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| 00HARARE7273 | A VISIT TO MR. MUGABE'S PLANET: THE [...] (C) IN HIS HOUR-LONG END OF YEAR MESSAGE DECEMBER 27, PRESIDENT MUGABE GAVE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR 2000. HE ATTRIBUTED THE COUNTRY'S DIFFICULT ECONOMIC PATCH TO FALLING COMMODITY AND RISING INPUT PRICES AS WELL AS RESERVE BANK MONETARY POLICY. HE REHEARSED THE REASONS FOR THE FAS [...] |
2000-12-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI UK |
| 00LONDON8980 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTINUED ITS AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 2000. IT PASSED A NEW TERRORISM LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT EXPANDED POWERS TO FIGHT BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORISM, AND IT CONTINUED ITS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES TO BRI [...] |
2000-12-28 17:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 00THEHAGUE1659 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL [...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...] |
2000-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK |
| 00THEHAGUE1673 | DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-06 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1801 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK MAY RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1850 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-21 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 01ABUJA1861 | NIGERIA: CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Canadian High Commissioner Ian Ferguson called the Ambassador on July 26 to fill him in on information he had picked up during the High Commissioner's farewell calls, including on President Obasanjo. Ferguson said he thought the U.S. would be particularly interested in what he had learn [...] |
2001-07-28 04:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS ZI CA UK SF NI |
| 01ABUJA2253 | NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abuja Ministerial on Zimbabwe September 6. The UK agreed to a "significant financial contribution" to land reform but views that commitment as contingent upon the [...] |
2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
| 01HARARE1354 | MUGABE ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID AND LASHES OUT [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE, IN A ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION INTERVIEW THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17, AND THEN AGAIN IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN HARARE ON APRIL 18, REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED BRITAIN AND WHITE ZIMBABWEANS FOR BEING THE PRINCIPLE CAUSES OF [...] |
2001-04-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI UK |
| 01HARARE2397 | MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...] |
2001-08-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UK US ZI |
| 01HARARE353 | BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH [...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL (PROTECT) SHARED THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00353 01 OF 02 181550Z CLASSIFIED "RESTRICTED," THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED JANUARY 18 WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH OF PRE [...] |
2001-01-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI CG UK |
| 01LONDON5780 | TFUS01: EMBASSY LONDON SITREP 11, 09/28/01 [...] (U) PM TONY BLAIR MET SEPTEMBER 27 WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BRITISH MUSLIM LEADERS AT DOWNING STREET AND ANNOUNCED, "JUST AS WE HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL AND MILITARY COALITION FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN AMERICA, NOW WE HAVE ALSO TO BUILD A HUMANITARIAN COALITION TO DEAL WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] |
2001-09-28 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV US UK |
| 01LONDON7384 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT [...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...] |
2001-12-21 16:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 01LUSAKA2636 | (U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...] |
2001-07-11 17:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IS LY ZI UK |
| 02ABUJA1919 | NIGERIA'S OBASANJO SEEKING WARMER RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo senses a loss of warmth in Nigeria's relationship with the U.S. and feels the U.S. and U.K. are frustrating his efforts by setting too tough terms for support, according to his VP. Obasanjo reportedly blames reports from Embassy Abuja and the British High Commi [...] |
2002-06-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN PINR NI UK US |
| 02ABUJA2165 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...] |
2002-07-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS |
| 02AMMAN6989 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2002-12-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO |
| 02ANKARA8373 | ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US - [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently informed Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor that ISAF Commander MG Zorlu would be traveling to the US November 20-26 to meet with USG and UN officials and private organizations to discuss Turke [...] |
2002-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF |
| 02LONDON8320 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...] |
2002-11-25 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK |
| 03ABUJA534 | NIGERIA: THE FOUNDATIONS OF OBASANJO'S FANTASIES [...] (U) Although not a formal member of the Front Line States, Nigeria was in the vanguard of those fighting for the liberation of southern Africa. The current Chief of Staff of the Air Force has told us stories of the role he played in ferreting weapons to ZANU to shore up ZANU's fight against t [...] |
2003-03-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP ZI NI UK AS |
| 03ANKARA6345 | TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement to reverse the Odessa-Brody pipeline. Akil said the agreement would mean more oil through the Turkish Straits and undermine U.S.-Turkish goals for the East-Wes [...] |
2003-10-09 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL RS TU UK |
| 03BRUSSELS4143 | FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS), which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A), provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...] |
2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1092 | Facilitators slated to meet Sri Lankan PM in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators are scheduled to meet with PM Wickremesinghe in London late June 23. The Tamil Tigers' London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham has also indicated that he will try to meet the GoN team. In other peace process-related developments, local elections in the n [...] |
2003-06-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO UK LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1583 | British shadow foreign secretary's meeting [...] (C) In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, British High Commissioner Stephen Evans provided a readout of a recent meeting between Michael Ancram, the shadow foreign secretary, and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) representatives. Evans said Ancram, joined by Lord Ashcroft, a fo [...] |
2003-09-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE UK LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO284 | HMG ON LTTE'S PROSCRIPTION UNDER UK LAW [...] (C) I met for an hour today (2/19) with HMG's very able High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Stephen Evans. Evans came to see me under instructions from London to discuss next steps in (1) moving the LTTE toward a formal renunciation of violence and (2) attaching conditionality to loans and grants [...] |
2003-02-20 03:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE UK LTTE |
| 03ISTANBUL452 | "RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...] |
2003-04-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK |
| 03KATHMANDU1649 | NEPAL: FURTHER INFORMATION ON MAOIST LEADER [...] (C) In an informal discussion with the Ambassador on August 27, Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran and British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield provided further details on the August 20 arrest of Nepali Maoist Chandra Gajurel in Chennai. According to Ambassador Bloomfield, Gajurel was traveling on a f [...] |
2003-08-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL IN UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1692 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PARTIES TO TURN OFF [...] (S) Ambassador Malinowski, accompanied by British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, had separate discussions with party leaders and the Prime Minister on August 31 and September 1 in an effort to head off a potentially violent all-party demonstration planned for September 4 (Ref A). The Indian Am [...] |
2003-09-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1723 | NEPAL: PRELIMINARY READ-OUT ON MEETING BETWEEN [...] (S) According to the British Ambassador's read-out of the September 4 meeting between King Gyanendra and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London, the King said that he would reach out to the political parties only if efforts to revive negotiations with the Maoists fail. The King also [...] |
2003-09-05 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2040 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ABDUCT AND RELEASE BRITISH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a group of armed Maoists seized four British Army Gurkha officers or employees, including one active duty British Lieutenant Colonel and two Nepali Gurkha retired officers, in Baglung District in mid-western Nepal. The insurgents reportedly harangued the group for [...] |
2003-10-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL UK NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2254 | WARNING NEPAL'S MAOISTS AGAIN AGAINST THREATENING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In view of the increased intensity and frequency of verbal threats by Nepal's Maoists against U.S. citizens and interests, the Embassy requests Department permission to attempt to send another message to the Maoist leadership through a reliable intermediary, warning them to des [...] |
2003-11-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL NP IN UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2340 | NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...] (C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American propaganda campaign intended, in part, to isolate the U.S. diplomatically, discourage other donors from collaborating with us, and to incite Chinese and Indian [...] |
2003-12-01 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NP UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2364 | NEPAL: HEAD OF BRITISH AID IN KATHMANDU TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 3 Pol/Mil Chief received from his British counterpart notes from a November 13 telephone conversation between David Wood, the head of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in Nepal, and Baburam Bhattarai, top ideologue and erstwhile lead negotia [...] |
2003-12-03 23:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID NP UK |
| 03KUWAIT85 | (S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC |
| 03LONDON9572 | UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...] |
2003-11-26 17:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PREL PGOV UK |
| 03NASSAU2124 | BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA [...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...] |
2003-10-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK |
| 03OTTAWA35 | U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING [...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Jil [...] |
2003-01-06 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN |
| 03ROME1502 | MTAG 05-96: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFF AND UK EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER NICK HOPTON DELIVERED REFTEL MESSAGE TO MFA EXPORT CONTROL COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR ON APRIL 8. OUR MEETING FOLLOWED THE APRIL 7 MEETING BETWEEN UK EMBASSY DCM SCOTT WIGHTMAN WITH THE PM'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIANPAOLO SCARANTE ON THE SAME ISS [...] |
2003-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME1605 | MTAG 05-96: GOI HALTS MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER [...] (S) ECONOFFS MET APRIL 15 WITH GIANPAOLO SCARANTE, DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO PM BERLUSCONI, TO RAISE CONTINUED SERIOUS USG CONCERNS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBERS FROM ITALY'S MAZZALI SYSTEMS TO IRAN'S SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT INCORPORATED (REF A). SCARANTE WAS VERY FAMILIAR [...] |
2003-04-15 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC IT IR UK MTCRE EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 03ROME4022 | FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...] |
2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP |
| 03ROME763 | BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...] |
2003-02-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 03THEHAGUE1816 | DUTCH SUPPORT LAUNCH OF IRAQ GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] (C) On July 16, PolOff and British PolCouns delivered reftel to MFA Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division. Van Loopik congratulated the US, UK and UN on bringing together such a diverse and inclusive group to form the Governing Council. The Dutch are encouraged by the actions ta [...] |
2003-07-16 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ UK NL UNSC |
| 03THEHAGUE2063 | NETHERLANDS SUPPORTS MASS GRAVES PROJECTS IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) The GoNL is supportive of the mass graves projects in Iraq outlined in reftel. PolOff met with Adri van Lookpik, head of the MFA's Gulf States Section, on August 15 to review ref A requests. Per ref B, PolOff noted that if the Da [...] |
2003-08-15 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM IZ UK NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2096 | OSCE: CIO POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ POLICE [...] This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. DCM conveyed reftel points to Daan Everts, the Dutch CiO's Personal Representative. Everts, while agreeing that an assessment team is desirable, was unwilling to give a "yes" to the proposal in advance of his meeting with FM de Hoop Scheff [...] |
2003-08-20 14:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UK IZ NL OSCE KINL |
| 03THEHAGUE2129 | OSCE POLICE TRAINING IN IRAQ: DUTCH CIO NEEDS UNSC [...] Dutch OSCE coordinator Dan Everts briefed DCM on the outcome of his late August 22 meeting with FM de Hoop Scheffer on reftel demarche. Everts said that while the FM - like Everts - supported the idea of OSCE assistance to police training in Iraq, he could not simply decide to send an assessm [...] |
2003-08-25 08:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UK IZ NL OSCE KINL |
| 03THEHAGUE2290 | ILSA: IRAN-AZADEGAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Shell Advisor Gavin Graham confirmed that Shell has no plans to make a proposal or tender for the Azadegan oil field independent of the Japanese. Shell does not feel the time is right to make deals in Iran, and is wary of undermining its relationship with the Japanese [...] |
2003-09-11 17:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR JA NL UK |
| 03THEHAGUE2685 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Informal budget discussions on Oct. 16 broke little new ground, and the stage is set for last-minute negotiations during CSP-8. DG Pfirter was in attendance and reiterated his call for a 7.36% increase. France stated that it had sent the DG's proposals and his calculations on the impact [...] |
2003-10-22 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UK KS CWC |
| 03VATICAN806 | POPE AND BLAIR AGREE ON CENTRALITY OF UN ROLE, [...] (C) DURING A FEBRUARY 22 PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE AND SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE SODANO, UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR OUTLINED TO THE HOLY SEE HIS VIEWS ON THE NEED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO DISARM SADDAM HUSSEIN. THE POPE AND HIS SENIOR ADVISORS REPORTEDLY C [...] |
2003-02-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UK VT VTPREL |
| 03ZAGREB1722 | CROATIA USING "UNCOMFORTABLE" BACK-CHANNEL TO [...] (C) The Croatian government is using an unusual back-channel in an attempt to create conditions in which PIFWC Ante Gotovina would surrender for transfer to ICTY. The GoC's urgency and unorthodox approach is derived from the UK's refusal to ratify Croatia's Stabilization and Association Agree [...] |
2003-08-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV UK HR ICTY |
| 04ANKARA4440 | TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...] |
2004-08-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK |
| 04ANKARA4443 | TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...] |
2004-08-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU |
| 04ANKARA5005 | TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...] |
2004-09-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5051 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...] |
2004-09-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5784 | FM GUL AND STRAW MEET IN ANKARA OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: UK FM Straw met with Turkish FM Gul the morning after the EC issued its Turkey report. Gul said Turkey is pleased overall with the report but cited some complaints, including on economic issues. Gul wants PM Erdogan to write to the EU about them. Gul urged direct flights to n [...] |
2004-10-12 04:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CY IR IZ PREL TU UK AM GG |
| 04BRUSSELS3333 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: READOUT OF UK POLDIR SAWERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Japanese Mission offered us a readout of the July 29 meeting in Tokyo between DFM Tanaka and UK PolDir Sawers to discuss the China arms embargo. Sawers told Tanaka that the UK wanted to de-link any decision to lift the arms embargo from the EU-China summit in December because o [...] |
2004-08-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM PHUM CH TW JA UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5159 | EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...] |
2004-12-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DUBLIN1101 | NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...] |
2004-07-26 07:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP |
| 04DUBLIN1566 | (C) NORTHERN IRELAND: UK AND IRISH TO HOLD TALKS [...] (C) The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that proximity talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein will begin Friday October 15 in London. Senior officials from the two governments will shuttle between Sinn Fein and DUP representatives. The Irish government wants to keep this out of the [...] |
2004-10-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER PGOV PREL EI UK NIPP |
| 04KATHMANDU180 | NEPAL: NO END IN SIGHT FOR POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (C) During a January 29 meeting, the U.S., UK, and Indian Ambassadors agreed that there is little evidence that a breakthrough in the political deadlock between the Palace and the parties is imminent. The three discussed possible long-term implications of the demonstrating student unions' ca [...] |
2004-01-29 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL UK IN NP |
| 04KINSHASA1324 | UK AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VIEWS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG UK |
| 04LONDON3070 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 17:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK |
| 04MADRID990 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...] |
2004-03-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP |
| 04MANAMA1890 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UK Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Sir Nigel Sheinwald December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Sheinwald said that the UK government had solidified around the January 30 date for Iraq [...] |
2004-12-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS PTER UK IR IZ BA |
| 04NASSAU153 | TURKS AND CAICOS: HAITIAN INFLUX THREATENS PARADISE [...] (C) Charge, NAS, CONS, USCG, and DEA officers visited Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) January 20-23, 2004 and met with the Governor, Chief Minister, other cabinet members and senior civil servants and law enforcement personnel. TCI officials were unanimous in fearing further degradation of [...] |
2004-01-27 20:46:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF CA PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR UK |
| 04NEWDELHI7078 | TOWARDS AN INDIA-EU STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Following two relatively rocky summits, and the postponement of this year's meeting, New Delhi hopes the November 8 India-EU Summit will yield tangible progress, MEA Director (Europe - I) Dammu Ravi told Poloff on November 2. The GOI priority is to kickoff a new ""strategic partnershi [...] |
2004-11-05 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN FR GM UK NP BT |
| 04PRETORIA4582 | SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS TO BUY ABSA [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki has publicly given his support for Barclays Bank's planned bid to purchase a 50.1% stake in ABSA, the fourth largest bank in South Africa. While Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has the final say, Mbeki's support certainly paves the road for approval. The acquisitio [...] |
2004-10-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON SF UK |
| 04ROME1125 | DARFUR CONFERENCE: ITALIAN INPUT [...] (C) MFA East Africa Office Director, Stafano Dejak expressed great interest in the Darfur Conference. He reported that the level of EU support was being discussed and, although he could not speak for the EU, he was sure that, at a minimum, the EU delegation would consist of the EU representati [...] |
2004-03-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU UK CD IT |
| 04ROME2363 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS [...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...] |
2004-06-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2467 | ITALIAN ROLE IN RELEASE OF BRITISH MILITARY [...] (C) UK EMBASSY POLCOUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 24 THAT ITALY PLAYED A "VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE" IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE EIGHT UK MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD BY IRAN. TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN PM BLAIR'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR NIGEL SCHIENWALD AND PM BERLUSCONI'S NATI [...] |
2004-06-25 04:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME540 | TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...] |
2004-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME887 | BLAIR REASSURES BERLUSCONI: "NO DIRECTORATE" [...] (C) UK DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION SCOTT WIGHTMAN TOLD POLMIN THAT WHILE REF REPORTS ON PM BERLUSCONI'S MARCH 4 LUNCH WITH PM BLAIR IN ROME ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AN AMICABLE ENCOUNTER, BERLUSCONI DID VENT HIS ANGER AT BLAIR OVER THE FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH "TRILATERAL" INITIATIVE TO STEER EU POLI [...] |
2004-03-05 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT UK EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04TELAVIV1685 | JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British ConGen. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Following a detailed review of the situation at the Jericho prison, the U.S. and British Ambassadors and Consuls General agreed March 15 that Palestinian [...] |
2004-03-18 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04THEHAGUE1037 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA UK NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04VATICAN3318 | Vatican Conference Lends Support to Gordon Brown's [...] (U) A July 9 Vatican seminar on "Poverty and Globalization: Financing for Development gave an implicit Holy See blessing for UK Chancellor Gordon Brown's International Finance Facility (IFF). Brown sold the IFF as an innovative finance mechanism that could increase funding to meet the UN Mill [...] |
2004-08-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN VT UK |
| 04VILNIUS1449 | ADAMKUS JOINS UKRAINE MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (U) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus traveled to Kiev November 26 to join Polish President Kwasniewski's mediation efforts as domestic political pressure for Lithuanian engagement continued to mount. Though the scope and direction of Adamkus's involvement remain unclear, his strong democr [...] |
2004-11-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UK LH |
| 04VILNIUS1454 | UKRAINE: RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY BLAME U.S. FOR [...] (C) Adamkus expects to return to Ukraine with Kwasniewski and Solana before December 3 to continue mediation efforts, according to a senior adviser. Kwasniewski predicted privately to Adamkus November 30 that Ukraine would likely turn into "another Georgia" within a few days. A November 26 [...] |
2004-11-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK LH |
| 04VILNIUS1512 | CODEL HASTINGS PRAISES LITHUANIAN EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings, attending a GOL-sponsored conference on the promotion of democracy in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, met with President Adamkus and parliamentary (Seimas) and GOL foreign policy experts on December 3 to discuss the current Ukrainian [...] |
2004-12-13 04:54:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK BO LH |
| 04ZAGREB1576 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...] |
2004-09-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR KAWC PREL UK HR |
| 04ZAGREB300 | CROATIA TRYING TO CONVINCE UK IT IS COOPERATING [...] (C) THE UK MAY BE EASING THE CRITERIA BY WHICH IT WILL MEASURE CROATIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). IN ADVANCE OF A FEBRUARY 11 VISIT BY FM ZUZUL TO LONDON, A BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICER INFORMED US THAT IF PM SANADER MAKES A CLEAR PUBLI [...] |
2004-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR UK |
| 05ACCRA136 | CTAG MEETING IN GHANA [...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...] |
2005-01-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK |
| 05ANKARA353 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY CONSIDERING UK REQUEST TO TAKE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is positively considering a request by HMG to assume responsibility for the UK PRT in Mazar-e Sharif to help free up resources for the UK to lead a PRT in ISAF´s Stage 3 expansion region, according to the Turkish MFA and confi [...] |
2005-01-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK |
| 05ANKARA356 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MODIFIES ITS PRT STANCE [...] (C) Late January 19, MFA South Asia DDG Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns that, after further consideration "at high levels," Turkey was modifying its position on participating in PRTs in Afghanistan from that which he conveyed to us on January 18 (reftel). He said the Turkish General Staff (TGS) [...] |
2005-01-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK |
| 05ANKARA425 | IRAQ: TURKISH DAILY CLAIMS KIRKUK TO BE HANDED [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (U) The Jan. 26 edition of the Turkish daily "Milliyet" ran a story claiming that the U.S., the UK, the IIG, and Iraqi Kurds have reached a secret deal under which Kirkuk will come under Kurdish control following Jan. 30 elections [...] |
2005-01-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PGOV TU IZ UK |
| 05ANKARA865 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKS RELAXED ABOUT MAZAR REJECTION [...] (C) The subject of Turkey's interest in replacing the UK at its PRT in Mazar-e Sharif (refs A and B) came up during a meeting on another subject between MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evirgen and polmilcouns. Evirgen understood that London was no longer interested in Turkey taking over the Maza [...] |
2005-02-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK |
| 05ATHENS280 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requests a pre-license check on a purchase by the Hellenic Navy through Bridgetown Business Co. Ltd, and post verified the following information. ETAL/Dynamics represents Bridgetown Business Co. in Greece. On 22 April 2004 the Hellenic Navy signed contract No. 604.1.422/2/03 with Brid [...] |
2005-01-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GR UK |
| 05BRUSSELS2339 | UK PLANS FOR ITS EU PRESIDENCY: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. According to UK mission staff in Brussels who cover Middle East issues, the UK hopes to use its July-December EU presidency to work closely with the U.S. in promoting a common agenda. On Iraq, the UK hopes the June 22 conference will help move the EU to do more on rule of law [...] |
2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2440 | Juncker, Blair Debate EU Future [...] SUMMARY: Outgoing EU Presidency Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg and incoming Presidency Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK outlined different visions for Europe and perceptions of the "European crisis" during speeches before the European Parliament on June 22-23. Juncker bl [...] |
2005-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN UK LU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2688 | EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...] |
2005-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2802 | US-EU JULY 20 TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 20 US-EU Task Force meeting, both sides emphasized their commitment to implementing Summit declarations. An additional Task Force meeting was proposed to follow-up on the US EU Summit economic initiatives and other issues. EU officials reported progress on their pl [...] |
2005-07-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PHUM PREL UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST1063 | BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...] |
2005-04-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1270 | ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...] |
2005-05-31 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1405 | IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION [...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...] |
2005-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO |
| 05CAIRO5472 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5473 | TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5477 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...] |
2005-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO6270 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...] |
2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6508 | ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...] |
2005-08-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CALGARY656 | CALGARY ENERGY ROUND-UP: OCTOBER 2005 [...] Alberta Minister Melchin Warns Ottawa to Keep Energy out of Softwood Lumber Dispute: "Hands off Our Oil" 2. NEP2 on the Horizon? 3. Alberta Energy Company Buys North Sea Developer 4. New Terasen-Pembina Partnership Proposes Condensate Pipeline 5. New Oilsands Regulations Raise Environmenta [...] |
2005-11-04 03:56:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA CH UK |
| 05CANBERRA626 | AUSTRALIA WEIGHING COUNTERNARCOTIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (U) After coordinating with UK counterparts, we delivered reftel points and nonpaper on April 1 to Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Afghanistan Program Director Carmel Ryan and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Afghanistan Section Director Peter Howarth. Ry [...] |
2005-04-04 01:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR AF UK AS |
| 05DOHA1096 | QATAR REFUTES AL-QAIDA PAYOFF ALLEGATION [...] Post received the note verbale in paragraph two from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by fax on June 8. The message refutes the allegation made in a Sunday Times article May 1 that Qatar pays al-Qaida to spare it from attack. The note requests that the Qatari position be transmitted to the "high [...] |
2005-06-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL UK QA |
| 05DUBLIN143 | PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...] |
2005-02-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP |
| 05DUBLIN1441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...] |
2005-11-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI |
| 05DUBLIN1492 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN [...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...] |
2005-12-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI |
| 05DUBLIN309 | IRELAND/AFGHANISTAN: GOI TO FUND THRU UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-11 17:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AF UK PREL SNAR EUN |
| 05DUBLIN49 | PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...] |
2005-01-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP |
| 05DUBLIN657 | NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...] |
2005-06-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP |
| 05DUBLIN680 | VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE [...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...] |
2005-06-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP |
| 05DUBLIN934 | IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 [...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...] |
2005-07-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
| 05DUBLIN942 | IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...] |
2005-07-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
| 05HALIFAX125 | VIRGIN ATLANTIC DIVERTED TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) A Virgin Atlantic A-340, was en-route from Heathrow Airport in London to JFK International in New York when the airplane started broadcasting an internationally recognized hijacking alert code. Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled from Bagotville in Quebec and escorted the plane in to [...] |
2005-06-03 20:34:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR CA UK |
| 05HELSINKI1116 | FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Russia, the GOF sees bilateral progress on environmental issues and border security, in part thanks to the good relations between the two presidents. Howe [...] |
2005-10-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM |
| 05KINSHASA1647 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...] |
2005-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID |
| 05LONDON1257 | TAKING ACTION AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's commitment to the Secretary to proscribe the political wings of Hezbollah and Hamas coupled with the March 1 London meeting to support the Palestinian leadership provide us with our best opportunity in three years to leverage significant change in HMG policy t [...] |
2005-02-11 15:31:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK XF |
| 05LONDON4981 | IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR [...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...] |
2005-06-15 10:55:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI |
| 05LONDON793 | FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) We delivered reftel points on January 28 to FCO Iraq Policy Unit DepDir for PolMil Gerard Russell. Russell was grateful for the points and exceptionally complimentary of their attention to other coalition partners. The points should help to reassure various countries that USG and HMG off [...] |
2005-01-28 12:17:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS UNSC IZ UK |
| 05MADRID1042 | (S) SPAIN: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW UP REQUEST RE [...] (S) Summary: Spanish Foreign Ministry officials have conveyed their concern that the USG released an incorrect report regarding a possible coup plot against the Government of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) that could adversely affect Spain's recent efforts to normalize bilateral relations with Equ [...] |
2005-03-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PINS PINR UK SP EQ |
| 05MANAMA504 | UK EMBASSY MANAMA REACTIONS TO FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) UK Embassy Manama Middle East Reform Officer Jackie Perkins told Econoff April 6 that the UK would still consider funding a Deputy Director position for the Bahrain Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, but that it could not make any commitments until the Beyster Institute finishes its bu [...] |
2005-04-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM BA UK |
| 05MANAMA560 | BAHRAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Upon receiving confirmation that the British Embassy had demarched the GOB on counternarcotics contributions to Afghanistan, PolOff delivered the follow-up reftel message to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al [...] |
2005-04-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR AF UK BA |
| 05MASERU255 | EXPEDITED CLOSURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HIGH COMMISSION IN [...] The British High Commission has officially advised the Government of Lesotho of its intent to close the High Commission for business on May 31. Final closure is expected by August, 5 months in advance of the previously announced December date. We had been advised unofficially by the United K [...] |
2005-05-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UK LT |
| 05NAIROBI3052 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...] |
2005-08-01 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM |
| 05NEWDELHI1427 | NOTHING MAJOR FROM JACK STRAW'S NEW DELHI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's February 16-18 visit to India yielded "nothing major," according to the UK High Commission, and was distinctly low key compared to earlier stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Straw signed two immigration/law enforcement agreements, and discussed Indo-Pak [...] |
2005-02-24 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN NP BG AF UK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1482 | FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's actions are "exactly opposite of what is required," Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told visiting Ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty on February 25. Ambassador Moriarty and Saran agreed on the need for concerted pressure on the King from India, the US, and [...] |
2005-02-26 05:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PREF IN NP BT UK |
| 05NEWDELHI2379 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON CHR NEPAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) We shared reftel demarche with MEA J/S (North) Ranjit Rae on March 28 regarding the need to improve GON human rights record or face an Item 9 resolution at the CHR. After repeated attempts to elicit a response from the J/S proved unsuccessful, A/Polcouns managed to reach him in the early [...] |
2005-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IN NP EU UK SZ |
| 05NEWDELHI2473 | COUNTERNARCOTICS DEMARCHE: INDIAN AID WILL BE [...] (C) Poloff delivered counternarcotics demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (Afghanistan) Tsewang Namgyal on April 1 following confirmation from British High Commission of delivery of the Jack Straw letter. Namgyal confirmed our UK colleague's report that India is not considering a contribution t [...] |
2005-04-01 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR IN UK AF |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 | DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI3308 | INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN; [...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...] |
2005-05-02 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3401 | UK NEPAL ENVOYS: MEA HARD LINE ON THE KING [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 discussion with PolCouns and Emboffs, visiting UK Special Representative for Nepal Sir Jeffrey James, UK Ambassador to Nepal Keith Bloomfield, and UK Emboffs reported from their meeting with Foreign Secretary Saran that MEA Nepal policy vis-a-vis the King is hardening [...] |
2005-05-05 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN NP UK |
| 05NEWDELHI3458 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: INDIA AND PROLIFERATION [...] (C) In the run-up to Defense Minister Mukherjee's planned June 27 arrival in Washington, Mission continues to be approached by senior GOI officials inquiring about US deliberations on India's admission to the PSI core group. In this context, MEA officials cite the April 15 discussion between [...] |
2005-05-09 10:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL ETTC KNNP UK IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI4131 | INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...] |
2005-06-02 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK |
| 05NEWDELHI6994 | INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY [...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...] |
2005-09-09 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM |
| 05NEWDELHI7197 | BLAIR SUPPORTS INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing on the September 7-8 India-EU Summit, British High Commissioner Sir Michael Arthur emphasized the UK's support for civil nuclear cooperation with India, the success of the UK's effort to play up its European personality during this visit, and the excellent personal [...] |
2005-09-15 09:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV EAID KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI7261 | NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...] |
2005-09-16 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM |
| 05NEWDELHI7421 | BREAKING INDIA'S PSI LOGJAM [...] (U) This is an action request for Department L/LEI. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: To gain GOI support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) we should quickly respond to GOI concerns about the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) Convention [...] |
2005-09-23 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA KNNP IN UK PSI |
| 05OTTAWA2363 | UK'S IMMUNIZATION FINANCE PROJECT: VIEW FROM THE [...] (C/noforn) An official at Finance Canada who works closely on international finance and development said he finds the UK's IFFm proposal "personally offensive" and the EuroStat finding does not change that view. While admitting that there are niches within the GOC with different views, those [...] |
2005-08-04 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EAID CA UK |
| 05OTTAWA3580 | QUAD MEETING ON SRI LANKA IN OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: A Quad meeting was held in Ottawa November 29 on Sri Lanka on the margins of scheduled meetings on Bangladesh and Pakistan. The participants expressed concern over the downward spiral in the peace process and slackening international attention to Sri Lanka. The participants agr [...] |
2005-12-02 22:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SL UK |
| 05PARIS1055 | FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON [...] (C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Rice on her recent visit to Paris. He thought that following the Iraqi elections and the constitution of an Iraqi government, France would be more open to assi [...] |
2005-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT |
| 05PARIS1225 | IRAN-EU3: FEBRUARY 24 MEETING BETWEEN FRENCH [...] SUMMARY. Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Ruhani, on one stop of a tour that will include visits to each EU3 capital, met with French President Jacques Chirac February 24. Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche, told us that Ruhani's purpose was to move the discussions from the [...] |
2005-02-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR UK FR IAEA GE |
| 05PARIS1838 | FRENCH FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AF UK PREL SNAR FR |
| 05PARIS1880 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON ICJ NOMINATION [...] We delivered to the MFA's International Organizations directorate March 10 a diplomatic note in support of Judge Buergenthal's nomination, together with the judge's curriculum vitae. Poloff met March 21 with MFA IO advisor Didier Gonzalez, congratulating the GoF on the appointment to the ICJ [...] |
2005-03-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH UK NL FR UNSC UNGA RU |
| 05PARIS3088 | FRANCE FAVORS RATIONALIZING WEST AFRICA UN [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher raised ref B points on authorizing the UNSYG to transfer peacekeeping units among existing missions in West Africa with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier and MFA IO DAS-equivalent Jean Pierre Lacroix on May 6. 2. (C) Barbier, while noting that IO had the le [...] |
2005-05-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS4881 | USUNESCO: UK ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS PROGRAMS HELP [...] Summary: At a July 11 UNESCO presentation, UK representatives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew ("Kew Gardens") summarized the scientific and cultural significance of Kew Gardens and reviewed its current programs, especially those helping halt the loss of plant diversity. End summary. [...] |
2005-07-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SENV SOCI TBIO UK UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5116 | USUNESCO: MEETING ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITH UK [...] UK ambassador to UNESCO (and EU president) Tim Craddock and Michel Vanden Abeele, the head of the EC observer mission, requested a meeting with Ambassador Oliver on July 22. Craddock came with a message that 99 percent of the EU countries' agenda at UNESCO, especially in areas like education [...] |
2005-07-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UK EU UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5176 | OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON [...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB), the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...] |
2005-07-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD |
| 05PARIS6342 | SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...] |
2005-09-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR |
| 05PARIS6936 | BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...] |
2005-10-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN UK FR EUN |
| 05PARIS6975 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FRANCE VISIT OF DOE, GLASER [...] Country Clearance is provided for following employees of Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Nancy, France, October 17 - 25, 2005: FRED M. GLASER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH BERNARD S. COVINO RESEARCH CHEMIST NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATOR [...] |
2005-10-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA UK FR |
| 05PRETORIA1959 | SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS' FINAL OFFER FOR ABSA [...] (U) Summary. UK bank Barclays made its final offer for South African bank ABSA on May 9. Barclays will pay R33 billion ($5.5 billion) in cash for a 60% stake. Barclays expects to receive ABSA shareholder approval on June 13 and to close on July 13. The South African Reserve Bank will absorb [...] |
2005-05-19 08:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON SF UK |
| 05RANGOON1235 | ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...] |
2005-11-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM |
| 05SANAA2051 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UK SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANTIAGO1607 | MEDIA REACTION - END OF IRA'S ARMED STRUGGLE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-29 16:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI UK |
| 05SANTIAGO1632 | MEDIA REACTION - IRA DECLARATION ON END TO [...] On August 1, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a commentary by international analyst Libardo Buitrago entitled, "IRA: A Timely Announcement." Quote: "The Irish Republican Army (IRA)...handled the timing very well, because in the current high season for ter [...] |
2005-08-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI UK |
| 05STATE149626 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-10. SUMMARY 2. (S) The Saudis have been aggressive in their public condemnation of the 7/7 London bombings, the murder of the Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad, and the Sharm al-Shaykh attacks. We should urge the Saudis to sustain the public [...] |
2005-08-12 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK JO GCCC |
| 05TELAVIV6084 | KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...] |
2005-10-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05THEHAGUE3298 | NETHERLANDS: RECORD-BREAKING XTC SEIZURES IN [...] (U) Summary. Dutch police, in coordination with Belgian, German and Spanish officials, raided multiple illegal drug sites in November 2005, leading to the dismantling of the largest MDMA (ecstasy) laboratory ever discovered in The Netherlands and the interception of a significant quantity o [...] |
2005-12-12 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NL BE SP UK GE |
| 05VATICAN507 | UK IRKS HOLY SEE WITH EMBASSY CHANGES [...] (C) The UK has rubbed the Holy See the wrong way with two recent moves that many at the Vatican have taken as slights - or worse. First the British irked the Vatican by moving its embassy to the Holy See into the compound housing its mission to Italy - a diplomatic faux pas at the Vatican. [...] |
2005-08-09 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK VT |
| 05VATICAN529 | VATICAN: UK TAPS NORTHERN IRISH CATHOLIC AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The UK has selected Francis Campbell, a 35-year-old Catholic from Northern Ireland, as ambassador to the Holy See. We understand that Campbell will become the first Catholic to represent the UK at the Vatican since the Reformation. Campbell is a former diplomat and advisor at 10 Downing [...] |
2005-11-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VT UK |
| 05VIENNA975 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UK REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) After coordinating with our British colleagues, EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 23 to Johannes Froehlich, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, and Wolfgang Spadinger, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Office for International Cooperation [...] |
2005-03-24 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AF UK AU EUN |
| 06ABUDHABI1129 | STATUS OF U.S.-UAE MLAT NEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary. Upon learning that the UK has nearly concluded an MLAT and extradition treaty with the UAEG, Embassy sounded out UK colleagues on how they have proceeded. We have informed the MFA that following its response to our May 2005 diplomatic notes regarding unresolved requests and judi [...] |
2006-03-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV UK AE |
| 06ABUDHABI4529 | UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...] |
2006-12-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AE UK IR SY |
| 06ACCRA256 | AMBASSADOR MEETS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA [...] (U) Summary: On January 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on British High Commissioner Gordon Wetherell. They discussed corruption in Ghana, Muslim outreach and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy. End summary. Corruption ---------- 2. (C) The Ambassador expressed concerns abou [...] |
2006-01-31 08:21:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GH PGOV PREL PTER UK |
| 06ADDISABABA3316 | DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...] |
2006-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR |
| 06ANKARA1152 | EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...] |
2006-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK |
| 06ANKARA1213 | TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...] |
2006-03-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS |
| 06ANKARA2452 | PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES [...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel), and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...] |
2006-05-04 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU UK NO |
| 06ANKARA2698 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE DIRECTOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Director Douglas A. Silliman to travel to Turkey May 17 - 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings and consultations with Turkish officials. The point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Carl Sieben [...] |
2006-05-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV TU BE UK |
| 06ANKARA3465 | TURKEY URGES CONSTRUCTIVE IRANIAN APPROACH TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric on June 9 briefed representatives of Germany and P-5 missions about FM Gul's June 8 phone call to Iranian NSC Secretary-General Larijani to counsel Iranian receptivity to the EU-3 package of incentives for halting its [...] |
2006-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENER KNNP PARM TU FR UK GM CH RS |
| 06ANKARA4450 | PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...] |
2006-08-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU GM FR UK |
| 06ASHGABAT139 | UNITED WE STAND (SORT OF): ASHGABAT'S WESTERN [...] (SBU) On January 27, Consular officers from the U.S., German, British and French embassies met at the German Embassy in Asghabat to discuss shared consular trends and anti-fraud prevention measures pertinent to each embassy. Like the U.S. Embassy, EU embassies reported an increase in demand an [...] |
2006-01-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS FR GM KFRD PGOV TX UK |
| 06ASHGABAT652 | TURKMENISTAN IMPLICATES FRENCH EMBASSY, OSCE [...] (C) On June 19, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov told Ambassador that French Charge Henri Tomasini was implicated in a scheme to foment political unrest in Turkmenistan. Meredov unveiled a complicated story involving a Turkmenistani dissident, foreign journalists, spy gear, &color8 revolutio [...] |
2006-06-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TX FR UK |
| 06BAGHDAD1685 | FINAL TEXT OF BLAIR-MALIKI JOINT STATEMENT [...] (C) The British Embassy provided post, Monday 0930 hrs Baghdad time, the final version of the joint statement to be issued by PM Blair and Maliki during the UK Prime Ministers visit to Iraq. 2. (C) Begin text: Joint statement about the visit of the UK Prime Minister The British Prime Ministe [...] |
2006-05-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UK IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1868 | BRITISH MP CLWYD SATISFIED WITH SADDAM TRIAL, [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Labour Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Blair's Special Envoy to Iraq for Human Rights Ann Clwyd said she was impressed with the dignity and fairness of the proceedings in the Saddam Hussein trial. She said that, contrary to the impressio [...] |
2006-06-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNET KDEM PREL IZ UK |
| 06BAGHDAD1902 | BRITISH CONCERNED ABOUT BASRAH SITUATION [...] (C) UK Ambassador William Patey asked Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4 to speak with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to counter accusations that British forces had assassinated people in Basrah (reftel B). Patey lamented that PM Maliki put Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'hili in charge of security un [...] |
2006-06-06 05:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNSC UK KU IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2046 | PLAN FOR SECURITY TRANSFER OF MUTHANNA PROVINCE [...] (C/REL AU,JA,UK, IZ) The May 2006 Provincial Security Transition Assessment concluded that Muthanna province is ready for transition to Iraqi civilian authority. Muthanna met the four necessary transfer conditions: the threat level is low, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reached a level of [...] |
2006-06-17 07:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2082 | AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE: MILITARY PARTICIPATION [...] (C/ REL AS, UK) SUMMARY: On June 17, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown confirmed to Charge d'Affaires Speckhard that Australian military forces will participate in overwatch operations in Dhi Qar and Muthanna Provinces following the transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqis in Muthanna [...] |
2006-06-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PINS UK AS |
| 06BAGHDAD2231 | JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...] |
2006-06-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK |
| 06BAGHDAD597 | FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-24 21:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
| 06BAGHDAD628 | NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...] |
2006-02-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK |
| 06BAGHDAD643 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...] |
2006-02-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
| 06BAGHDAD646 | IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...] |
2006-02-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
| 06BAGHDAD662 | COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND [...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...] |
2006-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
| 06BAKU1443 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] |
2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1445 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] |
2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
| 06BANGKOK194 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 19, 2006, per REFTEL. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact (POC) David Marsden, Deputy Chief, SA. Work phone: 66-2-205-4988, Cell: 66-1-205-0474 Fax: 66-2-2 [...] |
2006-01-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANGKOK253 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] Reftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and other expenses for Staffdel Stopher/Ennis/Parker travel. Request authorization to pay each Staffdel officer one additional day lodging at USG per diem rate fo [...] |
2006-01-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM |
| 06BANJUL9 | THE GAMBIA: BRITISH CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In January 4 conversation with Ambassador, UK High Commissioner Eric Jenkinson stated that HMG fully shared our concern over the negative trend of late in the GOTG's human rights record, as highlighted by the detention and prosecution of three leading opposition politicians (ref a). He sai [...] |
2006-01-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KMCA GA UK |
| 06BEIJING11173 | CHINA/ENERGY: BRITISH EMBASSY CONSIDERING ASKING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: A British Embassy official on Friday June 2, 2006 informally sounded out Embassy Beijing reaction to a possible move by the British Government to promote China's membership in the International Energy Agency (IEA). The British Embassy has yet to present the pr [...] |
2006-06-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL CH UK |
| 06BEIJING12527 | : CHINA/ENERGY: GUIDANCE ON IEA MEMBERSHIP FOR [...] (C) Per Reftel C instructions, Econoffs on Friday June 9, 2006 delivered Washington agencies' points on International Energy Agency (IEA) membership for China to British Embassy in Beijing Second Secretary for Energy Richard Ridout. Ridout stated that he would keep Embassy Beijing posted on an [...] |
2006-06-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL CH UK |
| 06BEIJING19793 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...] |
2006-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH |
| 06BEIJING20987 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE [...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...] |
2006-09-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
| 06BEIJING21795 | CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE ON HOLD; CUT BACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Embassy has halted preparations for its next round of human rights dialogue with China pending clarification of Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney's unconfirmed statement that the dialogue has been "suspended." Separately, China told the British Embassy it [...] |
2006-10-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH CA UK |
| 06BEIRUT3164 | SECURITY SECTOR COORDINATION: PROCEEDING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Siniora, Deputy Prime and Defense Minister Murr, and French Ambassador Emie all agree: despite rumors to the contrary, Emie was not the cause of Siniora's rejection of a UK-led security sector reform and coordination unit in his office. The three argue that the U [...] |
2006-10-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MOPS PGOV LE UK FR |
| 06BERLIN3172 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, emboffs contacted the management offices of the Eurojet consortium in Hallbergmoss, Germany to confirm receipt of aircraft spare parts (transducer sets) made by U.S. company Endevco. According to the license application, the transducers are intended for use in EJ200 j [...] |
2006-10-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT |
| 06BRATISLAVA343 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, APRIL 26, 2006 [...] (C) On April 20, the Slovak parliament approved an expansion of the mandate of Slovakia's demining unit in Iraq, allowing for increased force protection and training roles. Unsurprisingly, communist party KSS voted against the mandate, as did opposition party Smer (including Robert Fico, but [...] |
2006-04-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG EAGR SOCI UK IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA904 | DEATH OF SOLDIER IN IRAQ MAY AFFECT SLOVAK [...] (u) This is an action recommendation. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Reacting to the death of a Slovak soldier in Iraq on November 10, Prime Minister Robert Fico said over the weekend that the death would influence the decision of the Slovak Government about NATO's request to reposition its engi [...] |
2006-11-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ UK CA LO |
| 06BRIDGETOWN553 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES TOWARD ECONOMIC UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean's small island-states are creating an economic union that could lead to political integration. Under a draft plan, the heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) would sit on a supranational body that has the authority to mak [...] |
2006-03-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN PGOV PREL UK XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN554 | ST. VINCENT: A VIOLENT DEATH AND A DIPLOMAT'S [...] (C) Summary: The recent death of the top aide to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, together with the departure of a British diplomat who was among the PM's closest friends, has significantly changed the political landscape of this small country. The tragic murder [...] |
2006-03-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL OFDP UK VC XL |
| 06CAIRO4355 | MUBARAK INTERVENES: NO JAIL FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists expressed relief after President Mubarak,s last-minute intercession with the People,s Assembly on June 11 to strike prison sentences for reporters who expose corruption from proposed legislation. But the amendments to the penal code raise fines for defaming public f [...] |
2006-07-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 06CAIRO4604 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 25, 2006 [...] Summary. Today,s Egyptian major developing story in Egyptian media was President Mubarak,s statement before departing for Saudi Arabia during which he declared the current situation in Lebanon as "destructive chaos." Headlines continued to be strongly negative toward perceived US involvem [...] |
2006-07-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER UK AG EG AL |
| 06CAIRO4608 | Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006 [...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...] |
2006-07-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG |
| 06CAIRO5708 | READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S [...] (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary General Amre Mouss [...] |
2006-09-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK |
| 06CARACAS1449 | BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...] |
2006-05-21 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT |
| 06DAKAR2517 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM WILL TOP [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau is hoping to raise over USD 350 million at the donor,s round table in November for a sweeping security sector reform and poverty reduction program. Indications from potential donors are that pledges will fall far short. The United Kingdom has provided technical experts to a [...] |
2006-10-18 16:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR EAID PINS PREL PU UK |
| 06DHAKA1959 | BANGLADESH BANK FINES ISLAMI BANK BANGLADESH FOR [...] (U) Summary: Bangladesh Bank (BB) (the central bank of Bangladesh) fined Islami Bank Bangladesh on April 5 for violation of the country's anti-money laundering law (AML) in connection with an account linked to the JMB. The 100,000 taka ($1400) fine is the maximum fine authorized under the [...] |
2006-04-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER BG UK |
| 06DHAKA250 | DHAKA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for SA A/S Christina Rocca's January 26-28 visit. Control officer is Sarah Duffy, Economic Officer, Political/Economic Section (office) 880-2-885-5500 ext. 2180, (home) 880-2-885-5570, (fax) 880-2-882-4008, (mobile) 880 0171 595 661. 2 [...] |
2006-01-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BG OTRA PREL UK |
| 06DHAKA381 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT (LIST 75) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-25 06:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP UK BG UN |
| 06DHAKA6179 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] |
2006-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
| 06DHAKA6184 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] |
2006-10-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
| 06DHAKA708 | CODEL CROWLEY - BANGLADESH POC [...] Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Crowley as outlined in reftel. Control Officer/POC for Bangladesh is: David W. Renz Economic and Commercial Chief 8802 885-5500 x2532 (office) 8802 882-4008 (office fax) 8802 885-5500 (Embassy main switchboard, 24/7 coverage) 8802 882-3744 (Embassy ma [...] |
2006-02-09 09:22:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BG IN GM UK |
| 06DUBLIN138 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI INTELLIGENCE ANALYST [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Mark Fitterer and Mark Bullock to travel to Dublin, Ireland from February 15 through February 17, 2006. Purpose of visit is consultations with the Garda Siochana. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telep [...] |
2006-02-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA IE UK |
| 06DUBLIN139 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRELAND DESK OFFICER MIKE [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Mike O'Malley to travel to Dublin, Ireland for February 13 and February 14, 2006. Purpose of visit is consultations regarding the Walsh Visa Program. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is POL OMS Timothy Markley, office telephone 3 [...] |
2006-02-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA IE UK |
| 06DUBLIN181 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEA SA RONALD GEER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for SA Ronald Geer to travel to Dublin, Ireland from February 21 through February 22, 2006. Purpose of visit is to attend Ambassador's reception. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 1 630-6215, [...] |
2006-02-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA IE UK |
| 06DUBLIN198 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Judith Fradkin, M.D., Director, Polly Sager, Ph.D., Assistant Director and Philip Budashewitz,R.Ph. to travel to Dublin, Ireland for the dates noted in Reftel. Purpose of visit is to meet with Irish and Northern Ireland counterparts to discuss [...] |
2006-02-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI UK |
| 06DUBLIN312 | GOVERNMENTS WILL RECALL NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On March 23, Michael Collins, the Taoiseach's senior foreign affairs advisor, briefed Ambassador Kenny on next steps in the peace process, and thanked the President for a productive Saint Patrick's Day. He said that the Taoiseach and PM Blair plan to issue a joint statement April 6 in Arm [...] |
2006-03-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EI UK |
| 06DUBLIN36 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOJ MARY TROLAND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Troland to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 16 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy officials on an extradition matter. 2. Per reftel, post understands that no assistance is required. Embassy telephone numbe [...] |
2006-01-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA UK EI |
| 06DUBLIN444 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OVP ADVANCE [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for lead advance Jesse Suskin to travel to Shannon, Ireland from April 28 through April 29, 2006. Purpose of visit is OVP advance 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is GSO Ernest Parkin, office telephone 353 1 668-8777 x 2232, home tel [...] |
2006-04-25 12:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA IE UK |
| 06DUBLIN57 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-19 16:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UN UK PA |
| 06DUSHANBE304 | BBC IN DUSHANBE: "DON'T DIS A SMALL COUNTRY AND YOU CAN GET [...] (C) In a surprisingly tough meeting February 14, the Ambassador joined his European and OSCE colleagues for what was supposed to have been a joint Western demarche about the BBC Tajik Service having lost its permission January 10 to broadcast on FM-106 in Dushanbe (reftel). French Ambassador [...] |
2006-02-15 05:54:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO UK TI |
| 06DUSHANBE575 | OSCE CHAIRMAN DE GUCHT BRIEFLY VISITS DUSHANBE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office de Gucht raised the draft NGO and religion laws with President Rahmonov, pressed for BBC to be re-registered for FM broadcasts in Dushanbe, and discussed [...] |
2006-03-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF UK UZ TI |
| 06FREETOWN755 | SIERRA LEONE: LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION? [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted six defendants accused of procuring an overvalued, non-functional forklift for the Sierra Leone Port Authority for lack of evidence. The acquittal in this case, which was the only corruption case involving high-level governmen [...] |
2006-09-11 18:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR UK SL |
| 06GEORGETOWN710 | GUYANA: RESPONSES TO DEMARCHE ON GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission delivered demarche on governance reforms to President Jagdeo July 13, Opposition Leader Robert Corbin July 14, the upstart Alliance For Change (AFC) July 17, and the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) July 18. Jagdeo generally agreed w [...] |
2006-07-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS GY UK CA |
| 06HAMBURG85 | HAMBURG POLICE TRACK POLONIUM TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamburg State Police (LKA) confirmed December 14 that Dmitry Kovtun had left positive traces of polonium 210 in Hamburg prior to his departure from Hamburg for London on November 1. A senior official in the Federal Interior Ministry in Berlin also confirmed the reports and noted the [...] |
2006-12-19 11:38:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PTER EAIR PINR PINS KNNP RS GM UK |
| 06HELSINKI667 | BLUE LANTERN - DTC CASE 05-995123 [...] Econoff spoke to Jonne Piisila (Security, Defence & Space Division) and Marko Koski (Director, Sales & Business Development) about Elecktrobit Ltd.'s request to purchase the following components from US firm M/A Com, Inc. (Tyco Electronics): 2 -- MAPCGM0005 X-band 6-bit Phase Shifter 1 -- [...] |
2006-07-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK FI |
| 06HONGKONG3065 | U.K. TAKES STRONGER LINE ON HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 25 REPORT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT STATED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" AND ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE HAS BEEN "LITTLE OR NO VISIBLE PROGRESS" TOWARD THAT GOAL. THE REPORT RECEIVED BROAD COVERAGE IN THE HONG KONG PRESS, WHICH ALSO [...] |
2006-07-28 11:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HK CH UK |
| 06ISLAMABAD16441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...] |
2006-08-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD22462 | ANTI-TERRORISM COURT DECLINES JURISDICTION OVER [...] (U) On December 13, 2006, a judge of the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) dismissed charges under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against 25 year old Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in August 2006 on charges of planning to carry explosives (29 bottles of hydrogen peroxide) aboard a [...] |
2006-12-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER UK |
| 06JAKARTA13475 | UK CHARITY COMMISSION'S GRIM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The UK Charity Commission's Southeast Asia and Pacific representative provided us with his assessment of Indonesia's charities sector on December 5. Indonesia falls far short on legislation governing charities, governmental regulation, and NGO self-regulation. Relations between [...] |
2006-12-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ETTC KISL PTER SOCI ID UK |
| 06KABUL1284 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - UK OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: UK officials told Provincial Council (PC) and Mullahs' Council members in separate meetings on March 19 that the UK mission will last at least three years. The mission is in conjunction with the GOA and will focus on several areas: (1) Extending the government's authority [...] |
2006-03-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL AF UK |
| 06KABUL5900 | NEW HELMAND GOVERNOR: SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assadulla Wafa was appointed as the new Governor of Helmand Province on December 16. He is currently in Kabul but plans to move to Lashkah Gar in the next few days. Wafa was most recently Advisor, Minister, and Prime Assistant to the Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs and [...] |
2006-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK |
| 06KATHMANDU1190 | PM KOIRALA TO U.S.: WE WELCOME SUPPORT AND HELP [...] (C) PM Koirala thanked A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard for U.S. support, and said more help would be needed as Nepal tries to become peaceful and prosperous. He agreed that the government needed to find a way to institute a ceasefire that will hold, and to get the Maoists to turn [...] |
2006-05-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID NP IN UK |
| 06KATHMANDU1191 | INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS BRIEF BOUCHER AND NSC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with A/S Boucher, NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, the Ambassador and Acting DCM, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee and U.K. Ambassador Keith Bloomfield said they expected the remaining seats in a 21-member cabinet would be filled May 3 or 4. Mukherjee s [...] |
2006-05-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER NP IN UK |
| 06KATHMANDU2364 | AMBASSADOR URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (S) The Ambassador made the case for continued UK political engagement in Nepal in an August 29 meeting with the new British Ambassador. The Ambassador explained why he did not believe a Maoist victory was inevitable. UK Ambassador Hall expressed concern that nothing be done to impede the pe [...] |
2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU2620 | AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES SERIOUSNESS OF SITUATION [...] (C) During a September 25 meeting with the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dr. Kim Howells and British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, the Ambassador strongly reinforced the need for the separation of Maoists from their weapons. The Ambassador stated that he thought [...] |
2006-09-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3062 | UN REP. AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEALING WITH [...] (C) On November 15, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin and UK Ambassador Andrew Hall gave their views on the Maoists, the peace process and challenges for Nepal to Assistant Secretary Boucher and the Ambassador. Martin was not willing to wager on the Maoist intentions [...] |
2006-11-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PREF UN UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU3210 | NEPAL: UN SECY GENERAL'S REP. DISCUSSES NEED FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin SIPDIS welcomed the U.S. plan to provide assistance to Nepal's peace process in two principal areas: electoral support and local security and governance. He agreed it would be cru [...] |
2006-12-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN IN UK NP |
| 06KATHMANDU637 | GOVERNMENT OFFERED TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE LOAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. USD 250 Million Loan at 5 percent --------------------------------- 2. (C) In a March 7 meeting, Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti sought the advice of the Ambassador regarding a proposed foreign loan to His Majesty's Government of N [...] |
2006-03-08 06:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM EFIN UK NP |
| 06KHARTOUM2143 | DARFUR: PATEY TO BE NAMED UK SPECIAL ENVOY, WILL [...] (C) UK Ambassador to Sudan Ian Cliff, at his request, received CDA Hume September 6. Cliff informed Hume that the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to appoint William Patey, former British Ambassador to Sudan, as its next Special Representative for Darfur. Patey will travel to Addis Aba [...] |
2006-09-06 12:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM SU UK AU |
| 06KHARTOUM2878 | SE NATSIOS CONVERSATION WITH UK ENVOY PRENTICE [...] (C) In a brief meeting with SE Natsios on December 10, UK Ambassador-at-large for Sudan Peace Processes Christopher Prentice expressed his government's reticence at using coercive measures to induce the Sudanese government to accept an international peace-keeping force. Prentice said there ha [...] |
2006-12-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU UN UK |
| 06KIEV2589 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...] |
2006-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP |
| 06KIGALI1119 | UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...] |
2006-11-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC UK RW |
| 06KINSHASA1439 | THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A [...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...] |
2006-09-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA |
| 06KUWAIT1741 | KUWAIT PIONEERS ISLAMIC MODERATION MOVEMENT; [...] (U) PolOff met Naser Mohammad Al-Ajmi, Secretary General of the Higher Committee on Strengthening Moderation (known as the Committee for Creating Programs and Plans Responsible for Protecting Youth from the Phenomena of Deviant Behavior and Religious Extremism until early 2006), on May 9 to di [...] |
2006-05-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF UK RS KU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM |
| 06KUWAIT4204 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES (23-30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Jones to travel to post o/a 27 to 30 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 27 to 29 Oct, a [...] |
2006-10-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU QA GM UK |
| 06KUWAIT4484 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KING (22 NOV - 29 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL King to travel to post o/a 24-25 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] |
2006-11-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF IZ KU KG GM QA UK PK |
| 06KUWAIT4669 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SKELTON (DEC 23 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post o/a 24-26 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] |
2006-12-18 11:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ UK |
| 06LONDON1623 | (SBU) GUANTANAMO: LABOUR MP DISCUSSES OMAR [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Poloffs met with Labour backbench MP Des Turner March 2 at his request, to hear his concerns about Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national with longstanding legal residency status in UK as a refug [...] |
2006-03-03 14:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM UK |
| 06LONDON1629 | (C) ZIMBABWE: UK LOBBYING TOO AHEAD OF IMF VOTE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to FCO Zimbabwe Section Head St. John Gould March 3, noting that DOTreasury would contact HMTreasury directly on the same topic. Gould said FCO and HMTreasury were also lobbying IMF Executive Board member states against restoring Zimbabwe's voting rights [...] |
2006-03-03 16:25:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ZI UK |
| 06LONDON1735 | (C) SUDAN: UK IN SYNCH ON UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO NATO SU UK |
| 06LONDON2020 | (C) SUDAN: UK PUSHES RE-HATTING AND SENSITIVITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Gregor Lusty March 17. Lusty said the UK agrees with those points and is also pressing appropriate African states to support quick action on re-hatting AMIS as a UN operation. He said the UK stresses the importanc [...] |
2006-03-17 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI NATO SU UK |
| 06LONDON2203 | (SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...] |
2006-03-24 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR UK |
| 06LONDON2212 | (U) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Blackburn and Liverpool represents an opportunity to allow Foreign Secretary Straw to reciprocate your hospitality during his visit to Birmingham last October. My wife and I look forward to your visit and to accompanying you and the Foreign Secretary during what promises to [...] |
2006-03-24 17:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ECON UK |
| 06LONDON3200 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK POSITION ON MENAFATF BEST [...] (C) Summary: The UK fully supports the MENAFATF best practices paper on charities, and there is no UK policy to relax the measures set out in the draft version of the paper. While representatives of the Charity Commission have discussed the paper with MENAFATF members, they have done so base [...] |
2006-05-05 15:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON3207 | DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF THE LTTE AS A TERRORIST [...] (C) Embassy raised reftel points with Simon Bond of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's South Asia Department and Ben Lyon of the FCO's Counterterrorism Policy Department. Lyon said that the UK fully supports an EU designation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). LTTE is already [...] |
2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
| 06LONDON3208 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF JUD [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ben Lyon in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Counterterrorism Policy Department and to Sean Byrne in Her Majesty's Treasury's Financial Systems and International Standards Department. Both said that the UK would be holding an internal Asset Freezin [...] |
2006-05-05 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON3365 | (C) TERRORISM FINANCE: EU CLEARINGHOUSE TO [...] (C/NF) Ben Lyon (please protect) of the FCO's Counterterrorism Policy Department said that the Austrian Presidency has decided to hold a snap meeting of the EU Clearinghouse on Thursday, May 18. The meeting was originally scheduled for either June 12 or 14 (ref A). Lyon said that he understo [...] |
2006-05-12 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
| 06LONDON3628 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO SEEK UN DESIGNATION OF [...] (C/NF) The United Kingdom intends to seek UN 1267 designation of two additional Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) targets. According to Giles Cutler, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to seek UN designation for Sarra Properties Limited and Khalid Balaam. [...] |
2006-05-23 16:00:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON3980 | HMG SET TO APPEAL HIGH COURT RULING PERMITTING [...] (C) Summary: The UK High Court May 11 overturned the 2004 Orders in Council which barred the Chagossian Islanders from resettling the islands around Diego Garcia from which they were forcibly removed in the 1960s when the U.S. sought to establish the Naval Support Facility there. HMG has conf [...] |
2006-06-06 09:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MP UK IO |
| 06LONDON4022 | (C) SOMALIA: FCO SEEKS CLOSER COORDINATION [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO East Africa Section Head Ben Lyon told Poloff June 5 that the UK is keen to coordinate more closely with the USG on Somalia. He said Africa Director James Bevan tried to phone A/S Frazer June 2 to ask for a response to the draft "US [...] |
2006-06-07 10:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO UK |
| 06LONDON4033 | (U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...] |
2006-06-07 11:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN LI UK |
| 06LONDON4184 | IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC), an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...] |
2006-06-12 15:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM IR UK |
| 06LONDON4221 | (C/NF) LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: UK CONSIDERING [...] (C/NF) FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore told Poloff under questioning June 12 that HMG is considering UN Secretary General Annan's request that it agree to SIPDIS incarcerate former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). M [...] |
2006-06-13 15:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KAWC LI SL UK |
| 06LONDON4338 | UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...] |
2006-06-16 10:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR |
| 06LONDON4563 | UK MPs REGISTER REACT TO GUANTANAMO SUICIDES [...] (U) Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, a Labour Member of Parliament (MP), introduced a strongly worded Parliamentary motion on June 12, criticizing press statements by USG officials following the suicide of three Guantanamo Bay inmates. Thus far the motion has received support from [...] |
2006-06-23 15:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UK |
| 06LONDON5057 | (C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...] |
2006-07-12 07:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR CE UK |
| 06LONDON5097 | UK PASSENGER NAME RECOGNITION CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The UK is in the process of developing contingency plans to ensure that airlines have legal cover to provide passenger name recognition (PNR) data to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after September 30, even if a new [...] |
2006-07-12 14:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON5198 | (C) TFLE01: SEEKING INFORMAL APPROVAL TO USE UK [...] (C) Embassy London discussed with FCO Cyprus Desk Officer Simon Wood on July 14 the possibility of the U.S. using British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) on Cyprus as staging areas for fixed and rotary aircraft to help evacuate AmCits from Lebanon. Wood told us that ultimately the decision rested [...] |
2006-07-15 13:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC KHLS LE UK |
| 06LONDON5267 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 14th session of the Flag State Implementation Subcommittee (FSI 14 S/C) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by seventy members, two associate members, one United Nations specialized agency, two intergover [...] |
2006-07-18 14:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA UK |
| 06LONDON5371 | IRAQ: HMG EXPRESSES HOPE FOR IRAQ COMPACT AND [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting in London, FCO and MOD officials told Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs John Hillen they were disappointed in the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and that they supported using the Iraq Compact as a mechanism for obtaining exp [...] |
2006-07-20 16:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UK IZ |
| 06LONDON5471 | UK GOVERNMENT ENERGY REVIEW: MORE SECURITY, FEWER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 11:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV UK |
| 06LONDON5476 | CONDEMNATION OF DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES AT IMO [...] Summary. USDel delivered the statement contained in Ref A at the July 19 meeting of the IMO NAV 52 conference. USDel's statement followed the Japanese intervention which condemned the DPRK missile launches and was joined by statements of concern from the Russian Federation, HMG, France, Italy [...] |
2006-07-26 13:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA PARM MOPS MCAP KN KS JA UK IMO |
| 06LONDON5498 | HMG PLANS RELEASE OF CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AT G8 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-27 08:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV UK |
| 06LONDON5500 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON5503 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MONTREUX INITIATIVE ON ISLAMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: The Montreux Initiative is a non-governmental project designed to promote cooperation in removing unjustified obstacles to the effective operation of legitimate Islamic charities. The initiative, whi [...] |
2006-07-27 10:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON5533 | UK: POCS FOR NNSAB INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION [...] Post has identified POCs within HMG and in the research community who are interested in engaging with the NSABB on the potential for the misuse of life sciences research and conveyed the points in reftel to the HMG. Within the HMG the Home Office is responsible for monitoring the possible mis [...] |
2006-07-28 08:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UK |
| 06LONDON5547 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...] |
2006-07-28 15:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA |
| 06LONDON5615 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] ROUTING OF SHIPS, SHIP REPORTING AND RELATED MATTERS: The S/C approved all proposals on the agenda, with amendments as appropriate. The S/C noted, at Ecuador's request, but did not consider or approve two traffic separation schemes (TSS) because the U.S. intervened to clarify that these TSS's [...] |
2006-08-01 15:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO PSHA SENV PBTS KSCA UK |
| 06LONDON5746 | (C)UK ON BURMA: NO THAI REMORSE FOR VISIT; FINNS [...] (C) We met August 4 with British Foreign Office officials responsible for Burmese affairs. Head of section Nick Alexander had seen our demarche (ref a) over concern that the Finns have invited the Burmese Foreign Minister to ASEM, as it had been shared by a representative of an unspecified E [...] |
2006-08-07 10:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UN BM UK |
| 06LONDON5861 | (C) UK FOREIGN SECRETARY PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is pessimistic enough about the future of the draft Lebanon Security Council resolution that she planned to travel early this morning (August 10) to New York to do what she could to help the negotiations, Middle East/North Africa Director (NEA [...] |
2006-08-10 11:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE UK |
| 06LONDON5956 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK DOES NOT INTEND TO REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: The UK does not intend to request a UN 1267 designation in the short term for the nineteen suspects associated with the failed aircraft terror plot whose assets were frozen by the Bank of England on August 11 (reftel). According to HM Treasury officials, the decision not to pursue [...] |
2006-08-14 17:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON5958 | (U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels), prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...] |
2006-08-14 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL UK |
| 06LONDON6053 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The thirty-third session of the IMO FAL met in London from 3-7 July 2006, under the chairmanship of Mr. C. Abela (Malta). The session was attended by delegations from sixty-six Member Governments, two Associate Member Governments, three Intergovernmental Organizations, and fourteen N [...] |
2006-08-17 14:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
| 06LONDON6059 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REVIEW OF TERRORIST ABUSE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. The Home Office and Her Majesty's Treasury are conducting an in-depth review of the UK's regulatory and law enforcement structure for combating terrorist financing in the charity sector. Home Office officials are deepl [...] |
2006-08-17 15:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON6113 | UK: "NOT NOW" FOR G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE EXERCISE [...] According to Post's contacts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HMG's Food Standards Agency (FSA) feels it is too early for HMG to effectively participate in the G8 BTEX exercise outlined in Reftel. The FSA currently plans on holding its own exercise this autumn and will not be able to c [...] |
2006-08-21 09:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN UK |
| 06LONDON6133 | (C) UK NOT SENDING DELEGATIONS TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 15:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR SY LE UK |
| 06LONDON6159 | COUNTERDRUG: ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS IN LONDON [...] Summary. The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters was in London August 8-9 to present at an international demand reduction conference entitled: "The Future of Drug Policies Globally - UNGASS 2008 and Beyond: Reconciling Research with Reality, Rights with Respon [...] |
2006-08-22 13:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UK |
| 06LONDON6160 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND INL A/S PATTERSON MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: ONDCP Director Walters and INL A/S Patterson met August 9 in London with Afghanistan,s Counter Narcotics (CN) Minister Habibullah Qaderi. The Minister said Afghanistan's CN Strategy is good but needs to be implemented fully; he agreed that more needs to be done on public outreac [...] |
2006-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AF UK |
| 06LONDON6164 | (S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE: CHARITY COMMISSION TO [...] (S/NF) The Charity Commission of England and Wales intends to issue a temporary asset freeze either late August 22 or early August 23 on a UK-based charity with possible ties to the August 10 foiled terror plot. According to Stuart Young of the Home Office, the Charity Commission will temporar [...] |
2006-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
| 06LONDON6196 | (U) GUANTANAMO: POLOFFS MEET WITH MP'S AND [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) At the request of Labour backbench MP Desmond Turner, Poloffs met August 22 with Turner and a group of activists to discuss Guantanamo. Most of the activists were campaigners on behalf of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, whose family [...] |
2006-08-23 16:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM UK |
| 06LONDON6199 | LONDON BLUE LANTERN ACTION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 17:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK |
| 06LONDON6324 | UK TRADE UNIONS CONFERENCE WILL OFFER SNEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates to the upcoming TUC Conference will greet PM Blair with the question "When are you leaving?", Trades Union Congress (TUC) International Relations Department Head Owen Tudor told Lab Couns and ECON Asst Aug 30. The TUC will also debate recent moves to privatize parts [...] |
2006-08-30 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL UK |
| 06LONDON6325 | (C) DARFUR: UK KEEN ON JOINT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-31 06:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DPKO UNSC SU UK |
| 06LONDON6433 | (C) UK SUPPORTS PUTTING BURMA ON THE UNSC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 09:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM UK |
| 06LONDON6445 | (C) UK WILL NOT ATTEND INR CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 14:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KACW UK |
| 06LONDON6448 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee (S/C) on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF) held its 49th session at IMO headquarters in London from July 24-28, 2006, under the chair of Mr. Rob Gehling (Australia). 59 Member Governments, 1 Associ [...] |
2006-09-06 15:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
| 06LONDON6559 | (C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...] |
2006-09-11 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK |
| 06LONDON6591 | UK AGREES TO LIMITED LOBBYING FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC [...] (C) The FCO agreed to our request to lobby Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Singapore in support of Guatemala's bid for the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) seat on the UN Security Council. FCO Director for International Security Stephen Pattison told DCM September 9 that the UK supported [...] |
2006-09-12 13:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE UK |
| 06LONDON6661 | UK UPDATE: PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 15:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU UK |
| 06LONDON6714 | FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA [...] (U) Ambassador Tuttle wrote to Foreign Secretary Beckett on September 12 inviting her to participate in Secretary Rice's Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) press event on the margins of the UNGA on September 22. HMG contacts tell us that Barry Gardiner, the junior minister responsib [...] |
2006-09-15 15:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV UK |
| 06LONDON6761 | UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...] |
2006-09-19 11:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV UK |
| 06LONDON6843 | HMG AND OES/ETC CONDUCT LONDON CAWT BRIEFING [...] Summary. HMG's Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) hosted a briefing on the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) on September 19 in London. Representatives from the South African, Brazilian, Czech, German and Canadian embassies attended along with a represent [...] |
2006-09-21 16:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UK |
| 06LONDON6844 | HMG AND OES CONDUCT LONDON CAWT BRIEFING [...] Summary. HMG's Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) hosted a briefing on the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) on September 19 in London. Representatives from the South African, Brazilian, Czech, German and Canadian embassies attended along with a represent [...] |
2006-09-21 16:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UK |
| 06LONDON6853 | "LARGEST HEALTH SERVICE STRIKE IN 20 YEARS" MORE [...] (U) Unionized workers at the UK's National Health Service's supply arm, NHS Logistics, began the first of two 24 hour strikes late on September 21 to protest the sale of the public sector entity to the German logistics giant, DHL. NHS Logistics supplies thousands of non-pharmaceutical suppli [...] |
2006-09-22 09:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB UK GE |
| 06LONDON7036 | (C) SUDAN: FCO THOUGHTS ON INCENTIVES AND [...] (C) In keeping with the Secretary's speech of September 27, the UK is thinking about possible incentives if the Government of Sudan does the right thing on Darfur, and possible disincentives if it does not. FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton shared UK thoughts with Poloff Septemb [...] |
2006-09-29 16:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID ETTC SU UK |
| 06LONDON7078 | (SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...] |
2006-10-02 16:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
| 06LONDON7080 | (C) SUDAN: UK AWAITS EU ENVOY'S REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 16:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU ER UK |
| 06LONDON7107 | MAURITIAN HICOM PRESSES AGAIN FOR CHAGOS TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) The Mauritian High Commissioner in London has approached the Ambassador again asking the U.S. to press the UK to negotiate a treaty with Mauritius that would give sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago's outer islands (i.e. not Diego Garcia) [...] |
2006-10-03 15:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MP UK IO |
| 06LONDON7124 | (C) SUDAN: UK AGREES TO DELETION OF LRA LANGUAGE [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK agrees "somewhat reluctanctly" to accept a UNSCR on UNMIS without reference to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton told Poloff this in response to reftel demarche, adding that the UK wo [...] |
2006-10-04 12:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK |
| 06LONDON7136 | (C) ZIMBABWE: FCO CONVENES U.S., CANADA, [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FCO Zimbabwe Section convened a meeting with London-based political officers from U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand October 4. The UK's priority on Zimbabwe is to ensure renewal of EU sanctions in February; it expects r [...] |
2006-10-04 15:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI UK |
| 06LONDON7206 | (U) S/CRS HERBST MEETS WITH DFID AND FCO OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met in London October 5 with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In both meetings, the two sides updated each other on their respective efforts to improve coordination of the civilian [...] |
2006-10-06 16:55:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UK |
| 06LONDON7225 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from 11 - 15 September 2006, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations [...] |
2006-10-10 14:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC EWWT UK |
| 06LONDON7250 | (C) UK-INDIA SUMMIT: BUILDING ON THE STRATEGIC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Ministers Blair and Singh met in London October 10 for the third annual UK-India summit since the bilateral strategic partnership was launched in 2004. This was not intended as a summit of breakthrough agreements, but rather of building on the multi-faceted relationship. [...] |
2006-10-11 16:05:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP ETRD PTER IN AF UK |
| 06LONDON7253 | (SBU) SOUTHERN SUDAN: UK CHANNELING AID THROUGH [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UK has contributed some 40 million British Pounds Sterling (BPS) to the Common Humanitarian Fund for Sudan (CHF) this fiscal year (April-March); it is up to UN Humanitarian Coordinator Manuel da Silva to disburse it as he sees fit. [...] |
2006-10-12 07:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL SU UK |
| 06LONDON7308 | (C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...] |
2006-10-13 14:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK |
| 06LONDON7311 | (C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON [...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...] |
2006-10-13 14:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PK UK |
| 06LONDON7400 | (C) TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO BEGIN USING [...] (U) Chancellor Gordon Brown announced October 10 that Her Majesty's Treasury -- on the advice of law enforcement agencies -- had agreed to use "closed source evidence" (i.e. classified materials) in asset freezing cases where there are strong operational reasons to impose a freeze, but insuffi [...] |
2006-10-17 16:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
| 06LONDON7531 | UK ANTICIPATES UK AND EU OPPOSITION TO UNGA [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued instructions to UKUN to vote against the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) resolutions, as currently drafted, on "The Situation of the Lebanese Children" and "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon" in the [...] |
2006-10-23 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS UK |
| 06LONDON7626 | PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...] |
2006-10-26 16:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SCUL UK |
| 06LONDON7670 | (C) COTE D'IVOIRE: UK SHARES U.S. CONCERNS BUT [...] (C) The UK shares U.S. concerns about the French draft UNSCR on Cote d'Ivoire (reftel) but wants to avoid being seen to lobby against France in the UNSC, according to FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore. He told Poloff October 30 that UKUN is working closely with USUN, hoping to reach an [...] |
2006-10-30 16:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IC UK |
| 06LONDON7672 | (C) SOMALIA: FCO DOUBTS UGANDA CAN DEPLOY [...] (C) Uganda is "unclear" about its willingness to deploy an "IGASOM" force to Somalia under the aegis of IGAD, and the UK doubts whether it has the capability even if it wanted to, according to FCO East Africa and Horn Section Head Ben Lyon. He told Poloff October 30 that the UK wants to seek [...] |
2006-10-30 17:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO UK |
| 06LONDON7695 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th Session of IMO's MEPC convened 9-13 October 2006 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). The meeting was attended by 86 members, one associate member, one country not a member of IMO (Cook Islands), six United Nations agencies, eight intergovernmental organi [...] |
2006-10-31 16:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC |
| 06LONDON7815 | (C) UK BELIEVES EASIER TO PASS SUDAN RESOLUTION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-06 16:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA SU UK |
| 06LONDON7822 | (C) UK SUPPORTS COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-06 18:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIA UN UK |
| 06LONDON7856 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT US SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) The UK has urgently requested U.S. support for a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK is seeking the earliest possible UN designation of Al Ghabra. [...] |
2006-11-07 17:12:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON7916 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee held its 92nd session in Paris, France at UNESCO, October 16-20 (LEG 92), under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic Of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, the Draft Wreck Removal Co [...] |
2006-11-13 11:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO EWWT AORC ASEC UK PTER |
| 06LONDON7939 | (C) UK WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office's UN Desk Officer Tony Kay informed us November 1 that HMG would follow precedent among the P5 under which each votes for the other's candidates to the International Law Commission. As long as the U.S. voted for the UK candidate, the U.S. should expect the [...] |
2006-11-14 19:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ILC UNGA UK |
| 06LONDON7974 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE ON AL GHABRA 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) The UK intends to prenotify P-5 partners November 24 of its intent to request a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to submit the request to [...] |
2006-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON8002 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 15:34:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON8004 | (U) PAKISTAN: PM BLAIR MEETS MUSHARRAF IN LAHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: November 19 talks between PM Blair and President Musharraf focused on counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islamic extremism, according to Kate English of FCO's Pakistan Section (based on a preliminary read-out from the UK High Commission in Islamabad). Musharraf complained to B [...] |
2006-11-20 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PK AF UK |
| 06LONDON8039 | (C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...] |
2006-11-21 17:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK |
| 06LONDON8073 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC ACTION ON IRAN: HMG IN FULL [...] (CO) UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Iran Team Leader Ben Fender expressed full agreement with U.S. views reftel, both as to the implications of the November 14 AIEA report as well as to the urgent need to move quickly on a UNSC resolution; he also said the UK strongly opposes any IAEA tec [...] |
2006-11-22 16:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC IR UK |
| 06LONDON8097 | (C) OSCE MINISTERIAL: UK EXPECTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Charge met November 24 with Stephen Pattison, International Security Director in the FCO, to discuss prospects for taking a unified approach to the Georgia/Moldova conflicts at the December 4-5 OSCE ministerial meetings in Brussels (reftel). Mr. Pattison did not expect the OSCE to reach [...] |
2006-11-24 18:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RU UK GG MD UP |
| 06LONDON8106 | (C) A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Triesman November 21 and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn the next day, AF A/S Frazer stressed the need to adopt a UNSCR on Somalia flexible enough that frontline states could play a positive role. She al [...] |
2006-11-27 15:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC SU SO ER ET KE UK |
| 06LONDON8144 | INCSR PART III FOR UK [...] Following is part III of the INCSR for the UK. As previously notified to the Dept, the UK agency responsible for precursor monitoring, the Home Office Drugs Branch, has declined to supply the embassy with specific information about precursor production and exports. An official at the Home Of [...] |
2006-11-29 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UK |
| 06LONDON8157 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT JOINT [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the Chinese have indicated to the UK that they intend to place a hold on an eventual UK submission to the UN 1267 Committee of Mohammed Al Ghabra. The UK, which is convince [...] |
2006-11-30 14:08:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
| 06LONDON8162 | HMG TO PLEDGE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AT BAMAKO [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Jo Newstead, the lead officer on pandemic flu at HMG's Department of Health. Newstead told ESTOff on November 30 that HMG will make an additional pledge of GBP 10 million at the December 6-8 avian and pandemic influenza conference in Bamako, Mali. Br [...] |
2006-11-30 17:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA UK |
| 06LONDON8178 | UK AGREES TO EXTEND SOME TRAINERS AT JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 14:24:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM IZ JO UK |
| 06LONDON8207 | SECRETARY PAULSON'S LUNCH WITH CHANCELLOR BROWN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chancellor Gordon Brown hosted visiting Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson for lunch November 28 SIPDIS at Number 11 Downing Street. They discussed climate change, advance market commitments to provide vaccines in developing countries, the future of the Doha Round, and [...] |
2006-12-04 17:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD EAID SENV UK |
| 06LONDON8212 | UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...] |
2006-12-05 12:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK |
| 06LONDON8247 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP [...] (C) Summary: The UK is extremely concerned that the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, and SWIFT's involvement in it, is being treated by the European Commission purely as a privacy issue when it should be "rooted in a national security debate." While HM Treasury officials are currently prep [...] |
2006-12-07 15:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN ECON EU UK |
| 06LONDON8249 | POLONIUM SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post provided reftel A information on polonium-210 to HMG to assist in its investigation and public response. UK health authorities continue to contact those individuals who may have stayed in rooms at the Millennium Hotel that tested positive for radiation; CA/OCS continues to [...] |
2006-12-07 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PTER RU UK |
| 06LONDON8254 | (C) UK DISLIKES UN HRC LEBANON COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-07 19:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN LE UK |
| 06LONDON8292 | TERRORIST LISTS: UNITED KINGDOM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-11 11:44:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFTN PREL PGOV EUN EU UK |
| 06LONDON8326 | DOE-MOD DECEMBER 4-7 NUCLEAR SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of security experts from the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited counterparts at HMG Ministry of Defense (MOD) and at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for discussions on nuclear security matters. The AWE is a collecti [...] |
2006-12-13 13:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP UK |
| 06LONDON8361 | (U) BLAIR INTERVIEWED BY POLICE IN "LOANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Blair was interviewed by the Police December 14 as part of the investigation into the so-called "loans for peerages" or "cash for honors" affair (reftel). This had been widely expected - indeed it was all but inevitable given Blair's personal involvement both in approving [...] |
2006-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
| 06LONDON8372 | U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...] |
2006-12-15 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK |
| 06LONDON8394 | NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP: UK BUILDING COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Action Request: The UK sees the emergence of a "coalition of the constructive," EU member states willing to work together to develop solutions to safeguard the terrorism finance tracking program (TFTP). The UK intends to work with Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany ( [...] |
2006-12-19 10:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN ECON EU UK |
| 06LONDON8438 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...] |
2006-12-21 08:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA |
| 06LONDON8441 | INITIAL UK REACTION TO NIYAZOV'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends a "correct, but very restrained" response to the death of Turkmen President Niyazov: No senior FCO official will travel to Sunday's planned funeral; the UK will likely be represented by the UK Ambassador and a short condolence message [...] |
2006-12-21 11:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PHUM PREL TX UK |
| 06MANAGUA604 | NICARAGUAN VIEWS ON RECENT INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) As noted in REFTEL, Miguel Marenco, Director General of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) candidly acknowledged to ECONOFF that his country maintains a quid pro quo arrangement in which Nicaragua supports Japanese whaling positions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and [...] |
2006-03-16 19:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IWC EFIS NU UK |
| 06NEWDELHI316 | INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] |
2006-01-17 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
| 06NEWDELHI319 | INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] |
2006-01-18 01:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
| 06OSLO396 | NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING? [...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...] |
2006-03-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG UK NO |
| 06PARIS1347 | 2/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...] |
2006-03-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR |
| 06PARIS228 | VISIT TO PARIS - DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL; U/S [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; protect accordingly. Message sent NIACT Precedence to the Departments of State and Energy Ops Centers to assure OOB 01/13/06 delivery to offices of Deputy Secretary Sell and U/S Joseph (ATTN Timbie). 2. (SBU) The Embassy has confirmed/con [...] |
2006-01-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG KNNP UK FR RS JA OVIP AORC IAEA |
| 06PARIS2654 | FRENCH DEMARCHE ON CHINA POUCH ISSUE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAS 6 & 7. 2. (SBU) French A/S-equivalent for Asia Herve Ladsous called in U.S. and UK Embassy representatives April 19 to share French thinking on next steps in dealing with the Beijing pouch problems. Political and Tri-Mission Management M-Cs attend [...] |
2006-04-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT KREC CVIS ADPM CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
| 06PARIS3482 | (C) UK EMBASSY UPDATE ON KHADDAM TRAVEL TO UK, [...] (C/NF) UK Embassy First Secretary Tom Fletcher (protect throughout) updated poloff May 19 on the planned travel of former Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam to the UK, which has now been postponed to the last week of May/first week of June. Fletcher reported that Khaddam had delayed his [...] |
2006-05-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR UK SY FR |
| 06PARIS4159 | UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN [...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...] |
2006-06-16 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO |
| 06PARIS5309 | PKK IN EUROPE: GOF ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (S) Poloff followed up informally August 4 with MFA Turkey Desk Officer Pascal Schuster to discuss potential French interest in a trilateral working group concept as brainstormed in REF A. 2. (S) Schuster explained that, to his knowledge, the French embassy in Ankara had not yet reported [...] |
2006-08-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER KFTN TU GM FR UK |
| 06PARIS7076 | NOTE FROM U/S JOSEPH ON STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP RS UK FR |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN370 | T&T POLICE REFORM BILLS: PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's lower house of Parliament debated three bills, resulting from unusual government-opposition collaboration, aimed at reforming the police force in an effort to curb growing violent crime. The bills reconstitute the Police Complaints Authority as an indepe [...] |
2006-03-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM UK TD |
| 06PRAGUE1420 | BLUE LANTERN (DTC CASE 05-1007717) -- EXPORT OF [...] (U) Poloff contacted Aviation Service on November 16 and spoke to General Manager Josef Eifler about the equipment referenced in reftel. According to Mr. Eifler, the equipment is helicopter "navigation and communications equipment," which was manufactured and modified by Honeywell for use with [...] |
2006-11-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC LH UK EZ |
| 06PRAGUE360 | CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: SUPPORTIVE, [...] (S) Summary: The Czech Republic may be a good candidate to host ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors and/or a BMD radar. However, Czech involvement in the project will be contingent on careful handling of the issue in the domestic political arena. The too-close-to-call Jun [...] |
2006-04-07 05:42:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MARR PREL PL EZ UK RS |
| 06PRISTINA283 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary A. DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina April 6 - April 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend Contact Group meetings. Control officer will be Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, wh [...] |
2006-03-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT PREL UK AU GR YI |
| 06ROME1208 | FAIR TREATMENT OF SEAFARERS, POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA AORC ELAB UK IT IMO |
| 06SANTIAGO1667 | CHILE: STATUS OF SOUTH AMERICAN REGIONAL DUBLIN [...] (U) In answer to reftel's inquiry, Spain did host a South American Mini-Dublin Regional Group meeting on November 15, 2005 in Santiago. Post did not attend the meeting. To date, there has not been a subsequent Mini-Dublin meeting in Santiago. 2. (C) Prior to the November 2005 meeting, Post [...] |
2006-08-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR CI SP UK FR NL |
| 06SINGAPORE404 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL: [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Singapore International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Representative Bong Kim Pin on February 10, following a personal representation by Singapore-based FAA Asia Pacific Director Nancy Graham to Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Deputy Direct [...] |
2006-02-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC AS CA FI HU JA KS SN UK |
| 06SOFIA1083 | FOLLOW-UP REQUEST - DETAINED U.S. GAUGES FROM [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA representative Elizabeth Konstantinova on 2 August. She agreed to convey our request for continued detention of the gauges and information on the truck's routing to inter-ministerial collea [...] |
2006-08-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER ASEC KNNP UK IR BU |
| 06STATE146965 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper on "Missile Useful Chemicals that are not MTCR-controlled" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...] |
2006-09-06 20:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK DA |
| 06STATE46975 | IRAQ: RESPONSE TO GOJ REQUEST ON SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary. In response to reftel B, the Department provides points to emphasize regarding USG priorities for Japanese support of Iraq. We are also sending by email a province by province situational assessment which Embassy can draw on. In the most recent quadrilateral meeting in London, [...] |
2006-03-24 00:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK JA |
| 06TALLINN311 | AFGHANISTAN - ESTONIA'S MAIN FOREIGN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Estonia's main foreign military mission priority for the year. Its contribution to the UK-led PRT in Helmand (up to 150 troops) will be a huge commitment for this small country, the largest it has ever undertaken. In the run up to deployment of a company- size con [...] |
2006-03-31 15:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UK AF EN |
| 06TALLINN740 | ESTONIA SUFFERS FIRST CASUALTIES IN HELMAND BUT [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on August 11, 37 Estonian soldiers came under attack at their temporary base camp in Garmsir (along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border), where they are serving as part of the UK-led PRT. The Estonians came under fire by 23 MM Sergei anti-aircraft rounds and/or rocket [...] |
2006-08-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF UK EN |
| 06TASHKENT502 | DEMARCHE ON THE MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORP. FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff requested a meeting to deliver reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consistent with recent practice, the MFA refuses to respond. Therefore, on February 21 post faxed the points to the MFA. The Ministry provided no comment or acknowledgement that the points were r [...] |
2006-03-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UK ZK |
| 06TASHKENT506 | KAZAKH DCM COMMENTS ON TRADE AND BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokaev did not meet with any Uzbek officials during his February 8 visit to Tashkent. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan live along the border between the two countries, but require a visa to cross the border. While there is some cross-border tr [...] |
2006-03-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK ZK |
| 06THEHAGUE512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO, [...] (SBU) Country clearance is granted for WHA PDAS, Ambassador Shapiro, for his March 14-15 visit to The Netherlands. 2. (U) Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (Mobile) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W) 31-70-310-23 [...] |
2006-03-09 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA BE EU EZ UK NL |
| 06TOKYO1492 | IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS SECURITY ASSESSMENT; U.S. [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...] |
2006-03-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ UK JA |
| 06TOKYO1493 | C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...] |
2006-03-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ UK JA |
| 06TOKYO1684 | JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...] |
2006-03-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA |
| 06TOKYO1685 | JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...] |
2006-03-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA |
| 06TOKYO5485 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR A/S FORT AND INR/NEA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24-26, 2006 visit to Japan by INR A/S Randall Fort and INR/NEA Division Chief John Merrill. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5343 Home phone: [...] |
2006-09-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL AS KS SNAR UK JA |
| 06TOKYO757 | JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ UK JA |
| 06TUNIS2534 | HACKERS BREAK THE CODE TO AL-JAZEERA SPORTS CHANNEL [...] According to an As-Sabah Al-Ousboui newspaper article published September 25, 2006, Tunisian hackers have been able to break the encryption code for Al-Jazeera Sports Channel and are now selling bootleg access cards at cut-rate prices. The article tells its readers where they can go to procure [...] |
2006-10-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR AG FR MO TC UK TS |
| 06TUNIS2538 | TUNISIA OUTRANKS U.S. IN COMPETITIVENESS, SAYS [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia is gloating over its ranking in the 2006 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 26th. Classified as the 30th most competitive country in the world and first among African and Middle East countries, Tunisia advanced [...] |
2006-10-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD TC UK MO TS |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1441 | LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM [...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...] |
2006-08-02 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK564 | UNITED KINGDOM: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by t [...] |
2006-03-23 14:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN UK |
| 06VILNIUS988 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 05-1007717: HELISOTA AND [...] (U) This report contains business-sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We visited the premises of Helisota Ltd. on October 16 and met with the company's Director General (Josif Legenzov), Production Manager (Vaclovas Kliunka), Director of International Sales (Anatoli [...] |
2006-11-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC LH UK EZ |
| 06WARSAW2511 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] |
2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
| 06WELLINGTON714 | NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY [...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...] |
2006-09-10 21:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK |
| 06YEREVAN1388 | GUAM ALLIES GANG UP ON RUSSIA DURING THINKTANK [...] (U) A Russian analyst who spouted anti-Western rhetoric at a local thinktank seminar this week in Yerevan found himself outnumbered when panelists from Georgia (including a former foreign minister), Ukraine and Azerbaijan ganged up on him during their speeches and particularly during the quest [...] |
2006-10-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK GG RU AZ AM |
| 06ZAGREB872 | CROATIAN PM SANADER HAS POSITIVE UK VISIT [...] (U) PM Ivo Sanader's July 18 meeting with British PM Tony Blair during his first official visit to London received wide coverage in the Croatian press. The media focused on Blair's strong support of Croatia's EU accession and his statement that "there is no sense that Croatia has to wait for o [...] |
2006-07-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU HR UK |
| 07ABUDHABI1809 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK AE |
| 07ANKARA1812 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007 [...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...] |
2007-07-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU |
| 07ANKARA2332 | TURKEY: FS MILIBAND ADVOCATES BOLD EU STEPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband utilized his first visit to Turkey to urge the GOT to take bold moves on EU accession. Regarding Cyprus, Miliband pressed for responsible Turkish engagement. FM Babacan's pitch for increased UK engagement with Syria fell flat. M [...] |
2007-09-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IR IZ PREL SY TU UK |
| 07ANKARA262 | EURO-TURKISH PROSECUTORS' ANTI-TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, the US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training ("OPDAT") through post's Resident Legal Adviser, hosted a legislative roundtable on methods to investigate and prosecute terrorist organizations, particularly t [...] |
2007-02-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN TU FR NL UK |
| 07ANKARA2647 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN TALKS PKK IN THE UK [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan met with UK PM Gordon Brown, opposition leader David Cameron, MPs from both Houses of Parliament, British investors, and Oxford University students during his October 22-23 trip to London. UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird told us PM Erdogan spoke at length with PM Bro [...] |
2007-10-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UK IZ EUN |
| 07ANKARA2968 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...] |
2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL |
| 07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
| 07ASHGABAT1033 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...] |
2007-09-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1208 | TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...] |
2007-11-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET UK TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1302 | UK ENERGY OFFICE PLANS STUDY TOUR FOR TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British government is moving forward with plans to provide training to Turkmen officials in the oil and gas industry in January. Foci will include energy sector regulation, licensing, and the current Turkmen policy of selling hydrocarbon product at the border. The U.K. gov [...] |
2007-11-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL TX UK |
| 07ASHGABAT774 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: BP IN THE MIX, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP officials are serious about entering the hydrocarbon sector in Turkmenistan, focusing on oil. In two meetings, they left a mixed message about the potential role of TNK/BP. The BP advance team indicated three possibilities: BP alone, TNK/BP alone, or the two together in so [...] |
2007-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV UK RS TX |
| 07ASMARA346 | EU-ERITREA COURTSHIP?: MEANINGFUL CHANGE SHOULD BE [...] (C) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has recently personified (at least for him) reasonableness and cooperation in meetings with the EU representatives and UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson. Simultaneously, however, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to excoriate [...] |
2007-04-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ER SO SU UK EU |
| 07BAGHDAD2682 | THE NINE JEWS OF BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: One of Baghdad's last remaining Jews, Khalida Kouada Liahu Moualim, described to poloff August 11 the continuing hardships faced by Iraq's now tiny Jewish community. She said that she is one of only nine Jews still living in Baghdad, and that she believes Jews do not live any [...] |
2007-08-13 03:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PREF PGOV IS NL UK IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD2829 | U.K. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DISCUSSES BASRA, LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: U.K. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Matthew Lodge alerted the Ambassador to negative publicity in the British press over the U.K. withdrawal from Basra, and stated that the PIC process was on track for August 29. The Ambassador then shared with Lodge his impressions to date of the leader [...] |
2007-08-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD3383 | UK RELENTS ON BASRAH GOVERNOR; OUTLINES FUTURE [...] (S) UK Ambassador Prentice told Ambassador Crocker October 8 that the UK would stop boycotting Basrah Governor Wa,eli following the decision of the local administrative court that Wa,eli could not be removed from office by the Provincial Council. Prentice had informed PM Maliki, who was reporte [...] |
2007-10-09 18:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EINV MOPS PGOV PINR PTER UK IZ |
| 07BAGHDAD3776 | NSA RUBAIE RESISTS BASRA'S GOVERNOR SIGNING PIC MOU [...] (S REL UK AS) MNF-I Deputy CG LTG Rollo (UK) and Political-Military Minister-Counselor (PMMC) Ambassador Marcie Ries met November 14 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie to discuss the modalities of Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) for Basra. Rubaie,s opening position was that th [...] |
2007-11-16 20:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ UK AS |
| 07BAGHDAD4063 | Weekly Update: Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - [...] SUMMARY: The December 11 Baghdad Services Committee meeting reviewed previous recommendations, briefly mentioned an oil report to be discussed more thoroughly at an upcoming meeting and reviewed GoI contracting procedures. It was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Trade [...] |
2007-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
| 07BAGHDAD4111 | Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - December 16 [...] SUMMARY: The Provision of Services Committee met December 16 in a special meeting to hear from representatives from Nahrawan and Mada'in. Council members detailed their service needs which included potable water, doctors and medical equipment, schools and security for electricity infrastructure [...] |
2007-12-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
| 07BAGHDAD4143 | BRITISH FS SAYS HMG AND USG THINKING ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a December 17 meeting, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, (FS) accompanied by UK Ambassador SIPDIS to Iraq Christopher Prentice and MNF-I Deputy CG William Rollo, told Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I CG Petraeus that, post-Basrah PIC, Her Majesty's Government (HMG) wan [...] |
2007-12-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV UK IZ |
| 07BAKU1148 | AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Iran desk officer Kate Lurie to travel to Baku September 25-27 to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be Political Officer Rebecca Naslund. Ms. Naslund can be reache [...] |
2007-09-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM UK TR IR AJ |
| 07BANGKOK3530 | THAKSIN TO REMAIN ABROAD, FIGHT EXTRADITION [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra intends to remain abroad, based in the United Kingdom, and fight any upcoming extradition request. According to his lawwyer, Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin, who faces corruption charges and investigation for other offenses, cannot receive a fair trial [...] |
2007-06-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH UK |
| 07BASRAH17 | SECURITY - COALITION URGES TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and British diplomats and the commander of British forces in southern Iraq met on February 21 with 25 sheikhs from the Basrah Tribal Council to encourage them their role in the security process. The sheikhs and the Coalition exhorted each other to take the lead in fighting t [...] |
2007-02-28 08:57:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR UK KCOR |
| 07BASRAH24 | ANOTHER IRAQI SLAIN FOR SERVING HIS COUNTRY [...] (S/NOFORN) On the evening of April 7, Assaf Alnahi, a Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) locally engaged contractor (LES) was assassinated in central Basrah. In addition to his duties with the PRT, Assaf worked with the MND/SE legal office and was the judicial assistant to the Basrah [...] |
2007-04-09 17:12:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM PHUM UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH36 | TWO EXPLOSIONS, TWO STORIES [...] (S) Summary: On April 30, an F-16 bombed insurgents as they were preparing to fire rockets at a Coalition base in Basrah. The previous day, a vehicle transporting a munitions cache exploded in a Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) neighborhood, killing several people. JAM blamed the incident on Sunni insurg [...] |
2007-05-01 18:00:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER PROP IZ UK |
| 07BASRAH46 | JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...] |
2007-05-29 17:53:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER IZ IR UK |
| 07BASRAH47 | CORRECTED COPY: JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...] |
2007-05-29 18:56:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER IZ IR UK |
| 07BASRAH54 | PRT BASRAH: LESSONS LEARNED: JUNE 2006 - JUNE 2007 [...] The Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a multinational PRT under British direction. This cable records the observations and lessons learned by the U.S. deputy team leader, James Donegan, during his deployment period, June 2006 to June 2007. It is being recorded in this informal, [...] |
2007-06-22 17:30:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV IZ UK |
| 07BASRAH77 | BASRAH GOVERNOR BESET WITH PROBLEMS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Governor Muhammed Wa'eli visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) August 30 to give us a tour de force of current issues confronting him. He told us that the court's decision on his fate was delayed and is now expected in mid-September. He seemed confident, but not overwhelming [...] |
2007-09-04 18:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH81 | (S//NF) UK FORCES CONTEMPLATE IRAQ DRAWDOWN TIMELINE [...] (S//NF) During a September 6 briefing, MND-SE commander MG Graham Binns asked his staff to contemplate what actions would be required to turn security for Basrah province to Iraqi control (PIC) in October. Binns suggested "exploiting" this period of calm to engage key leaders, by driving a wed [...] |
2007-09-07 14:29:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS MARR UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH85 | BASRAH GOVERNOR'S FATE FURTHER DELAYED [...] (C/NF) Summary: Fadhila member Aqeel Talib told Regional Embassy Officers September 17 that the High Tribunal Court reviewing the Basrah Provincial Council's (PC) no-confidence vote against Governor Mohammed Wa'eli had closed the case and would issue a verdict around September 28. On Septembe [...] |
2007-09-21 08:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH93 | GOVERNOR WINS CASE, OPPOSITION PROPOSES A TRUCE [...] (C) Summary: According to Basrah's Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila), the Administrative Court has ruled that the Basrah Provincial Council's (PC) no-confidence vote was illegal, allowing Wa'eli to remain in office. The Court has yet to make an official announcement, but Prime Minister Nuri [...] |
2007-10-09 13:38:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH97 | GOVERNOR'S RIVAL DELIVERS IRANIAN COMPLAINT, ASSESSES BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) advised Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on October 18 that the Iranian Consul General, Hamid Baghnan, visited him to protest the presence of British forces at the al-Shalamja crossing on the Iraq-Iran border. Bag [...] |
2007-10-21 12:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS IZ IR UK |
| 07BEIJING2043 | UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK [...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...] |
2007-03-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UK CH IR |
| 07BEIJING3117 | MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS [...] Key points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the newly created position of "special representative for African affairs" where he will focus on the Darfur issue. -- China will send a team of 275 engineers to Darfur [...] |
2007-05-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE |
| 07BEIJING3321 | MAY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA FUNDS; AFRICA [...] Key points at the May 17 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA has taken note of reports from the DPRK Foreign Ministry that BDA funds are being moved. -- Jiang reiterated that assistance to African nations has "no political strings attached." -- The MFA has taken note of reports that th [...] |
2007-05-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU JA XA XW KS KN SO AS UK HR FR |
| 07BEIJING3466 | MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, INDIAN GENERAL'S [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA Press Conference were: -- Jiang outlined Vice Premier Wu Yi's planned schedule of meetings, including with the President, during the upcoming SED session in Washington. -- The visit by India's Army Chief of Staff aims to improve bilateral military ties. -- T [...] |
2007-05-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU UK CV DR IN PE GM |
| 07BEIJING6376 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...] |
2007-09-28 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK |
| 07BEIJING6637 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON BURMA, THE [...] (C) At the October 12 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, UK Ambassador William Ehrman said that China's concerns in Burma are driven by the long common border, the 2.5 million ethnic Chinese in Burma, the 150,000 PRC citizens living there and the 3,000 Chinese companies active in the c [...] |
2007-10-12 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM |
| 07BEIJING6971 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON FRENCH FM [...] (C) At the November 2 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French FM Bernard Kouchner's visit to China was "extremely successful," with discussions on Burma, North Korea, foreign aid, the environment, human rights and Taiwan. Chief Iranian N [...] |
2007-11-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR |
| 07BEIJING7064 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC [...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...] |
2007-11-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM |
| 07BEIJING7127 | NOVEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] Key points at the November 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- Foreign Minister Yang in Teheran urged Iran to "show flexibility and keep positive contact" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU). -- China has seen the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review and [...] |
2007-11-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX |
| 07BEIJING7226 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY [...] (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection agr [...] |
2007-11-27 00:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK |
| 07BERLIN1019 | THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG) [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...] |
2007-05-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN1673 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (C) Global Affairs officers passed ref U.S. talking points to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck August 31. Reck said she would forward the proposal to modernize the MTCR by rebalancing controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles to the technical exp [...] |
2007-09-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM FR UK AU JA |
| 07BERLIN530 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref proposals to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 12. Schuett thanked us for the proposals and quickly reviewed them. She said that the German Government has been [...] |
2007-03-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK |
| 07BERLIN834 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] |
2007-04-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN835 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] |
2007-04-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
| 07BERLIN845 | APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...] |
2007-04-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK |
| 07BERLIN995 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...] |
2007-05-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC |
| 07BERLIN998 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...] |
2007-05-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC |
| 07BUCHAREST268 | CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU RO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES603 | ARGENTINA ENDS FALKLANDS/MALVINAS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Foreign Minister Taiana announced that the GOA would end a 1995 accord with the UK aimed at encouraging cooperation on oil and gas exploration around the Falklands/Malvinas islands. He maintained, however, that the GOA will continue to abide by the 1989-1990 sovereig [...] |
2007-03-29 00:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL KTIA AR UK |
| 07DAKAR2116 | SENEGALESE PRESIDENT PLANS TO VISIT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is still planning to visit Zimbabwe and meet with President Robert Mugabe in an effort to succeed where South African President Thabo Mbeki has failed: relieving the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe. To do so, according to President Wade, se [...] |
2007-10-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SG ZI SF UK |
| 07HANOI1876 | MARITIME: GVN WILL GET BACK TO US ON IMO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff met with Dr. Bui Thien Thu, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Transport, to ask for the government of Vietnam's (GVN) support for re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Categ [...] |
2007-11-02 00:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK VM |
| 07HARARE664 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN (JULY 29 - [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan and Mr. Marik String of the minority staff of the Senate Foreign Relations committee (sfrc) to conduct a field-based study that will examine assistance funded by the State Department, Defense Department [...] |
2007-07-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP MGT ASEC AFIN MZ ZA UK SF GM |
| 07HELSINKI816 | FINLAND "POSITIVE" ABOUT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) In response to the demarche on re-election of the U.S. to the IMO Council in category "A," Ann-Christine Kivela, Secretary for International Affairs at the Finnish Maritime Administration said Finland "acknowledges the United States will be seeking re-election to Category 'A' of the Coun [...] |
2007-11-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK FI |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI21 | IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-09 12:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ |
| 07ISLAMABAD2795 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...] |
2007-06-23 05:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCRM PK UK |
| 07KABUL1353 | GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN EFFORTS TO UPDATE UNSCR [...] (S) On April 19, 2007, POLOFF and CSTC-A Plans and Operations Officer (Pol-Mil Affairs) delivered reftel to Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials Mohd Zia Salehi, Director of the Situation Room and Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor, and Abdul Malik Quraishi, Direct [...] |
2007-04-22 06:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC FR UK AF |
| 07KABUL2468 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (C) The Taliban have been hit hard in Helmand over the past six months. Military operations in Nahri Sarraj and Sangin disrupted the Taliban and weakened their support but have not resulted in enduring stability. Despite this military disruption, the expansion of reconstruction and developm [...] |
2007-07-31 13:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK |
| 07KATHMANDU158 | INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee and UK Ambassador Hall stressed the importance of arms management before Maoist entry into government and expressed concern over the security climate in the countryside. Ambassador Moriarty and Ambassado [...] |
2007-01-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN UK NP |
| 07KATHMANDU1979 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On November 14, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary of UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal was still considering its vote for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Emboff on November 5 had met wit [...] |
2007-11-15 07:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NP |
| 07KATHMANDU339 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) On February 8, the Industrial Security Group (ISG), a business-diplomatic group, chaired by the Ambassador, discussed continued Maoist threats against the commercial and industrial sectors. Extortion, kidnappings and violence continued and appeared to be soaring in the run-up to a planned [...] |
2007-02-09 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ELAB UK NP |
| 07KATHMANDU719 | AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...] |
2007-04-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP |
| 07KHARTOUM1102 | DARFUR: S/E NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting in Khartoum with ambassadors representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Special Envoy Natsios provided a concise analysis of the challenges facing the Darfur political process and exchanged views on the role of the African Union (AU), civil s [...] |
2007-07-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN AU SU UK FR CH |
| 07KINGSTON1625 | JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 19:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL |
| 07KUWAIT1492 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KRUSE (OCTOBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Kruse to travel to post on/about October 11 to 16, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Afghanistan; you must apply for Afghanistan clearance through Embassy Kabul. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit offi [...] |
2007-10-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF GM UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
| 07KUWAIT397 | (SBU) KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Biographic Officers Artheia Dingle, Ann Urralburu, and Ansel Stein for travel to post o/a 31 March to 2 April to meet with Embassy Officers and discuss the current needs of the biographic program. 2. This clearance is not/not [...] |
2007-03-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU TC UK PINR OTRA APER AMGT COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
| 07KUWAIT480 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (APRIL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post o/a 6 -7 and 11 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...] |
2007-04-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF PK UK BA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
| 07KUWAIT692 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL G. SMITH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a May 18-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] |
2007-05-06 06:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO EI UK KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
| 07KYIV126 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...] |
2007-01-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP |
| 07KYIV2515 | UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...] |
2007-10-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK UP |
| 07LAPAZ2933 | BOLIVIA ON U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BL |
| 07LONDON104 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...] |
2007-01-10 15:34:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK |
| 07LONDON1047 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...] |
2007-03-19 14:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
| 07LONDON1062 | BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...] |
2007-03-20 11:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN |
| 07LONDON1142 | UK OPPOSED TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 17:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR UK |
| 07LONDON1196 | UK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN [...] (U) UK priorities for the upcoming GYMNICH meeting are maintaining EU unity in support of 1) Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan; 2) a "middle ground" approach to the new Palestinian Unity Government, and 3) moving forward on EU-specific Iran sanctions. Martin Shearman, the Foreign Office's European Corr [...] |
2007-03-28 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN XG IS IR ZI FI UK |
| 07LONDON120 | RESPONSE TO FY 2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, a careful review was conducted of the 66 NGOs with consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This list is current as of January 2007. 2. In October 2005, ESTOff received a letter from Olga Bosquez, Senior Deputy Director, Sub-Division fo [...] |
2007-01-11 13:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UK |
| 07LONDON1206 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 50th session of the IMO DE S/C met in London 5-9 March 2007, chaired by Mrs. A. Jost (Germany). The session was attended by delegations from 60 member states, one associate member, one non-member state, one intergovernmental organization, and observers from 24 non-governmental o [...] |
2007-03-29 11:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
| 07LONDON1239 | USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-02 15:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PARM KNNP IR UK |
| 07LONDON1254 | IMO - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WRECK REMOVAL, [...] Embassy London has presented to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the letter from George M. White, Director, Office of International Conferences, Bureau of International Affairs, regarding the U.S. Delegation appointed to attend the International Conference on Wreck Removal to be [...] |
2007-04-03 12:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
| 07LONDON1265 | CHANCELLOR BROWN'S REPUTATION FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Gordon Brown's expected procession from 11 to 10 Downing Street hit a pothole over the weekend. "The Times" newspaper won a long Freedom of Information battle and published documents showing Brown had been warned by Treasury staff against removing tax breaks favorable to pension [...] |
2007-04-03 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV UK |
| 07LONDON1279 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-04 14:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AF UK |
| 07LONDON1332 | POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-11 14:20:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU MARR MASS CASC UK |
| 07LONDON1346 | ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...] |
2007-04-12 12:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
| 07LONDON14 | UK "NOT OVERLY CONCERNED" BY PROPOSED UN [...] SUMMARY: The UK's initial assessment of ref talking points is that dronabinol - synthetic THC - is virtually unknown in the UK, and likely to remain so. As a consequence, they are not "overly concerned" by the WHO recommendation to move it from Schedule II to III of the 1971 Convention. Th [...] |
2007-01-03 17:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNCND UNCRIME UK |
| 07LONDON140 | IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES CLAIM OFFICIAL [...] (C) Poloff has received, via London contacts, e-mails from several Iranian human rights activists who allege (citing evidence of film which Poloff has not seen) a pattern of beatings, extortion, and sexual assault by officials in Van, Turkey, against Kurdish Iranian refugees seeking protected [...] |
2007-01-12 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IR TU UK |
| 07LONDON1420 | (C) HMG UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: HMG is unlikely to attend the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial on May 21 in Washington. Given the pending HMG decision on the expansion of nuclear technology, HMG believes that attending the GNEP meeting wo [...] |
2007-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC UK |
| 07LONDON1625 | NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...] |
2007-05-01 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK |
| 07LONDON1658 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG) [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG), LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...] |
2007-05-02 16:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC IMO UK |
| 07LONDON1666 | HMG RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-03 09:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
| 07LONDON1703 | HMG TO REVIEW CITES DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 13:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA UK |
| 07LONDON1763 | UK SUPPORT FOR MALARIA PROGRAMS [...] Summary. The UK maintains active programs to combat malaria with specific countries and through international organizations. It also funds malaria research. It marked World Malaria Day through a press release and by the visit by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to malaria rel [...] |
2007-05-10 10:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV UK |
| 07LONDON1784 | UK RESPONSE: OECD ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 10:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD UK |
| 07LONDON1828 | (S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY [...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...] |
2007-05-14 14:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK |
| 07LONDON1835 | (S/NF) UK CONDUCTING STUDY OF IMPACT OF IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing a Top Secret study -- likely to get widespread attention within Her Majesty's Government -- of the real impact of Iranian financial measures. The study, which is intended to draw upon both open and closed sources, is intended to in [...] |
2007-05-14 16:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR UK |
| 07LONDON1873 | (C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU), according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...] |
2007-05-16 15:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU UK |
| 07LONDON1893 | (C) ROSUKRENERGO: HM TREASURY TO ALERT REGULATORS [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the head of HM Treasury's Financial Crime Team Sean Byrne and to Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer Jasper Thornton. Byrne said that issues surrounding a possible initial public offering (IPO) for RosUkrEnergo "resonate well here," noting that [...] |
2007-05-18 09:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PREL UP UK |
| 07LONDON1947 | BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...] |
2007-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK |
| 07LONDON1991 | ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR UK [...] Since Romania and Bulgaria formally joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007, we have witnessed increased reference to economic activity between the UK and the new member states, ranging from high level visits to various UK contacts indicating they have purchased vacation property in [...] |
2007-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EU UK |
| 07LONDON2182 | UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...] |
2007-06-06 17:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG |
| 07LONDON2318 | UK CALLS ON EU TO INVESTIGATE U.S. BIODIESEL SUBSIDIES [...] Summary: The UK Government has associated itself with its biodiesel industry in asking the EU to investigate whether US subsidies on biodiesel are trade distorting and should give rise to countervailing duties. HMG has "no appetite for a fight" about this, and wants to continue importing bio [...] |
2007-06-15 14:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EAGR UK |
| 07LONDON2340 | CUBA SOLIDARITY GROUP MAY FORCE SANCTIONS SHOWDOWN [...] Summary: Hilton Hotels in the UK believes its efforts to obey US sanctions on Cuba, while simultaneously respecting UK law banning discrimination based on nationality, will soon be tested by a pro-Cuban government NGO. The NGO will seek to check a Cuban delegation into a Hilton hotel in the U [...] |
2007-06-19 07:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ELAB CU UK |
| 07LONDON2396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) On June 20 Poloff delivered the nonpaper conveyed in reftel to Foreign Office Iran Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling and to his colleague Christian Turner, who is slated to be the UK's DCM in Tehran later this year. 2. (SBU) Gelling noted with approval that USG is also notifying [...] |
2007-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR EUN UK |
| 07LONDON2420 | (C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK [...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A), FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...] |
2007-06-22 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PHUM PREL IR UK |
| 07LONDON2457 | IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: UK FEEDBACK ON SOLANA-LARIJANI [...] Summary (CO) EU's Solana saw no movement during June 23 talks with Larijani on suspension and rebuffed Larijani's suggestion to link next steps on the nuclear issue in any way to the upcoming visit to Iran by IAEA chief El Baradei, according to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK [...] |
2007-06-26 17:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU IR IZ UK |
| 07LONDON2461 | GORDON BROWN TAKES OVER AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Gordon Brown is the UK's new Prime Minister. Right on schedule, Tony Blair submitted his resignation to the Queen shortly after 1:00 p.m. today June 27. Within minutes, the Queen had summoned Brown to Buckingham Palace and invited him to form a Government, as Leader of the party that [...] |
2007-06-27 14:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UK |
| 07LONDON2488 | (U) PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN NAMES HIS CABINET [...] (U) A day after taking over as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has named his Cabinet. As expected, this is the biggest reshuffle since the Labour Party came to power in 1997. It includes several realignments, and has the maximum number of paid Cabinet Ministers permitted by law (22). While p [...] |
2007-06-28 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
| 07LONDON2491 | IRAN IN IRAQ: IRANIAN DEMARCHES UK ON IRAN'S GOOD [...] (CO/NF) Summary: The Iranian Ambassador conveyed a pro-forma summary of its own benign intentions in Iraq during a June 22 demarche at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The demarche was intended to provide an Iranian version of the May 28 U.S.-Iran talks in Baghdad, according to fe [...] |
2007-06-28 17:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IR IZ UK |
| 07LONDON2534 | (U) BROWN'S GOVERNMENT IN PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved fast to put his stamp on the UK Government and the results have been positive for his poll ratings and media coverage. The latest Guardian/ICM poll gives Labour the lead (39 percent to 35 percent) over the Conservatives, Labour's first le [...] |
2007-07-02 16:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UK |
| 07LONDON2587 | DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...] |
2007-07-06 09:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK |
| 07LONDON2588 | UK WILL NOT BLOCK PARTERNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-06 09:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD UK |
| 07LONDON2595 | THE UK'S AGING POPULATION STRAINS THE SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The UK is grappling with the booming growth of its elderly population. There were 20 million Britons aged 50 and over in 2003, a 45 percent increase since 1951. This number is projected to increase by a further 36 percent by 2031, to 27.2 million, or 42 percent of the population. [...] |
2007-07-06 14:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON TBIO UK |
| 07LONDON2596 | GROWING UK ISLAMIC FINANCE IS GOOD POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY The UK government has a high priorit |