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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09BERLIN259 | GERMANY LARGELY IN LINE WITH THE U.S. ON WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. view on the way ahead in Afghanistan as outlined in reftels, and supports the deployment of additional U.S. forces to the south and east of the country as necessary to carry out the clear-hold-build strategy. While Germany almost certainly will not commit [...] | 2009-03-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ECON AF GM |
09BERLIN263 | GERMANY WELCOMES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN [...] (SE) After reviewing reftel non-paper, Nancy Reck, German MFA MTCR Desk Officer, stated that she would forward the information to other GOG authorities and will notify the USG if there is additional information to convey. Koenig [...] | 2009-03-05 14:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR SY MY GM |
09BERLIN264 | GERMANY'S THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO RETURNING HEU [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is exploring the mechanics of returning Russian-origin Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) that is currently stored at the Rossendorf Research Reactor in the German state of Saxony to Russia. German Foreign Ministry [...] | 2009-03-05 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM |
09BERLIN266 | EBADI URGES WEST NOT TO LET UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This message is being transmitted on behalf of CONGEN Duesseldorf. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In multiple public meetings 26-28 February in North Rhine Westphalia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi (strictly protect throughout) kept to a human rights theme, criticizing the Iranian gove [...] | 2009-03-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM GM IR |
09BERLIN267 | GERMANY'S DEFENSE BUDGET: SMALL INCREASES LIKELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite a nominal increase of 1.64 billion euros over last year, the German defense budget for 2009 will fall short of the NATO target of two percent of GDP by only accounting for 1.5 percent GDP. Transformation remains significantly underfunded. Plans to free up money for in [...] | 2009-03-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
09BERLIN268 | NATO/CROATIA: GERMANY PRESSING THE SLOVENES AT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Foreign Office DAS-equivalent Emily Haber and MFA NATO Enlargement officer Ludwig Blaurock and asked that Germany weigh in with the Slovenians to encourage them to find a legal way to truncate the referendum process so that they can deposit their instrument [...] | 2009-03-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SL HR GM |
09BERLIN272 | GM Calls for State Funds in Opel Plan: Germans Wary [...] Summary. This week, GM presented the German government with its plan to partially divorce Opel by creating a holding company. The plan would require the German government to provide funding support to the new company. German Economics Minister zu Guttenberg promised a German government respo [...] | 2009-03-06 16:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
09BERLIN276 | MEDIA REACTION: KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRELAND, HUMAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korea 3. Western Strategy on Afghanistan, Elections 4. Northern Ireland Attacks 5. Human Rights 6. Financial Crisis 7. Stem Cell Research 8. Iran  [...] | 2009-03-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN AF UK IR |
09BERLIN280 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL TURNS INWARD TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) remains the odds-on favorite to prevail as chancellor in the national parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, but her poll numbers are dropping and the contest looks increasingly open. Nagging problems with rivals inside her party and a dou [...] | 2009-03-11 08:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GM PGOV PINR PREL |
09BERLIN282 | GERMANS SUPPORT NEW POLICY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post discussed the new Iraq policy with MFA contacts who responded positively to the President's announcement and the decision to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq. While noting concern about future stability in Iraq, MFA reps indicated possible future German support for NTM-I. [...] | 2009-03-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON |
09BERLIN283 | BLUE LANTERN REPONSE LICENSE 050115687: ASC SITE [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to Ref A, EconOff conducted a site visit to Advanced Sensors Calibration (ASC) GmbH. Based on this site visit, we assess that ASC is a reliable handler of United States Munitions List (USML) items. On March 3, EconOff met with ASC GmbH CEO Peter Bay at ASC's headquarter [...] | 2009-03-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SF GM |
09BERLIN284 | BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Helmut Hofmann GmbH responded to all reftel inquiries with satisfactory answers and in a timely manner regarding Blue Lantern end-use check 050076491. EconOff posed the reftel questions to Helmut Hofmann GmbH via email and followed up with a phone conversation. Based on these responses [...] | 2009-03-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMOC ETTC GM |
09BERLIN286 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...] | 2009-03-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY |
09BERLIN288 | GERMAN PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS' [...] (SBU) On March 6, 2009 Econoff contacted Jacqueline Groth of the Middle East Regional Development Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn, to confirm German support for the Palestinians following the March 2 Donors' Conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, [...] | 2009-03-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN GM IS |
09BERLIN291 | GERMANY INTENTLY FOCUSED ON BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares our concerns about recent backsliding in Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H),and is engaged regularly with Bosnian leaders at the highest level to press them to fulfill the "Five Plus Two Agenda." Foreign Office contacts stressed that B&H's future is "clearly" in the Euro- [...] | 2009-03-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM BK |
09BERLIN293 | GERMANY HARDENING ITS LINE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cluster munitions (CM) experts at the MFA are pessimistic about the chances for success at the upcoming CCW meetings on the issue in Geneva, and indicated a hardening of Germany's stance in the negotiations. Contacts emphasized that Germany would most likely only support a second [...] | 2009-03-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
09BERLIN294 | Bavarian Avian Influenza Incident Report [...] (U) Summary: A duck shot on January 10, 2009 in Bavaria was confirmed on March 10 as a carrier of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1virus. The bird was tested as part of a routine wild bird surveillance program. Germany considers the event an isolated incident, and there are no [...] | 2009-03-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED EAGR TBIO KFLU PREL ECON CASC GM |
09BERLIN298 | IRAN: GERMANY INCREASINGLY FORWARD-LEANING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with key German government officials indicate that the German government, in coordination with its EU-4 partners, continues work to tee up additional EU designations of Iranian entities. The key problem is on the sequencing and breadth of designations, on wh [...] | 2009-03-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD GM IR |
09BERLIN301 | GERMANY: NOT PUSHING FOR LUKASHENKA INVITE TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. German Chancellery and MFA contacts agree that inviting Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 EU Summit launching the Eastern Partnership (EaP)would be a mistake, although they support continuing the suspension of EU sanctions for another six months and allowing Belarus to [...] | 2009-03-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM BO RS EU |
09BERLIN303 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...] | 2009-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS |
09BERLIN304 | DURBAN: JEWISH ORGANIZATION PRESSES SENIOR LEVELS [...] (C) In a March 11 conversation, Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews of Germany Stephan Kramer told Pol M-C that he had discussed Germany's continued participation in the preparation for the Durban Review Conference with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Chancellery National Security [...] | 2009-03-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GM |
09BERLIN305 | GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE" [...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...] | 2009-03-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ |
09BERLIN307 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - INTERPRETING THE STATISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary 2007 statistics provided by the Federal Statistics Office, 95 individuals were sentenced for human trafficking in cases where TIP was either the only crime, or the severest of the crimes, they were sentenced for. 67 of the 95 individuals received suspend [...] | 2009-03-16 05:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
09BERLIN311 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Tobias Grothe on March 11 and asked that Germany support urgent appeals for assistance to Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs). Grothe said he would coordinate with the MFA desk responsible UN humanitarian assistance [...] | 2009-03-16 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF |
09BERLIN312 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a discussion of G-20 themes with Ministry of Finance contacts, Embassy learned that the German government still believes strengthening financial sector regulation is the best way to restore confidence in the markets, and should thus be the primary focus of the April 2 London S [...] | 2009-03-16 18:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM |
09BERLIN317 | GERMAY NOT CERTAIN OF PARTICIPATION IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) Econoff met with German MFA Assistant Desk Officer Marc Hinrichsen, Russian Federation First Secretary Dmitri Cherkaschin and Korean First Secretary Won-jae Lee. Hinrichsen said he would pass the Ref B invitation for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop in [...] | 2009-03-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN324 | MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...] | 2009-03-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT |
09BERLIN326 | GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge Koenig delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on March 18, in a joint demarche with Japanese Ambassador Takahiro Shinyo and Pakistani Ambassador Shahid Ahmad Kamal. Silberberg said the German MFA will be represented at the April 17 Donors Confe [...] | 2009-03-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK GM |
09BERLIN328 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU SUMMIT, FED, FRANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama's Video Message to Iran 3. New U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. EU Summit, Financial Crisis, G-20 5. Fed Policy 6. General Strike in France 7. Papal Visit to Africa 8. Iraqi Refugees in Germany  [...] | 2009-03-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR AF XG FR VT IZ |
09BERLIN329 | GERMANY TO STAY MUM ON MANAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GM |
09BERLIN330 | GERMANY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN "IN TOGETHER, [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and MOD Political Military Affairs Branch Chief Col. Bernd Schuett on March 20, emphasizing the U.S. concern about the apparent intentions of several Allies to draw down their forces in Kosovo unilaterally in the [...] | 2009-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GM |
09BERLIN331 | IRANIAN MAJLES DELEGATION TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Majles Foreign Affairs Committee chair Alaeddin Boroujerdi led a Majles delegation visit to Berlin March 4-6, meeting with Interior Minister Schaeuble, as well as a variety of senior Chancellery officials and Bundestag MPs. Boroujerdi expressed Iran's interest in increase [...] | 2009-03-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR PHUM GM IR AF IS GZ WE |
09BERLIN332 | GERMANS WELCOME CFE COMMENTS AND HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Biontino, head of the MFA's Conventional Disarmament and Arms Control Division, welcomed "the constructive comments" from all partners and emphasized that he could foresee "no problems at all" accepting many of the ideas he heard at the March 12 HLTF meeting in Brussels. A [...] | 2009-03-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM KCFE RS PARM |
09BERLIN333 | CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY VS. BERLIN DISTRICT - THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BERLIN334 | BOTH GERMAN FM STEINMEIER AND SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen on March 17, after coordinating with the Dutch Embassy, which briefed the MFA on their plans for the March 31 Afghanistan Conference the day before. 2. (C) Zahneisen warmly welcomed th [...] | 2009-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN335 | GERMANY TO DONATE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION EUROS TO [...] (SBU) Post followed up with MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Tobias Grothe on March 19 to see if Germany, as requested reftel A, would be able to contribute additional funds to one or more of the UN agencies involved in assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, or to help meet the Bu [...] | 2009-03-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF PK GM |
09BERLIN336 | INDUSTRY SAYS GERMAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTING TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: German officials are exerting stronger moral pressure on industry to discourage business with Iran beyond those measures specifically stipulated in sanctions regimes, according to industry contacts. German government officials have reportedly emphasized the undesirability of L [...] | 2009-03-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL EFIN ETTC KMVP IZ IR GM |
09BERLIN339 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...] | 2009-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN |
09BERLIN34 | STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...] | 2009-01-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BERLIN340 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT, IRANIAN-GERMAN COMMUNITY REACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government, senior Bundestag members, and prominent members of Germany's Iranian community have responded positively to President Obama's Now Ruz message to the Iranian people and government. Chancellor Merkel noted that the message reflected a European desire for a [...] | 2009-03-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNNP GM IR |
09BERLIN344 | MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...] | 2009-03-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH |
09BERLIN345 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Chancellor Merkel will be focused on a productive, substantive meeting when you visit Baden-Baden April 3. Germany holds the greatest untapped potential in Europe for our transatlantic agenda; unlocking it will take sustained effort by the Administration, and the payoff will not be imm [...] | 2009-03-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BERLIN349 | JEWISH CLAIMS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS SURGING HOME [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. (JCC) achieved only a partial success in its March 19 annual negotiations with the German Finance Ministry. The Ministry agreed to raise assistance payments [...] | 2009-03-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KNAR GM |
09BERLIN351 | GERMANY UNDERSTANDS CANCELLATION OF OAK RIDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM |
09BERLIN352 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL UK IR GM |
09BERLIN353 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR GM |
09BERLIN354 | MERKEL'S G-20 SUMMIT AGENDA: A CLOSER LOOK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Partly out of conviction, and partly out of political expediency, Chancellor Merkel has positioned herself as champion of fiscal restraint and financial reform in the G-20. She is firmly convinced that lax financial oversight and regulation were root causes of the current cris [...] | 2009-03-25 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL GM |
09BERLIN359 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY STERN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Stern, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be complimentary, congratulatory, and understanding of the broad challenges the Administration is facing si [...] | 2009-03-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP GM |
09BERLIN365 | GERMANY CONCERNED HOW ALLEGED SUDAN CONVOY ATTACK [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director for Near East Division Robert Doelger March 27 to discuss views on the Gaza smuggling interdiction Program of Action (PoA) (reftel) and the status of German efforts at assisting Egypt with land border interdiction. Doelger asked Poloff for any further [...] | 2009-03-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN MOPS NATO PREL GM IS SU |
09BERLIN366 | GERMANY CALLS FOR TRANSATLANTIC COORDINATION, CARE [...] (C) MFA Near East Division chief Boris Ruge told Poloff March 27 that Germany agrees with reftel points but he stressed the need for the EU and the United States to exercise care and to coordinate when responding or reacting to any Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Ruge cautioned against [...] | 2009-03-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG GM EUN |
09BERLIN369 | PRELIMINARY GERMAN RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Steinmeier has responded positively to the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy, praising it for its emphasis on civilian assistance and development. While German officials had some initial misgivings about the planned creation of a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) [...] | 2009-03-27 18:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS AF PK GM |
09BERLIN372 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, UNFCCC, DOHA, LATAM [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Afghanistan Strategy 3. NATO Summit Meeting 4. New NATO Secretary-General 5. Bonn UNFCCC 6. Doha--Arab Summit 7. Progressive Leaders' Conference  [...] | 2009-03-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF PK TU IS IR CU |
09BERLIN379 | GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...] | 2009-03-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP |
09BERLIN380 | GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT UP FOR FIFTH [...] Summary. The usual seasonal labor upswing failed to materialize this year as the global economic crisis tightened its grip on the German labor market. For the first time in three years, unemployment rose in March. The German labor market has deteriorated quickly since November as falling [...] | 2009-03-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM |
09BERLIN382 | GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-31 19:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN384 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, G20, U.S.-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Visit to Europe 3. G20 Summit 4. Obama-Medvedev Meeting 5. The Hague Conference on Afghanistan 6. New Israeli Government 7. Arab League Summit 8. Chodorkovsky Trial  [...] | 2009-04-01 12:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS AF IR IS QA XG |
09BERLIN389 | DON'T TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME, DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, RE: [...] (U) Summary: Based on RefEmail request, Embassy Berlin spoke to sports officials at the German Ministry of Interior and at the Berlin office of the German Olympic Committee. Speaking informally, both offices were nonetheless clear that efforts to restore the Olympic sport status of America's [...] | 2009-04-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL GM |
09BERLIN39 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN FIRM SEEKS GERMAN [...] (S) Germany appreciates Ref A information regarding Iranian efforts to procure German origin computer numeric control (CNC) controllers for use with a six-axis filament winding machine, but may not feel confident about their legal case to deny such an export. On January 13, we delivered ref [...] | 2009-01-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
09BERLIN390 | Chancellor Merkel Clarifies Her Stance on the [...] Summary. Chancellor Merkel confounded critics and pledged to stand by Opel in a speech at the firm's Ruesselsheim plant on March 31. Her remarks were greeted by a standing ovation from the workers and widespread positive comment by the media. While ruling out direct government investment, t [...] | 2009-04-02 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB GM |
09BERLIN399 | (C) GERMANY INFORMED ON USG VIEWS REGARDING PARIS [...] (C) On March 31, EconOff delivered ref nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said that the information in the ref nonpaper looks good and that she only had a few comments pertaining to the "Machine Tools" and "Interdiction" topics. 2. (C) Reck point [...] | 2009-04-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GM |
09BERLIN402 | MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...] | 2009-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS |
09BERLIN403 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: March 2009 [...] (SBU) As of March 24, Germany had a total of 7,304 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions, up from 7,200 in December (ref A). More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs of this cable: Mission Personnel [...] | 2009-04-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
09BERLIN404 | (S) GERMANY UNDERCUTS USG AUSTRALIA GROUP DENIAL [...] (S) Germany has decided to approve the export of ref E Australia Group (AG)-listed items to the Indian firm United Phosphorus LTD. After carefully weighing U.S. proliferation concerns, they cited an insufficient legal basis for denial. On April 1, EconOff met with MFA Export Control Division [...] | 2009-04-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM |
09BERLIN406 | (S) GERMANY TAKING ACTION ON SHIPMENT OF SIEMENS COMPUTERS TO UNSCR LISTED IRANIAN ENTITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 17:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK GM |
09BERLIN407 | Scenesetter for CODEL Bingaman [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senator Bingaman, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be understanding of the broad challenges the US is facing simultaneously; they await robust US engagement on clima [...] | 2009-04-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON SENV ENRG TRGY PREL GM KGHG |
09BERLIN411 | GERMANY AGREES WITH USG ON AMERICAN COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Pol M/C discussed reftel points with Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Sabine Sparwasser April 7. Sparwasser was acquainted with the situation and said the German Government took the issue seriously. She pointed out that the American Cooperative School of Tunis also has "pa [...] | 2009-04-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS GM |
09BERLIN412 | GERMAN VIEWS ON REVISED UN MANDATE FOR GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel non-paper on the revised UN mandate for Georgia to MFA Southern Caucasus and Central Asian Director Johannes Regenbrecht on April 3 and followed up with him on April 6 to discuss German views on the way ahead regarding the mandate. 2. (C) Regenbrecht noted that t [...] | 2009-04-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNC GG GM |
09BERLIN414 | FINANCIAL CRISIS AND EASTERN EUROPE: PRIMARILY A [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German government is concerned about deteriorating conditions in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries due to the financial crisis, but does not consider the potential for economic spill-over from east to west to be substantial. Of greater concern are the possible pol [...] | 2009-04-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM |
09BERLIN417 | NORTH KOREA TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel points to Nikolai von Schoepff, head of the Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Division at the German MFA, and Hans Koeppel, who directly follows the North Korea issue, on April 6. Both stated that the GoG shares U.S. concerns about the incident and hoped [...] | 2009-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PARM KN KNNP GM |
09BERLIN418 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...] | 2009-04-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE |
09BERLIN422 | MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, MOLDOVA, GITMO, COUNTER-PIRACY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Cuba) Congressional Delegation in Cuba 3. (Moldova) Unrest 4. (U.S.) Renditions, ICRC Report 5. (Somalia) Fate of Pirates 6. (Environment) Bonn UNFCCC 7. (Italy) Berlusconi on Earthquake Victims 8. (Eastern Europe) Democracy [...] | 2009-04-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN424 | (C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG [...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...] | 2009-04-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM |
09BERLIN425 | GERMANY PLEASED WITH USG ROLE ON ROSSENDORF [...] (C) Summary: Germany welcomed the USG's quick and helpful response offering assistance regarding the return and subsequent reprocessing of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Saxony's Rossendorf nuclear research facility back to Russia. On March 25, EconOff met with German MFA [...] | 2009-04-09 14:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM |
09BERLIN426 | PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: GERMANY STILL MULLING [...] (C) Pol-Mil/External Chief delivered ref A talking points to MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on April 9 in a joint demarche with Japanese Political Counselor Ryo Nakamura and Pakistani Counselor Khayyam Akbar, stressing the importance of a generous German pledge in [...] | 2009-04-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK JA GM |
09BERLIN429 | GALILEO IDENTITY CRISIS: A FERRARI BUILT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Galileo, the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS),is in the midst of a 3.4 billion euro identity crisis as political advocates downplay Galileo's advertised role as a pillar of Europe's national security and instead spotlight the system,s civil and economic [...] | 2009-04-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM |
09BERLIN430 | GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE MAY REQUIRE [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is presumably critical for the EU as a pillar for national security and as the nucleus of Galileo's business model, but PRS appears to be stalling out. PRS faces four obstacles: 1) a conflict between civilian control and military end-us [...] | 2009-04-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM |
09BERLIN431 | NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...] | 2009-04-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN433 | GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTRY BULLISH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to lead a large business delegation on a visit Baghdad and Erbil in early July although a precise date has not been confirmed. Econ Ministry staff told Econ Counselor that zu Guttenberg sees Iraq also as a European responsibi [...] | 2009-04-14 05:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD IZ GM |
09BERLIN434 | GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...] | 2009-04-14 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
09BERLIN437 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE DUAL-USE VALVES FROM GERMAN FIRM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL IR GM |
09BERLIN442 | GERMANY SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] SUMMARY. (C) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Officials confirmed German support for Kosovo's membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Worl [...] | 2009-04-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL KV GM |
09BERLIN443 | MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...] | 2009-04-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN448 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...] | 2009-04-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN449 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ABOUT POSSIBLE IRANIAN UAV [...] (S//NF) German officials have agreed to immediately notify their competent authorities about an imminent shipment of Iranian origin UAV parts to Venezuela in the coming weeks, possibly through Hamburg. On April 15, EconOff delivered the REF C demarche to German MFA export control officers led by Ma [...] | 2009-04-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR GM |
09BERLIN45 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UAE FRONT COMPANY FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 06:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA FR IR AE GM |
09BERLIN454 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Acting Pol Section Chief met with MFA Division Chief for Human Rights Dieter Lamle April 17 to present reftel diplomatic note requesting support for the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the U.S. human rights pledge. Lamle said that Germany welcomes the U [...] | 2009-04-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN455 | ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING [...] (S) Post delivered the host nation notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany and the relocation of several units from Schweinfurt to Grafenwhr. Poloff delivered the letters at 1100 local time [...] | 2009-04-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
09BERLIN456 | GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON GM |
09BERLIN457 | GERMANY TO REVIEW PERMITS FOR RETURN OF LOW LEVEL [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Joerg Polster, German MFA desk officer for International Nuclear Energy to discuss issues raised in Ref A. Polster stated he was not familiar with the issue, as it predated his tenure in his current position by several years. As the German MFA point of contact, per Ref [...] | 2009-04-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY GM |
09BERLIN459 | GERMANY LIKELY TO ATTEND JUNE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will likely attend the June Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary at The Hague in June 2009, but does not desire to make a substantive presentation. Germany is not likely to host a GICNT meeting in the next two years. End Summary 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-04-20 06:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MUNC KGIC RS NL GM |
09BERLIN463 | DURBAN: GERMANY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE; BREAKS RANKS [...] (C) After the failure of 11th hour attempts by Foreign Minister Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party) to broker a unified EU position and explain the German position, Germany announced its unilateral decision late on April 19 not to send an official delegation to the Durban Review Conference. M [...] | 2009-04-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GM |
09BERLIN464 | STEINMEIER LAUNCHES LEFT-LEANING PLATFORM FOR A [...] (C) Summary: Five months before Germany's September 27 national elections, Foreign Minister and Chancellor Candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier unveiled his Social Democratic Party's (SPD) 57-page campaign platform that focuses on bolstering the "social market economy" as Germany faces its worst [...] | 2009-04-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM |
09BERLIN470 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...] | 2009-04-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM |
09BERLIN472 | UNAMID SUPPORT: GERMANY ON SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Bureau on East Africa, Horn of Africa and Sudan Director Mueller-Holtkemper April 22 for her consideration. Ms. Mueller-Holtkemper informed Poloff on April 23 that she had conveyed the substance of reftel to the MFA UN division as well as to the [...] | 2009-04-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KPKO SU GM |
09BERLIN473 | GERMAN GAS COMPANY WILL REVIEW IRAN PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: Bayerngas is reviewing its project to help build natural gas vehicle fueling stations in Iran. Reacting to German and Israeli newspapers reporting Bayerngas' intent to set up such stations in Iran, the German Ministry of Economics contacted Bayerngas. While company representati [...] | 2009-04-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD IS IR GM |
09BERLIN478 | GERMAN MOD AND MFA SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel to MOD and MFA counterparts, who shared our concerns about the Chinese military,s lack of transparency. Poloff and DAO officer on April 8 delivered reftel to MOD East Asia Desk Officer Lt. Col. Stefan Klenz. Klenz stated that transparency is always an issue when meet [...] | 2009-04-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL PGOV PHUM GM |
09BERLIN485 | MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU, IRAQ, OBAMA, TALIBAN, CIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico 3. Secretary Clinton in Baghdad 4. President Obama's First 100 Days 5. Pakistan's Fight against the Taliban 6. CIA/Rule of Law 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks 8. Turkish Reaction to Obama Remarks on Armenia 9. [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ PK SF IC |
09BERLIN487 | (S) M/V SABALAN: GERMANY SAYS COMPUTERS ARE SAFE IN THE UAE FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK CH GM |
09BERLIN488 | 3 SUSPECTED SWINE FLU CASES IN GERMANY / EMBASSY [...] (SBU) German media reported on April 27 that three Germans -- two men who recently returned from Mexico and a woman -- have been quarantined in the western city of Bielefeld after exhibiting swine flu-like symptoms. Preliminary tests on two of the patients did not support suspicions of swine [...] | 2009-04-28 05:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN494 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...] | 2009-04-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN495 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN511 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN UAV EQUIPMENT [...] (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B non-paper addressing Iranian attempts to procure German-origin spectrum analyzers and motors in support of their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) progra [...] | 2009-05-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
09BERLIN512 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 8 CONFIRMED, FIRST HUMAN-TO- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed five new cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany over the weekend, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. One man from Bavaria and a couple from Brandenburg tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu- l [...] | 2009-05-05 05:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN514 | A/S FRIED INITIATES GERMAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings April 29, A/S Fried presented MFA State Secretary Silberberg and Chancellery National Security Advisor Heusgen with information on nine Uighur detainees and requested that the German government review the cases as a prelude to a formal U.S. request to rese [...] | 2009-05-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN GM |
09BERLIN517 | MERKEL,S STIMULUS BY STEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel's April 22 "Economic Summit" yielded remarkably little in the way of breakthroughs or announcements. The gathering did, however, help clarify Germany's economic outlook and enable the Chancellor to claim broad support for her economic stewardship, including her [...] | 2009-05-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB GM PREL |
09BERLIN518 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 9 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nine. One man from Saxony- Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. The German government announce [...] | 2009-05-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN52 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS USG INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) On January 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper requesting quick-turn information from the U.S. regarding the transfer of nuclear technology to Chin [...] | 2009-01-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PK CH GM |
09BERLIN520 | SCENESETTER FOR GERMAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER AIGNER'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner's trip to New York and Washington, D.C. during the week of May 12-16, will be her first official visit to the United States since assuming her position in November 2008. Aigner is new to the international arena and this visit is billed as [...] | 2009-05-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD GM TBIO |
09BERLIN522 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO [...] (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B non-paper addressing Pakistani attempts to procure German-origin calibration equipment in support of their ballistic missile program. Wacker did not [...] | 2009-05-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL PK GM |
09BERLIN526 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 10 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to ten. One man from Saxony-Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. Despite the increase in fl [...] | 2009-05-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN537 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 11 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eleven. One man from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from the U.S. with flu-like symptoms. This is the first German tr [...] | 2009-05-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN538 | GERMAN COURT DECISION ON MON810 CREATES AGRICULUTRAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the administrative court in Braunschweig rejected Monsanto's request for an injunction against the cultivation ban for MON810. Monsanto contacts report that it is considering an appeal of the decision. The announcement was widely covered by radio, TV, and internet [...] | 2009-05-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO GM |
09BERLIN539 | GERMANY INVITED TO THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC PARM PREL GM |
09BERLIN542 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B and D non-papers addressing Iranian attempts to procure German-origin transducers in support of their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and ballistic mis [...] | 2009-05-11 09:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR SY MY GM |
09BERLIN545 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 12 CONFIRMED CASES; Bavarian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) today confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to twelve. One woman from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico. RKI reports a mild course of the virus in Germany [...] | 2009-05-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN548 | GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings on April 30, 2009, David Lipton of the NSC and Eric Meyer of the Treasury Department shared concerns about Ukraine's deteriorating public finances and shaky banking sector with senior officials from the German Ministries of Economics, Finance and Foreign Affairs, as we [...] | 2009-05-12 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM |
09BERLIN557 | GREEN PARTY LAUNCHES BID TO RETURN TO POWER WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kicking off its election campaign, the Green Party's May 8-10 national convention yielded few surprises and prompted more discussions about the party's relevance in German politics. The party delegates called for a "Green New Deal," which would create one million new jobs throu [...] | 2009-05-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GM PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN558 | (S) NIAG 9060: GERMANY INFORMED ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL IR GM |
09BERLIN559 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN INTEREST IN GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCR PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM |
09BERLIN560 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B non-paper addressing Iranian attempts to procure German-origin servo motors in support of their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. Wacker did not [...] | 2009-05-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM |
09BERLIN561 | (S) GERMANY EXPANDING OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMS AND EYE CLOSER USG PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
09BERLIN562 | GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO UNSC 1718 DESIGNATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GM |
09BERLIN564 | GERMANY ALSO DEMARCHING ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) On May 11-14, 2009, post delivered talking points contained in reftel to officials at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Ministry of Finance. Friedrika Kaercher, Desk Officer for Serbia and Kosovo, BMZ, confirmed strong Ger [...] | 2009-05-15 10:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PREL KV GM |
09BERLIN565 | GERMANY NON-COMMITAL ON NEXT ROUND OF VOTING FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the MFA's IAEA Unit in the Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on May 15. Langer noted that Germany shares many of our views regarding Amano's candidacy for the IAEA's Director General position, and supported him in the last round o [...] | 2009-05-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM |
09BERLIN566 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT SNUBS IRANIAN OIL MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of press coverage of Iranian Oil Minister Nozari,s visit to Berlin to encourage Germany industry participation in Iran,s energy sector, the German Ministry of Economics is taking a firm position on German business on exports to Iran. The Ministry of Econom [...] | 2009-05-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD IR GM |
09BERLIN567 | MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM, TALIBAN, BURMA, POPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary. 1 2. Detainee Photos and Military Tribunals. 1 3. Pakistani Fight against the Taliban.. 2 4. Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest 3 5. Papal Visit 4 to the Mideast 6. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Aqaba. 4 7. U.S.-German Efforts to Save Opel 5 Â [...] | 2009-05-15 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US PK BM IS XF |
09BERLIN569 | Turmoil in the German Auto Industry - Opel's Fate Hangs in [...] (SBU) Summary. GM subsidiary Opel is in danger of going under, and is desperately looking for a new investor. Six potential investors have submitted proposals, including Fiat, and Canadian parts maker Magna and its Russian partners. It is difficult to envisage Opel's survival without German [...] | 2009-05-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
09BERLIN580 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THEMES FOR THE MAY 29 MEETING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that more forces are needed for counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia, but feels it is already doing its fair share; others with the requisite capability who are not yet contributing should answer the call. Germany welcomes the planned NATO counterpirac [...] | 2009-05-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ECON POL EUN GM |
09BERLIN582 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 14 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to fourteen. The spouse and son of a man from the state of Saxony-Anhalt confirmed to have the virus two weeks ago also tested [...] | 2009-05-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN589 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, GITMO, BALKANS, SRI LANKA, BURMA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. VP Biden in Bosnia and Herzegovina 5. End of Sri Lankan Civil War 6. Burmese Trial against Aung San Suu Kyi 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks  [...] | 2009-05-19 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS BK CE BM RS |
09BERLIN59 | GERMANY,S ABOUT FACE: STEEP DOWNTURN PROMPTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh reports indicating a steep plunge in exports and a sudden rise in unemployment have shocked the German coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and pushed it into crisis mode. On January 12, the coalition agreed 50 billion euros worth of new stimulus measures [...] | 2009-01-15 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN591 | URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. W [...] | 2009-05-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM |
09BERLIN592 | URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at SpangQQQxQQ_Qx0!Q]-QHt German author [...] | 2009-05-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM |
09BERLIN594 | FDP AND WESTERWELLE CAN ALMOST TASTE POWER AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The liberal Free Democratic (FDP) Party overwhelmingly re-elected Guido Westerwelle as party chair during its May 15-17 party convention on a platform aimed to return the FDP to power after eleven years in the opposition. In his speech, Westerwelle appealed to the middle class wit [...] | 2009-05-20 08:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL ECON |
09BERLIN599 | MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...] | 2009-05-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN GM |
09BERLIN601 | GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 16:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM |
09BERLIN602 | GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UN CONFERENCE [...] (C) On May 20, 2009, Econoff delivered reftel points to Peter Woeste, Head of Division, Economic and Development Affairs of the United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge cooperation on achieving an acceptable outcome at the June 1-3, 2009 United Nations Conference on the World Finan [...] | 2009-05-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA GM |
09BERLIN603 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD'S VISIT MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit to Germany for the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. Of the larger European Union member states, Germany holds the greatest untapped potential for our transatlantic agenda, but much will have to be settled at the ballot box this [...] | 2009-05-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN GM OVIP PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN604 | GERMANY: ADDITIONAL 6 MILLION EUROS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany shares U.S. concerns over the worsening situation of IDPs in Pakistan, and is increasing its humanitarian assistance to Pakistan as a result. New money for Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) from two different ministries -- the Ministry for Economic Coopera [...] | 2009-05-20 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF |
09BERLIN605 | Opel Rescue Effort Enters Critical Stage [...] (SBU) Summary. Opel's "rescue" enters a critical stage as the government's 6:00 pm May 20 deadline for investor bids looms. In preparation, the federal government, the German states where Opel factories are located, and several state- owned banks agreed in principle on May 19 on a roughly 1.5 [...] | 2009-05-22 05:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM |
09BERLIN621 | GERMAN VIEWS ON FRENCH REINTEGRATION INTO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Germans say they welcome French reintegration into the NATO military command structure as an historic event and a symbolically important political accomplishment. They also hope it will lead to some concrete benefits, like improved NATO-EU relations. When pressed, however, t [...] | 2009-05-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN FR GM |
09BERLIN624 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...] | 2009-05-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BERLIN626 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 17 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed three additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to seventeen. Of the three new cases, a six-year-old girl who attends a day care center in Duesseldorf contracted the virus [...] | 2009-05-22 18:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN631 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR TEST, GITMO, AFPAK, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Test 3. Guantnamo Detainees 4. Pakistan, Afghanistan 5. Iran and the Middle East 6. EU-Russia Meeting 7. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US KN PK AF IR XF RS FR AE |
09BERLIN634 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN INTEREST IN SWISS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR SZ GM |
09BERLIN637 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE |
09BERLIN638 | GERMAN PRESIDENT KOEHLER RE-ELECTED IN FIRST ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany's popular incumbent President Horst Koehler (CDU) -- a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund -- handily won re-election to a second five-year term, doing so in the first round of voting by the 1,224-member Federal Assembly. Winning with a 613 vote a [...] | 2009-05-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL PINR |
09BERLIN640 | (S) GERMANY TO INVESTIGATE COMPANY WITH POSSIBLE [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points to MinEcon export control Head of Division Dr. Ursina Krumpholz and Middle East Deputy Head of Division Dr. Klaus Hachmeier. Dr. Krumpholz stated they would "look into" the allegations involving supplying deck cargo cranes to Islamic Republic of Iran Shipp [...] | 2009-05-28 11:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM IR MTCR GM |
09BERLIN641 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 19 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nineteen. A small child from the US and a man from Norway traveling to North Rhine-Westphalia tested positive for H1N1. RK [...] | 2009-05-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN644 | U.S. CRITICIZED FOR BREAKDOWN OF OPEL RESCUE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: May 27 negotiations in Berlin aimed at deciding a rescue strategy for General Motors (GM) subsidiary Opel ended without an agreement. The meeting did yield one noteworthy development: the number of remaining suitors for Opel appears to have narrowed from four to just two -- Fiat [...] | 2009-05-28 18:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM |
09BERLIN649 | GERMAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR STANZEL SAYS HE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel briefed the diplomatic corps May 29 on his meetings in Tehran as part of his May 21-28 Middle East trip during which he visited six countries, including Israel. Stanzel's briefing only focused on the Iran portion of his trip. Stanzel charac [...] | 2009-05-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC GM IR |
09BERLIN654 | NO MI-17 HELOS IN GERMANY'S INVENTORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM PK GM |
09BERLIN655 | GERMAN GENERAL SAYS NO THANKS TO GALILEO; ESA NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 3rd Annual Space Systems and Security Conference in Potsdam, Germany, a senior German officer firmly stated that his country does not anticipate being a customer of the European Galileo Guidance Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Separately, a European Space Agency (E [...] | 2009-06-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM |
09BERLIN657 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: Spike in Germany - 31 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 12 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty-one. The majority of new infections stem from Germans who recently traveled to the US. There is a media report of a [...] | 2009-06-03 05:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN658 | BIOTECH ROUNDTABLE EXPOSES RIFT BETWEEN POLIITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first of a series of German roundtables on Plant Genetics on May 20 concluded that research in plant biotechnology remains essential to Germany as a research center and to the world as a response to food and energy needs. However, tension remains behind the scenes between [...] | 2009-06-03 05:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO GM |
09BERLIN662 | IAEA ELECTION OF DIRECTOR GENERAL: GERMANY STILL [...] (S) Unable to reach Foreign Minister Steinmeier, Charge delivered the points in ref A to MFA State Secretary Peter Ammon on June 3, urging Germany to continue supporting Yukiya Amano in the next round of voting for Director General of the IAEA. Ammon took the points on board, but deferred a s [...] | 2009-06-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL GM |
09BERLIN663 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 6 NEW CASES; 37 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 3, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 6 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty- seven. The majority of the infections occurred in the US. The affected states are Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxo [...] | 2009-06-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN664 | OPEL RESCUE: MERKEL CREDITS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a deal on the rescue of General Motors subsidiary Opel/Vauxhall was reached in the early hours of May 30, Chancellor Merkel underlined the important role played by President Obama. The Canadian firm Magna International, along with the Russian bank Sberbank and Russian auto [...] | 2009-06-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM |
09BERLIN665 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CAIRO SPEECH, GITMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS in Riyadh 3. Presidential Speech in Cairo 4. POTUS Visit to Germany 5. Guantnamo Prisoners 6. Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre 7. European Parliament Elections 8. UK Government Crisis  [...] | 2009-06-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM SA EG XF US CH XG UK |
09BERLIN667 | GERMAN ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTANI IDPS ALREADY [...] (SBU) On June 4, Econoff contacted Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),to express appreciation for Germany's prompt response to the Pakistan Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) crisis and to urge quick disbursement of the German pl [...] | 2009-06-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF |
09BERLIN67 | BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, after an initial investigation, we assess that ASC is a reliable recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. We will conduct a site visit on March 3, 2009 to complete this investigation. 2. (SBU) Ms. Renate Bay, ASC's Marketing and Customer Service Di [...] | 2009-01-16 16:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SF GM |
09BERLIN671 | AHLC: GERMANY SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES, CITES NEED [...] (SBU) MFA Near East Division Chief Boris Ruge informed Poloff June 5 that the MFA "fully agrees" with the U.S. policy objectives noted in reftel. Ruge will lead the German delegation to the AHLC's June 8 Oslo meeting. Ruge said that keeping the Palestinian Authority (PA) financially solvent [...] | 2009-06-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS GM |
09BERLIN672 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: AN 11-CASE SPIKE, 49 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 49 on June 5 as eleven more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The states of Lower-Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate reported their first infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 5, the National Reference Cen [...] | 2009-06-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN678 | IRAN: SABERI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting Political Section Chief met with MFA Middle East Director Sabine Sparwasser on June 3, 2009 to deliver Ref A. A/POL Chief expressed USG gratitude for German assistance in the case, in particular the public declarations in early May by MFA Human Rights Commissioner Gunther Nooke c [...] | 2009-06-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR GM |
09BERLIN683 | SPD SUFFERS ANOTHER PAINFUL LOSS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (U) The SPD made a disappointing showing in the June 7 European Parliament elections garnering just 20.8 percent of the vote. Coming just weeks after the decisive defeat of its presidential candidate, these results cast doubt on its ability to rebound before the September 27 national electio [...] | 2009-06-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM PINR |
09BERLIN686 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: A 19-CASE SPIKE, 68 TOTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 68 on June 8 as nineteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Two US soldiers at a military facility in Landstuhl (Rhineland-Palatinate) are infected with the virus and several other US military cases are suspe [...] | 2009-06-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN688 | GERMAN CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN TO REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany is one of the largest development and humanitarian aid donors to Afghanistan. The Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is providing up to 100 million euros this year, focusing mainly on longer-term energy, water, education and sustainable development pr [...] | 2009-06-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID AF GM |
09BERLIN689 | GERMAN NOTE VERBALE ON ACCESSIONS TO THE CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post received a note from the German government regarding the accession of the Government of Montenegro and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). END SUMMARY. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: The Federal Office presents it [...] | 2009-06-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV GM PREL MZ MW |
09BERLIN69 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: MOVEMENT AND [...] (S) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to inactivate or move almost all units out of installations in Mannheim and Heidelberg and to constitute the new 7th Army headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. 2. (S) This message provides Emb [...] | 2009-01-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL GM |
09BERLIN693 | GERMAN MFA SKEPTICAL ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA, like the Economics Ministry, has strong doubts about the proposed increase in the 2010-2011 IAEA budget. The MFA prefers a zero-growth budget and believes the IAEA could fulfill its current mission and any additional responsibilities by simply being more efficien [...] | 2009-06-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN GM |
09BERLIN695 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES, 86 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 86 on June 10, as twenty more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The four suspected military cases at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center were confirmed positive. RKI says the growth of cases in Germany does not rep [...] | 2009-06-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN697 | GERMAN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT RULES AGAINST MONSANTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 28, 2009, a higher Administrative Court in Lueneburg, Germany rejected Monsanto's appeal to lift the MON 810 biotech corn cultivation and marketing ban imposed by the German Agricultural Ministry. The decision upheld an earlier lower Administrative Court's ruling on Ma [...] | 2009-06-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO GM |
09BERLIN702 | GERMAN MFA CLAIMS INTERAGENCY VICTORY ON [...] (C) Summary: The German MFA claimed it had resolved German interagency dissent regarding its proposed transfer of spent nuclear research fuel to Russia for reprocessing (ref A). The MFA also outlined its vision of the USG role in the Berlin meetings, hoping for public USG support of the tran [...] | 2009-06-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM |
09BERLIN704 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 95 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 95 on June 11, as nine more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Most of the new cases in Germany are occurring in children and young adults. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 11, the National Reference Center for I [...] | 2009-06-11 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN708 | GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany believes that the recent successful elections in Lebanon, which appear to have been conducted without undue Syrian influence, open the door to the signing of the updated EU-Syria Association Agreement (AA),perhaps as early as September. According to the German MFA, only [...] | 2009-06-12 16:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN XF CU AF PK ZL BM GM |
09BERLIN710 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 111 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 111 on June 12, as sixteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. More school children have contracted the virus. Despite the raise in the WHO pandemic alert level, there is no change in German measures. END [...] | 2009-06-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN713 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI |
09BERLIN714 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 172 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 172 on June 15, as fifty-six more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus over the weekend. The day also brought the first confirmed H1N1 case in Berlin. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 15, the National Reference C [...] | 2009-06-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN715 | STEINMEIER TAKE TWO: FOREIGN MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SPD Foreign Minister and Chancellor-candidate Frank Walter Steinmeier injected life into the SPD's flagging electoral campaign in his rousing June 14 party convention speech. Steinmeier reinforced his determination to become "the chancellor of all Germans" and called upon the party faith [...] | 2009-06-16 06:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GM |
09BERLIN717 | IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: MERKEL, STEINMEIER EXPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier have publicly expressed their concerns about the Iranian presidential election aftermath, noting reports of irregularities and calling on the Iranian government to ensure freedom of assembly and freedom of the pr [...] | 2009-06-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM IR |
09BERLIN720 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 195 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 195 on June 16, as twenty-three more people were confirmed to be infected with the virus. Most of the spike in H1N1 cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 16, the National Reference Center for In [...] | 2009-06-17 05:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM RO |
09BERLIN725 | MEDIA REACTION: Iran U.S.-Iran Iran-Internet [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Aftermath of Presidential Elections 3. (U.S.-Iran) Obama Reaction 4. (Iran) Effect of the Internet 5. (U.S.) Guantnamo Prisoners 6. (Georgia) Unomig Mission 7. (Economic) BRIC Countries Meeting  [...] | 2009-06-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN729 | GERMANY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Statistics from the first quarter indicate that Germany's efforts to discourage business with Iran are hammering German exports to that country. The German government, however, is under increasing pressure from German industry for its efforts and faces criticism in the press as [...] | 2009-06-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR GM |
09BERLIN730 | GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ON PAKISTAN IDPS [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Charge d'Affaires John Koenig sent letters to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul to express appreciation for Germany's contributions to assist Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) and urge the German gove [...] | 2009-06-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF |
09BERLIN731 | IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: BOTH SIDES ATTEMPTING TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A key Germany-based Iranian exile opposition figure, who claims to have access to the camps of presidential candidates Mirhossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, noted June 18 that both sides of the now-divided political elite are trying to keep the situation under control for [...] | 2009-06-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM IR GM |
09BERLIN735 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 229 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 229 on June 18, as thirty-four further infections were confirmed. First case of H1N1 confirmed in Bremen. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its pres [...] | 2009-06-19 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN738 | H1N1 - MISSION GERMANY'S READINESS AND PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany has had spike of H1N1 cases throughout the country, resulting in an average daily increase in new cases of over ten percent over the past two weeks. We review the country's outbreak status daily and are implementing measures consistent with Mission tripwire two. This ca [...] | 2009-06-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN74 | GERMANY: INTERESTED IN GAZA ARMS INTERDICTION [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Boris Ruge January 20 and sought confirmation of Germany,s interest in participating in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort. Ruge was already well familiar with the Amb. Mull,s January 15 presentation to selected re [...] | 2009-01-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM |
09BERLIN741 | GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany,s delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutor [...] | 2009-06-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN743 | GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutors [...] | 2009-06-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN744 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 251 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 251 on June 19, as twenty-two further infections were confirmed. The majority of newly confirmed cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 19, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robe [...] | 2009-06-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN747 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 278 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 278 on June 22, as twenty-seven new infections were confirmed. The fourth H1N1 infection in Berlin was confirmed over the weekend. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 22, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Ins [...] | 2009-06-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN749 | GERMANY: NO DECISION ON BUDGETARY SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On June 16, 2009, post contacted Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),to express appreciation for Germany's pledge at the April 17 Tokyo Donors Conference and highlight the importance of donor pledges for the government of Pa [...] | 2009-06-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK |
09BERLIN751 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FRANCE, SOMALIA, CLONE MEAT [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aftermath of Iranian Elections 3. Western Reactions to Iran 4. French President Sarkozy's State of the Union 5. Somalia 6. Clone Meat  [...] | 2009-06-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR FR SO US |
09BERLIN752 | IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: GERMAN MFA QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Berlin on June 22, a senior German MFA official raised Germany's concerns about accusatory comments made by Iranian officials against Western embassies in Tehran earlier that day. According to an MFA contact, the Iranian ambassador sta [...] | 2009-06-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM IR |
09BERLIN754 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 301 on June 23, as twenty-three new infections were confirmed. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 23, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing 23 new laboratory-confi [...] | 2009-06-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN758 | MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...] | 2009-06-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO |
09BERLIN759 | GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY CONTINUES TO MARGINALIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's radical Left Party launched its electoral campaign manifesto at its June 20-21 national party convention in Berlin with a palette of predictable pacifist foreign policy and anti-capitalist domestic appeals that almost guarantee it will continue to remain on the political [...] | 2009-06-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
09BERLIN760 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: GERMANY AGREES WITH U.S. POINTS, [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points and a copy of President Obama's public statement on the Afghan election campaign to MFA Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on June 22 and strongly encouraged Germany to make its own public statement. 2. (C) Koenig said that Germany comp [...] | 2009-06-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN762 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 332 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 332 on June 24, as thirty-one new infections were confirmed. State Health Ministers are meeting today in Thuringia to discuss H1N1 situation. Chancellor Merkel visited the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on June 23 and assured that the cou [...] | 2009-06-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN765 | ASTRIUM GERMANY PLANS TO CORNER WORLD SPACE RADAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen and their daughter company, Infoterra GmbH, are actively marketing their space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, imagery derived products, and even complete spacecraft to the US market with the strategic goal of securing funding to devel [...] | 2009-06-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM |
09BERLIN769 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 333 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose by one infection to 333 on June 25. (Authorities identified six new cases, but retracted five previously- confirmed ones, adjusting the total increase to one.) State health ministers reassured the public after meeting on June 24 in T [...] | 2009-06-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN770 | EUROPEAN INDUSTRY WARY, AND WEARY, OF ITAR [...] (SBU) Summary: At the "ITAR Compliance in Europe" conference in Munich, European defense industry representatives expressed concern regarding International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR),but clearly understood the message from U.S. legal, consulting and government representatives th [...] | 2009-06-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
09BERLIN775 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 358 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 25 cases to a total of 358. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 25, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-six new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted o [...] | 2009-06-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN776 | GERMANY NOT SYMPATHETIC TO UKRAINIAN APPEALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent statements by German government officials handling energy policy indicate that Berlin continues to see Ukraine as the principal problem preventing a quick resolution of the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. While Germany plans to attend an EU meeting in Brussels during the week [...] | 2009-06-29 06:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM |
09BERLIN777 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE BILL, OBAMA-MERKEL MEETING, [...] Lead Stories 2. U.S. Climate Policy 3. Chancellor Merkel In Washington 4. NATO-Russia Council 5. Iranian Protests 5. U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Lead Stories All major media led with stories on the CDU/CSU election platform. Most weekend media focused on the death of Michae [...] | 2009-06-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS IZ |
09BERLIN781 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 30 cases to a total of 388 on June 29. Germany has the third highest number of infections in the EU. SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 29, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirty-o [...] | 2009-06-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN783 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 417 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 29 cases to a total of 417 on June 30. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 30, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-nine new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany. This [...] | 2009-06-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN784 | MEDIA REACTION: [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraqi Cities 3. Partial Recount of Iranian Votes 4. Honduras Coup 5. Outcome of Argentinean Elections 6. IRENA 7. Madoff Trial  [...] | 2009-06-30 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ IR HO AR |
09BERLIN788 | GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...] | 2009-07-01 07:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM |
09BERLIN790 | GERMAN RESPONSE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) German MFA Iran Desk Officer Adrian Pollmann told Iran Watcher July 1 that Germany planned to take "nearly the same" actions as the USG (reftel) regarding Iranian senior-level attendance at the AU Summit. Pollmann added that July 1 press reports indicated that Iranian President Mahmou [...] | 2009-07-01 12:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GM IR |
09BERLIN791 | GERMAN MFA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA supports the U.S. effort to mobilize the international community to fully implement UNSCR 1874. In this regard, the Germans suggest that we focus our efforts on new EU president Sweden, which they say remains skeptical about enhanced sanctions against North Korea. [...] | 2009-07-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EUN KN GM |
09BERLIN793 | CDU AND CSU RALLY AROUND MERKEL, ELECTION PLATFORM [...] (C) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) rallied behind Chancellor Merkel (CDU) as their lead candidate and showed strong unity in their joint "election platform" at their June 29 congress in Berlin. In her speech, Chancellor Merk [...] | 2009-07-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GM |
09BERLIN795 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 429 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 12 cases to a total of 429 on July 1. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 1, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirteen new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtr [...] | 2009-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN796 | CHALLENGES ON THE HORIZON FOR GERMAN IMAGERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG's current business model as a value-added imagery provider is likely not sustainable and they may be forced restructure to survive. The firm,s primary target customers-- commodity traders and the insurance industry--appear to want [...] | 2009-07-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM |
09BERLIN797 | (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: PROMOTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GM |
09BERLIN800 | GERMANY REVIEWING UNSCR 1874 BANKING PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki confirmed to Econoff that her ministry is already aware of the reftel request and that the GOG is reviewing the next steps through its interagency process. When informed that the Embassy had also delivered reftel points to the German M [...] | 2009-07-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JP KN GM |
09BERLIN803 | MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...] | 2009-07-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG |
09BERLIN805 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) On July 1, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Iris Wilczoch provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the ref B non-paper addressing Iranian attempts to procure German-origin environmental test chambers. Wilczoch did not have any further information to add. [...] | 2009-07-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PINR IR ML GM |
09BERLIN806 | GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...] | 2009-07-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP |
09BERLIN807 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...] | 2009-07-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO GM |
09BERLIN808 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 41 cases to a total of 470 on July 2. Germany's airports take different precautions to keep the virus from spreading. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 2, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press [...] | 2009-07-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN812 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...] | 2009-07-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN813 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...] | 2009-07-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN817 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 548 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 21 cases to a total of 548 on July 7. Berlin confirms more infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 7 a total o [...] | 2009-07-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN819 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 591 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 43 cases to a total of 591 on July 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 8 a total of 43 new laboratory-confirmed cases of [...] | 2009-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN822 | BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Regarding Blue Lantern end-use check 050174850, we assess Grauwolf is in compliance with USML controls and a reliable recipient of USML items. Grauwolf provided satisfactory answers to all ref inquiries in a timely manner. We independently verified with the Ludwigsau Office of Trade an [...] | 2009-07-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
09BERLIN828 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 641 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H [...] | 2009-07-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN829 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM |
09BERLIN830 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED OF CHINESE INVOLVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR CH GM |
09BERLIN831 | CGPCS: GERMANY AGREES ON PARTICIPATION ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA UN Security Council Action Officer Dirk Stockhausen on June 30 and then followed up with him on July 2, emphasizing the importance that the U.S. placed on reaching a resolution that would allow the six aspirant countries to participate in the Contact Group [...] | 2009-07-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL MOPS GM |
09BERLIN835 | GERMANY: STEADFAST DESPITE DETERIORATING SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the deteriorating security situation and rising death toll in northern Afghanistan, the German government has shown no signs of wavering from its military commitment there. Polls shows that more than 60% of the German public favors the immediate withdrawal of the Bundeswe [...] | 2009-07-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN838 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EUMM BUT SEEKS REALISTIC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany fully expects the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) mandate in Georgia to be extended for a year, despite some EU members' concerns that the mission was never envisioned as the sole international mission in the country. Although Germany supports extending the EUMM, some within [...] | 2009-07-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN839 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 691 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 691 on July 10. Media reports indicate first case of H1N1 in the Federal State of Saarland. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced [...] | 2009-07-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN840 | GERMAN FISCAL POLICY: SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While most countries are busy trying to pull their economies out of the worst recession in decades, Germany is already focusing on next steps. Chancellor Merkel's government has set the country on a course intended to reduce its budget deficit to almost zero by 2016, despite a [...] | 2009-07-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GM |
09BERLIN844 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 737 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13. Majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 13 [...] | 2009-07-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN847 | ROBERT-KOCH-INSTITUTE DESCRIBES FLU SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, ECON Berlin met with officials from the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) to discuss the current H1N1 outbreak in Germany. RKI experts believe there could be ten times the number of confirmed cases (691) in Germany due to the often mild symptoms experienced by many of thos [...] | 2009-07-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN848 | CDU PARLIAMENTARIANS CONSIDER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a symposium on future technologies, the CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc outlined its energy policy priorities for the 2009 election year. Support for solar and nuclear energy and questions about the future of coal power were voiced. The symposium, held on June 30 in Berlin and [...] | 2009-07-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EIND ENRG PGOV KGHG TRGY GM |
09BERLIN85 | EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation [...] | 2009-01-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM |
09BERLIN851 | FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...] | 2009-07-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY |
09BERLIN852 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 763 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14. Seven federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute [...] | 2009-07-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN854 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON SYRIAN EFFORT TO PROCURE A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA SY GM |
09BERLIN858 | GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 834 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 71 cases to a total of 834 on July 15. Nine federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. The Federal German States have ordered 50 million doses of seasonal i [...] | 2009-07-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN859 | GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...] | 2009-07-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | RS PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN864 | JEHOVAH,S WITNESSES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SECURING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany have almost reached the finish line in their efforts to become a "corporation under public law" in all of Germany's 16 federal states. Eleven federal states (Bavaria, Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Thuringia, [...] | 2009-07-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KIRF PGOV PREL PHUM |
09BERLIN869 | GERMANY HESITANT ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) Poloff followed-up with MFA Deputy Head of Division for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse regarding possible U.S. participation in the EUMM (ref a). Although Germany wishes to keep the U.S. "engaged in Georgia," the MFA is hesitant to accept U.S. involvement in the mission. [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN879 | STAYING AHEAD OF PROLIFERATORS REVOLVES AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the global financial crisis adds pressure to stimulate growth through increased exports despite the ever increasing threat from proliferation/terrorism, the question of how to effectively administer national export control measures has never been more important or for that m [...] | 2009-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD KOMC PARM PGOV PINR BR UK IR GM |
09BERLIN88 | GERMANY: FOCUSED ON ASSISTING EGYPT WITH POLICING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany's internal deliberations continue on the extent of its possible participation in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort, but it seems unlikely that the Germans will participate in any maritime operations. The Germans are currently focused on offering Egypt technic [...] | 2009-01-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM |
09BERLIN881 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009 [...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...] | 2009-07-21 20:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
09BERLIN882 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009 [...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...] | 2009-07-21 20:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
09BERLIN884 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 1,818 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 263 cases to a total of 1,818 on July 22. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. German companies prepare for the new virus. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influe [...] | 2009-07-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN886 | GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...] | 2009-07-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM |
09BERLIN887 | GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin A/DCM conveyed U.S. concerns over the urgent humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to State Secretary Peter Ammon of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He urged Germany to join the United States in stepping up contributions to avoid a further deterioratio [...] | 2009-07-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF DJ ER ET GM KE SO |
09BERLIN889 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 2,455 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 637 cases to a total of 2,455 on July 23. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Experts expect more severe cases of the infection. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 23 press briefin [...] | 2009-07-23 11:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN89 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...] | 2009-01-23 19:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM |
09BERLIN891 | GERMANY: REACTIONS TO CAIRO SPEECH AND PLANS FOR ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: Mission Germany conducted a range of activities to highlight President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech and to solicit feedback from local Muslim communities. Per reftel request, post provides preliminary feedback on our ongoing outreach efforts within Germany, including feedback from [...] | 2009-07-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PREL SCUL GM |
09BERLIN894 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: German Cases Triple This Week [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Germany has more than tripled this week. The one-day rise was 389 cases to a total of 2,844 on July 24. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The number of confirmed virus cases i [...] | 2009-07-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN895 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) We assess BHV Aviation Consultants GmbH is in compliance with USML controls and a reliable recipient/handler of USML items in regards to Blue Lantern end-use check 050171972; the export of aviation equipment for use with Mi117 helicopters to the Czech Republic. BHV Aviation Consultants [...] | 2009-07-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
09BERLIN896 | GERMAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin presented REF A points to contacts at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interlocutors believe Germany is unlikely to take any major new decisions on Afghanistan before parliamentary ("Bundestag") elections [...] | 2009-07-24 14:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EUN MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK GM |
09BERLIN897 | OPEL SALE COLLIDES WITH POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Always be prepared for the unexpected: that might be the moral of the story in the German Opel deal so far. Just as the independent new GM-Europe trust fund was expected to announce its decision on the complex sale of 55 percent of General Motors' (GM's) holdings in the car m [...] | 2009-07-27 05:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
09BERLIN899 | H1N1 UPDATE: 3,349 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 505 cases to a total of 3,349 on July 27. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany considers cancelling mass gatherings to stem an outbreak. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 2 [...] | 2009-07-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN90 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...] | 2009-01-26 05:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM |
09BERLIN903 | H1N1 UPDATE: 3,810 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 461 cases to a total of 3,810 on July 28. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Information available to German companies on pandemic planning. RKI warns of "H1N1 parties". END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-07-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN905 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...] | 2009-07-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN906 | H1N1 UPDATE: 4,445 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 635 cases to a total of 4,445 on July 29. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany's statutory health insurance agencies are examining raising insurance premiums to pay for the widesprea [...] | 2009-07-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN908 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 5,324 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 879 cases to a total of 5,324 on July 30. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 30 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...] | 2009-07-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN909 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, U.S.-IRAQ, IRAQ, NIGERIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Summit in Washington 3. (U.S.-Iraq) Gates on Troop Withdrawal 4. (Iraq) Storming of Camp Ashraf 5. (Nigeria) Islamic Militants 6. (Spain) ETA Bomb Attack  [...] | 2009-07-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG |
09BERLIN91 | ROUND 55 - END OF CONSULTATION PERIOD REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 05:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
09BERLIN910 | MIXED SIGNALS AGAIN FROM THE GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. There were once again mixed signals from the German labor market in July. According to the Federal Employment Agency, Germany's non- seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 52,000 from June to July (with the rate increasing by 0.1 percentage point to 8.2 percent),less than [...] | 2009-07-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM |
09BERLIN917 | H1N1 UPDATE: 6,062 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) UMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,062 on July 31. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Family Ministry calls on statutory health insurance agencies to cover costs for flu vaccination in fall. END [...] | 2009-07-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN918 | Iraqi Refugee Arrivals Proceeding: 866 of 2500 [...] (U) Summary: A total of 866 Iraqi refugees have arrived of the 2500 that Germany agreed to resettle under the terms of last year's European Union agreement. This is the first time that Germany has worked with the UNHCR to permanently resettle refugees directly from overseas. Iraqi refugee se [...] | 2009-07-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IOM UNHCR IZ JO SY GM |
09BERLIN92 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON FURTHER IRANIAN EFFORTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 06:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM ETTC MNUC TSPA IR MY GM |
09BERLIN921 | (S) GERMANY WARNS THE USG ABOUT A BRAZILIAN [...] (S) On July 31, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper warning US export control authorities about a potential Brazilian procurement attempt of proliferation concern for "Automatic High-Precision Heavy-Duty Necking-In-Machines with [...] | 2009-07-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PREL PINR MNUC ETTC KSCA KNNP IR BR GM |
09BERLIN925 | GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 6,800 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,800 on August 3. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Doctors warn of unknown side effects of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Ko [...] | 2009-08-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN927 | GERMANY HAS FAR-REACHING SOCIAL AND LEGAL [...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to reftel regarding initiatives to prevent torture. Germany has a variety of mechanisms in place to prevent torture domestically and abroad, as well as to assist victims of torture. Domestic laws regulate the immigration of torture victims and give Ge [...] | 2009-08-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM GM UN |
09BERLIN935 | RETHINKING U.S. FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: [...] (S/NF) Mission Germany strongly endorses the call by USNATO (reftel) to give careful reconsideration to the planned continued draw-down of U.S. forces in Europe. If the draw-down continues as scheduled, two of the three remaining U.S. Army brigade combat teams in Germany will be withdrawn by [...] | 2009-08-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM |
09BERLIN937 | H1N1 UPDATE: 7,177 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 377 cases to a total of 7,177 on August 4. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Some of Germany's Federal States are considering extending school summer vacations in for school breaks. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Nati [...] | 2009-08-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN938 | Nuclear Power and Germany's Climate Change Goals [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current CDU/CSU-SPD governing coalition agreement commits Germany to phase out all nuclear power, which currently provides 23 percent of Germany's electric power generation, by approximately 2020. Energy industry watchers indicate that the planned phase-out will complicate G [...] | 2009-08-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL PGOV GM |
09BERLIN939 | (C) GERMANY LIKELY TO DELIVER ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BR FR GM |
09BERLIN94 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, GITMO, MIDEAST, CHINA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Foreign Policy 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. U.S. Policy on Middle East 5. U.S.-China Relations 6. U.S. Economic Policy 7. Aftermath Of Markelov trial 8. U.S. Stem Cell Research: Â [...] | 2009-01-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS RS CH |
09BERLIN946 | WILL A CREDIT CRUNCH IMPEDE GERMANY'S RECOVERY? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A heated debate is again raging over whether or not the German economy is experiencing a credit crunch. Politicians and businesses complain how hard loans are to get, and claim that tighter credit threatens recovery in Europe's largest economy. Others say overall credit vo [...] | 2009-08-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
09BERLIN949 | German Views on IRENA and the Innovation Center [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany welcomes the U.S. decision to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is looking forward to assisting in the establishment of both the Secretariat in Abu Dhabi and the Innovation Center in Bonn. Although office space for the Innovation Center has alrea [...] | 2009-08-06 09:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GM |
09BERLIN950 | GERMANY ADVISED ON IRANIAN TEST-CHAMBER [...] (S) Econoff presented Ref A non-paper and information from Ref B email to Nancy Reck, German MFA desk officer for Missile Technology Control Regime issues. Reck thanked econoff for the information and particularly welcomed the Ref B email details. Reck stated she will forward the informatio [...] | 2009-08-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR TH GM |
09BERLIN962 | H1N1 UPDATE: 8,619 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose within the last two days by 1442 to a total of 8,619 on August 6. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. School began in several federal states despite an increase in H1N1 cases. Berlin's preparations for the World Championsh [...] | 2009-08-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN967 | GERMANY,S RIGHT WING NPD AND DVU FACE POOR [...] (C) Crippled by financial scandals, leadership problems and right-wing political rivalries, the National Democratic Party (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU) have little chance of securing the five percent necessary to enter the next Bundestag after the parliamentary elections on September [...] | 2009-08-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN970 | NEW GERMAN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WIDEN LATITUDE TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. While the German MOD is playing down recent changes to the rules-of-engagement (ROE) "pocket card" that is issued to all German soldiers in Afghanistan, those changes, in fact, are fairly substantive and significant. While the previous card clearly viewed the use of force as t [...] | 2009-08-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL MOPS NATO GM |
09BERLIN977 | H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August 10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship w [...] | 2009-08-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN978 | GERMANY REASSURES THE BALTS TO INCREASE MANEUVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany continues to regard proposed NATO contingency planning to defend the Balts against possible Russian aggression as counterproductive and unnecessary, but it has gone out of its way in recent months to take other measures to reassure the Balts that it takes their security co [...] | 2009-08-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL RU ZB |
09BERLIN984 | H1N1 UPDATE: 10,155 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany crossed the 10,000 mark as 385 new cases were confirmed on August 11 -- increasing the total to 10,155 cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On August 11, the National Reference Center for Influen [...] | 2009-08-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN985 | CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...] | 2009-08-11 14:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM |
09BERLIN986 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA AE IR GM |
09BERLIN988 | CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...] | 2009-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM |
09BERLIN989 | H1N1 UPDATE: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of August 12 to 10,600. The majority of new infections occurred abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive. E [...] | 2009-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN991 | (S) SYRIA SEEKING GERMAN LASER CUTTING MACHINE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SY GM |
09BERLIN992 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY TO SUBMIT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) On August 11, MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, provided EconOff with a German proposal for Australia Group (AG) "Best Practice Guidelines for Implementing End-Use Controls." Germany intends to [...] | 2009-08-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM |
09BERLIN993 | GERMANY'S FEDERAL STATES WRESTLE WITH INTRODUCTION [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of German state programs to introduce Islamic religious education at high school and university levels. Since the 3rd plenary meeting of the German Islam Conference in June 2008, Germany's federal states -- with varying degrees of engagement and success [...] | 2009-08-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM |
09BERLIN997 | H1N1 UPDATE: 11,103 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 503 new cases bringing the total as of August 13 to 11,103. Consistent with previous reporting, the majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 12 press briefing, the National R [...] | 2009-08-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BRUSSELS524 | USEU DELIVERY OF SSA NON-PAPER TO EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) OES DAS Jeff Miotke deivered the reftel Non-Paper to Paul Weissenberg, EU Commission Director for Aerospace, Defense, and Security Industry in DG Enterprise, on March 25. Weissenberg told DAS Miotke that he was pleased with the Non-Paper because it was "NATO light" and because it propose [...] | 2009-04-07 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA |
09BUJUMBURA17 | GOB NOTIFIED OF AQ KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOff told Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo January 13 that the USG has imposed sanctions on thirteen people and three private companies for engaging in activities related to the global A.Q. Khan proliferation network. PolOff [...] | 2009-01-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN |
09CAIRO1429 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CAIRO1431 | U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...] | 2009-07-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC |
09CHENNAI226 | GREENPEACE DISRUPTS BIOTECH RICE TRIALS IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on June 22 raided a field in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district (45 km north of Hyderabad) to protest against crop trials involving biotech rice conducted by Bayer CropScience (headquartered in Germany). The activists scaled the fenc [...] | 2009-07-13 04:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN GM |
09DOHA468 | QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...] | 2009-07-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL |
09DUSSELDORF10 | IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...] | 2009-04-22 17:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF16 | TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:14:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF17 | CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...] | 2009-04-27 16:34:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF19 | LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN GERMAN MUSLIM COUNCIL; LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Concluding his six-month rotating leadership of Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM),spokesman Erol Puerlue called for patience in judging its work. He said it was a challenge to deliver tangible results, partly because of differences within the KRM but also because the [...] | 2009-05-08 15:19:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL GM |
09DUSSELDORF27 | FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM [...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...] | 2009-08-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF29 | NEW EDITION OF ANTI-EXTREMISM COMIC BOOK "ANDI 3" EXPECTED [...] (U) Continuing their series of comic books designed to combat extremism amongst German youth in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) is expecting to release a third volume of the Andi series, Andi 3 (see reftel),by the end of the [...] | 2009-08-07 14:45:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM |
09DUSSELDORF3 | REGULATORY OFFICIAL REJECTS BUNDESBANK-BAFIN MERGER RUMORS [...] (U) Summary: A senior financial regulator at BaFin in Bonn recently confirmed to us that plans to merge BaFin with the Bundesbank have been dropped. He predicted that more Landesbanken would merge, leading ultimately to only two or three such banks nationally. He commented that WestLB, the [...] | 2009-01-23 15:12:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
09DUSSELDORF30 | U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29),made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...] | 2009-08-12 15:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF32 | RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY [...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...] | 2009-08-19 16:04:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM |
09DUSSELDORF35 | ATTACK ON RAMSTEIN AFB PLANNED FOR ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE, [...] (U) Daniel Schneider, one of the defendants in the ongoing terrorist trial of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell (reftel),testified before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on September 15 that the group considered attacking the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein for its symbolic [...] | 2009-09-21 07:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
09DUSSELDORF36 | CANDIDATES STUMP HEAVILY IN GERMANY'S MOST POPULOUS STATE [...] (U) During the last week of the Bundestag election campaign, the leaders of all major parties campaigned heavily in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),Germany's most populous state with almost 22 percent of the German electorate. With 13.5 million eligible voters, the state has often played a deci [...] | 2009-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF37 | DECREASE IN REPORTED TIP CASES IN NRW COULD HIDE ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The number of human trafficking perpetrators and known victims in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) decreased significantly from last year, but the statistics likely do not capture the full numbers of trafficking perpetrators and victims. Most victims are non-German with many coming [...] | 2009-09-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
09DUSSELDORF38 | STEPPED-UP SECURITY IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; TAKING THE [...] (U) Security has been further ratcheted up in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as a result of the pre- and post-Bundestag election alerts. Armored personnel carriers and stepped up armed police presence are in evidence at airports, and there is a visible increase in police presence at the Duesse [...] | 2009-09-25 14:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GM |
09DUSSELDORF39 | SPD RECEDES DRAMATICALLY IN TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD: NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Until now, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and its industrial Ruhr region were Germany's Social Democratic heartland. No longer. The CDU is now the strongest party in NRW. The Bundestag election returns in Germany's most populous state of NRW, with few exceptions, reflected the na [...] | 2009-10-02 15:18:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF44 | WHAT IS STIRRING NRW M-P RUETTGERS ON HIS ROAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During an October 28 introductory call by the Consul General, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers, newly returned from hosting federal coalition negotiations at the NRW representation in Berlin, took stock of national topics and the state of major pol [...] | 2009-11-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB SENV PL GM |
09DUSSELDORF46 | COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...] | 2009-11-16 14:23:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL PHUM TU GM |
09DUSSELDORF48 | GERMAN POLITICAL ICON COUNT OTTO LAMBSDORFF PASSES AWAY [...] (U) Summary: Germany's political establishment remains in shock after Count Otto Lambsdorff -- a strong force in transatlantic relations and one of the country's most prolific politicians in the post-World War Two era -- passed away on December 5. Lambsdorff served as the Free Democratic Par [...] | 2009-12-07 17:38:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09DUSSELDORF50 | RUETTGERS LOOKING TO THE EAST AFTER SUCCESSFUL CHINA TRIP [...] (U) Summary: A recent visit to China by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers (CDU),the first by a NRW Minister-President since 1988, focused on trade, economics, science and cultural matters, but political issues, such as the role of the Dalai Lama, were also rai [...] | 2009-12-22 09:54:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EINV ETRD CH GM |
09DUSSELDORF51 | NRW'S SPD LEADER SEES DAYLIGHT AT END OF LANDTAG OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) opposition leader and SPD national vice chair Hannelore Kraft sees the May 2010 NRW Landtag election as wide open; the current black/yellow government does not have a lock on the state. She believes she was named national vice chair for a reaso [...] | 2009-12-22 21:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT1487 | STRONG REACTIONS TO OPEL/MAGNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, just a day before GM filed for bankruptcy, the tug-of-war for the car manufacturer Opel broke loose, resulting in a deal for Austro-Canadian car supplier Magna to take over Opel from GM and the German federal and state governments pulling together EUR 1.5B in immediate [...] | 2009-06-08 05:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM |
09FRANKFURT1583 | COMMUNAL ELECTIONS IN SW GERMANY BRING INSIGHT INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Communal elections in three southwestern German states on June 7 generally mirrored the European election results (reftel),with voters drawn away from the larger CDU and SPD to the smaller parties -- the FDP, Greens, and the Left Party. Bucking the SPD's national slide, , the [...] | 2009-06-16 07:29:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT167 | Hesse Election: CDU Stays on with FDP's Help, SPD in [...] Summary: The CDU gained only a marginal victory out of the SPD's disastrous loss in the Hesse election as swing voters gravitated toward smaller parties. CDU Minister President Roland Koch will stay on, but must now share power with the FDP. The CDU-FDP government will also end the Grand Coa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT1712 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FRANKFURT1722 | FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...] | 2009-07-01 08:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM |
09FRANKFURT1931 | KURT BECK BRINGS SPD TROUBLES FROM HIS HOME STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 08:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2257 | The Politics of Porsche Buyout Could Hurt Merkel's [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of one of Baden-Wuerttemberg's (B-W)archetypal firms, luxury sports car manufacturer Porsche, by Lower-Saxony based Volkswagen (VW),has local business people grumbling, and the fallout could cause problems for the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) as it gears up for the S [...] | 2009-08-28 13:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2258 | SAARLAND STATE ELECTION: ALL PARTIES NERVOUS ABOUT [...] Summary: Saarland will hold its state election on August 30, and recent polls suggest the race is wide open with a number of coalitions possible. The uncertainty is making all the parties nervous, particularly with federal elections just four weeks away and the likelihood that the results, wh [...] | 2009-08-28 13:02:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2274 | GREENS KINGMAKERS IN SAARLAND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Saarland voters gave incumbent Minister-President and Christian Democrat Peter Mueller a political lashing in the August 30 state parliamentary elections, and showed their continued affection for former Social Democratic Party (SPD) chief and current Left Party leader Oskar Lafont [...] | 2009-09-01 06:22:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2318 | SAARLAND ELECTION AFTERMATH: GREENS TAKING THE SLOW ROAD [...] Summary: (SBU) Torn between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as prospective coalition partners, the Saarland Greens have chosen to postpone a decision until after the 27 September Bundestag elections. Instead they will conduct informal talks with all [...] | 2009-09-04 12:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT239 | State Steps in to Ensure Bank Consolidation in Germany [...] Summary: Both Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are speeding up efforts to complete takeovers despite deteriorating balance sheets and losses in the fourth quarter. Finance Minister Steinbrueck has taken a firm position in favor of consolidation, stepping in to assure that the deals go through in [...] | 2009-01-23 13:09:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT241 | Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check on [...] (SBU) Reftel requested that post conduct a bona fides site visit to Zeltmann GmbH and a pre-license check on application 050136522. ConGen Pol-Econ Off conducted the site visit with junior directors Peter Zeltmann and Achim Zeltmann on January 14. Established in 1964 by current senior directo [...] | 2009-01-23 14:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SP GM |
09FRANKFURT25 | Super Election Year in Germany Begins with Probable CDU-FDP [...] Summary: The state of Hesse kicks off Germany's "Super Election Year" with its own state elections on January 18, in what will likely be a win for the CDU and FDP and a painful loss for the SPD. The CDU and FDP are also courting each other as partners at the national level. After an inconclus [...] | 2009-01-06 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT2523 | Merkel Under Pressure in Germany's Southwest [...] SUMMARY: No clear predictions can be made in Germany's southwest states as to which parties will prevail in the upcoming federal election. Polls show that the Christian Democrats (CDU) have lost ground in Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),typically a CDU stronghold, however have gained slightly in [...] | 2009-09-25 13:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT2525 | NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS COULD IMPACT SAARLAND COALITION [...] (U)SUMMARY: Saarland, the small, picturesque German state on the French border, remains in transition following its August 30 state elections, when no party won a clear majority. Despite its uncertain state, the Saarland parliamentary session opened this week on September 23. Speculation abou [...] | 2009-09-25 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2579 | International Regulatory Cooperation top theme at Luncheon [...] Summary: (SBU)CG Alford hosted a luncheon at his residence on September 16, 2009 for Ambassador Philip Murphy and leaders from the Frankfurt financial community. Guests discussed a variety of political and financial issues, with a focus on maintaining good relations between governments during [...] | 2009-10-05 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT2648 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
09FRANKFURT2670 | GREENS IN SAARLAND TURN RIGHT, SETTING POLITICAL PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party in Saarland set a new political precedent October 11 when it decided overwhelmingly to form a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),a so-called "Jamaica" coalition based upon the parties' colors (Black, Yellow and G [...] | 2009-10-14 05:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT2800 | German Financial Sector Reactions to Pittsburgh G-20 Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus in German banking circles and the ECB is that the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh set the stage for financial reforms and a new architecture that together will help reduce the dangers of another meltdown. In recent meetings with Economic Minister Counselor Robert Pollard [...] | 2009-10-30 07:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT2978 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 16:32:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PGOV |
09FRANKFURT2979 | First German "Jamaica" Coalition Government Takes [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 06:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
09FRANKFURT3012 | New German Government Plans for Reform of Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: As one of its first decisions, the new coalition government in Germany agreed to concentrate banking supervision, which has previously been shared by Germany's financial supervisor, BaFin, and the German central bank, Bundesbank, in the hands of the central bank. Proponents of t [...] | 2009-11-20 12:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3013 | EU FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM: CHIEF REGULATOR HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conversation between Consulate Representatives and Joachim Sanio, the President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin),revealed concerns over strong French influence in the new EU financial regulatory agencies currently being created. Sanio comm [...] | 2009-11-20 12:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
09FRANKFURT3135 | Green Party in Southwest Germany Seeks the Center, New [...] SUMMARY: The Green Party used its recent conventions in Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W)on November 14 and 21 respectively to discuss a political strategy for attracting centrist voters from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Despite coming in fourth p [...] | 2009-12-07 09:33:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3222 | A Single Young Female for Germany's New Minister of [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Germany's new Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is Kristina Koehler, a 32-year old unmarried, childless Christian Democratic Union (CDU) representative of the German parliament from Hesse. Koehler was a surprise pick for the post, which became vacant [...] | 2009-12-17 11:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ELAB GM |
09FRANKFURT3274 | ECB'S EXIT STRATEGY AND REACTION TO GREECE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, European Central Bank (ECB) officials told a visiting Treasury delegation that the financial crisis will increase growth differentials among Eurozone countries, ultimately increasing pressure on the ECB to address imbalances. The ECB, however, remains committed to [...] | 2009-12-23 12:11:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3283 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT3284 | EURO FINANCE WEEK PARTICIPANTS CALL FOR STRONGER U.S. [...] Summary: During the 12th Euro Finance Week 2009 in Frankfurt, top representatives of the European and international financial community agreed that the financial crisis is not yet over. The key lessons from the crisis include: that banks are essential to the real economy but need better interna [...] | 2009-12-23 14:19:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT429 | Stuttgart Rebellion Threatens LBBW Bailout and Merger [...] SUMMARY: Plans to inject capital into Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) and merge it with Bavarian counterpart BayernLB have hit a roadblock as one owner, the city of Stuttgart, has said it will not support risking taxpayer money to fund a bank that is losing money. Stuttgart has split wit [...] | 2009-02-11 09:35:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GM |
09FRANKFURT687 | ECB Sees Fiscal Crises in Central and Eastern Europe and [...] Summary. In a conversation with a Treasury delegation, ECB officials indicated they could deal with worsening financial turmoil in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing little chance that crises there would destabilize the euro zone. They saw a debt default from a euro zone member such as Greec [...] | 2009-03-12 10:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
09FRANKFURT787 | Grand Coalition Fatigue Sets Off Unrest in State CDUs [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the September 2009 general election approaching, Chancellor Merkel's CDU faces declining poll numbers nationally, with gains going largely to the FDP. (The CDU's coalition partner and arch-rival, the SPD, has faced troubling polls for months now.) State CDUs are urging Mer [...] | 2009-03-20 15:15:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
09FRANKFURT846 | Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...] | 2009-03-26 12:34:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM |
09FRANKFURT88 | FDP Keeps Distance from CDU/CSU at Start of Campaign [...] SUMMARY: The FDP outlined its national campaign strategy January 6 for the September 2009 national elections, but did not clearly signal a strong preference for forming a government with the CDU/CSU. While both the CDU/CSU and FDP see each other as preferred partners and the FDP is desperate [...] | 2009-01-13 14:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM |
09HAMBURG10 | DEPARTURE OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 15:53:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER GM |
09HAMBURG1190 | Bundestag Election, Northern Germany: Regional [...] (C) SUMMARY: Heading into the September 27 national elections, a majority of northern Germans appears to be leaning in favor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),mirroring national opinion. Hamburg's successful CDU/Greens government is viewed as a possible role model for a national level [...] | 2009-09-25 08:25:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM |
09HAMBURG1193 | Best Laid Plans: Schleswig-Holstein's CDU and SPD in [...] (SBU): SUMMARY: The July collapse of the Schleswig-Holstein Grand Coalition (reftel) brought on by the CDU may not bring about the desired CDU-FDP coalition result for which the CDU has hoped. Early state elections will take place on September 27, the same day as national elections, which ma [...] | 2009-09-25 14:16:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM GM |
09HAMBURG12 | RETURN OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER [...] (U) Consul General Karen E. Johnson returned to post on Sunday, April 26 at 11:00 a.m. local time and resumed charge. JOHNSON [...] | 2009-04-27 10:41:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA GM |
09HAMBURG1265 | Germany Elections: National Winners Not Celebrating in [...] (SBU) Reflecting the national trend, the primary election result in northern Germany was an overall loss in votes and influence for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) rather than strong increases for the other parties. As reported (ref B),senior SPD leaders remain concerned about the move of [...] | 2009-10-08 15:22:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM GM |
09HAMBURG1287 | Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 05:40:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
09HAMBURG1289 | Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10 the EU Commission held a "Conference on Maritime Container Security" in Bremen that focused on EU and U.S. research aimed at enhancing container traffic and supply chain security. The event brought together approximately 150 maritime security stakeholders incl [...] | 2009-10-16 10:45:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
09HAMBURG15 | NORTHERN GERMAN POWER - BRIDGING THE GAP WITH WIND, COAL, [...] (U) Summary: Energy security is a top priority for German politicians. Northern Germany has developed plans intended to make the region an energy exporter over the next several years of a mix of renewable and fossil-based energy sources. However, construction of the required new power plants [...] | 2009-06-12 17:18:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON SENV GM |
09HAMBURG25 | MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN OPENS TIP COUNSELING CENTER - ALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 4, a counseling center for victims of forced prostitution and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) opened in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V). With this new center, all sixteen German federal states now host NGOs explicitly dedicated to TIP. M-V registers approximately 20 TIP cases [...] | 2009-08-07 08:36:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD ELAB PREF GM |
09HAMBURG9 | BEST PRACTICES LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL TIP PROSECUTIONS IN LOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Combating trafficking in persons (TIP) is a priority for officials in the northern German state of Lower Saxony. In 2008, state officials amended a decree regulating cooperation among the various agencies in order to improve victim assistance programs and cooperation between go [...] | 2009-03-26 15:35:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM |
09HELSINKI17 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 11:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP GM PREL PARM EFIN FI |
09KABUL2760 | RESPONSE TO COALITION STRIKE IN KUNDUZ: [...] (SBU) Begin summary: In stark contrast to the controversy in the international media surrounding the September 4 coalition airstrike on two tankers seized by insurgents south of Kunduz, there has been little fallout from or even criticism of the operation locally. If anything, the near-unanimo [...] | 2009-09-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF PREL GM |
09KABUL3981 | ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY [...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...] | 2009-12-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF |
09KABUL4152 | STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE, [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...] | 2009-12-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK |
09KUALALUMPUR138 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S MEETING AT CENTRAL BANK ON [...] (S) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with senior Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) officials and the DG of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA),visiting Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs and DAS for Southeast Asia Scot Marciel conveyed U.S. concerns about reports of the imminent ope [...] | 2009-02-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XB XC XE XG MY |
09KUWAIT135 | WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA (February 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega to travel to post on February 14-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (9 [...] | 2009-02-16 04:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT KU |
09KUWAIT14 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2009-01-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM |
09KUWAIT20 | Amended COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee (to include LTG Eric Schoomaker and LTC James Pulliam, as per email received from CDR Glen Diehl) to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq c [...] | 2009-01-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM |
09KUWAIT352 | WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MICHAUD (APRIL 14-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post April 14-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-593 [...] | 2009-04-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU |
09KUWAIT523 | WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LANGEVIN (MAY 25-26, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Langevin to travel to post May 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...] | 2009-05-25 10:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF TC GM |
09KUWAIT690 | WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...] | 2009-07-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU |
09KUWAIT691 | WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...] | 2009-07-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU |
09KUWAIT759 | WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BISHOP(AUG 4-6, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bishop to travel to post on August 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9986-169 [...] | 2009-08-02 05:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE GM |
09KUWAIT762 | WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON(AUGUST 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murphy-McKeon to travel to post from August 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965 [...] | 2009-08-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AF QA KU TU IZ |
09KYIV1091 | GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...] | 2009-06-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP GM PL |
09KYIV465 | UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...] | 2009-03-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM UP |
09LEIPZIG15 | RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...] | 2009-07-02 08:32:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV GM |
09LEIPZIG26 | SPD POSITIONED AS KINGMAKER IN THURINGIA COALITION DILEMMA [...] (SBU) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a severe blow in the Thuringia state elections August 30, losing its absolute majority. This has been interpreted as a setback on the national level as well, since the CDU came up short of being able to form a coalition with its preferred par [...] | 2009-08-31 16:04:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
09LEIPZIG27 | CDU-FDP TO FORM COALITION IN SAXONY [...] (U) The Free Democratic Party (FDP) having won 10 percent of the vote in Saxony state elections August 30, is primed to replace the Social Democratic Party (SPD) here as preferred coalition partner for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),which won 40.2 percent. The SDP's poor results at 10 p [...] | 2009-08-31 16:33:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
09LEIPZIG28 | THURINGIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: CALLS FOR A GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Having lost its absolute majority in the August 30 state elections, Thuringia's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may resort to pushing Minister-President Dieter Althaus aside to increase its chances of forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A CDU-SPD coali [...] | 2009-09-02 14:11:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
09LEIPZIG4 | GERMANY: IT SECTOR INSOLVENCY IN DRESDEN LEADS TO CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary. Qimonda, a worldwide leading manufacturer of dynamic random access memory chips (DRAM) with facilities in Dresden (3,200 employees),Munich (1,400) and Richmond, Virginia (2,800),filed for insolvency January 23 after a rescue plan devised by parent company Infineon, the state of [...] | 2009-02-03 08:01:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ETTC GM |
09LISBON31 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED OF US NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN PO |
09LISBON32 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (U) Portugal plans to sign on as a founding member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at its launch in Bonn on January 26 and 27. Portugal's delegation will include Jose Manuel Perdigoto, head of the Directorate of Energy and Geology (DGEG),DGEG deputy Bento Morais Sarmento [...] | 2009-01-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG PGOV EUN GM PO |
09LISBON552 | PHARMA COMPANIES DISCUSS PORTUGAL MARKET ISSUES [...] (C/NF) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a September 24 breakfast meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to discuss strategies for addressing longstanding market access issues. Diplomatic participants opined that industry [...] | 2009-10-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LISBON588 | PORTUGAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PLAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a November 10 meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to present the results of a recent market survey of pharmaceutical companies and to recount a recent LAWG meeting with Basilio H [...] | 2009-11-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LUANDA25 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN AO |
09MADRID186 | SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ISSUES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Torres provided a [...] | 2009-02-20 20:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM |
09MADRID204 | CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL [...] (U) This cable corrects formatting errors in MADRID 186. This is an Action Request. Please see Paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative [...] | 2009-02-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM |
09MANILA109 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SANCTIONS ON A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 07:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNU GM PREL PARM EFIN RP |
09MEXICO165 | MEXICO ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN MX |
09MOSCOW1530 | NORD STREAM CEO SAYS PIPELINE WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2011 -- IF IT STARTS ON TIME Classified By: Ambassador John R. Beyrle for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS GM |
09MOSCOW1542 | FM STEINMEIER URGES RUSSIA TO SEIZE THIS HISTORIC [...] (C) On a June 10 visit to Moscow, German FM Steinmeier met separately with President Medvedev, PM Putin, and FM Lavrov. According to the German embassy, the visit bolstered the strategic partnership, with Steinmeier using the opportunity to press Russia on nuclear disarmament negotiations wit [...] | 2009-06-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG GM RS |
09MOSCOW1617 | GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...] | 2009-06-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN GM RS |
09MOSCOW1995 | TENSIONS WITH GEORGIA: NATO ALLIES PONDER [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, NATO Quad Allies proposed a joint demarche to the GOR regarding the rising tensions with Georgia, accompanied by a similar approach to the GOG. On August 2 and 3, the MFA told us it had no information why Russian forces did not respond to Georgian attempts to contac [...] | 2009-08-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR SW OSCE |
09MOSCOW2001 | GEORGIA/RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES DEMARCHE MFA [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, in response to a NATO Quad Allies' demarche on Georgia, MFA IVth CIS director Kelin insisted that Russia had not been invited to the 31 July Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting, but conceded that the Russian-Georgian hotline was not functioning July 30 [...] | 2009-08-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR |
09MOSCOW2360 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Alexei Dvinyanin September 14 -- Quad partners had been instructed to deliver the points separately. Dvinyanin welcomed the U.S. engagement with Georgian authorities, and confirmed that the GOR had been weighing on th [...] | 2009-09-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR RS GG GM FR UK |
09MUNICH119 | GAME ON - OR GAME OVER? - FOR THE CSU IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Days before the June 7 European Parliament elections in Germany, the Christian Social Union (CSU) is at a deciding moment in its history as a powerful regional party in Germany and in Europe, and the German political establishment is on tenterhooks. Voters do not seem to be as [...] | 2009-06-03 15:56:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
09MUNICH128 | EU ELECTIONS IN BAVARIA: CSU RELIEVED, SPD SMASHED, [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria is relieved after having handily made the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliament (EP) elections. The drawing power of Economics Minister zu Guttenberg and the party's uniquely Bavarian election message worked. With its good sho [...] | 2009-06-10 14:32:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN ECON PREL GM |
09MUNICH162 | Northern African Solar Energy: A Silver Bullet Against the [...] (U) SUMMARY: Major European investors led by Germany are in the preliminary stages of developing "Desertec," a 400 billion euro renewable energy project with the potential to supply 15 percent of Europe's power needs by 2050. The group electrified renewable energy proponents with the announc [...] | 2009-07-02 07:51:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF |
09MUNICH166 | DIM PICTURE OF ECONOMIC SITUATION IN GERMANY DRAWN BY [...] At a conference celebrating the 60th anniversary of the influential Munich-based think-tank, ifo, President Hans-Werner Sinn dueled with German Federal Bank (Bundesbank) President Axel Weber on the outlook for the German economy. Sinn, one of Germany's most influential and most-quoted economi [...] | 2009-07-06 05:50:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09MUNICH187 | CSU DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE AT PARTY CONVENTION, BUT [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) celebrated the party's improving political fortunes at its July 17-18 party convention along with the 55th birthday of Chancellor Merkel (CDU),who spoke at the event. Bavarian Minister President Horst Seehofer promised Merkel the CSU's full support in t [...] | 2009-07-21 13:05:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN GM |
09MUNICH19 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (FEBRUARY 6-8, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The mood at the end of the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC) was upbeat, welcoming that the U.S. is "back at the table." Vice President Biden took the stage to extended, warm applause. Reflecting the content and tone of President Obama's inauguration speech, the Vice Preside [...] | 2009-02-10 15:20:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
09MUNICH197 | REGIONAL BAVARIAN VIEWS ON A GERMAN CREDIT CRUNCH [...] (SBU) With a persistent focus among media and business leaders on the question of whether Germany is caught in a credit crunch, ConGen Munich surveyed local finance and business leaders to understand what is happening in Bavaria, one of Europe's largest economies. There is a liquidity supply [...] | 2009-07-31 05:47:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
09MUNICH20 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON ARMS CONTROL [...] (U) Flanked by well-received calls for a renewed push for arms control and disarmament by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher, German FM Steinmeier used the Munich Security Conference (MSC) as a platform to reiterate his arms control agenda and to em [...] | 2009-02-10 15:21:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
09MUNICH21 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Participants wondered until the last moment which Russian Federation official would speak for Russia (there was speculation that Prime Minister Putin would appear) and what he would bring to the podium at this year's Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8. It was Russian [...] | 2009-02-10 15:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
09MUNICH213 | MUNICH COURT CONVICTS FORMER NAZI (90) OF WAR CRIMES; [...] (U) On August 11, a Munich court sentenced Josef Scheungraber, a 90-year-old former Nazi officer, to life in prison for his part in ordering the massacre of ten Italian men and women in 1944 in Falzano di Cortona. The prosecutor, Hans-Joachim Lutz, was the same Munich prosecutor who will lead [...] | 2009-08-13 14:22:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPEC PREL GM |
09MUNICH22 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON IRAN [...] (U) In remarks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani repeatedly emphasized that the West -- and the U.S. in particular -- has been applying a double standard towards Iran since the Iranian revolution. He argued that it is up to th [...] | 2009-02-10 16:36:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
09MUNICH234 | Bored To Tears - German Election Leaves Bavarian Youth [...] (SBU) Bavarian youth and German youth in general were intrigued this past year with "Obamamania" and the workings of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and elections that inspired young and old to discuss politics in ways not seen in Bavaria for years. However, despite the prominence in Germ [...] | 2009-09-03 08:11:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN GM |
09MUNICH24 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Afghanistan was a primary focus of the February 6-8 Munich Security Conference (MSC). Criticism of Afghan President Karzai was a major theme in the statements and questions of conference participants. For his part, Karzai put a positive spin on developments in Afghanistan and ascribed th [...] | 2009-02-11 15:10:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO GM AF |
09MUNICH241 | BAVARIAN CALL TO ARMS - CSU DEFENDS GERMAN DEFENSE [...] (C) The consolidation of the global defense industry will affect Germany and Bavaria significantly, the Christian Social Union (CSU),Germany's leading regional political party, warned its members at a party congress on September 4 in Munich. Speakers mocked Germany's overly modest and hide- [...] | 2009-09-21 07:47:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL FR IT UK GM |
09MUNICH25 | YOUTHFUL POLITICIANS SHAKE UP GERMAN STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (37) is Germany's new and youngest-ever Economics Minister, assuming a portfolio for which he is not wholly suited academically (REF A) but which he could master using his proven personal and political skills. If he is successful, he could become the poster chi [...] | 2009-02-13 06:01:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL INRB GM |
09MUNICH250 | GERMAN ELECTIONS: CSU TO CDU - YOU STILL NEED US BADLY [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) depend on Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) to do well in the September 27 Bundestag election in order to strengthen the overall CDU/CSU result. Any CSU result within polling ranges of 43 to 46 percent would [...] | 2009-09-25 11:12:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
09MUNICH254 | BLACK AND BLUE, BAVARIA'S CSU SEEKS NEW RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) The September 27 Bundestag election showed that the Christian Social Union (CSU)of Bavaria has lost its nimbus as a regional superpower in Germany. The CSU will remain a U.S. ally in foreign and security policy fields. Its focus, however, will mainly be on economic and social issues, a [...] | 2009-10-05 07:20:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM |
09MUNICH257 | BAVARIA/IRAN: ABORTED BUSINESS TRIP EMBARRASSES [...] (C) Summary: A German business delegation cancelled an October 1 trip to Iran after interventions from the U.S. Consulate in Munich and the German government. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) in Bavaria planned to send the delegation to Teheran on October 1 but cancelled on Septembe [...] | 2009-10-08 13:46:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM |
09MUNICH261 | Insurance Capital Munich - Industry Experiences Delayed [...] (SBU) Germany's primary insurance firms experienced the economic crisis with a delay. Profits from classic insurance business and international investments are decreasing, and high sums have been paid out after insured businesses have gone bankrupt. Layoffs seem inevitable, as the life insur [...] | 2009-10-16 07:12:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EUN GM |
09MUNICH273 | GERMAN ELECTIONS: BAVARIA WINS BIG INFLUENCE IN [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria has celebrated the outcome of the federal coalition negotiations, which awarded the party with three ministries and several state secretary positions. The outcome appears to have reinvigorated Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister President and he [...] | 2009-11-06 08:21:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
09MUNICH324 | Germany/Bavaria: Upheavals Threaten CSU Revival Hopes [...] (SBU) Accusations of misleading the public and mismanagement threaten the reputations, if not the jobs, of both Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Bavarian Finance Minister Georg Fahrenschon, two young men on whom many in the Christian Social Union pin their hopes for the future. [...] | 2009-12-18 14:13:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN GM |
09MUNICH328 | GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: IS THE CSU THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (C) Support within Chancellor Merkel,s partner Christian Social Union (CSU) for sending more German troops to Afghanistan is not a sure thing. CSU chief and Bavarian Minister President Seehofer, rattled German policy makers nationwide when he told Bild on December 7 that he had "little sym [...] | 2009-12-22 14:42:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN GM AF |
09MUNICH62 | THE PROSECUTION OF JOHN DEMJANJUK [...] (C) Summary: Consulate General Munich and Embassy Berlin have actively pursued Washington goals with regard to the removal to Germany and prosecution of John Demjanjuk by German authorities. The German Federal Government has agreed to act on the arrest warrant issued by the Munich State Pro [...] | 2009-03-20 15:17:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GM OPDC PREL |
09MUNICH68 | BAVARIAN HOME PARTY FIGHTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT, [...] (SBU) Christian Social Union (CSU) party chief Horst Seehofer must prove to voters that his weakened party is still standard bearer for Bavaria in order to make the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliamentary elections. He is casting his party as an indispensible faction repre [...] | 2009-03-27 16:11:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
09MUNICH90 | BAVARIAN CSU FLIRTS WITH BECOMING A CONSERVATIVE GREEN [...] In his first election test as leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) and in a bid to win back the CSU base or to attract new voters, Minister President Horst Seehofer has reversed earlier positions and come out strictly opposed to genetically engineered organisms. Although he is now [...] | 2009-04-30 15:44:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR ETRD TBIO GM |
09NEWDELHI117 | INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar told PolCouns January 16 that while India's policy was not to comment officially about the nonproliferation sanctions applied to the A.Q. Khan proliferation network January 12, India nevertheless viewed them as positive [...] | 2009-01-20 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN IN |
09OSLO594 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09OSLO595 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09PARIS1512 | SRAP HOLBROOKE CONSULTATIONS WITH DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Paris on November 13, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Richard Holbrooke consulted with Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to President Sarkozy, on proposals to improve the coordination of the SRAP collective and to improve overal [...] | 2009-11-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO FR AF GM |
09PARIS1521 | FRENCH-GERMAN RELATIONS SOLID, DESPITE GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the formation of the new German coalition and final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the French government has made a series of proposals designed to promote French-German unity and further strengthen bilateral ties. In large part, this is a means to emphasize shared pri [...] | 2009-11-17 09:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM FR |
09PARIS1766 | STAFFDEL KESSLER'S VISIT TO PARIS JAN. 12-14 [...] Embassy Paris welcomes the visit of Staffdel Kessler on January 12-14, 2010. 2. The control officer for this visit will be Political Officer David Nobles: Off. Tel: +33 1 4312 2515 Off. Fax: +33 1 4312 2663 Cell: +33 6 1511 3868 Home: +33 1 8209 4791 Unclass e-mail: noblesdt@state.gov [...] | 2009-12-31 12:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM IT SP FR |
09PARIS938 | FRANCE-GERMANY RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM PARIS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The status of the relationship between France and Germany, a post-war success story and the traditional workhorse of European integration, has once again been the subject of a flurry of French press reporting during the campaign for the June 7 European Parliament elections and [...] | 2009-07-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GM FR |
09PRAGUE609 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, POLOFF conducted multiple interviews regarding the Czech firm Glomex MS to establish the bona fides of the firm in relation to its participation in the export of aviation equipment to the Czech Republic. In addition to an interview with the President of Glomex MS, [...] | 2009-10-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EZ GM KOMC |
09QUITO137 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports non-proliferation efforts, especially against non-State actors. Sh [...] | 2009-02-21 00:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP GM EC |
09QUITO937 | Ecuador: Yasuni-ITT Initiative Still Searching for its First [...] (C) Despite Ecuadorean President Correa's frequent claims to be raising funding among European nations for Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT rainforest/oil conservation initiative (Ref A),the reality is that the Europeans are so far skeptical. During an October 27 conference at Chatham House in London, Pr [...] | 2009-11-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC GM UK SP |
09RIGA22 | IRANIAN ENTITY DESIGNATION INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN LG |
09SANAA1617 | YEMEN: HAMID AL-AHMAR SEES SALEH AS WEAK AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and de facto leader of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, claimed that he would organize popular demonstrations throughout Yemen aimed at removing President Saleh from power unless the president "guarantees" the fairness [...] | 2009-08-31 13:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS ECON SA UK GM YM |
09SANAA1832 | TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS ROYG'S MISPLACED FISCAL PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GM PGOV PREL SOCI UK YM |
09SANAA1882 | HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...] | 2009-10-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM |
09SANJOSE360 | COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK/IMF [...] (SBU) On April 28, we pressed the MFA on Kosovo IMF and World Bank membership, further to Refs. Earlier, we had informally coordinated approaches with the German Ambassador, who reportedly demarched FM Bruno Stagno directly on the issue the week of April 20; this may have helped lay the ground [...] | 2009-04-29 20:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR GM CS |
09SANJOSE56 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 16:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN CS |
09SANSALVADOR56 | EL SALVADOR ON A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 14:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN ES |
09SEOUL1604 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO DPRK ON SUCCESSION, 150-DAY [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador Stephens, Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, Thomas Schaefer, asserted that military hardliners had seized the initiative while Kim Jong-il (KJI) was recovering from his stroke and are now ascendant in the DPRK government. According to Schaefer, con [...] | 2009-10-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM KN GM |
09SEOUL61 | ROKG WELCOMES NEWS OF KHAN NETWORK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on January 13 notified ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Deputy Director Lee Sang-soo of the decision to impose sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the former A. Q. Khan network. Dep [...] | 2009-01-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN KS KN |
09SEOUL67 | INTERIM KOREAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EUN GM KS PGOV SENV |
09STATE102073 | MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...] | 2009-10-01 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS |
09STATE106740 | IRANIAN-CONTROLLED, MALAYSIAN-BASED PROCUREMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: The United States has information indicating that in mid-August 2009, Malaysia's Electronics Component Limited (ECL) ordered $270,000 worth of AC/DC converter modules from the German firm S [...] | 2009-10-14 19:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR MY |
09STATE108128 | RESPONSE TO TURKISH MFA QUESTIONS ON IRAN [...] (U) This is a response to reftel A questions and an action request regarding the Iran nuclear issue. Please see para 4. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: -- To respond to Ankara's questions about whether or not the P5 1 or the USG has made a definitive statement about what conditions must be fulfill [...] | 2009-10-19 19:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC GM IR MNUC PARM PREL TU KNNP |
09STATE10966 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050076491 for the export of rifles and ammunition to Germany. Post is requested to complete th [...] | 2009-02-06 14:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KOMC ETTC |
09STATE109785 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050117142 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled tachometers to Germ [...] | 2009-10-23 17:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
09STATE113696 | IRAN'S SOLID-FUELED BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING GERMAN EQUIPMENT VIA CHINESE ENTITIES (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 13:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH GM |
09STATE113757 | (S) ALERTING GERMANY TO IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: We want to alert German officials to an apparent effort by the Turkish firm Ak Makina to circumvent German export control laws. Ak Makina has previously worked to procure machine [...] | 2009-11-04 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU GM |
09STATE113758 | LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...] | 2009-11-04 14:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF |
09STATE114601 | GICNT AND THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: DIFFERENT [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Berlin. 2. (SBU) State thanks post for delivering reftel B points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. In response to his inquiries (reftel A),State requests that Post offer the following explanation about how the Global Initiative to Comb [...] | 2009-11-06 13:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GI GM PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09STATE115821 | IRAQ,S LICENSING OF BANK MELLI BRANCHES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Recent press reports have noted that Iran is actively working to expand its banking relationships with its Middle Eastern neighbors. Iraq has been one focus for Iranian banks, and the Govern [...] | 2009-11-10 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM XF ZP ZR XG XT IZ |
09STATE116869 | TRAVEL ALERT: GERMANY [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens that over the past few months, Al Qaeda has released videos threatening to conduct terrorist attacks against German interests. While these threats initially mentioned the German federal elections in September, Al Qaeda continues to threaten German [...] | 2009-11-12 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC OTRA GM |
09STATE117710 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...] | 2009-11-14 00:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR |
09STATE11918 | JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...] | 2009-02-10 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE120282 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...] | 2009-11-21 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR |
09STATE120771 | (U) MOHAMMED EL FAZAZI'S RENUNCIATION OF [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT PROMPTED LONG-STANDING RADICAL CLERIC MOHAMMED EL FAZAZI TO RENOUNCE THE USE OF VIOLENCE. ANALYSTS VIEW EL FAZAZI'S PUBLIC REPUD [...] | 2009-11-23 22:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR GM MO |
09STATE126206 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] | 2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
09STATE127325 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on Technical Assistance Agreement TA113-04C for the export to Germany of technical data related to the [...] | 2009-12-11 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM BM |
09STATE128747 | FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of firearms to Germany. This request was sent over 138 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already responded to subject case, [...] | 2009-12-16 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
09STATE129187 | ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3). 2. (U) Begin Summary: Significant numbers of additional U.S. civilian personnel are now arriving in Afghanistan for deployment to all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a critical element of our strategy. To facilitate timely deploy [...] | 2009-12-17 22:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ |
09STATE13998 | REQUEST FOR MALAYSIA TO WITHDRAW CONDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Recent press reports have revealed that as of December 2008, Malaysia has granted Bank Mellat a license to operate in Malaysia's offshore financial center in Labuan. Bank Mellat provides bankin [...] | 2009-02-13 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XB XC XE MY |
09STATE17091 | OPEN SKIES TREATY MISSION IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary and background. The United States and Germany will jointly conduct an Open Skies Treaty flight over the Russian Far East from March 2-7. The mission will be conducted from Khabarovsk Novyy (ICAO code: UHHH) International Airpo [...] | 2009-02-24 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RU KS CH GM |
09STATE1760 | IRISL AND OASIS FREIGHT AGENCY TO CHANGE NAMES IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/REL UAE, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, UK, ISRAEL) The United States has information that as of mid-November 2008, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its UAE-based subsidiary, Oa [...] | 2009-01-08 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC AE IR GM |
09STATE19370 | NEW INFORMATION ON IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORK'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 14:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR MY GM SN |
09STATE22496 | GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP [...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...] | 2009-03-10 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO |
09STATE23624 | RESPONSE TO UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/REL UK) The U.S. would like to provide the following information in response to questions from HMG regarding recent actions against Iranian proliferation-related entities. ------------------- [...] | 2009-03-12 19:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM UK EFIN ECON XG XT |
09STATE2425 | UAE-BASED FRONT COMPANY FOR IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The United States has information indicating that in November 2008, the United Arab Emirates-based entity Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC placed an order with Germany's MPS Electronic Vertriebs GmbH for a quantit [...] | 2009-01-09 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM FR IR AE |
09STATE2430 | IRANIAN FIRM SEEKING COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR USE WITH FILAMENT WINDING MACHINE (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR |
09STATE2506 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on two German citizens for their involvement in the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation [...] | 2009-01-09 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PINS GM |
09STATE2508 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Nonproliferation sanctions have been imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on thirteen in [...] | 2009-01-09 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN |
09STATE28300 | NON-PAPER FOR EUROPEAN UNION ON U.S. SPACE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: At a European Council summit in December 2008, EU Heads of State and Government endorsed efforts to pursue space situational awareness (SSA) and other space capabilities as part of the European Security and Defense P [...] | 2009-03-24 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
09STATE31434 | TRANSFER OF GERMAN-ORIGIN ITEMS TO IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 16:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC GM IR |
09STATE34336 | NIAG 9028: ENTITY WITH TIES TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (S//REL Germany) SUMMARY: We have received information that the Iranian entity Rahtess Construction Company has approached the German firm Mit-Weimar in order to procure 1800 stainless steel valves on behalf of the Iranian company Rahkar-E Sanaye-Ye Novin, a front company for the Atomic Energ [...] | 2009-04-08 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM IR MNUC PARM PREL |
09STATE37293 | EEB A A/S NELSON DISCUSSES BIOFUELS AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian U/S for Energy Andre Amado met with EEB A A/S David Nelson on March 4 to discuss ongoing cooperation on biofuels and cooperation on energy more broadly. Brazil and the U.S. remain enthusiastic about our cooperation on biofuels, particularly in assisting developing cou [...] | 2009-04-15 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV SG SN ENGR DR ES GB GM GT HO |
09STATE4159 | IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORK CONTINUES EFFORTS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: In early October 2008, we shared with German officials information indicating that Malaysia's Evertop Services and its Iran-based parent company, Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company [...] | 2009-01-15 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM ETTC MNUC TSPA IR MY GM |
09STATE44606 | INTERMEDIARY SEEKS PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: The United States has information indicating that in late October 2008, the German firm Armaturenbau GmbH offered 200 pressure transmitters to the Iranian firm Bokhar Niro Company. Bo [...] | 2009-05-01 18:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCR PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM |
09STATE45660 | BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EUCOM, CONSULATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 25-27 in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and Bonn with USG and German officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related U.S. expo [...] | 2009-05-05 19:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
09STATE46078 | BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EUCOM, CONSULATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 25-27 in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and Bonn with USG and German officials to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and related U.S. expo [...] | 2009-05-06 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
09STATE50119 | IRANIAN MODAFL AFFILIATE SEEKS SWISS-ORIGIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: The United States has information indicating that as of mid-March 2009, Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) was seeking several digital magnetic compasses manufactured by the S [...] | 2009-05-15 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ |
09STATE50120 | SWISS-ORIGIN DIGITAL MAGNETIC COMPASSES SOUGHT BY [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: The United States has information indicating that as of mid-March 2009, Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) was seeking several digital magnetic compasses manufactured by the Swi [...] | 2009-05-15 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM SZ |
09STATE54399 | UNITED STATES SEEKING INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Prior to the Berlin Plenary last year, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the c [...] | 2009-05-27 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC IR UK FR GM NL AU JP |
09STATE61065 | GERMANY -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 18:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GM |
09STATE62400 | JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...] | 2009-06-16 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE62847 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050174850 for the export of ammunition to Germany. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2009-06-17 20:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
09STATE66697 | KUDOS TO IRPO AND IRAN WATCHERS FOR SUSTAINED [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Department and the wider government community, I extend our sincere gratitude to each IRPO officer and Iran Watcher for sustained excellence in reporting on the continually changing situation in post-election Iran. 2. (SBU) The disturbing events that have transpired i [...] | 2009-06-26 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX IZ TU UK GM AJ AE IR |
09STATE67106 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050171972 for the export of aviation equipment to the Czech Republic. Post is req [...] | 2009-06-29 17:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EZ GM |
09STATE68250 | GERMAN TEST CHAMBER SOLD BY CHINESE SUBSIDIARY TO IRAN'S DIO (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 17:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CH ETTC GM IR MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA |
09STATE72753 | SUBJECT: (S) POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA,S MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information that Syria is seeking to obtain a high-speed camera )- such as the Motion BLITZ EoSens Cube system produced by the German company Mikrotron )- to support its indige [...] | 2009-07-14 12:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM SY |
09STATE79035 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SCRAP METAL CONTAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Berlin. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Per REF A, several pieces of molybdenum alloy were found to be emitting ionizing radiation at a scrap recycling facility in Ennepetal, Germany on March 16, 2009. Incrustations on the surface of [...] | 2009-07-29 16:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC GM KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER XG XT |
09STATE80201 | (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC OR [...] | 2009-07-31 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK |
09STATE81281 | IRANIAN PROCUREMENT AGENT SEEKS GERMAN TEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In August 2008, we informed Berlin that the German firm Voetsch Industrietechnik was negotiating a deal to sell two model VT7004 environmental test chambers to the Malaysian intermediary Toshi Electr [...] | 2009-08-05 11:45:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM TH |
09STATE82240 | (S) EFFORTS BY UAE-BASED FIRM TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information that in June 2009, the UAE-based firm Eliya General Trading was working to provide specialty alloys produced by the German firm NMT GmbH to Iran's Kian Metals Com [...] | 2009-08-07 12:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA AE GM IR |
09STATE82271 | (S) EFFORTS BY UAE-BASED FIRM TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information that in June 2009, the UAE-based firm Eliya General Trading was working to provide specialty alloys produced by the German firm NMT GmbH to Iran's Kian Metals Compan [...] | 2009-08-07 13:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM AE IR |
09STATE83166 | SYRIA SEEKING GERMAN LASER CUTTING MACHINE (S) [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: We want to share with the German government information indicating that in early 2009, Syria sought a laser cutting machine manufactured by the German firm Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gm [...] | 2009-08-11 13:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SY GM |
09STATE87148 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and objectives: In May 2009, the United States shared with Germany information that Iran's Shiraz Electronics Industries (SEI) and subsidiaries were engaged in efforts to procure Swiss-origin digital [...] | 2009-08-21 12:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR SZ |
09STATE87162 | IRAN'S FEDCO CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROCURE FRENCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: In January 2009, the United States shared information with Germany that the UAE-based firm Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC placed an order with Germany's MPS Electronic Vertriebs GmbH fo [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM AE IR |
09STATE87309 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050110212 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled aircraft parts and [...] | 2009-08-21 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM UK |
09STATE89282 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 - 5. 2. (U) The Department´s Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post´s assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license XXXXXXXXXXXX for the export of firearms, components, and ammunition to Bul [...] | 2009-08-26 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO CZ |
09STATE96891 | (S) NIAG 9130: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN VALVES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Washington has information that the German firms Tavakkoli Trading Company and MIT-Weimar were coordinating the sale of valves to an Iranian entity possibly associated with the construct [...] | 2009-09-17 20:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM |
09STATE99073 | TRAVEL ALERT: GERMANY [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens that Al Qaeda has threatened it will conduct terrorist attacks in Germany immediately prior to and following the federal elections on September 27. This Travel Alert expires on November 11, 2009. 2. Al Qaeda recently released a video specifica [...] | 2009-09-24 00:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC OTRA GM |
09STOCKHOLM694 | SWEDEN APPROVES NORD STREAM PIPELINE [...] Summary: On November 5, the Government of Sweden approved the request by Nord Stream AG to lay two pipelines to transport natural gas through international waters within Sweden's economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline would supply Germany with natural gas from Russia. In announcing the [...] | 2009-11-06 06:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PREL RU GM SW |
09TBILISI1989 | GEORGIA: LONDON HOSTS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Participants at the October 14 meeting hosted by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office featured an open and candid exchange of views among Georgian officials, Quad and EU counterparts, and outside experts on other countries that have faced protracted political di [...] | 2009-11-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID CY EU GM RS UK GG |
09TBILISI95 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...] | 2009-01-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN GG |
09TELAVIV2147 | ISRAEL TO RELEASE WOMEN PRISONERS IN RETURN FOR [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Office released a statement September 30 confirming media reports that the security cabinet has decided to release twenty Palestinian women prisoners in return for "updated and unequivocal proof regarding the well-being and status of Gilad Shalit." Prime Minister N [...] | 2009-09-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PHUM EG KWBG GM IS |
09THEHAGUE451 | CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...] | 2009-07-24 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG |
09THEHAGUE617 | CWC: AMHET UZUMCU OF TURKEY NOMINATED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu (Turkish Perm Rep to the UN Office in Geneva) received a consensus nomination by the 41-member Executive Council to be the next Director- General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The nomination occurred on Friday, [...] | 2009-10-16 21:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC AU FI GM ID TU UK AG |
09THEHAGUE632 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...] | 2009-10-22 18:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU |
09TOKYO290 | GOJ TAKING "WAIT-AND-SEE" APPROACH ON IRENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told econoff the GOJ is still evaluating participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) following the January 26-27 founding conference in Bonn. Officials state the GOJ must address four concerns before it can join, [...] | 2009-02-06 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL EUN TBIO GM JA |
09UNVIEVIENNA3 | AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...] | 2009-01-09 08:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA31 | Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction" [...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...] | 2009-01-27 16:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM |
09USNATO199 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to presentations on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at the May 13 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin criticized NATO's efforts in Afghanistan as both repeating the Soviet Union's earlier mistakes and inve [...] | 2009-05-19 11:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV RS GG TU GM |
09USUNNEWYORK125 | AMBASSADOR RICE COURTESY MEETING WITH GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German PermRep Matussek told Ambassador Rice in their first meeting on February 3 that Berlin and the international community have high expectations about a U.S. policy of engagement with the Iranian leadership without precondition. Rice asked Matussek to help ensure that German [...] | 2009-02-12 17:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AF IR GM |
09VALLETTA240 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRISL CONTINUING [...] (S) On May 26 Charge' met Alan Caruana, Chief of Staff to Malta's Minister of Finance, to discuss reftel request related to IRISL's continuing evasive activities in Malta. 2. (S) Caruana was already familiar with the materials provided reftel, having received them in a meeting last month wi [...] | 2009-05-29 08:05:00 | Embassy Valletta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM IR UK GM MT |
09VALLETTA456 | UPDATE: STATUS OF CONTAINERS SEIZED BY FROM M/V [...] (S) This cable provides addtional information in response to Ref A and amplifies Refs B and C. During Ambassador's initial courtesy call on Maltese PM Lawrence Gonzi October 13, Gonzi stated that the decision to seize and sequester the Hansa India cargo was a "burdensome" decision for Malta to [...] | 2009-10-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Valletta | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK LY EG GM MT |
09VALLETTA467 | MALTA SUBMITS REPORT OF IRAN SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (SBU) This cable provides additional response to reftel A. On October 16, the office of Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN submitted to the Chairman of the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee a report of Malta's actions described in reftels through D to the Chairman. The report was address [...] | 2009-10-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC IR UK LY EG GM MT |
09VALLETTA496 | QUESTION RE NATURE OF M/V HANSA INDIA CARGO [...] (SBU) PolEcon chief delivered reftel talking points on November 10 to acting DEFMIN and NSC Director Vannessa Frazier, MFA Sanctions Committee legal advisor Dr. Sharon Scicluna and MFA Director for European Affairs Joseph Cole. All expressed understanding of the issue involved and appreciatio [...] | 2009-11-13 17:47:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC IR MT LY GM |
09VIENNA1533 | GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE MAIDEN VISIT [...] (C) The German Embassy describes FonMin Westerwelle's Nov. 25 maiden visit to Austria as partly designed to strengthen the new Minster's standing and image vis-a-vis Chancellor Merkel and as part of a larger Westerwelle effort to improve Germany's standing with smaller EU member states. His d [...] | 2009-12-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG IR GM AU |
09VIENNA1583 | Austrian Government Takes Over Hypo Alpe Adria Banking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the GoA nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA) -- Austria's sixth largest bank -- in concurrence with the bank's private shareholders. HAA's troubles were increasingly evident (reftel) and the GoA took the step (in consultation with the ECB and the provincial governm [...] | 2009-12-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU GM |
09WARSAW1135 | H1N1 IN POLAND: QUIET FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's Chief Sanitary Inspectorate reports no deaths related to H1N1 and no major outbreaks. While Polish officials are watching the situation closely, they do not plan to implement extraordinary measures absent a dramatic change in the disease's behavior, despite substantial [...] | 2009-11-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON GM PREL SOCI TBIO |
09WARSAW258 | POLAND/GERMANY - WHO'S AFRAID OF ERIKA STEINBACH, [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Tusk and PM-Advisor Bartoszewski have been criticized by the opposition and media commentators for failing to communicate the extent of Polish opposition to the establishment of a German documentation center for expellees. In the view of these critics, the withdrawal of German [...] | 2009-03-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GM PL |
09WARSAW648 | PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND REAL PROPERTY MARKET IN [...] (U) Summary: "Clouds" on title associated with property confiscations related to the Holocaust and post-war Communist upheavals have several effects on the Polish real estate market. Property may be kept off the market by unclear title or a pending restitution claim, sometimes driving up the [...] | 2009-06-25 05:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GM ODIP PREL XG XH XT PL |
09WARSAW875 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO POLAND [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Poland to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Your trip comes at a key moment as Poland, Germany, Russia, and their neighbors work to put behind them controversial historical memories that have mired their relations [...] | 2009-08-28 11:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS UP GM PL |
09WELLINGTON329 | DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 04:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ |
09YEREVAN112 | ARMENIA: INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM AM |
09YEREVAN889 | ARMENIA TO DEPLOY PEACKEEPERS TO AFGHANISTAN IN [...] (C) After only one day of debate, on December 8 Armenia's National Assembly (parliament) approved in overwhelming fashion the February 2010 deployment of up to 80 Armenian peacekeepers to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Parliament's swift approval of [...] | 2009-12-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AF GM AM |
10AITTAIPEI183 | TAIWAN RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) On February 24, AIT passed reftel non-paper to Wang Henyi, Director of the Legal and Planning Division at Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). We are also providing a courtesy copy of the non-paper to the Ministry of Economic Affair's Bureau of Foreign Trade. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2010-02-24 06:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TW |
10ASHGABAT230 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF FOUR IRGC [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TX |
10BELGRADE312 | SERBIAN RESPONSE: RESPONSE DESIGNATION OF ENTITIED RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN SR |
10BERLIN100 | LEFT PARTY CHAIRMAN OSKAR LAFONTAINE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Left Party Co-Chairman Oskar Lafontaine's January 23 resignation from the Bundestag and as party chair due to his battle with cancer has created an immediate leadership vacuum in The Left Party, leaving no one of similar stature to take over. His announcement has fueled speculation about [...] | 2010-01-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
10BERLIN101 | GERMANY TO MOVE AHEAD ON REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY GM |
10BERLIN102 | GERMANY WELCOMES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY GM |
10BERLIN103 | (S) NIAG 9229: GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 16:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM |
10BERLIN104 | (S) NIAG 9060: NO PRESSURE-TRANSDUCER SHIPMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL IR GM |
10BERLIN106 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 15 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany is increasing its official assistance to Haiti to 15 million euros following the January 12 earthquake. The increase reflects 5 million euros in new funds from the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that will support construction of housing for displa [...] | 2010-01-25 17:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
10BERLIN11 | EMILY HABER'S RISE TO POWER IN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The following report contains observations about the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new Political Director Emily Haber based on Embassy PolOff's experience as Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellow in the Western Balkans division (209) at the MFA between September 2007-August 2008. PolOff, [...] | 2010-01-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM PREL PGOV |
10BERLIN110 | WESTERWELLE WILL NOT ATTEND LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Desk Officer responsible for Yemen Gudrun Masloch January 26 to provide reftel points and discuss Germany's approach to Yemen. Gudrun said that due to Bundestag meetings, Foreign Minister Westerwelle will not attend the January 27 London Conference on Yemen, but will [...] | 2010-01-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID GM YM |
10BERLIN111 | GERMANY: THE SHAKEY ROAD TO THE 850 TROOP INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF GM |
10BERLIN112 | GERMANY: THE SHAKY ROAD TO THE 850 TROOP INCREASE [...] (S) Chancellor Merkel on January 26 announced that Germany will send 850 more troops to Afghanistan (500 for immediate deployment and 350 to be held in reserve) in addition to increasing development assistance from 220 million euros to 430 million euros, increasing police trainers from 123 to [...] | 2010-01-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF GM |
10BERLIN116 | ISRAELI PRESIDENT PERES GRIPS GERMAN BUNDESTAG [...] (U) The German government went far to demonstrate its "special relationship" with Israel during the visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to Berlin January 25-28. German fighter jets met Peres' aircraft as it entered German airspace and accompanied to its landing in Berlin. Security in the [...] | 2010-01-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM IS |
10BERLIN117 | (S) IRAN-BOUND SIEMENS COMPUTERS REMAIN STUCK IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR AE UK CH GM |
10BERLIN121 | SCENESETTER: GERMAN ECON MINISTER BRUEDERLE'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party, FDP),will be the first senior German economic official to visit Washington since Germany's new coalition government assumed office in October 2009. Bruederle is a strong proponent of the f [...] | 2010-01-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN GM |
10BERLIN124 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, HONDURAS, SRI [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Strategy 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Honduras) Lobo Inauguration 6. (Sri Lanka) Outcome of Elections 7. (Iran) Nuclear Program 8. (Germany-U.S.) Germ [...] | 2010-01-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF YM HO CE IR GM |
10BERLIN129 | GERMANY: ROUND 56 CONSULTATION PERIOD BEGINS [...] (S) Post delivered the reftel host nation notification to the MFA and MOD on January 25 regarding the planned closure of USAREUR facilities in Mannheim, Heidelberg and Giessen. Poloff delivered the notification to MFA Deputy Head of the North America Division Daniel Kriener, while USAREUR liai [...] | 2010-01-29 13:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
10BERLIN135 | SUBJECT: GERMAN OBJECTION TO USG FILING ON CCW [...] (C) German MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald called PolCouns January 29 to make the USG aware of an "objection" that Germany and other European countries were filing relating to the January 2009 USG deposit of instruments of ratification of Protocol III (on use of incendiary weapons) of th [...] | 2010-01-29 17:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR EUN GM |
10BERLIN137 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: DISESTABLISHMENT [...] (C) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding Navy plans to disestablish the Fleet Readiness Center Northwest Detachment Expeditionary Logistics Unit at Sembach (state of Rhineland Pfalz),Germany. 2. (C) Government Reaction. We do not expect a negati [...] | 2010-02-01 09:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GM |
10BERLIN138 | MAXIMIZING GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN139 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA, IRAN, UK, YEMEN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) U.S. Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf 3. (China-U.S.) Arms Shipments to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Opposition Movements 5. (UK) Iraq War Inquiry 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 8. (Economic) Davos W [...] | 2010-02-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR CH UK YM XF ECON EU GM |
10BERLIN140 | GERMANY SOLICITS US VIEWS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is in the process of defining its export control policy for highly-sensitive Australia Group (AG)-controlled items to foreign distributors and is seeking advice from US export control authorities. Specifically, Ge [...] | 2010-02-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ECON ETTC PREL GM |
10BERLIN144 | IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN GERMANY FOCUSED ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Germany's Iranian exile community is focused on the Iranian government's human rights abuses and what they see as the lack of sufficient international response both from the U.S. and from the EU. In recent conversations with poloff Iranian exiles living in Germany expressed the [...] | 2010-02-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR GM |
10BERLIN147 | IRANIAN IAEA PERM REP DEMANDS NEGOTIATIONS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a restricted high-level January 19 event organized by the Koeber Foundation, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian Permanent Representative to the IAEA argued that negotiations about Iran,s nuclear program remained the only constructive and promising approach to avoid further escal [...] | 2010-02-02 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM |
10BERLIN150 | GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON BA'ATHIST [...] (C) On January 29, poloffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the recent exclusion of Ba'athists in Iraqi elections to MFA office director for Iraq, Klemens Semtner. Semtner said that Germany shares our concerns and noted that the German Ambassador to Iraq had already flagged this issue durin [...] | 2010-02-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PROP GM |
10BERLIN153 | DEFLATED EXPECTATIONS FOR MERKEL'S DREAM COALITION [...] (C) Summary: One hundred days after Germany's black-yellow coalition took office, a strong, unified government led by Chancellor Merkel has yet to materialize. The much anticipated "dream coalition" comprised of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister the Christian Social Uni [...] | 2010-02-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GM |
10BERLIN154 | GERMAN MFA SUPPORTS PACE MISSION BUT FEARS TIME IS [...] (U) On January 29, poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA office director for Iraq, Klemens Semtner. Semtner said that the MFA had engaged with German PACE representatives in support of the UNAMI invitation for an observer mission. However, his office had not yet received any feedback. Se [...] | 2010-02-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL COE FR XG GM |
10BERLIN157 | DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG REVEALS STRUGGLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Minister zu Guttenberg revealed in a February 3 meeting with Ambassador Murphy that coalition partner FM Westerwelle -- not the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) -- had been the single biggest obstacle to the government seeking a bigger increase in German troops [...] | 2010-02-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN161 | BND LOBBYING MERKEL AND USG ON SATELLITE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The German External Intelligence Service (BND) is soliciting support and funding from the Chancellery for transatlantic cooperation on a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite constellation. Senior BND officers will brief Chancellor Merkel on February [...] | 2010-02-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
10BERLIN162 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 DEMARCHE [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. On January 27, Econoff conveyed reftel points and non-paper on U.S. proposals for the upcoming CITES COP15 to Gerhard Adams and Karoline Hess in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuc [...] | 2010-02-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP GM |
10BERLIN164 | WESTERWELLE ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, TAC NUKES [...] (C) German FM Westerwelle told Amb February 5 that it was important to refocus Afghanistan efforts on civilian reconstruction; that we needed to avoid suggesting German troops engaged in less risk than other countries; that he did not invite Iranian FM Mottaki to Germany or seek a meeting wit [...] | 2010-02-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA MARR NATO PARM PINS PREL PGOV GM AF IR |
10BERLIN165 | GERMANY TO RAISE CONCERNS DURING IRAN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with MFA Iran Desk Thomas Henzschel and MFA Human Rights Office Georg Klussmann February 4 to discuss Germany's approach to the upcoming February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Iran in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel points were delivered January 26 t [...] | 2010-02-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR GM |
10BERLIN166 | Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2010-02-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM |
10BERLIN172 | GERMANY PROFESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Post delivered reftel points on NATO contingency planning to MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Director Gunnar Denecke on February 3. Schlagheck claimed that assertions in a recent article of the Economist -- which specifically named Germany as a early opponent of ex [...] | 2010-02-09 20:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR MCAP NATO PREL GM |
10BERLIN173 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EURO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, UKRAINE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Protests 3. (EU) Euro Financial Crisis 4. (EU) New European Commission 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (Sri Lanka) Rising Tensions 7. (Germany-U.S.) GM-Opel  [...] | 2010-02-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM |
10BERLIN175 | TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM [...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...] | 2010-02-11 12:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR GM |
10BERLIN176 | INTERIOR MINISTER VIEWS ON TFTP, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Interior Minister de Maiziere told the Ambassador that the Chancellor and he were personally contacting German European Parliamentarians to obtain their support for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement in the run up to the February 11 EP vote. T [...] | 2010-02-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MARR AFDB AFIN GM |
10BERLIN181 | GERMANY RELIEVED BY EU SUMMIT OUTCOME ON GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Angela Merkel's government welcomed the decision taken at the EU's February 11 informal summit in Brussels not to provide financial assistance, for the moment, to cash-strapped Greece. German officials believe a bailout is not needed at this time, and that extending a [...] | 2010-02-12 19:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN GM GR PGOV |
10BERLIN184 | FDP DIZZY FROM IDENTITY CRISIS AND COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Will Merkel defend Westerwelle? The German media wants to know. After one hundred days in office, poignant questions are percolating as to how prepared the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) is to govern the country within the current coalition. The FDP has suffered a major d [...] | 2010-02-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
10BERLIN187 | FDP SQUISHINESS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND TFTP [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted lunch on February 8 for Free Democratic Party (FDP) Bundestag members to discuss party politics (see reftel) and foreign policy. The FDP has plummeted dramatically (50%) in the polls and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) has been unable to leverage the MFA as [...] | 2010-02-17 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AF GM |
10BERLIN189 | ATHENA -- THE GERMAN GODDESS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bremen-based OHB-System is seeking a partnership with "like-minded" countries to develop and deploy a ballistic missile (BM) early warning/tracking satellite constellation, dubbed Athena, conceptually capable of accurately tracking northern latitude missiles from early launch thr [...] | 2010-02-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR RS CH GM |
10BERLIN192 | BULGARIA ACTIVELY SEEKS DISCUSSION ON HOSTING OF [...] (S) Begin summary. During a February 6 meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Bulgarian FM Nickolay Mladenov told U/S Tauscher that Bulgaria stands ready to discuss the hosting of any part of the U.S./NATO missile defense system on its territory. He further proposed sending [...] | 2010-02-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL NATO BG GM |
10BERLIN193 | ISRAELI DEPUTY FM FLAGS TOP CONCERNS: QME AND MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | GM IS NATO PARM PREL XF |
10BERLIN194 | BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE DEFENCE CHIEF DISCUSSES EUROPEAN SECURITY, NPT REVCON [...] (S) Summary. On the margins of the Munich Security Conference, February 6, UK Foreign Office Director General for Defense and Intelligence Mariot Leslie told U/S Tauscher that the allies should negotiate with Russia a new follow-on agreement to the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. L [...] | 2010-02-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | CD GM KCFE NATO NPT PARM PREL UK |
10BERLIN197 | GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANSF TRAINING [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A points to MOD State Secretary Ruediger Wolf and MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig in separate meetings on February 18, encouraging Germany to clarify at the February 23 NATO/ISAF Force Generation Conference what specific NATO req [...] | 2010-02-19 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN198 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA [...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...] | 2010-02-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP |
10BERLIN199 | GERMAN RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to a Blue Lantern post-shipment check on license 050117142, Waffen Schumacher gave satisfactory responses to post inquires and the German government indicated that Waffen Schumacher is a reliable recipient of AR15 components. Waffen Schumacher said it intended to use the U. [...] | 2010-02-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
10BERLIN204 | GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Arms Control, Stefan Kordasch on February 18. Kordasch said that Germany had already met with Pakistani officials to assuage their concerns about being strong-armed at the CD -- reminding them that no CD agreement c [...] | 2010-02-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL PK GM |
10BERLIN206 | Germany's Coming Solar Eclipse? [...] Summary: Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen plans to cut Germany's solar feed-in tariffs by 15 percent as of April 2010. While the proposals are much less dramatic than the 30 percent reduction advocated by consumer organizations, the solar sector has indicated that any subsidy cut above [...] | 2010-02-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL GM |
10BERLIN21 | MISSION BERLIN INCORPORATES WOMEN'S ISSUES INTO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Berlin's programming on women's issues has focused on a range of themes, including violence against women, discrimination, and raising awareness. The Mission's approach has been to address issues that affect women within our broader agenda and to strengthen our ties to lo [...] | 2010-01-07 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN XG PHUM GM |
10BERLIN210 | GERMANS UNDECIDED ON UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Georg Klussmann of the German Foreign Ministry's Office of International Human Rights. Klussmann said he had already heard about Dr. Lake's nomination via the German PermRep in New York. As the position is not an elected one, however, he said he was u [...] | 2010-02-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID UNICEF GM |
10BERLIN214 | IRAN SANCTIONS: GERMANY FULLY SUPPORTIVE BUT [...] (C) On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel points on IRGC designations to MFA and Economics Ministry officials. Martin Lutz of the Economics Ministry made it clear that Germany is supportive of the next round of sanctions and is on board with targeting the IRGC. He expressed appreciation fo [...] | 2010-02-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM |
10BERLIN216 | GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...] | 2010-02-25 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM |
10BERLIN217 | GERMANS APPEAR SET TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered the reftel demarche to the German MFA UN Human Rights Section, Herr Georg Klussmann. Klussmann said that based on the Palestinian's current draft resolution, which no longer calls for a date for the Swiss to convene a conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth [...] | 2010-02-25 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PHUM UNGA GM |
10BERLIN218 | GERMAN DEPUTY NSA BELIEVES TIMING COULD UNDERMINE [...] (C) Begin Summary. During a February 12 meeting with U/S Defense Flournoy, German Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel said he was doubtful that allies could reach agreement on the issue of territorial defense in time to make a final decision at the NATO Summit in Lisbon. Specifically, [...] | 2010-02-26 08:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO GM |
10BERLIN22 | GERMANY: MOUNTING BUMPS IN ROAD TO LONDON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The German government is struggling to get some traction on an Afghanistan strategy in the run-up to the January 28th London Conference, and thus far the indications are not promising. Chancellor Merkel chaired a mini-cabinet meeting January 4 in preparation for the conferen [...] | 2010-01-07 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN224 | GERMANY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON U.S. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) Germany has requested clarification regarding visits to German firms by U.S. officials under the framework of various USG export control End-Use-Monitoring (EUM) programs, including the Department of State Blue Lantern, the Departm [...] | 2010-02-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC GM |
10BERLIN225 | Berlin Response to Annual Request for Data on UN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN UNESCO GM |
10BERLIN227 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT SUCCEEDS IN WINNING LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. An overwhelming majority of opposition Social Democrats (SPD) joined the government parties on February 26 in supporting a new one-year mandate for the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan, which increases the authorized troop ceiling by 850 (including a 350-soldier reserve). SPD Caucus Le [...] | 2010-02-26 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN25 | BUNDESTAG TO EXAMINE CIA/BLACKWATER ASSASSINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27 the Bundestag Interior Affairs Committee will examine allegations that a CIA team tracked a suspected al-Qaida supporter in Hamburg and planned to assassinate him before eventually aborting the mission. The story originated from a recent Vanity Fair article on Black [...] | 2010-01-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV GM |
10BERLIN35 | GICNT: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF NEW DATES; QUESTIONS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Russian MFA First Secretary Dmitry Cherkaschin also attended. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the information. 2. (SBU) Rinnert wondered aloud how the GICNT fits into the G-20 as it overtakes the G-8 and, pre [...] | 2010-01-12 07:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
10BERLIN37 | BERLIN SENATE ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS DECISION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Division Director for Foreigner Issues at the Berlin Senate Administration for Interior Issues and Sport, Peter Marhofer, firmly defended his office's denial of residency permits for two AmCit Scientologists to Embassy PolOff on both technical grounds and based on their Scientol [...] | 2010-01-12 11:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL |
10BERLIN38 | LONDON CONFERENCE: GERMANY TO FOCUS ON POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Westerwelle intends to emphasize the importance of civilian police training at the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and announce that Germany is willing to increase its contributions in this area. Although the inter-agency has yet to finalize the speci [...] | 2010-01-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PTER PGOV PREL AFDB AF GM |
10BERLIN42 | SPD CHAIR GABRIEL SAYS NO SPD MAJORITY FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: Social Democratic Party Chair Sigmar Gabriel told the Ambassador in a January 12 meeting that building stability in Afghanistan before troop reductions begin in 2011 will require greater attention to training Afghan troops and police, and that sending more combat troops is not as [...] | 2010-01-13 17:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF GM |
10BERLIN43 | OHB ECLIPSES ASTRIUM FOR GALILEO CONTRACT BUT BOTH END UP WINNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM |
10BERLIN44 | (S) NIAG 9241: GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM |
10BERLIN45 | (S) NIAG 9242: GERMANY INFORMED OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM |
10BERLIN5 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF COLLISION RISK TO TUBSAT-A [...] (U) Per refs A and B, Econoff notified Dr. Udo Renner of the Technical University in Berlin (TU Berlin),TUBSAT-A Project Manager, of the January 10 collision risk posed by debris from the Russian COSMOS 2251 satellite. Dr. Renner was very appreciative of the notification and was previously u [...] | 2010-01-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PARM PREL NASA IT FR GM |
10BERLIN50 | GERMANY'S EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOLLOWING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany's immediate response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti includes the following: 500,000 euros for food aid, 1 million euros for search and rescue operations, a trained search and rescue team, and two water purification devices. More assistance should be forthcomin [...] | 2010-01-14 18:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
10BERLIN53 | GERMANY BOOSTS ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is poised to ramp up its civilian reconstruction and development assistance to Afghanistan by two-thirds over last year, bringing its 2010 total to 430 million euros ($620 million). Additional funding would go towards rural development projects in the north. This consid [...] | 2010-01-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF GM PK |
10BERLIN58 | H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Still Low [...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 1,137 to a total of 216,818 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 178. Due to the lack of demand for the H1N1 vaccination, Germany has cut its order for the 2009-H1N1 vaccine to 34 milli [...] | 2010-01-15 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM |
10BERLIN61 | GERMANY SKEPTICAL ON COORDINATION OF PRT CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA AF/PAK Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on January 15, strongly encouraging Germany to send a senior official to participate in a January 25 meeting with D/SRAP Jones and other Deputy SRAPs before the start of Prague PRT Conference. Koenig noted t [...] | 2010-01-15 17:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN62 | GERMANY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON TRANSITION [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA AF/PAK Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on January 15, emphasizing the U.S. hope that NATO's progress in developing a plan for provincial transition could be highlighted as a deliverable at the January 28 London Conference. Koenig, just back from pre- [...] | 2010-01-15 17:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN65 | GERMAN MOD READY TO CONCLUDE BILATERAL MOU ON [...] (C) After consulting with MFA, post delivered reftel points and a copy of the draft bilateral MOU on January 15 to COL Harald Gante, the head of the Afghanistan Team on the MOD's Joint Commitments Staff. Gante confirmed that the MOD is the right interlocutor on the German side to negotiate the [...] | 2010-01-19 14:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN68 | GERMANY PLANS NO INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION PAYMENTS [...] (C) MOD and Chancellery officials have assured us that Germany will be very prudent and follow established precedents in addressing demands for compensation by the families of civilians allegedly killed in a September 4 air strike ordered by the German PRT Kunduz commander against two hijacked [...] | 2010-01-19 19:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM |
10BERLIN69 | CHANCELLOR EMPHASIZES NEED FOR BROAD POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internal German debate regarding a possible increase in German troops in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference is back on a positive trajectory now that government concerns about the planned inflow of U.S. forces into the north have been largely dispelled. Defense [...] | 2010-01-19 19:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN70 | GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 7.5 MILLION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany has increased humanitarian assistance to Haiti following the January 12 earthquake to 7.5 million euros. Of this total, the Development Ministry (BMZ) is providing 2.5 million euros for food aid and the Foreign Ministry is contributing the remainder for emergency assistan [...] | 2010-01-20 06:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
10BERLIN71 | GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 7.5 MILLION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany has increased humanitarian assistance to Haiti following the January 12 earthquake to 7.5 million euros. Of this total, the Development Ministry (BMZ) is providing 2.5 million euros for food aid and the Foreign Ministry is contributing the remainder for emergency assistan [...] | 2010-01-20 06:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
10BERLIN76 | ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE, [...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...] | 2010-01-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM |
10BERLIN79 | GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND GM PGOV |
10BERLIN80 | GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 10 MILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Germany is actively engaging the German government and public on Haiti following the January 12 earthquake, and has formed an internal task force to coordinate our initiatives. As part of our efforts, I would like to update you on our outreach activities, the German go [...] | 2010-01-21 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
10BERLIN81 | GERMAN MFA HOPE IRAN SANCTIONS TARGET LEADERS NOT MASSES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM |
10BERLIN82 | GERMANY SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany intends to inscribe and associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord within the context of the European Union before the January 31st deadline, and the government has begun to encourage third countries to do the same. However, some German officials continue to publicly ex [...] | 2010-01-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GM SENV KGHG AG CH |
10BERLIN85 | GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany's new Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party - FDP),is a strong proponent of the market economy with a policy agenda focused on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and competition. His principled stand against f [...] | 2010-01-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND GM PGOV |
10BERLIN86 | GERMAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on January 18 and followed up with him on January 20. 2. (C) On Iran, Fluegger said Germany supported all the U.S. points, with the exception of the one calling for the EU to repeat that it stands ready to "acco [...] | 2010-01-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR BK SO AF UP GM |
10BERLIN87 | SPD PARLIAMENTARIANS WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians from the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) indicated privately to the Ambassador that under the right circumstances, they might support a modest increase of German troops in Afghanistan. They also promised to remain "serious" on Afghanistan even though the [...] | 2010-01-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
10BERLIN9 | GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2009 [...] Begin text of report: German security officials stress that Islamist-inspired terrorism is the greatest threat to German security and they estimate that roughly 185 individuals have undergone paramilitary training over the past ten years at Islamist extremist training centers located primari [...] | 2010-01-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL GM |
10BERLIN93 | SPECULATION THAT EADS MAY GET OUT OF THE SATELLITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a mid-level EADS-Astrium manager, Tom Walati, the European Aerospace Defense and Space Company (EADS) may elect to sell off its EADS-Astrium Satellites subsidiary if its fortunes do not change in bidding for lucrative European satellite contracts. This drastic measur [...] | 2010-01-25 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM |
10BERLIN94 | GERMAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER REVIEWS TOP [...] (C) In a January 20 introductory call with the Ambassador, MFA Political Director Emily Haber (see REFTEL) discussed Iran sanctions strategy, FM Westerwelle's tough message in Yemen, the politics of Afghanistan, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. She praised U/S/ Burns' leadership in the E3 3 meeting in N [...] | 2010-01-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF GM IR PGOV PREL YM |
10BERLIN95 | GERMAN AMB. IN IRAN: TRANSITION TO "NORMAL" [...] (C) Summary: Germany's new Ambassador to Iran, Bernd Erbel noted that he had not been warmly received by the Iranian government and that most European diplomats are finding the environment in Tehran increasingly difficult to work in. His impression after his first two and a half months was [...] | 2010-01-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV IR GM |
10BERLIN98 | GERMAN PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR HAITI REACH 86 [...] (U) SUMMARY. German private donations for victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti have reached 86 million euros. A televised fundraiser on January 19 was responsible for over 20 million euros of the total. While private donations are less than at a similar point following the 2004 Asia [...] | 2010-01-25 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA |
10BERLIN99 | GERMANY AND THE EU ON IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (C) German MFA Iran Task Force Director Krueger told poloff January 21 that during the mid-January EU PSC meeting Germany proposed a motion calling on all EU capitals to demarche Iranian Ambassadors in EU capitals on Iran's Human Rights violations. Krueger said the Greeks were the first to c [...] | 2010-01-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR GM |
10BOGOTA97 | International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation [...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...] | 2010-01-27 19:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL |
10BRASILIA196 | Brazil informed of designation related to Iranian [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BR |
10CASABLANCA5 | MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...] | 2010-01-13 15:56:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PINR KISL GM MO |
10DARESSALAAM179 | TANZANIA: SHARES CONCERN ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM PREL EFIN ETTC TZ |
10DUSSELDORF10 | NRW Election Campaign: SPD's Kraft Taking Aim, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hannelore Kraft, the head of the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),laid out her party's program for the May 9 state election to a February 22 consular corps gathering. Buoyed by recent WDR polling that shows Minister-President J????rgen R????t [...] | 2010-02-23 12:56:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GM |
10DUSSELDORF12 | NRW Election Chessgame: Ruettgers Sacrifices His Queen as [...] (U) Summary: Juergen Ruettgers, Minister-President (M-P) of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) forced his prot????g???? and the General-Secretary of the NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hendrik Wuest to resign his post February 22 after a scandal broke over the weekend involving the possible se [...] | 2010-02-23 13:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
10DUSSELDORF14 | NRW Election Chess Game II: Ruettgers Castles His Rook [...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President (M-P) Juergen Ruettgers, tried to quickly mend political damage from his party's financing scandal by announcing February 23 his close advisor Andreas Krautscheid as the new NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Secretary-General, th [...] | 2010-02-24 17:02:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
10DUSSELDORF16 | NRW Election Chess Game III: Ruettgers' Rook In Action - [...] (U) Andreas Krautscheid, the new Secretary General of the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Christian Democrats (CDU),testified February 25, in his capacity as Minister for European and Federal Affairs, to a special session of the State Parliament's Main Committee. Krautscheid strongly rejected ac [...] | 2010-02-25 16:50:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
10DUSSELDORF3 | FIRST MUSLIM PARTY IN GERMANY PREPARING TO GO NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Germany's first and only Muslim-oriented political party, Alliance for Peace and Fairness (BFF) -- up until now only active in Bonn -- will run in the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state elections this May and ultimately aims to form party organizations in other states and on the [...] | 2010-01-26 12:21:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL GM |
10DUSSELDORF4 | FEARS OF AFGHANISTAN DEBATE EMERGE MONTHS BEFORE NRW STATE [...] (U) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia Party leaders for the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) coalition fear the issue of sending more troops to Afghanistan could hurt their chances in the May 2010 state elections if the opposition or the Left Party makes [...] | 2010-01-26 16:20:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM AF |
10FRANKFURT100 | Baden-Wuerttemberg's Younger Political Leadership Sets New [...] (SBU) Summary: Baden-Wuerttemberg's four primary political parties have all in the last six months elected new and younger party leaders, setting in motion new political dynamics in the state. The trend began in June of 2009 when the FDP surprisingly chose Hans-Ulrich Ruelke (48) as caucus chi [...] | 2010-01-11 08:48:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
10FRANKFURT120 | FDP "THREE KINGS DAY": CHIEF WESTERWELLE DEFENDS TAX-CUTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister and Free Democratic Party (FDP) national chair Guido Westerwelle defended the party's tax policy and downplayed problems in the national coalition at the FDP's annual leadership gathering in Stuttgart January 5-6, "Three Kings Day". The event's highlight was the [...] | 2010-01-12 15:00:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT218 | FUTURE OF NIGHT FLIGHTS AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT REMAINS [...] SUMMARY: In December, the Hesse Administrative Court published its August 2009 decision dismissing all claims against further expansion of the Frankfurt airport. The ruling, however, left the future of night flights at the airport unclear. The court advised the State of Hesse to "revisit" its [...] | 2010-01-22 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV EU GM |
10FRANKFURT283 | The Future Viability of Germany's Export Driven Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: At the recent annual "Topics of the Year" financial event on January 14 in Frankfurt, the chief economists of Deutsche Bank and the KfW Group, Thomas Mayer and Norbert Irsch, called into question the future viability of Germany's export driven-growth model. While both posited th [...] | 2010-01-28 11:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT548 | State Secretary Julia Kloeckner to Challenge Kurt Beck in [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has chosen Julia Kloeckner, Member of the Bundestag and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Consumer Protection, as lead candidate for the 2011 state election, improving chances for the party to br [...] | 2010-02-11 09:42:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10FRANKFURT564 | A Polarizing Conservative Takes Charge in Southwest Germany: [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On February 10, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state parliament elected Christian Democrat Union (CDU) caucus chief Stefan Mappus as Germany's youngest Minister President. Mappus succeeds Guenther Oettinger, who was elected EU Commissioner for Energy Affairs on February 9. With M [...] | 2010-02-11 12:43:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM PREL |
10GABORONE177 | GOB RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRGC DESIGNATIONS [...] This is a response to an action request contained in State 15554. 2. PolOff met with the Assistant Director of the Department of Europe and Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lebogang Diteko on February 25. PolOff passed information contained in ref [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BC |
10HAMBURG3 | MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: DOE SEEKS GERMANY'S PARTICIPATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A DoE team visited Germany December 8-11 to promote the inclusion of the ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg in their Megaports Initiative. The Initiative aims at providing equipment, training, and technical support to international partners to enhance their ability to deter, dete [...] | 2010-01-13 16:55:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
10HAMBURG6 | HAMBURG POLITICIANS UNDERSCORE SPD DILEMMA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Two senior Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hamburg Landtag representatives discussed the London Conference and the German-Afghanistan debate with Hamburg P/E staff on January 28. While the SPD is struggling with internal party calls to limit [...] | 2010-02-17 12:15:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF GM |
10HAMBURG8 | DISMANTLING THE IRON CURTAIN -- A REMEMBRANCE [...] (U) On February 19, 2010, Consul General Karen Johnson attended the 654th St. Matthew's Banquet at the Hamburg Rathaus, an event hosted by the city government since 1356. This year's event, attended by 400 guests, commemorated the 1989 Peaceful Revolution. Speakers included Hamburg's First M [...] | 2010-02-26 15:35:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GM HU |
10HONGKONG326 | HONG KONG AND MACAU NOTIFIED: FEBRUARY 10 [...] (SBU) On February 24, Post notified appropriate government officials in Hong Kong and Macau of the February 10 designation under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of an individual and four companies affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC),per reftel. 2. (SBU) Banking regulators from H [...] | 2010-02-25 09:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM MC HK |
10KIGALI127 | IRGC SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN RW |
10KINGSTON272 | JAMAICA: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered nonpaper on the designation of entities related to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The nonp [...] | 2010-02-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN IR GM JM XL |
10MALABO39 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES AND ONE INDIVIDUAL RELATED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
10MASERU63 | LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO TWO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 07:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LT |
10MUNICH16 | BAVARIA/GERMAN POLITICS: CSU STRUGGLES TO REGAIN ITS [...] (SBU) A sobering opinion poll has given the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) only 41 percent, a clear sign that the party's crisis continues, although at 41 percent the CSU was still twice as popular as any other party in Bavaria. Minister President Seehofer remains optimistic about the [...] | 2010-01-22 13:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
10MUNICH28 | Business and Power: Green Mega Project "Desertec" Goes [...] (SBU) The 400-billion euro project "Desertec," designed to capture Saharan solar energy and transmit it to European homes, now has a corporate structure and a CEO. Consortium leader and initiator Munich Re is confident they can overcome all obstacles, including big financial and technical prob [...] | 2010-02-16 08:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF |
10MUNICH29 | GERMANY/BAVARIA: HORST SEEHOFER, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Horst Seehofer, an unpredictable politician struggling to regain his party's hegemony in Bavaria, revealed only shallow foreign policy expertise when he met Ambassador Murphy on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 6. Seehofer, Minister President and leader of the [...] | 2010-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV INRB GM |
10MUNICH34 | ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...] | 2010-02-23 08:29:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EINT KISL XF XD GM |
10NEWDELHI329 | INDIA: DESIGNATION OF IRGC UNDER EO 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR EFIN GM PREL PARM IN |
10OSLO83 | IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN NO |
10PARIS23 | OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...] | 2010-01-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR |
10PRAGUE92 | CZECH COURT BANS EXTREME-RIGHT WORKERS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, the Czech Supreme Administrative Court banned the extreme-right Workers Party (DS),saying that the party represents a threat to democracy. This is the first time the court has banned a political party for its political activities since the fall of communism in 19 [...] | 2010-02-18 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM EZ |
10ROME112 | SANCTIONS SUCCESS: ITALIAN SHIPPER TO BREAK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to the pressure that resulted from a sanctions designation by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Fratelli Cosulich shipping company of Genoa plans to end the company's joint venture with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). Action on this long-pending iss [...] | 2010-01-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT GM IR IT KNNP PARM PREL |
10SANAA107 | ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...] | 2010-01-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM |
10SANAA359 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 06:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN YM |
10STATE11144 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050212038 for the export of rifle parts and components to Germany. Post is requested to complete thi [...] | 2010-02-03 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
10STATE14505 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of satellite components to Germany. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...] | 2010-02-18 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC FR GM KOMC NL SP |
10STATE15554 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES AND ONE INDIVIDUAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States designated four entities and one individual related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on February 10, 2010, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 (Blocking Propert [...] | 2010-02-20 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN |
10STATE5405 | NIAG 9229: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) The USG has information that Tehran- based Azma Fanavari Iranian Co., working on behalf of the Iran Centrifuge Company (TESA or TSA),a subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran [...] | 2010-01-20 14:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM |
10STATE6305 | ACTION REQUEST: ROUND 56 - HOST NATION [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSY BERLIN. POST IS REQUESTED TO UNDERTAKE HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING RETURN OF THE SITES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW AND FOR THE ASSOCIATED FORCE STRUCTURE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN REF B. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE IN REF A [...] | 2010-01-21 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
10ULAANBAATAR55 | IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post deliverd reftel demarche with non-paper on February 24 to A. Ariun, Attache of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She offered no substantive response but promised to read the document. HILL [...] | 2010-02-25 03:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MG |
10USNATO11 | POLISH NON-PAPER ON BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On January 11, Polish Permanent Representative Winid delivered a non-paper reflecting Warsaw's views on the U.S./German proposal to revise the NATO contingency plan for the defense/reinforcement of Poland to also include the d [...] | 2010-01-11 17:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL EN LH LG GM |
10USNATO52 | RFG: GERMAN DEMARCHE ON DISBURSEMENT OF [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 3, German PermRep Brandenburg demarched Ambassador Daalder regarding concerns Berlin has over the disbursement of 50 million Euros it donated in October 2009 to the Afghan National Army Trust Fund. He said that m [...] | 2010-02-03 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NATO AF GM |
10USNATO66 | NATO NUCLEAR POLICY: FIVE NATIONS WANT IT ON APRIL [...] (S) On February 11, German Permanent Representative to NATO Brandenburg informed Ambassador Daalder that the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway would send a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen suggesting that Rasmussen include a discussion of [...] | 2010-02-11 17:30:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MARR MCAP NATO GM BE LU NL NO |
10USNATO87 | RFG: FIVE NATIONS ASK SYG TO PUT "NATO'S NUCLEAR [...] (S) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) In a letter delivered on February 26 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen and subsequently delivered to Allies, the Foreign Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and Luxembourg requested that NATO put the topic [...] | 2010-02-26 13:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL MARR MCAP NATO GM BE LU NL NO |
10USOSCE31 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...] | 2010-02-03 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ |
10VIENNA63 | Hypo Alpe Adria Group's Future Unclear Amid Allegations of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Investigations into the nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria banking group (HAA) are likely to have significant legal and political implications in Austria and beyond. Following the December 14 GoA takeover of HAA (Austria's sixth largest banking group with pre-crisis assets of about EU [...] | 2010-01-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GM AU |
91BERLIN3009 | UNEMPLOYMENT UP SHARPLY IN JULY, BUT RISE OFFEST [...] OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NEW GERMAN STATES ROSE A SHARP 27 PERCENT BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY TO A TOTAL OF 1,068,000, OR ROUGHLY 12.1 PERCENT OF THE WORKFORCE. STILL, THE INCREASE DID NOT FULFILL SOME DIRE PREDICTIONS BASED ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE EXPIRATION ON JUNE 30 OF "NO-FIRINGS" [...] | 1991-08-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV GM EIND |
92ZAGREB2829 | CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992 [...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...] | 1992-12-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM |
99BERLIN1642 | FY-99 CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS AND DISKETTE [...] THE 1999 CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS FOR BERLIN WERE POUCHED TO CA/EX ON NOV. 5 VIA REGISTRY NO. 298931. WE INCLUDED THE CONSULAR PACKAGE DATA SHEETS FOR BONN, NOW CLOSED. KORNBLUM UNCLASSIFIED > [...] | 1999-11-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT GM |