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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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07MADRID1310 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 18 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1311 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ANDREW BROOKS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrew Books from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to monitor and provide technical assistance to the hydraulics upgrade at the Madrid Deep Space communications complex. 2 [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1312 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: THOMAS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Meehan, Simon Yueh and Shannon Brown from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 15 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium meeting. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1313 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: LESLIE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leslie Deutsch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 14 to July 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Vanguard Workshop on New Form New Content. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1314 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mauricio Ortiz, Fishery Biologist, Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, and Guillermo Diaz, Statistician to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 4 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2007, ICCAT Atlantic Albacore Stoc [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1315 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: TONY BERNHARDT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhardt, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 8 to July 9. The purpose of this visit is to complete ETOPS North Atlantic area validation flights for FAR 121 Air Carrier Pace Airlines. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1316 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID ALAN KNORR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Alan Knorr, Group Manager to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 1 to July 7. The purpose of this visit is for introduction as new FAA Liaison Officer to the DSF. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1317 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assist [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1318 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: STEPHEN MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Stephen Michael Slote, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 7 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend wiring systems maintenance tasks development meeting with CASA. 2. Post understands that no Embassy [...] | 2007-07-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1324 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USG SANCTIONS ON WINTER AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC SP |
07MADRID1325 | SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS [...] Spain welcomes the opportunity to join the P-3 spare parts exchange program. It has delivered to Post a letter signed by the MOD Director General for Armament and Material (DGAM) providing end-use, security, and retransfer assurances related to the program. 2. For the Kingdom of Spain, Roy [...] | 2007-07-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS SP |
07MADRID1326 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN SUPPORTS GROUP [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar July 5 to discuss the issue of foreign fighters transiting Arab nations to join the Al Qaeda insurgency in Iraq. The DCM stressed that the majority of foreign fighters were working with Al Qaeda, that Al Qaeda is responsible for [...] | 2007-07-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SY SP IZ |
07MADRID1328 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS/IRAQ: SPAIN'S NSA SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL SP SY IZ |
07MADRID1329 | ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ETRD EAIR |
07MADRID1331 | SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI |
07MADRID1336 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...] | 2007-07-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1337 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USAFE REORG AND MANPOWER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, Post notified the GOS of US Air Force Europe's plans to eliminate the 38th Combat Support Wing and reduce 31 USAFE positions at Moron air base by the end of FY09. Post delivered the notification through the US-Spain Permanent Committee (PC),which is established un [...] | 2007-07-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1338 | SPAIN ON TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP |
07MADRID134 | SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1341 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...] | 2007-07-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID1342 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO RESHUFFLES DOMESTIC POLICY CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. With an eye on issues that will be important to voters in upcoming national elections, President Zapatero announced on July 6 four changes to his cabinet. Parliamentary Vice President Carme Chacon will become the new Housing Minister. Elena Salgado, until now Minister of Health, w [...] | 2007-07-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SP |
07MADRID1356 | IOM: SPAIN WILL CONSIDER SWING AS U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID1357 | UNHRC: SPAIN LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights told Poloff July 11 that Spain, while understanding U.S. concerns, was "not deeply unhappy with the results" of the UNHRC institution building process. Fernandez-Arias said that the package deal agreed to in Geneva was the best outco [...] | 2007-07-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC SP |
07MADRID136 | SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...] | 2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID1361 | SPAIN: MFA WILL LOOK AT FOREIGN FIGHTERS DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Terrorism Miguel Garcia-Herraiz on July 11 to share talking points on a potential Spanish demarche to Arab governments on stemming the flow of foreign fighters i [...] | 2007-07-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ SP |
07MADRID1379 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DESAI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Tres Cantos, Spain on or about July 8 to July 10. The purpose of this visit is to present a seminar and to discuss possible collaborations a [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1380 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STERN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Stern, Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about July 3 to July 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Neuropsychological Society 2007 Mid year [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1381 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MATARIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Matarin, Fellow, National Institute of Aging, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 15 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1382 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RAFAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rafael Rincon and Stephen Ungar from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 19 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1383 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Zaragoza and Madrid, Spain on July 21 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the microwave scan beam landing system flight inspection and bore sightin [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1384 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 17 to July 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1385 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC: JEDLOVEC, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gary Jedlovec, Jeffrey Luvall, and Douglas Rickman from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2 [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1386 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: PEGGY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Peggy O'Neill from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 22 to July 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1387 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GLAZER AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stuart Glazer and Thomas Johnson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 17 to July 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1388 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: EDWARD KIM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edward Kim from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1389 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: LAKESHA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lakesha Bates from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1390 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ERNESTO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ernesto Rodriguez from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1391 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: KAREN YUEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Karen Yuen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1392 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: RECCE AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Recce and Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional d [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1393 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: ROSS LUNETTA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross Lunetta, Research Physical Scientist, Office of Research and Development to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 21 to July 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA EPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1394 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: JAMES L. BISCHOFF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Bischoff, Geologist Emeritus from USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 10 to July 26. The purpose of the visit is to participate in field work as a collaboration among an international group of paleoseismologists. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1395 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MUSTUFA BAHRAIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mustufa Bahrain to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 15 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internationa Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not r [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1396 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: DELOATCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ivan Deloatch, Staff Director from USGS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 29. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a meeting with the Global Earth Observations Implementation team. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1397 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark from NNSA, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA TRGY SP |
07MADRID1398 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ERNST, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Monique Ernst, Staff Clinician, Dr. Christian Grillon, Tenure Track Investigator, and Dr. Yun Fai Lau, Fellow, NIMH, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Fifth Wo [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID1399 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN HICKEY AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Hickey and Ali Bahrami to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on or about July 7 to July 11. The purpose of this visit is to meet with DGAC of Spain and tour CASA facility 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1400 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOSEPH DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joseph Dominic Zylwitis to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 17 to July 18. The purpose of this visit is to perform a new check airman observation on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1401 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: SHAHRAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Shahram Daneshmandi, Shaun Ripple, and Patrick Morris to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to meet with EADS-CASA and Spain DGAC - Spanish Aviation Authority. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1402 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: KATHY ANOMI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Kathy Anomi Ishimaru to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society of Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft and Engine Icing International conference. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-07-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1404 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...] | 2007-07-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP |
07MADRID141 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: AMBASSADOR MEET WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1420 | (C) SPAIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CUBA (C-RE7-00940) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post appreciates INR's careful attention to the evolving issue of Spain's engagement with Cuba. The Ambassador and DCM, as well as Washington visitors, continue to take every opportunity to express to the GOS our disagreement with its current policy. Additional information on the relat [...] | 2007-07-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL SP CU |
07MADRID1428 | SPANISH ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CT AND JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP VZ |
07MADRID1430 | SPAIN/ETA: DESPITE RECENT GOVERNMENT SUCCESSES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Spaniards settle into summer vacation mode, the government, the press, and the public continue to focus on the likelihood of a significant attack by the Basque terrorist group ETA. Since ETA broke its self-declared cease-fire on June 6, the government has showed a strong hand [...] | 2007-07-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID1433 | MFO FAVS: SPANISH LOOKING FOR MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG SP |
07MADRID1438 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Grace Clark, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 20 to July 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1439 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to the following NESDIS personnel, Pablo Clemente-Colon, Robert Rank, Xiwu Zhan, Changyong Cao, Xingian Wu, Helen Wood, Hal Bloom, Gary McWilliams, Peter Wilczynski, Nina Jackson, Karen St. Germain, Dr. Stephen Mango, Richard Fulton, Tahara Moreno, and James M [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID144 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAID SP HA |
07MADRID1440 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK |
07MADRID1441 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MIGUEL MARINA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Miguel Marina from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 3 to August 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in implementation activities for the Deep Space Network in the areas of tracking telemetry and command app [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1442 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain on July 31 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1443 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on July 29 to August 14. The purpose of this visit is to support operations at transoceanic abort landing site. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1444 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation per reftel from Langley Research Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1445 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: MARTHA MAIDEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Martha Maiden, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 21 to August 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1446 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANTHONY CARRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 22 to August 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Deep Space Network Oversight Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1447 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: VONDEAK, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Vondeak, John Zuzek, and Stephen Volz from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to July 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give presentations at the International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1448 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANGELO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 19 to July 31. The purpose of this visit for Castillo is to attend meetings with program executives and INTA Director General as well as Embassy personnel; Geldzahler will attend a meet [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1449 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: SHAHID HABIB [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shahid Habib from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on July 23 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and serve as co-chair in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-07-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID145 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CFTC: REUBEN JEFFERY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Reuben Jeffery, Chairman to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 5 to February 7. The purpose of this visit to participate in the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) meetings. 2. P [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1450 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ADAM BAILEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Adam Bailey to travel to Almeria, Spain from July 24 to August 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with Spanish scientists, observers and fishermen and to provide expertise in developing technologies. 2. Post understands that Embas [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1451 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: HOFSTRA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Albert Hofstra, Research Geologist from USGS to travel to Madrid and Salamon, Spain on or about August 14 to August 19. The purpose of the visit is to conduct field work on the Salamon Gold Deposit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1452 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MAX COLEMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Max Coleman from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 4 to September 7. The purpose of this visit is to interpret the Rio Tinto aerial survey and Geochemical results with collaborating scientists. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1453 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnicia [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1458 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JOHN FISHER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: John Fisher to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 19 to October 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1459 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: PAGE, LENCKUS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Thomas Page, Christopher Lenckus, Edward Summerhill, Tony Jones, Dave Osborne to travel to Moron, Spain on or about July 26 to July 31. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID146 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: JOHN REICH, SCOTT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Reich, Director of the Office of the Thrift Supervision, Scott Polakoff, Federal Bank Regulator, and Clarence Lee, Senior Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 22 to January 26. The purpose of this visit to attend a meeting with the Internatio [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1460 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: ERIC HAIGHT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Eric Haight to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the SAE Aircraft & Engine International Icing conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1469 | SPAIN HAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 24 Poloff delivered REFTEL to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Sanchez confirmed that Spain was one of the 23 states to have signed and ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). [...] | 2007-07-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID147 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ ANTHONY CARRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro and James Costrell from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 24 to February 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend and meet with INTA to discuss the Deep Space Network Tracking Station. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID148 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: JULIE ERHARDT AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities & Exchange Commission Officials: Julie Erhardt and Len Jui to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 4 to February 8. The purpose of this visit to attend the Monitoring Group, the IOSCO Sanding Committee and chair committee meetings. 2. Post [...] | 2007-01-29 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1484 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: PHILIP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Philip Stepaniak and Stevan Gilmore from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on September 16 to September 22. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense on shuttle operations medical support training. [...] | 2007-07-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1485 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 16 to August 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness review. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-07-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER LE SP ECON |
07MADRID1487 | SPANISH DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, DEFENSE SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso told the Ambassador on July 25 that Spain's military training teams (OMLTs) will go to Afghanistan in September. He said that NATO's efforts to improve ISAF-OEF coordination are helping but reaffirmed the need to continue to be mindful of the h [...] | 2007-07-30 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR SP AF |
07MADRID1488 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MITCHELL RAINWATER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Mitchell Rainwater to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about July 26 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to certify navigation aids for the Department of Defense and certain foreign governments. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assis [...] | 2007-07-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID149 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: RICHARD JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Richard Jones to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 20 to February 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a station inspection and observe international flight deck procedures. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-01-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID1492 | SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY [...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...] | 2007-07-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID1494 | SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...] | 2007-08-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP LE AF |
07MADRID1499 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last week of July, Foreign Minister Moratinos met with top leaders in Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, including Syrian President Assad, in a declared effort to support US and European efforts in Palestine and Lebanon. According to MFA Middle East DG Alvaro Iranzo, Moratinos [...] | 2007-08-01 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP IS LE SY IZ |
07MADRID15 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ARGENTINE ACCUSED DEATH [...] (U) Spanish police arrested Rodolfo Eduardo Almiron Sena on December 28 after an Argentine judge issued an international warrant accusing Almiron of murder and crimes against humanity that have no statute of limitations. Almiron has been wanted since 1984, accused by Argentine courts of murder [...] | 2007-01-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AR |
07MADRID1505 | PROFILES OF SPAIN-BASED CUBAN GROUPS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Thanks to family ties and historical/cultural links, Madrid hosts a number of important Cuban civil society and human rights organizations. These groups influence Spanish political discourse and public opinion through participation in public events, writings in local publicat [...] | 2007-08-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PHUM SP CU |
07MADRID1511 | HOUSING MARKET FINALLY COOLING, BUT THE [...] SUMMARY: As the Spanish economy pushes forward toward matching wealthier EU members, it continues to face challenges. Spain must increase its competitiveness across the board, especially in its labor markets, energy utilities and telecoms. What has been of most immediate concern lately, howev [...] | 2007-08-03 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID1512 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ALEXANDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Alexander Voronovich to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 31 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the nineteenth International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance i [...] | 2007-08-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1513 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SARAH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sarah Marshall from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 31 to August 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Science Laboratory manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1514 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BERT TURNEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bert Turney from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on July 30 to August 3. The purpose of this visit is to attend MARS Space Laboratory and high antenna manufacturing readiness review. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1515 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: CHRISTOPHER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Owen from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 15 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in phase 2 at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1516 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Cadiz, Spain on or about August 18 to August 24. The purpose of the visit is to meet with representatives of the International Armoring Corporation for contract delivery acceptance in support of Nonproliferation Suppor [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1517 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross McDonald, from NNSA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about September 22 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the Seventh International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals Superconductors and Feromagnets. 2. P [...] | 2007-08-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1518 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: JECK, HUGHES AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: Richard Kahr Jeck, William Hughes, and Warren Mauldin Underwood to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the FAA/European organization for the safety air navigation coordina [...] | 2007-08-06 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1519 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: GILBERT DACOSTA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Gilbert Dacosta, David San-Merino and Robert Barnes to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 26 to August 31. The purpose of this visit is to conduct site inspections. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1543 | SPAIN: 62ND UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) This is an interim report of Spanish high-level attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- His Majesty King Juan Carlos will not attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President, will attend. - [...] | 2007-08-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SP |
07MADRID1549 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWN [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Corrine Brown, Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (HTRANS),and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 13 to August 15. The purpose of the visit is [...] | 2007-08-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1556 | SPAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EU POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador Aguirre spoke with Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 7, reaching him while vacationing in the Aegean Sea. The Ambassador thanked Moratinos for clarifying Spain's position on Kosovo during his August 3 conversation with Secretary Rice. The Ambassador asked Moratinos to go fu [...] | 2007-08-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL SP |
07MADRID1568 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL HICKS [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Thomas Hicks, Majority Senior Election Counsel, House Administration Committee (HADC),and acompanying staff delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Moron and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain on or about August 19 to August 22. The purp [...] | 2007-08-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1569 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WADA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Debra Wada, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee and acompanying staff delegation per reftel (b) to travel to Madrid and Rota, Spain on or about August 21 to August 22. The purpose of the visit is to visit and t [...] | 2007-08-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT SP |
07MADRID1577 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Johnson and Timothy Ulrich, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 31 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the International Congress on Acoustic Emission Sources. 2. Post understands that no assist [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1578 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HENINGER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rebecca Heninger, Marcel Schoppers, and Arthur Thompson from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1579 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: IAN HARRIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ian Harris from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 4 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1580 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: HARLOW [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harlow Ahlstrom from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 20 to September 1. The purpose of this visit is to install data acquisition equipment on the Deep Space Station 63 meter antenna at the Madrid Deep Space Communicati [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1581 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: SERVIS ORIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Servis Orin from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Engineering Models Pre Delivery Technical Interchange meeting. [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1582 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MARK ROMEJKO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Romejko and Joseph Wackley from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 28 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Asset Management Maintenance Improvement Work Group Meeting. 2. Post unde [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1583 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1584 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERT CALVO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1585 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andrea Gilbert, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 7 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to attend and speak at the 3rd International Conference on the Young Massive Star Cluster. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-08-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1586 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: CATHERINE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Catherine Sham and Bradford Kaufman from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Gran Canaria Las Palmas and Madrid, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to chair the International Space Station Frequency Working Group Splin [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1587 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: WALKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Shelby Walker, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences from NSF to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 3 to September 9. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Seas Observatory Network of Excellence All Regions [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1588 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: GREGORY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on August 23 to August 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Transceiver Readiness Review. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-08-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1589 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: CLIFFORD FISCUS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Clifford Fiscus, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society Automotive Engineers 2007 Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. [...] | 2007-08-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID159 | NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...] | 2007-01-30 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1590 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:BERNHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Tony Bernhard, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about August 20 to August 21. The purpose of this visit is to complete North Atlantic area ETOPS validation for 121 carrier, Pace Airlines. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-08-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1597 | SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...] | 2007-08-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG SP |
07MADRID1599 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcomittee on Foreign Operations, and accompanying delegation per reftel to travel to Seville, Spain on or about August 21 to August 23. The purpose of the visit is to RON and refuel. [...] | 2007-08-20 08:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1600 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...] | 2007-08-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG |
07MADRID1601 | SPAIN ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SP ECON |
07MADRID1604 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US TREASURY ALICE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alice Faibishenko, International Economist, from WHA, US Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 20 to August 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend an intensive week long Spanish language immersion program. 2. Post understa [...] | 2007-08-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID1607 | SPAIN/GI PORTAL CONFERENCE: GOS WILL ENCOURAGE [...] Poloff delivered REFTEL request on August 16 to Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin, MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, to inquire whether Spain would be willing to conduct regional outreach with European GI partner nations to bolster attendance at the Garmisch conference. Poloff also inquir [...] | 2007-08-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1611 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON AL-SALAH SOCIETY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER IS SP ECON |
07MADRID1633 | CODEL BROWN DISCUSSES TRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Spain August 13-15, Congresswomen Corrine Brown (D-FL),Grace Napolitano (D-CA),and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) discussed railway security and investment with Spanish Congressional officials and railroad representatives. Spanish parliamentarians from the Cham [...] | 2007-08-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON ELTN EIND OVIP |
07MADRID1643 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO SP |
07MADRID1644 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS ON RIAD SEIF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY SP |
07MADRID1659 | UNGA: SPAIN HIGH LEVEL MEETING REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP |
07MADRID1661 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...] | 2007-08-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO |
07MADRID167 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...] | 2007-02-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP |
07MADRID1670 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...] | 2007-08-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1671 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Evans, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 24 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Complutense University of Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remind [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1672 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC: DIANE BYERLY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diane Byerly from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on September 15 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Exercise System Facility Science team meeting at the European Space Agency NTE co [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1673 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: ROBERT SIBLE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Sible from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 5 to October 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend technical meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1674 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: HICKMAN, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glenn Podonsky, Michael Kilpatrick, and Dean Hickman from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 07 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident site a [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1675 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Nelson, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 14 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Fluorescence workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1676 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adrian Pidlusky, Craig Stinson, Utah Logan, Whitney, Creer, David Carroll, and William Kilmartin from NNSA/SLD to travel to Port of Algeciras, Spain on or about September 14 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is as the Second Line of Defense (SLD)/Me [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1677 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Diego Dalvit, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 21 to September 26. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate on a research project at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1678 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Petra Huentemeyer, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 15 to September 21. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 5th Flourescence Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1679 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Francis Pilat, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 27 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Analysis of Aggression and Terrorism. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1680 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/HSS: BHAT AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mohandas Bhat, Health Scientist, and Patricia Worthington, from DOE to travel to Madrid and Almeria, Spain on or about September 08 to September 13. The purpose of the visit is to participate in signing an International agreement, visit Palomares accident [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1681 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2H ANTONIO RUIZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Antonio Ruiz, Engineer, from DOE to travel to Bilbao, Spain on or about September 07 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to participate on roundtable discussions on Hydrogen Safety Codes and Standards, Regulations and Education. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-08-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1682 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: THOMAS WATERS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Waters, Safety Engineer, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 23 to September 24. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at a workshop symposia of the Universitat Politecnia de Catalunya. 2. Post underst [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP CDC |
07MADRID1683 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: RUTH PEROU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ruth Perou, Team Lead/Research Psychologist and Susanna Visser, Epidemiologist, CCHP/NCBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 12 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to attend the European Network for Mental Health Promo [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP CDC |
07MADRID1684 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: ROBERT DAVIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Davis, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 25 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of the U.S. Naval Hospital. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1685 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC:BERNHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bernhard Schulz from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 1 to September 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and chair a session at the 19th International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1686 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL:FARZIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Farzin Manshadi from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 12 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1687 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BRYAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Huneycutt from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mas Palomas, Spain on September 15 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1688 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Rodrigues from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 12 to September 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings at the Madrid Deep Space Communication complex and Instituts Nacional de Tecnici [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1689 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: RICHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard McPeters from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 5 to September 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend a European Brewer Intercomparison follow up session. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1690 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROGER PORTER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roger Porter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Agustin and Canary Island, Spain on September 17 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Annual Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1691 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: LEONE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Leone, Mark Potapczuk, and Thomas Ratvasky from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Society of Automotive Engineers Intern [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1692 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: ADDY, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Harold Addy, Colin Bidwell, and Mario Vargas from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Seville, Spain on September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and chair the Society of Automotive Engineers International [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1693 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: FELDHAKE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glenn Feldhake, David Struba, and Wayne Whyte from NASA's Headquarters, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on September 16 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1694 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DIAN SEIDEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dian Seidel, Meteoroligst from NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 06. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1695 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA RICHARD FEELY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Feeley, from NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend and lecture at the Atmospheric CO2, Ocean Acidification and Ecological Changes Workshop. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1696 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA STEPHANE VRIGNAUD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 19 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Spanish Veterinary authorities. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1697 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA delegation: Gerald Scott, Enric Cortes, Shannon Cass-Calay, John Walter, Guillermo Diaz, Clarence Porch, Mauricio Ortiz, Eric Prince, and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid and San Sebastian, Spain on or about September 23 to October 18. The purpose of th [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1698 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: GUADALUPE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Physician from the VA Medical Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 10 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International Meeting on Therapy on Liver Diseases Conference. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1699 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Laursen, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, from the Federal Reserve Board to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 3 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to present at the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID17 | ETA ATTACK: FIRST DEATH CONFIRMED, ZAPATERO FACING [...] (C) Summary. Authorities confirmed late on January 3 that they had located the body of Ecuadoran immigrant Carlos Alonso Palate in the wreckage of the airport parking garage bombed by ETA on December 30. Alonso Palate becomes the 818th victim of ETA terrorism and the first ETA victim since Ma [...] | 2007-01-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID1700 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AID: BARBARA ROTHSTEIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Barbara Rothstein and Mira Gur-Arie from DCHA/DG to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 20 to October 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 3rd International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary. 2. Post understands that no as [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1701 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. CHANOCK, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Chanock, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Dr. Jim Ostell, Branch Chief, National Librry of Medicine, and Dr. Gilles Thomas, Senior Investigator, NCI, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 5 to September 9. The [...] | 2007-08-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1702 | SPAIN/NATO: GENERAL SANZ ON HIS CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz Roldan told me August 30 that he feels positive about his chances as a candidate for Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero both offered Sanz their personal support, and Sanz said that he ho [...] | 2007-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1703 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:PETER DEVARIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Peter Devaris, Manager to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 20 to October 7. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conference. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-08-31 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1704 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:JOE ALLEN BROWNLEE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joe Allen Brownlee, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 21 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confere [...] | 2007-08-31 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1705 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:KEVIN MORGAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Kevin Morgan Mattison, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 21 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Conf [...] | 2007-08-31 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1708 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) John Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford's European division signed an agreement with union leaders at the group's Valencia plant on Wednesday in which Ford has pledged to invest 400 million euros to maintain production through 2013. In turn the unions have agreed to " [...] | 2007-08-31 16:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG |
07MADRID1709 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO SPAIN OF [...] (S) On August 30, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual told EconOff that his office would notify Post next week on Spain's position as well as on any information GOS may have regarding the referenced individuals. [...] | 2007-08-31 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC SP |
07MADRID1713 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LYNCH [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Stephen Lynch, Member, House oversight and Government Reform, and acompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 15 to September 16. The purpose of the visit is to perform oversight of [...] | 2007-09-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1722 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1723 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID173 | SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: JUDGE ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. National Court Examining Magistrate Ismael Moreno requested on January 31 that the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) declassify any information related to the transit of CIA aircraft through Spanish territory, as well as any information indicating w [...] | 2007-02-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR SP |
07MADRID1734 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...] | 2007-09-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1735 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...] | 2007-09-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1736 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA ROLAND DRAXLER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roland Draxler, from NOAA to travel to Huelva, Spain on or about September 23 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to provide a series of lectures. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...] | 2007-09-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1737 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA NGUYEN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nha Nguyen, General Engineer, International Policy and Harmonization, and Ms Barbara Hennessey, Phusical Scientist, Office ofApplied Vehicle Safety Research, from the National aHighway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT to travel to Sebastian, Spain on or a [...] | 2007-09-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1738 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: ROBERT MARTIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Martin Patterson, Overseas Military Coordinator, VA Medical Center to travel to Rota, Spain on or about October 1 to December 22. The purpose of the visit is to provide counseling to US military personnel regarding Veteran's Benefits. 2. Post u [...] | 2007-09-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1739 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: WILLIAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Danchi from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 17 to September 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend Herschel proposal meetings and to attend the Herschel observations planning workshop. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID174 | SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...] | 2007-02-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP AF VZ YI |
07MADRID1740 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 16 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundadry Explorer Mission pre-ship review. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1741 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: WARREN MARTIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Warren Martin from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to mas Palomas, Spain on September 17 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 27th Anual Space Frequency Coordination Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1742 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MERINO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief of Surgical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 6 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to lecture at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos. 2. Post understands that no ass [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1743 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. PURCELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Purcell, Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 8 to September 15. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Seventh Internatio [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1744 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA VERA L. TRAINER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Vera Trainer, from NOAA to travel to Vigo, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend a conference of the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1745 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA WILLIAM HOGARTH, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Hogarth, Kimberly Blankenbeker, and Cheri Sexton McCarty, from NOAA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 6 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to meet wit the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna Secret [...] | 2007-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID175 | SPANISH POLDIR ON VENEZUELA AND PRESS FREEDOMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 18:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP VE |
07MADRID1750 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:ROBERT PAUL BUSTO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Robert Paul Busto, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International [...] | 2007-09-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1751 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:PAUL PELLICANO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Paul Pellicano, Icing Specialist to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International C [...] | 2007-09-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1752 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:GEORGE SOTEROPOULOS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: George Soteropoulos, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confer [...] | 2007-09-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1753 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: KAREN PEIO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Karen Peio, System Engineer to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 24 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engine Icing International Confere [...] | 2007-09-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1754 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:THOMAS HADLEY BOND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Thomas Hadley Bond, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft & Engi [...] | 2007-09-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1756 | SPAIN WOULD LIKE MORE INFO ON STANDING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SP |
07MADRID176 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USEU BRUSSELS AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR USEU BRUSSELS AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN GRAY TO VISIT MADRID, SPAIN Q DURING THE PERIOD 13 Q 14 MARCH 2007 Q 2 NIGHTS. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO DELIVER REMARKS AT THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN SPAIN TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY CONFERENCE. 3. CONTROL [...] | 2007-02-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MGT ALL EUN SP |
07MADRID1767 | SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FELICE GAER FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC SP |
07MADRID177 | ILSA: SPANISH MFA ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH REPSOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR SP ENRG |
07MADRID1770 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Representative John Boehner, House Republican Leader and accompanying congressional delegation per reftel to travel to Rota, Spain on or about September 16 to September 17. The purpose of the visit is to visit troops and facilities [...] | 2007-09-12 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1774 | SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...] | 2007-09-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL SP |
07MADRID1780 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BIDUSHI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bidushi Bhattacharya from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 17 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Observation Planning meeting at the European Space Agency. 2. Post understands t [...] | 2007-09-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1781 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: PHILLIP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Phillip Appleton from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 20 to September 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel meeting at the European Space Agency. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-09-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1782 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC: JOHN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Oldenburg from NASA's Glenn Research Center, to travel to Seville, Spain on September 22 to September 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and chair a session at the Society of Automotive Engineers International Conference. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-09-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1783 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC:WILLIAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Wilson from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Albacete, Spain on September 23 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the first International Conference on Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-09-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1784 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FCC: SANKAR PERSAUD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sankar Persaud, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission to travel to Mas Palmas, Spain on or about September 17 to September 27. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Space Frequency and Coordination Group Meeting. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1785 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/CEN BRIAN MONSELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brian Monsell from the U.S. Census Bureau, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 19 to September 23. The purpose of the visit is to attend consultations on seasonal adjustment between the Bank of Spain and the U.S. Census. 2. Post understand [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1786 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB BOWER, DANIEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Bower, Vehicle Performance Division, from the National Transportation Safety Board, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 22 to September 28. The purpose of the visit is to attend the SAE Aircraft and Engine International Icing Conference [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1787 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA CASSANDRA BARNES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cassandra Barnes, NOAA Program Analyst to travel to Murcia, Spain on or about September 23 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Marine Protected Association Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vis [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1788 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA TERESA ROWLES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Teresa Rowles, NOAA Scientist to travel to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain on or about September 15 to September 21. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the Thesis Defense and Health Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1789 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA THOMAS PETERSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Peterson, NOAA Scientist to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 19 to September 25. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Universitat Rovira I Virgil's Seminar on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1790 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. LAURA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Laura Beane-Freeman, Research Fellow, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 19 to September 22. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Formaldehyde International Science Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1791 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MARK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Rohrbaugh, Director Office of Technology Transfer, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 16 to September 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the 13th European Congress on Biotechnolog [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1792 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. KOUPRNA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nataly Kouprina, Staff Scientist, Dr. Dmitiri Lokinov, Staff Scientist, and Dr. Teruhiko Suzuki, Visiting Fellow Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Santander, Spain on or ab [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1793 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Singleton, from NNSA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about September 23 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 7th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1794 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Funk, from NNSA to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 9th International Conference on Laser Ablation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors a [...] | 2007-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1795 | SPANISH MUSLIM LEADER'S 9-11 MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1796 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: BRUCE EMERSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Bruce Emerson Tarbert, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 19 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Conference. 2. Post understands that no Embassy ass [...] | 2007-09-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1797 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID LUSKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Lusker, Supervisory, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 18 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct part 61 flight checks for two USAF pilots. 2. Post understands that no Emb [...] | 2007-09-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1798 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MARGARET NANCY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Margaret Nancy Langsted, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on or about September 22 to October 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Society of Engineers 2007 Aircraft and Engine Icing International Conference. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-09-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1801 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The European Commission released growth forecasts on 9/11/07. The Commission maintained its 3.7% GDP growth forecast for Spain in 2007 compared with 2.5% for the eurozone and 2.9% for the UK. Fourteen private sector entities also maintained an average growth forecast of 3.8% for Spain in [...] | 2007-09-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1802 | SPANISH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SYRIA BORDER PLAN, NOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish DG for the Mideast, Mediterranean and Africa Alvaro Iranzo told DCM September 13 that Spain had received generally positive EU feedback to its non-paper on a Syrian border force, noting that certain EU members, including the French, had expressed a desire to wait until a [...] | 2007-09-17 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SP SY IS LE |
07MADRID1803 | SPAIN LOWERING EXPECTATIONS ON MFO CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMFO PREL XT IS IT JA EG SP |
07MADRID1804 | SPAIN'S STANCE ON JOINING AND CONTRIBUTING TO A [...] (SBU) On September 13, MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Issues Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde told EconOff that Spain would postpone joining or contributing financially to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) until it became clearer what role and form the fledging organiz [...] | 2007-09-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
07MADRID1805 | SPAIN STILL INTERESTED IN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES, [...] (S/NF) Based on Reftel A request, Embassy Legatt on September 4 met with Javier Zaragoza, Chief of the Spanish National Court, to discuss the case of Guantanamo detainees Jamil El Banna and Omar Deghays. Legatt reminded Zaragoza that the GOS requested the extradition of El Banna and Deghays in 2004 [...] | 2007-09-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER PINR SP UK JO LY |
07MADRID1806 | CONGEN BARCELONA ACTION ON ROSALINI CASE AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. This is an action cable. See para. 3. 3. ConGen Barcelona called the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona on 9/12/07 and learned that Dugan Rosalini's case has been postponed until sometime in early April, 2008. The case is being handled by [...] | 2007-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
07MADRID1807 | SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. Per ref B instructions, Embassy delivered the Special 301 demarche to Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel Melgarejo, on 9/5/07; Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Head of Ser [...] | 2007-09-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP |
07MADRID1808 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey and an interagency delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 20 to September 22. The purpose of the visit is to participate in consultations with host government [...] | 2007-09-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1809 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. HUESTIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Marilyn Huestis, Chief, Chemistry and Drug Metabolism Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on or about September 24 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to attend and give the opening speech [...] | 2007-09-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1810 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation: David Struba, Wayne Whyte, Brad Kaufman, Glenn Feldhake, Badri Younes, Tom Vondeak from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on September 16 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a [...] | 2007-09-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1811 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: DAVID LUSKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: David Lusker, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Seville, Spain on or about September 18 to September 23. The purpose of this visit is to conduct flight checks for two USAF pilots. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is requ [...] | 2007-09-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1812 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC: TAI HUANG AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tai Huang, Reactor Engineer, and Jose March Leuba, Research and Development Staff Member, from NRC to travel to Madrid, Cofrentes, and Valencia, Spain on or about September 19 to September 26. The purpose of the visit is [...] | 2007-09-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1823 | EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...] | 2007-09-19 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP |
07MADRID1832 | SPAIN: ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPLIT-CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO SP PREL ECON |
07MADRID1834 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) First Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes would like to make this benefit prospective (not clear from media reports as of exactly when),but all the opposition parties want to make the benefit applicable to parents of children born as of January 1, 2007. (Comment: Usually the [...] | 2007-09-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1835 | SPAIN EQUIVOCAL ON RCFS REGISTRATION, BUT MAY DO [...] (C) Charge spoke September 20 with Jose Maria Pons, Director General for North America and Europe, about the need for Spain as Chair-in-Office (CiO) to allow the registration of the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Charge expres [...] | 2007-09-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER OSCE RS SP |
07MADRID1838 | SPAIN SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL, WILL ATTEND KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 17:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL UNSC UNGA HA SP |
07MADRID1839 | SPAIN WILL ATTEND COLOMBIA MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO SP |
07MADRID1840 | DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO SP |
07MADRID1844 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: TORRES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ivette Torres, Physical Specialist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend the annual meeting of the International Consultative Group on Nonferrous Metal Statistics. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-09-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1845 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: SHEDD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kim Shedd, Physical Specialist, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 22 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the 20th Annual General meeting of the International Tungsten Industry Association. 2. Po [...] | 2007-09-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1846 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Turab Lookman, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 17 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is to visit the University of Barcelona and participate in collaborative discussions on Los Alamos projects. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-09-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1847 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/RW: RENEE JACKSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Renee Jackson, from DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 13 to October 23. The purpose of the visit is to meet with ENRESA officials to discuss possible activities for cooperation under the USDOE/ENRESA bilateral agreement. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-09-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1848 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: J SILVERTHORNE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jane Silverthorne, Program Director in the Division of Biological Infrastructure , NSF to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about October 02 to October 06. The purpose of the visit is to attend the PGEM6 Conference. 2. Post understands that no assist [...] | 2007-09-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA NSF SP ORP OTRA TPHY |
07MADRID1849 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: WILLIAM LINDQUIST [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Lindquist, International Economist, Office of Europe and Eurasia, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to participate in meetings of donors in Kosovo in preparatio [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID1850 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: SARA HEAP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sara Heap from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Granada, Spain on October 1 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Spectroscopy in Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1851 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA DIAN SEIDEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dian Seidel, NOAA Meteorologist to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 6. The purpose of the visit is to meet with collaborators at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. 2. Post u [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1852 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA RICHARD FEELY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Feely, NOAA Supervisory Oceanographer to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 24 to September 29. The purpose of the visit is to give an invited lecture at the Atmospheric CO2, Ocean Acidification and Ecological Changes Workshop. 2. [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1853 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. FOJO, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Tito Fojo, Senior Investigator, Medical Oncology Branch, Dr. Whoon Jong Kil, Posdoctoral Fellow, and Dr. Patrick Mansky, Director Integrative Medicine Consult Service, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 21 to September 27. [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1854 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. HOLLAND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Holland, Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to serve as part of the facult [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1855 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. MURPHY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Philip Murphy, Senior Investigator and Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Innovative Chemokine-ba [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1856 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. CHENG, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Orlena Cheng, Biologist, Laboratory of Pathology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Mr. Peter Jensen, Biologist, NINDS, and Dr. Eugene Major, Laboratory Chief, NINDS, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about September 29 to [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1857 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. LEVENS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Levens, Chief of Gene Regulation, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Baeza, Spain on or about September 29 to October 03. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Current Trends in Biomedicine Workshops. 2 [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1858 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Hansen and Armond Salazar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 12 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend technical meetings in support of Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex operations. [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1859 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DRAIN, HALE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Tracy Drain, Amy Hale, and Benhan Jai from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 13 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend the MARS Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Public Outreach Presentation to planetarium [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID186 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ANTON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anton Simeonov, Group Leader, NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 19 to February 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the attend and present at the MedChem Europe Confe [...] | 2007-02-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID1860 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARY DOETSCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mary Doetsch, Regional Regugee Coordinator, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 1 to October 16. The purpose of travel is to work temporarily from Madrid as discussed in emails. 2. Post will arrange access to computers and embassy per reftel [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF OTRA SP |
07MADRID1861 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: LINDA BRADLEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Linda Bradley, Geneticist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about October 8 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to present and attend at the Clinical Validity & Utility of Genetic Susceptibility Testing on Common Disorders M [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1862 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: DR. ALBERTO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alberto Gutierrez, Deputy Office Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, HHS, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is for program development and to attend the European Commissions Wor [...] | 2007-09-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID187 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ DAVID STRUBA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba and Ronald Carbery from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 12 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend international meetings on the Unified S-Band. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...] | 2007-02-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID188 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID GROSS [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Comunications and Information Policy/EB/CIP/State, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 14. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the 3GSM World Congress. [...] | 2007-02-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECPS ETRD SP |
07MADRID189 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE: STEPHANIE CLARKE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Stephanie Payne, Allison Bennett and Whitney Creer to travel to Port of Algeciras, Spain on February 18 to February 22. The purpose of this visit to conduct a site visit to the Port of Algeciras to check status of operations and to meet with [...] | 2007-02-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1890 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charles Acton, Nathaniel Bachman Boris Semenov and Edward Wright from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 21 to October 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Spacecraft Planet Instrument C-Matrix events at the E [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1891 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BEYER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patrick Beyer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 2 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a review of the Madrid Deep Space communications complex operations and development tasks. 2. Post unde [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1892 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: VAN WAGTENDONK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jan Van Wagtendon, Research Forester, USGS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 28 to October 7. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the Forest Fires: Suppression or Adaptation workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1893 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: NIELSEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jennifer Nielsen, Research Fishery Biologist, USGS to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about October 5 to October 14. The purpose of the visit is to attend and represent the American Fisheries Society as President at the International Meeting on Tagging [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1894 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA STEVEN MURAWSKI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Murawski, NOAA Scientist to travel to Alicante, Spain on or about September 25 to September 28. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Marine Protected Area meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminde [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1895 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPS PATRICIA BARNWELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patricia Barnwell, Program Manager, International Postal Development, USPS, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 29 to October 3. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Postal Development Action Group and Development Cooperation Action Grou [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC USPS OTRA SP |
07MADRID1896 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Nesse, William Kilmartin and William Johnson, from NNSA to travel to Algeciras, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Port site visit and to meet with Spanish customs. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1897 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. CURTIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Curtis Harris, Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 3 to October 7. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the First International Liver Cancer Association Annual Conference. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1898 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. BUDHU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Anuradha Budhu, Staff Scientist, and Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson, Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about October 4 to October 8. The purpose of the visit is to attend and participate in the First International Liver Cancer Asso [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1899 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: ROBERTO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier and Roberto Calvo from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 7 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Transponder Mission Pre-Ship review. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID190 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: ETHIOPIS TAFARA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities and Exchange Commission Officials: Sherman Boone, Assistant Director, Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Roel Campos, Commissioner, and Estee Levine, Legal Adviser to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 2 to February 9. The purpose of this v [...] | 2007-02-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID1900 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC: MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Powers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 7 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Transponder Mission Pre-Ship review. 2. Post understands that no as [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1901 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: BHANJI AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alaudin Bhanji and Peter Hames from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 29 to October 6. The purpose of this visit is to address and make some decisions on some critical issue facing the Madrid Deep Space Communications [...] | 2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1902 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...] | 2007-10-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1903 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: WILLIAM GEISER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employees: William Geiser, Leslie Mauney, Robert Loveland, Michael Gunning and David Levine, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Rota, Spain on or about October 18 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct certification of navigation ai [...] | 2007-10-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID1909 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON MEGAPORTS NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17-18, representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited Spain to assess the implementation of the Megaports program at the Port of Algeciras and negotiate a cost-sharing expansion to Spain's other leading ports: Barcelona and Valenci [...] | 2007-10-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID191 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: MICHAEL MCNERNY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, Michael McNerny to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 05 to March 8. The purpose of this visit is to perform surveillane of Fedex Express Line station operation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vi [...] | 2007-02-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID1911 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL THOMPSON [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Mischa Thompson and Ms. Janice Helwig, Staff Advisors for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe to travel to Madrid and Cordoba, Spain on or about October 8 to October 13. The purpose of the visit is to attend and chai [...] | 2007-10-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1914 | SPAIN/CT: PROPOSAL TO CREATE A SOUTHERN EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In order to confront the sustained terrorist threat to the United States and our European allies, we must find innovative, flexible and proactive approaches to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My Mission inter-agency team has [...] | 2007-10-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR SP |
07MADRID1919 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY: BRADLEY J. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bradley Waring, Director of Conglomerates, Office of Thrift Supervision, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 16 to October 18. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Joint Forum Working Group on Conglomerate [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID1920 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Embassy Berlin Ambassador William Timken, Jr., to travel to Spain on or about October 5 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is for personal business. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA SP |
07MADRID1921 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELAINE SAMSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Elaine Samson, Senior Country Officer for Spain and Andorra, to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and Andorra, Spain on or about October 8 to October 14. The purpose of the visit is for consultations. 2. Post has made reservations near the Embassy and will s [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA SP |
07MADRID1922 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DRS. BURGESS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shawn Burgess, Investigator, and Dr. Ivan Ovcharenko, Investigator, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 7 to October 10. The purpose of the visit is to speak at the Deciphering the Regulatory Genome: Development, Evolution and Disease wo [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1923 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA SUSAN SOLOMON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 7 to November 18. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-Seventh Session of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV TPHY SP |
07MADRID1924 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA BIGELOW, MILLER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Keith Bigelow, Timothy Miller, Jana Yonat Swimmer, and Jason Link, NOAA Scientists to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about October 6 to October 20. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the meeting with international scientists: Tagging and Tr [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS KSCA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1925 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: TIMOTHY HOLTZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Timothy Holtz, Medical Officer, NCHHSTP, HHS, CDC, to travel to Madrid and Gran Canarias, Spain on or about October 23 to October 27. The purpose of the visit is to attend the bimonthly Green Light Committee meeting of STOP TB. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1926 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: FREDERICK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Frederick Angulo, Deputy Branch Chief, CCID/NCZVED, HHS/CDC, to travel to Segovia and Madrid, Spain on or about October 16 to October 19. The purpose of the visit is to present at the MedVetNet meeting on Microbial Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance. [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD OTRA SP |
07MADRID1927 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL: JOHN SIMMONDS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Simmonds from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 15 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to transit through Madrid for a meeting in Munich. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1928 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as listed in reftel from NASA Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on October 14 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-120 Operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1929 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as listed in reftel from NASA Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on October 11 to October 27. The purpose of this visit is to support STS-120 Operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1930 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ: ANTHONY CARRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 3 to October 12. The purpose of this visit is to support the Space Communication Navigation Study Group. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID1931 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: SILVERSTEIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alison Silverstein, Consultant to DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 1 to November 2. The purpose of the visit is to articulate international group research focus - renewable energy smart grid demand side management. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1932 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: JENNIFER OWEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jennifer Owen, Senior Advisor, Legislative Affairs from DOE, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 8 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a congressional staff tour on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1935 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR MALI AND COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Juan Manuel Linares, Spanish Deputy Director General for the United Nations, October 2 about Spanish support for the Community of Democracies and specifically for Mali's effort to organize a successful Ministerial meeting in November. Linares said that of course Spain i [...] | 2007-10-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID1936 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL O'MALIA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Scott O'Malia, Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Committee and accompanying Staffdel to travel to Madrid, Seville, Port of Algeciras and Granada, Spain on or about October 6 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is [...] | 2007-10-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP SP AFIN |
07MADRID1937 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE: LISA EPIFANI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lisa Epifani, Assistant Secretary for CI, from DOE, to travel to Spain on or about October 6 to October 12. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a congressional staff tour on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to review [...] | 2007-10-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID1942 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish Employers Federation (CEOE) Economic Commission President Jose Luis Feito says the Spanish economy can withstand a dollar/euro exchange rate of 1/1.4 because most Spanish exports go to Europe and, besides, exports are not as important a component of Spanish GDP as they are for coun [...] | 2007-10-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI |
07MADRID1943 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Nesse, William Kilmartin , Lindsay Guthrie, and William Johnson, from NNSA to travel to Algeciras, Spain on or about October 7 to October 11. The purpose of the visit is to conduct Port site visit and to meet with Spanish customs. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-10-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID195 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK DYBUL, [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegation; Ambassador Mark Dybul, Kristin Pugh and Robert Mayes, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee [...] | 2007-02-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP |
07MADRID1950 | EMBASSY ASKS MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. EconCouns and EconOff met with the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade's (Joan Clos) Chief of Staff, Marc Murtra, and Industry Advisor Bruno Fernandez Scrimieri, on 10/4/07. EconOff queried Murtra on the Ministry's thinking on the Rosalini [...] | 2007-10-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
07MADRID1952 | SPANISH DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY ONCE AGAIN [...] (SBU) On October 9, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for North American Affairs Fernando Prieto presented a nonpaper to desk officer Elaine Samson and EconOff reinforcing the GOS' desire to obtain broader access to the Odyssey import documents into the U.S. and requesting that the U.S. conduct [...] | 2007-10-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK |
07MADRID1953 | SPAIN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL FOUR BIOTECH VARIETIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO PREL SP ECPSN |
07MADRID1954 | SPAIN TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL FOUR BIOTECH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO ECPSN PREL SP |
07MADRID196 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF ROBERT M. GATES [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation traveling with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to travel to Seville, Spain on or about February 7 to February 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the USNATO Defense Ministerial meetings. 2. Contro [...] | 2007-02-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP |
07MADRID1963 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: PAUL RICHARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Paul Richard Durrence, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 15 to October 19. The purpose of this visit is to conduct recertification inspection of CASA to comply with the airbus special exemption. 2. [...] | 2007-10-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID197 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...] | 2007-02-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID1977 | SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED [...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...] | 2007-10-16 17:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON |
07MADRID198 | SPAIN: EU CONSTITUTION HELPS THOSE WHO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain hosted a January 26 conference at the deputy foreign minister level of the 18 nations that have ratified the EU Constitution Treaty. While most efforts at reviving the EU Constitution impasse have focused on stripping away enough objectionable content to satisfy the Frenc [...] | 2007-02-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SP |
07MADRID1982 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The President of the Bank of Spain, Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez, forecasts 2008 GDP growth of 3% or possibly somewhat less. The IMF currently forecasts 2.7% growth for Spain in 2008. (Comment: The lower central bank forecast is perhaps most interesting, as Fernandez was appointed to h [...] | 2007-10-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID1987 | EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...] | 2007-10-18 17:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU |
07MADRID1996 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION [...] (U) As requested, Post informed the GOS via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Terrorism Sub-directorate of the UN listing of the three Saudi nationals (reftel). EconOff had previously provided identifying information on these individuals but re-supplied that information. EconOff requested tha [...] | 2007-10-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SP |
07MADRID1998 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The index closed on October 18 at 15,501 points, its highest level ever, despite lingering fears of the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis. Analysts say that the good results posted by Telefonica, Santander, BBVA, Iberdrola, Endesa and other energy companies, plus the U.S. Fed's intere [...] | 2007-10-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID20 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO GALILEO DEMARCHE [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points January 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for International Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, asking about the status of Spanish ratification of U.S.-EU GPS Galileo Cooperation Agreement and whether Spain plans to mandate that GOS entities utilize Galile [...] | 2007-01-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KTIA SPCE SP |
07MADRID2018 | SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2020 | SPAIN/OSCE: INTRODUCING PHILIP REMLER AS CANDIDATE [...] (C) In an October 22 meeting at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria "Pepe" Pons (who is the focal point for OSCE issues during Spain's chairmanship),EUR DAS David Kramer introduced Philip Remler as the U.S. candidate to head [...] | 2007-10-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL SP |
07MADRID2021 | SPAIN: INL ACTING A/S SCHWEICH BRIEFS SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 9 visit to Madrid, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Intelligence Center Against Organized Crime (CICO). [...] | 2007-10-23 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2023 | SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led an interagency delegation to Madrid on September 21 for meetings with Spanish security, law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence officials to discuss the evolving [...] | 2007-10-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2026 | EMBASSY MADRID UPDATED CONTACT INFO [...] (U) Updated contact information follows, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all section heads at Embassy Madrid. American Embassy Madrid (IVG Prefix: 559) Regular Hours: 09:00-18:00 (GMT 2:00) Embassy Switchboard: (34) (91)587-2200 Embassy After H [...] | 2007-10-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2029 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON EQUAL TREATMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Per refs, Ambassador Aguirre discussed GOS action on the official status of certain religions with Foreign Minister Moratinos on October 24. Ambassador Aguirre stressed that it was important to the USG and the U.S. Senate that the GOS provide equal treatment for all religions with "not [...] | 2007-10-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF SP |
07MADRID2030 | SPAIN: BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS/SANCTIONS DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 10:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM SP |
07MADRID2033 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (S) DCM delivered ref A demarche October 25 to Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho. Camacho was SIPDIS quick to say the red notices were fully justified and that Spain had supported Argentina in the INTERPOL Executive Committee earlier this year. He said Argentina could [...] | 2007-10-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KJUS PGOV PREL PTER IR SP |
07MADRID2034 | EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...] | 2007-10-25 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2035 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: DCM'S OCTOBER 25 CONVERSATION [...] (S) DCM met October 25 with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho and congratulated him on the Guardia Civil's October 23 arrest in Burgos of six suspected Islamic terrorists from the self-proclaimed "al-Ansar" group. The six are accused of fund raising, recruiting terrorists [...] | 2007-10-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER SNAR SP |
07MADRID2039 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 10/26/07, DCM spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Bernadino Leon (acting Foreign Minister while Miguel Angel Moratinos is traveling) about the new Iran sanctions. Leon said that that Spain supported U.S. leadership in dealing with Iran's possible acquisition of nu [...] | 2007-10-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SP |
07MADRID2040 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 10/26/07, DCM spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Bernadino Leon about the new Iran sanctions. Leon was quite aware of Secretary Rice's and Secretary Paulson's 10/25/07 press conference from media SIPDIS reports. He said that Spain supported U.S. leadership in [...] | 2007-10-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SP |
07MADRID2041 | SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (C) On October 26, the Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the Spanish National Court made public its 2-1 vote to accept the extradition to the U.S. of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Judge Teresa Palacios presided over the October 4 extradition hearing and voted against remanding [...] | 2007-10-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CIVS KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SP |
07MADRID2044 | SPAIN CONCERNED WITH NEW U.S. MARITIME CARGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Although GOS officials are in favor of increasing security measures at Spanish ports, they are concerned that their ports will be unable to comply with the new scanning requirements mandated under Title XVII of the 9/11 Act. Spanish officials have told Post that the requiremen [...] | 2007-10-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD AMGT PTER SP |
07MADRID2045 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (SBU) In meeting with Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Director for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel, USTR Director for EU Affairs, David Weiner emphasized President Bush's personal engagement on Doha matters, and that the USG does see a possibility for a successful conclusion of the [...] | 2007-10-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV |
07MADRID2046 | EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID - [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...] | 2007-10-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2047 | IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR POSSIBLE USE AGAINST IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) This message is keyed to reftel A's para. 5. 2. (S/NF) The Bank of Spain regulates banks. The Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (SEPBLAC) is the Spanish government entity that focuses on preventing and investigating mone [...] | 2007-10-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | KNNP IR PREL PARM EFIN ETTC SP |
07MADRID2049 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hector Lorenzana, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 18 to November 25. The purpose of the visit is to collaborate with Complutense partners and to participate in a discussion at the Universidad Politecnica. 2. Post understands t [...] | 2007-10-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2051 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON ICAO MONTREAL [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on October 29 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Director for Economic Multilateral Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde as well as to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works' Deputy Directorate for Civil Aviation Operations. Both Ministr [...] | 2007-10-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX SP |
07MADRID2055 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid offers the following responses to REFTEL request for information on the government of Spain's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. For ease of reading, we have opted to rewrite each question set [...] | 2007-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CIVS ASEC KHLS SP |
07MADRID2056 | DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points October 31 to Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar. He noted that the U.S. and Spain shared a strategic goal -- a free and democratic Cuba -- but differed sharply on tactics. The U.S. nevertheless wanted to work collaboratively with t [...] | 2007-10-31 17:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU SP |
07MADRID2058 | SPAIN: VERDICTS HANDED DOWN IN THE TRIAL OF THE [...] (U) Spain's National Court on October 31 returned guilty verdicts on 21 of the 28 people accused of involvement in the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid (known in Spain as 11-M),which killed 191 and injured over 1,800. An additional seven individuals were acquitted. A 29th defendant h [...] | 2007-10-31 18:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2063 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION DISCUSSES PKK TERRORISM, [...] (C) PKK: DCM met October 31 with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar and delivered reftel points. Dezcallar said Spain shared U.S. concerns regarding the PKK and understood the delicacy of the situation between Turkey and Iraq. He emphasized that Spain wanted to be helpfu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SP |
07MADRID2065 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said the announcement of the European-harmonized inflation rate was a "bad figure without redeeming features." The 3.6% was an unexpectedly steep increase from the September figure of 2.7%, which itself was already 0.6% above the eur [...] | 2007-11-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND ELAB EPET SOCI SP EINV |
07MADRID2066 | SPAIN/INCSR: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EFIN SP |
07MADRID2070 | SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO CEUTA AND MELILLA BACKFIRES [...] (C) The strong Moroccan reaction to the November 5-6 visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla seems to have caught the Zapatero government completely by surprise. When Morocco recalled its ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos and his number two, Bernardino Leon, were reportedly spendin [...] | 2007-11-05 18:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP |
07MADRID2072 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassfied. 2. (SBU) The information provided in this message is keyed to the questions in reftel's para. 5. 3. (U) The June, 2006 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation of Spain found that Spain's "structures for dealing with terrorist [...] | 2007-11-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SP |
07MADRID2077 | MFA SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IBEROAMERICA TRINIDAD [...] (C) According to a November 6 readout provided by Trinidad Jimenez' Chief of Staff Juan Carlos Sanchez to the DCM, Jimenez found the situation in Venezuela "extremely bad" during her October 31 visit. She described Chavez as being in "another world." The polarization of the country was increasing a [...] | 2007-11-06 18:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP VE |
07MADRID2078 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR SENIOR ADVISOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Farah Pandith, EUR Senior Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 6 to November 14. The purpose of the visit is to attend and conduct Muslim outreach meetings. 2. Post will assist with meetings and logistics as requested [...] | 2007-11-07 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA SP |
07MADRID208 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN FIRM [...] (C/NF) President Zapatero is highly unlikely to in the near term reverse his statement that Spain will not augment its troop presence in Afghanistan, thereby nixing the possibility of staffing the ISAF XI HQ in Kabul (with some 120-150 personnel). This conclusion stems from Ambassador Aguirre,s con [...] | 2007-02-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2083 | SPAIN'S 2008 PROPOSED BUDGET COMBINES SPENDING [...] Summary. With only four months left until general elections, the PSOE government has successfully side-stepped attempts led by conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP) representatives in the Chamber of Deputies to derail its 2008 proposed budget. The Administration's budget focuses heavily [...] | 2007-11-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON EFIN PGOV |
07MADRID2084 | FATF/IRAN STATEMENTS DELIVERED TO SPAIN [...] DCM shared on 10/31/07 reftel points on the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) statements on Iran with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rafael Dezcallar. Embassy is also sharing reftel points with Ministry of Economy Secretary of State David Vegara's office. 2. Comment: Our [...] | 2007-11-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN IR SP |
07MADRID2090 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PEARSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Pearson, Professional Staff Member, and accompanying delegation to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 10 to November 20. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Intergovernmental panel on climate change. 2. Post wi [...] | 2007-11-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP |
07MADRID2092 | NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE VOTE - SPANISH MAKE FINAL [...] (C) DCM met November 7 with Secretary of State for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. Cuesta raised the CHOD Sanz' candidacy for Chair of the NATO Military Committee, noting that all three countries seeking the post -- Italy, Poland, and Spain -- had much to recommend them. However, he noted that It [...] | 2007-11-08 19:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID2093 | SPANISH AGAIN BRING UP CARRASCOSA CASE AND MAY [...] (C) The DCM met November 5 with Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez Hernandez to thank him for Spain's efforts in the Al-Kassar extradition case (REFTEL A). Perez Hernandez raised during the meeting Spain's continuing concern over the long-running case of Maria Jose Carrascosa, a Spani [...] | 2007-11-08 19:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PREL CASC SP |
07MADRID2094 | SPANISH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT ODIHR MISSION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS SP |
07MADRID21 | ETA ATTACK: POLICE FIND SECOND BOMB, RESCUERS FIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Basque police located a second vehicle containing explosive material in Vizcaya on January 4; they believe the vehicle had been abandoned by ETA. President Zapatero visited the airport bombing site and expressed his continued resolve to achieve an end to violence in Spain. Z [...] | 2007-01-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV SP |
07MADRID210 | FM MORATINOS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called Ambassador Aguirre February 7 to discuss Spain's commitment to Afghanistan in advance of the February 8-9 NATO ministerial in Sevilla. The Ambassador had previously spoken with Defense Minister Alonso and National Security Advisor Casajuana on t [...] | 2007-02-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2102 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rajat Sapra, Masood Hadi, and Kenneth Sale, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about November 21 to December 02. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the European conference on Synthetic Biology: Design, Programming and Optimis. [...] | 2007-11-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2105 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON EU'S LACKLUSTER [...] Embassy EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General Teresa Zapatero Martinez and to Ministry of Environment Subdirector General for International Relations Amparo Rambla Gil on 11/13/07. AgCouns delivered the demarche to the Ministry of Agr [...] | 2007-11-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TBIO ECPSN PREL SP |
07MADRID2106 | DEMARCHE: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met November 14 with Deputy Director General for Andean Countries Ramon Santos and Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia-Ovies regarding U.S. concerns over Bolivia's support for Iran's nuclear program (ref A). Sanch [...] | 2007-11-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2118 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Arthur Rodgers and Keith Nakanishi, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 24 to December 04. The purpose of the visit is to attend a meeting at the Institute of Earth Sciences in Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...] | 2007-11-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2123 | ROYAL SMACKDOWN OF CHAVEZ MEETS WITH SPANISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Judging from the reaction in Spain, King Juan Carlos seems to have been speaking for many when he asked Venezuelan President Chavez to shut up at the Iberoamerican Summit (ref a). His angry rebuke of Chavez has gone over well with the Spanish public, and the recording of it is r [...] | 2007-11-16 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID2125 | SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for European Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 15. Fernandez-Arias emphasized that Spain was mainly in agreement with the U.S., but he highlighted subtle differences on several topics. //KOSOVO// 2. (C) Fernandez- [...] | 2007-11-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID2126 | SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] | 2007-11-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID2128 | USG REPRESENTATIVES REITERATE INTEREST IN WORKING [...] (U) Summary: Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Senior Counsel Michael Shapiro and Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens used the Spanish government organized Madrid November 7-8, 2007 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" [...] | 2007-11-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP |
07MADRID2129 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) The 0.7% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth figure was lower than the second quarter's 0.9%, so it tracks with other signs of a slowdown. The Spanish government forecasts full-year 2007 growth of 3.8%. (Comment: The big question is how much lower growth will be in 2008. The opposition conser [...] | 2007-11-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP |
07MADRID2131 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Daniel Jones, Staff, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 30 to December 02. The purpose of travel is in conjunction with matters of concern to the committee. [...] | 2007-11-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP |
07MADRID2132 | SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] | 2007-11-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID2135 | TOP SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Joan Mesquida, Director General of Spain's Unified Command of the Spanish National Police and Civil Guard, traveled to Miami and Washington the week of November 5 to meet with various members of the U.S. interagency involved in the fight against terrorism and narcotics traffickin [...] | 2007-11-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR SP |
07MADRID2140 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Otto Anatole Von Lilienfeld-Toal, from NNSA to travel to San Sebastian, Spain on or about December 4 to December 09. The purpose of the visit is to establish and continue a variety of collaborations with leading experts. 2. Post understands that no ass [...] | 2007-11-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2142 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. We realize much of your time will rightly be occupied by the OSCE ministerial, but we are certain that when you engage on bilateral issues, you will find the Spanish keenly interested in what you have to say. The country is absorbed with [...] | 2007-11-20 18:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2145 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings and accompanying delegation to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 25 to December 02. The purpose of travel is to attend the Organization on Security Meeting and the 15th OSCE Ministerial Council [...] | 2007-11-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP |
07MADRID2148 | SPAIN/IRAN - UNION FENOSA VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS [...] (C) Charge called Union Fenosa Vice President and CEO Honorato Lopez Isla on 11/20/07 to find out whether an 11/16/07 Financial Times story ("Tehran in talks with European companies over big LNG project") reporting that an Union Fenosa subsidiary, Socoin, had been awarded a euros 32.5 million engin [...] | 2007-11-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV SP IR |
07MADRID215 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE THREATENS TO OBSTRUCT US-SPAIN JUDICICIAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CJAN KJUS SP |
07MADRID2150 | SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS [...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...] | 2007-11-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON OREP PREL |
07MADRID2155 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) There is much media speculation that Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes will run for a parliamentary seat, perhaps as the number two to President Zapatero in the Madrid area. (Comment: Getting Solbes to stay, and to run, is all about shoring up the PSOE's centrist and center [...] | 2007-11-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP |
07MADRID2158 | SPAIN AGREES TO TELL BOLIVIA TO BACK OFF ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO SP |
07MADRID2159 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref a demarche November 23 to MFA Secretary of State for Iberoamerica Trinidad Jimenez and the Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo. Drawing also on information provided by WHA/AND concerning Chavez' ties to Iran and increased narcotics trafficking fro [...] | 2007-11-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE SP |
07MADRID2160 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the USOSCE delegation on reftel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about November 26 to November 30. The purpose of travel is to attend the OSCE Ministerial Council. 2. Kevan Higgins is the point of contact and can be reached at embassy [...] | 2007-11-28 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OREP OTRA SP |
07MADRID217 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/GAC BRITISH ROBINSON [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/GAC US Delegate British Robinson, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on February 10 to February 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3GSM World Congress and participate in Steering Committee meetings. 2. Hotel reservations ha [...] | 2007-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP |
07MADRID2180 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Eric Alderson, Leslie Carroll, Mark Ekman, Adrian Pidlusky, and Richard Lucero, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona and Valencia, Spain on or about December 01 to December 09. The purpose of the visit is to perform a port visit under the Se [...] | 2007-11-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2188 | SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) What is the nature of investments (and names, if known) that host country businesses have in Cuba? Information on Spanish foreign investment in Cuba is limited, in part because Spanish compan [...] | 2007-12-04 08:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU |
07MADRID2189 | SPAIN/ETA: RARE POLITICAL UNITY IN WAKE OF ETA [...] (U) Spanish political leaders from virtually every stripe have presented a united front in the aftermath of the December 1 shooting in the French town of Capbreton that left one Spanish Civil Guard officer dead and another in a coma. The officers, part of a bilateral counterterrorism initiativ [...] | 2007-12-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID2194 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA241/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armando Alcaraz, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 07 to December 12. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Temporary Working Group Sampling and Analysis meeting. 2. Post [...] | 2007-12-04 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2195 | SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN [...] (C) On December 4 the Ambassador raised the issue of helicopters for UNAMID with FM Moratinos, emphasizing the urgent need given UNAMID's lack of air mobility assets and the enormous and rugged terrain in which UNAMID must operate. He underscored that UNAMID's effectiveness was critical to th [...] | 2007-12-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UN SU SP |
07MADRID2200 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA241/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Armando Alcaraz, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 07 to December 12. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Temporary Working Group Sampling and Analysis meeting. 2. Post [...] | 2007-12-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2201 | CLIMATE CHANGE-SPAIN SEEKS TO WORK WITH U.S. AT [...] (SBU) On December 4, DCM delivered ref a points on USG climate change objectives to Spanish Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of the Environment Arturo Aizpiri. Aizpiri said he was optimistic about the prospects for progress in Bali. Spain,s objective was the EU one of setting a negotiating [...] | 2007-12-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV SP |
07MADRID2202 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...] | 2007-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL SP CZ |
07MADRID2203 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH SPANISH DG PONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Fried and Spanish Director General for Europe and North America Pepe Pons met briefly on November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. The Spanish received our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its [...] | 2007-12-07 06:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2214 | UNCITRAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNCITRAL UN SP |
07MADRID2216 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) held its 19th Business Roundtable with the GOS in Madrid on December 4. The EIU tried with mixed success to get the high-level participants to talk about the prospects of a hard landing versus a soft landing scenario for the Spanish economy. President [...] | 2007-12-10 09:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT KIPR PARM PGOV SP |
07MADRID2223 | SPAIN SENSITIVITIES RULE OUT GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO MASS MPOS SP |
07MADRID2225 | U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...] | 2007-12-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2232 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA22/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Adam Bernstein, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 16 to December 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the High Pressure Xenon Detectors workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-12-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
07MADRID2235 | SPAIN WANTS MORE COMPENSATION IN BANKING OR [...] Summary: Spain recognizes that the U.S. has made a serious offer to resolve the WTO internet gambling case. However, Spain is looking for more compensation in banking or insurance. Moreover, as Spain appears to be relatively liberal on internet gambling, the public order argument for maintai [...] | 2007-12-14 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO SP |
07MADRID2237 | SPAIN SUPPORTING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS IN [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Fernando Fernandez-Arias, Spanish Deputy Director General for Human Rights, on December 12 regarding upcoming UNGA plenary votes on Third Committee country specific resolutions. Poloff thanked Fernandez-Arias for Spain's support and leadership in gaining approval for th [...] | 2007-12-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UNGA SP |
07MADRID2238 | SPAIN/ISLAM: GOS SURVEY FINDS MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Spain released its second annual survey of first generation immigrants of Muslim faith on December 11. The results, which generally described a tolerant and fairly content Muslim population in Spain, closely corresponded with those of the 2006 survey. Eighty-t [...] | 2007-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF KPLS SP |
07MADRID2239 | SPAIN WELCOMES PROPOSED NWC FIELD STUDIES ON ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Spain warmly welcomes the May 2008 proposed thematic trip on Islam in the West and is pleased to comment on the feasibility of such a program in Spain. Home to nearly one million Muslims, most of them immigrants, Spain is an ideal destination for subject study tou [...] | 2007-12-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL MARR MOPS SP |
07MADRID224 | SPAIN ADVISED OF TRAVEL AND DOCUMENTATION PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG CU SP |
07MADRID2240 | DCM HOSTS CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary. On November 14, the DCM along with various sections of the Embassy hosted an interagency group of key representatives from Spain's civil aviation security sector. The DCM expressed the Embassy's appreciation for GOS security efforts and pledged to continue and increase dialogue an [...] | 2007-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ECON PREL ICAO EAIR AORC |
07MADRID2241 | SPAIN WILL NOT RESOLVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After high-level engagement with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Economy and Finance, it is clear that Spain will not act to extend full benefits and privileges to the Church of Latter Day Saints, the Buddhists, and the Jehovah's witnesses prior to the March 20 [...] | 2007-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF SP |
07MADRID2247 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar November 13, stressing the urgency of bringing closure to the issue of Kosovo. Dezcallar said Spain has never been enthusiastic about a declaration of independence and hoped the entire affair woul [...] | 2007-12-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SP |
07MADRID2248 | U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IR PARM SP |
07MADRID225 | SPAIN ON HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) POLOFFS RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ALBERTO MORENO AND TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY CARLOS FERNANDEZ ARIAS (IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY RAFAEL DEZCALLAR) ON THE USG'S DESIRE TO COORDINATE ON A RESPONSE PRIOR [...] | 2007-02-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL SP |
07MADRID2251 | SPAIN: AL-KASSAR NEARING EXTRADITION TO U.S., BUT [...] (U) The Penal Section of the Spanish National Court approved on December 13 the extradition of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar to the U.S. The decision of the panel was 11-1 in favor of extradition, with the lone dissension coming from the head of the tribunal Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez. [...] | 2007-12-14 17:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID226 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR SUSAN MCCAW [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Susan McCaw for personal travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about February 11. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passports coming to S [...] | 2007-02-09 18:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT SP |
07MADRID2265 | POLITICAL STRATEGIES DEVELOP FOR MARCH GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we head into the holidays, the polls continue to suggest a close race in the March general election, with President Zapatero and the Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE) perhaps enjoying a slight lead over Mariano Rajoy and the Partido Popular (PP). Recent conversations with key [...] | 2007-12-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID2266 | SPAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Five years after all consumers were given the right to choose their own electricity providers, two companies control 80 percent of the Spanish electricity generation and distribution market. This market dominance by Endesa and Iberdrola has remained consistent over the past fi [...] | 2007-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ENRG PREL EPET SENV |
07MADRID227 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on February 9 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the February 12 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias said that the EU's external statements of unity on Kosovo would not reflect [...] | 2007-02-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SP YI SR BK AL IS IR AF |
07MADRID2272 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] (C) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Area Specialist Laura Martinez from the MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on December 18. Martinez expressed appreciation for the information and said that she would share it with law enforcement and intelligence channels. She agreed to provide a [...] | 2007-12-19 18:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SP |
07MADRID2277 | FAVORABLE SPANISH REACTIONS TO USG ROLE IN BALI [...] (U) Spanish officials and commentators have praised the USG's role in contributing to the success of last week's UNFCC conference in Bali. Environment Minister Christina Narbona told reporters that the U.S. had taken a "very important step" toward reducing future emissions, and she valued the [...] | 2007-12-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID2282 | AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH SPAIN’S CELEBRATED AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met on December 14 with Judge Baltasar Garzon, a high-profile investigative magistrate in Madrid's powerful National Court (Audiencia Nacional). Garzon was upbeat in his comments and said that he has a good understanding of U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism policy, even t [...] | 2007-12-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
07MADRID2292 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The PSOE government can point to another piece of good news on the economic front as the campaign approaches. Eurostat statistics for 2006 showed Spain's per capita GDP passing Italy's for the first time. This puts Spain in eighth place among the 13 Euro countries, with a per capita incom [...] | 2007-12-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
07MADRID2294 | SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...] | 2007-12-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR |
07MADRID2295 | SPAIN WOULD WELCOME MEPI PROJECT UNDER AOC AUSPICES [...] SUMMARY; Polcouns met December 19 with Spanish Deputy Political Director Felix Costales to discuss the possible association of MEPI's Civic Education Partnership Initiative (CEPI) with the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) as a means to fulfill the Secretary's commitment to contribute to the Ao [...] | 2007-12-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KMPI UN SP |
07MADRID2297 | SPAIN: DCM COMPARES NOTES WITH MOD SEC-GEN LUIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Spanish Ministry of Defense Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta reviewed the past year in U.S.-Spanish cooperation and addressed ongoing issues at their December 19 meeting. Saying it helped to have helpful counterparts, Cuesta agreed 2007 had [...] | 2007-12-26 06:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID2302 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Codel Martinez to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on the allegedly frosty U.S.-Spain relation [...] | 2007-12-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID2304 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The December 27 Spanish press carried an interview with Former President Jose Maria Aznar in which Aznar asserted Kosovo's independence would have pernicious consequences for Europe. He said Spain had not participated in NATO operations in the Balkans in order to create an independent Kos [...] | 2007-12-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SP |
07MADRID2305 | SPAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) STRATEGY [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Given the USG's Special 301-related concerns with respect to the protection of copyrighted materials in Spain, the Embassy has developed a short, medium and long-term IPR strategy for Spain [...] | 2007-12-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD SP |
07MADRID2306 | REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWNTURN RAISES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As commonly predicted, housing sales and construction in Spain have steadily decreased this year, with sales of new and used homes down by almost 20 percent since the first quarter of 2007. Real estate developers are taking the brunt of this downturn, while other players have h [...] | 2007-12-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP PREL |
07MADRID2307 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) An Expansion Ipsos poll conducted December 14-16, 2007 showed that 50% of those polled thought that the economy had worsened during President Zapatero's tenure, 26% thought that it had not changed and 20% thought that it had improved. Curiously, however, 43% of Spaniards still think that th [...] | 2007-12-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP |
07MADRID2313 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL SP |
07MADRID246 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes lays out a mostly rosy scenario for Spanish economy and says Spain does not share the same economic vulnerabilities as the U.S.: While speaking to a packed 1/24/07 Europa Press event, Solbes was mostly upbeat but acknowledged that Spain needs to improve its producti [...] | 2007-02-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID247 | SPAIN ON EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING FOR IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY MNUC AORC SP |
07MADRID256 | SPAIN DEMARCHES CHINA ON MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID266 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: ENRIQUE PAZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Enrique Paz Argandona, Senior Service Fellow, NCEH, CDC, HHS to travel to Valencia and Madrid, Spain on February 14 to February 17. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Forum "Public Health: New demands and challenges. Proposals for the futur [...] | 2007-02-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID267 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain on March 3 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 Operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site. [...] | 2007-02-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID269 | SPANISH DEPUTY DEFMIN ON UPCOMING PENTAGON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met with Secretary of State for Defense Francisco Pardo on February 13 to review plans for Pardo's upcoming, defense-sales-focused trip to the US. DCM and Pardo briefly discussed bilateral defense sales, the GOS reaction to press coverage of US military flights stopping in S [...] | 2007-02-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID273 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. EDWARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edward Trimble, Senior Investigator, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, NIH to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain on March 1 to March 3. The purpose of this visit is to give a speech at the Sixth International Symposium on Advanced Ovarian Cancer. [...] | 2007-02-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID274 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragosa, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 Operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site [...] | 2007-02-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID275 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: GUILLERMO DIAZ, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Guillermo Diaz, Gerald Scott and John Watson to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 18 to February 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Sub-Committee [...] | 2007-02-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID276 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alan Perelson to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 15 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to chair a scientific session at an international conference on HIV dynamics and evolution. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...] | 2007-02-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID277 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Steven Dazeley and Robert Svoboda to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 2 to March 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at CIEMAT-Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales. 2. Post understands tha [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID278 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Joines, Eric Moore, and Luc Murphy to travel to Rota, Spain on March 2 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support to Department of Defense customer. 2. Post understands t [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID279 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Michael John Murphy, and Philip Alexander Pincosy to travel to Tarragona, Spain on April 13 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Symposium on Ballistic. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID280 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: MICHAEL CAMERON, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Michael Cameron, Peter Boveng, John Bengtson, and Roderick Hobbs to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on or about February 24 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the "Workshop to Develop Monitoring Plans for Ar [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID281 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: MARCIA KALISH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Marcia Kalish, Microbioligist, COGH, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid and Segovia, Spain on or about April 16 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop and co-organize and session chair for the 14th International Workshop on HIV Dynamics an [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID282 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC: MATTHEW [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Matthew Kuehnert, Epidemiologist, NCPDCIP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 4 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to facilitate U.S. Government input into the European Union Standards and Training as representative on Vigilance and Surveill [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID283 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC: ALISON FULLER AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Securities and Exchange Commission Officials: Alison Fuller, Assistant Chief Counsel and Susan Olson, Senior Counsel to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about February 27 to March 2. The purpose of this visit to attend the annual IOSCO Standing Committee m [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID284 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN BYERLY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to John Byerly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Afairs, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about February 20 to February 24. The purpose of this visit is to be a panelist and a [...] | 2007-02-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAIR ASECARP EUN SP |
07MADRID288 | SPAIN: POINTS DELIVERED ON FREEZING ASSETS OF [...] (C) ESTHOFF delivered REFTEL points February 12 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to freeze the assets of Iranian entities not specifically listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. ECONOFF presented the same points February 12 to MFA International Te [...] | 2007-02-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP SP |
07MADRID296 | SPAIN: DISAGREEMENT ON DSP-83 SIGNING AUTHORITY [...] SUMMARY: MOD is concerned because Spain's $1.2 billion program to sell frigates to the Norwegian navy is being delayed by an inability to reconcile US and Spanish technical legal requirements regarding signature of end-user nontransfer documents. Post requests DDTC guidance on how to move fo [...] | 2007-02-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS ETTC PREL SP |
07MADRID299 | SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 16 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, notifying Spain of our designation of three additional Iranian entities under E.O 13382 and asking Madrid to freeze any Spanish assets held by these three entities. Sanchez told [...] | 2007-02-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IR SP |
07MADRID318 | SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP |
07MADRID324 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. RAFAEL DE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Rafeal de Cabo, Investigator, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH to travel to Cordoba and Seville, Spain on March 11 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at the University of Cordoba and to particip [...] | 2007-02-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID325 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alan Burns to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 14 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Atomic Force Microscopy BioMed Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...] | 2007-02-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID326 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Paul Demmie to travel to Tarragona and Barcelona, Spain on April 15 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd International Symposium on Ballistics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...] | 2007-02-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID327 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ELISE KOHN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Elise Kohn, Section Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on March 2 to March 3. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation at the Advanced Ovarian Cancer Therapy Update Symposium. 2. P [...] | 2007-02-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID328 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. JACQUES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jacques Normand, Director, AIDS Research Program, Office of the Director National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on February 18 to February 25. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Drug Abuse/HIV re [...] | 2007-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID329 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC SHAHID HABIB [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA employee Shahid Habib from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid Spain on March 17 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend, participate and serve as a session chair at the World Meteorological Organization Secu [...] | 2007-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID330 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: CHESTER KOBLINSKY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Chester Koblinsky to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 17 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Conference Secure and Sustainable Living. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID331 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: SUE MOORE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Sue Moore to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about March 3 to March 7. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Workshop to Develop Monitoring Plans for Arctic Marine Mammals. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...] | 2007-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID332 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE DIANA BROWN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USOSCE Deputy Political counselor Diana Brown and Political Economic Officer Robert Carlson to travel to Zaragosa, Spain on or about March 12 to March 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the OSCE Preparatory Conference for Economic and Envir [...] | 2007-02-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | APER ASEC OSCE OTRA SP |
07MADRID333 | SPAIN ON AGENDA FOR THE OSCE TOLERANCE CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE SP |
07MADRID336 | SPANISH ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA: NOT THE SAME AS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the 2006 conversations and correspondence between Assistant Secretary Frazer and Spanish Director General Alvaro Iranzo, Emboffs met February 20 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Deputy Director General for Spanish International Cooperation in Africa and Asia, to d [...] | 2007-02-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID SP XA |
07MADRID338 | SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch, the DCM and MFA State Secretary for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez engaged in a review of the situation in Latin America. Jimenez sees the region as emerging from a very dynamic political and electoral season in 2006. Spanish objectives in 2007 are to help manage th [...] | 2007-02-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SP |
07MADRID339 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: LARRY LA VERN KING [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Larry La Vern King to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 20 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to perform a line station inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...] | 2007-02-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID340 | INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...] | 2007-02-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI |
07MADRID341 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Bette Korber to travel to Valencia, Spain on April 16 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Dynamics and Evolution conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...] | 2007-02-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID345 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:GORDON MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee, Gordon Michael McKay to travel to Madrid, Spain on February 27 to February 28. The purpose of this visit is to perform an international check airman inspection on US Airways. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...] | 2007-02-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID36 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH: DR. STEVEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, NIH to travel to Palma de Majorca on January 22 to January 26. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Twenty-Third International Papilloma Conference. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID362 | UNHRC: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, AMENABLE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID37 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH: DR. SCHILLER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Schiller, Senior Investigator National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 14 to January 17. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Twenty-Third International Papilloma Conference. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID38 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: IRENE PEDERSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Irene May Pederson, Overseas Military Coordinator, VA Central Office to travel to Rota, Spain on January 15 to June 04. The purpose of this visit is to provide counseling to U.S. Military personnel regarding Veterans Benefits available upon separation from [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID382 | SCENESETTER FOR MUSLIM OUTREACH COORDINATOR FARAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Madrid is a welcome opportunity to broaden our knowledge of and relations with the Islamic community in Spain. In your meetings with community leaders, private citizens, and government officials, we believe you will take away an impression that the large and growi [...] | 2007-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV SCUL OVIP OPRC SP |
07MADRID383 | SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...] | 2007-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL SP |
07MADRID386 | SPAIN TO SUPPORT U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KSCA SP |
07MADRID39 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC, DOMINIC [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dominic Benford from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, Spain on January 20 to January 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Goddard-Institut De Radioastonomie Millimetrique Superconducting Millimeter Observer Collaboration P [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID391 | SPAIN ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- see paragraph 3. 2. (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 26 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to endorse the Global Initiative's Statement of Principles and to participate in the third meet [...] | 2007-03-02 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP SP |
07MADRID394 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 1 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the March GAERC meeting (ref A). Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC discussion would be mainly theoretical and analytical this month, a [...] | 2007-03-02 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID395 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PL PREL SP |
07MADRID40 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/BNLEE: MENDEZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Emilio Mendez, Director, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory EENS to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 13 to January 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Awards Ceremony of the Spanish Research Prizes. 2. Post [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID402 | SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...] | 2007-03-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID403 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: JEFFREY STUART [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Jeffrey Stuart to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 11 to March 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend Bilateral meetings with Saudi partners at the World Meteorological International Conference on Social and Economic Benefits o [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID404 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. JUDITH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Judith Rapoport, Senior Investigator, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH to travel to Cordoba, Spain on March 21 to March 26. The purpose of this visit is to receive the Castilla del Pino Award for achievement in psychiat [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID405 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. ROBERT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Robert Jensen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 15 to March 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend and serve as a speaker at a meeting of the European [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID406 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. SHYAMAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shyamal Peddada, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Valladolid, Spain on March 25 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to lecture, and meet with international experts at the University of Val [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID407 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing site. [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID408 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC NASA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as listed in reftel to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on March 4 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support operations at the Transoceanic Abort Landing site. [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID409 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS: DR. EDGARD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edgard Espinoza, Deputy Director at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory to travel to Baeza, Spain on March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Sixth Masters course on CITES management at the Andalucia Inter [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID41 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: THIELER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Thieler, Research Geologist, USGS to travel to Malaga, Spain on January 15 to January 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Scientific Planning Discussions at the First Meeting on Climate Change Regional Impacts: Andalus [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID410 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: KELLY, REED, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; General Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmoshphere, Michelle Reed, Advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Jennifer Lewis, Program SIPDIS Analyst, Lixion Avila, Senior Hurricane Specialist and Dr. Ro [...] | 2007-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID411 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:FLIGHT INSPECTION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employees: Michael Ryder, Thomas Page, Wiliam Hoffman, Kenneth Holloway, and Marvin Pittman, to travel to Rota, Spain on or about March 19 to March 20. The crewmembers will be certifying navigation aids for the Department of Defense. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID412 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:DONALD WAYNE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: William Hughes, Technical Center and Donald Gallagher, Mathematician, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Working [...] | 2007-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID422 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY TO USAFE MANPOWER [...] (S/NF) Reftel is EUCOM request for Embassy Madrid's assessment of host nation sensitivity to USAFE's planned manpower reductions at the Spanish air base at Moron. We are responding in these channels to underscore that the country team has an interest in trends regarding US military presence [...] | 2007-03-06 12:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID425 | SPAIN: AFRICOM SHOULD ENGAGE AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) At a meeting on a range of issues with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on February 2, the DCM raised the recent announcement of the creation of U.S. Combatant Command Africa (AFRICOM) and told Dezcallar that the U.S. would appreciate Spain's input, advice and [...] | 2007-03-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP XA |
07MADRID426 | SPAIN: NO SURPRISE CUBA VISIT IN THE WORKS [...] (C) At an unrelated meeting with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2, DCM raised the topic of a possible visit to Cuba of Foreign Minister Moratinos, and he noted that he had told Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez that such a visit could [...] | 2007-03-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP CU |
07MADRID43 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: FLORES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, John Flores to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 19 to January 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend CASA 295 SFAR-88 meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...] | 2007-01-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID432 | SPAIN/ETA: RELEASE OF PRISONER TRIGGERS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Just two months after ETA's December 30 bomb attack at Madrid's airport set off a bitter debate regarding the Zapatero Government's handling of the Basque issue, Zapatero has drawn fresh criticism for allowing a hunger striking ETA member to serve the remainder of his sentence in house [...] | 2007-03-08 09:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
07MADRID438 | SPAIN: NEED UNSCR ON KOSOVO; MUST ENGAGE SERBIA [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2 to discuss his recent visit with Foreign Minister Moratinos to Belgrade and Pristina as Chair-in-Office of the OSCE. The DCM emphasized the need to support the Ahtisaari plan and maintain EU and U.S. [...] | 2007-03-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP YI |
07MADRID440 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ ADOLFO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adolfo Figueroa-Vinas from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 21 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the University of Alcala de Henares. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requir [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID441 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/HQ STEPHEN AMBROSE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Ambrose from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 17 to March 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Meteorological Organization Sustainability Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID442 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: DR. SUSAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Swedo, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH to travel to Cordoba, Spain on March 22 to March 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Childhood Onset of Adult Psychiatric Disorders meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID443 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: RODERICK HOBBS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Roderick Hobbs and Peter Boveng to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about March 3 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Pan Arctic tracking of Beluga Whales Coordination meeting and the First International Workshop o [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID444 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CM:NANCY BUTTE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nancy Butte, from Baylor College of Medicine to travel to Valencia, Spain on May 8 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Stable Isotopes in Paediatric Nutrition and Metabolism meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID445 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NETL: SARKUS AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel Thomas Sarkus, Jeffrey Hoffman to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 10 to March 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a due diligence trip of the Futuregen Technical Committee, Pertinent to Screening Suitable Technologies and Equip [...] | 2007-03-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID446 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Robert Barry, Ian Harris, Manuel de la Torre, Rebecca Heninger, Joseph Kahr, Orin Serviss, and Richard Welch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 4 to March 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend Pr [...] | 2007-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID447 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC MICHAEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Piszczor from NASA's Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 10 to March 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Fourth International Conference on Solar Concentrators for the Generation of Electricity o [...] | 2007-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID448 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA:ROBERT BONANNI AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employee: Robert Bonanni, Civil Engineer, and Alvin Lee Logan, Electronics Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about March 16 to March 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in International Civil Aviation Organization Visual Aids Panel [...] | 2007-03-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID449 | SPANISH INTERIOR MINISTER RUBALCABA ON DE JUANA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 lunch with Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Ambassador Aguirre heard the Spanish government's defense of its recent controversial decision to allow convicted ETA assassin Inaki De Juana Chaos to serve out the rest of his sentence under house arrest [...] | 2007-03-08 19:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID457 | AMIA CASE: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINE POSITION [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, the Ambassador contacted Argentine Ambassador Carlos Betinni on March 8 to advise him that the USG planned to approach the Spanish Government to express support for the Argentine position on the AMIA case at Interpol. On March 9, the DCM, accompanied by Legat and [...] | 2007-03-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KJUS SP |
07MADRID475 | SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points March 9 to several senior officials at Spain's Agency for International Cooperation (AECI),encouraging senior level attendance at the March 16 ICI meeting in New York. POLOFF passed same request to MFA's Iraq office. Both ESTHOFF and POLOFF encouraged thei [...] | 2007-03-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID482 | PROGRESS MINGLED WITH COMPLACENCY: MUSLIM [...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried Farah Pandith did not have the opportunity to clear this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In her March 4-7 visit to Madrid, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith met with a broad variety of concerned parties, including represe [...] | 2007-03-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID483 | OUTGOING SPANISH DEP DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, BILAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a farewell meeting, outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told DCM on March 13 that his recent trip to the US was useful. He said that he continues to worry about how to manage the "asymmetry" in the bilateral defense relationship. Pardo reiterated the Zapatero gov [...] | 2007-03-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID49 | SPAIN: ADDENDUM TO 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) As stipulated in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that updates significant terrorist-related developments in Spain that occurred after submission of the Spain section of the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) On December 30 the terrorist group ETA exploded [...] | 2007-01-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC SP |
07MADRID490 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Tom Little to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 21 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings at the Associacion de Normalizacion y certificacion Headquarters (AENOR). 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-03-15 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID491 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC KEITH TUCKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA's Keith Tucker from NASA's Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 7 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Structural Technical Interchange meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...] | 2007-03-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID492 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Randel Lindemann and Jun Liu from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 18 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend a technical interchange meeting to support upcoming critical design review for M [...] | 2007-03-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID493 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Alaudin Bhanji, and David Recce from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 16 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex and Ingenieria Y Servicios Aeroes [...] | 2007-03-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID494 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS: ROBERT GABEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Gabel, Chief for Division of Scientific Authority, at the National Fish and Wildlife Service to travel to Baeza, Spain on March 13 to March 22. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Sixth Masters course on management access, Conservation [...] | 2007-03-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID495 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MARGARET ANNES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Margaret Annes, and Cynthia Lee, Investigators, Division of Field Investigations, Office of Regulatory Affairs to travel to Boecillo, Valladolid and Burgos, Spain on March 17 to March 31. The purpose of this visit is to conduct drug inspections and audit d [...] | 2007-03-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID496 | SPAIN STILL SUPPOORTS U.S. - EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID497 | SPANISH COMPONENT OF U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA TPHY KSCA SP |
07MADRID498 | SPAIN STILL SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) EconCouns reconfirmed on March 15 that the GOS will vote in favor of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Plus Agreement. Civil aviation authorities also noted to EconOff on March 15 that Spain will do everything possible to push the UK to take a more conciliatory approach. 2. (U) Iberia Airlines r [...] | 2007-03-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL SP |
07MADRID502 | SPAIN HAS DOUBTS ABOUT SOME UN REFORMS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Subdirector General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzales de LINARES Palou on March 15. Linares appreciated USG concern on this matter and said that the most important point of UN reform was to do no harm to the organization. He agreed with th [...] | 2007-03-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA SP |
07MADRID51 | SPAIN: ADDENDUM TO 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) As stipulated in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that updates significant terrorist-related developments in Spain that occurred after submission of the Spain section of the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) On December 30 the terrorist group ETA exploded [...] | 2007-01-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC SP |
07MADRID510 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Visits to Spain in January 2007, primarily from Britain and Germany, but increasingly from France, Italy, and Scandinavia, were up 4 percent over January 2006. According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, tourism volume to the Canary Islands fell slightly, but increased in C [...] | 2007-03-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EIND ECON EFIN ETRD SENV TBIO SP EINV UK |
07MADRID512 | SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH [...] (C) Post is engaging the GOS on missile defense as requested in ref A. DCM raised the issue with MFA political director Dezcallar on March 2, as described in ref B. Dezcallar said that Spain has no objection to the program but expressed concern that Russia had not been sufficiently consulted [...] | 2007-03-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID514 | ZIMBABWE: SPAIN WOULD SUPPORT BUT NOT LEAD IN UNHRC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-director General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on March 19. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain is appalled by the abuses in Zimbabwe and he noted that Spain has issued a strong condemnation of the abuses on March 15. (NOTE: Text of c [...] | 2007-03-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNHRC PHUM PREL ZI EUN SP |
07MADRID520 | SPAIN/IRAQ: SOCIALISTS FIRE UP ANTI-WAR RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary. In a volatile political climate leading up to regional/municipal elections in late May, the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) and far left political allies have ramped up criticism of the war in Iraq, in part to counteract opposition Popular Party (PP) attacks on the Zapatero Government's [...] | 2007-03-21 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID521 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. David Roberts, Chief, Biochemical Pathology, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 3 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar at Hospital Universitario de la Princesa. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID522 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. CHEN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Daofen Chen, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),NIH and Dr. Leonardo Cohen Senior Investigator, NIH, to travel to Seville, Spain on or about March 23 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID523 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS: DAVID ATKINS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Atkins, Medical Officer, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality to travel to Bilbao, Spain on April 14 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at a workshop for local scientists. [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID524 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA: DAVID [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Cummings, Chemist, and Christopher Joneckis, Senior Advisor for Chemistry Manufacturing, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on March 25 to March 29. The purpose of this vi [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID525 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Jones and Eric Moore to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 20 to April 30. The purpose of this visit is to provide support and cross training to current contractors for the Deparment of Defense. 2. P [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID526 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS:FIERSTEIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith E. Fierstein, USGS, research geologist to travel to Tenerife, Spain on March 21 to March 30. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Density Currents and Topography workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID527 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: LAWRENCE BUCKLEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Lawrence Buckley to travel to Cadiz, Spain on or about March 17 to March 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the International Symposium on Parameterisation of Trophic Interactions in Ecosystem Modeling. 2. Po [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID528 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HOLMGREN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Miguel Holmgren, Chief, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, NIH to travel to Tenerife, Spain on or about March 28 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar at Hospital Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife. 2. Post understands that no a [...] | 2007-03-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID529 | SPAIN COURTS ALGERIA AND MOROCCO DESPITE WESTERN [...] (U) This is an action request message (see paragraphs 3 and 11). 2. (C) NOTE: The conversations in this message took place prior to receipt of reftel on briefing Spain and other countries on our latest Western Sahara efforts, which we will report via separate telegram. END NOTE. 3. (C [...] | 2007-03-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID535 | SPAIN WILL STICK TO EU APPROACH ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff presented ref. A demarche to Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, on March 22. Consistent with ref. B, Sanchez-Benedito said that Spain is in agreement with the U.S., is very concerned at the current state of affairs in Zimba [...] | 2007-03-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP ZI |
07MADRID536 | SPAIN FAVORS UN UMBRELLA FOR WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on March 21, asking Spain to intervene with the Polisario Front (PF) and encourage them to agree to direct negotiations with Morocco under U.S. auspices at a neutral location. Poloff empha [...] | 2007-03-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID545 | SPAIN/CUBA: FM MORATINOS PLANNING TO VISIT HAVANA [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Iberoamerica Javier Sandomingo informed DCM on March 23 that Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos plans to visit Cuba, though no date has been fixed. Sandomingo (strictly protect) shared this with the DCM during a readout of the March 17 visit to Mad [...] | 2007-03-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
07MADRID546 | GOS ACKNOWLEDGES US CONCERN ABOUT IRAQ WAR COMMENTS [...] (C) The combination of the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the fervor of the Spanish campaign season led to a brief flurry of anti-US rhetoric from public figures associated with the government. As reported in reftel, magistrate Baltasar Garzon wrote an op-ed on March [...] | 2007-03-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID547 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIAL SHERMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Securities & Exchange Commission: Sherman Boone, Assistant Director to travel to Madrid, Spain on March 26 to March 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Issue Mapping Sub-Committee of the Technical Committee of the IOSCO meeting [...] | 2007-03-23 18:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID548 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL CORTNEY DELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DRL Officer Cortney Dell to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain on March 25 to April 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a Visitors Program for Young North American Opinion Leaders. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is requi [...] | 2007-03-23 18:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM SP |
07MADRID556 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Lewie Gasaway and Jason Piller to travel to Cadiz, Spain on April 09 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is in support of the Material Protection, Control, and Accounting Program. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID557 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 17 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to speak at La Caixa Foundation Science Museum Drug Addiction Lecture. 2. Post understands tha [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID558 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC EARL FORD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Earl Ford, Team Leader, Epidemiology and Analysis, Division of Adult and Community Health, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 24 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Second International Congress on "Prediabetes" and [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID559 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA PAULA TROST, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paula Trost, Julie Bringger, Malgorzata Mikolajczk, Investigators, International Biologics Group, Office of Regulatory Afairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, and Barcelona, Spain on April 14 to May 5. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a regulatory insp [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID560 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FERRE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 13 to April 23. The purpose of this visit is to discuss ongoing research collaborations. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID561 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. DOO AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Drs. Edward Doo, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH and Dr. Jose Serrano, NIDDD, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 10 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Eu [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID562 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.COMBS AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Drs. Combs, Staff Scientist, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH and Dr. Robert Balaban, Scientific Director, NIH, Molecular Neurophysiology Unit, NIH to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about April 9 to April 16. The purpose of this visit is to [...] | 2007-03-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID566 | SPANISH CIO FINDS WAY TO INCLUDE 2 NGOS IN OSCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on the importance of including two NGOs in the 29-30 March meeting of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension meeting to MFA OSCE Chairmanship coordinator Ambassador Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin on March 28. Lopez Jorrin consulted, then replied that Spain has re [...] | 2007-03-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE SP |
07MADRID568 | SPANISH FM WILL ONLY ATTEND SECOND HALF OF GYMNICH [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 28 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the Gymnich. Fernandez-Arias said that Foreign Minister Moratinos would miss the first two sessions on the Balkans and the European Neighborhood Poli [...] | 2007-03-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI SP |
07MADRID571 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: MICHAEL DEANE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Michael Deane, Senior Policy Advisor to the AA for Water and the Administrator on Infrastructure Finance to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about March 31 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Water Conference. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-03-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID572 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC WALID HENEINE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Walid Heneine, Ph.D., Distinguished Consultant, CCID/NCHHSTP/DHAP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, and Segovia, Spain on April 17 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 14th International HIV Dynamics and Evolution Conference. 2. Post und [...] | 2007-03-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID573 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel S. Gnanakaran to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 16 to April 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the HIV Dynamics and Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...] | 2007-03-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID578 | SPAIN ON VIOLATIONS OF UNSCR 1701 ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered REF A points to MFA Middle East Desk Officer Sergio Carranza on 3/23, sharing the points that were marked as releaseable to the Government of Spain. Carranza inquired as to the reliability of the information, noting that Spain was highly sensitive to information of this na [...] | 2007-03-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LB SP |
07MADRID596 | SPAIN ON TAKING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SP |
07MADRID598 | SPAIN/KOSOVO: UN RESOLUTION KEY TO SPANISH TROOP [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria PONS Irazazabal on March 29 to discuss Spain's support for the Ahtisaari Plan's proposals for Kosovo. Pons told DCM that Spain is committed to supporting the EU common position and strongly supports the [...] | 2007-04-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU SP |
07MADRID60 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Greenpeace Spain recently posted its calendar year (CY) 2006 environmental report card for Spain. In its analysis, posted to their Website (http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/),it announced that one of the most important developments in Spain during CY 2006 was a reduction in biotechnology [...] | 2007-01-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK |
07MADRID606 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: CONSULAR AFFAIRS AND TSC VISITORS [...] (SBU) Alcy Frelick of CA/P/IP and Richard Kopel and Mary Draper of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) visited Madrid March 27 to meet with officials from Spain's National Center for Anti Terrorist Coordination to discuss implementation the HSPD-6 terrorist lookout data exchange between the U. [...] | 2007-04-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS KHLS PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID61 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ SP |
07MADRID612 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: TALA HENRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Tala Henry, Toxicologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 15 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the OECD QSAR Expert Group - Steering Group and Ad Hoc meeting [...] | 2007-04-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID613 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: BRADLEY BARR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Bradley Barr, Senior Policy Advisor to travel to Almeria, Spain on or about May 5 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Protected Areas Categories Summit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID614 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: LORI SCHWACKE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Lori Schwacke to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 9 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Pollution 2000 Phase II Workshop sponsored by the International Whaling Commission. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID615 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: ROBERT EVANS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Robert Evans to travel to Madrid and Tenerife, Spain on or about April 22 to May 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on problematic ozone time series and attend the Science Advisory Group meeting in Tenerife. 2. Post [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID616 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: GUADALUPE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to VA personnel; Guadalupe Garcia Tsao, Physician, VA Medical Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 11 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID617 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA EDWIN MATTHEWS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edwin Matthews, Pharmacologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 16 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Organization Ad Hoc Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID618 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: CUCCHISSI AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA DELEGATION as listed in reftel, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 13 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Antenna Calibration and Measurement Equipment Training for Deep Space Communications [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID619 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: THOMAS DUXBURY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Personnel: Thomas Duxbury from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 2 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Mars Express Science Operations Working Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID620 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: KARTIK SHETH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Personnel: Kartick Sheth from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Tenerife, Spain on April 21 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Pathways Through an Elective Universe Conference. 2. Post understands tha [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID621 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA DELEGATION as listed in reftel, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Bilbao, Spain on April 6 to April 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend a quality and design review for MARS Science Laboratory's high-gain antenna and the Rover [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID622 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC),KEITH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Keith Tucker, from NASA's Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 8 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Structural Technical Interchange meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID623 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. PALMER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Sarah Palmer, Staf Scientist, HIV Drug Resistance Program (DRP),National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH; Dr. Zandrea Ambrose, Research Fellow, DRP, NCI, NIH, and Dr. Frank Maldarelli, Staff Clinician, DRP, NCI, NIH to travel to Segovia, Spain on or about [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID624 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Shyamasundaran Kottilil, Clinical Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 12 to April 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Associati [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID625 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN WILBUR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Wilbur, Senior Investigator, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 23 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to take part in a workshop on Natural Language Processing. 2. Post understands [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID626 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JACQUELINE KATZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jacqueline Katz, Branch Chief, COGH/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona and Zaragosa, Spain on April 7 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the IX National Congress of Virology at Zaragoza University Centre for Prionic Disea [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO KSCA SP |
07MADRID627 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen, Christopher Joines, George Leroy, and Eric Moore to travel to Rota, Spain on April 20 to April 30. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support and cross-training to current contractors for the Departme [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID628 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Thomas Leitner to travel to Segovia, Spain on April 17 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to chair a session at the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Dynamics Evolution Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-04-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID629 | SPAIN: CUBA TRIP RESULTS NOT YET CLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos said that his April 2-3 visit to Havana, during which he met with Raul Castro and other government leaders, has opened a new stage in Spain-Cuba relations. Moratinos had two principal objectives for the trip: re-engagement with the Cuban governm [...] | 2007-04-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP CU |
07MADRID635 | DCM OBSERVES MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY AT MARBELLA MOSQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Costa del Sol in Andalucia, the DCM toured Marbella's beautiful Rey Abdelaziz Al-Saud Mosque and, at the prompting of Imam Alla Bachar, gave impromptu remarks to the assembled congregation of approximately 50 believers on March 31. Alla Bachar gave a sermon [...] | 2007-04-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID64 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: GERALD ANKLEY AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gerald Ankley, Research Toxicologist and Joe Tietge, Biologist to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 26. The purpose of this visit for Mr. Ankley is to co-chair the Madrid OECD meeting, and Mr. Tietge will be presenting at this meeting. 2. [...] | 2007-01-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID640 | SPAIN/CUBA: ENGAGING MEMBERS EU TO REINFORCE [...] (C) Summary. As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting [...] | 2007-04-09 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID649 | SPAIN/CUBA: ENCOURAGING EU MEMBERS TO HOLD FIRM ON [...] (C) As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting Spanish p [...] | 2007-04-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID65 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: DAVID ZILKOSKI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Zilkoski, Director National Geodetic Survey to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 18 to January 23. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spain integrated ocean observations system partners to discuss common issues and potential partnership. 2 [...] | 2007-01-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID650 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JOHN WATERS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Waters from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 7 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend a critical design review for the MARS Science Laboratory Mission. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID651 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. WILLIAM LAU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. William Lau, Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 22 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second BioCreative Challenge Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assi [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID652 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HINNEBUSCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alan Hinnebusch, Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 19 to April 21. The purpose of this visit is to present a talk at the Centre for Genomic Regulation. 2. [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID653 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/NPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Dennis Baum to travel to Tarragona, Spain on April 14 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 23rd International Symposium on Ballistics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID654 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: JOE NABHOLZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA Official; Joe Nabholz, Senior Biologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 14 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical advice to the OECD about their development of [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID655 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY: JONATHAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Treasury personnel; Jonathan Jones, Senior Financial Economist, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 15 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the Risk Modeling and Management Group, A Subgroup of the Basel C [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID656 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIAL GEORGE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Securities & Exchange Commission: George Lavdas to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 7 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing Committee no. 2 meeting. [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID657 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: TERESA ROWLES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA personnel; Teresa Rowles, Fishery Biologist and Margaret Krahn, Supervisory Research Chemist to travel to Valencia and Barcelona, Spain on or about April 9 to April 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Special Workshop organized by t [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID658 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: BERESFORD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lynne Beresford, USPTO Commissioner to travel to Alicante, Spain on April 22 to April 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the office of Harmonization for the Internal Market. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Vis [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
07MADRID659 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: LISA MAZZUCA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lisa Mazzuca from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain on April 21 to May 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Pathways through an Eclectic Universe conference. 2. Post understand [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID66 | SPANISH PROPOSAL FOR NCIS/OSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) As previewed in reftel, MOD has proposed a radically shorter, less detailed draft agreement that would govern the actions in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Although only OSD can fully evaluate the text that MOD t [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID660 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MOSELEY AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Samuel Harvey Moseley and Bernard Rauscher from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 22 to April 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Spectrometer Science Team meeting. 2. Post unders [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID661 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MICHAEL MEYER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Meyer from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 11 to April 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the critical design review of the Spanish contributed REMS instrument. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID662 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DE LA TORRE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Manuel de la Torre Juarez and Claire Quinto from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 8 to April 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend a critical design review of the Rover Environmental Monitoring System Instrument f [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID663 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JACK FISHMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jack Fishman from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Puerto De La Cruz, Spain on April 23 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Ozone Scientific Advisory Group meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID667 | SPAIN: MOD POLICY DG ON NCIS/OSI, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Director General for Policy Major General Benito Raggio told PolCouns on March 26 that he is glad to see a positive conclusion to negotiations over regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigati [...] | 2007-04-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP RU YI |
07MADRID67 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA: THOMAS WEATHERMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Operations, Thomas Weatherman to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain on January 24 to January 26. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a recertification inspection. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-01-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC EAIR SP |
07MADRID672 | SPANISH EX-DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Francisco Torrente, a retired admiral who stepped down in January as MOD Secretary General for Policy, told DCM during a private lunch on March 26 that Spain would staff the NATO-ISAF headquarters in Kabul beginning in summer 2008, after national elections. He acknowledged that th [...] | 2007-04-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV SP AF |
07MADRID686 | SPAIN APPRECIATIVE OF MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEFING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of ongoing USG efforts to engage the Spanish government on missile defense, Missile Defense Agency deputy director Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly met with MOD and MFA officials, as well as opinion leaders and an influential opposition member of Parliament, on March 30. [...] | 2007-04-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID687 | SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...] | 2007-04-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID69 | SPAIN: DEFMIN ON SECDEF/NATO MINISTERIAL, SUB [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Defense Minister Alonso January 11 to touch base on the upcoming visit to Seville of SecDef Gates in connection with the February 8-9 NATO Defense Ministerial. The two, who meet frequently, were to meet briefly for coffee but the session lasted an ho [...] | 2007-01-12 17:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV SP |
07MADRID692 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes, Central Bank Chief Ordonez and Secretary of State for Economy Vergara traveling to Washington this weekend to campaign for bigger IMF Quota: Spain's IMF quota share is 1.41%, below Belgium's 2.13%. The Spaniards are aware that China, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Bra [...] | 2007-04-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID7 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: MOODY AND MARTIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Moody, and Deborah Martin, Research Hydrologists to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 30 to February 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the International meeting of fire effects on soil properties and will also conduct [...] | 2007-01-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID707 | SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...] | 2007-04-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ |
07MADRID71 | SPAIN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE RAISES AWARENESS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Madrid January 10-11 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. On the government side, Schulte met with National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, Deputy Foreign [...] | 2007-01-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MASS PINS PTER SP |
07MADRID717 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) In what was billed by the GOS as the first annual "State of Economy" message, Zapatero praised the performance of the Spanish economy and released a report. He deliberately did not choose parliament as the venue for delivering the message as he reportedly wanted to avoid criticism from th [...] | 2007-04-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID722 | SPAIN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL TO LIMIT [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points April 19 to MFA Special Envoy for the Antarctic Treaty Ambassador Juan Martinez-Cattaneo Hingston, urging Spain to support U.S. proposals to limit Antarctic tourism at the May thirtieth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in New Delhi. Martinez-Cattaneo, w [...] | 2007-04-20 07:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY SP |
07MADRID723 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID RECCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Recce from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 20 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a technical review of the Madrid deep space communications center commercial power project. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-04-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID724 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: COMPTON TUCKER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Compton Tucker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Mallorca, Spain on May 8 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Symposium on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...] | 2007-04-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID725 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: CRAIG ALLEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS personnel; Craig Allen, Research Geologist to travel to Seville, Spain on or about April 27 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the 4th International Wildland Fire conference, conduct fieldwork, attend various meetings, and [...] | 2007-04-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID726 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Herbert Van de Sompel to travel to Barcelona, Spain on May 7 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to present and attend the European Library Automation Group conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...] | 2007-04-20 09:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID727 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA personnel Alon Daniel to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 27 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Police Advisors to discuss the American University's research project on nuclear smuggling. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-04-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA SP |
07MADRID728 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain on or about May 6 to May 19. The purpose of this visit is to serve as faculty at CIEMAT in Madrid and at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. 2. P [...] | 2007-04-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID729 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: CILIA DE COCK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Cilia de Cock and Carlos Costa, USAID Consultants to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 8 to May 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Nut & Dried Fruit Annual convention. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-04-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID73 | SPAIN INFORMED ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS SOUGHT BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 18:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID730 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: GEOFFREY TOON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Geoffrey Toon from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Tenerife, Spain on April 27 to May 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change Infrared Working Group Meeting. 2. Post under [...] | 2007-04-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID731 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO: JAYETTA HECKER, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to GAO personnel; Steven Cohen and Matthew Rosenberg, (the others are listed in case of substitution) to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 23 to April 27. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a review of public-private partnerships in the constructi [...] | 2007-04-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID736 | EU AND CUBA: MESSAGE DELIVERED TO SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID739 | SPANISH MOD POLDIR ON NCIS/OSI RESOLUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on April 18 that MOD appreciates US patience with its plans for signature and announcement on April 24 of regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special [...] | 2007-04-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP AF |
07MADRID74 | SPANISH INVITATION TO BUCHAREST EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO SP |
07MADRID741 | VENEZUELAN RCTV OWNER MARCEL GRANIER IN SPAIN [...] (C) As described in ref A, DCM talked with MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez on April 12 about the possibility that the GOS would act discreetly to encourage Hugo Chavez not to close RCTV. Based on that conversation, Jimenez, who was aware and concerned about the closu [...] | 2007-04-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SP VZ |
07MADRID75 | SPAIN ON URGING BRAZILIAN PSI PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 18:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT PHSA BR PO SP |
07MADRID750 | SPAIN AND US SIGN NCIS/OSI REGULATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As required by the 2002 revision of the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC),Spain and the US have signed regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Defense Minister Alon [...] | 2007-04-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID753 | SPANISH ENCOURAGE LONGER MINURSO RENEWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed the Western Sahara over lunch with a team of high-level MFA officials April 19 in Madrid. Alvaro Iranzo, the Spanish DG for North Africa, told Gray that the Spanish want a UNSCR which impels the two sides to negotiate without preconditions. While favoring [...] | 2007-04-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SP MO AG WI |
07MADRID78 | MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...] | 2007-01-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SY LE SP |
07MADRID783 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: THOMAS MARTIN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOC personnel; Thomas Martin and Maisha Cryor, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 13 to May 19. The purpose of this visit is to verify questionnaire responses in the antidumping duty review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD SP |
07MADRID784 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: BRIAN REHM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brian Rehm from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 19 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to upgrade the Science Instrument Development Unit. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID785 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA BILL TACKETT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Bill Tackett, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 5 to May 11. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a regulatory inspection of a medical device. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID786 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Chief, Physical Biochemistry Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, NIH to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 15 to May 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a Federation of European Biochemical Societies wor [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID787 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KASTNER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Daniel Kastner, Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 5 to May 9. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present in the 21st European Immunog [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID788 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KUNOS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Kunos, Scientific Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about April 26 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend a presentation at the Second International Congress on Pre [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID789 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JONGELING [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Andre Jongeling from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 19 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to take part in training at the Madrid Deep Space Network Complex. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID790 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MERINO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief of Surgical Pathology, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture at a meeting of the Spanish Society of Pahotlogy. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID791 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nasa delegation as outlined in reftel from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on or around May 5 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend atlas inner stage meetings with Construccionnes Aeronauticas. 2. Post understands th [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID792 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: BUCK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Buck from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 1 to June 15. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual antenna inspection of all complex and metrology antennas. 2. Post understands that no assistance is re [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID793 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: WITKOWSKI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mona Witkowski from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 8 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual antenna inspection of all complex and metrology antennas. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID794 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Andrew Brydon to travel to Vigo, Spain on May 21 to June 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID795 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Christopher Mauche to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 4 to June 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the SMM-Newton: The Next Decade workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bea [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID796 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/BPA: REDING [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Jerry Reding to travel to Madrid, Spain on April 24 to April 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Primary International Forum of Overhead Transmission Lines. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID797 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Whitney Creer, Allison Bennett, Craig Stinson, Stephanie Clarke, Cody Hostick, Adrian Pidlusky to travel to Algeciras, Spain on May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit as the second line of defense Megaports Initiative Program team is to [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID798 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/INTEL: DAY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE/INTEL personnel: Christopher Day to travel to Barcelona, Spain on April 24 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to increase knowledge of LNG and industry contacts. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminde [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID799 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: MICHAEL HARRISON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOC personnel; Michael Harrison and Peter Scholl, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 6 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to verify questionnaire responses in the antidumping duty review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain. 2. Post [...] | 2007-04-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD SP |
07MADRID8 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNVIE AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes UNVIE Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 10 to January 11. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Iran Public Diplomacy outreach discussions with Senior Level GOS officials and the media. 2. The [...] | 2007-01-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT SP |
07MADRID800 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE CHARGES US SERVICEMEN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz issued formal charges of murder and "crimes against the international community" against the three US servicemen named in the legal case filed by family members of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed by US fire during the capture of [...] | 2007-04-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV SP |
07MADRID801 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOANNE TILLEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Joanne Tilley, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 11 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance of Boeing suppliers. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is req [...] | 2007-04-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID802 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN TAMBURI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA: John Tamburi, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 23 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to perform an FAA inspection. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bear [...] | 2007-04-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID803 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RONALD GLEITER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Ronald Gleiter, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 6 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend a working group session. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are r [...] | 2007-04-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID807 | SPANISH VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 24 to MFA Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, requesting Spanish thoughts on the U.S. agenda for the May PrepCom for the 2010 NPT RevCon. Sanchez, who had clearly given considerable thought to the U.S. nonpaper, relayed GOS views to ESTHOFF during [...] | 2007-04-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT SP |
07MADRID81 | SPAIN/ETA POLICY: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION FIND [...] (U) In a lengthy and oftentimes vitriolic debate in the Spanish Parliament on January 15, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy traded verbal blows over the GOS' anti-terrorism policies and the way forward on forging an anti-terrorism pact among the parliame [...] | 2007-01-16 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SP |
07MADRID815 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA TANYA JOHNSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to VA employee: Tanya Johnson, Overseas Military Coordinator to travel to Rota, Spain on or about May 19 to September 30. The purpose of this visit is to assist U.S. military personnel. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-05-03 06:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID82 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE ISSUES DETENTION ORDER [...] (U) National Court Examining Magistrate Santiago Pedraz issued international detention orders on January 16 against three U.S. servicemen, Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford, and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp, accused of murder and violating international law in the death of Spanish cameraman [...] | 2007-01-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID824 | SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE IS NRC ISSUE, NOT OSCE ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM OSCE EZ PL RS SP |
07MADRID834 | SPANISH VIEWS ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP |
07MADRID835 | SPAIN ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID836 | SPAIN'S IDEAS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a conversation with DCM on May 3 that focused on missile defense (reftel),MFA PolDir Rafael Dezcallar raised four issues related to Afghanistan. Dezcallar wanted to know whom in the Department MFA should contact regarding [...] | 2007-05-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP |
07MADRID837 | SPAIN ON ZIMBABWE CHAIRMANSHIP OF CSD 16 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI SP |
07MADRID838 | MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN BARCELONA AND ANDALUCIA [...] (U) Senior Advisor to A/S Fried, Farah Pandith, cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On her second visit to Spain, Senior Advisor to A/S Fried for Muslim Engagement, Farah Pandith, traveled to Barcelona, the Andalucian cities of Cordoba and Sevilla and Madrid from April 19-24, meeting [...] | 2007-05-07 07:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID848 | SPAIN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points May 8 to Spanish IWC Commissioner Carmen Asencio, urging Spain to support U.S. IWC priorities. Asencio said Spain would endorse the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea bowhead whales and agreed with the U.S. positions on the Revised [...] | 2007-05-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD SP |
07MADRID853 | SPAIN ON U.S. CITES COP 14 PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA SP |
07MADRID859 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...] | 2007-05-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
07MADRID862 | SPAIN/CUBA: VISIT OF WHA DAS MADISON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 meeting with visiting WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison, MFA Director General for Ibero America Javier Sandomingo defended Spain's decision to ramp up contact with the Castro Government, though he acknowledged that Spain "made mistakes" in the course of FM [...] | 2007-05-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
07MADRID863 | SPAIN: LEGAL SUIT AGAINST FORMER SECRETARY RUMSFELD [...] (U) The AFP news wire service reported April 30 that the left-wing Spanish NGO "Seville Social Forum" had filed war crimes charges against former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in an Andalusian court for his role in the war in Iraq and for the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The lawyer [...] | 2007-05-10 17:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID867 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Gary Varnado to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to June 3. The purpose of this visit is to support the International Atomic Energy Agency by serving as a trainer/instructor to representatives of the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. 2. Pos [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID868 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Whitney Creer, Allison Bennett, Craig Stinson, Stephanie Clarke, Cody Hostick, Adrian Pidlusky, Dennis Torres-Mendoza and Dung-Zoom Le to travel to Algeciras, Spain on May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit as the second line of defense [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID869 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV DECORPO, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DHS personnel: James Decorpo, Joe Foster, Lilia Ramirez from the Science and Technology Directorate to travel to Toledo, Spain on May 5 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to participate in NATO meetings on prediction detection of improvised explosive [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SP |
07MADRID87 | CUBA: SPANISH PAPER SAYS CASTRO OPTED FOR RISKIER [...] (U) Summary. Spanish daily "El Pais" reported today that Fidel Castro and his inner circle opted for a riskier surgery during his initial medical crisis in hopes that he could avoid a second surgery and the need to wear a colostomy bag during his recovery. Citing sources in the hospital where [...] | 2007-01-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CU SP |
07MADRID870 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: KENNETH CARPENTER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Carpenter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 26 to June 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the First Network for UV Astronomy conference on Space Astronomy. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID871 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: RICHARD MUSHOTZKY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Mushotzky from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 3 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the X-ray Multi Mirrow working group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID872 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JEFFREY CERRO [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Cerro from NASA's Langley Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 25 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 66th Society of Allied Weight Engineers International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering. 2. Po [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID873 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron and Zaragoza, Spain on or about May 25 to June 5. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Microwave Scan Beam landing System flight inspection at the Transoceanic Abo [...] | 2007-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID874 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain on or about May 27 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landin [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID875 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Moron, Spain on or about May 24 to June 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend Embassy meetings and to support STS-117 operations at Transoceanic Abort Landing sitethe At [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID876 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation as outlined in reftel from the Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 11 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Atlas Inner Stage meetings with construcciones Aeronauticas. 2. Post understands that no ass [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID877 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA: JOHNSON, MERRIE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Forest Service Personnel; Merrie Johnson, Director, Paulette Ford, Research Ecologist, and Jason Steinmetz, Forestry Technician-Dispatch Coordinator to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 12 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Wild [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID878 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HEE-YONG [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Hee-Yong Kim, Lab Chief, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH; to travel to Salamanca, Spain on or about May 19 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give the Porcellati lecture at the European Society for Neurochemis [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID879 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PAVLAKIS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Pavlakis, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH; Mr. Yakob Habtesion, Health Specialist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH; and Dr. Lanling Zou, Biologist, NIH to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID880 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KLINMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Dennis Klinman, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Malaga, Spain on or about May 22 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Third International Conference on DNA Vaccines. 2. Post understan [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID881 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MATTSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Mattson, Senior Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 18 to May 21. The purpose of this visit is to present the opening lecture at the 17th Annual European Society of Neurochemistry Meeting. 2 [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID882 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: FRANKLIN MOORE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Franklin Moore, Agriculture and Trade, Office of Environment and Science Policy to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 13 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a CGIAR Alignment Forum, Executive Committee-12 meeting. [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID883 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ZHU [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS personnel; Zhi-Liang Zhu, Research Physical Scientist to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 13 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the 4th International Wildland Fire conference, conduct a presentation, and discuss r [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID884 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOI: CLARK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Lisa Clark from the Bureau of Land Mangement to travel to Seville, Spain on May 13 to May 17. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 4th Annual International Wildland Fire conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MADRID885 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/FE KIGHT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Office of Fossil Energy: Gene Kight to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Power Gen 2007 Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are r [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID886 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE personnel: Gary Varnado to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 8 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International conference Meteoroids 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are remin [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID887 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: PHIL ROURK AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Phil Rourk and Beatriz Cascos de Zacapa form USAID Export Promotion Program to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 12 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to promote exports of Salvadoran products to the European market. 2. Post [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID888 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: GEORGE VOELLMER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Voellmer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on May 22 to June 7. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID889 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: MAX COLEMAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Max Coleman from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Seville, Spain on May 27 to May 30. The purpose of this visit is to continue interpretation activities of the Rio Tinto results. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID890 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DOMINIC BENFORD [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dominic Benford from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on May 28 to June 8. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at the Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID891 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: EDWARD WOLLACK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edward Wollack from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Pico Veleta, Spain on June 1 to June 14. The purpose of this visit is to observe a run at the Instituto de Radio Astronomia Milimetrica. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID892 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: RANDAL KOSTER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Randal Koster from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 2 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the World Climate Research Programme/Climate Observation and Prediction of the Earth Sys [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID893 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NICHOLAS WHITE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nicholas White from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 2 to June 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the XMM-Newton: The Next Decade Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors [...] | 2007-05-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID894 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DOUGLAS DARRYL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Douglas Darryl Tilford, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Seville, Spain on May 11 to May 23. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance on Boeing suppliers. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assis [...] | 2007-05-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID895 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BRUCE CONZE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Bruce Conze, Aerospace Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 6 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to perform surprise A380 noise tests. 2. Post understands that no Embassy assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...] | 2007-05-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID896 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RICHARD YHAP [...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA employee: Richard Yhap, Aviation Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to May 27. The purpose of this visit is to perform certificate management surveillance on Continental Airlines substantial engine maintenance contractor, Iberia. [...] | 2007-05-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
07MADRID897 | SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) DCM raised with Spanish MFA PolCouns Rafael Dezcallar May 10 the USG's strong desire for Spain's support in countering the Belarus candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and its active efforts in favor of the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia. DCM underscored that the requ [...] | 2007-05-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
07MADRID899 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: UPDATE; CONVERSATIONS WITH KEY [...] (SBU) DCM Llorens met with Spanish State Secretary for Justice (Deputy Minister-equivalent) Julio Perez Hernandez on May 10 to express USG's strong concern about the formal charges filed in Spain against the three US serviceman named in the legal case filed by family members of the Spanish ca [...] | 2007-05-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL SP |
07MADRID900 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Dale Klein, Chairman US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to travel to Madrid, Spain on May 20 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend bilateral meetings with the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, tour the Equipos Nucleares facility in Cantabria, and [...] | 2007-05-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY SP OTRA |
07MADRID902 | SPAIN ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD SP EUN |
07MADRID907 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY CLOS HOSTS AMBASSADOR AND AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR WORKING LUNCH Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Joan Clos hosted the Ambassador and an executive group from the American Business Council (ABC) for lunch May 10. The ABC groups the largest U.S. investors [...] | 2007-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID910 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: PROSECUTOR APPEALS CHARGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
07MADRID911 | SCENESETTER FOR US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Dan, welcome back to Spain. I appreciate your patience and efforts to finally resolve the NCIS/OSI issue and I'm glad that you've made this High-Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting a priority. Now that the Permanent Committee is back on track, handling routine issues at the staff lev [...] | 2007-05-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
07MADRID924 | SPAIN: VISIT OF INL DAS MCCAMPBELL; OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Madrid to attend the 25th-annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),INL DAS Christy McCampbell on May 7 met with senior officials in Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID-equivalent Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). During her [...] | 2007-05-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PREL SP |
07MADRID937 | VAN WALSUM IN MADRID MAY 18 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on May 17. Gomez-Acebo told Poloff that UN Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum had postponed his planned May 16-22 tour of the Maghreb on May 15 and would instead be in Madrid May 18 for a me [...] | 2007-05-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO WI SP |
07MADRID94 | SPAIN SUPPORTS LEBANON CONFERENCE BUT WILL NOT [...] ESTHOFF passed reftel points January 10 to several senior level contacts in the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI),urging Spain to dispatch a ministerial-level delegation to the January 25 Lebanon conference in Paris and to announce additional financial support for Lebanon a [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID LE SP |
07MADRID945 | SPAIN ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO SP |
07MADRID947 | SPAIN ON FUTURE OF RCTV [...] (C) Though not an action addressee on ref A, Post continues to press the GOS to use high-level contact with the BRV to support Venezuelan press freedom, specifically RCTV. As described in ref B, Post helped arrange meetings for RCTV owner Marcel Granier with National Security Adviser Carles Ca [...] | 2007-05-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP VZ |
07MADRID95 | FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOS ON SPANISH FIRM'S [...] (S) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points January 12 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, strongly urging Spain to address U.S. concerns regarding the sale by the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. of computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling machines to Iran. Sanchez [...] | 2007-01-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP |
07MADRID950 | DEPUTY FM LEON ON KOSOVO, IRAQ, IRAN/VENEZUELA, [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with MFA Secretary of State Bernardino Leon on May 17 at the Charge's residence. Leon said Spain was looking forward to the visit of Secretary Rice and said that there was concern that the visit not be manipulated by "either side" of the Spanish political spectrum. C [...] | 2007-05-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
07MADRID951 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: LESLIE DEUTSCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leslie Deutsch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Escorial, Spain on June 16 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Interagency Operations Advisory Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requir [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID952 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: PHILIP LIEBRECHT [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Philip Liebrecht from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 16 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Operations Advisory Group. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID953 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JAMES COSTRELL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Costrell from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 17 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interagency Operations Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID954 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES BURKHOLDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Burkholder, Research Chemist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on May 20 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to paticipate in a site visit to Fundacion de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MADRID955 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USG: ELIZABETH KIM, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USG personnel; Elizabeth Kim, Craig Vogt, Anhar Karimjee, Roza Guillaume, Thomas Fredette, Joseph Wilson Todd Bridges, Jeff Summers, and Jennifer Winston to travel to La Coruna, Spain on or about June 18 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend t [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID956 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Kevin Boyack to travel to Madrid, Spain on June 23 to June 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID957 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Castrillo Boixo to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 6 to June 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Biennial Pedro Pascual Benasque Center for Science Workshop on Quantum Information. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID958 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Alberto Roura Crumols to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 23 to July 1. The purpose of this visit is to participate in collaborations on an ongoing research project related to the stability of De Sitter Spacetime in Semiclassical Gravity and its impli [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA SP |
07MADRID959 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SIMON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Simon Metenou, Research Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 29 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to coordinate the development of vaccines against Malaria in Pregnancy an [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID960 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. FRANCIS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 25 to May 26. The purpose of this visit is to serve as speaker at the Jimenez Diaz Memorial Lecture. 2. Post understands that no ass [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID961 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BARRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Barry Horwitz, Senior Investigator, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 27 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk and chair a session at the Workshop on Brai [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID962 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AMAR KLAR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Amar Klar, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, Spain on or about May 21 to May 27. The purpose of this visit is to meet faculty and give talks at the Centro Nacional de Biotechnologia in Madrid and Centr [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID963 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ARAI [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 23 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to present a lecture at the EuroPCR 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID964 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA STEVEN GENDEL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Gendel, Microbiology and Stephano Luccioli, Medical Officer Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 28 to May 31. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Approaches to Risks [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID965 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA GREGSON JOSEPH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregson Joseph, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, FDA, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about June 1 to June 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EuroPCR 07 Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID966 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA ASHLEY BOAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ashley Boam, Branch Chief, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about May 21 to May 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EuroPCR 07 Annual Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requi [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TBIO SP |
07MADRID967 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: AKBAR SULTAN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Akbar Sultan and Karlin Toner from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 28 to July 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Seventh USA/Europe ATM Research and Development Seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requ [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID968 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: JOSEPH NUTH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Nuth from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about June 9 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Meteoroids 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID969 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: NURIA CALVET, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Nuria Calvet from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Villa Franca del Castillo, Spain on or about May 28 to June 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Herschel Observing Time Allocation Committee meeting. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID970 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: SUSAN WELCH [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Welch from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Madrid Spain on May 27 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex Design Review. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID971 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: DAVID STRUBA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Struba from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid Spain on June 16 to June 21. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Interagency Operations Advisory Group 11 meetings. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP TSPA |
07MADRID973 | SPAIN POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF delivered REFTEL A points on May 10 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and met again on May 18 with Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres to discuss Spain's participation in the Global Initi [...] | 2007-05-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID974 | SPAIN TO IMMINENTLY SUBMIT ANNUAL DECLARATION FOR [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF made reftel points on May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to submit to the Immediate Central Contact their HCOC Annual Declaration (AD) on s [...] | 2007-05-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SP |
07MADRID975 | SPAIN AGREES WITH BROAD DEFINITION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF delivered reftel points on May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, conveying Department views on the need to interpret broadly operative Paragraph 5 of UNSCR [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR SP |
07MADRID976 | SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID977 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING SPANISH AND AUSTRIAN TRANSFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07MADRID979 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER SP RU |
07MADRID981 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish economy grew by 4% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The composition of the growth (exports, domestic demand, construction etc.) will be released in the next couple of weeks. Analysts will be looking [...] | 2007-05-21 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP |
07MADRID984 | RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...] | 2007-05-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE SP RS |
07MADRID99 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: KEVIN ANDERSON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kevin Anderson, Special Assistant for International Affairs to travel to Valencia, Spain on January 18 to January 25. The purpose of this visit to attend a meeting of the Accord Implementation Group (AIG) of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS [...] | 2007-01-18 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
07MADRID999 | 3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...] | 2007-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS |
07MANAGUA826 | AMBASSADORS PRIVATELY WARN ORTEGA INTERMEDIARIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Spain, Germany, and the United States recently warned Ortega administration officials during a private meeting that President Ortega's contradictory statements and actions regarding foreign affairs, press freedom, and investment could damage the economy and bila [...] | 2007-03-30 17:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EINV NU GM SP |
07MANILA645 | PHILIPPINES ASKS FOR HELP ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs has shared with Embassy copies of letters dated January 31 to the resident Ambassadors of Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands, requesting technical assistance as the Philippine government investigates and tries to [...] | 2007-02-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID RP GM FI UK SP IT NO SW NL |
07MINSK401 | MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 15, Vladimir Tararov, Minister Counselor from the Russian Embassy, and Dep Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points, agenda and timetable to Vladimir Serpikov, Director of the MFA's European Cooperation Department. 2. (SBU) Serpikov said Oleg Anatolyevich Chernyshev, head [...] | 2007-05-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER AFIN RS SP BO |
07MONROVIA559 | LIBERIA: SPAIN TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH AND [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires and Poloff (notetaker) met May 14 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Assistant Director for Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez-Gil was accompanied by Spain's Honorary Consul in Liberia Manuel Cuenca, Carolina [...] | 2007-05-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SP LI |
07MONTERREY67 | ELEVEN IRAQIS WITH FALSE PASSPORTS DETAINED IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) On January 20, eleven Iraqi nationals attempted to gain entry into Mexico at Monterrey International Airport. They arrived in Monterrey on AeroMexico flight 22, a direct flight from Madrid. The group consisted of nine Iraqi men, one Iraqi woman, and one minor Iraqi child. From their h [...] | 2007-01-25 19:08:00 | Consulate Monterrey | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR INTERPOL MX IZ CY TU PL SP |
07MOSCOW3030 | CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...] | 2007-06-22 02:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO |
07MOSCOW4625 | SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO'S VISIT TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Spanish President Zapatero's September 28 meeting with President Putin in Sochi will focus on economic cooperation and trade, concentrating on a "big push" to stimulate the interest of Spanish investors. The visit will also reinforce traditionally strong Russian-Spanish relations [...] | 2007-09-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD SP RS |
07PARIS1137 | MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...] | 2007-03-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC |
07PARIS1242 | FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...] | 2007-03-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK |
07PARIS319 | PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...] | 2007-01-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP |
07PARIS3344 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...] | 2007-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR |
07PARIS4313 | FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS" [...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP |
07PARIS4742 | FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007 [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...] | 2007-12-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT |
07PORTAUPRINCE693 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPANISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 13, Ambassador Sanderson met with the Spanish Ambassador to Haiti, Paulino Gonzalez Fernandez Corugedo, and his colleague, Ambassador Luis Garcia Cerezo, here from Madrid on a special investiga [...] | 2007-04-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS HA SP |
07PRETORIA4248 | MEYER ON IRAQ, KOSOVO, COLOMBIA, AND BASQUE PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former South African Government (SAG) minister and conflict resolution expert Roelf Meyer updated A/PolCounselor and PolOff December 20 on his various international peace initiatives and gave his views on the recent ANC election (septel). Meyer will participate in the second mee [...] | 2007-12-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR IZ YI CO SP SF |
07RABAT1145 | MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...] | 2007-07-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO SP |
07RABAT1687 | TIMING IS EVERYTHING: MOROCCANS IRKED BY FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: The timing of two recent judicial actions in Western Europe has irked Morocco. The past ten days have seen a French indictment of senior Moroccan officials in connection with the 1965 disappearance of a political dissident in Paris, and the launch of a Spanish inquest into allege [...] | 2007-11-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MO FR SP |
07RABAT1695 | MOROCCANS FURIOUS OVER SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan government is reacting strongly to the announced visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Following blistering criticism of the intended visit by PM El-Fassi and Information Minister Naciri, the GOM announced in the afternoon of Nove [...] | 2007-11-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP |
07RABAT1706 | MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political spect [...] | 2007-11-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP |
07RABAT1707 | MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political [...] | 2007-11-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP |
07RABAT493 | RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...] | 2007-03-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP |
07RABAT494 | RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...] | 2007-03-19 08:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP |
07ROME2218 | EU FMS TRIP: ITALY PROMOTING "CONSENSUS" [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Levant Office Director Danielle Bosio October 18. Bosio said Italy agreed with reftel points on non-interference in Lebanese politics with one exception. Bosio agreed on the need for the three FMs to remain impartial, but explained that I [...] | 2007-10-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR IT KDEM LE PGOV PREL SP SY |
07STATE138404 | (U) NEA A/S WELCH,S SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, MEETING WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MIGUEL MORATINOS AND DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EAST ALVARO IRANZO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP DAVID UNGA PREL KPKO SP XI XF DAVID WELCH |
07STATE150674 | SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...] | 2007-10-30 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD |
07STATE171224 | RESPONSE TO FM MORATINOS' INVITATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S ATTENDANCE AT THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] Please deliver the following message from Assistant Secretary Fried to the Foreign Minister of Spain, SIPDIS Miguel Moratinos, at the earliest opportunity. The Department does not intend to release this letter but has no objections if the Government of Spain wishes to do so. There will b [...] | 2007-12-31 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN OPDC AOIC SCUL SP TU |
07TELAVIV3459 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and Senior Commercial specialist met with Spectronix Vice President for Marketing Amos Gonen to (a) ask him if his company has any connection to Spectronics in Dallas, Texas; and (b) to confirm the details in the transaction [...] | 2007-12-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SP IS |
07TELAVIV359 | ISRAELI MADRID PARTICIPANTS ON SAUDI INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli participants in the Madrid-plus-fifteen conference held January 10-12 (reftel) have told the Embassy and the press that they seek "the end of gradualism" and a focus on final status negotiations as the best way to reach peace with the Palestinians. To break w [...] | 2007-02-01 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL POV KWBG KPAL SP IS |
07THEHAGUE246 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON SOUTH PARS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Shell CEO van der Veer confirmed to the Ambassador on February 7 that no deal was expected on the South Pars LNG project until 2008 at the earliest. Van der Veer said his recent public comments on political concerns related t [...] | 2007-02-09 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL CH IR SP NL |
07THEHAGUE894 | NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] The GONL will participate in the OSCE Political Public-Private Partnership Conference focused on counterterrorism in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, 2007. However, the GONL has yet to decide at what level to send its delegation. Either an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or office [...] | 2007-05-11 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP NL |
07TRIPOLI1033 | QADHAFI'S TRAVEL TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary: Planning for Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's upcoming visit to Spain has been complicated by contradictory GOL requests for meetings and content. After initially saying the Leader did not want to sign bilateral agreements during his visit, the GOL has reversed course and the two sides are [...] | 2007-12-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY SP |
07ULAANBAATAR288 | Mongolia Not Sure of OSCE Counterterrorism Conference [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 06:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP |
07VIENNA1279 | AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...] | 2007-05-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU |
07VIENNA1413 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...] | 2007-05-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07YEREVAN653 | ARMENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AM |
08BARCELONA17 | ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA -- ANDORRA [...] (SBU) CG raised reftel points February 25 with Andorran FM Mateu. Mateu noted that Andorra agreed with the U.S. position and supported efforts to protect civil and human rights in Cuba as well as promote democratic principles on the island. Mateu said the GOA was not likely to issue a statem [...] | 2008-02-29 09:29:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU SP AN |
08BARCELONA18 | ANDORRA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) CG raised reftel points with FM Mateu February 21. Mateu told CG the Government of Andorra "welcomed" Kosovo's declaration of independence, but would not formally recognize Kosovo until there was a "clearer consensus" with the EU. Mateu said Andorra was placed in a difficult position betw [...] | 2008-02-29 09:33:00 | Consulate Barcelona | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU UN KV UNMIK SP AN |
08BARCELONA7 | ANDORRA SUPPORTS US CANDIDATE FOR UN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION [...] (U) On September 19, 2007, post sent a dip note to Andorra's FM seeking its support for the US candidate, Pierre-Richard Prosper, for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. (U) On January 17, 2008, the Government of Andorra informed us that Andor [...] | 2008-01-17 14:13:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA SP AN |
08BARCELONA76 | DIVERGENT PARTY CONVENTIONS UNITE CATALAN PARTIES [...] (SBU) "We love you a lot, Mr. Zapatero, but we love Catalonia even more," declared Generalitat and PSC president Jose at the close of the PSC eleventh party congress. For the PSC, Montilla's words were especially poignant, a sign that their responsibilities of governing Catalonia would take so [...] | 2008-08-11 11:01:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08BARCELONA86 | GENERALITAT TO OPEN OFFICIAL "DELEGATION" IN NEW YORK CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Catalan regional government plans to open an official "delegation" in New York city as early as October 30, 2009. Housed in Rockefeller Center, the new offices will bring together the various Catalan entities in the city under one roof and will be coordinated by a representa [...] | 2008-09-10 18:51:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
08BERLIN709 | GERMANY INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE JUNE 16-18 MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM |
08BERLIN723 | GERMANY DECLINES INVITATION TO PRESENT AT THE JUNE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM |
08BOGOTA1267 | FRENCH HOSTAGE MISSION ON HOLD DUE TO FARC \ [...] (C) FARC spokesman Rodrigo Granda issued a statement on \ April 3 dashing hopes the FARC would release hostage Ingrid \ Betancourt. XXXXXXXXXXXX told us there \ was "no possibility" the French medical mission in Bogota \ would succeed in reaching Betancourt. He added that \ President Uribe had i [...] | 2008-04-04 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR SP CO |
08BOGOTA2425 | COLOMBIA TOUTS HEROIC RESCUE SUCCESS OF HOSTAGES [...] President Uribe touted the successful July 2 military rescue mission of the three Americans, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven members of the Colombia security forces. He called on the FARC to release the remaining hostages and seek peace. The operation - planned for months - incurred no casualtie [...] | 2008-07-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO SP |
08BOGOTA2506 | GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \ [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...] | 2008-07-11 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ |
08BOGOTA267 | PRESIDENT URIBE'S NEXT STEPS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 20:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL VZ VT FR SP SZ CO |
08BOGOTA310 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) President Uribe told ONDCP Director Walters and five U.S. Congressmen in a 19 January meeting that his Democratic Security policy enjoyed bipartisan support, noting that its economic and social goals had predated the campaign for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Uribe said the GOC had increa [...] | 2008-01-24 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO |
08BOGOTA413 | URIBE ANNOUNCES ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN FOR HOSTAGE [...] (U) President Uribe announced January 26 that he has ordered military and police to locate, and subsequently encircle, areas where the FARC holds hostages. GOC officials explained the move is aimed at putting "humanitarian pressure" on the FARC to release its hostages and is not a military r [...] | 2008-01-31 22:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO |
08BOGOTA683 | GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...] | 2008-02-25 21:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ |
08BOGOTA800 | COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \ [...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...] | 2008-03-04 00:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO |
08BOGOTA827 | COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...] | 2008-03-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA839 | MARCH 5 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) Colombia's border with Venezuela remained partially closed on March 5, as the GOV confirmed that its troop deployments on the border were 90 percent complete (reftel). The border with Ecuador remained open. The GOC reiterated that it would not deploy troops to its borders. GOC Deputy Fo [...] | 2008-03-05 23:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO |
08BOGOTA903 | MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND [...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...] | 2008-03-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU |
08BOGOTA919 | MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...] | 2008-03-08 00:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA996 | MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...] | 2008-03-13 22:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC |
08BUENOSAIRES1451 | SPANISH-ARGENTINE RELATIONS: SPAIN WAITING OUT TOUGH TIMES [...] (SBU) SBU Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador to Argentina, Rafael Estrella Pedrola, on October 16 to compare notes on recent developments. Estrella (protect) explained that Spanish-Argentine relations have been going through difficult times, in large part due to the GoA decision to nationa [...] | 2008-10-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAIR EFIN EINV PREL AR SP |
08BUENOSAIRES572 | ARGENTINE FLAG CARRIER AEROLINEAS FOCUS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) has again become the focus of GOA and Government of Spain (GOS) tensions amidst public accusations by AR Spanish owners Marsans and GOS officials of "harassment" of the carrier. Marsans and the GOS accuse AR unions and some GOA officials of pressing f [...] | 2008-05-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ELAB AR SP |
08BUENOSAIRES994 | GOA NATIONALIZES ARGENTINA'S FLAGSHIP AIRLINE [...] (SBU) On July 21, Argentina's Minister of Planning Julio De Vido and Secretary of Transport Ricardo Jaime signed an agreement with Marsans, Spanish owner of Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentina (AA) and its sister carrier Austral (together referred to as AA),to transfer management and [...] | 2008-07-22 10:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV AR SP |
08DOHA802 | MINISTER OF STATE: PROTECTING BIN LADEN'S SON A [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on November 10, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al Attiyah discussed the reported arrival of Omar Bin Laden and his wife in Doha the evening of November 10. Al Attiyah could not confirm the arrival, since he was not invol [...] | 2008-11-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PGOV PHUM PTER QA SP UK |
08HAVANA915 | SPANISH DIPLOMAT CLAIMS SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER [...] (C) During a December 4 luncheon hosted by the Dutch Embassy and attended by the Charge and the Consul General, and representatives from various European Union countries, and the Russian, Mexican, and Peruvian embassies, Spanish DCM Juan Lopez Herrera (protect) claimed that Jose Antonio Blanco [...] | 2008-12-10 18:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CU SP |
08KINGSTON427 | (C) JAMAICA/SPAIN: ZAPATERO REFUSES TO MEET WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND OVIP EINV SOCI SENV ECON JM SP XL |
08KINSHASA121 | Spanish Foreign Minister visits Kinshasa [...] Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with the DRC January 28 during a two-day visit to Kinshasa. He also pledged 20 million euros in aid for 2008 to help improve basic social services and to strengthen democratic institutions. 2. Moratino [...] | 2008-02-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM SOCI CG SP |
08LISBON886 | LISBON-MADRID JOINT COUNTRY TEAM [...] This is a joint message from Embassies Lisbon and Madrid. 2. SUMMARY: On March 25, the Country Teams of Embassies Lisbon and Madrid met to discuss law enforcement issues, counter-terrorism, common multilateral challenges, military cooperation strategy, and cost savings measures, as well as [...] | 2008-04-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BMGT SP PO |
08MADRID000762ZFR763 | SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP |
08MADRID1002 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your speech at the American Chamber of Commerce energy conference, your meetings with GOS officials and climate change experts, and a press event will provide opportunities to explain USG leadership on climate change and address conc [...] | 2008-09-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG SP |
08MADRID1006 | REQUEST FOR ESCORT ASSISTANCE FOR WORLD FOOD [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso, who noted Spain sent a plane to the region last week to protect Spanish fishing vessels. She acknowledged our request for coordination with other efforts in the region. Polcoun [...] | 2008-09-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP WFP XW SP |
08MADRID1014 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE, NON-PAPER ON MESA GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid engaged the GOS through a variety of channels to solicit Madrid's support of USG actions described in REFTEL. The GOS has stated that it shares USG concerns about the prospect of Syria or Iran obtaining a seat on the IAEA Board of Directors, but has indicated that M [...] | 2008-09-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC IR SY SP |
08MADRID1016 | SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE [...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...] | 2008-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK |
08MADRID1020 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATION OF [...] On September 12, Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper concerning the OFAC designations of Venezuelan officials under the Kingpin Act to Iago Lossada in the MFA,s International Counter-Terrorism Directorate. Econoff subsequently shared the information with Conchita Cornejo Garcia of [...] | 2008-09-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL PINR SNAR KCRM VE SP |
08MADRID1021 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S SEPTEMBER 23, 2008, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
08MADRID1025 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 22-26 [...] (U) While visiting New York to speak at the UN, President Zapatero met with business executives in a September 24 event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Executives from firms such as Boeing, Microsoft, IBM, Pfizer, and the Bank of America, as well as the MPAA, participate [...] | 2008-09-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP |
08MADRID104 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ SY SP |
08MADRID1047 | SPAIN SKEPTICAL OF EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain is skeptical of the sustainability criteria under discussion in the EU. Spanish officials attending EU discussions on these criteria said that as drafted they are not based on sound economic and scientific models and that they would discriminate against biomass and biofuel [...] | 2008-10-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG SP |
08MADRID1048 | SPANISH INTEREST IN FEATURED ROLE AT GI EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered draft agenda for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's meeting of its Exercise Planning Group in Washington, DC during November 13-14, 2008. GOS officials indicated Spain's intention to attend and responded positively to a USG suggestion that the Spa [...] | 2008-10-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL KGIC SP |
08MADRID105 | SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) Summary: This cable continues our effort, started with ref a, to provide the flavor of the Spanish general election campaign. Politicians and pundits have said repeatedly the three key issues on March 9 will be the economy, terrorism, and regional autonomy. Events in the last two weeks [...] | 2008-02-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID1050 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 29-OCT. 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID1051 | SPAIN TO CO-SPONSOR UNFCR ON NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Luis Gomez Nogueira, the Chief of Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Issues and Terrorism, has indicated to Post that Spain, while wanting to make known several observations and suggestions about the draft text, would co-sponsor the reftel resolution. END SUMMARY. 2. [...] | 2008-10-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA SP CDG |
08MADRID1055 | BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA STEPS UP OPERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Basque terrorist group ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) has conducted a series of bombing attacks in Spain in recent weeks as a "show of force" to counter Spanish judicial efforts to outlaw political parties affiliated with ETA. The Zapatero government and all opposition pa [...] | 2008-10-06 10:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS SP |
08MADRID106 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) So reads the FT's Gillian Tett's lead into her insight column. She asks how the big Spanish banks have so far weathered the storm well. She says that Mexico's Central Bank Governor, Guillermo Ortiz, has said that a few years ago, big Spanish banks asked for permission from the regulators [...] | 2008-02-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
08MADRID1073 | U/S DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO MADRID 9/29 - 10/1 [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Dobriansky visited Madrid September 26-October 1 to participate in an American Chamber of Commerce in Spain conference on clean energy and climate change. The U/S delivered a keynote speech on climate change and renewable energy at the conference. U/S Dobrians [...] | 2008-10-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG EAGR KWMN KIRF SMIG SP |
08MADRID1080 | MADRID ECON WEEKLY, OCT 6-10 - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB SP |
08MADRID1081 | SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 10. Donoso said that Georgia will dominate the GAERC agenda, with some discussion on Belarus, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan and Moldova. //GEORGIA// 2. (C) Donoso said that Spa [...] | 2008-10-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SP USEU |
08MADRID1088 | SPAIN'S BASQUE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPANDING ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Autonomous Community (regional) government of the Basque Country is opening two new offices in the United States, increasing its official presence to three offices. Ana Agirre, the Basque region's Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, will lead a delegation that will offi [...] | 2008-10-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID1091 | DCM DISCUSSES SPANISH DEFENSE BUDGET, ACQUISITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission met September 30 with the new Spanish State Secretary for Defense Constantino Mendez. The two discussed strategic industrial cooperation; the status of major acquisitions programs, including Tomahawk; the budget outlook for Spain; and the upcoming vis [...] | 2008-10-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
08MADRID1092 | AMBASSADOR HITS RIGHT NOTES WITH NEW SPANISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre ensured that Spain's outgoing Chief of Defense and the Chiefs of the Spanish Army, Navy and Air Force Staff were properly celebrated September 25. Hosting a cocktail reception for more than 90 attendees, complete with a color guard and a 6-piece military jazz band [...] | 2008-10-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SP |
08MADRID1101 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - OCT 13-17 [...] (SBU) President Zapatero announced October 13 that the GOS will guarantee up to 100 billion euros in bank borrowing this year. This initiative is part of a decree approved that day by the Council of Ministers that incorporates measures agreed over the weekend by heads of state of the euro nati [...] | 2008-10-17 19:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP PGOV |
08MADRID1104 | SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY KUPFER'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OVIP PREL SP |
08MADRID1105 | REQUEST TO INVITE SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SP |
08MADRID1113 | GALICIA POLICE CHIEF ON DRUG SMUGGLING AND LAW [...] (C) In a conversation October 9 with Embassy representatives, the Chief of Police of the regional government of Galicia said that while criminal activity in Galicia remained relatively low (30 crimes per 1000 inhabitants),drug smuggling and the underground economy continued to be important la [...] | 2008-10-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SP SNAR PGOV KCRM |
08MADRID1116 | SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on October 22 to deliver REFTEL A demarche. Torres said that he will serve as point of contact (POC) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for matters related to the Global Initiative Information Po [...] | 2008-10-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP |
08MADRID1123 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 20-24 [...] (SBU) The hot topic for much of this week has been President Zapatero's failure to be invited to the upcoming global financial summit and GOS efforts to secure an invitation (ref A). Media reported October 24 that the government is reaching out "in every direction to the entire world at all [...] | 2008-10-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TSPA SP |
08MADRID1126 | TOMAHAWK LIKELY FIRST VICTIM OF BUDGET AX [...] (C) It now appears virtually certain that Spain, facing serious budgetary constraints and difficult economic times, will not purchase Tomahawk (TLAM) this year. In recent days we have had strong indications from the MOD that the new leadership team there has decided to forgo any expensive, new [...] | 2008-10-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR SP |
08MADRID1127 | CIVAIR: SPAIN CANNOT FOLLOW UP ON VIOLATIONS OF [...] (U) Econoff passed on reftel requests, providing the GOS the opportunity to pursue an investigation as provided under Article 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, (the "Chicago Convention") on reftel Spanish nationals who allegedly violated U.S. FAA regulations. Santiago Quiro [...] | 2008-10-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP |
08MADRID1131 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Chief of Mission hosted MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta at lunch October 29. They discussed the U.S.-Spain Agreement on Defense Cooperation (which governs U.S. use of the bases at Rota and Moron),Afghanistan, Georgia, nuclear powered warship visits, Som [...] | 2008-10-30 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO AF SP |
08MADRID1132 | NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...] | 2008-10-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR |
08MADRID1134 | SYRIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHAABAN DENOUNCES U.S. [...] SUMMARY. Syrian Presidential Advisor and former Emigration Minister Bouthaina Shaaban addressed a receptive audience of approximately 200 policy makers, diplomats, academics, and students of Arab politics and culture at the Spanish-government sponsored "Casa Arabe" cultural exchange institute [...] | 2008-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SP SY |
08MADRID114 | CODELS MARTINEZ AND LIEBERMAN MEET WITH SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senators Martinez, Lieberman and Craig met with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana on January 11, discussing Afghanistan, Lebanon, Morocco, Cuba, and the Alliance of Civilizations. Senator Lieberman asked that Spain work to clarify and if possible remove caveats o [...] | 2008-02-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
08MADRID1140 | SPAIN'S VIEW ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Benitez said that Bosnia may come up at the November GAERC, but given that this month's meeting is a "JUMBO GAERC," it is more likely to be discussed in December. 2. [...] | 2008-10-31 16:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EU SP BK |
08MADRID1141 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCT. 27-31 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
08MADRID1142 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...] | 2008-11-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE |
08MADRID1150 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON INTERNET PIRACY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Since being placed on the Special 301 Watch List six months ago, the GOS has focused on encouraging negotiations between the Internet Service Provider (ISP) association and the Anti-Piracy Coalition of copyright holders and their representatives. The parties are trying to agree on a fo [...] | 2008-11-04 07:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS KCRM SP |
08MADRID1182 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),has shared information with Embassy Madrid officials on a range of subjects related to non-proliferation, including Spanish participat [...] | 2008-11-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP KNNP PINR PINS SP KGIC PTER PREL |
08MADRID1183 | SPAIN SUPPORTS AU & EU EFFORTS TO RESTORE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR SP |
08MADRID1184 | SPAIN NOT SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to various contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, who covers Iran in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries, told Econoff November 3 that he fully agreed with [...] | 2008-11-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC TRGY AORC IR SP |
08MADRID1186 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SIRES' NOVEMBER 13-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Representative Sires, Embassy Madrid looks forward to your and your delegation's visit to Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish are eager to share their assessment of political developments, regional issues, and bilateral relations with you. The recent US national election has been closely [...] | 2008-11-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN OVIP PINS PREL PTER SP OREP AMGT AFIN |
08MADRID1189 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - NOV 1-7 [...] (U) On November 4, the Ministry of Labor released statistics showing an increase of 192,658 registered unemployed workers for the month of October, the sharpest month-to-month increase ever recorded. This brings the total of unemployed to over 2.8 million, with immigrants especially affected. [...] | 2008-11-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SP EPET |
08MADRID1190 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM SNAR BL SP |
08MADRID1194 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IPR WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador discussed the battle against intellectual property piracy with Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Trade Miguel Sebastian. The Minister and an aide painted an upbeat picture of the progress being made in talks between Internet Service Providers [...] | 2008-11-12 08:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID1200 | SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SP |
08MADRID1205 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 10-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP |
08MADRID1206 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (SBU) On November 10, Econoff advised MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic and Maritime Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde of the US's strong concerns on Article 10 of the EU proposed "third maritime safety" regulation (reftel). Econoff explained that this provision would interfe [...] | 2008-11-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO SP |
08MADRID1207 | INVITATION FROM SPANISH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO [...] (U) The Ambassador received November 13 the following letter (translated in relevant part) from Manuel Lopez Blazquez, Spanish MOD Director General of Institutional Relations. Begin text: The Ministry of Defense of Spain and the CIDOB Foundation of Barcelona (Center of Investigation of In [...] | 2008-11-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL SP |
08MADRID1212 | CODEL SIRES VISIT TO MADRID, NOVEMBER 13-14, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Codel Sires (Representatives Albio Sires, Lynn Woolsey, Phil Gingrey, Ron Klein, and Laura Richardson) visited Madrid November 13-14 to discuss rail transportation security, counter-terrorism, and bilateral relations. They met with Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, M [...] | 2008-11-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL SP |
08MADRID1214 | CALLS FOR REFORM OF SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's counter-terrorism (CT) laws were designed with the domestic terrorist group ETA - Basque Fatherland and Liberty - in mind, but a number of recent rulings and actions by the Spanish judiciary and law enforcement forces in recent weeks have brought into focus Spain's need to [...] | 2008-11-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
08MADRID1216 | SPAIN--CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE [...] Post has received a congratulatory letter from the former Prime Minister of Spain Felipe Gonzalez addressed to President-elect Barack Obama. The original and informal translation will be sent to the Department, attention S/ES-CR, via registered pouch, number 6340142. English text of the let [...] | 2008-11-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP SP |
08MADRID1225 | SPAIN MAY PLANT IDEA OF NICARAGUAN RECOUNT AT EU [...] (C) Poloff discussed November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections and delivered points (ref A) November 20 to Spanish MFA Sub-Direct General for Mexican, Caribbean, and Central American Affairs Jorge Romeu Gonzalez-Barros. Romeu agreed there had been "serious irregularities" but cautioned that [...] | 2008-11-21 21:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NI |
08MADRID1226 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 17-21 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SP SCUL |
08MADRID1228 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS IN [...] (C) Reftel demarche was delivered November 19 to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares and Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP and FM Moratinos' commitment to preventing unhelpf [...] | 2008-11-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNGA IS PA |
08MADRID1229 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay received reftel demarche on November 21. Ucelay restated FM Moratinos' belief that the Annapolis Conference was an important step in facilitating efforts by Israelis and Palestinians to conclude a final, comprehensive peace. [...] | 2008-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KBWG AL SP |
08MADRID1230 | SPAIN: CIVIL GUARD OFFERS INSIDER ACCOUNT OF ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a counter-terrorism (CT) conference co-sponsored by Embassy Madrid, General Pablo Martin Alonso, the Head of Intelligence for the Civil Guard -- known in Spanish as Guardia Civil (GC) -- discussed the role of the GC in detaining radical Islamic jihadists within Spain's borde [...] | 2008-11-24 17:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP |
08MADRID1231 | SPAIN: ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT ETA [...] (C) SUMMARY: French police and Spanish Guardia Civil (GC) paramilitary forces conducted a joint raid in Cauterets, France early on the morning of November 17 in which they arrested ETA members Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina (aka "Txeroki" in Basque or "Cherokee" in English) and Leire Lopez Zu [...] | 2008-11-24 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR |
08MADRID1232 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICAL'S REMARKS ABOUT EU AND IAEA RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarches November 25 to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA,s Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. On Iran, Salazar said the EU was in the process of finalizing a declaration that will be "very tough" about Tehran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA o [...] | 2008-11-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SP IR SY EU |
08MADRID1235 | SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING RESULTS FOR SOCOM [...] (U) Pursuant to provisions of the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has carefully reviewed the human rights records of the following Spanish candidates who were intially invited to participate in the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attache (FMA) conference, which [...] | 2008-11-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM SP |
08MADRID1240 | SPAIN OK WITH EU BIOFUELS LANGUAGE; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ESTHOFF reviewed reftel points on November 25 with Hugo Lucas Porta, Secretary General of the International Relations Department at the GOS Institute for the Diversification and Development of Energy (IDAE). In the recent past, Lucas has expressed skepticism of the proposed la [...] | 2008-11-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU SP |
08MADRID1251 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) FAS Counselor delivered reftel points on November 26 to Santiago Menendez, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs (which includes Agriculture). 2, (U) ESTHOff also delivered reftel points on November 25 to Enrique Yturriaga Saldanha, Subdir [...] | 2008-11-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV SP |
08MADRID1257 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 21-28 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EPET KIPR SP |
08MADRID1262 | SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...] | 2008-12-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE |
08MADRID1269 | FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable continues the discussion from REFTEL, which examined recent Supreme Court acquittals of lower court convictions of radical Islamic jihadists. Most recently, the Supreme Court on October 7 overturned 14 of 20 convictions for a 2004 case known an Operation Nova; on Novem [...] | 2008-12-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
08MADRID1277 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD VISIT TO SPAIN DEC. [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. The Spaniards you meet will be eager to share their assessment of financial developments, Latin American issues, and bilateral relations. Our elections were closely followed here, and a strong atmosphere of goodwill and optimism has emerged for incre [...] | 2008-12-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OREP PREL SP |
08MADRID128 | SPAIN DEPUTY FM LEON ON KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Deputy FM Bernardino Leon approached Charge at a luncheon speech given by President Zapatero in Madrid February 6, to inform that Spain remained unable to support EU consensus on Kosovo prior to Spain's March 9 elections. Leon reiterated previously raised concerns about the sensitivities [...] | 2008-02-07 12:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP KV |
08MADRID1280 | SPAIN: ALLEGED DETAINEE FLIGHTS ISSUE BLOWS UP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A hot issue in the Spanish press since 2005, the detainee transfer flights that allegedly transited Spain from 2002 until 2006 have once again hit the headlines. The most recent flurry of reporting began November 30 when El Pais, Spain's leading newspaper, printed several stories bas [...] | 2008-12-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREF PGOV PTER KPAO SP |
08MADRID1281 | REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SPANISH DEFENSE [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: MOD Carme Chacon continues to voice, publicly and privately, her desire to see the U.S. elevate the Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC) to treaty status. Chacon describes this in terms of legal parity and equilibrium in the bilate [...] | 2008-12-05 06:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
08MADRID1282 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on December 4. Benitez said that the GAERC agenda will include the EU Enlargement, MEPP, the Congo, Pakistan, declarations on ESDP, and Solana's presentation of the European Security St [...] | 2008-12-05 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN SP ZL IS PK CG TU |
08MADRID1289 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC. 1-5 [...] (U) According to the EU's Eurostat, Spain's unemployment rate for the month of October reached 12.8 percent, giving the country the highest rate in the EU for the 6th month running. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes has noted that unemployment is the primary concern of [...] | 2008-12-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID1291 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT TO SPAIN DEC. [...] (U) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. The Spaniards you meet will be eag [...] | 2008-12-09 11:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER OREP MARR SP |
08MADRID1292 | SCENESETTER - CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO SEVILLE, SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. You will be visiting Spain during a severe economic downturn, its first in 15 years. Spain has become a leader in the development of renewable energy - particularly wind power - as the result of implementing feed-in tariff subsidies. [...] | 2008-12-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP |
08MADRID1293 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff spoke with Spanish company GECI Espanola representatives December 3 as part of a pre-license check on C-130 aircraft parts to Spain. Geci Project Manager Billy Noboa informed Econoff that the C-130 parts specified in reftel are not/not intended for the Spani [...] | 2008-12-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC SP |
08MADRID1296 | SPAIN: CONTINUED RESERVATIONS RE CRITERIA-BASED [...] (C) POLOFF met on December 9 with Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, to discuss the revised Paragraphs 6 and 7 for the Nuclear Supplier Group's (NSG's) Guidelines for Transfers of Enrichment & Reprocessing E [...] | 2008-12-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM SP TRGY ENRG ETTC |
08MADRID1299 | SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftels B and C. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Spain played a leadership role in [...] | 2008-12-11 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU |
08MADRID13 | SPAIN WILL SUPPORT PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA SP |
08MADRID1303 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Spanish MFA DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Carmen Bujan December 12. Bujan said Spain, in principle, welcomed the formation of a contact group. She emphasized, as she and other GOS officials have in the past, that finding adequate judicial arr [...] | 2008-12-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SP |
08MADRID1304 | SPAIN: REACTION TO PLAN RE CONTINGENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on December 10 delivered REFTEL A non-paper to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. The Spaniard opined that he considered the USG proposal -- to make the implementation of the I [...] | 2008-12-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SY IAEA TRGY SP |
08MADRID1306 | SPAIN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL A, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Report on Terrorism" follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT in Spain is Hugh Clifton. Telephone 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) The Government of Spain and its citizens were concerned that their cou [...] | 2008-12-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
08MADRID1307 | SPAIN: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL A, Post's submission for the "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control," follows in paragraph 2. This report includes draft numbers for statistical information on seizures for the calendar year 2008. If information [...] | 2008-12-12 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SP KCRM |
08MADRID1309 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 9-12 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP |
08MADRID1310 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US POSITION ON IEA 2009-2010 [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche December 10 to MFA's Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, explaining the US's position on funding the International Energy Agency (IEA) for the 2009-2010 budget and beyond. Munoz de Laborde, who is the Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations, expressed his [...] | 2008-12-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SP IEA |
08MADRID1318 | SPAIN: GOVERNMENT HOSTS IPR CONFERENCE, LAUNCHES [...] In late November, the GOS hosted its second annual International Conference on Digital Content (FICOD),which included as a separate event an International Conference on Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment. The IPR Conference brought Spanish government officials together with co [...] | 2008-12-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KCRM KIPR SP |
08MADRID1320 | SPAIN SUPPORTS UN SPECIAL TRIBUNAL ON LEBANON [...] (C) Spanish MFA desk officer Maria Luisa Huibrodo received reftel demarche and said that Foreign Minister Moratinos strongly supported the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). She affirmed that contributions for Lebanon would continue to be a major component of Spain's foreign as [...] | 2008-12-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN SP |
08MADRID1337 | SPAIN UNVEILS COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega unveiled Spain's National Human Rights Plan (the plan) December 15 in New York. The plan, approved by Spain's Council of Ministers [...] | 2008-12-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SP PREL PGOV |
08MADRID1339 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 13-19 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP |
08MADRID1341 | DEMARCHE: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP |
08MADRID1345 | FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR THE WORLD [...] (U) As per reftel, Econoff conducted an extensive review into the membership and affiliates of the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to ensure that none of the WTO's associates or members condone pedophilia. Based on the review, Post determined that the UNWTO does not grant any official [...] | 2008-12-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI SP |
08MADRID1346 | IPR IN SPAIN: ROUND-UP OF RECENT NOTEWORTHY [...] (U) On November 25, Spain's Congress issued a non-binding resolution calling on the GOS to develop a strategy to combat internet piracy. Separately, Culture Minister Molina announced that the government anticipates new regulations to protect online content. Content providers continue to com [...] | 2008-12-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCRM KIPR SP |
08MADRID1351 | SPAIN: IPR PIRACY GETTING MORE ATTENTION [...] (SBU) In addition to IPR-related developments reported in ref A, the Ministry of Culture recently unveiled a new IPR enforcement manual, prepared in concert with law enforcement agencies and rights-holders' organizations. Meanwhile, the country's largest copyright management society has come [...] | 2008-12-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCRM KIPR SP |
08MADRID1358 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPAIN HONORING EXISTING AID [...] (C) Poloff discussed Nicaraguan municipal elections and conveyed points (ref A) to Spanish MFA Sub-Director General for Mexican, Caribbean, and Central American Affairs Jorge Romeu Gonzalez-Barros on December 23. Though Spain had been considering reducing its support to the Nicaraguan police, [...] | 2008-12-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID1359 | LUKOIL-REPSOL ROLE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Presidency Secretary-General Bernardino Leon confirmed in a December 22 dinner with the Ambassador that President Zapatero has tasked him with ensuring that Russian (and partly U.S.-owned) oil company Lukoil's pending purchase of a sizable stake in Spain's Repsol takes place on politically acce [...] | 2008-12-24 12:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET KBIO RU SP |
08MADRID1362 | SPAIN TO MAINTAIN CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY, NO FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary. Civil nuclear power in Spain is being phased out. Nuclear power provides approximately 20 percent of Spain's electricity, and has remained relatively constant in recent years. Spain operates 8 nuclear reactors at 6 plants, as well as other nuclear facilities including a waste [...] | 2008-12-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP |
08MADRID1366 | SCENESETTER FOR JAN 8-9 VISIT OF ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. Your Spanish interlocutors [...] | 2008-12-31 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID138 | SPANISH ELECTIONS: BASQUE NATIONALIST PARTY POISED [...] (U) This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL A) and beyond. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The national vote in the Basque Country is expected to fracture bet [...] | 2008-02-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID141 | SPANISH ELECTIONS: PP MUST BUILD ON SUCCESS IN [...] (U) This message is the second in a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections and beyond. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Partido Popular (PP) has held working control in the autonomous c [...] | 2008-02-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID142 | AMBASSADOR NULAND PRESSES SPANISH ON NATO/ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland's January 16-17 visit to Madrid coincided with the announcement by the Secretary of Defense that the U.S. would deploy additional troops to Afghanistan, followed by misconstrued statements about the reliability of troop-contri [...] | 2008-02-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID151 | SPAIN MARCH ELECTIONS - PARTY PLATFORMS DEFINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the approach of the March 9 general elections, the two main political parties, the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the center-left Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE) have released party platforms that define Spanish national priorities. The PP platform is a cle [...] | 2008-02-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
08MADRID158 | SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP |
08MADRID159 | SPAIN/CUBA: GOS PRESENTS GOC WITH LIST OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told Charge that he presented Cuban Vice Minister for Global Issues Abelardo Moreno with a list of 20-30 Cuban political prisoners, including Oscar Biscet, and asked for their release during the second Spain-Cuba bilateral human rights [...] | 2008-02-13 17:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP CU |
08MADRID162 | SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told Charge that Spain is disappointed that the U.S. did not agree to delay the timing of Kosovo's independence until after the Spanish elections. He said that Spain has not yet decided how it will respond in Brussels after the UDI, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP |
08MADRID171 | THE ECONOMY'S IMPACT ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Growing concern about the economy is getting a lot of attention as a possible factor in the March 9 elections. It would only require a shift of two or three points to move the election one w [...] | 2008-02-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SP |
08MADRID174 | SPAIN WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and Director General for North America and Europe Pepe Pons told DCM separately that Spain would oppose any EU consensus statement on Kosovo recognition in Brussels February 18. Separately, Spanish Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias to [...] | 2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EUN SP KV IS |
08MADRID175 | SPANISH POLDIR REQUESTS FULFILLMENT OF AOC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KISL UN SP |
08MADRID176 | SPAIN ON RUSSIA-ABKHAZIA, KOSOVO PRECEDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 17:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP GG RU YI |
08MADRID177 | SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE FEBRUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Popular Party (PP) candidate Mariano Rajoy appears to be making a play for working class voters with messages on the economy (ref a),immigration, and public security. Some polls suggest voter participation may be slipping; virtually everyone agrees low turnout hurts President [...] | 2008-02-15 17:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID178 | SPAIN'S MARCH ELECTIONS: PP HOPING TO BREAK PSOE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL) and beyond. Giving Andalucia its due, Partido Popular (PP) leader and Presidential candidate Mariano [...] | 2008-02-15 18:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
08MADRID186 | SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...] | 2008-02-21 09:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP |
08MADRID201 | RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...] | 2008-02-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW |
08MADRID202 | SPAIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Following conversations with visiting CSTC-A Deputy Commanding General George (in Madrid for an MOD-sponsored conference on PRT's in Afghanistan),Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens sought meetings with senior MOD officials to discuss SECDEF's recent letter to MOD Alonso requesting [...] | 2008-02-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
08MADRID203 | FOLLOW-UP WITH GOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since FM Moratinos' comment (repeated by President Zapatero) that Kosovo's declaration of independence was "illegal," the Ambassador and DCM have had numerous conversations with senior GOS officials including Deputy FM Bernardino Leon, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, [...] | 2008-02-22 18:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN YI KV SP |
08MADRID204 | SPAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE 2 ARMORED VEHICLES TO MFO [...] According to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay, Spain has initiated the paperwork to transfer two armored vehicles to the MFO. He could not provide a delivery timetable, but said that, "the contribution reflected Spain's concern for regional stability a [...] | 2008-02-22 18:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP |
08MADRID210 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHINA, INDIA IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | IEA SP |
08MADRID211 | SPECIAL 301 SPAIN RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. It is not repeat not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy requests Washington agencies to consider an out-of-cycle review for Spain in October 2008. On March 9, parliamentary elections will be held in Spain and a new government [...] | 2008-02-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID213 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO AND RAJOY FACE OFF IN FIRST DEBATE [...] (C) Summary. There was a lot of wind-milling but no knockout blows landed during the 90 minutes of the February 25 debate. Each candidate's supporters claim victory, and we suspect undecided voters remain so. Neither candidate offered any new messages. Nevertheless, Rajoy probably did hims [...] | 2008-02-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
08MADRID218 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. When you arrive, Spain will be 4 short days away from what is looking to be a very close March 9 general election. President Jose Luis Zapatero and his Socialist Workers party are slightly ahead in the polls, although the opposition Par [...] | 2008-02-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL SP |
08MADRID224 | SPAIN INTERESTED IN SOMALIA PIRACY UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on February 27. Sanchez-Benedito thanked Poloff and expressed Spain's serious interest in a possible UNSCR on Somali piracy for two reasons. First, as a nation particu [...] | 2008-02-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SP |
08MADRID225 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTEL A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Matt Osborne, Tel. (34) 91-587-2294, Fax. (34) 91-587-2391. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report are [...] | 2008-02-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP |
08MADRID23 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND'S JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid in the company of your Spanish counterpart. I am pleased at the initiative taken by Ambassador Benavides, and I know that you will be well received by his colleagues and our contacts. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays [...] | 2008-01-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR SP |
08MADRID234 | SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT CONVICTS TWENTY FOR [...] (U) The Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) on February 27 convicted 20 of 30 suspected Islamist terrorists who were arrested in October 2004 (during Spain's so-called Operation Nova investigation) on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and plotting to destroy the National [...] | 2008-02-29 19:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID236 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP |
08MADRID274 | SPANISH ELECTIONS: NECK AND NECK IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two days away from the March 9 Spanish general election, the polls continue to suggest a close race with Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) perhaps enjoying a slight lead over Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP). The only thing analysts seem to [...] | 2008-03-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID278 | SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...] | 2008-03-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP |
08MADRID280 | SPANISH REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO (C-DI8-00223) [...] (S) Question A: Spanish security and intelligence services are currently on high alert in advance of the March 9 national elections. The March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid occurred just days before the last national elections, and Spanish officials are concerned about the possibility of [...] | 2008-03-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PINR KISL SP |
08MADRID282 | SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...] | 2008-03-07 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP |
08MADRID283 | VISIT TO SPAIN OF ELSA MOREJON, WIFE OF CUBAN [...] (U) Elsa Morejon, wife of imprisoned Cuban dissident and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Oscar Biscet, visited Spain March 4-7. Although the visit was unexpected (her arrival was not confirmed until a few hours before her flight to Madrid),we are convinced it was useful and important. M [...] | 2008-03-07 17:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU SP |
08MADRID285 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara on March 6. Kimmitt expressed his confidence in the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. Both agreed that accounting rules would be very important for dealing with issues surrounding the p [...] | 2008-03-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID286 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed with Bank of SIPDIS Spain (central bank) Deputy Governor Jose Vinals the U.S. and Spanish economic situations, sovereign wealth funds, and Iran. The Deputy Secretary said that the U.S. econom [...] | 2008-03-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN IR SP |
08MADRID287 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE MARCH 1-7 [...] (U) The ICD came to an agreement with troubled real estate construction company Colonial owners Luis Portillo and Luis Nozaleda on 3/4/08. The Dubai fund will buy Colonial's bricks and mortar real estate assets and will end up paying something between euros 1.9 billion and 2.1 billion, i.e., [...] | 2008-03-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV ENRG ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID288 | ZAPATERO WINS REELECTION [...] (U) Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. The PSOE won 43.64 percent of the vote which will translate into 169 congressional seats (an absolute majority would be 176). Mariano Rajoy and the Popular Party (PP) won [...] | 2008-03-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID289 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, discussed Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Afghanistan, and sovereign wealth funds with Spanish National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana in a March 6 meeting. Casajuana expressed pleasure that bilateral relations had evolved positively in recent [...] | 2008-03-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV AF CU IR IZ KV SP |
08MADRID293 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON GOS SPECIAL 301 OBSERVATIONS [...] Summary: The Embassy offers the following review of the Spanish government's observations (ref A) on the International Intellectual Property Alliance's (IIPA) Special 301 recommendation for Spain. Our review is keyed to the Spanish document. Our assessment (ref B) of Spain's copyright-related [...] | 2008-03-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID294 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by DCM, met with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Camacho March 6. Camacho outlined the GOS' views of the threat from Islamic terrorism and emphasized the importance of exchanging information. He suggested the creation of a task for [...] | 2008-03-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID301 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOUR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche March 10, notifying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the recent E.O. 13224 designation of four Syria-based members of the Abu Ghadiyah network. Ivo Pascual, desk officer at the MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism, accepted the additional informa [...] | 2008-03-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC SY SP |
08MADRID308 | IRANIAN TIES OF SPANISH BANKS SANTANDER AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, provided to post on March 7 a document summarizing activities that Bank Santander and Bank Sabadell have had or still have with Iran. The document is based on information the Bank of Spain received from the two banks on March 6 in response to [...] | 2008-03-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PTER PREL IR SP |
08MADRID309 | SPAIN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-EU CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary ------------ (SBU) EconCouns and ESTOff delivered reftel points to Teresa Ribera, GOS Director General for Climate Change in the Environment Ministry, in a March 11 meeting. DG Ribera does not expect any surprises for the U.S. from the European Council meeting this week. She said [...] | 2008-03-12 18:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG SP |
08MADRID312 | SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION NOT LIKELY UNTIL NEW [...] (C) The Spanish Council of Ministers (COM) on March 7 failed to discuss and approve the U.S. request for the extradition of Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar during its final meeting before Spaniards went to the polls to elect Spain's next government. The Ambassador and DCM followed up with senio [...] | 2008-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID313 | RWANDAN INDICTMENTS UPDATE [...] (C) Post urges extreme caution in allowing Rwandan military personnel indicted by the Spanish judiciary to travel to the U.S. for government-sponsored training. We cannot predict how the Spanish judiciary or government may respond should it become known that an individual wanted in connectio [...] | 2008-03-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP |
08MADRID315 | SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY DELEGATION ENERGIZED BY [...] (U) Post and the Spanish government organized a highly successful renewable energy mission of Spanish companies and GOS officials to Washington and Denver February 11-14. In Washington, the delegation, which was led by Ambassador Aguirre and the Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism and Comm [...] | 2008-03-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
08MADRID317 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Two days after the elections, Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes told reporters that (GOS) analysts were now predicting 2008 GDP growth of between 2.5 and 2.7 percent. This is well below the 3.1 percent figure Solbes had cited earlier and much closer to other forecasts. The [...] | 2008-03-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV SP |
08MADRID320 | SPAIN: IRAN ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy made a strong case for the EU Presidency and Spain to issue statements regarding the Iran elections per reftel demarche. Alberto Ucelay, Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs at the Spanish MFA, said that they would consider our points, particularly with regard to the need for [...] | 2008-03-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL SP IR |
08MADRID33 | SPAIN WILL CONSIDER PUBLIC STATEMENT REGARDING THE [...] (C) Demarche was delivered to Spanish MFA Near East Director Alberto Ucelay, who said that Spain did not have any plans to make a public statement on behalf of the National Council or the 30 detained Council members. He did ask for a copy of the White House Statement and said that the USG r [...] | 2008-01-14 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL SY SP |
08MADRID34 | SPAIN: POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Libyan leader Qadhafi's first official visit to Spain, December 15-18, MOUs were concluded on defense, economic cooperation and investment. Negotiations are still underway on a double taxation treaty. Qadhafi's visit began with a private two-day visit to Andalucia, foll [...] | 2008-01-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD LY SP |
08MADRID342 | SPAIN SUPPORTS NEW SRSG FOR AFGHANISTAN KAI EIDE [...] Poloff communicated full U.S. support for Norwegian Political Director Kai Eide in his new appointment as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan (reftel). Spanish MFA's Chief of Continental Asia Policy, Pedro Arostegui Llama, reiterated March 14 Spain's stated [...] | 2008-03-18 18:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP AF |
08MADRID346 | FREED CUBAN PRISONERS GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On March 13, Ambassador Aguirre hosted a follow-up meeting with Omar Pernet and Alejandro Gonzlez-Raga. The two, until recently, had been political prisoners in Cuba. Both of these remarkable individuals individually pressed the Ambassador to personally convey their gratitude to President [...] | 2008-03-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SP |
08MADRID347 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde. Econoff explained that while the US strongly supports enhanced OECD engagement with China, the US does not/not support China's proposal for an MOU to essentially restri [...] | 2008-03-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON CMGT TW OECD SP |
08MADRID348 | SPANISH ELECTION WRAP UP: ZAPATERO SET TO FORM [...] (U) The absentee votes are in, and recounts have taken place in the most contested districts of Spain. The final electoral numbers for Spain's 350-seat Congress are as follows. The ruling Socialist party of President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (PSOE) - 169, the main opposition Partido Popular (PP [...] | 2008-03-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID350 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY WINTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid, and I look forward to traveling with you to visit Spain's largest shipbuilder, Navantia, in the Galician town of El Ferrol. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from Easter holidays and the aftermath of the March 9 general election, and al [...] | 2008-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
08MADRID351 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY WINTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid, and I look forward to traveling with you to visit Spain's largest shipbuilder, Navantia, in the Galician town of El Ferrol. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from Easter holidays and the aftermath of the March 9 general election, and al [...] | 2008-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SP |
08MADRID363 | FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR WORLD TOURISM [...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff conducted an investigation into the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO),based in Madrid, to confirm that no members of this organization condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. Based on this investigation, post believes that there is no reason to [...] | 2008-03-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP PHUM SOCI AORC |
08MADRID366 | NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
08MADRID371 | DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SENDING SPANISH CIVIL GUARD [...] (C) In Post's continued efforts to encourage the Spanish to do more in Afghanistan, Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met on March 26 with Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho (Deputy Interior Minister equivalent) to discuss SECDEF's January 24 letter to MOD Alonso requesting Spain se [...] | 2008-03-31 06:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
08MADRID372 | MOD SECRETARY GENERAL FOR DEFENSE POLICY CUESTA ON [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 28 with MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta to discuss SIPDIS the Bucharest summit. He stressed the U.S. interest in enlargement (Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia) and our support for Georgian and Ukrainian aspirations to be part [...] | 2008-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SP |
08MADRID373 | IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN: THE END OF EL DORADO? [...] (U) Summary. According to several Spanish sources, Spain in recent years has received the second largest number of immigrants in the world after the U.S. During Spain's construction boom, this labor influx proved to be an important asset. However, as Spain's economy slows, and unemployment [...] | 2008-03-31 06:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ELAB ECON PGOV |
08MADRID376 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DEZCALLAR ON NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 31 with MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, making the case for a more robust Spanish effort in Afghanistan, urging that the Spanish weigh in with Greece on Macedonia's NATO membership, encouraging Spanish recognition of Kosovo and [...] | 2008-03-31 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SMIG MK GR BO CU SP |
08MADRID38 | SPAIN: MARCH 2008 GENERAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) will face off March 9, 2008, in a rematch of their 2004 contest. In other reporting we examine the candidates, parties, issues, and polls. Here we at [...] | 2008-01-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
08MADRID393 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - MARCH 31 [...] ECON: Business activity declining 2. SOCI/ECON: Call for immigrants 3. ECON: Ex-Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro to coordinate PP economic policy 4. EIND: National Competition Authority (CNC) to open investigation into egg, bread, chicken industries 5. ECON/EFIN: Madrid Autonomous Commu [...] | 2008-04-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET SOCI SP |
08MADRID395 | SPAIN COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL [...] (C) On April 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia Ovies who indicated that Spain would continue to carefully implement the travel ban and restrictions on individuals designated under UNSCRS 1 [...] | 2008-04-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC SP ECON |
08MADRID405 | LISBON-MADRID JOINT COUNTRY TEAM [...] This is a joint message from Embassies Lisbon and Madrid. 2. SUMMARY: On March 25, the Country Teams of Embassies Lisbon and Madrid met to discuss law enforcement issues, counter-terrorism, common multilateral challenges, military cooperation strategy, and cost savings measures, as well as [...] | 2008-04-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BMGT PO SP |
08MADRID406 | SPAIN ENCOURAGES GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain also seeks greater regional engagement with Iraq. As the new Spanish cabinet is being formed this week, he was not able to share specific details about Spanish FM participation [...] | 2008-04-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN IR SP |
08MADRID407 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 5-11 [...] ECON/PGOV: Zapatero Announces Economic Measures During Investiture Debate 3. ECON: IMF, BBVA Revise Growth Projections Down, Economy Top Concern. 4. ECON/EFIN: Housing Downturn Continues to Hit Construction, Real Estate 5. ECON: Per Capita GDP Still Below Italy's After All 6. ECON/ELTN: [...] | 2008-04-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN PGOV SENV SP |
08MADRID409 | RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...] | 2008-04-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP |
08MADRID418 | BANCO SABADELL SUSPENDS IRAN REPRESENTATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 14, post received a letter from Banco Sabadell President Jose Oliu announcing that Sabadell had decided on March 31 to suspend all activities of its Iran representational office. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the letter, which responded to a letter post had sent Oliu the [...] | 2008-04-16 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KTFN SP |
08MADRID43 | MANUEL PIZARRO TO RUN AS MARIANO RAJOY'S NUMBER [...] The opposition conservative PP leader, Mariano Rajoy, announced on 1/15/08 that the former head of energy utility Endesa, Manuel Pizarro, would occupy the number two spot on the PP's Madrid parliamentary list. Rajoy has the number one spot on the list. Should the PP win, Pizarro would likely [...] | 2008-01-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SP |
08MADRID430 | ROSALINI CASE UPDATE - CRIMINAL CASE DROPPED [...] AmCit Dugan Rosalini's Barcelona lawyer, David Aineto Trabal (of the firm AEQIO ADVOCATS),told the Embassy on 4/13/08 that the Spanish private party involved in the case has decided not to press criminal charges against Rosalini. According to the lawyer, the possibility that Rosalini could be [...] | 2008-04-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CASC ECON SP |
08MADRID443 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 14 - 18 [...] ECON: Euros 10 billion fiscal stimulus package announced and approved 2. ECON/EFIN: Solbes insists he is in charge of the economy 3. SENV: Drought leads to "Water War" 5. KNNP: Nuclear accident cover-up sparks controversy 7. ECON/EFIN: Caja Madrid buys Florida bank 8. EPET: REPSOL stake [...] | 2008-04-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET KIPR KNNP PGOV SENV SP |
08MADRID449 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO INVESTED AS PRESIDENT, SELECTS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was elected President on April 11 with only the 169 votes of his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Zapatero eschewed forming alliances that would have produced an absolute majority in the first vote round in Congress. The Popular Party (PP) [...] | 2008-04-22 06:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
08MADRID450 | SPAIN AGREES ON "CREEPING ANNEXATION" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS GG RS SP |
08MADRID451 | SPAIN FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE [...] (C) During an April 21 conversation on an unrelated matter, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told the DCM that Spain wished to express its full support for a U.S.-led initiative in the UN Security Council on combating piracy (ref. A). Referring to post's initial demarche on the [...] | 2008-04-22 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO SO SP |
08MADRID452 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF |
08MADRID458 | SPANISH FM MORATINOS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY 2 AHLC [...] In response to reftel demarche, Deputy Director General Alberto Ucelay told us that Foreign Minister Moratinos will attend the May 2 AHCL in London. Ucelay said that the Spanish MFA had already given the Norwegians input that the AHLC's primary focus should be energizing the international co [...] | 2008-04-23 17:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PREL SP |
08MADRID465 | POST PRESSES GOS ON IRAN FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed the head of Spain's Export Credit Insurance Company (CESCE) on 4/21/08 to limit export credit guarantees to Iran. Separately, EconOff met on 4/21/08 with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official to discuss Spain's views on Iran sanctions. The MFA offici [...] | 2008-04-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR SP |
08MADRID467 | SPAIN/CUBA: TOUGH ROAD ALONG TWO TRACKS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuba Transition Coordinator (CTC) Caleb McCarry met Spanish divergence from U.S. Cuba policy with considerable diplomacy; pressed Spain not to allow its growing policy of engagement with the GOC to leave behind the importance of supporting Cuban civil society and political pris [...] | 2008-04-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CU SP EUN |
08MADRID47 | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHES UP, IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. As unemployment rates begin to inch up, voters have yet another reason to worry about the future of the economy. Spain's unemployment rate hovers at a little over 8 percent (low by historical standards) with immigrants and young workers being the most vulnerable to losses. Alth [...] | 2008-01-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID474 | SPANISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA expects the Balkans to dominate the April 28-29 GAERC but it also has strong opinions on Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Middle East. END SUMMARY. //SERBIA// 2. (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff April [...] | 2008-04-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID477 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IPR, IRAN CONCERNS WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador Aguirre informed new GOS trade minister Sebastian of Spain,s placement on the Special 301 Watch List. Sebastian expressed disappointment but vowed to work with the USG and set as a goal getting Spain off the Watch List by 2009. The Ambassador reviewed US [...] | 2008-04-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KIPR KNNP IR SP |
08MADRID48 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LET-4 [...] (S) On January 16, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez, Area Specialist within MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff advised Martinez of U.S. plans to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the "LET 4" operatives to the list of terrorist entities. Martinez [...] | 2008-01-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP |
08MADRID484 | SPANISH COURT DECIDES NOT TO EXTRADITE "ISABELITA" [...] (U) Local press is reporting that the Second Section of the Spanish National Court decided on April 28 to deny the request of Argentine authorities to extradite former Argentine President (1974-1976) Maria Estela Martinez, known as "Isabelita" Peron. The 77-year-old former President was wante [...] | 2008-04-29 13:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PGOV SP |
08MADRID485 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo shared views on the way forward in Western Sahara on April 28. Gomez-Acebo said that Spain's primary concern is for regional stability through a negotiated solution that leads to a just, lasting outcome. While it appears an [...] | 2008-04-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MO AG WI UNSC SP |
08MADRID486 | FINANCE VICE MINISTER LETTER ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) As a followup to visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt's meeting with Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Economy David Vegara on March 6 (reftel),the Ambassador wrote Vegara a letter about Spanish transactions with Iranian banks. Vegara has responded with the following l [...] | 2008-04-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN SP IR |
08MADRID490 | ADDITIONAL TERRORISM FINANCE CHARGE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Judge of Instruction Ismail Moreno has filed charges against jailed Al Qaeda leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, for efforts to continue financing jihadist groups from his jail cell, according to an April 28 report in El Pais, Spain's leading daily. The charges wer [...] | 2008-04-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID492 | REPSOL, SHELL REPORTEDLY SEEKING TO SELL IRAN GAS [...] (U) Repsol and Shell will sell their joint 50% stake in natural gas development in Iran's South Pars block 14, according to reports in the Spanish business press. The two firms are reported to be negotiating an agreement with the GOI in which they would give up their concession in exchange for an a [...] | 2008-05-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET IR SP |
08MADRID493 | MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] In response to refs a and b, Post conducts a vigorous, ongoing program of outreach to the Cuban dissident community here in Spain as well as a steady public diplomacy effort designed to build support for peaceful democratic change in Cuba. All this is of course in addition to steady engagement [...] | 2008-05-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU SP |
08MADRID499 | TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETING WITH SPANISH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Vegara told Assistant Secretary Lowery that he expected Spanish growth rates to fall below two percent as a result of the housing slump, which had been complicated by international credit market difficulties. He cited as helpful the gove [...] | 2008-05-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SP |
08MADRID50 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCOS) AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID502 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL THAD W. ALLEN, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Madrid Country Team warmly welcomes your visit. It will provide an important opportunity to highlight the importance we place on the relationship, particularly as it concerns our strategic interests such as the fight against terrorism and transnational crime. We a [...] | 2008-05-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP |
08MADRID503 | FINCEN DIRECTOR, SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS MONEY [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FinCEN Director Jim Freis. 2. (C/NF) Summary. During a visit to Madrid April 23-24, Department of Treasury FinCEN Director Jim Freis met with Spanish government officials involved in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML-CTF) activitie [...] | 2008-05-09 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SP ECON EFIN KTFN |
08MADRID504 | SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...] | 2008-05-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP |
08MADRID518 | WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S VISIT TO MADRID, [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon visited Madrid April 30-May 1, 2008. He met with Secretary General of the Presidency Bernardino Leon and former President Jose Maria Aznar. He also attended a lunch in his honor hosted by Charge d' Affaires Hugo Llorens with Spanish private sector, media, and [...] | 2008-05-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM AR BL CO CU PE SP |
08MADRID519 | SPANISH FEELING GOOD ABOUT UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA Human Rights Office believes France and Spain are poised to win the two WEOG seats on the UN Human Rights Council. Deputy DG Fernandez-Arias asked for U.S. support and also asked that the U.S. remember a "debt" to Spain from a previous election. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-05-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
08MADRID520 | SPECIAL 301 IPR FOLLOWUP MEETING WITH SECSTATE ROS [...] (SBU) Summary: The vice-minister responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR),Francisco Ros, told Charge on May 6 that the ending of the national election season meant that this was the time for the new GOS to make progress on IPR issues. He said the GOS intended to pass a new IPR law [...] | 2008-05-09 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SP |
08MADRID522 | SPAIN/COUNTERTERRORISM - CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) The Charge, accompanied by EconOff, met with Gregorio Martinez, Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rubalcaba, on May 9. Charge stressed the need for better inter-agency cooperation in Spain in the fight against terrorism. Responding to the Charge's expressions of concern regarding the front-pa [...] | 2008-05-12 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN SP PTER |
08MADRID524 | CUBAN REFUSAL TO ALLOW YOANI SANCHEZ TO TRAVEL [...] Cuban "bloguera" Yoani Sanchez was chosen by leading Spanish daily El Pais and the prestigious Spanish foundation Ortega y Gasset as a 2008 journalism prize winner. Unfortunately, the GOC did not allow Sanchez to travel to Madrid to participate in the May 7 awards gala. El Pais (a left of cen [...] | 2008-05-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU SP |
08MADRID525 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 28 - [...] (U) According to recently released Ministry of Labor statistics, the number of unemployed workers in Spain rose in April by 37,542, bringing the total number to over 2.3 million. What is significant about the April increase is that typically April is a seasonally dynamic month in Spain, and h [...] | 2008-05-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
08MADRID526 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...] | 2008-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID528 | SPANISH VIEWS ON WIPO GENERAL ELECTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain wants to see a technically qualified candidate lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In the end, largely because of the controversy surrounding Kamil Idris' early departure, Spain does not think it will be possible for a candidate from an industrializ [...] | 2008-05-12 17:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL SP |
08MADRID529 | SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (U) Spanish MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs, Alberto Ucelay, in response to reftel demarche, said that newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada will head Spain's delegation at the upcoming conference. He assured us that Spain would continue working to solidify and ex [...] | 2008-05-12 18:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL IZ SP |
08MADRID53 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT's January 14 lead editorial is titled "Spain feels the credit squeeze pain: Europe's economic success story may be about to unravel." The editorial focuses on December's bad inflation numbers, falling housing prices and rising unemployment. The FT recommends that the GOS avoid ge [...] | 2008-01-18 20:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ETTC KIPR SENV SOCI TBIO SP |
08MADRID537 | SPAIN: TURMOIL WITHIN THE PARTIDO POPULAR--CAN [...] (U) Two months after suffering a second straight defeat at the hands of President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, opposition Partido Popular (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy finds himself in the midst of a crisis that threatens the future of his party leadership. In the days following the March 9 general el [...] | 2008-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
08MADRID538 | HOUSING MARKET SLUMP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's housing market slowdown was long predicted but is proving more severe than most local analysts had anticipated. An oversupply of newly-built properties coupled with decreased demand has resulted in a glut of unsold homes. Because of this, real estate developers are fin [...] | 2008-05-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SP |
08MADRID540 | ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO THE UN [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on 5/12/08 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin. Alvargonzalez told EconOff on 5/14/08 that he did not know when Spain would submit its UNSCR [...] | 2008-05-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC SP IR |
08MADRID541 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING UNSCR LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Area Director Laura Martinez on 5/13/08. Martinez said she would get back to EconOff if the GOS has a reaction. Llorens [...] | 2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL SP |
08MADRID542 | SPAIN/COUSO CASE: NATIONAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES [...] (SBU) On May 13, Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez, President of the Criminal Division of the National Court, and Javier Zaragoza, Chief Prosecutor of the National Court, phoned Charge Llorens and informed him that earlier in the day the National Court handed down a decision dismissing the case agai [...] | 2008-05-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SP |
08MADRID546 | SPAIN SUPPORTS ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS IN LEBANON [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref(A) demarche to FM Moratinos' Political Director Rafael Dezcallar on May 16. Spain also strongly backs the Arab League's mediation of the Lebanon crisis and fully supports the agreement in Beirut announced May 15. Dezcallar said Spain is relieved that the violence [...] | 2008-05-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE SP |
08MADRID547 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 12 - MAY [...] (U) Felipe Gonzalez and Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a conference of Repsol directors, agreed that the current economic slump has not yet hit bottom, but both expected that it would be relatively short-lived. Former PP Economy Minister and IMF Managing Director Rato said businesses should get us [...] | 2008-05-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP |
08MADRID55 | SPAIN: ELECTION UPDATE JANUARY 18 [...] (U) Summary: As explained in ref a, the official campaign runs February 22 to March 7 (meaning that is when the candidates can unleash their advertising),but President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP) have [...] | 2008-01-22 07:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |