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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BOGOTA3734 |
FARC INAUGURATES CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) AMIDST GREAT FANFARE AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS, THE FARC ANNOUNCED APRIL 29 ITS "CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY," THE "BOLIVARIAN MOVEMENT." FARC CHIEF MARULANDA SAID THE CLANDESTINE CHARACTER OF THE PARTY WAS INTENDED TO PROTECT ITS MEMBERS FROM A SYSTEMATIC MURDER CAMPAIGN SUCH AS [...] |
2000-05-03 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER MASS PINR PHUM CO |
| 00HANOI1712 |
US DOD SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM MILITARY [...] FROM JUL 31-AUG 3, A FOUR-PERSON USDOD TEAM VISITED VIETNAM FOR TALKS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS ON ENHANCING COOPERATION ON MILITARY ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH ISSUES. AGREEMENT WAS REACHED TO CONSIDER U.S. SUPPORT TO THE GVN IN EFFORTS TO HOST A REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOP IN THEIR ROLE AS [...] |
2000-08-10 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID VM US |
| 00THEHAGUE1797 |
DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO |
| 01ABUJA1040 |
THE MPRI PAYMENT SAGA [...] SUMMARY: After numerous low, medium and high-level conversations with officials at the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Presidency, Post believes payment of USD 3.2 million for the MPRI reprofessionalization program may be received within one week. (U [...] |
2001-05-09 05:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA1048 |
OBASANJO ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS, CONTE AND THE RUF [...] (C) President Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter May 5 that he was increasingly optimistic that the GOSL and the RUF could reach an accommodation. At the conclusion of their visit to Abuja (reftel), the two sides had decided to return to Sierra Leone on the same aircraft. Obasanjo opined that t [...] |
2001-05-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI |
| 01ABUJA1155 |
PROGRESS ON OFR BASING ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA Bittrick, DATT and PolMilOff called on Minister of Army Batagarawa May 16. Batagarawa was pleased to hear about the improved levels of cooperation from the Nigerian military on OFR and MPRI. He thought basing alternatives for the 65th and 73rd battalions could be found, an [...] |
2001-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA1244 |
In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...] |
2001-06-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA1435 |
ECOWAS PARTICIPANTS IN ACRI EXERCISE IN DAKAR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Regarding reftel invitation to ECOWAS to send two representatives to the ACRI exercise in Dakar July 9-27, 2001, ECOWAS informally notified us today that Deputy Executive Secretary, General (ret.) Cheik Oumar Diarra and Military Advisor, C [...] |
2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL KPKO NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1436 |
NIGERIAN ARMY MINISTER ON OFR, MPRI ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for the Army Lawal Batagarawa on June 18 agreed to account for the two missing trucks from the previous OFR training in Nigeria, expressed some misgivings about the "Serti" base location for OFR Phase III given its close proximity to the border with Cameroon, a [...] |
2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1446 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO KEBBI STATE FOR OFR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter met June 19 with Governor Mohammed Aleiro and the Emir of Gwandu, the second-ranking Northern traditional ruler, in the first trip to Kebbi State by an American Ambassador. Governor Aliero said he was pleased that Kebbi State had been chosen as a training site [...] |
2001-06-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1520 |
NIGERIA: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ON USE OF PEPPER [...] (U) Post responded to Ref C request for concurrence on use of pepper spray with Ref D (email). However, this cable is being sent to establish a front-channel record response to Ref C. 2. (S) Ambassador Jeter concurs in equipping OFR trainers with pepper spray while in Nigeria for OFR P3, [...] |
2001-05-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA1547 |
NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI), law enforcement [...] |
2001-07-05 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA1587 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...] |
2001-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA1841 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CHIEF OF AIR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, Ambassador Jeter met with the new Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Air Vice Marshall Jonah Wuyep. Wuyep was strongly supportive of the MPRI program. He and his staff emphasized the need for undergraduate pilot training and a domestic capability to carry out periodic depot m [...] |
2001-07-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA1932 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...] |
2001-08-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD NI PREL MASS CH |
| 01ABUJA2116 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON OFR AND SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to a discussion of GON efforts in a number of African hot-spots, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA also d [...] |
2001-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO PINR PREL NI SL |
| 01ABUJA2117 |
NIGERIA: BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and President Obasanjo discussed a smorgasbord of issues over a lengthy breakfast on August 24. The President said he would do everything possible to meet the counter-narcotics benchmarks, but he admitted that the Nigerian judiciary was broken and offered to r [...] |
2001-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL SNAR ETRD BEXP MASS ECOWAS WCAR XF NI |
| 01ABUJA2218 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON OFR ISSUES AND UNAMSIL [...] (U) CDA, accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff, called on Army Minister Batagarawa 4 September to discuss OFR issues and Ref A points on UNAMSIL rotations. 2. (C) Batagarawa said he would meet with his Joint and Legal Staff and promised to provide an answer on the Memorandum of Intent this we [...] |
2001-09-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO NI |
| 01ABUJA2226 |
STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...] |
2001-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2260 |
NIGERIA: REQUEST FOR HELICOPTER AUTHORIZATION [...] NIACT IMMEDIATE precedence required because of urgent humanitarian crisis. Precedence authorized by CDA Andrews. 2. This is an urgent action request for the Department. Please see para 5. Response requested by OOB Abuja (0630 GMT) on Monday, 10 September. 3. Embassy requests State [...] |
2001-09-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MASS MARR PINS CASC NI |
| 01ABUJA2289 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F), and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...] |
2001-09-12 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL |
| 01ABUJA2297 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OFFERS CONDOLENCES - [...] (C) CDA Andrews and PolMilOff 13 September called on Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa at the Minister's request. Batagarawa expressed his condolences for the attacks against the United States. He also stated that he had spoken to the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, w [...] |
2001-09-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA2300 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER UPDATE ON OFR AND UNAMSIL [...] (SBU) Army Minister 14 September called PolMilOff on OFR and UNAMSIL issues discussed in recent weeks. Batagarawa stated that he had spoken with Comptroller General of Customs, who had agreed to give his clearance to the container carrying some OFR items from Ghana stuck at the land border. [...] |
2001-09-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2331 |
NIGERIA: KEBBI GOVERNOR ON OFR AND TERRORIST [...] (SBU/NF) Alhaji Mohammed Aleiro, Governor of Kebbi State, 15 September returned PolMilOff's call from earlier in the week. PolMilOff noted that in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, some press reports had indicated that there had been some celebrations of the attacks [...] |
2001-09-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PTER SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2420 |
NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED [...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...] |
2001-09-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2451 |
NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS, [...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...] |
2001-09-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2491 |
NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...] |
2001-09-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA2653 |
TFUS01: NIGERIA: DANJUMA'S CONDOLENCES, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by DATT, PolMilOff and DOD Colonel Terry Tidler called on Defense Minister Danjuma October 10 (COL I.D. Pennap, Personal Staff Officer to the Minister, also attended). Offering his condolences on September 11, Danjuma revealed that he had instructed [...] |
2001-10-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR CG BY NI |
| 01ABUJA2668 |
NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...] |
2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA2670 |
TFUS01: NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON EMIR OF ILORIN [...] (SBU) During a visit to the OFR P3 training site in Ilorin, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by OSD/ISA Director Theresa Whalen, DATT and PolMilOff, called on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. Expressing his deep condolences for the September 11 attacks on the United States, the E [...] |
2001-10-18 20:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA2980 |
ECOWAS: KOUYATE LETTER TO GEN FULFORD [...] (U) Embassy received the following letter (at para 2) from ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate to DCINC General Fulford, dated November 7. The original will be forwarded via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear General, I wish to sincerely thank you for inviting the Economic C [...] |
2001-11-26 17:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA2990 |
NIGERIA: ALLEGATIONS OF DOS CONTRACTOR FRAUD FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU/NF) A Pacific Architects and Engineers (PA&E) contract employee has alleged significant contract fraud on the part of PA&E contract employees in Nigeria. PA&E is the Department of State contractor for Operation Focus Relief logist [...] |
2001-11-28 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA3039 |
NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA3081 |
NIGERIA: OFR P3 ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of illnesses and accidents have left two OFR trainers dead, and seven afflicted by malaria (one soldier with malaria subsequently died, but from a condition not necessarily connected with the malaria). The Forward Surgical Team, under the direction of the Battalion Comman [...] |
2001-12-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA3219 |
ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...] |
2001-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA873 |
Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...] |
2001-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI SL |
| 01ABUJA875 |
CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly [...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...] |
2001-04-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA954 |
POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...] |
2001-05-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NI PREL |
| 01ABUJA964 |
NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...] |
2001-05-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 01GABORONE3514 |
A GRASS-ROOTS LOOK AT HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA [...] DURING OUR RECENT TRAVELS UPCOUNTRY, THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY STAFF LOOKED AT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND INTERAGENCY USG SUPPORT FOR THOSE EFFORTS. IT WAS A SOBERING EXPERIENCE THAT EMPHASIZED THE DEBILITATING SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE. SELEBI-PHIKW [...] |
2001-11-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI MASS PHUM BBG BC |
| 02ABUJA1091 |
NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...] |
2002-04-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA1168 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Ambassador Jeter met NSA General (Ret.) Aliyu Mohammed to raise concerns about the lack of Nigerian support for MPRI and Operation Avid Recovery (OAR). The Ambassador warned that obstacles faced by the OAR EOD support team and Nigeria's non-payment on MPRI are sending [...] |
2002-04-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA1185 |
NIGERIA: POST-ACRI/OFR PROGRAMMING - NIGERIA IS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inter-agency team consulting with African countries and sub-regional organizations on future planning for an Africa peace support program met with ECOWAS Secretariat staff and GON officials during their April 10-12 SIPDIS visit to Nigeria. The team presented initial program [...] |
2002-04-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1192 |
ECOWAS: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO WASP [...] (U) During April 12 discussions on plans for future peace support programs for Africa (reftel), AF/RAS Greg Engle briefed ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Chiekh Diarra and his staff on the West African Stabilization Program (WASP). Diarra's office at the Secretariat now includes Military Pro [...] |
2002-04-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR XY NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1404 |
NIGERIA: OPERATION AVID RECOVERY MADE A DIFFERENCE [...] (U) I want to express my profound gratitude to our colleagues at EUCOM, the NSC, USAID and State (AF and PM) for their exceptional support for U.S. relief operations in Nigeria since January 27th this year. 2. (SBU) As all of you know, the catastrophic explosions that devastated the Ikej [...] |
2002-05-06 17:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS EAID PINS MARR MOPS NI |
| 02ABUJA1593 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON RONCO, BENUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa said he planned to visit Washington on May 24 to meet with human rights NGOs, USG officials and the Hill. Impressed by the accomplishments of Operation Avid Recovery, he agreed help i [...] |
2002-05-23 18:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PHUM EAID KHDP NI |
| 02ABUJA191 |
NIGERIA: THE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While problems remain in the U.S. bilateral military relationship with Nigeria, significant signs of improvement are evident. The relationship between the Embassy and Ministry of Defense has improved as a result of the February 2001 creation of Minister of State positions for eac [...] |
2002-01-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA2268 |
NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Minister of State For Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa, A/S Kansteiner raised the inquiry into the 2001 Benue state massacre, the recent legislative hold on WASP funding, the Army's response to violence in Plateau State that has claimed a soldier and [...] |
2002-08-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS TP CM NI |
| 02ABUJA252 |
ECOWAS: DIARRA ON DAKAR, LIBERIA, NIGER/ACRI, EUCOM [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24 call on the Ambassador, ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra gave a brief read-out from the ECOWAS Summit in Dakar, positively describing additional funding and staffing for the Peace and Security Departme [...] |
2002-01-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA2542 |
NIGERIA: AUGUST VISIT TO IKEJA UXO [...] On August 2, Ambassador Jeter, Consul General Hinson-Jones, A/PAO, and ConOff visited the Ikeja Military Cantonment in Lagos to observe the work done by RONCO Consulting Corporation in removing unexploded ordnance (UXO) still remaining after the Jan. 27 explosion there. The Embassy team met w [...] |
2002-08-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREF SOCI KHDP NI |
| 02ABUJA2763 |
NIGERIA: ROE FOR NIGERIAN FORCES IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C/NF) DCM and POL/MILOFF met with the Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa morning of September 27 to discuss ROE for NAF units in Cote d'Ivoire. Batagarawa seemed taken by surprise when told of the deployment of three NAF Alpha Jets, two MI-35 attack helicopters, weap [...] |
2002-09-27 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MASS NI IV |
| 02ABUJA2835 |
NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...] |
2002-10-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA2872 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTERNARCOTICS, [...] (C) Counternarcotics: During a brief October 10 meeting with NSA Aliyu Mohammed, Ambassador Jeter underscored our concern regarding the modest funding the GON had provided its NDLEA this year. The Ambassador noted that last year, NDLEA funding was supplemented toward the end of the year, ther [...] |
2002-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV MOPS MASS IV NI |
| 02ABUJA2885 |
NIGERIA: NATIONAL INLAND WATERWAYS PROPOSAL FOR [...] The U.S. Mission to Nigeria cannot support at this time the proposed project presented by the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) (Ref A). This decision is based on several considerations. First, it is impossible to tell from NIWA's proposal exactly what they wish the Army Corps of E [...] |
2002-10-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS NI |
| 02ABUJA3035 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA SAYS SERTI OFR BATTALION [...] (C) On two separate occasions within the past several weeks, Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma has assured me that the OFR trained battalion currently in Serti will be rotated out to participate in UNAMSIL. Danjuma said that he has reiterated the order for the rotation and that there had been n [...] |
2002-11-06 12:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NI SL |
| 02ABUJA304 |
NIGERIA: GON ASSISTANCE REQUEST IN WAKE OF LAGOS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador Jeter offered condolences to Minister of Defense Danjuma for the loss of life and property following explosions at the Ikeja Cantonment. Danjuma, giving his assessment after a visit to the site [...] |
2002-01-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS EAID PREF SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3077 |
NIGERIA: FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS has determined its force structure and adopted an ambitious French deployment plan for its monitoring force in Cote d'Ivoire. The deployment plan envisions the arrival of advance elements in Cote d'Ivoire by Friday, November 15 and calls for the monitoring force to be in [...] |
2002-11-12 18:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA3165 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PLEDGES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President of MPRI Gen. (Ret.) Carl Vuono and members of the Nigerian defense establishment, President Obasanjo pledged 3.5 million dollars to continue MPRI operations. During this meeting and at MPRI's In- Progress-Review (IPR) [...] |
2002-11-21 19:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA318 |
NIGERIA: OFR PHASE III - SUCCESS BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3), which trained three Nigerian battalions for UNAMSIL, was successful far beyond expectations. Strikingly different from Phase I of the program, Phase III was successful because of renewed diplomatic efforts, because of personnel changes i [...] |
2002-02-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA3212 |
NIGERIAN ARMY PREVENTS KADUNA FROM BEING A [...] Summary: Nigeria's Army bears an international reputation for poor professional standards and for committing human rights violations. In Nigeria, that reputation is more nuanced, less negative. Of course, Nigerians know too well that soldiers often commit abuses. But they equally realize t [...] |
2002-11-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS EAID MASS PHUM MCAP NI |
| 02ABUJA3340 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS NAMES COORDINATOR FOR COTE [...] (C) During a December 19 telephone conversation, Nigerian Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Raph Uwechue told Ambassador Jeter that he had been appointed the Special ECOWAS Representative to Cote d'Ivoire. Uwechue said his role would be to coordinate ECOWAS' political and military eff [...] |
2002-12-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA366 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO - SPECIAL APPEAL TO [...] (C) President Obasanjo convoked Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff) on February 4 and stated, "Howard, we need help." Explaining that he did not initially realize the extent of the destruction caused by the explosion at the Ikeja ammunition depot, the President said he was ma [...] |
2002-02-04 18:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SENV PHUM PREF NI |
| 02ABUJA652 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Due to President Obasanjo's heavy schedule prior to his February 26 early morning departure (0530) for the Commonwealth Meeting in Australia, Ambassador Jeter was unable to personally deliver President Bush's letter announcing EOD assistance with the clean-up in the aftermath of the Ikeja [...] |
2002-02-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MOPS NI |
| 02ABUJA695 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) This message was delayed in transmission, but contains information that may be of value to end-users. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and NSA Mohammed February 6 discussed the Ikeja cantonment tragedy and Nigeria's request for large-scale EOD assistance. Mohammed also briefed the Am [...] |
2002-03-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MASS MOPS CG SU BY ZI NI |
| 02ABUJA780 |
NIGERIA: TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...] The following is a letter addressed to President Bush from President Obasanjo dated March 6, 2002. The original will follow by pouch; a copy has also been faxed to AF/W. 2. I thank you for your letter of 21 February with the expression of condolence as well as offering exten [...] |
2002-03-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NI |
| 02ABUJA926 |
NIGERIA: LIBERIAN RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE YIELDS [...] (C) Summary: Initially set for March 14, the Liberian reconciliation meeting finally opened March 15. The delay was due to an unsuccessful eleventh hour attempt by ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas to convince President Taylor to attend. Taylor declined but sent a 27-person delegation led by Agricultural [...] |
2002-03-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECOWAS MOPS MASS PHUM LI NI |
| 02ABUJA937 |
NIGERIA: VP ATIKU ON MPRI AND AVID RECOVERY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter called on Vice President Atiku Abubakar March 19. In addition to a wide range of economic issues (septel), Ambassador stressed the need for a quick decision on the FY02 MPRI payment; without that decision, the program would be cut. On Operation Avid Recovery, Jeter said [...] |
2002-03-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS NI |
| 02AMMAN2253 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 5 Heat Exchangers (NON-SME), Value USD 41,500.00 [...] |
2002-05-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02AMMAN2513 |
IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR JORDAN'S [...] (C) We understand that the Department may be considering consolidating its NADR Humanitarian Demining programs and focusing on fewer countries in the coming fiscal years. If this is the case, we believe it is important for U.S. political and military interests in the region -- and in OEF -- t [...] |
2002-05-20 05:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KHDP PREL MASS JO |
| 02AMMAN5195 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 7 ARM (NON-SME) value: USD 781.20; 2 ADAPTER, DRAIN V [...] |
2002-09-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02AMMAN7520 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 11 LEAF, HINGE (NON-SME) value: USD 1,489.73; 20 SCR [...] |
2002-12-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 02ANKARA8717 |
US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING FOLLOW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ----------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) On April 16-17, the USG and GOT convened the 17th annual US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting in Istanbul. The HLDG's two working groups--the Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) an [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 02COLOMBO1995 |
ENGAGING THE SRI LANKAN MILITARY AFTER DOD [...] (S) DOD has just completed three major assessments of the SL military. These assessments make plain that the Sri Lankan military forms a central component of the GSL's strategy to secure peace in the country after 20 years of civil war. The GSL needs the support of the military to make pea [...] |
2002-10-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MARR PREL MASS PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2089 |
Human rights review for Operation Balance [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) A Joint/Combined Exercise Training (JCET) has been proposed for Sri Lanka for the period of January 13 to March 3, 2003, involving the First, Second and Third Special Forces Regiments, the First and Second Commando Regimen [...] |
2002-11-07 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE |
| 02JAKARTA97 |
YUDHOYONO ASKS FOR U.S. HELP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE STEPHEN D. MULL FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS YUDHOYONO TOLD CHARGE JANUARY 9 THAT THE GOI NOW HAS POLITICAL SPACE TO ACT FIRMLY AGAINST RADICAL GROUPS. YUDHOYONO ASKED THAT THE U.S. HELP IMPROVE THE ANTI [...] |
2002-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MASS ID |
| 02KATHMANDU1197 |
HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION FOR BALANCE NAIL 02-1 [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MARR MASS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2057 |
SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948 [...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...] |
2002-10-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU2223 |
NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY [...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...] |
2002-11-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2245 |
U.S. ARMS SALES TO NEPALI ARMY MAKES FRONT-PAGE [...] (SBU) Reports on U.S. sales of M-16 rifles to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) appeared on the front pages of the November 23 editions of leading newspapers. Disclosure of this information, apparently leaked by the RNA itself, follows a November 15 Maoist statement claiming responsibility for the [...] |
2002-11-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER KPAO CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU378 |
(S) REQUEST FOR IMAGERY FOR ROYAL NEPAL ARMY, FIFTH [...] (S/NF) This is the fifth request for imagery support for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) to conduct offensive operations against Maoist rebels. 2. (S/NF) This request is the direct result of a large-scale attack on GON personnel in Achham District. RNA anticipates that Maoist insurgents are [...] |
2002-02-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER MASS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU510 |
NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...] |
2002-03-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP NP PGOV MASS |
| 02KUWAIT5416 |
(S) KUWAIT 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (S) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is extremely sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sou [...] |
2002-12-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU |
| 02ROME1239 |
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER: STRENGTHENING THE THIRD LEG [...] (C) VARIOUS PLAYERS IN THE DECISION FOR ITALY TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER HAVE PREVENTED U.S. INDUSTRY FROM BUILDING THE TRI-PARTITE COALITION NECESSARY TO SIGN ON TO JSF. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT SIGNING JSF IS A 'DONE DEAL', WE BELIEVE THAT ONLY TWO OF TH [...] |
2002-03-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EIND ETRD IT AVIATION |
| 02ROME2602 |
ITALY SUPPORTS SOMALI PEACE, NOT PUNTLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA DENIES REF REPORT THAT ITALY HAS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02602 291334Z PROMISED MILITARY AID TO PUNTLAND. THE GOI HAS NO PLANS TO AID PUNTLAND BUT IS OFFERING AID FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE SOMALI PEACE PROCESS AND COULD EXTEN [...] |
2002-05-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SO IT UN |
| 02ROME3319 |
DUTCH QUERY ITALIANS ABOUT ISRAELI PARTICIPATION [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR AND DCM IN ROME EXPRESSED CONCERN TO EMB OFFICERS REGARDING POSSIBLE ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN JSF. THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR MENTIONED THE ISSUE AT THE EMBASSY'S JULY 4 RECEPTION, AND THE DUTCH DCM, WILLIAM VAN EE, [...] |
2002-07-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR EAIR PREL IT UN |
| 02ROME3855 |
U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...] |
2002-08-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR IT |
| 02ROME5849 |
UKRAINE - GOI TELLS KUCHMA TO SHAPE UP; WANTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2, RUSSIA/FSU OFFICE DIRECTOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05849 01 OF 02 041727Z ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO TOLD POLOFF THAT THE NOVEMBER 26/27 VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA TO ITALY WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOI TO HAVE BEEN A "GREAT SUCC [...] |
2002-12-04 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL UP MASS IT |
| 02ROME966 |
ITALIAN DEFMIN'S COMMENTS SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF [...] ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO REVIVED OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSATIONS THAT HE IS A "EURO-SKEPTIC" BY SUGGESTING THAT THE EU HAD RUSHED INTO CREATING ITS OWN MILITARY IDENTITY WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH. THE NUMBER OF TASKS APPROPRIATE FOR THE EU'S RAPID REACTION FORCE (RRF) SHOULD B [...] |
2002-02-25 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS EU IT EUN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2272 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR JOINT OPERATION WITH A CD [...] No summary [...] |
2002-08-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2555 |
HONDURAS TO INVESTIGATE NACO ARMS THEFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 28, the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) designated Army Auditor General Colonel Rodolfo Reyes Argueta to investigate the alleged robbery of 230 of 790 AKMS-type assault rifles from the arms cache in Naco. The weapons were stored under court injunction in a Honduran milit [...] |
2002-08-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PARM PGOV PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2959 |
HONDURAN MINDEF OUTLINES REGIONAL DISARMAMENT PLAN; EMERGES AS LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY FIGURE IN GOH [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-25 19:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD HO MASS MCAP PARM PIRN PREL XK |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2975 |
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT ILLICIT ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 17, 2002, PolOffs met with the Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso (MOD), and again delivered reftel talking points. The MOD expressed great interest in the offer to provide training and technical assistance to combat illicit arms trafficking in Hondur [...] |
2002-10-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MARR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3320 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR JOINT OPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3350 |
CERRO LA MOLE RADAR--STILL AN UNREQUITED PACT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post reiterates the U.S. national interests in fulfilling its obligations under the 1993 agreement with the GOH regarding the maintenance of the radar located at Cerro La Mole. The U.S. agreed to pay 75% of all maintenance costs up to a limit of $400,000 per year, while the GOH [...] |
2002-12-12 20:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3365 |
SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL HILL'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goals to [...] |
2002-12-13 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO |
| 02VATICAN5546 |
ABM CODE OF CONDUCT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC TSPA ETTC MASS VT |
| 03ABUDHABI3510 |
LIFT AND SUSTAIN OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF POLISH [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador asked UAE Chief of Staff LT. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) whether the UAE would be able to provide continued "lift" in support of Iraqi stabilization efforts. MBZ said that they c [...] |
2003-07-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3940 |
UAE aid to Afghanistan totals more than USD [...] (U) Summary and comment: As the World Bank considers approaching the UAEG to co-host an Afghan donors conference on the margins of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Dubai in September, Post was reminded recently by one of our MFA contacts that the UAE has provided millions of dollars in [...] |
2003-08-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EAID MARR MASS PREL PGOV OHIP AF TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5390 |
2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...] |
2003-12-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP MARR MASS TC |
| 03ABUJA1025 |
NIGERIA: FORMER MOD DANJUMA ON ART. 98, BENUE AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: June 7 DCM paid a farewell call on former Minister of Defense LTG (ret.) T.Y. Danjuma. Danjuma did not expect the GON to conclude an Article 98 agreement and doubted the Commission of Inquiry's report on the October 2001 Benue massacre would satisfy the U.S. Congress since the [...] |
2003-06-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | MASS PREL KTIA PGOV MARR MOPS NI KICC |
| 03ABUJA1062 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador Jeter discussed the status of U.S. bilateral security assistance programs. Obasanjo was perplexed by the impending shut-down of the MPRI program, the C-130 restoration program, and the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Ce [...] |
2003-06-16 10:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1202 |
NIGERIA -- PRESIDENT OBASANJO CONFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 afternoon meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo stated that, despite the concerns of his security staff, he was committed to travelling to Monrovia to confer with Charles Taylor. He saw Taylor's extraction from Monrovia as an essential cog in the evolvi [...] |
2003-07-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MASS MOPS LI |
| 03ABUJA1230 |
NIGERIA'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO COUP IN SAO [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter talked separately to Sao Tomean President de Menezes and new Nigerian Foreign Minister Adeniji July 16. According to both sources, President Obasanjo has been in direct communication with the coup leaders, telling them to stand down and return power to the country's const [...] |
2003-07-17 19:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV NI TP |
| 03ABUJA1239 |
NIGERIA: GON THINKS SAO TOMEAN COUP LEADERS WILL [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Daniel Hart and Nigerian Ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe Saidu Pindar discussed the Sao Tomean coup with A/DCM Brian Browne on July 18. Hart and Pindar stated that the proximate cause of the putsch was sustained frustration over de Menezes' foot dr [...] |
2003-07-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV TP NI |
| 03ABUJA124 |
NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...] |
2003-01-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 03ABUJA1240 |
NIGERIA: LIBERIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche July 18 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Daniel Hart. Ambassador Hart said the USG position that the Nigerian contingent to be deployed to Liberia should be comprised of battalions trained under Operation Focus Relief (OFR) made "good sense." A/DCM [...] |
2003-07-19 11:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1246 |
NIGERIA: ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS LIBERIA FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Kansteiner, former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalaam Abubakar discussed the proposed deployment of an ECOWAS force and the establishment of a transitional government in Liberia. Abubakar said Nigerian [...] |
2003-07-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1247 |
ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a July 12 side-bar meeting during President Bush's visit to Nigeria, A/S Kansteiner told ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas that the United States was still considering its policy options in Liberia. Chambas asserted United States troops were essential to the success of a sta [...] |
2003-07-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI |
| 03ABUJA1272 |
NIGERIA:-TWO BATTALIONS CAN DEPLOY QUICKLY TO [...] (C) Summary. During a late evening July 19 discussion with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo decided Nigeria would deploy two OFR-trained battalions to Liberia. Obasanjo gave the green light to deploying one of the battalions currently in Sierra Leone and also a battalion currently in Nig [...] |
2003-07-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM NI LI |
| 03ABUJA1302 |
NIGERIA: VETTING OF NIGERIAN BATTALIONS FOR [...] (U) Post has requested the name of the current commander of the 26th Infantry battalion as well as other key officers in the battalion. The Nigerian military has yet to respond to the request, thus we have not been able to vet the names of the battalion commander and his core officers. Howe [...] |
2003-07-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR MASS SL NI |
| 03ABUJA1303 |
NIGERIA: PLANNING FOR LIBERIA [...] (C) According to current GON planning, the 19th Motorized Infantry battalion (i.e. NIBATT 15 in UNAMSIL) and the 26th Infantry battalion from Sokoto will deploy to Monrovia. Combined manpower of the two battalions is 1,375 men. The GON had indicated a willingness to deploy OFR- trained NIBA [...] |
2003-07-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA1327 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S LIBERIA POLICY GETS MIXED [...] (S) President Obasanjo's policy of active diplomatic engagement on and military troop deployment to Liberia has the support of the many Nigerians who believe that their country's status as the sub- regional power requires an activist foreign policy. However, most Nigerians probably either oppo [...] |
2003-08-01 17:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1355 |
NIGERIA: GON STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT TAYLOR'S [...] (C) During an August 7 conversation with A/DCM, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs expressed concern that Charles Taylor may try to renege on his implied promise to leave Liberia on August 11. The Minister realized that Taylor had only expressly stated that he would step down on that date [...] |
2003-08-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1356 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...] |
2003-08-08 18:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1358 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...] |
2003-08-08 18:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA1366 |
NIGERIA: PROBLEMS CONTINUE WITH MPRI FUNDING [...] (U) National Security Adviser Aliyu Mohammed Gusau told POLOFF August 11 that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had been unable to transfer the USD 1 million to fund the MPRI Civ/Mil program through December. Embassy Abuja verified that the CBN had the correct account information on August 1, [...] |
2003-08-11 17:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1367 |
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
| 03ABUJA263 |
NIGERIA: UWECHUE SAYS GON WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Special Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Ambassador Raph Uwechue discussed the evolving crisis in Cote d'Ivoire and the possibility of Nigerian involvement in the ECOWAS peacekeeping force deploying to the country. 2 [...] |
2003-02-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 03ABUJA279 |
NIGERIA: JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: During a one-hour January 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo spoke optimistically, though briefly, about his electoral chances. In the lead- up to the election, the President predicted his opponents would try to exploit Iraq and the perception of the USG as ant [...] |
2003-02-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MASS IV NI |
| 03ABUJA328 |
NIGERIA: ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE ON NIGERIA'S [...] Ambassador and Regional Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer (RNLEO) met with Attorney General Kanu Agabi on 31 January 2003. In addition to formally introducing the new RNLEO to the Attorney General, the Ambassador delivered a letter on Article 98 Agreements. The AG said he would pass it [...] |
2003-02-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SNAR KCRM PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA342 |
NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Accompanied by AF DAS Bridgewater and DCM, Ambassador Jeter February 14 urged Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to conclude an Article 98 Agreement with the US. Ambassador Jeter stressed that the Rome Statute specifically provided for such bilateral accords and pointed out that Nigeria [...] |
2003-02-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA351 |
NIGERIA: OULD ABDALLAH ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Amadou Ould-Abdallah February 6 told Ambassador Jeter that several factors had engendered the post-Marcoussis disarray. Ould-Abdallah thought Kufuor would be more effective as ECOWAS Chairman than Wade had been. The French had leverage but were losing a little every day by fail [...] |
2003-02-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA403 |
NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA ON MPRI; C-130 SPARE PARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa promised to discuss funding problems for MPRI and the shipment of U.S. donated C-130 spare parts with Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma. Turning to the upcoming elections, Ba [...] |
2003-02-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA507 |
NIGERIA - WORLD AIRWAYS, CATEGORY ONE AND SECTION [...] (C) President Obasanjo convoked Ambassador to his residence Sunday evening, March. DCM accompanied. After the President had finished his agenda (captioned septel, notal), the Ambassador briefed him on Section 557 and raised two civil aviation concerns. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter had brief [...] |
2003-03-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAIR NI |
| 03ABUJA638 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXEC SEC CHAMBAS SAYS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a hurried April 3 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas said he was accompanying President Obasanjo to Cote d' Ivoire for the coalition government's Council of State meeting April 4. Obasanjo hopes that his attendance, along with President [...] |
2003-04-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS PGOV IV NI |
| 03ABUJA715 |
NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The United States-Nigeria bilateral relationship recently has experienced more friction than has been noted for months. A confluence of foreign policy differences, bilateral concerns, and Nigeria's domestic politics produced this strain. Disagreement over Iraq and our suspension [...] |
2003-04-17 20:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS NI |
| 03ABUJA905 |
NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...] |
2003-05-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA997 |
UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN USG AND SAG ON [...] (S/NF) In light of recent threats to petroleum infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, on 31 October Vice Admiral Walsh, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Dhahran Consul General Kincannon met Saudi Arabian representatives from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces [...] |
2003-06-05 19:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MASS LI NI |
| 03AMMAN1170 |
EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 1 valve, vent (NON-SME), value USD 937.02; 3 valve, v [...] |
2003-02-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO |
| 03AMMAN1428 |
OFFER OF VACCINIA IMMUNE GLOBULIN (VIG) PASSED TO [...] (SBU) On March 9, Embassy passed reftel information on VIG to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). If/when we receive a letter from the GOJ officially requesting FDA authorization for the export of VIG to Jordan in the quantities and for the purposes outlined [...] |
2003-03-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS TBIO JO |
| 03AMMAN1688 |
DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO KING [...] (C) Following the return of King Abdullah from a 5 day trip to the UAE and Qatar late on March 18, the Ambassador on the morning of March 19 hand delivered to the King ref a letter from President Bush regarding Jordan's support in fighting terrorism. 2. (S/NF) In a subsequent meeting wi [...] |
2003-03-19 18:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | OPDC PREL MASS JO |
| 03AMMAN3047 |
SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY [...] (C) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS ON HIS RECENT PROMOTION TO GENERAL, [...] |
2003-05-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM MASS JO |
| 03AMMAN4763 |
JORDANIAN BORDER CONTROL WITH IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) PolCouns July 28 covered with Samer Dabbas, Iraq action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office, ref points requesting that the GOJ tighten its border controls with Iraq. Dabbas said that he believed considerable GOJ resources had a [...] |
2003-07-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN737 |
GOJ SPOKESMAN PUBLICLY DENIES PRESS REPORTS ON [...] (U) A GOJ spokesman January 30 strenuously and publicly denied recent press reports asserting that Jordan had agreed to allow U.S. troops to be stationed in the Kingdom and to allow overflights of U.S. military aircraft in the event of war with Iraq. Minister of Information and government spo [...] |
2003-02-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN8237 |
CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah and U.S. Brigadier General Harrell (Special Operations Command, Central) signed an agreement December 15 for Jordan to provide counter-terrorism training for Iraqi forces with U.S. support. The agreement provides for counter-terrorism training for Iraqi recruits, to [...] |
2003-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS IZ JO |
| 03ANKARA1460 |
TURKS REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VACCINES [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (S) Econ officer delivered talking points and information on vaccine from Ref A on 3/6 to MFA Feza Ozturk, head of MFA's Department of International Political Organizations. MFA is withholding response pending receipt of additional information. 3. [...] |
2003-03-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | TBIO MARR MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA1782 |
TURKS REPLY ON SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On March 17 polmiloff received a call from Oya Ergin of the MFA NATO Department. She informed that the GOT had almost completed its review of the Reftel text we had provided on October 16, 2002. When the review is complete, Post e [...] |
2003-03-20 07:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA1955 |
TURKS SEEKING NO-COST VACCINES, DELAY DECISION ON [...] (C) MFA advised Economic Officer 3/25 that the GOT is waiting for no-cost vaccine offers through the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) before accepting or declining our offer to sell through FMS pre-event smallpox and anthrax vaccines. Through NATO EADRCC, Denm [...] |
2003-03-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA2241 |
TURKEY MOVES CLOSER TO ACCEPTING OFFER TO ACQUIRE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA2272 |
TURKS AGREE TO ACQUIRE ANTHRAX VACCINE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA2984 |
TURKEY AND IDEF: SUPPORT FOR STRONG DOD ATTENDANCE [...] The Embassy supports and encourages direct senior-level Department of Defense participation in the sixth International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) that will be held in Ankara, Turkey, September 30-October 3, 2003. 2. Given the current economic situation in Turkey [...] |
2003-05-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3057 |
AFGHANISTAN: TURKS INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun and DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen told us May 9 the MFA was interested in continuing Turkey's high-level participation in international security an [...] |
2003-05-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PGOV MARR MASS MOPS AF TU |
| 03ANKARA3181 |
SEEBRIG ASSURANCES: GOT STRESSES ITS SIGNATURE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA3504 |
TURKS DECLINE OFFER FOR SECOND TRANCHE OF ANTHRAX [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA4016 |
TURKEY, BAE SYSTEMS AND SPEWS II: FURTHER DELAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) BAE Systems and the Turkish government have been trying to secure an amendment to an existing Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) that re-hosts Turkish software and jamming routines on the new SPEWS II hardware since early 2003. Turke [...] |
2003-06-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PREL |
| 03ANKARA4031 |
GOT APPROVES REVISED SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA on June 24, confirming that the SEEBRIG assurances requested of the GOT (reftel) are acceptable to the GOT and that its note constitutes an agreement between the USG and the GOT. Embassy Ankara has reviewed the diplomatic note and [...] |
2003-06-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR TU MASS |
| 03ANKARA4098 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL 23 [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG approval to sell US-origin H-300 helicopters to "Air Consult" located in Kurttepe, Adana. This the second diplomatic note we have received from t [...] |
2003-06-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA4160 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL MURAT [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on this submarine re-transfer request. This is the third diplomatic note we have received from the MFA regarding this case. The first two [...] |
2003-07-01 08:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA4498 |
TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (SPEWS) II FROM BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA (BAE), SUBJECT TO CERTAI [...] |
2003-07-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU MASS |
| 03ANKARA4899 |
MTCR NON-PAPER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff passed reftel non-paper regarding MTCR-related contacts between the USG and non-MTCR countries since the September 2002 Warsaw MTCR plenary to Omur Yurdakul, 1st Secretary in th [...] |
2003-08-05 07:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS |
| 03ANKARA4949 |
SAWYERS AND DE MELLO VISIT ANKARA TO CONSULT ON [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Outgoing British Iraq Special Envoy Sawyers and UN Iraq envoy de Mello visited Ankara July 30-31 and August 4 respectively. Both visitors exchanged assessments of Iraq with the GOT and noted the usefulness of a Turkish contribution to the [...] |
2003-08-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5208 |
TURKEY PLANS TO AUGMENT AFGHAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Kabul minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu told Charge August 14 that Turkey had decided to augment either the UK Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Mazar-e-Sharif or the German one in Konduz. He said his office would be contacting TGS as well [...] |
2003-08-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER TU AF |
| 03ANKARA5961 |
TURKEY: MFA DIPNOTE ON SEEBRIG [...] On September 18, 2003, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see para 2 for complete text) on the South Eastern European Brigade (SEEBRIG). Embassy faxed copy of the diplomatic note to OSD's Maria Copson-Niecko in Istanbul. 2. Begin text of MFA no [...] |
2003-09-22 10:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA619 |
TURKISH CHOD STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) During a January 20 meeting with visiting CJCS, Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD Gen. Ozkok said that TGS would concentrate on the ATAK helicopter and the tank modernization programs after the conclusion of the three "big" visits (i.e. CJCS, 1/23 UK CHOD and 1/24 SACEUR Gen. Jones). Ozkok [...] |
2003-01-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA6232 |
TGS REQUESTS HLDG PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) During his initial meeting with TGS Deputy Chief General Mehmet Ilker Basbug on October 2 (septel), the Ambassador informed the general that the US response to the Turkish proposed dates of November 17-19 for the next High Level Defense [...] |
2003-10-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA6270 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...] |
2003-10-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA6343 |
DEMARCHE ON TURKISH HELICOPTERS ON CYPRUS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MCAP PREL TU CY |
| 03ANKARA6412 |
GOT DENIES SUPER COBRA FLEW OVER CYPRUS SEPTEMBER 9 [...] (C) MFA Acting DDG for Greece and Cyprus Levent Bilman told PolMilCouns on October 14 that after our demarche on UNFICYP's sighting of a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter on September 9, MFA checked with both the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia and TGS. Both denied such a flight could [...] |
2003-10-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MCAP MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA7040 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER OF USS RAZORBACK: MFA [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. On November 10, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides the GOT's rationale for wanting to transfer title of the vessel USS Razorback in Turkey (the dip note was faxed to EUR/SE November 10). [...] |
2003-11-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA7627 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (U) This is an action requestion. See para 5. 3. (C) Reftel is a request for Embassy human rights vetting/certification for Turkish participation in this JCET, which is scheduled to take place in [...] |
2003-12-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA7876 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: COMSOCEUR PROPOSES [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (C) Ref A notes that COMSEOCEUR has proposed postponing a JCET (Joint Combined Exchange Training) in Turkey (ref b) from February-March 2004 timeframe to June-July 2004 timeframe. 3. (C) ODC Anka [...] |
2003-12-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS MARR TU |
| 03COLOMBO1063 |
REQUEST FOR REAPPORTIOMENT OF FMF [...] During the recent visit of the PACOM J4, Brigadier General James Kennon to Colombo, Post learned that India may not accept five million dollars in Foreign Military Funding (FMF) from the US government for a variety of reasons. If India does in fact not need the FMF, Post requests considerati [...] |
2003-06-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS MARR CE |
| 03COLOMBO1102 |
Human rights verification: Operation [...] (C) Embassy Colombo verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla and Special Boat Squadron of the Sri Lankan Navy, or a member of those units, as of this date. 2. (U) Charge certifies this state [...] |
2003-06-24 03:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE |
| 03COLOMBO1529 |
Proposed weapons deal involving Israeli [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proposed weapons deal has sparked public accusations that Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry favors an Israeli bid because it has worked out kickbacks with the company. The Defense Ministry denies the charge. At this point, the proposed deal is extremely tangled, as a potential U. [...] |
2003-09-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS PINS ECON CE IS |
| 03COLOMBO1631 |
Sri Lanka: Untangling the confusion over the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In this message, Mission provides a brief overview of the status of the possible FMS procurement of Bushmaster cannons for the GSL. Suggested next steps for Washington to review with visiting Minister Moragoda and Ambassador Subasinghe are discussed. Mission would appreciate an [...] |
2003-09-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PARM CE IS |
| 03COLOMBO198 |
SRI LANKA: NEED FOR EDA CUTTER [...] (U) Classified by DCM W. Lewis Amselem, Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY TEAM STRONGLY SUPPORTS PROVISION OF A 210' EDA CUTTER TO THE SL NAVY. 3. (SBU) AS EXTENSIVE EMBASSY REPORTING HAS DISCUSSED, THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN SRI LANKA HAS UNDE [...] |
2003-02-05 07:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS PGOV PTER PINS CE |
| 03COLOMBO456 |
SME LOR SUBMISSION FOR 30 MM BUSHMASTER CANNONS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR A SYSTEM SALE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FOR TEN 30MM AUTOMATIC "BUSHMASTER" CANNONS WITH ASSOCIATED MOUNTING, FIRE CONTROL, TRAINING, SPARES AND AMMUNITION. 2. AMEMBASSY COLOMBO STRONGLY SUPPORTS THI [...] |
2003-03-19 08:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE |
| 03COLOMBO993 |
Human rights verification: Operation [...] (C) Mission verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by either of the two Sri Lankan armed forces units identified to participate in Operation Flash Style 03-4, as of this date. 2. (U) The Charge certifies this statement. [...] |
2003-06-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE |
| 03GUATEMALA102 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MILITARY-TO-MIILTARY [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on MOD Robin Moran, the Ambassador restated USG policy in dealing with the Guatemalan military and reviewed the benchmarks for possibly establishing normal military-to-military relations. The Ambassador said that the military needs to improve its human [...] |
2003-01-14 22:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR MASS PGOV SNAR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1254 |
URC-119 RADIO TRANSFER TO GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Ref A was Post's request for authorization to transfer one URC-119 High Frequency (HF) Radio Set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program. The transfer is part of a region-wide upgrade to provide an Automati [...] |
2003-03-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR GT MACP |
| 03GUATEMALA2278 |
PRESIDENT SIGNS MINI-SOFA DECREE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-04 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL MASS MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2956 |
CAPITALIZING ON POLITICAL CHANGE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of power on January 14, 2004 of a new government more aligned with USG interests offers an opportunity to advance our priority goals in Guatemala by engaging creatively up front on our shared interests in free trade, human rights, strengthening democracy and counter [...] |
2003-11-18 23:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID PHUM MASS ETRD SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA307 |
CIRCULAR 175 REQUEST FOR NEW HORIZIONS 2004 [...] Summary and Action Request: Post requests circular 175 authority to negotiate an exercise-specific agreement with the Government of Guatemala (GOG) that would cover U.S. personnel participating the planned New Horizons 2004 - Guatemala exercise. Except for point number 13 which incorporates [...] |
2003-02-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS MASS PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA73 |
URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...] |
2003-01-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT |
| 03HANOI240 |
VVAF AND MOD SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT [...] (U) Another small, but historic step in the bilateral relationship took place in Hanoi on January 27, when the Ministry of Defense (MOD) signed an MOU for a survey of landmines and UXO with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. The Director of Defense Ministry's Demining Command (BOMICO [...] |
2003-01-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS VM US |
| 03HANOI2765 |
U.S.-VIETNAM MILITARY RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming visit of Defense Minister Tra to the U.S. to meet with the Secretary of Defense and other USG officials (ref A) is the latest and clearest of a series of positive signals from GVN concerning the development of a U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship, which has grown to in [...] |
2003-10-29 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS OREP OVIP KPOW EAID VM ASEAN |
| 03KATHMANDU117 |
NEPAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAINING GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (C) Dear Bob: I was disappointed to learn that Nepal is not included on USSOCOM,s High Value Target List. As I understand it, if Nepal is not on this list, it will be difficult for U.S. Special Operations Forces to conduct deployments and training here. I hope I can enlist your support t [...] |
2003-01-23 04:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PREL PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1357 |
NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington ============================================= ================= 2. (SBU) On July 17, the Ambassador, DCM, and poloff met with Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman [...] |
2003-07-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD |
| 03KUWAIT3409 |
KUWAIT ON SUPPORT FOR POLISH STABILIZATION FORCES [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their July 28 meeting (other topics septel). The FM said Kuwait had already agreed in principle to supporting Polish forces, as long as the burden was also shared by other nations. He added that Pri [...] |
2003-07-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL KU QA BA SA MU TC |
| 03KUWAIT3410 |
DEMARCHE ON BORDER CONTROL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT3623 |
(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...] |
2003-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP SABAH AL AHMED JABER |
| 03KUWAIT5788 |
KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sources, the [...] |
2003-12-23 08:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU |
| 03OTTAWA35 |
U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING [...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Jil [...] |
2003-01-06 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN |
| 03OTTAWA646 |
CANADA UNLIKELY TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTI0N TO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-07 20:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMFO PREL MASS XF CA |
| 03ROME3006 |
ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY TO CRITICIZE US SUSPENSION [...] (C) THERE HAS A STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION AMONG EU MEMBERS TO OUR DECISION TO SUSPEND MILITARY AID TO 35 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF A), AMBASSADOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA, THE MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, TOLD DCM JULY 2. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EU PARLIAMENT, WHERE PM BERLUS [...] |
2003-07-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD IT KSEP KTIA MARR PARM PREL MASS KICC EUN |
| 03ROME3399 |
LIBERIA/ECOWAS MISSION: ITALY SUPPORTIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CABRAS SAID ITALY BACKS OUR CALL FOR EU SUPPORT OF AN ECOWAS MISSION IN LIBERIA, AND IS CIRCULATING A FUNDING REQUEST WITHIN THE EU. ITALY'S EU CORRESPONDENT IS ALSO ENGAGED. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) A/POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR AND [...] |
2003-07-25 18:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS XY IT UNSC |
| 03ROME3701 |
U.S. COMPANY PUSHING FOR RELEASE OF TAIWAN SUB [...] (C) Summary. Kollmorgen, a U.S. producer of electro-optical submarine systems, has requested Embassy assistance in obtaining a sensitive export license for the firm's Italian subsidiary. The Italian company, Calzoni, which makes lifting devices for Kollmorgen's EO system, has requested the I [...] |
2003-08-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MASS MCAP TW IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4932 |
REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...] |
2003-10-29 18:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME4933 |
REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...] |
2003-10-30 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME5003 |
ITALY: MFA ON TROOPS AND PRT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) SUMMARY: KEY MFA INTERLOCUTORS SIGNAL THAT ITALY'S ASSESSMENT OF SENDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO GHAZNI IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY DOUBT THAT ITALY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND 1,000 OEF TROOPS TO KHOWST TO REPLACE U.S. MARINES THERE (SEE ALSO SEPTEL). THEY ALSO REPORTED BRIEFL [...] |
2003-11-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MASS PREL EAID AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME5217 |
ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...] |
2003-11-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME5468 |
ALENIA SPAZIO CEO MAURIZIO TUCCI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Alenia Spazio CEO Maurizio Tucci described for the Ambassador on November 28 his keen interest in ensuring that nothing undermine the growing relationship of trust fostered by recent Italy-U.S. discussions on dual-use export controls and technology transfer. Tucci said he was eag [...] |
2003-12-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS IT CH TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03SANAA1073 |
YEMEN: FREEDOM PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL YM |
| 03SANAA1453 |
U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary John Bolton met with Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemeni National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) and science advisor to ROYG President Saleh. Discussing the U.S. campaign to target and cut off revenue that funds North Korea's nucle [...] |
2003-06-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL MNUC MASS KN YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA1454 |
U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: PRESIDENT SALEH ON [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton joined Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh for an hour-long discussion. U/S Bolton briefed Saleh on U.S. efforts to stop North Korea,s nuclear program, as well as ongoing [...] |
2003-06-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PARM PREL MARR MNUC MASS IZ KN YM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 03SANAA1455 |
U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Begin summary: During a day of official meetings on June 17, Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton met with Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi and MOD Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed al-Qasami to discuss Yemen's relations with the DPRK and [...] |
2003-06-24 07:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PARM MARR PREL MNUC MASS KN YM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 03SANAA1772 |
ROYG: ARAB MILITARY FORCES REQUESTED FOR IRAQ? [...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) During a July 16 meeting with Poloff on numerous subjects (septel), MFA Americas Director Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi inquired about a "USG request for Arab military assistance in Iraq." He could not elaborate on the specifics of the r [...] |
2003-07-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS IZ YM |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6907 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago is waiting for comments on the Article 98 agreement from other government branches. 2. (C) Ambassador, in conversations with President Mejia on November 22 and 24, stressed the urgency of the Dominican Republic's ratifying its signed ICC Article 98 bila [...] |
2003-11-28 21:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL |
| 03SINGAPORE1099 |
"TELL THEM TO BE MORE CAREFUL:" IRAQ ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) MFA PERMSEC (2) BILAHARI KAUSIKAN, PLAINLY IRRITATED, CALLED DCM AT OOB ON MARCH 20 TO EXPRESS THE MFA'S CONCERN AT MISCHARACTERIZATION OF SINGAPORE'S POSITION DURING THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S MARCH 19 PRESS BRIEFING. SINGAPORE DID NOT APPRECIATE, HE SAID, PRESS REPORTS IMPLYING THAT IT HAD [...] |
2003-03-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS SN |
| 03STATE34981 |
REVISED GUIDANCE REGARDING LEAHY AMENDMENTS AND [...] THIS TASKER HAS BEEN CLEARED BY HR/RMA/CSEP FOR SEP POSTS. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE - SEE PARAGRAPHS 8-13 FOR DETAILS. SUMMARY. 2. (A) THIS CABLE REPRESENTS A REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDANCE (REFS A AND B) CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE AND DEFENSE STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELAT [...] |
2003-02-06 18:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1868 |
SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...] |
2003-08-07 20:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA189 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR JOINT TRAINING [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army units: 1st Special Forces Battalion, La Venta, Department of Francisco Morazan, and 2nd Airborne Battalion, Tamara, Department of Francisco Morazan. Vetting is in support of Special Operations Urban [...] |
2003-01-22 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1931 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...] |
2003-08-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1932 |
CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, CJCS General Myers met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and senior government officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for its strong support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including its troop contribution to that effort, and the s [...] |
2003-08-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1933 |
CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, after a meeting with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, CJCS General Myers met separately with Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Honduran CJCS General Barahona, and other senior military officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for [...] |
2003-08-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2022 |
SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MADURO [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld met on 20 August with President Maduro and MOD Breve. SECDEF made the following points: (a) the U.S. appreciated Honduras' steadfast support and friendship as demonstrated by the Article 98 agreement and the deployment of a battalion to Iraq. (b) the U.S. [...] |
2003-08-26 21:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA223 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR JOINT COMBINED [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army units: 1st Infantry Battalion, El Ocotal, Department of Francisco Morozan 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naco, Department of Cortes 5th Infantry Battalion, Mocoron, Department of Gracias a D [...] |
2003-01-24 21:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2380 |
HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, Honduras is still very inclined to move forward on regional disarmament, but remains insistent that the process proceed through established channels, particularly the Central American Security Commission (SICA), and that all the [...] |
2003-09-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2383 |
ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL [...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...] |
2003-09-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
| 03THEHAGUE2343 |
DUTCH RESPONSE TO OEF DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (C) Mission made reftel demarche to GONL prior to September 2-3 visit to Washington by Dutch PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Scheffer. Post was advised that GONL was not in a position to provide assets as requested reftel. The Dutch plead budge [...] |
2003-09-17 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PARM PTER AF NL |
| 03ZAGREB1238 |
CROATIA: SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE WOULD [...] (C) CROATIA IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON FMF AND IMET FUNDING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF MODERNIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO. AS CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DOWNSIZE AND RESTRUCTURE ITS MILITARY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ITS DEFENSE BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY PERSONNEL COSTS. THE LOSS OF U.S. MILITARY ASSIST [...] |
2003-05-30 13:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1278 |
COMMITTING CROATIA'S FY-2003 FMF BUDGET [...] (C) IF CROATIA ACTS QUICKLY, IT CAN COMMIT THE FY2003 FUNDS AT RISK OF SUSPENSION UNDER THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER'S PROTECTION ACT BEFORE CUTOFF DATE. AS INSTRUCTED (REFTEL A), ON JUNE 4 WE INFORMED THE GOC HOW IT CAN COMMIT THE USD 5.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FY2003 TO AN EXISTING FMF CASE I [...] |
2003-06-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO |
| 03ZAGREB284 |
DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...] |
2003-02-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB866 |
CROATIA PROVIDING LIMITED SUPPORT TO CROATS IN BIH [...] (C) BASED ON MEETINGS WITH KEY GOC AND GOBIH OFFICIALS IN CROATIA IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES AND LEVELS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE GOC IS PROVIDING TO ETHNIC CROATS IN BOSNIA -- TARGETED LARGELY TO THREE AREAS: PENSIONS FOR FORMER HVO SOLDIERS, REFUGEE RETURNS, AND [...] |
2003-04-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON MARR MASS HR BK |
| 04ABUDHABI1743 |
UAE HOSTS ANNUAL EAGLE RESOLVE EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: The GCC states face a "real and growing threat" from Weapons of Mass Destruction, and they should act now to pool their resources and bolster their cooperative defense, Commander of UAE Air Forces and Air Defense, Staff Air Vice-Marshal Khalid Abdullah Mobarak Al- Buainain told pa [...] |
2004-05-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2113 |
SHAYKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED REJECTS UNARMED [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) met on June 26 with a SAF/IA team led by Brigadier General Ronald Yaggi, Director of Regional Affairs for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affair [...] |
2004-06-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2194 |
DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM |
| 04ABUDHABI286 |
UAE-BASED NEW AIR WARFARE CENTER EXERCISES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: The opening of the Gulf Air Warfare Center (GAWC) at the Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi marks an important milestone in our efforts to broaden and deepen our military cooperation with the UAE and other GCC countries. A three-year undertaking, the GAWC is an unprecedented achie [...] |
2004-01-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3693 |
A/S BLOOMFIELD MEETS UAE DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (S) Summary: During an October 17 meeting, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed and A/S Bloomfield reviewed US-UAE bilateral cooperation and discussed the current situation in Iraq as well as specific military cooperation issues. Sheikh Ha [...] |
2004-10-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS IZ IR GE TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4294 |
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Secretary of the Navy Gordon England visited the UAE November 23-24 and met with UAE Naval Forces Commander Rear Admiral Suhail Al Marar. Their discussion covered cooperation between the U.S. and UAE Navy and Coast Guard, the UAE,s illegal immigration challenge, the lengthy L [...] |
2004-11-29 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL MASS TC |
| 04ABUJA1260 |
NIGERIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) 19 July, Embassy received a faxed copy of a letter dated 14 July from Chief of Army Staff LTG Martin-Luther Agwai requesting U.S. assistance for Nigeria's deployment of a company-sized unit to Darfur to act as a protection force for international monitors. 2. (C) The 170-man company i [...] |
2004-07-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM SU NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1295 |
SECURITY COOPERATION WITH NIGERIA [...] (C) Summary: I met with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed at OOB on July 26 to go over the points in reftel. He was strongly supportive of the strategy, and said he would urge President Obasanjo to make a speech incorporating the essential elements included in reftel. He repeated his [...] |
2004-07-27 05:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI |
| 04ABUJA1330 |
SECURITY COOPERATION WITH NIGERIA: OJO MADUEKWE, [...] Summary: I went over the talking points in Ref. A with President Obasanjo's legal and constitutional advisor on July 28. He said he would urge the President Obasanjo to make a speech incorporating the essential elements included in Reftel End summary. 2. I met with Ojo Maduekwe, the P [...] |
2004-07-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA1347 |
SANCTIONS/DARFUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF ALSO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Defense, who was optimistic the President would deliver the requested speech on military accountability, but he had not spoken to the President regarding Nigeria's role in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. The Minister, [...] |
2004-08-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI DARFUR |
| 04ABUJA1365 |
SECURITY COOPERATION: OBASANJO EMPHASIZES HUMAN [...] (U) President Obasanjo emphasized the importance of military respect for human rights during an August 6 address to the graduating class of the National War College. He termed support for democratic institutions, and respect for human rights, to be a fundamental aspect of professionalizing th [...] |
2004-08-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI HUMANRIGHTS |
| 04ABUJA1671 |
ECOWAS PRIORITIES FOR ITS NOVEMBER 22-23 DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary. The agenda for the November 2004 ECOWAS Donors Conference has been published and shows a high priority assigned to defense and security issues. ECOWAS will seek to have a broad and diverse range of potential donors at the conference, including China and Japan. From the U.S. [...] |
2004-09-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 04ABUJA1716 |
ECOWAS AND THE MUTINY IN GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) The American advisor to ECOWAS (protect) told us October 7 ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Chambas was planning to call the PM of Guinea Bissau within several days to offer ECOWAS support, including financial assistance to allow Guinea-Bissau to pay its soldiers' deployment arrears, as Ch [...] |
2004-10-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO MASS MOPS PU |
| 04AMMAN10031 |
FUNDING REQUEST FOR PEACEKEEPING TRAINERS IN JORDAN [...] To keep Jordan's peacekeeping instructors current on U.S. doctrine and philosophy, post requests funding of a minimum of six training courses for Jordanian instructors in fiscal year 2005 for a total of $85,284. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- Jordan Supports U.S. P [...] |
2004-12-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS JO |
| 04AMMAN4667 |
SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...] |
2004-06-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN5094 |
KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES POLICE/MILITARY TRAINING [...] (S/NF) King Abdullah told CODEL Daschle January 20 that he shared their concerns over whether current training programs for the Iraqi military and police would allow Iraqis to assume responsibility for their own security without a significant U.S. troop presence. The King pledged that Jordan [...] |
2004-06-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN5418 |
LETTER FROM KING ABDULLAH II TO SECRETARY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-01 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN5876 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah stressed to the Deputy Secretary his commitment to helping U.S. policy SIPDIS succeed in Iraq, described his offers of assistance to the IIG, and expressed concern about Iranian infiltration there. He emphasized concerns about instability in Saudi Arabia and the [...] |
2004-07-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MARR JO IZ |
| 04AMMAN5979 |
THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL [...] U. S. EMBASSY AMMAN CONCURS WITH THE GOJ REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF UP TO 100 EACH M113 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG). 2. BASIS FOR REQUEST: A. ITEMS BEING TRANSFERRED: UP TO 100 EACH M113 APCS, 94 EACH .50 CA [...] |
2004-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS |
| 04AMMAN6473 |
GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...] |
2004-08-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN831 |
UPDATE ON IRAQ-RELATED EVENTS IN JORDAN [...] Over 500 Iraqi officer candidates continue to train under Jordanian instruction. Additionally several senior officers and pilots are being trained by the Jordanians. This training is being conducted at several Jordanian bases in Zarqa, Madaba, and Mafraq. The candidates at Zarqa have moved into [...] |
2004-02-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CVIS EAID MASS JO IZ |
| 04AMMAN8380 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO |
| 04AMMAN8714 |
JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT [...] (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have requested the disbursement of unexpended Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds into an interest bearing account (IBA). The JAF believes an IBA would help long-range planning, ease the debt burden caused by delays in Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payme [...] |
2004-10-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN9151 |
PENDING JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] ( U ) With King Abdullah likely to visit Washington on or about December 6, we provide below post,s understanding of the state of play of a number of Jordanian assistance requests, some of which have been on the table for more than a year. Ref A was post,s scene-setter for this visit. XXXX [...] |
2004-11-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN9602 |
JORDANIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE - UPDATE [...] (C) Ref A previewed requests for assistance that we expect King Abdullah to pursue during his December 6 meetings in Washington with President Bush and others. Updates follow on likely requests for FMF, ESF, Gulf state support, and debt relief. 2. (C) Military assistance: Prince Faisal p [...] |
2004-12-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID EFIN IZ JA JO GCC |
| 04AMMAN9916 |
STAFFDEL GROVE MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Staffdel Grove on December 8, Prince Faisal advocated support for Jordan's current military funding request, focusing on border security needs. He presented a positive long-term view of Iraq and highlighted opportunity in the Arab-Israeli conflict, while dismissing Syria [...] |
2004-12-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL MASS IZ JO |
| 04ANKARA1448 |
TURKEY AND THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) During the February 18 US-Turkey Joint Staff Talks in Ankara, Turkish Air Force officers expressed interest in exploring ways the US and Turkey could expedite the processing of Turkey's requests to provide US-origin equipment and services [...] |
2004-03-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS TU |
| 04ANKARA2111 |
TURKEY EAGER TO OPERATIONALIZE SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Col. Yavuz Goker April 7 to discuss the status of US-Turkey space cooperation. Goker said the TUAF had decided what it needed in a space program and was now considering how to get there. He outlined Turkey's goals in the field of space [...] |
2004-04-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL ETTC TU |
| 04ANKARA2791 |
GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...] |
2004-05-17 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU IS |
| 04ANKARA2799 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: MFA REQUESTS STATUS REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) MFA/Americas official Netka Noyan telephoned deputy pol-mil counselor May 17 to inquire about the status of Turkey's request to provide F-16 pilot training to Singapore (refs C-F). The MFA subsequently sent the Embassy a diplomatic note [...] |
2004-05-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR SN TU |
| 04ANKARA3827 |
RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S INDUSTRY--A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told participants in a defense technology conference on June 24 that the Turkish defense industry should be restructured. He encouraged Turkish firms to collaborate on both design and production and to develop connectio [...] |
2004-07-09 17:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA4119 |
GOT REQUESTS EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF US EXPORT [...] This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Disarmament Bulent Meric convoked polmilcouns on July 19 under instructions "originating with military authorities." Meric requested the USG expedite the processing of an export license application by Mil- [...] |
2004-07-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA4291 |
TURKS PREPARING NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER TENDER [...] (U) Defense industry and journalist sources expect SSM to issue a new RFP for attack helicopters this week. The previous tender was canceled last May after a seven-year process in which Bell Helicopter's Cobra was selected as the preferred aircraft (reftel). Under the procurement model at th [...] |
2004-08-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV TU |
| 04ANKARA4440 |
TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...] |
2004-08-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5005 |
TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...] |
2004-09-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5262 |
NEW TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY POLICY BEGINS TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept 15 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Undersecretary for Defense Industry Bayar had a better informed and more balanced view of the state of Turkish defense industry and a clearer vision of where he wants to take it than during their first meeting last May. On procu [...] |
2004-09-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR TU |
| 04ANKARA5266 |
SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...] |
2004-09-16 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR |
| 04ANKARA5550 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...] |
2004-09-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU |
| 04ANKARA5587 |
DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...] |
2004-09-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU |
| 04ANKARA5672 |
DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: DASD Ian Brzezinski held a candid exchange with Turkish MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Baki Ilkin during a September 22 meeting to discuss ways to elevate the level of our bilateral dialogue. Ilkin confirmed Turkey's interest in developing the relationship and understood recent U.S. [...] |
2004-10-02 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR OVIP PTER MOPS PARM TU |
| 04ANKARA5730 |
NINETEENTH SESSION OF U.S.-TURKEY SECURITY [...] DSCA Director for Europe, Russia, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa Jeanne Farmer led a U.S. delegation to Ankara Sept. 24 for the nineteenth session of the U.S.-Turkey Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). Ms. Farmer and her Turkish counterpart, Brigadier General Ali Akdogan, discuss [...] |
2004-10-06 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS TU |
| 04ANKARA6205 |
TUAF WELCOMES USG ANSWERS TO SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA ETTC PARM PREL MARR MASS TU |
| 04ANKARA6239 |
RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY--A [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi - SSM) Murad Bayar outlined restructuring plans for the Turkish defense industry during a September 28 Turkish-American Defense Symposium hosted by SSM and the American- Turkish Council (ATC). In the fi [...] |
2004-11-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA6481 |
TURKEY REMAINS COMMITTED TO JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER [...] Dr. Faruk Ozlu, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkey's national defense procurement agency (Savunma Sanayii Mustesarligi - SSM), in a November 12 discussion with PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, dismissed press reports (including reftel) that Turkey was considering withdrawal from the Joint Strik [...] |
2004-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS TU |
| 04ANKARA6644 |
TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING - TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Military spending in Turkey is under civilian control though the military has a significant voice in budgetary decisions. The spending is transparent, though line commanders have some authority to reallocate between uses. Military spending is subject to internal and externa [...] |
2004-11-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MASS TU |
| 04ANKARA6661 |
DSCA DIRECTOR LTG KOHLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: DCHOD Basbug told visiting DSCA Director LTG Jeffrey Kohler on November 18 that the attack helicopter program was one of TGS' most important priorities. SSM Undersecretary Bayar underscored Turkish interest in US participation in the attack tender, which should be issued by year' [...] |
2004-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR OVIP TU |
| 04ANKARA6911 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: TURKEY'S REQUEST TO TRAIN [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from MFA regarding the GOT's interest in providing training to Italian F-16 pilots. Post is faxing the note and enclosure to PM/RSAT (attention Todd Hughes). 3. Begin text of MFA note no. 2004/ALG [...] |
2004-12-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR IT TU |
| 04ANKARA6912 |
DEFMIN GONUL ENCOURAGES DOD'S USE OF TURKISH [...] The Embassy received from the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on December 13 the following letter dated December 7 from Minister of Defense Gonul to SecDef Rumsfeld regarding possible US use of Turkish facilities to service S-70 Black Hawk helicopters. The original was provided t [...] |
2004-12-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS OPDC MARR TU |
| 04ANKARA6967 |
RUSSIAN DEFMIN IVANOV'S EXTRA DAY IN ANKARA: BLACK [...] (C) Summary: Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, accompanied by Russian Navy Chief ADM Kuroyedov, had wide-ranging discussions with Turkish DefMin Gonul December 7, the day after President Putin departed. According to an MND official, Ivanov (unlike Putin--ref a) professed no problem with Turkey [...] |
2004-12-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINR RS TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA7044 |
DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...] |
2004-12-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
| 04ANKARA7061 |
TURKEY OFFERS TRAINING AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met Dec. 17 with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to discuss Turkey's plans for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Ceylan provided information on a series of 1-2 week courses being offered to Iraqi officers under the auspices of Turk [...] |
2004-12-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA7063 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU IT |
| 04ANKARA7075 |
ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR SECURITY ATTACHE TO [...] (U) This is an action request for State, DoD, CENTCOM, Embassy Baghdad, and MNF-I. Please see para. three. 2. (U) On Dec. 17, AIF in Mosul attacked a convoy of four vehicles carrying Turkish police officers assigned TDY to provide security at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Five Turkish o [...] |
2004-12-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA7118 |
THANKS TO OUR MILITARY [...] I want to express my sincere thanks to you and the men and women of your commands for your daily heroism and dedication, but most specifically for your assistance to Turkey following the Dec. 17 insurgent attack against a convoy of Turkish officials in Mosul. Task Force Olympia's soldiers risk [...] |
2004-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 04BANGKOK7313 |
THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...] |
2004-10-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA |
| 04BOGOTA1017 |
AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: DECEMBER 2003 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the December Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were over 2400 tracks sorted, of which 26 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one pPhase I and two Phase II events during the month of December. ABD program issu [...] |
2004-02-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
| 04BOGOTA11331 |
SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN 2005 DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (U) The GOC's 2005 central defense budget is 9.2 trillion pesos, an approximately seven percent increase over 2004 (reftel). Defense spending has grown over 50 percent since 2001. The 2005 increase will fund over 16,000 new uniformed police and military, including three Army mobile brigades, [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS SNAR PINR MCAP PTER ECON CO |
| 04BOGOTA11586 |
PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA12689 | |||||