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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1725 |
LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM HCOPIL ON [...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH 2 FROM HANS VAN LOON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (HCOPIL), TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT CONCERNING THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON CIVIL SIPDIS ASPECTS OF CHILD ABDUCTION. VAN LOON NOTES THE RECENT D [...] |
2000-06-08 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC NL GM HCOPIL |
| 02AMMAN3465 |
HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff and Envoff delivered Ref demarche to Aiyman Aamri, Deputy Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 26. Aamri told Poloff that he has forwarded the issue to New York for consultation, but after inquiring about the Vatican's position on the [...] |
2002-06-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR GM PHUM PREL SENV TBIO TPHY TSPA TSPL SKCA UNGA |
| 02AMMAN4682 |
(NIAG 2057) JAPANESE EMBASSY ASKS FOR MORE [...] (S/NF) Japanese Embassy Counselor (and Japanese Charge in Iraq) Masashi Kono called on PolCouns August 18. Referring to Embassy Tokyo's demarche (ref b) on Iraq's possible purchase of thermal luminescence dosimetry equipment from Japan through the Jordanian company al-Eman Investment Group ( [...] |
2002-08-19 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL GM JA IZ JO |
| 02FRANKFURT10187 |
FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...] |
2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 02FRANKFURT10188 |
HESSE SPD CHOOSES GERHARD BOEKEL TO CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hesse SPD voted overwhelmingly on October 19 for Gerhard Boekel to challenge Minister- President Roland Koch (CDU) in the February 2003 state elections. Boekel, a 56-year-old lawyer and former Hesse Interior Minister, is admired for his integrity and his good management a [...] |
2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 02FRANKFURT10952 |
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG GREEN PARTY EXPRESSES [...] (U) Summary: On November 23, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B- W) Greens held their first state convention since the September national elections to discuss policy. Leading B-W party leaders such as caucus chief Winfried Kretschmann and Freiburg Lord Mayor Dieter Salomon are concerned about the via [...] |
2002-11-26 16:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11411 |
SAARLAND MINISTER PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, Consul General Peter Bodde met with Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (CDU) in Saarbruecken. Mueller is a moderate, up-and-coming CDU leader, and ally of Angela Merkel. Mueller said the auto industry has replaced coal and steel as the most important indus [...] |
2002-12-10 13:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11732 |
FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe declared unconstitutional the government's immigration law, which had been passed by the Bundesrat in March 2002 under controversial circumstances. With this decision, the Court accepted the challenge to the law by six [...] |
2002-12-19 13:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11824 |
GERMANY'S OLDEST POWER PLANT, OBRIGHEIM TO SHUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Environment Minister Juergen Trittin and Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (ENBW, Germany's third largest energy supplier), have come to an agreement for the shutdown of Germany's oldest nuclear reactor Obrigheim on November 15, 2005. The 2003 shutdown of Obrigheim was part [...] |
2002-12-20 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM EUN |
| 02FRANKFURT11843 |
HESSE ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN: CDU CONFIDENT, BUT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Hesse state elections will take place February 2, 2003. The current Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Free Democratic Party (FDP) state coalition government is hoping the current voter mood against the national SPD- Green government will help it win votes. The CDU is optimist [...] |
2002-12-23 09:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 02ROME1416 |
FRG OFFERS KING ARMORED MERCEDES; SEEKS TO [...] (U) GENERAL WALI, SON-IN-LAW TO FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, TELEPHONED POLOFF MARCH 20 WITH AN URGENT REQUEST THAT THE USG FACILITATE (THE MORE ACCURATE TERM MAY BE "PROVIDE") DELIVERY OF AN ARMORED MERCEDES BENZ S600L REPORTEDLY BEING GIVEN TO THE KING BY THE FRG AND MERCEDES BENZ. ACCOR [...] |
2002-03-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF GM AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME5106 |
CLARIFICATION OF ITALIAN POSITION ON SECURITY [...] (C) POST READ WITH INTEREST REF A ON ITALY'S PIQUE ABOUT THE U.S. ENDORSEMENT OF A PERMANENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT FOR GERMANY. REF A'S COMMENT NOTED THAT THE GOI PERMREP "REFRAINED FROM MENTIONING ITALY'S HOPES FOR A PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT." HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT [...] |
2002-10-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM IT UNSC |
| 02VATICAN2229 |
HOLOCAUST ENVOY'S VATICAN FAREWELL CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR BINDENAGEL MET WITH VATICAN OFFICIALS APRIL 26 FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02229 01 OF 02 081737Z A LAST UPDATE ON THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO PONTIFICAL ARCHIVES FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO THE S [...] |
2002-05-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | FR GM IT KNAR PHUM PREL SOCI VT VTFR |
| 02VATICAN5356 |
VATICAN ARCHIVES: ARCHIVIST CONFIRMS PARTIAL [...] CHIEF VATICAN ARCHIVIST CARDINAL JORGE MEIJA CONFIRMED OCTOBER 29 THE VATICAN'S ACCELERATED TIMETABLE FOR THE RELEASE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO WORLD WAR II AND THE PONTIFICATE OF PIUS XII, AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY POST (REFTEL). MATERIAL PERTAINING TO VATICAN ASSISTANCE TO PRISONERS OF WAR [...] |
2002-10-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GM VT |
| 02VATICAN819 |
VATICAN ARCHIVES - POPE ORDERS PARTIAL OPENING FOR [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS ORDERED THE PARTIAL OPENING OF THE VATICAN ARCHIVES FOR MATERIAL RELATING TO THE PERIOD LEADING TO AND DURING WORLD WAR II. IN A FEBRUARY 15 STATEMENT THE VATICAN'S CHIEF ARCHIVIST SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2003 MATERIAL FROM PIUS XI'S PONTIFICATE HELD BY THE VATI [...] |
2002-02-19 06:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GM VT |
| 03BRUSSELS4143 |
FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS), which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A), provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...] |
2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO202 |
Senior GSL Minister G.L. Peiris previews [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, senior Sri Lankan Minister Peiris -- like other contacts -- set low expectations for the February 7-8 GSL-LTTE talks in Berlin. He said he primarily wanted to use Berlin to lay the groundwork for future rounds, including by raisin [...] |
2003-02-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR PARM ECON CE GM LTTE |
| 03FRANKFURT10353 |
CDU CONVENTION DEBACLE IN BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 5-6 Christian Democratic (CDU) convention / leadership election in Boeblingen/Baden- Wuerttemberg has raised doubts about Minister President Erwin Teufel's political future. Although Teufel was reelected with 76 percent of the vote, this was his worst showing as C [...] |
2003-12-19 13:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 03FRANKFURT1051 |
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG MINISTER OF INTERIOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on January 29, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister of Interior, Dr. Thomas Schaeuble (CDU) expressed his regret over anti- American statements in recent election campaigns. On terrorism, Schaeuble is concerned about a lack of cooperation from [...] |
2003-02-04 14:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT1212 |
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NEHM DESCRIBES GERMANY'S COUNTER- [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on February 3, Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said that bilateral cooperation is good at the working level, despite recent tensions in overall German-American relations. Nehm is confident that the Hamburg trial of Motassadeq will end soon and i [...] |
2003-02-07 14:26:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 03FRANKFURT1549 |
FRANKFURT AIRPORT EXPANSION: 2006 COMPLETION TOO [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The expansion of Frankfurt airport, Europe's second largest, is moving forward, though several obstacles may delay the new runway planned for 2006. Legal complaints, a chemical factory in the flight path of the planned northwest runway, a controversial night flight b [...] |
2003-02-20 08:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV SENV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT1785 |
NEW HESSE CABINET: KOCH PICKS THREE NEW MINISTERS, [...] Summary: (SBU) After winning an absolute majority in February 2 state elections, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) announced three new ministers for his state cabinet on February 24. Two of them, Stefan Gruettner (Minister of the State Chancellery) and Ud [...] |
2003-02-28 09:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SCUL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT2231 |
MINISTER-PRESIDENT KOCH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON MAY [...] (SBU) Hesse Minister-President Koch will have an official visit Washington May 13-15. Koch would like to focus on international affairs, the U.S.-German relationship, potential U.S. military base closings in Germany, Iraq, US- EU issues, and counter-terrorism and security issues and will be s [...] |
2003-03-13 16:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT2252 |
RHINELAND-PFALZ OFFICIALS CALL FOR DRASTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Consul General on March 11 and 12, Rhineland-Pfalz Minister for Economics, Transportation, Agriculture and Viniculture, Hans-Artur Bauckhage (FDP) and State Secretary Karl-Heinz Klaer (SPD), Representative of the State in Berlin and Brussels, called for comp [...] |
2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON GM |
| 03FRANKFURT2405 |
VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...] |
2003-03-20 11:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 03FRANKFURT2451 |
SOUTHWEST GERMANY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL NEWS [...] (U) Summary: This is the first in a series of monthly cables planned to summarize political and economic events in ConGen Frankfurt's consular district. End summary. Political News -------------- 2. New Hesse Cabinet: Corts and Gruettner on the Rise (SBU) Roland Koch named the minis [...] |
2003-03-21 13:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT3665 |
SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER-PRESIDENT KOCH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse Minister President and Hesse CDU chairman Roland Koch will visit Washington for meetings with senior USG officials on May 13-15. Koch is widely discussed as a CDU Chancellor candidate in 2006 and is in competition with CDU Chairperson Angela Merkel for influence in the pa [...] |
2003-05-07 15:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM |
| 03FRANKFURT392 |
CAN THE CDU WIN AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN THE HESSE [...] The latest polls in Hesse, released January 8 and 9, put CDU Minister-President Koch ahead of his SPD challenger Gerhard Boekel by near 15 percentage points. There is an increasing possibility that the CDU could win an absolute majority and not require any assistance from the FDP, who may ha [...] |
2003-01-15 09:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT3946 |
SAARLAND SPD LEADER CRITICIZES CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During his April 30 trip to Saarland, the Consul General met 34-year-old Saarland opposition leader Heiko Maas in Saarbruecken. The Consul General and Maas, who is the state SPD chairman and Landtag caucus leader, spoke about economic issues, including Agenda 2010 and the upco [...] |
2003-05-15 13:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM |
| 03FRANKFURT3948 |
SOUTHWEST SPD SPLIT ON SCHROEDER'S AGENDA 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Many in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W), Hesse, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Saarland are fiercely opposed to Chancellor Schroeder's Agenda 2010 reform plan. In B-W and R-P, the SPD leadership generally approves the Schroeder plan but the rank-and-fil [...] |
2003-05-15 14:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON ELAB SCUL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT401 |
FDP CHIEF WESTERWELLE FAILS TO LEAD PARTY OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Free Democratic Party's (FDP) traditional Three Kings gathering in Stuttgart (January 5-6) is one of the first major national political conventions in the new year and generates a lot of media interest. National Party Chief Guido Westerwelle was under pressure to deliver a s [...] |
2003-01-15 11:44:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT550 |
HESSE MINISTER-PRESIDENT ROLAND KOCH: POLARIZING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch (Christian Democratic Union - CDU), is the most prominent state politician in the CDU and is a strong leader of his party's conservative wing. He is a potential CDU chancellor candidate in 2006. If the CDU-FDP coalition wins state electi [...] |
2003-01-22 09:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT5570 |
TOP HESSE CDU PLAYERS KOCH AND ROTH TUSSLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's two most powerful Christian Democratic (CDU) politicians, Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch and Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth have public disagreements and competing national ambitions. Roth was elected in May 2003 as president of the German Council of Cities. [...] |
2003-07-08 13:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EAIR GM |
| 03FRANKFURT5668 |
SAARLAND'S POPULAR MINISTER-PRESIDENT PETER [...] (SBU) Summary: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller represents the center-left membership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Known for his unorthodox, provocative political style, he one of the most outspoken CDU Minister-Presidents. He faces state elections in summer 2004 and cu [...] |
2003-07-10 14:33:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON ELAB GM |
| 03FRANKFURT5937 |
"RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...] |
2003-07-21 13:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM |
| 03FRANKFURT682 |
CDU LIKELY TO WIN HESSE ELECTIONS, PERHAPS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse will see a clear victory for Minister-President Roland Koch and the governing CDU-FDP coalition in state elections February 2. All major opinion polls put the CDU ahead of the SPD by up to 18 percentage points. The dramatic erosion of support for the SPD is attributed [...] |
2003-01-24 14:38:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT7786 |
Protests Follow Hesse/Koch Austerity Plan of Less [...] SUMMARY: Hesse Minister-President (M-P) Roland Koch's announcement of austerity measures, including a one-billion Euro cut in the Hesse state budget, longer working hours for public employees, cuts in wages and subsidies, and the sale of state assets resulted in demonstrations by public sect [...] |
2003-09-18 14:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT7909 |
CDU Stumbles on Welfare Reform as Saarland Jumps [...] The CDU-led Saarland government has rejected a Christian Democratic proposal for paying unemployment benefits at the local level. Together with poorer CDU-led states in eastern Germany, Saarland could give the Schroeder government a Bundesrat majority on welfare reform -- and hand a defeat to [...] |
2003-09-23 14:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON GM |
| 03FRANKFURT7910 |
GM's Opel Chief Sees More Job Cuts Despite Company [...] (SBU) Opel (GM) Chairman Carl-Peter Forster is optimistic that the automaker can keep its market share growing but pessimistic about overall demand, profits, and the future of the German auto industry. Forster expects that Opel will be forced to announce another round of layoffs at its facili [...] |
2003-09-23 14:43:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ECON ETRD ELTN GM |
| 03FRANKFURT8270 |
CDU/Teufel: Insider View of European Constitution [...] (SBU) Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President (M-P) Erwin Teufel (CDU - Christian Democratic Union), a prominent German conservative and active participant in drafting the proposed European constitution, supports the draft constitution despite its shortcomings from a conservative perspective. A [...] |
2003-10-06 09:28:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM EUN |
| 03FRANKFURT8335 |
HEADSCARF VERDICT LIKELY TO GENERATE NEW [...] SUMMARY: In a landmark decision, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled September 24 that Fereshta Ludin (a German teacher of Afghan descent) may teach in a public school without removing her headscarf, but strengthened the authority of German states to regulate religious expressi [...] |
2003-10-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT8426 |
Berninger/Hesse Greens Move Towards USG, CDU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Matthias Berninger, State Secretary in the national Agriculture Ministry and new head of the Green party in Hesse, wants to help repair US-German relations and could make helpful gestures on Iraq. A rising star and protege of FM Fischer, Berninger wants to free the party from its [...] |
2003-10-10 11:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAGR GM |
| 03FRANKFURT926 |
B-W CDU CAUCUS CHIEF EXPECTS M-P TEUFEL TO STEP [...] Summary: In a meeting with Consul General on January 29, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) caucus chief Guenther Oettinger, the possible successor to B-W Minister President Erwin Teufel (CDU), spoke about the upcoming elections in Hesse and Lower Saxony and his own political future. He also used the [...] |
2003-01-31 09:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 03FRANKFURT9273 |
FRANKFURT AIRPORT EXPANSION HITS SAFETY HURDLE [...] SUMMARY: The expansion of Frankfurt airport has hit a safety hurdle: the advisory German Safety Commission (Stoerfallkommission des Bundes), as well as the European Commission, are examining risks associated with the Ticona chemical plant located near the planned new runway. The advisory c [...] |
2003-11-10 14:37:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV SENV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT9685 |
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG BLOCKS WINDMILLS, PROPOSES [...] SUMMARY: The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) has blocked a windmill park near Freiburg and proposed extending the life of nuclear reactors, fueling a political battle with broader implications. The CDU-FDP (Christian Democrat / Free Democrat) B-W government favors reopening debate on the [...] |
2003-11-24 13:26:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM |
| 03FRANKFURT9706 |
LAFONTAINE STEPS ASIDE IN SAARLAND CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Saarland Social Democratic Party (SPD) selected chairman Heiko Maas to challenge Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Minister-President (M-P) Peter Mueller in the September 2004 state elections. Maas' nomination to challenge the popular Mueller ended long speculation that th [...] |
2003-11-25 11:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM PINR |
| 03FRANKFURT986 |
KOCH AND CDU WIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN HESSE [...] (U) The Hesse CDU, led by Minister President Roland Koch won the February 2 elections in Hesse with an absolute majority, a first in the state's postwar history. The SPD recorded an unprecedented defeat, falling ten percent from its 1999 results. The Green Party received more than 10 percen [...] |
2003-02-03 13:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EAIR GM |
| 03FRANKFURT9873 |
Hohmann Anti-Semitism Affair Leaves Open Wounds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The CDU's tepid and belated response to anti-Semitic remarks by Bundestag member (MdB) Martin Hohmann has highlighted enduring nationalist sentiments and resentment against Germany's Holocaust burden, and weakened leading CDU figure Roland Koch. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On Germa [...] |
2003-12-03 14:31:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GM |
| 03HANOI1263 |
GERMAN CHANCELLOR REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Hanoi focused on economics and concluded with a number of economics-related agreements, but also touched, albeit briefly, on a number of other issues, including Iraq, transnational crime, and counterterrorism. Schroeder did not rai [...] |
2003-05-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER GM VM |
| 03ROME226 |
ITALY IMPOUNDS LIBYA-BOUND CARGO OF MORPHOLINE [...] (S) THIS MESSAGE SUPPLEMENTS OFFICIAL GOI INFORMATION IN JANUARY 16-17 PRESS REPORTS THAT, IN DECEMBER, 2002, THE ITALIAN FINANCE POLICE (GUARDIA DI FINANZA/GDF) SEIZED IN THE PORT OF GENOA CONTAINERS CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE MORPHOLINE. 2. (S) EMBASSY LEGATT ON JANUARY 17 WAS T [...] |
2003-01-17 18:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL IT BE LY GM IR MT UN |
| 03ROME3794 |
BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER [...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...] |
2003-08-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GM AF EUN |
| 03SANAA1586 |
FM QIRBI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi July 2 upon the FM's return from Germany and France. He urged increased assistance to the Palestinian Authority per reftel A. They discussed the al-Moayed case, current Coast Guard training in Aden, the impressive role of the U.S [...] |
2003-07-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1752 |
FM QIRBI DELIVERS DIRECT MESSAGE ON ANTICIPATED [...] (c) Summary: Foreign Minister Qirbi requested a meeting with the Ambassador July 19 to renew the ROYG,s request that the U.S. withdraw its extradition request from Germany and allow Yemen to host the trial of al-Moayad and his colleague. Qirbi also delivered points indicating that such a wit [...] |
2003-07-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1774 |
INITIAL YEMENI REACTION QUIET REGARDING MOAYED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Neither Post nor the German Embassy in Sana'a have yet received any direct reaction from the ROYG or the public to the German court ruling in favor of granting the U.S. request to extradite al-Moayed and his companion. Press reports 24 hours after the decision remai [...] |
2003-07-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1810 |
U.S. RESPONSE TO ROYG REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (s) The Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note with the points in reftel a on July 27 to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi. The Ambassador also reiterated his earlier suggestion the al-Moayad cooperate with the investigating authorities (ref b). While expressing no surprise at the negative respo [...] |
2003-07-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA518 |
ISLAH PARTY MODERATE ON AL-MOAYED [...] (C) Summary: An Islah party leader entertained the possibility of al-Moayed's guilt after hearing evidence from the U.S. complaint. P/E DepChief met with Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan on March 17 and discussed the case of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayed, who is an Islah party [...] |
2003-03-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC GM YM TERFIN |
| 04ABUDHABI1710 |
UAEG STUDYING ATOMIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; SEEKS USG [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) told the Ambassador May 23 [...] |
2004-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV KNNP TC GM |
| 04ABUDHABI3412 |
UAE EXPLORES BUILDING NUCLEAR PLANT FOR POWER, [...] (U) Summary: The UAE signed an MOU with the Government of South Korea to undertake a feasibility study regarding building a nuclear power plant in UAE. If constructed, the plant could potentially double the country,s power and water generation capabilities, and it would be the first nuclear [...] |
2004-09-28 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV KNNP GM TC |
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CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...] |
2004-03-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2738 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EFIN ETTC GM KSEP KVPR PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA3100 |
BLUE LANTERN: INFORMATION FOR CASE NUMBER 05-919744 [...] ON 26 MAY 2004, EMBASSY RECEIVED A TURKISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIP NOTE (2004/ALGY/223961), WHICH CONTAINED A RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO REF B HELICOPTER PARTS ORDER FOR BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-919744. 2. THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE TURKISH LAND FO [...] |
2004-06-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU KOMC GM |
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POSITIVE FISCHER VISIT SETS SCENE FOR VISITS BY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and the German Embassy both characterize German FM Fischer's January 21-22 visit to Ankara as positive. Both sides see Turkey as having made significant progress on the Copenhagen Criteria for EU accession but agree Turkey needs to improve implementation in orde [...] |
2004-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PREL TU |
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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 |
| 04BERLIN1459 |
PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS GM |
| 04BRUSSELS5159 |
EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...] |
2004-12-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
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DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO PURSUING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti was the site of a kick-off conference for the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) March 17-20, 2004. The conference focused on energy needs in Djibouti, next steps for the exploration and exploitation of geothermal resources in Djibouti and lesson [...] |
2004-03-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV PREL DJ GM XW |
| 04FRANKFURT10386 |
Muslim Political Observers On Risk of Extremist [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Muslim political contacts in Frankfurt's district see the predominantly secular character of Germany's largely Turkish Muslim community as a bulwark against Islamic extremism but cite the area's growing North African population and the presence of far-right German groups as po [...] |
2004-12-10 10:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SMIG SOCI PHUM GM NL EUN |
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Show of Unity in Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU as [...] (SBU) At a special party convention on December 11 in Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU delegates elected Guenther Oettinger as standard-bearer for the 2006 state elections (following Oettinger's victory in a referendum among the 80,000 state party members). Oettinger's referendum wi [...] |
2004-12-20 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
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GERMAN STATE FIRST TO BAN HEADSCARVES ON PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 1, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) will become the first German state to ban the use of headscarves by teachers in public schools. The new law does not apply to students (unlike in France) and specifically permits Christian and Jewish symbols. A wide majority of legislators h [...] |
2004-02-20 08:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT1495 |
Rheinland-Pfalz Lobbies for U.S. Troops to Stay [...] (SBU) Concerned over the USG Global Posture Review (ref A), the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) is fighting hard to hang on to the approximately 24,000 active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed within the state. Home to US Air Force Europe (USAFE) headquarters at Ramstein Airbase as well as the airba [...] |
2004-02-25 09:26:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PREL GM |
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German High Court Restricts Police Surveillance [...] SUMMARY: On March 3, the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe sharply restricted application of a 1998 law authorizing the electronic surveillance of private homes for law enforcement purposes. The Court ruled that police eavesdropping in private residences is a violat [...] |
2004-03-09 10:49:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 04FRANKFURT2367 |
Pro-U.S. Rheinland-Pfalz Leader Kurt Beck Remains [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President since 1994, Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democratic) is one of the most popular leaders in the traditionally conservative state's 60-year history. Economic indices in R-P remain relatively strong at a time of national stagnation, and Beck's coalition [...] |
2004-03-23 09:17:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
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FRANKFURT'S MODEL DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM [...] In just a decade, Frankfurt has evolved from being Germany's drug capital to a city that uses an innovative and widely-praised initiative to treat and rehabilitate addicts. In meetings with Pol/Econ reps, police and city officials report new challenges, namely dealing with crack use and copin [...] |
2004-03-24 07:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR SOCI GM |
| 04FRANKFURT2778 |
Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...] |
2004-04-05 07:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT2923 |
Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...] |
2004-04-07 05:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
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BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state authorities stand by their designation of the Church of Scientology (CoS) as an extremist sect and will continue official surveillance of CoS activities for the time being. State government representatives are still considering our request (per ref A [...] |
2004-04-22 14:28:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT39 |
Protests Target Koch, Poor University Conditions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: University strikes and protests in Hesse during recent weeks continue to target Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU). University leaders and students say funding cuts and fee hikes violate prior agreements and will endanger Hesse's leading position in science and research. Pr [...] |
2004-01-05 13:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT4560 |
Hesse Leads Opposition to Agenda 2010 Unemployment [...] SUMMARY: Led by Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU - Christian Democrat), the conservative-dominated Bundesrat recently rejected a bill to combine social-welfare and long-term unemployment benefits, a key element of the Schroeder government's "Agenda 2010" economic reform package. Alt [...] |
2004-05-27 10:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON GM |
| 04FRANKFURT4611 |
Frankfurt Airport Expansion Delayed At Least Two [...] (U) SUMMARY: Frankfurt Airport's expansion now faces at least a two-year delay, meaning a fourth runway will not open until at least 2009. The Hesse government announced the delay on May 25, blaming the airport authority (Fraport) and refusing to set a new target date. The political opposit [...] |
2004-05-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV SENV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT462 |
GERMANY'S LIBERAL PARTY HITS THE MARK IN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In strong recent performances at the FDP (Free Democrat) national convention in Stuttgart January 6-7 and European election kick-off in Saarbruecken Jan. 17, party head Guido Westerwelle called for less government and more private initiative, starting with radical tax reform. Party [...] |
2004-01-20 16:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT4964 |
Local Election Preview / SW Germany [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 13, three states in SW Germany -- Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W), Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Saarland -- will hold local elections concurrently with EU-wide European Parliament elections in an effort to increase voter participation. Local elections will serve as a bellwether [...] |
2004-06-09 14:59:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
| 04FRANKFURT4974 |
Turks in Germany Press Issue of Turkey's EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish community in Germany voiced their frustration with opponents of Turkey's EU membership at a high-profile May 25 debate in Frankfurt in which the four major German parties sought to win the Turkish community's support in the June 13 European and local elections. At t [...] |
2004-06-14 05:43:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SMIG SOCI PHUM GM EUN |
| 04FRANKFURT5072 |
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG REJECTS SCIENTOLOGIST REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 letter to Church of Scientology (CoS) President Helmuth Bloebaum, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) State Secretary Rudolf Boehmler refused CoS Germany's request for dialogue with B-W state authorities (reftels), listing "widespread parliamentary opposition" as a primary concer [...] |
2004-06-16 08:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
| 04FRANKFURT5178 |
Euro-Elections/Regional: CDU Stays Strong, Greens [...] SUMMARY: In European elections in the four states of SW Germany, the CDU remained the leading party but failed (as expected) to reach its 1999 high-water mark, with a particularly disappointing performance in Hesse. The SPD suffered dramatic losses throughout the region, including its worst [...] |
2004-06-18 09:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5543 |
Local Elections: SPD Struggles, CDU Stays Strong [...] SUMMARY: Voters in June 13 communal elections in SW Germany followed the nation-wide pattern of punishing SPD candidates in a protest vote against the SPD national government. The SPD fared poorly in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz, and turned in a weak performance that nonetheless ex [...] |
2004-06-28 07:20:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5551 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg FDP Head / Minister Doering [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Economics Minister and Deputy Minister President Walter Doering (FDP - Free Democrats) resigned from his positions as economic minister, FDP state chairman and deputy chairman of the national FDP, keeping only his elected mandate in the B-W S [...] |
2004-06-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
| 04FRANKFURT567 |
Hesse Integration Emphasizes German Language, [...] (U) Beginning this month, Hesse becomes the first state in Germany to mandate German-language pre-school instruction in public schools, part of a broader campaign by the CDU government to promote German language and culture among the state's large immigrant community (12% of the total populat [...] |
2004-01-23 11:36:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5675 |
German Court Approves Ban on Teacher Headscarves [...] SUMMARY: On June 24, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig upheld the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) law banning headscarves on public school teachers. It dismissed the appeal of Fereshta Ludin, whose case has become a bellwether for Germany's tolerance of Muslim religious expression in pub [...] |
2004-07-01 10:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5676 |
Hesse Hosts Large Event for OIF/OEF Military [...] SUMMARY: The state of Hesse recently hosted a day of appreciation for 2200 U.S. military and family members -- in particular families of those deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan -- in the most recent expression of Hesse's desire to be a good host for U.S. forces. END SUMMARY. 2. On June 24 [...] |
2004-07-01 10:25:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5692 |
Saarland SPD Leaders Air Dirty Laundry, Embrace [...] SUMMARY: In a nationally-publicized showdown, former finance minister/Social Democratic (SPD) chairman Oskar Lafontaine used the Saarland SPD's June 20 convention to issue a blistering critique of Chancellor Schroeder's national government and its Agenda 2010 reform program. With national SP [...] |
2004-07-01 12:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5840 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg hosts Large July 4 Event [...] SUMMARY: Continuing an annual tradition, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the German-American Institute in cooperation with ConGen Frankfurt held a high-profile Independence Day reception in Stuttgart for three hundred German guests. END SUMMARY. 2. On July 1, the James F. Byrnes Ger [...] |
2004-07-07 14:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5846 |
RHEINLAND-PFALZ PROPOSES JOINT TRAINING FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government has proposed converting Baumholder (a 29,158 acre army training facility supporting around 13,000 U.S. soldiers and family members) into a multi-purpose facility for humanitarian intervention and civil defense training. This "Joint Trai [...] |
2004-07-08 07:33:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT5927 |
Saarland Leader Mueller Lauds Own State as [...] SUMMARY: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (Christian Democrat-CDU) used the state's June 30 "Empower Germany" conference to call for greater innovation and cited his own state's comprehensive economic development strategy as a model for Germany. Mueller's American-style manifesto in [...] |
2004-07-12 05:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6002 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cabinet Shuffle Raises Eyebrows [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel (Christian Democrat/CDU) has restructured the state cabinet following the retirement of Interior Minister Thomas Schaeuble (CDU) and State Minister of Economics Walter Doering's (FDP) resignation amid scandal. Teufel took a [...] |
2004-07-13 15:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6156 |
SEARCH OF FRANKFURT MOSQUE PROVOKES CONTROVERSY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police searched Frankfurt's Taqwa ("Fear of Allah" in Arabic) mosque on July 11 in response to allegations that Taqwa's religious curriculum includes violent and extremist material. Justification for the raid centered on a 9-year old's statement to police that the mosque's schoo [...] |
2004-07-19 12:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL PINS PHUM PGOV GM MO BINR |
| 04FRANKFURT6238 |
Troubled GM/Opel Signals Further Cutbacks as CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GM recently shuffled top management at European subsidiary Opel (based in Ruesselsheim outside Frankfurt) amid continued weak consumer demand within the flagging German economy. Effective July 1, Opel CEO Carl- Peter Forster became President and Deputy Chairman of GM Europe, [...] |
2004-07-21 15:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ECON ETRD ELTN GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6240 |
Proposed Daimler-Chrysler Cost-Cutting Measures [...] (U) SUMMARY: Emulating an earlier approach by Siemens, German auto giant Daimler-Chrysler has demanded from IG Metall cuts in bonuses under the threat of moving 6,000 jobs from their main plant in Sindelfingen to either Bremen (where the Mercedes C-Class model costs 500 Euro less to produce) [...] |
2004-07-21 15:12:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ECON ETRD ELTN GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6334 |
RHEINLAND-PFALZ AGREES TO REINSTATE PENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of July 1, the Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government reinstated full payment of pensions to all Holocaust survivors involved in the Satmar payments dispute (reftels) and will refund all funds withheld to date. R-P took the move in response to a meeting between Consul General [...] |
2004-07-23 14:38:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6441 |
Germany's Supreme Court President Predicts Ludin [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 15 meeting with Consul General, Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) president Hans- Juergen Papier predicted that Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) plaintiff Fereshta Ludin would appeal a newly-minted B-W law banning headscarves for civil servants (reftel.) Papier opined that t [...] |
2004-07-27 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6445 |
Hesse CDU Expulsion Marks Latest Chapter of Hohmann [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hesse Christian Democrats (CDU) expelled Fulda member Martin Hohmann from the party on July 20 for an October 2003 speech comparing the actions of Soviet Bolshevist Jews during the Communist Revolution to Nazi involvement in the Holocaust. The CDU federal parliamentary caucus ex [...] |
2004-07-27 15:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6697 |
TIP: Rheinland-Pfalz Pioneers Innovative Concept to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) has developed a victim-oriented approach to combating human trafficking that offers police protection, NGO (non- governmental organization) counseling, and immigration advice for trafficked women. The initiative supports women willing to [...] |
2004-08-05 08:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI SMIG GM |
| 04FRANKFURT6769 |
Resignation of Liberal Justice Minister Almost [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 22 resignation of Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister of Justice Corinna Werwigk- Hertneck (Free Democrat Party - FDP), amid allegations that she leaked confidential information to former Economics Minister and B-W FDP chairman Walter Doering, triggered a call for new e [...] |
2004-08-09 09:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT7197 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel Forced to Decla [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent events have led to calls for Baden-Wuerttem Minister-President Erwin Teufel (Christian Democrat -- CDU) to step d Teufel's role in securing lucrative private sector jobs for retiring face on calling new elections after the resignation of his FDP Justic have angered the B- [...] |
2004-08-19 11:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT7332 |
Hesse Social Democrats Weakened by Infighting as [...] (SBU) Torn by increasing internal opposition to Agenda 2010 reforms and plagued by declining membership, Hesse Social Democrats have been unable to serve as an effective foil to the Christian Democrat (CDU) government of Minister- President Roland Koch. Smaller parties like the Free Democrat [...] |
2004-08-24 13:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT737 |
Sanofi-Aventis Takeover Battle Ignites Political [...] Sanofi-Synthelabo's bid to take over French-German pharmaceutical company Aventis has sparked resistance in Germany, particularly over French government remarks suggesting that Germany will absorb all the job losses. 2. The Sanofi-Synthelabo bid is facing fierce resistance in Hesse, locatio [...] |
2004-01-30 07:39:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT7642 |
Christian Democrats Likely to Win Absolute Majority [...] (SBU) Bolstered by the popularity of Minister-President Peter Mueller, the Saarland CDU (Christian Democrats) likely will retain its majority in September 5 state elections and improve on the party's 1999 result, when they won 45 percent of the vote. Opposition Social Democrats (SPD) could se [...] |
2004-09-02 13:39:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT772 |
Uproar Follows Plan to Relocate German Crime Bureau [...] SUMMARY. Protests against the German government's surprise proposal to relocate to Berlin much of the BKA (Bundeskriminalamt - German equivalent of the FBI) have prompted the Interior Ministry to back down for the moment. Interior Minister Otto Schily (SPD/Social Democrat) announced in early J [...] |
2004-01-30 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT7903 |
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS RETAIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN [...] (U) Led by popular Minister-President Peter Mueller, Saarland Christian Democrats (CDU) netted an impressive 47.5% of the vote in September 5 elections and defended their absolute majority in the state assembly. Damaged by public disenchantment with Hartz IV reforms (Ref A), Social Democrats [...] |
2004-09-10 14:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
| 04FRANKFURT8020 |
German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...] |
2004-09-15 13:07:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT8521 |
FRANKFURT AIRPORT MANAGEMENT DISPUTES MEDIA [...] (C) Over the past few months, German media outlets, on a number of occasions, have reported negatively on Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) customs enforcement and its control of restricted areas. In a meeting with consulate representatives, senior Fraport officials said the airport is 100-percent [...] |
2004-10-01 15:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR PTER SNAR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT8667 |
Schroeder Calls for More Arab Support for Iraq [...] SUMMARY: In widely-publicized remarks at the Frankfurt Book Fair -- dedicated this year to the Arab world -- German Chancellor Schroeder reiterated German support for the war on terror and for stability in Iraq, calling on Arab states (specifically the Arab League) to take a more active role in [...] |
2004-10-06 16:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PTER GM IZ |
| 04FRANKFURT8977 |
GM/OPEL JOB CUTS, LABOR UNREST, AND PLANT CLOSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Motors has announced plans for massive job cuts and future plant closures at European subsidiary Opel, sparking labor unrest, including a wildcat strike at the Opel plant in Bochum beginning October 14, and reactions from federal and state ministers. The Hesse state gov [...] |
2004-10-18 16:13:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EIND GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9010 |
BUNDESBANK CHEERS REFORMS BUT WORRIES WHETHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bundesbank analysts see tangible results coming out of the current labor-market reforms and a modest improvement in German competitiveness, but not enough to engineer a strong turnaround. Further reforms are necessary, e.g., to expand the number of employed, but the Bundesbank f [...] |
2004-10-19 15:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9039 |
LOW-COST CARRIERS GIVE STUTTGART UNEXPECTED BOOM [...] SUMMARY: In September 2004, the Stuttgart Airport experienced the largest year-on-year growth in its history (over 900,000 passengers). In 2004, airport management expects a total of 8.6 million passengers (up 12%). The airport's recent boom is largely due to low-cost carriers Germanwings [...] |
2004-10-20 13:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9139 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation by Baden- Wuerttemberg Christian Democrat (CDU) Minister-President Erwin Teufel on a possible bid for re-election has added fuel to the state's smoldering leadership debate. Several party organizations, including the Junge Union (the CDU's youth organizatio [...] |
2004-10-22 15:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9141 |
Hesse Passes Germany's Most Far-Reaching Headscarf [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Christian-Democratic Hesse state government recently passed legislation banning all civil servants from wearing headscarves while on duty, a measure that goes far beyond approaches to the issue in other German states. Opposition parties harshly criticized the law and predict [...] |
2004-10-22 15:25:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9143 |
RHEINLAND-PFALZ MINISTER-PRESIDENT BECK ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) reiterated the state's support for U.S. troops based there and asked that the USG back efforts to minimize damage from the Global Defense Posture Review, particu [...] |
2004-10-22 16:25:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV GM |
| 04FRANKFURT9252 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President To Step Down [...] (U) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Erwin Teufel announced October 25 that he will relinquish the offices of Minister-President and CDU state chairman as of April 2005. Strife over designating a successor will complicate local politics and life for the national CDU. Bade [...] |
2004-10-28 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 04MADRID990 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...] |
2004-03-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP |
| 04NEWDELHI7078 |
TOWARDS AN INDIA-EU STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Following two relatively rocky summits, and the postponement of this year's meeting, New Delhi hopes the November 8 India-EU Summit will yield tangible progress, MEA Director (Europe - I) Dammu Ravi told Poloff on November 2. The GOI priority is to kickoff a new ""strategic partnershi [...] |
2004-11-05 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN FR GM UK NP BT |
| 04PARIS9154 |
U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN INDIA'S DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) AND THE FRENCH FIRM SAGEM [...] (S) On 12 December 2004, EST officer Alexander Tounger delivered a demarche and provided a non-paper to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the planned visit in m [...] |
2004-12-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 04ROME1158 |
NO IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR [...] Summary The Italian Feed Association Assalzoo convened feed manufacturers and Ministry of Health officials in Bologna on March 18 to discuss Italian implementation of Traceability and Labeling (T&L) and Food and Feed regulations (F&F). The meeting came one month prior to the deadline for enf [...] |
2004-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON GM |
| 04ROME1425 |
ITALY: NO WAY TO UNSC "REFORM" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for IO: please see summary and paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is very concerned that a new UN reform push in New York will end with Italy frozen out of an expanded UNSC that includes both Germany and Japan. Italians fear that SYG Annan and th [...] |
2004-04-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME2745 |
ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...] |
2004-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME540 |
TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...] |
2004-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04THEHAGUE1657 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] |
2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2126 |
EU/NETHERLANDS/SOUTH OSSETIA: DUTCH SKEPTICAL [...] (C) On August 24, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Tony van der Togt, Head of the Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division, and Frank van Beuningen, Policy Coordinator for the OSCE within the MFA's Department of Security Policy. Both interlocutors were well briefed on the sit [...] |
2004-08-25 15:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG GM NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2273 |
GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...] |
2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO |
| 04THEHAGUE249 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - COUNTRY [...] (U) Country clearance is requested for Pete Ito of the CWC Delegation to participate as an observer at the February 6-8 Munich Conference on Security Policy. Ito has been in contact with the conference organizers and will make his own arrangements regarding accommodations and transportation [...] |
2004-01-30 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA GM NL |
| 04THEHAGUE382 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] |
2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 05ANKARA7445 |
TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on 19 December to Nevzat Uyanik, department head in the Security Bureau of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Uyanik emphasized that the Turkish government places importance on the USG's anti-PKK efforts in Europe, but the Turks believe the USG will have [...] |
2005-12-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU GM |
| 05ANKARA953 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK OF [...] On February 18, post received a written response from the MFA to our November 17, 2004 request for Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) confirmation of the receipt of Bradley Fighting Vehicle M-110 Howitzer and M-60A3 tank components purchased from the German company Defense Logistics and Aviat [...] |
2005-02-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC GM TU |
| 05BERLIN1318 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Poloff met recently with several German government officials to discuss Germany's current thinking on UN reform. The Germans continue to insist that they are interested in wide-ranging reform, and point to their active engagement in formulating the EU response to all of SYG Annan's propos [...] |
2005-04-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR GM UNSC |
| 05BERLIN2235 |
FM FISCHER ON IRAN [...] (S) During a meeting on June 29 with visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Foreign Minister Fischer said he was extremely concerned about Iran after the election of President Ahmadinejad. He said no one expected Ahmadinejad's victory, least of all Iranian negotiators on the nuclear [...] |
2005-07-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | IAEA KNNP MNUC PREL EU IR GM |
| 05BERLIN48 |
GERMAN REQUEST FOR MILAIR TRANSPORT OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 below provides an informal translation of a diplomatic note from the German Foreign Ministry requesting USG agreement for transport of German Border Police (BGS) and Diplomats via US military aircraft (MilAir) between Ramstein Airbase and Baghdad. The BGS agents will be provi [...] |
2005-01-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC IZ GM |
| 05BERLIN65 |
BUILDING ON NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: GERMANY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on January 6 MFA Deputy NATO director Herbert Beck assured Embassy that Germany will continue to push other NATO allies increase their contributions to ISAF. When asked if he thought Germany would be able to persuade the Spaniards to provide a PRT in Qala-e [...] |
2005-01-07 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF GM NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA32 |
SCHEDULE FOR WHITE HOUSE SITE SURVEY TEAM'S TRIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-08 23:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT LO PREL EI RS GM |
| 05COLOMBO567 |
SRI LANKA: NO PATTERN OF FOREIGN MISSION [...] (C) There does not appear to be a widespread pattern by foreign missions to aid their nationals in departing Sri Lanka while under criminal investigation. We know of only one solid case in 2004, as well as accounts of possible cases before then. Sri Lankan authorities take cases of pedophili [...] |
2005-03-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG KCRM KFRD CE GM |
| 05DUBLIN1411 |
IRELAND UNABLE TO ATTEND ROEG HAMBURG MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KNNP PARM PREL EI MUNC |
| 05FRANKFURT2127 |
Saarland Takes New Steps to Fight TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The state of Saarland has announced several new measures targeting trafficking in persons (TIP). These include consolidating agencies responsible for TIP within the Interior Ministry. State Interior Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will also highlight TIP at the upcoming co [...] |
2005-03-15 06:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SOCI GM |
| 05FRANKFURT2147 |
SPD Bucks Trend, Wins Local Races in Hesse [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidates have won a series of off-cycle election victories in formerly Christian Democratic (CDU) governed areas in Hesse -- most recently in Kassel (Hesse's third largest city) -- signaling a competitive battle for communal elections in early 20 [...] |
2005-03-15 13:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR GM |
| 05FRANKFURT2478 |
Pilot Project to Introduce Muslim Religious [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a first for Germany, the Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) state government will introduce religious instruction for Muslims in select public elementary schools beginning next year. Twelve schools will participate in the program's initial four-year pilot program. Five years in the m [...] |
2005-03-30 08:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PHUM PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT2973 |
Torch Passing in Conservative Bastion: Baden- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 21, Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU (Christian Democratic) caucus chief Guenther Oettinger will succeed Erwin Teufel as Minister-President. Oettinger, a lawyer and business expert, will likely retain Teufel's cabinet through state elections in March 2006. Observers expect Oe [...] |
2005-04-15 05:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 05FRANKFURT3004 |
Baden-Wuerttemberg NGOs Target TIP Demand Reduction [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Baden-Wuerttemberg NGO Women's Information Center (Fraueninformationszentrum) and Protestant charity Diakonisches Werk (DW) have pioneered a new TIP (trafficking in persons) secular outreach program centered on reducing demand for trafficking victims forced to work as prosti [...] |
2005-04-15 14:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV KWMN SMIG GM |
| 05FRANKFURT315 |
The Other Frankfurt Airport -- Frankfurt-Hahn [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a former US airbase, is now one of Germany's fastest growing regional airports and its fourth-largest air-cargo center. A hub for leading low-cost carrier RyanAir, Hahn managers see limited future potential in the low-cost segment and are focused on grow [...] |
2005-01-13 12:49:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELTN GM |
| 05FRANKFURT3867 |
New Baden-Wuerttemberg State Cabinet [...] (U) SUMMARY: After assuming office (ref A), new Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrat) reshuffled the long-standing state government and laid out an extensive program to gain re-election in March 2006. On April 29, Oettinger replaced former M- [...] |
2005-05-20 12:13:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 05FRANKFURT3872 |
Private Islamic Dialogue Forum Tackles Extremism, [...] (SBU) A high-profile national conference of the German Islamforum (established in 2002 to facilitate dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims), meeting in Frankfurt on April 26, stressed cooperation but revealed differences between the two groups. Participants included national Green Party co [...] |
2005-05-20 14:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM TK |
| 05FRANKFURT4005 |
Frankfurt Worries About Its Economic Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments including the failure of the Frankfurt-based German Stock Exchange to take over its London counterpart have sparked concerns over the economic future of the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main area in comparison to other European metropoles. With slow growth in the area's [...] |
2005-05-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PINR GM |
| 05FRANKFURT4506 |
Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Continues Amid Uncertainty [...] SUMMARY: The phase-out of nuclear power in Germany took a major step in mid-May with the decommissioning of the country's oldest nuclear power plant at Obrigheim in the state of Baden- Wuerttemberg. While Green party leaders and environmental groups celebrated the move with a "phase-out fes [...] |
2005-06-14 14:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT5998 |
DALAI LAMA VISITS GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dalai Lama paid a three-day visit to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to receive one of Germany's most prestigious awards (the Hesse Peace Prize). Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrat) drew praise from across the political spectrum for his endorsement of the [...] |
2005-08-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PINR GM CH XD |
| 05FRANKFURT6687 |
NGO Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Trafficked Persons [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lutheran Church and other NGOs in southwestern Germany report progress in increasing Germans' awareness of the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP), particularly among potential clients of prostitutes. There are indications that more men are contacting police and NGOs to repor [...] |
2005-09-02 11:18:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN SMIG PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT6748 |
Lafontaine - a Man to Watch in Home State of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polls suggest that Germany's new Left Party (Linkspartei) could post a breakthrough performance in Saarland -- the home of party Co-Chairman (and former Minister-President) Oskar Lafontaine -- further compounding the SPD's decline in a former stronghold. By splitting the Social [...] |
2005-09-07 06:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT6995 |
Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Logar, Afghanistan), an Afghan imam living in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, for reportedly being a "hate- preacher," a crime under the immigration law that went int [...] |
2005-09-14 14:05:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PHUM GM AF |
| 05FRANKFURT7078 |
AMERICA IN THE CAMPAIGN: SNAPSHOT FROM SW GERMANY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Frankfurt's relatively pro-American district, attitudes towards the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy appear to play a smaller role in this German election campaign than in 2002. While some on the left have tried to raise issues of war and peace, overall the campaign in our dis [...] |
2005-09-19 06:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 05FRANKFURT7398 |
POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on September 27. In total, thirty-eight individuals were arrested--although none were confirmed extremists. Police stated that the raids were based on ongoing inves [...] |
2005-09-29 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM |
| 05FRANKFURT7722 |
Major TIP Trial in Mannheim, Germany [...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal proceedings began recently in Mannheim against six persons accused of trafficking approximately thirty Romanian women into Germany in 2003 and 2004. The young women were recruited with promises of employment as cooks and babysitters, but allegedly were beaten and raped (i [...] |
2005-10-24 09:12:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8115 |
CG Frankfurt Iftaar Bolsters Ties, U.S. Image [...] (U) ConGen Frankfurt recently hosted its first Iftaar event (featuring U.S. Army Muslim chaplains) during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as part of our outreach to the large Muslim community in Post's district. The many guests expressed their gratitude and praised USG efforts to reach out t [...] |
2005-11-09 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8181 |
Scenesetter/Visit of Baden-Wuerttemberg M-P Oettinger [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14-15, Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister- President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) will make his first official visit to Washington. A political moderate, Oettinger leads one of Germany's largest and economically most successful states. Oettinger is favored t [...] |
2005-11-10 16:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8529 |
Controversial Headscarf Ban Proposed In State of [...] (SBU) The Christian Democrat/Free Democrat (CDU/FDP) Baden-Wuerttemberg state government is drafting controversial legislation that would ban public kindergarten teachers from wearing headscarves. Opposition parties and city officials oppose the legislation, arguing that local communities sho [...] |
2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL PGOV SCUL SOCI GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8530 |
Upcoming Elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rheinland- [...] (U) SUMMARY: Voters in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz will go to the polls in March, the first state election test for the "grand coalition" government in Berlin. Most observers expect that both state governments will win reelection. Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President (M-P) Kurt Beck ( [...] |
2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 05FRANKFURT8965 |
GULF BETWEEN KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND HESSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the Hesse state government and the IRH (Islamische Religionsgemeinschaft Hessen, the state's largest Muslim umbrella organization) have simmered since the state listed the IRH in its annual report on extremism. The dispute came to the forefront again at IRH's h [...] |
2005-12-14 17:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KISL KPAO GM |
| 05MADRID3757 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/U.S. AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT MIGUEL ROMANO, WHO WILL VISIT MADRID, SPAIN FOR A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND AMBASSADORIAL PROGRAMS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10 AND 14, CONCLUDING THAT EVENING WITH [...] |
2005-10-26 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BE GM SP |
| 05MUSCAT687 |
PSI: GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT - NO ACTION EXPECTED IN [...] (S) Begin Summary: The German Ambassador as of COB April 26 has received no instruction from Berlin to take any action with the Omani government to halt a questionable crane shipment to Iran, necessitating the postponing of our scheduled meeting with the Foreign Minister. He indicated that Berlin m [...] |
2005-04-26 11:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR GM MU NO |
| 05NAIROBI3052 |
KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...] |
2005-08-01 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM |
| 05NEWDELHI140 |
REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON [...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1), and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...] |
2005-01-06 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH |
| 05NEWDELHI4449 |
SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...] |
2005-06-13 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC |
| 05NEWDELHI6994 |
INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY [...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...] |
2005-09-09 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM |
| 05NEWDELHI7197 |
BLAIR SUPPORTS INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing on the September 7-8 India-EU Summit, British High Commissioner Sir Michael Arthur emphasized the UK's support for civil nuclear cooperation with India, the success of the UK's effort to play up its European personality during this visit, and the excellent personal [...] |
2005-09-15 09:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV EAID KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI7261 |
NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...] |
2005-09-16 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM |
| 05NEWDELHI9409 |
GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...] |
2005-12-14 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS |
| 05OTTAWA2673 |
CANADA REMAINS COOL TO JORDAN,S REQUEST TO RAISE [...] (SBU) Finance Canada tells us that the GOC believes Jordan benefitted from exit treatment (that is, it was not expected back at the Paris Club) and does not need more debt assistance. On debt swaps more generaly, Finance officials are concerned that swaps are often used for trade distortion a [...] |
2005-09-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTIA CA JA GM |
| 05OTTAWA904 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRESSING [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref a demarche concerning Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, with Claudie Senay, Human Rights Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on March 24. As indicated ref b, Senay reiterated that Canada strongly supports the convening of a [...] |
2005-03-29 16:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF AORC IS GM CA ICRC MDA FAC |
| 05PARIS1087 |
PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] |
2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1517 |
PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] |
2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1731 |
PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] |
2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS174 |
MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...] |
2005-01-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 05PARIS1762 |
PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] |
2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS2863 |
EU CONSTITUTION DOMINATES AGENDA OF FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder used the fifth meeting of the Council of Franco-German ministers to support Chirac's efforts to highlight the benefits of the EU to a skeptical French public in the run-up to the French May 29 referendum on the draft EU constitutional tr [...] |
2005-04-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS4460 |
NOMINATION FOR USPTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] Action request. As per reftel Post nominates Brune Mesguich-Jacquemin to attend the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. She is currently serving as the intellectual property advisor at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. In [...] |
2005-06-24 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR GM |
| 05PARIS5045 |
PARIS VISIT OF CDU LEADER MERKEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The front-page photos of CDU leader and Germany's probable next Chancellor Angela Merkel and UMP president and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in today's IHT and FT illustrate the tantalizing prospect that the pair holds for European commentators. The reality, however, is that [...] |
2005-07-20 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GM EUN |
| 05PARIS6342 |
SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...] |
2005-09-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR |
| 05PARIS6439 |
FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...] |
2005-09-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GM EUN |
| 05PARIS6576 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...] |
2005-09-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON |
| 05PARIS8173 |
MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND [...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...] |
2005-12-01 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM PINR EUN |
| 05PARIS8240 |
FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...] |
2005-12-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM FR MK DA EUN |
| 05RANGOON1235 |
ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...] |
2005-11-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM |
| 05ROME3536 |
ITALY REFUSES PERMISSION TO DOE TEAM [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel request to General Alberto Ficuciello, Military Advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Ficuciello was familiar with the details of this case, and pleasantly, but firmly stated that the GOI did not need, nor would it accept at this time, DOE's offer to send [...] |
2005-10-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KNNP ENRG PTER GM IT |
| 05THEHAGUE2928 |
NETHERLANDS: DESPITE COURT DECISION, DUTCH VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Unification Church (DUC) is concerned that Dutch immigration authorities may deny Rev. Sun Myung Moon a visa to visit the Netherlands on Nov. 2. Although the Dutch invoked an exception clause to the Schengen Treaty framework to grant Rev. and Mrs. Moon visas in the pa [...] |
2005-10-27 14:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS NL GM |
| 05VIENNA3471 |
PSI -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PSI REGIONAL [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. SIPDIS 2. Auer said she would coordinate with her colleagues in the Defense Ministry and in law enforcement agencies to determ [...] |
2005-10-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM AU |
| 05WARSAW3422 |
POLISH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY UNCONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Polish government officials responsible for energy security are unconcerned about the recent agreement between Germany and Russia to construct a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea despite almost daily news articles about the proposed project. Our contacts concede that the proje [...] |
2005-09-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PL GM RS |
| 06ALMATY345 |
KAZAKHSTAN: BLUE LANTERN CASE GC-0825-05 [...] Per reftel instructions, on January 24 Econoff confirmed the existence of TOO CII "International Engineering" at 142, Boghenbai Batira Street, Office 625, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The company occupied a modest, yet apparently legitimate and functional, suite of rooms. 2. However, at the time o [...] |
2006-01-31 10:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KZ RS GM ECONOMIC |
| 06ANKARA1152 |
EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...] |
2006-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK |
| 06ANKARA2383 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PENCE + 8 TO [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to the House International Relations Committee Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Professional Staff Members Sam Stratman, Alan Makovsky and Hillel Weinberg, [...] |
2006-05-02 06:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASEC GM GR IZ JO OREP TU |
| 06ANKARA3434 |
GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE [...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...] |
2006-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM |
| 06ANKARA3465 |
TURKEY URGES CONSTRUCTIVE IRANIAN APPROACH TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric on June 9 briefed representatives of Germany and P-5 missions about FM Gul's June 8 phone call to Iranian NSC Secretary-General Larijani to counsel Iranian receptivity to the EU-3 package of incentives for halting its [...] |
2006-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENER KNNP PARM TU FR UK GM CH RS |
| 06ANKARA4450 |
PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...] |
2006-08-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU GM FR UK |
| 06ASHGABAT139 |
UNITED WE STAND (SORT OF): ASHGABAT'S WESTERN [...] (SBU) On January 27, Consular officers from the U.S., German, British and French embassies met at the German Embassy in Asghabat to discuss shared consular trends and anti-fraud prevention measures pertinent to each embassy. Like the U.S. Embassy, EU embassies reported an increase in demand an [...] |
2006-01-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS FR GM KFRD PGOV TX UK |
| 06ASHGABAT899 |
SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A [...] (C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" chicken farm apparently is being slowly but surely expropriated, possibly to end up as a model enterprise for presidential son Murat Niyazov. The Turkmen partn [...] |
2006-08-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM |
| 06ATHENS1144 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...] |
2006-05-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC AFIN GM GR IZ OREP TU |
| 06ATHENS1145 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...] |
2006-05-05 03:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN ASEC GM GR IZ OREP TU |
| 06BAGHDAD285 |
POSSIBILITIES FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF IRAQI POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to REFTEL, Post and Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) welcome German initiatives to consider expanded training for Iraqi police. Although amenable to German proposals for different training sites, the incorporation of German trainers at th [...] |
2006-02-01 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ GM JO |
| 06BEIJING19793 |
BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...] |
2006-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH |
| 06BEIJING20987 |
BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE [...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...] |
2006-09-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
| 06BEIRUT3195 |
LEBANON: RIZK ON GOL SUING ISRAEL, ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador and econoff on 10/2, Justice Minister Charles Rizk shared an e-mail (full text in para 6 below) sent by UN/OLA to his staff suggesting changes in the draft statute for the special tribunal on the Hariri assassination. The e-mail notes that UN/OLA had dropped [...] |
2006-10-04 08:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER LE GM SY IS |
| 06BERLIN1025 |
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S MEETING IN [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Berlin on April 11, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Rolf Nikel, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Global Issues at the Chancellery, and Rolf Welberts, Office Director for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and [...] |
2006-04-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO |
| 06BERLIN1069 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FEDERAL COMMISSIONER FOR [...] (U) Summary. German Federal Integration Commissioner Maria Boehmer provided Amb. Timken April 6 with an outline of plans to develop a "National Integration Action Plan" which will focus on promoting language skills, education and employment, women's and human rights, legal adjustments, and so [...] |
2006-04-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN1070 |
TURKISH MUSLIM ASSOCIATION LEADER ON INTEGRATION [...] (U) Summary. The leader of Ditib, Germany's largest Turkish/Muslim organization, which is tied closely to the Turkish state, sees opponents of Turkish EU accession as at least partly behind the caricature controversy and other developments that have complicated the integration of Turkish immi [...] |
2006-04-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV SCUL GM TU |
| 06BERLIN1094 |
GERMAN TIP CONVICTION AND SENTENCING STATISTICS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) German prosecutors seek maximum sentences for traffickers by whatever means they can, according to a recent Max Planck Criminological Institute study. For TIP crimes, this mea [...] |
2006-04-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1109 |
GERMANY/PKK: ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH [...] (SBU) Further to reftel, Global Affairs Acting Counselor discussed the recent possibly PKK-linked demonstrations and the recent German arrest of an alleged PKK leader with Turkish Embassy Counselor Kemal Tuzun April 25. Turkish Embassy on Demonstrations --------------------------------- [...] |
2006-04-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM GM TU |
| 06BERLIN1132 |
GERMANY'S GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA: BACKGROUND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy issues will feature in Chancellor Merkel's agenda for April 26-27 talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Siberia. Recent EU-Gazprom exchanges and German media have played up the emotional side of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. Economics Minister Glos and an al [...] |
2006-04-27 05:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN |
| 06BERLIN1160 |
SCENESETTER: AG GONZALES MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, looks forward to discussing ongoing as well as additional cooperation with the U.S. Our work to date, as with his predecessor, in fighting terrorists and international criminal groups, while excellent, is sometimes [...] |
2006-04-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1165 |
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (C) (Summary) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Germany from April 23-25 raised India's profile as an international partner for Germany and gave Singh a chance to address German concerns about the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative. In her public comments about the initiative, [...] |
2006-04-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM IN |
| 06BERLIN1171 |
GERMANY: DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Anke Reiffenstuhl, desk officer in the German MFA Counterterrorism Office, on April 28. Reiffenstuhl said after the recent developments in Sri Lanka, especially the assassination attempt, Germany is in the process of hardening its policy [...] |
2006-04-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN1190 |
NEW GERMAN LEFT PARTY: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP [...] (C) Summary. The merger of Germany's two largest leftist parties, the Left Party.PDS and the WASG (Electoral Alternative for Social Justice), is proceeding but with considerable difficulty. The Berlin branch of the WASG appears determined to run against the PDS in fall state elections, despi [...] |
2006-05-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1227 |
IRAN: GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 press conference, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU), Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and frequent commentator in the German media, provided a readout of his May 2-3 visit to Tehran. Polenz said that the nuclear subject had come to dominate the publi [...] |
2006-05-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR |
| 06BERLIN1342 |
Merkel Previews German EU Presidency Agenda [...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel highlighted energy coordination, deregulation, and research investment as key priorities for Germany's EU Presidency next year in two Berlin speeches on May 9 and May 11. However, she described the politically sensitive issue of the EU Constitution as requiring "f [...] |
2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EFIN PGOV ECON PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1354 |
LOOKING TO U.S. EXAMPLES -- GERMANY'S MINISTER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary -- German Minister of Education and Research Schavan told the Ambassador she wants to make her first official trip to the U.S. at the end August and also discussed her thoughts on improving Germany's education system, including to integrate immigrant populations and trying to e [...] |
2006-05-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OEXC PREL TBIO GM |
| 06BERLIN1376 |
GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...] |
2006-05-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ |
| 06BERLIN1389 |
GERMAN MINISTRIES ON SCHENGEN SUSPENSION FOR WORLD [...] (C) While Germany has announced it would suspend Schengen provisions and re-establish border controls if necessary during the World Cup June 9 - July 9, the reality seems to be the move is little beyond a legal step needed in case Germany decides it needs some additional specific measures again [...] |
2006-05-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ASEC GM EU |
| 06BERLIN1414 |
MANAS AIRFIELD: SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ISAF/OEF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message May 22 to Eckart Blaurock, MFA NATO Desk Action Officer in charge of ISAF affairs. Blaurock was very supportive of the request and undertook to pursue the matter with the relevant MFA regional bureau. 2. (C) Also on May 22, DAO passed reftel message to H [...] |
2006-05-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM |
| 06BERLIN1443 |
TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK [...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...] |
2006-05-26 19:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU |
| 06BERLIN1494 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA" [...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...] |
2006-06-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN1495 |
GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...] |
2006-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR |
| 06BERLIN1501 |
PSI: GERMAN ATTENDANCE AT HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PL GM |
| 06BERLIN1502 |
FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA AORC PREL UNSC IR EU GM |
| 06BERLIN1504 |
GERMAN PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) A German Government opinion welcomed the objectives of a Bundesrat bill to criminalize clients who knowingly or recklessly patronize victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). As a Justice Ministry official pointed out, the Merkel Government's November 2005 Coalition Agreement supports im [...] |
2006-06-02 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1570 |
SCENESETTER: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Germany gives Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, his long-awaited chance to discuss with you personally ongoing and additional bilateral cooperation. Your visit also lets you thank former Minister Schily, who enjoys good relations with [...] |
2006-06-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM |
| 06BERLIN1595 |
FMCT: GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PREL CDG GM |
| 06BERLIN1614 |
GERMANY'S GRAND COALITION: THE RETURN OF POLITICS [...] (U) Summary. After a winter and early spring in which the internal troubles of the SPD provided almost the only domestic headlines, politics returned to Germany in May as the government turned its attention to a series of domestic issues: passage of an anti-discrimination law and tax hikes (b [...] |
2006-06-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1651 |
GERMANY'S 2007 EU PRESIDENCY: THE ENERGY AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany expects to coordinate an ambitious energy initiative for the country's 2007 EU Presidency in the first half of 2007. Germany's EU Presidency will include a kind of "Lisbon Agenda" action plan for EU energy efficiency, use of renewables, and internal market coordination. [...] |
2006-06-16 04:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD PGOV SENV EINV PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1654 |
GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTRY TO OPEN DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of media attention on immigration and integration policy, German Interior Minister Schaeuble has decided to organize a conference and meet directly with representatives of a number of Islamic organizations. The decision represents a significant policy shift for the G [...] |
2006-06-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN1672 |
STRUCTURAL LIMITS TO INTEGRATING TURKISH [...] SUMMARY. Nearly 50 years since the first wave of Trkish immigrants arrived in Germany, economic inegration remains one of the Turkish immigrant comunity's greatest challenges. Prospects for greter economic integration are dimmed by high unemloyment rates, low education levels, and lack of G [...] |
2006-06-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU GM |
| 06BERLIN1687 |
TIP: RECENT GERMAN GOVERNMENT STEPS; FIGHTING TIP [...] (SBU) On June 14, Germany deposited instruments of ratification for the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Palermo Protocol). Germany will become a party to both July 14. Federal Interior Ministry offi [...] |
2006-06-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1753 |
BERLIN MEETING OF FORCED LABOR AGREEMENT BOARD OF [...] (U) The Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) of the "Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future," responsible for oversight of compensation programs for Nazi-era forced laborers and for promoting tolerance and anti-Semitism in the future, met in Berlin June 21-22. There were two key issues [...] |
2006-06-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PHUM PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1781 |
SPD CALLS FOR MORE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: On June 26 the Social Democratic party (SPD) held a conference under the rubric: "Peace through Disarmament: International Law and Nuclear Nonproliferation." FM Steinmeier (SPD) and IAEA DG ElBaradei were the keynote speakers. During the conference, Steinmeier and other SPD l [...] |
2006-06-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP IAEA NATO PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1803 |
Germany and the Airbus Management Squabble [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pressures on Airbus to re-design its A350 and to resolve production problems with the jumbo A380 have focused German official and press attention on shortcomings in the current Franco-German management of Airbus. Inquiries into insider trading of Airbus shares have increased pre [...] |
2006-06-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
| 06BERLIN1806 |
GERMAN OFFICIAL REACTIONS TO REACH DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with working-level officials at Germany's Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Environment revealed continued support for the EU Council's December 13, 2005 version of REACH, in contrast to meetings U.S. officials had with State Minister Hildegard Mueller [...] |
2006-06-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON BEXP GM |
| 06BERLIN1809 |
GERMAN OFFICIALS NOTE IMPROVEMENT IN PROVIDING [...] (U) Summary: German officials reject the notion that Germany has made little progress in protecting TIP victims since 1996. Representatives of the German Federal Family Ministry and the Hamburg State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) point to vastly expanded counseling and assistance. [...] |
2006-06-28 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1835 |
TIP: WORLD CUP UPDATE [...] (U) Three weeks into the World Cup, German officials and NGOs report no increase thus far in incidents of trafficking in persons (TIP). Officials credit a combination of factors, including increased surveillance and raids on brothels, effective border controls, joint operations with police in [...] |
2006-06-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1884 |
RUSSIA G-8 PRESIDENCY HOSTS MEETING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary. German, UK, U.S., and Canadian representatives used a counterterrorism meeting co-organized in Berlin by the Russian MFA and the East West Institute (EWI) to encourage a more structured Russian effort in official G-8 Roma-Lyon channels. The plan that emerged from the June 30 m [...] |
2006-07-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EIND ELTN ETTC GM |
| 06BERLIN1893 |
HEALTH "REFORM" SPARKS COALITION CLASH [...] (U) After weeks of internal haggling, in the early morning hours of July 3 Chancellor Merkel announced a compromise agreement on health care reform, designated a top priority in last fall's Coalition Agreement. The reform had been intended to cut medical costs. However, the announced agreeme [...] |
2006-07-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN1937 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initiative (PBG). The PBG would be a multilateral partnership to support the emergence of democratic institutions in the developing world by contracting to provid [...] |
2006-07-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM |
| 06BERLIN1950 |
Snapshot of German Economy - Growth Remains Modest [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany remains on track for a mild economic revival this year, with 0.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2006 and expectations of 1.8% for the year as a whole. Recent unemployment figures were better than expected after the disappointing start earlier in the year. Busines [...] |
2006-07-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN1993 |
POLITICAL GOALS OF THE GERMAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) (Summary) According to our contacts, the Germans have identified four main political goals to pursue during their EU presidency next year. They hope to create a new EU neighborhood policy that encourages countries of the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine and Georgia to pursue reforms d [...] |
2006-07-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GM |
| 06BERLIN2058 |
GERMANY: HSPD-6 TERRORIST DATA SHARING UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Germany has pushed HSPD-6 information sharing with German officials for several months, thus far without success, but recent developments and future high-level contact may provide a way forward. The U.S. sharing of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) for the Soccer [...] |
2006-07-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CVIS PINR PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2060 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO: ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN2075 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE GERMAN INFORMATION ON [...] (C) On July 12, Germany prenotified the proposed addition of Ismail Abu Shaweesh to the UNSCR 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities Associated with Al Qaida, the Taliban, and Usama Bin Laden. Ismail Abu Shaweesh is in German custody and on trial for several alleged cr [...] |
2006-07-24 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV UN GM |
| 06BERLIN2175 |
GERMAN COMMENTS ON FMCT COORDINATION PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG |
| 06BERLIN2266 |
IOM AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ASSESS [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and German anti-trafficking NGOs say there was no significant increase in trafficking in persons (TIP) or forced prostitution during the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany. The IOM and NGOs credit public awareness campaigns and effective pol [...] |
2006-08-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2269 |
GERMANY DEBATES HEDGE FUND REFORM; BACKS [...] SUMMARY. Hedge funds are politically contentious in Germany. The two major political parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Grand Coalition" have staked out opposing positions on whether Germany should reform its hedge fund regulations. The three major German financial agencies -- the Bund [...] |
2006-08-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2303 |
SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...] |
2006-08-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM |
| 06BERLIN2344 |
INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS OF THE REITS DEBATE IN [...] SUMMARY: Germany's Finance Ministry is nearing the completion of a draft law to legalize Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The decision to legalize REITs, however, must first receive the approval of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Coalition" Cabinet, which is deeply divided on the issue. Wh [...] |
2006-08-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2397 |
DEMARCHE ON WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR: GERMANY [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Knut Bruenjes, Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, August 11, 2006. Bruenjes said German officials are aware of the seriousness of the IPR violations involving trademarks and copyrights occurring in [...] |
2006-08-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO GM |
| 06BERLIN2534 |
GERMAN FAMILY MINISTRY OFFICIALS RESPOND TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: German Federal Family Ministry officials reiterated the German government's commitment to fight trafficking in persons (TIP) in an August 28 meeting with emboffs. Family Ministry representatives noted the steps German ministries and NGOs had taken to fight TIP in the context of [...] |
2006-08-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2546 |
SPD IN DRIVER'S SEAT FOR BERLIN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. With three weeks to go, opinion polls and political commentators and contacts all say Berlin's September 17 election of a new parliament is the SPD's to lose. The Social Democrats lead the Christian Democrats by over ten percent in all polls and the ratings gap between the two parties' [...] |
2006-08-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2548 |
FIRST LOOK AT GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY, G-8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the German government is not expected to finalize its G-8 and EU presidency agendas until after cabinet meetings on each scheduled for October 1 and October 11 respectively, Environment Ministry contacts conveyed August 23 what they see as focal points for German envir [...] |
2006-08-30 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN2577 |
SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...] |
2006-08-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2654 |
DHS COUNSELOR ROSENZWEIG PUSHES FOR CT PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary. Regarding Interior Minister Schaeuble's planned September 24-26 trip to Washington, German Interior Ministry Director General Guenter Krause told visiting Department of Homeland Security Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Policy Paul Rosenzweig September 4-5 that SIPDIS [...] |
2006-09-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KHLS EAIR PGOV PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2676 |
S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...] |
2006-09-13 07:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU |
| 06BERLIN2733 |
GERMAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING MTCR PLENARY AND INDIA [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph five. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer discussed the October 2-6 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary scheduled for Copenhagen in a meeting September 14 with German MFA MTCR Desk Officer Ina Schuett. Schuett inquired whether the U.S. [...] |
2006-09-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM ETTC GM SA |
| 06BERLIN2740 |
GERMANY -- RELEASE OF SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED TRAIN [...] (SBU) The German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced September 14 the release from investigatory detention of Fadi Al Saleh, one of three individuals arrested in connection with the July 31 attempted bomb attacks on the German railway system (Reftel). Al Saleh, a Syrian national, is suspect [...] |
2006-09-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC KCRM GM |
| 06BERLIN2743 |
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY: GERMANY READY TO TALK [...] Summary. Officials in the international division of the Environment Ministry emphasize the Chancellery's desire to link environmental and economic issues will shape Germany's bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on climate change as well as Germany's contributions to the upcoming High Level Dialo [...] |
2006-09-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
| 06BERLIN2748 |
SPD WINS BERLIN ELECTION; OUTCOME REFLECTS LOCAL [...] (U) As widely expected, Berlin's SPD won the Sept. 17 state election, taking 30.9 percent of the vote, up slightly since the 2001 election. The SPD will have the option of forming a government with either the Left Party.PDS or the Greens, both of which took just over 13 percent of the vote. E [...] |
2006-09-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2754 |
GERMANY'S FAMILY MINISTER ON THE FIGHT AGAINST TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen, meeting with the Ambassador, stressed Germany's commitment to fighting trafficking in persons. She noted the study, underway in the Ministry at her direction, to establish a factual analysis of the effects of the 2002 law concernin [...] |
2006-09-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL GM |
| 06BERLIN2766 |
GERMAN MUSLIMS RESPOND CALMLY TO POPE'S REMARKS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Muslim organizations in Germany reacted calmly, but critically, to the Pope's September 12 remarks in Regensburg. There have been no demonstrations to our knowledge and no violent incidents. Muslim organizations have also accepted the Pope's subsequent apology and ou [...] |
2006-09-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL GM |
| 06BERLIN2769 |
CDU/CSU AND SPD INTERNAL DISCONTENT: IMPACT ON [...] (U) Summary. Chancellor Merkel begins the fall political season in a secure position, despite sniping from rivals within her own party and tensions between the coalition partners at the party level. However, party sources and polls indicate discontent remains significant. The SPD is plagued [...] |
2006-09-20 11:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
| 06BERLIN2782 |
GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY - LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce EU's meetings on September 13 and 14 with officials responsible for Germany's EU presidential agenda at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economics and Chancellery provided a comprehensive preview of Germany's EU presidency economic agenda. Ge [...] |
2006-09-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GM PGOV PREL EU |
| 06BERLIN2785 |
U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE [...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...] |
2006-09-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU |
| 06BERLIN2793 |
GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INITIAL MEETING OF [...] (C) EMIN, accompanied by Global Affairs officer, and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin delivered ref A demarche and accompanying draft documents September 21 to German MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Michael Witter and MFA Desk Officer for Internatio [...] |
2006-09-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA GM |
| 06BERLIN2820 |
IRAN/EXPORT CONTROLS - GERMAN UPDATE ON EU EFFORTS [...] (C) German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Director Markus Klinger provided Global Affairs officer September 22 with an update on EU3 efforts to raise awareness in other EU capitals of the risk of diversion of sensitive technology to Iran's nuclear and missile programs. As part of an effort [...] |
2006-09-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL KNNP MTCR MNUC IR GM |
| 06BERLIN2828 |
GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ARMS TRANSFERS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche September 22 to MFA Arms Export Control Division Desk Officer Jan Freigang and Venezuela Desk Officer Achim Troester. Freigang said Germany closely evaluates all export license applications involving [...] |
2006-09-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | |