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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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07LIMA3325COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JERONIMO,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Jose Jeronimo, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH from October 6-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to speak at the XX Congress of the Cancerology. Control Officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. No emb [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3326COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA DAVID LEPAY,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Lepay, Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, FDA, HHS from October 14-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to serve as faculty and US FDA representative to a Pan American Health Organization sponsored training wor [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO US PE
07LIMA3327COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CHARLES RUPPRECHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Charles Rupprecht, Chief, Rabies Program, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 21-25, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide consultation to the MOH on rabies prevention and control. POC would appreciate trip report of visi [...]
2007-10-03 13:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA3365NAS MONTHLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in September 2007: ** IEDs in coca fields kill a coca farmer and seriously injure a 12-year-old boy. ** During eradication, 21 IEDs were either disarmed or exploded, injuring four eradicators and two police. ** As of September 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of [...]
2007-10-05 20:35:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3369AMENDMENT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from Oct. 11-21 & Oct. 26-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on dat [...]
2007-10-09 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA34NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2006
[...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: ** CORAH ended the year with a total of 10,137 hectares of coca leaf eradicated. ** The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan is still awaiting a final signature. ** CORAH completes many financial and management improvements this year. ** Regional era [...]
2007-01-05 20:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3588NAS MONTHLY REPORT, OCTOBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in October 2007: ** Ambassador makes his inaugural trip to NAS-sponsored police and eradication facilities in Santa Lucia. ** Eradication total reaches 9,179 hectares of illegal coca and no booby traps (IEDs) encountered by eradicators. ** CORAH eradicated replan [...]
2007-11-07 18:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3776NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in November 2007: ** CORAH surpasses the coca eradication goal of 10,000 hectares for CY 2007. ** President Garcia tells visiting ONDCP Director John Walters that he strongly supports controls on precursor chemicals, money laundering, and asset forfeiture. ** N [...]
2007-12-06 19:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL SNAR KCRM PE
07LIMA393COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH GEOLOGIST KEEFER
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Keefer and Matthew Larsen from March 3-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for Dr. Keefer to present a lecture entitled Landslides in Tectonically Active Regions, while Dr. Larsen, a co-convener and organizer of a Lands [...]
2007-02-08 21:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA397COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: SUTTON, DI
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Larry D. Sutton, Carmen Di Giacomo and Samuel Perry from March 4-10, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct substantial maintenance facility inspection to Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., (CLCA, SEMAN-PERU (SPUY),Amerijet (PCS [...]
2007-02-09 13:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA417PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008
[...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...]
2007-02-12 20:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE
07LIMA452COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON AND STAFF
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Senator Bill Nelson, Mrs. Grace Nelson, Caroline Tess, Sherry Davich, and Capt. Gene Moran from February 21-23, 2007. Senator Nelson, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),will lead a CODEL on official business to Costa Rica [...]
2007-02-15 16:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CO BL EC SC NU PE
07LIMA485COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Allen Herdes, and Jeremy Don Jamison from March 26 to April 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for the GTRI team to conduct meetings with Sensormatic, the Basic Ordering Agreement contractor for the [...]
2007-02-20 20:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA502COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PROGRAM MANAGER ROSES
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses from March 26-31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 4th MEVA II/Redding Coordination meeting. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes [...]
2007-02-21 17:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA503COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mayte A. Ashby from February 26 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with the US Embassy and the Director General of Civil Aviation to discuss international aviation programs and areas of cooperation in civil a [...]
2007-02-21 17:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA535COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DEWEY + 1
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Research Geophysicist James Dewey and Supervisory Geophyscist Bruce Presgrave from March 8-16, 2007. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Directing Council of the Centro Regional de Sismoloia para America del Sur [...]
2007-02-23 15:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA541COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DAVID BALTON
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries from February 26-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and deliver the keynote address to the Humane Society International Conference [...]
2007-02-23 16:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA545COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MARA M. BURR
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Office of the United States Trade Representative from February 25-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Humane So [...]
2007-02-23 17:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA558COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ERSHOVA
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julia Ershova from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct training course to participants of project implementation and evaluation of rapid diagnostic methods. No embassy assistance has been requested. Contr [...]
2007-02-27 15:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA ASEC CDC US PE
07LIMA559COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Feb. 28 to March 5, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend meeting and provide technical expertise on the on-going Welcome Trust-funded Urban Community Randomized Trial of Sexually Transmitted Infections (S [...]
2007-02-27 15:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA ASEC US CDC PE
07LIMA561COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBIN MATTHEWMAN, DEPUTY
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robin Matthewman from March 7 - 17, 2007 to familiarize herself with Embassies Lima and La Paz. DCM Powers graciously offered her residence for the nights of March 7 and 8. Contol Officer Mark Kissel will meet and assist you a [...]
2007-02-27 15:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC BL PE
07LIMA57COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: HECTOR O.
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hector O. Hermosilla and Teeluckdarie Koodie from February 5-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a FAA 14 CFR Part 129.14 inspection of Trans-American airlines DBA Taca Peru. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]
2007-01-09 15:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA605COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from March 5-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual certification of servicio de electronics (SELEC) and required item inspections at Celios del Peru, both located in Li [...]
2007-03-02 14:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA606COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: KUTTLER AND
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mauricio Jose Kuttler and John Alger Shelden from March 18-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide a workshopon cabin safety modifications to existing transport category airplanes. No embassy assistance has been request [...]
2007-03-02 14:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA609COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNEDY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Teresa J. Kennedy from March 7-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with the GLOBE Country office in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC and ESTH officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When [...]
2007-03-02 16:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA610COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the official visit to Peru of Wilber T. Wright from March 12-24, 2007. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure tax on any [...]
2007-03-02 16:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA612COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAZ-ARGANDONA
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Enrique Paz-Argandona from March 21-24, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to participate in the 3rd Environmental Representative meeting in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of [...]
2007-03-02 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC BL PE
07LIMA613COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN,
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Leslie Hausman, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from March 26 TO April 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro de Pasco collecti [...]
2007-03-02 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA617COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TEWELL AND ASPELIN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Craig R. Tewell and Mark Aspelin from March 18-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate on the regional training course on Foundations of Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Facilities for a group of membe [...]
2007-03-02 16:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA ASEC AU PE
07LIMA670COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: TONG AND WEBRE
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hien Ho Tong and James Louis Webre from March 24 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to teach a workshop on flight test related modifications on existing transport catergory airplanes. No embassy assistance has been reques [...]
2007-03-06 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA671COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BLISS, US
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Donald T. Bliss from March 30 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with ICAO's regional office in Lima and travel with an excursion group from Montreal to visit sites in Lima and Machu P [...]
2007-03-06 22:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA AMGT ICAO ASEC PE
07LIMA689Peru: 2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government demonstrated a strong commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking i [...]
2007-03-08 19:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
07LIMA690COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY DAS NANCY LEE AND
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nancy Lee and Luyen Tran from March 19 - 23, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru and consult with SIPDIS counterparts in the Peruvian Government on cu [...]
2007-03-08 20:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA715COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/IH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Katherine Bliss from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored meeting of Environmental Health Representatives of the Ministries of Health in the Andean [...]
2007-03-12 17:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC SENV TBIO PE
07LIMA717COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEHRMAN
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Director, Therapeutics Research Program, NIH from March 13-18, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in an international course, "HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment Workshop." No embassy a [...]
2007-03-12 17:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA748COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL:
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from April 23 to May 3, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual renewal certification inspection of Seman Repair Station in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]
2007-03-13 22:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA749COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...]
2007-03-13 23:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA767NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in February 2007: Eradication operations resumed; new PNP high command visit NAS-supported schools/bases en masse; CODEL inspects deforestation in drug producing area; F, Director of Foreign Assistance, helicopters to the field to see the nexus between eradication and [...]
2007-03-14 23:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA782COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...]
2007-03-15 23:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA795COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph Henry Schwartzel, Brian J. Abeyta, and Michael Vernon Strosinski from March 31 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear (IPEN) facilitites in Lima to review [...]
2007-03-16 20:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA796COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: MUNOZ
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jose A. Munoz, Aviation Safety Inspector, from March 19 to March 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform ATOS constructed dynamic observation report (CONDOR) and ATOS element performace inspections. No embassy assistan [...]
2007-03-16 23:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA82COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. POULIOT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Eileen Pouliot from January 11-21, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a site visit to new clinic under construction, to meet with staff, and discuss outstanding issues. No embassy assistance is requested. When depa [...]
2007-01-10 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA KSCA ASEC PE
07LIMA83Country Clearance Approval - Annabella Reszczynski
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Piura, Peru of Annabella Reszczynski, FSN, Agricultural Specialist, Area 1, South America Region, International Services, APHIS/USDA from January 15 through January 21, 2007. The purpose of travel is to perform a Mango Pilot Project Eva [...]
2007-01-11 14:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA859Country Clearance Approval - O'Neill and Maher
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patricia Maher and Karen O'Neill, Supply Chain Specialists, from April 15-18, 2007 for C-TPAT validations. Post assistance has not been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure [...]
2007-03-20 17:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA ECON PE
07LISBON1061PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/ICE
[...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for DHS/ICE Acting Attache Eileen Escoto and FSN/LES Investigator Miguel Angel Alonso to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, April 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the trip is for meetings with Embassy and host government officials. 2. Control Offi [...]
2007-04-19 14:49:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PO
07LISBON1062PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP MANIECE
[...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for CBP Officer Anthony Maniece, to travel to Lisbon from April 19, 2007 to April 19, 2008. The purpose of the trip is to support the Container Security Initiative (CSI) team in Portugal in providing container security pre-screening for cont [...]
2007-04-19 14:49:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PO
07LISBON3260LISBON GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and accompanying delegation to Lisbon from January 9 to 11. The purpose of the trip is to meet with high-level officials on f [...]
2007-12-28 16:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07LISBON631PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO SALMON
[...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Attorney, Paul Salmon, and invitational guest, Judge Arthur Gajarsa, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from March 17-21, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to speak at the Embassy of Portugal's Intell [...]
2007-03-12 13:42:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD AORC KIPR OTRA PO
07LONDON1047ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...]
2007-03-19 14:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1206 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 50th session of the IMO DE S/C met in London 5-9 March 2007, chaired by Mrs. A. Jost (Germany). The session was attended by delegations from 60 member states, one associate member, one non-member state, one intergovernmental organization, and observers from 24 non-governmental o [...]
2007-03-29 11:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON1254IMO - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WRECK REMOVAL,
[...] Embassy London has presented to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the letter from George M. White, Director, Office of International Conferences, Bureau of International Affairs, regarding the U.S. Delegation appointed to attend the International Conference on Wreck Removal to be [...]
2007-04-03 12:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1346ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...]
2007-04-12 12:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1658COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG)
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG),LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...]
2007-05-02 16:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON314 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO):
[...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]
2007-01-25 15:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
07LONDON4311POSSIBLE NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/OFFER OF
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in and possible offer of nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via call-in and email. Inform [...]
2007-11-21 08:54:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER UK
07LONDON434 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 38th session of the IMO STW S/C met in London 22-26 January 2007, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 79 member states, 2 associate members, and 22 observers from inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organiz [...]
2007-02-02 14:43:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON660INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 51st session of the IMO FP S/C met at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London 5-9 January 2007, chaired by Mr. Juan Carlos Cubisino (Argentina). The session was attended by delegations from 43 member states, one associate member, one state not a member, one intergovernmental org [...]
2007-02-21 13:47:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON679ACCREDITATION REQUESTED - IMO - FIFTIETH SESSION
[...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 5 - 9, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fiftieth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE): Captain Patrick E. Little, [...]
2007-02-22 14:25:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON892INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: COMSAR 11 was attended by 70 administrations and 1 Associate Member, 2 Specialized Agencies, and 19 non- governmental organizations. COMSAR considered the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),Review of the ITU radio communications matters, Satellite Services (COSPAS-SARS [...]
2007-03-07 16:45:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO ITU IMSO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON894INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]
2007-03-07 17:45:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
07LUSAKA1016ZAMBIAN COFFEE PRODUCTION: INFORMATION FOR THE U.S.
[...] (U) This cable provides background information on Zambia's coffee industry, in response to Ref A action request to assist the U.S. International Trade Commission in the preparation of its annual reports. -------- TEXTILES -------- 2. (U) Please see previous reporting (Refs B and C) for [...]
2007-09-05 14:43:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC ZA
07LUSAKA1239ZAMBIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA AT INTERPOL GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 10:16:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER IR ZA
07LUSAKA981ZAMBIAN MILITARY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST
[...] (U) On August 24, at a military training facility outside of Kafue (just south of Lusaka),560 participants in the first Zambian iteration of African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance (ACOTA) program peacekeeper training officially completed their course. In opening speeches at a [...]
2007-08-28 14:48:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ASEC ZA
07LUXEMBOURG116LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 09:46:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU
07LUXEMBOURG159LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR APRIL 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 15:37:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PINR LU
07LUXEMBOURG218VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 10:16:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG269VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 12:01:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG332VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR JULY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 09:18:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG366VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST
[...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 15 August 2007. No Visas Viper submissions were presented at that time. 2. (U) The Visas Viper Committee held an ad hoc meeting on 07 September 2007. The following submission was presented: Name: Sulejman ((KOJIC)) aka Kojic ((S [...]
2007-09-07 15:03:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG416VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 14:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG456VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 13:22:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG486VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 07:57:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KHLS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
07LUXEMBOURG80LUXEMBOURG: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Luxembourg. Point of contact is Tom Boughter; tel: +352 46-01-23, ext. 2240. Political officer (FS-04) spent 20 hours meeting contacts and collecting information for this report. Acting [...]
2007-02-23 13:37:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB LU
07LUXEMBOURG95LUXEMBOURG VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on 21 February 2007. No Visas Viper telegrams were submitted during the reporting period of February 2007. The VVC had no new information to report since Post's last report. 2. Posts VVC coordinator is Jason Chiodi. WAGNER [...]
2007-03-07 09:55:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR KHLS CMGT ASEC PTER PINR LU
07MADRID1028SECRETARY RICE'S TRIP TO MADRID: ADVANCE TEAM
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes Paul Watzlavick, S/ES-S Line Officer, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 27 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to provide advance support and preparation for the Secretary's visit. 2. (U) The overall control officer is Deputy Chief of Mission, Hugo Llorens [...]
2007-05-25 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OVIP
07MADRID149SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: RICHARD JONES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Richard Jones to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 20 to February 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a station inspection and observe international flight deck procedures. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2007-01-29 16:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID1549SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWN
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Corrine Brown, Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (HTRANS),and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 13 to August 15. The purpose of the visit is [...]
2007-08-10 15:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1568SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HICKS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Thomas Hicks, Majority Senior Election Counsel, House Administration Committee (HADC),and acompanying staff delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Moron and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on or about August 19 to August 22. The purp [...]
2007-08-14 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1569SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WADA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Debra Wada, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee and acompanying staff delegation per reftel (b) to travel to Madrid and Rota, Spain on or about August 21 to August 22. The purpose of the visit is to visit and t [...]
2007-08-14 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT SP
07MADRID1599SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcomittee on Foreign Operations, and accompanying delegation per reftel to travel to Seville, Spain on or about August 21 to August 23. The purpose of the visit is to RON and refuel. [...]
2007-08-20 08:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1713SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LYNCH
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Stephen Lynch, Member, House oversight and Government Reform, and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 15 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to perform oversight of [...]
2007-09-04 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Representative John Boehner, House Republican Leader and accompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 16 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to visit troops and facilities [...]
2007-09-12 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1808SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey and an interagency delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 20 to September 22. The purpose of the visit is to participate in consultations with host government [...]
2007-09-18 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID191SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MICHAEL MCNERNY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Michael McNerny to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 05 to March 8. The purpose of this visit is to perform surveillane of Fedex Express Line station operation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vi [...]
2007-02-05 12:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID1911SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL THOMPSON
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Mischa Thompson and Ms. Janice Helwig, Staff Advisors for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe to travel to Madrid and Cordoba, Spain on or about October 8 to October 13. The purpose of the visit is to attend and chai [...]
2007-10-02 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID1936SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL O'MALIA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Scott O'Malia, Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and accompanying Staffdel to travel to Madrid, Seville, Port of Algeciras and Granada, Spain on or about October 6 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is [...]
2007-10-04 14:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN
07MADRID195SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL,
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegation; Ambassador Mark Dybul, Kristin Pugh and Robert Mayes, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee [...]
2007-02-06 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID196SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF ROBERT M. GATES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation traveling with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to travel to Seville, Spain on or about February 7 to February 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the USNATO Defense Ministerial meetings. 2. Contro [...]
2007-02-06 12:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID2033SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (S) DCM delivered ref A demarche October 25 to Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho. Camacho was SIPDIS quick to say the red notices were fully justified and that Spain had supported Argentina in the INTERPOL Executive Committee earlier this year. He said Argentina could [...]
2007-10-25 15:36:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNASEC KJUS PGOV PREL PTER IR SP
07MADRID2055SPAIN: RESPONSE TO S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid offers the following responses to REFTEL request for information on the government of Spain's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. For ease of reading, we have opted to rewrite each question set [...]
2007-10-31 17:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CIVS ASEC KHLS SP
07MADRID2071ICCAT GRANTS ACCREDITATION TO ANTALYA,TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 08:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC ICCAT
07MADRID2090SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PEARSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Pearson, Professional Staff Member, and accompanying delegation to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 10 to November 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Intergovernmental panel on climate change. 2. Post wi [...]
2007-11-08 16:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID21ETA ATTACK: POLICE FIND SECOND BOMB, RESCUERS FIND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Basque police located a second vehicle containing explosive material in Vizcaya on January 4; they believe the vehicle had been abandoned by ETA. President Zapatero visited the airport bombing site and expressed his continued resolve to achieve an end to violence in Spain. Z [...]
2007-01-05 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV SP
07MADRID2131SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Jones, Staff, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 30 to December 02. The purpose of travel is in conjunction with matters of concern to the committee. [...]
2007-11-19 11:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID2145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 25 to December 02. The purpose of travel is to attend the Organization on Security Meeting and the 15th OSCE Ministerial Council [...]
2007-11-21 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID2160SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the USOSCE delegation on reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 26 to November 30. The purpose of travel is to attend the OSCE Ministerial Council. 2. Kevan Higgins is the point of contact and can be reached at embassy [...]
2007-11-28 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP
07MADRID217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/GAC BRITISH ROBINSON
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegate British Robinson, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee meetings. 2. Hotel reservations ha [...]
2007-02-09 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID2242SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, Member of the House armed Services Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Rota, Spain on or about December 17 to December 18. The purpose of travel is to study the reconstruction eforts in Iraq. [...]
2007-12-14 12:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2243SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR-CORRECTED
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, Member of the House armed Services Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Rota, Spain on or about December 17 to December 18. The purpose of travel is to study the reconstruction eforts in Iraq. [...]
2007-12-14 12:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2294SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...]
2007-12-21 15:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR
07MADRID2298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator Joseph Lieberman, and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about January 10 to January 14. The purpose of travel is for matters pertaining to the authorizing committee. 2. Mark Marrano is the point of contac [...]
2007-12-26 11:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and accompanying delegation to travel to Spain on or about January 7 to January 9. The purpose of travel is to meet with high-level off [...]
2007-12-26 11:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OREP AFIN
07MADRID2301CODEL MARTINEZ (JANUARY 4-12)
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes Senator Mel Martinez, and accompanying delegation travel to Madrid, Spain on or about January 10 to January 11. The purpose of travel is for matters pertaining to the authorizing committee. 2. Political Counselor William Duncan is the point of contact and can be r [...]
2007-12-28 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
07MADRID332SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE DIANA BROWN AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USOSCE Deputy Political counselor Diana Brown and Political Economic Officer Robert Carlson to travel to Zaragosa, Spain on or about March 12 to March 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the OSCE Preparatory Conference for Economic and Envir [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ASEC OSCE OTRA SP
07MADRID339SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: LARRY LA VERN KING
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Larry La Vern King to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 20 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a line station inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...]
2007-02-23 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID345SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Gordon Michael McKay to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 27 to February 28. The purpose of this visit is to perform an international check airman inspection on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...]
2007-02-26 09:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID411SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:FLIGHT INSPECTION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employees: Michael Ryder, Thomas Page, Wiliam Hoffman, Kenneth Holloway, and Marvin Pittman, to travel to Rota, Spain on or about March 19 to March 20. The crewmembers will be certifying navigation aids for the Department of Defense. 2. Post unders [...]
2007-03-05 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID412SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:DONALD WAYNE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: William Hughes, Technical Center and Donald Gallagher, Mathematician, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Working [...]
2007-03-05 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID43SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: FLORES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, John Flores to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 19 to January 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend CASA 295 SFAR-88 meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2007-01-10 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID448SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:ROBERT BONANNI AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: Robert Bonanni, Civil Engineer, and Alvin Lee Logan, Electronics Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 16 to March 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Panel [...]
2007-03-08 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MADRID49SPAIN: ADDENDUM TO 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON
[...] (SBU) As stipulated in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that updates significant terrorist-related developments in Spain that occurred after submission of the Spain section of the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) On December 30 the terrorist group ETA exploded [...]
2007-01-11 12:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC SP
07MADRID51SPAIN: ADDENDUM TO 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON
[...] (SBU) As stipulated in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that updates significant terrorist-related developments in Spain that occurred after submission of the Spain section of the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) On December 30 the terrorist group ETA exploded [...]
2007-01-11 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC SP
07MADRID67SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: THOMAS WEATHERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, Thomas Weatherman to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain on January 24 to January 26. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a recertification inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2007-01-12 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
07MANAGUA2567NICARAGUA RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CASH COURIER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 20:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC NU
07MANAGUA2577FRAUD SUMMARY - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) The following is Managua's quarterly report on the fraud situation at post for the fourth quarter FY 07. Headings follow reftel information requests. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS In the last few months Nicaragua has been impacted by natural disasters, political instability and rising oil [...]
2007-12-12 22:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC CPAS CMGT PREL PTER XK NU
07MANAMA1033SHI'A YOUTH IN WEEKEND SKIRMISHES WITH SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 11:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC BA
07MANAMA1052TERRORIST CELL TRIAL CONTINUES
[...] (U) The trial of five suspects charged under Bahrain's 2006 counter-terrorism law (reftels) resumed November 20 in Manama's High Criminal Court. The prosecution and defense presented opening arguments, and the court adjourned until December 12. 2. (U) Defense attorneys told media that the [...]
2007-11-21 17:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA
07MANAMA1110ONE DEAD IN CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 12:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
07MANAMA1112STREET PROTESTS SUBSIDE FOLLOWING INTERVENTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: After renewed clashes between police and Shi'a youths December 18, there were no further disturbances and the streets remained quiet as of mid-afternoon December 20. The intervention of Shi'a community leaders helped defuse the situation. End summary. 2. (SBU) Following clashes Dec [...]
2007-12-20 11:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1113CLASHES BETWEEN SHI'A YOUTH AND POLICE: UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 15:02:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1118BAHRAINI STREET VIOLENCE: SHI'A POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 13:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA113GOVERNMENT VIEWS ARRESTS AS SENDING A SIGNAL TO
[...] (C) In separate discussions, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid and Industry and Commerce Minister Fakhro both told the Ambassador that the government arrested Shia activists Mushaima and Al Khawaja to rein in their unlawful activities, which the government believes have become increasingly defia [...]
2007-02-07 14:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL
07MANAMA198RELEASE OF TWO DETAINEES RESTORES CLM TO SHIA
[...] (C) ing Hamad February 25 ordered the release of twoShia detainees who had been tried, convicted, and imprisoned for distributing illegal literature durng the fall 2006 election campaign season. Thei release ended some ten days of sometimes violen demonstrations in and around their two neigh [...]
2007-03-02 06:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KISL BAPOL
07MANAMA206BAHRAIN: SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) 27A. Bahrain is a country of destination for men primarily as laborers and, to a much lesser extent, domestic workers, and women primarily as domestic workers, and to [...]
2007-03-05 13:34:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC BA
07MANAMA446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...]
2007-05-17 09:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA476COURT CASE AGAINST ACTIVISTS DROPPED, BUT CLASHES
[...] (C) In a dramatic development, King Hamad May 18 announced that he had ordered the public prosecution to drop its legal case against political activists Hassan Mushaima, Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja, and Shaker Abdul Hussein. The defendants had been charged with promoting change to the political sy [...]
2007-05-24 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC BA POL
07MANAMA507PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa told the Ambassador June 3 that he had been pleased to meet with the delegation from the U.S.-Bahrain Business Council (USBBC) on May 29 (reftel). He said it was important for visitors from the United States to meet with senior Bahraini [...]
2007-06-04 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA518ALLEGED BEATING PROMPTS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REQUEST
[...] (C) Two Shia Bahrainis were reportedly beaten by security personnel following their detention at a May 21 rally. The families of both men tried to locate them but were not informed of their whereabouts until May 29, when they were invited to visit the men at the Bahrain Defense Force hospita [...]
2007-06-07 13:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL HUMRIT
07MANAMA524ALLEGED BEATING VICTIMS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
[...] (U) The public prosecution June 7 released Ali Saeed Al Khabaz and Hameed Yousif Ahmed from custody after prosecutors became convinced of their innocence based upon eyewitness reports. Al Khabaz and Ahmed had been detained during a violent protest the night of May 21 in the Shia village of S [...]
2007-06-11 08:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL HUMRIT
07MANAMA546AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (U) The Ambassador on June 12 signed reftel non-binding Memorandum of Understanding on Homeland Security Cooperation between the U.S. and Bahrain with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. In attendance on the U.S. side were two Riyadh-based DHS representatives, Attache Do [...]
2007-06-13 09:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC BA
07MANAMA7CROWN PRINCE AND CNO DISCUSS REGIONAL THREATS
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mullen discussed on December 27 the U.S.-Bahrain relationship and regional threats including Iran and Iraq. The CP praised the United States for providing stability and security in the region and asked about the statu [...]
2007-01-04 05:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ASEC BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA876DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF SUNNI EXTREMISTS FALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A demonstration outside Manama's Grand Mosque in support of extremists rounded up in August (reftels) drew little support. Only 50-60 people attended, most of them families of the detainees. By comparison, recent protests over power cuts, fishing rights, and teachers' salary d [...]
2007-09-14 13:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA
07MANAMA913MORE SUNNI POLITICIANS RALLYING TO EXTREMIST
[...] (U) Local media reported the September 30 release of three more of the Sunni extremists whom the Bahraini authorities have been rounding up since early August. A member of parliament for the Salafist Asala bloc, Hamoud Khalil Muhannadi, sought to claim credit for the releases. He said the go [...]
2007-10-02 08:20:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV BA
07MANAMA932TERRORIST CELL SUSPECTS FORMALLY CHARGED; JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Justice confirmed that the prosecutor presented to a judge his case against five extremist defendants October 1, and that their trial will begin on October 23. While cautioning that the defendants may challenge the constitutionality of the new counter-terrorism la [...]
2007-10-10 14:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL ASEC KPAO BA
07MANAMA950AL-HAQ CHALLENGES GOB ON LAND ACCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 14:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC SOCI BA
07MANAMA96ARREST OF PROMINENT ACTIVISTS SPARKS CLASHES
[...] (C) Clashes between protesters and police broke out February 2 in Shia areas of Bahrain following the early morning arrest of three political activists, two of whom are well known oppositionists Hassan Mushaima and Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja. Demonstrators burned tires and threw stones at police, [...]
2007-02-04 15:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL
07MANAMA967TERRORIST CELL TRIAL BEGINS
[...] (U) The trial of five suspects charged under Bahrain's 2006 counter-terrorism law (reftels) began October 23 in Manama's High Criminal Court. The three present entered pleas of "not guilty"; two others remain at large and are being tried in absentia. The court denied a defense request for ba [...]
2007-10-24 14:10:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL ASEC BA
07MANILA1232PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR TSCHETTER VISITS PHILIPPINES; MISSING
[...] Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter arrived in Manila on April 16 to review efforts to find missing Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell, who disappeared in a remote area of the Philippines on April 8. Director Tschetter, Charge' Jones and Peace Corps Country Director Beck traveled to the a [...]
2007-04-18 11:06:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL RP
07MANILA1241NSDD 38 - U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
[...] Upon completion of the State Department Inspector General's visit to Embassy Manila and after careful review and consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, Post cannot concur with the requested DHS-PHI-687310162006 at this time. 2. Currently, DHS uses consecutive TDYers to fill [...]
2007-04-19 02:37:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAODE KMRS APER AMGT ASEC RP
07MANILA1275COUNTRY CLEARANCE POSTPONED FOR CME TEAM
[...] Post wishes to thank FSI/LMS/CMT for including Embassy Manila in the schedule of Crisis Management Exercises. Post Management regrets that we cannot extend country clearance to the Crisis Management Team Leader for May 12-15, 2007. We recognize the importance of these exercises to enhance ou [...]
2007-04-20 05:51:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RP AMGT AEMR ASEC KESS OTRA
07MANILA1281FILIPINOS MOURN LOSS OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
[...] Philippine government senior officials, politicians, and media on April 20 widely expressed condolences over the tragic death of Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell (reftels). President Arroyo, members of her Cabinet, as well as numerous Congressmen and Senators issued statements not only vo [...]
2007-04-20 08:26:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC ASEC RP
07MANILA1930REWARDS FOR JUSTICE PAYOUT A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE
[...] (U) Summary. In a June 7 Rewards for Justice ceremony on Jolo Island, Ambassador awarded four Filipino citizens their shares of a total US$10 million reward for providing information that led to the successful Philippine military operations against the top two leaders of the terrorist Abu Say [...]
2007-06-08 10:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC CASC RP
07MANILA196PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES ANNOUNCE KILLING OF ASG
[...] (U) Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon announced on January 17 that Philippine troops had killed Abu Sayyaf Group leader Jainal Sali AKA Abu Solaiman in an encounter on Jolo Island on January 16. Abu Solaiman was under U.S. indictment for his role in the kidnap [...]
2007-01-17 08:43:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL ASEC RP
07MANILA2258RENEWED REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 10. 2. (U) Summary. After thorough review by all involved agencies and consultations with the Philippine National Police (PNP),Embassy would like to renew its $2 million funding request from FY2005 funds of the Bureau for International Narcotics a [...]
2007-07-03 07:55:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP
07MANILA2443ADDING FOUR NEW TERRORISTS TO THE REWARDS FOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE - SEE PARA 2. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Zulkifli Bin Hir (a.k.a. Marwan) has joined fellow Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Dulmatin and Umar Patek in the rough mountainous terrain of western Jolo. Recent intelligence information indicates that these [...]
2007-07-20 09:03:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL RP
07MANILA2645COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL REYES, AUGUST 23-25,
[...] (U) Embassy Manila welcomes and grants country clearance to the Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by U.S. Representative Silverstre Reyes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for an August 23-25 visit to the Philippines. Control officer is Political Counselor Tom Gibbon [...]
2007-08-06 09:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH TH VM RP
07MANILA268NSDD 38 - U.S. Department of Defense, Department
[...] The Chief of Mission hereby approves the Department of the Navy's Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) request to add the following direct-hire full-time permanent (DHFTP) position in Manila. With this additional position NCIS will have an authorized position level in the Philippines of [...]
2007-01-24 03:34:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AODE ABLD ASEC KSPR RP
07MANILA272COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PHILIP MATTHEW INGENERI
[...] Embassy Manila warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Philip Matthew Ingeneri, Philippines Desk Officer, to travel to Manila and Mindanao on official visit from January 31 to February 9, 2007. The Mindanao portion of the trip is contingent upon the security situation at the time of t [...]
2007-01-24 06:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC RP
07MANILA2931STAFFDEL LUSE VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Summary: Mr. Keith Luse, Senior Professional Staff, visited the Philippines from August 14-18 as part of a three-nation Asian visit that also included Indonesia and Mongolia. The purpose of Mr. Luse's visit was to conduct a field-based study on bilateral U.S. foreign assistance, and also [...]
2007-08-29 23:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ID RP CH MD
07MANILA2957EMBASSY MANILA PREPARED FOR TYPHOON SEASON
[...] Embassy Manila remains well-prepared and coordinated with local authorities to respond to the upcoming typhoon season, which runs through December. Typically, about 12 typhoons strike the Philippines each year. Mission systems passed a major test on September 29, 2006 when Typhoon Millenyo, [...]
2007-08-31 04:24:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC KSAF MMED RP
07MANILA3504LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE
[...] Summary: Embassy Manila hosted a Crisis Management Exercise September 17 and 18. Post extends thanks to instructor Douglas Kinney for conducting a successful exercise. 2. Format of the CME: The three hour Overview Training was appropriate to explain the need for such exercises, where the [...]
2007-10-25 02:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RP AMGT AEMR ASEC KESS OTRA
07MANILA3577PHILIPPINES TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S POSITION AT
[...] (S) Maria Aguinaldo, Director of the Social Development Issues Division for the Office of United Nations and International Organizations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),informed poloff October 31 that the Philippine government would send a delegation of five to seven representativ [...]
2007-10-31 09:14:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPREL IR PTER ASEC PGOV KJUS RP
07MANILA3619MEGAPORTS DETECTS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN MANILA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 05:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ASEC ENGR RP
07MANILA3758EMBASSY MANILA PREPARED FOR TYPHOON MITAG
[...] Embassy Manila remains well-prepared and coordinated with local authorities to respond to Typhoon Mitag. Typhoon MITAG pronounced as: "me-tok" has dramatically slowed down while heading on a temporary WSW drift but still endangers the Bicol Region. Communities along the Eastern Provinces of C [...]
2007-11-23 09:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC KSAF MMED RP
07MANILA3777PHILIPPINE EARTHQUAKE - 6.O RICHTER SCALE
[...] Manila experienced a 6.0 magnitude earthquake at 12:27 PM (04:27 UCT) today, November 27, 2007. Post immediately communicated with offices and conducted building assessments, per established action plans. There were no reported injuries or structural damages to USG staff or facilities, nor w [...]
2007-11-27 08:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF RP
07MANILA3994PHILIPPINES: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Summary: The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, continues to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. In 2007, eight of 140 bombings that occurred in the Philippines were ascribed to terr [...]
2007-12-20 08:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC RP
07MAPUTO243MOZAMBIQUE: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is primarily a source country for men, women, and children trafficked to South Africa for forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common and increasing practice in rural areas, often with the complicity of family members. Women and [...]
2007-02-27 14:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ
07MAPUTO464MOZAMBIQUE: FY2007 ESF TIP PROJECT
[...] Post proposes the following anti-trafficking in persons projects in response to reftel: A) Name of Applicant: Terre de Hommes Germany Southern Africa Coordinating Office B) Requested Funding: $558,180 C) Project Title: Combating Trafficking of Children in Southern Africa (Regional proje [...]
2007-04-20 09:00:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC MZ
07MAPUTO556COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA GEORGETTE
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for ACOTA Georgette Maloney and John Sevold to travel to Mozambique from 23 to 26 May 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct coordination meetings with U.S. Embassy and FADM personnel prior to ACOTA New Equipment Training (NET) in the [...]
2007-05-15 15:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL OTRA ASEC MZ
07MAPUTO743COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA FREDERICK
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for ACOTA Frederick Curry, Walter Griffin, Chris Hahn, Corry Holmes and Stephen Marshall to travel to Mozambique from 12 to 20 July 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ACOTA New Equipment Training (NET) with FADM trainers and specia [...]
2007-06-29 17:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL OTRA ASEC MZ
07MAPUTO859STAFFDEL PHELAN: ESTIMATED COSTS AND
[...] Following are the estimated costs for Mr. Michael Phelan and Mr. Marik StringQs visit to Mozambique July 30 Q August 7. Post requests confirmation of arrival information and authorization for expenditure items as outlined below based on EmbassyQs proposed itinerary. These estimates are subj [...]
2007-07-20 09:16:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MZ
07MAPUTO864COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL PHELAN AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Michael Phelan and Mr. Marik String (STAFFDEL),of the Minority Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),to travel to Mozambique, from July 30, 2007 through August 7, 2007 (tentative schedule). The purpose of this trav [...]
2007-07-23 09:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MZ
07MAPUTO934COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARK CLACK TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Mark Clack (STAFFDEL),Foreign Relations Staff Member for Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),to travel to Mozambique, from August 16, 2007 through August 21, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to assess impact and effectiveness of [...]
2007-08-08 12:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR IV SF GH SG MZ
07MAPUTO935COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEVEN FELDSTEIN TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Steven Feldstein (STAFFDEL),Majority Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),to travel to Mozambique, from August 16, 2007 through August 21, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to assess impact and eff [...]
2007-08-08 12:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE SF ET GM NL MZ
07MAPUTO949UPSURGE IN VIOLENT CRIME: POLITICAL QUAGMIRE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent crime in metropolitan Maputo has increased significantly in recent weeks. Crime is a top domestic issue for the Guebuza government, and press coverage is increasingly critical of his administrationQs response to the wave. Interior Minister Jose Pacheco has publicly pro [...]
2007-08-10 12:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV KCRM MZ
07MAPUTO950STAFFDEL FELDSTEIN: ESTIMATED COSTS AND
[...] Following are the estimated costs for Mr. Steven Feldstein and Mr. Mark ClackQs visit to Mozambique August 16 Q August 21. Post requests authorization for expenditure items as outlined below based on EmbassyQs proposed itinerary. These estimates are subject to change based upon Staffdel req [...]
2007-08-13 08:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MZ
07MASERU105PERSPECTIVE OF IEC CHAIR ON RECENT ATTACKS OF U.S. TARGETS
[...] (SBU) Following the February 27, 12:30 a.m. grenade and heavy gun shot attack on the residence/office of Partners-In-health (PIH) staffed by a U.S. citizen (and Canadian spouse) (Ref A),Ambassador received a call from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chair Thoahlane. With this atta [...]
2007-03-01 11:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER PT
07MASERU107PERSPECTIVE OF IEC CHAIR ON RECENT ATTACKS OF U.S. TARGETS
[...] (S) Following the February 27, 12:30 a.m. grenade and heavy gun shot attack on the residence/office of Partners-In-Health (PIH) staffed by a U.S. citizen (and Canadian spouse) (Ref B),Ambassador received a call from the Independent Electoral Commission Chair (IEC) Thoahlane. With this attack [...]
2007-03-01 15:30:00Embassy MaseruSECRETASEC PGOV PTER LT
07MASERU116IRISH EMBASSY RELOCATES EMPLOYEE
[...] (C) Following the February 27 armed attack on the ministerial property used by Harvard's Partners-In-Health (PIH) couple (Refs A and B),the Irish Embassy has moved one of its permanent staff from a similar residence to a hotel. Ambassador Paddy Fay informed U.S. Ambassador last week that he [...]
2007-03-05 10:44:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV LT
07MASERU159NOMINEES FOR ATA-6125, COMBATING TERRORISM: MAY 14-18, 2007
[...] Post submits the following information on the eight (8) candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates serve with the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) SURNAME TAU OTHER NAMES TLALI ALEXIS RANK [...]
2007-03-16 09:11:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER LT
07MASERU160LESOTHO: OPENING OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITH SIT-IN, EJECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: After His Majesty King Letsie III officially opened the 7th Parliament of Lesotho on Thursday, March 15, Lesotho's major opposition parties staged a "sit-in," and pledged not to leave the Parliament building until the government had addressed their demands for a redistribution of legi [...]
2007-03-16 12:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU161SADC, OPPOSITION AND GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) Over the past three and a half days, Ambassador Perry has met with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary and his senior staff, the diplomatic corps and all leaders of the opposition parties concerning the current political crisis and stay-away occurring in L [...]
2007-03-19 15:32:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU162MASERU EAC (3/19/07) ASSESSES MASSIVE WORK STOPPAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Maseru's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on March 19 to discuss the first day of a three-day, opposition-led work stoppage ("stay away"),to assess potential threats to USG personnel, and to review the mission's security posture. Day One of the stay-away was widely ob [...]
2007-03-19 15:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU167LESOTHO: OPPOSITION CALLS OFF WORK STOPPAGE AFTER TWO-DAY
[...] (U) Summary: After a two-day strike that crippled the Maseru economy, late on March 20 Lesotho's political opposition leaders called off the mass action in order to hold talks with visiting SADC leaders. We expect that business will return to regular levels of activity on March 21, although th [...]
2007-03-20 15:45:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON PGOV PREL LT
07MASERU203HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE -
[...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...]
2007-04-03 13:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU217HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE -
[...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...]
2007-04-10 06:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU219LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - WILDLIFE INVESTIGATION
[...] Post submits the following three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in ref B course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) Customs Division and from the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gender: Male Da [...]
2007-04-10 13:21:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU261LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of [...]
2007-05-07 14:59:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU27"ABC 1, 2, 3": OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Former Minister of Communications Thomas Thabane visited the Ambassador the morning of January 12 and expressed his own concerns about instability during the electoral period. The Ambassador told Thabane frankly that she was concerned about reports that the youth league of his party might [...]
2007-01-19 12:35:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC LT
07MASERU288LESOTHO CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - TRAIN THE TRAINER ON
[...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the "Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents" course (reftel C). The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Imm [...]
2007-05-21 15:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU302LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the three candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Serv [...]
2007-05-24 12:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU329LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER
[...] Post submits the following information the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Refiloe RAMOHOLI Gender: Male [...]
2007-06-06 12:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU34AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:12:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV PREL CVIS LT
07MASERU340LESOTHO: GUNMEN FORCIBLY DISARM MINISTERIAL GUARDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the night of June 10, unknown gunmen carrying automatic rifles attacked, disarmed, and kidnapped Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) guards at the residences of the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Motloheloa Phooko and the Minister of Trade and Industry Popane Lebesa. No sho [...]
2007-06-12 15:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU351LESOTHO: EAC CONSIDERS JULY 4 POSTURE, RECENT ATTACKS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires convened an EAC meeting on June 15 to assess security policies and potential threats associated with the Embassy's planned official July 4 reception. The EAC also reviewed the mission's general security posture in light of recent attacks on the properties of GOL [...]
2007-06-15 10:14:00Embassy MaseruSECRETASEC PTER CASC PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU353LESOTHO: FRESH ATTACKS ON HOMES OF GOL MINISTER AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Only four days after the June 10 attack on the residences of two government ministers, unidentified gunmen carried out a new attack on the residence of Mothojoa Metsing, Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, on the night of June 14. Post sources indicated that the a [...]
2007-06-15 13:43:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU355LESOTHO: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS ATTACKS ARE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister, in a June 18 briefing for chiefs of diplomatic missions, said that the violent security environment in the capital city of Maseru, which deteriorated further following implementation of a daily curfew on June 15, had taken on "political undertones, [...]
2007-06-18 17:28:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU356LESOTHO: EAC ASSESSES GOL CURFEW, SECURITY DETERIORATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge convened the EAC twice on June 18 to assess mission security policies and potential threats following the GOL's after hours announcement on June 15 of a daily curfew, several violent security incidents over the weekend of June 16-17 (including the carjacking of a U.S. missio [...]
2007-06-18 18:33:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU358LESOTHO JUNE 19 SITREP: GOL REVISES CURFEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the face of public criticism, mounting pressure from Lesotho's political opposition, and a threatened taxi strike, the nation's Police Commissioner announced on June 19 a loosening of Maseru's current 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily curfew to the hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Embassy Mase [...]
2007-06-19 17:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT
07MASERU359LESOTHO JUNE 20 SITREP: CONTINUED QUIET IN MASERU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A second consecutive night of calm on June 19-20 during newly shorted curfew hours has eased Maseru's immediate tensions. On June 20, Lesotho's powerful taxi associations agreed with a GOL appeal to postpone consideration of a strike until June 25, the GOL's Ombudsman publicly [...]
2007-06-20 16:39:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT
07MASERU365LESOTHO JUNE 22 SITREP: A CALM BUT UNCERTAIN CURFEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Maseru remained perfectly calm one week after implementation of a curfew implemented to end attacks on senior political and government figures. The security situation, however, remains unpredictable. There are no signs the Lesotho police have made progress in identi [...]
2007-06-22 13:18:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT
07MASERU367LESOTHO CURFEW LIFTED; FM APPEALS FOR DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: To the relief of local residents, Lesotho Police lifted a week-long curfew on June 22. Security forces, however, maintained checkpoints throughout Maseru, leading to the shooting of a government employee. Foreign Minister Tsekoa, meeting with resident diplomats on June 23, dismi [...]
2007-06-25 14:00:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC LT
07MASERU378LESOTHO ARMY COMMANDER: "WE HAVE FRUSTRATED THE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: The Commander of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) told diplomats on June 26 that security forces thwarted a coup attempt in mid-June which had been in the works since December 2006. He alleged the coup effort, which had the support of some active and former military personnel, was [...]
2007-06-29 12:26:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC LT
07MASERU379LESOTHO: SADC MEDIATION SUCCESS AMID ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a turbulent week of negotiations (June 25-29),ongoing SADC mediation efforts between Lesotho's governing and opposition parties appear to have made progress as stakeholders have identified outside experts to evaluate Lesotho's implementation of the Mixed Member Proportion [...]
2007-06-29 12:52:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM LT
07MASERU383LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: [...]
2007-07-02 19:25:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU384LESOTHO CONTRADICTIONS: TALKS ADVANCE, OPPOSITION ANNOUNCES
[...] SUMMARY: Head of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) mediation delegation and former President of Botswana Masire successfully concluded the first round of talks between Lesotho's governing and opposition parties on July 1. On the same day, however, Lesotho's largest oppositio [...]
2007-07-02 19:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM LT
07MASERU385LESOTHO: ABUSED OPPOSITION BODYGUARD FREED ON COURT ORDER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On the evening of July 2, a High Court Justice ordered the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) Commander to facilitate the immediate release of Mr. Makotoko Lerotholi to his family. Unidentified gunmen took Mr. Lerotholi, a bodyguard for Thomas Thabane, head of the All Basotho Convention [...]
2007-07-03 15:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC LT
07MASERU386MASERU EAC CONVENES PRIOR TO POSSIBLE JULY 5 PROTEST MARCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. convened post EAC on July 3 to assess the mission's security posture and potential threats following the July 1 announcement of an unsanctioned July 5 political opposition protest march and sit-in scheduled to end at the Prime Minister's office (reftel and [...]
2007-07-03 16:14:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU387LESOTHO: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION DIVIDE GROWS
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 2 briefing for the diplomatic corps, three senior GOL ministers described recent SADC-mediated dialogue between the GOL and the political opposition as successful, but proceeded to lambaste the ABC opposition party for a July 1 rally announcing a protest march and si [...]
2007-07-03 17:16:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC LT
07MASERU389LESOTHO: PEACEFUL OPPOSITION MARCH DISSIPATES TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 5, Lesotho's opposition parties held a large and peaceful march to deliver protest petitions to Lesotho's Commissioner of Police and the Prime Minister's office. The march ended at the National Convention Center, where opposition leaders (with ABC Leader Thomas Thabane [...]
2007-07-05 18:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU398MOB CONFRONTS MILITARY OVER RE-ARREST OF ALLEGED COUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, the Lesotho army's seizure of three soldiers, which Lesotho's High Court had ordered released from GOL custody for a second time, led to an angry mob hurling rocks at military vehicles and burning tires in the vicinity of a Maseru police station. The GOL accuses the [...]
2007-07-09 14:58:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU409LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING:
[...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: January 14, 1969 Passport no.: RA644651 [...]
2007-07-12 09:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM LT
07MASERU428LESOTHO: LAWSUITS AND PRESS STATEMENTS AMID RELATIVE QUIET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The past week and a half in Maseru passed quietly without jarring developments relating to Lesotho's ongoing political impasse. Deputy Prime Minister Lehohla addressed the nation on Lesotho Television on July 10, reinforcing the government line that attacks on ministerial reside [...]
2007-07-20 09:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM LT
07MASERU436LESOTHO: ARMY AND POLICE RECOVER STOLEN WEAPONS AMID NEW
[...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) launched a joint operation to recover weapons stolen from army guards outside of ministerial residences (ref B). In their first major success in locating these weapons, the LDF and LMPS recover [...]
2007-07-23 14:34:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU439LESOTHO: JUDGE'S HOME SEARCHED, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesotho's political crisis continues to lumber forward, as the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) searched the home of a High Court Justice who recently issued two rulings against the GOL. Leaders of Lesotho's five major opposition parties held a press conference on July 24 [...]
2007-07-25 15:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU452LESOTHO: RSA REPORTEDLY GRANTS ASYLUM TO ACCUSED COUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of South Africa has reportedly granted temporary asylum to six Basotho men accused by the GOL of involvement in alleged coup plotting. Two of the men claim torture, and in a recent press interview all denied any involvement in attacks on ministerial residences. Th [...]
2007-07-31 15:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS LT
07MASERU460LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FACE HARASSMENT IN LESOTHO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) redetained two soldiers charged with high treason immediately upon their release on bail from Maseru's "Maximum Central Prison." Meanwhile, local media and opposition political leaders claim that South African National Defense Force [...]
2007-08-01 15:31:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS KMCA LT
07MASERU487THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]
2007-08-14 23:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MASERU488THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]
2007-08-14 23:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MASERU495EMBASSY MASERU POINTS OF CONTACT FOR ILEA PROGRAM
[...] Per reftel, the point of contact for the ILEA Program at Embassy Maseru is: Christopher Smith Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political (PDEP) Officer Tel: +(266) 22312666 Fax: +(266) 22310116 Cell: +(266) 58883282 e-mail: SmithCM3@state.gov 2. Additional point of c [...]
2007-08-16 17:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM LT
07MASERU500LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREE IN SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, three of the six Lesotho nationals accused of coup plotting in Lesotho, and reportedly granted political asylum in South Africa, walked free from a magistrate court in Gauteng Province after posting bail. Crowds of their supporters, bused in from Maseru, packed th [...]
2007-08-17 14:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS SF LT
07MASERU530LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - LEED 25;
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course (October 8-November 16, 2007). All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST [...]
2007-09-20 14:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU533LESOTHO: ILEA COURSE ATA-6503: POLICE EXECUTIVE'S ROLE IN
[...] Embassy Maseru confirms that the GOL has agreed to identify five (5) police executives from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) to participate in reftel course. 2. As requested, post will provide ILEA Gaborone and DS/ATA/RSS the complete participants list, flight itineraries, and cos [...]
2007-09-24 14:16:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER LT
07MASERU550LESOTHO: ILEA NOMINEES - LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] Post submits the following information on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST NAME: MOKHELE OTHER NAMES: MASECHABA MOSELANTJA RANK: [...]
2007-10-01 12:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU590LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET NOMINEE LT. NTLELE
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on a candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in an IMET-funded military training program at Fort Huachuca, AZ, commencing on November 26. This candidate is a member of the Lesotho Defense Force [...]
2007-10-31 05:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU597LESOTHO: FRUSTRATED OPPOSITION RALLIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 4, Lesotho's largest opposition political party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC),led an opposition rally in Maseru at which ABC leader (and former GOL minister) Thomas Thabane highlighted growing frustration with a SADC-led mediation process aimed at resolving a po [...]
2007-11-05 22:03:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC LT
07MASERU598LESOTHO: COURT REINSTATES CITIZENSHIP OF GOL CRITIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesotho's High Court, in a high-profile case which had become a cause celebre within opposition circles, has reversed a GOL decision to strip the citizenship of the Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, a controversial local radio presenter and harsh critic of the government. In addition to [...]
2007-11-06 07:12:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC LT
07MASERU611LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) candidate who will pariticipate in the International Military Education Training (IMET) program on HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Conference commenc [...]
2007-11-23 06:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU616ATA-6503: LESOTHO NOMINEES - POLICE EXECUTIVE'S ROLE IN
[...] Post submits the names of five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). Their flight itinerary and cost of their airfare are also indicated below. 2. The names and ranks of the cand [...]
2007-12-03 10:44:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER LT
07MASERU621LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) candidate who will attend the Captains Career Adjutant General's course which is a component of the International Military Education Training (IMET) program. Training [...]
2007-12-06 05:57:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU630LESOTHO: OPPOSITION CALLS OFF LIGHTLY OBSERVED GENERAL
[...] On December 12, the second day of an opposition-led general strike (reftel),Lesotho's five major opposition parties held a press conference to announce the suspension of the "stay-away" and launch further complaints against the Government of Lesotho. All Basotho Convention Leader Thomas Thab [...]
2007-12-12 18:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC LT
07MASERU634LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS NEXT GENERATION OF
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF). a) LASTNAME: NTSOHI OTHER NAMES: TAU R [...]
2007-12-14 11:27:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LT
07MASERU637LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - FINANCIAL
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOKULI OTHER NAMES: TS [...]
2007-12-17 05:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU86POST ELECTION UPDATES
[...] (C) While the 2007 national elections in Lesotho are over, the questions that remain post election are still lingering throughout the country and particularly in the capital city of Maseru. The overwhelming victory between Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) (61 national assembly seats -- al [...]
2007-02-22 15:38:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR LT
07MASERU91NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY
[...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates serve with the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tlala PHATELA Gender: Male Date of birth: 15 November, 1964 Passport no. [...]
2007-02-26 15:10:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MEXICO1720COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Thompson for travel to Mexico City from April 10 to 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to meet Government of Mexico officials and Embassy personnel on bilateral law enforcement issues. 2. Post control officer for the visit is [...]
2007-04-06 23:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASEC MX OREP PREL
07MEXICO1922DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING GOM PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY MX
07MEXICO1996TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM MEXICO FOR 2007 ESF AND
[...] (U) Embassy Mexico City established a committee to review 14 project proposals from non-governmental organizations in Mexico requesting funding support from FY2007 INCLE and ESF appropriations. The following sections of the Embassy were represented on the committee: Political, Public Affairs, [...]
2007-04-23 20:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MX
07MEXICO3302VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED
[...] (C) Summary: Widespread narco-violence in Mexico continues unabated since the Embassy reported on soaring Cartel-related bloodshed in mid-May. While there have been no spectacular, multi-fatality shootouts matching the spate that characterized the early spring, 37 federal, state and local of [...]
2007-06-25 13:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MEXICO5733COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MEACHAM, MEXICO
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Carl Meacham for travel to Mexico City from 6-8 November 2007. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Deputy Political Counselor Jim Merz, telephone 52 (55) 5080-2265 or 4425; fax 52 (55) 5080-2247; cell 044 (55) 5080-2247; e- [...]
2007-11-06 16:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX
07MEXICO6009RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Below please find Post's responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The resonses are keyed to the questions per reftel. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "w [...]
2007-12-03 22:05:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07MEXICO6259DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Director of South American Affairs Lic. Raphael Bernal Cuevas. Bernal underlined that the GOM has no position on this issue, but would follow the case closely. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site [...]
2007-12-26 14:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL CJAN ASEC
07MINSK10ELECTION SITREP 2: GOB OBSTRUCTS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) This is a second situation report covering the Belarusian local council elections scheduled for January 14. With ten days left until Election Day, authorities are preventing opposition candidates from printing campaign materials and meeting with voters and restricting radio airtime. Opp [...]
2007-01-05 10:44:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK2ELECTION SITREP 1: CANDIDATE REGISTRATION A LOSS
[...] (C) The Belarusian Central Election Committee announced December 23 that 23,791 people were registered as candidates for the January 14 local council elections. The CEC results showed signs of manipulation, such as a candidate per seat coefficients identical to past local council elections and [...]
2007-01-03 12:33:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK249MARCH 25 OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION TO OCCUR WITHOUT
[...] (SBU) On March 25, the opposition will hold its annual "Day of Freedom" demonstration on October Square commemorating the creation of the short-lived Belarusian National Republic. As in previous years, the Minsk city authorities denied permission to hold the event on October Square and promis [...]
2007-03-21 14:10:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK262MARCH 25 DEMONSTRATION SUCCESSFUL DESPITE LARGE
[...] (C) Approximately 3,000-5,000 demonstrators gathered on March 25 at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) to mark the opposition's annual "Day of Freedom". Originally the demonstration was to occur at the site of the March 2006 presidential election demonstrations, but security fo [...]
2007-03-26 13:18:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK331AUTHORITIES REDIRECT THE CHERNOBYL PATH
[...] (SBU) Minsk authorities denied permission to Chernobyl Path organizers to hold their April 26 demonstration at Yakub Kolas Square in downtown Minsk and march to the new national library, but "suggested" that demonstrators gather at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) and march to [...]
2007-04-24 09:16:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK347POLICE KEEP HANDS TO THEMSELVES AT CHERNOBYL PATH
[...] (SBU) Although smaller than in 2006, this year's April 26 "Chernobyl Path" demonstration in Minsk enjoyed a turnout of approximately 3,000 people and was not marred by the authorities' typical violence and mass arrests. Using loudspeakers and a heavy police presence, authorities made sure dem [...]
2007-04-27 14:15:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK36MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALL WELL BELOW DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) As expected, Belarus January 14 municipal elections failed to meet any international democratic standard. The U.S. Embassy and EU released statements January 15 criticizing the GOB for failing to observe democratic principles. The election authorities have not released preliminary vote t [...]
2007-01-16 11:58:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK51ELECTION AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE LOCAL ELECTION
[...] (SBU) The Central Election Commission (CEC) on January 18 announced the final results of the January 14 municipal elections. Allegedly 79 percent of the electorate voted, but only 16 out of 166 pro-democracy candidates won council seats. The CEC rejected all complaints from election particip [...]
2007-01-19 13:54:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MONROVIA1012LIBERIA: REPORTS OF ARMS CACHES - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
[...] (U) Recently there have been a slew of headlines in Liberian papers and in some international dailies on "arms caches" being discovered in Liberia and weapons being delivered through the airport. The press accounts have also linked the discoveries of the alleged arms and weapons deliveries to [...]
2007-08-15 17:28:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV MCAP LI
07MONROVIA1070LIBERIA: FISHERIES SECTOR UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Liberia's fisheries sector is seeking to improve regulatory oversight and enhance monitoring and surveillance capacity following years of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities that have damaged the fishing industry and raided Liberia's abundant marine resources. Des [...]
2007-09-04 17:06:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ECON ETRD ASEC EAID PGOV LI
07MONROVIA1302LIBERIA WILL NOT ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 15:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR LI
07MONROVIA1359LIBERIA: GOL AND UNMIL RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Executive Mansion has called the murder of Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC) General Manager Michael Bruno "unacceptable" and vowed to find and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible in order to protect Liberia's investment climate. The Mansion also expressed concer [...]
2007-11-21 15:35:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AMGT EAGR PTER LI
07MONROVIA1393LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS KEEN ON LIBERIA HOSTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador briefed Senators and Representatives serving on key legislative committees on the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM),and responded to their questions. The legislators expressed overwhelming support for the initiative and reiterated President Sirleaf's request tha [...]
2007-12-06 07:59:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AMGT ASEC PHUM LI
07MONROVIA902VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...]
2007-07-25 18:50:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP
07MONROVIA960LIBERIA ECONOMIC BRIEFS -- August 2007
[...] (U) Following is a summary of recent economic and commercial developments in Liberia. ---------------------- PRESIDENT SIGNS BUDGET ---------------------- 2. (U) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the FY2007-08 national budget on July 31. The US$199.3 million budget is ov [...]
2007-08-02 16:01:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN ASEC EAID LI
07MONTERREY130DRUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MEXICO DESPITE MILITARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drug-related violence in Northern Mexico has continued despite an increased military presence. The new wave of violence left a state investigator and two former police officers dead and, for the second time in less than a month, drug cartels assassinated two men only hours afte [...]
2007-02-22 17:23:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MONTERREY334UNPRESCEDENTED ESCALATION OF NARCO-VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Monterrey has experienced an unprecedented escalation of narco-related violence with the assassination of six police officers in five separate incidents over the course of one week. On March 20 and 21, the dead bodies of two unidentified men were found with notes attached to t [...]
2007-03-23 21:14:00Consulate MonterreySECRETSNAR PGOV PTER ASEC MX
07MONTERREY472DRUG CARTEL PRODUCED VIDEOTAPE ALLEGES CORRUPTION AT HIGHEST
[...] (SBU) During a private meeting on April 27, the Consul General asked Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez Paras about recent public statements made by the State Assistant Attorney General, Aldo Fasci Zuazua. Without being solicited, Fasci told reporters on April 24 that photographic or vide [...]
2007-04-27 21:07:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV ASEC MX
07MONTERREY527MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...]
2007-05-18 21:43:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX
07MONTERREY800TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...]
2007-08-23 15:24:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX
07MONTERREY818MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]
2007-09-05 20:32:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]
2007-09-07 15:28:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTEVIDEO1052URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS
[...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...]
2007-12-19 21:18:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY
07MONTEVIDEO1072POROUS BORDERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN URUGUAY
[...] (SBU) This telegram supplements information provided in reftel B. AmEmbassy Montevideo remains concerned over the future implications of Uruguay's porous borders, unprecedented levels of drug-trafficking, and potential money laundering. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) does not have adequat [...]
2007-12-31 14:47:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO287EX-GUERRILLA'S INVOLVEMENT IN US BUSINESS DEAL
[...] (C) This telegram contains an action request for the Department in paragraphs 1 and 6. 2. (S) Summary: It has recently come to our attention that a promising counter-trade deal between the GOU and U.S. firm General Electric (GE) includes the key participation of a nefarious former Tupamaro guerri [...]
2007-03-20 19:34:00Embassy MontevideoSECRETPTER PREL ETRD ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO629SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY HENRY M.
[...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 12-13 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the heels of U/S Burns' and A/S Shannon's po [...]
2007-07-02 19:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALEFIN OVIP ECON OTRA ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO699CONSTRUCTIVE GOOD WILL: U/S BURNS' JULY 10-11
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, densely-packed visit to Uruguay substantially advanced our bilateral relations and key U.S. foreign policy objectives. Trade, the fight against poverty, UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),MERCOSUR, Venezuela, WTO, e [...]
2007-07-27 15:13:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO707SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11
[...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...]
2007-07-31 18:51:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY
07MONTEVIDEO947URUGUAY ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION
[...] (C) Introduction: This telegram responds to reftel action request for information. Methodology and sources used to compile this report included an in-depth interview by regional LEGATT (Buenos Aires) with Dra. Carmen Conte, Director, Direccion Nacional de Migracion and with Comisario Jorge Sce [...]
2007-11-01 16:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PBTS
07MOSCOW1209COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP ADVISOR BALBINA HWANG AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP Senior Advisor Balbina Hwang and PRM/ANE Program Officer Melissa Pitotti to visit Vladivostok April 6 through April 9, 2007. The primary purpose of this trip is to further USG efforts to implement North Korean refugee-related aspects of the [...]
2007-03-21 10:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM OTRA ASEC RS
07MOSCOW2126RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ITWG ANNUAL MEETING AND
[...] (U) We delivered non-papers to Russian officials and entities encouraging participation in the annual meeting of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) that will be held in Sweden, June 27-28, and an upcoming (date TBD) ITWG-sponsored round-robin exercise in the fiel [...]
2007-05-08 14:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS
07MOSCOW3088CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US
[...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...]
2007-06-25 15:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE
07MOSCOW5743COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARY B. WARLICK, SENIOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSC Senior Director Mary B. Warlick for the proposed visit to Moscow from December 10-11, 2007. Airport meet/assist has been arranged through AECA. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970 [...]
2007-12-07 09:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC RS
07MOSCOW825RUSSIAN MFA CITES DIP NOTE ON SMUGGLED HEU SAMPLE
[...] (S) As instructed by REF A, we met February 26 with Mikhail Kondratenkov, of the MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR),and asked him to clarify Moscow's purported request to the Georgian Government for an additional sample of the HEU that was seized in Georgia in Februa [...]
2007-02-27 15:10:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC ENRG PARM ASEC
07MUNICH409ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS CONVICTED BY BAVARIAN COURT
[...] (SBU) The Bavarian Supreme Court sentenced Ansar al-Islam member Farhad Kanabi Ahmad to five years and six months in prison on July 9 following the sentencing of Dieman Abdulkadir Izzat to three years and three months in prison on June 25. Prosecutors had asked for sentences of six years for [...]
2007-07-11 07:54:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC ETTC PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KVPR GM
07MUSCAT153OMAN ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
[...] (U) On January 23, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued a Royal Decree the previous day promulgating a comprehensive new anti-terrorism law. The full text of the law was published in Oman's official gazette on February 3 and entered into force the following day. The [...]
2007-02-14 14:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPGOV PTER EFIN ASEC MU
07MUSCAT219SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Oman is beginning to display the political will to recognize and prevent trafficking in persons (TIP). There is no available data to accurately assess the size of the problem in Oman, but there are a number of populations in Oman at risk of being victims of trafficking. Since la [...]
2007-03-06 08:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU
07MUSCAT571OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...]
2007-06-05 13:18:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU
07MUSCAT576TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING,
[...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...]
2007-06-07 14:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT581OMAN DECLINES U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) On June 9, the Ambassador extended another offer of U.S. humanitarian and other assistance to help Oman recover from tropical cyclone Gonu to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister thanked the Ambassador profusely for the offer, but confirmed that the gove [...]
2007-06-09 13:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KHLS KMDR KPAO KSAC MU
07MUSCAT590OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...]
2007-06-11 14:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT596OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY
[...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...]
2007-06-12 12:18:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS
07MUSCAT600DISASTER DECLARATION: CYCLONE GONU
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 5 and 6. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cyclone Gonu: Extent of Damage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. On June 6, Cyclone Gonu hit the coastal areas of northern and central Oman with high winds and rain. The resultant flooding caused signific [...]
2007-06-12 12:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT638C-NE7-01141: OMAN MOVES FORWARD ON POST-CYCLONE
[...] (C) The government of Oman is working diligently to restore roads and public services impacted by tropical cyclone Gonu. Notable progress has been achieved, but thousands of individuals in the Muscat area alone remain displaced and the cost of infrastructure damage is currently estimated at [...]
2007-06-20 12:46:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS PINR MU
07MUSCAT784MUSCAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STEPHEN COCHI
[...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to Steven Cochi, Senior Advisor, CCIS/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Muscat from September 29 - October 3, 2007. The purpose of travel is to participate in the Global Measles Management Meeting. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. [...]
2007-08-15 11:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SWHO ASEC CDC MU
07NAIROBI10SOMALIA - LETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT
[...] Ambassador Ranneberger was presented the following letter today. The letter is dated December 30, 2006 Text of letter: Mr. President, I am writing to communicate with you the situation in Somalia in the light of the recent developments that, in my view present a better opportunity to ac [...]
2007-01-03 11:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI103SOMALIA: JANUARY 5 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia centered on supporting Somalia at this crucial moment, in particular with respect to consolidating stability through an inclusive political process, security, and humanitarian and development assistance. Th [...]
2007-01-08 06:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI1041Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation
[...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...]
2007-03-05 14:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1042Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation
[...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...]
2007-03-05 14:35:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1127 Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans
[...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...]
2007-03-09 09:35:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1133 Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 10:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO
07NAIROBI1134 AMISOM Equipment Plane Afire on Mogadishu Landing
[...] (U) A cargo plane carrying military equipment for Uganda's AMISOM contingent reportedly landed while on fire at Mogadishu International Airport this morning, March 9. According to the African Union's representative in Nairobi, who was in contact with Ethiopian and Ugandan military officers a [...]
2007-03-09 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1135 SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH
[...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]
2007-03-09 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1136KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]
2007-03-09 10:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KE
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1173 TFG Plans To Disarm Mogadishu
[...] (C) TFG security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah told EmbOffs on Tuesday (3/13) that TFG troops, in conjunction with Ethiopian and Ugandan military forces, will begin a large-scale security operation on Wednesday (3/14) in Mogadishu aimed at blunting the ongoing insurgency. According to Farah, 1 [...]
2007-03-13 14:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1198AMISOM Plane Fire--Update
[...] Per reftel, an IL-76 cargo plane ferrying equipment for the Ugandan army's AMISOM mission caught fire while landing in Mogadishu on Friday, March 9. Numerous press reports indicate--alternately--that the IL-76 was hit by a "missile" or rocket propelled grenade (RPG) or that it experienced mec [...]
2007-03-14 14:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1302 Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting
[...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the [...]
2007-03-21 15:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1303 Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting
[...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the E [...]
2007-03-21 15:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1318KENYA PRESIDENT REOPENS PARLIAMENT: FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opening the final session of Parliament before December's general elections, President Kibaki on March 20 delivered a speech strongly focused on his government's development accomplishments. While he noted that the government will reintroduce the anti-money laundering bill and [...]
2007-03-22 12:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV ASEC PTER KE
07NAIROBI1322 Somali Clan Warfare Threatens Reconciliation
[...] (C) An analysis of the Mogadishu neighborhoods in which yesterday's fighting occurred (3/21) indicates that the armed Hawiye opposition to the TFG has expanded from primarily the Ayr sub-clan to a variety of sub clans from the Hawiye/Habr Gidr (including the Saad and Duduble) and the Abgal su [...]
2007-03-22 15:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1335 SOMALIA - HAWIYE/ETHOPIAN "TRUCE"
[...] (C) After heavy fighting midweek (reftels),Ethiopia opened talks yesterday with Hawiye leaders in Mogadishu. Reportedly the Hawiye told the Ethiopians they see three options: the Ethiopians can remain in Somalia as a neutral force while Somalis work out their own problems; the Ethiopians can [...]
2007-03-23 11:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1336 Ambassador?s call to Somali TFG President Yusuf
[...] (C) Ambassador Ranneberger spoke with TFG President Yusuf the evening of March 22 to discuss the security situation and to urge restraint. The Ambassador noted that the TFG draft framework for the national reconciliation conference is positive and a basis for maintaining momentum to build an [...]
2007-03-23 12:08:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1359 Somalia--Belarus IL-76 Probably Shot Down
[...] (U) A Belarus registered IL-76 crashed after taking off from Mogadishu airport on Friday, March 23. All 11 passengers and crew were killed. Though the plane was not affiliated with AMISOM, it reportedly had brought engineers and parts to repair the AMISOM- chartered IL-76 damaged while land [...]
2007-03-26 12:27:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPTER ASEC MOPS SO BO
07NAIROBI1389QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1429 Somali Truce Breaks Down -- Heavy Fighting
[...] (U) According to multiple sources, early this morning, March 29, Ethiopian troops began deploying in Mogadishu neighborhoods while Ethiopian armored vehicles and "technicals" (pick-up trucks with mounted heavy weapons) took up positions at strategic intersections. Around 0530, militia fighte [...]
2007-03-29 15:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1440 Somali -- Heavy Fighting Continues
[...] (C) Fighting continues today (3/30) in Mogadishu between Ethiopian forces and militia of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir sub-clan, and it appears to remain concentrated around the stadium in the northern part of the city. The Ethiopians do not appear to be advancing and may be surrounded in some loca [...]
2007-03-30 10:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1456 Somali Security Chief on Fighting
[...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...]
2007-04-02 11:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1463 Somalia -- Update on Fighting
[...] (C) Heavy fighting continued in Mogadishu on Saturday (March 31) resulting in considerable damage to involved neighborhoods and innumerable casualties. Ethiopian forces made more effective use of tanks and artillery to take advantage of the difficulty opposing forces had in countering thes [...]
2007-04-02 16:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1636 Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting
[...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...]
2007-04-13 11:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1715 Somalia Fight Sharp but Short
[...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...]
2007-04-18 13:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1748KENYA: IMPORTANT VISIT OF SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI
[...] (C) Summary: Ensuring success of the April 25-7 visit to Washington of Kenyan Minister of Security Michuki is vitally important to U.S. interests with respect to Somalia, broader efforts to fight insecurity (both crime and terrorism),and keeping the Kenyan democratic process on track. This [...]
2007-04-19 13:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC AFIN PINS PREL KE SO
07NAIROBI1775Kenya: TIP Project Proposal Solicitation For G/Tip-Managed
[...] Kenya is a tier two watch list country because it is a source, destination and transit country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The GOK is making efforts to address most aspects of TIP, but suffers from resource constraints, both financial and human. It therefore relies heavily on internation [...]
2007-04-20 09:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KE
07NAIROBI1905Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...]
2007-05-02 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1918 Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand
[...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...]
2007-05-03 14:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1926MICHUKI LAUDS VISIT TO U.S., RELEASES JOINT
[...] (SBU) On Thursday May 3, Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security John Michuki called Ambassador to express his appreciation for his Qhighly constructiveQ visit to Washington. He said that he particularly appreciated the high level at which he was received. He to [...]
2007-05-04 07:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...]
2007-05-07 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE
07NAIROBI1996Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks
[...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...]
2007-05-09 15:08:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI2072KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...]
2007-05-16 05:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI213ICRC LETTER ON SOMALIA
[...] On January 11 Embassy Nairobi received a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) informing the USG that the ICRC considers U.S. actions in Somalia to be governed by the rules applicable to situations of non-international armed conflict. Full text follows in para 2. [...]
2007-01-12 05:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2151Somalia - Meeting with Ethiopian State Minister
[...] (C) Summary: As requested, the Ambassador met May 20 with Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss a joint U.S.-Ethiopian approach on Somalia. Tekeda pressed on a U.S.-Ethiopia meeting with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf to be held i [...]
2007-05-21 14:18:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2209 Somalia--Security a Long Way Off
[...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...]
2007-05-23 14:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS
07NAIROBI2215MUNGIKI: KENYA'S LARGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Mungiki, a large criminal organization operating within the Kikuyu community, has a network of supporters within the government bureaucracy and political leadership. It's use of extreme violence to amplify its influence through terror and its parallel government weakens th [...]
2007-05-24 07:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM KE PGOV PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2238MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM MUNGIKI-LAND: "I'M
[...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament Elias Mbau recounts his own intimidation by the Mungiki in his constituency. He frankly admits that he was forced to change his tune after initially publicly opposing the criminal organization. He also confirms reports that the Mungiki have supporters in gov [...]
2007-05-25 09:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KCRM KDEM KE PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2263Ali Mahdi on the Somalia Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) to discuss planning and preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) that will begin June 14. Mahdi confirmed that the NRC will cover social, political, and tr [...]
2007-05-29 14:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI23SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...]
2007-01-03 18:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2307FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE
[...] Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis. May 15, 2007 proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative of a day in the life of our FPU [...]
2007-06-04 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2405POLICE ENGAGE MUNGIKI CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following through on its pledge to destroy the Mungiki criminal organization, the Government of Kenya deployed hundreds of police to Nairobi's Mathare slum this week. Security forces conducted a series of operations to round up suspects. At least 18 people died during the ope [...]
2007-06-08 10:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
07NAIROBI2406Travel to Somalia
[...] (SBU) Summary. This message lays out proposed plans for travel by USG personnel to Somalia during the next 6 months. End Summary. -------------------------------- National Reconciliation Congress -------------------------------- 2. (C) The Somalia National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) [...]
2007-06-08 15:50:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2421Somalia -- Delay in Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) told the Ambassador on June 10 that the kickoff for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),planned to begin on June 14, has been delayed by two weeks. Mahdi said the delay was inevitable because much re [...]
2007-06-11 13:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2452SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...]
2007-06-12 14:19:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2606Tour d'Horizon with Prime Minister Gedi
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Envoy John Yates met Prime Minister Ali Gedi on June 21 to discuss the June 18 announcement of a general amnesty, preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress, the current security situation, and the PM's upcoming travel to Washington and New Y [...]
2007-06-22 13:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2618Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...]
2007-06-26 04:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET
07NAIROBI263PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...]
2007-01-17 05:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2630Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2631Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2632Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2640Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-27 13:11:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2771QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-07-06 06:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI3175Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...]
2007-08-06 11:32:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3255COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUG
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Codel Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Larry A [...]
2007-08-13 12:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE
07NAIROBI3257Somalia - PM Gedi on Reconciliation
[...] (SBU) See para 15 for action recommended. The Ambassador met August 11 with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Gedi to discuss reconciliation efforts, security in Mogadishu, and TFG efforts to secure Arab support. End Summary. -------------------------------- [...]
2007-08-13 13:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3313Somalia - Norwegian Diplomacy
[...] (C) We met August 15 with Brynjulf Mugaas, Norwegian Counselor for Somalia, to discuss Norwegian regional diplomacy focused on Somalia. Mugaas told us he spoke at length August 14 with Ibrahim Addow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Sa'ad),the former "Foreign Secretary" of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC [...]
2007-08-16 13:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3373Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward
[...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...]
2007-08-22 09:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3375Somalia -- President Yusuf on the Way Forward
[...] (C) Following the U.S.-TFG consultations on August 16 (Ref A) President Yusuf privately discussed with the Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates the way forward on national reconciliation and other issues. 2. (S/NF) Yusuf said that some members of the TFG, including Prime Minister Gedi, want t [...]
2007-08-22 09:26:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3463Somalia - NRC Closing and Next Steps
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3564 Somalia-After the Reconciliation Congress
[...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated the NRC closed on August 30. Chairman Ali Mahdi recognizes the reconciliation process will be ongoing, and he expects to continue playing a pivotal role. (See Septel text of NRC Communique) President Yusuf has committed the TFG to moving forward with the transitio [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3664Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...]
2007-09-14 11:02:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI373817 SEPTEMBER 2007 NAIROBI WALK-IN REPORTS URANIUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 September 2007, at approximately 1300, an individual visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have information of a security nature and provided a photo of an alleged "container of uranium stolen from Germany or Belgium". Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) co [...]
2007-09-21 07:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER
07NAIROBI3761KENYA ELECTIONS: ONE-THIRD OF CONSTITUENCIES
[...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Kenya's first two multiparty elections, in '92 and '97, were marred by widespread violence, most of it organized by the government. The 2002 election was much less violent and the November 2005 referendum was even less violent. This year, we predict little organ [...]
2007-09-21 10:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3795Somalia: Gedi/Yusuf Tensions Intensify
[...] (C) Arrests, detentions, and firings marked the latest developments in the growing tension between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Gedi as dividing lines are reportedly being drawn in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian intervention may in the works, [...]
2007-09-25 14:52:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3797Puntland/Somaliland Border Fighting
[...] (SBU) On September 24, InterPeace, a U.S. funded peace-building and reconciliation NGO, alerted supporters within the international community in Nairobi that the long-standing conflict between sub-clans in the Las Anod region of western Somaliland appeared likely to escalate into open fighting [...]
2007-09-25 15:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3992Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh
[...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...]
2007-10-09 10:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI4045QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4050QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4510SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]
2007-11-20 13:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4511SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]
2007-11-20 14:30:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4550RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kenya provides the following on host government practices in response to REFTEL. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Answer: The GoK/Immigration has approximate [...]
2007-11-23 11:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KE
07NAIROBI4569NAIROBI WALK-IN REPORTS URANIUM INFORMATION -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 06 November 2007, at approximately 1100, Assistant Regional Security Officer/Investigator (ARSOI) and Post officials coordinated a follow-up interview of Subject detailed in RefTel to answer additional questions regarding the alleged "container of uranium" for sale. Reportin [...]
2007-11-27 10:21:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER
07NAIROBI4582 STAFFDEL MARGON SCHEDULE FOR KENYA
[...] SHEDULE FOR Visit of Sarah Margon to Nairobi, Kenya 28-30 November 2007 Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1200 Arrive JKI airport (met by Political Counselor Larry Andre). 1330 Arrive at Holiday Inn, Check-in 1400 Lunch with Election Monitoring Team Larry Andre, Political Counselor [...]
2007-11-27 14:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ET GM NL KE
07NAIROBI469GUINEA: FORMER PM FALL ON CURRENT IMPASSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former Guinea PM Fall sees a yawning gap between President Conte's red lines and those of the union leaders. He predicts violent conflict between "the people and the army" on one side and "Conte's armed supporters" on the other. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with SRSG [...]
2007-01-26 10:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07NAIROBI5401SOMALIA DISCUSSIONS WITH TFG FOREIGN MINISTER HURRE
[...] (C) As the Somalia crisis has unfolded, TFG Foreign Minister Hurre, who has been in Nairobi throughout, has been a useful source of information and insights into TFG actions. While he does not have much political clout within the TFG, he is in close contact with Yusuf and Gedi and reliably p [...]
2007-01-02 10:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5402SOMALIA TFG PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HASSAN'S ROLE
[...] (C) As the current situation in Somalia has unfolded, we have been in close touch with TFG Parliament Speaker Hassan. Hassan left Baidoa over a month ago, stating that Parliament could not deliberate with freedom given pressures coming from President Yusuf and PM Gedi. He has insisted that Ged [...]
2007-01-02 10:22:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5403SOMALIA - SHEIKH SHARIF AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF
[...] Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a respected [...]
2007-01-02 10:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5404SOMALIA - KENYAN INTERDICTION OF TERRORISTS AND
[...] (C) As the leadership of the Islamic Courts and the high value targets of interest to us fled towards Kismayo, we urged the Kenyan government to reinforce security along the land and sea borders to interdict/deter/apprehend any of these individuals seeking to cross into Kenya. 2. (C) The Ke [...]
2007-01-02 10:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5405SOMALIA - CONVERSATIONS WITH TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF
[...] (C) Since the start of the Ethiopian intervention in Somalia, the Ambassador has been in close contact with TFG Prime Minister Gedi by phone, first from Baidoa and, during the past three days, from Mogadishu, and with President Yusuf. Yusuf from the outset has indicated that he understands th [...]
2007-01-02 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5406"CORRECTED COPY TO INCLUDE PARAGRAPH
[...] (S) Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a resp [...]
2007-01-02 11:07:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5407SOMALIA - US CITIZENS
[...] A variety of reporting indicates that there are a significant number of U.S. citizens in Somalia (particularly in Mogadishu),although we have no reliable statistics. Our clear impression is that most are duel nationals. A number of Amcits are in parliament and/or are players elsewhere on th [...]
2007-01-02 12:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC SO KE
07NAIROBI5408IN THE CIC'S WAKE, WARLORDS SEEK TO REASSERT THEIR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Following the swift withdrawal of CIC forces from central and southern Somalia, several of Somalia's more notorious warlords are seeking to reassert their influence. The resurging warlords are reportedly assuming control of the weapons turned over by the CIC to the s [...]
2007-01-02 17:33:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI588ACTION REQUEST: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Increased violent crime over the past several months -- highlighted by the January 27 killing of two American Mission family members in a carjacking -- has heightened my concern about the Government of Kenya's ability to adequately respond to both criminal and [...]
2007-02-05 11:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KCRM PTER KE
07NAIROBI733AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...]
2007-02-13 10:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE
07NAIROBI762 Somalia Security Highlights
[...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...]
2007-02-14 13:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI790 TFG Appointments
[...] (U) In the last few days, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed more than 70 local and regional administrative positions in Galgudud, Lower Juba, Middle Juba, and Bakool regions. According to sources in Mogadishu, on February 13 the TFG nominated commissioners for the 16 districts in the [...]
2007-02-15 15:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI87DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON REFOULEMENT DELIVERED TO THE
[...] Embassy Nairobi sent a diplomatic note to the Kenyan MFA on January 5 expressing concern over reports of refoulement of Somali asylum seekers, the text of which follows. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Fo [...]
2007-01-05 10:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI905 Somali Insurgents Attack Ethiopians
[...] Somali insurgents attacked Ethiopian forces camped at the former Defense Ministry building in Mogadishu on February 23 between 1730 and 1800 local time. In what sources describe as a well-planned attack, insurgents caught the Ethiopians off guard with mortars and automatic weapons fire. The [...]
2007-02-26 13:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI906 Somalia Security: A Stagnant Insurgency
[...] (C) The Somali insurgency in Mogadishu remains deadly but does not appear to be spreading significantly throughout the country. Perpetrators include Islamic Courts remnants, marginalized Hawiye clan members, disaffected warlords, and common criminals; and they continue to terrorize the city's [...]
2007-02-26 13:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI91COMMUNIQUE OF JANUARY 5 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT
[...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on January 5 in Nairobi, Kenya, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Kenyan Minister for Foreign SIPDIS Affairs Raphael Tuju. Details of the meeting will follow septel. The text of the communique issued following the ICG [...]
2007-01-05 14:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI944COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...]
2007-02-27 16:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE
07NAIROBI990 Somali Insurgents Switch to Assassinations
[...] (C) Summary. Following a mortar and RPG attack last week on an Ethiopian encampment, insurgents this week have only attacked with hand grenades and personal weapons. The TFG Prime Minister's brother-in-law was among the assassinated. Banditry appears to be a growing problem in Mogadishu a [...]
2007-03-01 14:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NASSAU510BAHAMAS REQUEST FOR G/TIP FUNDING
[...] This is in response to reftel invitation for proposals to combat trafficking in persons. In lieu of separate submission of proposal and summary cable, Post here submits The Government of the Bahamas' proposal for INCLE and/or ESF funds, formatted pursuant to reftel request: A. Bahamas De [...]
2007-04-20 19:32:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BF
07NDJAMENA181CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] A search of embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for training with Special Operations Forces in May and June 2007. INK name check pending. 2. Unit: Chadian Second Ant [...]
2007-02-28 09:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS PHUM PINR PREL CD
07NDJAMENA191N'DJAMENA SEEKS APPROVAL FOR REMOTE TDY RESIDENCE
[...] (SBU) On February 18, 2007 the US Embassy EAC convened at 0915 to discuss the need to establish a remote residence in the Eastern Chadian city of Abeche. The purpose of this residence would be to provide a safe environment for Embassy personnel who are visiting or on TDY to the region. Current [...]
2007-03-01 09:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
07NDJAMENA20SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...]
2007-01-10 09:57:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA206CHAD: RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON CT ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Chad actively cooperates with the U.S. on counterterrorism activities and programs. Chad has been a consistent participant in the PSI and TSCTI programs, and remains the only TSCTP country to host a Joint Planning and Advisory Team (JPAT). Due to porous borders and lack of immi [...]
2007-03-05 17:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID MASS PTER CD
07NDJAMENA41EAC FOR USAID MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 10:02:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC
07NDJAMENA424N'DJAMENA EAC FOR MAY 18, 2007
[...] (S) On May 18, 2007 at 0950 hours the N,djamena EAC to discuss recent threat information from SIMO regarding an RPG attack on the US Embassy and apparent kidnapping plans by Islamic extremists for Americans, French and Italian citizens living in Chad. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DA [...]
2007-05-18 17:49:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRETASEC
07NDJAMENA46CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...]
2007-01-13 13:43:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA468KOME OILFIELD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) After receiving tearline information that suspected extremists had allegedly conducted surveillance on the Doba Oil facility in Chad, on May 24, 2007 the Regional Security Officer was invited to review the oilfield security operation in the Kome region of Chad near the city of Doba by the [...]
2007-06-06 13:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALASEC CD EPET PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA470N'DJAMENA EAC DISCUSSES INTRUDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On June 5, 2007 at 0830 hours the N,djamena EAC met to discuss the recent intruder penetration of the Embassy compound, counter-measures implemented and any new information. Those present were the Ambassador, DAO, RSO, MO, POL/MIL. The following information was discussed: 2. (S) As r [...]
2007-06-07 07:27:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRET//NOFORNASEC
07NDJAMENA523CHAD: STRIKE DRAGS ON
[...] SUMMARY: Some progress has been made, but the general strike in Chad still drags on. The government is holding to its offer of a 15 percent salary increase. Some minor unions have accepted but the major union has again balked. Meanwhile, a peaceful group of female teachers on June 21 block [...]
2007-06-22 14:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV ASEC CD
07NDJAMENA540CHAD: ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA BETWEEN COM AND COCOM
[...] (SBU) Embassy EAC met to discuss the annual review of the appendices of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Chief of Mission and the Combatant Commander (COCOM) (reftel B). Following are new annexes A and B. 2. (SBU) Annex A: DOD Elements and Personnel under the Security Respons [...]
2007-06-28 15:27:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAODE AMGT ASEC KMRS CD
07NDJAMENA593COST AND RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR US OUTPOST IN ABECHE
[...] (U) RSO N,djamena was tasked on July 3 to produce a survey to address the creation of a diplomatic outpost in Abeche, Chad. US Embassy Chad has recognized since early 2007 the desirability of a permanent base of operations (or at the very least, a facility) to house the numerous TDY,rs in the [...]
2007-07-13 13:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CD
07NDJAMENA66SUDANESE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT HIJACKED TO N'DJAMENA
[...] A Sudanese Air West passenger aircraft reportedly en route from Khartoum to El Fasher and Niyalla January 24 was hijacked by a young Sudanese man and diverted to N,Djamena. The Minister of Public Security,s chief of staff, who was at N,Djamena Airport when the aircraft arrived around 10:30 t [...]
2007-01-24 15:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAIR PTER CD SU
07NDJAMENA88Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1
[...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...]
2007-01-30 10:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA89Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 10:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NEWDELHI1295KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S.
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...]
2007-03-16 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
07NEWDELHI1532DCM REVIEWS FULL SLATE OF BILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) In a courtesy call on new Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on March 30, the DCM recalled their long-standing friendship, briefed Gupta on the many ways that the USG works with the Home Ministry to advance our bilateral agenda, and sought Gupta's help to improve Embassy interactions with his M [...]
2007-03-30 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
07NEWDELHI2247INDIA REQUESTS FORMAL TERRORISM WATCH LIST EXCHANGE
[...] (S) This is an ACTION request for the Department S/CT and SCA. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Indian MEA Counter-Terrorism Cell Director I M Pandey passed a request to Poloff that the U.S. and India sign an agreement to create a formal and continuous channel to exchange terrorism [...]
2007-05-10 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL ASEC
07NEWDELHI2583TENSIONS IN RAJASTHAN ESCALATE AND SPREAD
[...] (SBU) The Gujjar community continues it demands to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category to the Schedule Tribe (ST) category to access job and education benefits reserved for STs. Violent Gujjar demonstrations have escalated and spread to neighboring states over th [...]
2007-05-31 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SCUL CASC IN
07NEWDELHI306INDIA ON ALERT AS USUAL FOR REPUBLIC DAY THREATS
[...] (C) Summary. As India's Republic Day fast approaches, security in the capital and the country's largest cities has increased to its highest level as Indians prepare for a significant national holiday. Airports remain on alert as press reports surfaced of threats, over the January 13-14 week [...]
2007-01-19 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI51LIMP GOI RESPONSE TO SADDAM EXECUTION DICTATED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a tepid if not unhelpful response to the December 30 execution of Saddam Hussein. This was dictated by Congress concerns regarding the sensibilities of India's Muslims. Congress faces a crucial election in Uttar Pradesh (UP) later this year and the state's Muslim [...]
2007-01-04 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KDEM KISL SCUL PGOV IN IZ
07NEWDELHI5119AUTHOR TASLIMA NASREEN: PAWN IN POLITICAL WEB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Claiming that the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) pushed her to leave Kolkata (ref A),controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen finally settled in a "safe place" in Delhi under the security of the Indian central government. Her flight from Kolkata sparked a po [...]
2007-11-28 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC BG IN
07NEWDELHI5422INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER
07NIAMEY1055NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS IN THE AGADEZ REGION CONTINUE
[...] Summary. The number of attacks conducted by the Mouvement Nigerien de Justice (MNJ) in the Agadez region continues to rise, with several incidents over the last couple of days, some resulting in the death of Government of Niger (GON) military personnel. Since April 2007, about a dozen land m [...]
2007-08-23 16:24:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG
07NIAMEY1112NIGER: TANDJA DECLARES "STATE OF ALERT" IN AGADEZ
[...] On August 24, President Tandja declared a "State of Alert" for three months in the Agadez region plagued by armed conflict between the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) and government forces. Prime Minister Seini Oumarou undertook a regional diplomatic outreach to seek regional support in resolv [...]
2007-08-28 09:40:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG
07NIAMEY1217NIGER: MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger and to inquire whether the cessation of violence during Ramadan bodes well for possible future neg [...]
2007-09-26 16:23:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PREL NG
07NIAMEY1222NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary. Over a 16-day period, an Embassy delegation supported a successful basketball caravan and tolerance campaign that covered eight cities in seven of Niger's eight regions. The insecurity in the Agadez region (northern Niger) made it impossible to include a caravan stop there; howev [...]
2007-09-27 14:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI ASEC CASC EAID NG
07NIAMEY1418NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and resident representatives of international organizations on November 29 to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger. The discussion focused on the GON position with regard to negot [...]
2007-11-30 14:08:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NG
07NIAMEY1446NIGER SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (U) A vehicle struck a landmine the evening of December 10 near the wrestling stadium in Tahoua. We have heard reports that one person was killed and two people were injured. 2. (U) Tahoua is the site of this year's December 18 Republic Day festivities. President Tandja, a large number of [...]
2007-12-11 12:44:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PGOV PTER NG
07NIAMEY1478NIGER: WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 18
[...] (C) Niger's national day celebration went off without incident despite MNJ threats against it. The GON and MNJ continue to blame each other for landmines in the south. There was a reported attempt to lay a mine in the southern town of Tanout on December 18. The MNJ's recent actions have not [...]
2007-12-21 09:32:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV ASEC NG
07NIAMEY847NIGERIEN PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING --
[...] (C) CHG Koran and RSO (Acting) Phillip met with Amadou Moumouni, Director General de la Police Nationale, at AmEmbassy Niamey on June 25, 2007 to discuss the matters addressed in reftel. The Director General confirmed that Nigerien authorities had seized some 10 tons of drugs since the begin [...]
2007-06-26 11:11:00Embassy NiameySECRETASEC PTER CASC
07NIAMEY848NIGERIEN PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING --
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-26 11:12:00Embassy NiameySECRETASEC PTER CASC
07NICOSIA165AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: (357) [...]
2007-02-27 07:15:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07NICOSIA168REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...]
2007-03-01 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07NICOSIA886CYPRIOTS WILL SUPPORT RED NOTICES AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (C) Per Reftel, the Embassy November 1 demarched Foreign Ministry and Cypriot Police interlocutors to win support for the Government of Argentina's attempt to secure Interpol Red Notices against suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. On November 2, Maria Charalambous, head of the P [...]
2007-11-02 15:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CY
07NICOSIA937COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SIRES, NOV 29
[...] Embassy Nicosia warmly welcomes the November 29 - December 2 visit of Congressional Delegation SIRES to Cyprus as stated in reftel. Control officer for the visit is Political Chief Greg Macris, office telephone: 011-357-22-393524, cell phone: 011-357-99-424355, Home 011-357-22-591171. E-mai [...]
2007-11-23 11:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CY
07NOGALES100VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES MARCH 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - March 2007. 2. Post did not submit any Viper Reports to the Department during this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 011-52-631-313-4652, Ibarrajj@state.gov. SHARPE [...]
2007-04-04 17:52:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES139VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES APRIL 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - April, 2007. 2. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by Post during April 2007. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 011-52-631-313-4652, Ibarrajj@state.gov. SHARPE [...]
2007-05-03 02:01:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES202VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES MAY 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - May 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meeting was held on May 7, 2007. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by post this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular section Chief, tel: 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 01 [...]
2007-06-04 22:16:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES276VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES JUNE 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - June 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meeting was held on June 4, 2007. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by Post this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, tel: 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 0 [...]
2007-08-02 19:41:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES29VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES JANUARY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 18:13:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES317EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) -- SEPTEMBER 13,
[...] (SBU) PRINCIPAL OFFICER DINKELMAN CONVENED AN EAC MEETINGTODAY TO EVALUATE CONSULATE NOGALES' SECURITY POSTURE IN LIGHT OF RECENT MURDERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS IN MONTERREY AND MEXICO CITY. IN ATTENDANCE WERE PO JOHN DINKELMAN, DPO JOHN IBARRA, AND RSO JOHN TOLLY. 2. (SBU) AFTER R [...]
2007-09-14 00:43:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES330VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES FOR AUGUST AND
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report for August and September 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meetings were held on August 13 and September 10, 2007, respectively. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by post on either month. 3.Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, C [...]
2007-10-02 22:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOUAKCHOTT334MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...]
2007-04-05 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC
07NOUAKCHOTT700COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES
[...] (U) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe Salafist pour la Predication et le Combat(GSPC) (reftel),concluded on July 31 with five convictions and nine acquittals. 2. (U) The Criminal Court condemn [...]
2007-08-02 17:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR
07OSAKAKOBE268HIROSHIMA MAYOR ON IWAKUNI CASE: QDOOR OPEN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba telephoned Consul General on December 5 to discuss the October 14 incident involving Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni personnel and a woman in nearby Hiroshima City, now that the criminal investigation has been dropped by Japanese prosecut [...]
2007-12-06 04:50:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV ASEC JA
07OTTAWA108IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...]
2007-01-22 20:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07OTTAWA145 USITC Antidumping Investigation on remand of silicon metal
[...] Summary: Our investigation reveals that the only producer in Canada of the product in question is Becancour Silicon, to which ITC has already presented a detailed questionnaire. Post compiled some trade data. However, free publicly available trade data is available from the national statistic [...]
2007-01-26 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ASEC ECON CA RU
07OTTAWA2029INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -
[...] (SBU) Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of their border practices in time to meet the deadline for responding to reftel. The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is extremely politically sensitive in Canada. Therefore, respo [...]
2007-11-05 14:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA
07OTTAWA2035THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...]
2007-11-05 22:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2048THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...]
2007-11-07 20:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2058THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...]
2007-11-08 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA
07OTTAWA2150CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...]
2007-11-27 12:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA
07OTTAWA2209CANADA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 21:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC CA
07OTTAWA222IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE--TWO WEEKS ON AND
[...] (U) Two weeks after the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) rule requiring U.S.-bound air travelers to hold a passport as proof of identity and citizenship, there have been no serious problems or delays reported at any of Canada's airports. Having been [...]
2007-02-06 21:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07PANAMA1674PANAMA: IMO - LEG 93 ACCREDITATION GRANTED
[...] (U) On October 12, 2007, Marta Caballero of the GOP's Maritime Authority informed Post that each of the six individuals listed in reftel as members of the USG delegation has been accorded their respective credentials for the 93rd Session of the International Maritime Organization Legal Committ [...]
2007-10-15 16:20:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC IMO
07PANAMA1897PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 22:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM
07PANAMA382PANAMA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Panama's response to reftel questions on trafficking in persons (TIP) follows. Replies correspond to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Panama is an origin, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. However, Panama is generally consi [...]
2007-03-12 20:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM
07PARAMARIBO282DRUGS TO THE WEST, ROBBERY TO THE EAST: TAXI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, there have been 48 instances of Surinamese taxi drivers who have been victims of reported crimes up to and including murder. On the lone road west from Paramaribo to Guyana, the most common incidence is involvement in drug transportation. Taxi drivers [...]
2007-06-05 19:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO584BOUTERSE AND 24 OTHERS TO RECEIVE SUMMONSES FOR
[...] (U) On November 7, local media reported that the Attorney General's Office had begun issuing summonses to 25 defendants who are scheduled to go on trial on Novermber 30 for the murder of 15 political opponents on December 8, 1982. The list, which was published in newspaper of record, "De Ware [...]
2007-11-08 19:43:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO585STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO586STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:10:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO589STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: DRIZZLE & FIZZLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A student protest march organized on November 9 by the Youth Collective Suriname (YCS) failed to develop gravitas, but organizers can take some comfort from knowing that, despite heavy rains, they were successful at least in attracting about 300 student, reversing the trend of t [...]
2007-11-09 20:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO619DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Surina [...]
2007-12-04 14:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER ASEC NS
07PARAMARIBO623BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 20:23:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO626BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-05 15:02:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO636GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME AND OPPOSITION TRADE
[...] (C) Summary. "At very short notice, violent confrontations can be expected in Suriname," Dutch Embassy interlocuters relayed to EmbOffs during a late evening meeting at the Dutch Embassy on December 6. This information was from a "reliable source," the Dutch DCM said, who had also indicated [...]
2007-12-07 20:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO638BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-10 19:19:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO663EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH SOCSOUTH JCET TOR
[...] (S) Post provides initial concurrence with the Terms of Reference (TOR) provided by Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) with the following caveats noted: A.(S) Timeline: the following modifications are requested: (1) Pre-deployment site survey (PDSS): 3rd week of January 2008 [...]
2007-12-21 21:35:00Embassy ParamariboSECRET//NOFORNASEC MARR PINS PREL PTER NS MASS
07PARIS1193FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...]
2007-03-26 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR
07PARIS259FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...]
2007-01-23 07:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR
07PARIS303GUINEA: FRENCH WATCH CLOSELY, MAKE READY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are observing events in Guinea and readying for an evacuation if events turn for the worst. A small GOF interagency team is in place and focusing on operational needs should an evacuation be necessary. The French believe that the situation is uncertain and volatile, w [...]
2007-01-25 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ASEC CASC AEMR GV FR
07PARIS319PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP
07PARIS3363COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...]
2007-08-10 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR
07PARIS688JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]
2007-02-23 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS797SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...]
2007-03-01 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS798SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PESHAWAR717CONSULATE PESHAWAR EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITEE MEETING
[...] (U) On 11/09/2007 at approximately 15:40 (local),an explosion occurred in Peshawar's Hayatabad suburb (approx. 5 miles west of the Consulate) at the residence of Amir Muqam, Federal Minister for Political Affairs and Northwest Frontier Province President for the Pakistan Muslim League - Qaid [...]
2007-11-09 15:19:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER PK ASEC
07PHNOMPENH3502007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]
2007-03-05 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3512007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3522007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3542007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 02:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH470COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION
[...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/I/M Geographic Specialists Michael Heerschap and Sara Mayfield to Cambodia from May 18, 2007 to May 25, 2007 for the purpose of conducting a mission critical map procurement and geographic reporting and training TDY. [...]
2007-03-26 06:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINR OTRA ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH515METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]
2007-04-05 11:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH536DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING
[...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]
2007-04-11 06:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH567 CAMBODIA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007
[...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals, Embassy Phnom Penh reviewed approximately 25 proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Post recommends the following five proposals in no particular order. Embassy will e-mail the complete proposals [...]
2007-04-20 09:57:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ELAB ASEC KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH577CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]
2007-04-24 04:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PODGORICA50MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 09:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1057FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...]
2007-06-15 17:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]
2007-06-27 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1173TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...]
2007-07-05 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1235MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...]
2007-07-16 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE124MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...]
2007-01-24 19:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1492POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN
[...] SUMMARY: The chief executive official in Haiti's North Department (capital: Cap-Haitien) described his two priorities as an improved security environment to attract foreign investment and a more effective natural disaster response. The Department chief executive said that the new mayor of Cap [...]
2007-09-10 17:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1688CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...]
2007-10-18 16:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1831HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...]
2007-11-19 16:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE240COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FUNK, CARTNER, AND NIXON
[...] Post grants countr clearance to the following NEC contractor personnel to travel to Port au Prince: MARK EDWARD FUNK - Fluor, Project Director arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/16/07 JAMES SMOOT CARTNER, JR. - Fluor, Sr. VP arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/09/07 EDDIE (NMN) NIXON - Fluor, Craft [...]
2007-02-03 12:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ABLD ASEC
07PORTAUPRINCE283MINUSTAH'S LAUNCHES LARGEST OPERATION YET IN CITIE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH troops on February 9 initiated an operation to take control of the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Boston from gang leader Evans Jeune. Initiated sometime around 0200, the battle between MINUSTAH and ga [...]
2007-02-09 19:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPPS MARR KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE297UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...]
2007-02-12 19:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE344CARNIVAL A SMASH SUCCESS
[...] Haitians on February 21 concluded a Carnival celebration exponentially larger and more festive than any seen in recent years. Local media estimates spectators to have numbered nearly 1 million in Port-au-Prince (roughly one third of the city's population) over the three- day celebration. The [...]
2007-02-22 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE365CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER
[...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...]
2007-02-26 13:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV
07PORTAUPRINCE477LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]
2007-03-09 18:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE515POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN
[...] (U) Summary: Cap Haitien, on the north coast of Haiti, is the country's second largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Local residents and officials downplay the city's insecurity problems, but cite lack of infrastructure and basic social services, such as garbage collection, as [...]
2007-03-15 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE523GANGS OF CITE SOLEIL: BACK TO BASICS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is rife with gang activity, which continues even in light of the March 13 arrest of gang leader Evans Jeune (reftel). The International Institute of Migration (IOM) reported that [...]
2007-03-16 19:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE642CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE
[...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...]
2007-04-05 19:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE643NOTORIOUS "TI-BLANC" ARRESTED
[...] On April 4 at approximately 9:50 pm, Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested William Baptiste, aka "Ti-Blanc," in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Ti-Blanc was passing through an HNP checkpoint when he and his driver were apprehended. MINUSTAH was not involved in the arrest. Ti-B [...]
2007-04-09 14:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM ASEC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE661ROBERT LECORPS MURDERED
[...] (U) On April 4, Robert Lecorps, who was arrested (but never charged) in connection with the April 3, 2000 murder of journalist Jean Dominique, was gunned down near his home in Pernier, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was shot several times in what appears to be a contract killing. Radio Car [...]
2007-04-11 16:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE662DDR PARTICIPANTS PROFILED
[...] (U) This report is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Part of the focus of the GoH's National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion Program (CNDDR) is reintegrating gang members into ordinary society. MINUSTAH's DDR section charged the Research [...]
2007-04-11 16:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE716APRIL 29 ELECTIONS APPROVED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. The GoH on April 16 published the decree approving April 29 as the date to re-run one parliamentary and 72 local elections canceled on December 3, 2006, for logistical or security reasons (reftel). The decree establish [...]
2007-04-18 18:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE723LAVALAS SENATOR APPEALS FOR RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Rudy Herivaux (Famni Lavalas (FL),West Department) laments that Lavalas partisans feel left out of the political process. The party has practically no links to the executive branch and plays a limited role in parliament. Herivaux criticized the Prime Minister for his u [...]
2007-04-19 12:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE748G/TIP FY07 PROPOSAL FROM AMEMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE
[...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposal: Name of the applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested funding amount: $284,539 (federal share: $284,539) Project title: Counter-Trafficking in Persons Within, Through and From Haiti: Capacity Enhancem [...]
2007-04-23 15:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
07PORTAUPRINCE750GANG LEADER BELONY ARRESTED
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haitian National Police arrested notorious Cite Soleil gang leader Belony on April 21 in the St. Michel de l'Attalaye region of the Artibonite department. After HNP director Andresol received reports tha [...]
2007-04-23 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE770LAVALAS WANTS A MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Famni Lavalas (FL) Deputy Sorel Francois told Poloff on April 20 that the refusal of Planning Minister Jean Max Bellerive to work with FL-elected officials is a government conspiracy headed by President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to exclude Lavalas from nation [...]
2007-04-25 16:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE771PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS
[...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...]
2007-04-25 19:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE966UNREST CONTINUES IN GONAIVES
[...] (C) Summary. Violent demonstrations against the government and MINUSTAH on May 22 and 24 are the most recent result of increased gang activity and tensions in the northern port city of Gonaives. The murder of a local journalist and civic activist Alix Joseph sparked the most recent disturb [...]
2007-05-30 17:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KCRM PHUM PINR HA
07PORTLOUIS568MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED
[...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]
2007-10-30 07:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
07PORTOFSPAIN1019SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...]
2007-10-10 11:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1099PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Questions in ref B were previously answered in ref C. Watch listing ---------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an &alert list8 of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a [...]
2007-11-01 17:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER TD KHLS
07PORTOFSPAIN1204DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 18:57:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1205TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: With Christmas and the February 2008 Carnival season approaching, Trinidad and Tobago is gripped by fear of crime, which, fueled by media frenzy, is perceived as out of control. Many complain that the GOTT is powerless to do anything, or is unconcerned, criticizing the perform [...]
2007-12-20 19:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD
07PRAGUE1078DHS VISA WAIVER OFFICIALS BRIEF CZECHS, PROVIDE
[...] (U) DHS DAS for Policy Nathan Sales and DHS Visa Waiver Chief Dan Sullivan met with Czech MFA Political Director Povejsil and Deputy Interior Minister Salivar on September 7. They continued with a working-level meeting on September 10. Sales and Sullivan provided details about the seven new [...]
2007-09-18 14:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ PREL
07PRAGUE1180CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR
07PRAGUE123DHS A/S PAUL ROSENZWEIG CHAIRS SEVENTH BCWG AND
[...] (C) DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Paul Rosenzweig and DHS Office of International Enforcement Director Daniel Sullivan met with Czech Foreign and Interior Ministers on a visit to Prague on January 24 and 25. After addressing a multilateral meeting hosted by the In [...]
2007-02-08 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT PREL CPAS ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE1324CZECH REPUBLIC: FY2006 B VISA VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-25 18:08:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD ASEC EZ
07PRAGUE200PART I OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout the course of 2006, the Czech Government continued to improve its capabilities and methods to combat trafficking in persons. GOCR political will to fight trafficking remained strong. This [...]
2007-02-28 13:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE201PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...]
2007-02-28 13:44:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE203PART III OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS (ref Para 30 SECSTATE 202745) ------------------------------------ A) The primary vehicle through which the government assists trafficking v [...]
2007-02-28 13:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE966RADIO FREE EUROPE'S STRUGGLE WITH CZECH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Czech government investigation of surveillance detection practices at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) is gathering steam, with increasing numbers of prominent Czech politicians involved behind the scenes but seemingly unwilling to su [...]
2007-08-23 09:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EZ
07PRETORIA2619JMPD ACADEMY OPENING: A PARTNERSHIP PRODUCT
[...] (U) Summary: In his speech for the official opening of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department's (JMPD) academy, the Chief of Police described it as a "product of our partnership" - a reference to the four-year partnership between the Johannesburg Municipality and the United States. The [...]
2007-07-26 14:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB PREL PHUM SF
07PRETORIA3766AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ENVOYS ON ZIMBABWE, CRIME,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 23 lunch hosted by Ambassador, envoys from eight countries expressed their concern about the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe and skepticism about President Mbeki's facilitation efforts there. One High Commissioner suggested that Mbeki did not feel [...]
2007-10-25 15:12:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MASS MARR ZI SF
07PRETORIA4201SAA PILOT ASHRAFF VARDALIA SEEKING REDRESS FOR TSA NO-FLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 11:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS NL SF
07PRISTINA100 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina February 8-9, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3195; GSM 377-44-500-972; fax 381-38- [...]
2007-02-07 08:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA102 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation, led by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, to visit Pristina February 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to hold meetings with Kosovo officials and KFOR leadership. Control Officer for this visit will be De [...]
2007-02-07 13:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM YI CA
07PRISTINA103 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK Brad Bell to visit Pristina February 8-10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is meetings with the Unity Team and USOP regard the Ahtisaari proposal. Control Officer for this visit will be Political/Economic Chief [...]
2007-02-07 14:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA139 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN JOHNSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff John Johnson to visit Pristina February 28-March 2, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3104; GSM 377-44-501-741; 381-63-1840-036 f [...]
2007-02-26 14:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA15U.S. OFFICE PRISTINA EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES -
[...] (C) In the runup to Kosovo's final status process, post is reviewing its emergency procedures. This is the first in a series of messages. 2. (S/NF) USOP (to include State, USAID, SIMO, and DoD) has the following communications capabilities: State: ----- a. Video Teleconference (VT [...]
2007-01-09 15:24:00Embassy PristinaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT ACOA PBTS
07PRISTINA232 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO POLOFF DAVID MUNIZ
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff David Muniz to visit Pristina on April 11-14, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549 [...]
2007-03-26 13:26:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR
07PRISTINA279 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...]
2007-04-12 06:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA284 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEMIAN SMITH AND KATHERINE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Demian Smith and Ms. Katherine Gribble to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who [...]
2007-04-12 13:00:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC GM
07PRISTINA285 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL MARTIN
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Michael Martin to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offic [...]
2007-04-12 13:01:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC GM
07PRISTINA286 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOLLY SCHWENDLER
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Holly Schwendler to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]
2007-04-12 13:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EUN PREL NATO ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA290 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULA S. THIEDE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Paula S. Thiede to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]
2007-04-13 08:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT
07PRISTINA291 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GABRIEL ESCOBAR
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gabriel Escobar to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...]
2007-04-13 08:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT IT SR
07PRISTINA300 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL FURLONG
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to TSA Representative Daniel Furlong to visit Pristina April 23 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with mission and government officials to discuss aviation security matters. Control Officer for this visit will be Ec [...]
2007-04-17 08:22:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC PTER ECON OTRA KHLS KO
07PRISTINA301 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] (SBU) US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Department of State for Kosovo Final Status Issues, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish, to visit Pristina April 26 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is f [...]
2007-04-17 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC EG KSAC AU QA OTRA
07PRISTINA309 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. PETER NICHOLL
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Representative Peter Nicholl to visit Pristina April 22 - April 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to follow up on Mr. Nicholl's assessment mission last year to the Central Bank of Kosovo by participating in meetings with [...]
2007-04-19 13:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC
07PRISTINA316 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RYAN C. LEONG
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Ryan C. Leong to visit Pristina April 22 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide temporary support to the mission. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, David Whiddon, who can be reac [...]
2007-04-20 11:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC
07PRISTINA319 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USUN PROTECTIVE DETAIL
[...] (SBU) US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to DS Detail Advance Agent Robert Little to visit Pristina in April 2007. He will be traveling on dignitary protection blanket orders. Control Officer for this visit will be Assistant Regional Security Officer, Phil Nazelrod, who [...]
2007-04-23 09:36:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OVIP
07PRISTINA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...]
2007-05-02 16:44:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI
07PRISTINA353 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. KEITH CLARK AND MS. LINDA
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisors Mr. Keith Clark and Ms. Linda Decker to visit Pristina May 21 - June 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to hold capital budgeting courses in Pristina. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shant [...]
2007-05-04 09:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA357 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABIOLA ADEYEMI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to International Affairs Specialist Abiola Adeyemi to visit Pristina May 9 - May 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to develop Borlaug Scientific Exchange Program and conduct interviews of 2007 Borlaug Program applicants. Control Off [...]
2007-05-04 12:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA375 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO J. RANDY MANEY, RONALD
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Financial Enforcement Advisors Mr. Ronald Cleaver, Gary Kruchten and J. Randy Maney to visit Pristina May 30 - June 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct a Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) training course in Prist [...]
2007-05-15 06:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC YI
07PRISTINA61 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina January 24 - January 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings with UNMIK and EU officials. Point of contact will be Political Officer, Tracey Thornton, who can be r [...]
2007-01-24 08:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC HR
07PRISTINA630STRPCE'S ANTIPODE: NORTHERNMOST ALBANIAN VILLAGES
[...] (U) Summary: Albanians in Kosovo's Leposavic Municipality are concerned about their security and worried about the long term prospects for their three villages. They eke out a modest living from agriculture and livestock, and are isolated from Pristina, UNMIK, Mitrovica and Leposavic. They [...]
2007-08-20 08:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KV
07PRISTINA65 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SAMUEL LAEUCHLI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USOSCE Political Counselor Samuel Laeuchli to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Per [...]
2007-01-24 13:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA APER ASEC OSCE AMGT BK MK SR
07PRISTINA699 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. BURT ENGLISH
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Burt English to visit Pristina September 26-29, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to review post's physical security projects. Officer for this visit will be RSO, Richard Fuller, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3188; GSM 37 [...]
2007-09-21 16:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT AFIN ASEC ESS
07PRISTINA71 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NANCY IRIS AND ROLF OLSON
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and PRM/ECA Program Officer Rolf Olson to visit Pristina January 28 to January 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to examine the state of UNHCR contingency planning in Kosovo and the environment [...]
2007-01-26 09:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC BK MW MONTENEGRO OTRA PREF SR UP ZL
07PRISTINA85 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL FEBRUARY 2
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell, U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK, February 2, 2007 to travel with UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, who will present his Comprehensive Proposal for the Future Status of Kosovo to the negotiating teams in both Pristina and Belgrade. [...]
2007-01-31 12:21:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC UNMIK SR
07PRISTINA89 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARK BOCCHETTI
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Chief Mark Bocchetti to visit Pristina February 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante Moore, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3141; GSM 377-44-501-745; fax 381-38-549-890. [...]
2007-02-02 10:12:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI
07QUEBEC9WHTI -AIR IN QUEBEC CITY FULL COMPLIANCE ON DAY ONE
[...] Consular staff spoke with airline boarding chiefs at Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport, who reported that things went smoothly during this first day of WHTI-Air. No passengers were refused boarding, and none came unprepared. 2. Quebec City, which is the only airport in the consular distric [...]
2007-01-23 22:13:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07QUITO247ECUADOR: DEMONSTRATORS KNOCKING DOWN CONGRESS' DOOR
[...] (U) Summary: Over 3,000 protestors supporting President Correa's proposed referendum for the creation of a national constituent assembly gathered in front of the National Congress in Quito on January 30. Hundreds broke through police barriers and stormed the Congressional building. Unconfirm [...]
2007-01-30 21:34:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PINS EC
07QUITO272GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS REACH ACCORD, CALMING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a joint press conference on January 31, the President of Congress and Government Minster Gustavo Larrea announced an agreement whereby Congress would debate the government's proposed referendum on a constituent assembly on February 6. Conciliatory statements by Larrea and [...]
2007-02-01 21:01:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS ASEC EC
07QUITO28NEW CONGRESS TAKES OFFICE OPPOSING CORREA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's newly-elected Congress takes office on January 5 with a decisive majority proposing to oppose President-elect Rafael Correa's demands for a referendum on whether to convoke a national constituent assembly. Instead, this working majority will seek to pass its own con [...]
2007-01-05 00:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC EC
07QUITO29NEW CONGRESS TAKES OFFICE OPPOSING CORREA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's newly-elected Congress takes office on January 5 with a decisive majority proposing to oppose President-elect Rafael Correa's demands for a referendum on whether to convoke a national constituent assembly. Instead, this working majority will seek to pass its own con [...]
2007-01-05 00:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC EC
07QUITO345PROTESTS EXPECTED MONDAY OVER ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An overwhelming majority in Congress reportedly plans to approve the Government's proposed referendum on a national constituent assembly in a special session to commence on February 12, but will also seek to limit the assembly's scope and delay its start until 2008. Pro-assembl [...]
2007-02-09 21:31:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV EC
07QUITO482 ECUADOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Ecuador has achieved significant and sustained progress in the areas of prevention, protection, and prosecution of TIP. GOE commitment to combat TIP is evidenced by former President Palacio's signing of the National Anti-TIP Plan on August 30, 2006. The GOE [...]
2007-03-01 22:15:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
07QUITO554ECUADOR: INSTITUTIONAL BRINKMANSHIP PROVOKES NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Culminating a series of moves of dubious legality by the Correa Government, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and Congress, the TSE stripped 57 members of Congress (from the center-right opposition coalition of PRIAN, PSP, PSC and UDC) of their political rights for one year, [...]
2007-03-08 18:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO565ECUADOR: CONGRESS SEEKING WAY OUT OF CRISIS;
[...] (C) Summary: Reacting to footage of the beating of one opposition deputy by radical leftist protesters on March 8, influential media and other civil society leaders reacted strongly on March 9. Denouncing political infighting among Congress, the Electoral Tribunal (TSE),and the Correa gove [...]
2007-03-09 22:05:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KDEM EC
07QUITO587POLITICAL CRISIS ESCALATES; CONGRESS SUSPENDED
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's ongoing institutional impasse between electoral authorities and Congress continued on March 13 as the Constitutional Court announced its refusal to decide the dispute -- eliminating for now at least the best opportunity for resolution. In a show of high political thea [...]
2007-03-13 22:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS ASEC EC
07RABAT1034SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]
2007-06-21 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1105SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...]
2007-07-03 18:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1145MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...]
2007-07-13 14:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC MO SP
07RABAT1672MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND
[...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...]
2007-10-31 12:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO
07RABAT1676DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST
[...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]
2007-10-31 13:07:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1723ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 18:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1852OSAC/CRIME SAFETY REPORT FOR MOROCCO
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to requirements posed in reftel. I. CRIME/SAFETY: Though crime has generally not posed a significant risk to visitors in terms of personal safety, it is necessary to take prudent security precautions appropriate for any major American city. The U.S [...]
2007-12-18 09:24:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MO
07RABAT656SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1130 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 GMT on Saturday April 14 two suicide bombers detonated the explosives they were carrying at two locations on Boulevard Moulay Yousef in central Casablanca. One detonation occurred near a police van stationed diagonally across the street from the Consulate General. [...]
2007-04-14 11:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC AMGT
07RABAT657SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1500 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee at 1145 GMT to review information and next steps following the detonation of two suicide bombs near the U.S. Consulate General and the American Language Center in Casablanca at approximately 0900 GMT on April 14. Consul-General Ca [...]
2007-04-14 15:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT658SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1945 GMT 14 APRIL 2007:
[...] (SBU) At 1700 GMT, DCM convened the Embassy's full EAC, including (via telephone) members of Casablanca's core EAC, to review the latest information, steps taken, and next steps in light of this morning's suicide attacks near the U.S. Consulate-General and American Language Center (ALC) in Cas [...]
2007-04-14 19:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT701MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT,"
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]
2007-04-20 18:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT777AMB. MEETING WITH FM BENAISSA ON CONSULATE GENERAL
[...] (S) Summary and comment: Meeting with Amb. Riley April 27, FM Benaissa had no new information on prospects for GOM action to close two lanes of traffic in front of Consulate General Casablanca to create necessary security setback. Benaissa said Moroccan police services are working to effectiv [...]
2007-04-27 16:47:00Embassy RabatSECRETASEC CASC CVIS MO PREL
07RABAT890S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...]
2007-05-18 16:30:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KISL ASEC MO
07RANGOON914EMBASSY CONVENES EAC AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy on September 25 held an EAC meeting to discuss security given the current political situation. The EAC agreed that the Embassy's security posture was sufficient given the current political situation. The EAC recommended town hall meetings to discuss recent devel [...]
2007-09-27 01:19:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
07RANGOON918EMBASSY CONVENES SEPTEMBER 27 EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) On September 27 the Embassy convened another EAC to discuss yesterday's resort to violence against the demonstrators. RSO reported that our current security posture was sufficient, because none of the activity has been targeted at the Embassy or Embassy personnel. A curfew has been imp [...]
2007-09-27 09:08:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR
07RANGOON934EMBASSY CONVENES SEPTEMBER 28 EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon's Emergency Action Committee met on September 28 to discuss the security situation in Burma given the GOB's continued violence against demonstrators. RSO reported that because there was still no direct threat to American citizens, the Embassy's current security posture wa [...]
2007-09-28 08:17:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
07REYKJAVIK49 SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...]
2007-03-01 17:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK90 UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...]
2007-03-30 13:51:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07RIGA192LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...]
2007-03-12 12:45:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG
07RIGA275LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED
[...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...]
2007-04-13 15:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG
07RIGA344Latvia to hold July 7 referendum on security laws
[...] Summary: Latvia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that the necessary signatures in support of holding the referendum on amendments to national security laws were collected and the referendum will be held on 7 July 2007, the day President Vaira Vike-Freiberga's term of office exp [...]
2007-05-14 13:31:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PREL LG
07RIYADH1525MOVING FORWARD ON THE JOINT WORKING GROUP:
[...] This is an action request. S/CT, DS/ATA, and DOE/OE please see paragraphs 3 4, and 5. 2. (C) In a July 17 meeting with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Joint Working Group (JWG) Co-Chair Dr. Saud al-Semari and MOI Industrial Security Director Khalid al-Ageel, the U.S. JWG Co-Chair/Economic Co [...]
2007-07-18 12:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1526THANK YOU FOR DBT WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 12:29:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH1987JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] This message has been cleared by DOE A/S Kolevar. ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (S) On September 11, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) met at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Riyadh, co-chaired by the MOI Director of Modernization [...]
2007-09-26 09:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH22FOLLOW UP ON AL MANAR AND AL AKSA TELEVISION; ARMS
[...] (C) Charge' met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani on January 7 to follow up on several demarches delivered during the Hajj and 'Eid holiday. Charge' asked for the SAG's support in discontinuing broadcasts of Al Manar television on Arabsat, as well as [...]
2007-01-08 11:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID PARM KPAO ASEC KPAL LE SA
07RIYADH2352LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE,
[...] BACKGROUND: On November 4, the Embassy Riyadh participated in a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by Ruth Abramson. The exercise served as a tool by which Post could evaluate security procedures and operations. Post compliments CME staff for the facilitation of a fruitful [...]
2007-11-27 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC SA
07RIYADH2474INTERAGENCY VISIT TO LAUNCH DEEPER MOI COOPERATION
[...] This cable has been cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary Gray, Assistant Secretary Kolevar, and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. -------- Summary -------- 2. (S) An interagency team traveled to Riyadh on December 3-5 to signal the USG's strong support for the Ministry of Interio [...]
2007-12-12 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2475MOHAMMED BIN NAYIF UNDERSCORES NEED FOR MOI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 14:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2476MOI DISCUSSES DE-RADICALIZATION PROGRAMS DURING
[...] This cable has been cleared by S/CT Deputy Coordinator Feierstein. ------- Summary -------- 2. (C) During a December 3-5 Interagency visit (ref A) to discuss greater USG cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on its modernization drive, Dr. Hadleg, Director of the MOI's [...]
2007-12-12 14:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2485SAUDI KING OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMMODATIONS TO
[...] (S) In an unprecedented show of hospitality and friendship, Saudi King Abdullah graciously offered POTUS the finest, most prestigious, and most luxurious accommodation ever offered to a USG official-- 'the' Royal Palace for POTUS and SecState, should she accompany POTUS, on the Riyadh Confere [...]
2007-12-13 10:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETOVIP ASEC PGOV SA
07RIYADH2519RIYADH EAC - 16 DECEMBER 2007
[...] (S) The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on Sunday, December 16, to review the Embassy's security posture, special security considerations of the Hajj season, and the handling of a security threat on Consulate General Jeddah. Also present were DCM, ECON, POL-MIL, BPM, MGT, LEGAT, DAO, and [...]
2007-12-17 12:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
07RIYADH347GWOT: BIOMETRICS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 13:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
07RIYADH428COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA LABS BYRON GARDNER
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for Mr. Byron H. Gardner, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs, Sandia Laboratories, to participate in the Joint Working Group and related meetings from March 3-20. 2. [...]
2007-03-01 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ASEC AMGT
07RIYADH507SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT
[...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]
2007-03-13 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH922A VICTORY IN THE SAUDI WAR ON TERROR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) recently reported to the press that it detained 172 suspected terrorists, dismantled seven terror cells, and seized large amounts of weapons and explosives, along with SR 20 million (USD 5.3 million). The arrests and seizures occurred over [...]
2007-05-02 15:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PGOV PREL KISL ASEC SA
07ROME2279AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 16:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT
07ROME2452ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting -------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...]
2007-12-10 16:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT
07ROME2453ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting. --------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...]
2007-12-10 16:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT
07ROME2504ITALY: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The following is post's proposed text for the Italy portion of the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (U) There were no successful large-scale terrorist attacks in Italy in 2007. Italy aggressively investigated and prosecuted terrorism suspects, dismantled terrorist-related cells wi [...]
2007-12-21 14:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR
07ROME411 ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...]
2007-03-02 06:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG
07ROME478ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-11 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN
07SANAA2028YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM
07SANAA341SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN
[...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]
2007-03-05 13:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANJOSE1248COSTA RICA INPUT - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) has played a key role in the growth of the Costa Rican economy over the last 23 years, fueling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),which has expanded the economy and diversified export opportunities. In the past seven years, accordin [...]
2007-06-28 12:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
07SANJOSE361COSTA RICA: NEXT ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ON 26 FEB
[...] (C) 1. (C) The next anti-CAFTA protest is scheduled for Monday, February 26, with the locus of action likely to be San Jose. Organizers promise a larger event than last October's protest, but predicting turnout is impossible in advance. The GOCR has vowed to prevent disruption of essential [...]
2007-02-23 19:28:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC PINR CS
07SANJOSE428ANTI-CAFTA MARCH STRATEGIC VICTORY FOR GOCR
[...] (SBU) The most recent, and probably the last large anti-CAFTA protest march took place without incident on February 26. Participation was only slightly higher than a similar protest last October, and the event was generally peaceful. We judge the event to have been a tactical draw, in that b [...]
2007-03-05 20:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC PINR CS
07SANJOSE524COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...]
2007-03-16 22:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
07SANSALVADOR1287SALVADORAN READOUT OF BELIZE SICA SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Meeting on Belize's San Pedro Island, leaders of member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA) discussed and approved a GOES proposal to enhance cooperation and coordination among the Central American countries regarding regional security and crime. The proposal was d [...]
2007-07-03 22:30:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM
07SANSALVADOR1358EL SALVADOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIALS
[...] Embassy San Salvador grants country clearance to EPA Officials Orlando Gonzales and Lourdes Morales to visit San Salvador from July 26-27, 2007. Purpose of visit is to meet with CCAD to discuss air quality management. The Control Officer for this visit is ECON Officer Geoffrey Schadrack, Emba [...]
2007-07-12 22:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA ASEC ES GT HO
07SANSALVADOR172ICITAP PRISON EVALUATION: NO-COST METHODS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 8 to 12, 2006, Mike Cooksey from ICITAP visited El Salvador to evaluate the Salvadoran penal system. Based upon his visit, he made the following recommendations: (1) eliminate packages for gang members; (2) require prisoners to work; (3) isolate gang leaders; (4) i [...]
2007-01-31 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
07SANSALVADOR2437GOES WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 22:06:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR AA ES
07SANSALVADOR409EL SALVADOR: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RERPORT
[...] (U) The following is post,s responses to Reftel relative to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. The text tracks paragraphs 27 to 30 in Reftel. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27: Overview of Activities to Eliminate TIP ---------------------------------- [...]
2007-03-05 15:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
07SANSALVADOR490SAN SALVADOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DANIEL REIFSNYDER
[...] Post grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State/OES Dan Reifsnyder and delegation members Rob Wing, Rachel Kastenberg, Andrea Borel, Jun Bando, Jerry Bisson, John Garrison, Odalis Perez, Jill Kelley, Leslie Marbury, Steve Fondriest and Michael Donald to travel to San Salva [...]
2007-03-14 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC OTRA SENV ES
07SANTODOMINGO130DOMINICAN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR THREATENS STRIKE
[...] SUMMARY: There are signs that in the face of threatened transportation strikes the Fernandez administration may back down from the commitment to the IMF to limit access to subsidized propane gas (LPG). The largest associations of private passenger transporters had announced plans to strike [...]
2007-01-22 10:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1626DOMINICAN POLITICS III #28: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE
[...] (U) This is the 28th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE AND PROTEST, JULY 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Radical neighborhood associations have called for a national strike in [...]
2007-07-09 11:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR ASEC ELAB PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO1662DOMINICAN POLITICS III #29: NATIONAL STRIKE ENDS
[...] (U) This is the 29th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (SBU) The 24-hour national strike ended peacefully at 6:00 a.m. this morning. The strike leaders, the Alternative Social Forum (FSA),estimated observance of [...]
2007-07-10 18:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1859EMBASSY BANS STAFF FROM NIGHTCLUB AFTER
[...] (U) On July 30, the Charge Roland Bullen directed all resident official U.S. Embassy employees to refrain from patronizing &The Loft,8 a popular Santo Domingo nightclub. The decision was made public in a press release, in which the Charge noted that the decision was taken in response to the ac [...]
2007-08-08 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1964TFJM01 --SITREP ONE: EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Summary: On August 18, Hurricane Dean passed south of the Dominican Republic causing minor damage and some flooding in low lying areas. The Malecon road fronting the Caribbean was closed for 36 hours due to high seas, and three people died while watching the waves break along the seawalls. [...]
2007-08-19 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT DR MX
07SANTODOMINGO2232NATIONAL STRIKE PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 2
[...] (U) A 24-hour national strike is scheduled to begin at 6:00 a.m. on October 2. The Alternative Social Forum (FSA),a coalition of leftist social organizations and labor groups, is organizing the work stoppage to protest social conditions and the poor delivery of government services. This cabl [...]
2007-10-01 19:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO2432SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2465TROPICAL STORM NOEL
[...] The latest official report by the Dominican Center of Emergency Operations (COE) regarding Tropical Storm Noel indicates that there are 11,756 displaced persons (2,502 of whom are in shelters and 9,704 who have been placed with families). There have been 16 fatalities reported and 15 people c [...]
2007-10-30 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO2746DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON CASH COURIER
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points to the Director of the Superintendent of Banks' Financial Investigation Unit, Heiromy Castro, as well as to the Director of the country's Financial Analysis Unit (located within the National Counsel on Drugs),Maximo Gorqui Melo, both of whom took our view [...]
2007-12-14 16:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO441DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 2, SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] The following is Part 2 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 2 III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS The Dominican government made significant progress i [...]
2007-03-02 11:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO444DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 1, SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] The following is Part 1 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 1 I. OVERVIEW: EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO556DOMINICAN LABOR, DRIVERS, AND LEFTIST GROUPS
[...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic's largest transportation associations, some key neighborhood organizations, and umbrella labor union organizations are uniting to promote an escalating strategy of strikes and protests beginning on March 14 in support of disparate objectives. Their message: p [...]
2007-03-14 11:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC CASC DR
07SANTODOMINGO617UPDATE ON DOMINICAN TRANSPORTATION AND LABOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The launch of labor and/or transportation strikes remains a possibility this week. Transportation unions have maintained their threat to strike in demand of government subsidies despite legal action against their leaders. On March 19, authorities arrested and detained the leade [...]
2007-03-21 11:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC CASC DR
07SANTODOMINGO63SANTO DOMINGO TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] Per reftel, post designates the following person as the tripwire application reporter in the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS): Alexander T. Bryan; Political Officer; Political/Economic Section; Top Secret Clearance; tel 809-731-4203; classified email BryanAT@state.sgov [...]
2007-01-11 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC
07SAOPAULO166UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH SAO PAULO GOVERNOR SERRA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 6-7, 2007 visit to Sao Paulo, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation were hosted for lunch by Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra and key members of Serra's cabinet. U/S Burns and the Governor discussed cooperation on biofuels, [...]
2007-03-01 16:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR EPET SNAR ASEC EINV BR
07SAOPAULO36AMBASSADOR AND SAO PAULO GOVERNOR DISCUSS CRIME, PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) During an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador, Jose Serra, Governor of Sao Paulo state, said that his most immediate priority upon taking office was public security, especially in the metropolitan public transportation system, which is the state government's responsibility. Though sta [...]
2007-01-17 10:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EINV ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO444ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO PAULO, MAY 15, 20
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO447ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO
[...] (SBU) During her May 15 visit to Sao Paulo, INL A/S Anne Patterson participated in a roundtable with police, prosecutors, and other experts, who discussed the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal organization (see refs C-D) and the different experiences of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with ga [...]
2007-05-25 09:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO58HELPING SAO PAULO AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO SECURITY THREATS
[...] (SBU) Consul General met January 17 with Sao Paulo State Secretary of Metropolitan Transportation Jose Luiz Portella and his SIPDIS team to follow up on Governor Serra's request (ref A) for security assistance in the subway and train systems. Portella described the challenges these systems [...]
2007-01-24 09:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO873PUBLIC SECURITY IN SAO PAULO: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Although public security remains one of the most serious policy challenges in Brazil, civil society researchers and law enforcement analysts in Sao Paulo believe that the federal and state governments are taking inadequate action to tackle the issue or to coordinate with each other in fi [...]
2007-10-29 16:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO878SAO PAULO CITY OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, POLITICS,
[...] (SBU) Calling the operations of street vendors a "racket," Sao Paulo assistant Mayor Andrea Matarazzo told Consul General (CG) that he has been cracking down on the sale of pirated and counterfeit goods by both stores and vendors. He associated the vendors' activities with organized criminal [...]
2007-10-31 13:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCRM KIPR SNAR ETRD ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO879TWO KILLED IN MST LAND INVASION SKIRMISH
[...] (U) Summary: Two people were shot dead and eight wounded Sunday in a clash between members of landless peoples' organizations and armed guards protecting a farm owned by the Swiss-owned biotech company Syngenta Seeds in Santa Tereza do Oeste, a small town about 340 miles west of Curitiba, the [...]
2007-10-31 13:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI ASEC BR
07SARAJEVO487BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SEOUL1585ROKG RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provided Poloff with an overview of the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s official assistance to Afghanistan since 2002. KOICA provided USD 45 million of assistance from 2002-2004 and has pledged an additional USD 10 milli [...]
2007-05-23 07:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID MARR PREL KS AF
07SEOUL587SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (U) Post's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting perio [...]
2007-02-28 08:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
07SINGAPORE1470JIATF-W TRAINING ASSISTANCE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-West) assistance in sponsoring joint Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) / Department of Defense (DOD) training in Singapore focused on forensic document examination and the international legal issues involved in border [...]
2007-08-08 09:07:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS ASEC DHSX SN
07SINGAPORE1477JIATF-W TRAINING ASSISTANCE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-West) assistance in sponsoring joint Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) / Department of Defense (DOD) training in Singapore focused on forensic document examination and the international legal issues involved in border [...]
2007-08-10 08:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS ASEC DHSX SN
07SINGAPORE2005SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Singapore will support the decision by INTERPOL's Executive Committee to issue Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national at the INTERPOL General Assembly Meeting in Morocco on November 5-8, MFA International Organization Directorate Deputy Directo [...]
2007-11-02 08:57:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR SN
07SINGAPORE225SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q1 FY2007
[...] SUMMARY: H-1B fraud remained the most common fraud activity that we saw in Singapore this quarter. Post began utilizing Lexis Nexis this quarter to support fraud-prevention activities. The number of H-1B applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from In [...]
2007-02-01 03:29:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
07SINGAPORE401SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. The Embassy point of contact is: Christopher Kavanagh Phone: (65) 6476-9182 Fax: (65) 6476-9389 Email: kavanaghcr@state.gov 2. (U) Per the request in para 26 of Ref [...]
2007-02-28 07:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE405SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -- A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in pe [...]
2007-02-28 08:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE406SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is the third of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: IV. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS -- A. Does the government assist victims, for example, by providing temporary to permanent re [...]
2007-02-28 08:11:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE480DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 06:33:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALIR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL
07SINGAPORE680SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007
[...] SUMMARY: H-1b fraud continued to be our most serious form of fraud, but the number of H-1b applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from India continued to drop this quarter. Post devoted significant resources to addressing potential adoption fraud. EN [...]
2007-04-04 05:36:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
07SKOPJE299MACEDONIA: TIP SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY07
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following two anti-TIP projects for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE funds, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3. Post believes both proposals address G/TIP criteria for projects that focus on strengthening rule of law and the criminal [...]
2007-04-19 14:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MK
07SKOPJE698MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS
[...] (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the esca [...]
2007-08-23 17:26:00Embassy SkopjeSECRETPGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK
07SKOPJE736MACEDONIA: POLICE CHIEF KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH
[...] (SBU) A local police station chief was killed, and two of his colleagues wounded, in a September 10 firefight with an ethnic Albanian fugitive and his accomplices near the village of Vaksince, near the Kosovo border. It is not clear whether the fugitive and his accomplices ambushed the polic [...]
2007-09-11 06:15:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MK PGOV PREL KV
07SKOPJE864SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE IN NORTHERN MACEDONIA ALMOST
[...] (SBU) The shots fired on October 24 at a three person Macedonian border police patrol near the town of Kodra Fura sparked media speculation that the incident was a politically motivated attack by ethnic Albanians. Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials told us, and OSCE monitors confirmed, howe [...]
2007-10-26 15:19:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE887MACEDONIA: MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MOI) informed us today that a police operation began early this morning against a group of 30-40 armed ethnic Albanian criminals who have been holed up outside of the northwest village of Brodec near the Kosovo border since July. The group includes escapees from [...]
2007-11-07 15:33:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK
07SKOPJE892MACEDONIA: CALM AFTER THE STORM -- POLICE
[...] (SBU) A major police action against a group of ethnic Albanian criminals in a village in northwest Macedonia (reftel) concluded November 8, with six criminals killed and more than a dozen arrested. The operation appeared to have been conducted properly, with mixed ethnic patrols conducting th [...]
2007-11-09 16:22:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK KS
07SKOPJE899MACEDONIA: POLICE ACADEMY DIRECTOR RESIGNS -
[...] (C) Macedonian Police Academy Director Slagana Taseva resigned from her position on November 2, citing a disagreement with the government over its recent move to bring the academy under the oversight of the Ministry of Interior (a government move the international community unanimously support [...]
2007-11-15 16:04:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MK
07SOFIA1270ARGENTINE EMBASSY SOFIA UNSURE OF RED NOTICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 14:23:00Embassy SofiaSECRETIR PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV BU
07SOFIA1284BULGARIA: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This cable provides information on Bulgarian Government practices on information collection, screening, and sharing. Responses correspond to questions listed in REF A. WATCHLISTING 2. (SBU) According to our contacts at the Financial Intelligence Agency and other Bulgarian gover [...]
2007-11-01 15:05:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BU
07SOFIA1329 MOVE TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION THWARTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian NGOs and their government allies, with strong Embassy and USG support, succeeded in defeating legislation backed by business interests and the National Tourism Board to legalize prostitution. This marks a victory in our anti-TIP effort. We will keep our guard up as pr [...]
2007-11-26 09:53:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PGOV BU
07SOFIA259BULGARIA: 2007 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen the appointment of the new [...]
2007-02-28 07:10:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
07STATE106047SMART - OVERSEAS PILOT POST DEPLOYMENT STATUS
[...] This telegram is part of an ongoing series that provides SMART program updates to the field. The SMART vision is to provide a simple, secure, and user- driven system to support the conduct of diplomacy through modern messaging, dynamic archiving, and information sharing. Instant Messaging h [...]
2007-07-31 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AINF AADP AMGT ASEC KRIM
07STATE125277TRAVEL WARNING - SUDAN
[...] This Travel Warning for Sudan alerts U.S. citizens to the threat from armed conflicts and warns of continued threats from terrorism in Sudan. This supersedes the Travel Warning issued for Sudan on October 5, 2006. 2. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against all trave [...]
2007-09-06 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL AF SU
07STATE130600BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 20:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER
07STATE142244PARTICIPANTS FOR ILEA GABORONE TRAFFICKING IN
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 10, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. 2. PARTICIPANT LIST NAME: Teshale Teshome Woimo RANK: Chief Inspector DPOB: April 11, 1981; So [...]
2007-10-10 14:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
07STATE1468562007:COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This message provides preparation guidance for preparing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). 2. We recommend that "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006" be the starting point for this year's exercise. Per reftel, the Department requests that posts draft narrative submissions, as oppos [...]
2007-10-19 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR
07STATE150670PERMISSION GRANTED FOR EMBASSY BAKU TO REOPEN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC PTER AJ
07STATE152423DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following candidates who have been nominated for training by the Ministry of Defense. Post is running local checks on these names as well. [...]
2007-11-05 13:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS PGOV PHUM AM
07STATE1556832007: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This message provides guidance on potential problems accessing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism on Intellipedia. 2. Some posts have experienced problems accessing Intellipedia or registering for an Intelink Passport account. Access to both sites is required to complete submission of [...]
2007-11-13 18:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR
07STATE159343DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 21:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM
07STATE160185DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following member of the Government of Armenia, nominated by the Department of Defense for English language training. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2007-11-26 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM
07STATE163075LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN NAVAL
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 4, 2007, it posssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. 2. Participant List Name: Etsay Gebreselassie GEBREHIWOT Occupation: Director of Mine Action, Mi [...]
2007-12-04 16:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
07STATE169601HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LTC VICKSON KIBONGE
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 21, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual nominated for a candidate from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Next Generation of African Military Leaders [...]
2007-12-21 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PHUM PREL CG
07STATE170201THE USPTO GIPA PROGRAM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The USPTO will hold the Global IP Academy Program on IPR Enforcement for Judges from 4-7 March 2008 at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. Posts are requested to inform host government officials of this program (see PARA 2 [...]
2007-12-26 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA
07STATE170202THE USPTO GIPA PROGRAM ON ENFORCEMENT OF
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The USPTO will hold a March 2008 Global IP Academy program from 18 - 21 March 2008 at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. This program will cover all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright enforcement. Posts are reque [...]
2007-12-26 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA
07STATE170203THE USPTO (GIPA) TRADEMARK ADMINISTRATION
[...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The USPTO will hold The Trademark Administration Global IP Academy Program from 11-14 March 2008 at USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. Posts are requested to inform host government officials of this program (see PARA 2) and [...]
2007-12-26 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA
07STATE170638 INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFER FOR THE NEXT 72 HOURS NON-ESSENTIAL
[...] AmEmbassy Islamabad requests all non-essential travel to Pakistan be deferred for the next 72 hrs (until 31 December, after 1800 HRS local time, or 0800 HRS Eastern Standard Time). This is a precautionary measure because, in the aftermath of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [...]
2007-12-28 10:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC PK
07STATE228UPDATE ON SMART
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. The SMART Program Office has completed the pilot phase of Instant Messaging (IM) and will begin worldwide deployment of IM on OpenNet and ClassNet in mid-January. 3. The IM application, MS Communicator, was tes [...]
2007-01-03 15:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM
07STATE29082DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...]
2007-03-08 04:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT
07STATE29571HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY
[...] The Department of State has reviewed it files and finds that as of March 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Cameroon Military Personnel listed in the COESPU training. Name: Lieutenant Mvogo Abanda, Guy Herve DOB: September 15, 1976 P [...]
2007-03-08 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CM MARR PHUM MASS
07STATE38476CHAD: LEAHY VETTING FOR IMET CANDIDATES
[...] Reftel identified the following candidates, all Chadian nationals, who have been nominated for International Military Education and Training (IMET) programs in May and June 2007. Per reftel, Embassy N'djamena has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross human rights [...]
2007-03-26 20:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS MARR PINR PHUM CD
07STATE4562REOPENING OF EMBASSY ATHENS AND AMCONSULATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 20:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC AMGT CASC KFLO PINS GR
07STATE4657REOPENING OF EMBASSY ATHENS AND AMCONSULATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC AMGT CASC KFLO PINS GR
07STATE54846Walk-In Guidance for 2007 - Administrative Procedures For Handling Foreign National Walk-Ins, Defectors and Asylum Seekers
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: THE INFORMATION IN THIS TELEGRAM MUST BE HANDLED WITH UTMOST DISCRETION AND DUE DILIGENCE. THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS UPDATED GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING FOREIGN NATIONAL WALK-INS, DEFECTORS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AT OVERSEAS POSTS. IT DESCRIBES PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN RE [...]
2007-04-24 21:11:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS PINR PREF
07STATE55705PERMISSION GRANTED FOR EMBASSY ATHENS TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Per Embassy Athens' request this cable is being transmitted as a NIACT to ensure Embassy can resume normal operations at the appropriate time on April 26, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Embassy Athens' request in REFTEL A, the Department grants approval to return to normal status. RICE [...]
2007-04-25 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KLFLO PINS PTER GT
07STATE57089ACTION REQUEST: ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION
[...] Please see action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: An international group of experts created by the G8, the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG),will be conducting a round-robin practical exercise in the near future. This exercise is the third such round [...]
2007-04-27 19:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS
07STATE6191SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/CRS EYTHAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-3. 2. (SBU) Department requests that Post grant country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag, who will be TDY principally in Darfur for approximately two months in support of peace-process implementation and other Embassy activities in the fi [...]
2007-01-17 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC KCRS OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
07STATE67683MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...]
2007-05-17 14:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR
07STOCKHOLM1038UPDATE ON SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-24 13:16:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL OVIP ASEC PGOV IZ SW
07STOCKHOLM1049BILDT AND IRAQ
[...] (s) Foreign Minister Bildt plans to visit Iraq September 1-2. Bildt is scheduled to meet with PM Maliki, President Talabani, Vice-President Hashemi, FM Zebari, and UN Rep Qazi, as well as Ambassador Crocker. As a preface to Bildt's August 28 DVC with Embassy Baghdad, we provide background an [...]
2007-08-27 14:52:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL OVIP ASEC PGOV IZ SW
07STOCKHOLM1209AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING WITH JUSTICE
[...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, met September 19 with Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask. Ask said Sweden has increased its budget for counterterrorism activities, noted there are good prospects for passing pending legislation on wiretapping and bugging, underscored Sweden's l [...]
2007-09-26 15:20:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL ASEC SW
07STOCKHOLM1311SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 09:04:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW
07STOCKHOLM998SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S FIVE DAYS IN
[...] (s) Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will visit Baghdad and Irbil September 1-5. In Baghdad Sept. 1-2, he plans meetings with PM Maliki, President Talibani, FM Zebari, UN rep Ghazi, and is requesting a September 2 breakfast meeting with Ambassador Crocker (see proposed schedule below at p [...]
2007-08-17 15:03:00Embassy StockholmSECRETPREL OVIP ASEC PGOV SW IZ
07SURABAYA26EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET
[...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA27EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET
[...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA34SURABAYA: USG TRAINING FOR POLICE, COURTS, AND NGOS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Surabaya police arrested two suspects for attempting to traffic seven women from Indonesia to Malaysia. The victims were handed over to an International Organization of Migration (IOM)-sponsored NDO KPPD Samitra Abhaya and returned to their villages. The Surabay [...]
2007-09-11 04:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC ID
07SURABAYA3489SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...]
2007-12-31 05:02:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR
07SURABAYA37EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND
[...] (SBU) Sofian Hadi, Director of Operations for the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),told Consulate Surabaya September 18 that hydrogen sulfide gas levels at the mud flow site in Sidoarjo had increased to 30 -- 35 ppm (parts per million),levels considered dangerous to human health. It has [...]
2007-09-19 01:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA41EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE -- USGS EXPERT VISIT TO MUDFLOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 20-22, USGS Geologist Thomas Casadevall and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer toured the site of the Sidoarjo mud flow and met with Indonesian geologists familiar with the disaster. The site tour and subsequent meeting showed fundamental differences in focus between geolog [...]
2007-09-28 12:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA56EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD FLOW UPDATE: DAM BREACHED, SECONDARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hot mud flowing through a breach of dam 42 at the mud flow site has covered a secondary road linking Sidoarjo and Malang and entered houses and schools of a nearby village. Efforts to repair the breach have been unsuccessful and at least 10 other earthen dams are considered to be [...]
2007-10-17 08:56:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA61EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CAUSING DAM BREACHES
[...] Two earthen dams separating lagoons of mud have been breached at the Lapindo Mud Flow site according to local press reports. Near midnight on Sunday 21 October, Dam 25 collapsed and underwent two quick repairs. Mud from the breach flowed from one holding pond into another at the former site [...]
2007-10-24 08:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA64EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: PRESIDENTIAL FLY-BY OFFERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's October 25 fly-by of the Sidoarjo mud flow disaster and subsequent meeting with officials at the Surabaya airport left displaced residents skeptical of any significant action. Vice President Jusuf Kalla made similar aerial observations on October 28 and ann [...]
2007-10-30 09:57:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA66EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: POLITICS AND RIVER CURRENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mud flow continues to play both a symbolic and tangible role in East Java's political and economic life. The beginning of the rainy season, the increasingly frequent breaches of existing earthen dams, the threats to vital infrastructure, the continuing distrust of t [...]
2007-11-02 08:08:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA67EAST JAVA ELECTIONS COMMISSION: ELECTORAL POLITICS AND MUD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with East Java Provincial Election Commission (KPU) officials. They expressed concern that the mud flow disaster in Porong could affect election logistics for vast areas of East Java. The hi [...]
2007-11-02 09:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID EAID
07SURABAYA73EAST JAVA: INAUGURATION OF HESS PROJECT CANCELLED BY
[...] (SBU) On November 15, beginning at approximately 1100, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hess Onshore Processing Facility in Gresik, north of Surabaya, demanding Hess (the facility's operator) discontinue operations. The protestors, residents of three villages surrounding t [...]
2007-11-16 06:31:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EPET ID
07SURABAYA80EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE -- VICTIMS LOSE LAWSUIT AND ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mudflow victims are planning to take their case against the government and Lapindo company to The Hague after the Jakarta District Court rejected their law suit. The judges ruled that, in spending Rp 1.63 trillion (USD 175 million),the government and Lapindo have "done what they [...]
2007-11-29 07:18:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENIV ELAB ENRG PHUM PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA87EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: OPERATIONAL FUNDS DISBURSED;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) oversight body visited the site of the mudflow to access operations and set a deadline of 2008 for effective mitigation of the problems caused by the mud. The central government disbursed Rp 500 Qlion (USD 55 million) to the B [...]
2007-12-07 08:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV EPET ELAP ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SUVA108FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 14, 2007: EPG REPORT WILL
[...] (C) PIF Secretary General Greg Urwin told us the EPG report on Fiji will ask Bainimarama to step down as interim PM. It will call for elections within 18-24 months, if not sooner. Urwin said the hope is that members of the interim government will convince Bainimarama to moderate his heretof [...]
2007-02-13 22:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA110FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15, 2007: RFMF SAYS U.S. HAS
[...] (C) The RFMF told the media today that the U.S. has suspended plans to support a new "peacekeeping academy" near Suva. The Methodist church has reconfirmed its request for President Iloilo to resign. The Interim Attorney General admitted that the RFMF had committed human rights violations bu [...]
2007-02-14 20:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA120FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 21, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Commodore Bainimarama announced February 20 that the interim cabinet has agreed to a plan to restore democracy to Fiji "as early as 2010." Bainimarama says at least three and a half years will be required to have a census, redraw election boundaries, and prepare for a general election [...]
2007-02-20 21:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA123FIJI UPDATE 2/22/07: QARASE WARNS AGAINST HAVING
[...] (C) Exiled PM Qarase has warned that returning Bainimarama to the barracks could well leave the Commodore continuing his interference in politics. Acting Chief Justice Gates, a shadow backer of Bainimarama, may hear Qarase's law suit. The RFMF continues intimidation, including against lawyers [...]
2007-02-21 21:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC ELAB FJ
07SUVA127FIJI'S ECONOMY - AT A CRISIS POINT?
[...] (C) Fiji will experience a severe economic downturn in 2007 as an after-effect of the December 2006 coup. Foreign reserves are very low (perhaps much lower than they appear in the Reserve Bank's end-of-year accounts),exports are flat, and levels of new investment are expected to be minimal. [...]
2007-02-22 19:14:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA130FIJI UPDATE 2/26/07: FIJI SUGGESTS PRE-PIF
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama is seeking interim-government discussions with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) before a Forum ministerial meeting to discuss the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. The interim government is highlighting the (continuing) deployment of RFMF troops to PKO e [...]
2007-02-25 20:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA149FIJI'S REVISED BUDGET MIXES SPENDING CUTS WITH
[...] (C) Fiji's revised budget is a mix of modest spending cuts, optimistic revenue projections and wishful thinking about the future. Civil service wages are being cut 5% effective March 8. A few ministry budgets have been significantly reduced, most notably the Ministry of Fijian Affairs. De [...]
2007-03-06 20:19:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA15FIJI UPDATE 1/5: PRESIDENT NAMES BAINIMARAMA
[...] (C) Fiji President Iloilo swore in Commodore Bainimarama and interim Prime Minister on Dec. 5. Bainimarama, still clearly in charge, then urged Fiji citizens and the international community to help bring good government and true democratic values. Iloilo's doctor reports the President is sen [...]
2007-01-04 20:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CH TW FJ
07SUVA150FIJI UPDATE 3/7/2007: HUMAN RIGHTS PROSPECTS;
[...] (C) Interim PM Bainimarama announced the military will stop human rights abuses immediately. Unfortunately, reports of abuses continue, including possibly a third death. Bainimarama will headline Fiji's commemoration of Women's Day, with an altered theme to downplay concerns about "impunity" [...]
2007-03-06 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC IN FJ
07SUVA155PACIFIC FORUM AND FIJI, UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS
[...] (C) Fiji interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau has been seeking support from Pacific-island colleagues in the lead-up to the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) ministerial meeting in Vanuatu that will consider an Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. With some island leaders becoming "reticent" b [...]
2007-03-08 18:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ XV
07SUVA161FIJI UPDATE 3/13/07: MEDIA FREEDOM; UNION
[...] (C) The RFMF and the interim AG have emphasized yet again that media freedom has distinct limits in post-coup Fiji. The interim government is expected to announce shortly its choices for permanent secretaries in the civil service. Police investigators are in Lau to interview PM Qarase about al [...]
2007-03-12 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA165FIJI UPDATE 3/15/07: MORE ON VP, MSG, "CLEAN UP"
[...] (C) A new Fiji Vice President may now be selected in April. The interim government has admitted publicly a Melanesian Spearhead Group snub: not allowing Commodore Bainimarama to sign the MSG constitution. The RFMF is investigating 22 soldiers for pay-office malfeasance, but is not looking in [...]
2007-03-14 19:40:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA170FIJI UPDATE 3/19/07: FIJI SPIN ON MINISTERIAL;
[...] (C) Fiji's interim government is spinning the Forum Ministerial last week as a success and is leaving a distinct impression it does not intend early elections. Commodore Bainimarama's "clean up" rhetoric continues, though we predict at some point real evidence will be necessary. Bainimarama t [...]
2007-03-19 19:48:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA177FIJI UPDATE 3/22/07: CORRUPTION COMPARISONS; A
[...] (C) A Transparency International poll taken in Fiji before the coup indicates people were not shocked by corruption in the Qarase era. Overall, Fiji stacked up quite favorably compared to global and regional results, which suggests, no surprise, that the need for a "clean up" was not really wh [...]
2007-03-21 20:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA18FIJI UPDATE 1/8/07: INTERIM GOVERNMENT MINISTERS;
[...] (C) Eight ministers in Commodore Bainimarama's interim government were sworn in on Jan. 8. Several have connections to Ratu Epeli Ganilau's National Alliance Party (NAP) that failed miserably in last May's elections; but on the whole the group seems reasonably well qualified. Fiji Labor Party [...]
2007-01-07 22:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA187FIJI UPDATE 3/27/07:
[...] (C) The Forum-Fiji working group proposed at the Forum Ministerial in Vanuatu may begin efforts shortly. The Forum's intention is for high commissioners at Forum-member embassies in Suva to make up the Forum side, including the high commissioners from New Zealand and Australia. It will be in [...]
2007-03-26 20:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CVIS FJ
07SUVA191FIJI UPDATE 3/30/07: VP SELECTION; QARASE TRAVEL;
[...] (C) Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) is to consider President Iloilo's choice for Vice President on April 11-12. Rumored candidates include a woman and an ethnic-Indian, but the favorite remains interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau. The Acting Chief Justice is considering whether PM Qarase h [...]
2007-03-29 17:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA194FIJI UPDATE 4/3/07: BAINIMARAMA ON VISA SANCTION;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama told a dinner gathering of the U.S. cancellation of his visa. He reportedly challenged Ambassador Dinger to retrieve the passport and to "bring his running shoes." Media report that UN SYG Ban responded to a request by Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon for the UN to remov [...]
2007-04-02 20:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA195MEETING WITH FIJI INTERIM FM NAILATIKAU: U.S.-FIJI
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Fiji interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau on April 4, as instructed. Nailatikau made clear that the interim government comprehends the U.S. position and motivations regarding the Fiji coup. Fiji "has been down this road before" and is the one that "erred." Represe [...]
2007-04-03 17:08:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT ASEC FJ
07SUVA199FIJI UPDATE 4/5/07: BAINIMARAMA ON PKO; STATE OF
[...] (U) Commodore Bainimarama reacted to media reports that Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon asked the UN to remove Fiji from PKO activities by saying any attempt to stop soldiers from participating in peacekeeping missions would be "an attempt to hurt the people" of Fiji. He noted that PKO duties ge [...]
2007-04-04 21:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA2FIJI UPDATE 1/3/07: CJ ON LEAVE; INTERIM PLANS?
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama today announced Fiji's Chief Justice is going on indefinite leave, pending a full inquiry into the judicial system. Bainimarama says he will return executive authority to President Iloilo within the next few weeks, with an inte [...]
2007-01-02 23:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA20FIJI UPDATE 1/9/07: MORE INTERIM MINISTERS;
[...] (C) The total of ministers tapped for Fiji's interim administration reached 16 with the swearing in of 6 on Jan. 9, including former PM Chaudhry as Finance Minister. They join Interim PM Bainimarama, 8 interim ministers sworn in yesterday (ref),and Ratu Epeli Ganilau to be sworn in next week [...]
2007-01-08 21:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA200FIJI INTERIM PM REQUESTS EMBASSY TO REMOVE STREET
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has, via dipnote, requested Embassy Suva to remove vehicle barriers from the street in front of the chancery by this Friday, April 13. The barriers have been in place since the East Africa bombings in 1998. Without the barriers, the chancery has no setback from [...]
2007-04-09 20:14:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PREL MARR FJ
07SUVA207FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT REQUEST THAT EMBASSY REMOVE STREET
[...] (SBU) This message contains an urgent action request in paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Visiting DAS Davies told interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau April 11 that the United States cannot comply with the interim government's request that the Embassy remove vehicle barriers in front of the chancery [...]
2007-04-10 19:44:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT PREL FJ
07SUVA211FIJI'S GREAT COUNCIL OF CHIEFS REJECT VICE
[...] (SBU) In a stunning rebuke to the interim government, Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs rejected President Iloilo's nominee for Vice President April 11. Commodore Bainimarama responded angrily, saying he was "totally bewildered" by the unprecedented decision. He claimed that members of the ou [...]
2007-04-11 21:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MARR FJ
07SUVA213FIJI'S INTERIM PM LASHES OUT AT U.S.; SAYS
[...] (C) Interim Prime Minister Bainimarama issued an angry press statement April 13 stating that his refusal to meet visiting DAS Davies on April 11 or 12 was meant to "send a clear message" that Fiji will only engage with countries "genuinely committed to assisting us in moving forward." Bainim [...]
2007-04-12 23:03:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL MARR CASC FJ
07SUVA22FIJI UPDATE 1/10/07: GCC, MAJOR CHURCHES ACCEPT
[...] (C) The Chairman of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) and leaders of the Methodist and Catholic churches have accepted Bainimarama's interim government while urging a return to democracy soon. Military pastors have asked their flock to do a Lenten-type fast for the next month as all pray f [...]
2007-01-09 21:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA220FIJI MFA REITERATES: REMOVE STREET BARRIERS BY
[...] (C) Fiji's interim government has given the Embassy until COB April 20 to remove the vehicle barriers that block the street in front of the chancery. The Suva City Council has asked the Embassy to do the deed. Other correspondence confirms the embassy has had permission to keep the street cl [...]
2007-04-15 21:58:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC CASC PREL FJ
07SUVA221FIJI UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2007: WAR OF WORDS
[...] (SBU) Interim government rhetoric against the U.S. and other countries that have imposed sanctions against Fiji continued over the weekend. Most notable is the press statement issued by the interim Attorney General which accuses the Ambassador and the high commissioners of Australia and the [...]
2007-04-15 22:12:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC MARR CASC FJ
07SUVA222EAP DAS DAVIES VISIT TO FIJI DRAWS SHARP REACTION
[...] (C) During an April 11-12 visit to Suva, EAP DAS Glyn Davies met with a cross-section of Fiji opinion leaders, including interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau and interim Finance Minister Chaudhry. Interim PM Bainimarama refused a meeting. Nailatikau and Chaudhry, both heading shortly to Bruss [...]
2007-04-16 13:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ASEC AMGT MARR SCUL FJ
07SUVA223FIJI PM OFFICE PERMANENT SECRETARY MEETS WITH
[...] (C) PM Office Permanent Secretary Parmesh Chand told the Ambassador April 17 that interim PM Bainimarama issued the directive to remove barriers in front of the Embassy because he was very upset about U.S. comments against the interim government. These included the video conference DAS Davies [...]
2007-04-16 22:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL FJ
07SUVA227FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT WANTS "COMPROMISE" ON
[...] (C) PM Office PermSec Parmesh Chand told the Ambassador April 18 that interim PM Bainimarama still insists on removal of the street barriers in front of the Embassy, but the April 20 deadline is postponed so diplomacy can have a chance to work. Chand said Bainimarama wants to know if the U.S. [...]
2007-04-17 21:26:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL FJ
07SUVA229FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT RESCINDS DIRECTIVE TO REMOVE
[...] (SBU) The interim government delivered to us a diplomatic note April 19 stating that it was rescinding the earlier order to remove the barriers that block the street in front of the Embassy. In a press statement, Interim PM Bainimarama said this action was taken, in part, in response to th [...]
2007-04-18 19:35:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT PREL CASC FJ
07SUVA23FIJI UPDATE 1/11/2007: CABINET TO MEET; EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Fiji's interim cabinet is to meet formally next week for the first time. Detailed emergency regulations that curtail constitutional rights have appeared, purportedly signed Dec. 5, but very possibly back-dated. A New Zealand citizen of Fiji origin reportedly was tortured by authorities t [...]
2007-01-10 20:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA241FIJI AND THE EU: A "POSITIVE OUTCOME"; QUESTIONS
[...] (C) The EU-Fiji negotiations in Brussels April 18-19 were seen as reasonably successful by both sides. The EU figures it has achieved a pragmatic set of requirements that Fiji must meet to re-instate rule of law and human rights and to build to new elections within two years. Fiji's interim [...]
2007-04-25 21:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID ASEC FJ
07SUVA260FIJI UPDATE, MAY 10, 2007: REACTION TO SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rice's comments condemning the coup in Fiji received considerable press play in Fiji and elicited a relatively mild response from the interim government. The EU warned the interim government that failure to honor commitments it made last month in Brussels could lead [...]
2007-05-09 21:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA273EU PRESSES FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO HONOR
[...] (C) The EU Representative to Fiji, along with the French and UK heads of mission, met with interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau May 11 to express concern about the apparent lack of movement by Fiji's interim government in meeting its commitments to the EU. The EU representatives told Nailati [...]
2007-05-15 21:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA274MILITARY SHUTS DOWN ANTI-COUP BLOG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Late Wednesday afternoon one of the most strident blogs criticizing Fiji's post-coup interim government was shut down. This follows days of threats by the military to shut down the blogs. A pro-coup blog site has been involved with attempting to locate the authors of the blog. [...]
2007-05-15 21:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC FJ
07SUVA287FIJI UPDATE, MAY 25, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) During a visit to India, interim Finance Minister Chaudhry repeatedly stressed that elections in Fiji would not take place until 2010. Bainimarama echoed that view May 22, stating it would be idiotic for the interim regime to take Fiji to elections before it had achieved its goals. Th [...]
2007-05-23 22:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA29HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VIEWS ON FIJI SITUATION;
[...] (C) A Fiji NGO leader, Angie Heffernan, says colleagues are documenting many reports of military intimidation, including sexual abuse. The NGOs are striving to ensure nobody believes the people of Fiji have acquiesced in the coup. The NGOs believe undercurrents of discontent are bubbling wit [...]
2007-01-11 20:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA300FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY;
[...] (C) Interim PM Bainimarama announced May 31 that Fiji's State of Emergency would end, effective June 1. In a meeting with diplomats, Deputy Commander Teleni confirmed that the RFMF would no longer detain or bring individuals to the military barracks for questioning. NGOs and foreign missio [...]
2007-05-31 19:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA313FIJI PNG-ING NZ HIGH COMMISSIONER; MORE HUMAN
[...] (C) Fiji's interim Cabinet has declared the New Zealand High Commissioner persona non grata. New Zealand is attempting to reverse that. The GNZ has continually been outspoken against Commodore Bainimarama's interim government (IG),but the High Commissioner has been relatively low-key public [...]
2007-06-10 20:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA320NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER PNG-ED - FIJI
[...] (SBU) In a statement issued late June 14, Fiji's Office of the Prime Minister defended the interim government's (IG) decison to declare Michael Green, New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, "persona non grata." The statement claimed Green had interfered in Fiji's domestic affairs, but gave [...]
2007-06-13 21:05:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA325FIJI COMMITS "IN PRINCIPLE" TO ELECTIONS BY MARCH
[...] (C) Fiji interim prime minister Bainimarama announced on June 19 that the interim government is prepared to accept "in principle" that democratic elections "could be held" by March 2009. Bainimarama suggested that the onus is now on the donor community, especially Australia, New Zealand, the [...]
2007-06-19 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA333FIJI UPDATE: TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) It appears that Fiji's interim President, Commodore Bainimarama, Justices Gates and Shameem, and others are making moves to reconstitute the Fiji judiciary. The suspension of Chief Justice Fatiaki in early January, the end of some expat Appeals Court Justices' terms, and several suspiciou [...]
2007-06-26 18:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC KJUS FJ
07SUVA349TENSION IN TONGA; LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL?
[...] (C) Tonga may re-energize stalled political-reform discussions. Parliament has created a tripartite commission to consider specifics, including parliamentary numbers and the date for the next election. Reportedly, the King has agreed to act "only on advice" of an elected government, but some [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CVIS PINR TN
07SUVA35FIJI UPDATE 1/16/2007 - INTERIM CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (C) Justice Anthony Gates, an apparent supporter of the coup and advisor to the military, was sworn in as Interim Chief Justice. Ratu Epeli Ganilau was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs, completing the ministerial lineup of the interim government. The Melanesian Spearhead Group has r [...]
2007-01-15 23:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA354FIJI UPDATE: JULY 11, 2007: BAINIMARAMA AND
[...] (C) New interim Police Commissioner and RFMF Deputy Teleni told a group of professionals that the military would never allow the SDL to regain power, even if it won the next election. Teleni said the RFMF would ignore any negative court rulings and only hold elections when it is ready. Cont [...]
2007-07-10 19:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA359FIJI UPDATE, JULY 19, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) After two days of bad press, the interim government removed travel bans it had placed on prominent IG critics Graham Leung and Shamima Ali. President Iloilo "rejected" names put forward to sit on a tribunal to look at IG allegations against suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and gave the [...]
2007-07-18 18:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA36FIJI UPDATE 1/17/07 - CONTROVERSY OVER ACTING
[...] (C) The decision to appoint Anthony Gates to the position of Acting Chief Justice has created an uproar in Fiji's legal community. Chief Justice Fatiaki, recently placed on forced leave by the military government, called the action "a disgrace." He and lawyers we talked to were especially [...]
2007-01-16 23:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA37FIJI UPDATE 1/18/07 - MORE JUDICIAL AND LEGAL
[...] (C) Chief Justice Fatiaki returned to his office today, only to be removed by police. The military defied a ruling by the High Court reinstating Sugarcane Growers Council CEO Jagannath Sami and removed him from his office. Sami collapsed during military questioning and was admitted to a ho [...]
2007-01-17 22:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA391FIJI UPDATE 8/7/07: UK ARMY RECRUITS FROM FIJI;
[...] (U) New Zealand media report that Australian Foreign Minister Downer and Commonwealth Secretary General McKinnon tried hard to get Britain to end its recruitment of Fiji citizens for the British army after last December's coup but met no success. McKinnon argued that Britain "is not setting a [...]
2007-08-06 19:22:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA397KIRIBATI'S SHIP REGISTRY SYSTEM -- MORE DETAIL
[...] (SBU) The Republic of Kiribati has hired a Singapore company as agent to license commercial ships under the Kiribati flag. When we raised the matter with Kiribati President Tong on July 20, he acknowledged that traditionally Kiribati had handled its own ship-registry service which only dealt [...]
2007-08-07 16:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALEWWT PTER KCRM ASEC KR
07SUVA420FIJI UPDATE 8/24/07: NERVOUSNESS IN THE STREETS;
[...] (C) Contacts are increasingly nervous that ethnic-Fijian unhappiness with Commodore Bainimarama's interim government (IG) could erupt. The surface remains calm. Media report a draft EU decision document re sugar-reform aid would keep pressure on the IG to hold credible elections by early 2009 [...]
2007-08-23 16:29:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC ECON CASC FJ
07SUVA43FIJI UPDATE 1/19/07 - FATIAKI SUSPENDED; PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Iloilo suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and directed that investigations should be conducted into Fatiaki's actions in the aftermath of the 2000 coup. Iloilo decreed today that all decrees and decisions made by the military government when Bainimarama was "Acting President" are [...]
2007-01-18 19:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA436FIJI: BAINIMARAMA RESUMES STATE OF EMERGENCY;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama brought back Fiji's state of emergency on Sept. 6, after a three month hiatus, in order to respond to political posturing by deposed PM Qarase, who returned to Suva last weekend and immediately began to make public statements critical of the interim government (IG) and [...]
2007-09-05 19:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA45FIJI VISA SANCTIONS: ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS; EFFECTS
[...] (C) We propose including President Iloilo in USG visa sanctions against the interim government, since he has become a front man "approving" any and all decrees placed before him, even though the Fiji Constitution does not grant him such powers. We provide a few additional snippets of evidence [...]
2007-01-21 21:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA46FIJI UPDATE 1/22/07: PRESIDENT ISSUES IMMUNITY
[...] (C) President Iloilo has issued a broad immunity decree for the military and others involved in the coup. The Fiji Law Society and others say the decree is unconstitutional. Bainimarama has reacted angrily to Aussie and Kiwi visa restrictions on members of his government and is threatening " [...]
2007-01-21 22:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA473FIJI COUNTER-COUP? BOMB THREATS? RUMORS CONTINUE
[...] (C) With Commodore Bainimarama in the U.S. -- he delivered Fiji's speech to the UNGA on Sept. 28 and is not due back in Suva until Oct. 5 -- rumors are circulating that military-related elements will undertake a counter-coup to remove Bainimarama and his core-group of backers from the RFMF and [...]
2007-09-30 13:11:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA480FIJI: REPORTED PLAN TO REMOVE BAINIMARAMA; CHANCES UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) On Oct. 2, Ballu Khan, a controversial Indo-Fijian businessman, met with the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji. Khan owns IT businesses and has close ties to the Qaranivalu, the high chief of Naitasiri Province who was convicted of fomenting a mutiny against Commodore Bainimarama in No [...]
2007-10-02 18:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA5FIJI UPDATE 1/4/07: BAINIMARAMA RETURNS EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama told the nation on Jan. 4 that he has returned executive authority to President Iloilo. Iloilo then publicly endorsed all RFMF actions and said he will appoint an interim government shortly, with a broad mandate to improve Fiji [...]
2007-01-03 22:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA518FIJI: INTERIM GOV'T ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (C) Fiji military and police arrested at least 16 suspects during the weekend, allegedly for plotting to assassinate interim PM Bainimarama and other senior figures in the interim government (IG). Those arrested included the High Chief of Naitasiri Province, New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan [...]
2007-11-04 18:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA53FIJI UPDATE 1/23/17: BAINIMARAMA LOOKING NORTH;
[...] (C) In reaction to aid and visa restrictions imposed by Western governments, particularly Australia and New Zealand, Commodore Bainimarama announced plans to send a delegation of ministers, senior officials and businessmen to China, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia in order to diversify sources [...]
2007-01-22 21:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC UN EU CH IN MY ID
07SUVA59FIJI UPDATE 1/24/07: RFMF DETAINS CRITICS; UNIONS
[...] (C) Prominent lawyer Richard Naidu was brought to the army barracks and "given the usual third degree" last night. He will "lay low" for a while but plans to resume public comment. The interim Attorney General suggested that instead of bringing critics up to QEB, the military should let pol [...]
2007-01-23 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ CH
07SUVA66TONGA AND THE FUTURE: RECONCILE; REFORM; AND
[...] (C) Two months after last November's riot, the Ambassador's Jan. 16-18 visit to Tonga found most everyone still licking their wounds. But many people realize they must look forward. A state of emergency may continue for several more months. The Tonga Defense Service (TDS) hopes to reduce it [...]
2007-01-25 18:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID PHUM ASEC CH TN
07SUVA67FIJI FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES ROAD MAPS, CHINA,
[...] (C) On Jan. 26, Fiji interim Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mataitoga described to us the interim government's plan for responding to concerns about post-coup human rights and about a road map back to democratic elections, issues bound to be raised by a Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Grou [...]
2007-01-25 20:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CVIS IQ FJ
07SUVA68FIJI UPDATE 1/26/07: BAINIMARAMA BACKS OFF
[...] (C) Fiji Interim PM Bainimarama backed off of his threats to retaliate against Australia and New Zealand for visa bans those countries have imposed on senior interim government officials. He said the interim government welcomes international trade and investment and will not interfere with l [...]
2007-01-25 21:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA72FIJI UPDATE, JANUARY 29, 2007: EPG MEETINGS START;
[...] (C) The Pacific Island Forum's Eminent Persons Group began its meetings in Fiji today. Interim PM Bainimarama called his meeting with the EPG useful, saying the group understands "there is no turning back." Bainimarama took another strong swipe at NGO activists, accusing them of poisoning [...]
2007-01-28 22:11:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA75FIJI POLICE FIGHT TO RETAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met with the Fiji Police Assistant Commissioner for Police Operations Samuela Matakibau January 23 to discuss the current state of the Fiji police and its relationship with the military-appointed interim government. Despite the military's assertions that the police and army ar [...]
2007-01-29 20:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL CASC MARR FJ
07SUVA84FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1, 2007: EPG COMPLETES ITS
[...] (C) The EPG wrapped up its visit, but said little of substance in its closing press conference. The EPG will present a report to Forum Foreign Ministers in about two weeks. It called on the Forum to continue to engage with Fiji. In a welcome letter to the EPG Chairman, Bainimarama said th [...]
2007-01-31 22:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA89FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 5, 2007: RFMF LASHES BACK
[...] (C) Fiji's Methodist Church issued a strongly worded statement February 2 condemning the coup. It asked Bainimarama, the interim government, and President Iloilo to resign. The RFMF responded by barging into the church's headquarters (inside one of Suva's most well-known churches) and "int [...]
2007-02-04 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA94FIJI UPDATE 2/7/07: SHUFFLING AMBS? CUTTING CIVIL
[...] (C) Replacement of some or all of Fiji's current ambassadors is in the works. A prospect for PermRep in New York is reluctant to accept the job because of Australia, New Zealand, U.S. visa-ban worries. Interim government efforts to cut civil-service costs continue, indicating severe fiscal-c [...]
2007-02-06 20:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA99FIJI UPDATE FRI. FEB. 9, 2007: STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) It has been two months since Fiji's coup, and the state of emergency has been extended another 30 days. The QE2 and several other cruise ships are making day stops in Suva. The military band plans a welcoming parade on Saturday. The Interim Attorney General has suggested the labor-union [...]
2007-02-08 18:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC FJ
07TAIPEI1912AIT VISITS SANHSIA IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY:
[...] Summary: Most detainees at the Sanhsia detention facility initially came to Taiwan on legal work visas, but became illegal workers after seeking higher wages with unauthorized employers, or by staying to work after their visas had expired. Detainees arrive at Sanhsia after their arrest by p [...]
2007-08-22 01:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOMIG KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
07TAIPEI2033PROTEST TO AIT REGARDING TAIWAN UN BID REFERENDUM
[...] During the small group demonstration outside AIT on Sept 4 (reftel),ADIR invited several Legislative Yuan and Taipei Council members (list provided below) to present their views inside AIT. Apart from reading their letters (translated below),several added their own views during the meeting. [...]
2007-09-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO CH TW
07TALLINN424COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER (JUL 05 -
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the Congressional Delegation headed by Congressman John Boehner, to Tallinn, Estonia from July 5-7, 2007. 2. A schedule will be sent to the Delegation's designated POCs and to State (H) via e-mail. 3. No visa is required for holders [...]
2007-06-25 12:01:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS SW EN
07TALLINN433 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The last eight months have been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's recent visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves [...]
2007-06-28 14:18:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN548 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY SELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to W [...]
2007-08-24 10:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN549 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to [...]
2007-08-24 10:44:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN573 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: THIRD QTR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 12:44:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
07TALLINN583SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT
[...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...]
2007-09-06 14:25:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN589 ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Three and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and an effective role model for democracy in the former Soviet states [...]
2007-09-07 14:42:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN711SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (U) AmEmbassy Tallinn provides the following responses to REFTEL. 2. (SBU) The Government of Estonia (GOE) will send Central Criminal Police (KKP) Superintendent Reijo Valgjarv to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting being held from 5-8 November, 2007 in Marrakech, Morocco. 3. (U) [...]
2007-11-01 11:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IR KJUS PGOV PREL PTER
07TALLINN728ESTONIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT
[...] SUMMARY: On October 30, a visiting Washington delegation representing the CA Bureau and the Terrorism Screening Center reached agreement with GOE interlocutors on the text of a Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) Arrangement to share terrorist-screening information. Substantiv [...]
2007-11-07 14:34:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN
07TALLINN763 FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: FOURTH QTR FY2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:43:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
07TALLINN778ESTONIA: HSPD-6 AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] On December 6, 2007, Ambassador Phillips and Aldis Alus, Director General of the Estonian Security Police Board, signed the "Arrangement between the Terrorist Screening Center of the United States of America and the Security Police Board of the Republic of Estonia for the Exchange of Screening [...]
2007-12-07 15:14:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN
07TASHKENT1380COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ANAND
[...] Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Members Manpreet Singh Anand, Melissa Adamson, Gene Gurevich and Amanda Sloat for the proposed visit to Tashkent August 22. Post will meet Staffdel at the airport and provide transportati [...]
2007-07-27 10:54:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UZ
07TASHKENT1488POINT OF CONTACT FOR ILEA PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 07:15:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1807FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING
[...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...]
2007-10-19 06:29:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT2063WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 11:05:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2081UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 11:17:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2090MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION
[...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...]
2007-12-06 13:03:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2100LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...]
2007-12-07 13:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ
07TASHKENT2171WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 11:42:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT352UZBEKISTAN INFORMATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. This information covers the period from March 2006 to March 2007. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the GOU, Organization for Secu [...]
2007-03-05 00:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
07TASHKENT809UZBEKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 08:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG UZ
07TASHKENT817UZBEKISTAN - IOM SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY
[...] In response to the G/TIP solicitation (ref A),Post is pleased to submit a second proposal, this from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). (Note: Our first proposal was from UNODC - ref B. End note). The IOM proposal builds upon existing USAID and INL-funded programs, and rei [...]
2007-04-23 10:31:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UZ
07TBILISI2774TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP 3
[...] President Saakashvili addressed the Georgian nation live on television at approximately 1900 on November 7. Meanwhile, demonstrators clashed in the streets with police after being dispersed from the Rike area on the other side of the Mtkvari River from Parliament. The demonstrators had retrea [...]
2007-11-07 17:18:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2778TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On November 2, 2007, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in response to threat information against Baku, to review our crisis preparedness status, and to discuss the implications for armed conflict between Russia and Georgia if and when the international community recogniz [...]
2007-11-08 11:29:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC GG
07TBILISI2804TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE DUE TO CIVIL
[...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened on November 7, 8, and 9, 2007 in response to the development of violence in the recent protests against the administration of Georgian President Saakashvili in Tbilisi. At around 1330 on November 7 Georgian police dispersed the peaceful, [...]
2007-11-13 15:13:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR GG
07TBILISI2944DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI
[...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]
2007-11-21 11:30:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TEGUCIGALPA1476HONDURAN NATIONAL PROTEST FIZZLES WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, frustrated in his struggle with the Honduran National Congress on issues such as telecommunications reform (ref. A),resorted to tacit support for a nation-wide protest on August 27, 2007 by the Bloque Popular and organized labor unions. Teachers, [...]
2007-08-29 22:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EAGR ECON ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET
07TEGUCIGALPA1856HONDURAS RECEPTIVE TO CASH COURIER INITIATIVE
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 29 to Ambassador Roberto Ramos Bustos, head of the office of Special Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ramos was enthusiastic about the U.S. proposal and said Honduras shares the U.S. and G-8 concerns about cash smuggling and other [...]
2007-12-03 22:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC
07TEGUCIGALPA432HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]
2007-03-09 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07TELAVIV2714ISRAEL CALM, NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SYRIAN CLAIMS
[...] (U) The Israeli media were dominated September 6 and 7 by Syrian media reports that IAF aircraft penetrated deep into Syrian airspace early in the morning of September 6 and may or may not have dropped ordinance on unspecified targets. Much of the television news commentary the evening of Sep [...]
2007-09-07 13:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SY IS
07TELAVIV2738ISRAELI LEADERSHIP STILL SILENT ABOUT ALLEGED IAF
[...] (U) Much to the consternation of the Israeli media and punditocracy, the Israeli civilian and military leadership are continuing to maintain strict silence about the mysterious Israeli Air Force operation deep into Syrian territory early in the morning of September 6. Israeli media reports o [...]
2007-09-11 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC SY IS
07TELAVIV317COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 4-9, 2007 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv warmly welcomes the February 4-9 visit to Israel of Mr. Ralph Hager and Mr. Gerald Davis, representing the S/CT-chaired Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent t [...]
2007-01-29 15:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OTRA ASEC AMGT IS
07TELAVIV394COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 17-23 VISIT OF TSWG
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv warmly welcomes the February 17-23 visit to Israel of Ms. Christine MacKenn, Ms. Shana Yakobi, and Messrs. Raymond Carr, Robert Koch, Jestin Matthew, LaMar Thompson, and Lu Ting representing the S/CT-chaired Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). Please note that all me [...]
2007-02-06 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OTRA ASEC AMGT IS
07TELAVIV513COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 18-20 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem warmly welcome the February 18-20, 2007 visit to Israel of the Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Senator John Kyl. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both [...]
2007-02-16 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ IS JO TU
07TELAVIV514COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 19-20 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem warmly welcome the February 19-20, 2007 visit to Israel of Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),member, House Energy and Commerce Committee. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories sho [...]
2007-02-16 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IS TU UK
07TELAVIV699ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT, PART 1 OF 2
[...] (SBU) The following is post's input for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. Embassy point of contact is Alan Holst, telephone (972) (3) 519-7437, fax 519-7484, email holstar@state.gov. The Government of Israel (GOI) has provided extensive written responses to post's questions on traffick [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV700ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV736ISRAEL MFA INFORMED OF USG INTEREST IN AMIA CASE
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov expressed appreciation for the update on the USG interest in the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing case, calling it a "front and center" issue for the MFA. [...]
2007-03-08 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL FBI KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL KIRF
07TELAVIV930AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT NGO CONFERENCE, AND OTHER TIP
[...] (U) The Ambassador spoke at the "Hear My Voice" conference on human trafficking at Tel Aviv University on March 21. The conference, which saw the participation of GOI and law enforcement officials, diplomatic representatives from eastern European countries, and numerous NGOs, is part of NGO I [...]
2007-03-26 13:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
07THEHAGUE1023COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for John A. Gastright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau and his delegation consisting of Edward Smith, John K. Wood, Mark S. Ward, Mitchell E. Shivers, Meghan Bradley, Peter T. Shea, Brian A. Morales and Th [...]
2007-05-31 13:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA APER NL
07THEHAGUE1100COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL BRUCE -
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Bonnie Bruce and Ms. Jean Flemma, Professional staff members, House Natural Resources Committee (HRESO) to travel to The Hague, The Netherlands from June 8-16, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to observe the Fourteenth Conference o [...]
2007-06-08 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN AMGT ASEC NL
07THEHAGUE1125COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL F. STAFFORD
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael F. Stafford, U.S. Negotiator for Nuclear Security and Dismantlement to travel to The Hague from June 14 - 16, 2007 to attend meetings with host government officials. 2. Embassy has arranged hotel accommodations for the night [...]
2007-06-13 07:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA APER KNNP PREL DA NO EU
07THEHAGUE132COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANKFURT INTERNAL
[...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Revenue Agent Sally Lynn Williams to travel to the Netherlands from March 28 - April 4, 2007 to provide tax assistance at the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...]
2007-01-25 15:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1478EMBASSY THE HAGUE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] Post Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Working Group has been meeting regularly since 2001. The LE/CT Working Group is chaired by DCM Michael Gallagher and coordinated by Global Issues Section Chief Susan Garro. In addition to all law enforcement agencies at post (FBI, DEA, ICE, CBP, U.S. [...]
2007-08-10 05:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR NL
07THEHAGUE1480COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Rick Boucher, Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee (HENR),and his accompanying delegation visiting the Netherlands August 16-17, 2007. 2. Per previous e-mail correspondence, Post has arranged accomodations. 3. Emb [...]
2007-08-10 12:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ASEC FR GM NL OREP AMGT AFIN
07THEHAGUE189COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRUSSELS FAA
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official Anthony F. Faxio, Director of Europe, Africa and Middle East Area Offices, Brussels to travel to the Netherlands from February 7-15, 2007 for a runaway incursion meeting with the Dutch CAA and to attend the annual [...]
2007-02-01 13:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE190COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRUSSELS FAA
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official Daniel Vaca Jr., International Program Officer, Brussels, to travel to the Netherlands from February 12-15, 2007 to attend CANSO Conference in Maastricht. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance has [...]
2007-02-01 13:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE215COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PRINCIPAL DEPUTY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Charles Shapiro, to travel to The Hague on February 14, 2007 to attend consultations regarding issues of mutual concern in Latin America with host government officials. 2. Embassy has arrang [...]
2007-02-05 13:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA BE PREL EUN GY HU NL
07THEHAGUE33COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-28/29 R62 to travel to the Netherlands from February 4-29, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who nee [...]
2007-01-08 15:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
07THEHAGUE529GLOBAL FORUM V: DUTCH WILL NOT SEND FORMAL
[...] (SBU) The Dutch will not send a formal delegation to the April 2-5 Fifth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity (GF V) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hans van Bodegraven, Director of Customs and Consumer Finance at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, told Econoff March 21 the [...]
2007-03-23 14:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KCOR KJUS AORC ASEC OTRA OVIP PREL UN
07THEHAGUE586EXTENSIVE NETWORK PROVIDES SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF
[...] (U) Summary. Rescued trafficking in persons (TIP) victims are supported by an extensive network of service organizations which provide legal, social, health, and education services. Public health organizations participate in anti-TIP outreach activities and provide health care for at-risk wo [...]
2007-03-28 13:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
07THEHAGUE793COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration Program Manager, Mitchell J. Narins to travel to the Netherlands May 26, 2007 to attend the CGSIC as the DOT representative and also attend the European Navigation Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistanc [...]
2007-04-27 13:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE812COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC OFFICIAL
[...] Country clearance is granted for May 9-17, 2007 visit to Egmond aan Zee and Amsterdam,The Netherlands of Charles Miller. The purpose of the travel is meet and attend several sessions regarding paramedic issues with the Task Force of the World Association for disaster and emergency medicine (W [...]
2007-05-01 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KSCA ASEC CDC NL
07THEHAGUE816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[...] Country clearance is granted for Farah Pandith, EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement to travel to The Netherlands from May 6-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is for outreach events, post consultations, counter-terrorism training and awareness. 2. Control officer for the visit is Su [...]
2007-05-02 09:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE837COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Russell J. Jones to travel to Amsterdam,The Netherlands from May 6-12, 2007 to represent the FAA at the upcoming Commerical Aircraft Composite Repair Committee (CARCR) training standards meeting. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2007-05-04 08:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE854COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SAFETY
[...] Country clearance is granted for Brian K. Murphy, Aircraft Structures, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to travel to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from May 8-12, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to attend a composites, durability, and damage tolerance conference. 2. Embassy und [...]
2007-05-07 08:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR ASEC NTSB NL
07THEHAGUE856COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-06 R66 to travel to the Netherlands from May 27- June 24, 2007 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...]
2007-05-07 09:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAIR KHLS NL OTRA PTER HLSX
07THEHAGUE857COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA PERSONNEL JAMES
[...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards Service employee James C. Sayre to travel to the Netherlands from June 10-14, 2007. Mr. Sayre will be traveling through the Netherlands on the way to and from Finland. 2. Embassy understands that no further [...]
2007-05-07 11:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE860COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL
[...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team SD 07-01/19/29/34 R66 to travel to The Netherlands from May 29 - June 24, 2007 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. V [...]
2007-05-07 14:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HKSX NL
07THEHAGUE88COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for The African Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary, James Swan, Ambassador Joyce Leader, DOD/OSD Director for Central Africa, Patricia Jacubec, to travel to The Hague from January 21 to 24 to attend a Great Lakes Contact Group Meeting. [...]
2007-01-19 12:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA BE PREL NL
07THEHAGUE893COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANT FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
[...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of State, Near Eastern Affairs officials David Denehy, NEA Senior Advisor and Thomas Hill, Program officer to travel to the Netherlands from May 13-14, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to conduct meetings in the Hague in s [...]
2007-05-11 08:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTR PREL ASEC NL
07THEHAGUE903COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE
[...] Country clearance is granted for IRS CI Special Agent John L. DaSilva to travel to the Netherlands from June 2-9, 2007, to conduct business in regards to a CI case. Mr. DaSilva holds a High Risk/Public Trust clearance. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is Economic Section Chief K [...]
2007-05-14 08:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA IRS TAX NL
07THEHAGUE905COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE
[...] Country clearance is granted for IRS CI Attache William Cotter to travel to the Netherlands from May 17-18, 2007, to meet with Dutch tax officials to discuss CI cases. Mr. Cotter holds a Top Secret clearance. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Section Chief, Karen L. Enstrom, office [...]
2007-05-14 10:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA IRS TAX NL
07THEHAGUE922COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC OFFICIAL
[...] Country clearance is granted for May 28-30, 2007 visit to Amsterdam,The Netherlands of Paula Yoon, Epidemiologist, National Office of Public Health Genomics, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC. The purpose of the travel is to present "The Role of Family History in Chronic Disease Prevention" at the University [...]
2007-05-15 12:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KSCA ASEC CDC NL
07TIRANA963ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref demarch to the Director of Albanian State Police (ASP) Ahment Prenci on 30 October 2007. Albania plans to send three representatives from the ASP to the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, including Deputy Director of ASP Argon Kalicaj, INTERPOL chief Pe [...]
2007-11-01 14:59:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS AL IR
07TOKYO10282007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-09 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO10342007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-12 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO1361COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EOYANG AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 5 -7, 2007 visit to Japan by Staffdel Mieke Eoyang, Donald Viera, Fred Fleitz, and Laurence Hanauer. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mary Wilson. She can be reached [...]
2007-03-28 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS CH JA
07TOKYO1793COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]
2007-04-23 09:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA
07TOKYO2662COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WEBB
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 30-July 2, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Webb. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Ray Greene. Assisting control officer will be Political Intern Jonathan Stradling. Contact information as follows: [...]
2007-06-13 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL TH VM JA
07TOKYO3554Country Clearance for CODEL Hastert
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to Congressman J. Dennis Hastert and his delegation traveling to Japan from August 4-7, 2007. The delegation is as follows: Rep. J. Dennis Hastert Rep. John Shadegg Mr. David Cavicke Mr. William Koetzle Maj. David Kincaid Post un [...]
2007-08-03 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO3766Country Clearance for NTSB -- Rosenker, Mark; Doyle,
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to the NTSB delegation traveling to Tokyo August 19-27, 2007, for meetings with Japanese automobile manufacturers. The delegation is as follows: Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman Thomas W. Doyle, Counselor to the Chairman, Barbara A. Czech, [...]
2007-08-15 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ELTN EAIR ASEC NTSB JA
07TOKYO43COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...]
2007-01-09 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA
07TOKYO441JAPANESE UPDATE OF AFGHAN RING ROAD PROJECT
[...] Summary. Japan has signed a contract with a construction company, SAITA of Afghanistan, to complete its 114 km segment of the Afghan Ring Road (Kandahar to Herat),and expects work to be completed by December 2008, if not sooner. MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Grant Aid/Technical Coop [...]
2007-01-31 23:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AFIN AF JA
07TOKYO4564COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 6-13, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Inouye. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Raymond Greene. Administrative points of contact are Political Officer John Nylin and Management Officer Peter Hayde [...]
2007-09-28 09:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA AMGT AFIN ASEC PREL JA
07TOKYO5346JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 08:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA
07TOKYO5647COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAUSCHER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 09-11, 2007, visit to Japan by CODEL Tauscher. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone [...]
2007-12-21 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO5649JAPAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japan continued to increase efforts to prevent terrorism and there were no terrorist attacks in Japan in 2007. Domestically, Japan bolstered its defenses against terrorism by improving crisis management and first responder capabilities and took steps to strengthen border security. By December [...]
2007-12-21 06:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
07TOKYO5661DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA
07TOKYO827GOVERNMENT COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NEW NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) During a February 27 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Japan's National Security Advisor Yuriko Koike provided Dr. Crouch with an advanced copy in Japanese of the "Report (draft) by the Council to Strengthen the National Security Function of the Prime Minister's [...]
2007-02-27 13:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC PINS JA
07TUNIS111POLITICAL FSN SENTENCED UNDER QUESTIONABLE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. HALFAOUI [...]
2007-01-25 18:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS112TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR
[...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...]
2007-01-25 18:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS121BEN DHIA: POLFSN SHOULD APPEAL
[...] (S/NF) ON JANUARY 26, MINISTER OF STATE, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY ABDELAZIZ BEN DHIA INVITED AMBASSADOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO FOLLOW UP ON AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 25 INQUIRY ABOUT THE LEGAL CASE OF POLFSN JAMIL HALFAOUI (REFTELS). AMBASSAD [...]
2007-01-26 15:28:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1516COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TUNISIA GRANTED FOR CODEL
[...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Ted Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunisia from November 25-26, 2007. 2. Point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Susannah Cooper. Contact information for Ms. Cooper [...]
2007-11-23 14:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC TS JO
07TUNIS153POLFSN'S SENTENCE SUSPENDED UNTIL SUPREME COURT
[...] (SBU) On January 31, the GOT Attorney General approved the request for suspended implementation of the four-month prison sentence of PolFSN Jamil Halfaoui (reftels). This suspension means Halfaoui cannot be subject to arrest prior to the completion of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) revi [...]
2007-01-31 15:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS154THE GOT AND THE TERRORIST THREAT: SHAKEN, NOT
[...] (S/NF) In the weeks following its reported disruption of a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats, the GOT remains unresponsive to repeated USG -- and Tunisian public -- requests for further details on the incident. While there are reports of "hundreds" arrested and security [...]
2007-01-31 15:23:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS196FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...]
2007-02-08 14:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS44FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SALAFISTS WERE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 5, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah briefed Ambassador on the recent security situation in Tunisia (reftels). Abdallah said the group of very well trained "Salafists" involved in recent incidents with GOT security officials were targeting US and UK (and possibly Fr [...]
2007-01-05 17:23:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV PREL CASC TS
07TUNIS45AMBASSADOR BRIEFS UK/FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON THREAT
[...] (S) On January 5, Ambassador briefed British Ambassador Alan Goulty on the information Foreign Minister Abdallah had shared regarding the threat to US and UK interests in Tunisia (septel). Goulty said that his mission had been seeking further details on the recent security incidents from GOT [...]
2007-01-05 17:23:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER ASEC CASC PGOV TS
07ULAANBAATAR279Mongolian Court Convicts Boy Band Drug Smugglers
[...] (U) A Mongolian court convicted 13 persons accused of trafficking drugs smuggled in from China, sentencing three of the defendants to ten or more years in prison. The defendants included several Mongolian hip hop boy band stars, the son of a wealthy businessman, and several students. This is [...]
2007-05-14 03:57:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR363Country Clearance for Codel Payne
[...] We warmly welcome and grant country clearance to Codel Payne to visit Ulaanbaatar from July 1-4. Schedule information is being exchanged via email. 2. Control officer for the Codel is Economic/Political Section Chief Patrick Freeman. Contact numbers are as follows: --Office Telephone Num [...]
2007-06-22 02:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT PREL ASEC AFIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR480REGIONAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST
[...] (C) As requested in ref A, post would like to suggest that Washington consider how it can best retain and strengthen support by counter-terrorism allies and coalition partners such as Mongolia. Mongolia,s General Intelligence Agency's (GIA) has repeatedly pressed the USG for CT assistance and [...]
2007-08-24 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC MG
07ULAANBAATAR587GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA WELCOMES DOE PROPOSAL FOR PURSUING
[...] S. Enkhbat, Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia, has said he welcomes overtures by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to discuss possible areas of cooperation on securing sealed radioactive sources. He also looks forward [...]
2007-10-16 02:28:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY MG PARM KNNP TRGY
07USNATO129WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING MARCH 7-8, 2007
[...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Shirley Grosner to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]
2007-03-01 10:27:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO132WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY BRENT HARTLEY, MARCH
[...] U.S. Mission welcomes EUR/RPM Deputy Mr. Brent Hartley to Brussels for consultations March 5-7, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]
2007-03-02 08:13:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO144WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS MARCH 8, 2007
[...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Mark Shepard to Brussels for the March 8 Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. A [...]
2007-03-06 11:16:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO160WELCOME TO USNATO FOR AMB ERIC EDELMAN AND
[...] USNATO welcomes the visit of Ambassador Eric Edelman and delegation to Brussels March 11-12,2007 for meetings at NATO. The overall control officer for this visit is Defense Advisor LTC James Luke, work: (32-2) 724-3170, Cell: (32) 476-990-820 assisted by USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockr [...]
2007-03-09 17:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALASEC OTRA NATO AF PK BE
07USNATO167WELCOME HLTF MARCH 21-23, 2007 TO NATO
[...] Mission welcomes Karin Look, Larry Schultz, Jennifer Laurendeau, Sharon White, Jeffrey Gibbs, James Starkey, Christopher Beecroft, Powell Moore, and Stephen Olejasz to USNATO for HLTF meetings March 21-23. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32) [...]
2007-03-15 15:20:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ASEC AADP NATO OSCE PARM
07USNATO169WELCOME FOR NATO EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE
[...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo, and Paul Iarrobino to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) [...]
2007-03-15 15:21:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO190WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND
[...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...]
2007-03-23 16:18:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO256WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS APRIL 24,
[...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Jon Erickson to Brussels for the April 24 for the Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476- [...]
2007-04-19 12:52:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO284RESPONSE TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE: FOREIGN
[...] U.S. Mission NATO welcomes the visit of Mr. Richard L. Prosen to conduct consultations with USNATO and NATO International Staff in Brussels, May 9-11, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been requested at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel for arrival on May 9, 2007. 3. U.S. Mission POC: [...]
2007-05-03 13:54:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OSCE OTRA PREL PL BE
07USNATO332WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MAY
[...] Mission welcomes Mr. Kenneth Myers to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32)2-724-3384, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. USEU Control Officer is USEU Political Officer M [...]
2007-05-25 12:06:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR
07USNATO346WELCOME FOR SENATOR WILLIAM NELSON AND TRAVELING
[...] Mission welcomes The Honorable William Nelson and traveling party June 3-4, 2007. Control officers for the visit are USNATO Political Officer Robert Kemp, Office Tel:(32)2-724-3125, Cell: (32) 0494.54.55.58, Fax: (32)2-724-3421 and Col. Brian Murtha, USMC, Special Assistant to the Commander [...]
2007-05-31 14:52:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO US
07USNATO352WELCOME FOR JUNE 12-13, 2007 NATO MANPADS
[...] U.S. Mission to NATO welcomes the visit of Lisa Benthien, Herman Rediess, and Frank Diaz for the purpose of attending the Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Conference. The control officer for this visit is Political Officer Mr. Tom Underwood, work:(32-2)724-3142, fax:(32-2)724-3421. H [...]
2007-06-05 11:53:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ASEC ALBE BE
07USNATO356WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING JUNE 18-22, 2007
[...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Horacio Vignale to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]
2007-06-06 14:15:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO386WELCOME FOR EDWARD SMITH JUNE 27-30, 2007
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of Edward Smith, Senior Advisor, South Central Asian Affairs Bureau to Brussels June 27-29. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32.(0)2.724.3136, Cell: 32.(0)496.198.008. USEU point of contact is PolMil C [...]
2007-06-25 07:35:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFDB BE
07USNATO388WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF JUNE 28, 2007
[...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF meetings, June 27-28, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul and Denise Corbin(32)2-724- [...]
2007-06-25 14:42:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCFE NATO OSCE OTRA PARM PREL
07USNATO399WELCOME TO STAFFDEL TILLEMANN JULY 1-2, 2007.
[...] Mission welcomes Professional Staff Member, Tomicah Tillemann to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on July 2, 2007. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Luc [...]
2007-06-29 13:53:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREG AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN BEXP ENRG GM RS
07USNATO94WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND
[...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...]
2007-02-14 16:41:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP
07USNATO99FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO BLACK
[...] Per Ref A, USNATO reports there are no outstanding expenses related to Black ICE. 2. Per Ref B, the airfare charged against the fiscal data for three NATO participants was 886.20 Euros for Mr. Axel Angeley; 856.49 Euros for Mr. Carsten Fausboll; and 856.45 Euros for Mr. Ayhan Batur. OLSON [...]
2007-02-15 16:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC PTER TBIO
07USOSCE453OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT
[...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]
2007-12-06 12:21:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USUNNEWYORK516COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR OPEN ENDED INFORMAL
[...] In response to reference A, USUN grants country clearance for all members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Open Ended Informal Consultative Process for Oceans and Law of the Sea in New York from June 25-29, 2007. 2. Unescorted access within USUN is granted only to State Depart [...]
2007-06-25 18:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC UN
07USUNNEWYORK553MISSION CLEARANCE FOR 1540 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER
[...] In response to REFTEL, mission clearance is granted for ISN officers Pieter Ott, Yvette Wong, Thomas Wuchte and DoE officer Todd Perry to attend the July 11-12 meeting of the 1540 Assistance Provider Meeting. 2. Control officer will be USUN Mark Groombridge who will join delegates at the [...]
2007-07-06 15:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCFE OTRA PARM PREL SC UN WMD
07USUNNEWYORK557DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]
2007-07-09 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
07USUNNEWYORK794COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: CONSTANCE ARVIS TO
[...] Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Constance Arvis, Deputy Director for Law of the Sea, Office of Oceans Affairs to visit USUN, New York to attend the UNGA negotiations on the Oceans Omnibus Resolution to be held from September 30 to October 6, 2007. 2 POC is James Donovan at [...]
2007-09-25 13:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC EFIS EWWT UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK996PALESTINIAN COMPLAINT - REMOVAL OF POLICE POST
[...] Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine, called Ambassador Wolff on November 9 to register his concern with the New York Police Department's decision to reduce and then eliminate police coverage in the security booth located in front of the PLO Mission to the UN. Mansour sa [...]
2007-11-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP ASEC PLO UN
07VATICAN108FE/BR WINDOW REPLACEMENT
[...] The FE/BR windows installed in the ground floor of the Vatican Chancery are deteriorating and three of the thirteen panels have already suffered fogging damage which limits the visibility and light entering through the panels. The FE/BR panels, which were installed in 1993/1994, are reaching t [...]
2007-07-11 09:23:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
07VIENNA532AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...]
2007-03-01 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
07VIENTIANE163VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Vientiane EAC met February 26 to discuss a WHO report of first-ever case of probable human infection of avian influenza (AI) in Laos. Samples from the patient have been sent for H5N1 confirmation, which is still pending. The Lao press is already highlighting this first "s [...]
2007-02-26 10:18:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU SOCI SCUL PREL AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR
07VIENTIANE184VIENTIANE EAC MEETING -- AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5, the Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing situation regarding avian influenza (H5N1) in Laos. The Lao government announced on March 4 that a probable second case of avian influenza in humans had been identified, with confirmation pending further [...]
2007-03-05 10:35:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC TBIO KFLU SOCI AMED AMGT CASC EAGR KPAO
07VIENTIANE185SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...]
2007-03-05 11:15:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL
07VIENTIANE25NEW INFORMATION ON NORTH KOREANS DETAINED IN LAOS:
[...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Lee told Poloffs January 11 that five North Korean refugees detained almost a month in northern Laos had been released by local authorities. The five are on their way to Vientiane from where the South Korean Embassy expects them to depart quietly t [...]
2007-01-11 08:45:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC KN KS LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE309HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI
[...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...]
2007-04-17 08:52:00Embassy VientianeSECRETASEC LA PHUM PREF PTER SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE325 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposals for Laos
[...] Following are the anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Vientiane. In total, eleven completed proposals were submitted by four non-governmental organizations, two international organizations, and one for-profit Lao enterprise. The following organizations submitted proposa [...]
2007-04-20 09:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA
07VIENTIANE407VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - RENEWAL OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 08:48:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC LA
07VIENTIANE449UNODC REPORTS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN LAOS
[...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative in Vientiane, Mr. Leik Boonwaat, told NAS that, during his travel over the past few weeks, he had observed indications that the overall security situation in northern Laos was decaying. He said that a higher [...]
2007-05-29 10:35:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPGOV PTER SNAR ASEC LA
07VIENTIANE487HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP
[...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...]
2007-06-11 10:55:00Embassy VientianeSECRET//NOFORNASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE525LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]
2007-06-25 09:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE723UPDATE ON HMONG-AMERICANS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post continues to investigate the whereabouts of the three Hmong Americans who were taken into police custody on August 25. Both Lao and Thai immigration authorities have records indicating that the Americans departed Laos on August 29. During a trip to Xiengkhouang Province Se [...]
2007-09-14 10:46:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC LA
07VIENTIANE85CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST
[...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5),we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...]
2007-02-02 08:04:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE888DPRK CITIZENS ENTER SWEDISH EMBASSY COMPOUND IN
[...] (C//NF) On Friday, December 7, 2007, at approximately 1230 hrs. (Vientiane Time) Consular Officer Michael Scharding received a telephonic message from the Administrative Counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Vientiane - Birgitta Holmstrom. Ms. Holmstrom informed Mr. Scharding that, at approxim [...]
2007-12-10 09:33:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL LA KN
07VIENTIANE893AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS
[...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...]
2007-12-11 11:49:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PREL LA KN SW
07VIENTIANE896UPDATE ON DPRK CITIZENS AT SWEDISH EMBASSY
[...] (U) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Swedish Charge Aberg told the Ambassador that she and her colleague had met with a senior MFA official who suggested, as long as the North Koreans left Laos, that his government was not concerned about their [...]
2007-12-12 10:04:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALASEC KN LA PREL SW
07VILNIUS783SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...]
2007-10-31 12:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR
07VILNIUS789AMBASSADOR CLOUD MEETS WITH NEW CHIEF OF SPECIAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 24 Ambassador met with newly commissioned Director of Special Investigations Service (STT) Zymantas Pacevicius (pat-SEV-i-chuss) to discuss the challenge of fighting corruption in Lithuania and his desire for further training opportunities. End Summary. 2. (U) Pa [...]
2007-11-02 09:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PINR LH
07WARSAW1281INCREASE IN WALK-IN TRAFFIC TO WARSAW'S CONSULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the last year Warsaw,s consular section has seen an increase in both the number and diversity of walk-ins seeking asylum or refugee status in the United States. The majority of cases continue to come from neighboring countries, primarily Belarus. However, recent applicants ar [...]
2007-06-01 14:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALCMGT PREF PHUM ASEC RSOX PL
07WARSAW24092007 COUNTERTERRORISM REPORT - POLAND
[...] SUMMARY: There have been no reported terrorist groups or incidents in Poland. Despite this, Poland addresses counterterrorism issues domestically and internationally and is a firm partner of the United States in this sphere. Overseas, Poland provides about 1200 troops to the International Sec [...]
2007-12-31 10:19:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PL
07WARSAW538 POLAND: SEVENTH ANNUAL (2007) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Daniel Gedacht (telephone: 48-22- 504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GedachtDC@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one p [...]
2007-03-06 16:18:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07WARSAW935TWO POLAND SUBMISSIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2007
[...] Two Polish NGOs prepared proposals for G/TIP funded projects in response to Reftel. Post has already submitted the full proposals for the projects to the G/TIP Programs Section regional officer for EUR. Summary information for each project follows: 2. PROJECT PROPOSAL ONE: COMBATING HUM [...]
2007-04-23 12:54:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PL
07WELLINGTON114COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STS JAY WILLIAMS AND SEO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra STS Jay Williams and SEO Brian Knarr for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security maintenance. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country cl [...]
2007-02-06 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON116COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI ASC RICHARD KOLLMAR FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Assistant Section Chief (ASC) Richard Kollmar, Counterintelligence Division, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time frame of 02/12/2007 through 02/17/2007. The purpose of this [...]
2007-02-07 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON13CORRECTION TO WELLINGTON 00012: NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate Auckland welcome SEO Gregg Johnstone to Auckland, 07-09 January 2007, and Wellington, New Zealand, 09-12 January 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide security engineering services. 2. (U) Consulate Auckland has made hotel reservations within p [...]
2007-01-03 23:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSEO
07WELLINGTON14 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Kuver and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier station assessments/inspections. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of co [...]
2007-01-04 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON147COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RAYMOND W. MILLAR TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington requests country clearance for Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Raymond Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period February 19-25 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct background investigations and security interviews and to train FSNI Apia. [...]
2007-02-16 01:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON150COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington requests country clearance for Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period February 19-23 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a constituent post visit. 2 (SBU) Itinerary is as follows: Arrival: 19 February 200 [...]
2007-02-16 23:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON172 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID MAYNARD, JOHN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration officials to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 4 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Group (ISPACG) meeting and to chair the ISPACG Pl [...]
2007-02-26 20:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON182COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DSS SPECIAL AGENT PHILLIPE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Diplomatic Security (DS) Special Agent (SA) Phillipe Furstenberg for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 08-09 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is attend meetings and conduct investigations regarding Operation Treasure Is [...]
2007-02-27 21:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON191TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2007
[...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traf [...]
2007-03-02 01:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
07WELLINGTON193 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT HANSEN, MARCH 3 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration official Robert Hansen to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from March 3 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Group (ISPACG) meeting and to chair [...]
2007-03-02 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON211NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SC BRUCE E.
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Section Chief (SC) Bruce E. Carlson and Unit Chief (UC) Russell L. Hunt, Counterintelligence Division, FBI Headquarters, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period March 15-17 2007.The purpose of this visit is [...]
2007-03-08 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON212NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAV TEAM
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to DEAV Repair Team Mark A. Schmidt and David L. Monsees for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 15-18 2007.The purpose of this visit to perform scheduled repair and assess Post's armored vehicles. 2. [...]
2007-03-08 20:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ASUP AMGT
07WELLINGTON213 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN ALBERSHEIM, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Program Management Analyst Steven Albersheim to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand from March 24 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the ICAO sponsored International Airways Volcanic Watch Operations Group (IAVWOPSG) and to [...]
2007-03-08 20:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC TH NZ
07WELLINGTON215COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR A/RSO JAMAL A. HORRY
[...] (SBU) Country Clearance is requested for Embassy Wellington Assistant Regional Security Office (ARSO) Jamal A. Horry for travel to Dili, East Timor, March 09-19 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide TDY support to serve as acting RSO for Embassy Dili. 2. (U) If there are any questi [...]
2007-03-08 22:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON223NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BU1 KIRK HENRY,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to BU1 Kirk Henry for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 23-28 March 2007 and Auckland, New Zealand from 28-31 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-03-13 22:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON224NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO GREGG
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to SEO Gregg Johnstone for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 25-18 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SBU) Per REFTEL, Post has secured accomodations for Mr. Johnstone at the We [...]
2007-03-14 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON228NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO BRIAN KNARR,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to SEO Brian Knarr for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from 23-28 March 2007 and Auckland, New Zealand from 28-31 March 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform technical security work. 2. (SB [...]
2007-03-14 19:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEO ASEC
07WELLINGTON262NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CANBERRA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Shawn Henry, and Supervisory Special Agent Shannon D. McGarry, Cyber Division, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 17 [...]
2007-03-29 01:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON274NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CANBERRA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan and FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dean Phillips, Organized Crime Unit, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 30 - May 4, 2007. The purpose of this visi [...]
2007-04-02 20:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON285GNZ SHARES DRAFT OF ITS ACTION PLAN AGAINST HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, GNZ shared with DCM and Poloff a draft of its national action plan against human trafficking. From an operational standpoint, NZ government agencies already have an effective program in place to prevent trafficking. The "Action Plan" seeks to further improve inte [...]
2007-04-10 05:44:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
07WELLINGTON29COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEGATT GREGORY B. GROVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants clearances for Canberra Legal Attache Gregory B. Groves to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands from January 17-20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives from the Cook Islands Police Service and provide information on any trai [...]
2007-01-09 23:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JUS XB XV
07WELLINGTON300COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RSO JAMES DOHERTY
[...] (SBU) Country Clearance is requested for Embassy Wellington Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty and Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Ray Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa during the period of April 16-20 2007. The purpose of this trip is provide constituent post servic [...]
2007-04-13 04:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON307 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL FUJIMURA, APRIL 22
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Homeland Security Director for Asia/Pacific Office of International Affairs Paul FUJIMURA to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 22 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for official consultations with Embassy an [...]
2007-04-16 21:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PTER AS NZ
07WELLINGTON316COOPERATING WITH GNZ TO SHORE UP WEAK COOKS VESSEL
[...] (U) This contains action recommendations at paras 12-13. 2. (C) Summary: Embassy is concerned that recent Coast Guard seizures of Cook Island vessels in the Caribbean indicate that weaknesses in the Cooks' vessel registry are being exploited by organized crime. The GNZ is worried, too, hav [...]
2007-04-19 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV CW NZ
07WELLINGTON327SGT JAMES EUGENE - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR APRIL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Sgt James Eugene for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 19 - May 6, 2007. The purpose of this visit is personal vacation. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance re [...]
2007-04-23 01:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON328NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Homeland Security ICE Attache Matthew King and ICE Representative Vanessa Piepenburg for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period April 30 - May 4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetin [...]
2007-04-23 01:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON329NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J. ANDERSON, MAY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Representative (TSAR) Penny J. Anderson for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period May 7-10 2007. The purpose of this visit is to meet with NZ Government Officials. 2. [...]
2007-04-23 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON363NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN, KESNER AND KHALIL;
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan and FBI Electronics Engineers Greg D. Kesner and Joseph Khalil for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period May 23 - May 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is [...]
2007-05-09 05:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON364NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN AND CRUSE; JUNE 4-7,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan and Supervisory Special Agent Scott L. Cruse for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June 4-7, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with U [...]
2007-05-09 05:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON376NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STS JAY WILLIAMS, SEO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to STS Jay Williams, SEO Brian Knarr, SEO Gregg Johnstone, and BU1 Kirk Henry for travel to Wellington, New Zealand for the dates as listed below: Brian Knarr - June 1-16, 2007 Jay Williams - June 1-9, 2007 Gregg Johnstone - Jun [...]
2007-05-18 01:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON405NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO TSS JOHN BYLER, JUNE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Overseas Building Operations (OBO) Technical Security Specialist John Byler for travel to Christchurch, New Zealand during the period June 4-8, 2007. 2. The purpose of this visit is to inspect the conduit infrastructure for a [...]
2007-05-31 03:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ ACOA ABLD AMGT
07WELLINGTON407NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ ATTORNEY TIMOTHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, Timothy Bridgeford for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period June 4-9 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the v [...]
2007-05-31 22:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON409NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ ATTORNEY TIMOTHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, Timothy Bridgeford for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period June 4-9 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the v [...]
2007-05-31 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON422NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAPT JONATHAN Y. SABADO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Captain Jonathan Y. Sabado, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Embassy Bangkok, for travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand during the time period June 23- July 1 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a semi-annual i [...]
2007-06-11 21:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON430PULU; A092591463; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Jeffrey Kyle and Michael Franchek for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period July 19-20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Vea Kafa [...]
2007-06-12 22:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON439NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SA DENNIS R. SACHHER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Special Agent Dennis R. Saccher for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June 16-19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is provide technology exchange and training. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]
2007-06-14 22:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON440NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SA DENNIS R. SACHHER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Special Agent Dennis R. Saccher for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June 16-19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is provide technology exchange and training. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]
2007-06-15 00:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON443NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SA DENNIS R. SACHHER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Special Agent Dennis R. Saccher for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June 16-19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is provide technology exchange and training. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]
2007-06-15 02:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON445NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SA DENNIS R. SACHHER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Special Agent Dennis R. Saccher for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June 16-19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is provide technology exchange and training. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]
2007-06-15 06:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON470NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KRANINGER; JULY 02-03,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen Laura Kraninger, Director, Screening Coordination Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period July 2-3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the APEC Region ( [...]
2007-06-25 03:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON481JACKSON A028971346; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Reynaldo Mendoza and Laura Burgener for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period July 11-12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to escort NZ Alien Darin Jackson to Auckland. [...]
2007-07-02 01:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON482NEWELL, A038261224; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Juan Tovar and Edward Valle Mojica for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period July 11-13, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to escort NZ Alien James F. Newell to Auckland. [...]
2007-07-02 01:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON497NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE REPRESENTATIVES DEAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to Department of Homeland Security ICE Official Dean A. Wauson and ICE Representative Vanessa Piepenburg for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 1-3 2007. The purpose of this v [...]
2007-07-08 20:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON525LAVULAVU, A029675198 AND MOLISI, A029555233; NZ COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Mark Porter, Howard Mortan and Martin Lawrence for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 2-3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting a [...]
2007-07-19 05:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON53COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEGATT GREGORY B. GROVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Legal Attache Gregory B. Groves and Assistant Legal Attache Timothy A. Ryan for travel to Wellington, New Zealand 12-16 February, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to meet and conduct briefings with representatives from the Ne [...]
2007-01-16 19:44:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JUS NZ XB XU
07WELLINGTON532MATAELE, A09412345; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Klaas Hubert and Francisco Palamino for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 16-17, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Tuut [...]
2007-07-23 22:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON541NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN, KHALIL, and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan, FBI Quantico Electronics Engineer Joseph Khalil and FBI HQ Supervisory Special Agent Paul Mueller for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period July 29 - August [...]
2007-07-27 00:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON549HAKOFA, A035534686; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Frederick Fu and Wayne White for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 9-10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Faaitu HAKOF [...]
2007-07-29 23:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON554NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/ICE TTU SC DEAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to DHS ICE Washington DC TTU Section Chief Dean A. Wauson and Singapore ICE Representative Vanessa Piepenburg for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 1-3, 2007. The purpose of t [...]
2007-08-01 04:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ ETRD AMGT AS
07WELLINGTON569NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO GREGG JOHNSTONE;
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to SEO Gregg Johnstone to Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand for the dates August 15-27 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical services for Auckland and Christchurch. 2. (U) Emb [...]
2007-08-07 20:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ KSEO
07WELLINGTON57 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALIST
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Karen Lee Titherington, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier station assessments/inspections. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of contact is Ec [...]
2007-01-17 23:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON574TUIVAITI; A092196335; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Todd McWhorter and Jeff Laubershimer for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period July 23-25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Faasa [...]
2007-08-08 02:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON608HICKS, VILI, A075169500; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Michael Fernandez and Michael Cherry for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 30-31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Vil [...]
2007-08-21 04:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON61COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SI GEORGE W. WOESSNER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 4-10, 2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants clearance to DEA Senior Instructor (SI) George W. Woessner for travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 7-10, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to meet with host government officials to conduct advance preparations for a proposed May 2007 Advanc [...]
2007-01-19 03:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC DEA XB XU NZ SNAR
07WELLINGTON615HICKS, WILLIAM, A0294622558; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Drew Bostock and Tiphanie Benthusen for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period September 6-7, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Wil [...]
2007-08-22 03:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON620NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEA SI WOESSNER, UC
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Senior Instructor George Woessner, Unit Chief Alfred Czerski, Staff Coordinator Thomas Wa, Senior Attorney Robert Pozeinski, Retired Supervisory Special Agent Thomas Sullivan, Retired Intelli [...]
2007-08-23 04:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON634FINAU, SHAUN, A078902566; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Howard Morton and Martin Lawrence for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period September 20-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Sha [...]
2007-08-28 21:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON660NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTOPHER MEDIEROS;
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to Overseas Advisory Council (DS/DSS/OSAC) Program Coordinator Christopher Medeiros for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period September 18-24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to atten [...]
2007-09-06 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSAC NZ
07WELLINGTON665NGAUE, SIMIONE A031152815; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Brian Jeremy Myrick and Brooke Nicole Myers for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period September 27-30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting [...]
2007-09-09 22:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON67COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/LEGATT TIMOTHY K. RYAN AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Timothy K. Ryan and Ottawa Assistant Legal Attache Bryan Tepper for travel to Wellington, New Zealand 27 February 2007 - 1 March 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Five Eyes Cyber [...]
2007-01-23 00:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON671LOLOHEA, A041814478; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Walter Dorn and Norman Nelson for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period September 19, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to escort alien Eric Lolohea to Tonga and an overni [...]
2007-09-11 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON674SIKA, A090001989; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Chris Crane and Peggy Robbins for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period October 4-5, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Cameo Sika [...]
2007-09-13 02:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON675PAEA; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING OFFICERS MARK
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Mark Pelanz and Bradley Cornwell for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period October 4-5, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Pifeleti [...]
2007-09-13 02:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON676AMENDED NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEA ADVANCED INTL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Senior Attorney Jean Weld, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Dominick Braccio, and Special Agent John Callery for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period June September 23-30 [...]
2007-09-13 20:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON708NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID P. RIPPETO;
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent David P. Rippeto for travel to Christchurch, New Zealand during the time period September 28-October 8, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to testify in a court proceeding against a fu [...]
2007-09-27 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON709NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAURA CHAPMAN, DEWEY H.
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Disaster Assistance Support Program Staff Member Laura Chapman, Fairfax County Virginia Battalion Fire Chief Dewey H. Perks, Los Angeles Fire and Rescue Department Battalion Fire Chief Thomas Ewald and Captain Joh [...]
2007-09-27 03:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON71COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI SC JAMES CASEY, SSA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counterintelligence Division Section Chief (SC) James Casey, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) David T. Miller, Supervisory Intelligence Analyst (SIA) Karen Lazar, and Special Agent (SA) Denni [...]
2007-01-24 03:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON72COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/LEGATT SCOTT E. GICKING TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Legal Attache Scott E. Gicking, Embassy London, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, during the time frame of 02/27/2007 through 03/01/2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Five Eyes Cyber Working Group to [...]
2007-01-24 03:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07WELLINGTON721TAUKEI, A077487337; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Ian Spino and David Mondanaro for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period October 3-4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to escort alien Koloti Taukei to Tonga. 2. (U) E [...]
2007-10-02 01:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON722NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE LEGAL ATTACHE SCOTT L. CRUSE;
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Canberra Legal Attache Scott L. Cruse for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period October 8-11, 2007. The purpose of this visit to meet with Embassy officials, members of the NZ Police and security services. [...]
2007-10-02 23:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON748SEKO, A099578990; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents James Rutherford and Kristopher Rankin for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period October 25-26, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien [...]
2007-10-11 02:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON752NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE STERN; NOVEMBER 18-DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Research Chemist, Laboratory Division, Dr. Libby A. Stern for travel to Dunedin, New Zealand during the time period November 18 to December 1, 2007. The purpose of this visit to present FBI research at the Forensic Isotope Ra [...]
2007-10-12 00:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON783NAQELEVUKI, A088358230; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Martin Zelenka and Jose Blanco II for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period November 8-9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Michae [...]
2007-10-28 23:52:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON79 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY ANDERSON,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sydney TSA Representative Penny J. Anderson, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook SIPDIS Islands, from February 5 - 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and accompany TSA Specialists planning to visit Rarotonga Internatio [...]
2007-01-25 04:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
07WELLINGTON799NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/LEGATT BENJAMIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Canberra Assistant Legal Attache Bejamin Yen for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period November 13-17, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend a conference held by liaison services. 2. (U) Embassy [...]
2007-11-05 20:03:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON803PEAUA, A027549373; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Jill Ellis and Jose Ybarra for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period November 29-30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Sitelimani [...]
2007-11-08 01:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON814PEAUA, A027549373; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Jill Ellis and Jose Ybarra for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period December 13-14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Sitelimani [...]
2007-11-14 04:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON816FAALATAUA, A093065585; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Randall Henderson and Miguel Martinez for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period December 6-7, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Fa [...]
2007-11-15 20:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON828SPEIJERS, A013341409; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Sandra Ameniero and Juan Aviles for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period December 8-9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Robert S [...]
2007-11-27 01:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON859FALANIKO, A034344472; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Jason Youngblood and Mark Porter for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period December 20-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Petel [...]
2007-12-17 00:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON860SPEIJERS, A013341409; NZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ESCORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to ICE agents Sandra Ameneiro and Juan Aviles for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period January 9-10, 2008. The purpose of this visit is an overnight return from escorting alien Bob Spei [...]
2007-12-17 00:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ
07WELLINGTON96COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEA CANBERRA CCO C/A RICHARD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants clearance to Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Canberra Country Office (CCO) Country Attache (C/A) Richard Joyce for travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 4-7, 2007. Embassy Wellington also welcomes and grants clearance to DEA Senior Instructor [...]
2007-01-30 21:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC DEA
07YAOUNDE1211CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix),described serious security concerns on the border with [...]
2007-10-05 15:18:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC
07YAOUNDE1269CAMEROON VISA FRAUD: NOT ENOUGH HANDCUFFS
[...] (U) Summary: Three recently uncovered visa scams highlight the ongoing efforts of malafide Cameroonian travelers to emigrate illegally to the United States. Excellent support from the Regional Security Office, collaboration with local law enforcement and vigilance by consular employees are key [...]
2007-10-24 10:33:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC KFRD CMGT ECON PHUM KPAO CM
07YAOUNDE1306ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING:
[...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...]
2007-11-02 08:39:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM
07YAOUNDE1391CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND
[...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...]
2007-11-26 06:24:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM
07YEREVAN1259 SANCTUARY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR ARMENIA'S
[...] (SBU) Numbering 40,000, the Yezidi minority in Armenia has found sanctuary as well as economic hardship since taking refuge in Russian Armenia in the 1830s. Based on fieldwork by Dr. Mark Yoffe, a George Washington University researcher participating in the U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Progr [...]
2007-10-17 13:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ASEC PTER PREF SMIG SOCI KWMN KIRF KFRD
07YEREVAN1300 ONE AND THE SAME? THE COMPLEX ETHNIC PICTURE OF YEZIDIS
[...] (SBU) Self-identification as either Yezidi or Kurd largely depends on individual self-perceptions. While closely related, many Yezidis and Kurds in Armenia insist on being either/or. Almost all Yezidis and Kurds here observe the pagan, sun-worshipping Yezidi faith, and speak the same Kurdish [...]
2007-10-30 13:47:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SOCI AM
07YEREVAN1383THE TER-PETROSSIAN SCENARIO: A LONG SHOT, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) has become the leading opposition candidate for president. His chances of success -- whether at the ballot box or with a street protest strategy after the fact -- remain small, but he should not be dismissed prematurely. LTP enjoys unique [...]
2007-11-27 16:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1446 ARMENIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)
[...] (U) Headlines in this round-up: -- MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE -- CIVIL PROTEST OVER INFORMATION POLICY OF PUBLIC TV -- CONTINUING REPORTS OF MEDIA CLAMPDOWN -- THE ONGOING TRAVAILS OF GALA TV -- TER-PETROSSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION MONITORING REPORTS -- HOUSING CERTIFICATES FOR 1 [...]
2007-12-18 12:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ELAB KDEM KJUS KWMN HSTC
07YEREVAN250EMBASSY YEREVAN'S 2007 TIP REPORT INPUT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Armenia has made progress in its efforts to combat trafficking since the release of the 2006 TIP Repo [...]
2007-03-05 06:26:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN
07YEREVAN274KURDS' PRO-OCALAN PROTEST LUKEWARM
[...] (C) About a dozen dilapidated buses bearing posters of Kurdish militant Abdullah Ocalan pulled into the capital March 9 to protest Ocalan's imprisonment. The passengers were Yezidis from villages not far from Yerevan. The National Security Service (NSS) was aware of the protest, but was unab [...]
2007-03-09 14:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER AM
07YEREVAN510ARMENIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 06:20:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG PARM AM
07YEREVAN587INCREASING TENSIONS EXPECTED IN LORI, MORE
[...] (C) Embassy officers on May 4 visited Vanadzor (Lori Region),the largely-impoverished third-largest city of Armenia to examine pre-election conditions. Typically, pro-government officials claimed there were no problems in the run-up to 12 May while opposition and NGO figures noted otherwise [...]
2007-05-09 11:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
07YEREVAN607ARMENIAN ELECTION SCENESETTER
[...] (C) The stage is set for this election to go far better than other recent polls in Armenia, but we have not, by a long shot, seen a fundamental change in political culture here, and things could still go very wrong on Election Day. We are cautiously optimistic that Armenia's parliamentary ele [...]
2007-05-11 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN608OPPOSITION FIGURE'S ARREST DRAWS PROTEST MARCHERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 7 arrest of a minor oppostion personality led to a protest march on the National Security Service headquarters May 9. Police were poorly prepared for the unscheduled event. When several officers unwisely interposed themselves in front of -- then got swallowed by -- the c [...]
2007-05-11 13:27:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
07YEREVAN642PM SARGSIAN'S REPUBLICANS STRENGTHEN HOLD ON POWER
[...] (C) Armenia's ruling Republican Party, led by PM Serzh Sargsian, is set to have a slim majority in the new National Assembly to be seated May 31. Results will not be made official until May 19, but it seems clear that the Republicans will take 68 out of 131 seats of the new parliament. Runn [...]
2007-05-16 12:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN70ARMENIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) Law enforcement cooperation with Armenia continued to improve in 2006, with concrete key successes despite a complex environment and the lack of a formal bilateral legal framework. Fugitive investigations continued to be the most fruitful area of cooperation, but GOAM cooperation in an [...]
2007-01-19 07:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC SOCI PINS AM
07YEREVAN723ARMENIA'S YEZIDI KURDISH MINORITY: A SMALL BUT
[...] (S) The mayors of two Yezidi Kurdish villages, spoke openly to us during a May 31 visit about the fact of PKK (KGK) presence in Armenia, telling us that wounded PKK fighters from neighboring countries receive medical treatment in Armenia. We also discussed the complicated issue of Yezidi Kurd [...]
2007-06-01 11:54:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL ASEC PTER PHUM AM
07YEREVAN783CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...]
2007-06-15 12:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC
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