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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07BRUSSELS3421 |
FRANCE ANTICIPATES USING GALILEO FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: French officials in Brussels disclosed that the French military will look to use Galileo in the future. Using their interpretation of the existing European Space Policy, they explained that the legal framework is permissive of certain military uses of space assets, and t [...] |
2007-11-29 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ESA TSPA TSPL |
| 07MOSCOW3684 |
FLY ME TO THE MOON, AND MARS; SHAKE-OUT IN RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 the president of Energia, one of the major Russian space corporations, was suspended by the Board of Directors at the instigation of the Federal Space Agency Roskosmos in a reported dispute over the direction of space exploration. He had urged more market-oriented p [...] |
2007-07-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ESA KSCA TSPL RS |
| 07STATE157671 |
U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On October 9, the Portuguese MFA's Security and Disarmament Division, in its role as chair of the EU Working Group on Global Arms Control, provided Embassy Lisbon with a non-paper on a proposed EU "Code of Conduct for [...] |
2007-11-17 01:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG EC ESA EUN FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA |
| 08BEIJING647 |
CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA |
| 08GUATEMALA135 |
MURDERS OF BUS DRIVERS PUT GOG UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, five bus drivers and one assistant were killed in attacks across the capital. Robberies and attacks directed against the public transportation sector are routine, but the number and nature of the February 5 attacks has sparked intense media coverage, opposition crit [...] |
2008-02-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC KJUS PTER SNAR ESA GT |
| 08KYIV418 |
UKRAINE: NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] As requested, Polcouns delivered notification contained reftel on February 21 to Yuriy Nikytyuk, Chief of the Americas Desk at MFA. 2. Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website: www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev. Taylor [...] |
2008-02-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA UP |
| 08MINSK118 |
SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 08MOSCOW482 |
RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF U.S SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered notification of U.S. satellite engagement to MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. He was appreciative of the information in advance of DoD's planned press conference. BURNS [...] |
2008-02-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG POUS |
| 08PARIS167 |
SATELLITE RE-ENTRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, [...] (C) On January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to Philippe Errera, MFA Advisor to FM Kouchner for Strategic Affairs, following initial contact with the MFA duty officer on January 27 and subsequent guidance from the MFA. Also on January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to the European Spa [...] |
2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY KTIA ESA NASA GM UK |
| 08SEOUL349 |
REPLY: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 08STATE17336 |
INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an immediate action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) GUIDANCE FOR BERLIN, BRASILIA, CANBERRA, LONDON, OTTAWA, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, BEIJING, KYIV, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, TEL AVIV, SANTIAGO, WARSAW, SEOUL, THE HAGUE, AND NEW DELHI, USNATO (FOR NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCI [...] |
2008-02-21 05:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA |
| 08STOCKHOLM152 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA DCDG |
| 08TAIPEI218 |
TAIWAN NOTIFIED OF IMPENDING U.S. SATELLITE [...] (C) AIT Acting Director Robert Wang delivered reftel notification to Taiwan Acting Foreign Minister Yang Tzu-pao at 1000 February 15 (2300 EST, February 14). Yang was accompanied by North American Affairs Director-General Leo Lee, who told ADIR before the meeting that FM James Huang is trave [...] |
2008-02-15 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG PREL |
| 08THEHAGUE159 |
NETHERLANDS: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered reftel notification to MFA Head of the North Americas Division Jos Schellars on February 21. Schellars appreciated the notification, but had no further questions at this time. Arnall [...] |
2008-02-21 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 09BERLIN368 |
U.S. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS POLICY NONPAPER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (C) Germany welcomed the reftel nonpaper on U.S. space situation awareness (SSA) policy and noted the upcoming bilateral meeting in Washington at the end of April as an excellent opportunity to further discuss this topic. As a poss [...] |
2009-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
| 09BERLIN64 |
(C) U.S. COMMENTS ON EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (C) Germany welcomes the "timely and thoughtful" comments the U.S. provided regarding the EU Council's "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities." The EU will reportedly issue a collective response addressing U.S. concerns at a later date. A German MFA official is &hopeful8 but not "optimis [...] |
2009-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG ECIN ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL |
| 09BRUSSELS1702 |
EU WELCOMES U.S. COMMENTS ON SPACE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (U) On December 18, poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers on the EU's draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities to Pierre-Louis Lempereur in the office of the EU Council's non-proliferation envoy, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of the Security Policy Unit in the European Commissi [...] |
2009-12-18 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP |
| 09BRUSSELS524 |
USEU DELIVERY OF SSA NON-PAPER TO EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) OES DAS Jeff Miotke deivered the reftel Non-Paper to Paul Weissenberg, EU Commission Director for Aerospace, Defense, and Security Industry in DG Enterprise, on March 25. Weissenberg told DAS Miotke that he was pleased with the Non-Paper because it was "NATO light" and because it propose [...] |
2009-04-07 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA |
| 09MADRID1181 |
SPAIN APPRECIATES INPUT ON EU OUTER SPACE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA SP |
| 09OTTAWA887 |
EU Draft Code of Conduct for OUter Space Activities: [...] (C/NF) In a meeting on December 16, polmiloff conveyed reftel non-paper to Phil Baines, Deputy Director for Missiles and Space Security in the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and to Pearl Williams, Senior Policy Adviso [...] |
2009-12-21 18:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MCAP KTIA KACT EUN ESA CDG CA |
| 09STATE126206 |
U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] |
2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
| 09STATE2007 |
U.S. COMMENTS ON EU COUNCIL'S DRAFT "CODE OF [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.pdf). [...] |
2009-01-08 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG EC ESA EUN EZ FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA |
| 09STATE28300 |
NON-PAPER FOR EUROPEAN UNION ON U.S. SPACE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: At a European Council summit in December 2008, EU Heads of State and Government endorsed efforts to pursue space situational awareness (SSA) and other space capabilities as part of the European Security and Defense P [...] |
2009-03-24 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |