TO MEET THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY BEFORE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS ON AUGUST 15. ACTING JATHEDAR DARSHAN SINGH RAGI'S CONVENTION, HELD AUGUST [...]
1987-08-07 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV IN
87PRETORIA17012MBEKI'S RELEASE -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I BELIEVE THAT THE RELEASE OF GOVAN MBEKI SHOULD BE SEEN AS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN UPTHE POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN THE COUNTRY ON THE KEY ISSUE OF BLACK/WHITE DIALOGUE. I SUSPECT, HOWEVER, THAT THE GESTURE AND [...]
1987-11-06 10:40:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSF PGOV
87RIYADH10227OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS AN OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY SENT TO THE EMBASSY FROM CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S OFFICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST IN PLANNING FOR ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON. WHILE THE BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS NOTHING SURPRISING, IT IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON [...]
1987-10-08 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
87RIYADH8409 WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN RIYADH AND TEHRAN
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND RIYADH CONTINUES AT A HIGH PITCH. FOR THE IRANIANS, THE SAUDIS ARE SERVANTS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR "WORLD ARROGANCE" OR THE "GREAT SATAN" (I.E. THE U.S.) WHO HAVE PERPETRATED A "DIRTY, UGLY, ODIOUS AND MONSTROUS ACT" IN MEC [...]
1987-08-26 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR
87STATE121525 LATEST RAFSANJANI STATEMENTS
[...] WE ARE NOW AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO RAFSANJANI STATEMENTS, ASSERTING LINKAGE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN LEBANON AND THE DISPOSITION OF IRANIAN ASSETS, THAT HAVE APPEARED IN THE PRESS SINCE THE APRIL 3 U.S. LETTER TO BOCKSTIEGEL: THE INTERVIEW BY A CORRESPONDENT FROM KEVAN HAVA'I; AND THE [...]
1987-04-23 04:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIR US NL PREL
87TUNIS11489 BEN ALI AS PRIME MINISTER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. BOURGUIBA'S ABRUPT DISMISSAL OF SFAR AND ELEVATION OF INTERIOR MINISTER BEN ALI AGAIN DEMONSTRATES PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA'S PERSONAL CONTROL OF POWER IN TUNISIA. BEN ALI'S APPOINTMENT PUTS A STRONG MAN IN THE PRIME MINISTRY AND A HEARTBE [...]
1987-10-09 13:47:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
88ACCRA8991 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: GHANA
[...] No summary [...]
1988-11-29 15:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GH
88AMMAN10345PLO AND THE INTIFADA
[...] No summary [...]
1988-09-01 08:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALIS JO KPAL PGOV PREL
88BAGHDAD1177THE REGIME IS PART OF THE PROBLEM
[...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IRAQI MORALE IS AT A LOW POINT, ALTHOUGH IRAQIS REMAIN AS WEARILY DETERMINED AS EVER NOT TO LOSE THE WAR. SEVERAL RECENT GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -- RENEWED POPULAR ARMY RECRUITING, THE EX POST FACTO CANCELLATION OF AN AMNESTY FOR DESERTERS, AND THE BUNGLED E [...]
1988-03-02 09:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL IZ
88BAGHDAD1181IRAQ-IRAN WAR: ESCALATION OF THE WAR: NEED TO PRESSURE IRAQ TO DE-ESCALATE
[...] No summary [...]
1988-03-02 10:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS IZ IR US
88BAGHDAD1731 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: IRAQ
[...] IRAQ. 2. IRAQ STRONGLY DENIES ANY RELATIONSHIP TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. THE AVOWED TERRORIST ABU NIDAL WAS EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY IN 1983 AND SINCE THAT TIME IRAQ HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ESTABLISH A NEW INTERNATIONAL IMAGE AS A STATE ABHORRING TERRORISM. THIS EFFORT HAS FITTE [...]
1988-03-29 10:59:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL IZ
88BAGHDAD2144IRAQI OPERATION TO RECAPTURE FAO:"WE SHOWED THE SOVIETS"
[...] No summary [...]
1988-04-19 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS IZ
88BAGHDAD224 THE RELIGIOUS SUCCESSION IN IRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AN ARAB BUSINESSMAN IN REFTEL SAID THAT GRAND AYATOLLAH KHOI'S RELATIVES IN IRAN ALLEGE THAT SEVENTY PERCENT OF IRANIAN SHI'A, AND ALMOST ALL IRAQI SHI'A, FOLLOW KHOI'S INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM. WE HAVE RECEIVED MUCH THE SAME VERSION FROM ONE OF KHOI'S SONS [...]
1988-01-15 06:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI IR IZ
88BAGHDAD2571IRAQ KEEPS THREATENING TO SEND MISSILES
[...] No summary [...]
1988-05-09 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KPAL MOPS PREL
88BEIRUT2181 LEBANON: EXCHANGE WITH MFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SALLOUKH MADE DEMARCHE TO DCM ON FAMILIAR THEME OF A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT WHEAT PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. SALLOUKH ARGUED THAT FREE WHEAT WOULD HAVE GOOD PROPAGANDA VALUE FOR THE U.S. AND WOULD HELP THE GOL'S FINANCES. [...]
1988-04-14 15:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE
88BEIRUT6604 NOVEMBER 4 ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION COMMUNIQUE
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF TYPEWRITTEN TEXT OF COMMUNIQUE FROM THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION, DELIVERED AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 4 TO BEIRUT DAILY NEWSPAPER "AN-NAHAR." COMMUNIQUE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A POLAROID-TYPE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF U.S. HOSTAGE TERRY ANDERSON. EMBASSY WILL OBTAIN COP [...]
1988-11-05 11:55:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER LE
88CAIRO19680 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEVELOPMENTS AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXX (STRICTLY PROTECT) REPORTED TO EMBOFF THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS ANGERED AT THE AUTHORITIES OVER THE FIRST RECENT ARREST OF A "PROMINENT MEMBER" OF THE ORGANIZATION, COINCIDING WITH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S RENEWED CRACKDOWN ON ISLAMIC [...]
1988-08-18 16:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PREL EG
88CARACAS1552CUBA AFTER CASTRO -- ARE WE READY?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THIS CABLE ASKS THE QUESTION: "IS THE UNITED STATES PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN CUBA?" IT DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, NOR DOES IT SPECULATE ON THE PROBABILITY OF SUCH AN EVENT. IT ALSO DOES NOT PR [...]
1988-02-17 16:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VE
88DAMASCUS1795 A SYRIAN DIPLOMAT'S VIEW OF LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: SOME SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE IN THE IRANIAN CAPITAL FROM A SYRIAN DIPLOMAT PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE. END SUMMARY. 3. MR. HUSNI DIAB IS THE RECENTLY RETURNED SYRIAN COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR IN TEHRAN (RETURNED TO DAMASCUS MARCH 14). HE IS A S [...]
1988-03-28 12:22:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SY IR
88HARARE1365 THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...]
1988-03-14 09:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR KPRP PGOV
88JERUSALEM3168 FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE INTIFADA:
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IS POSING AN INCREASING CHALLENGE TO SECULAR NATIONALIST PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST BANK. RECENT WEEKS HAVE SEEN DIRECT CHALLENGES BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-CREATED GROUP "HAMAS" TO [...]
1988-09-23 14:35:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPINR PNAT PTER KPAL IS JO EG
88LONDON16998 NORTHERN IRELAND - CONTROLLING THE VIOLENCE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE RECENT ESCALATION OF IRA ATTACKS, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED NOT ONLY MORE KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BUT ALSO BOMBINGS AT UK MILITARY BASES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND THE FIRST BOMBING IN BRITAIN ITSELF SINCE 1984, HAVE CAUSED HMG TO REEXAMINE ITS [...]
1988-08-09 17:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKPRP PTER PGOV MARR MCAP UK EI
88SEOUL3040 REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] UNCLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: I. REVIEW OF MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING STEPS TAKEN IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. A. INTRODUCTION AFTER YEARS OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING INFILTRATION BY NORTH KOREAN COMMANDO TEAMS AND AGENT [...]
1988-03-16 23:20:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KS
88TUNIS12749 (U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...]
1988-12-14 14:51:00Embassy TunisSECRETKSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS
89ABUDHABI3092 POSSIBLE SOVIET ARMS SALES TO IRAN
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. UAE GOVERNMENT AGREES THAT POSSIBLE SOVIET ARMS SALE TO IRAN WOULD BE UNHELPFUL, BUT THEY ARE DUBIOUS THAT THEY CAN HAVE MUCH WEIGHT IN PREVENTING IT. MOREOVER, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DRAWING IRANIAN ENMITY. LINGERING EFFECTS OF U.S.-IRAN ARMS SALE SCAN [...]
1989-06-08 06:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PINR IR UR
89ABUDHABI636 TEHRAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCENE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WOMEN IN TEHRAN ARE TESTING THE LIMITS OF THE LIBERALIZATION OF DRESS CODES BY WEARING BRIGHTLY COLORED, FASHIONABLE CLOTHES, BARELY CONCEALED BY EQUALLY FASHIONABLE RAINCOATS OR SCARVES. BUSINESSMEN BEMOAN THE FAILURE OF THE ECONOMY TO REVIVE AFT [...]
1989-02-01 10:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI ECON IR
89AMMAN877 QADDHAFI MESSAGE TO KING HUSSEIN
[...] SAWT AL-SHA'B (SEMI-OFFICIAL ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY) ON JANUARY 20 PRINTED WITHOUT COMMENT THE TEXT OF A MESSAGE RECEIVED BY KING HUSSEIN BY LIBYAN LEADER MU'AMMAR QADHAFI (REF A). THE ITEM APPEARED ON PAGE 16 OF THE PAPER, AND WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS. THE GOJ HAS MADE [...]
1989-01-23 14:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LY US JO
89ANKARA9850"TURKISH ISLAMIC JIHAD ARMY"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. EMBASSY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION IN TURKISH VIA THE TURKISH POSTAL SYSTEM TODAY, JULY 18. THIS IS THE FIRST WE HAVE HEARD OF THE "TURKISH ISLAMIC JIHAD ARMY." THE DECLARATION WAS PRINTED ON HIGH QUALITY PAPER, IN SEVERAL COLORS; AN OBVIOUSLY EXPENS [...]
1989-07-18 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER TU
89BAGHDAD3048SOVIET ARMS SALES TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
1989-06-05 11:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPARM PREL UR IR IZ
89BEIJING10642 PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS FLOOD TIANANMEN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM BEIJING UNIVERSITIES FLOODED TIANANMEN SQUARE IN CENTRAL BEIJING FOR A SECOND NIGHT ON APRIL 18. THEY CROWDED AROUND THE BASE OF THE MARTYRS MONUMENT AT THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE CHANTING PRO-DEMOCRACY SLOGANS AND SINGIN [...]
1989-04-19 08:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
89BEIJING15491 CHENGDU STALEMATE
[...] SUMMARY: AS OF 1600 ON 6/5, THERE IS A STALEMATE IN DOWNTOWN CHENGDU BETWEEN PROTESTERS WHO FLOOD THE STREETS AND CONTINUE TO BURN SOME VEHICLES, AND TROOPS WHICH HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN THE MUNICIPAL OFFICE COMPOUND AND OCCASIONALLY LOB TEAR GAS INEFFECTIVELY INTO THE CROWD. STUDENTS REPRESE [...]
1989-06-05 11:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM CH
89BEIJING21902 PRC GOALS AFTER TIANANMEN: THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL, THE PRC NOW HAS FOUR PRESSING GOALS: COMPLETE ERADICATION OF "COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ELEMENTS"; CONTINUATION OF ECONOMIC OPENNESS AND REFORM; POLITICAL EDUCATION OF THE MASSES; AND THE WEEDING OUT OF CORRU [...]
1989-08-09 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
89BEIRUT1229 EAST-WEST FIGHTING -- SITUATION AS OF 1200Z --
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT 1100Z AMBASSADOR WAS CONTACTED BY REPRESENTATIVE OF AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI, WHO SAID BERRI WANTED AMBASSADOR TO KNOWN THAT AMAL HAD NOT RPT NOT INITIATED THE SHELLING MORNING OF MARCH 14. BERRI WAS VERY CONCERNED AT THE NUMBER OF INNOCENT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...]
1989-03-14 11:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETMOPS PGOV LE
89BOGOTA17718DESERTERS REVEAL DETAILS OF THE FARC'S BLOOD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SIX GUERRILLA DESERTERS UNFOLDED TO JOURNALISTS AN EYE-OPENING ACCOUNT OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE FARC LEADERSHIP AGAINST ITS TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE MAGDALENA RIVER VALLEY. CARLOS ENRIQUE CARDONA (AKA BRAULIO HERRERA),A FARC LEADER IN THE MAGDALENA, STAGED A SERIES OF MASSA [...]
1989-11-14 23:55:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PHUM PGOV CO
89BOGOTA3191FARC "DECLARES CEASEFIRE" AFTER NON-GOC PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FARC LEADERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 28 ORDERED A UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE AMONG ALL ITS FRONTS IN RESPONSE TO THE FORMATION OF A PEACE COMMISSION IT HAD RECOMMENDED. THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY, THE FARC EXPRESSED HOPES THAT COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD NOW MEDIATE WITH THE GOC TO HALT THE GO [...]
1989-03-01 23:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV CO
89CAIRO16206MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: DEFANGED BUT REHABILITATED
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AGO, MUBARAK BET THAT BY ADMITTING THE OUTLAWED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) TO THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, THE GROUP WOULD BE COOPTED AND THUS UNDERMINED AS THE CATALYST OF AN ISLAMIC OPPOSITION MOVEMENT. NOW, THE BET IS PAYING OFF: THE MB HAS G [...]
1989-07-20 17:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINS KPRP EG
89COLOMBO2434 WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE LTTE?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE 1989 POST REPORTING PLAN. 3. SUMMARY: THERE IS STILL STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AMONG THE 1.5 MILLION TAMILS IN SRI LANKA'S NORTH AND EAST, WHO SEE THE TIGERS A [...]
1989-04-11 05:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKPRP PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER CE IN
89HARARE4004 RENAMO KILLS MORE CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN
[...] (U) ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 1, RENAMO KILLED FOUR CIVILIANS IN AN ATTACK IN THE RUSHINGA AREA OF NORTHERN ZIMBABWE. THE ATTACK5S SHOT DEAD A 27 YEAR OLD FARMER AND THEN BURNED DOWN THE HUT CONTAINING HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, AGED FIVE AND TWO YEARS OLD. AN EAR [...]
1989-07-12 13:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM MZ ZI
89HAVANA6412 CASTRO PROJECTING IMAGE OF OPTIMISM
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: A RECURRING THEME IN FIDEL CASTRO'S SPEECHES SINCE THE END OF THE OCHOA/ABRANTES SCANDALS LAST SUMMER HAS BEEN THAT THE TRAUMA HAS STRENGTHENED THE GOC RATHER THAN WEAKENED IT. KEEPING A HEAVY SCHEDULE OF VISITS TO CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL [...]
1989-10-06 12:02:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CU
89KADUNA1532 NIGERIA: THE DYNAMICS OF PARTISAN POLITICS:
[...] SUMMARY: DURING A WEEK-LONG TRIP TO BENUE AND GONGOLA STATES, CONGEN QUERIED BUSINESSMEN, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, FORMER MINISTERS OF GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVANTS, AND TRADITIONAL TITLEHOLDERS ABOUT PRESIDENT IBRAHIM BABANGIDA'S HISTORIC DECISION TO REGISTER TWO POLITICAL PARTIES OF HIS OWN CRE [...]
1989-10-19 17:05:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR NI
89KHARTOUM12704 GOS RELEASES SADIQ, MOHAMMED OSMAN AND TURABI
[...] SUMMARY. THE GOS RELEASED NOVEMBER 17 THE DETAINED LEADERS OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES EXCEPT THE COMMUNIST PARTY. GENERAL OMAR AL-BASHIR TOLD PRESIDENT CARTER THAT ONLY FOURTEEN POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE STILL DETAINED. WE ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL DETAINEES, MOSTLY UNIONISTS AND SUSPEC [...]
1989-11-19 14:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINR SU
89KUWAIT3922 THE MERCHANT FAMILIES LOSE GROUND TO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. - ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE 1980'S HAVE WITNESSED A GRADUAL REALIGNMENT IN THE BALANCE OF POWER AMONG KUWAIT'S FOUR MAJOR FAMILY GROUPS: THE RULING AL-SABAH, THE SUNNI AND SHIA MERCHANT ARISTOCRACIES, AND THE JENAAT (IRAQI-ORIGIN SUNNI). THE AL-SABA [...]
1989-08-01 11:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKPRP SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV KU
89KUWAIT5979 THE PRESS LORDS OF KUWAIT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS, KUWAIT HAS DEVELOPED A POWERFUL CLASS OF NEWSPAPER MAGNATES WHICH, NOT SURPRISINGLY REFLECTS THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC GROUPINGS IN MODERN KUWAITI SOCIETY. END SUMMARY. 3. REFTELS WELL POINT OUT THE ROUGH DIVISION OF THE K [...]
1989-11-02 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALOPRC KPRP KU
89LAGOS6503 NIGERIA: MUSLIMS PERSPECTIVES ON SHARIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: DURING POLOFF'S TRIP TO THE NORTH APRIL 3-14, MUSLIM SPOKESMEN PROTESTED THAT WESTERN PORTRAYALS GIVE A DISTORTED PICTURE OF THE SHARIA COURT SYSTEM. CONTRARY TO ITS BRUTAL IMAGE IN THE WEST, THEY ASSERT, SHARIA PROVIDES A HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE DET [...]
1989-04-27 11:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR NI
89MOSCOW15118SOVIET REACTION TO KHOMEINI'S DEATH
[...] C-ENTIRE TEXT. SUMMARY /------- 2. KHOMEINI'S DEATH EVOKES IN THE MINDS OF SOVIETS THE DEATH OF STALIN. PERHAPS SIMPLY BECAUSE STALIN IS ON EVERYONE'S MINDS THESE DAYS AS THE CONGRESS OF PEOPLE'S DEPUTIES REVIEWS PAST CRIMES, SOVIET CONTACTS IN TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH EMBOFFS INDEP [...]
1989-06-07 15:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UR IR IZ AF
89MOSCOW31607CAN WARSAW PACT MEMBERS QUIT?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------- SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. AT THE END OF OCTOBER A STIR WAS CREATED AS THREE SOVIET SPOKESMEN STATED THAT EAST EUROPEAN STATES WERE FREE TO QUIT THE WARSAW PACT IF THEY SO DESIRED. THE SOVIETS REGARD THIS AS A LOGICAL OUT [...]
1989-11-13 11:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM KPRP WPO ZC UR GC HU PL
89PANAMA8545PANAMANIANS HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUP
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. -------------------------------- SUMMARY -------------------------------- 2. THROUGHOUT 1989, RAPIDLY UNFOLDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS HELD OUT HOPE TO MANY PANAMANIANS FOR A RESOLUTION TO PANAMA'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE ELECTION OF MAY 7, THE SUBSEQUENT O [...]
1989-12-13 19:14:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL PM US
89PANAMA8566 OPPOSITION ACTIVIST GIVES ACCOUNT OF
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT GUSTAVO CEDENO (STRICTLY PROTECT),WAS ARRESTED BY REGIME AUTHORITIES ON DECEMBER 5, DETAINED FOR 21 HOURS, BEATEN, AND QUESTIONED ABOUT A POSSIBLE NEW COUP ATTEMPT. HE WAS FORCED TO SIGN STATEMENTS AGAINST THE CHURCH AND CHRISTIAN D [...]
1989-12-13 22:21:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPHUM PINR PGOV PREF PREL PM
89PRAGUE8144DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRAGUE AND OTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THE PRAGUE DEMONSTRATION OF NOVEMBER 20, AT MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE, WAS THE LARGEST YET. POLICE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO INTERVENE OTHER THAN TO CLOSE BRIDGES TO PREVENT THE CROWD FROM MARCHING ON PRAGUE CASTLE. DEMONSTRATIONS ALSO OCCURRED IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES, IN [...]
1989-11-21 15:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM CSCE PGOV PREL CZ
89PRAGUE8343 CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S QUIET REVOLUTION AND ITS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. CZECHOSLVOAKIA'S "QUIET" REVOLUTION, WITH THE CIVIC FORUM IN ITS VANGUARD, HAS REALLY ONLY JUST BEGUN, BUT IT HAS REACHED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN FORCING THE REGIME TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE. THE FORUM'S REPRESENTATIVES DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE [...]
1989-11-29 16:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CSCE CZ
89SHENYANG1285 BACK TO SCHOOL -- NORTHEAST CHINA STREETS ARE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LIFE IN THE NORTHEAST HAS BEEN DRIFTING BACK TO NORMAL. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PUBLIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION SINCE MONDAY, MAY 29, WHEN SMALL BANDS OF SHENYANG AND CHANGCHUN STUDENTS STAGED FUNERAL MARCHES (WEARING WHITE HEADBANDS AND CARRYING WREAT [...]
1989-06-02 06:30:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI CH
89STATE302065PRESS GUIDANCES - UTA CRASH/ANGOLA/SWAPO
[...] THE FOLLOWING THREE GUIDANCES WERE PREPARED FOR THE NOON BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989. 2. Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CRASH OF UTA FLIGHT 772? A. WE UNDERSTAND THAT UTA FLIGHT 772 BOUND FROM NDJAMENA TO PARIS CRASHED 650 KMS NORTHWEST OF NDJAMENA IN CENTRAL NIGER [...]
1989-09-20 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL SF US
89STATE308460 U.S. POLICY TOWARD CAMBODIA: NEXT STEPS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS CABLE PROVIDES POSTS WITH KEY THEMES TO BE USED WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS, THE PRESS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN CAMBODIA (SEE PARA 3) AND INFORMATION ON THE NEXT STEPS WE PLAN TO TAKE (SEE PAR [...]
1989-09-26 16:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL CB US
89STATE319082 RELEASE OF FACT SHEET ON THE TERRORIST GROUP,
[...] THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RELEASING AT THE NOON PRESS BRIEFING, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, A FACT SHEET ON SENDERO LUMINOSO. THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF FACT SHEETS ON TERRORIST GROUPS AND TERRORISM-SUPPORTING COUNTRIES RELEASED BY THE OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM (S/CT). T [...]
1989-10-04 22:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
89STATE401887 PANAMA: SHARING THE FACTS ON ATTACKS BY NORIEGA
[...] (LOU) THERE FOLLOWS AN ACCOUNTING OF BASIC FACTS CONCERNING THE DECEMBER 16-17 INCIDENTS IN PANAMA IN WHICH A U.S. MILITARY OFFICER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND ANOTHER BEATEN BY THE PANAMA DEFENSE FORCES (PDF). THE NORIEGA REGIME IS ALREADY EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION WHICH THE U. [...]
1989-12-19 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS MARR PREL PM
89STATE404719U.S. PRESENTS ITS CASE ON PANAMA TO THE ORGANIZATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) MET IN SPECIAL SESSION DECEMBER 20, AT THE REQUEST OF NORIEGA'S OAS AMBASSADOR. (CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION CONVEYED BY MEDIA ACCOUNTS, THERE WAS NO VOTE ACCEPTING CREDENTIALS OF THE NORIEGA REPRESENTATIVE, WHO HAS [...]
1989-12-21 02:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV US XM PM OAS
89STATE405134TFPM02: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON PANAMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SECURITY COUNCIL MET EVENING DEC. 20 TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION IN PANAMA. SOVIET, CHINESE AND NICARAGUAN DELEGATIONS CONDEMNED U.S. INTERVENTION. FRANCE, UK AND CANADA FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO UPHOLD THE WILL OF THE PANAMANIAN PEOPLE AND SUPPORTED U.S. ACTIONS. AMB. PICKERING M [...]
1989-12-21 09:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UN OAS XM
90ABUDHABI536 SULTAN: BULLISH ON RAFSANJANI AND BEARISH
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: SHEIKH SULTAN OF SHARJAH WAS, AS USUAL, BULLISH ABOUT RAFSANJANI'S MODERATIONS AND CONTROL OF EVENTS IN TEHRAN AND CLAIMED THAT THE REAL WILD CARD WHICH RAFSANJANI FEARED WAS THE BAZARRIS, NOT THE RADICAL CLERGY. SULTAN SAID THAT AT UK REQUEST HE HAD BEEN [...]
1990-01-28 04:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV US IR TC
90BAGHDAD3296INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE HEADLINE NEWS HAS BEEN SADDAM'S MEETINGS WITH A "GROUP" WHICH IS MAKING THE FINAL CHANGES IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION PRIOR TO DISCUSSION BY THE RCC AND THE PARTY'S REGIONAL COMMAND. 3. WE THINK DEPARTMENT'S BIOGRAPHIC FILES SHO [...]
1990-06-07 11:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS IZ
90BAGHDAD3306IRAN-IRAQ
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE IRAQI MEDIA JUNE 7 HAS NOT REACTED TO RAFSANJANI'S JUNE 6 INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE COMMENTS INTER ALIA ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A MEETING WITH SADDAM (TEHRAN RADIO VERSION IN REF B). IN SUMMARY, RAFSANJANI SAID THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A MEETING WILL DEPEND O [...]
1990-06-07 13:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ
90BAGHDAD4237SADDAM'S MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP TO PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SADDAM TOLD THE AMBASSADOR JULY 25 THAT MUBARAK HAS ARRANGED FOR KUWAITI AND IRAQI DELEGATIONS TO MEET IN RIYADH, AND THEN ON JULY 28, 29 OR 30, THE KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE WILL COME TO BAGHDAD FOR SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS. "NOTHING WILL HAPPEN" BEFORE THEN, SADDAM HAD [...]
1990-07-25 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL US KU IZ
90CAPETOWN623 AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A SPEECH WHICH THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TO THE "PERSPECTIVES FORUM" IN DURBAN ON MARCH 14, 1990: QUOTE: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE MOMENT TO DISCUSS UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH AFRICA AS EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE MOVING SWIFTLY. PARTICIPANTS AND [...]
1990-03-16 13:49:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC SF
90CAPETOWN97 ESSA MOOSA TALKS ABOUT MANDELA AND OTHER TOPICS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. ATTORNEY ESSA MOOSA WHO SPOKE WITH HIM LAST WEEK, SAYS MANDELA FULLY EXPECTS THAT ON FEBRUARY 2 DE KLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE RETURN OF PO [...]
1990-01-17 15:12:00Consulate Cape TownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SF
90HAVANA257 CASTRO'S CREED "SOCIALISM OR DEATH"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WITH THE FALL OF EACH EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST LEADER CASTRO'S DEFENSE OF SOCIALISM HAS SEEMED TO BECOME MORE RIGID. SHORTLY BEFORE EACH COMMUNIST HEAD LEFT OFFICE, CASTRO MADE AN OFFICIAL GESTURE INDICATING SOME MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS REGIME. IN R [...]
1990-01-16 16:48:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CU
90JEDDAH2807KUWAITI SAUDI RELATIONS - A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY - ------- GIVEN THE VAST DIMENSIONS OF THE GULF CRISIS AND THE INTENSE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AT THE PRESENT TIME, FRICTION OR DISAGREEMENTS ARE AMAZINGLY FEW AND GENERALLY OF A MARGINAL NATURE - AT LEAST FROM THE KUWAITI PERS [...]
1990-11-22 19:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL KU SA
90KHARTOUM11067 QADHAFI VISITS SUDAN; CALLS FOR SUDAN, LIBYAN,
[...] SUMMARY: LIBYA'S QADHAFI VISITED KHARTOUM OCTOBER 20-23 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER 1964 REVOLUTION. WHILE HERE, HE ADDRESSED THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM (NDCPS). QADHAFI CALLED FOR ARAB UNITY, PARTICULARLY UNION BETW [...]
1990-10-23 14:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR SU LY EG
90KHARTOUM11358 SUDAN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE 1990 TERRORISM REPORT FOR SUDAN IS AS FOLLOWS. 2. THE ACROPOLE TERRORIST BOMBING CASE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF POSTPONEMENTS, WITH THE NEXT HEARING NOW SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 22, 1991 (REF C). MANY OF THE POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT ONE, INVOLVED CONSULATIONS AND NEGOTIATION [...]
1990-10-30 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SU
90KHARTOUM12303 DEMARCHE TO GOS REGARDING INTELLIGENCE
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED REF A DEMARCHE TO FOREIGN MINISTER SAHLOUL MORNING NOVEMBER 26. FOREIGN MINISTER GRAVELY ACKNOWLEDGED SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR GOS AVOWED POSITION OF NEUTRALITY IN GULF CONFLICT AND ITS RELATIONS WITH USG AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF ANY S [...]
1990-11-26 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PINR MOPS MARR SU IZ SA US
90KHARTOUM3292 LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT THIS TIME, LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SUDAN IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE PRECISELY, BUT OVERT LIBYAN OPERATIONS APPEAR LIMITED. LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES (LAA) FLIES TO KHARTOUM FROM TRIPOLI ONCE A WEEK AND MAINTAINS A SMALL KHARTOUM STAFF. THE LIBYAN ARAB FOREIGN INVES [...]
1990-03-26 13:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINR OFDP PREL LY SU
90KHARTOUM3477SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS;
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...]
1990-04-01 07:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU
90KHARTOUM5759 SUDAN'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT: MORE IN CHECK
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 30, 1989, WHEN ELEMENTS OF SUDAN'S ARMORED AND AIRBORNE FORCES SEIZED POWER FROM PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI, IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE LONG-AWAITED TAKEOVER BY THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT HAD FINALLY TAKEN PLACE. [...]
1990-05-31 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETMARR MCAP PGOV PINR KPRP SU
90KUWAIT4267 KUWAITIS CALM, CONFIDENT, AND UNIFIED (FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING MUBARAK'S MEDIATION BLITZ THROUGH BAGHDAD, KUWAIT, AND JEDDAH JULY 24, THE KUWAITI PUBLIC IS CALM AND CONFIDENT THAT TENSION BETWEEN KUWAIT AND IRAQ WILL EASE OFF. SOURCES INDICATE THAT KUWAITIS, WHILE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ARMED CONFLICT, HAVE TAKEN SAD [...]
1990-07-26 10:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
90KUWAIT4364 KUWAITI CABINET REJECTS "ARM-TWISTING" AS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. KUWAIT'S CABINET JULY 29 WELCOMED TALKS WITH IRAQ -- NOW SET TO BEGIN IN JEDDAH JULY 31, CALLED FOR A "FAIR AND CONCLUSIVE SETTLEMENT," AND REJECTED "ALL FORMS OF ARM-TWISTING, INTIMIDATION, AND THE USE OF FORCE." THE CABINET ALSO VOICED ITS APPROVAL OF DECISIONS TAKEN BY OPEC [...]
1990-07-31 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU IZ
90KUWAIT4818TFKUO1: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
1990-08-25 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETCASC IZ KU MOPS PINS PREL SHUM SREF UNSC
90KUWAIT4869TFKU01: WAR OF THE EMBASSIES SITREP: TURKS THROW IN THE
[...] TURKISH AMBASSADOR INFORMED US THIS MORNING, AUGUST 28, THAT HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE HIS EMBASSY. HE AND A REMAINING STAFF OF 11 WILL CLOSE THE DOORS TODAY AND DRIVE TO BAGHDAD, AND HOPEFULLY ON TO ANKARA. AMBASSADOR RECEIVED CLOSURE ORDERS FROM ANKARA AT 0100 LKT. DECISION TO CLOSE IS [...]
1990-08-28 12:10:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU
90KUWAIT4871TFKU01: CONTACT WITH KUWAITI RESISTANCE
[...] EMBASSY RECEIVED A FAX THIS MORNING, AUGUST 28, FROM "A KUWAITI CITIZEN" PROPORTING TO REPRESENT THE KUWAITI RESISTANCE. THE FAX WAS ON LETTERHEAD FOR "TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR COMPUTER CONSULTING AND SERVICES". PAGE TWO OF FAX WAS ON LETTERHEAD OF "UNIVERSAL BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC CONSULTANT". NEI [...]
1990-08-28 12:12:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU IZ
90KUWAIT858 KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. MFA UNDER SECRETARY SULAIMAN MAJED AL-SHAHEEN FEBRUARY 4 TOLD STATE/CENTCOM BRIEFING TEAM IRAN NO LONGER SHOWED OPEN INTEREST IN SHIA ON THE ARAB SIDE OF THE GULF, BUT MAINTAINED ITS CONTACTS THROUGH "OTHER ORGANIZATIONS". KUWAIT HAS ACCEPTED AN IRANIAN [...]
1990-02-08 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL IR KU
90MOGADISHU10380MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...]
1990-11-29 13:54:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA
90MOGADISHU10663 MORE ON MASSACRE AT ANIMAL MARKET
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. WE NOW HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE, IN PART BASED ON EYE-WITNESS REPORTS, OF THE KILLINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ANIMAL MARKET IN NORTHEAST MOGADISHU ON DECEMBER 6 (REFTEL). A MAN WHO WAS SITTING AT A COFFEE HOUSE NEAR THE MARKET DURING THE INCIDENT SAYS THA [...]
1990-12-09 15:14:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL SO
90MOGADISHU11003 DISCUSSION WITH MANIFESTO SIGNERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, DCM HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE MAY MANIFESTO. THEY ARE: GENERAL ABDULAHI MOHAMED HASSAN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SOMALI POLICE AND A MAJERTAIN (BIO DETAILS FOLLOW SEPTEL); MOHAMOUD SALAH NOOR, ADOLBAHANTE AND FORMER LAB [...]
1990-12-18 15:06:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SO
90MOGADISHU11138NORTHERN MINISTER DEPLORES CURRENT SITUATION
[...] No summary [...]
1990-12-20 14:32:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV SO
90MOGADISHU1773 SOMALIS UNDULY GLOOMY OVER NEW CABINET
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: SEVERAL SOMALI FRIENDS CONFIDED DISAPPOINT- MENT TO US OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF PRESIDENT SIAD'S NEW GOVERNMENT. THEY GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE LINEUP POLITICALLY WEAK (THOUGH TECHNICALLY STRONGER) AND OF LITTLE VALUE TO THE POLITICA [...]
1990-02-21 09:44:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR SO
90MOGADISHU2527 PEACE BREAKING OUT IN THE NORTH?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: EXHAUSTED BY FRATRICIDE AND WEAKENED BY HUNGER,FEUDING TRIBES IN NORTHWEST SOMALIA MAY AT LAST BE READY TO MAKE PEACE AMONG THEMSELVES, WITH SNM, AND WITH GSDR. SOMALI ARMY "WARLORDS" IN THE NORTH HAVE ALREADY WITHDRAWN FROM THE FRAY TO DEVOTE TH [...]
1990-03-13 11:42:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
90MOSCOW4161 U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: THE SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE'S TOP JAPAN EXPERT, CONSTANTIN SARKISOV, THINKS UNCERTAINTY IN THE U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE AND WILL EVENTUALLY FORCE A STRUCTURAL 'REMODELLING" OF THE RELATIONSHIP. THE U.S. WILL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE INEVITABI [...]
1990-02-02 19:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UR JA US
90PRETORIA17357 THABO MBEKI ON THE STATE OF PLAY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH DCM MCCALLIE, ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR THABO MBEKI OUTLINED DEVELOPMENTS IN ANC-INKATHA PEACE TALKS, CONTINUING SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY BY SECURITY FORCE ELEMENTS, AND THE STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS WI [...]
1990-10-24 14:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SF
90PRETORIA20502 THE SAG-ANC RELATIONSHIP: A YEAR END PERSPECTIVE
[...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------------ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. A NEW MOOD OF UNCERTAINTY HAS SETTLED OVER SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWING A YEAR OF UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CHANGE. AFTER A PROMISING START, NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ANC HAVE BOGG [...]
1990-12-17 17:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SF
90PRETORIA7087MANDELA REPORTED "FURIOUS" AT TOP ADVISER FOR
[...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT 2. NELSON MANDELA IS "FURIOUS" WITH TOP ADVISER ZWELAKHE SISULU FOR PERSUADING THE ANC LEADERSHIP TO VETO HIS PLANS TO MEET MARGARET THATCHER IN LONDON IN MID-APRIL, ACCORDING TO A CLOSE SISULU ASSOCIATE. GABU TUGWANA (PROTECT),SISULU'S DEPUTY AT THE "NEW NATION" NEWSP [...]
1990-05-03 10:04:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
90RIYADH6329 FAHD OUT OF THE CLOSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NATIONWIDE SPEECH AT 1400 LOCAL TIME TODAY (1100 GMT, AUGUST 9) KING FAHD PUT SAUDI ARABIA FOUR SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF THOSE COUNTRIES CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION AND CALLING FOR IRAQ TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY. FAHD ALSO PUBLICLY THANKED THE "U [...]
1990-08-09 18:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SA US
90SHANGHAI2272BLOOD AND BITTERNESS: A SOLDIER'S TALE OF TIANANMEN
[...] No summary [...]
1990-03-26 04:29:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CH
90STATE163440 IRAN A YEAR AFTER KHOMEINI - LIVING WITH THE LEGACY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: A YEAR AFTER KHOMEINI'S DEATH, IRAN'S LEADERS ARE DIVIDED OVER THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE POLITICAL DIRECTION. THEIR DISAGREEMENTS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES EXPRESSED IN OBSCURE THEOLOGICAL TERMS, ARE ON DISPLAY IN VIGOROUS DEBATES IN THE MEDIA, PARLIAMENT, [...]
1990-05-21 20:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON IR
90STATE244793IRAQ IS NOT BLINKING
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IT IS IRAQI "RIGHTS," INCLUDING TO RUMAYLA OIL, WHICH PUSHES VISITING MEDIA FOR VISITING MUBARAK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE JULY 24 HEADLINES. KUWAITI LEADERS ARE URGED TO OUST THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER FOR PRO-U.S. POLICIES AND THE UAE IS OFFICIALLY [...]
1990-07-26 10:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU US IZ
90STATE254152 TF1GEN: BLOCKING IRAQI ASSETS AND PROTECTION
[...] (C) ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE INVASION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ MAY IN PART BE AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE KUWAITI GOVERNMENT ASSETS. TO PREVENT THAT, ADDRESSEE POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IMMEDIATELY WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE IN THE HOST GOVERNMENT. 3. THE PRESIDENT HAS DECID [...]
1990-08-02 09:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM
90STATE32618 THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YAR PRESIDENT
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, SECRETARY BAKER HOSTED PRESIDENT SALEH AND HIS DELEGATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR A ONE AND A HALF HOUR EXCHANGE INCLUDING A WORKING LUNCHEON. THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE MIX OF U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FY 90 TOTALLING 47.5 MILLION DOLLA [...]
1990-02-01 23:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL ECON EAID YE
90STATE48186AFRICA IN THE U.S. PRESS - FEBRUARY 13, 1990
[...] No summary [...]
1990-02-14 00:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC XA
90USUNNEWYORK2143UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0-0 WITH ONE MEMBER, YEMEN, NOT PARTICIPATING, A RESOLUTION (SC RES 660) CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE ALL-NIGHT SC SESSION, CALLED BY THE U.S. AND KUWAIT, HEARD THE KUWAITI PERMREP EXPRESS SHOCK AND "BITTERNESS" OVER [...]
1990-08-02 17:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ UNSC PINS
91BERLIN3009 UNEMPLOYMENT UP SHARPLY IN JULY, BUT RISE OFFEST
[...] OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NEW GERMAN STATES ROSE A SHARP 27 PERCENT BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY TO A TOTAL OF 1,068,000, OR ROUGHLY 12.1 PERCENT OF THE WORKFORCE. STILL, THE INCREASE DID NOT FULFILL SOME DIRE PREDICTIONS BASED ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE EXPIRATION ON JUNE 30 OF "NO-FIRINGS" [...]
1991-08-15 13:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV GM EIND
91BOGOTA2069 COLOMBIA'S FARC, ELN GUERRILLAS FLEX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW YEAR HAS SEEN A TREMENDOUS ESCALATION IN GUERRILLA VIOLENCE BY COLOMBIA'S TWO MAIN FORCES, THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (FARC) AND THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY (ELN). PREFERRED TARGETS HAVE BEEN THE SECURITY FORCES AND THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. [...]
1991-02-07 22:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PINR PHUM CO
91CAIRO12383 THE GREAT SHAYKHS: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLITICAL ISLAM IN EGYPT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO ESTABLISHMENT ISLAM REPRESENTED BY THE RELATIVELY MODERATE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),AND THE RADICAL FRINGE REPRESENTED BY OMAR ABDURRAHMAN AND COMPANY. THESE GROUPS COMPETE FOR RECRUITS, STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE [...]
1991-07-11 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL PINS KPRP EG
91CAIRO5521MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 26, EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE HAMED ABU AL-NASR ISSUED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HIS ORGANIZATION DENOUNCING THE "MALICIOUS PLOT" THAT HAS PRODUCED THE INVASION OF KUWAIT, THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ'S CAPABILITIES, AND THE POSSIBLE FRA [...]
1991-03-28 08:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PINS PGOV PREL SA KU EG
91DHAKA5954 MEETING WITH AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER SHEIKH HASINA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: I MET WITH THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, SHEIKH HASINA, IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG, TWO-HOUR MEETING ON JULY 10. CLEARLY SHEIKH HASINA WANTS TO IMPROVE HER IMAGE, AND THAT OF THE AWAMI LEAGUE, WITH AMERICANS, AND THE USG. SHE RAISED THE ISSUE OF [...]
1991-07-11 12:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BG
91JEDDAH1892JEDDAH'S MERCHANT ELITE: THE ALIREZAS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE ALIREZAS ARE JEDDAH'S FIRST FAMILY AND AMONG THE MERCHANT ELITE THEY ARE CLEARLY PRIMA INTRA PARAS. AT PUBLIC RECEPTIONS SENIOR ALIREZAS ARE DEFERRED TO BY ALL BUT THE AL-SAUD. WHILE PROBABLY NOT THE OLDEST OR RICHEST FAMILY IN [...]
1991-08-28 11:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EFIN ECON SA
91KHARTOUM2104 BASHIR AND THE RCC ON THE EVE OF THEIR SECOND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BESEIGED AND CRITICIZED FROM VIRTUALLY EVERY QUARTER, AS IT APPROACHES ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY, GENERAL OMAR AL-BASHIR'S REVOLUTION COMMAND COUNCIL NONETHELESS APPEARS FIRMLY IN CHARGE OF SUDAN. THE RECENT CURRENCY CHANGE, ABOUT AS BADLY BOTCHED AS [...]
1991-05-30 10:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SU
91KHARTOUM2961 CONVERSATION WITH FORMER PM SADIQ AL MAHDI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER SADIQ AL MAHDI JUNE 26. SADIQ DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT AS HAVING THE WORST CHARACTERISTICS OF DICTATORSHIP AND A COALITION GOVERNMENT. THE GOS, HE SAID, IS FAILING DISMALLY ECONOMICALLY AND CAUSIN [...]
1991-07-02 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM PREF ET SU
91KHARTOUM4769 ISLAMIZATION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. SUMMARY: THERE IS CLEAR AND MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT THE NIF-DOMINATED GOVERNMENT IN KHARTOUM HAS EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN TO ISLAMIZE SOUTHERN SUDAN AND THOSE SOUTHERNERS, MOSTLY DISPLACED, LIVING IN THE [...]
1991-09-02 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PHUM SU
91KHARTOUM5792 ISLAMIZATION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: DESENSITIZED
[...] PER DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST, AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNHRC RAPPORTEUR'S WORK, WE HAVE TRANSMITTED A DESENSITIZED VERSION OF KHARTOUM 4769 BELOW. WE HAVE TRIED TO ELIMINATED DIRECT REFERENCES TO SOURCES AND OTHER IDENTIFYING DETAILS. THE CABLE NEVERTHELESS CONTAINS INFORMATION, SU [...]
1991-09-29 13:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SU
91LENINGRAD4146LENINGRAD'S COMMUNISTS UNREPENTANT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN A REMARKABLE MONOLOGUE WHICH REFLECTED MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT TORTURED THINKING OF COMMUNIST APPARATCHIKS THAN REALITY, 0. L. ZOLOTAREV, AIDE TO LENINGRAD COMMUNIST PARTY FIRST SECRETARY GIDASPOV, ASSERTED AUGUST 28 THAT: - GIDASPOV HAD NOT B [...]
1991-08-30 14:54:00Consulate St PetersburgCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UR
91LIMA7182 A SUMMARY OF RECENT ESTIMATES OF SENDERO
[...] (S/NF/NC/ORCO... id: 457 date: 5/30/1991 23:11 refid: 91LIMA7182 origin: Embassy Lima classification: SECRET destination: 90LIMA12787 header: P 302311Z MAY 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8453 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO USAFSO HOWARD AFB USCINCSO QUARR [...]
1991-05-30 23:11:00Embassy LimaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PE
91MOSCOW10336GAMSAKHURDIA CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE MOSCOW
[...] No summary [...]
1991-04-10 09:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL SOCI UR
91MOSCOW10849 BYZANTINE POLITICS THRIVE IN SOVIET GEORGIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. SUMMARY /------ 2. DURING A MARCH 31 - APRIL 3 TRIP TO TBILISI, POLOFF MET WITH GEORGIAN SUPREME SOVIET CHAIRMAN ZVIAD GAMSAKHURDIA (PROTECT),OPPOSITION LEADERS, AND OTHER REPUBLIC RESIDENTS TO SORT OUT THE BYZANTINE POLITICS OF GEORGIA WHERE ACCUSATIONS [...]
1991-04-16 22:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV UR PREL SOCI PINS
91MOSCOW146 ROLL OVER LENIN: KAZAN CATHEDRAL TO BE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY ------ 2. RED SQUARE'S KAZAN CATHEDRAL, A POWERFUL RUSSIAN PATRIOTIC SYMBOL BLOWN UP BY STALIN, IS TO BE REBUILT. CONSERVATVE RUSSIENS CHEER WHILE LIBERAL ORTHODOX BELIEVERS FRET THAT THE REBUILDING MAY PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE [...]
1991-01-02 16:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS UR
91MOSCOW219 TAKEOVER OF PRESS BUILDINGS IN RIGA AND VILNIUS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY /------ 2. LATVIAN AND LITHUANIAN SPOKESMEN CONFIRMED PRESS REPORTS THAT SOVIET INTERIOR MINISTRY (MVD) SPECIAL FORCES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE MAIN PRESS BUILDING IN RIGA AND ARE OCCUPYING THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LITHUANIAN BRANCH OF THE CPSU IN VILNIUS, [...]
1991-01-03 15:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINT UR
91MOSCOW35835 GEORGIAN REPUBLIC'S RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: GEORGIANS SEE UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE SEALING THE FATE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND RESULTING IN, AT MOST, A MINOR ADVISORY ROLE FOR THE CENTER. REPUBLIC LEADERS CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR U.S. DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TBILISI AND FOR OUR MORAL/POLITICAL SUPPO [...]
1991-12-13 20:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PREL UR
91NDJAMENA848QADHAFI THREATENS DEBY
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: QADHAFI WARNED DEBY DURING LATTER'S RECENT VISIT TO LIBYA THAT THERE COULD BE NO STABILITY IN CHAD IF BILATERAL RELATIONS DID NOT REMAIN POSITIVE. BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE ARE GOOD AND DEBY IS INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE ON DOME [...]
1991-02-26 14:49:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRETPREL PGOV CD LY FR
91NIAMEY4184 COUNTERING LIBYAN INFLUENCE IN NIGER
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DESPITE NUMEROUS EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS BY THIS EMBASSY TO COUNTER QADDHAFI'S INFLUENCE IN NIGER, THE LIBYAN PRESENCE HAS STEADILY GROWN. THE SAIBOU REGIME CLINGS DESPERATELY TO ITS "GOOD-NEIGHBOR" POLICY, AND FEARS ANTAGONIZING QADDHA [...]
1991-05-16 14:27:00Embassy NiameySECRETPREL PINS PTER LY NG
91PRETORIA4652THE ANC'S THABO MBEKI AND CHRIS HANI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL. WE SHOULD SAY UP FRONT THAT WE DO NOT INTERACT MUCH WITH CHRIS HANI, WHO PREFERS TO LEAVE DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS TO OTHERS. NOR DO WE OFTEN SEE MBEKI AND HANI TOGETHER, EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL ASS [...]
1991-03-20 13:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPINR SF ZA
91RIYADH10006 PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL CRITICIZES IRAN
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. DURING A NOVEMBER 21 MEETING ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS (SEPTELS, NOTAL),THE AMBASSADOR SPARKED A DIATRIBE ON IRAN FROM SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL BY ASKING WHAT HE THOUGHT IRAN WAS UP TO IN THE OIC. PRINCE SAUD REPLIED THAT IRAN HAD INDEED [...]
1991-11-24 08:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL OIC GCC IR SA
91RIYADH7560 PARTING BIO NOTES
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE BIO ODDS AND ENDS IMPARTED BY EMBOFFS TO INR/B TDYER DURING HIS JULY 7 TO SEPTEMBER 4 STAY IN THE KINGDOM. THEY ARE PASSED ON TO INTERESTED WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOR THEIR USE. 3. IN AN EARLY JULY 1991 MEETING BETWEEN KING FAHD AND VI [...]
1991-08-31 13:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR SA
91STATE374256 LIBYAN OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR BOMBING PAN 103
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. THE PAPER IS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AND IS CLASSIFIED SECRET UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 1530 (GMT). AFTER THAT POINT THE WHITE PAPER IS DECLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE SHARED WIDELY WITH HOST GOVERNMENT. 2. AS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEL (MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER NOT YET AVAILABLE [...]
1991-11-14 18:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER LY
91STATE419544 U.S. POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF FORMER SOVIET
[...] SUMMARY. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED USG POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. FOLLOWING IS PRESS GUIDANCE THAT ADDRESSEES MAY USE WITH LOCAL PRESS AND OTHER CONTACTS. PARA 2 IS GENERAL GUIDANCE IN Q-AND-A FORMAT; PARA 3 IS THE TEXT OF THE [...]
1991-12-28 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PNAT PBTS
91USNATO1505 NATO POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF END OF
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. DURING TWO NATO POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS MARCH 26 AND APRIL 2, ALLIES REVIEWED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE END OF THE WARSAW PACT AND NEW SOVIET RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE. THE DISCUSSION COVERED BOTH SOVIET AND VARIOUS EASTERN EUROPEAN ATTITUDES [...]
1991-04-03 17:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL UR XH
91ZAGREB1189WGYOOL: RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN
[...] SUMMARY: AS REPORTED IN SEPTEL, THE FOLLOWING IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SIXTEEN RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT REGARDING THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN CROATIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESOLUTION ON THE SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF CROATIA. END S [...]
1991-08-06 11:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV
91ZAGREB1569 REPORTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
[...] WE HAVE COMPILED A SERIES OF REPORTS FROM THE EC OBSERVERS (WHO WERE IN GRUBISNO POLJE ON NOVEMBER 6 AND PLAN TO RETURN NOVEMBER 7),THE FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF THE JNA, AND CROATIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS ON EVENTS, ALLEGED AND OTHERWISE, THAT HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN PLACE IN WESTERN SLAVONIA. TH [...]
1991-11-07 16:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS
91ZAGREB1589CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO UN
[...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOVEMBER 11, 1991 LETTER FROM DR. ZVONIMIR SEPAROVIC ADDRESSED TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPEALING FOR ASSISTANCE FOR DUBROVNIK. BEGIN TEXT. SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 11, 1991 GENTLEMEN, ACCORDING TO LATEST NEWS DUBROVNIK - THE TOWN UNDER U [...]
1991-10-12 12:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV
91ZAGREB1658 ZAGREB UPDATE, NOVEMBER 25, 1991
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT TUDJMAN WENT ON CROATIAN TELEVISION YESTERDAY TO DENOUNCE ALLEGED RIGHTIST AND JNA COVERT PLOTS TO BRING DOWN HIS GOVERNMENT. THE EVACUATION OF JNA INSTALLATIONS IN THE ZAGREB AREA HAS BEGUN, THOUGH NOT ALTOGETHER SMOOTHLY. SHELLING IN OSIJEK WAS REPORTED TODAY. [...]
1991-11-25 17:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS MARR PHUM
91ZAGREB1661ZAGREB UPDATE, NOVEMBER 26, 1991
[...] No summary [...]
1991-11-26 14:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL HR
92ALEXANDRIA751 ALEXANDRIA: TRIAL OF SUSPECTED JIHAD MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THIRTY-ONE SUSPECTED ISLAMIC JIHAD MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM WERE ARRESTED IN ALEXANDRIA IN AUGUST, WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 29 AT ALEXANDRIAS HIGH MILITARY COURT ACCORDING TO WIDESPREAD PRESS COVERAGE. THE SUSPECTED MILITANTS, WHO COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF FOUND GUILTY [...]
1992-10-29 15:42:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL EG
92BOGOTA2165 COLOMBIAN COMMUNISTS WANT TO TAKE OVER FARC
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ROBERTO SAENZ VARGAS, YOUNGER BROTHER OF FARC LEADER ALFONSO CANO (NOM DE GUERRE OF GUILLERMO LEON SAENZ VARGAS),AND FARC GO-BETWEEN MORRIS ACKERMAN SEPARATELY HAVE TOLD POLOFF THAT HARDLINERS WHO NOW CONTROL THE COLOMBIAN COMMUNIST PARTY (PCC),[...]
1992-02-12 17:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PINR KPRP CO
92HAVANA781 SPAIN AND CASTRO
[...] (C) USINT APPRECIATES EMBASSY MADRID'S EXCELLENT REPORT ON SPAIN'S GROWING DISENCHANTMENT WITH FIDEL CASTRO. WE FOLLOW THE SPANISH-CUBAN RELATIONSHIP AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN FROM HAVANA, AND OUR INFORMATION TRACKS WELL WITH THAT IN REFTEL. WE OFFER A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FROM THE HAVANA PERSPEC [...]
1992-02-07 20:15:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU SP
92ISLAMABAD8548ONE YEAR AFTER THE SHARIA ACT,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S SHARIA (ISLAMIZATION) ACT, PASSED BY THE PAKISTANI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AGO, WAS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY ON PAKISTANI POLITICS. THE POORLY DRAFTED AND VAGUELY WORDED DOCUMENT P [...]
1992-06-08 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KPRP PK
92KADUNA1485"THE NATIONAL QUESTION": CAN NIGERIANS LIVE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 20 THE CITIZEN WEEKLY MAGAZINE HELD AN "ANNUAL DIALOGUE" CENTERED ON THE SUBJECT: "THE NATIONAL QUESTION: WHAT IS THE ANSWER?" CONSUL GENERAL ATTENDED THE SESSION, WHICH INCLUDED SPEAKERS KEN SARO-WIWA (ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN WRITERS); C [...]
1992-08-27 09:08:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
92KHARTOUM2013 EMERGENCE OF BASHIR? - ROLE DEFINING IN THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: FROM A NUMBER OF CONTACTS WE HAVE HAD LATELY IN KHARTOUM'S EVER ACTIVE POLITICAL CIRCLES, THERE IS PLAUSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CONCLUSIVE, HOPE THAT SUDAN'S PRESIDENT MAY BE TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT SOMEWHAT FROM UNDER THE NIF SHADOW. BASHIR'S [...]
1992-03-16 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV SU
92KHARTOUM5809 BASHIR RELEASES COUP PLOTTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 27, SUDANESE HEAD OF STATE LT. GEN. OMAR BASHIR REPORTEDLY PARDONED THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE RECEIVED PRISON SENTENCES OF FIFTEEN YEARS OR LESS FOR STATE SECURITY CRIMES. HE ALSO REDUCED PRISON TERMS FOR OTHERS AND PROMISED OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL RIGHTS IN FUTURE SECURITY [...]
1992-07-30 14:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS SU
92KHARTOUM8788TFS 0001: SOMALIA: SUDANESE GOVERNMENT BEGINS
[...] IN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MEDIA HERE TERM "AN EXPRESSION OF ANXIETY," SUDAN'S HEAD OF STATE, LT. GEM. OMAR AL BASHIR, IN HIS DECEMBER 2ND PRESS CONFERENCE, SAID HE HAS WORRIED ABOUT "THE SUDDEN ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT IN SOMALIA AND THE U.N. DECISION TO SEND FORTY THOUSAND (SIC) U [...]
1992-12-07 11:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SU SO
92KUWAIT4025 KUWAIT'S SUNNI MERCHANTS: UNHAPPY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE TRADITIONAL POLITICAL PREEMINENCE OF KUWAIT'S LARGE ARISTOCRATIC SUNNI MERCHANT FAMILIES IS THREATENED BY THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE EMIRATE. ALREADY EMBATTLED BY A DECADE OF FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL S [...]
1992-07-19 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPRP EFIN PINR PREL KU
92LIMA12419 BETWEEN SENDERO AND THE GOP:
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TE... id: 537 date: 9/17/1992 21:25 refid: 92LIMA12419 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 172125Z SEP 92 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1854 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY QUITO AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO DIA WASHDC USCIN [...]
1992-09-17 21:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PE
92LONDON23667 UNITED KINGDOM: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG, LIKE THE USG, ISSUED INDICTMENTS OF T [...]
1992-12-14 18:11:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP UK EI
92LONDON37 UNITED KINGDOM: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL ARE CONTAINED IN PARAS 3-10 BELOW. 2. EMBASSY SUGGESTS THAT THE FINAL REPORT INCORPORATE IN SOME FASHION THE FOLLOWING POINTS ON THE THREAT POSED BY TERRORISM [...]
1992-01-02 17:15:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
92PHNOMPENH664CAMBODIA: MEETING WITH HOR NAMHONG
[...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. BEGIN TEXT: SUMMARY -------- 2. SOLOMON, PIAK, AND GRIFFITHS THANKED SDC SNC MEMBER HOR NAMHONG FOR SOC COOPERATION OF THE POW/MIA ISSUE. SOLOMON STRESSED TO HOR NAMHONG THE NEED FOR ALL THE FACTIONS TO ABIDE BY THE COMMITMENTS IN THE PARIS AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THE [...]
1992-03-28 06:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALAMGT
92RANGOON2310 NEW BURMESE LEADERSHIP PROMISES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: ON APRIL 24, BURMA'S RULING MILITARY COUNCIL ISSUED ITS MOST DRAMATIC POLITICAL STATEMENT IN MORE THAN A YEAR. IT PLEDGED TO RELEASE AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF POLITICAL DETAINEES "PROMPTLY", TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS WITHIN T [...]
1992-04-25 07:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BM
92RANGOON2619 BURMA'S APRIL 23 "PALACE COUP"
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON MAY 6-7, TWO SOURCES WITH UNUSUALLY GOOD ACCESS TO BURMA'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP PROVIDED CHARGE WITH A TOUR D'HORIZON ON RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS HERE. BOTH CONFIRMED OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF BURMA'S APRIL 23 "PALACE COUP" WHEREIN FORMER HEAD OF STATE AND [...]
1992-05-07 09:20:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PINR BM
92SEOUL4375 KIM IL SUNG'S BIRTHDAY AND NEW TITLES FOR FATHER
[...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WITH N/S NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUING OVER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE N/S BASIC AGREEMENT AND THE NON-NUCLEAR ACCORD, KIM IL SUNG'S APRIL 15 BIRTHDAY BASH, KIM'S NEW TITLE OF GENERALISSIMO, AND KIM JONG IL'S ELEVATION TO MARSHAL HAVE GENERATED ONLY MODEST PUBLIC INTERE [...]
1992-04-23 08:56:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
92STATE324006 INR ANALYSIS: INTER-AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS:
[...] No summary [...]
1992-10-03 14:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETXT PINR
92STATE417666 RECOGNITION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS WITH
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 3. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE LETTER RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON JANUARY 1, 1993 AND OFFERING TO OPEN FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PROVIDES CERTAIN COMMITMENTS. 4. THE AMBAS [...]
1992-12-30 19:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP OPDC CZ US
92STATE417667 RECOGNITION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS WITH
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 3. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE LETTER RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC ON JANUARY 1, 1993 AND OFFERING TO OPEN FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC PROVIDES CERTAIN COMMITMENTS. 4. THE CON [...]
1992-12-30 19:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP OPDC CZ US
92ZAGREB1028 ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 23, 1992
[...] THE OSIJEK MAYOR THREATENED TO RESIGN IF THE MILITARY DOES NOT POLICE UP LAWLESS ELEMENTS WITHIN ITS RANKS. THE MOD AGAIN DENIED THAT CROATIAN UNITS ARE FIGHTING IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA. VP MESIC CALLED ON HDZ CROATS IN B-H TO COOPERATE WITH ALL POLITICAL UNCLASSIFIED [...]
1992-06-22 14:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR
92ZAGREB1036 ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992
[...] THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS APPEALED FOR FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF CONTINUED SERB/JNA AGGRESSION. STATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RAMLJAK DISCUSSED UNPROFOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL NAMBIAR. EC REPRESENTATIVE UNCLASSIFIED [...]
1992-06-24 14:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR
92ZAGREB1056 ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 26, 1992
[...] LOCAL PRESS REPORTS IT IS ALL QUIET TODAY ON THE DRNIS FRONT, BUT UNPROFOR HAS POSTPONED ITS TAKEOVER OF SECTOR SOUTH UNTIL THE CEASEFIRE IS RESPECTED. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01056 01 OF 03 261351Z PRESIDENT TUDJ [...]
1992-06-26 13:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN HR BK MOPS
92ZAGREB1856 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA - REPORTED RAPES OF YOUNG MUSLIM WOMEN
[...] A TWO-PAGE ARTICLE IN THE SEPT 25 EDITION OF THE ZAGREB WEEKLY "GLOBUS" REPORTS THAT A GROUP OF FORTY YOUNG WOMEN FROM THE MUSLIM-POPULATED TOWN OF BREZOVO POLJE, NORTH OF SARAJEVO, WERE BRUTALIZED AND REPEATEDLY RAPED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR BY SERBIAN SOLDIERS. THE WOMEN, NINE OF WHOM ARE SH [...]
1992-09-29 09:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM HR BK
92ZAGREB1962 CGY001: UNPROFOR'S DAUNTING TASK IN CROATIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A REGIME OF EXTRAORDINARY BRUTALITY HOLDS SWAY IN SERBIAN-DOMINATED VUKOVAR AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SECTOR EAST UNITED NATIONS PROTECTED AREA (UNPA) OF CROATIA. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDEN [...]
1992-10-09 12:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF HR
92ZAGREB2203 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: OCT 29, 1992
[...] CROATIAN BUDGET DEFICIT HITS 400 BILLION DINARS (ALMOST USD 890 MILLION). PRESIDENT TUDJMAN TELLS ISLANDERS THAT RECONSTRUCTION IS NUMBER ONE GOAL. SERBS DESTROY BOSANSKI BROD CATHOLIC CHURCH. ZUPANJA HIT BY 12 SERBIAN SHELLS. B-10,000 CROATIAN ARMY SOLDIERS TO BE [...]
1992-10-29 16:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK
92ZAGREB2243 CGYOOL: CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS
[...] FOLLOWING A PUBLIC EXCHANGE OF RECRIMINATORY LETTERS BY PRESIDENTS IZETBEGOVIC AND TUDJMAN (REFS A AND B),THE TWO LEADERS MET IN ZAGREB ON SUNDAY, NOV 1, TO ATTEMPT TO IRON OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES. TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE START OF THE MEETING SHOWED B-H HDZ LEADER MATE BOBAN NEXT TO IZETBEG [...]
1992-11-02 15:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS HR BK
92ZAGREB2290 CGYOOL: TUDJMAN SUMMONS DIP CORPS; SPELLS
[...] PRESIDENT TUDJMAN SUMMONED ALL ZAGREB CHIEFS OF LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02290 01 OF 06 051640Z MISSION TO THE "PREDSJEDNICKI DVORI" NOVEMBER 4 TO HEAR A STATEMENT OF CROATIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON A RANGE OF [...]
1992-11-05 16:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PREF HR BK
92ZAGREB2392 CGYOOL -- APPROACHING THE BREAKING POINT:
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF A'S REQUEST FOR OUR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02392 01 OF 09 131606Z CANDID APPRAISAL OF THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN CROATIA. REF B CONVEYED THE GOC'S LATES [...]
1992-11-13 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM HR BK
92ZAGREB2400 CGYOOL: UNPROFOR CHIEF SPEAKS OF ANARCHY IN
[...] WE REPORT HEREIN FOR THE RECORD RECENT PUBLIC REMARKS BY UNPROFOR CIVILIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR CEDRIC THORNBERRY REGARDING THE SITUATION IN THE CROATIAN UNPA'S AND PINK ZONES. REFERING TO SECTORS EAST AND SOUTH, THORNBERRY DECLARED, "GANGS OF TERRORISTS ROAM THE AREA, THERE ARE POLICE FORCES WH [...]
1992-11-16 15:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM HR
92ZAGREB2517 CGYOOL: CODEL DECONCINI OPENS THE MASH;
[...] UNDER HELSINKI COMMISSION AUSPICES, SENATOR DECONCINI AND REP. MCCLOSKEY VISITED CROATIA NOV 15. THEY HELPED OFFICIALLY OPEN THE U.S. ARMY MASH UNIT AT ZAGREB AIRPORT AND INTERVIEWED SEVERAL MEN FROM THE LATEST GROUP OF SERBIAN DEATH CAMP SURVIVORS IN KARLOVAC. PRESIDENT TUDJMAN TOLD THE COD [...]
1992-11-27 13:07:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR BK MK
92ZAGREB2522 CGYOOL: PRES TUDJMAN TELLS SENATOR MOYNIHAN
[...] IN A LATE EVENING MEETING NOV 27, SENATOR MOYNIHAN SHARED WITH PRESIDENT TUDJMAN HIS IMPRESSIONS AFTER HAVING PERSONALLY VIEWED THE DEVASTATION IN SARAJEVO, MOSTAR, AND THE DUBROVNIK AREA. THE SENATOR SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY UNHCR IN SARAJEVO THAT THE CITY IS DOWN TO ONLY ONE DAY'S FOOD SUP [...]
1992-11-30 09:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PREF HR BK
92ZAGREB2544 CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
[...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ON SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (B-H) BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SUBJECTS NAMED. THE SUBJECT IN THIS REPORT AGREED TO SPEAK ONLY AFTER RECEIVING ASSURANCES THAT HIS NAME WOULD NOT/NOT BE USED PUBLICLY FOR [...]
1992-12-01 10:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM HR BK
92ZAGREB2586 CGY001: THE UGLY VIRUS OF MORAL SYMMETRY -
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. --------------- SUMMARY COMMENT --------------- 2. WE ARE FRANKLY APPALLED BY THE THRICE-REPEATED CLAIM IN REF A THAT THE EVENTS IN AND AROUND PROZOR OVER 6 WEEKS AGO CONSTITUTE HARD EVIDENCE OF PAST AND LIKELY FUTURE CROATIAN ETHNIC CLEANSING IN BOSNIA. F [...]
1992-12-03 15:53:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM HR BK
92ZAGREB2829 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992
[...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...]
1992-12-28 14:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM
92ZAGREB2862 CGYOOL: BANJA LUKA -- SERBIAN HARASSMENT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AN EXPATRIATE STAFFER FROM UNHCR'S BANJA LUKA OFFICE (STRICTLY PROTECT) DESCRIBED FOR US THE WORSENING SITUATION IN NORTHWEST BOSNIA DEC. 30. THE UNHCR STAFFER SAID THE LOCAL SERBIAN FORCES HAD INTENSIFIED THEIR HARASSMENT OF BOTH [...]
1992-12-31 18:30:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM MASS HR BK
92ZAGREB2863 1992 CROATIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EMBASSY
[...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT. ----------------------------------------- GENERAL COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT'S RE-DRAFT ----------------------------------------- LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02863 01 OF 08 [...]
1992-12-31 18:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB KSPR HR BK
92ZAGREB468 SERBS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A QUESTION OF
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. SUMMARY ------- 2. ALTHOUGH ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE WARRING FACTIONS IN CROATIA CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN TO SERBS AND CROATS, BOTH SIDES (WITH THE ARRIVAL OF UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES) HAVE NOW APPARENTLY BEGUN TO FOCUS ON A NEW STRATEGY -- THE FORCED E [...]
1992-03-31 07:28:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
92ZAGREB527 CROATIA, SLOVENIA AND THE U.S.: THE FUTURE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. ON THE DAY AFTER U.S. RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLICS OF CROATIA AND SLOVENIA, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CATCH OUR BREATH AND TAKE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND SOME EARLY [...]
1992-04-09 12:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON
92ZAGREB66 TUDJMAN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
1992-01-16 15:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV CA PHUM
92ZAGREB780 UNPROFOR OFFICIAL ON SECTOR EAST, RAMLJAK
[...] (C) IN A MAY 18 CONVERSATION WITH UNPROFOR OFFICIAL MIKAEL MAGNUSSON, MAGNUSSON SAID THAT WHILE CROATIAN FORCES WERE HOLDING TO AGREEMENTS IN SECTOR EAST, THE JNA APPEARED TO BE BENDING THE AGREED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZA [...]
1992-05-19 11:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM HR
92ZAGREB954 SERBS AND CROATS IN GORSKI KOTAR: A TALE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. SUMMARY ------- 2. A CONSULATE VISIT TO TWO DISTRICTS OF THE MIXED CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00954 01 OF 08 111236Z CROAT/SERB GORSKI KOTAR REGION PROVIDED BOTH A HOPEFUL AND NEG [...]
1992-06-11 10:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS HR
93ADANA470 KURDS, AND PKK, CONTINUE TO SPREAD WEST
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. RECENT REPORTING FROM ADANA AND OTHER POSTS IN TURKEY HAS FOCUSSED ON THE MASS MIGRATION OF KURDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE LARGE CITIES OF THE WEST. AN ITEM IN THURSDAY'S ADANA PRESS SUMMARY SHOWS HOW KURDISH MIGRATION IS ALSO PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON TURKIS [...]
1993-09-10 11:05:00Consulate AdanaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER TU
93ALEXANDRIA373ALEXANDRIA: IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IS UNDERTAKING A MAJOR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND GENERAL LIVING CONDITIONS IN MANY OF ITS POORER NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE PROGRAM ELEMENT, INVOLVING THE RELOCATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, IS IN PART INTENDED TO ROOT OUT AND ISOLATE EXTREMISTS AND THEIR FU [...]
1993-05-17 07:22:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL EG
93JAKARTA8764 SAM HUNTINGTON'S "CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS:" APOCALYPSE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: SAM HUNTINGTON'S THESIS ABOUT THE "COMING CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS" HAS CAUGHT ON IN ASIA LIKE WILDFIRE. DEALING WITH THE ISSUE IS AS GREAT A CHALLENGE FOR POLICY AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AS ANY IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA. WE NEED TO MOUNT A MAJOR EFFORT T [...]
1993-08-16 09:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ID MY
93JEDDAH1305THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...]
1993-06-27 07:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR SA
93LONDON22928 UNITED KINGDOM: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY INPUT FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 4 REFTEL. 2. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: -- HMG CONTINUES ACTIVELY TO P [...]
1993-12-29 15:43:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
93PHNOMPENH577HOR NAMHONG VIEWS THE FUTURE
[...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. SOC FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TOOK ME ASIDE DURING UNTAC'S DONORS REVIEW MEETING ON REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEBRUARY 25. AFTER ASKING ABOUT THE CORE GROUP MEETING ON CAMBODIA, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT THE SITUA [...]
1993-02-25 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALKDEM UNTAC CB
93PRETORIA5586 FIGHTING PERCEPTIONS AND SUBSTANCE: THABO MBEKI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ANC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR AND SENIOR NEGOTIATOR THABO MBEKI APRIL 23 TO OBTAIN A READOUT ON THE STATE OF PLAY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. MBEKI WAS CONFIDENT THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON A DATE CERTAIN [...]
1993-04-27 10:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
93RANGOON1836BURMA'S GENERALS PROMOTE THEMSELVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BURMA'S RULING STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL (SLORC) PROMOTED MORE THAN A DOZEN TOP GENERALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 27 ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION. A MODEST RESTRUCTURING OF THE MILITARY HIERARCHY IS ALSO IN THE WORKS, WITH EASTERN REGIONAL COMMANDER MAUNG AYE S [...]
1993-03-30 09:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MARR BM
93STATE176000 POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA
[...] THIS CABLE TRANSMITS AN INR MEMO OF JUNE 1 ON "POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA." THE MEMO IS A SUMMARY OF VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ACADEMICS AT A MAY 7 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY INR AND, AS SUCH' DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. BEGIN SUMMARY [...]
1993-06-10 16:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPINR XA KISL
93STATE377793 WHITE PAPER ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE PROGRAM
[...] (S) PRESENTED BELOW IN PARA 2 IS AN INTERAGENCY COORDINATED "WHITE PAPER" ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PROGRAM. THIS PAPER IS UNCLASSIFIED AND IS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS USE. THE PAPER CAN BE USED BY THE THAIS IN HELPING TO PREPARE THE CASES AGAINST THE THRE [...]
1993-12-16 18:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC TH LY
93VIENNA31 INDEPENDENT SLOVAKIA ENTERS THE WORLD STAGE
[...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: WITH THE FANFARE OF FIREWORKS, THE ROAR OF THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS, THE UNCORKING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE, SLOVAKS CELEBRATED NOT ONLY THE COMING OF THE NEW YEAR JANUARY 1 BUT ALSO THE MILENNIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF AN INDEP [...]
1993-01-04 16:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LO
93YEREVAN2697PKK "SUPPORT" FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES
[...] No summary [...]
1993-07-26 12:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL PTER AM TU
94ADANA532 WHO PAYS THE PKK?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ETHNIC TURKISH WIFE OF ADANA AMCIT BUSINESSMAN INFORMED ADANA POLOFF THAT HER BROTHER, OWNER OF A LARGE RESTAURANT NEAR BURSA, WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE PKK AND TOLD TO MAKE "FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS." RELEASED UNHARMED THE NEXT DAY BUT AWARE OF THE PKK [...]
1994-09-16 11:35:00Consulate AdanaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM TU
94AMMAN12970 THE PUBLIC FACE OF HAMAS IN JORDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY HAMAS SPOKESMAN IN JORDAN IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH REFRAINED FROM PRAISING THE OCTOBER 19 TEL AVIV BOMBING BUT HAS PREDICTED THAT HAMAS WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OPERATIONS. DESPITE HIS WILLINGNESS TO OBLIGE THE MEDIA WITH THE KIND OF FLAMBOYANT RHETORIC THAT MAKES A GOOD STORY, G [...]
1994-10-24 11:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KPAL KISL JO XF KWBG
94ATHENS11383 GREECE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. --------------- A. PROSECUTIONS --------------- 2. SUSPECTED TERRORIST GEORGE BALAFAS WAS ACQUITTED ON JULY 25 OF 20 CHARGES RANGING FROM MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY TO MISDEMEANORS. AN APPEAL TO THIS ACQUITTAL WAS [...]
1994-11-16 09:00:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU GR
94BANDARSERIBEGAWAN318 BRUNEI CONSIDERS CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BRUNEI'S TWO-YEAR-PLUS CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS APPEARS TO BE NEARING COMPLETION. MOST OBSERVERS REALISTICALLY EXPECT CHANGES TO BE MODEST, AND THE SULTAN'S FULL POWERS TO REMAIN INTACT. MODERATES ARE PRESSING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BROA [...]
1994-04-05 07:25:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPGOV BX
94BANJUL2791 THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH CLAIMS AN OPEN MANDATE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. LT JAMMEH, THE PRC, AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT MET THE PEOPLE OF BANJUL AT A MASS RALLY JULY 13, 1994. LT JAMMEH AND OTHER SPEAKERS FOCUSED ON THE NEED FOR CHANGE, THE IMPORTANCE OF ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION, AND THE NEED FOR NATIONAL UN [...]
1994-08-17 15:34:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR GA
94BANJUL3540 THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH DIGS IN DEEPER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. CHAIRMAN JAMMEH REMAINS UNMOVED BY SENEGALESE AND WESTERN DONOR CONCERNS FOR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GAMBIA. HIS INTRANSIGENCE HAS BEEN BUOYED BY HIS PERCEPTION THAT WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE WILL BE [...]
1994-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR EAID ECON GA
94BEIRUT5863 (S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...]
1994-11-09 09:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE
94BRUSSELS8603 LEBANESE AMBASSADOR FAWZI SALLOUKH CAUTIOUS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. FAWZI SALLOUKH, LEBANESE AMBASSADOR TO THE EU AND BELGIUM, PAID A COURTESY CALL AUGUST 1 ON AMBASSADOR EIZENSTAT. SALLOUKH HAS BEEN IN BRUSSELS SINCE LAST APRIL AND HAS FOUND THE PACE LESS HECTIC THAN AT HIS LAST POST--WHICH WAS VIENNA--WHERE HE HAD [...]
1994-08-03 13:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PTER LE RAID
94BUENOSAIRES6161 CASTRO SAYS HE WILL GO IF THE PEOPLE CHOOSE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. AT HIS REQUEST, AMBASSADOR AND POLCOUNS MET SEPTEMBER 14 WITH A LEADING MEMBER OF THE RADICAL CIVIC UNION, CESAR JAROSLAVSKY, FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT CUBA. JAROSLAVSKY WAS INVOLVED LAST YEAR WITH A PERSONAL APPEAL TO FIDEL CASTRO FOR THE RELEASE OF CUBAN POL [...]
1994-09-15 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF CU AR
94CARACAS10003 CASTRO GREETS FORMER COUP LEADER CHAVEZ
[...] (U) CARACAS NEWSPAPERS GAVE FRONT PAGE COVERAGE DECEMBER 15 TO THE VISIT TO HAVANA OF RETIRED ARMY LT. COL. HUGO CHAVEZ. FEATURING PHOTOS OF FIDEL CASTRO EMBRACING CHAVEZ, THE PRESS REPORTED THAT THE CUBAN PRESIDENT WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO GREET THE PRINCIPAL LEADER OF THE FAILED FEBRUARY 199 [...]
1994-12-19 13:21:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CU VE
94CARACAS2731 REACTIONS TO RELEASE OF FEB
[...] (U) SUMMARY: POLITICAL REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE PRINCIPAL LEADER OF THE FEBRUARY 1992 MILITARY COUP, LTC HUGO CHAVEZ, HAS RANGED FROM "GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY" TO WARNINGS THAT IT SENDS SIGNALS TO THE ARMED FORCES THAT IT CAN ACT WITH IMPUNITY. FOR HIS PART, CHAVEZ HAS EMBRACED THE PUBLIC [...]
1994-04-06 17:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PINS KJUS VE
94COLOMBO3119 LIFE UNDER THE LTTE
[...] SUMMARY. RECENT TRAVELERS TO JAFFNA REPORT THAT THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) CONTINUE TO SET UP CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN AREAS UNDER THEIR CONTROL. A TIGER POLICE FORCE HAS REPLACED THE REGULAR LTTE CADRES ON THE STREETS OF JAFFNA, TIGER COURTS ARE DISPENSING JUSTICE THROUGHOU [...]
1994-06-17 12:29:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PHUM PTER KPRP CE
94COLOMBO954 THE LTTE: WHAT WE ARE SAYING AND WHO WE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST--PLEASE SEE PARA 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POST IS WORKING THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) SHOULD BECOME CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED IN FINDING A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO SRI LANKA'S ETHNIC CONFLICT. WE ARE CALLIN [...]
1994-02-24 11:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS UNHRC CE
94DAMASCUS6308 ASAD INSIDER SEES BASHAR COMING TO HELP,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: MUHAMMAD MAKHLUF TOLD US HIS NEPHEW BASHAR AL-ASAD IS RETURNING TO DAMASCUS SOON (AFTER MILITARY TRAINING IN HIMS) TO TAKE UP FULL TIME HIS LATE BROTHER BASIL'S FORMER PORTFOLIO IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. HE DOES NOT, HOWEVER, SEE MUCH OF A ROLE FOR BAS [...]
1994-12-19 14:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD BEXP US SY
94DAMASCUS660 THE INSCRUTABLE ASAD REGIME
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS, ALTHOUGH ENJOYING TIES OF LONG STANDING TO THE SYRIAN MILITARY/SECURITY ELITE, ARE, LIKE US, FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SORT FACT FROM FICTION REGARDING THE AFTERMATH OF BASIL AL-ASAD'S DEATH. RUSSIAN DCM MIKHAIL BOGDANOV [...]
1994-02-07 11:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
94HAVANA5167 BEHIND CASTRO'S THREATS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WHY THE CHANGE IN GOC ATTITUDE TOWARD MASSIVE EMIGRATION? FOR YEARS NOW, MOST OBSERVERS HAD JUDGED THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT AS UNLIKELY TO STAGE ANOTHER MARIEL OR TO OPEN ITS SHORES TO FREE EMIGRATION FOR FEAR OF UNLEASHING A SITUATION WHICH IT COULD NOT CON [...]
1994-08-06 19:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV CU
94KADUNA284LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: POLITICS IN NORTHERN
[...] THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR END-OF-TOUR, END-OF-POST CABLES FROM KADUNA, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. THE OTHER THREE WILL DEAL RESPECTIVELY WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE, THE CULTURAL SCENE, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND CONDITIONS. THEY ARE MEANT FOR ORIENTATION OF OFFICE [...]
1994-03-10 07:53:00Consulate KadunaUNCLASSIFIEDKPRP PGOV NI
94KADUNA365THE LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: WHO'S WHO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING CABLE PROVIDES BIOGRAPHIC DATA REFLECTING THE CONSUL GENERAL'S CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE SKETCHES DO NOT AIM TO REPRODUCE MATERIAL MOST LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AF AND INR FILES, BUT RATHER TO GIVE IMPRESS [...]
1994-03-29 14:45:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINR PGOV ECON NI
94KHARTOUM6366SUDANESE MISCHIEF-MAKING: DOES IT MATTER?
[...] No summary [...]
1994-12-14 13:49:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETKISL PREL PTER SU
94LIMA11661 AYACUCHO EMERGES FROM ITS SENDERO PAST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND MRS. ADAMS, ACCOMPANIED BY AID OFFICERS AND POLOFF TRAVELED TO AYACUCHO FOR THE OPENING OF AN AID-FUNDED DETAINEE REGISTRY CENTER. US-TEAM ALSO VISITED AN ORPHANAGE AND AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY RECTOR AND UNIVERSITY STU [...]
1994-12-19 14:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KJUS PE
94MANILA13414 DISCUSSION ON THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: DURING JULY 12 LUNCHEON MEETING WITH POLOFF, RETIRED DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JOEL DE LOS SANTOS DESCRIBED THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PEACE WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AS LESS THAN ENCOURAGING. HE FELT THAT A MAIN PROBLEM WAS THE LACK OF UNDERS [...]
1994-07-19 07:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL RP
94PHNOMPENH4053 HUN SEN'S CURRENT VIEWS
[...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PROMINENT CAMBODIAN-AMERICAN LEADER SICHAN SIV (PROTECT) HAD A ONE-ON-ONE SESSION DECEMBER 6 WITH SECOND PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS RELAXED AND DEMONSTRATED A GOOD GRASP OF DETAIL, ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCE. HIS PRINCIPAL POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS. [...]
1994-12-09 06:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PINS CB
94RANGOON1643 BURMA'S ARMED FORCES PAT THEMSELVES ON THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: DESPITE UNUSUALLY INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE 49TH BURMQY WENT OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT ON MARCH 27. IN HIS HOLIDAY ADDRESS, SLORC CHAIRMAN THAN SHWE STRESSED THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN BURMESE NATION- BUILDING AND CALLED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILI [...]
1994-03-29 09:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR BM
94RIYADH989 BIN LADIN FAMILY PUBLICLY WASHES HANDS OF USAMA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. IN A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 19 ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY, AL-RIYADH, BAKR BIN LADIN, HEAD OF A LARGE AND WEALTHY JEDDAH-BASED BUSINESS FAMILY, PUBLICLY SOUGHT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AND HIS CLAN FROM THE FAMILY BLACK SHEEP AND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ACTI [...]
1994-02-20 13:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER SA
94STATE183691TOSEC140193 TFKN01: DEATH OF KIM IL SUNG ABSORBS BOTH KOREAS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THE DEATH OF KIM IL SUNG HAS MONOPOLIZED MEDIA, GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS IN SOUTH KOREA SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON JULY 9. ROKG POLICY PLANNERS CONTINUE TO DISCUSS OFFICIAL REACTIONS, INCLUDING AT A PRIME MINISTER-CHAIRED POLICY COORDINATI [...]
1994-07-11 12:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL KS KN
94ZAGREB1155 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL -- INTERVIEWING
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE WELCOME THE REFUGEE-INTERVIEWING TEAM'S PROPOSED VISIT TO CROATIA. CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE VISIT WILL BE REFCOORD ERIC WHITAKER -- (0) 385-41-444-800, EXT. 63; (H) 385-41-337-736. 3. THE DATES SCHEDULED FOR THE TEAM'S BRIEF STOP IN CROATIA INCLUDE [...]
1994-03-22 17:53:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR
94ZAGREB118 TFSROL: ZAGREB UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] ON JANUARY 6 UNPROFOR TROOPS WERE PERMITTED TO EXHUME A MASS GRAVE NEAR KRIZANCEVO (NEAR VITEZ, CENTRAL B-H). BRITISH UNPROFOR ELEMENTS INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION THERE ON DECEMBER 29 WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW AFTER ENCOUNTERING HEAVY FIRE FROM B-H ARMY POSITIONS. 2. ON JANUARY 8, AFTER [...]
1994-01-11 16:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV HR BK
94ZAGREB13271993-94 CSCE IMPLEMENTATION REPORT:
[...] FOLLOWING IS OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ANNUAL CSCE IMPLEMENTATION REPORT (REFTEL). ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. CROATIA CONTINUES BY AND LARGE TO IMPLEMENT ITS CSCE OBLIGATIONS, THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INCIDENTS IN VIOLATION OF CSCE NORMS. THE CONTI [...]
1994-04-01 17:58:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR ECON HR
94ZAGREB1634TFSROL: DART FIELD OFFICER'S VISIT WITH
[...] ON APRIL 5, DART/ZAGREB FIELD OFFICER HAD AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING WITH MR. FUAD DIDIC, MINISTER OF COORDINATION AND FIELD AFFAIRS IN ZENICA FOR THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REGION. FORMERLY A PROFESSOR OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY AT THE [...]
1994-04-25 11:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB176 A/S SHATTUCK AND CROATIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY INFORMATIVE AND SOMETIMES EMOTIONAL JANUARY 7 MEETING HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, HA A/S SHATTUCK AND LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS SPOKESMEN IN CROATIA DISCUSSED WHAT A/S SHATTUCK CALLED "THE HUMAN RIGHTS CATASTROPHE" IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. IN A BROAD-RANGING CONVERSATIO [...]
1994-01-13 18:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB335 TFSROL: AMB. ALBRIGHT TELLS TUDJMAN MORE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN A JANUARY 6 MEETING PRESIDENT TUDJMAN THANKED AMBASSADOR ALBRIGHT FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00335 01 OF 06 251811Z TE [...]
1994-01-25 19:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF HR BK
94ZAGREB467TFSROL: THE MEDIA WAR: CROAT-MUSLIM
[...] (U) THIS EMBASSY CONTINUES TO NOTE THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL MEDIA IN HEIGHTENING ETHNIC TENSIONS. GOVERNMENT OWNED AND CONTROLLED CROATIAN TV (HTV) ON SATURDAY, JAN. 29, BROADCAST TWO UNSCHEDULED DOCUMENTARIES BACK-TO-BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENING NEWS. THE FIRST WAS A TWENTY MINUTE FILM [...]
1994-02-02 16:20:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB82 TSFROL: UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GEN. COT'S
[...] IN A JAN 5 ZAGREB BRIEFING CHAIRED BY UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AKASHI, UNPROFOR FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL COT BRIEFED AMBASSADORS ALBRIGHT AND GALBRAITH, ASSTSEC SHATTUCK, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ALBRIGHT DELEGATION ON LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED [...]
1994-01-07 16:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF EAID MOPS HR BK
94ZAGREB827TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
[...] (U) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS OF WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEEDS. THIS REPORT NAMES VICTIMS AND, IN SOME C [...]
1994-02-28 16:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF HR BK
94ZAGREB903 TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS (REFTELS) OF INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00930 01 OF 05 071400Z BY A DAR [...]
1994-03-07 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MOPS HR BK
94ZAGREB919TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
[...] (U) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS OF INTERVIEWS OF WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BY A DART/ZAGREB FIELD REP AND AN AMCIT IRC REP WHILE THEY WERE IN THE AREA ASSESSING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS. THIS REPORT NAMES VICTIMS AND, IN SOME CASES, PERPETRATOR [...]
1994-03-04 17:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF HR BK
95BANJUL418CHAIRMAN JAMMEH'S SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
1995-02-07 10:19:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL GA
95BEIRUT2676 HIZBALLAH AND HARIRI STRIKE A DEAL
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT. PM HARIRI, SPEAKER BIRRI, AND SHI'A SPIRITUAL LEADER SHAMS AD-DIN MET JULY 11 AND RESOLVED DIFFERENCES OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF TWO SHI'A-RESERVED SEATS ON THE BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME, ELYSSAR. A HIZBALLAH A [...]
1995-07-12 14:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON LE
95BEIRUT4678 MORE ON ARREST OF LEBANESE-PALESTINIAN
[...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL BY RONALD SCHLICHER, CHARGE. REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. SUMMARY: PRESIDENT HRAWI, CITING PEACE PROCESS AND OTHER REASONS, HAS DECIDED AGAINST ALLOWING THE LAF TO ENTER 'AYN AL-HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP TO ARREST THE FUGITIVE LEADER OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SUNNI FUNDAM [...]
1995-12-28 14:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER KPAL KISL PREF LE SY
95BUCHAREST6434ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CABLES FOCUSING ON ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU, AND COVERS HIS POLITICAL HISTORY THROUGH THE 1992 ELECTIONS. SEPTEL WILL DEAL WITH HIS CURRENT POWERS AND ROLE IN THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. ILIESCU, WHO WAS BORN INTO A COMMUNIST [...]
1995-06-23 11:53:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS RO
95GABORONE1886 SADC CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AS REQUESTED REFTEL, AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM AND ODC CHIEF, MET WITH BDF COMMANDER IAN KHAMA MARCH 29 FOR A READOUT ON THE GABORONE CONFERENCE OF SADC MEMBER STATE ARMY CHIEFS OF STAFF. KHAMA SAID ONLY ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE AND LESOTHO WERE UNREPRESENTE [...]
1995-04-03 13:13:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC BC
95JERUSALEM3642PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...]
1995-11-05 18:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS
95KUALALUMPUR1919 TIME UPSETS MAHATHIR
[...] PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR RESPONDED WITH ANTI-WEST RHETORIC TO AN ARTICLE IN THE APRIL 10 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE WHICH ALLEGED THAT ABU SAYYAF, A SMALL MUSLIM EXTREMIST GROUP BASED IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, WAS RECEIVING ARMS, MONEY AND TRAINING FROM ISLAMIC GROUPS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLU [...]
1995-04-13 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MY
95LONDON8776 NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS "CRISIS"
[...] (U) PARAGRAPHS CLASSIFIED AS MARKED. OADR FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINN FEIN LEADERS HAVE AUTHORITATIVELY RULED OUT ANY DECOMMISSIONING OF WEAPONS -- EVEN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE -- UNTIL THE SHAPE OF AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS CLEAR, AND HAVE DE [...]
1995-06-21 18:00:00Embassy LondonSECRETPGOV PREL PINS UK EI
95PHNOMPENH3699 DEFENSE MINISTER GIVEN COMMAND CONTROL
[...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, PHNOM PENH; REASON 1.5 (B). DECLASSIFY NOVEMBER 6, 2005. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE CO-DEFENSE MINISTERS AS DEPUTY COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF PLACES THE MILITARY UNDER TIGHTER CIVILIAN CONTROL, BUT HAS DISPLEASED CHIEF [...]
1995-11-07 03:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALMCAP PGOV PINS CB
95PRETORIA5893 SOUTH AFRICA: THABO MBEKI, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S IMAGE APPEARS A BIT TARNISHED, THE RESULT OF HIS QUESTIONABLE HANDLING OF THE FIRING OF WINNIE MANDELA, HIS HASTE TO CAST DOUBT ON ALLAN BOESAK'S CULPABILITY ON CORRUPTION C [...]
1995-05-10 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KPRP SF
95RIYADH5382 SAUDI ARABIA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN REFTEL. A. (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 13 BOMBING OF THE RIYADH HEADQUARTERS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD (OPM/SANG),WHICH KILLED SEVEN PERSONS, INCLUDING FIVE AMERICANS, AND INJURED MORE THAN FORTY O [...]
1995-12-11 10:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
95RIYADH5472 CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...]
1995-12-17 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA
95RIYADH712 IRAN: MEETING WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 26 MEETING, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TOLD NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY PELLETREAU THAT IRAN HAD BEEN PRESSURING THE SAG FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS, BUT THE SAG HAD SEEN NO INDICATION THAT IMPROVING RELATIONS WOULD PRODUCE A ST [...]
1995-02-08 09:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL IR SA BA RU
95STATE260249// INR ASSESSMENT // - NORTH KOREA - DANGER IN THE WIND
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING INR ASSESSMENT WAS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND COMMENT. 3. (SUMMARY) PYONGYANG'S ECONOMIC DISTRESS AND CONTINUING POLITICAL PARALYSIS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE CURRENT NORTH KOREA [...]
1995-11-03 22:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PGOV PREL
95STATE51417 INR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT - SOUTH AFRICA:
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INR'S FEBRUARY 28 ASSESSMENT ENTITLED SOUTH AFRICA: CHALLENGES FACING MBEKI" IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND COMMENT, AS APPROPRIATE. BEGIN TEXT 3. SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MANDELA'S FEBRUARY 15 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN OFFIC [...]
1995-03-02 03:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR KE PGOV
95TELAVIV16445 HAMAS/PA AGREEMENT: ON THE BRINK AGAIN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. OADR BASED ON INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SOURCES. SUMMARY ------- 2. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND HAMAS APPEARS IMMINENT. REPORTEDLY, AFTER A LOCAL HAMAS DELEGATION MET WITH OUTSIDE LEADERS, CONSENSUS WAS REACHED ON THE [...]
1995-10-13 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
95TELAVIV16873 HAMAS JAILBREAK: YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN
[...] (U) THREE HAMAS ACTIVISTS ESCAPED FROM THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE WING OF GAZA CENTRAL PRISON OCTOBER 22. TWO OF THEM, YUSEF MALAHI AND OSAMA ABU TAHA, HAD BEEN IMPLICATED IN LETHAL ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS AND HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO 12 YEAR SENTENCES BY THE PALESTINIAN SECURITY COURT. THE TH [...]
1995-10-23 15:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS
95TELAVIV17503 RABIN ASSASSINATION: SITREP NO. 1
[...] PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, AS HE LEFT A LARGE DOWNTOWN PEACE RALLY. HE WAS ATTACKED BY A LONE GUNMAN, AN ISRAELI STUDENT, ALTHOUGH A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE "JEWISH VENGEANCE ORGANIZATION" HAS CLAIMED CREDIT. 2. THE PRIME [...]
1995-11-05 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IS
95TOKYO3257 BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH'S
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH VISITED JAPAN MARCH 7 - 9 IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND VACATIONED IN TOKYO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. HE MET WITH THE EMPEROR, CROWN PRINCE, AND GOJ FOREIGN MINISTER KONO. WITH THE LATTER HE DISCUSSED T [...]
1995-03-20 02:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN APEC NPT UNSC BX JA
95ZAGREB1090 BANJA LUKA MUSLIM LEADERS ARRESTED FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (U) IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OVER TEN OF THE MOST PROMINENT MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THEIR MERHAMET OFFICES AND IN THEIR HOMES BY SERB MILITARY AUTHORITIES. THE DETAINED INCLUDED NIJAZ KARASELIMOVIC, [...]
1995-03-10 16:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF BK HR
95ZAGREB1795 UPDATE NO. 29 - CROATIA LAUNCHES PR OFFENSIVE
[...] ON MAY 8, EMBOFF VISITED THE SECTOR WEST TOWNS OF JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, PAKRAC, AND A DETENTION CENTER IN BJELOVAR WITH A GROUP OF ZAGREB BASED DIPLOMATS ORGANIZED BY THE MFA. THE CONDITION OF THESE TOWNS IS AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER REPORTING OF PREVIOUS EMBASSY TRIPS. THE SERBS WE SPOKE WITH W [...]
1995-05-09 18:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS PGOV HR
95ZAGREB1796CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH LED A GROUP THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA, AND PAKRAC. AT THE MONUMENT IN JASENOVAC COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP THERE, THE AM [...]
1995-05-09 18:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1822 AKASHI SAYS TENSION LOWER IN "RSK"; DEFENDS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AT A MAY 10 MEETING AT UN HQ IN ZAGREB, UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE YASUSHI AKASHI TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC APPEARED TO HAVE A "FIRMER GRIP ON REALITY" DURING THEIR DISCUSSIONS THE PREVLOU [...]
1995-05-11 17:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMOPS HR BK
95ZAGREB1824CROATIA UPDATE NO. 36: U.S., UN, EXPLORING CROAT TREATMENT OF SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA
[...] (C) VARIOUS UN ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CIVPOL, ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS FOR SERBS IN "SECTOR WEST." MANY UN OFFICIALS SAY THEY STILL SUSPECT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSGRESSIONS BY CROATIAN FORCES DURING AND AFTER THE MAY 1 OFFEN [...]
1995-05-11 19:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1908VISIT TO DETAINED SERBS YIELDS NO SOLID EVIDENCE OF ABUSE
[...] ON MAY 12, POLOFF VISITED THE GYMNASIUM BEING USED AS A MAKESHIFT DETENTION CENTER IN VARAZDIN WHERE OVER FIVE HUNDRED SERB MEN FROM SECTOR WEST HAD BEEN BROUGHT BY CROATIAN AUTHORITIES ON MAY 5 (AND WHICH WAS EMPTY BY MAY 16). THE VISIT WAS PROMPTED BY ALLEGATIONS OF PHYSICAL MISTREATMENT AN [...]
1995-05-17 17:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1909 HEIGHTENED FEARS OF "SECTOR WEST" SERBS AFTER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SERBS LIVING AROUND PAKRAC, IN SECTOR WEST, ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED OVER WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IN STORE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING STORIES AND SEEING EVIDENCE OF MISTREATMENT OF FELLOW SERBS IN CROATIAN DETENTION CENTERS. DURING A MAY 16 VISIT TO [...]
1995-05-17 17:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL HR
95ZAGREB1926"RSK PRESIDENT" MARTIC -- UNREPENTANT BUT POSSIBLY UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) --------------------------------- MARTIC STILL BOASTFUL, AGGRESSIVE --------------------------------- - 2. WHILE WE HAVE HAD NO DIRECT CONTACT WITH "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC SINCE THE EVENTS OF MAY 1-3, UNSRSG AKASHI, WHO MET HIM ON MAY 16, REPORTED TO TH [...]
1995-05-18 15:33:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1944OPPOSITION LEADERS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN WESTERN SLAVONIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. ON MAY 17/18, LEADING OPPOSITION FIGURES EXPRESSED TO AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THEIR VIEW THAT THE DEPARTURE OF ETHNIC SERBS FROM WESTERN SLAVONIA WAS EQUIVALENT TO ETHNIC CLEANSING AND A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA. MESIC COMPLAI [...]
1995-05-19 17:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2174GOC OFFERS MORE DETAIL ON SECTOR WEST KIA, GRAVES, DETAINEES
[...] AN OFFICIAL OF THE UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ZAGREB (PROTECT) SAYS THAT CENTER DIRECTOR MAZOWIECKI, IN THE WAKE OF HIS CHARGES THAT THERE WERE "MASS GRAVES" IN PARTS OF SECTOR WEST, HAD TALKS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KOSTOVIC TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE REMAINING DISCREPANCIES AND HOL [...]
1995-06-06 17:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2189OFFICIAL-INFORMAL NO. 7
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SAKIC RUMOR: (FOR CHRIS HOH FROM RICK HOLTZAPPLE) I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH CICAK TO SEE WHAT HE HAS HEARD, BUT I ASKED SLAVKO GOLDSTEIN (A MEMBER OF THE CROATIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE'S BOARD, A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF CICAK, AND A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE ZAGREB [...]
1995-06-07 16:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2227SERB LEADER DZAKULA SUGGESTS MEASURES FOR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING AND ENCOURAGING SERB RETURN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLOFFS MET WITH VELJKO DZAKULA AT HIS REQUEST JUNE 6. HE WANTED TO SUGGEST CONCRETE MEASURES TO BEGIN THE SERIOUS REINTEGRATION OF THE REMAINING SERB AND RETURNING CROAT COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN SLAVONIA. DZAKULA ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 800 TO 1000 SERBS WERE [...]
1995-06-09 12:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2326 CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...]
1995-06-16 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
95ZAGREB2493PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF ON 6/30 SAYS "NO PRECONDITIONS" FOR NEGOTIATIONS; TUDJMAN ON 7/2 GIVES ICFY A LIST OF PRECONDITIONS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. TWO DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, HRVOJE SARINIC, TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT THE GOC HAD (ALMOST) "NO PRECONDITIONS" FOR TALKS WITH THE KRAJINA SERBS, PRESIDENT TUDJMAN PUBLICLY LAID OUT SIX CONDITIONS FOR CROATIAN PARTI [...]
1995-07-03 17:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
95ZAGREB2658ALL'S NOT WELL IN WESTERN SLAVONIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN WESTERN SLAVONIA, THE AREA RETAKEN FROM REBEL SERBS BY CROATIAN FORCES MAY 1-3, SERBS DETAINED BY THE CROATS AS POSSIBLE CRIMINALS ARE REPORTEDLY FINDING THAT THE GOC HAS ITS THUMB ON THE SCALES OF JUSTICE -- TRIALS ARE MOVING SLOWLY IF AT ALL, [...]
1995-07-17 16:31:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
95ZAGREB2784 UN OFFICIALS SAY "ARSK" ATTACK ON BIHAC LIMITED,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------------------ "ARSK" ATTACK ON BIHAC LIMITED ------------------------------ 2. ON JULY 25, POLOFFS MET WITH UNPF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL KOLSTEREN TO DISCUSS THE "ARSK" OFFENSIVE IN BIHAC AND THE POTENTIAL FOR GOC REACTION. KOLSTEREN TOLD US [...]
1995-07-25 18:22:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2986 CROATIA SITREP NO. 9 - AUGUST 5, 2130 HRS LOCAL
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. BENKOVAC FELL TO HV FORCES AT 17:55 LOCAL. PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF HRVOJE SARINIC EXPRESSED CONDITIONAL GOC INTEREST IN STOPPING ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS AND CONDUCTING POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH SERB INTERLOCUTORS, INCLUDING [...]
1995-08-05 22:34:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB3045 UPDATE NO. 21: GLINA BECOMES A GHOST TOWN
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 9 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH MADE HIS SECOND VISIT TO "SECTOR NORTH" SINCE THE CROATIAN MILITARY ACTION. ONE OF HIS STOPS WAS GLINA, WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THE DESTRUCTION THAT HAD OCCURRED DURING RECENT FIGHTING, SPEAK TO A FEW CROATIAN RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, AND DISCUSS THE [...]
1995-08-10 16:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF MOPS
95ZAGREB3082BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT MILITARY MOVES
[...] (C) POLOFFS, REFCOORD, AND DART VISITED BIHAC AUGUST 11 TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AND DISCUSS POLITICAL/MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE GOC OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE "RSK" TERRITORY. UN OFFICIALS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INADEQUACY OF UN SAFE AREA POLICY WHICH ONLY PROTECTS BIHAC TOWN [...]
1995-08-12 15:38:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB3309 CODEL KERREY/WARNER PART TWO: VISIT TO KNIN
[...] SENATORS WARNER AND KERREY WERE BRIEFED IN KNIN IN THE UN COMPOUND BY LOCAL UNCRO MILITARY OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER, THE EC MONITORING MISSION AND UNHCR. THE UN AND ECMM ASSESSMENTS OF THE ATTACK AND AFTERMATH OF THE HV'S "OPERATION STORM" WERE BL [...]
1995-08-30 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF MOPS HR BK
95ZAGREB3545NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA
[...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. UNCRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS UK COL. WILLIAMS PULLED DCM ASIDE SEPTEMBER 13 AT A BRIEFING FOR THE NEW UN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CELL, SET UP IN RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT HV AND HVO G [...]
1995-09-13 15:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF MOPS BS HR
95ZAGREB3925 A/S SHATTUCK'S 9/30 MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH CROATIAN INTERIOR MINISTER JARNJAK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHATTUCK EMPHASIZED CONCERN OVER THE GOC'S FORCED REPATRIATION PLAN, THE CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE KRAJINA REGION, AND DISCUSSED THE VOJNIC REFUGEE SITUATION. SHA [...]
1995-10-06 17:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF HR
95ZAGREB3939A/S SHATTUCK AND AMB. GALBRAITH SEE GRAVE SITE NEAR KLJUC, DISCOVER A POSSIBLE BORDER PROBLEM
[...] (U) VISITING DRL A/S SHATTUCK, AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, DRL/BA DIRECTOR COFFEY, AND EMBASSY PAO, POLOFF AND DART TRAVELED TO WESTERN BOSNIA SEPTEMBER 29. THEY TALKED WITH OFFICIALS AT THE UNPROFOR BIHAC CANTON HQ NEAR CAZIN, MET THE NEW MUSLIM MAYOR OF BOSANSKI PETROVAC, VISITED THE SITE OF AN [...]
1995-10-10 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB4432HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - DETENTION CAMPS IN SANSKI MOST AND PRIJEDOR; SANSKI MOST AND KLJUC TODAY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, CHARGE, 1.5 (D). ------------------------------ SUMMARY: POW/CIVILIAN EXCHANGE ------------------------------ 2. (U) ZAGREB AND SARAJEVO POLOFFS TRAVELED TO SANSKI MOST AND KLJUC OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 2 TO INTERVIEW MUSLIMS RELEASED OCTOBER 30 IN A P [...]
1995-11-06 15:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB4931 CODEL MOLINARI MEETS SRSG ANNAN, GENERAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PETER W. GALBRAITH, AMBASSADOR, CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 04931 01 OF 02 051623Z REASON 1.5(B) AND (D) . 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2 A 30-MEMBER CODEL LED BY REPRESENTATIVES MOLIN [...]
1995-12-05 15:35:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
95ZAGREB5178HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR CROATIA
[...] No summary [...]
1995-12-18 13:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG HR PHUM
95ZAGREB5299(C) FM GRANIC EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER U.S. STATEMENTS IN NEW YORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONFIDENTIAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PETER W. GALBRAITH, AMBASSADOR, PER 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) CROATIAN FM GRANIC TOLD CHARGE FINN DECEMBER 29 THAT THE GOC WAS CONCERNED BY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK THAT THE U.S. WAS "SUPPORTING" A RUSSIAN-SPONSORED CONDEMNATION OF CROATIA'S HUMAN [...]
1995-12-29 16:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
96ABUDHABI7350TEHRAN SEES TALEBAN AS U.S. TOOL AGAINST IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL DUBAI. REASON: 1.6, X6 ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ABDUL HAQ, A FORMER LEADER OF THE AFGHAN COMMANDERS SHURA, SAYS THE TALEBAN HAVE APPROACHED HIM ABOUT SERVING AS FOREIGN MINISTER, BUT HE HAS DECLINED. HAQ SAID HE WOULD ONLY ACCEPT S [...]
1996-11-12 13:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF IR
96ADDISABABA1545 COUNTERING THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST THREAT IN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. RETIRED SOMALI GENERAL JAMA ISSA MOHAMUD (AKA JAMA "GREEN") DISCUSSED RISING ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST ACTIVITY IN ETHIOPIA'S SOMALI REGIONAL STATE AND OFFERED POSSIBLE METHODS TO COUNTER THE THREAT TO REGIONAL STABILITY. [...]
1996-03-05 07:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PINS MOPS ET
96AMMAN2094 WHAT HAMAS IS -- AND ISN'T -- IN JORDAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE ROBERT BEECROFT; REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THERE IS NO/NO EVIDENCE TO LINK EITHER HAMAS SPOKESPERSONS IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH OR MUHAMMAD NAZZAL TO OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BY HAMAS' MILITARY WING. EMBASSY LIKEWISE HAS NO EVIDENCE TO VALID [...]
1996-03-06 16:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS KPAL KISL JO IS
96ANKARA12278GLIMPSES OF THE SHARIA IN TURKEY
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR RICHARD MCKEE, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) ALONG WITH THE GROWING ELECTORAL STRENGTH OF PRIME MINISTER NECMETTIN ERBAKAN'S ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, THE IDEA OF RESTORING THE SHARIA (RELIGIOUS LAW) APPEARS TO BE GAINING ADHERENTS IN T [...]
1996-11-18 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PHUM PINR TU
96ANKARA813REFAH'S GUL ANALYZES THE TURKISH ELECTIONS
[...] CLASSIFIED BY JAMES T. HEG, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON 1.5 (B). 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, ACTING POLCOUNS AND POLOFF CALLED ON ABDULLAH GUL, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND KAYSERI PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY OF THE ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, TO GET THE LATEST REFAH THINKING ON [...]
1996-01-24 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL TU
96ASHGABAT2612 USREP BROWN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF TURKMEN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE TATIANA C. GFOELLER. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 30 US OSCE REPRESENTATIVE SAM BROWN MET WITH THE TWO TURKMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS DESIGNATED TO MANAGE THE GOTX'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- VLADIMIR KADYROV AND RASHID MEREDOV. AMBASSA [...]
1996-09-05 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID OSCE TX XG
96BANJUL2394 GAMBIAN ELECTION WRAP UP
[...] CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DOUGLAS ROHN FOR REASONS 1.5B&D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CHAIRMAN YAHYA JAMMEH WON THE 26 SEPTEMBER GAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH A 56 PERCENT MAJORITY. PRIMARY CHALLENGER OUSAINOU DARBOE RECEIVED 36 PERCENT, AND TWO MINOR CANDIDATES SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. THE ELECTION [...]
1996-10-01 15:59:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM GA
96BANJUL2424 THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S VICTORY - VICTORY FOR
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER KIMBERLY KELLY, REASON 1.5 B & D 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS THE DUST SETTLES FROM THE ELECTION, MORE IS CREATED AS THE MILITARY TAKE TO THE STREETS, EVEN THOUGH JAMMEH DISSOLVED THE ARMED FORCES PROVISIONAL RULING COUNCIL. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) THE PRESENCE OF SOL [...]
1996-10-02 15:59:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV KDEM GA
96DAKAR2654CONTINUING DISQUIET IN THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC
[...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT BY: AMBASSADOR, AMEMBASSY DAKAR. REASON: 1.5 (B) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: A PROMINENT LAWYER FAMILIAR WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD SAYS THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE JANUARY ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF ABDUL AZIZ SY, JR., THE RIVALR [...]
1996-04-08 07:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINS SG
96HAVANA5288 FIDEL CASTRO TURNS 70
[...] CLASSIFIED BY MICHAEL G. KOZAK, PRINCIPAL OFFICER REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FIDEL CASTR0 CELEBRATED HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY AUGUST 13 AMID CHILDREN AND T0P REGIME OFFICIALS IN A PARK FACILITY OUTSIDE HAVANA. DESPITE CASTROS DENIALS OF A CULT OF PERSONALITY, THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLE [...]
1996-08-16 13:00:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
96ISLAMABAD8053 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR TOM PRICE. REASON: 1.5 (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) MULLAH ABDUL JALIL, THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER, TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA THAT VARIOUS OPTIONS ARE BEING REVIEWED FOR THE TALIBAN'S ATTACK ON SOROBI. ACCORDING TO JALIL, RELATIONS [...]
1996-09-19 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL AF IR
96ISLAMABAD8679AFGHANISTAN: BIN LADEN REPORTEDLY IN JALALABAD
[...] No summary [...]
1996-10-14 06:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF KISL MOPS PGOV PTER
96JERUSALEM3094HAMAS BIDING ITS TIME
[...] CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EDWARD G. ABINGTON, JR. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) BIR ZEIT UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HISHAM AHMAD TOLD POLOFF THAT HAMAS IS LAYING LOW FOLLOWING CRACKDOWNS BY THE PA AND ISRAELI SECURITY AFTER TERRORIST ATTACKS EARLIER THIS YEAR. IN HIS VIE [...]
1996-11-08 15:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG KISL PTER
96NAIROBI6573 SUDAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIVIL WAR, TERRORISM
[...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN TIMOTHY CARNEY. REASON 1.5(D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. THE SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMED TO ME MAY 10 THAT KHARTOUM HAS MADE A DECISION THAT TERRORIST GROUPS MUST GO AND IS WORKING TO COMPILE MEMBERSHIP LISTS. HE BELIEVES RENEGADE SAUDI TER [...]
1996-05-14 13:20:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL PTER PINS PINR EAID UN SU
96PESHAWAR1059 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN STALL IN PERMITTING WESTERN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY BRAD HANSON, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AMCONSULATE PESHAWAR. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NANGARHAR TALIBAN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD A RESPECTED PAKISTANI REPORTER THAT USAMA BIN LADEN IS IN JALALABAD. THEY HESITATED TO GRANT THE BBC STRINGER'S REQUEST TO INTERVIEW HI [...]
1996-11-11 13:22:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR KISL PREL AF
96PRETORIA6905 STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: SOUTH
[...] ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS CABLES HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES, FOLLOWING ARE GENERAL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED REF A. SEPTELS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES (LAND, HOUSING, TRADITIONAL/CUSTOMARY LAW) AS WELL AS SEPTEL ADDRESSING POST'S ACTIONS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY WILL FOLLOW. 2. SU [...]
1996-07-22 13:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM SADC SF
96RIYADH1338 SAUDI ARABIA: THE CROWN PRINCE'S VIEWS ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A SELF-CONFIDENT CROWN PRINCE, OBVIOUSLY AT HOME WITH HIS EXPANDED AUTHORITY, SEPARATELY LECTURED FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO SAUDI ARABIA, A/S RICHARD MURPHY AND CHAS FREEMAN, ON THE UNFAIR FINANCIAL BUR [...]
1996-04-10 07:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR SA
96RIYADH2406 CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH THE DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA THEODORE KATTOUF, REASON 1.5.D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GIVEN KING FAHD'S UNCERTAIN HEALTH, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF REPRESENTING SAUDI ARABIA'S FACE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHILE DRAMATIC CHANGES ARE NOT THE HALLMARK OF SAUDI GOVERNANCE, [...]
1996-06-19 16:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SA
96RIYADH4784 SAUDI ROYAL WEALTH: WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THAT MONEY?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ALBERT THIBAULT. REASON: 1.5 (B). THIS MESSAGE FULFILLS A POST REPORTING PLAN REQUIREMENT. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) SAUDI PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, OF WHOM THERE ARE THOUSANDS, ARE KNOWN FOR THE STO [...]
1996-11-30 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PINR SOCI SA
96STATE183372AFGHANISTAN: WHEREABOUTS OF EXTREMIST SUPPORTER OSAMA BIN LADEN
[...] No summary [...]
1996-09-04 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SA AF
96STATE194868DEMARCHE TO THE TALIBAN ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
1996-09-18 23:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV AF
96STATE237921IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY INR TOM FINGAR, DAS/AN. REASON 1.5(C) (D). 2. (S) AS REOUESTED BY AMEMBASSY ALMATY, INR PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION/TALKING POINTS ON IRAN TO BE SHARED WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GIZZATOV AND SENIOR KAZAK OFFICIALS. WE HOPE THIS MATERIAL G [...]
1996-11-17 04:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PREL KZ PTER KNNP
96WINDHOEK1695STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION:
[...] FOLLOWING IS IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED REFTEL. WOMEN AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ------------------------------ 2. THE NAMIBIAN CONSTITUTION IS VERY PROGRESSIVE IN GUARANTEEING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS TO ALL CITIZENS. IN ADDITIONAL TO GENERAL GUARANTEES OF LIFE, LIBERTY, RESPECT [...]
1996-06-05 15:03:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KWMN SADC WA
97ABUDHABI3777THOUGHTS ON IRAN - THE LION AND THE CAGE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID D. PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL. 2. (S) SUMMARY THIS CABLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE VARIABLES AFFECTING IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING -- ESPECIALLY REGARDING POLICIES WE OPPOSE -- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF IRANIAN CONTACTS WE INTERVIEW IN DUBAI. WE HAVE [...]
1997-05-21 14:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EFIN PTER KPRP IR
97ACCRA4941A CLOSE LOOK AT GHANA'S PRESIDENT RAWLINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NETHERLANDS' DEPARTING AMBASSADOR TO GHANA, HEIN PRINCEN, SPENT A FULL WEEK-END IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH J. J. RAWLINGS, AND CAME AWAY BOTH FASCINATED AND A BIT UNNERVED. PRINCEN'S SPOUSE, A TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER, SAW INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF DRUG USE BY THE PRESIDENT. RA [...]
1997-07-31 11:48:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV GH
97ADDISABABA2584 ALLAH IN ETHIOPIA: MOSTLY QUIET ON THE ISLAMIC FRONT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, REASON 1.5 (D) . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FEW ISSUES ARE OF GREATER LONG-TERM CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) THAN THE THREAT OF MILITANT POLITICAL ISLAM. AT PRESENT THE GFDRE FACES LITT [...]
1997-04-01 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PTER PREL KPRP ET
97ALGIERS952 NEW ARMED GROUPS JOINING THE OLD FIS?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE ABILITY OF THE LONG-BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS) TO RESTRAIN THE ISLAMIST ARMED GROUPS HERE IS QUESTIONABLE. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE BARBAROUS ATROCITIES OF THE ARMED I [...]
1997-03-12 16:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL AG
97AMMAN5383THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT: SOMETIMES A PLATFORM IS MORE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERTA NEWELL FOR REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: A COMMON REFRAIN AMONG OBSERVERS OF JORDAN'S ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT (IAF) IS CONDEMNATION OF THE INFURIATINGLY VAGUE NATURE OF THE PARTY'S POLITICAL PLATFORM. AN OPPONENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND A VOCAL [...]
1997-06-05 13:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PTER JO
97ANKARA231 NATO ENLARGEMENT--TURKISH TAKE ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, EMBASSY ANKARA, REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) DURING AN OFFICE CALL BY A/POLCOUNS AND POLOFF ON JANUARY 7, TURKISH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SLAVIC REPUBLICS ALP KARAOSMANOGLU SUMMARIZED AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT BETWEEN FOR [...]
1997-01-08 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU RS
97ANKARA350ERBAKAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA
[...] DURING THE COURSE OF A JANUARY 9 MEETING (REF A),PRIME MINISTER ERBAKAN PRESENTED THE AMBASSADOR WITH THE FOLLOWING LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON: BEGIN TEXT. A. NECESSARY STEPS TO REMOVE TENSIONS IN THE PRISONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN [...]
1997-01-10 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV TU
97ANKARA8752 A "SPECIAL TEAM" VIEW ON THE PKK, OHAL,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, AMEMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 2, POLOFF DISCUSSED THE KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY (PKK),PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE "STATE OF EMERGENCY" REGIME (OHAL),AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN THE TURKISH NAT [...]
1997-09-03 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PINS TU
97BANDARSERIBEGAWAN631 VICE ADMIRAL NATTER'S MEETING WITH THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SULTAN BOLKIAH EXPRESSED HIS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. DEFENSE UMBRELLA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, CHARACTERIZING IT AS ESSENTIAL TO THE REGION'S PEACE AND PROSPERITY. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SATISFACTION WITH THE BROADER U.S.-BRUNEI BILATERAL RELATIO [...]
1997-07-30 09:22:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BX
97BANDARSERIBEGAWAN822ASIAWEEK'S "BRUNEI FUN?" ARTICLE
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A LONG ARTICLE ENTITLED "BRUNEI FUN?" APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 12 ISSUE OF ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE. IN THE ARTICLE, SENIOR ASIAWEEK CORRESPONDENT ROGER MITTEN, EXAMINES CURRENT TRENDS IN BRUNEI SOCIETY, POLITICS, CULTURE, AND THE BRUNEI ROYAL FAMILY. THE CONTEXT OF THE AR [...]
1997-09-19 08:44:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI BX
97BEIJING3816CODEL ACKERMAN MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MINISTER
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM A. STANTON, POLMINCOUNS. REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN AN OTHERWISE CORDIAL JANUARY 28 BREAKFAST MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS YANG JIECHI PASSIONATELY ARGUED THAT CHINA HAD NOT REPEALED THE HONG KONG BILL [...]
1997-01-31 03:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ECON CH HK TW
97CAIRO11981EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (D). -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND JOURNALIST SYNDICATE MEMBERS MUHAMMAD ABD AL-QUDUS AND SALAH ABD AL-MAQSUD TOLD US RECENTLY THAT: -- THE LATEST MOVE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOIN [...]
1997-11-12 14:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR EG
97COLOMBO3548 MORE ON THE LTTE ATTACK ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW MANN. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY HIRED TO SALVAGE MV CORDIALITY WHICH WAS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 9 (SEE REFTEL) HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. THE SHIP HAD BEEN LOADING ILME [...]
1997-09-12 11:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER EWWT MOPS CE
97DAMASCUS2809 ASAD FAMILY UPDATE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHER W.S. ROSS, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE LATEST STORIES ON THE DAMASCUS RUMOR MILL SUGGEST A CLOSING OF THE RANKS WITHIN THE ASAD FAMILY, WITH MIXED SPECULATION THAT THE STANDING OF THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER RIF'AT MAY BE IMPROVING, [...]
1997-05-21 06:10:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
97GABORONE4838 A SADC PRIMER: TIME FOR A REVISED EDITION?
[...] SUMMARY. SOUTHERN AFRICA IS INCREASINGLY TOUTED AS THE CONTINENT'S ENGINE OF GROWTH, WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) DRIVING THE TRAIN. SADC HAS MATURED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1992, BUT FORGING REGIONAL COOPERATION FROM NATIONALIST PROCLIVITIES IS AS DEL [...]
1997-09-04 14:53:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ECON KPRP
97ISLAMABAD3085 AFGHANISTAN: OBSERVERS SAY "RADICALS" HAVE UPPER HAND IN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DAN MOZENA, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS, HAMED GAILANI, THE POLITICALLY-ACTIVE SON OF PIR GAILANI, AND MULLAH MALANG, AN AFGHAN WITH LINKS TO THE TALIBAN, TOLD POLOFF RECENTLY THAT "RADICALS" ARE GAINING T [...]
1997-04-14 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL PINR AF PK
97ISTANBUL1030IRAN--RAFSANJANI FAMILY, WOMEN IN THE MAJLES.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL. CLASSIFIED BY CONS THOMAS H. CARTER FOR REASONS 1.5.(B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FAMILY OF ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, ESPECIALLY HIS DAUGHTER FAEZEH, WILL REMAIN POWERFUL DESPITE RAFSANJANI'S IMMINENT RETIREMENT, SAYS AN IRANIAN BUSINESSMAN. AZAN TALEGHANI, DAUGHT [...]
1997-04-03 10:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN IR TU
97KUALALUMPUR4130MAHATHIR FEUDING WITH ISLAMIC CONSERVATIVES
[...] CLASSIFIED BY JOHN R. MALOTT, AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AS MALAYSIA'S CURRENCY HAS TUMBLED AND ITS SKIES HAVE FILLED WITH HAZE, PM MAHATHIR HAS STILL FOUND TIME FOR A NASTY DISPUTE WITH ISLAMIC CONSERVATIVES. RECENT ACTIONS BY ZEALOUS RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS LED THE PM TO [...]
1997-10-23 01:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MY
97LIMA4928SENDERO LUMINOSO LEADER "FELICIANO" CORNERED -- YET AGAIN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JAMES F. MACK, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, ... id: 886 date: 6/6/1997 17:21 refid: 97LIMA4928 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 061721Z JUN 97 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7890 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY QUI [...]
1997-06-06 17:21:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PMIL PE
97MEXICO11061PAN UNVEILS LEGISLATIVE, REFORM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VAL MARTINEZ. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 7, 1997, NATIONAL ACTION PARTY (PAN) PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON UNVEILED THE PAN'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR, AS WELL AS ITS PROPOSAL FOR REFORM OF THE STATE. [...]
1997-11-17 17:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR KDEM MX
97NIAMEY2216 QADHAFI VISIT: HE CAME, HE SAW, HE LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT IN THE COMING DAYS. QADHAFI STAYED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE MAIN PUBLIC EVENT WAS HIS ADDRESS TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE NIAMEY MOSQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF ARABIC, AND [...]
1997-05-09 17:12:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NG
97NIAMEY5135 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...]
1997-11-05 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL
97RIYADH4701 SAUDI ARABIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1997-12-10 12:12:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
97ROME9630LIBYA: QADHAFI HOPES IN ITALY'S LEFTISTS
[...] THE ITALIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO REPORT ON LIBYA, CITING QADHAFI AS SAYING OCTOBER 29 HE BELIEVES ITALY'S LEFTIST GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH APPROVING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO LIBYA AS COMPENSATION FOR ITALIAN COLONIAL DAMAGES. THREE PROMINENT FIGURES, FORMERLY MEMBERS OF THE THEN-IT [...]
1997-11-07 09:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XI XF LY IT
97SOFIA1105 BULGARIA'S UNION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITES
[...] No summary [...]
1997-02-19 14:01:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
97TAIPEI4246TAIWAN'S NEW CABINET -- BIO INFORMATION
[...] CLASSIFIED BY LAUREN MORIARTY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AIT/T. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (U) BEGIN INTRODUCTION: AS REPORTED REFTEL, THE 15TH KMT CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28 APPROVED THE APPOINTMENTS OF A SLIGHTLY RESHUFFLED CABINET UNDER INCOMING PREMIER VINCENT SIEW. SIEW AND HIS CAB [...]
1997-09-09 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW
97TASHKENT2034 UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
[...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK (PLEASE PROTECT),UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT" UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN NAMA [...]
1997-05-01 10:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKISL PINR PTER UZ PK
97TIRANA1976 BIOGRAPHY OF NEW ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: FATOS NANO WAS BORN IN TIRANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1952. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, AND THEY HAVE TWO ALMOST-GROWN CHILDREN, A BOY AND A GIRL. THE BOY, 17 OR 18, IS STUDYING AT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE IN THESSELONNKI, GREECE. THE GIRL, 16 OR 17, IS STUDYING [...]
1997-08-08 15:24:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AL
97WELLINGTON1656 BIO REPORT: NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: JOSIAH H. BEEMAN, AMBASSADOR. REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: NZ'S NEW (AND FIRST WOMAN) PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY IS AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN WHO BELIEVES IN LESS GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT, AND A "SOFT HEART AND A HARD HEAD." SHE TAKES A MEASURED AND [...]
1997-12-22 01:36:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR NZ
97YEKATERINBURG43 THE SUPREMACY OF "STATE POWERS"
[...] THE LOCAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF SVERDLOVSK AND THE MAYOR OF YEKATERINBURG IS MORE THAN A PERSONAL DISPUTE, REVEALING AS IT DOES A FUNDAMENTAL RUSSIAN DISTINCTION BETWEEN "STATE POWERS" AND "LOCAL SELF- ADMINISTRATION" THAT IS OFTEN LOST IN TRANSLATION. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, DEMOC [...]
1997-02-26 04:44:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
98ADDISABABA6302 MELES ON NEXT STEPS: LET THINGS EVOLVE NATURALLY
[...] (C) PRIME MINISTER MELES TOLD CHARGE AUGUST 8 THAT THE U.S. STATEMENT AGAINST EXPULSIONS OF ERITREANS, COMBINED WITH REPORTS THAT THE U.S. TOLD ISAIAS THAT ETHIOPIA IS TOO FRAGILE TO COMPROMISE, REFLECT ANTI- ETHIOPIA BIAS WITHIN INFLUENTIAL USG CIRCLES. ACCORDINGLY, WE SHOULD PERHAPS BACK OF [...]
1998-08-10 16:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM ET ER
98AMMAN3050POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM JANET A. SANDERSON; REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 1997 BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS POLITICAL WING, THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT, EXPOS [...]
1998-04-02 13:45:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PINR KISL PHUM JO
98BANDARSERIBEGAWAN550SULTAN'S ELDEST SON MADE CROWN PRINCE;
[...] No summary [...]
1998-08-14 08:12:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON
98BEIRUT3570 AMBASSADOR'S CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS AT THE PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER NABIH BERRI AND HIS DEPUTY ELIE FERZLI INDICATED THAT LAF COMMANDER GENERAL EMILE LAHUD IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT PR [...]
1998-09-29 14:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL MEPP LE
98BEIRUT3820 LEBANESE PARLIAMENT ELECTS ARMY COMMANDER EMILE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR DAVID M. SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RATIFYING THE NAME WHICH EMERGED FROM LAST WEEK'S SUMMIT BETWEEN LEBANESE PRESIDENT HRAWI AND SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD, THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT TODAY ELECTED LAF COMMANDER EMILE LAHUD AS LEBANON'S ELEV [...]
1998-10-15 16:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PREL LE
98BRUSSELS2939 U.S.-EU TROIKA: TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM R. REGAN, USEU. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE MAY 7 U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM COVERED THE WATERFRONT, BUT SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE EU'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN, WHERE IT PLEDGED CONTINUED VIGILANCE, AND ITS [...]
1998-05-12 12:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN KPAL IS PINR
98CARACAS539 HUGO CHAVEZ CELEBRATES "DAY OF DIGNITY"
[...] (C) FORMER COUP LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUGO CHAVEZ CELEBRATED A "DAY OF DIGNITY" ON FEBRUARY 4 (4F),THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS COUP ATTEMPT. THIS CELEBRATION PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGNING AT THREE EVENTS: MASS AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, A WREATH LAYI [...]
1998-02-25 13:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE
98COLOMBO3592 SRI LANKA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REF A REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...]
1998-11-06 11:08:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
98ISLAMABAD3474 FOREIGN SECRETARY RAPS USG KNUCKLES ON "ONE-SIDEDNESS" OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMED COMPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 8 ABOUT THE "ONE-SIDED VIEW" OF THE JUST-RELEASED USG REPORT ON TERRORISM, LAMENTING THAT INDIA WAS PORTRAYED MORE POSITIVELY THAN PAKISTAN. ACKNOWLEDGING A RECENT RESPITE (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APRIL 26/27 [...]
1998-05-11 10:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK
98ISLAMABAD3858BENAZIR PROMISES MODERATION ON NUCLEAR TESTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEETING MAY 25 WITH PRINCIPAL OFFICER, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO SAID SHE WOULD NO LONGER PRESS THE GOVERNMENT TO TEST ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TIME FOR A DETONATION, BENAZIR ARGUED, BUT AT THIS STAGE A TEST WOULD BE COUNTER TO PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS. [...]
1998-05-26 13:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC IN PK
98ISLAMABAD3918POLITICAL OPPOSITION FLAYS NAWAZ FOR DELAYING RESPONSE TO INDIAN NUCLEAR CHALLENGE
[...] No summary [...]
1998-05-28 07:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PK
98ISLAMABAD3966 PRIME MINISTER SUCCUMBS TO DOMESTIC PRESSURE, AND
[...] (U) SOMBER AND TIRED LOOKING, PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF TOLD HIS NATION MAY 28 EVENING THAT PAKISTAN HAD SUCCESSFULLY EXPLODED FIVE NUCLEAR DEVICES SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. A RECURRING THEME THROUGHOUT THE SPEECH WAS THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY T [...]
1998-05-28 15:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IN PK
98ISLAMABAD6509 PAKISTAN: A CONVERSATION WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH HER RIVAL NAWAZ SHARIF IN DEEP POLITICAL TROUBLE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO IS SEEKING TO RESHAPE HER IMAGE AND REVIVE HER OWN TATTERED POLITICAL FORTUNES. IN A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION WITH POLCOUNS ON AUGUST 27, SHE CONDEMNED THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE ISLA [...]
1998-08-31 06:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PK
98ISLAMABAD8066PAKISTAN: FUNDAMENTALISM AND SUPPORT FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH A SAMPLING OF RURAL PUNJABI POLITICIANS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT RECRUITMENT TO MILITANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS IS INCREASING IN POORER AREAS OF THE PUNJABI COUNTRYSIDE (PRIMARILY SOUTHERN PUNJAB),BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A MASS FUNDAMENTALIST MOVEMENT IS I [...]
1998-10-27 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
98JEDDAH1247JEDDAH OBSERVERS ON THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN W. BUCK, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING RECENT VISIT BY RIYADH POLCOUNS, JEDDAH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED ROYAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER AND THE CROWN PRINCE'S ROLE AND PROSPECTS. LIKE SO MANY SAUDIS, MOST SEE [...]
1998-12-09 07:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINS ECON PHUM SOCI PREL SA
98KUWAIT4010TERRORISM: SEEKING HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
1998-06-07 12:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER KU
98LONDON12113ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - UK
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ROUTINELY TAKES A ROBUST STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM, AND CONTRIBUTES ACTIVELY TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES -- PARTICULARLY THE UNITED NATIONS, THE GROUP OF EIGHT ( [...]
1998-12-11 18:04:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
98NEWDELHI2879INDIAN REACTION TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE TEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: INDIAN OFFICIAL REACTION TO PAKISTAN'S RECENT FLIGHT TEST OF THE GHAURI BALLISTIC MISSILE (REFTEL) HAS BEEN MEASURED THUS FAR. THE NEWS OF THE PAKISTANI MISSILE TEST RAN SECOND TO THE CORONATION OF SONIA GANDHI AS THE NEW LEADER OF THE CONGRESS PARTY IN MOST NEWSPAPERS ON APRI [...]
1998-04-07 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PGOV PREL IN
98PRETORIA15505 SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG-TERM SADC APPROACH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A NOVEMBER 23 MEETING WITH DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SADC POLITICAL AFFAIRS HORST BRAMMER, AND DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION COEN BEZUIDENHOUT, THE SAG OFFICIALS TOLD POLMIL OFFICER AND POLOFFICER THAT, WHILE SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTED THE STRENGTHENING OF SADC AS A [...]
1998-11-25 22:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC SF
98RIYADH3482 SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989)
[...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...]
1998-10-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA
98RIYADH4048 SAUDI ARABIA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1998, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1998-12-02 14:22:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
98STATE143823LETTER ON IRAQ FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM PRIMAKOV
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY NEA PDAS DAVID WELCH, REASON 1.5(B) 2. (C) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR EMBASSY MOSCOW. SEE PARA 4. 3. (C) BACKGROUND: ON AUGUST 4, THE SECRETARY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRIMAKOV IN WHICH PRIMAKOV ASSERTED CATEGORICALLY THAT IRAQ HAD ELIMINATED ALL WMD AND NO LONGER RE [...]
1998-08-07 00:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IZ RU
98STATE156972EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDMENT: USAMA BIN LADIN
[...] (U) POSTS MAY DRAW FROM THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN BRIEFING HOST COUNTRY INTERLOCUTORS AND RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO AMEND EXECUTIVE ORDER 12947 TO INCLUDE USAMA BIN LADIN AND HIS KEY ASSOCIATES. 2. (U) BEGIN POINTS: -- ON AUGUST 20, 1998, PRESIDE [...]
1998-08-26 20:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC
98STATE62472PAKISTAN: GHAURI FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A/S INDERFURTH EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT AT PAKISTAN'S FLIGHT TEST OF ITS GHAURI MISSILE, AND CONCERN AT ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT ON RESUMPTION OF TALKS WITH INDIA. HE URGED PAKISTAN TO CONVEY DIRECTLY TO THE NEW INDIAN GOVERNMENT ITS POSITION THAT THE TEST WAS NOT A REACT TON TO THE N [...]
1998-04-08 00:28:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM PK
98TELAVIV15545HAMAS CONSIDERS A NEW MODUS VIVENDI WITH PA
[...] (C) IN THE AFTERMATH OF WIDE-SCALE ARRESTS OF HAMAS ACTIVISTS FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 29 GUSH KATIF SUICIDE BOMBINGS, SOME OF OUR GAZA CONTACTS ARE STATING THAT HAMAS IS PREPARING TO ENTER INTO A LIMITED "TRUCE" WITH THE PALESTINIAN.AUTHORITY (PA). THE TRUCE WOULD APPLY ONLY TO ATTACKS LAUNCHE [...]
1998-11-25 16:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG KPAL PREL PHUM GZ IS PGOV
98TUNIS933 PEACE CORPS: VIEWS OF AMBASSADORS: TUNIS RESPONSE
[...] PEACE CORPS? WE LOVED THEM--AND TUNISIA LOVED THEM--FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THE 2,382 AMERICANS AND THEIR THOUSANDS OF TUNISIAN COUNTERPARTS MADE DURING THE 34 YEARS OF THEIR COMMON ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION. TUNISIA HAS ATTAINED A LEVEL OF DEVE [...]
1998-02-27 16:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID PREL TS
98USUNNEWYORK1622 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 28 THE SECURITY COUNCIL COULD NOT ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT "STRONGLY DEPLORING" THE MAY 28 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST. DESPITE MAY 28 LATE NIGHT SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OF THE WHOLE, THE CHINESE SAID THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. DURING EARLIER INFORMAL CONSULT [...]
1998-05-29 04:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN
98USUNNEWYORK2600UN: COUNCIL REVIEWS SUDAN LETTER OF PROTEST
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 24, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TURK (SLOVENIA) NOTED RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM SUDANESE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS RORIC CONDEMNING THE AUGUST 20 DESTRUCTION OF THE EL-SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY BY U.S. MISSILES (REF A). AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THE JUSTIFICA [...]
1998-08-24 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SU
98YEKATERINBURG156THE ROMANOVS: THE FINAL CHAPTER IN YEKATERINBURG
[...] ON A SUNNY JULY 16 MORNING, THOUSANDS OF YEKATERINBURGERS WAITED IN LINE TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRIA. EXACTLY EIGHTY YEARS BEFORE, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17, 1918, THE ROMANOVS HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED HERE. THEIR REMAINS NOW LAID IN STATE AT YEKATERINBURG'S ASC [...]
1998-07-16 12:16:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
99BEIJING7008 FALUN GONG CRACKDOWN, DAY THREE
[...] (C) IMPLEMENTING A DECISION OF THE POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON JULY 22 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED A BAN ON THE FALUN GONG SECT, DECLARING IT AN "ILLEGAL" ORGANIZATION. THOUSANDS OF SECT MEMBERS TOOK TO BEIJING'S STREETS IN DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WERE NOTEWORTHY FOR THE GEN [...]
1999-07-22 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
99BEIRUT4484 JEZZINE: LOOKING FOR NORMALITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY STAFF VISITED THE SOUTHERN CITY OF JEZZINE RECENTLY, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTH LEBANON ARMY (SLA). INITIAL FEAR AMONG RESIDENTS ABOUT SAFETY HAVE ABATED. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS INCREASING MODESTLY, BUT HAS NOT REPLACED THE ECONOMIC LOSS FROM [...]
1999-10-13 08:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID SY IS LE
99BEIRUT5413THE SOUTH: HIZBALLAH STRATEGIC, TACTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECULATION OVER A FUTURE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL (UNILATERAL OR THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS) FROM SOUTH LEBANON HAS GIVEN RISE TO DIFFERENCES AMONG HIZBALLAH'S SENIOR LEADERS ABOUT THE PARTY'S FUTURE. THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE HAS COMPELLED THE PARTY TO BEGIN SPECIFIC PLANNING FOR THE ROLE IT [...]
1999-12-21 12:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR KISL IS LE
99BERLIN1642 FY-99 CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS AND DISKETTE
[...] THE 1999 CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS FOR BERLIN WERE POUCHED TO CA/EX ON NOV. 5 VIA REGISTRY NO. 298931. WE INCLUDED THE CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS FOR BONN, NOW CLOSED. KORNBLUM UNCLASSIFIED > [...]
1999-11-05 13:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT GM
99CAIRO2104 EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AT LOW EBB
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC-POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RICHARD LEBARON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINCE 1995, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN PROFESSIONAL SYNDICATES CONTROLLED BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ARRESTED THEIR ACTIVISTS, THE BROTHERHOOD HAS R [...]
1999-03-16 16:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PGOV PREL KISL PHUM ECON EG
99CARACAS1305CHAVEZ LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON
[...] (U) DURING AN APRIL 28 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER RANGEL, AMBASSADOR WAS PRESENTED WITH A LETTER FROM VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. (LETTER AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION WERE PASSED TO WASHINGTON PER REF. A, TEXT BELOW.) UPON EXITING THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S OFFICE, RANGE [...]
1999-04-29 00:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
99CARACAS2123PERSONAL ATTACK ON CHAVEZ MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONY
[...] (C) POLITICAL GADFLY, KNEE-JERK LEFTIST, HISTORIAN, WELL-KNOWN WRITER AND SPEAKER, FORMER CHAVEZ ALLY, AND DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER JORGE OLAVARRIA LAUNCHED A SCATHING ATTACK ON PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ, CALLING HIM A "DEMAGOGUE" AND ACCUSING HIM OF VARIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE [...]
1999-07-07 18:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
99CARACAS25BIOGRAPHIC REPORT: JOSE VICENTE RANGEL: HUGO CHAVEZ'S NEW
[...] No summary [...]
1999-01-06 21:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL VE
99CARACAS3882CHAVEZ TO RUN AFTER ALL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: CHAVEZ HAS SAID HE WILL STAND FOR REELECTION. THE DECEMBER 15 REFERENDUM WILL ONLY CONTAIN ONE QUESTION: ON THE APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING THE NEW CONSTITUTION. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) REVERSING A POSITION HE HAD PUBLICLY REAFFIRMED EARLIER THE SAME DAY, PRESIDENT CHAVEZ ANNOUNCED [...]
1999-11-22 17:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
99CARACAS404CHAVEZ TAKES OFFICE, ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS, CONVOKES A
[...] (C) HUGO CHAVEZ WAS SWORN IN AS VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT ON FEBRUARY 2, BEGINNING A THREE-DAY SERIES OF EVENTS CELEBRATING THE END OF WHAT HE CALLED "AN OLD, CORRUPT ORDER" AND THE START OF "VENEZUELA'S RESURRECTION." TAKING HIS OATH OF OFFICE ON A "MORIBUND CONSTITUTION" WHICH HE PROMISED TO R [...]
1999-02-09 15:34:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
99CARACAS745CHAVEZ AFTER FIVE WEEKS
[...] (C) PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ'S FIRST FIVE WEEKS IN OFFICE HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY DRAMATIC AND CONFRONTATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF HIS AGENDA OF POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, ADMINISTRATIVE FUMBLING AS HE ATTEMPTS TO INSTALL HIS GOVERNING TEAM, AND CONTINUITY OF ECONOMIC POLICY FROM THE CALDE [...]
1999-03-10 20:18:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD VE
99CARACAS811COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: COOLER HEADS PREVAIL
[...] (C) THE DIPLOMATIC FLAP BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA PROVOKED BY PRESIDENT CHAVEZ'S MARCH 10 PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENT IS OVER. VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTER RANGEL AND HIS COLOMBIAN COUNTERPART HAVE WORKED HARD TO RESOLVE THE INCIDENT AND TO FOCUS AGAIN ON THE TASK AT HAND: MANAGING A COMPLE [...]
1999-03-16 23:26:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINS PTER CO VE
99COLOMBO28991999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...]
1999-11-30 09:49:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE
99DAMASCUS2528 SYRIAN SUCCESSION: AFTER ASAD THE STRUGGLE
[...] (C) HAFIZ AL-ASAD'S EFFORT TO PREPARE SON BASHAR TO ASSUME EVENTUALLY THE PRESIDENCY IS INCREASINGLY THE PRISM THROUGH WHICH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE VIEWED AND INTERPRETED. THE PROSPECTS FOR A SMOOTH SUCCESSION ARE A DIRECT FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH TIME ASAD HAS -- AND HOW MUCH APTITUDE BASHAR [...]
1999-05-24 11:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PTER SY
99DAMASCUS4200BASHAR'S INTRO TO THE WEST?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A SOURCE CLOSE TO BASHAR AL-ASAD TOLD US AUGUST 5 THAT PRESIDENT ASAD HAD APPROVED A MIDDLE EAST INSIGHT MAGAZINE INTERVIEW WITH BASHAR, SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER. THE SAME SOURCE, A BASHAR LOYALIST, PROBED US ON HOW THE U.S. VIEWED THE HEIR- APPARENT AND SEEMED INT [...]
1999-08-09 11:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY
99GABORONE5380THE NEW LOOK OF SADC--PRESIDENCY PLANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SECRETARY'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO SADC TRAVELED OCTOBER 11-13 TO MOZAMBIQUE TO CONSULT WITH GOM OFFICIALS ON SADC MATTERS AND PARTICULARLY ON MOZAMBIQUE'S ROLE AS CURRENT SADC PRESIDENT. FONMIN SIMAO AND OTHER GOM OFFICIALS SHARED THEIR AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING [...]
1999-10-19 15:03:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC MZ ZU
99HAVANA75 CASTRO SPEAKS ON REVOLUTION'S 40TH BIRTHDAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RELATIVELY SHORT JANUARY 1 SPEECH, FIDEL CASTRO RECALLED THE HEROIC MOMENTS OF HIS REVOLUTIONS TRIUMPH 40 YEARS AGO AND WARNED OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HE SAID WAS INEVITABLE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CASTRO SPOKE TO CUBAS YOUTH, TELLING THEM THAT CUBAS REVOLUTION "HA [...]
1999-01-07 17:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CU
99HONGKONG8575PROMINENT HK JOURNALIST: CHINA´S ARMY WANTS
[...] (C) LONG-TIME CHINA REPORTER XXXXXXXXXXXX RECENTLY DESCRIBED AN INSULAR CHINESE MILITARY LEADERSHIP THAT INCREASINGLY HAS LOOKED TO LIMITED ARMED CONFLICT WITH TAIWAN AS A MEANS TO RESTORING THE ARMY´S PRESTIGE. HE ADDED THAT VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO WAS OUT OF FAVOR WITH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN B [...]
1999-09-24 10:01:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH HK TW US PINR
99JAKARTA5612 AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DATT/ARMA - COL JOSEPH H. DAVES, USA, REASON, 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A FRIENDLY 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION, NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY DR. JUWONO SUDARSONO SIGNALED THAT HE IS SERIOUS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING FUNDAMENTAL, LONG TERM MILITARY [...]
1999-11-10 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR MILI ID
99JAKARTA5955AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH XANANA GUSMAO
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS PAMELA SLUTZ; REASON 1.5(D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROTH, AMBASSADOR GELBARD AND PARTY MET A WARM AND ELABORATE RECEPTION AT XANANA GUSMAO'S COMPOUND IN AILEU, EAST TIMOR ON NOVEMBER 23. AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE STRESSED [...]
1999-12-01 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SOCI MOPS UN ID
99JERUSALEM1970 "ABU SAOOD:" (ONE OF) ARAFAT'S REVILED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL JOHN E. HERBST, REASON 1.5(B). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PALESTINIANS INCREASINGLY COMPLAIN THAT ARAFAT'S COTERIE OF "GATEKEEPERS" ARE EXERCISING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POWER AND PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WITH ARAFAT F [...]
1999-07-02 11:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KDEM PINR
99LONDON10405UNITED KINGDOM: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE UN, THE GROUP OF EIGHT (G8),AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAIN [...]
1999-12-15 07:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
99PRETORIA12830 SOUTH AFRICA AND SADC'S SECURITY ORGAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENSE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL TAKE PART IN AN OCTOBER 26 - 27 SPECIAL MINISTERIAL SESSION IN SWAZILAND ON REFORM OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY (THE ORGAN). PARTICIPATION OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER SHOULD ADDRESS SAG CONCERN THAT ANY DECISIONS [...]
1999-10-22 13:37:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SF
99RIYADH3810SAUDI ARABIA: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1999, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELA [...]
1999-12-05 14:20:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
99STATE51304LIBYA/PA103: QADHAFI LETTER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) THE LETTER WHICH QADHAFI PROVIDED TO PRESIDENT MANDELA 3/19 APPEARS TO REPRESENT PROGRESS TOWARD LIBYAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1192. ACCORDINGLY, USUN SHOULD APPROACH THE SYG AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE IN PARA 3. APPROACH TO THE [...]
1999-03-20 04:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PTER ETTC SA LY
99TAIPEI3700KAOHSIUNG OBSERVES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: IN KAOHSIUNG ON DECEMBER 10, 1979, A GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS CONNECTED TO THE "DANG WAI" (OUTSIDE THE PARTY OR NON-KMT) MAGAZINE "MEILIDAO," OR FORMOSA, ATTEMPTED TO MARCH TO A NEARBY PARK WHERE THEY PLANNED TO RALLY IN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. SHORTLY AFTER [...]
1999-12-14 07:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI TW
99TELAVIV12144HAMAS DEBATES FUTURE
[...] (C) OUR CONTACTS IN GAZA HAVE PRESENTED DIFFERING VIEWS OVER NEXT STEPS BEING CONTEMPLATED BY HAMAS. A SENIOR FATAH LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, HANI AL-HASSAN, TOLD US RECENTLY THAT HAMAS WAS PLANNING AN "ELECTION" FOR MEMBERS OF ITS POLITBURO AND CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY. [...]
1999-08-27 06:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER KPAL KWBG PREL PHUM GZ IS
99TUNIS2120 BEN ALI SUCCESSION
[...] (S) IMMEDIATE SUCCESSI0N ISSUES ARE LESS 0F A C0NCERN IN TUNISIA THAN S0ME 0THER C0UNTRIES IN THE REGI0N. GIVEN HIS R0BUST HEALTH, THE 62-YEAR-0LD BEN ALI IS EXPECTED ALC (##)F0URTH TERM OF OFFICE UNTIL WELL INT0 HIS THIRD. IN THE CASE 0F THE DEATH 0R INCAPACITATI0N 0F BEN ALI, THE C0NSTITU [...]
1999-05-20 11:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
99TUNIS305 TOUR D'HORIZ0N WITH GOT PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. 0N JANUARY 22, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH T0LD AMBASSAD0R RAPHEL THE GOT H0PED TO USE PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S UPCOMING VISIT T0 WASHINGTON T0 PR0MOTE TUNISIA'S IMAGE AS A T0LERANT, OPEN ISLAMIC C0UNTRY AND MODERATE, C0NSTRUCTIVE ACTOR ON SUCH REGI0NAL ISSUES AS THE MID [...]
1999-01-25 17:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TS
99TUNIS5042TUNISIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE: SOME FAMILIAR FACES,
[...] AN EMBASSY CONTACT IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED ON 11/17 RUMORS AND PARTIAL RADIO REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT BEN ALI HAS MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN HIS GOVERNMENT: -- PRIME MINISTER: MOHAMED GHANNOUCHI, FORMER MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT (REPLAC [...]
1999-11-17 16:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TS
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