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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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00BUCHAREST1644 | ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] (S) Summary. President Traian Basescu told an interagency team led by Ambassador Richard Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, July 21 that SIPDIS Romania is "unconditionally committed" to a continued troop presence in Iraq. Basescu highlighted the armed f [...] | 2000-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
00COLOMBO968 | LTTE OFFERS TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE SRI LANKAN ARMY HAVING PULLED BACK TO NEW DEFENSIVE LINES AND A SLOWDOWN IN LTTE ADVANCES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE JAFFNA FRONT, THE LTTE HAS OFFERED A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO ALLOW GSL FORCES TO "WITHDRAW FROM THE UNFAVORABLE THEATER OF WAR WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR." THE O [...] | 2000-05-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MOPS PREL CE |
00HARARE3941 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON DRC WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AGREED WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S ASSESSMENT THAT NOTHING WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LUSAKA PROCESS THAN ACQUIESCENCE TO KABILA'S REJECTION OF DRC FACILITATOR SIR KETUMILE MASIRE. ZUMA REVIEWED KABILA' [...] | 2000-07-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CF SF |
00HARARE3942 | S/E WOLPE'S MEETING WITH SAG DDG FOR AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO SAG DDG FOR AFRICA WELILE NHLAPO, CNDD/FDD REBEL LEADER JEAN BOSCO NDAYIKENGURUKIYE AND FNL REBEL LEADER KOSSAN KABURA NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS. WHILE SAG OFFICIALS AND FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA DOUBT BOTH KOSSAN'S INTENT AND LEADERSHIP ABI [...] | 2000-07-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY CF SF TZ |
00HARARE3959 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON BURUNDI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE SHARED WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA JULY 17 USG CONCERNS ABOUT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN BURUNDI. HE RELATED THE CONTENT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN CAPE TOWN WITH FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA AND HIS WORD OF CAUTION TO M [...] | 2000-07-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY TX SF |
00HARARE4064 | AJELLO TRYING TO SELL NON-CONGOLESE [...] (C) EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO IS IN HARARE FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT DURING WHICH HE HOPES TO SELL THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ON A SUMMIT OF NON-CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS, AS DESCRIBED IN REFTELS. AJELLO, WHO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FOR 24 HOURS AND HAD MET ONLY WITH CO [...] | 2000-07-25 07:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG MZ |
00HARARE4083 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS POLITICAL [...] (C) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD CHARGE JULY 25 THAT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN LUSAKA ON JULY 28 (REFTEL),AND THAT HE AND HIS MINISTER PLANNED TO ATTEND. AFTER INQUIRING ABOUT KABILA'S RECENT THREAT TO PULL THE PLUG ON MONUC, THE Z [...] | 2000-07-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE4145 | EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE [...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL SHARED HIS REPORT ON EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ALDO AJELLO'S VISIT TO HARARE ON JULY 25-26, WHICH WE REPRODUCE HERE IN FULL. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE EU PRESIDENCY (FRANCE) ARRANGED A BRIEFING FOR EU MISSIONS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV [...] | 2000-07-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CG ZI |
00HARARE4216 | ZCTU CALLS FOR STAYAWAY AUGUST 2-4 TO PROTEST [...] No summary [...] | 2000-07-31 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS ZI |
00HARARE4306 | ZUMA SETS UP WOLPE/MANDELA MEETING [...] (C) IN A 8/3 TELCON, SOUTH AFRICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA DEBRIEFED SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE ON HER 8/1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA. SHE INDICATED SHE TOLD MANDELA THAT SHE FELT IT WAS HER DUTY TO RAISE WITH MANDELA THE VARIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE BURUNDI PROCESS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO HER ATTE [...] | 2000-08-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY ZI |
00HARARE4311 | S/E WOLPE BRIEFS MNANGAGWA ON LUANDA MEETINGS [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE AND AF SPECIAL ASSISTANT JOHN PRENDERGAST MET BRIEFLY WITH ZIMBABWE'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN THE LATTER'S OFFICE. MNANGAGWA REMAINS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ENVOY FOR SENSITIVE MISSIONS VIS-A-VIS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. WOL [...] | 2000-08-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG ZI |
00HARARE4318 | RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE WINDHOEK SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...] | 2000-08-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI |
00HARARE4536 | HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON LUSAKA SUMMIT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO ZIMBABWE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON AUGUST 15 ABOUT HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCEEDINGS AND OUTCOME OF THE LUSAKA DROC SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM LUSAKA, WHERE HE WAS STAFFING PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER S [...] | 2000-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE4695 | WAR VETERANS REACT TO LAND EVICTIONS [...] (C) POLICE HAVE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A NUMBER OF FARMS THIS WEEK, PROMPTING TWO DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE VETERANS THROUGH DOWNTOWN HARARE. EVICTIONS WERE CONTINUING ON AUGUST 24, DESPITE AN UNCONFIRMED PRESS REPORT THAT THE CABINET HAD CALLED A HALT TO THE POLICE ACTIONS. THE COMMERCIAL F [...] | 2000-08-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE4749 | VIEW FROM ZIMBABWE ON DROC ISSUES DISCUSSED IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO FORMER INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE MINISTER NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA ABOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S CONGOLESE DISCUSSIONS WITH REGIONAL LEADERS IN MAPUTO AUGUST 20-23. SHAMUYARIRA, WHO EARLIER IN HIS CAREER WAS FOREIGN MINISTER AND IS STILL IN CLOSE COUNSEL WITH MUGABE, PROVID [...] | 2000-08-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE4849 | DROC FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DROC FOREIGN MINISTER YERODIA PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE ON AUGUST 29 TO ASSUAGE HARARE'S CONCERNS AFTER PRESIDENT KABILA SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO REVISE THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT. AMBASSADOR MCDONALD OBTAINED A READOUT ON YERODIA'S VISIT FOM NEW MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY AND THE UND [...] | 2000-08-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE5464 | ZIMBABWE CLOSER TO PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM DROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AT A SEPTEMBER 26 FAREWELL LUNCH WITH THE DCM, THE MFA'S UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE IS CLOSE TO WITHDRAWING UP TO HALF ITS TROOPS FROM THE DROC. HAMADZIRIPI DESCRIBED KABILA'S BRIEF TRIP TO LUANDA ON SEPTEMBER 24 AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO [...] | 2000-09-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI |
00HARARE5579 | MNANGAGWA ON KABILA'S VISIT TO HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD VISITED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND DROC INTERLOCUTOR EMMERSON MNANGAGWA SEPTEMBER 29 TO TRY TO GET A READOUT OF KABILA'S BRIEF HARARE VISIT THE PREVIOUS DAY. ALTHOUGH MNANGAGWA DID NOT SIT IN ON KABILA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE (HE IS TRYING TO "PHASE OUT [...] | 2000-09-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE5602 | MBEKI TO CONVENE MEETING OF EXTERNAL [...] (C) AMBASSADOR REACHED FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY PHONE ON OCTOBER 2 TO FOLLOW UP ON REF A DEMARCHE. MUDENGE HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE WHEN DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SEPTEMBER 29 (REF B). AMBASSADOR URGED MUDENGE TO USE ZIMBABWE'S INFLU [...] | 2000-10-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA |
00HARARE5629 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SAYS MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 4, AMBASSADOR, R/P OFFICER, AND POLOFF (NOTETAKER) CALLED ON MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, WHO OVERSEES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). IN A ONE-ON- ONE MEETING, AMBASSADOR URGED GOCHE TO USE RESTRAINT IN DEALING WITH MDC LEADER [...] | 2000-10-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG |
00HARARE6032 | ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMEN [...] | 2000-10-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA |
00HARARE6175 | ZIMBABWE LOOKING INTO KATANGA CLASHES [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF (NOTETAKER),MET SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA NOVEMBER 1 TO CONVEY USG CONCERN OVER RECENT REPORTS OF ZIMBABWEAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEW FIGHTING IN THE DRC. MNANGAGWA, WHO IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANAGING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL A [...] | 2000-11-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
00HARARE6643 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE NOVEMBER 15, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE REPORTED THAT THE MAPUTO II SUMMIT, RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 27, WAS EXPECTED TO FORMALIZE THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRIPOLI TO SEND AN AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE DRC. THE DEFENS [...] | 2000-11-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PINR ZI |
00HARARE6907 | SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 7 DCM HAD BREAKFAST WITH A VERY TIRED DAVID HAMADZIRIPI, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CURRENTLY POSTED IN KINSHASA. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT, WHO ATTENDED THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT MEETING IN HARARE, REPORTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THE SIGNING CEREMON [...] | 2000-12-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG ZI |
00HARARE6956 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT RATIFIES OTTAWA CONVENTION [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (PROHIBITION) BILL, WHICH RATIFIES THE OTTAWA CONVENTION BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES. PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING, STOCKPILING, TRANSFERRING, AND PRODUCING ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES. ON NOVEMBER [...] | 2000-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL ZI |
00STATE228859 | HEIGHTENED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PM A/S ERIC D. NEWSOM. REASON 1.5 (B/D). THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P FOR SEP POSTS. PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR BELOW. 2. (S) INTELLIGENCE REPORTS INDICATE THAT TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE ATTACKS ON U.S. INTERESTS, MAY INCREASE DURING THE [...] | 2000-12-01 21:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ASEC MOPS PINR |
00THEHAGUE1678 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SOESTERBERG [...] No summary [...] | 2000-06-06 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NL NATO |
00THEHAGUE1896 | ICTY: SFOR APPREHENSION OF DUSKO SIKIRICA [...] EARLY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 25, SFOR FORCES IN BOSNIA DETAINED DUSKO SIKIRICA, A PUBLIC INDICTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). SIKIRICA ARRIVED IN THE HAGUE AT APPROXIMATELY 14:15 ON JUNE 25 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICTY'S DETENTION FACILITY IN T [...] | 2000-06-26 10:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
01ABUJA2036 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel),Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army),Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...] | 2001-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CM NI |
01ABUJA2176 | NIGERIA: NO EVIDENCE OF CHILD SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-08-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS NI |
01ABUJA2290 | VIOLENCE IN JOS RE-IGNITES, NIGERIA CALM ELSEWHERE [...] The violence in Jos, Plateau State, re-ignited September 12 after a lull of several days. As of mid-afternoon, gunfire had subsided and citizens were obeying a 4:00 p.m. curfew. Information obtained by Post regarding the causes of the flare-up varied dramatically, but it appears that there [...] | 2001-09-12 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS CASC KIRF PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2347 | JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14, to meet with their nationals and to assess the situation there following the ethnic and religious conflict that began on September 7. It appears that over [...] | 2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
01ABUJA2827 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE FROM SSS DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a November 2 meeting, SSS DG Are briefed the CDA on the recent violence in Benue. It was a mystery to Are how the 19 murdered soldiers had let themselves be disarmed. Are insisted the Army was investigating the alleged reprisals against villagers and planned to punish [...] | 2001-11-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS MOPS PREF PGOV NI |
01ABUJA2832 | GOVERNOR THINKS NIGERIA HAS HIT A CRUCIAL PERIOD [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi cited recent civil disturbances as very disquieting. In order to prevent further political turbulance, the Governors were assembling in Abuja that day to discuss means to cool down the inter [...] | 2001-11-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS NI |
01ABUJA2855 | NIGERIA: UPDATE ON BENUE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states, the military was called to do what the police could not -- contain civil unrest. As with Odi in 1999, the tragedy that occurred in Benue demonstrates the problems associated with asking often poorly-led soldiers to assume law enforcement d [...] | 2001-11-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2938 | NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...] | 2001-11-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2974 | NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...] | 2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI |
01ABUJA2984 | NIGERIA: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS - NIGERIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting from "The Guardian" newspaper on November 21, repeated in para 2, indicates that Nigeria and South Africa will sign a military pact. The pact apparently will focus on naval cooperation, primarily training, maintenance and joint exercises, and joint patrol of the S [...] | 2001-11-26 19:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SF NI |
01ABUJA2985 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator on Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on recent events in Benue. 2. (C) SUMMARY CONTINUED: Def [...] | 2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR PINS NI |
01ABUJA2986 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISCUSSES PKO PLANS, UNAMSIL, BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 22 meeting with PolCouns and PolmilOff, Army Minister Batagarawa confirmed that Nigeria was planning to send an OFR Phase III battalion to Burundi. He also reported that Ghana probably would seek U.S. equipment support for its Burundi-bound battalion. Batagarawa [...] | 2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS SL BU NI |
01ABUJA3039 | NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS NI |
01ABUJA3193 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON BURUNDI DEPLOYMENT [...] (S) Post will raise points (Ref A) with the GON at the earliest appropriate opportunity. However, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa will be in Washington this week for meetings on the Hill and with the Department. Batagarawa, who attended preparatory meetings in Arusha and [...] | 2001-12-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BE BY NI |
01ABUJA993 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS [...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...] | 2001-05-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI |
01BOGOTA7805 | UPDATE ON OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST [...] (C) AS REPORTED REFTEL, ON AUGUST 17 THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION TO DESTROY MOBILE FARC UNITS SEEKING TO ATTACK MILITARY TARGETS IN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS. ON AUGUST 27, FARC SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER "MONO JOJOY" PUBLICLY ACKNOWLE [...] | 2001-08-29 00:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
01BOGOTA8352 | OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST WINDS DOWN [...] (C) THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY'S (COLMIL) "SEVENTH OF AUGUST" OPERATION, LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 17 AGAINST A 1,300 STRONG FARC FORCE IN THE EASTERN COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS OF GUAVIARE AND META IS WINDING DOWN. THE JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, [...] | 2001-09-14 17:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
01HARARE1019 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...] | 2001-03-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1028 | ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS [...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...] | 2001-03-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1048 | ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...] | 2001-03-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI |
01HARARE1168 | KABILA'S BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE FOCUSES ON DRC [...] (C) ON MARCH 28, POLOFF OBTAINED A READOUT ON DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE FROM THE MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) ON THE DRC, MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO. REGARDING KABILA'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT (REFTEL),THE PAO NOTED THAT KABILA IS "PREPARED TO GO THE FULL [...] | 2001-03-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1217 | DRC POLITICAL COMMITTEE TAKING PLACE IN HARARE [...] (C) THE DRC JOINT POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE IN HARARE TODAY, APRIL 4, ACCORDING TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AMONG THE ATTENDEES ARE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE AND ZIMBABWE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE DRC DAVID H [...] | 2001-04-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE2322 | OPPOSITION LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) IN A JULY 31 LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE HOOKS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE USG'S APPROACH TOWARD ZIMBABWE AND WITH HIS RECEPTION BY U.S. OFFICIALS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE EXPECTS ZANU- PF TO INTENSIFY THE VIOLENCE IN TH [...] | 2001-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS ZI |
01HARARE343 | ZIMBABWE VIEW ON KABILA'S APPARENT [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ACTING PERMSEC IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. NGONI CHIDEYA THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 17. THE CHARGE PRESSED OUR DESIRE FOR THE ADHERENCE TO THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE APPARENT AS [...] | 2001-01-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE349 | INITIAL ZIMBABWEAN THINKING ON NEXT STEPS IN DRC [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON JANUARY 18 TO SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRAINING FROM OFFENSIVE ACTION AND OF INCLUDING RWANDA AND UGANDA IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD. MNANGAGWA WAS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DRC SPECIAL [...] | 2001-01-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE368 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT TO CONVENE DRC ALLIES [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. NGONI CHIDEYA, THE ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19. DR. CHIDEYA HAD POSTPONED THE MEETING FROM JANUARY 18. THE CHARGE EMPHASIZED THAT THE USG HAS SI [...] | 2001-01-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE603 | AFTER MEETING MUGABE AND MUDENGE, AJELLO FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE DURING HIS THREE DAY STAY IN HARARE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF A CONGOLESE LEADERSHIP. THE ZIMBABWEANS POINT TO A NUMBER OF UPCOMIN [...] | 2001-01-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE618 | ZIMBABWE SECURITY MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE TOLD CHARGE FEBRUARY 1 THAT ZIMBABWE IS COMMITTED TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS AND URGED THE US SECRET PAGE 02 HARARE 00618 01 OF 02 011309Z TO CONTINUE PLAYING A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN RESO [...] | 2001-02-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE870 | ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...] | 2001-02-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG |
01HARARE882 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORJANE SPEAKS AT SADC [...] (C) ON MARCH 1, UNSG SPECIAL ENJOY MORJANE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON THE DRC TO THE SADC REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTER (RPTC) IN HARARE. MORJANE'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY UNITAR-GENEVA AND SPONSORED BY THE RPTC. THE RPTC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETER VOETMANN, PROVIDED A READOUT TO POLOFF ON [...] | 2001-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01MANILA6761 | MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...] (C) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT HE WILL NEVER BE A TERRORIST AND HAS NOT ALLIED HIS FORCES WITH THOSE OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG). A MISUARI EMISSARY HAS TOLD EMBASSY MANILA HE I [...] | 2001-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP |
01SANAA5200 | SALEH PROMISES PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS [...] SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 5. 2. (C) AMBASSADOR CALLED PRESIDENT SALEH UPON RECEIPT OF REFTEL. MAKING SUGGESTED POINTS, AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZED URGENT NEED FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY EFFORT AND SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS BY ROYG. SALEH RESPONDED THAT HE HAD ALREADY GEARED UP HIS SECURITY FORCES TO ASSURE [...] | 2001-10-07 19:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER YM |
01VATICAN1261 | DROC--VATICAN DEMARCHE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE CALLED IN CHARGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01261 061419Z TO PRESENT A PRO MEMORIA ON THE SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FAXED TO EUR/WE 3/6). (NOTE: FOREIGN MIN [...] | 2001-03-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG VT |
01VATICAN3976 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...] | 2001-07-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL |
02ABUJA1193 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE - INFORMATION ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Sani Sufi, Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on inter-communal conflicts in Plateau, Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa States April 15 briefed PolOffs on the Commission's plans. Members have been selected and the body inaugurated by the Federal Government. Sufi was o [...] | 2002-04-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS NI |
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 |
02ABUJA1407 | NIGERIA: LIBERIAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Lamido, Ambassador Jeter delivered talking points to Special Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. The Ambassador stressed the importance of keeping pressure on Taylor who remained unrepentant in practice notwithstanding the nice sounds he made in public. Inst [...] | 2002-05-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL LI SL NI |
02ABUJA1636 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...] | 2002-05-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ |
02ABUJA1725 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...] | 2002-06-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
02ABUJA1805 | NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...] | 2002-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
02ABUJA2016 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE [...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...] | 2002-07-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
02ABUJA2268 | NIGERIA: A/S KANSTEINER MEETING WITH BATAGARAWA [...] (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 |
02ABUJA2337 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S [...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...] | 2002-08-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI |
02ABUJA2428 | NIGERIA ASSURES NIGER ON MUTINEERS [...] (U) Responding to a request from the Niger Republic, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sule Lamido promised that Nigeria would apprehend the approximately 100 Nigerien mutineers and return them to Niamey. Lamido, however, lamented the difficulty of identifying Nigerien soldiers among the [...] | 2002-08-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NI NG |
02ABUJA2566 | CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: EMBASSY REVISITS ISSUE OF [...] This is an action message; see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador again raised allegations of U.S./ UK support for Lurd in Liberia with ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary, General Cheick Diarra. After reiterating that the SIPDIS U.S. and UK do not support Lurd rebels in any way, the [...] | 2002-09-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI IV NI ECOWAS |
02ABUJA2629 | NIGERIA: EMBASSY DELIVERS LETTER OF PROTEST TO [...] (C) On September 6, the Ambassador wrote to ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas regarding the circulation by the Liberian Government of an unauthorized ECOWAS military mission report alleging U.S./UK complicity and military support for the LURD. Dr. Chambas is scheduled to return to A [...] | 2002-09-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI NI |
02ABUJA2752 | MGIV01: NIGERIAN OUTLOOK ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On September 25, DCM delivered reftel points to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and PolCouns carried the same message to the Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe. Both officials confirmed Nigeria did not favor a resort to force and endorsed a negotiated resolution [...] | 2002-09-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PINS IV 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 |
02ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...] | 2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
02ABUJA2800 | NIGERIA -- DEFENSE MINISTER DANJUMA TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 23-24 Invitational Visit to EUCOM headquarters, Nigerian Defense Minister T.Y. Danjuma castigated the French for allegedly supporting Cameroon in the Bakassi dispute. A close confidante of President Obasanjo, Danjuma implied that Nigeria might nationalize Fre [...] | 2002-10-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PNAT MOPS NI CM PTBS |
02ABUJA2813 | NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...] | 2002-10-09 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
02ABUJA2817 | MGIV01: ALLEGATION OF BURKINABE INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Former Nigerian FM Kingibe alleges that the September 19 coup plot was hatched in Ouagadougou by Guei and Burkina's Interior Minister. Kingibe has good connections across the region, but his version of events might be influenced by his role as a political consultant to the GOCI. [...] | 2002-10-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
02ABUJA2833 | NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING THE BAKASSI RULING, A [...] (U) On October 10 MFA Permanent Secretary Dan Hart phoned Ambassador to clarify a statement made during their earlier October 7 meeting on Bakassi (Reftel A). 2. (C) At the earlier meeting, Hart stated the GON wanted a "Joint Implementing Committee" with Cameroon in order to manage the [...] | 2002-10-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS CM NI |
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 |
02ABUJA2856 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS SECURITY ASSESSMENT REPORT: NEED [...] (C) During an October 9 conversation on Cote d'Voire (REF A),Ambassador Jeter reminded ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas of our request for a public statement clarifying ECOWAS' position on allegations in the draft military assessment team's report on Liberia. More specifically, he asked ECOWAS to con [...] | 2002-10-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NI LI |
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 |
02ABUJA2933 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the GON's position on the ICJ's Bakassi decision. While Danjuma denied the GON had agreed to abide by the ICJ's ruling at the September 5 Pa [...] | 2002-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
02ABUJA2934 | NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...] | 2002-10-24 02:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
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 |
02ABUJA3036 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...] | 2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
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 |
02ABUJA3140 | DOMESTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUDGET WOES [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa discussed possible deployment of Nigerian forces in the ECOWAS monitoring force for Cote d'Ivoire. Citing Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, [...] | 2002-11-15 18:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO NI IV |
02ABUJA3163 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS PROPOSES MEETING [...] (C) During a November 11 conversation on Cote d'Ivoire with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas proposed a meeting of the Liberia contact group in Dakar on December 2. 2. (C) Chambas also said Senegalese President Wade would travel to Liberia on November 23 and that Wade hoped to [...] | 2002-11-21 18:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NI LI ECOWAS |
02ABUJA3324 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO COOL TO PARIS SUMMIT ON [...] (C) I spoke at length by phone on Saturday evening with President Obasanjo on the French proposal to hold a summit on Cote d'Ivoire. Obasanjo is opposed and I think adamantly so, to the French proposal. He said that, if invited, he would not attend. "They can hold the summit, but I am not go [...] | 2002-12-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IV 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 |
02ABUJA622 | LIBERIA: JOHNSON SIRLEAF BELIEVES LURD THREAT IS [...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting at my residence, Liberian opposition leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (EJS) told me the security situation in Liberia was difficult to read. While acknowledging the LURD's ability to disrupt and raid areas closer to Monrovia, she did not think the rebel gro [...] | 2002-02-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS LI NI ECOWAS |
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 |
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 |
02AMMAN4533 | JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING [...] (c) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special advisory" by the Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) in Bahrain has not resulted in an increase in either insurance or freight charges for Aqaba shipping. End Summary. 2. (c) Se [...] | 2002-08-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO |
02AMMAN5295 | PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...] | 2002-09-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC |
02AMMAN6514 | BOSNIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM: POTUS MESSAGE TO [...] (U) On October 31, Embassy conveyed reftel message from the President to King Abdullah. On November 4, Chief of the Royal Court Fayez Tarawneh called the Ambassador to say that the King had received the letter and wished to convey that Jordan was pleased to be a participant in Bosnia and, if [...] | 2002-10-27 01:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS JO BK |
02ANKARA8373 | ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US - [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently informed Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor that ISAF Commander MG Zorlu would be traveling to the US November 20-26 to meet with USG and UN officials and private organizations to discuss Turke [...] | 2002-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF |
02ANKARA8996 | DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...] | 2002-12-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS TU IZ |
02ANKARA9058 | WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
02ANKARA9135 | IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN [...] (C) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM (accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/24 to respond to our 11/29 dipnote urging the MFA to end the practice of routing civilian passenger flights over the ONW Resticted Operating Zone (ROZ) in sou [...] | 2002-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ TU |
02BEIRUT2782 | LAF CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS IN BIQA' [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES (LAF) EXCHANGED FIRE WITH PALESTINIANS NEAR BAALBECK THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 4 DURING AN ARMS SEIZURE OPERATION AGAINST AN "ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO) ARMS DEPOT" LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE AL-GALIL PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN THE BIQA. ONE LAF SOLDIER [...] | 2002-09-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV LE KPAL |
02BOGOTA3281 | DETAILS ON FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTERLOCUTORS UNEQUIVOCALLY CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA (REFTEL). EMBASSY INTERLOCUTORS IN THE GOC FEEL THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ORDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FARC AND ELN C [...] | 2002-04-11 20:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS VE CO |
02BOGOTA7088 | FARC INAUGURATION DAY VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 7, PRESUMED MEMBERS OF THE FARC'S URBAN MILITIAS CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF BOGOTA. THE FIRST ATTACK, WHICH TARGETED A GOC MILITARY INSTALLATION, WAS PROBABLY MEANT TO CONFUSE AND DISTRACT THE COLOMBIAN SECURITY SERVICES. SEVERAL HOURS LAT [...] | 2002-08-09 00:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CO |
02COLOMBO1790 | Peace process update: Report of tensions in [...] (C/NF) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Reported tensions in military toward government's peace initiative -- President muted in public re peace process -- Largest Tamil Tiger cadre movement to date goes smoothly, according to monitors -- The flavor [...] | 2002-09-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1835 | LTTE pressure, cohabitation stresses, and [...] (S) Summary: The Sri Lankan military is in a difficult period. According to sources, a number of factors are acting to demoralize the military, including pressure from the Tamil Tigers, stresses in the relationship between the PM and the President, and frictions with the police. The milita [...] | 2002-10-02 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1904 | Amid some positive news, violence in east [...] (C) Summary: Police shot and killed at least seven suspected Tamil Tiger supporters on October 9. The incident was triggered by an attempt to storm a police station in the east. On a positive note for the peace process, the Tigers released six soldiers after obtaining the release of two of [...] | 2002-10-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1920 | After surge in tension, situation in east seems [...] (C) The situation in the east seems to have calmed down after violence last week left at least ten Tamils dead. The cooling down process was given a critical boost via an announcement by Tiger leader Prabhakaran that he wanted the peace process to continue. Reinforcing the positive trend, Ti [...] | 2002-10-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS 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 |
02COLOMBO2133 | Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts seemed calm, with the ceasefire sparking increased business activity and civilian bustle. Amid this positive news, there were clear and troublin [...] | 2002-11-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2160 | Joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian [...] (C) SUMMARY: The joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian and de-escalation issues recently held their initial meetings. The humanitarian-focused meeting led to an agreement to form a secretariat. The de-escalation meeting led to the first ever face-to-face discussions between the GSL [...] | 2002-11-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2355 | President backs military on Jaffna security [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has come out strongly in favor of the Sri Lankan military's position on the need to maintain "high security zones" in Jaffna. For its part, the LTTE has announced that it wants to discuss the security zone issue at the next round of political-level talks. [...] | 2002-12-30 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS ECPS CE NO LTTE |
02KATHMANDU1191 | SECURITY FORCES' PROGRESS AND PITFALLS EAST OF [...] (SBU) Government of Nepal (GON) security forces have made progress against Maoist insurgents over the last few months in the district directly east of Kathmandu, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) and head of the local police. Maoist excesses, along with better cooperation between t [...] | 2002-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU1201 | NEPAL REQUEST FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu requests Military Information Support Team (MIST) to assist the RNA in planning information strategies, developing PSYOP campaigns and programs. Embassy Kathmandu sees a three to four man element training the Royal Nepalese Army for up to four months. 2. (S/REL NP) [...] | 2002-06-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | MARR MOPS NP |
02KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...] | 2002-08-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP |
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 |
02KATHMANDU2264 | NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced plans to form a 3,000-man "industrial security force" within the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). If approved by the Cabinet, this new force, which he expects to be ope [...] | 2002-11-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP |
02KUWAIT5178 | MABRUKA, ODIN 2 AND SARAH DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5231 | Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...] | 2002-12-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS US KU |
02KUWAIT5526 | IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER [...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels),the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...] | 2002-12-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL US FR IZ KU |
02ROME1251 | ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON ISAF/OEF PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY MAY EXTEND ITS PARTICIPATION IN ISAF UNTIL LATE JUNE IF REQUESTED, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO GRECO (PROTECT),DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO. GRECO CONFIRMED COMMENTS MARTINO MADE TO THE PRESS DURING A RECENT TRIP TO VISIT ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE PERSIAN [...] | 2002-03-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MARR MOPS PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN |
02ROME1826 | ITALY: COALITION CONTRIBUTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (U) EMBASSY ROME CONCLUDES THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE TO ITALY. THE GOI IS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL, MILITARY, AND TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO OEF, THE STABILIZATION OF THE BALKANS, ISAF, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE FORMER [...] | 2002-04-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID IT |
02ROME2217 | SUDAN CEASEFIRE: ITALY CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH PAOLA IMPERIALE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EAST AFRICAN AFFAIRS, ON MAY 2 AT THE MFA. IMPERIALE HAD REQUESTED THE MEETING BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS BY TELEPHONE THE GOI'S ISSUES WITH FUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING UNIT FOR THE NUBA MOUNTAINS CEASE-FIRE. 2 [...] | 2002-05-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU IT UN |
02ROME3031 | WOMAN IN DEFENSE: ITALY'S EXPERIENCE AFTER TWO [...] SUMMARY. AS THE GOI ATTEMPTS TO RESTRUCTURE AND "PROFESSIONALIZE" THE MILITARY SERVICE, BRINGING FEMALES IN IS VIEWED AS ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ARMED FORCES. ITALIAN WOMEN, WHETHER FOR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03031 221235 [...] | 2002-06-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV IT NATO |
02ROME3244 | ITALY: GROWING CONCERN ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING A REPORT BY LIBYAN TV THAT LIBYAN AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03244 030828Z ITALIAN NAVAL UNITS WERE PERFORMING JOINT EXERCISES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN EARLY JUNE, POLMIL OFF MET JUNE 18 WITH ANTONIO BELLAVIA, THE MFAS DESK OFFICER FOR L [...] | 2002-07-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL MOPS LY IT EUN |
02ROME3564 | ITALY ON "FUTURE OF IRAQ" EXPERT WORKING GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI GENERALLY SUPPORTS OUR "FUTURE OF IRAQ" WORKING GROUPS PROPOSAL AND IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION. WHILE ITALY VERY MUCH WANTS A DIFFERENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN POWER, IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED SADDAM. IN THE [...] | 2002-07-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID ECON PHUM IR IZ IT KWAC |
02ROME3703 | AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...] | 2002-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME3795 | ITALY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OEF [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI WILL RECOMMEND TO PARLIAMENT THAT ITALY SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S TOP ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA. IN A MEETING WI [...] | 2002-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME3880 | IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...] | 2002-08-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME3942 | CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...] | 2002-08-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME4238 | ARTICLE 98 AND AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT: [...] (C) CHARGE FOLLOWED UP ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE (REFS) IN HIS INITIAL CALL ON PRIME (AND FOREIGN) MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISER, GIANNI CASTELLANETA, AUGUST 30. CASTELLANETA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED, FROM WHICH HE HAD DRAWN IN WORKING OUT THE GOI'S APPR [...] | 2002-08-30 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL KICC AFGHANISTAN |
02ROME4424 | HUNGARIAN PM ASSURES HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDQYESSY ASSURED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR RIDGE OF GOH SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR, INCLUDING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STEMMING FINANCIAL SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04424 121327Z SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND TO HOSTING THE ILEA IN [...] | 2002-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS PREL HU IT IZ |
02ROME4807 | ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...] | 2002-10-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME5184 | ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] | 2002-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME5193 | ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...] | 2002-10-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
02ROME6149 | MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...] | 2002-12-27 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO |
02TEGUCIGALPA2730 | HONDURAS FACES SOME GRIEF OVER ICC ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] | 2002-09-27 22:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA PGOV MOPS HO KICC |
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 |
02VATICAN126 | MORE FROM ZUPPI ON UNITA CEASEFIRE [...] (C) SANT'EGIDIO AFRICA EXPERT AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR DON MATTEO ZUPPI TOLD CHARGE 01/08 THAT HE HAD SPOKEN AGAIN WITH UNITA ROME REP COSTA ABOUT HIS PROPOSED THREE-MONTH UNITA CEASEFIRE (REFTELS). ZUPPI SAID THAT COSTA HAD CALLED HIM THE PREVIOUS EVENING TO REPORT SAVIMBI'S RESPONSE THAT UN [...] | 2002-01-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AN VT |
02VATICAN298 | VATICAN REPORTS EYES ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DESK OFFICER ADVISED POLOFF 1/16 THAT U.S. TREATMENT OF DETAINEES AT THE GUANTANAMO BASE AND ELSEWHERE HAD BECOME A SALIENT QUESTION IN HIS VATICAN MEETINGS, BOTH IN-HOUSE AND WITH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS. IN PARTICULAR, MSGR. LUIS MARIANO DE MONTEMAYOR, [...] | 2002-01-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AG CU MOPS PHUM PREL VT |
02VATICAN4376 | BURUNDI: PRESIDENT BUYOYA SEEKS STEPPED UP U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: BURUNDI PRESIDENT BUYOYA, ATTENDING A SANT'EGIDIO CONFERENCE IN PALERMO ON CONFLICT AND DIALOGUE, REQUESTED A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON SEPTEMBER 1 TO REINFORCE HIS INTEREST IN STEPPED UP U.S. AND TANZANIAN PRESSURE ON THE CNDD FACTION OF THE FDD. MEETING AT THE SUGGESTI [...] | 2002-09-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BY MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SF TZ TZBY |
03ABUDHABI114 | UAE TO TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT [...] (U) Classified by Marcella M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (b) and (d). SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A quiet heads-up on 1/7 to UAE authorities regarding consideration of laying on modest additional security measures to help ensure the safety of Afghan Hajj flights became slightly garbled wi [...] | 2003-01-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EAIR ASEC PREL PGOV MOPS AF TC |
03ABUDHABI1344 | (C) TFIZ01: UAE AIRSPACE TO STAY OPEN, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b, d). IRAQ WAR WON'T CLOSE UAE AIRSPACE --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Muhammad Al-Ghaith, the head of the UAE's federal civil aviation authority, told Econchief 3/19 that he had just signed a circular orderi [...] | 2003-03-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MOPS ASEC PREL EAID PGOV AS TC |
03ABUDHABI1348 | UAEG NOTIFIED OF NOTAM/NOTMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MOPS MARR EWWT PGOV TC |
03ABUDHABI1750 | IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...] | 2003-04-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI1828 | TFIZ01: UAE TO DEPLOY LARGE MILITARY FIELD [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action message -- please see paragraph five. 3. (C) UAE Chief of Staff (and de facto Defense Minister) Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid (MBZ) called the Ambassador 4/14 to relate that the UAEG planned [...] | 2003-04-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PHUM MARR MOPS EAID PREL PGOV IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI195 | (S) UAE APPROVES U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) On January 13, Post received UAEG approval of reftel request for use of USAF U-2 assets based at Al-Dhafra AB in Abu Dhabi in support of UNMOVIC. Specifically, 380 AEW Commander Col. Augst received approval fro [...] | 2003-01-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI1952 | UAE ON BOARD FOR GCC OBSERVER ATTENDANCE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche April 23 to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed. Shaykh Hamdan said he had already heard from the Qataris on the issue of GCC representation at the April 28 meeting in [...] | 2003-04-23 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI2013 | IRAQI SUNNI IMAM AL-KUBAYSI STIRS [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Ahmed Al-Kubaysi the Iraqi Sunni Imam who delivered a fiery sermon in Baghdad on April 18, continues to be a source of controversy even in the UAE, his adopted land. We received two very different takes on [...] | 2003-04-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS EAID SA IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI2082 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD MEETING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: SecDef met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) on April 27 in Abu Dhabi. After congratulating SecDef on Operation Iraqi Freedom, MbZ made the following point [...] | 2003-04-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI2178 | STRANDED IRAQIS IN THE UAE: NEED FOR POLICY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an action message -- please see paragraph five. 3. (C) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid has now engaged on the issue of the approximately 1,000 Iraqis stranded in the northern Emirates, pr [...] | 2003-05-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS EAID IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI2305 | SCENESETTER FOR UAE AIR FORCE [...] (U) Classified by Charge Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Air Force Commander Major General Khaled Abdullah Al-Buainnan will visit the U.S. May 12-22. Al-Buainnan's visit presents a good opportunity for us to review our strong bilateral Air Force-to-Air Force rel [...] | 2003-05-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC TC |
03ABUDHABI2798 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRANKS' [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Franks: Your Emirati friends and the U.S. mission to the UAE are looking forward to your valedictory visit. As always, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) [...] | 2003-06-11 10:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI3039 | SHAYKH ZAYID BESTOWS THE EMIRATES' [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) UAE President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al- Nahyan conferred upon CENTCOM Commander General Tommy R. Franks the Emirates Military Order of First Class in a meeting on June 24 at Al-Bahr Palace in Abu Dhabi. [...] | 2003-06-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI3075 | (U) UAE SUPPORT FOR THE POLISH-LED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of UAE support for the Polish-led multinational division with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) via letter and a follow-up phone call on June [...] | 2003-06-30 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS AF IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI3116 | (U) VEHICLES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLISH-LED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) OUR ACTING CG IN DUBAI DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DUBAI'S VEHICLE DONATIONS TO THE POLISH-LED DIVISION IN IRAQ AND TO THE AFGHAN POLICE WITH SAYANTA BASU DURING A PHONE CALL ON JULY 1. DUBAI HAS NOT OFFERED T [...] | 2003-07-02 14:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS EAID EFIN AF IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI3993 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BUCHANAN'S [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Buchanan: On behalf of Ambassador Wahba, who is out of country until September 4, I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes at a time of unprecedented Emirati cooper [...] | 2003-09-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI4135 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2. (S) Vice Admiral Keating: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE in a few days. The staff at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Consulate General in Dubai are making all the arrangements to ensure your visit to [...] | 2003-09-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS TC |
03ABUDHABI4314 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE for your full introductory visit. You will be calling on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and have an opportunity for f [...] | 2003-09-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI479 | A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ PLANNING AND [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In separate meetings on 1/21 and 1/22 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) and de facto Foreign Minister Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, A/S Burns disc [...] | 2003-01-29 07:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL KPAL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI495 | (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Following up on a question posed by UAE MFA Minstate Hamdan to NEA A/S Burns during a 1/22 meeting in Abu Dhabi (reftel),UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told visiting Deputy C [...] | 2003-01-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI5133 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier a [...] | 2003-12-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI5138 | SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP VISITS TO [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Chargi d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) I would like to welcome you to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE will be the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air industr [...] | 2003-12-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI5295 | SCENESETTER FOR CSAF VISIT TO THE UAE, DECEMBER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) General Jumper: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. The highlight of December in the UAE has been the 2003 Dubai Air Show, the third largest air show in the world and the premier aviation and air indus [...] | 2003-12-15 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI628 | UAE GETS SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reason 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Charge delivered reftel oral message to MFA A/USEC for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi, February 6. Abdullah Rashid indicated that his father, nominal UAE Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah Al- [...] | 2003-02-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI723 | UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI727 | UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] (U) Classified by Charge Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UK DCM contacted Charge 2/8 to inquire into USG representations to the UAE on the issue of the Iraq ferries. The UK diplomat noted that the UAEG was claiming in New York to have the support of the U.S. Embass [...] | 2003-02-11 04:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC |
03ABUDHABI734 | UAE PREPARES ROBUST FORCE DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b,d). 2. (C) The UAEG is prepared to begin deploying a brigade-plus military force to Kuwait by as early as February 16, but is waiting for clearance from the GOK with regard to acceptance of forces and basing/logistical arrang [...] | 2003-02-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS GCC KU TC |
03ABUDHABI773 | (S) UAEG FINANCIALLY OVEREXTENDED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (S/NF) Senior UAEG officials have told the Ambassador on several occasions recently that the UAE is facing serious cash-flow problems. The basic problem is that the UAE has [...] | 2003-02-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN MARR MOPS PGOV 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 |
03ABUJA1033 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS HE WANTS ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) During a June 11 meeting with President Obasanjo on Article 98 and security assistance issues (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter explained the ramifications of not concluding an Article 98 agreement by the July 1 deadline. Obasanjo said he was in favor of Article 98. He thought such agreements w [...] | 2003-06-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
03ABUJA1034 | NIGERIA: BENUE REPORT INDICTS NO ONE; OBASANJO [...] (C) During a June 11 meeting, President Obasanjo and Ambassador discussed GON efforts to address U.S. concerns over the October 2001 Benue incident. Ambassador Jeter noted that Nigeria had lost USD 12.8 million in "opportunity" bilateral security assistance because of Congressional sanctions [...] | 2003-06-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI |
03ABUJA1078 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO ON LIBERIA: TAYLOR IS FINISHED; [...] (C) In two meetings on other issues during the past week, Ambassador raised developments in Liberia with President Obasanjo. Obasanjo said Taylor was "finished" as President of Liberia. Obasanjo said he, Ghanaian President Kufuor and others at the Accra talks had leaned hard on Taylor to ac [...] | 2003-06-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LI SL NI ECOWAS |
03ABUJA1084 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO SEEKING U.S. APPROVAL FOR GON [...] (C) On the afternoon of June 19, President Obasanjo summoned me and acting British High Commissioner, Charles Bird to the Statehouse for a discussion on Liberia. Also present were National Security Advisor LTG (ret.) Aliyu Mohammed and Presidential Advisor for International Affairs Ad'Obe Ob [...] | 2003-06-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM LI SL NI ECOWAS |
03ABUJA1096 | NIGERIA: ARTILCE 98 PROSPECTS LOOKING UP BUT IT'S [...] (C) The ad-hoc inter-ministerial committee tasked by President Obasanjo to review our proposed Article 98 agreement met Tuesday, June 17. According to a source from the Foreign Ministry who attended the session, committee members decided to recommend to President Obasanjo that Nigeria conclu [...] | 2003-06-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
03ABUJA1102 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AUTHORIZES SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
03ABUJA1134 | NIGERIA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) On June 30, during a private signing ceremony at the Ministry of Justice, Solicitor-General I.A. Ayua signed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ambassador Jeter signed on behalf of the United States. Signed original has been sent to L/T via registered [...] | 2003-06-30 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
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 |
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 |
03ABUJA1332 | NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON LIBERIA [...] On August 6, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the developments in the deployment of ECOMIL forces. Chambas informed the group that an open account had been established with ECOBANK in Accra, and that the account number would be circulated shortly. Paralleling ECOMICI, C [...] | 2003-08-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL 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 |
03ABUJA1367 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI |
03ABUJA1373 | NIGERIA: GON CALLS ARTICLE 98 AN EXECUTIVE [...] (U) The Nigerian Solicitor-General (the highest ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and the official who executed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the GON) I.A. Ayua indicated in a July 14 letter to Ambassador Jeter that the GON has deemed the Article 98 agreement an executi [...] | 2003-08-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
03ABUJA1394 | MILITARY/POLICE CONFRONTATION IN ABUJA [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Rick Roberts for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) In the early evening August 14 Air Force and Air Force and police personnel had a brief shootout in the Asokoro district of Abuja. Military and police sources tell us plainclothes Air Force securi [...] | 2003-08-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MOPS NI |
03ABUJA1409 | WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 19AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Violent clashes between Itsekiri and Ijaw militants continued in Warri town through August 19, according to press reports and local observers in Warri. The death toll since August 15 is at least 50, [...] | 2003-08-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC EPET NI |
03ABUJA1684 | WARRI UPDATE: REPORTED MILITARY CLASHES WITH IJAW [...] (C/NF) The September 29 Nigerian newspaper "The Vanguard" reported that a military unit of the Joint Task Force fought with Ijaw youth at Jones Creek Island over the weekend, leaving four people dead and several others injured. Ijaw NGO activist Joel Bisina told CRO September 29 that on Septe [...] | 2003-09-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV MOPS PHUM NI |
03ABUJA205 | NIGERIA: UPDATE ON BENUE COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Judicial Commission investigating the Zaki-Biam killings January 16 told PolCouns that while the Commission had completed the fact- finding part of its mission, its final report would not be ready until March. Sufi confirmed that the Commission's report woul [...] | 2003-01-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI |
03ABUJA236 | NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN ON [...] (C) During a January 23 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu commented on the October 2001 Benue massacre. Agbobu did not expect anyone to be held accountable. Agbobu said while "everyone knows what happened (at Benue)" nothing would come of t [...] | 2003-02-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI |
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 |
03ABUJA400 | NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA REFUSES TO COMMENT ON BENUE [...] (C) During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa refused to comment on the veracity of GON claims that officers associated with the October 2001 Benue massacre were transferred, retired or otherwise relieved. When the Ambassador tr [...] | 2003-02-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS NI |
03ABUJA629 | NIGERIA: CONCERN FOR CRISIS IN THE DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 26 evening meeting, President Obasanjo, Ambassador Jeter and British High Commissioner Philip Thomas discussed the ongoing crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Jeter and Thomas expressed concern about the implications of a continuing crisis on stability and on [...] | 2003-04-03 18:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL MOPS PHUM 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 |
03ABUJA659 | NIGERIA: NAVY MINISTER SAYS MILITARY MUST TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Navy) Chris Agbobu discussed the recent violence in Delta State. He attributed the fighting to political power struggles between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups, Ijaw dissatisfaction with Delta S [...] | 2003-04-09 18:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EPET ASEC CASC PINS NI |
03ABUJA662 | NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON ECOWAS MINISTERIAL [...] On April 9, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the April 7 ECOWAS Ministerial in Abidjan. The briefing was similar to the one he gave in Abijdan (REF B). Stressing the need for immediate funding to ensure ECOMICI's continued viability, Chambas stated that he would join a [...] | 2003-04-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS IV LI NI |
03ABUJA716 | NIGERIA -- SSS DIRECTOR PREDICTS ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, (SSS) predicted a post- election "enforcement action" against Ijaw militants in the Warri area. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Are contended there was more to the current [...] | 2003-04-17 20:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV EPET MOPS NI |
03ABUJA817 | NIGERIA - SSS DIRECTOR ON THE ELECTION AND [...] (C) During an April 30 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) Kayode Are said that all political parties had committed electoral fraud. He also asserted that the outcome of the Presidential contest was a genuine reflection of the actual vote, a [...] | 2003-05-02 19:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINS MOPS NI |
03ABUJA989 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October 2002, Post has actively engaged the GON in hopes of concluding an Article 98 agreement before July 1, 2003. President Obasanjo has indicated a willingness to conclude an agreement; however key figures such as the Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministers have opposed a [...] | 2003-06-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
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 |
03AMMAN1054 | HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...] | 2003-02-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN1185 | SUPPORTING QIZ'S IN THE EVENT OF WAR [...] (c) SUMMARY: We are beginning to see the first indications of a negative impact on QIZ business as a result of war jitters on the part of U.S. buyers. Given the importance of QIZ exports to Jordan's economic growth and macroeconomic stability, a prolonged downturn in QIZ orders as a result [...] | 2003-02-27 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR MOPS IS JO |
03AMMAN1251 | ROYAL JORDANIAN WAR CONTINGENCY PLAN [...] (sbu) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to shuttle passengers between Amman and a temporary operating hub in Athens in the event civil air traffic to Amman's Queen Alia airport is closed by a military conflict and/or lack of affordable insurance coverage. This scenario could have a ma [...] | 2003-03-03 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN MOPS JO |
03AMMAN1358 | FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman in principle would welcome the proposed initial visit of a USG Consequence Management Support Team (CMST) to discuss emergency operations execution procedures, operational plans, and any other necessary preparations with appropriate GOJ officials and Mission personnel. Sin [...] | 2003-03-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PM JO |
03AMMAN1424 | JORDANIAN AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR OEF [...] (sbu) In a March 10 letter to the embassy Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali confirmed RJ's offer to provide uplift support for OEF operations in the region. The text of the letter, including approximate hourly rates for passenger and cargo charter flights, is transmitted below. [...] | 2003-03-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MOPS JO |
03AMMAN1550 | JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq, totaling over $44 million monthly as a result of higher insurance charges and decreased business volumes. Following war, though, the consensus opinion is that the sector will en [...] | 2003-03-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO |
03AMMAN1581 | (S) REPORT THAT 20 RUSSIAN MISSILE TECHNICIANS [...] (S) On March 16, the First Secretary of the Thai Embassy in Baghdad, Prasidhi Sochiratna (please protect),contacted A/POL to request a meeting to "pass on some information from my Ambassador to your Ambassador." Sochiratna said he had just returned to Amman on March 11 after a month in Baghda [...] | 2003-03-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN1622 | REFUGEE AND TRANSIT CAMPS IN JORDAN NEARLY READY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy/DART message. 2. (U) UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP: As of mid-day (local time) on March 18, GOJ workers were laying water/sanitation infrastructure -- water tanks, latrine pits, a trench system and cesspools. UNHCR has not yet received authorization from the GOJ to erec [...] | 2003-03-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN1798 | TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF [...] (S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter their public line to deal with the public ire. In a speech by King Abdullah on March 21, a press conference the next day with the PM, FonMin and InfoMin, and official news agency [...] | 2003-03-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN1881 | TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanker trucks have returned to Iraq to restart the delivery of Iraqi crude to Jordan. The Ambassador said he found the reports beyond comprehension. In response t [...] | 2003-03-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO |
03AMMAN2124 | NSC COALITION MEMBERS UPDATE DELIVERED: MFA [...] (S) In an April 8 meeting with FonMin Muasher that covered a number of issues (septel),the Ambassador delivered the April 7 NSC Coalition Members Update, as instructed reftel. Muasher welcomed the information and said he would look forward to receiving future updates as they become availabl [...] | 2003-04-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ASEC AMGT PREL MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN2260 | JORDAN ISSUES MODIFIED NOTAM [...] (SBU) After receiving REFTEL talking points April 8, Jordan Civil Aviation Authority Director Hanna Najjar told us that he had "no problem" issuing a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM),but said he would limit the contents to operational instructions, ICAO provisions, frequencies, etc., removing allusi [...] | 2003-04-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MOPS JO |
03AMMAN2400 | TFIZ01: JORDAN SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO RETURN [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 20, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Bak asked for USG assistance in helping the GOJ reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. Muasher said that Jordan wished to return the Ambassador and some d [...] | 2003-04-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN2427 | 950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR [...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...] | 2003-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
03AMMAN2486 | STOPPING FLEEING IRAQI LEADERSHIP FROM ENTERING [...] (S) PolCouns on April 23 passed reftel list of senior former Iraqi officials to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayed said he would pass the list to the proper authorities. 2. (S/NF) ORCA will also pass the list in its channels. GNEHM [...] | 2003-04-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN2528 | IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING [...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...] | 2003-04-29 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO |
03AMMAN253 | JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...] | 2003-01-13 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA |
03AMMAN2548 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF ENHANCED [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO |
03AMMAN3891 | JORDAN-BASED COMPANY WORRIED ABOUT IRAQI SUBSIDIARY [...] (SBU) Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) met with Econoff June 29 to express concern regarding ACDIMA's Iraq-based subsidiary Arab Company for Antibiotics Industries (ACAI). Haddadin said he was concerned about the securi [...] | 2003-06-29 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MOPS PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN3904 | IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING [...] (S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail Ali (ref). Noori said that they had no trouble getting into the Iraqi Embassy in Amman on June 25 and had found the morale of the Iraqi staff quite high, "since all the intell [...] | 2003-06-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO |
03AMMAN5041 | AFTER THE BOMBING, JORDAN REQUESTS U.S. PROTECTION [...] (S) Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director, told PolCouns August 10 that, despite the August 7 bombing of the Jordanian Embassy building in Baghdad (ref),Jordan wishes to maintain a diplomatic and security presence in Baghdad. Al-Ayed said Jordan hopes to m [...] | 2003-08-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ US JO |
03AMMAN5188 | A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM ABUL RAGHEB AND [...] (S) In separate meetings with PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher August 13, A/S Burns expressed condolences for the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and pledged continued USG support in the investigation. Muasher characterized the recent Arab League (AL) meeting in Cairo as "posit [...] | 2003-08-14 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO |
03AMMAN5764 | PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...] | 2003-09-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC |
03AMMAN5765 | PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...] | 2003-09-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC |
03AMMAN5965 | UNINTENDED BUT EFFECTIVE CLOSURE OF JORDAN-IRAQ [...] (S) U.S. military units on the Jordan-Iraq border unintentionally but effectively closed the border to Iraq-bound traffic on September 15. GOJ MFA and security officials queried the Embassy, seeking an explanation. Embassy officers contacted U.S. military command units in Iraq, who indicate [...] | 2003-09-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS PREL IZ JO |
03AMMAN7110 | EIPC FUNDING FOR JORDAN FOR FY 2005 [...] (S) Jordan, a key supporter of U.S. policies in the Middle East, has long been an enthusiastic participant in international peacekeeping operations (PKO),including service in recent years in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia/Eritrea, East Timor, Haiti, and the Balkans. In addition, Jordan has provided [...] | 2003-10-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO |
03AMMAN7358 | JORDANIAN MFA AGAIN ASKS FOR ACCOUNTING OF [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) During a conversation November 9 on other topics (septel, notal),Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, asked PolCouns for the status of the USG response to the formal [...] | 2003-11-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ JO |
03AMMAN7578 | FONMIN MUASHER ON STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador November 19 that Jordan wants to conclude an Article 98 agreement with the U.S., and that he has instructed Jordanian UN PermRep Prince Zaid bin Raad to be "as flexible as possible" in working out bridging language between the U.S. and [...] | 2003-11-20 17:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS JO |
03AMMAN8071 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN JORDAN SPUTTERS TO [...] (C) The new Iraqi police training center in Jordan recently received its first class of approximately 500 trainees. The center ultimately plans to provide basic police training to 32,000 Iraqi recruits. The GOJ and the training staff, some of whom trained police in Kosovo, understand the i [...] | 2003-12-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ JO |
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 |
03AMMAN8242 | JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...] | 2003-12-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SENV SY JO |
03ANKARA1002 | NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO [...] (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish request for Article IV consultations on February 10. Celan said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a [...] | 2003-02-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO |
03ANKARA1005 | IRAQ: USG-GOT SIGN MOU ON SITE PREPARATIONS [...] (S) The USG and GOT negotiating teams signed a Memorandum of Understanding late February 8 after the GOT accepted the USG position on the last remaining issue -- taxation. The GOT negotiator expressed surprise and noticeable frustration that the USG requested tax exception for a possible opera [...] | 2003-02-08 23:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
03ANKARA1024 | IRAQ: GOT PROVIDES DIP NOTE PUTTING SITE PREP MOU [...] (C) Late afternoon February 10, the MFA informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that the GOT had fulfilled all of the internal procedures necessary for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Site Preparations that was signed late February 8 (ref a) to enter into force. Paragraph 2 contain [...] | 2003-02-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
03ANKARA1034 | IRAQ AND HUMAN SHIELDS: TURKS NOT PERMITTING [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA1072 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD [...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...] | 2003-02-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA1099 | MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...] | 2003-02-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU |
03ANKARA1119 | NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Feb. 19. It reflects information conveyed to ONW POLAD by Turkish MFA officers reftel and points to the KDP as the cause of the problem. 2. (C) Begin text: Mr. Zal [...] | 2003-02-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA1311 | TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action request. Summary: -------- 2. (S) MFA advised DCM that the GOT would like to hold further talks on humanitarian assistance at a senior level, and that a Memorandum of Understanding on this issue might be necessary. MFA wants to h [...] | 2003-02-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
03ANKARA1345 | IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP [...] (U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy troops for operations against Iraq. Of the 533 members present, 264 voted in favor and 250 against. 19 MPs abstained. Article 96 of the Constitution requires that an absol [...] | 2003-03-01 20:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1346 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...] | 2003-03-01 21:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA1357 | FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS [...] (S) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Feb 26. After seven hours of talks during the morning 2/26, the two sides agreed to language on all issues but one: fuel services-related costs. [...] | 2003-03-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1360 | NORTHERN IRAQ: "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" DEMONSTRATE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA1374 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO [...] (C) This is an action request, para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador the night of March 3 to express concern about reftel demonstration. Tuygan asked if the US had made representation about the demonstration to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He sai [...] | 2003-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA1380 | USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...] | 2003-03-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP |
03ANKARA1391 | NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...] | 2003-03-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
03ANKARA140 | GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES [...] (U) The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding visits by US Naval vessels to the island of Rhodes. 2. (U) Begin text of MFA note No. 2002DHGY/485435: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey presents its compliments [...] | 2003-01-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GR TU |
03ANKARA1483 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...] | 2003-03-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ |
03ANKARA1485 | IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to create the right conditions for parliamentary passage of a resolution permitting deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey. When Codel and Ambassador pushed back that Turkey [...] | 2003-03-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA1496 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...] | 2003-03-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU |
03ANKARA1512 | IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A demarche suggesting a US-Turkey-Iraqi opposition meeting. Burcuoglu said Turkey was agreeable to holding a round of US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-ITF talks toward the end of this week (when [...] | 2003-03-10 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
03ANKARA1595 | IRAQI OPPOSITION TALKS IN ANAKARA: TURKS ON BOARD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On March 13, DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu and delivered Ref A points. Burcuoglu agreed to the following schedule: -- US-TU bilaterals, with Turkey represented by Deputy U/S Tuygan, at 17:00 on [...] | 2003-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1638 | IRAQ: CENTCOM PROPOSAL FOR US-TURKEY-IRAQI KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) DCM was contacted March 14 by CENTCOM POLAD, who said that CDR CENTCOM wanted, as the minimum acceptable deliverable for upcoming talks with Turks and Iraqi Kurds, the establishment of a 24-hour/day policy-level cell staffed by US, Turkis [...] | 2003-03-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1704 | DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...] | 2003-03-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1706 | PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...] | 2003-03-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1709 | TURKEY/IRAQ: MOVING TOWARD APPROVAL OF U.S. [...] (C) In separate meetings March 17-18, ruling AK party parliamentary group deputy chairman Salih Kapusuz; former President Demirel's right-hand-man Muharrem Ozguven; Director General of Turkish Customs (and AK party member) Nevzat Saygilioglu; and Faruk Demir, executive director of a think-tank [...] | 2003-03-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA172 | UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...] | 2003-01-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU |
03ANKARA1739 | DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] | 2003-03-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1744 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OEF [...] (S) The Embassy learned late March 18 from AMCC Incirlik that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) has temporarily suspended the blanket clearance that the GOT had provided the US for aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). TGS Deputy J3 for Command and Control Maj. Gen. Ozer repo [...] | 2003-03-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1745 | DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] | 2003-03-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1792 | NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...] | 2003-03-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR |
03ANKARA1799 | DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),the United Nations (U.N.),and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...] | 2003-03-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1802 | INITIAL GOT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) During his March 20 meeting with MFA U/S Ziyal (ref c),Ambassador followed up his recent requests for the GOT to expel Iraqi intelligence officers (ref b) by urging the GOT to suspend Iraq's diplomatic presence in Turkey on a temporary basis and take steps to assure the prompt departure [...] | 2003-03-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA1805 | DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...] | 2003-03-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1832 | GOT TERMINATES OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MOPS PARM TU |
03ANKARA1835 | UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...] | 2003-03-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA1907 | TFIZ01: UN AND ICRC ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) Over the weekend, Reuters, citing UN and ICRC sources, reported that up to 500,000 persons have been displaced in northern Iraq. UN representatives in Ankara provided lower estimates of displacement. Thus far, there has been no significant movement of DPs to the Turkish border. 2. [...] | 2003-03-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PREF IZ TU |
03ANKARA1966 | TFIZ01: TGS CHIEF OF STAFF ISSUES STATEMENT ON TU [...] (C) On March 26, Turkish General Staff CHOD General Hilmi Ozkok issued a public statement on the current presence of TU forces in northern Iraq and future Turkish intentions in the region. 2. (U) Following are excerpts of the statement (a complete English-language text will follow septel) [...] | 2003-03-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA2025 | TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA2062 | TF01IZ: TURKS "SERIOUSLY WORKING" ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) On March 28, the DCM met with Deputy DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Safak Gokturk to reiterate our requests concerning Iraqi intelligence agents/diplomats. Reiterating information that Post recently had passed to the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO),the DCM again aske [...] | 2003-03-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA2101 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...] | 2003-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
03ANKARA2119 | WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...] | 2003-03-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
03ANKARA2121 | RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. --------------------- RESUPPLY OF US FORCES --------------------- 2. (C) A/DCM, ECON counselor and TF-N/J4 representative met with MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak and DDG for Bilateral Economic Affairs Mehmet Gucuk March 31 to discuss [...] | 2003-03-31 17:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA2145 | CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS NON-COMMITTAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA is not yet ready to confirm Embassy Nicosia's reporting that Turkey will not formally conduct May's Toros I military exercise. Instead, we heard Turkey's traditional policy that it will mirror whatever the Greek Cypriots choose to do. Post will follow up to see if we can se [...] | 2003-04-02 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
03ANKARA2195 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...] | 2003-04-04 10:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA2203 | INITIATION OF COMMERCIAL SUPPLY LOC [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR ETRD IZ TU |
03ANKARA221 | TGS: NO TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On January 6, Pol-Mil Counselor took a copy of that day's mass daily newspaper "Milliyet" to Turkish General Staff Deputy J3 MG Bekir Kalyoncu. Splashed across the front page was a picture of 30 Turkish tanks at a base at Bamerni in northern Iraq with a headline implying the Turkish Army [...] | 2003-01-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA2245 | CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS HAVE NO EXERCISE PLANS [...] (C) On April 7, in response to Post's follow up on Ref A, acting MFA Cyprus Department Head Barkan Oz contacted polmiloff with an update on Turkey's intentions regarding the spring Toros I exercise in Cyprus. Oz said that he had confirmed with the Turkish General Staff that Turkey has "no pl [...] | 2003-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
03ANKARA2259 | IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...] | 2003-04-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY |
03ANKARA2298 | TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...] | 2003-04-09 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
03ANKARA2333 | TURKEY: MEASURES TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MOPS |
03ANKARA2347 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...] | 2003-04-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
03ANKARA2384 | REFUTING THE TURKISH ALLEGATION OF SPE KHALILZAD [...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Burcuoglu to refute strongly the Turkish allegations of a March 29 meeting between SPE Khalilzad and PKK/Kadek (ref a). DCM also presented Burcuoglu with a diplomatic note containing language drawn from ref a. DCM stressed that the [...] | 2003-04-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PKK |
03ANKARA2386 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL [...] (S) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM Gul had announced he had canceled his trip to Damascus -- ref b),DCM conveyed USG views on the current state of US-Syrian relations (ref a). DCM said he had intended to deliver t [...] | 2003-04-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC |
03ANKARA2660 | TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to Apri [...] | 2003-04-24 17:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU |
03ANKARA2663 | TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to April [...] | 2003-04-24 17:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU |
03ANKARA2710 | FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS LIST: TURKS SAY NO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On April 24, Polmiloff delivered ref demarche to MFA/Middle East Department Ferhat Alkan. Alkan promised to deliver it at once to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu, who had bee [...] | 2003-04-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PARM PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA2758 | IRAQ/STABILIZATION: TURKS PRESS FOR GOT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Robert Pearson. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During an informal breakfast meeting on April 27 with visiting Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),MFA D/US Ilkin raised the GOT's wish to play a role in any stabilization force in Iraq. Ilkin told the Congre [...] | 2003-04-29 11:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA2781 | TFIZ01: Turkish Red Crescent Aid Shipment En [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS IZ TU |
03ANKARA2817 | IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM [...] (S) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras (strictly protect),the GOT held a coordination meeting on Iraq policy April 26 at which MFA, TNIO and TGS reps agreed that Turkey should concentrate more on trade with and aid to Iraq, and less on the military issues surrounding the Iraqi b [...] | 2003-04-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
03ANKARA2912 | IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...] | 2003-05-05 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
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 |
03ANKARA3078 | IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk informed us May 12 that Turkey intends to send a three-person "specialized" team to northern Iraq (Mosul, Irbil and Kirkuk) to meet with KDP, PUK and Turkmen leadership. The team is planning to fly from Ankara (via Turkish [...] | 2003-05-12 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA3153 | TURKISH MFA DELEGATION VISIT TO IRAQ: ITS IN OUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Reftel reported the MFA's intention to send a three-person delegation to Iraq beginning May 15. The visit is in large part in response to past invitations from the KDP and PUK for a senior GOT delegation to visit northern Iraq. The Turks [...] | 2003-05-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA331 | NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward prudently on Articles IV and V with respect to Iraq. Nevertheless, the GOT hopes the package outlined in reftel with evolve as necessary and discussion of Article IV will not be defe [...] | 2003-01-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO |
03ANKARA3416 | THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The GOT continues to express an interest in participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks understand the political sensitivity of a neighboring state putting troops in Iraq. According to MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli, Turkey is not looking to use NATO as a "bac [...] | 2003-05-27 06:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA3463 | TURKS FIRM IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR "OPTION TWO" FOR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Polmiloff met with Fatih Ceylan, Head of the MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs Department, on May 22 on the subject of NATO command restructuring. Ceylan said that Turkey wo [...] | 2003-05-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU |
03ANKARA3528 | MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH [...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...] | 2003-05-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA3795 | TURKS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA3913 | IRAQ: GOT DESIRES TO SHIP OFFICE FURNITURE TO [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has responded positively to requests from the Iraqi MFA and the Iraqi Tribal Coalition to provide these organizations office supplies. The MFA is prepared to send these goods (via the Habur Gate) as soon as authorization from OCPA is received. The MFA requests that US aut [...] | 2003-06-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA3922 | UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The KDP's June 17 refusal to allow a 40-person delegation of Iraqi businessmen to cross into Turkey to meet with Turkish businessmen, together with the KDP's continued practice of charging taxes/fees for good [...] | 2003-06-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA404 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...] | 2003-01-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU |
03ANKARA4072 | KURDISH GROUPS' UNILATERAL ACTIONS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary and action request: Reftels report the KDP's practice of charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border. Reports from GOT officials, local businessmen, and UN officials indicate that the KDP continues to charge fees for ce [...] | 2003-06-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC TU IZ |
03ANKARA4073 | TURKISH CABINENT APPROVES USE OF BASES AND PORTS [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak told the DCM June 25 that the Turkish cabinet earlier this week had approved the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations covered under UNSCR 1483. Ilicak said the Cabinet's decision came in the form of a decree, is [...] | 2003-06-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA4222 | IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B and D). 3. (C) Action Request: Refs A and B list GOT offers of assistance related to the reconstruction and stability of Iraq, for which Post has requested guidance from the Department or OCP [...] | 2003-07-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA4230 | TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...] | 2003-07-04 20:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA4231 | ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...] | 2003-07-05 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA4669 | TURKISH INFORMATION ON IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) On July 23 the Government of Turkey passed to the Embassy the information below to support its claims that Iraqi Governing Council member Mahmoud Othman is closely affiliated with the PKK/KADEK. (Note: KYB is the Turkish abbreviation for Talabani's [...] | 2003-07-24 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA4848 | AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK, [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...] | 2003-07-31 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
03ANKARA4851 | TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW [...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...] | 2003-07-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
03ANKARA4864 | TURKISH MFA READY TO START TALKS ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) In a Aug. 1 meeting, MFA Deputy Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Nabi Sensoy told Charge that the Turkish side will be ready to begin discussing cooperation on the presence of PKK/KADEK in Northern Iraq after the "re-integration" law (reftel) is signed by President Sezer and published in the [...] | 2003-08-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
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 |
03ANKARA5000 | TURKEY IMPLEMENTS PKK/KADEK REINTEGRATION LAW, [...] (S) Summary: Implementing its newly-ratified Reintegration Law to attract PKK/KADEK members back from Iraq and Western Europe, the GOT is pushing strongly for U.S.-Turkish talks on PKK/KADEK to begin soonest. End summary. 2. (C) Aug. 7 we pressed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya for d [...] | 2003-08-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PINS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5191 | TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...] | 2003-08-14 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER 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 |
03ANKARA5233 | TURKEY ENCOURAGES PAKISTAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref B info to MFA Iraq deskoff Haldun Tekneci August 15. Tekneci thanked PolMilOff but made no comment on the information. 2. (C) During an introductory call August 18, MFA U/S Ziyal gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Pakistani FonSec Khokhar's meetings in A [...] | 2003-08-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PA |
03ANKARA5313 | CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...] | 2003-08-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5315 | REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us August 20 to report that the MFA had received reports that the Iranians recently had opened consulates in two cities in northern Iraq -- Irbil and Suleymaniye. Erslan said that up until [...] | 2003-08-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA5419 | IRAQ: KIRKUK VIOLENCE HAVING IMPACT ON TURKISH [...] (C) The August 23-24 violence in Kirkuk that left several Turkmen and Kurds dead/injured was front page news in Turkey over the weekend, and generated demonstrations in front of the Ankara PUK offices that reportedly left 23 police and 5 demonstrators injured. While the story has subsided here [...] | 2003-08-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
03ANKARA5436 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...] | 2003-08-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5515 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...] | 2003-09-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5516 | IRAQI MINISTERS: TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN THERE [...] (C) In seperate conversations with the Ambassador and DCM Sept. 1 and August 30 respectively, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and MFA Acting Director General Safak Gokturk said Turkey was disappointed that the Iraqi Governing Council had appointed only one Turkmen minister. Turkish Ambass [...] | 2003-09-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5546 | TURKISH DELEGATION FROM IRAQ 9/04: ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (C) Embassy received the following dip note regarding the GOT delegation planning to return from Iraq September 4. Begin Text: OAGY-II/273 dated September 2, 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affa [...] | 2003-09-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA5553 | TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON [...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...] | 2003-09-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO |
03ANKARA5645 | CHOD OZKOK EMPHASIZES KURDISH ISSUES AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the AMB's 9/5 introductory call on GEN Ozkok, the CHOD focused on ethnic tension in nIZ and its effect on Turkish public opinion, and thus on Turkey's ability to contribute troops to the stabilization force. US action on PKK/KADEK is also a key factor in Turkey's decision [...] | 2003-09-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA5680 | IRAQ: CONGESTION AT HABUR BORDER CROSSING REQUIRES [...] (C) Over the past week, Post has fielded multiple reports from a variety of sources, including the CPA and the Turkish MFA, about delays, extremely long lines, extensive searches and unhappy truckers on both sides of the Habur Bridge/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing between Iraq and Turkey. Bec [...] | 2003-09-08 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA5694 | IRAQ, TURKEY AND A NEW UNSC RESOLUTION: PASSAGE [...] (C) The passage of a new UNSC resolution on Iraq authorizing a UN-mandated MNF would provide useful cover for GOT officials with the Turkish Parliament if/when the GOT seeks Parliament's approval for a Turkish troop contribution. Significantly, President Sezer, the loudest voice insisting on [...] | 2003-09-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA5728 | NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF TAKES TOUGH TACK ON INCIRLIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Air Chief Gen Ibrahim Firtina took a surprisingly aggressive approach on a range of issues at the AMB's introductory call 9/8. First, he surprised us by re-opening the F16 EW suite issue which his predecessor had agreed to (reftel). Then he implied that the US was lucky Turk [...] | 2003-09-10 07:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA5780 | TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA5897 | TURKEY OPEN TO CANCELING FALL MILITARY EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: In receiving Ref A demarche, GOT interlocutors from MFA and TGS did not push back on canceling this year's Toros/Barbaros exercise and expressed openness to following past practice of mirroring the Greek activities. However, they were characteristically unwilling to commit to doin [...] | 2003-09-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU GR CY |
03ANKARA5930 | IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES [...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...] | 2003-09-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA5962 | NORTHERN IRAQ: NEXT STEPS WITH TURKEY ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) As we prepare for S/CT Black's visit and the next round of talks with Turkey on the PKK/KADEK presence in Iraq, Post believes we need to take into account a number of the Turkish positions expressed to DAS Pascoe on Sept. 12 (Ref B). RECOMMENDATION: To demonstrate the seriousness of the US [...] | 2003-09-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA6028 | IRAQ: TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL ON GC/TRIBES VISITS, [...] (C) On Sept. 23, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal and Ambassador discussed a range of Iraq issues. Ziyal said Iraqi tribes and the visiting Governing Council delegation told the Turks they did not want more foreign troops in Iraq. However, if Turkey sent troops, the Turks should be distinct [...] | 2003-09-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA6072 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TALABANI TRIES TO MEND FENCES WITH [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council member and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, sent letters Sept. 23 to Turkish PM Erdogan and MFA Undersecretary Ziyal seeking improved relations between the PUK and Turkey. He also sent a verbal message noting that Turkey and the Iraqi Kur [...] | 2003-09-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA6139 | TURKEY UNLIKELY TO OFFICIALLY CANCEL CYPRUS [...] (C) We followed up on our earlier demarche about canceling the upcoming exercises on Cyprus (ref A) with MFA Deputy DG for Greece/Cyprus Necip Eguz on Sept 29. PolMilCouns pressed upon Eguz the need for an early official GOT position in order to ensure all sides follow last year's precedent [...] | 2003-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU GR CY |
03ANKARA6145 | IRAQ: TURKS SEEK MEETING WITH USG/CPA DELEGATION [...] (C) On October 1, MFA Economics Department Head Akif Ayhan told PolMilOff that Turkish missions in Washington and Baghdad would be demarching State and CPA respectively to request a USG/CPA delegation with reps from Washington and Baghdad come to Ankara in the near future to discuss with the G [...] | 2003-10-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA6231 | NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS [...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...] | 2003-10-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
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 |
03ANKARA626 | IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...] | 2003-01-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
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 |
03ANKARA6272 | AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...] | 2003-10-06 17:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA6279 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH IN TURKEY - [...] (C) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Prime Minister" Barham Salih visited Ankara October 6-7 for talks with Turkish officials. He met DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 6 and said that while he expected terrorism in Iraq to get worse before it got better, he was optimistic about the future, and [...] | 2003-10-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
03ANKARA6281 | IRAQ AND TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT: GOT EXPECTS [...] (S) Ambassador was called October 7 by MFA Undersecretary Ziyal who said the GOT expects Ref A motion granting the GOT authority to deploy Turkish troops to pass this evening (Oct. 7). Ziyal and the Ambassador agreed to meet on Oct. 9 to discuss next steps. Ziyal expressed concern (that he sa [...] | 2003-10-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA6303 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Parliament approved sending troops to Iraq on October 7 by a comfortable majority, 358 for, 183 against, 2 abstentions. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unsuccessfully tried to thwart approval by a last-minute assertion, quickly refuted by Foreign Minister [...] | 2003-10-07 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA6340 | NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP'S SAFEEN DIZAYEE - TURKISH [...] (C) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Safeen Dizayee called on DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 7. Dizayee described the situation in Baghdad as improving. He said the KDP did not believe that Turkish troops in Iraq could be neutral, that Turkey would use their presence to try to b [...] | 2003-10-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
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 |
03ANKARA6424 | CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...] | 2003-10-15 07:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA6450 | CODEL SAXTON'S ANKARA STOP FOCUSES ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin told visiting CODEL Saxton (Oct 9-10, 2003) that the Turkish government is determined to expand Turkey's partnership with the US beyond Iraq, regional security, and international terrorism. In the AK Party's estimate, according to Sahin, s [...] | 2003-10-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP MOPS PGOV TU IZ |
03ANKARA6482 | IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: HOW CAN TURKISH MERCHANTS GET [...] (C) CPA regulations prohibiting any cash over USD 10,000 from entering or leaving Iraq, coupled with the absence of a fully functioning banking system is problematic for merchants doing large-scale business in Iraq. The Turkish MFA informed Embassy this week that Turkish merchants are increasi [...] | 2003-10-16 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA649 | IRAQ: TGS REQUESTS ANSWERS TO PHASE IV QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided visiting CENTCOM/EUCOM planners January 23 questions (see para 4) concerning Phase IV operations in Iraq. TGS requested that appropriate USG authorities respond to th [...] | 2003-01-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA6493 | NORTHERN IRAQ'S MAKHMOUR CAMP - UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (C) On October 16, PolMilOff met with UNHCR Representative for Turkey Gesche Karrenbrock on Makhmour Camp issues. Karrenbrock hopes to meet with Turkish MFA and MOI officials in the next two weeks to discuss next steps. She said that Turkish press play linking the camp to the PKK was having a [...] | 2003-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREF PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA6499 | MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...] | 2003-10-17 10:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR |
03ANKARA6574 | MFA PREPARED TO GO SLOW ON TROOPS AND LOAN PACKAGE [...] (S) Following Cyprus Special Coordinator Weston's meeting with MFA Under Secretary Ugur Ziyal on October 20, the Ambassador went one-on-one with Ziyal to discuss both the potential Turkish troop deployment to Iraq and the conditionality in the $8.5 billion financial assistance package. Rega [...] | 2003-10-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS EFIN MARR PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA6614 | PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
03ANKARA673 | IRAQ: TURKS WAITING FOR POLITICAL DIRECTION BEFORE [...] (C) MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay (protect) told Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor January 27 that Turkish authorities were "considering" the MOU that EUCOM presented to the Turkish General Staff (MOU) during the January 13 mil-to-mil talks, but stressed that no further action would be tak [...] | 2003-01-27 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
03ANKARA6846 | GOT EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC MOPS TU AF |
03ANKARA7006 | IRAQ: TURKEY WELL-SITUATED TO SUPPORT COALITION [...] (C) Given Turkey's desire to rehabilitate its relations with us through cooperation in Iraq and the decision not to use Turkish troops as part of the stabilization force, we need to identify areas where Turkey -- and the Turkish military in particular )- can play a constructive and meaningful [...] | 2003-11-10 07:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER |
03ANKARA7016 | NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP [...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...] | 2003-11-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC |
03ANKARA7020 | HABUR GATE/IBRAHIM KAHLIL [...] (C) In reftel CPA reacts to proposals for discussions with Turkey on transit capacity on the Iraqi border. The message rejects the Turkish proposal for a second gate because it is "politically" motivated. As we view the issue, the U.S. has a significant interest in improving the flow of goo [...] | 2003-11-07 21:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA7025 | PKK/KADEK CHANGES ITS NAME, PLANS TO HOLD PRESS [...] (U) Press reports on November 11 (see Refs) cite a statement distributed by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Baghdad stating that it had dissolved itself and formed a new organization to permit more democratic and broader participation. The new organization is called the Kurdistan Peop [...] | 2003-11-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA7092 | NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: TURKS ALLEGE KDP [...] (S) On November 14, MFA Intelligence and Research Department Head Ahmet Yildiz handed PolMilOff the following non-paper: Begin text: It has been reported that two members of PKK/KADEK terrorist organization, Sefin (born in 1966 in Syria) and Davut Felat (a Turkish national, born 1970 [...] | 2003-11-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
03ANKARA7093 | AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE [...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...] | 2003-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS |
03ANKARA7114 | TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...] | 2003-11-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP |
03ANKARA7133 | PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...] | 2003-11-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA7213 | IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...] | 2003-11-20 06:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA7253 | IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: IGC PRESIDENT TALABANI AGREES [...] (SBU) Iraqi Governing Council President Jalal Talabani shared with PolMilOff in Ankara Nov. 20 the text of an agreement (at Para 2) he said he and the IGC/Iraqi Ministers delegation reached Nov. 19 with Turkish Acting Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuzman. Tuzman presented [...] | 2003-11-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL MOPS ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA7289 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...] | 2003-11-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ |
03ANKARA7526 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TGS SUGGESTS USING PMF AS TRAINING [...] (S) During talks with VCJCS Pace December 3-4, Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Ozkok and Deputy Gen. Basbug suggested that the "Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) can be used as a training unit or a security force in the new Iraqi National Army." Earlier, a senior Turkish officer voiced a similar [...] | 2003-12-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
03ANKARA7724 | ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN: [...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...] | 2003-12-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU |
03ANKARA7800 | TURKS OUTLINE RULES AND PRINCIPLES FOR USE OF [...] (C) DG for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu summoned DCM to the MFA December 19 to provide the GOT's written authorization for the US to use Incirlik to rotate US personnel in and out of Iraq (reftel). Banguoglu said the MFA and other interested agencies (including TGS and Customs) [...] | 2003-12-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA7952 | IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO PULSE IRAQIS [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA DDG for Mideast Affairs Safak Gokturk called PolMilCouns 12/24 to inform him that a GOT delegation was planning to travel to Iraq on a fact-finding mission to meet with a broad range of contacts. Planning for the trip was in the initi [...] | 2003-12-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
03ANKARA7977 | AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...] | 2003-12-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
03ANKARA8015 | INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) On December 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us a diplomatic note approving the use of Incirlik Air Base for the operation to rotate US personnel and their associated equipment in and out of Iraq (reftel),and outlining the ru [...] | 2003-12-31 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA818 | IRAQ: MOU NEGOTIATING TEAM NEEDS TO BE READY START [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) Agreement with Turkey on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on US activities related to a possible Iraq operation may be the long pole in the tent of our struggle [...] | 2003-01-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ EFIN |
03ANKARA945 | IRAQ: TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL AND AMBASSADOR PEARSON [...] (S) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal mid-afternoon February 6 to press on several issues. First, he got from Ziyal a commitment to have the MFA, Treasury and other concerned agencies available during the holiday next week from Wednesday on to close on any outstanding questions. Ziyal sa [...] | 2003-02-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA946 | TURKISH MFA ON ACCESS FOR NGOS PROVIDING [...] (C) Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Ron Libby, USAID/OFDA, met with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations, to follow up on assistance and coordination issues discussed during the Humanitarian Planning Team,s meeting with MFA on January 28 (sep [...] | 2003-02-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
03ANKARA947 | IRAQ AND TURKEY: "AGREED MINUTE" VS. JOINT [...] (S) While Reftel meeting was taking place, Presidential Special Envoy Khalilzad met with MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan to discuss the MOU/Joint Statement issue further. Tuygan asked the US to reconsider its opposition to an MOU on the political future of Iraq. Khalilzad said that his current instru [...] | 2003-02-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
03ANKARA964 | HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...] | 2003-02-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU |
03COLOMBO1053 | Tensions notch up over sinking of Tamil Tiger [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two violent incidents on June 14 have sparked an increase in tension between the Tigers and the GSL. In the first, a Tiger ship exploded off the northeast coast after being intercepted by the navy. It is unclear whether the crew detonated the ship or whether it was destroyed b [...] | 2003-06-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE JA NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1061 | GSL tries to calm situation after sinking of [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the June 14 sinking of a Tiger ship, the GSL is trying to calm the situation, assuring the Tigers that it is looking into ways to devolve power to the north/east. Minister Moragoda, a key adviser to the PM, has expressed deep concerns to us about the navy's [...] | 2003-06-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE JA NO LTTE |
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 |
03COLOMBO1115 | ICC: Entry into force of non-surrender of [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Mission was asked to review whether Sri Lanka's and the Maldives' International Criminal Court (ICC) non-surrender of nationals agreements with the U.S. have entered into force. The situation is the following: -- Sri Lanka: The Sri Lankan MFA has confirmed that the ICC [...] | 2003-06-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA PGOV MOPS CE MV KICC |
03COLOMBO1191 | ICC: Non-surrender accord with GSL entered into force [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-08 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA CE |
03COLOMBO1223 | ICC: Non-surrender agreement with the [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Maldivian government has sent Mission a dipnote confirming that it has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for the entry into force of the non-surrender agreement it concluded with th [...] | 2003-07-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA MV |
03COLOMBO1339 | As Tigers continue their review, government's [...] (C) The Tigers continue to study the GSL's proposal for establishing an interim structure in the north/east. In the south, however, the proposal has garnered a mixed reaction. The president continues to review the proposal, for example, while the radical JVP party has harshly criticized it. [...] | 2003-07-31 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1344 | In discussion with Charge', Norwegian [...] (C) The Charge' met August 1 with Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar to discuss the latest news regarding Sri Lanka's peace process. Concerning a recent camp put in place by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the east, Brattskar said there is no sign of movement on the issue. [...] | 2003-08-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO14 | Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks set to begin in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers is set to take place in Thailand, January 6-9. Topics on the agenda include the security zones in Jaffna, which the Tigers want reduced in size. There is still some confusion as to the exact nature of Muslim repres [...] | 2003-01-03 06:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH |
03COLOMBO1430 | FY-2004 Humanitarian Demining Plan for [...] In response to Ref A, Mission's Humanitarian Demining Plan follows. Begin text: -------------------------------- SECTION ONE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------- A. BACKGROUND: Twenty years of civil war in Sri Lanka have left a severe mine and unexploded ordnance [...] | 2003-08-15 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MOPS PREF KHDP CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1554 | Sri Lanka/Maldives: Mission views on possible [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Mission has the following comments regarding possible Sri Lankan and Maldivian reaction to the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq. 2. (C/NF) SRI LANKA: Although it is generally pro-U.S. and has not been hostile in any sense toward Coalition operat [...] | 2003-09-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV CE MV IZ UN |
03COLOMBO1615 | Cohabitation dustup over security of key port [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has sent a letter to the prime minister harshly complaining that the GSL is not taking Tamil Tiger military positioning around Trincomalee harbor seriously enough. The PM has not yet sent a response to the widely publicized letter, but the GSL has already [...] | 2003-09-14 02:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PINS CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1826 | In meeting with the Ambassador, Defense [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Marapana related that based on what he understood the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) had inadvertently thwarted a recent attempt by the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) to intercept a suspected Tiger arms ship. In light [...] | 2003-10-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PHSA KPAO CE NO |
03COLOMBO1832 | In Mission visit, Jaffna seems calm, but deep [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and SA/INS desk officer visited Jaffna for one day of meetings with military, government, and NGO officials on October 17. Based on the team's observations, a semblance of normal life is steadily returning to this war-torn area in Sri Lanka's far north. As they have in pas [...] | 2003-10-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS SOCI PREF CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO1845 | President demands removal of chief monitor, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has requested that Norway remove the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief. In making this demand, the president complained that the SLMM had lost "objectivity." While the GoN reviews next steps, the SLMM is continuing its operations. The GSL is balk [...] | 2003-10-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PHSA CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1853 | Norwegian envoy says his government continues [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with Charge', Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar related that the GoN continues to review President Kumaratunga's demand that chief monitor Tellefsen be removed from his job. Despite reports that the president wants to curb cooperation, the GSL has issued as [...] | 2003-10-27 10:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO KWMM |
03COLOMBO1902 | Provoking political crisis, President fires [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sudden move, President Kumaratunga has fired the ministers of defense, interior, and mass communications citing concerns over the "deterioration of the security situation." Late in the day, the President also suspended Parliament until November 19. The PM is in Washington [...] | 2003-11-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC MOPS CASC CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1917 | In further move, President declares state of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Adding further to her sudden actions on November 4, the President declared a state of emergency on November 5. She told the Charge' (Septel) that, despite reports to the contrary, she had not sacked the finance minister. On the evening of November 4, President Kumaratunga read [...] | 2003-11-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER ASEC MOPS ECON CASC CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO1918 | President Affirms Commitment to Negotiated [...] (C) Summary. President Kumaratunga called in the Charge' November 5 to clarify her actions. She said she is committed to maintaining the ceasefire with the LTTE and to reaching a "negotiated settlement" with the Tigers. She wishes the Prime Minister success in this regard but felt she had [...] | 2003-11-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC MOPS ECON CASC CE NO LTTE PLO |
03COLOMBO1970 | In meeting with Ambassador, Sri Lankan Chief [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a call November 4 on the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS),Lieutenant General Lionel Balagalle. During the hour-long discussion, the Ambassador reiterated to LTG Balagalle our happiness with the restraint shown by the Sri Lankan military during the past twenty months in [...] | 2003-11-14 07:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER MOPS PINR CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO20 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER - SRI LANKA-COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 2001, FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN SRI LANKA'S 20-YEAR CIVIL CONFLICT, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL),RESPECTIVELY, DECLARED UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRES IN SHORT SUCCESSION. THESE UNILATERAL CEASEFIRES WE [...] | 2003-01-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO2036 | Acting chief of monitors says ceasefire being [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 24 with Hagrup Haukland, the acting head of the Norwegian-run Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),and separately with Sri Lankan Navy Chief Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri. Haukland said the GSL and the Tigers continued to observe the ceasefire accord. [...] | 2003-11-25 09:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE |
03COLOMBO410 | SRI LANKA NAVY SINKS LTTE SHIP; MOST OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary: After a reported exchange of fire on March 10, the Sri Lanka Navy sunk a cargo ship, that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed was one of its merchant ships. While the monitoring mission investigates the incident, the Norwegian Embassy and others have expressed co [...] | 2003-03-11 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL MOPS CE LTTE |
03COLOMBO421 | Snapshot of a sour, suspicious Jaffna [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Jaffna, March 11. The March 10 sinking of a LTTE arms resupply ship was on everyone's minds, with the military and Tamils in sharp discord on the GSL's action. The military, which was highly critical of the LTTE, defended the size of its security zones. T [...] | 2003-03-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM ECON KPAO CE NO JA LTTE |
03COLOMBO47 | Day two of talks: GSL and LTTE agree that [...] (C) SUMMARY: On day two of talks in Thailand (January 7),the GSL and Tamil Tigers began discussing the sensitive Jaffna security zone issue. The two sides did not reach agreement on how to handle the zones, but they agreed to continue discussing the matter. On a negative note, the Tigers [...] | 2003-01-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH LTTE |
03COLOMBO52 | GSL-LTTE talks in Thailand: Fourth round [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up in Thailand on January 9. Key understandings reached by the two sides included their agreement to move forward on resettling displaced persons. They also agreed to continue discussions re security zones in Jaffna, and to involve th [...] | 2003-01-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PHUM CE NO TH LTTE |
03COLOMBO551 | GSL considering a referendum re federalism [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 29 conversation with the Ambassador, Minister Moragoda said the GSL was thinking of holding a referendum on federalism later this year. He commented that the PM believed the referendum idea could be a way to place opponents of the GSL's peace initiative on the defensiv [...] | 2003-04-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO JA LTTE |
03COLOMBO612 | Report re Jaffna security zones recommends [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister Moragoda (pls protect) has provided us a copy of a long-awaited re the security zones in Jaffna. The report, which was written by a retired Indian general, recommends that the GSL and Tigers agree to mutual drawdowns of their military positions. In doing this, both si [...] | 2003-04-09 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO JA LTTE |
03COLOMBO646 | Leahy Amendment: Mission reviews human rights [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the human rights record of Army Commander Balagalle in light of a recent adverse court ruling involving the December 2001 election. Balagalle's human rights record, heretofore, has been excellent and we do not think the ruling rises to the level of a "gross v [...] | 2003-04-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MOPS KPAO CE |
03COLOMBO703 | Mission conveys urgent talking points on [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-24 09:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MV IZ |
03COLOMBO764 | Retired Indian general in Sri Lanka to discuss [...] (C) SUMMARY: A retired Indian general has arrived in Sri Lanka to discuss his report on ways to resolve the controversial Jaffna security zones issue. Even as he stepped off the plane, there has been another dustup over the matter, with the Tigers criticizing a government plan to relocate m [...] | 2003-05-03 02:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE IN LTTE |
03COLOMBO783 | Mission conveys talking points re Iraqi [...] (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (C) Per Ref A, Mission has conveyed the urgent talking points re the lifting of sanctions on Iraq to the governments of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Per Ref B, Mission also conveyed points re Pr [...] | 2003-05-12 03:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CE MV IZ |
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 |
03DJIBOUTI1644 | DJIBOUTI: TERRORIST DOES NOT MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Because of the request for an immediate report, we have been unable to reach non-State offices for clearance. For this reason, this cable is less detailed and shorter than a full report would be. 2. (S) Summary: Thursday, September 4, Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa (CJTF/H [...] | 2003-09-04 17:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS DJ |
03DJIBOUTI1659 | DJIBOUTI: EMBASSY VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) The UNSC resolution outlined in reftel would not bother Djibouti, so long as there were not strong Arab or European opposition to it. Djibouti does not want to be seen leading any charge on Iraq, but it will not be a negative force. It is small, poor, and in Arab League terms, peripher [...] | 2003-09-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL DJ IZ |
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 |
03GUATEMALA1548 | RIOS MONTT STONED BY MOURNERS IN RABINAL [...] (U) Summary: During a poorly-timed campaign stop in the highland town of Rabinal on June 15, former General and FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt was greeted with stones and bottles thrown by a group of war victims participating in an inhumation of 67 community members killed by the army du [...] | 2003-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA1596 | LAST CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN MACK CASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, Helen Mack, the prosecution, and the defense presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court for the final appeal in the case against the three retired military officers allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of Myrna Mack in September 1990. All three officers [...] | 2003-06-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL KJUS GT |
03GUATEMALA1683 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR TIME TO CONSIDER ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez told the Ambassador on June 24 that the MFA is seeking interagency comments on the proposed bilateral Article 98 Agreement, and is engaged in internal political consultations on the desirability of signing the agreement. He asked that we give the [...] | 2003-06-27 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV PINR GT |
03GUATEMALA1686 | XAMAN CASE REOPENED [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, Human Rights Officer attended a public session of the Xaman trial in San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz. This trial is the third attempt to prosecute 25 soldiers for the October 5, 1995, massacre of eleven civilians in the community of Aurora 8 de Octubre, Finca Xaman, Al [...] | 2003-06-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
03GUATEMALA1700 | AMBASSADOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on June 26 to express concern over the recent murder of an Auxiliary Ombudsman and new threats against human rights defenders and journalists. The Ambassador also praised Morales' efforts to promote the prompt e [...] | 2003-07-01 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS PINR MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA1805 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES RIOS MONTT ELIGIBLE [...] (U) By a vote of 4 to 3, the Constitutional Court issued a decision on the evening of July 14 striking down the earlier findings of the Registry of Persons, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Supreme Court (reftels),which had found that former de facto President Efrain Rios Montt was not [...] | 2003-07-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS PHUM KDEM GT |
03GUATEMALA2017 | GUATEMALA'S NO SHOOT-DOWN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Following the April 14 downing of a civilian aircraft carrying cocaine in Honduras, we have met with senior Guatemalan military officials to confirm that the GOG has a strict policy against firing on civilian aircraft believed to be transporting narcotics and to ensure that they u [...] | 2003-08-07 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS EAIR PREL PINR GT |
03GUATEMALA2255 | RIOS SOSA SUDDENLY RESIGNS [...] (U) General Enrique Rios Sosa, Army Chief of Staff and son of Presidential Candidate Efrain Rios Montt, retired without warning or explanation from the Guatemalan military on Monday, September 1. He has been replaced by Deputy Chief of Staff General Fredy Raul Ramirez Giron. Brigadier General [...] | 2003-09-02 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA2277 | DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT |
03GUATEMALA2278 | PRESIDENT SIGNS MINI-SOFA DECREE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-04 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL MASS MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA2387 | GT NAVY BRINGS IN 102 STRANDED ILLEGAL ALIENS [...] The Guatemalan Navy launched patrol boats in response to information from the Embassy's Tactical Analysis Team indicating an Ecuadorian vessel, possibly transporting narcotics, was stalled 40 nautical miles southwest of Guatemala's Puerto Quetzal. The vessel "Matheus Tollet" was intercepted a [...] | 2003-09-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA243 | AMBASSADOR AND RIOS MONTT DISCUSS DECERTIFICATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President of Congress Rios Montt professed to be a strong supporter of CAFTA (which he views as reducing the political influence of the traditional economic elites),and expressed understanding for Guatemala's impending counternarcotics [...] | 2003-01-29 20:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM ETRD PINR MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA2500 | MILITARY PENSION FUND: MILITARY FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary: EmbOffs met with General Alfredo Gonzalez to discuss recent developments in the theft and mismanagement of the Military Pension Fund. Gonzalez, who has been involved in the military's internal investigation of the matter, alleged payoffs were made to current and former top milit [...] | 2003-09-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PGOV MOPS PINR GT PM |
03GUATEMALA2594 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD NEW SAAS LAW [...] (U) On September 24 the Guatemalan Congress passed the organic law of the Secretariat for Administrative and Security Matters (SAAS) of the Presidency, which will replace the notorious Presidential Guard (EMP) set to be disbanded on November 1. The SAAS was created by presidential decree on J [...] | 2003-10-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA2769 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH RIOS MONTT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 breakfast with the Ambassador, FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt said he would respect the outcome of the election, whatever it is. He expressed concern about technical problems with the voter registration list ("padron") and locally organized acts of violenc [...] | 2003-10-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MOPS PREL EAID GT |
03GUATEMALA2853 | GUATEMALA DOWNSIZES ITS MILITARY, INCLUDING THE [...] (C) Summary: The first of three voluntary force reductions, phased over the next three years, commenced on October 29, and involved 1648 Defense Ministry employees including 198 career officers, 100 assimilated officers, 600 non-commissioned officers (NCO's) and 750 civilians. This first phas [...] | 2003-11-06 21:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR 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 |
03GUATEMALA57 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERGER SUPPORTS CAFTA AND A [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on January 7, PAN Presidential candidate Oscar Berger said that the PAN believes it will win the 2003 national elections, and that their priorities as a government would be completing negotiation of a free trade agreement with us, "rightsizi [...] | 2003-01-08 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD MOPS SNAR GT |
03GUATEMALA636 | MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Ambassador met one on one for a few minutes with FM Gutierrez March 7 on the heels of the fourth high-level working group meeting on narcotics, which the two had just chaired. That meeting is being reported septel. Following is a quick rundown: Gutierrez in Washington -------------- [...] | 2003-03-10 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS BEXP GT CU KICC |
03GUATEMALA77 | AMBASSADOR AND MINUGUA CHIEF TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and USAID Director met with MINUGUA Chief Koenigs, who was thankful for USG support on extension of MINUGUA's mandate through 2004, and was cautiously optimistic about further implementation of the Peace Accords. The Ambassador discussed possible counternarcoti [...] | 2003-01-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID PGOV MOPS GT |
03GUATEMALA836 | GUATEMALAN COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Guatemalan MFA has proposed an Article 98 Agreement that contains three additions to the modified text in reftel. The additions consist of making reference to UNSCR 1422 (the one-year exemption from the ICC for UN Peaceke [...] | 2003-03-31 16:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR KTIA GT KICC |
03GUATEMALA927 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES TORTURE CASE WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Defense Robin Moran on April 3 to emphasize that resorting to illegal detention and torture as appears to have occurred in the March 6 drug seizure in Rio Hondo, Zacapa is totally unacceptable. Moran clearly understood that these methods put Guat [...] | 2003-04-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS SNAR GT |
03HALIFAX329 | PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE JUAN [...] (U) Nine days after Hurricane Juan, life in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island has largely returned to normal, although several thousand people still remain without power in a number of hard-hit areas, including some near the center of Halifax. While Juan's human toll was relatively small - [...] | 2003-10-08 09:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AEMR MOPS CA |
03HALIFAX352 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA: SECURITY, ECONOMY, [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador's visit to Nova Scotia October 9 - 14 was useful in reinforcing a traditionally good relationship between the province and the U.S., as well as dispelling misperceptions about U.S. energy, environmental and foreign policy. Primary topics of discussion were security, econo [...] | 2003-10-21 13:52:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EFIS ECON EPET MOPS SENV ASEC CA |
03HALIFAX367 | PEARSON PEACEKEEPING CENTRE CAPABILITIES AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, has extensive expertise in training military, civilian and police personnel for peace operations in a variety of environments, but has as yet received from the Canadian government no taskings related to Iraq. Ottawa [...] | 2003-10-31 11:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC IZ CA |
03HOCHIMINHCITY153 | FATHERLAND FRONT HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST [...] Summary. On February 19 the Fatherland Front of Vietnam (FFV)- -the umbrella organization for Communist Party mass organizations in Vietnam--coordinated a peaceful and orderly demonstration inside the Friendship Association House across the street from ConGen to show opposition to a war with [...] | 2003-02-19 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ |
03HOCHIMINHCITY251 | MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...] (SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lodged serious complaints of stepped-up religious repression by government officials. The allegations include arrests, beatings, destruction of property, and si [...] | 2003-03-18 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY257 | COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION [...] Summary: The HCMC Youth Union organized a boisterous, but peaceful demonstration by more than 5000 high school and college students at the District One Youth Center on March 17. The rally featured speakers and musical performances to appeal to the kind of young audience which frequents the Y [...] | 2003-03-19 06:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ |
03KABUL1744 | NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT [...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...] | 2003-06-29 05:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR AF |
03KATHMANDU1744 | NEPAL: MAOIST BOMBS IN THE CAPITAL; BATTLES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: One person was killed and twelve injured after Maoist insurgents set off a series of six bomb blasts in Kathmandu and its environs on the morning of September 8. The explosions are believed intended to intimidate the general population into observing a general strike, or "ban [...] | 2003-09-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC MOPS NP |
03KATHMANDU2164 | NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-05 06:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU87 | NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human rights abuses committed while fighting Nepal's bloody six-year-old Maoist insurgency. Most disturbing, according to some sources, is the pattern of apparent impun [...] | 2003-01-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS NP |
03KATHMANDU902 | NEPALI ARMY REJECTS 5KM RESTRICTION DEMANDED BY [...] (U) On May 14 Col. Deepak Gurung, spokesman for the Royal Nepal Army (RNA),publicly denied that the Government of Nepal (GON) had agreed to confine soldiers to a 5-km radius of their barracks, as reported by Maoist negotiators, the press, and other sources close to the negotiations (Reftel). [...] | 2003-05-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU945 | NEPAL ARMY CLAIMS HEARTS-AND-MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Over the past month, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has been conducting a series of one-week civil affairs programs in 25 Maoist-affected districts in the east and mid-west of the country. While most of the programs so far feature mobile medical clinics, in some areas the RNA has carried out [...] | 2003-05-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PTER PGOV NP |
03KUWAIT1004 | APPROVAL OF PROVISIONAL ENTRY OF FORCES INTO [...] (S) THE GOK HAS AUTHORIZED NEW COALITION FORCES TO ENTER INTO KUWAIT WITHOUT A SIGNED STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT, PROVIDED (A) THEY ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES AND (B) SOFA NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING. THE AUTHORIZATION, IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT GRANTED TO THE CZECHS IN JANUARY, [...] | 2003-03-20 04:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL KU |
03KUWAIT104 | (C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...] | 2003-01-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC |
03KUWAIT1062 | HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...] | 2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
03KUWAIT1075 | FLOOD OF SUPPORT FROM KUWAITI POPULATION [...] At 7:45am March 25, Op Center Kuwait received a call from a Kuwaiti woman expressing support for our role in the military action in Iraq. She said her call was the result of a text message she received on her cell phone telling her to call the Embassy to let us know her opinion of the conflic [...] | 2003-03-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI MOPS PREL KU |
03KUWAIT1080 | USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...] | 2003-03-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
03KUWAIT1102 | (C) IRAQI OPPOSITIONISTS AND RECONSTRUCTION; [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, during an introductory call for Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) Director, Gen. Jay Garner, he and the Ambassador discussed war-related issues with Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah . Among the items raised were ORHA [...] | 2003-03-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID IZ KU |
03KUWAIT1105 | (C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...] | 2003-03-26 18:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU |
03KUWAIT1166 | TFIZ01: DART ABUSE PREVENTION UNIT [...] The DART Abuse Prevention Unit has been activated to identify, monitor, prevent, and respond to human rights abuses and protection issues in Iraq. Since arriving in Kuwait, the APU has briefed military units, NGOs, ORHA, and the USAID Reconstruction Team on the importance of reporting on rep [...] | 2003-03-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF MOPS PREL IZ |
03KUWAIT1212 | VISIT TO UMM QASR BY ORHA DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ORHA Director Lt. Gen. Jay Garner (ret.),accompanied by ORHA senior staff, visited the liberated Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr on April 1. The ORHA team met with the commanding officers of the British forces holding both the port facilities and the town. The port and associated [...] | 2003-04-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ASEC MOPS PGOV IZ |
03KUWAIT1335 | IRAQ: BULGARIA SEEKING TO SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. The Government of Bulgaria is seeking ways to support efforts by the DoD Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in the reconstruction and civil administration of Iraq according to Bulgarian Ambassador to Kuwait [...] | 2003-04-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BU IZ KU |
03KUWAIT1405 | TFIZ01 -- RESPONDING TO THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQI [...] NIACT immediate precedence required for action outside normal working hours. 2. This is an action message. 2. US academic and military contacts indicate they are hearing rumors that antiquities looted from the Baghdad Iraqi Museum are already appearing on European markets. Press re [...] | 2003-04-13 16:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL MOPS IZ |
03KUWAIT1929 | PROTECTING IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: UPDATE MAY 6 [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing investigations at the Iraqi National Museum are revealing the extent of losses from display galleries and stores from the early April looting. Present reports indicate 38 items, including some well-known pieces, were lost from or damaged in the display galleries. Tallies of [...] | 2003-05-10 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV MOPS IZ |
03KUWAIT2033 | REPORTED LOSSES AT NORTHERN SITES: IN SEARCH OF [...] SUMMARY. U.S. forces have stopped the looting by tribal raiders at the Assyrian site at Nimrod, about 25 kilometers south of Mosul; but not before the raiders had made off with pieces of an eighth century B.C. stone relief. The Mosul museum has yet to inventory its losses, but during a 5/10 [...] | 2003-05-14 03:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL MOPS IZ |
03KUWAIT3039 | GOK REQUESTS INCREASED SECURITY FOR FUEL SHIPMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah contacted the Ambassador on the afternoon of July 9 at the request of Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Sabah al-Sabah. According to al-Jarallah there is a continuing need for security for trucks carr [...] | 2003-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EPET IZ KU |
03KUWAIT3775 | SHEPHERDING HUMANITARIAN FUEL FOR BASRA [...] Summary. Apparently frustrated that the Coalition was not heeding Kuwait's requests to tighten controls on the Iraq-Kuwait border to limit smuggling, the GOK slammed shut to civilian traffic its northern border with Iraq on 12 August. Convoys of vehicles supplying the contracted-out logisti [...] | 2003-08-19 03:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID ENRG EPET MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ |
03KUWAIT4391 | (C) KUWAITIS STILL UNEASY OVER AL-ONAYZEH ARREST [...] (C) Kuwaiti contacts continue to be concerned about repercussions stemming from the arrest of Iraqi tribal sheikh Mtaib bin Mahrouth bin Hadhal al-Onayzeh. Prominent businessman Fuad al-Ghanim told Charge from London September 21, 2003, that he believed the arrest and detention of al-Onayze [...] | 2003-09-23 04:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU |
03KUWAIT4456 | (U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...] | 2003-09-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN |
03KUWAIT4965 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARREST OF ASSOCIATES OF [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-29 06:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PINS MOPS |
03KUWAIT5159 | (C) GOK WANTS US TO STOP COALITION FORCES' "ABUSE" [...] (S) On November 10, post received a diplomatic note (informal translation at paragraph 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing the GOK's displeasure that coalition forces are still permitting civilians and military personnel of varied nationalities into Kuwait without proper immig [...] | 2003-11-12 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETRD EAID CASC MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ |
03KUWAIT5454 | (U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...] | 2003-12-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ |
03KUWAIT613 | INPUT TO MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS [...] (S) Prior to the Iraqi invasion in 1990, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces (KAF) owned SA-7, SA-8, and SA-14 missile systems. Since 1991, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense (MOD) has claimed that all of their missile inventory was stolen by the Iraqi military. In 1995, the Kuwaiti MOD purchased 48 Starburs [...] | 2003-02-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETTC MOPS MARR PARM PREL PTER KU |
03KUWAIT65 | MIF: KUWAIT ACCEPTS DIVERTED VESSELS LADY RAWIA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EWWT MOPS IZ KU |
03KUWAIT66 | LADY RAWIA AND TRUST I DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU |
03KUWAIT804 | (SBU) ANOTHER SHOOTING NON-INCIDENT [...] (C) On the morning of March 5, a USMC convoy from Camp Commando had a 7-ton vehicle break down just past the on-ramp onto Highway 80. Convoy personnel heard shots impacting nearby. The convoy commander crossed the highway to find out where the fire originated; he found some Kuwaiti officers [...] | 2003-03-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS OIIP KU |
03KUWAIT85 | (S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC |
03KUWAIT858 | (C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...] | 2003-03-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU |
03LAGOS2579 | BIO ON WARRI NAVAL COMMANDER CAPTAIN O.B. OGUNJIMI [...] (S N/F) On November 19, Poloff and Econoff met Captain Olufemi B. Ogunjimi, Commanding Officer (CO) of Nigerian Naval Station Delta (NNS Delta),headquartered in Warri, Delta State, at a forum discussing peace and security in the Niger Delta. 2. (S N/F) Septel provides further context and b [...] | 2003-12-18 15:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EPET NI |
03OTTAWA1014 | CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...] | 2003-04-08 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ CA |
03OTTAWA1190 | IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADA OFFERS AIR TRANSPORT, [...] (C) Canadian Prime Minister Chretien issued an Iraqi reconstruction press release on April 29, announcing that Canada is ready to make available elements of its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART); Canadian transport aircraft to support humanitarian assistance efforts and reconstruction m [...] | 2003-04-29 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA |
03OTTAWA1252 | CANADIAN RESPONSE ON FLEEING IRAQI REGIME OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided us the following response on April 29: "The issue of apprehending and dealing appropriately with persons who have allegedly committed crimes against humanity or war crime [...] | 2003-05-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL XG XH IZ CA |
03OTTAWA1654 | CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF, [...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...] | 2003-06-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG |
03OTTAWA1758 | AFGHANISTAN FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT: CANADIAN [...] (SBU) The Canadian Government reacted very evenly to the June 19 decision by U.S. Air Force LTGEN Bruce Carlson not to proceed with courts martial against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Chretien said the matter is now closed as far as the Canadi [...] | 2003-06-20 18:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CA AF |
03OTTAWA178 | CANADIAN POSITION ON IRAQ UNCHANGED [...] (C) Despite Prime Minister Chretien's January 15 comment that "the international community must speak and act through the UN Security Council," Canada's position on military participation in a potential war against Iraq is unchanged. Contacts at Foreign Affairs and National Defense assured us [...] | 2003-01-16 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ CA UN |
03OTTAWA1899 | ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...] | 2003-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF CA |
03OTTAWA2451 | CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...] | 2003-08-27 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY |
03OTTAWA435 | CANADA TO PROVIDE BATTALION AND BRIGADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum announced on February 12 that Canada will contribute a battalion and a brigade headquarters - a total of 1500 to 2000 personnel - to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan beginning in August. Two rotations of Can [...] | 2003-02-13 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF IZ CA ISAF |
03OTTAWA448 | IRAQ/UN: CANADIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham, speaking to the press after the February 14 weapons inspectors' report to the UN Security Council, said that the report shows progress as well as the need for continued pressure on Iraq. Graham said that while no-one is excluding the use of force, t [...] | 2003-02-14 20:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UN |
03OTTAWA49 | YOUR MEETING WITH CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum is looking forward to discussing Iraq, missile defense, and NATO post-Prague in your January 9 meeting. Canada has told us it would participate militarily in a UN-blessed operation against Iraq, but is reserving judgement on participation if there i [...] | 2003-01-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ CA NATO UN |
03OTTAWA540 | CANADA SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS FOR ISAF IV AND V [...] (C) Since Defense Minister McCallum's February 12 announcement that Canada would contribute a battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V (reftel),the GoC has been busy seeking potential partners. The GoC has stressed that it does not have the resources to lead ISAF alone, and it hop [...] | 2003-02-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF CA ISAF |
03OTTAWA589 | CANADIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Political Director Jim Wright told us that the Canadian proposal at the UNSC is not an attempt to mediate, but a set of ideas that might help the Council focus again on disarmament rather than on internal divisions. Wright appealed for USG public statements to keep [...] | 2003-03-03 23:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UNSC |
03OTTAWA692 | IRAQ/UNSC: CANADA STILL WORKING - AT THE HIGHEST [...] (C) As seen from Canada's proposal for a new UNSC resolution on Iraq (reftel A),the GoC continues to be active in seeking a compromise solution at the Security Council. Officials at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO),the Privy Council Office (PCO),and Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) have confirmed t [...] | 2003-03-12 22:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS IZ CA UNSC |
03OTTAWA747 | CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent another UNSC resolution, Canada would not participate in a U.S.-led military coalition against Iraq. End Summary. 2. (S [...] | 2003-03-17 23:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS IZ CA |
03OTTAWA773 | CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ [...] (U) Corrected version of Ottawa 00747 (Changing classification to Confidential--please destroy previous cable). 2. (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent ano [...] | 2003-03-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS IZ CA |
03OTTAWA985 | ISAF: CANADIAN RECONNAISSANCE TEAM VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada remains committed to providing a battle group and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V, but is making clear to potential partners that it will not serve as a lead or co-lead nation. While hoping for a substantial NATO role, Canada expects that Germany will end up as lead [...] | 2003-04-04 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR CA NATO |
03RANGOON1055 | CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...] | 2003-09-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH BM |
03RANGOON1463 | KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...] | 2003-11-17 00:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM |
03RANGOON29 | UPDATE ON WWII REMAINS RECOVERY IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The recovery of the remains of some 600 WWII missing personnel (mostly crews of aircraft that crashed while flying "the hump" from India to China) is an important USG priority in Burma. With fairly good cooperation from the Government of Burma, the recovery operation is moving [...] | 2003-01-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL BM |
03RANGOON31 | END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS [...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...] | 2003-01-08 10:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM |
03RANGOON489 | A VISIT TO A WWII REMAINS RECOVERY SITE [...] SUMMARY: COM, DASD Jerry Jennings (POW and MIA Affairs),DATT, and others inspected ongoing WWII remains recovery operations in Burma's northernmost Kachin State on March 23. END SUMMARY. 2. After flying from Rangoon to the Kachin capital of Myitkyina aboard a USAF C-12 out of Bangkok, [...] | 2003-04-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL BM |
03RANGOON549 | 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SIAM-BURMA DEATH RAILWAY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM, DATT, and others participated in a May 1 Australia-organized ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the infamous Siam-Burma Death Railway. 133 Americas were among the estimated 12,000 Allied POWs who perishing while slaving on the railway's construction. This wa [...] | 2003-05-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS BM |
03RANGOON640 | BURMESE - U.S. W.W. II REMAINS RECOVERY TECHNICAL [...] (C) After consultation with DOD DAS Jennings and other appropriate individuals involved in the W.W.II Remains Recovery Technical talks scheduled for June 4-6 in Rangoon, the mutual decision to postpone the talks was made today, June 2. The most recent regime crackdown on the democratic oppos [...] | 2003-06-02 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL BM |
03ROME1506 | TFI01: GOI APPROACHES EMBASSY RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN [...] (SBU) MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, PHONED DCM AT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI TO EXPRESS GOI CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF THE TWENTY ITALIAN JOURNALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN BAGHDAD. THE JOURNALISTS WERE AT THE HOTEL SHERATON AND THE PALESTINE HOT [...] | 2003-04-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1524 | TFI01: UPDATE ON ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) EARLY ON APRIL 9 MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, SPOKE TO DCM TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS EVENING'S APPROACH RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD (REFTEL). DCM ADVISED THAT WE HAD PASSED ON GOI CONCERNS TO DEPARTMENT AND TO CENTCOM, AND REAFFIRMED THAT U. [...] | 2003-04-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1564 | U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON BRIEFED SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ON IRAQ, NORTH KOREAN, IRAN AND OTHER NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES IN ROME ON APRIL 9, FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN (REPORTED SEPTEL). THE ITALIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO REPAIR RIFTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE, PARTICULARLY D [...] | 2003-04-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL IT |
03ROME1565 | U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BOLTON MET WITH ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IN ROME ON APRIL 9 TO DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THE MOD IS PREPARING A PACKAGE OF POST-CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE MILITARY POLICE, [...] | 2003-04-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1571 | TFIZ01: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST [...] (S) SUMMARY. EMBASSY CONVEYED REFTEL POINTS TO GOI OFFICIALS AT THE MOD, MFA, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE AND PRESIDENT CIAMPI'S OFFICE ON APRIL 11. INITIAL RESPONSES TO OUR FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST WERE POSITIVE, BUT NOT YET DEFINITIVE. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE GOI TO TAILOR A COMPONENT OF THE PROP [...] | 2003-04-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1577 | TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE OUTLINES PROPOSED [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. SEE PARA 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET ON APRIL 11 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. BADINI WAS JOINED BY IRAQ OFFICE DIRECTOR LUIGI MACCOTTA. AT THE [...] | 2003-04-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR EAID MOPS PREL PHUM IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1594 | TFIZ01: ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON IRAQ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE AND VOTE ON ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL ASSETS TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ON APRIL 15. WE HAVE URGED THE GOI TO SEEK PARLIAMENT'S APPROVAL FOR THE BROADEST AND MOST FLEXIBLE ITALIAN PARTICIPATION POSSIBLE SO THAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE [...] | 2003-04-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR EAID MOPS PREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1660 | TFIZ01: ITALY TO DEPLOY FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) LATE APRIL 17 ECONOFF RECEIVED A READOUT ON THE LATEST MEETING OF THE GOI IRAQ TASK FORCE MEETING FROM ITS DEPUTY COORDINATOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA. MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE TASK FORCE DECIDED TO DEPLOY WITHIN 10 TO 15 DAYS A [...] | 2003-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1679 | TFIZ01: ITALIANS DISCUSS BRIGADE AND CARABINIERI [...] (C) THE ITALIAN LNO AT TAMPA, GENERL SANTINI, IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT THE ITALIAN MIITARY'S PROPOSAL -- TO CONTRIBUTE A BRIGADE AS WEL AS CARABINIERI UNITS FOR IRAQ OPERATIONS -- TOCENTCOM AS EARLY AS APRIL 18, ONCE THE PLAN HAS BEN APPROVED BY THE CHOD. BASED ON OUR APRIL 17 METING WITH THE U [...] | 2003-04-18 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1701 | TFIZ01: ITALY NEEDS GUIDANCE ON FIELD HOSPITAL [...] (C) THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, THE PUBLIC, AND THE GOI ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT A HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO IRAQ. FOR THE GOI, THE COMMITMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID -- IMPORTANT IN AND OF ITSELF -- ALSO PROVIDES THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SUPPORT OF PHASE IV (REF A). WE THERE [...] | 2003-04-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1731 | TFIZO1: MINDEF MARTINO ON ITALIAN PLANS FOR FIELD [...] (C) SUMMARY. MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 22 THAT ITALY WAS STILL LOOKING TO DEPLOY A FIELD HOSPITAL IN BAGHDAD. IT WOULD PROVIDE INTERNAL SECURITY, BUT HOPED THE U.S. COULD ASSIST WITH PROTECTING THE PERIMETER. THE GOI IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE UK TO STAND UP AN ITALIAN AR [...] | 2003-04-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1754 | ITALY MOVING TO GET PROCESS RIGHT ON FIELD [...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA, WHICH NOMINALLY HAS THE LEAD ON ITALY'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EFFORTS IN IRAQ, IS SEEKING TO DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY A 27-BED ICRC FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD (REF A). AMBASSADOR BADINI, DIRECTOR OF THE GOI'S IRAQ TASK FORCE, TOLD A/DCM ON APRIL 24 THAT ITALY REQUESTED AUTHO [...] | 2003-04-24 18:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1833 | ITALY ROLLING OUT FIELD HOSPITAL TO IRAQ [...] (C) EMBASSY ROME WANTS TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE IN THE FIELD-- ESPECIALLY AT CENTCOM--WHO ARE ASSISTING THE GOI DEPLOY ITS RED CROSS HOSPITAL TO IRAQ. WE UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL THAT UNTIL APRIL 24 THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FLOW IN TAMPA DID NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT A [...] | 2003-04-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME1887 | ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...] | 2003-05-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO |
03ROME2045 | REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...] | 2003-05-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME2200 | MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...] | 2003-05-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
03ROME2315 | ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE [...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...] | 2003-05-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO |
03ROME292 | KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...] | 2003-01-24 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY |
03ROME3360 | ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: U.S./EU TASK FORCE [...] (U) U.S., Commission and Council officials and representatives of the Italian EU Presidency discussed a wide range of subjects, from the U.S. Passenger Name Record and Container Security Initiatives to Europe's efforts to assist Africa, at the July 18th U.S./EU task force meeting in Rome. Ta [...] | 2003-07-23 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN |
03ROME3463 | LIBERIA: SETAF SUPPORT FOR ECOWAS MISSION [...] (U) THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION REQUEST. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Italian officials are supportive of US assistance for stabilization efforts in Liberia. As reported ref A, A/Pol Minister-Counselor met on July 24 with DG for Africa Cabras to secure Italy's lead in requesting EU funding for assis [...] | 2003-07-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL IT EUN |
03ROME3576 | ITALIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSPORT AXUM [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST from Embassy Rome DAO and Pol-Mil. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (U) On August 4, Embassy received an Aide Memoire from the Italian MFA (informal translation in para 6) asking whether the USG would authorize the use of US military aircraft to transport an ancient ston [...] | 2003-08-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IT AVIATION |
03ROME3793 | ITALIAN TROOPS IN OEF [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET WITH ACTING DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FRANCESCO TALO ON AUGUST 20 TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL). CHARGE TOLD TALO THAT THE U.S. WAS PLEASED WITH THE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ITALIAN OEF CONTI [...] | 2003-08-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME4101 | ITALY'S REACTION TO NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) ITALY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTINGENT OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TROOPS IN IRAQ (UNDER BRITISH COMMAND IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN ZONE) TAKING PART IN OPERATION ANTICA BABILONIA, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. A NEW UN SECURITY RESOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO IMMEDIATE [...] | 2003-09-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME4564 | EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING IN ROME [...] (U) SUMMARY. EU Defense Ministers discussed five main issues during their Oct. 3-4 informal meeting in Rome, the first meeting of EU DefMins at 25. They proposed creating a working group to consider an EU role in Bosnia/SFOR, including replacing SFOR with an EU operation under UK command by [...] | 2003-10-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EUN NATO |
03ROME4637 | U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, PSI, IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S Bolton discussed Article 98, PSI, North Korea and Iran with senior Italian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President's office and Prime Minister Berlusconi's office during meetings on October 2 in Rome. The Italians agreed to review language recently negoti [...] | 2003-10-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS MNUC KN IR IT KICC |
03ROME4678 | ITALY, IF ASKED, READY TO EXTEND IRAQ MISSION [...] (U) DEFMIN MARTINO, SPEAKING TO THE PRESS IN NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 11, SAID ITALY WAS CONSIDERING EXTENDING ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. THE ITALIAN MISSION, DUBBED ANTICA BABILONIA, WAS AUTHORIZED ON JULY 10 BY A GOVERNMENT DECREE, WHICH PARLIAMENT SUBSEQUENTLY [...] | 2003-10-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME4684 | ITALIAN REQUEST FOR USAF ASSISTANCE TO TRANSPORT AXUM OBELISK [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: EmbOffs met with MFA Africa Director General Cabras to follow-up on the GOI's request for the use of USAF C-5 aircraft to fly three large pieces of the Axum obelisk from either Rome or Naples to Axum (reftel). POL M/C described the procedural steps required and [...] | 2003-10-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ET IT AVIATION |
03ROME4736 | ITALY: FACTORS AFFECTING BASING OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (S/NF) US military forces in Italy, which are present under NATO auspices and operate on Italian (not US) bases, are generally welcome, and we expect that situation to continue. In return for basing access, Italy expects a spirit of partnership, timely consultation, and full respect for Itali [...] | 2003-10-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IT FORCES IN ITALY |
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 |
03ROME5418 | ITALIANS SURPRISED BY EXCLUSION FROM UN IRAQ GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA HAS EXPRESSED ITALY'S INDIGNATION AT ITS EXCLUSION FROM THE RECENTLY CREATED UN IRAQ GROUP OF FRIENDS AND REQUESTED US ASSISTANCE IN GETTING ITALY INCLUDED IN THE GROUP. WE UNDERSTAND DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO HAS MADE THE SAME POINT TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD AND THAT FM FRATTI [...] | 2003-12-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ IT UNSC UN |
03ROME5475 | IRAQ: MOD MARTINO VOWS ITALY WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] Summary: Italian MOD Martino told parliament December 3 that Italy will keep its troops in Iraq, because pulling out now would create a "dangerous vacuum." In stating Italy's unrenounceable and firm commitment to combat international terrorism, he remarked that the nature of the mission rem [...] | 2003-12-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME5540 | ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...] | 2003-12-11 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE |
03ROME5687 | ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. CHOD Moscha Moschini told an audience of high-level military officials that Italy's armed forces must focus on neutralizing the threat from non-state actors and contribute to international peace and security. Procurement policy should be calibrated to equip them to meet these o [...] | 2003-12-22 18:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO |
03ROME572 | ITALY READY TO SEND LNO AS COORDINATOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) IN A FEBRUARY 12 MEETING, THE AMBASSADOR URGED ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO TO SEND A LIAISON OFFICER FOR IRAQ TO TAMPA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PER OUR REPEATED REQUESTS. MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS EAGER TO SEND AN OFFIC [...] | 2003-02-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME600 | ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...] | 2003-02-13 18:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME618 | SOMALIA: AN ITALIAN NGO'S PLAN B FOR PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANGELO MASETTI, SECRETARY OF A UNION-ORGANIZED GROUP THAT WORKS WITH SOMALIS IN ITALY, SHARED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 31 AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00618 01 OF 02 141432Z ACHIEVING PEACE IN SOMALIA. MASETTI OPINED THAT [...] | 2003-02-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ELAB SO IT |
03ROME810 | GOVERNMENT OF ITALY HAS HANDLE ON TRAINSTOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI, WORKING WITH THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE EMBASSY, HAS PREVENTED ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS FROM STOPPING TRAINS MOVING U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE (SETAF) TO CAMP DARBY. PROTEST ACTIVITY IS SPREADING, BUT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) HAS IMPL [...] | 2003-02-26 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY IRAQI FREEDOM |
03ROME854 | IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...] | 2003-02-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
03ROME9 | ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPLOYMENT ORDER [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. REFTEL A CONVEYS ORDERS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES TO SIGONELLA, SICILY IN SUPPORT OF OEF O/A JANUARY 9-14, AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, IN OBTAINING APPROVALS FROM HOST NATIONS. THE DEPLOYMENT IS CLASSIFIED "SECRET/ORCON, RELEASA [...] | 2003-01-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY |
03SANAA1319 | HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN COUNTERING POTENTIAL [...] (S/NF) Information about the missing Boeing 727 has been shared with appropriate Yemeni officials in the MOD and MOI. The Yemen Air Force routinely monitors aircraft movements around the Horn of Africa region, and will be looking for the plane. 2. (S/NF) However, absent specific informatio [...] | 2003-06-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL MOPS COUNTER TERRORISM |
03SANAA592 | PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY |
03SANAA694 | COALITION MILITARY OPERATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS YM |
03SANTODOMINGO6302 | PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL [...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...] | 2003-11-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR |
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 |
03STATE73555 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...] | 2003-03-20 17:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL YI AL |
03TEGUCIGALPA1253 | JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...] | 2003-06-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1542 | MEDIA REACTIONS ON DAN FISK'S OP-ED, JUNE 30, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle (former Minister of Culture in a Liberal Party administration) in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" (owned by former and future Liberal Party presidential candidate Jaime Rosenthal) on 6/30 entitled "Honduras and the U.S.: Stick and Carrot II". "I be [...] | 2003-07-01 19:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PREL MOPS HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1549 | ONGOING MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND [...] (U) Nicaraguan and Honduran military authorities recently deemed ongoing territorial disputes between the two nations in the process of resolution, according to press reports. Nicaraguan GEN Javier Carrion articulated his commitment to resolving maritime disputes peacefully, as well as to fost [...] | 2003-07-01 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS PINR HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA1724 | STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...] | 2003-07-22 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO |
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 |
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 |
03TEGUCIGALPA1940 | MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD [...] CJCS visited Honduras on 8/13 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other key governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, General Myers expressed his appreciation for Honduran support of the U.S. [...] | 2003-08-15 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA1958 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 8/16 entitled "A long promise". "If we carefully read the statements of Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his visit to Tegucigalpa, he didn't mention how he will help Honduras in its fight against drug tra [...] | 2003-08-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA1996 | MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...] | 2003-08-22 22:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA1997 | MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...] | 2003-08-22 22:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA2004 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/22 entitled "Anti-drug base". "If the U.S. were to set up a base with the exclusive purpose of fighting against the terrible threat of narcotrafficking, it would help stop the operations of drug mafias that use Honduran territory [...] | 2003-08-22 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA2014 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 8/23 entitled "Thanks". "President Maduro made an opportune clarification stating that it was absolutely false that Honduras is getting prepared to install another U.S. military base in our territory, which will be supposedly used to [...] | 2003-08-25 22:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA2015 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 8/25 entitled "The agenda". "The fact that the issue of narcotrafficking came up during the recent visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is undeniable. What we SIPDIS don't know is the scope of these discussion [...] | 2003-08-25 22:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ |
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 |
03TEGUCIGALPA2064 | MEDIA COVERAGE ON HONDURAN TROOPS IN IRAQ, AUGUST 29, [...] All four dailies carried international reports on Honduran troops patrolling in An Najaf. Moderate daily "El Heraldo" front- page report with photo, "Hondurans patrolling with U.S. troops;" liberal Tiempo inside story, "Honduran troops already patrolling in Iraq;" liberal La Tribuna front-page [...] | 2003-08-29 22:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO IZ |
03TEGUCIGALPA2515 | REQUEST FOR THEATER CLEARANCE AND SUPPORT: [...] (C) EMBASSY REQUESTS CENTCOM THEATER CLEARANCE AND SUPPORT FOR PLANNED VISIT TO IRAQ BY HONDURAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE FREDERICO BREVE 11-13 NOV 03 TO VISIT THE 370 HONDURAN TROOPS STATIONED IN AN NAJAF. THE OFFICIAL PARTY WILL INCLUDE: THE HONORABLE FEDERICO D. ((BREVE)) TRAVIESO, MINISTER OF [...] | 2003-10-27 23:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2530 | FY 2004 EIPC NOMINATION FOR HONDURAS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits its FY 2004 Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) initiative request. 2. SUMMARY: Honduras is fresh and fertile ground for a new peacekeeping program. As a member of the Coalition of the Willing, Honduras has deployed 370 tr [...] | 2003-10-29 17:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2545 | THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL ARMS STILL UNCOUNTED FOR IN [...] It is estimated that around 10,000 AK-47's, remnants of the region's civil wars in the 1980's, remain on the streets of Honduras. A recent legislative decree offered USD 57 for each gun deemed "illegal", but the 90-day grace period for voluntarily turning in these weapons has now expired. Dur [...] | 2003-10-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER MOPS SNAR KJUS PHUM PINR HO KCUM |
03TEGUCIGALPA2663 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/12 entitled "Why did Colin Powell come to Honduras? ". "The Honduran press received almost a dozen clues about the issues discussed with Secretary Powell, but Powell himsel [...] | 2003-11-12 21:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO ETRD SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO KICC |
03TEGUCIGALPA2682 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/13 entitled "Missiles and helicopters". "The visit of Colin Powell to Central America wasn't just for pleasure. While he came to thank the countries supporting the U.S. in the coalition in Iraq, he also came to remind us that his [...] | 2003-11-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2714 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 18, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/18 entitled "Troops are stationed in low risk zones in Iraq". "After a short visit to Iraq to supervise the work of the Honduran troops in that country, the Minister of Defense Federico Breve said that the Honduran troops have rece [...] | 2003-11-18 22:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2757 | HONDURAS ANXIOUS TO MOVE EL SALVADOR BORDER [...] (C) Summary: As part of the on-going effort to demarcate the Honduran-El Salvador border, on November 11 OAS envoy, NIMA specialist John Gates, awarded over one square kilometer of territory to El Salvador that was originally designated to Honduras by the 1992 International Court of Justice (IC [...] | 2003-11-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2827 | MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, DECEMBER [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/3 entitled "The End". "At some point in our recent history, conventional wars, guerrilla wars like the one the U.S. army encountered in Vietnam, gave way to terrorism as the most significant threat. We now see in the Middle East, [...] | 2003-12-03 19:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2846 | HONDURAS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO OPERATION IRAQI [...] (C) During the early morning of December 3, the Honduran contingent in Iraq (Task Force Xatruch) was attacked by four mortar shells. No injuries or damage was reported. Initial reports indicated that all four shells impacted outside the Honduran compound (Ref A),although MOD Federico Breve l [...] | 2003-12-04 21:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2857 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, DECEMBER 5, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 12/5 entitled "Soldiers in Iraq and transparency". "The bloodless attack against the headquarters of our troops in Najaf, Iraq has reopened the debate among those who opposed the sending of Honduran troops to Iraq since the beginni [...] | 2003-12-05 22:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA288 | SCENESETTER FOR WHA/DAS FISK'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office for one year, 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 2002 as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...] | 2003-01-31 16:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA2929 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, DECEMBER 15, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/13 entitled "Reward". "The distribution of the lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts, as were decided by Washington, to be allocated only to those countries that sent soldiers to fight Saddam Hussein has reopened the wounds cau [...] | 2003-12-17 22:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA350 | HONDURAS GIVEN USG JANUARY 27 REMARKS ON IRAQ; [...] PolOff delivered reftel text of Ambassador Negroponte's January 27 to the UNSC and the Secretary's January 27 press statement January 29 to MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. The MFA has not had a substantive reply but Fortin told PolOff that the GOH appreciated the information. 2 [...] | 2003-02-06 16:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC MOPS IZ HO IAEA UNSC |
03TEGUCIGALPA626 | TRANSFORMING CENTRAL AMERICA,S SECURITY PARADIGM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Maduro reiterated his personal commitment to regional disarmament and expressed his willingness to move forward on this issue. He also asked for U.S. support, mentioning directly the possible need for a multilateral security guarantee and asked whether the U.S. could pr [...] | 2003-03-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA670 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO PROMISES "FULL SUPPORT" [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro March 16 to discuss ref A seeking GOH support for a vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people. Maduro promised Ambassador the "full support" of Honduras for the USG position. When asked, Maduro said that the GOH might make a public statemen [...] | 2003-03-17 18:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA698 | HONDURAS UNILATERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. ACTION AGAINST [...] (U) President Maduro issued a statement on behalf of the Government of Honduras on March 18 declaring that Honduras supports the U.S. war on terrorism and urging the Government of Iraq to accept the U.S. proposal in order to avoid additional suffering by the Iraqi people. The statement also [...] | 2003-03-19 22:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA862 | TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...] | 2003-04-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA881 | TFIZ01: EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA BELIEVES HONDURAN [...] (C) On April 7 Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias gave me a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq (see reftel). FM Perez-Cadalso told me that that both President Ricardo Maduro and Minister of Defense Federico Breve [...] | 2003-04-10 23:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ HO |
03TEGUCIGALPA981 | HONDURAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE NEEDS INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-25 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ HO |
03THEHAGUE1443 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES IRAQ STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 6 THE DUTCH CABINET APPROVED THE DEPLOYMENT OF DUTCH MARINES AND ASSOCIATED UNITS TO SERVE AS PART OF THE BRITISH DIVISION IN THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ. THE CABINET WILL ADVISE THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT IN WRITING OF ITS DECISION AND PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE THE MATTER IN 8-9 DA [...] | 2003-06-06 11:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE1672 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] Summary: On June 25, the Dutch parliament gave the go- ahead for deployment in the Stabilization Force of about 1,100 troops in the Al-Muthanna province in Iraq. The three government parties were supported by the opposition Labor party and by smaller parties on the center-right. Voting again [...] | 2003-06-27 10:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE2200 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT DEFUSES OPPOSITION'S EFFORTS TO [...] Summary: At the instigation of opposition parties, a hearing on Iraq originally scheduled for September was changed to August 28 in order to put pressure on the government on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit to the U.S. The opposition claimed that the Dutch government got involved in Ira [...] | 2003-08-29 15:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KPKO IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE2299 | DUTCH ON SUPPORTING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-12 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS LI NL |
03THEHAGUE2476 | DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQI [...] Summary: The GoNL plans to provide USD 833,300 in materiel to Iraqi police in the Al-Munthanna province in Iraq. Dutch military police, as part of Dutch military forces deployed in Al-Muthanna, are currently providing one-week basic police skills training courses to local police. The Dutch [...] | 2003-09-30 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS IZ NL KRMS KJUS |
03THEHAGUE2571 | INITIAL DUTCH RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR EOD TROOPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para. 2. 2. (S) On October 6, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to Rob Gabrielse, Head of the MFA's Security Policy Bureau Operations Office. Gabrielse said the GONL recognizes the threat posed by unexploded amm [...] | 2003-10-07 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE2693 | DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE [...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...] | 2003-10-24 09:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL |
03THEHAGUE2726 | STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA, [...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...] | 2003-10-29 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK |
03THEHAGUE2911 | DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON REQUEST FOR CS/CSS FOR OIF [...] (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A request for Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) assets to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse on November 17. Gabrielse (protect throughout) said the GONL was currently focused on the renewal of the deployment of Dutch force [...] | 2003-11-19 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ AF NL |
03THEHAGUE2987 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SFIR EXTENSION; [...] (SBU) The Dutch Cabinet decided on November 28 to extend Dutch participation in the Stabilization Force in Iraq (SFIR) by six months to end in July 2004. The Dutch currently have approximately 1100 personnel (mostly Dutch Royal Marines) serving as part of the UK's Multi-national Division Sout [...] | 2003-12-01 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE3002 | DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...] | 2003-12-03 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO |
03THEHAGUE3060 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT CONCURS WITH SFIR EXTENSION [...] (U) On December 11, the Dutch parliament concurred with the November 28 decision by the Cabinet to extend Dutch participation in the Stabilization Force in Iraq for six months. The Dutch presently have approximately 1100 military personnel (mostly Dutch Royal Marines) serving as part of the U [...] | 2003-12-12 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL IZ NL |
03THEHAGUE3150 | THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...] | 2003-12-19 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO |
03VATICAN683 | SADDAM MEETING WITH CARDINAL ETCHEGARAY: VATICAN [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR, MONSIGNOR FRANCO COPPOLA, WHO ACCOMPANIED PAPAL SPECIAL ENVOY CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY TO BAGHDAD, GAVE DCM A FULL READOUT FEBRUARY 19 OF ETCHEGARAY'S VISIT AND FEBRUARY 15 MEETING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN. ACCORDING TO COPPOLA, THE PAPAL MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...] | 2003-02-20 06:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM VT VTPREL |
03YEREVAN3032 | GOAM SIGNALS AGREEMENT FOR DEPLOYMENT OF TRUCK [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the Embassy by diplomatic note that the GOAM had agreed to the deployment of cargo-carrying trucks to stability operations in Iraq. Foreign Minister Oskanyan confirmed to the Ambassador that the Ministry of Defense was in the process of c [...] | 2003-12-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AM |
03ZAGREB1266 | CROATIA CONSIDERING OFFERING TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Croatia is actively considering contributing forces to support Phase IV operations in Iraq. The idea of contributing a small number of military police to deploy as part of a multi-national unit has been broached with the Embassy informally several times, including with the Ambassador by [...] | 2003-06-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IQ |
03ZAGREB1364 | CROATIAN CABINET COMMITS TO DEPLOY TROOPS IN IRAQ, [...] (C) ON JUNE 12, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A "DETERMINATION" TO DEPLOY AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO IRAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS. THIS "DETERMINATION" (FULL TEXT BELOW) CONSTITUTES THE SOLID POLITICAL COMMITMENT WE TOLD THE CROATIANS WE NEEDED [...] | 2003-06-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IQ |
03ZAGREB1698 | FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF CROATIAN INTENT TO DEPLOY [...] ON JUNE 12, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A "DETERMINATION" TO DEPLOY AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO IRAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS (REFTEL). AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT CENTCOM REQUIRES FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOTIFICATION, CROATIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY FORW [...] | 2003-07-30 06:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IZ |
03ZAGREB1968 | NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON IRAQ WOULD [...] (C) PASSAGE OF A NEW UNSCR AUTHORIZING A UN-MANDATED MULTINATIONAL FORCE UNDER UNIFIED U.S. COMMAND WOULD MAKE THE GOC'S TASK OF SECURING PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL TO DEPLOY A CROATIAN CONTINGENT OF TROOPS TO IRAQ MUCH EASIER. DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ REMAINS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE. WITH ELECTIONS EXP [...] | 2003-09-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL HR |
03ZAGREB2033 | CROATIA DEFERS DECISION ON TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Croatian government has deferred plans to deploy a small military contingent to Iraq. Since the government and parliament are expected to dissolve in advance of parliamentary elections predicted for late November, it is now unlikely that an Iraq deployment will take place before 200 [...] | 2003-09-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS IZ HR NATO |
03ZAGREB349 | CROATIA: CHANGES TO LAW ALLOW MOD APPROVAL OF [...] ON FEBRUARY 6, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A DECISION TO MODIFY THE MARITIME LAW WHICH WILL GIVE THE MOD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FORCE-PROTECTION MEASURES FOR WARSHIPS ENTERING CROATIA'S INTERNAL WATERS. THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED DURING U.S. - CROATIA BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS ON [...] | 2003-02-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MOPS MARR PREL HR NATO |
03ZAGREB428 | CROATIA APPROVES USE OF AIRSPACE, AIRFIELDS FOR [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 26, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A FORMAL DECISION (TEXT AT PARA 5 BELOW) TO AGREE TO A USG REQUEST FOR THE USE OF CROATIAN AIRSPACE AND AIRFIELDS BY COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FOR REFUELING AND STOPOVER IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AGAINST IRAQ. THE DECISION [...] | 2003-02-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS HR IZ FR |
03ZAGREB501 | CROATIA: PROCEDURES APPROVED FOR STREAMLINED [...] (C) AS OF MARCH 10, CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL ACTION IN IRAQ MAY TRANSIT CROATIAN AIRSPACE WITH THE STANDARD ICAO FLIGHT PLAN AS THE ONLY ADVANCE WARNING REQUIRED, PROVIDED THEY DO NOT INTEND TO LAND. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR FLIG [...] | 2003-03-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL HR IZ |
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 |
04ABUDHABI1881 | UAE DETAINS IRANIAN FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) The UAE Coast Guard has seized an Iranian fishing boat that had entered UAE territorial waters, according to reports in the local press and confirmed by Embassy government contacts on June 7. The incident, which took place on June 2, made the front page of the English language Gulf News a [...] | 2004-06-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR TC |
04ABUDHABI1987 | UAE downplays recent fishing boat seizures [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) downplayed the significance of recent seizures of Iranian and UAE fishing boats by each of their coast guard forces. Seizures of fishing and smuggling boats by both sides are relative [...] | 2004-06-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR 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 |
04ABUDHABI2209 | UAE and Iran free detained crews [...] (U) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on July 1 announcing that the UAEG had released the Iranian crew and their fishing boat that had been seized on June 2 (see ref B). UAE authorities determined that the crew had entered UAE territorial waters unintentionally, according [...] | 2004-07-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR TC |
04ABUDHABI2577 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD PARTY FINANCING FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR ECON EFIN UN TC |
04ABUDHABI2753 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A and B points August 15 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan and to UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Hamad Thani Al Rumaithy. Both expressed appreciation for consulting with them. Al Haidan asked [...] | 2004-08-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL MOPS PGOV PARM TC |
04ABUDHABI2754 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI PROPOSAL FOR MUSLIM [...] (C) Charge delivered ref. A points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan on Aug. 15. Al Haidan agreed that the Saudi proposal was a starting point for further discussion. He commented that IIG approval would be a prerequisite for any proposal [...] | 2004-08-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR PGOV PARM TC |
04ABUDHABI2809 | UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ [...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...] | 2004-08-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC |
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 |
04ABUDHABI4512 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, DCM delivered reftel points to Ambassador Sultan Al Romeithi, office director for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Al Romeithi expressed his government's support for the upcoming Iraqi elections, and [...] | 2004-12-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC IZ IR TC |
04ABUDHABI630 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO [...] (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. During your visit, we have requested meetings with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),and Dubai Crown Prince General Shaykh Muhammad bin Rashid Al M [...] | 2004-03-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC |
04ABUJA1218 | SUDAN: SUPPORTING DEPLOYMENT OF AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: July 12, Ambassador Campbell met with President Obasanjo to deliver demarche (REF A) on support for the African Union deployment to Sudan. Obasanjo said that Sudan had accepted the AU protection force at the summit in Addis Ababa and had agreed to cooperate with the AU. While Ob [...] | 2004-07-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PARM SU AU NI DARFUR |
04ABUJA1240 | DARFUR DEPLOYMENT PLANS; SEPT 15 BAKASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports from July 11 and 12 indicate that during a July 10 meeting with Cross Rivers state Governor Donald Duke, Minister of Defense Rabiu Kwankwaso said the Nigerian military had begun a gradual withdrawal from the Bakassi and planned to hand over disputed territory to Cam [...] | 2004-07-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS SU AU CM NI DARFUR |
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 |
04ABUJA1354 | OBASANJO MEETINGS WITH BASHIR, QADHAFI [...] (C) Garrick Kayode, Senior Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor, briefed PolCouns August 4 on President Obasanjo's Sunday August 1 meetings with Sudanese President Bashir and Libyan leader Qadhafi. The Bashir meeting went very well, in Obasanjo's opinion. He persuaded Bashir t [...] | 2004-08-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SU NI |
04ABUJA1382 | NIGERIA: EXPANDED AU DARFUR PROTECTION FORCE [...] (SBU) As reported Refs C and D and in e-mails, Nigeria is providing both military observers and a unit for the military protection force, and (as AU chair) is heavily involved in talks with the Sudanese on expansion of the protection force. Post has been in constant contact with the GON on sup [...] | 2004-08-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
04ABUJA1394 | GENERAL FOGLESONG'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy hosted 8-10 August a visit to Abuja by General Robert H. Foglesong, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). His purpose in his first-ever trip to Nigeria was to establish personal contact with senior Nigerian military officials and set the stage for greater security assista [...] | 2004-08-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NI |
04ABUJA1396 | NIGERIA: BRITISH WOES WITH DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) The British High Commission told us August 16 that they are having considerable difficulty bringing the GON to action on transporting the Nigerian force protection unit to Darfur. Since the handoff to the UK (reftel),the British High Commissioner has met with President Obasanjo, the Nige [...] | 2004-08-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
04ABUJA1456 | DARFUR TALKS IN ABUJA AUGUST 23 [...] (SBU) The Darfur peace talks began in Abuja August 23 with an open plenary session chaired by President Obasanjo. Obasanjo called on the Sudanese parties to reach a settlement at the negotiations of the underlying political issues, not only deal with humanitarian and security issues, and approa [...] | 2004-08-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
04ABUJA1528 | OBASANJO TO SEND LETTER ADVOCATING LARGER AU FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo September 5 to deliver Darfur demarche. The Ambassador laid out the proposed draft UNSCR, and provided Obasanjo with a copy of the excerpts (reftel). Obasanjo read the excerpts and said he thought they would work well. He has been pushing for a [...] | 2004-09-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI DARFUR |
04ABUJA1657 | MFA ON DARFUR AU PROTECTION FORCE, BAKASSI [...] (C) Polcouns met September 24 in the evening with the MFA UnderSecretary for African Affairs, Ambassador Ukonga, to make the Ref A demarche on Darfur and discuss Bakassi per Ref B. U/S Ukonga said President Obasanjo was pleased that our joint efforts on Darfur were succeeding. She was rather [...] | 2004-09-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SU NI CM DARFUR |
04ABUJA1673 | DELTA VIOLENCE: KEEPING OUR POWDER DRY [...] (S) Summary: Although the military situation has been relatively quiet the past few days, there is much political movement among the major players. A senior Defense Ministry source confirmed press reports that militia leader Asari, whom GON forces were trying to kill last week, is in Abuja t [...] | 2004-09-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV EPET PINS CASC ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
04ABUJA1675 | DELTA MILITIA LEADER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Dokubo Asari, the leader of a militia recently fighting government forces in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, met September 29 with GON officials in the capital Abuja. Asari claims he met with President Obasanjo. GON Information Minister Chikelu told the press Asari only met with GON secur [...] | 2004-09-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV MOPS EPET CASC PREL PINS ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
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 |
04ABUJA1793 | NIGERIAN FORCE GENERATION FOR DARFUR [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria has already deployed one reinforced company to Sudan's Darfur region as part of the AU-authorized protection force and has committed to providing additional troops once authorized by the AU. Initially, this was thought to be a full additional battalion. During the first [...] | 2004-10-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS KPKO NI |
04ABUJA1797 | AU TALKS ON DARFUR: DAY 1 [...] (U) The talks started October 21, but the plenary session was postponed because many delegation members were still not in Abuja. The talks will resume formally on Monday, October 25, although Friday, October 22 has been set aside for consultations. General Okonkwo has indicated that a Joint [...] | 2004-10-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID MOPS MARR NI SU |
04ABUJA1801 | NIGERIAN ARMY 6BN DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, a senior Nigerian military officer told Post that Nigeria intended to deploy the 6th Battalion from Abak to Darfur on October 28. This is a change from the GON's preferred unit, 72d Para Battalion, in response to USG concerns over that unit's human rights record. [...] | 2004-10-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR SU NI |
04ABUJA1813 | PEACEKEEPING AND THE NIGERIAN ARMY'S OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with senior Nigerian defense staff involved in peacekeeping revealed Nigeria has recently changed its PKO rotation schedule from one year to six months. Given current and future commitments, this will require the deployment of 24 units per year, and a reduction in the [...] | 2004-10-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NI |
04ABUJA2039 | CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...] | 2004-12-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL |
04ACCRA1610 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE: GHANA [...] (C) Ambassador Yates delivered reftel points on the USG's Global Defense Posture review to Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo July 27. She emphasized the collaborative nature of the review, and noted that a similar demarche would be made upon the Ministry of Defense. She said that with the comple [...] | 2004-08-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS GH |
04ACCRA1960 | ECOWAS DEFENSE MEETING IN ACCRA: AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 29-30 the Chiefs of Defense Staff of fourteen ECOWAS countries met in Accra for the tenth Ordinary ECOWAS Defense and Security Commission meeting. Participants pledged a total of 6,500 military personnel to form an ECOWAS standby force. Participants discussed deve [...] | 2004-10-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC GH MARR MCAP MOPS PREF PREL MAS ECOWAS |
04ACCRA2142 | EMBASSY OUTREACH TRIP TO GHANA'S WESTERN REGION [...] Summary: On October 20-21, DCM led an Embassy delegation to Takoradi, capital of Ghana's Western region, to reach out to business and Western military command contacts and public diplomacy audiences outside of Accra. (We recently did a similar road show in Kumasi, Ashanti region). Emboffs m [...] | 2004-11-01 06:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV MOPS OTRA CVIS GH |
04ACCRA2168 | ECOWAS/West African Security Conference in Accra [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Peace Academy (IPA),in association with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),held a conference on West Africa conflict management and prevention in Accra on October 17-19. Among the specific themes discussed were: the need for ECOWAS to p [...] | 2004-11-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GH ECOWAS |
04ADANA154 | SOUTHERN TURKISH BUSINESSES WORKING IN IRAQ SUFFERING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 15:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU ADANA |
04AMMAN2601 | JORDAN AND JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-05 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO MAR |
04AMMAN2780 | U.S. COMPANY WINS DEFENSE FUELS CONTRACT LOST BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S.Firm Trigeant has replaced the Jordanian-owned Shahin Group under part of a $71.8 million contract to supply refined oil products to Iraq for the Defense Energy Support Center. The Shahin Group was terminated for cause because it was unable to deliver the amount of [...] | 2004-04-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD MOPS |
04AMMAN291 | Support to Coalition Provisional Authority [...] Summary: In October 2003, Embassy Amman created its Iraq Support Unit to coordinate Iraq-related activities in Jordan and assist travel of official visitors through Amman to and from Iraq. To facilitate such travel, guidelines are repeated below for U.S. civilian and military personnel trave [...] | 2004-01-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA MOPS IZ JO |
04AMMAN3230 | JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ------------------------------ JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ------------------------------ 2. (C) Let me take this opportunity to offer my sincere appreciation for your continuing efforts in Iraq. As we [...] | 2004-04-27 16:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN3822 | JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 19 JORDANIANS [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 5 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) There have been persistent reports of the detention of Jordanian citizens in Iraq. Members of the Jordanian Pa [...] | 2004-05-17 06:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN3958 | MAY 19 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: NGO COORDINATION, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman. We report these views without assessing their validity. ------------------------ NGO LACK OF COORDINATION ------------------------ 2. (U) Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council rep Bushra Jam [...] | 2004-05-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
04AMMAN4065 | JORDAN MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 10 MORE [...] (U) This is an action request for CPA, CENTCOM, and CJTF-7. See para 4 below. ----------------------------- JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN IRAQ ----------------------------- 2. (C) The GOJ believes that as many as 38 Jordanians may be in coalition custody, 10 to 15 of which may be incorrectly [...] | 2004-05-23 04:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ US JO |
04AMMAN5471 | JORDAN LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF). The Jordanian government strongly supports the interests of the United States in reducing the terrorist violence on-going in Iraq, violence which Jordan has suffered from directly with the August 2003 attack on its Embassy in Baghdad. Political stability in Iraq and a peaceful envir [...] | 2004-07-06 03:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN MOPS PREL PTER JO IZ |
04AMMAN6468 | JORDANIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THAIS ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] Charge conveyed orally reftel talking points August 1 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. (Post also faxed the points to al-Ayed's office at the MFA.) Al-Ayed promised to have them brought to King Abdullah's attention in Bangkok. 2. Baghdad minimize co [...] | 2004-08-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR IZ TH JO |
04AMMAN6918 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-17 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO |
04AMMAN7529 | IRAQ BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian security officials at the Karameh border crossing have eased restrictions on the entry of Iraqis. Communications between Jordanian and Iraqi border officials remain poor, and Iraqi border officials are, reportedly, demanding bribes at numerous "check points" prior to f [...] | 2004-09-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CPAS PTER MOPS IZ JO KINR |
04AMMAN8073 | MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...] | 2004-09-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO |
04AMMAN8380 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO |
04AMMAN8826 | DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...] | 2004-10-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO |
04AMMAN9678 | IRAQI POLICE TRAINING - POLES SEEK MORE MONEY, [...] (U) Action requested: See para 5. 2. (U) Polish General Eugeniusz Szczerbak, First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Polish Police, toured State/INL,s Jordanian-Iraqi Police Training Center (JIPTC) outside Amman November 28. Ten excellent Polish police officers are currently serving at JIP [...] | 2004-12-07 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MOPS PL IZ JO |
04ANKARA1005 | AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...] | 2004-02-20 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA125 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF REQUESTS INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) At the end of a meeting to discuss operating procedures related to the use of Incirlik Air Base to rotate US personnel in/out of Iraq (OIF-2),Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J3 for Command and Control Major General Bulent Ozer told OD [...] | 2004-01-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL TU |
04ANKARA1317 | IRAQ: TGS DEPUTY J-3 REPORTS KONGRA-GEL FRONT [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J-3, MG Kalyoncu, and Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey, MG Peterson, MG Kalyoncu made the following points: --The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party, the political front for the PKK/Kogra-Gel, has opened tw [...] | 2004-03-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA1318 | TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...] | 2004-03-04 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA1345 | NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...] | 2004-03-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS TU |
04ANKARA1360 | IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL [...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...] | 2004-03-05 21:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA1372 | TURKEY WARILY EMBRACING PSI [...] (C) TGS Deputy J-5 MG Arslan told Pol-Mil Counselor February 18 that the GOT intended to act primarily as an observer of PSI in 2004 and planned more active participation in PSI activities in 2005. Earlier Arslan had joked with PolMilOff that Turkey planned to be involved in PSI "as little as [...] | 2004-03-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL TU |
04ANKARA1507 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...] | 2004-03-12 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA1541 | NORTHERN IRAQ: RAISING THE END OF PMF WITH D/CHOD [...] (S/NF) The visit to Washington of Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief General Basbug presents an excellent opportunity to discreetly suggest to the Turks that they unilaterally declare the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq a success and close the force down, per recommendations Ref A [...] | 2004-03-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
04ANKARA17 | INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DIP [...] (U) Post delivered the diplomatic note contained in para 5 of ref b (as amended per ref a) to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Meral Barlas January 2 (DDG Ilicak and Department Head Erginay were unavailable). Barlas read the note and said she would forward it to senior MFA officials. S [...] | 2004-01-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA1709 | IRAQI/CPA-TURKEY TRADE TALKS HELD IN ANKARA, MARCH [...] (SBU) Iraqi/CPA-Turkey trade talks in Ankara, March 10-11 laid out positions of both sides on a range of bilateral trade issues, including energy, water, bilateral trade agreements and the possibility of opening a second border gate. While talks on most issues were characterized by active par [...] | 2004-03-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD MOPS MARR TU IZ |
04ANKARA1928 | SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...] | 2004-04-02 06:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CY IZ TU |
04ANKARA1936 | EXPORT CONTROL COOPERATION WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Pol-Mil counselor delivered ref a demarche to MFA DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Haluk Ilicak April 2. Noting that Turkey's strategic location makes it a high-risk country for transit and transshipment of WMD-related material, he stressed the importance of the US and Turkey [...] | 2004-04-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA2054 | IRAQ: TURKISH FM SAYS TURKEY WON'T SEND TROOPS, [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A demarche requesting supportive public statements about coalition action against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Iraq to the Turkish MFA Iraq desk April 5. At time of delivery the Turks made no comment. On April 8, Turkish FM Gul, as reported in Refs A and B, said the future dispat [...] | 2004-04-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA211 | USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES [...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...] | 2004-01-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ |
04ANKARA2289 | DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche April 21 to MFA Deputy Director General in charge of the OIC/ICFM Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay said he would forward the U.S. points to the Turkish delegation in Malaysia, which is led by State Minister Besir Atalay and includes MFA Deputy Director General for the [...] | 2004-04-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ XF |
04ANKARA2293 | AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...] | 2004-04-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA2457 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. TURKISH FM ABDULLAH GUL HOSTED A LUNCH FOR AMBASSADOR EDELMAN AND UK AMBASSADOR PETER WESTMACOTT TO THANK THEM FOR USG AND HMG EFFORTS TO SECURE A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BEFORE MAY 1. AMBASSADOR EDELMAN ALSO HAD A SEPARATE 30 MINUTE MEETING TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES IN PREPARATI [...] | 2004-05-03 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AM CY IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU |
04ANKARA2465 | AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...] | 2004-05-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA2475 | TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...] | 2004-05-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA2542 | AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...] | 2004-05-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA2544 | TURKISH DETAINEES AT GTMO -- MFA REQUESTS [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA INR official Emma Beskarbes telephoned Pol-Mil Counselor May 5 to inquire about front-page stories (based on an article that appeared in the Washington Post on May 2) that there are 10 Turkish citizens among the 750 individuals being [...] | 2004-05-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA2589 | IRAQ: TGS OPEN TO SUPPORTING OTHER COUNTRIES' [...] (C) Summary: Seoul is exploring the possibility of deploying its troops to Iraq through Turkey. The Turkish military is supportive, but has encouraged the Koreans to seek a political decision from the GOT before planning on transiting Turkey. If the ROK pursues this route, we expect the Tur [...] | 2004-05-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA2594 | IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...] | 2004-05-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ |
04ANKARA2664 | TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...] | 2004-05-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR |
04ANKARA2691 | ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...] | 2004-05-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA2698 | TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...] | 2004-05-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
04ANKARA2736 | AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...] | 2004-05-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA2821 | REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
04ANKARA2822 | AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...] | 2004-05-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA2876 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS PROPOSE ENDING PMF PROVIDED [...] (S/NF) On May 21, Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk passed PolMilCouns a non-paper (text at para 2) announcing Turkey's decision to end the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq, provided arrangements are made for the PMF's Iraqi memb [...] | 2004-05-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
04ANKARA2884 | Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA2901 | TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...] | 2004-05-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA2947 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...] | 2004-05-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA300 | INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: TURKS REITERATE THAT ROTATION [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Ilicak summoned Pol-Mil Counselor to the MFA January 15 to reiterate the GOT's understanding that the activities related to the rotation will be conducted in accordance with the rules/principles outlined by the Turks. The MFA appears to have done so in response to [...] | 2004-01-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA3121 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...] | 2004-06-07 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA3254 | NORTHERN IRAQ: KURDS, TURKS AND THE PMF - URGENT [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (S/REL UK) This message seeks to clarify for readers of Ref A the players involved in the Turkish-led, but Iraqi staffed Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) and the state of play with the Turks in ending the PMF's tenure. The PMF, established by the US [...] | 2004-06-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ |
04ANKARA3482 | WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (WTDS) AT KONYA: TGS [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug said that TGS was prepared to continue discussions on USAFE's proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Weapons Deployment Training (WTD [...] | 2004-06-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA3495 | REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...] | 2004-06-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU AF |
04ANKARA3575 | TURKEY EXTENDS DECREE ALLOWING USE OF TURKISH [...] (C) On June 23, 2004, Turkey's Council of Ministers (COM) extended for one year the decree allowing the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Iraq. The President signed the decree later that day. The decree does not require parliamentary approval. [...] | 2004-06-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA3578 | IRAQ: TURKS CLAIM COALITION USING EX-PKK IN IRAQ [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 2. 2. (S/NF) On June 23 the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Ankara received a letter (text at para 3 below) from Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 LTG Yalcin alleging that 30 former PKK operatives now in the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP's) special fo [...] | 2004-06-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA3618 | AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...] | 2004-06-25 17:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF TU |
04ANKARA3619 | TURKEY OFFICIALLY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON THE [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. On June 25, the Embassy received diplomatic note number 2204/KOKD/262781, dated June 23, 2004, requesting information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fal [...] | 2004-06-26 09:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA3732 | PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...] | 2004-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL AF TU |
04ANKARA3758 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS ANNOUNCE END OF PMF - TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (S/REL UK) On July 2, the Turkish MFA spokesman announced that "the duty of the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) is terminated." (Full statement at para 4.) Upon seeing press reports that the Turks with the PMF were returning to Turkey, we contact [...] | 2004-07-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ |
04ANKARA3896 | IRAQ: SEEKING RESPONSE TO TURKISH REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. Ref A requested guidance on how to respond to a Turkish diplomatic note dated June 23, 2004, seeking information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fallujah [...] | 2004-07-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA3901 | IRAQ: TURKS ALLEGE US CONTACTS WITH PKK - REQUEST [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On July 8, Turkish military officials passed Embassy via the Intelligence Fusion Cell a note (text to be provided septel via IIR from DAO Ankara) alleging that US officials held conversations with PKK leaders on June 17, offered to place an are [...] | 2004-07-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA3950 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY STILL CONSIDERING PRT FOR [...] Turkish press reported July 15-16 that Turkey had decided to send a 200-man PRT to Takhar, Afghanistan. We contacted the Turkish MFA July 16 seeking confirmation/clarification. MFA informed us that while no decision has yet been taken, Turkey is indeed reconsidering its formerly withdrawn pro [...] | 2004-07-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA4125 | TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...] | 2004-07-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IZ TU |
04ANKARA4194 | SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...] | 2004-07-28 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL AF TU |
04ANKARA4212 | TURKISH MFA CLAIMS PKK SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE TURKISH [...] (S) MFA Director for Counterterrorism Ahmet Yildiz called in PolMilOff July 26 to discuss PKK/Kongra Gel activities in northern Iraq. Specifically, he brought to our attention a report from Turkish intelligence that in early July the PKK sent a group of 25-30 terrorists to Kirkuk to attempt to [...] | 2004-07-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA4265 | CYPRUS: MILITARY EXERCISES MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS [...] (C) TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu warned polmilcouns July 28 not to assume Turkey would cancel this fall's exercises on Cyprus. "The situation is different this year," he said. Whereas last year Turkey was optimistic about achieving a settlement on the island and wanted [...] | 2004-07-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY TU |
04ANKARA4269 | KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...] | 2004-07-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL TU YI |
04ANKARA4321 | KFOR UPDATE: TURKS LIFT VIRTUALLY ALL CAVEATS [...] (C) On August 3, Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, notified PolMilOff that Turkey has lifted all/all national caveats on its forces operating in both KFOR and SFOR save one: National (i.e., parliamentary) approval would be required to act outsi [...] | 2004-08-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU YI |
04ANKARA4435 | TURKISH USG CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWING EMPLOYEES FROM [...] (C) In an Aug. 5 meeting on another topic (septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic handed the Charge a list of 31 Turkish employees of Tepe Construction Company and its subsidiary, Bilintur, who are working under contract at a U.S. Marine base near Fallujah. Kilic s [...] | 2004-08-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA4485 | TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...] | 2004-08-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU AF |
04ANKARA4529 | TURKS SEEK URGENT COOPERATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin called in DCM Aug. 11 to discuss the security situation for Turkish truckers in Iraq. The GOT has been dealing with the murder and kidnapping of a number of T [...] | 2004-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA4554 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...] | 2004-08-12 18:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF TU |
04ANKARA4590 | SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...] | 2004-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU BK |
04ANKARA4600 | FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA ON TRUCKER [...] (C) Following MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin calling in the DCM (ref a),MFA Deputy Director General Sakir Fakili held a preliminary follow-up meeting with emboffs Aug. 13. Fakili stressed the importance of secure transfer and offload facilities, enhanced convoy security, and insurance assistance. He [...] | 2004-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA5100 | MFA PROTESTS TURKMEN CASUALTIES IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Summary: The Director General for Middle East Affairs summoned A/DCM to the MFA the evening of September 9 to express strong concern about Turkmen civilian casualties being incurred during current operations against insurgents in Tal Afar. The protest was motivated by anticipated politic [...] | 2004-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
04ANKARA5117 | TAL AFAR BATTLE: GOT VOICES CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan afternoon of Sept 10 to provide him with more detail on the situation in Tal Afar based on LNO reporting. Amb. stressed that the Turkish message on the need for discriminate use of force and protection of civilians had register [...] | 2004-09-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
04ANKARA5118 | TURKS TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS TRUCKER SECURITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to their request for U.S. assistance (ref a),Turkish officials -- recognizing that USG resources for trucker security are limited and that the USG cannot solve the problem -- have been exploring a number of ideas Turkey could implement on its own to improve the se [...] | 2004-09-10 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA5140 | TURKS SEEK AVENUE TO GET HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey urgently seeks first-hand access to Talafar to evaluate the situation there to provide humanitarian assistance to this predominantly Turkmen Iraqi city, MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan told the Ambassador on Sept. 13. GOT continues to be concerned about getting accurat [...] | 2004-09-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA5190 | FOREIGN MINISTER WALKS BACK HIS THREAT TO CUT [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul told the press Sept. 13 that if civilian casualties continue to mount in the Talafar operation, Turkey would end its cooperation with the U.S. on Iraq. Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan and A/DCM with MFA's spokesman Sept. 14 to register our dis [...] | 2004-09-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA5191 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF J3 CHIEF DELIVERS TOUGH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In his Sept. 8 introductory call by incoming ODC Turkey Chief Maj. Gen. Pete Sutton, TGS J3 LTG Metin Yavuz Yalcin accused the U.S. of meeting with PKK operatives, failing to capture PKK leader Osman Ocalan, and standing by while Kurds sought to alter Kirkuk's population. He ad [...] | 2004-09-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MOPS TU IZ |
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 |
04ANKARA5377 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. MILITARY MEDIVAC OF INJURED [...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. six. 2. Summary: On Sept. 20, Turkish Red Crescent worker Mustafa Pekcan was seriously wounded in a terrorist attack and taken to a Mosul hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. GOT is seeking U.S. assistance to medivac Pekcan to Tu [...] | 2004-09-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA5378 | TURKS WELCOME U.S. APPROACH TO IIG ON PKK [...] (S) Per ref a instructions, Ambassador described the USG's plan to approach the IIG regarding the PKK to MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan on Sept. 21. Tuygan was grateful for U.S. efforts to focus the IIG's attention on the PKK threat, but added that it was not clear to him how much th [...] | 2004-09-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA5518 | KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ: ONE TRUCKER'S TALE [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA's Middle East Department called in PolMilOff Sept. 10 to recount the ordeal of a Turkish trucker who had been taken hostage and released in Iraq. We do not vouch for the accuracy of his story, but hope it may be of use to analysts and others. End summary. 2. (SBU) On Se [...] | 2004-09-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS TU IZ |
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 |
04ANKARA5742 | MFA TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT INCREASED PKK ACTIVITY MEANS IRAQ AND COALITION MUST ACT [...] (S) Summary: PKK/Kongra Gel's increased terrorist activity in Turkey will stir up public opinion and prompt more Turks to ask why the United States has not taken firmer action against the organization, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct [...] | 2004-10-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA5836 | TURKISH MFA ON ISAF VII COMMAND, ISAF/OEF MERGER, [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Alper Coskun Oct. 8 to follow up on outstanding issues. On Turkey's command of ISAF VII starting in Feb. 2005, Coskun reported that planning remains on track, and that Turkey is waiting for the results of a NATO force generation meeting i [...] | 2004-10-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ AF |
04ANKARA5996 | TURKEY: MFA NON-PAPER ON SECURITY CONCERNS OF [...] (SBU) During an October 20 meeting (reported Septel) to discuss steps the GOT is taking to address security concerns of Turkish truck drivers, Turkish MFA DDG for Economic Affairs presented EconCouns with a non-paper listing a number of concerns and suggestions for operational improvements in [...] | 2004-10-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA5997 | SECURITY MEASURES FOR TRUCKERS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary. Turkey's MFA says truck traffic with Iraq is at relatively normal levels and that the GOT is taking pragmatic, incremental steps to improve security for Turkish truckers, understanding that there will not be total securit [...] | 2004-10-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA6100 | MAJOR TURKISH TRUCKING COMPANY BOSS THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of a large Turkish trucking company, Emin Deger, warned emboffs Oct. 22 that U.S. and Turkish officials have been too slow to address the security concerns of Turkish truckers in Iraq, threatening that he could close the Habur Gate if he wished. Deger said that many of [...] | 2004-10-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ETRD PTER IZ TU |
04ANKARA6209 | AEGEAN: TURKEY MIFFED WITH GREEKS BUT WILL SHOW [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the possible increase in Greek-Turkish tensions over Aegean freedom of navigation issues Oct. 29 with TGS DCHOD General Ilker Basbug. Basbug stated that the claim of Aegean tension was "completely contrived by the Greeks." He said that the Greeks knew that Turkey had [...] | 2004-11-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU CY |
04ANKARA6312 | TURKEY AND IRAQ AGREE TO FIRST MEETING ON TRUCKER [...] (SBU) Sedef Yavuzalp of the Foreign Ministry Deputy Directorate General for Bilateral Economic Affairs informed us that Turkey and Iraq have agreed to the U.S. proposal (Ref a) to hold regular meetings on trucker and contractor security issues, including sharing of current intelligence and op [...] | 2004-11-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04ANKARA6369 | GOT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JANUARY ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) MFA Middle East Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk told PolMilCouns that Iraq's State Minister for Provincial Affairs Wael Abdul Latif and Deputy Foreign Minister Bayati delivered an oral message on operations in Fallujah to Prime Minister Erdogan at 2:00 pm Nov. 10. Speaking shortly af [...] | 2004-11-10 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
04ANKARA6442 | AEGEAN: TURKS ASSERT THAT THEY ARE DOING "NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised Greek complaints about territorial air space violations by Turkish aircraft with TGS DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug and MFA U/S Ali Tuygan on November 18. They both said that they understood the need for restraint, asserting that they were doing "nothing abnormal." [...] | 2004-11-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
04ANKARA6443 | DAS KENNEDY DISCUSSES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (S) Summary: DAS Laura Kennedy and Embassy Ankara DCM discussed the latest round of Turkish/Greek Aegean negotiations on November 12 with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin. Ilkin gave a readout of the status of Turkish/Greek negotiations on the Aegean, having just returned from Athens. Ilk [...] | 2004-11-18 18:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | GR MOPS PREL TU |
04ANKARA6615 | DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...] | 2004-11-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU |
04ANKARA676 | NORTHERN IRAQ: CALLING IN TURKS' PROMISE TO END PMF [...] (S/NF) As Ref A and the January 27 Turkish press and official reactions to Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) "PM" Nechirvan Barzani's reported statement demonstrate, the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq continues to be an irritant that has outlived its usefulness. Ira [...] | 2004-02-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ |
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 |
04ANKARA7099 | DCHOD BASBUG APPRECIATES US HELP IN MOSUL BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Responding to reports of the December 17 attack on a Turkish police convoy in Mosul, Turkish First Army Commander Tolon told journalists on December 19 that this attack, occurring in a place "that is under the control of a count [...] | 2004-12-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
04ANKARA7106 | A RARE GLIMPSE INTO TURKISH MILITARY INTEL: IRAQ, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Long-term Embassy contact with deep experience in intel and national security analysis has relayed to us from his sources the belief that (1) PKK and Sunni radicals collaborated in Dec. 17 murder of five Turkish security guards in Mosul; (2) PKK is readying a serious terrorism [...] | 2004-12-22 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PINS MOPS MARR 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 |
04ANKARA7119 | CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON TRUCKERS' STRIKE, FUEL [...] (SBU) The Charge called senior Turkish MFA Special Envoy on Iraq, Ambassador Ahmed Koruturk, regarding the fuel shortages in Iraq and the Turkish truckers' strike. Charge informed Koruturk that the severity of fuel shortages in Iraq was growing, pointing out that the truckers' strike was a co [...] | 2004-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA7141 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Post passed on ref a message to foreign ministry officials on December 24. Turkish MFA says it is seized with the issue and is doing what it can to encourage transporters, fuel contractors and truckers to resolve the strike. MFA officials believe the single biggest problem is [...] | 2004-12-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MOPS PREL IZ TU |
04ANKARA794 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
04ANKARA920 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKS NEARING DECISION ON PRTS; [...] (C) MFA and TGS agree in principle that Turkey should lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. They intend to finalize their discussions by February 18 and seek the Prime Minister's backing (both political and financial) for Turkey to lead a PRT. If the PM concurs, the GOT [...] | 2004-02-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU AF |
04BAGHDAD229 | USEB 143: SUNNIS WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT SAYS [...] (C) Summary. Sunnis are hostile, divided, leaderless, and unable to envision a political solution acceptable to others according to a very well-informed Jordanian diplomat. Some would like to enter into an agreement with us to resume rule, an approach we find illusionary. End summary. 2 [...] | 2004-07-22 20:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ |
04BAGHDAD235 | USEB 154: 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DISCUSSES [...] (S) SUMMARY: PolMilCouns Ambassador Neumann and PolCouns Robert Ford, along with staff, traveled to Fallujah for a familiarization visit on 14 July, 2004 to meet with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1MEF) CG Conway, 1st Marine Divison (MARDIV) CG Mattis, and Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1) Co [...] | 2004-07-23 21:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
04BAGHDAD463 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Muaffaq al Rubaie, reached at our initiative in the afternoon of August 13, said he was approaching agreement with an envoy of Moqtada al Sadr over a nine point peace plan (para 6 below.) Apparently Rubaie had never been able to meet with Sadr but met several times with his envoy. A ceas [...] | 2004-08-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ |
04BAGHDAD58 | USEB 039: IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT DECREE ON THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IIG) ENACTED A DECREE ON THE DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY TODAY. THE LAW IS AIMED AT BETTER COMBATING THE INSURGENCY WHILE MAINTAINING BASIC RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE LAW COMPLIES WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (TAL),W [...] | 2004-07-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ |
04BAGHDAD586 | SECURITY IN SADR CITY AND BAGHDAD: PROGRESS IS [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the past, cooperation between U.S. military units operating in Baghdad -- especially in Sadr City -- and Iraqi police has been problematic. Indeed, the police chief in Sadr City on occasion has been positively unhelpful, if not hostile. Local U.S. military commanders have be [...] | 2004-08-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PTER PREL IZ IR |
04BAGHDAD697 | LOCAL OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON AL-SADR'S FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Najaf's Governor, the Provincial Council Chair and the Governor's aide all believe Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's intervention in the Najaf crisis has left al- Sadr significantly weakened politically. They further feel that the agreement al-Sadr signed has strengthened the Iraqi Go [...] | 2004-08-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ |
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 |
04BOGOTA11758 | URIBE RETIRES ARMY COMMANDER, RETAINS REST OF HIGH [...] (C) On November 10, Minister of Defense Uribe announced changes to the Armed Forces high command: Armed Forces Commander General Ospina and all the service chiefs except Army Commander Major General Carreno will remain in their positions. Carreno will retire. Joint Task Force Omega Commander [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PINR CO MOPS |
04BOGOTA12734 | MILITARY AND THE MEDIA CONFERENCE AIMS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Summary: On December 2, Embassy Bogota and the Ministry of Defense co-sponsored the third annual Public Forces and Journalism Seminar to improve military-media communication. Almost one hundred media and Armed Forces members (including the police) attended the meeting in Paipa, Boyaca Dep [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM CO |
04BOGOTA12769 | COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SHUTS DOWN TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) On November 26 and 27, elements of the Plan Colombia-supported Counter Drug (CD) Brigade captured two FARC cocaine hydrochloride (HCL) labs during Operation Hurricane in Guaviare department. 2. (SBU) The first lab, in the Vaupes river/Miraflores area, had two chemical recycling vats ( [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PTER MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA12960 | TRANSPARENCY OF COLOMBIAN BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Per Secstate 239929, post has spoken to appropriate Colombian government authorities and has responses to questions posed by Washington. 2. (U) Military Expenditures are audited by the National Comptroller, which works on an annual cycle to audit each aspect of military expenditu [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CO MOPS |
04BOGOTA1558 | AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the January Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were over 4800 tracks sorted, of which 42 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase I and one Phase III event during the month. ABD program issues of concern [...] | 2004-02-13 22:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA3393 | COLOMBIAN ARMY ATTACK ON POLICE UNIT SPARKS [...] (C) The deaths on March 19 of eleven people -- seven anti- kidnapping police and four civilians -- at the hands of the Colombian Army (COLAR) in Narino department has sparked controversy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Army have presented contradictory accounts of the incident, and P [...] | 2004-04-01 22:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR MOPS ASEC CO |
04BOGOTA4214 | COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...] | 2004-04-26 16:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA4820 | COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE CAPTURES TWO HCL LABS IN [...] (SBU) ON APRIL 25 AND 28, THE 2ND BATTALION OF THE PLAN COLOMBIA SUPPORTED COUNTER DRUG (CD) BRIGADE SHUT DOWN TWO FARC COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HCL) LABS DURING OPERATION ZEUS IN SOUTHERN NARINO DEPARTMENT. 2. THE FIRST LAB, NEAR THE MIRA RIVER AND LLORENTE, HAD FOUR CHEMICAL RECYCLING VATS [...] | 2004-05-11 20:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PTER MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA85 | SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...] | 2004-01-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC |
04BOGOTA88 | NAS BOGOTA MONTHLY REPORT [...] This is a summary of NAS Bogota activities for November 2003. Eradication and Interdiction ---------------------------- 2. Eradication: In November, the Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 6,268 hectares of coca. Spray aircraft and support helicopters took a total of six hits from [...] | 2004-01-06 20:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SNAR MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA8898 | MOD DEFENDS COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Carolina Barco and Minister of Defense Jorge Uribe briefed foreign diplomats on individual demobilization, hometown soldiers, and the informants network. The event was a review of accomplishments that highlighted the GOC's successes and downplayed its challenges. Minis [...] | 2004-09-01 23:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM CO |
04BOGOTA8899 | DRUG TIES RELATED TO GUAITARILLA POLICE DEATHS [...] (C) On August 30, the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) announced that it had closed the disciplinary investigation into the March 19 Army-Police clash in Guaitarilla, Narino Department. According to the televised announcement, the Procuraduria will press charges for alleged neglig [...] | 2004-09-01 23:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM MOPS CO |
04BOGOTA8900 | US HOSTAGE STATUS: 18 MONTHS IN FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (S//NF) August 13, 2004 marked the 18-month anniversary of the FARC's kidnapping of three American crewmembers after a SOUTHCOM single-engine Cessna crashed. The most significant change since the one-year update in reftel (NOTAL) has been the initiation and impressive progress of the COLMIL's Pla [...] | 2004-09-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC MOPS PGOV PINR PTER FARC |
04BOGOTA9200 | COLOMBIA'S "HOMETOWN SOLDIERS" PROGRAM [...] (C) The GOC's "Hometown Soldiers" Program has become a hallmark of President Uribe's Democratic Security Policy. The program is designed to supplement regular military units with platoons of local soldiers that perform basic security functions. A valuable outcome of the program has been great [...] | 2004-09-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO |
04BOGOTA9358 | AUGUST AIR BRIDGE DENIAL UPDATE: ABD COMPLETES [...] (U) Summary: This is the August 2004 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. This message also includes an overview of the program's achievements in its first year. During August, there were two Phase III events and two Phase I events, including one arrested pilot. There [...] | 2004-09-15 22:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO |
04BOGOTA9676 | VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...] | 2004-09-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL |
04BOGOTA9699 | COLOMBIA MILITARY PROGRESS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (S) The Colombian Military (COLMIL) continues to make progress combating illegal armed groups. The number of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),National Liberation Army (ELN),United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),and smaller illegal armed group members killed, captured, o [...] | 2004-09-23 21:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO |
04BRASILIA1018 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...] | 2004-04-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL |
04BRASILIA1938 | INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. On July 30, a State/DoD delegation, led by WHA PDAS James Derham, met with Brazilian Ministry of Defense interlocutors to discuss mechanisms through which the GOB would provide information to the USG about the status of Brazil,s shootdown program once that [...] | 2004-08-02 20:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL MOPS BR POL MIL |
04BRASILIA2730 | BRAZIL URGES GUINEA BISSAU BE PLACED ON UNSC FRONT [...] (SBU) According to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Inacio Oswaldo Padilha, an extraordinary meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) will be held 2 November in Lisbon to discuss the deteriorating political and economic situation in Guine [...] | 2004-10-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MOPS BR GB UNSC |
04BRASILIA2863 | BRAZIL-HAITI: READOUT OF PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Marcos Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato, returned from a mid-November fact-finding mission to Haiti with the strong view that Aristide must not be allowed back into Haitian politics under any circumstances, Biato told PolCouns in a 19 [...] | 2004-11-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR MARR MOPS UNSC POL MIL |
04BRASILIA623 | BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...] | 2004-03-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL |
04BRASILIA676 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHES TO MRE U/S PEDROSA [...] (C) Summary. On 19 March Ambassdor, accompanied by PolCouns, met with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Pedrosa to deliver demarches requesting immediate contributions to the Hait MIF (ref B),and soliciting Brazil's support for USG plans and goals for building a demo [...] | 2004-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC |
04BRASILIA991 | BRAZIL-UNSC: HAITI PKO UPDATE 26 APRIL 2004 [...] (C) Summary. With introduction of the Friends of Haiti draft resolution to the UNSC for discussion and a probable vote this week, Brazil is at an important stage in its planning to deploy a PKO mission. Major issues on the scope now are internal political dynamics, congress' role and operati [...] | 2004-04-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BR UNSC POL MIL |
04BRATISLAVA336 | SLOVAKIA: DELIVERY OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ LO MARAD |
04BRATISLAVA447 | SLOVAK MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE FIGURES ON CURRENT EXPENDITURES FOR SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. ALL FIGURES INCLUDE SALARIES. (NOTE: 1 USD EQUALED 33.9 SLOVAK CROWNS (SKK) AS OF MAY 4) - ANNUAL EXPECTED EXPENDITURE FOR ENGINEERING UNIT SKK 363,959,000 (10,7 [...] | 2004-05-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
04BRATISLAVA493 | SLOVAK MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ (AMENDED) [...] THE FOLLOWING IS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING EXPENDITURES FOR SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. (NOTE: 1 USD EQUALED 33.3 SLOVAK CROWNS (SKK) AS OF MAY 18) - 2003 TOTAL EXPENDITURE SKK 71,000,000 (2,132,132 USD) 2. INFORMATION PREVIOU [...] | 2004-05-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
04BRATISLAVA653 | SLOVAKIA'S EXPENDITURES FOR DEPLOYMENTS ON COALITION AND [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC HAS SPENT THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS ON OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO AND COALITION OPERATIONS: MISSION YEAR FIRST YEAR 2004 TOTAL TO DATE BEGUN COST COST SFOR 1998 57 [...] | 2004-07-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
04BRATISLAVA678 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU LO |
04BRATISLAVA711 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON NATO DUAL-HATTING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-27 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IZ LO NATO |
04BRATISLAVA729 | MNF FORCE IRAQ STATEMENT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR LO |
04BRATISLAVA734 | SLOVAKIA WILL ISSUE MNF STATEMENT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ LO |
04BRATISLAVA804 | SLOVAKIA NOT PREPARED TO COMMIT AT FORCE [...] (C) Charge demarched FM Eduard Kukan 8/31 on reftel points. Kukan had already received the points from another source (NFI). He said that Slovakia would maintain its current troop commitment, and was aware of Slovak MOD attendance at the Warsaw conference, but did not know of any intention t [...] | 2004-08-31 17:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ PL LO |
04BRUSSELS1543 | EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...] (C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction force, with Hirep Solana identifying as its elements rapid EU institutional decision-making, a planning cell, and battle groups. Solana explained that the purp [...] | 2004-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2068 | EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...] | 2004-05-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2354 | EU-FUNDED AFRICA PEACE FACILITY TO STRENGTHEN AU, [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union (EU) formally announced the establishment of the Africa Peace Facility (APF),and funds are now available to support peacekeeping and peace-enforcing operations in Africa. The EU aims to strengthen the role of the African Union (AU),particularly the Peace [...] | 2004-06-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PREF UX USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2381 | EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Council, and Commission. Bradtke and his EU interlocutors reviewed ESDP/NATO developments, including the BiH SFOR transition, the EU's planning for a civ-mil ce [...] | 2004-06-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2828 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) We met on June 30 with Council and Commission representatives to discuss ref A demarche. Council Secretariat Director for the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, SIPDIS and Central Asia Stefan Lehne and desk officer Helene Holm-Pedersen had no comment on the four entities mentioned in ou [...] | 2004-07-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC EUN KWAC USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3055 | EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3059 | US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...] | 2004-07-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3983 | EU MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNPROFOR IRAQ: [...] (C) According to a Council Secretariat official (protect) working on Iraq issues, EU member states have offered to date a total of 10 million euros ($12 million) to fund the UN Protection Force in Iraq. In addition, the UK has pledged to provide an unspecified monthly sum of money to ensure [...] | 2004-09-20 04:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4025 | EU FUNDING FOR IRAQ: EB A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH [...] (U) Action request: See para 12 below. 2. (C) Summary. Commission Deputy DG Leigh told EB A/S Wayne on September 21 that the EC agreed that the goal for the upcoming Tokyo conference is to get more support from donors for Iraq. To do this, Leigh said, Iraqi officials must present a st [...] | 2004-09-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4144 | EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...] | 2004-09-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4253 | NAC-PSC DISCUSSION OF BOSNIA AND "OTHER BUSINESS" [...] (C) Summary: In the September 27 meeting of the NAC with the EU's Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC),nations focused on the constructive NATO-EU cooperation in planning for the EU operation in Bosnia, and were confident the few remaining issues would soon be resolved. Ambassador Burn [...] | 2004-10-04 10:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4602 | EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...] | 2004-10-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4688 | DSACEUR BRIEFS NAC-PSC ON TRANSFER OF SFOR TO [...] (C) Summary: DSACEUR, General Sir John Reith briefed the NAC-PSC Ambassadors on the progress of the December 2 SFOR handover to the EU's Operation Althea. Delineation of tasks has been worked out between commanders on the ground, and Headquarters staffs are more than 80 percent filled. General [...] | 2004-11-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK MOPS NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4730 | THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: CAPTAIN COLLINS GOES [...] (C) USEU Pol/Mil team met mid-October with British Navy Captain Paul Collins, currently seconded to the European Defense Agency Establishment Team (AET),for a readout on his recent Voluntary Visitor Program visit to the US. Collins summarized US reaction to his trip as a "relief", and noted [...] | 2004-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4758 | DSACEUR'S EU POLAD CLARIFIES DELINEATION OF TASKS [...] (U) This is a retransmission of Brussels 4731. Paragraph 4 has been corrected for clarity. 2. (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat planners are unhappy with a number of points in the Delineation of Tasks between COMEUFOR and Commander Nato Headquarters (COMNHQ),but they will not raise furt [...] | 2004-11-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4768 | IRAQI PM ALLAWI'S VISIT WITH THE EU: EUROPEAN [...] (C) According to a Council source who attended the November 5 luncheon between the EU Heads of State and Government (the European Council) and Iraqi PM Allawi, the lunch went quite well, despite some hiccups over comments made by Allawi to the press the previous day calling some European count [...] | 2004-11-08 06:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4937 | EU CIV/MIL PLANNING AND THE OPS CENTER: SHAPING [...] (C) Summary. As EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the PSC review papers designed to create a civ/mil planning cell and a capacity to stand up an EU Operations Center, they will consider it in the context of strategic EU efforts to define its future [...] | 2004-11-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5014 | EU MILITARY COMMITTEE ADVICE ON THE AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. USEU was passed the text of the European Union Military Committee's military advice to the Political and Security Committee on the AU Plan for the AMIS II mission in Darfur. It was likely passed with the intention to influence, as well as inform. The Military Committee finds sign [...] | 2004-11-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5030 | COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHES OPERATION [...] (U) Under the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union, the Council of the European Union on November 23 launched Operation Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The EU Operation Commander was authorized to release the activation order (ACTORD) in order to execute the deployment of the forces an [...] | 2004-11-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BK MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5308 | EUROPEAN UNION DEFENSE POLICY: WHERE IS THE EU [...] (C) Summary. The November 22 announcement by the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the EU member states of pledges to establish 13 Battlegroups is the latest step toward the creation of an EU military capacity. EU heads of state are committed to giving the EU an effective capacity in global se [...] | 2004-12-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BUCHAREST3445 | ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...] | 2004-12-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO |
04CALCUTTA449 | MANIPUR: INDIAN ARMY PRESSURE NEAR BURMA BORDER [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Indian Army launched a counter-insurgency exercise in the Chandel and Churachandpur districts of Manipur, a Northeast Indian state bordering Burma. Remaining initially tightlipped, an Army spokesman finally announced on November 6 that more than 100 rebel bases had been [...] | 2004-11-19 03:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PINS PGOV BM IN GOI |
04CARACAS3032 | GOV MAKES BORDER AMBUSH LATEST CRISIS [...] (C) Five Venezuelan soldiers and an oil worker died on September 17 near the Colombian border in an apparent ambush by unidentified irregular forces. Speculation about the identity of the attackers includes the range of armed groups operating in the area. President Hugo Chavez deployed add [...] | 2004-09-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER VE |
04CARACAS3173 | RUMORS STILL SPINNING ON APURE AMBUSH [...] (C) Summary: The media has continued to report on the killing of a PDVSA engineer and five soldiers in Apure State. The opposition and the Colombian Government continue to fault the government for complicity in border violence. The GOV and its supporters have blamed the United States and [...] | 2004-10-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS VE |
04COLOMBO1074 | Former PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP MP Moulana admits to transporting rebel Tiger leader Karuna to Colombo. According to former PM Wickremesinghe, Karuna is now in the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. Wickremesinghe also requests Ambassador to help facilitate a U.S. visa for Moulana and his family. Moulana has [...] | 2004-06-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO1086 | Karuna Affair Continues to Plague Government [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and stories continue to swirl around the events associated with rebel Tiger leader Karuna and his whereabouts. Government officials are engaged in fingerpointing about who knew what and when they knew it about Karuna. The GSL has not done a good job of managing the medi [...] | 2004-06-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1196 | RETURN OF MALDIVIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) On July 1 Secretary Powell met with Maldives Foreign Minister Jameel and discussed the issue of Maldivian detainee at Guantanamo Ibrahim Fouzy (Ref A). The Secretary noted that "the Department of Defense is reviewing the case carefully and would be in touch soon to discuss terms of retu [...] | 2004-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV CE |
04COLOMBO1275 | MALDIVES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES TO KEEP [...] (S/NF) During visit to Maldives for National Day events July 25-26, Ambassador was able to briefly discuss issue of Maldivian detainee at Guantanamo with Deputy Foreign Minister Hussain Shihab. (Foreign Minister was not in Maldives at the time.) Ambassador told Shihab that we were looking int [...] | 2004-08-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV CE |
04COLOMBO1572 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM [...] (S/NF) I hope to travel to Maldives in early October to meet with President Gayoom. My two main points will be to urge continued democratic reform and to express our hope that political detainees arrested since the August 12-13 disturbances are being well treated. In order to enhance my cre [...] | 2004-09-21 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO1696 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) I would greatly appreciate a response to reftel requests for information on the status of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fowzy (we had heard informally that his case might be headed towards imminent resolution). During my trip to Maldives last week, President Gayoom, Deputy For [...] | 2004-10-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO1845 | SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE MONITOR SEES NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 meeting with poloff, Hagrup Hauckland, Deputy Head of Mission of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),said his organization has found no evidence to support Government allegations, widely reported in the press, of a significant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee [...] | 2004-11-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO1853 | STATUS OF MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM [...] (S/NF) In the past year and a half, we have sent in a number of messages asking for updates on the status of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fowzy and urging that consideration be given to a prompt return of Mr. Fowzy to Maldives. In a nutshell, our position has been that the Maldivian [...] | 2004-11-16 02:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MOPS PHUM PINR MV |
04COLOMBO26 | PM suggests need to amend ceasefire with [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 United National Party (UNP) meeting in Panduwasnuwara, roughly 70 miles north of Colombo, the Prime Minister gave a speech suggesting the need to amend the government's ceasefire agreement with the LTTE based on the President's control of the Defense Ministry. [...] | 2004-01-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO32 | GSL still a party to the ceasefire with the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the PM's January 7 comments calling for the President to take responsibility for the ceasefire agreement with the Tigers, the ceasefire is still in effect and fears that the GSL would withdraw from the agreement have subsided. The ceasefire remains intact, as both [...] | 2004-01-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO406 | Sri Lanka: Ignoring orders of LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main Tamil Tiger organization in the north announced March 6 that it was replacing a dissident commander. The commander, Karuna, has refused to step down, however, and remains ensconced in his eastern jungle base. No violence has been reported, but the situation is becomin [...] | 2004-03-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO435 | Sri Lanka: Rebel eastern commander torques up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rebel LTTE commander Karuna continues to lash out at the main Tamil Tiger organization in the north. In a March 9 interview with BBC TV, Karuna -- speaking at a base in Batticaloa -- asserted that he had left the LTTE because he thought the group was preparing for war pending t [...] | 2004-03-10 05:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KPAO CE NO IN LTTE |
04COLOMBO440 | Sri Lanka: Can rebel Tamil Tiger commander in [...] (C) A week after he split from the main LTTE organization in the north, rebel commander Karuna appears to be gradually consolidating his position in the east. With many loyal troops in strong defensive redoubts, his military position seems relatively strong. There are also signs that he is p [...] | 2004-03-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO607 | Tensions continue to percolate between LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate between the main LTTE organization and rebel eastern commander Karuna. The Tigers recently warned Karuna that they plan to "get rid" of him. In the meantime, there are continuing reports of LTTE hit squads roaming the east and of LTTE and Karuna [...] | 2004-04-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM MOPS CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO620 | LTTE FACTIONS SQUARE OFF IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo received information today that rival factions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),located in eastern Sri Lanka, became engaged in two gun battles beginning early this morning April 9. Three cadres, most likely from the northern faction, were reported killed [...] | 2004-04-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CE MOPS PGOV PINS PTER LTTE |
04COLOMBO628 | Sri Lanka: Under pressure from the main LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The forces of dissident eastern LTTE commander Karuna have buckled in the face of the offensive launched by the main LTTE organization on April 9. There is word that Karuna's forces have retreated and that hundreds of them have apparently surrendered without a fight. Karuna's [...] | 2004-04-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS EAID CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO653 | After ousting rebel commander, LTTE reasserts [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of the LTTE's recent offensive, breakaway commander Karuna's forces appear to have totally melted away and, as of April 16, the situation in the east is calm. Karuna's whereabouts remain a mystery. For its part, the GSL military continues to deny reports that it is [...] | 2004-04-16 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PHUM EAID CE LTTE |
04COLOMBO747 | Peace Process update: Norwegian FM in high- [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following recent developments: -- Norwegian Foreign Minister visits Sri Lanka for meetings with GSL and LTTE leaders. -- LTTE London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham visits Sri Lanka after a year's hiatus. -- Tensions between th [...] | 2004-05-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE |
04COLOMBO842 | Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...] | 2004-05-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV |
04DJIBOUTI1175 | POST RECOMMENDS PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Because some military members deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, are redirected to jobs outside of Djibouti in countries that require US passports for entry, Post asks DOD to consider requiring all soldiers deploying to t [...] | 2004-09-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CA DJ MARR MOPS CAPC |
04DJIBOUTI1212 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW COMMANDER OF [...] (U) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, had her first meeting September 16 with General Michel Arrault, the new Commander of French Forces in Djibouti. Arrault replaced General Gerard Pons, whose tour of duty ended August 1. 2. (C) Ambassador noted the close cooperation and collaboratio [...] | 2004-09-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PINR FR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1223 | IGAD TO HOST WORKSHOP ON COMBATTING TERRORISM: [...] (U) During Ambassador's September 20 call on Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD),to present an invitation to him to attend a meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum (septel),Dr. Attalla indicated to her that he had extended t [...] | 2004-09-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1288 | DJIBOUTI AND SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Djibouti does not yet have a program under Safe Skies for Africa, Post endeavors to describe what the civil aviation officials on the ground hope a SSFA program could provide. Djibouti's airport is not up to international standards as written by the ICAO, however, according to [...] | 2004-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ECON ETRD MOPS PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1350 | FRANCE'S MILITARY COMMANDER IN DJIBOUTI DESIRES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's regular weekly meeting October 21 with General Michel Arrault, Commander of French Military Forces in Djibouti, General Arrault related his desire to have his forces become more active in regional security matters. He said the threat of terrorism in this part of t [...] | 2004-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER MCAP FR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI1390 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S BRIEF, UNANNOUNCED [...] (U) Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo made a brief, unannounced visit to Djibouti 30 October while en route to Japan. The government run newspaper La Nation reported on 1 November that during his time in Djibouti, Obasanjo met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh at the Djiboutian head of sta [...] | 2004-11-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NI KE ET DJ SO |
04DJIBOUTI1405 | MORE ON OBASANJO VISIT TO DJIBOUTI: SOMALIA AT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 3 November, at her request, to address several items. Among them was a discussion on the nature of Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo's visit to Djibouti. Youssouf confirmed reports in the local press (see reftel) that th [...] | 2004-11-04 02:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ET KE NI DJ SO |
04DJIBOUTI1435 | DORALE TRANSMITTER GOES LIVE; NEGLIGIBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A medium wave transmitter at the Radio Television Djibouti (RTD) station in Dorale was activated on November 4, marking completion of phase one of the RTD- International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) joint renovation of the station. Concerns that the transmitter may interfere with c [...] | 2004-11-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG |
04DJIBOUTI1443 | PROGRESS CONTINUES AT DORALEH PORT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econoff visited the construction site of the new port facility at Doraleh on November 8 to track progress and obtain an update from the port's project manager K.K. Menon of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). Ambassador's last visit had taken place in July. [...] | 2004-11-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EPET ECON EINV EWWT DJ ET TC |
04DJIBOUTI1621 | GUELLEH REQUESTS ON-SITE SURVEY OF PROPOSED CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Ambassador and CJTF-HOA Commanding General Samuel Helland met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, at the Minister's request, to discuss the proposed expansion of Camp Lemonier. The Minister said that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told [...] | 2004-12-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI299 | DISCONTENT IN THE DJIBOUTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) USLO Chief has learned that on Saturday, February 28 large groups of soldiers in the interior districts of Dikhil, Tadjoura, and Obock refused to accept their monthly salaries. Four high ranking Djiboutian military officers have since been dispatched to the districts to engage the disgrunt [...] | 2004-03-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM DJ |
04DJIBOUTI301 | MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS ON CAMP LEMONIER [...] (C) In a February 29 call on Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osman Ahmed Moussa (reported septel),Ambassador raised the CJTF-HOA presence in Djibouti, its role and that of the U.S. Mission in support of the global war on terrorism. She noted that the Camp Lemonier lease agreement was up fo [...] | 2004-03-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI353 | DJIBOUTI'S FM ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah told me March 10, during our meeting at the Foreign Ministry, that he will leave tomorrow for Nairobi to attend an IGAD Council of Ministers meeting March 12 on Somalia. He said Djibouti's Somalia policy remains one of finding a workable solution t [...] | 2004-03-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PHUM SO DJ ET |
04DJIBOUTI364 | DJIBOUTI'S FM ON CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah on March 10, Farah contradicted information we reported (reftel A) that placed authority for negotiations on the Camp Lemonier base lease renewal within the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Farah also denied that Ambassador Olh [...] | 2004-03-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS MARR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI381 | DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...] | 2004-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI413 | IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SEES NO CONCLUSIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Attalah Bashir Hamed, Head of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat, cites two problems confronting IGAD after the SIPDIS March 12 Ministerial Facilitation Committee Meeting on Somalia Reconciliation, and in the wake of the March 22 follow-up mini [...] | 2004-03-21 10:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ET ER LY DJ |
04DJIBOUTI437 | IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: The March 22 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Ministerial in Djibouti had three agenda items: Somalia and Sudan peace processes, election of an Executive Secretariat and arrears of IGAD member states. On Sudan, IGAD ministers are pleased at progress made in Keny [...] | 2004-03-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SO DJ KE UG IT IGAD |
04DJIBOUTI468 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR BASE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Groundwork must be laid to ensure the upcoming round of lease negotiations transpire as smoothly as possible. To this end, U.S. Embassy Djibouti proposes to hold a coordination meeting between French forces in Djibouti (FFDJ) [...] | 2004-03-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV DJ |
04DJIBOUTI549 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Pursuant to the goals of the East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative (EACTI),U.S. Embassy Djibouti wishes to use its security assistance (SA) program to establish a national counter terrorism (CT) force within the Djiboutian military. Because of multiple actors within the Djibouti s [...] | 2004-04-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ |
04DJIBOUTI581 | FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF COOPERATION OFFER [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, and Minister of Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mohamoud Ali Youssef, both drew Ambassador aside April 15, on the margins of an emergency meeting with heads of diplomatic missions on the subject of the flood disaster in [...] | 2004-04-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ DJ |
04DJIBOUTI67 | ENGAGEMENT IN THE SELF-PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC OF [...] (C) Somaliland officials have been practicing an unprecedented diplomatic offensive in Djibouti recently with both U.S. and Djiboutian representatives. Somaliland Foreign Minister Edna Ismail has met with DAS Yamamoto, AmEmbassy Djibouti CDA Timothy Smith, CJTF-HOA Brigadier General Robeson, [...] | 2004-01-15 13:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER DJ SOM |
04DJIBOUTI721 | REPORT OF CRASH IN DJIBOUTI OF U.S. UNMANNED [...] (S) Commanding General of French Forces in Djibouti, Gerard Pons, told me during my regular weekly meeting with him on May 19 that he had been informed three days earlier, through a private Djiboutian citizen, of the crash in Djibouti "last week" of a U.S. small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [...] | 2004-05-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS FR DJ |
04DJIBOUTI734 | CJTF HOA COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: For President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti's participation in the Global War on Terrorism is "an honor." He wants an end to conflict and hostility in the Horn of Africa region and is working directly with the President of the African Union to bring about a face to face meeting [...] | 2004-05-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ET ER IS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI782 | PK12 RETURNS TO FULL OPERATIONS AFTER MAY EXPLOSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) radio station at PK12 is back to full operations after an explosion and subsequent detection of unexploded ordinance (UXO) on the site. Plans for full site clearance continue. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At 2am on May 3 an explosion took pl [...] | 2004-06-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG |
04DJIBOUTI814 | THORNY ISSUES RAISED AT 27TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) Summary: June 6 marked the 27th anniversary of the creation of Djibouti's armed forces. On the occasion, Chief of Defense, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein, addressed the troops with remarks that raised lingering thorny issues of adequate housing, health services, compensation and promotion [...] | 2004-06-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MASS MCAP DJ |
04DJIBOUTI815 | DJIBOUTI AND PROPOSED COUNTER-TERRORISM FORCE [...] (S) This cable reflects the views of the Ambassador, Office of Regional Affairs, Regional Security Office, United States Liaison Office and the Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). 2. (S) Post appreciates the Department's concern outlined in Ref A and wishes [...] | 2004-06-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PTER DJ |
04DJIBOUTI903 | DJIBOUTI OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF U.S. INTENT TO [...] (C) Ambassador hand-carried June 30 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an English version and a French translation of the diplomatic note provided paragraph 3 of reftel. The Bilateral Relations Director acknowledged receipt of thes [...] | 2004-07-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI934 | PORTENTS IN DJIBOUTI BASE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) During the July 6 meeting of the U.S.-Djibouti Military Coordinating Committee, Abdurahman Boreh, Special Economic Advisor to President Ismail Omar Guelleh, told USLO Chief that the Government of Djibouti would like to construct a new international airport. He said an American consulting f [...] | 2004-07-07 15:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS DJ |
04DJIBOUTI976 | VISIT OF FRANCE'S DEFENSE MINISTER TO DJIBOUTI: [...] (C) During Ambassador's 7/15 meeting with Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssef, Ambassador raised the July 8-9 visit to Djibouti of France's Defense Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie. Alliot-Marie had met during her time in Djibouti with President Ismail [...] | 2004-07-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV FR DJ |
04DUBLIN1057 | IRISH RESPOND POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR CONTINUED [...] Summary. Irish officials Don Sexton and Pat Kelly responded positively to the request for European support for deployment of an African Union (AU) protection force. Both stressed Ireland's interest in African affairs, especially regarding humanitarian aid. Ireland has given nearly three mi [...] | 2004-07-15 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID |
04DUBLIN1160 | KFOR: IRELAND UNLIKELY TO REMOVE CAVEAT [...] (C)Emboff delivered reftel points on July 29 to Michael Gaffey, Director South East Europe division. Gaffey informed Emboff that the one caveat Ireland placed on its troops prevents the use of lethal force to prevent attacks on KFOR property unless there's an immediate threat to life or seri [...] | 2004-08-05 07:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO |
04DUBLIN1222 | IRELAND WILL DISCUSS PROTECTION FORCE WITH EU [...] (S)In regards to the UN protection force, Emboff delivered reftel talking points A on August 5 to Brendan Ward, Deputy Director of the Middle East Section at DFA. Ward responded that he had been in touch with counterparts in other European capitals, and agreement was reached to discuss this i [...] | 2004-08-18 07:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS MARR UN |
04DUBLIN1471 | URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES, EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR OCT [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 5 & 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set the new trial date of Mary Kelly for Wednesday, October 20th, 2004. The court requires Commander William Snyder, Lieutenant Commander Kurt [...] | 2004-10-01 13:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR MOPS EI |
04DUBLIN1579 | IRELAND/EU: UNSYG ANNAN RENEWS CALL FOR UN-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 speech in Dublin, UNSYG Kofi Annan called for effective multilateralism to address global challenges and, in particular, increased UN-EU cooperation on crisis management. He welcomed the EU battlegroup initiative as a potential model for UN-EU collaboration on c [...] | 2004-10-19 06:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EU MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL UN |
04DUBLIN1739 | SHANNON: GOI UNDER PRESSURE BUT NO CHANGE IN [...] (S) DCM met with Keith McBean, DFA's Chief of International Security Policy. McBean's office has the lead in the Irish government for issues surrounding U.S. use of Shannon airport. McBean noted that while there always has been an element of Irish society that objects to the U.S. military's [...] | 2004-12-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PINR PREL |
04DUBLIN1770 | SHANNON/IMMIGRATION: PM EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with the Ambassador and Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, the Irish Prime Minister raised his concerns about two separate issues: the U.S. military's use of Shannon and the immigration bill pending in Congress. He also updated the Senators on the Nort [...] | 2004-12-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PREL SMIG SOCI |
04DUBLIN1790 | AMBASSADOR KENNY'S CALL ON NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On December 9, Amb. Kenny met with Willie O'Dea in O'Dea's new capacity as Ireland's Minister of Defense. The ambassador underscored the value of close U.S.-Irish cooperation, especially in peacekeeping and information exchange. The Ambassador urged Ireland to extend its mission in Afgha [...] | 2004-12-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS |
04DUBLIN1854 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ICTY |
04DUBLIN347 | TRIAL OF USMIL PLANE ATTACKERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 7. 2. ( C ) Embassy Dublin has received a request from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to release to the defense the text of a diplomatic note in the case of "DPP v. Clancy (and others)." This case refers to the Irish Government,s [...] | 2004-03-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EI |
04GUATEMALA1055 | (C) GUATEMALA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge Bruce Wharton and Foreign Minister Jorge Briz signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28, 2004, bringing two years of negotiations to a successful conclusion. The terms of the agreement require Congressional approval and a Presidential signature to enter into force. 2. (C) The [...] | 2004-04-29 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KTIA GT |
04GUATEMALA1081 | BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...] | 2004-05-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1259 | PEREZ MOLINA LEAVES GOVERNMENT FOR CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, after meeting with President Berger, GOG Security and Defense Commissioner Otto Perez Molina announced his resignation from the Executive branch, the Patriot Party's (PP) exit from the GANA coalition, and his return to Congress to lead the PP in opposition. Perez Mo [...] | 2004-05-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1278 | BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...] | 2004-05-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA1326 | BLANKET DIPOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-27 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS SENV |
04GUATEMALA1361 | (C) DIFFICULT POLITICS OF ARTICLE 98 PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary. As reported reftel, the GOG signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28 but requested that we keep the agreement confidential while it devises a strategy to gain Congressional approval. MFA Vice Minister Skinner-Klee told DCM on May 25 that the GOG remains absolutely committed t [...] | 2004-06-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL GT |
04GUATEMALA2163 | ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PLANS PROGRESSING [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Minister is now persuaded that moving ahead quickly on Article 98 ratification makes better sense than leaving it to an end-of-legislative session rush. The Ambassador's consultations with the FRG and Patriotic Party appear to have lined up their support. If procedur [...] | 2004-08-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA26 | NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE CESAR MENDEZ: BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Cesar Augusto MENDEZ Pinelo (53) was named to be the next Minister of Defense by President-elect Berger on January 7. Mendez is a protege of former General Otto Perez Molina, a ranking member of Berger's GANA coalition. Embassy databases contain no derogatory i [...] | 2004-01-08 22:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA3163 | GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...] | 2004-12-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN |
04GUATEMALA317 | WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...] | 2004-02-10 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT |
04GUATEMALA360 | GUATEMALA EXTENDS AUTHORIZATION FOR US MILITARY CD [...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a two-thirds majority and as a matter of national urgency, on February 12 the Guatemalan Congress approved a two-year extension of Central Skies/Mayan Jaguar authority to conduct joint counternarcotics exercises. Extensive lobbying on the part of WHA A/S Noriega [...] | 2004-02-13 18:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
04GUATEMALA531 | THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...] | 2004-03-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT |
04GUATEMALA584 | BERGER ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO PLAN RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by military foot-dragging, President Oscar Berger has formally requested US assistance with developing a plan to shrink his military. We have mapped out a process of engagement using E-IMET funds to contract specialized expertise at the Center for Civil Military Relat [...] | 2004-03-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA771 | GOG ACCORD ON DEEP MILITARY REDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Oscar Berger told the Ambassador on March 27 that he had achieved a "political understanding" with his Minister of Defense to reduce military strength to 15,500 officers and men, and to sharply reduce the military budget to .33 % of GDP (down from the Peace Accords limi [...] | 2004-03-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
04GUATEMALA821 | BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...] | 2004-04-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GT |
04HALIFAX10 | HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] | 2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
04HALIFAX191 | MARITIME HELICOPTER ANNOUNCEMENT NEARLY OVERSHADOWS HMCS [...] SUMMARY: The new Defense Minister hit the ground running by announcing a decision in favor of Sikorsky on the long-delayed maritime helicopter replacement program. He also welcomed home HMCS Toronto, which returned to a tumultuous welcome in Halifax after a six-month deployment with a U.S. s [...] | 2004-07-23 17:37:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER ETRD CA |
04HALIFAX7 | HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] | 2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
04HANOI2711 | REPORT ON DPMO DISCUSSIONS IN GIA LAI PROVINCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Defense, POW/MIA Affairs Office, Senior Director for Policy, led a team of five Americans to Pleiku city on 23-24 September 2004, in order for U.S. and Vietnamese technical experts to review cases involving unaccounted- for Americans in Gia Lai Province, inte [...] | 2004-10-01 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS |
04HANOI3050 | Ambassador Visits MIA Recovery Site; Meets with [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Nghe An and Ha Tinh Provinces in northern central Vietnam November 4-5 to visit a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) operational recovery site and to observe the turnover of remains believed to be those of an American serviceman lost during the V [...] | 2004-11-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM PGOV PHUM KHIV KIRF MARR MOPS |
04HARARE435 | FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE FULMINATES ON THE BBC, [...] (sbu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance. Mudenge's presentation began with a scathing attack on the BBC for a recent Panorama program, then moved on to the detention of a planeload of mercenaries, [...] | 2004-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAIR ZI EG |
04HARARE445 | SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON THWARTED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (c) Ambassador and DCM met with South African Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou on March 11 to exchange perspectives on the detention of 70 purported mercenaries in Harare on March 7. Ndou provided a list of names, nationalities and passport numbers and confirmed that all 70 had been resident in South [...] | 2004-03-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINS ASEC ZI EK |
04HELSINKI1023 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY [...] (C) This message contains an action request from the Government of Finland for additional information. See para 6. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 3 to Leena Riitola, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department for Africa and Middle-East Affairs. Riitola agreed that [...] | 2004-08-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI IQ |
04HELSINKI1025 | KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...] | 2004-08-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL YI FI NATO |
04HELSINKI1445 | DISBURSING PLEDGES FOR THE UN PROTECTION FORCE IN [...] (C) POL Chief delivered reftel demarche November 10 to Elina Kalkku, Director of the Finnish MFA's Security Policy Unit. Drawing on reftel talking points, he noted that deployment of a Georgian battalion to Iraq for "middle ring" security is imminent, with a Romanian unit likely to follow soo [...] | 2004-11-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ FI |
04HELSINKI1499 | NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...] | 2004-11-26 06:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO |
04ISTANBUL1716 | SECURITY AND PAYMENT HEAD LIST OF TURKISH BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of Turkish companies active in Iraq outlined their main concerns in a November 5 meeting with Turkey Caucus co-chair Representative Ed Whitfield. Security and payment issues headed the list, with companies reporting not just serious problems in ensuring the safe delivery [...] | 2004-11-18 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG MOPS PREL PTER TU |
04KATHMANDU112 | NEPAL: SPOKESMAN SAYS ARMY WILL INITIATE [...] (C) On January 15 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Spokesman Col. Deepak Gurung informed poloff that the RNA had completed its inquiry into allegations that RNA soldiers had summarily executed three civilians in Khotang District on December 6 (Reftel). According to Gurung, the RNA, based on its findin [...] | 2004-01-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MASS NP |
04KATHMANDU1193 | NEPAL: SUPREME COURT ISSUES ORDER TO ARMY ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: For the first time, Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a "show cause" order to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) instructing the RNA to respond within specified timelines on habeas corpus petitions. Nepal's moribund judiciary and understandably frightened judges [...] | 2004-06-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU1226 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF REPLIES TO SUPREME COURT [...] (U) According to media reporting on June 29, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Pyar Jung Thapa responded in writing to the Nepali Supreme Court's "show cause" order (Ref A). His response reportedly indicated that past failures by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to respond to habeas corpus writs on indiv [...] | 2004-06-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU1290 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...] Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school closings),have disrupted the lives of students, parents and teachers and the scheduling of required exams, damaged the educational system and delayed the advan [...] | 2004-07-09 07:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU133 | NEPAL: ARMY LAUNCHES AIR STRIKE AGAINST REPORTED [...] (C) The Director of Military Operations (DMO) of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has confirmed that on January 20 the RNA conducted an air strike against a site in the remote mid-western district of Jajarkot, where the Maoists were reportedly holding a large rally. According to the RNA source, th [...] | 2004-01-21 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU141 | NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...] | 2004-01-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU1552 | NEPAL: CPN-UML GEN SEC MADHAV NEPAL ON POSSIBLE [...] (S) During their first meeting on August 5, Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML General Secretary, sought the Ambassador's approval of secret exploratory peace talks in a third country. The UML leader wants the King and parties to present a unified front to the Maoists and determine Maoist intentio [...] | 2004-08-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS MARR NP |
04KATHMANDU1746 | NEPAL: ROYAL NEPAL ARMY REQUESTS MORE M-16S [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, ODC and poloff, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa requested 10,000 more M-16s, saying they were the RNA's weapon of choice. COAS Thapa stated that the RNA would like these additional M-16s if grant a [...] | 2004-08-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PGOV PTER CVIS ASEC NP GON |
04KATHMANDU439 | NEPAL:AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In an effort better to understand Nepal's controversial, new "Village Defense Committees," Ambassador Malinowski and the Defense Attache on March 2 visited by helicopter one of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) pilot projects located in Lamjung District (in a remote area northeast of Pokhar [...] | 2004-03-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU463 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (U) Summary: On March 11 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) announced that an RNA major will face a court-martial in an infamous case in which 19 suspected Maoists were allegedly extra-judicially killed in Doramba, Ramechhap District on August 17 (Ref A). In addition, a warrant officer and a corpo [...] | 2004-03-16 06:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER NP |
04KATHMANDU487 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) On 2 March, Ambassador Malinowski and Defense Attache visited by helicopter the Government of Nepal's (GON) newly opened, pilot Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) facility located in Tanahu District (approximately 125 kms northwest of Kathmandu). The GON announced the cre [...] | 2004-03-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP |
04KATHMANDU500 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE [...] (C) The Maoist insurgency poses special challenges for the Government of Nepal's (GON) efforts to improve its human rights performance. At the same time, our ability to make objective, fact-based assessments of the GON's performance is hindered by a number of complicating factors, including t [...] | 2004-03-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS PGOV NP |
04KATHMANDU516 | NEPAL: SECURITY FORCES REPEL MAOIST ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) At about 11:00 p.m local time on March 20, Maoist insurgents attacked Beni, the headquarters of Myagdi District in west-central Nepal. Initial reports indicate that 13 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers, 7 policemen, and 1 civilian were killed, and 80 police are still missing. (Note: A [...] | 2004-03-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
04KATHMANDU817 | NEPAL: ARMY HUMAN RIGHTS CELL AGREES TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 letter signed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) initial response to Embassy inquiries on the alleged extrajudicial killings of two teenaged girls and the alleged abduction of a third girl (Ref A) asserted that all three were shot while tryi [...] | 2004-04-29 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS NP |
04KATHMANDU97 | NEPAL: DETENTIONS AND "DISAPPEARANCES" SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the end of the ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on August 27, it has grown increasingly difficult to obtain information on detainees held as suspected Maoists under special anti-terrorism legislation. Many of these suspects are held [...] | 2004-01-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS NP |
04KIGALI1175 | RWANDAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BURUNDI [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Rwandan foreign ministry issued a communique dated August 14 condemning the recent attack on Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp that killed up to 170 Banyamulenge refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The GOR communique attributes the attack to "a combined force" of ex- [...] | 2004-08-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS RW BY CG |
04KIGALI877 | KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG [...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...] | 2004-06-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS RW CG |
04KINSHASA1217 | PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...] | 2004-07-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC |
04KINSHASA1759 | ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...] | 2004-09-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG |
04KINSHASA2007 | SUDAN/DARFOUR DEMARCHE ON OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINS CG |
04KINSHASA2118 | POSSIBLE MASSACRE AT KILWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to sources in Katanga province, the October 2004 "insurgency" at Kilwa on the Congo-Zambia border was more likely a tragic farce than a real attack, and government troops may have massacred dozens of civilians when they recaptured the town. Explanations for the incident [...] | 2004-11-18 15:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EMIN CG |
04KINSHASA2170 | CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...] | 2004-11-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
04KUWAIT127 | (S) AIK FUEL: GOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S SIGNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge delivered copy of reftel dipnote to the FM January 10, asking that the GOK continue supplying fuel to US and coalition forces pending bilateral discussions to resolve who will pay for what. He also asked for urgent approval for the deployment of twelve additional C-130s [...] | 2004-01-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT130 | (S) COALITION FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT OK FOR TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) At the instruction of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who was in Yemen, MFA U/S Khaled Salman Al Jarallah called Charge January 11, 2004, to reply to Charge's January 10 demarche (reftel A) [...] | 2004-01-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT147 | CLARIFYING STATUS OF NON-U.S. PERSONNEL IN KUWAIT [...] Summary and Action Request. Embassy has learned that some DOD contract personnel working in Kuwait believe that their close support of DOD activities here entitles them to the same criminal/liability protections enjoyed by U.S. military and DOD civilians. This may very well not be the case. [...] | 2004-01-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID MOPS PGOV PREL CASC KU IZ |
04KUWAIT1504 | (U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ [...] (U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing Hamed al-Ali of recruiting his son to go to Iraq via Syria. The story also reports that, according to the Kuwaiti parent, the youths who are recruited will s [...] | 2004-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT1928 | (C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen dur [...] | 2004-06-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
04KUWAIT2072 | (S) OIF FUEL ISSUE: GOK INVITES COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Further to the conversation reported reftel, Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the MFA Americas Dept. (number 20041488 dated July 7, 2004),in Arabic, marked "Urgent and Secret." Informal Embassy translation follows: BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its b [...] | 2004-07-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2425 | (U) INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSE BAN ON [...] (U) Action request at para 11. 2. (C) Summary. MFA reports that the Embassies of the Philippines and India, responding to a deteriorating security situation, requested GOK assistance on 3 August in banning travel of their nationals to Iraq. MFA, reportedly in order to provide USG an opp [...] | 2004-08-04 03:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ETRD EAID PREL PHUM IN IZ KU |
04KUWAIT2496 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...] | 2004-08-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
04KUWAIT2524 | PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER |
04KUWAIT2542 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to see how the travel ban preventing Indian and Filipino workers from entering Iraq is affecting their operations. Altanmia, which holds the Defense Energy Sup [...] | 2004-08-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
04KUWAIT2747 | GOK CONCERNED WITH TONE OF DISCUSSIONS OVER AIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following A/S Bloomfield and PDASD Flory's August 20 meeting in Washington with the Kuwaiti Charge concerning the GOK's decision to suspend assistance-in-kind (AIK) fuel for operations in Iraq effective September 4 in the absence of a formal contract, Acting Minister of Foreign [...] | 2004-08-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2772 | GOK AWAITS NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR MNF-I FUEL CONTRACT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) CDA was called to a meeting with Minister of Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd on August 24 to discuss the MNF-I fuel. The Minister said that he had been tasked by the GOK to resolve the matter, in response to the recent meeting in Washingt [...] | 2004-08-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2783 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...] | 2004-08-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO |
04KUWAIT2873 | NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN TO ENSURE CONTINUED FUEL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Initial discussions between the USG and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to ensure KPC's continued provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies began on August 30. The KPC delegation [...] | 2004-08-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT2907 | FUEL FOR IRAQ: ONE MONTH REPRIEVE FROM CUT-OFF [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and USG delegations met again on September 1 to continue discussions over Kuwait's provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies for US forces, which KPC had been instructed to terminate on September 4. KPC Chairma [...] | 2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3033 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...] | 2004-09-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3262 | KUWAITI MFA SAYS GOK WILL NOT ENFORCE BAN ON [...] (C) During introductory meeting with MFA Chief of Protocol Walid al-Khubaizi on September 20, Khubaizi told Ambassador LeBaron that he would be meeting later that day with the Indian and Filipino Ambassadors and via conference call with the Nepali Ambassador resident in Riyadh. On instruction [...] | 2004-09-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PBTS MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3374 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONALS WORKING FOR US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with DCM and a September 25 follow-up with US military officials, Turkish diplomats raised concerns about the treatment of Turkish drivers working for US military contractors and sub-contractors in Kuwait and Iraq. They said that the Turkish Embassy i [...] | 2004-09-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ TU |
04KUWAIT3413 | NOTIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF THREE [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cases of three Egyptian drivers presumed to have been killed while driving in Iraq (text in pa [...] | 2004-09-29 07:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL IZ EG |
04KUWAIT3504 | CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...] | 2004-10-07 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU |
04KUWAIT3529 | REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...] | 2004-10-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3547 | PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3548 | KUWAITI CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Vern Clark, met with Kuwait Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Fahed, on October 11 and discussed the state of the bilateral relationship. Fahed asserted that the bilateral relationship is now based on mutual desires and interes [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER KU |
04KUWAIT3578 | KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER SEES "NO PROBLEM" WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met on 18 October 2004 with H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss the A/S Lincoln Bloomfield and DASD Peter Flory delegation's 19-20 October visit to finalize a contract for Kuwait's continued provision of fuels for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ambassador rei [...] | 2004-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3590 | GOK REMOVES BAN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB IN IZ MOPS PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3607 | MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...] | 2004-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER |
04KUWAIT3658 | KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...] | 2004-10-27 04:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3683 | US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL |
04KUWAIT3684 | PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-27 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP |
04KUWAIT3873 | CONFUSION OVER PORT FEES FOR COALITION SHIPS [...] (S) Summary and Comment. The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has intermittently charged US and coalition shipping agents various vessel and cargo-handling fees, in apparent contravention of the US-Kuwait Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite repeated MFA assurances that these vessels wer [...] | 2004-11-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS EWWT PREL KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3880 | UNDERTAKING MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Department Head Ambassador Khalid Babtain on November 10. Babtain stated that Kuwait fully supported IIG and Coalition action to defeat insurgents in Fallujah and would make that support known publicly. He disparaged a public statement attributed [...] | 2004-11-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT390 | BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION MEETS INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior U.S. delegation led by PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. with PDASD/ISA Peter Flory, met on January 27 with representatives of the Kuwait Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense and Energy as well as the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation at the Kuwait Ministry of Finance [...] | 2004-02-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT3933 | COURTESY CALL ON THE INTERIOR MINISTER REVEALS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf, the Minister was unable to clarify status of the border MOU with the U.S. military. Shaykh Nawaf insisted the signed agreement had been returned to the MFA for further action, but he had no [...] | 2004-11-18 05:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4218 | HIGHLIGHTS OF MARITIME LIAISON OFFICE (MARLO) [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Representatives of major commercial shipping companies, regional customs and port authorities, and various US government personnel joined the US Navy Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) for its semiannual regional conference in Dubai on November 30 - December 1, 2004. [...] | 2004-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KU MOPS MAS |
04KUWAIT4314 | UN OFFICIAL IN KUWAIT TO BE QAZI'S DEPUTY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY Ambassador LeBaron met twice recently with the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim and United Nations Development Program representative, Paolo Lembo, to discuss the growing role of the UN in Iraq and the surrounding region. Lembo stated that the UN would, in time, fu [...] | 2004-12-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AORC IO IZ KU |
04KUWAIT4360 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC KU |
04KUWAIT4415 | KUWAITI CALLS BMENA MEETING A SUCCESS, REITERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 call on Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador stressed the gravity of recent security threats to U.S. and Kuwaiti interests and noted the weakness of the GOK legal instruments in combating terrorist financing. (SEPTEL) Th [...] | 2004-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV MOPS ECON KU |
04KUWAIT69 | HUMANITARIAN FUEL CONVOYS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: THE [...] (C) Summary. A survey of the provision of gasoline and kerosene to southern Iraq under the humanitarian fuel program showed bottlenecks inside Iraq that are slowing truck convoys coming from Kuwait. The downloading depots at Diwaniyah and Latifiyah lack adequate pumps to download fuel from tr [...] | 2004-01-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IR KU |
04KUWAIT922 | (C) FOREIGN MINISTER URGES RESOLUTION OF AIK FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR MOPS KU IZ |
04KUWAIT956 | (S) AIK FUEL: FM TO DISCUSS IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) MFA clarified to us March 24 that the next step in the AIK fuel issue (reftel) will be for Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss it during his visit to Washington at the end of the month. 2. (S) Our assessment is that the GOK would like the USG to indi [...] | 2004-03-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
04LAGOS11 | CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...] | 2004-01-05 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI |
04LAGOS192 | NEW YEAR OFFERS NO REPRIEVE FROM DELTA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The New Year has so far offered Nigeria's Delta region little reprieve from the violence that marked 2003. Recent incidents reflect heightened tensions in the Warri area, and ethnic clashes remain a constant possibility. While it was hoped that attempts at dialogue between the [...] | 2004-01-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET MOPS PGOV PINS NI |
04LAGOS1982 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 28 [...] (C) GON military efforts (Operation Flush Out 3) to combat Delta militants continue. Oil companies are monitoring the situation closely, and are not dismissive of the threats by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Asari. Beyond Shell's decision to evacuate workers from two s [...] | 2004-09-28 19:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET AA PGOV NI |
04LAGOS1998 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) Given the significant international press coverage and the threats of Ijaw secession made by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Alhaji Dokubo Asari, the National Council of State authorized President Obasanjo to take strong actions against Delta militants and any other [...] | 2004-09-29 20:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
04LAGOS2011 | DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja and purported cease-fire agreement. NGO and energy company contacts stated that the situation in Port Harcourt was less tense. Production remains unchang [...] | 2004-09-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2013 | DELTA UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja (ref A) and purported cease-fire. Local press is now openly discussing Joint Task Force Operation Flush Out 3. NGO and energy company contacts stated tha [...] | 2004-09-30 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET CASC MOPS PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2015 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] | 2004-10-01 12:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2016 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] | 2004-10-01 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2028 | DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 4 [...] (C) There have been no reports of fighting between the GON military and any of the informal militias in the Port Harcourt area. Press reported celebrations continued Saturday and Sunday in the streets of Port Harcourt due to the announcement of a tentative agreement between the federal govern [...] | 2004-10-05 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2363 | ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...] (SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Government of Nigeria. However, Shell's External Relations Director told us that his sources in the area indicate Asari has not withdrawn from the peace accord. Shel [...] | 2004-11-23 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2446 | CHEVRON AND SHELL STATIONS OCCUPIED; ONE AMCIT HELD [...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) Nigeria confirmed that local community members occupied the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 5 December. Thirty CT employees, including one Amcit, are being held at the facility. A CT delegation, accompanied by State Assembly members, is [...] | 2004-12-06 17:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2451 | 30 CHEVRON EMPLOYEES, INCL. AMCIT, STILL HELD IN [...] (C) As of 0900 (local) December 7, thirty Chevron Texaco (CT) employees, including one Amcit, continued to be held at the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. There are no reports of injuries, threats, or maltreatment of the detained, and CT has been in communication w [...] | 2004-12-07 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2455 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcou [...] | 2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2456 | OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcour [...] | 2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET MOPS PGOV NI |
04LAGOS2572 | SEABULK EMPLOYEE TAKEN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Seabulk reported to Energy Off on 26 December that an employee was taken hostage near Amatu, Bayelsa State, on 25 December while carrying out operations for Shell. The employee is a Croatian national. The Iduwini National Movement for Peace and Development is demanding ransom and other [...] | 2004-12-28 06:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS2576 | SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION [...] (SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabulk employee Ivan Roso. Roso was kidnapped by an armed vessel on 25 December while carrying out subcontracting duties for Shell. Clemmons confirmed that Roso [...] | 2004-12-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
04LAGOS752 | INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...] | 2004-04-06 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI |
04LAGOS941 | NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate a GON response to an attack on Friday, April 23 that left seven dead, including two AmCits and three Nigerian Navy security personnel (reftels). Press reports [...] | 2004-05-03 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI |
04LILONGWE855 | MILITARY SHUFFLES UPPER RANKS [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed Major General Ernest Ntonya as Deputy Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General on August 1. Ntonya, who was serving as the military's Chief of Staff, fills the hole created by General Marko Chiziko [...] | 2004-09-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PINR PGOV MI |
04LJUBLJANA1121 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: SLOVENIA [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and list to MFA International Security Department staffers Bostjan Jerman and Maja Zuzek on 17 December. Jerman and Zuzek received the information gratefully and said they would pass it on directly to representatives at the Bank of Slovenia, Off [...] | 2004-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KAWC PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC SI ICTY |
04LJUBLJANA981 | SLOVENIAN MOD GIVES DAS CONLEY DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Heather Conley engaged high level MoD officials in a productive dialogue about the current status and future of Slovenian defense reforms during meetings on 21 October. Both State Secretary Milan Jazbec and State Undersecretary Uros Krek described the Slovenian commitment t [...] | 2004-10-26 11:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS SI NATO |
04MADRID1074 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Socialist defense minister-designate Jose Bono. The meeting was very pleasant and friendly, and Bono pledged to do his part to continue the fine relations the U.S. and Spain have developed over the years. He characterized himself as a "moderate soc [...] | 2004-03-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP |
04MADRID1096 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF AND DEPSECSTATE [...] (C) Summary: When you meet with Jose Bono April 5 in Washington, you will find this long-time Socialist party "heavyweight" an affable, smooth politician who could be a pro-U.S. voice of reason in the new government headed up by Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. We [...] | 2004-04-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP |
04MADRID1186 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP MAR |
04MADRID2230 | SPANISH DEPUTY FM CONFIRMS INCREASED AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon apologized to Charge June 14 on behalf of the Spanish government for negative remarks the Spanish first vice president made about Secretary Rumsfeld June 4. Leon also confirmed Spain will increase its participation in Afghanistan [...] | 2004-06-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ SP UNSC KICC |
04MADRID2484 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...] | 2004-07-01 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY |