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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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01ABUJA1861NIGERIA: 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 04:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL AS ZI CA UK SF NI
01VATICAN5293 VATICAN TO PUBLICLY SIGNAL SUPPORT OF U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-11 15:28:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL AS CA VT
03ABUDHABI1344(C) TFIZ01: UAE AIRSPACE TO STAY OPEN,
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b, d). IRAQ WAR WON'T CLOSE UAE AIRSPACE --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Muhammad Al-Ghaith, the head of the UAE's federal civil aviation authority, told Econchief 3/19 that he had just signed a circular orderi [...]
2003-03-19 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAIR MOPS ASEC PREL EAID PGOV AS TC
03ABUJA534NIGERIA: 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 18:09:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP ZI NI UK AS
03HANOI2860VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...]
2003-11-07 02:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR
04HANOI2208GVN PROVIDES AUSTRALIA UPDATES ON DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) During its annual human rights dialogue with the Government of Australia (Ref. A),the GVN provided information and case details about every individual on a list of prisoners of concern previously delivered by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. An Australian diplomat recently provided a c [...]
2004-08-11 09:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV AS VM HUMANR RELFREE
04MADRID1764VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY REVIEWS: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-15 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT EAIR XT AS BX JA NZ SI SN KOCI CASC SPCVIS
04MADRID4787SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04ROME1591TAIWAN/DPRK CHEMICAL SEIZURE - ITALY SEEKING
[...] (S) ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION COORDINATOR CARLO TRIPEPI ON MARCH 8. (WE ALSO LEFT THE POINTS AT MFA WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO, DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, AND EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR CRISTINA RAVAGLIA.) THE [...]
2004-04-23 10:48:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PARM PREL TW KN IT AS TH CBW
04WELLINGTON1058 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS RANDALL G.
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Randall G. Schriver to travel to Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand from January 8-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with host government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has m [...]
2004-12-17 04:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AFIN AMGT AS CH NZ PNG HI
04WELLINGTON638 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIALS E. MOORE AND
[...] Embassy welcomes NOAA Officials Elizabeth A. Moore and Carol Bernthal to New Zealand from August 16 - 27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Department of Conservation officials regarding marine protected areas. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is [...]
2004-07-27 22:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS NZ
04WELLINGTON640 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC
[...] CDC should note that no official USG travel to New Zealand can be undertaken without country clearance. Country clearance for New Zealand should never be assumed by CDC or any other USG agency. 2. Embassy grants DHHS/CDC officials Mary Serdula, Mary Kay Solera, and Kathy Cobb country clea [...]
2004-07-28 05:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS NZ
04WELLINGTON643 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR T. RAMSEY AND E.
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Ramsey, Desk Officer for NZ and Samoa, and Ed Rindler, INL, to transit New Zealand as part of the delegation attending the U.S. Post-Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue in Apia, Samoa. Mr. Ramsey will be in Auckland on August 7th, and Mr. Rindler will be [...]
2004-07-29 21:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA WS AS NZ
04WELLINGTON658 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY,
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Richard Shelby to visit Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand August 7-9, 2004. Members of the CODEL are: Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby and Representative Robert Cramer. Accompanying staff a [...]
2004-08-04 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ AS CODEL
04WELLINGTON692 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIALS
[...] Please see action request para 3. 2. Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Phil Oshida and Eric Bissonette to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 31 to September 2, 2004. The purpose of this trip is to visit utilities and regulators in Christchurch as part of a [...]
2004-08-12 00:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV KSCA TPHY AS NZ
04WELLINGTON728 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kea Duckenfield to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 30-September 11, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give invited talk at the 8th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2004-08-25 21:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
04WELLINGTON729CODEL SHELBY TALKS TRADE AND SECURITY WITH NZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Shelby met with New Zealand officials August 8-9. Discussions focused on lessons learned from New Zealand's successful effort to eliminate domestic agricultural subsidies, current state of the NZ economy, potential for a U.S.-New Zealand FTA and the need to promote for [...]
2004-08-25 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ETRD ENRG PREL AS NZ CODEL
04WELLINGTON739 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE OFFICIAL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Official Gary Steigel to travel to New Zealand from September 26 - October 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with several organizations in NZ to discuss coal gasification. 2. Embassy understands no assistance is required. [...]
2004-08-30 01:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ
04WELLINGTON799 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF MURDY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. Edward Murdy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 4 - 9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the U.S. Delegation to the 8th Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2. Embassy understan [...]
2004-09-16 23:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY AS NZ NSFO
04WELLINGTON957 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAUCUS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Max Baucus to visit Auckland, New Zealand from December 1-3, 2004. Members of the CODEL include: Senator Max Baucus, Mr. Bill Dauster, Mr. John Gilliland, Ms. Shara Aranoff, Mr. Tim Punke, and Mr. Jim [...]
2004-11-17 21:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ CODEL
05ABUDHABI2543AUSTRALIANS GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH FTA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 7, lead Australian negotiator Stephan Deady told Ambassador that he was "quite pleased" with the results of the second round of FTA negotiations, although the talks are still in a very preliminary stage. The Australians plan to move the agreement forward, but are not going [...]
2005-06-08 09:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AS TC FTA
05ABUDHABI2704UAE PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUES -- SLOW BUT STEADY
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE continues to make slow, but steady progress on outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues in advance of the proposed June 27 or 28 DVC between the lead negotiators. We have noticed an up tick in UAE preparations as the date of the DVC draws near. For that reason, Embassy su [...]
2005-06-15 11:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN AS CH TC FTA
05BANGKOK1886PSI: THAIS CLOSE, BUT UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) continues to move towards formal endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles (SOP) in the near future. However, it is unlikely that the endorsement will be made before the March 21 OEG meeting in Omaha. Emb [...]
2005-03-15 23:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL KNNP ETTC AS TH PSI
05BRUSSELS72AUSTRALIANS SEEK COMMON POSITION WITH U.S.ON WCDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with counterparts from the Australian Mission to the EU, at their request, to discuss EU additionality and the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR),to be held in Kobe January 18-22. The Australians said Canberra was concerned, in the context of the tsunami disast [...]
2005-01-07 12:42:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AS JA CA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
05CANBERRA1047AUSTRALIA ON TRACK FOR VWP REQUIREMENTS
[...] (U) Post demarched Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Passport Systems and Technology Director John Osbourne on June 15 regarding the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) biometric passport requirements (reftel). Osbourne identified DFAT as the responsible ministry and designated [...]
2005-06-17 02:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS AS
05CANBERRA1118NEW AUSTRALIAN VISA CATEGORY FOR AMERICANS
[...] (U) A letter to the Charge' from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Temporary Entry Branch Assistant Secretary Arja Keski-Nummi, announced that starting July 1, 2005, in addition to the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA),American citizens [...]
2005-06-29 00:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT AS
05CANBERRA1129AUSMIN 2005: INITIAL LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA convened an initial AUSMIN interagency planning session with Emboffs on June 29 to consider logistics issues: dates, accommodations, security, transportation, number of delegates, advance teams, media, etc. DFAT and other GOA agency representatives stressed the importan [...]
2005-06-30 09:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALOVIP OTRA PREL ASEC PGOV AS
05CANBERRA1167AUSTRALIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-08 05:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL AS UNESCO
05CANBERRA1201AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 06:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL AS
05CANBERRA1218AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...]
2005-07-18 06:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC CB AS
05CANBERRA1253AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING
[...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...]
2005-07-24 21:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN
05CANBERRA1270GOA SUPPORTS UN DEMOCRACY FUND, SEEKS SEAT ON BOARD
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on July 21 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) United Nations and Commonwealth Director Nicholas Turner, and at a July 28 follow up discussion with AusAid Acting Assistant Director Gen [...]
2005-07-28 06:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA ECOSOC KPKP
05CANBERRA1301AUSTRALIA TO ACCEPT 50 UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 01:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL AS
05CANBERRA1314SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for State. Please see para 4. 2. (C) We presented reftel demarche points on July 1 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Middle East Section Director Octavia Borthwick, who told us that the GOA was considering whether and what sort of equipment [...]
2005-08-03 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL KWBG KPAL AS IS
05CANBERRA1361AUSTRALIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE
[...] Embassy Canberra, with the concurrence of Consulate General Sydney, welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Samuel Soo Hoo, Paul Ebel, and Frederick Allen Morris to travel to Sydney, Australia on August 27 - September 2, 2005. The purpose of their visit is to participate in a Regional T [...]
2005-08-12 01:02:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AS IAEA
05CANBERRA1381MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...]
2005-08-12 07:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS
05CANBERRA1399REVISED CHILD LABOR REPORT ON AUSTRALIA
[...] Per reftel, we raised child labor issues with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) on August 11 and 16, and with the domestic NGO Child Wise and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on August 12. Our Australian counterparts responded that they shared U.S. concerns ab [...]
2005-08-16 21:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KTDB AS
05CANBERRA1423AUSTRALIA: LONDON BOMBINGS PROMPT CT SUMMITS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The July London bombings have prompted Australia to conduct a national, government-wide counterterrorism review to assess Australia's capacity to respond to a terrorist attack. PM John Howard will meet with state and territory leaders in late September at a national counterterr [...]
2005-08-22 08:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR AS
05CANBERRA1433GOA AND UNIONS TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO THE ILO
[...] (SBU) Australia's union leaders have gone overseas to seek guidance from their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere to strengthen their campaign against the Howard Government's proposed labor law reforms. The Government of Australia (GOA),meanwhile, has restarted its regional labor diploma [...]
2005-08-24 22:19:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KTDB AS
05CANBERRA1453AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...]
2005-08-29 06:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS
05CANBERRA1454CANBERRA VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (SBU) The A/DCM chaired Embassy Canberra's August 26 Visas Viper committee meeting. There were no Visas Viper submissions for the month of August 2005. STANTON [...]
2005-08-29 07:25:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT AS PREL
05CANBERRA1455PM HOWARD ENLISTS MUSLIM LEADERS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard and thirteen Australian Muslim leaders met at an August 23 "summit" to find ways in which the government and Islamic leaders could work together more closely to combat the spread of extremism within Australia's Islamic community (Refs A and B). After t [...]
2005-08-29 07:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR AS
05CANBERRA1460AUSTRALIAN DOD READOUT ON FIJI GUARD UNIT
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Department of Defense (ADOD) officials told us on August 29 that they were exasperated by Fiji,s threat to renege on its commitment to provide guard units to the UN in Basra and Erbil, and they planned to advise Defense Minister Hill and the Department of Prime Ministe [...]
2005-08-30 02:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR IZ FJ AS UNSC
05CANBERRA1461AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES MINISTERIAL FURTHERS CT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The inaugural Australia-Philippines Ministerial Meeting (APMM),held in Canberra August 11-12, focused on security issues, in particular strengthening joint efforts by Australia and the Philippines to combat the terrorist threat in the region. The two governments agreed to star [...]
2005-08-30 06:41:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AS RP
05CANBERRA1471SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH
[...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...]
2005-08-31 08:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN
05CANBERRA272AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TIMOR
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Maritime South-East Asia Penny Burtt. Burtt said that the GOA was in "heated agreement" with the U.S. that UNMISET should conclude in May and that the Governme [...]
2005-02-11 03:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL TL AS UNSC
05CANBERRA284BALANCED AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO MAMDOUH HABIB MEDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australian former detainee Mamdouh Habib's first media appearance since his release from Guantanamo received predictably wide coverage here, but overall the reporting has balanced his accusations of torture with questions about why he refuses to account for his pre-9/11 activiti [...]
2005-02-14 05:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MARR PHUM OPRC AS
05CANBERRA287AMBASSADOR RAISES EUROCOPTER ENGINES WITH DEFMIN
[...] (C) During his February 14 farewell call on Australian Minister for Defence Robert Hill, Ambassador raised the issue of the Australian Government's purchase of engines for the MRH-90 from Eurocopter. The Ambassador told DefMin Hill that the U.S. would appreciate it if the GOA requested General [...]
2005-02-14 06:31:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV AS
05CANBERRA293AUSTRALIA WANTS TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE,
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Affairs Secretary Michael L'Estrange told the Ambassador on February 14 that he hoped another round of the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue could be held in the near future. He also asked that the U.S. encourage Japan to use its influence with [...]
2005-02-15 00:43:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS CN JA PREL ARF
05CANBERRA310AUSTRALIA'S VIEW ON THE EU'S INTENTION TO LIFT ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several articles in the Australian press over the past several days have miscast the GOA's policy on the EU's professed intention to lift its ban on arms exports to China. Contacts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have assured us that the GOA fully shares the [...]
2005-02-17 07:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC ETRD AS CH
05CANBERRA322NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...]
2005-02-18 04:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC PARM AS IAEA
05CANBERRA323NPT ENVOY SANDERS DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 10 luncheon with senior Australian officials hosted by the DCM, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed how to handle Iran's nuclear programs at the IAEA. GOA officials were candid i [...]
2005-02-18 04:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA329NO GOA POSITION YET ON ARF CBM SEMINAR ON MISSILE
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A points and concept paper on February 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Section Chief Paula Watt, ARF Action Officer Fiona Couchaud, and Defence Policy and Liaison Section Chief Jane Lambert, and separately to ADOD Assis [...]
2005-02-18 06:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AS ARF
05CANBERRA331AUSTRALIA: PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE
[...] (U) Please see action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to relevant Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) IO staff on February 10 and discussed matters contained therein at a February 18 follow up call with UN Executive Officer Lara Nassau. Nassau emphasiz [...]
2005-02-18 07:03:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA
05CANBERRA341NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS CONSULTS ON NPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 10 consultations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra on preparations for the May 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of th [...]
2005-02-22 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA342AUSTRALIA TO SEND ADDITIONAL 450 TROOPS TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard announced February 22 that Australia would increase its troop contribution to Iraq by 50 percent by sending 450 additional ground forces to protect Japanese military engineers engaged in reconstruction efforts in Al Muthanna province. Some of the new [...]
2005-02-22 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER PGOV IZ AS
05CANBERRA354COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...]
2005-02-24 06:39:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA
05CANBERRA361MTCR: AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH USG'S SMALL GROUP
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on February 24 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak, soliciting Australian views on the three USG proposals for the April 4 Small Group meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and as [...]
2005-02-25 07:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AS MTCRE
05CANBERRA374AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING THE IAEA AND
[...] (C) We presented Ref A demarche on February 7 to DFAT Arms Control Office Director David Mason and ASNO DG John Carlson, and continued discussions during and after the visit of NPT Envoy and CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Refs D - F) about the U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA. Mason, Car [...]
2005-02-28 05:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA386AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]
2005-03-02 01:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA387NPT REVCON: AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON USG PROPOSALS
[...] (C) Summary. GOA officials have provided additional comments on U.S. preparations for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (Ref A) to those they offered to NPT Envoy Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Ref B) during her February 9-10 visit. The additional comments reinforce Australian support for the over [...]
2005-03-02 02:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP AORC AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA403AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a February 25 courtesy call on DFAT Secretary L'Estrange, North Korean Ambassador Chon engaged on the question of whether North Korea would return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT). According to DFAT, Chon launched into the DPRK's "standard diatribe" about the U. [...]
2005-03-02 07:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC AS KN IAEA
05CANBERRA432DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO),told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...]
2005-03-04 04:34:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH
05CANBERRA436AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]
2005-03-04 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA509IRAN: FM DOWNER TO EXPRESS AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON
[...] (C) DFAT Arms Control Assistant Secretary Peter Shannon told us March 9 that Iranian MP Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Parliament's National Security Committee, would visit Canberra on March 15. On March 11 we raised with Ben Burdon, Policy Director of the Iraq Task Force (ITF),Ref A points ur [...]
2005-03-14 06:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM AS IR IZ IAEA
05CANBERRA510PSI: AUSTRALIA UNWILLING TO PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials balked at the U.S. request (Ref A) for the GOA to endorse Washington's message calling upon Thailand to publicly support the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOP) in orde [...]
2005-03-14 07:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL MNUC ETTC AS TH
05CANBERRA576AUSTRALIA-INDIA BILATERALS: INDIA'S UNSC BID AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and a strategic dialogue with India March 7-8. The SOM's principal topics were the promotion of bilateral economic ties and Australian support for India's bid for permanent UNS [...]
2005-03-24 04:53:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINR KNNP ETTC ETRD ENRG AS IN UNSC
05CANBERRA626AUSTRALIA 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 01:07:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR AF UK AS
05CANBERRA691MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO SPONSOR TWO SMALL GROUP
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on April 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking whether Australia would be willing to sponsor two of the five Small Group proposals that had emerged fro [...]
2005-04-15 07:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE
05CANBERRA704CHR 61: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON RESOLUTION ON
[...] . (SBU) Polcouns raised reftel points on April 19 with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Richard Sadleir. SIPDIS Sadleir assured us that Australia would vote against a Cuban resolution on Guantanamo if one came to a vote. Sadl [...]
2005-04-19 05:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AS UNHRC EUN
05CANBERRA725GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE
[...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...]
2005-04-22 05:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ
05CANBERRA729COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ELECTION STANDARDS
[...] (U) On April 20 Poloff delivered reftel points to Nick Turner, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Turner told us on April 22 that he had conferred with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the Australian Agen [...]
2005-04-25 22:20:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM AS
05CANBERRA749FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...]
2005-04-28 05:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS
05CANBERRA772GOA STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL
[...] (U) On May 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Executive Officer Bernadette Siely. Siely noted that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had issued a press release on May 1 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi gove [...]
2005-05-02 22:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IZ AS
05CANBERRA779FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ WILL NOT ALTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA responded strongly to the first kidnapping of an Australian citizen in Iraq by decrying the actions of the insurgents who seized him, rejecting their demands for a withdrawal of Australian troops, and affirming that Australia's commitment to Iraq would not waiver. Short [...]
2005-05-04 02:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AS IZ
05CANBERRA791AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION
[...] (U) We presented reftel talking points on May 5 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Director for Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Gerry McGuire. McGuire told us late on May 5 that the USG could rely on the GOA's support in opposing the Commission reform resolution in ECOSOC, [...]
2005-05-05 07:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AS UNCHR UNGA
05CANBERRA806APEC: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR USG'S
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 4 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counterproliferation Peter Shannon, and separately to International Safeguards Director Russell Leslie in the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (AS [...]
2005-05-09 05:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC EAID ETRD KNNP KSTC AS
05CANBERRA807AUSTRALIA ANTICIPATES EAS INVITATION: WILL MAKE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC),with conditions, in exchange for an invitation to the first East Asian Summit (EAS) to be held in Kuala Lumpur this December. The conditions include ensuring that the TAC does not hinder Australia's obligations [...]
2005-05-09 07:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AS ARF
05CANBERRA808AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE CASE: OUTLOOK BLEAK, NEW PLAYERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian government expectations for the release of the first confirmed Australian hostage in Iraq, Douglas Wood, remain low, according to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Bassim Blazey. Prominent Australian Sunni cleric, Sheik [...]
2005-05-09 08:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AS IZ
05CANBERRA837GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION
[...] (U) On May 12, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff that First Assistant Secretary for International Security David Stuart and SIPDIS Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs Susan Dietz-Henderson would head the GOA delegation to the May 18-20 AS [...]
2005-05-12 07:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL AORC AS
05CANBERRA859MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILL SPONSOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 13 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking for Australia's confirmation that it would sponsor the fifth Small Group proposal on transshipment best pra [...]
2005-05-17 08:37:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE
05CANBERRA865AUSTRALIA PULLS POLICE FROM PNG: ECP IN DANGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 the GOA decided to withdraw Australian Federal Police (AFP) forces deployed in Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a result of the May 13 ruling by PNG's Supreme Court which overruled the legal immunity given to Australian police and bureaucrats under the Enhanced Cooperation Pr [...]
2005-05-19 00:42:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID AS PP
05CANBERRA879AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION
[...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...]
2005-05-23 23:27:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK
05CANBERRA882EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...]
2005-05-24 04:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF
05CANBERRA884GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...]
2005-05-24 07:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC
05CANBERRA898AUSTRALIA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE ON ILO DIRECTOR
[...] (U) We passed reftel talking points to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Director of International Relations Scott J. Evans on May 23. We also raised the issue during a dinner Charge hosted for Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Kevin Andrews on May 25. A [...]
2005-05-26 05:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KTDB AS
05CANBERRA944UNIONS/ALP SEEK TO BLOCK GOA LABOR LAW REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The Government of Australia on May 26 announced a major reform of laws governing industrial relations. If passed, the reform package would dramatically reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that currently characterize how Australian workers are hired, fired, and paid. The GOA expects that in [...]
2005-06-01 06:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS
05CANBERRA987Australia: Labor Commission Lifts Minimum Wage
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 04:23:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS
05COLOMBO1619AUSTRALIANS INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LTTE ATTEMPT TO
[...] (S/NF) We have been advised by the Australian High Commission here in Colombo that it has alerted authorities in Canberra to what appears to be an effort by a front company of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to purchase a small cargo ship in Australia. Without sharing full detai [...]
2005-09-13 10:32:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR CVIS EWWT CE AS LTTE
05GENEVA2489UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND
[...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...]
2005-10-14 11:27:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR
05HOCHIMINHCITY328TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...]
2005-03-30 01:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP
05MANILA1059DEFENSE SECRETARY FOCUSED ON PDR AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz has made Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) the centerpiece of his tenure, and is also focused on ending the country's multiple insurgencies within the first six years of the 18-year PDR program. His new approaches include the "500 barangay" program, which wi [...]
2005-03-07 08:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINS PTER AS NZ JA RP
05MANILA1960PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]
2005-04-29 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
05MANILA5709FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila from mid-January to early February 2006. The primary focus of the meeting would be on maritime security, with help for Philippine National Police (PNP) refor [...]
2005-12-07 08:49:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP
05NEWDELHI140REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON
[...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]
2005-01-06 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05OTTAWA3209CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SINGLE MEMBER
[...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Industry Canada contact Janis Doran, who will be attending the TSAG meeting and who is the GOC ITU expert who has been our primary contact before (see Ottawa 2076). We provided a copy of the talking points to Ms. Doran, who was well-aware of the situation and who has [...]
2005-10-26 20:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS CA AS XA
05OTTAWA3580QUAD 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 22:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALAS CA KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SL UK
05OTTAWA747MDA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CONFERENCE ON MDA
[...] (C) Poloff followed up on reftel demarche with Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, on March 10. McRae said that in principle Canada supports the convening of a conference for Magan Adom David membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescen [...]
2005-03-10 17:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALIS RS CA AS PHUM PREL PREF ICRC
05PARIS1478CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FRANCE'S SINGLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 16:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCW AS PARM PREL
05PARIS5098 VISIT OF FEDERAL TRAINING SHIP GOLDEN BEAR - 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR NZ AS FR
05PARIS6534UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL
[...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]
2005-09-23 15:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6825AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]
2005-10-04 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05ROME3838 CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE MISSION ITALY - DECEMBER 14 and 16, 2005.
[...] (SBU) Mission Italy will host an unclassified Crisis Management Exercise (CME) on December 14 at Turin, Italy and December 16, at American Embassy Rome. The exercise will be facilitated by Douglas Kinney, Crisis Management Training Division, Leadership and Management School, Foreign Service In [...]
2005-11-21 16:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEPT OF STATE FOR DS AS DSS EX IP ITA CT EUR WE FSI LMS CMT CA OCS ACS POSTS RSO PSO
05SINGAPORE3416SINGAPORE TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Friday, December 2, Singapore will execute Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van for heroin smuggling. Local media have covered the many different pleas for clemency from Australia as well as criticism of Singapore's tough punishments. At the same time, the media have relayed [...]
2005-12-01 07:27:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AS SN
05WELLINGTON1000 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Congressional delegation led by Representative Sherwood Boehlert to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 12, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in reftel: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert and Spouse, Rep [...]
2005-12-28 23:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05WELLINGTON1002 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HUNTER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. David Hunter, Staff Member, S-HSGAC, as part of the Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect ongoing oceanographic and [...]
2005-12-29 22:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05WELLINGTON197 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARVIN RAINES
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau staff members Marvin Raines and Brian Monaghan to travel to New Zealand from April 21-22, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the Director of Maori Population Statistics at Statistics, New Zealand. 2. (U [...]
2005-03-09 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA SOCI AS NZ
05WELLINGTON223 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LUPTON AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Scientists John E. Lupton and Robert W. Embley to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from April 23-May 11, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the ocean exploration seagoing expedition research cruise aboard the resea [...]
2005-03-16 21:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
05WELLINGTON263 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE COX,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Research and Methodology, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13-17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on Data Confidentiality at the ISI [...]
2005-03-30 19:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS NZ CDC
05WELLINGTON42 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY GORDON,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Gordon, Bucen Staff Member, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13 - 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IAOS Satellite Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assista [...]
2005-01-13 23:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS NZ
05WELLINGTON868 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAWN HOPE AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dawn Hope, assistant director, and Hugh Paquette, analyst, from GAO's Homeland Security and Justice Team to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from December 1 to 6, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to review pre- screening [...]
2005-11-07 03:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AGAO CVIS AS JA NZ
05WELLINGTON997 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in ref A: Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Susan Collins, [...]
2005-12-28 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
06ABUDHABI1227AUSTRALIA-UAE FTA: NATURAL RESOURCES A CONCERN
[...] (C) On March 29, Australia's lead Australia-UAE negotiator Stephen Deady (First A/S Trade Development Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) gave EconChief a quick update on the results of the March 27-29 negotiating round. He described the week as "reasonable," but with no breakt [...]
2006-03-29 10:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON AS AE
06ANKARA4129TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...]
2006-07-14 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT
06BAGHDAD1181COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS
[...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...]
2006-04-11 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK
06BAGHDAD2046PLAN 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 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ
06BAGHDAD2082AUSTRALIAN 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 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PINS UK AS
06BAGHDAD3324NEW AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with recently-arrived Australian Ambassador Innes-Brown. Ambassador Innes-Brown said that the Australian opposition is very keen to withdraw from Iraq and that PM Howard may visit Iraq in the next six months. Australia is revising its I [...]
2006-09-07 12:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ AS
06BEIJING5079(C) WTO AFFAIRS DG ON AUSTRALIA FTA, DOHA ROUND,
[...] (C) Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) World Trade Organization (WTO) Department Director-General ZHANG Xiangchen will travel with Premier Wen Jiabao to Australia on April 1, and then to Geneva for a WTO Trade Policy Review meeting on China. He described domestic pressures which could limit Chin [...]
2006-03-17 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO EAGR PGOV EINV CH AS
06BEIJING8333PRC ON RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AND
[...] (C) PRC relations with Australia and New Zealand are smooth with frequent high-level dialogues, common ground on sensitive issues and growing economic and trade ties, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Counselor Zhang Ping told EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann (incoming EAP/ANP Director) [...]
2006-05-05 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH AS NZ FJ PP
06BEIJING9501CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...]
2006-05-18 06:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA
06BERLIN3507GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered the Global Initiative (GI) draft Plan of Work and accompanying documents (ref) to officials from the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy December [...]
2006-12-14 17:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH
06CANBERRA1009DPRK: AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO JULY 5 NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C/NF) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer issued separate statements to local media on July 5 publicly condemning the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile launch and calling on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks. The Foreign Minister's media statemen [...]
2006-07-05 21:47:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC MOPS KNNP MARR AS KN
06CANBERRA1161PM HOWARD DECLARES HE WILL SEEK 5TH TERM;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister John Howard announced July 31 that he would contest the next election as Prime Minister, thus ending months of speculation about his intentions. Treasurer Peter Costello, who had established himself as a somewhat impatient heir apparent, called a press conference [...]
2006-07-31 08:40:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
06CANBERRA1201FURTHER AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NATO GLOBAL
[...] (C) Australia is willing to participate in NATO's Global Partnership but only under a flexible, informal arrangement that stresses practical cooperation and that avoids a new formal institutional structure, including fixed requirements for meetings and expenditure of resources. The GOA plans [...]
2006-08-08 10:27:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS
06CANBERRA1224AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...]
2006-08-12 10:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS
06CANBERRA1229PM HOWARD WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL REFUGEE ASYLUM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Howard was forced to withdraw legislation from Senate consideration on August 14 that would have required all future unauthorized boat arrivals to be processed offshore for asylum claims. Facing almost certain defeat in the upper house where the Government enj [...]
2006-08-14 08:48:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID
06CANBERRA1244PM HOWARD STEPS OUT TOWARD THE 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (C/NF) With his declaration July 31 that he would seek a fifth term in office effectively ending months of speculation about his intentions (ref A),Prime Minister John Howard can now focus on the national elections that must be held in 2007. A renowned morning power-walker, Howard has good [...]
2006-08-17 04:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON AS
06CANBERRA1311AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Nigel Stanier, Executive Officer for South and West Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 28, 2006, to follow up Ref A invitation for Australia to participate in the Contact Group's expert level m [...]
2006-08-28 07:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER AS
06CANBERRA1366AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION
[...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...]
2006-09-08 06:10:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR PARM AS
06CANBERRA1410ORGANIZED LABOR THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 13 luncheon speech at the National Press Club, Greg Combet, the Secretary of the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU),fiercely attacked the Howard Government and its labor reforms saying that the new industrial relations laws were unfair and calling [...]
2006-09-14 06:53:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB AS
06CANBERRA1425KIM BEAZLEY TAKES A HIT AND SCORES A HIT ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On September 11 Labor Party (ALP) leader Kim Beazley proposed that all Australian visa forms contain a commitment to respect Australian laws and institutions. Prime Minister John Howard -- who also used the anniversary of the twin towers attack for his own anti-terrorism message [...]
2006-09-15 05:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV SMIG AS
06CANBERRA1430AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S
[...] (S/NF) An Australian Government interagency review of the U.S. Defense Department's 2006 Report on China's Military Power has yielded broad agreement with most of the report's key conclusions. Australia estimates that China's military spending for 2006 is approximately USD 70 billion, twice th [...]
2006-09-15 07:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPARM MOPS PREL CH PM AS
06CANBERRA1444LIBERAL PARTY DIRECTOR CONFIDENT PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Liberal Party Federal Director Brian Loughnane (Protect) told Poloffs September 18 that Prime Minister John Howard was in a good position to win reelection as long as the economy continued to do well. The Labor Party's (ALP) slight lead in most of the national polls conducted [...]
2006-09-19 05:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PGOV PREL AS
06CANBERRA1517OPPOSITION LEADER BEAZLEY WILL FIGHT PM HOWARD FOR
[...] (C/NF) During a meeting with poloffs on September 25, Opposition and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Leader Kim Beazley's principal advisors vowed to fight John Howard,s coalition for the political center. Though the ALP remains strongly supportive of the alliance with the United States, it will [...]
2006-09-26 07:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR ELAB AS
06CANBERRA1574INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN
[...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...]
2006-10-05 07:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ECON AS
06CANBERRA1586QUESTIONABLE POLL CLAIMS STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A poll of Australian citizens released by the Lowy Institute in Sydney October 2 found that 84 percent of respondents did not believe the war in Iraq would reduce the threat of terrorism. Two-thirds of those surveyed thought the war would not lead to the spread of democracy in [...]
2006-10-06 07:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PGOV PREL SCUL AS
06CANBERRA1628WESTERN AUSTRALIA MUSLIMS WORRY THAT MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: West Australian police told Perth Consul General privately that they have no firm leads on the September 29 drive-by shooting at a northern Perth mosque, in which a single bullet narrowly missed women and children among the 400 worshippers at a Friday night service. No one was i [...]
2006-10-15 21:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PTER AS
06CANBERRA1804PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]
2006-11-09 22:20:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CANBERRA1933KEVIN RUDD IS NEW OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd won the vote in the Labor Party (ALP) caucus on December 4, beating Kim Beazley 49-39 to become the new leader of the Opposition. The press is reporting that the uncommitted caucus members swung to Mr. Rudd over the weekend. Voting for the shadow cabinet and other [...]
2006-12-04 05:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS
06CANBERRA1940AUSTRALIA DECLINES FIJI'S REQUEST FOR MILITARY
[...] (C) Australia declined a request by Fijian Prime Minister Qarase for Australian military intervention to prevent a coup by the RFMF Commander Bainimarama. In reaction to events, the Australian Foreign Minister announced December 5 Australia would suspend defense ties with Fiji, including impo [...]
2006-12-05 06:44:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS AS FJ NZ
06CANBERRA2043INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 04:50:00Embassy CanberraSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AS
06CANBERRA2044AUSTRALIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS
[...] (U) In a media statement released December 24, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer affirmed that Australia would proceed to implement sanctions on Iran's nuclear and missile programs, in accordance with the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1737. He noted specifically the requ [...]
2006-12-28 06:49:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IR AS
06CANBERRA577AUSTRALIA DEPLOYS TROOPS, POLICE TO SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] (U) Prime Minister Howard announced on April 19 that Australia would deploy 110 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and about 70 police to Honiara to help maintain law and order in response to post-election rioting in the Solomon Islands capital (reftels). Four C-130 aircraft are preparin [...]
2006-04-19 06:40:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL AS BP
06CANBERRA810INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE: AUSTRALIAN AID UPDATE
[...] (U) Australia has provided AUS$7.5 million (US$5.7 million) in assistance in response the May 27 earthquake in Indonesia to date. The lead agency for the Australian disaster relief effort, AusAID, had sent or was preparing to send more than 80 disaster, logistics and relief specialists to aff [...]
2006-05-31 10:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV PREF PREL AS ID
06CANBERRA814AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Charge presented reftel U.S. demarche on Iran to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the morning of June 1. Responding positively to the U.S. proposal, the FM said he would be happy to support it publicly. He told his staff participating in the meeting to draft a press re [...]
2006-06-01 02:42:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM AS IR
06CANBERRA849EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND
[...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...]
2006-06-08 07:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT
06CANBERRA889EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIA CONCERNED ABOUT UN SLIPPAGE;
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3 below. 2. (C/NF) Michael Bliss, International Law Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Legal Branch, told Poloff June 13 that the GOA was concerned about delays in moving forward with next steps to establish a new U [...]
2006-06-13 08:15:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL AS TT
06CANBERRA952EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING ON LOBATO ARREST
[...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Acting East Timor Director provided us a briefing on the arrest of former East Timor Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato on June 22. Ferguson confirmed that a prosecutor, possibly a UN-provided international prosecutor, from the East Timor Of [...]
2006-06-22 08:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS KCRM AS TT
06DHAKA6179QUAD 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 13:04:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA
06DHAKA6184QUAD 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 03:36:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA
06DILI299EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...]
2006-06-07 15:11:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI300EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...]
2006-06-08 19:25:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT
06DILI301EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI304EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...]
2006-06-12 15:16:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI306EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...]
2006-06-13 15:14:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI308EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...]
2006-06-14 15:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI316PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:20:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS
06DILI320EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 20, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: --- President still plans to dismiss Prime Minister after Council of State meeting tomorrow; --- Arrest warrant issued for Lobato; --- Ramos-Horta in Baucau, plans to head further East tomorrow; --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration begins, may grow in coming days; --- Weapons confisca [...]
2006-06-20 15:11:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI322EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRIME MINISTER PERSUADES PRESIDENT TO
[...] (U) Summary: --- Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration continued; --- Lobato's house surrounded; --- Security environment in Dili. End Summary. Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal ----------------------------------- (S) A [...]
2006-06-21 11:19:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT
06DILI327EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS
[...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]
2006-06-22 15:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT
06DILI329EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 23:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT
06DILI333EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 15:23:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AS TT
06DILI334EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 27 JULY
[...] (U) Summary: --- President Gusmao will lead interim government for 30 days; --- Alkatiri resisting summons to defend against criminal charges; --- Pro-Alkatiri demonstrators may enter Dili tomorrow; --- Senior Australian official may visit Dili on Thursday; --- Security update. End Summary. [...]
2006-06-27 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI335EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY
[...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...]
2006-06-28 11:22:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI341EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 30 JUNE
[...] (U) Summary: --- Ramos-Horta to head interim government? --- President may negotiate with Fretilin on new Prime Minister ---- Demonstrators depart after speeches by Gusmao, Alkatiri, Lu'olo; --- Alkatiri claims Parliamentary immunity in arms case; --- Fretilin activists contend their leader [...]
2006-06-30 15:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR PO AS TT
06DILI363BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 11:06:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO
06DILI427RAMOS-HORTA WILL REINFORCE SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 09:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO TT PO AS CH JA
06JAKARTA10037AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS IN AUGUST
[...] (C) The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has announced August 22 as the date on which the three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - will be executed in Nusa Kembangan prison. However, the announcement seems intend [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTE KISL KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10488TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: MANY CONVICTED BUT SENTENCES
[...] (SBU) The trials of 15 terror suspects associated with Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist mastermind Noordin Top recently concluded in Jakarta, with all 15 being convicted on at least one count. Sentences were generally short, however, ranging from three to seven years only. The case of terrorist fi [...]
2006-08-23 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA10563BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI),continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...]
2006-08-25 06:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10570TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF
[...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...]
2006-08-25 10:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA10576ABB Shunned in West Sumatra
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...]
2006-08-25 11:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA11889EIGHT TERRORISTS ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL JAVA
[...] (C) Eight terrorist suspects with links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and terrorist mastermind Noordin Top are currently standing trial in Semarang, Central Java. All eight are being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The central figure of the group, Subur Sugiyarto, recruited and trained seve [...]
2006-09-26 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA12162NECESSARY ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF C-130 SPARES
[...] We delivered ref A text of proposed assurances to the North America desk of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 3. We asked for confirmation that the GOI in fact wanted the spare parts in question. We also advised that the GOI consider offering blanket assurances [...]
2006-10-03 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS AS ID
06JAKARTA13191JAKARTA EAC MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee meeting on November 13, 2006, to discuss the November 11 detonation of an explosive device at an East Jakarta A&W Restaurant. The RSO and LEGAT told the EAC that only the suspect was injured in the blast, that evidence suggested the [...]
2006-11-13 08:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR
06JAKARTA13282Aceh: Election Update
[...] (U) Summary: Aceh will hold provincial elections on December 11, the province's first since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and pro-independence forces in Helsinki in 2005. According to the election rules, candidates must receive more than 25 percen [...]
2006-11-24 03:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA13293Aceh to Increase Police Presence During Election
[...] (U) At the Commission on Security Arrangements (CoSA) meeting on November 4, representatives of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM),Free Aceh Movement (GAM),and the government agreed to temporarily increase the number of police officers in Aceh by 2,433 above levels permitted in the Helsinki M [...]
2006-11-24 04:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA13294TNI Commander Reaffirms Military's Commitment to
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech in Aceh on November 6, TNI Commander Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said TNI would continue to respect the Helsinki MOU after the departure of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) next month. He also reminded his audience that TNI had withdrawn from politics, acted under th [...]
2006-11-24 04:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA1453INDONESIAN PROSECUTORS TACKLE 12 NEW TERROR CASES
[...] (C) Indonesian prosecutors have brought twelve new terrorism trials to the South Jakarta District Court with the case against Abdullah Sunata headlining this latest tranche (ref A). In Sunata's indictment, prosecutors accuse him of financing terrorism as well as providing assistance to Jemaah [...]
2006-02-03 12:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA252TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI FURTHER ON TF
[...] (S) As requested reftel, Embassy Jakarta proposes the following talking points for an initial approach to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on securing better implementation of Indonesia's exiting UNSCR 1267 obligations. We recommend the same approach this time as in the past, i.e., a separa [...]
2006-01-06 10:30:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA2527TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI ON TF ADN
[...] (S) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials raised concerns about the effect of additional UN 1267 designations of Indonesia's on the country's international reputation. Generally speaking, though, they did not voice specific initial opposition to a U.S. and Australian plan to move [...]
2006-02-24 09:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA2848BA'ASYIR REVIEW MOVES FORWARD WITH AMROZI TESTIMONY
[...] (C) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi testified on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process (ref A). However, the results of his testimony have yet to reach the South Jakarta District Court, which scheduled its next session for March [...]
2006-03-03 10:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA4464AUSTRALIAN ASYLUM GRANT TO PAPUANS SPARKS SHARP
[...] (C) Summary: The Australian Government's March 23 decision to grant three-year "protection visas" to 42 Indonesian nationals from troubled Papua province has provoked condemnation from the GOI and the Indonesian public. The GOI recalled its ambassador from Canberra, postponed a bilateral [...]
2006-04-06 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM AS ID
06JAKARTA5040PROSECUTORS UNFAZED BY AMROZI'S TESTIMONY FOR
[...] (S) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi appeared in the Cilacap District Court on April 19 to testify on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process. With hundreds of Ba'asyir supporters in tow, Amrozi repeated his previously submitted testimon [...]
2006-04-20 11:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA5485INDONESIAN POLICE KILL, CAPTURE TERRORISTS, BUT
[...] (C) On April 29, Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed two terrorists and captured a third in a pre-dawn raid in Central Java in their continuing hunt for terrorist mastermind and recruiter Noordin M. Top. The manhunt then led to the arrest of a second terrorist suspect and the discovery of [...]
2006-05-01 11:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA5642JAKARTA WATCHING EAST TIMOR UNREST
[...] (C) On May 4, DCM was called by his Australian and Singaporean counterparts who expressed concern about ongoing unrest in East Timor (reftels). The Australians' analysis of the situation seemed to track with the information Embasy Dili has provided. Australian DCM said that the GOA had alrea [...]
2006-05-04 11:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AS SN TT ID
06JAKARTA6200JAKARTA CT SEMINAR BUILDS ON PARIS PROGRAM,
[...] (C) Sixty Indonesian counterterrorism officials participated in an intensive four-day U.S.-funded seminar in Jakarta on CT legislation, marking the next step in U.S-French-Indonesian CT cooperation. Co-hosted by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affai [...]
2006-05-16 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS FR ID
06JAKARTA6393EXECUTION ORDERS FOR BALI BOMBERS SIGNED, BUT
[...] (C) Australian diplomats informed us that the GOI has initiated execution procedures for 2002 Bali bombers Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra, and Ali Gufron alias Muklas; however, the timing remains uncertain, as questions remain regarding the final disposition of pardon requests, Judicial Re [...]
2006-05-19 11:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7345YUDHOYONO ORDERS CRACKDOWN AGAINST MILITANT
[...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) has decided to act against militant activities that have increasingly threatened civil society, the rule of law and tarnished Indonesia's image. In the process, he has wrapped himself in a much more traditional nationalist mantle, using Pancasila ideology as a t [...]
2006-06-09 11:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7398WHAT'S NEXT FOR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR AND JEMAAH
[...] (C) On June 14, Jemaah Islamiyah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir will leave Cipinang Penitentiary a free man, having completed his second prison term. Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),the political wing of JI, and an interdenominational group of religious leaders plan to greet the cleri [...]
2006-06-12 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7555JEMMAH ISLAMIYAH EMIR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR RELEASED
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, left Cipinang Penitentiary a free man June 14 at the conclusion of his 25 1/2 month sentence. Family, defense attorneys, and a few hundred supports greeted the cleric in a generally muted public response. Ba'asyir gave a short [...]
2006-06-14 10:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA8249INDONESIA EXPELS TWO AMCITS FROM PAPUA
[...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian government's detention and expulsion of two Amcits who had planned to attend a Papuan indigenous group's conference illustrates Jakarta's increasing sensitivity about alleged foreign support for separatism. This suspicion has increased markedly since the Australia [...]
2006-06-30 11:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA8505BALI II TRIALS PROGRESS, EXPERIENCED TERRORISM
[...] (C) The first four trials resulting from the investigation into the October 1, 2005 Bali bombings are ongoing. Mohammad Cholily, Abdul Aziz, Dwi Widiyarto, and Anif Solchanudin all face primary charges under Articles 6 and 15 of the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law for participating in terrorist acts, [...]
2006-07-06 08:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KJUS KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA8506YUDHOYONO AND HOWARD BURY THE HATCHET IN BATAM
[...] (C) Summary. After a three-month chill in bilateral ties following Australia's decision to grant temporary asylum to 42 Papuan asylum seekers, Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sealed the two governments' reconciliation with a lightweight, feel-good [...]
2006-07-06 10:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER AS ID
06JAKARTA8929BA'ASYIR ENJOYING HIGHER PROFILE AFTER RELEASE
[...] (C) Since his release from Cipinang prison on June 14, 2006 (ref A),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader and Indonesia Mujihadin Council (MMI) Amir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has used the public spotlight to promote jihad in the Middle East and Shari'a law in Indonesia in an attempt to broaden his [...]
2006-07-18 01:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA9862MIDDLE EAST CRISIS MOBILIZING INDONESIA'S MUSLIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The conllict in the Middle East has dominated Indonesianh(eadlines over the past two weeks, and reports o Israeli military operations in Lebanon are spurring action by both political and non-political actos". Press coverage is almost universally one-side,, with front-page head [...]
2006-08-04 11:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC AS ID
06KABUL1769PRT/TARIN KOWT - DUTCH PREPARING FOR ISAF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province is getting underway. Under NATO'S ISAF Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan will transfer from U.S. to Dutch-NATO command on or about July 31, 2006. In recent months, several D [...]
2006-04-19 14:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR PTER PREL ASEC SNAR AF NL AS
06KABUL339PRT/TARIN KOWT: AUSTRALIANS LOOK KEENLY AT TARIN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: After Australia,s agreement in principle to send a PRT team to Afghanistan this year, the Australian Force Commander and his POLAD have proposed to Canberra to embed a small number of Australian military personnel in the Tarin Kowt PRT in order to learn more about its operation [...]
2006-01-25 10:55:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NL AF AS
06KATHMANDU894AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH
[...] (C) On April 3, Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade and Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka separately met with the Ambassador to discuss the Bhutanese refugee issue. While neither the Australians nor the Japanese could immediately agree to the idea of a joint approach with the Danes and Norweg [...]
2006-04-04 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF IN NP JA AS BT
06KHARTOUM1550SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...]
2006-07-02 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU
06KHARTOUM2044DARFUR: SLOVENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Slovenian/Australian human rights activist and presidential envoy Tomo Kriznar has faced "harsh treatment" since his July arrest in Darfur, Slovenian Consul from Cairo Andrej Dernovscek told Con/Poloff on August 28 in Khartoum. A court in El Fashir, North Darfur, convicted Kriznar on Augus [...]
2006-08-29 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC SU SI AS
06KUALALUMPUR963MALAYSIAN DEPLOYMENT TO EAST TIMOR, CLOSE
[...] (C) A Malaysian Ministry of Defense policy official informed us on May 26 that a flight transporting 25 Malaysian troops and two police officers had been diverted to Bali, Indonesia late on May 25, while Australian forces were securing the airfield in East Timor. The official expected that th [...]
2006-05-26 05:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AS TT PO NZ MY
06MANILA3450SENATOR INOUYE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presented Senator Inouye with the Philippines' highest award, the Order of Lakandula, on August 14 in recognition of his contributions to the U.S.-Philippines partnership. Senator Inouye praised her policy achievements in fiscal reforms, counterterrorism, and [...]
2006-08-17 09:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN BM AS BX RP
06MANILA4910MEETING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE
[...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal & Security Affairs Jesus "Gary" Domingo, draft legislation to implement Philippine obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention is currently under review by Foreign Secretary Romulo. Doming [...]
2006-12-06 08:26:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JA AS RP
06MELBOURNE244GUANTANAMO SUICIDES SPUR NEW CRIES IN AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility on June 10 unsurprisingly have brought renewed calls for the release of Australian detainee David Hicks. An Australian Parliamentary motion calling for the closure of Guantanamo and the return of Hicks to Australia narrow [...]
2006-06-20 01:34:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP PTER PREL PINS AS
06NEWDELHI316INDIA 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 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI319INDIA 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 01:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NICOSIA1545CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN
[...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...]
2006-09-12 12:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA1707CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN
[...] Further to Ref A, the GOC has confirmed that it supports U.S. views on the Torres Strait issue (Ref B). On October 2, Nicolas Kyriacou, of MFA's Community and International Law Department, informed us that Cyprus had submitted a Note Verbale to the Australian High Commission in Nicosia, prote [...]
2006-10-03 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06PANAMA1719PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 17:06:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS
06PARIS4218AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]
2006-06-20 08:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]
2006-06-20 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4666FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...]
2006-07-07 14:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA
06PARIS7800GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...]
2006-12-14 15:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA
06SANTIAGO289Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 10:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGR
06SEOUL1789ROK GENERALLY UPBEAT ON STRONGER TIES WITH NATO,
[...] (C) According to officials from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the ROK was generally positive toward strengthened cooperation with NATO and eager to participate in global efforts to maintain peace and stability. The underlying concern for Seoul in assessing area [...]
2006-05-26 08:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR PINS AS JA NZ KN KS
06SINGAPORE3669SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...]
2006-11-22 10:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC
06SINGAPORE404U.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 09:28:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAIR ICAO AORC AS CA FI HU JA KS SN UK
06STATE61597IRAQ SECURITY TRANSITION ISSUES FOR 19 APRIL
[...] (C) The Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) to Iraq is proceeding with its provincial assessment process as described in REFTEL. Post may draw on points in para. 2 to update quadrilateral partners during the 19 April "mini-quad." The committee will not be making any r [...]
2006-04-18 21:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ JA AS
06TOKYO1373JAPAN NOT READY FOR PARTICIPATE IN ISAF PRT
[...] (C) On March 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Division Director Fumio Iwai told us that Japan could not respond positively to our (ref A) request that Japan consider civilian participation in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Iwai was clearly unhappy wi [...]
2006-03-15 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR JA AS
06TOKYO1684JAPAN 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 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685JAPAN 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 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO2844TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON
[...] (U) On May 23, Embassy Tokyo political officer joined Embassy of New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Michelle Slade and Embassy of Australia First Secretary Catherine Wallace in delivering a joint demarche to MOFA Global Issues Department Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Director [...]
2006-05-23 10:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM AS NZ JA
06TOKYO2939AMBASSASOR YAMAMOTO PREVIEWS CT TRILATERAL PLANS
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Tadamichi Yamamoto reviewed Japan's strategy for the upcoming U.S.-Japan-Australia Counterterrorism Trilateral with the Deputy Chief of Mission on May 25, 2006. Yamamoto hoped for a short plenary session that would include a threat assessment and [...]
2006-05-26 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV AS JA
06TOKYO3105METI'S KITAMURA PROMOTES ASIA FTA AS DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's proposal for an Asian FTA was an alternative to an "aggressive" Chinese push for an ASEAN 3 FTA, METI Trade policy DG Toshiaki Kitamura told visiting EAP/PDAS Kathleen Stephens on May 29. The Chinese plan, which will be recommended by an ASEAN 3 expert [...]
2006-06-06 08:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ASEAN APEC CH KS AS IN NZ JA
06TOKYO3832GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer and Russian Ambassador Losyukov on July 7, 2006 delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yabunaka. Yabunaka thanked the Ambassadors for informing the GOJ prior to the official announcement of the Initiative at the G8 summit. Noting that Japa [...]
2006-07-10 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA JA RS AS CA
06TOKYO5485COUNTRY 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 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL AS KS SNAR UK JA
06TOKYO5629INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETINGS WITH DG KAWAI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA leadership is convinced that the Japanese government's stove-piped system of intelligence sharing must be reformed, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kawai told visiting INR Assistant Secretary Fort September 25. Top-level political leadership would be needed [...]
2006-09-28 06:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PINR AS CH JA
06TOKYO5707PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]
2006-10-01 22:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO6472DCM, ACS ANDO DISCUSS UNSCR 1718 LISTS OF BANNED
[...] (C) During a November 6 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Assistant Cabinet Secretary (ACS) Hiroyasu Ando discussed issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1718, including the development of lists of luxury goods whose export to North [...]
2006-11-09 11:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EWWT PARM KNNP KN AS JA
06TOKYO6498U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, ACS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PARM KNNP AS CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO6499U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 10:13:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6591U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TROLATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Japan-hosted lunch on November 6 following the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, participants discussed cooperation on Resolution 1718. The GOJ circulated a draft of Q & As to use in the event a ship would not consent to boarding for inspection. U/S Joseph s [...]
2006-11-17 06:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO7061JAPAN: JOINT DEMARCHE OF EAST TIMOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 06:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL RTT AS PO JA
06WELLINGTON1007NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/SC JORGE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Section Chief (A/SC) Jorge L. Martinez, Unit Chief (UC) Raymond T. Goergen, and Supervisory Special Agent (SSA),Cyber Division, to New Zealand February 27, 2007 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to atten [...]
2006-12-19 21:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS
06WELLINGTON1012 NEW ZEALAND STAFFDEL COUNTRY CLEARANCE, ON OR ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Senate Staff Member delegation visit to New Zealand from on/about January 1 through 12, 2007. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Allen Cutler, Mr. Goodloe Sutton, Ms. Augusta Wilson, Mr. Jeremy Weirich, Ms. Marg [...]
2006-12-21 23:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
06WELLINGTON3 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D.
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Research Physicist Robert D. Evans to travel to Lauder Station, New Zealand from February 17 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to install the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometers at Lauder Station. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]
2006-01-04 01:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
06WELLINGTON405NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]
2006-05-25 04:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON457 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. KULKARNI, JULY 2 -
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ashok Kulkarni, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from July 2-5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present two seminars at the University of Otago. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]
2006-06-15 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
06WELLINGTON488NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...]
2006-06-27 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ
06WELLINGTON535 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARRY HIRSHORN, JULY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 21-24 and July 30 - August 13. The purpose of this visit is to interact with and share on the handling and deriving of products from s [...]
2006-07-12 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON625 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP DAS GLYN DAVIES,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Glyn Davies to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from August 17 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided m [...]
2006-08-11 05:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA PREL AS NZ
06WELLINGTON669 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANP DIRECTOR C. STEVEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ANP Director C. Steven McGann and Economic Officer Alisa Wong to travel to New Zealand from September 9 - 14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with embassy and consulate staff and also New Zealand government officials. 2. ( [...]
2006-08-28 03:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PGOV PREL AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON81 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAN WRIGHT,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Official Ian G. Wright to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in a technical workshop on materials [...]
2006-01-31 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON833 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCES REID AND ALISA
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to MCC Managing Director for Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Ms. Frances Reid, and EAP/ANP Desk Officer Ms. Alisa Wong to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 2-4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with multilateral and bi [...]
2006-10-25 02:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EFIN EAID AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON836 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICHOLE LEBOEUF,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Nichole Leboeuf to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 9-20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of the Parties for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. [...]
2006-10-27 01:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP AS NZ
06WELLINGTON840 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TUHIN KIMAR CHAUDHURI,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Tuhin Kumar Chaudhuri, Ph.D. Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from November 9-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present scientific papers to the Universi [...]
2006-10-30 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON865 R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 00:29:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC TPHY EWWT AS FJ NC NH FR TN WS NZ
06WELLINGTON902 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNETH JONES, NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Langley Research Center Official Kenneth Jones to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Air New Zealand meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that cou [...]
2006-11-16 03:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TSPA AS NZ
07BAGHDAD3553IRAQI ARMY - WITH COALITION HELP - CONDUCTS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna message. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army - with Coalition help - on October 21 treated over 1,000 men, women, and children in its first-ever medical civic action program in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna. The local brigade commander has publicly taken [...]
2007-10-26 12:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP MOPS PINS SOCI AS IZ
07BAGHDAD3776NSA 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 20:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ UK AS
07BEIJING1691CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI-
[...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...]
2007-03-14 07:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR JA AS CH
07BEIJING1887MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the March 20 MFA press conference were: -- The Sixth Round of Six-Party Talks opened with bilateral consultations and an opening ceremony. China hopes the agreement reached on Banco Delta Asia will be conducive to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Spokesm [...]
2007-03-20 11:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN RS IR JA CH AS PP FR
07BEIJING3321MAY 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 10:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA XA XW KS KN SO AS UK HR FR
07BEIJING3948JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMERICAN TARIFFS,
[...] Key points at the June 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- China opposes politicization of economic issues and will respond if Congress drafts legislation raising tariffs on Chinese goods. -- EVFM Dai will meet Deputy Secretary Negroponte for the 4th Strategic Dialogue June 20-21 in Washingto [...]
2007-06-12 10:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ETRD KOLY KPAL GE KS KN SU IR AS
07BEIJING4483JULY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the July 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- It is imperative for all sides to fulfill commitments to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and China holds an open attitude toward the resumption of Six-Party Talks. -- China hopes Defense Minister Nelson's upcoming visit will streng [...]
2007-07-05 10:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN JA PM GT PA AS DR RS VT
07BEIJING5064AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]
2007-08-03 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5266AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED
[...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]
2007-08-10 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING5792SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COMPUTER HACKING,
[...] Key points at the September 4 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computer systems "groundless" and representative of a "Cold War mentality." -- China will begin annual reporting to the UN on military spending and resume partic [...]
2007-09-04 09:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV SOCI PINR MARR UNSC KS KN IR AS
07BEIJING609CHINA'S FIRST FTA SERVICES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: China signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services with the ten countries of ASEAN in January, 2007 during the 12th Annual ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines. While initially opening a limited set of services, the agreement brings China and ASEAN closer to realiz [...]
2007-01-26 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON EINV CH XC AS NZ
07CANBERRA1018DEMARCHE ON HEAVY-CALIBER AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adrian Lochrin, Director for Defence Policy and Liaison, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on July 5, emphasizing the urgency of the issue for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the need for a rapid response. 2. (SBU) Lochrin advised the GOA [...]
2007-07-05 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PARM PREL LE AS
07CANBERRA1021PM HOWARD'S JULY 5 SPEECH ON AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Howard used the July 5 release of the Australian Department of Defense's 2007 Defense Update to deliver a wide-ranging address on Australia's strategic future and implications for national security policy. In remarks to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that refle [...]
2007-07-05 11:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PINR PREL AS
07CANBERRA1480AUSTRALIA DRAWS UP TARGETED SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, briefed poloff on the sanctions the Government of Australia is currently contemplating in response to the Burmese government's bloody crackdown on recent protests. 2. [...]
2007-10-04 07:20:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC BM AS
07CANBERRA1547DUTCH, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/REL AUS, UK, CANADA) At our quarterly U.S.-UK-Canada-Netherlands lunch on October 19, Dutch Ambassador to Australia Niek van Zutphen commented that senior Dutch officials were sincere in voicing continuing support for the Netherland's troop commitment in Afghanistan, but faced formidable do [...]
2007-10-19 07:20:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV AS
07CANBERRA1560AUSTRALIA SET TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON 418
[...] (C) In a meeting with poloffs on October 23, Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, DFAT, advised that Foreign Minister Downer had agreed to a recommendation to impose targeted financial sanctions against 418 individuals associated with Burma's military r [...]
2007-10-23 07:19:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD AS BM
07CANBERRA1561AUSTRALIA: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (U) Poloffs presented ref demarche to Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on October 23. 2. (C) In a preliminary reaction to the points, Henderson noted that Australia ended its programs in Burma speci [...]
2007-10-23 07:20:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AS BM
07CANBERRA1576AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
[...] (U) Arthur Spyrou, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, confirmed to POLCOUNS during an October 26 meeting that Australia was commited to participate in the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Jonathan Richardson, Australia's [...]
2007-10-26 07:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AS
07CANBERRA1580ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL OF RED
[...] (S) Argentina Embassy Counselor Carlos Chiappe told Polcouns on October 26 that he didn't anticipate "any problem" at the Marrakech INTERPOL General Assembly on the question of Australian support on the question of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. In declini [...]
2007-10-26 08:06:00Embassy CanberraSECRETAR AS IR PREL PTER
07CANBERRA1581CARETAKER STATUS PRECLUDES AUSTRALIA FROM ACTING
[...] (U) We presented Ref A and B demarches to Paul Foley, Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on October 29. (Australia had been inadvertently omitted as an action addressee on Ref A, per Ref D, thus the delayed delivery.) Foley, who [...]
2007-10-29 06:22:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP PTER PREL PARM EFIN IR AS
07CANBERRA1593AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE DAVID WALKER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 05:51:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA AS
07CANBERRA1603AUSTRALIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS DEPENDENT
[...] (C) Australia's requirements to deploy forces to Iraq following expiry of the MNF-I mandate will depend heavily on which party forms the government following the November 24 election. The Liberal/National Coalition government under Prime Minister John Howard has been solidly behind the missio [...]
2007-11-02 06:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AS PM
07CANBERRA1604HOWARD GAINS LITTLE AT CAMPAIGN MIDPOINT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the halfway point of the campaign, there is little indication that the Coalition is turning its position around. Buoyed by a better Newspoll (that cut the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) lead over the Coalition to eight points) and a gaffe by the ALP's environment minister, [...]
2007-11-02 07:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1610AUSTRALIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Australia is a committed partner in international efforts to combat illicit drugs. Domestically, Australian government policies are designed to address fully both the law enforcement needs and the demand reduction sides of the equation. Australian law enforcement agencies [...]
2007-11-06 00:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AS
07CANBERRA1615AUSTRALIA UPDATES PARTICIPATION IN ASIA PACIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 04:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AS
07CANBERRA1622COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 05:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO MARR MAS PREL AS
07CANBERRA1624HOWARD STILL WELL BEHIND AS INTEREST RATES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The interest rate rise announced by the Reserve Bank this week (ref. a),has paradoxically, turned the political debate to the Coalition's strength - economic management - but given the ALP ammunition to undermine the Coalition's credibility on this important issue. The Coalit [...]
2007-11-09 06:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1630AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES POSITION ON UNGA RAPE
[...] In a November 13 conversation with poloff, Colin Milner, Director, Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section, International Organizations Branch, International Organizations and Legal Division, DFAT clarified the GOA's position on the Resolution Condemning Rape As An Instrument Of State Po [...]
2007-11-13 06:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA SOCI AS
07CANBERRA1642RUDD STAYS CONSERVATIVE AT LABOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead by eight points in the polls, Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd protected his lead at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane November 14. Union leaders were kept in the background; past Labor prime ministers were introduced to the crowd; and Rudd hammered the th [...]
2007-11-16 04:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1645RUDD EIGHT DAYS FROM A LIKELY ELECTION VICTORY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With only eight days left before the November 24 federal election, and with a new A.C. Nielsen poll that gives Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd an eight-point lead over Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition, the chances that Howard can close the gap look increasi [...]
2007-11-16 06:48:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1651AUSTRALIA: INTERIM RESPONSE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST
[...] (S) Poloff provided Ref A responses to Australia's questions on the Iraqi WMD Scientist Relocation Plan (Ref B),along with notification that we would be seeking Australia's acceptance of a specific case, to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Af [...]
2007-11-19 09:46:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF AS
07CANBERRA1662AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche points to John Owens, Assistant Secretary for Canada and Latin America, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on November 20. Owens was joined by John M.L.Woods, Director for the Canada and Latin America Section, and Philip C.W.Lowday, Executive Officer. [...]
2007-11-20 07:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AS VE
07CANBERRA1671OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY SET TO WIN AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Absent a sudden, highly unlikely turnaround, the Kevin Rudd-led Australian Labor Party (ALP) will win the Australian federal election on November 24. Although there has been a small shift towards the Coalition since the campaign started, the ALP appears headed to win an additio [...]
2007-11-21 08:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS
07CANBERRA1678LABOR WINS MANDATE FOR CHANGE IN AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the polls consistently favoring Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd over Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-National Party Coalition since last December, it was no surprise that the ALP won the November 24 federal parliamentary election (ref A). The overall [...]
2007-11-26 06:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS
07CANBERRA1679COSTELLO RULES OUT BECOMING LIBERAL PARTY LEADER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer and Deputy Liberal Party Leader Peter Costello announced the day after his party lost the federal election on November 24 that he would not contest the Liberal leadership, throwing plans for a smooth transition into chaos. Mark Vaile also announced on November 26 that [...]
2007-11-26 07:08:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1682SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...]
2007-11-27 06:22:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OTRA AS
07CANBERRA1683SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...]
2007-11-27 10:47:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OTRA AS
07CANBERRA1697RUDD ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd announced his 20-member Cabinet November 29. It is a talented line-up that strikes a balance between different regions and the Labor Party's left and right-wing factions. Rudd honored his undertaking to retain his core economic team - Julia Gilla [...]
2007-11-29 07:42:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ECON ETRD AS
07CANBERRA1712RUDD'S CABINET: WINNERS, LOSERS, AND SURPRISES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd announced a 42-member Australian Labor Party (ALP) Ministry November 29. Twenty of the positions are in the Cabinet. Ten are in what is known as the "outer ministry," and 12 are parliamentary secretaries, who assist the minister in the portfol [...]
2007-12-03 07:23:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1717AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A unclassified non-paper and points to David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on December 4. Ritchie was joined by Olivia Borthwick, Director, Middle East Section. (Other Mission personnel conveyed the classified version separ [...]
2007-12-04 05:07:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP IR AS
07CANBERRA1721CSIRO'S PERSPECTIVE ON WIRELESS PATENT LEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) ongoing defense in U.S. courts of its wireless patent against alleged infringers is unusual but not unprecedented. CSIRO is open to negotiating a settlement of its case. The $4/unit royalty that CSIRO has [...]
2007-12-05 05:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALECON KIPR AS
07CANBERRA1724PM AA/S MULL'S CALL ON AUSTRALIAN DFAT DEPUTY
[...] (C) During a November 30 call by Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull (reftel),David J. Ritchie, Deputy SIPDIS Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade SIPDIS (DFAT),said new Trade Minister Simon Crean wanted to examine the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement as part [...]
2007-12-06 00:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALETRD AS
07CANBERRA1728NEW OPPOSITION SHADOW CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson announced his new Shadow Ministry December 6, the same day Prime Minister Rudd held his first Cabinet meeting. Nelson's front bench is a mixture of veterans from the Howard Government and newcomers. None of the veterans were in the same port [...]
2007-12-06 07:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR AS
07CANBERRA1738MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: At a December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the Ambassador offered his congratulations and noted the positive tone set by the recent meetings of Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and the Deputy Prime Minister. The Amb [...]
2007-12-10 04:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF AS CH IR IZ NZ PREL
07CANBERRA1739PARIS DONOR MEETING: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) At his December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Rudd, (Ref. B) the Ambassador urged that Australia's attendance at the Paris donors conference be at the ministerial level and stated the need for major assistance pledges from the participants. He told the PM that the Secretary would attend [...]
2007-12-10 05:55:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS IS KPAL KWBG PREL
07CANBERRA1740PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: NOTIFICATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 06:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP KSTC AORC AS
07CANBERRA1741FINAL VOTE COUNT GIVES LABOR NARROWER WIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the vote count in several of the most closely contested seats in the November 24 federal election almost complete, it appears the Australian Labor Party (ALP) increased its margin by 24 seats, giving it 84 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives - a comfortable ma [...]
2007-12-10 06:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1742AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]
2007-12-11 02:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CANBERRA1744U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on newly sworn-in Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon on December 4. Fitzgibbon reaffirmed the Rudd government's commitment to the alliance with the United States, asserted his government's long-term commitment to Afgh [...]
2007-12-11 23:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS KNNP PREL AS
07CANBERRA1745U/S BURNS' 12/5 MEETINGS WITH AUSTRALIAN DPM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During wide-ranging conversations December 5 with newly appointed Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, Under Secretary Nicholas Burns emphasized the importance Washington placed on a continued cl [...]
2007-12-12 00:27:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CH ID IN IR IZ JA MNUC PREL PTER
07CANBERRA1763AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...]
2007-12-18 00:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL AS
07CANBERRA1771CHINESE RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN M/V IRAN MATIN
[...] (S) Further to Ref A, Counter-Proliferation Director Gerry McGuire gave us a readout December 18 of the results of Australia's demarche in Beijing on December 14 on the M/V Iran Matin. Upon the U.S. request for Australia and the UK to demarche China (Ref D),DFAT had sought authorization to [...]
2007-12-18 05:25:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MASS PTER AS CH
07CANBERRA1782U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DFAT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Australia, Under Secretary Burns and DFAT Secretary L'Estrange agreed the election of a new Australian government would not affect the strength of our alliance, but underlined the urgency to identify a new date for the Australia-U.S. Ministerial [...]
2007-12-19 23:00:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AS MARR
07CANBERRA1783U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH JAPAN DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Canberra, Australia with Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka outlined Japan's goals to improve the relevance of multilateral fora in Asia and its desire for greater United States engagement in the region. The two also [...]
2007-12-20 03:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AS
07CANBERRA1788RUDD SHAKES UP AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that he will change the structure and responsibilities of parts of Australia's civil service to better enable him to oversee the implementation of his policy agenda. He has broken up and created new Cabinet Departments, and has merged the [...]
2007-12-21 04:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1792LIBERAL PARTY AT ITS LOWEST EBB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party is in its weakest position since its formation in 1944. Out of office in every state and territory, its local branches are in disarray, and it is divided on the extent to which it should abandon the Howard Government's policies. The Liberal Party's post-electi [...]
2007-12-21 06:24:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
07CANBERRA1799BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND U.S. POLICY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 05:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PGOV PINR PINS PK PREL PTER
07CANBERRA266AUSTRALIA TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL MILITARY TRAINERS
[...] (SBU) The Government of Australia, in a National Security Committee of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 14, approved a recommendation to deploy an additional 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to assist in training Iraqi Army forces. 2. (C) Robert Garran, Assistant Secretary [...]
2007-02-20 07:08:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AS IZ XF ZP
07CANBERRA293AUSTRALIAN PLANS TO INCREASE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) The Government of Australia, concerned about the upcoming Taliban offensive and worried that Dutch preparations to counter the expected Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan are not robust enough, are making preliminary plans to deploy an additional 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF [...]
2007-02-22 03:35:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AS
07CANBERRA329AUSTRALIA WANTS ADDITIONAL FORCES FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 28, we received a briefing from Australian Defence Force (ADF) CMDR Jonathan Sadlier and Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Afghanistan Section Assistant Director Malcolm Brailey, which provided additional information about the proposed Australian troop increas [...]
2007-03-02 07:34:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AS
07CANBERRA334AUSTRALIA - JAPAN JOINT DECLARATION ON SECURITY
[...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (C) On March 5, DFAT North Asia Division First Assistant Secretary (FAS) Peter Baxter and Japanese Embassy SIPDIS Minister-Counselor Shinichi Hosono briefed DCM on the Australia - Japan Joint Declaration on Securit [...]
2007-03-05 07:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR KTIA ASEC PREL AS JA
07CANBERRA472AUSTRALIAN READ-OUT OF PIF FOREIGN MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: Australia was very pleased with the outcome of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Minister's meeting on March 16. GOA officials strongly favor early elections in Fiji, and are examining modalities for making electoral preparations in the absence of a Parliament. They have s [...]
2007-03-28 04:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FJ AS
07CANBERRA519AUSTRALIAN FM DOWNER URGES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO
[...] (C) On April 3, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade David J. Ritchie gave the DCM a readout of Foreign Minister Downer's March 29 telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki regarding the 15 British naval personnel seized by Iran. 2. (C) According to Ritchie, Down [...]
2007-04-03 06:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER INRA IR IQ AS
07CANBERRA539AUSTRALIA TO NEARLY DOUBLE MILITARY FORCES IN
[...] (S/NF) Stephanie Foster, First Assistant Secretary for International Policy, Australian Department of Defense, advised DCM April 5 that the Government of Australia had approved a planned deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan that would nearly [...]
2007-04-05 08:04:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL PTER AS
07CANBERRA571RUDD'S POLICY ADVISER ON IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND ASIA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead of Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's April 19-21 trip to Washington and New York, his foreign policy adviser, Peter Khalil, told poloffs that Rudd was committed to a close relationship with the United States. While he would withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq if he b [...]
2007-04-13 08:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM AF IZ AS
07CANBERRA609AUSTRALIA ON EAST TIMOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Fretilin Party candidate won the most votes in the first round of East Timor's April 9 presidential election, it appears the party has lost considerable support and will be hard-pressed to increase its vote totals for the second round, according to the East Timor desk [...]
2007-04-20 07:23:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT AS
07DILI19PRESIDENT GUSMAO DECLINES TO MEET ON JOINT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary. President Gusmao has declined to meet the Australian, Japanese, Portuguese, and U.S. chiefs of mission to receive the Ref B joint demarche previously delivered to former Prime Minister Alkatiri (Ref A). Through his Chief of Staff the President conveyed that he was well aware of th [...]
2007-01-17 11:39:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AS JA MZ PO TT
07DILI218EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START
[...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...]
2007-06-05 06:20:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT
07DILI234EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]
2007-06-21 10:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DILI310AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL BRING AID TO TIMOR-LESTE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-05 10:45:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID TT PO AS
07HANOI1261 NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC
[...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...]
2007-07-17 09:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY
07JAKARTA2562MISSION HOSTS TRILATERAL COUNTER-TERRORISM MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a trilateral counter-terrorism (CT) meeting September 13 with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Discussion focused mainly on current and future CT initiatives with the Indonesian government. [...]
2007-09-13 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ASEC PTER PGOV ID AS JA
07JAKARTA3245INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...]
2007-11-26 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID AS
07JAKARTA3273CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...]
2007-11-29 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3276INDONESIA RATIFIES SECURITY ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has ratified a security accord with Australia commonly referred to as the "Lombok Treaty." The treaty enhances security cooperation and consultations between the two countries on a range of issues, including defense technology, law e [...]
2007-11-29 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AS ID
07JAKARTA3356PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Indonesian and Australian counterparts. A GOI contact said his government looked at the Indonesian-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to be held on December 12 in Jakarta as a serious opportunity to continue the discussion [...]
2007-12-10 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ID AS
07JAKARTA3362CENTRAL JAVA -- KEYSTONE COPS MISTAKENLY SHOOT AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bizarre incident, an Australian counterterrorism official became the target of gunfire while driving his vehicle in Central Java on November 25. He was not injured. Amid initial fears of a possible terrorist incident or maybe an attempted car-jacking, police now admit that [...]
2007-12-11 07:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3396PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...]
2007-12-14 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA827INDONESIAN CT UNITS ARREST TERROR SUSPECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20-21, Indonesian National Police (INP) units, including Detachment 88 officers trained by DS/ATA, carried out CT operations in Central Java that resulted in the arrest of at least five suspected terrorists. INP units fatally shot one suspect in a shootout Tuesday night [...]
2007-03-22 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR
07KABUL756AUSTRALIAN DESIRE TO PUT THEIR FORCES UNDER US
[...] (S) Reftel explains that the Australians wish to put their additional forces under the Special Forces rather than NATOISAF command. Several of the issues discussed in the cable are not matters of the ROE or ISAF practice, but are specifically Dutch issues and we think some of them may be outd [...]
2007-03-05 14:01:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AS
07KATHMANDU176AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO MEET WITH MAOISTS
[...] (C) Australian Ambassador Lade told Ambassador Moriarty January 24 that Canberra had authorized him to meet with the Maoists. He conceded that he had no illusions about the Maoists and acknowledged they were continuing their abuses. Nevertheless, the Government of Australia had interests in N [...]
2007-01-26 00:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG EAID AS NP
07KATHMANDU78BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
[...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]
2007-01-12 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07MANILA1017STRENGTHENING THE CASE AGAINST THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN
[...] (S/REL AUS/UK) Summary. USG cooperation has helped strengthen the Philippine initiative to seek a listing of the Rajah Solaiman Movement with the UN 1267 Committee. The Philippines intends to consult Australia, Great Britain, Japan, and Indonesia about co-sponsorship, along with the U.S. T [...]
2007-03-29 09:07:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN PINR AS ID JA UK RP
07MANILA1169 TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Australian, Japanese, and U.S. diplomats on April 12 gave briefings on existing counterterrorism programs in the Philippines and agreed to continue such consultations, most notably with an upcoming Model Ports project but also potentially on greater coordination on Philippine [...]
2007-04-13 08:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS EAID AS JA RP
07MANILA1301PHILIPPINES SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR 1267 LISTING
[...] (S/REL AUS/JA/UK) Summary. Philippine officials informally briefed representatives from U.S., Australian, Japanese, and British Embassies on April 23 seeking a listing of the Rajah Solaiman Movement and some of its key members with the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee and to explore possible co-sp [...]
2007-04-23 09:39:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN PINR AS ID JA MY
07MANILA1814ARROYO'S DOWN UNDER DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presided over the signing of a number of bilateral security and economic agreements during her recent visits to Australia and New Zealand, most significantly a landmark Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Australia, which nonetheless will likely face a diff [...]
2007-06-01 07:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MCAP PTER AS NZ RP
07MANILA2121NEW AUSTRALIAN/PHILIPPINE STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine-Australia Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed in May currently awaits ratification by the Philippine Senate and the Australian parliament. The Australian SOFA differs from the U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in that it gives the host nation custody of v [...]
2007-06-25 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AS RP
07MANILA3580THE NEW AUSTRALIAN/PHILIPPINES STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is tracking progress on the Philippine-Australian Visiting Forces Agreement, which has been passed by the Australian Parliament and awaits approval by the Philippine Senate. While the agreement will facilitate the Australian military's important anti-terrorism and training a [...]
2007-10-31 09:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER RP AS
07MELBOURNE38AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR SAYS TELSTRA DOMINANCE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC),the Australian government's anti-trust regulator, believes that the telecommunications giant Telstra is even better positioned to increase its market dominance following the final government share sell off (known as T3). [...]
2007-03-08 06:13:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON USTR ECPS AS
07MOSCOW5035CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...]
2007-10-17 07:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS
07NEWDELHI2209INDIA COMPARES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM XB AS CA ID JA KS NZ RP IN
07NEWDELHI3248DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...]
2007-07-16 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS
07NEWDELHI3844DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...]
2007-08-22 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS
07NEWDELHI5098TORRES STRAITS PILOTAGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26. He had no substantive comment at this time and offered to reply after consulting within the Ministry. MULFORD [...]
2007-11-27 06:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PBTS EWWT PREL KTIA SENV AS IN
07OSLO718NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 15:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO
07PHNOMPENH535TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA
[...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]
2007-04-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07ROME2487ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 17:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT
07SEOUL2674BLUE HOUSE PREVIEWS U.S.-ROK SUMMIT MEETING: FTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the September 7 APEC bilateral summit meeting in Sydney, President Roh will inform President Bush that Korea has presented the U.S.-Korea FTA (KORUS FTA) to the National Assembly for ratification just prior to the meeting, a key Blue House economic adviser told us September [...]
2007-09-04 08:02:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALAS EAGR ETRD IN KS PREL
07STATE166406DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]
2007-12-13 03:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM
07SYDNEY459THE BATTLE FOR PM HOWARD'S ELECTORATE
[...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Howard faces a stiff challenge for reelection in his own electorate of Bennelong, located in western Sydney. Howard has represented the constituents of Bennelong in Parliament since 1974. Changes to the electorate's boundaries over the years, however, have reduced Joh [...]
2007-10-22 02:06:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR AS
07SYDNEY461QUEENSLAND'S LEICHARDT SEAT WITHIN LABOR'S REACH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Both the Liberals and the AFP have grounds to hope that they will win the northern Queensland constituency of Leichardt, according to local political observers and the candidates themselves. With the advantages of incumbency and a lively candidate, the Liberals have a fighting [...]
2007-10-23 19:52:00Consulate SydneyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS PGOV
07SYDNEY465HOWARD,S COALITION BARELY HANGING ON IN CENTRAL
[...] (C/NF) The National Party and Labor Party are engaged in a knife's-edge contest in the central Queensland seat of Flynn, where a heavily-funded campaign by the unions and repeat visits by opposition leader Kevin Rudd have chipped away at the National Party's lead. A newly created parliamentary [...]
2007-10-26 02:19:00Consulate SydneyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AS
07TAIPEI174TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON FIJI AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] (C REL AUS) Summary. The Director delivered reftel demarche on Fiji and Solomon Islands to Foreign Minister James Huang on January 23. Huang responded that Taiwan "suspended" its assistance to Fiji following the coup and has not been approached for assistance by the post-coup Fiji governmen [...]
2007-01-24 01:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AS NZ BP FJ CH TW
07TAIPEI1790TAIPEI RESPONDS TO APEC DEMARCHE ON USDOL APEC CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 08:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA AS BX CA CI CH HK ID JA KS MY MX NZ
07THEHAGUE1460NETHERLANDS/US NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE: DUTCH
[...] A GONL representative will attend the international meeting on October 22-23, 2007 in Spiez, Switzerland hosted by the US Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. On August 6, poloff delivered the meeting invitation and r [...]
2007-08-06 14:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP ENRG PREL AR AS BR CA CI CH EZ
07THEHAGUE488NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON AUSTRALIAN
[...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Wim Geerts described on-going discussions with the Australian Government on sending additional Australian special forces to Uruzgan province as "no controversy." He expected the Dutch and Australians to resolve the issue of placing the new [...]
2007-03-19 16:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF AS NL
07TOKYO1051UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]
2007-03-12 05:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1182PM HOWARD VISIT DEEPENS JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 11-14 visit to Japan, Australian Prime Minister Howard focused on strengthening security ties, signing a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation with Prime Minister Abe that makes his country "Japan's closest defense partner aside from the U.S.," according to MOF [...]
2007-03-16 10:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO153JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]
2007-01-12 07:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TOKYO1712ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL MEETS MOD DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the United States and Japan are looking forward to the Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF) meeting to be held April 12 between Japan, Australia, and the United States, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull agreed with MOD Director [...]
2007-04-18 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1713AA/S MULL MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR NORTH AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: Missile defense cooperation, radar and PAC-3 implementation, and the May 2006 Alliance Transformation Roadmap have strengthened our robust security partnership and it is important to keep marching forward, MOFA North American Affairs Director-General Shinichi Nishimiya told Actin [...]
2007-04-18 08:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2030TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]
2007-05-07 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO3600THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]
2007-08-06 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]
2007-08-06 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO374S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...]
2007-01-26 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA
07TOKYO741COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 26 - 28, 2007 visit to Japan by Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Jr. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Evan Reade. He can be reac [...]
2007-02-22 05:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL AS KS JA
07TOKYO977JAPAN, AUSTRALIA BACK CLOSER TRILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Australian defense and diplomatic officials endorsed a U.S. proposal for an Assistant Secretary-level Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),and called for an ambitious, "results-oriented" agenda for the new body focused on "early deliverables", dur [...]
2007-03-07 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO978EAP/MLS DIRECTOR SCOT MARCIEL,S FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is still studying the question of how best to increase collaboration with the United States on assistance to Southeast Asia, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Maeda told EAP/Office of Maritime Southeast Asia Director Marciel, on February 27. Establish [...]
2007-03-07 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHSA PREL CH ID RP PO AS JA
07USNATO187DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF
[...] (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands prefers [...]
2007-03-22 14:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
07USNATO562DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...]
2007-10-17 09:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO
07USUNNEWYORK965AUSTRALIA WANTS UNSC MANDATE FOR MNF-I FOR SEVERAL
[...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 2, Australian PermRep Robert Hill said his government would want a Chapter VII UNSC mandate for its troops in Iraq for several years to come (other issues reported septel). Hill was reassured by Amb Khalilzad that the UNSC would extend the C [...]
2007-11-07 14:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AS PM IZ
07WARSAW1521POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 11:42:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL
07WELLINGTON251 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD GERMAIN, APRIL 17
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Institute of Health Official Dr. Ronald Germain to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from April 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to serve as the Visiting Speaker for the Australasian Society for Immunology [...]
2007-03-25 21:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
07WELLINGTON307 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL FUJIMURA, APRIL 22
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Homeland Security Director for Asia/Pacific Office of International Affairs Paul FUJIMURA to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 22 - 25, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for official consultations with Embassy an [...]
2007-04-16 21:48:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC PTER AS NZ
07WELLINGTON45 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID WISEGARVER, ERIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Officials David Wisegarver, Eric Wisegarver, Dana Greely and Robert D. Castle to travel to New Zealand from January 23 - March 22, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the I8SI9N cruise on board R/V Revelle. 2. [...]
2007-01-11 02:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
07WELLINGTON461NEW ZEALAND - MINISTER ON POLITICS, ISLAM AND
[...] (C) Summary. Up-and-coming Labour Party Minister David Cunliffe is confident about his party's reelection chances despite poor recent poll numbers. He is also confident about successfully dismantling New Zealand's telecommunications monopoly despite the challenges. Cunliffe is concerned abo [...]
2007-06-20 04:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECPS PINR KISL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON474 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARIADNE BANAISSA, JULY 5
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce Australia and New Zealand Desk Officer Ariadne Benaissa to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from July 5 - 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the U.S. - New Zealand TIFA meetings. [...]
2007-06-26 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ETRD AS NZ
07WELLINGTON48 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLAUDIA MCMURRAY, ARDEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation Members Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs (OES); Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation; Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bu [...]
2007-01-12 03:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AS WS NZ
07WELLINGTON524 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN SOLLOTT, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Sollott, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, NIH to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 8-13, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to serve as an invited lecturer at [...]
2007-07-18 05:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
07WELLINGTON526LABOUR GOVERNMENT ABANDONS TRANS-TASMAN DRUG BILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 07:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON529FINANCE MINISTER THREATENS TO OVERRULE RESERVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-22 19:32:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AS NZ
07WELLINGTON554NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/ICE TTU SC DEAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland welcome and grant country clearance to DHS ICE Washington DC TTU Section Chief Dean A. Wauson and Singapore ICE Representative Vanessa Piepenburg for travel to Auckland, New Zealand during the time period August 1-3, 2007. The purpose of t [...]
2007-08-01 04:14:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC NZ ETRD AMGT AS
07WELLINGTON560NEW ZEALAND REACTION - CORRECTING UN REFERENCES TO
[...] (C) Acting PolEcon Counselor Tom Walsh delivered demarche points (reftel) to Jo McLeod, Policy Officer in the North Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 2. 2. (C) The MFAT officials said that they have taken our recommendation under advisement but that they [...]
2007-08-05 20:03:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW AS NZ UN
08BAGHDAD3351PM MALIKI TO MOVE ON INVITATIONS TO FOUR COALITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki has agreed to the U.S. request to formally invite four countries - Australia, El Salvador, Romania, and Estonia - to maintain forces in Iraq for non-combat purposes following January 1, 2009. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a letter dated October 1 [...]
2008-10-19 03:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS EN ES IZ MOPS PREL RO
08BAGHDAD3630IRAQI GOVERNMENT REQUESTS AUSTRALIA, ROMANIA, EL SALVADOR AND ESTONIA PROVIDE "NON-COMBAT ASSISTANCE" BEYOND 31 DECEMBER
[...] (C) On November 13, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffaq Rubaie issued invitation letters to Australia, El Salvador, Estonia and Romania, thanking them for their "selfless sacrifices in assisting Iraq in establishing itself as a democracy" and inviting their continued support and [...]
2008-11-16 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08BAGHDAD3794STATUS OF COALITION PARTNERS IN IRAQ; RECOMMENDED DEMARCHE FOR AUSTRALIA
[...] (S) This is an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: As the GOI moves beyond the process of gaining agreement for the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, it is focusing on the terms for the continued presence of four Coalition partners (Australia, Romania, El Salvador and Estonia) be [...]
2008-12-03 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08BANGKOK1425U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...]
2008-05-09 09:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB
08BEIJING1267 April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott,
[...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING1316 April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch,
[...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...]
2008-04-08 11:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING1355April 10 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 11:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH AS FR IR TW IN
08BEIJING1512CHINA CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Australian diplomat Nicholas Purtell told PolOff that China on April 17 confirmed its participation in the Sino-Australian human rights dialogue round already provisionally scheduled for May 1 in Canberra, with AFM Liu Jieyi serving as head of the Chinese delegation. China is willing to d [...]
2008-04-18 12:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV AS CH
08BEIJING2009PRC OFFICIALS URGED TO FIND A BETTER
[...] (C) Chinese and foreign communications experts criticized the Chinese Government's handling of the negative publicity surrounding the Olympic torch relay at an off-the-record academic seminar attended by MFA and State Council Information Office officials (and PolOff) May 10. Participants cite [...]
2008-05-23 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PREL PGOV KOLY KS AS CH
08BEIJING3400AMBASSADOR URGES INVESTIGATION OF SHIPMENT TO IRAN OF CHINESE GOODS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN (S)
[...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed the United States grave concern regarding Irans lack of cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue, its support for terrorist organizations, its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, and Chinese sales of dual-use material and items to Iran to MFA Assistant Foreign Min [...]
2008-09-03 10:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL PTER MNUC MASS IR CH UK AS
08BEIJING4394China reluctant to engage on EITI
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...]
2008-12-02 05:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS
08BERLIN1422GERMANY REQUESTS FEEDBACK ON MTCR EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On October 17, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with the text of the German "Proposal for an Export Control Seminar on Risk Assessment in Licensing." Due to the rapidly approaching MTCR Canberra [...]
2008-10-21 06:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1423(C) MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 06:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1441(C) MTCR: GERMANY ACCEPTS USG FEEDBACK ON RISK
[...] (C) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck welcomed REF B USG feedback on the REF A German MTCR Export Control Seminar nonpaper. During an October 23 meeting, Reck thanked the USG for the timely response and said that the feedback was sufficient for the GoG to move the proposal o [...]
2008-10-23 15:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN839GERMANS WILL ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C) Post discussed Ref (A) points June 25 with Chancellery and Foreign Office officials. POL M/C raised the matter with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and Security Policy Director Geza von Geyr on the margins of their June 25 meeting with Secretary Rice. They suppor [...]
2008-06-26 16:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR
08BUCHAREST1009(C) MFA SECRETARY OF STATE BUGA -- SOMETHING IN 24
[...] (C) Romania,s MFA Secretary of State Iulian Buga (accompanied by Director General Legal Affairs Cosmin Dinescu) asked for an urgent meeting today with Charg to discuss the critical time constraints for permitting Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Buga noted that National Security Adviso [...]
2008-12-23 15:49:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ RO UK AS EN ES
08BUCHAREST986IRAQI CONTINUED PRESENCE LEGISLATION IS
[...] (C) In a blunt conservation with POLMILOFF, MFA Director General Anca Mantulescu on 12/17 expressed extreme frustration with the lack of support from the U.S. regarding helping Romania to meet conditions that would continue its force presence in Iraq. When POLMILOFF asked whether the MFA had [...]
2008-12-17 12:23:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ RO ES AS EN UK
08CANBERRA1003WESTERN AUSTRALIA ECONOMY - MORE THAN ROCKS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canberra-based econoff visited Perth, Western Australia (WA) September 18-19 for meetings with local government and business figures. On this trip, econoff hoped to meet with people to discuss topics OTHER than Western Australia's booming resources sector, which includes nicke [...]
2008-10-01 07:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG AS
08CANBERRA1005AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON REVISED CIV-MIL CELL FOR
[...] (C) Australia is broadly supportive of the revised Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell concept but will not be ready to deploy staff by the November 1 target. In other comments on the revised concept paper, the GOA acknowledged the requirement for flexibility in the role and responsi [...]
2008-10-02 09:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL AF AS
08CANBERRA1010AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES OFFICIAL BANK RATE
[...] (U) Summary: Australia slashed its official cash rate by 100 basis points on Tuesday, based on fears that the economy will slow down and on concerns about international financial markets. Initial reactions have been positive, with Australia share prices rising on Tuesday. End summary. 2. [...]
2008-10-07 06:03:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA1012AUSTRALIA SEEKS PARTNERS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) DCM delivered reftel points to Annabelle Anderson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Anderson replied that the GOA will vote "no" on the Kosovo ICJ UNGA resolution, [...]
2008-10-07 07:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA102GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM -
[...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...]
2008-02-07 01:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS
08CANBERRA1020TOUGH WEEK FOR AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
[...] (U) Summary: This was a bad week for Australia's economy, primarily because of the effects of the global financial crisis. Stocks down 16%. Australian dollar down over 10%. Commodities softening, confidence down, unemployment up. Rudd is making reassuring statements and announced a new b [...]
2008-10-10 05:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AS
08CANBERRA10252008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I
[...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...]
2008-10-14 05:13:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA10262008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART II
[...] (SBU) This is Part II of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Persian Gulf security (Iran),Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Regional Architecture, China and India. Part I (reft [...]
2008-10-14 06:07:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA10272008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART III
[...] (SBU) This is Part III of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Southeast Asia, Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, Pacific Islands, Defence White Paper, Enhanced Defense Cooperation, a [...]
2008-10-14 06:09:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA1028TURNBULL OFF TO A GOOD START AS OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first Newspoll that measured Malcolm Turnbull's performance as Opposition Leader, voters gave him a satisfaction rating of 50 percent, 10 points higher than former Leader Brendan Nelson's top of 40 percent and nine points better than Kevin Rudd when he first became Opposit [...]
2008-10-14 07:07:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA103AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE TEAM TO VISIT U.S. RE IRAQ
[...] (C) David Hallett, Director for Iraq, International Policy Division, Australian Department of Defense, outlined GOA thinking about the nature of arrangements Australia will need to govern deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq when the current r [...]
2008-02-07 06:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA AS
08CANBERRA1037AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN;
[...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...]
2008-10-15 06:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1039AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 00:02:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS
08CANBERRA104UNIONS KEY FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALP
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Unions provided the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with a significant financial advantage during last year's election campaign. In the year to June 30 2007, the ALP raised A$66 million (USD 60 million) - almost 20 percent more than the Liberal and National Coalition - with unions [...]
2008-02-07 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB AS
08CANBERRA1048AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 05:35:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV EAID PREL AS
08CANBERRA1053GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] Poloff passed reftel data on ISN/WMDT and DTRA plans to launch a second generation GI Information Portal (GIIP),along with a request to update contact information, to Mohan Mathews, Australia's principal Global Initiative Point of Contact, on October 15. Mr. Mathews, who is the Executive Of [...]
2008-10-20 00:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PARM PREL MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1054PUBLIC SUPPORTS RUDD BUT PUNISHES LABOR IN STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a new A.C. Nielsen poll, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's approval rating has increased by 10 points to 71 percent, the highest rating he has ever recorded. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed supported Rudd's handling of the economic crisis and his economic package, [...]
2008-10-20 06:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA1064GOA UPDATES SANCTIONS LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced October 22 that Australia had added new members of the Burmese regime who are subject to government of Australia (GOA) financial sanctions, bringing the total to 463. (Note. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) signaled to post in Jul [...]
2008-10-23 06:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM AS
08CANBERRA1073TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED
[...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...]
2008-10-24 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS EWWT PHSA PREL
08CANBERRA1074FORMER HOWARD ADVISOR ON RUDD'S STIMULUS PACKAGE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A former adviser to John Howard says the Rudd Government likely made a purely political decision rather than a carefully thought out economic one when it decided on the size of the A$10.4 billion stimulus plan (reftel). New Liberal Party MP Jamie Briggs, who won the seat of [...]
2008-10-24 07:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA1075NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP
[...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...]
2008-10-24 07:10:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1079AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TAKES A DIVE
[...] (SBU) Buffeted by falling commodity prices, fear of global economic recession, and dropping domestic interest rates, the Australian dollar has lost 37% of its value against the U.S. dollar, falling faster since July than even the Icelandic krona. The Aussie dollar has lost 27% of its trade-wei [...]
2008-10-27 06:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1080AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME
[...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...]
2008-10-27 06:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS EWWT PHSA PREL
08CANBERRA1081GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. Poloff presented the fact sheet (inadvertently marked as a "White Paper" in reftel) on the November 13 Workshop on Excercise Design and Planning and the November 14 Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism [...]
2008-10-27 07:28:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PTER PREL AORC MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1086AUSTRALIAN WHALING OPTIONS DWINDLING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Whaling Envoy Sandy Hollway is returning to Japan NLT October 30, despite Japanese signals that no deal is possible this year. Hollway hopes to secure some agreement from Japan to reduce the number of whales taken in the upcoming Japanese scientific whaling season [...]
2008-10-28 06:22:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIS SENV ECON AS
08CANBERRA1097G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM
[...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...]
2008-10-30 06:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PREL AS
08CANBERRA1098G-20 SUMMIT: BACKGROUND ON AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) The following is keyed to State 114420. AUSTRALIAN G-20 SUMMIT KEY OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (C/NF) Australia has three key objectives: -- To ensure that any reforms to global financial mechanisms do not threaten the effect [...]
2008-10-30 23:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN AS
08CANBERRA11REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 05:04:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS CH MARR MNUC PARM PREL
08CANBERRA1101AUSTRALIA DELAYS FUNDING DECISION ON AFGHAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (C/NF) Australia has postponed until early 2009 a decision on the U.S. request to provide US$85 million per year from 2010 to 2014 to fund the expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Jon Merrill, Director, Afghanistan [...]
2008-10-31 06:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PREL AF AS
08CANBERRA1102AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 06:31:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AS
08CANBERRA1105DEMARCHE RE IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 07:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1106NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT
[...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...]
2008-10-31 07:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS
08CANBERRA1107AUSTRALIA 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] Embassy Canberra is pleased to nominate June Oscar for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In response to hard-hitting reports of abuse in Aboriginal communities in Australia, Ms. Oscar successfully campaigned for a controversial six-month ban on take-away alcohol [...]
2008-10-31 07:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO AS
08CANBERRA1111DAUSTR BELL'S AUSTRALIA MEETINGS: TPP, WTO, AND
[...] (C) Summary. DAUSTR Doug Bell visited Canberra October 19-21 for meetings with Australian trade officials and to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Australia has begun its internal processes to gain formal approval for joining the TPP, which should be concluded by the end of the ye [...]
2008-11-03 03:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ASEAN AS
08CANBERRA1112AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR GRANTS LIMITED ACCESS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australian regulators on October 31 announced new procedures to grant limited access for investors to their frozen mortgage funds. Funds faced problems before GOA announced bank guarantees, but the guarantees made their situation more uncertain. Financial industry response to [...]
2008-11-03 04:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AS
08CANBERRA1114AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES INTEREST RATES -
[...] (U) Summary. On November 4 the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) slashed the official cash rate by 75 basis points, to 5.25%. Again, the cut was greater than expected, showing the RBA has placed protecting growth ahead of restraining inflation. This comes in the wake of a whole series of unif [...]
2008-11-04 04:36:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA1119CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIA AND FATF IRAN STATEMENT
[...] (U) This message replaces Canberra 1117. 2. (SBU) In response to points raised in reftel, DFAT International Legal Branch Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott told us on November 5 that Australia, a member of FATF, has issued a circular on the Australian Transac [...]
2008-11-05 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA1121 AUSTRALIAN MID-YEAR ECONOMIC UPDATE - GROWTH, SURPLUSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2008-09, the annual update to the Australian Government's budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. The update lowered the estimated growth rate from 2.75 [...]
2008-11-06 06:02:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1134NEW AUSTRALIAN CAR PLAN ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary. On November 10, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Industry Minister Kim Carr released the GOA's response to the Bracks Review of the car industry. The 'New Car Plan for a Greener Future' aims to make the car industry more responsive to changing consumer demand, environmental policy an [...]
2008-11-12 04:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1136STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...]
2008-11-12 05:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS
08CANBERRA1137AUSTRALIAN AID TO PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL BELT
[...] (C/REL AUS) Lisa Rice Madan, Assistant Secretary, Southwest Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's continued support for health and education programs in Pakistan's border regions ref B. In addition, Australia started an AUD $250K (USD $175K) coun [...]
2008-11-12 05:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON EAID AS
08CANBERRA114NEW PARLIAMENT TO MEET: LEADERS FACE SCRUTINY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The ALP and Coalition will be under the media spotlight next week when the new Parliament sits for the first time. In Question Time, the Opposition will seek to put the Rudd Government on the defensive, particularly on the key issue of the economy. The performance of Liberal [...]
2008-02-08 06:23:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS PGOV
08CANBERRA1140TRIAL COMMENCES FOR FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING
[...] (U) The trial of five Sydney men accused of conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts began November 11 in Parramatta, a New South Wales suburb of Sydney. The men, Khaled Cheikho, 35, Moustafa Cheikho, 31, Mohamed Ali Elomar, 43, Abdul Rakib Hasan, 39 and Mohammed Omar Jamal, 24 were foun [...]
2008-11-12 06:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV AS
08CANBERRA1141INTERVENTION REVIEW FUELS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Sixteen months after the Australian government mounted a controversial intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to combat reported widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children, a review panel has concluded that the emergency remains acute and has endors [...]
2008-11-13 05:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS PGOV PHUM SOCI
08CANBERRA1155STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...]
2008-11-14 06:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS
08CANBERRA11572008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE
[...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...]
2008-11-14 07:03:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1159CORRECTED COPY: 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...]
2008-11-17 01:12:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1163AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY CONDUCTING SURVEY IN IRAQ RE
[...] (SBU) Lloyd Brodrick, Iraq Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),advised poloff November 17 that a representative from AusAID, the Australian government's overseas aid agency, is currently in the middle of a two-week fact-finding mission to Iraq to study possible Australia [...]
2008-11-17 08:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1166AUSTRALIA APPROVES TPP PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 22:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD AS
08CANBERRA1172AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER UPDATE
[...] (S/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has directed that Australia's Defense White Paper be completed no later than April 2009, despite internal pressures to delay its release owing to the global financial crisis, according to the senior Department of Defence official heading the White Paper [...]
2008-11-19 07:54:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA1180AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...]
2008-11-24 07:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA1191AUSTRALIA DELEGATION TO DOHA CONFERENCE ON FFD
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Treasury, AusAID, and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Vanessa Hegarty of AusAID noted they were working with State on a joint "statement by international development assistance donors on the impact of the current financial crisis on donor comm [...]
2008-11-26 04:24:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID UNGA AS
08CANBERRA1192AN OPENING ON AUSSIE QUARANTINE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian quarantine regulator has ruled that Philippine bananas can be imported into Australia. The Deputy Prime Minister publicly asserted the agency's independence and implicitly defended the decision. This could be an indication of a changing direction in Australian [...]
2008-11-26 05:19:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1194AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post Economic and Agriculture officers met with officials from Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF),Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),and AusAID to discuss the Global Partnership on Agriculture and Food (GPAF). The GOA expressed s [...]
2008-11-26 06:15:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1196RUDD GOVERNMENT - ONE YEAR REPORT
[...] (C/NF) The Rudd government has generally been competent and centrist during its first 12 months, notwithstanding some significant foreign policy blunders, and criticism over Rudd's media-focused management style. The Government is unified, has avoided scandal, kept its major election promises [...]
2008-11-28 01:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA1197FILM/TV INDUSTRY FILES COPYRIGHT CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: On November 20 several media companies filed legal action against Australia's #3 internet service provider (ISP) iiNet, seeking a ruling that iiNet has infringed copyright by not taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized use of films and TV programs by its customers. This i [...]
2008-11-30 23:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKIPR ECPS ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1199AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) The following is the written response to ref A demarche on behalf of the GOA, provided to Embassy by AusAID following our November 26 meeting (ref B). Begin text of GOA response: "1. The Australian Government is generally supportive of improved coordination and increased transparenc [...]
2008-12-01 04:30:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1201AUSTRALIA PREPARES TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Foreign Minister Smith will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo this week. He advised that the Australian Department of Defence and Attor [...]
2008-12-01 06:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MOPS PREL NATO AS
08CANBERRA1202AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...]
2008-12-01 09:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1205AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...]
2008-12-02 05:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK
08CANBERRA1207AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM
[...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...]
2008-12-02 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS
08CANBERRA1208AUSSIE RESERVE BANK AGAIN SLASHES INTEREST RATES
[...] (U) Summary. On December 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a 100 basis points reduction in the cash rate to a record low of 4.25 per cent. RBA continues to prioritize demand ahead of inflation. End summary. RBA SLASHES RATES AGAIN 2. (U) The RBA today slashed the officia [...]
2008-12-02 20:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA1215AUSTRALIA BARELY AVOIDS NEGATIVE GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's economy grew by less than 0.1% in the September quarter; excluding farms, the economy contracted 0.3%. Despite the fiscal stimulus package and aggressive interest rate cuts, contraction in the current quarter and recession in 2009 seem likely. End summary. LATES [...]
2008-12-03 23:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1222GOVERNMENT PROPOSES REVISED LABOR LAWS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor unions are generally happy with the Rudd Government's major industrial relations bill, introduced on November 25. This bill proposes a new labor relations scheme for Australia, providing stronger collective bargaining rights, easier worksite access for union officials, th [...]
2008-12-04 20:53:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB AS
08CANBERRA1230NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DUNCAN LEWIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the appointment of Duncan Lewis to the newly-created post of National Security Advisor (NSA). The creation of the position of NSA is the first step in the formation of the Rudd Government's new national security structure. The NSA will be resp [...]
2008-12-05 06:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MARR AS
08CANBERRA1231GOA REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD WITH IRAQ
[...] (S) The Australian government, while pessimistic about achieving a legally binding SOFA with Iraq, is actively exploring options for the continued employment of imbedded Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving in MNF-I, particularly those whose missions keep them within the confines [...]
2008-12-05 07:56:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08CANBERRA1232AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS
[...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...]
2008-12-08 03:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1238SURGE IN BOAT PEOPLE BECOMES POLITICAL ISSUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition is blaming a surge in the number of illegal boat people on the Rudd Government's relaxation of the former Howard Government's border protection policies. Since the policy toward illegal refugees was changed in August, six people-smuggling boats traveling from Ind [...]
2008-12-08 06:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SMIG PREF AS
08CANBERRA1241AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION
[...] (C/NF) Australia viewed the approval by IAEA's Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee of Syria's project SYR/0/020 as a compromise outcome according to Chris King, Executive Officer, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. King in [...]
2008-12-09 03:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMNUC PARM IAEA TRGY KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1244POLLING GETS WORSE FOR LIBERAL PARTY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Newspoll released December 9 indicates that the Opposition is going backwards since it switched leaders to Malcolm Turnbull in September. Support for the Coalition is at its lowest level since June. Since the last Newspoll two weeks ago, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has in [...]
2008-12-09 06:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA1246AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...]
2008-12-09 21:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA125TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...]
2008-02-13 22:38:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08CANBERRA1250AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS MAKE QUICK TRIP TO BEIJING TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Treasurer Swan and Trade Minister Crean made a weekend visit to China to push on bilateral FTA talks and on Doha, at PM Rudd's instruction. GOA trade officials hope that China's interest in easier terms for its state owned enterprises to invest in Australia will give some leve [...]
2008-12-10 05:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD EINV PREL AS CH
08CANBERRA1252Pressure on Australia's Current Account Deficit?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's current account deficit (CAD) fell sharply to its lowest level in six years from almost A$20 billion in the March quarter (7 per cent of GDP) to A$9.8 billion in the June quarter (3.2 per cent of GDP) due to a boost to export prices (especially coal and iron ore) and [...]
2008-12-10 06:02:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON AS
08CANBERRA1258SOFA UNLIKELY FOR AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY It is highly unlikely that Australia will negotiate a SOFA with the Iraqi government before the end of the year. The Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) is developing an alternative plan where personnel who work at the Australian Embassy or Camp Victory will remain in place [...]
2008-12-11 06:04:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS AS IZ ES EN RO
08CANBERRA1259AUSTRALIA OUTLINES SPECIAL OPS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Australian Special Operations Commander, Major General Tim McOwan, held a special media briefing on Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) activities in Oruzgan Province on December 11. He highlighted the effectiveness of SOTG efforts to create an improved security environment [...]
2008-12-11 06:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PGOV AS
08CANBERRA126RUDD SAYS "SORRY" TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The House of Representatives passed a motion February 13 apologizing for the treatment of indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" - which refers to the Aboriginal children who were taken from their families by white Australia between 1910 and 1970. Prime Mi [...]
2008-02-13 22:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI AS
08CANBERRA1265AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...]
2008-12-12 03:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG PREL AS
08CANBERRA1266AUSTRALIA TACKLES EXECUTIVE PAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Rudd has been outspoken on the need for reform of executive pay to better balance compensation with risk management. Australian regulators are working on high-level general principles on executive pay with an eye on what emerges as the international consensus. T [...]
2008-12-12 04:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA1269THE TSD HA/DR OFFICIAL MEETING IN CANBERRA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese delegation, the American delegation and Australian hosts agreed upon a set of Australian written guidelines for the Trilateral Security Dialog's work in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR),but the task of the coming year will be the editing and [...]
2008-12-12 05:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF JA AS
08CANBERRA1271AUSTRALIAN REQUIRES IMMEDIATE HELP WITH IRAQ SOFA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Smith has told Ambassador McCallum that Australia needs immediate help from the United States in order to keep its remaining troops in Iraq. The FM noted that GOA was requested by the US to defer its negotiation with the GOI so as not to complicate US negotiat [...]
2008-12-12 07:32:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ AS
08CANBERRA1277TELSTRA OUT OF BROADBAND BIDDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA confirmed December 15 that Telstra has been excluded from the National Broadband Network bidding process because its bid failed to conform to bid guidelines on SMEs. Telstra's chairman criticized the decision over a "trivial" point. Minister Conroy was caught in a diff [...]
2008-12-15 07:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
08CANBERRA1278CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...]
2008-12-15 20:53:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON AS
08CANBERRA1279CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...]
2008-12-15 20:53:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON AS
08CANBERRA128U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 22:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS MOPS PARM PREL
08CANBERRA1281AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C/NF) Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told DCM on December 16 that Australia is very conscious of the importance of suppoQing the Afghan elections. The request for election support for [...]
2008-12-16 06:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
08CANBERRA1282AUSTRALIAN REPLY ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 02:20:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EUN IMO AS
08CANBERRA1285AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SANCTIONS TO ADDITIONAL MUGABE
[...] (SBU) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Embassy December 17 that the GOA has announced it will extend sanctions against 75 more supporters of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, and against four extra companies. DFAT Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes Peter [...]
2008-12-17 06:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AS ZI
08CANBERRA1290AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES CLUSTER MUNITIONS ISSUES FOR
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's interpretation of Article 21 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in a follow-up meeting held December 17. McGuire advised that Austral [...]
2008-12-18 02:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA1291BROADBAND ALLEGATIONS - CHINESE TELCOM
[...] (C/NF) Summary. A major Australian daily ran an article today reporting that Optus was believed to have included China's Huawei Technologies as a vendor in its bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and claiming it could threaten Optus' bid. The GOA is conducting a review of all NBN bi [...]
2008-12-18 06:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECPS AS
08CANBERRA1292AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...]
2008-12-18 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08CANBERRA1298NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009
[...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...]
2008-12-19 05:51:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1299TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER
[...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...]
2008-12-19 05:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT PHSA PREL AS
08CANBERRA1302AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT FURTHER STIMULUS
[...] (SBU) The Australian Government announced a $4.7 billion (USD 3.2 billion) nation building package, on 12 December 2008, with the aim of strengthening the economy and creating up to 32,000 jobs. The package provides new funds for rail investment, brings forward road spending, allocates funds [...]
2008-12-19 06:31:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1307BILL OF RIGHTS FOR AUSTRALIA?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Government announced it would establish a consultation process on how best to protect and promote human rights in Australia. A committee will canvass public opinion on whether human rights need any addition [...]
2008-12-22 06:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA1308AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI
[...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...]
2008-12-22 06:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1314DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 21:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR AS
08CANBERRA1316GOA SUPPORTS NEW GM/HOLDEN SMALL CAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 22 December, Prime Minister Rudd announced an agreement with GM Holden and the South Australian Government to support production of a new, fuel-efficient, low-emission small car in Australia. The agreement provides A$179 million (US$122 million) over 3-4 years to Holden under [...]
2008-12-23 23:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON AS
08CANBERRA1324HANEEF INQUIRY RECOMMENDS REVIEW OF CT LAWS AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A judicial inquiry into the collapsed prosecution of former terrorism suspect Dr Mohammed Haneef, which occurred during the Howard Government in July 2007 (reftel),found no evidence connecting Haneef to terrorist activities. It recommended an independent review of counter-terror [...]
2008-12-29 05:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER AS
08CANBERRA1326AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO BURMESE AND DONOR CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 06:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
08CANBERRA133SCENE SETTER FOR AUSMIN 2008
[...] (SBU) AUSMIN 2008 takes place just three months after the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Kevin Rudd swept to power, decisively defeating John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition after eleven years in office. While domestic issues such as workers' rights, climate change, healt [...]
2008-02-14 07:36:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR OTRA AS
08CANBERRA1335AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ
[...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...]
2008-12-31 05:52:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA1336MAY 2009 PSI OEG MEETING: NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRALIA
[...] On December 29, we delivered the notice of the May 12-14, 2009, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2008-12-31 05:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA140RUDD HAS A VERY GOOD WEEK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd burnished his leadership image this week by issuing an emotional apology to indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" and by coolly managing his first foreign crisis, the attack on East Timorese President Ramos-Horta. By closing the apology issue [...]
2008-02-15 05:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA150AUSTRALIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) The GOA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced at mid-day on February 19 that it formally recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an Independent State. The announcement noted that both the United States and the U.K. had issued their recognitions (earlier in the day a DFAT offic [...]
2008-02-19 03:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PREL YI UN
08CANBERRA181ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 05:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS CU EU PGOV PREL
08CANBERRA186AUSMIN 2008: JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND MEDIA EVENTS
[...] (U) The Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Canberra on February 23 reflected a reaffirmation of the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance, and a reiteration by both countries of their commitment to work together to [...]
2008-02-25 20:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA198AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND
[...] (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27. (The delay in delivery of [...]
2008-02-27 06:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS
08CANBERRA199WELLINGTON CLUSTER MUNITIONS MEETING OUTCOMES
[...] (C/NOFORN) The meeting in Wellington of the Oslo Process on cluster munitions was fraught with drama, Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of DFAT's International Security Division reported to Poloff on February 27th. Nevertheless, progress was mad [...]
2008-02-27 21:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA209AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON SOMALIAN PIRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:07:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPBTS KCRM AS PREL
08CANBERRA220RUDD SHINES IN FIRST 100 DAYS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first several months, the Rudd Government has made a smooth transition to Government, enjoying a continuing honeymoon with the media and the public. To mark 100 days in office, the Prime Minister issued a report card outlining the Rudd Government's achievements and imple [...]
2008-03-04 05:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON AS
08CANBERRA222AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...]
2008-03-04 06:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP AS
08CANBERRA225AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 03:46:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL KCRM AS
08CANBERRA230AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN IN ADVANCE OF NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT
[...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...]
2008-03-06 05:59:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
08CANBERRA234AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
[...] Embassy delivered Acting Under Secretary Rood's invitation to attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary events, along with the logistical information and proposed agendas, to Mr. David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 11, 2008. 2. Mr. Michael Ko [...]
2008-03-11 06:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL KSTC AS
08CANBERRA237AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UNSYG SPECIAL
[...] Coincident with the receipt of the demarche request contained in reftel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media statement on March 12 welcoming the appointment of Ambassador Kai Eide as the UNSYG's Special Representative for Afghanistan, calling it an important step forward in strength [...]
2008-03-12 02:58:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP AS
08CANBERRA240SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...]
2008-03-12 07:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS
08CANBERRA246UNIONS ASK FOR THE SPOILS OF VICTORY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jeff Lawrence, the new Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU),the unions' national umbrella organization, said in a speech March 12 that organized labor would lobby for real wage increases for low-paid workers, higher retirement contributions from employers, [...]
2008-03-17 04:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB AS
08CANBERRA247AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ACQUISITION CHIEF REASSURES
[...] (C/NOFORN) In a meeting with Ambassador McCallum and other Embassy staff on March 17, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Mr. Greg Combet, indicated that the GOA will probably not abandon any U.S. defense contracts, other than the recently terminated contract with Kaman Corporation [...]
2008-03-17 07:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MCAP AS
08CANBERRA258AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]
2008-03-18 05:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA262CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO
[...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]
2008-03-19 04:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA265AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 06:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA266AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 06:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS
08CANBERRA267SCENESETTER: PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming to Washington with a message that Australia will continue its friendship and close cooperation with the United States across a wide spectrum of issues, from non-proliferation and counterterrorism to climate change and trade liberalization. Rudd, a form [...]
2008-03-19 22:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS OVIP PREL US
08CANBERRA276ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: AUSTRALIA
[...] (U) Poloff met with Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Andrew Goledzinowski March 20 to deliver the non-paper and points in Ref A. Goledzinowski, who will shortly transfer to New York to take up his new posting as Deputy Permrep, was joined by Evan Gallagher, Secretary-Genera [...]
2008-03-20 05:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA277URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY KEY ASIAN STATES:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 05:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA278AUSTRALIA GROUP: REQUEST FOR SUMMARY OF U.S.
[...] (U) This message contains an action request for ISN/CB -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered the U.S. proposal to redefine the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) on the AG's animal pathogen common control list (reftel) to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proli [...]
2008-03-20 05:47:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC AS
08CANBERRA287RUDD HONEYMOON MEETS BUDGET REALITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 7-12, the dominant political issue was speculation over whether the Rudd Government would axe budget allocations for carers (family members who care for invalids) and seniors in his fight against inflation. With Rudd overseas for most of this period, the Government di [...]
2008-03-25 06:47:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI AS
08CANBERRA298INTERIM AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC
[...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On March 26, poloff spoke with Evan Gallagher of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) International Organizations Branch, who has been designated the action officer of the Asia Pacific Democracy [...]
2008-03-27 05:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA299AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO RESULTS ORIENTED PIF
[...] (SBU) A representative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Section confirmed Australia is hopeful of a results-oriented outcome to the March 26 Pacific Island Forum Ministerial on Fiji. A meeting of Australian and New Zealand Foreign Ministers preceded the FFAM [...]
2008-03-27 05:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FJ UN AS
08CANBERRA301AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
[...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...]
2008-03-27 05:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS
08CANBERRA302AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUAL USE ITEM
[...] (SBU) We presented Ref A demarche and non-paper to Valerie Grey, Director for Arms Control, and Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 25. 2. (C) Our GOA interlocutors welcomed the points and non-paper. Grey assured [...]
2008-03-27 06:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA303ADVANCING AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL INTERESTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his first foreign policy address as Prime Minister, and before leaving for the United States, Europe and China on March 27, Kevin Rudd said that the challenges Australia faces in areas like climate change, terrorism and the development of the Pacific Islands will require it to b [...]
2008-03-27 06:53:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SENV AS
08CANBERRA310RUDD MOVES TO OVERHAUL FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since becoming Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader, Rudd has spoken repeatedly about "ending the blame game" between the federal and state governments. At the heart of the "blame game" is the funding imbalance between the federal and state governments. The federal government r [...]
2008-03-28 06:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA322POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO
[...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...]
2008-04-02 04:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS
08CANBERRA332AUSTRALIA FOLLOW-UP ON PIF MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) Stephen Henningham, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Fiji Task Force confirmed the responses given by DFAT Pacific Regional Section (reftel Canberra 299) immediately following the 26 March FFAM in an April 2 meeting with Poloff. Australia fully supports the PIF [...]
2008-04-03 06:25:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XV AS
08CANBERRA337AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff presented Ref A points and a request for the status of Australia's implementation of travel-related provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, International Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on April [...]
2008-04-04 06:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR AS
08CANBERRA357AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PARIS CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Pol/Mil Officer met with Erika Thompson, Executive Officer for Afghanistan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on April 8 to obtain information on Australia's participation in the Paris Conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Thompson confirmed that Australia will be represented at [...]
2008-04-08 22:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AS
08CANBERRA370CONSERVATIVE PARTIES PONDER A MERGER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November election loss has created unprecedented momentum for a merger between the Liberal and National parties (who are in coalition at the federal level). The departure of former Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader John Howard, who opposed a merger, and the situation [...]
2008-04-10 05:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV AS
08CANBERRA374AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) confirmed plans to double assistance to Pakistan through 2010. GOA aid is expected to increase from approximately US $23M to US $46M. This growth continues a [...]
2008-04-11 04:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AS
08CANBERRA375RURAL INTERNET BROADBAND SCHEME NIXED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The former Howard Government's rural broadband scheme was jettisoned by Communications Minister Conroy, who was critical of its technology and inadequate coverage. The main reason for the decision is simple: it duplicates in part the ALP national broadband initiative. End sum [...]
2008-04-11 05:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
08CANBERRA392AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE INFO ON U.S. WTO REMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is not at the moment in a position to agree to cosponsor the US WTO remanufacturing initiative text, but does not rule it out. The Australians suggest a dialogue on this issue, preferably in Geneva. End summary. 2. (SBU) Deputy Econcouns met with Department of Fo [...]
2008-04-16 06:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON AS
08CANBERRA4U/S BURNS AT 12/5 TSD SOM - AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L,Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka December 4-5, 2007 in [...]
2008-01-03 04:49:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL AF IN PK AS
08CANBERRA403RUDD HOLDS SUMMIT OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd convened a summit of 1000 of Australia's "brightest and best" on the weekend of April 19-20 to discuss ways of addressing long-term challenges facing Australia. The high-profile summit, "Australia 2020," produced a number of proposals, many of which we [...]
2008-04-21 23:40:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI AS
08CANBERRA416TORCH RELAY PROCEEDS WITH LITTLE INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Rudd, GOA officials and Chinese Embassy diplomats here are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Olympic torch relay ended late April 24 morning with no major incidents, despite the presence of thousands of pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters. Two Chines [...]
2008-04-24 07:37:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CH AS
08CANBERRA423AUSTRALIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Poloff met April 28 with Evan Gallagher and Nicole Forrester of the International Organizations Branch, and Berenice Owens-Jones of the United States Political and Strategic Section, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to present USG responses to the questions posed by [...]
2008-04-28 07:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM AS
08CANBERRA439AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GERMAN OBSTINACY ON CLUSTER
[...] (C/NF) Reftel demarche was delivered on April 30 to Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She advised that the GOA shares the U.S. frustration and concern with Germany's obstinacy over its prop [...]
2008-04-30 08:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MOPS PGOV AS
08CANBERRA44WHALES: GOA CONSIDERING OPTIONS, NO PRECIPITATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese whaling has been a major public issue in Australia over the past three days, with considerable media coverage of the January 15 detention of two Sea Shepherd Conservation Organization activists on a Japanese whaling vessel they had boarded. The media also highlighted [...]
2008-01-17 06:43:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EFIS AS JA
08CANBERRA443AUSTRALIA ASSAILS BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (U) In a May 1 media statement, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith charged that Burma,s "deeply flawed" constitution was only intended to entrench the military,s grip on power. He criticized the constitution as having b [...]
2008-05-01 07:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AS BM
08CANBERRA456DESPITE INFLATION, INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED FOR NOW
[...] (U) The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not raise the official cash rate; it remains at 7.25%. Despite higher than expected inflation (reftel),the RBA noted that the substantial tightening since mid-2007 and "difficult" conditions in international financial markets were acting to restrai [...]
2008-05-06 06:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA459READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND
[...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...]
2008-05-06 08:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OTRA AS
08CANBERRA461RUDD ANGERS LEFT ON GAY MARRIAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government, exercising the Federal Government's power to override territory laws, has forced the left-leaning Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to abandon plans to allow "civil unions" for same-sex couples. The Rudd govern [...]
2008-05-07 05:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI AS
08CANBERRA462AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES AID PACKAGE FOR BURMA
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Smith announced May 7 that Australia would provide AUD 3 million (USD 2.84 million) in humanitarian aid to Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. The package includes up to AUD 1 million (USD 0.94 million) for Australian NGOs with capacity on the ground to provide immediate e [...]
2008-05-07 08:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEAID CASC PHUM PGOV BM AS
08CANBERRA469AUSTRALIA ON WIPO D-G ELECTION
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Nicholas Rodgers, Director for International Intellectual Property at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade May 9. IP Australia, preparing for the long trip to Geneva, was unable to attend, but DFAT has been in close consultation with them and bot [...]
2008-05-09 05:31:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AS
08CANBERRA474UNIONS THREATEN RUDD'S INFLATION FIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are signs that labor unions in Australia are becoming impatient with the wall-to-wall Federal and state Australian Labor Party (ALP) governments. While the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and some of the larger unions have tried to work with the Rudd Government a [...]
2008-05-12 00:30:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ILAB AS
08CANBERRA490RUDD DELIVERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's first budget has slowed the growth of government spending and hit "the rich" to combat inflation, while delivering its election promises and looking after Rudd's "working families." There is means testing of family benefits, tax cuts, spending on the ALP's [...]
2008-05-14 07:20:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SENV AS
08CANBERRA502AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO BUILD ON ARAB
[...] (SBU) Charge and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Stokes advised that the GOA would look closely at the refte [...]
2008-05-16 08:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA507GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4, below. 2. (U) As instructed Ref A, poloff reapproached Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Global Initiative (GI) point of contact, Mohan Mathews, Executive Officer, Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Section, on May 16 to urge [...]
2008-05-19 07:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA508MARKING MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] (SBU) Further to Ref E, and as requested Ref A, U.S. Mission Australia has developed additional activities to help mark May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, as outlined in para 2, below. (We assume Ref B notification of a possible call by Deputy Assistant to the President Julie C [...]
2008-05-19 07:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS
08CANBERRA518LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF
[...] (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the [...]
2008-05-20 07:00:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP BUSH LAURA REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS
08CANBERRA520RUDD TO BOOST SKILLED IMMIGRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government plans to significantly boost Australia's migration program to address labor shortages in the Australian economy. The Skilled Migration Program will be expanded by 30 percent. The Government is also considering boosting unskilled migration, including a labor s [...]
2008-05-20 07:25:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREF ELAB SMIG AS
08CANBERRA521BUDGET RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS AS LIBERALS SQUABBLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two national polls released May 20 indicate the Rudd government's popularity has not been affected by last week's budget. Both polls, taken after the budget was announced, have the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leading the Coalition 57 percent to 43 with Kevin Rudd thrashing Bren [...]
2008-05-20 07:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA53THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING BEGIN FOR PM RUDD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Rudd Government will face several challenges during its first term, including rising inflation and interest rates, a Senate without an Australian Labor Party (ALP) majority, an assertive union movement and an ALP left-wing eager to undermine the cultural and social legacy [...]
2008-01-18 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ECON AS
08CANBERRA530FORMER FM DOWNER MULLING ROLE AS UN SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The press carried reports on May 22 that former foreign minister Alexander Downer has been offered the job of UN Special Envoy for Cyprus. UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe reportedly made the offer through Australia's UN Ambassador Robert Hill. Accordi [...]
2008-05-22 02:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS CY PINR PREL
08CANBERRA531FOOD EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
[...] (U) The GOA has taken no steps to restrict agricultural exports from Australia, nor does post expect any such moves in Australia, which exports on average two-thirds of its agricultural production. 2. (SBU) Bruce Bowan, Acting Director for International Affairs at the Department of Agricul [...]
2008-05-22 06:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON TBIO AS
08CANBERRA532RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -
[...] Summary: The rise of food and agricultural commodity prices has had very limited impact in Australia. A major agricultural exporter, Australia even stands to benefit. Rising food prices have caused no significant economic, political, or environmental problems in Australia. Post has no reco [...]
2008-05-22 07:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AS
08CANBERRA535AUSTRALIA: REPORT ON MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY
[...] (U) As requested Ref B, post hereby furnishes the following report on activities undertaken by the U.S. Mission to observe May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary Outreach: Michael Danby, a prominent Member of Parliament, distributed the following statement [...]
2008-05-22 07:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS
08CANBERRA538AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND
[...] (U) Post shared reftel demarche with Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Technical Market Access at Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In response, Morris provided the following paper laying out the GOA,s views. 2. (SBU) DAFF Comments on US Food Cable The Austra [...]
2008-05-23 04:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AS
08CANBERRA540AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK
[...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...]
2008-05-23 07:19:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS
08CANBERRA542HIGH COURT HEARS CASE ON SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 the High Court of Australia heard an appeal of a brothel owner who was convicted for enslaving five Thai prostitutes who had incurred a debt of A$45,000 when they were recruited to work in a brothel in Melbourne. The brothel had been raided in 2003 and the owner, Wei Tang [...]
2008-05-27 04:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN AS
08CANBERRA544AUSTRALIA CRITICAL OF US FARM BILL
[...] Summary: (U) The Australian Government has been openly critical of the just-passed US Farm Bill. Following the final passage of the Farm Bill, Trade Minister Simon Crean and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke issued a joint press statement on May 23 which criticized the action by Congress for c [...]
2008-05-27 07:22:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD AS
08CANBERRA5452008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE
[...] Mission Australia would be pleased to present AMVER awards on behalf of the US Coast Guard to Australian recipients. We will decide on the best arrangements for presenting the award(s) based on where the recipient is located - likely through one of our Consulates-General in Melbourne, Perth, [...]
2008-05-28 03:40:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL AS
08CANBERRA549AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK
[...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...]
2008-05-28 06:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS
08CANBERRA554AUSTRALIA AND CHILE CONCLUDE FTA
[...] (U) Summary: Australia and Chile have concluded negotiations for an FTA. It is expected to be signed in July. This is the first FTA to be concluded by the Rudd Government; negotiations began under the previous Howard government. End summary. 2. (U) On May 27 Trade Minister Simon Crean [...]
2008-05-29 07:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON AS CI
08CANBERRA555AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
[...] On May 28, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media release marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GOA statement, which reaffirmed Australia's commitment to cooperating through PSI to halt the trade in illicit weapons of mass destruction, followed ref [...]
2008-05-29 08:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA558AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS US ICAO PROPOSAL ON ASSESSMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 05:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AFIN AORC ICAO AS
08CANBERRA565IAEA/IRAN: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA
[...] Poloff delivered demarche non-paper, received late on Friday, May 30, to Damien Hickey, Desk Officer in the Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, urging that Australia make a strong statement at the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting supporting the IAEA's investigation, highl [...]
2008-06-02 08:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM IAEA KNNP AS
08CANBERRA570AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WILL ATTEND APDP LAUNCH
[...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 3 to Evan Gallagher, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) action officer on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),regarding reftel request for participants for a meeting and election-observation mission in Ulaanbaatar. Gallagher said that DFAT would [...]
2008-06-03 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA573FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 05:22:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA579AUSTRALIAN FUNDING FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4 below. 2. (U) Poloff conveyed reftel request for the GOA to submit its letter of commitment for its planned contribution to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistant to Evan Gallagher, International Organizations Branch, Department of Foreig [...]
2008-06-05 08:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AS
08CANBERRA585RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...]
2008-06-06 07:46:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINS AORC AS
08CANBERRA586GOA IS SATISFIED WITH PACE OF SOFA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (S) Summary. The Government of Australia (GOA) is satisfied with the pace of U.S. negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) and has no timeline beyond that laid out by the United States, according to Director of the Iraq Task Force, Greg Wilcock. W [...]
2008-06-06 07:47:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA59RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...]
2008-01-22 06:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS
08CANBERRA590AUSTRALIA PROPOSES PEACEKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) The Prime Minister's office announced on June 8 that Australia will join the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has proposed sending nine officers to join the international force working to restore stability in Sudan. They would work [...]
2008-06-10 07:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL PGOV MOPS AS
08CANBERRA591AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Australia (GOA) expressed its disappointment that the USG will no longer participate in Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions or activities. Poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Director of Human Rights Section Colin Milner who said Australia shares the [...]
2008-06-11 03:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AS
08CANBERRA595RUDD ESTABLISHES NEW NPT/DISARMAMENT COMMISSION
[...] (C) During a June 9 speech in Japan, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of a new international commission to advance the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The new body -- the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- would st [...]
2008-06-11 22:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC PREL AS
08CANBERRA609DEPUTY PM JULIA GILLARD STAR IN RUDD GOVERNMENT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Two stars have emerged in the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Rudd himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard (who will be Washington for the June 23-25 American Australian Leadership Dialogue). Gillard became Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aft [...]
2008-06-13 02:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR AS
08CANBERRA61AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE
[...] We presented reftel points to Gerry McGuire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 23. McGuire conveyed GOA appreciation for the U.S. response, including support for the name change, draft "awareness raising" [...]
2008-01-23 06:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC AS
08CANBERRA620CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIA EMBRACING CLIMATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. At a recent "Chatham House Rules" seminar for Australian government and academic thinkers on emissions trading, Ross Garnaut, the Australian National University Professor who is heading the climate change review commissioned by the Federal and the State and Territory Governmen [...]
2008-06-17 07:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV ETRD PREL AS
08CANBERRA621RUDD POPULARITY UNDIMINISHED DESPITE CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government has extended its lead in the polls, despite rising fuel prices, alleged inappropriate conduct by one of its MPs, and criticism of Rudd's approach to economics and foreign affairs. Previous polls had the Coalition trailing badly but closing the gap, which pro [...]
2008-06-17 07:36:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA623BABCOCK & BROWN'S SHAREPRICE MELTDOWN
[...] (U) Summary: Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown (B&B) lost over half its share value in the week of June 9 over concerns it could not manage its debt load. B&B stock has been recovering this week. The Australian Securities Exchange has said there is no sign of market manipulation; r [...]
2008-06-18 06:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
08CANBERRA625DRIED-UP RIVER SYSTEM THREATENS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A report presented to the Murray-Darling Ministerial Committee, which was leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on June 18, says that the critically-stressed river system (the largest in Australia) has only months to go before salinity and acidification of the lower [...]
2008-06-19 06:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AS
08CANBERRA627AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INTERSESSIONAL MEETING AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for ISN/CB - please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) 2008 Intersessional Implementation Meeting: During a June 20 meeting, Alexandra Jones, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised us that the dates for [...]
2008-06-19 09:31:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC AS
08CANBERRA630AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-6
[...] (C/NF) The National Party's federal director, Brad Henderson (protect),told us today that the June 28 by-election for the federal parliamentary seat of Gippsland, in Victoria, is "high stakes stuff" for the Liberal-National Coalition. A bad result for the Coalition would further destabilize [...]
2008-06-20 08:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
08CANBERRA631POST WELCOME STAFFDEL WILLIAMS
[...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Canberra, with concurrence of Consulate-General Sydney welcomes STAFFDEL Williams and delegation for travel to Sydney, Canberra, and Cairns, Australia from June 26-July 6, 2008. The purpose of the travel is to discuss US-Australia trade, climate change and aboriginal issues. [...]
2008-06-20 08:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS
08CANBERRA640COALITION POISED TO WIN FIRST BY-ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Party candidate appears poised to win a June 28 by-election that has been billed by the media as a major test of Brendan Nelson's leadership and, to a lesser extent, as a bellwether signaling the end of the Rudd Government's honeymoon. Most observers expect The Nat [...]
2008-06-26 05:43:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA644FORMER HOWARD MINISTER ON RUDD, POLITICS, AND
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Former Howard Government Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, who has just been elected president of the Liberal Party in Queensland, told the Ambassador June 25 that complaints of overcentralization in the Prime Minister's office reflected the natural tendency of fellow Que [...]
2008-06-26 07:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA647CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS EXPANDED
[...] (C/NF) Poloff confirmed Australia's support for current and incremental Japanese engagement in Afghanistan in the reftel demarche with Paul Robilliard, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). Robilliard stated that the GOA welcomes and supports [...]
2008-06-27 07:37:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA648AUSTRALIAN WELCOMES DPRK DECLARATION
[...] Emboffs furnished reftel points announcing actions on Six-Party Talks Second Phase commitments to Hugh Borrowman, First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Thomas Conner, Assistant Secretary for North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affair [...]
2008-06-27 12:58:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA653BY-ELECTION RESULT A WARNING FOR RUDD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As predicted (see ref A),the National Party retained the rural Victorian seat of Gippsland at a by-election on June 28, although the 6.4 percent swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was greater than expected. Most observers are attributing the larger than expected sw [...]
2008-06-30 06:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA657AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WILL STAY LOW KEY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 05:19:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO AS
08CANBERRA660END OF RUDD HONEYMOON DOES NOT HELP NELSON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) loss in the Gippsland by-election (reftel),support in the polls for the ALP and Rudd has slumped to its lowest level since the election. The ALP's lead over the Coalition has fallen eight points to 55-45 and Rudd's satisfaction [...]
2008-07-01 05:47:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV AS
08CANBERRA670FORMER FM DOWNER NEW UN ENVOY ON CYPRUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alexander Downer, former foreign minister under John Howard and Australia's longest serving Foreign Minister, told an Australian newspaper June 30 that he would announce his retirement from politics when he returned to Australia from Europe at the end of the week. He will work [...]
2008-07-02 08:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR CY AS
08CANBERRA671ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...]
2008-07-02 22:14:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA674REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Polcouns and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Craig Chittick, Assistant Secretary, United States Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Chittick said the decision of the Australian Government - taken by the Cabinet after advice from all relevant government agenci [...]
2008-07-03 05:47:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS
08CANBERRA679TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME
[...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy provided a document with a detailed response to U.S. questions about about shipping transiting the Torres Strait during a July 3 meeting with Econcouns (reftel). The Australian [...]
2008-07-03 08:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SENV AS
08CANBERRA682AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 05:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AS
08CANBERRA683AUSTRALIA ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF CCW CLUSTER
[...] (C/NF) Australia's commitment to the CCW negotiations on cluster munitions was reaffirmed in a July 7 meeting with Dr. Ada Cheung, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr. Cheung indicated that GOA officials met recently with repre [...]
2008-07-07 07:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PHUM MOPS AS
08CANBERRA684DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B),she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A),including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...]
2008-07-07 07:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS
08CANBERRA685GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...]
2008-07-07 07:49:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINS PREL AS
08CANBERRA687UPU CONGRESS DEMARCHE: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ intern met with Richard Desmond, acting Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection and Australia Post for the Department of Broadband, Communication, and Digital Economy (DBCDE) to review U.S. concerns for the UPU (Universal Postal Union) Congress in Geneva, S [...]
2008-07-07 23:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO AS
08CANBERRA69U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: DRAFT POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) We furnished demarche points (reftel) to Tim Bryson, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 25. In recounting to Bryson that the U.S. had circulated a draft of the edited policy s [...]
2008-01-25 06:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALENRG PARM TRGY KNNP AS
08CANBERRA696SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...]
2008-07-09 05:49:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA697AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C/NF) Australian officials welcomed the U.S. DOD's new cluster munitions policy, which was delivered in reftel demarche to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his staff on July 10. In addition to advising FM Smith, Mr. McGuire [...]
2008-07-11 00:23:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MOPS NATO AS
08CANBERRA704DELAYS IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Progress on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been slower than expected. The original deadline (July 25) for bids will slip, primarily due to Telstra's delay in providing network information to the GOA for other bidders. We expect an announcement that this information h [...]
2008-07-11 06:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
08CANBERRA708GOA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARF CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 04:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID KNNP AS
08CANBERRA709AUSTRALIA AVIATION - EU OPEN SKIES AND RISING FUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Australia and the EU prepare to begin Open Skies talks in September, environmental issues such as emissions will be the hardest point to resolve. Qantas expects to increase its European operations under an Open Skies deal. Qantas and Virgin Blue are both coping reasonably [...]
2008-07-15 03:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR AS
08CANBERRA71AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 07:00:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ETRD AS
08CANBERRA712AUSTRALIA STUDYING NTI FUEL BANK PROPOSAL
[...] Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),responded in writing on July 15 to Embassy's June 26 demarche urging the GOA to consider contributing funds to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) proposal for an IAEA-administered nuclear [...]
2008-07-15 07:03:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG AS
08CANBERRA713AUSTRALIA KEEPING ITS COUNSEL ON INDIA-IAEA
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Ian Biggs told us July 15 that Foreign Minister Smith and Prime Minister Rudd are currently reviewing a recommendation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Australian position on the Indian nuclear safeguards [...]
2008-07-15 07:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL ETTC IN AS
08CANBERRA720PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 05:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM AS
08CANBERRA721SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PERTH,
[...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007, as the first Australian Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United St [...]
2008-07-17 07:15:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA723DOMESTIC POLITICAL WEEK IN AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) The Liberal Party will hold a candidate pre-election on Sunday July 20 to choose its candidate for a by-election caused by the resignation of former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Nine candidates and a preferential voting system make the outcome extremely unpredictable. Most obse [...]
2008-07-18 02:18:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS PGOV
08CANBERRA726AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL
[...] Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17. 2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are pa [...]
2008-07-20 22:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PTER MNUC AS
08CANBERRA737NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN:
[...] (U) Andrew Goledzinowski (go-LED-zin-OV-ski),who was most recently Assistant Secretary of the International Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will take up his new post as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York beginning June 28. A brief [...]
2008-07-22 07:00:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL OFDP AS
08CANBERRA740DFAT OFFICIALS COMMENT ON BAINIMARAMA'S ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: DFAT Fiji Section officials told Polcouns and Poloff on July 22 that in their view Commodore Frank Bainimarama's postponement of elections until at least 2010 will further alienate him from most Fijians and exacerbate chances of political clashes on the island. PNG and Fiji Se [...]
2008-07-23 01:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS FJ PREL
08CANBERRA747ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: RUDD FIRM ON IRAN
[...] (C/NF) The Israeli Ambassador believes PM Rudd is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear program and firm in his desire to do whatever possible to signal Australia's opposition to Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Rudd is worried that the window for a "diplomatic solution" is closing and that lac [...]
2008-07-23 07:57:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KINP IR IS AS
08CANBERRA755CHINESE DISSIDENT CHEN ZIMING CALLS ON DCM
[...] (C/NF) During a call on the DCM on July 23, Chinese dissident Chen Ziming said that while the economic situation of ordinary Chinese is improving, the democratic rights situation is not. Chen, who has been visiting Australia for the past two weeks and has spent a week in New Zealand, noted [...]
2008-07-25 06:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CH PHUM PINR PREL
08CANBERRA757CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION TRADING PAPER REACTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The July 16 release of the Rudd government's Green Paper setting up the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) emissions trading system has laid out the banquet for an escalating round of maneuvering by industry, government and the Opposition. The details provided in the 532- [...]
2008-07-25 07:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG AS
08CANBERRA760AUSTRALIA SET FOR FIRST URANIUM SHIPMENT TO PRC
[...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, press reports on July 26 indicate that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA),which is controlled by Rio Tinto (68 percent ownership) has reached agreement with an unspecified utility in China to sell uranium oxide from the Ranger mine in the Northern Territory [...]
2008-07-28 06:58:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY AS
08CANBERRA767ISN LETTERS OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN PSI PRESENTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 06:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08CANBERRA773TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME
[...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...]
2008-07-31 09:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV
08CANBERRA775COALITION RELEASES EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coalition has decided to support an emissions trading scheme (ETS) "probably" by 2012, defying leader Brendan Nelson who wanted to make the introduction of an ETS conditional on the actions of other countries. This is a victory for Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull, and moder [...]
2008-08-01 04:44:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS PGOV SENV
08CANBERRA788APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS: AUSTRALIA
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, we provided information on the Food Defence Pilot Program to Amy Crago in the Reform, Ecotech and Human Security Section of the APEC Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Crago told us t [...]
2008-08-06 06:10:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER TBIO EAGR AS
08CANBERRA790FORMER ALP PM KEATING WHACKS RUDD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former ALP Prime Minister Paul Keating has criticized the Rudd government for lacking an "overall narrative"; warned Rudd about the pitfalls of "micro-managing and "running at the behest of little press secretaries"; and suggested the Rudd government is taking the wrong approach [...]
2008-08-07 07:47:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS PGOV
08CANBERRA792EXPERTS DISCUSS AUSTRALIA-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus among several of the leading Australian economic thinkers in Canberra is that the commodities boom will begin to cool off, but that Chinese and other developing market economic growth will continue to prop up Australian export strength over the long run. Australi [...]
2008-08-08 01:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL AS
08CANBERRA8CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER RUDD
[...] Summary: (C/NF) On January 6, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) had an extraordinarily friendly and wide-ranging discussion with Prime Minister Rudd at his Sydney residence, Kirribilli House. Topics include [...]
2008-01-07 06:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF AS CH IZ MOPS PREL SENV
08CANBERRA819LNG INDUSTRY REACTION TO GREEN PAPER ON EMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's extensive and growing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry is up in arms about the Government's plan to create an emissions trading scheme (ETS) because the Government's discussion paper (aka green paper) on emissions trading (reftel A) failed to indicate whether LNG [...]
2008-08-17 22:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD SENV AS
08CANBERRA824MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME -- NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 07:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
08CANBERRA826AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTS NSG EXEMPTION FOR INDIA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Smith emphasized to the Ambassador on August 18 that the GOA would support a positive outcome regarding an exception for India in the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary. The GOA does not need further information and will not require any co [...]
2008-08-19 03:55:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC AS ETTC PARM PREL
08CANBERRA845AUSTRALIA RECEIVES NONPAPER ON PREVENTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 02:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA846AUSTRALIA ADVISED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 02:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS
08CANBERRA864MIXED RESULTS FOR OPPOSITION IN WEEKEND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By-elections in two federal parliamentary seats, caused by the resignation of former foreign minister Alexander Downer and former leader of the National Party Mark Vaile, will be held on Saturday September 6. The Liberal Party is expected to comfortably retain Downer's seat of [...]
2008-09-03 08:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA871AUSTRALIA CONTEMPLATES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION FOR
[...] (C/NF) POLOffs delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on September 5. Australia is reviewing the implications of Serbia's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) review of Kosovo's independence, according to Glenn White, Director, Southern Eur [...]
2008-09-05 05:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA873AUSTRALIA REVIEWS PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 06:37:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AS
08CANBERRA886AMBASSADOR MCCALLUM CALL ON INDUSTRY MINISTER CARR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr wants the Rudd government to set up a 10-year plan to address key innovation needs, which would include funding of A$1.5 billion per year to improve research training and infrastructure and changes to the tax treat [...]
2008-09-08 07:49:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ESTH EIND AS
08CANBERRA887AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS INCREASE IN AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
[...] (C/NF) The GOA is broadly supportive of the proposal to increase the Afghan National Army (ANA),according to Shane Flanagan, Executive Officer, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Asia Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Flanagan expressed the appreciation o [...]
2008-09-08 08:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AS
08CANBERRA892IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 02:43:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS
08CANBERRA896IS THE TIDE SHIFTING AGAINST STATE LABOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent swings against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Western Australian (WA) and Northern Territory (NT) state elections may indicate that voters are tiring of long-serving Labor governments around Australia. On August 9, in NT, there was a nine percent swing against th [...]
2008-09-10 06:38:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA898AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...]
2008-09-10 07:43:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS
08CANBERRA899PM RUDD OFFERS LONG-TERM STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (SBU) In a September 9 speech to a national veterans organization, Prime Minister Rudd provided a long-range forecast of key developments and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region through the middle of the 21st century on which Australian security strategy and defense capabilities and force s [...]
2008-09-10 08:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL AS
08CANBERRA90CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON OSLO
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at DFAT, told Poloff on January 30 he was not sanguine that much progress would be achieved at the upcoming Oslo meeting in New Zealand. Discussions to date have not produced any changes in language on Australia's 3 [...]
2008-02-04 04:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA901COSTELLO DECLARES NO INTEREST IN LIBERAL LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an interview published September 11, former Howard Government Treasurer Peter Costello ended months of speculation by declaring that he would not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party. Recent media commentary that Costello would contest the leadership of his party has bee [...]
2008-09-11 05:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA902AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNFCCC
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Climate Change (DCC) Secretary Martin Parkinson, who is in charge of developing Australia's emissions trading plan, highlighted the challenges of dealing with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries and the importance of the U.S. role in international [...]
2008-09-12 04:57:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG PREL AS
08CANBERRA903AUSTRALIA-NZ-ASEAN FTA: ANNOUNCED, BUT AUTOS STILL
[...] (C) Summary: Ministers announced the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement on August 28, slated to be signed in December. However, Australia is still negotiating on autos and auto parts with Malaysia and Indonesia. The Australians see this as a quality FTA, with each country com [...]
2008-09-12 06:38:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ASEAN AS
08CANBERRA904AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 07:18:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AS
08CANBERRA906AUSTRALIA REACTION TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE
[...] (S/REL AUS) Australia welcomes the GOI's decision to limit the coalition presence in Iraq after 2008 as evidence of improving conditions and Iraqi willingness to take on greater responsibility, and believes the decision will help free up resources that can be devoted to Afghanistan. Two key is [...]
2008-09-12 07:54:00Embassy CanberraSECRETMOPS MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA909BENBRIKA PLUS 5 OTHERS GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES
[...] (SBU) A Victoria State Supreme court jury announced on September 15 that Abdul Benbrika and five co-defendants were found guilty under Australia's recent anti-terrorism legislation. Four of Benbrika's accomplices were acquitted and the verdicts of two others have yet to be announced. Local au [...]
2008-09-15 07:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV AS
08CANBERRA915MALCOLM TURNBULL NEW OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a leadership vote by the Liberal Party federal caucus on September 16, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull beat incumbent Liberal Party Leader Brendan Nelson 45-41. He is now the head of the Liberal Party and Opposition Leader in the Parliament. After former Treasurer Peter C [...]
2008-09-16 06:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA921AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...]
2008-09-16 07:40:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RS GG AS
08CANBERRA926AUSTRALIA:INTERIM REPLY ON ENGAGING CHINA RE
[...] (S) In accepting Ref A demarche points on September 17, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan told us that Australia took very seriously the issue of Chinese proliferation trade with Iran, particularly if military or dual-use items were transferred for us [...]
2008-09-17 06:19:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM KNNP PTER PINR ETRD MOPS MCAP CH IR AS
08CANBERRA927AUSTRALIA EXPLORING ADDITIONAL STEPS IN RESPONSE
[...] (U) In remarks to the Australian Parliament September 17 that were picked up by local media, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was considering additional measures it might take within the international community to respond to Iran's failure to halt its uranium enrichment program. S [...]
2008-09-17 07:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA PREL IR AS
08CANBERRA946FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 07:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS ECON PGOV PK PREL
08CANBERRA947AUSTRALIA TO INVESTIGATE SHOOTING OF AFGHANISTAN DISTRICT CHIEF ROZI KHAN
[...] (SBU) The Australian government maintains that responsibility for the death of Chora District Governor Rozi Khan, killed during a September 18 shooting incident that involved Australian Special Forces in southern Afghanistan, has not yet been determined. The GOA announced it is cooperating wi [...]
2008-09-19 08:22:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF AS
08CANBERRA94863RD UNFC: AUSTRALIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION
[...] Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),contacted poloff September 19 to advise that the text of the U.S. draft resolution, "Compliance with Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agreements" appeared acceptable to Australia and th [...]
2008-09-19 08:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA956TURNBULL GIVES LIBERALS A BOOST IN THE POLLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opinion polls released September 22 suggest the Liberal Party made the right decision installing Malcolm Turnbull as leader. Although the Australian Labor Party (ALP) remains well in front, one poll has the ALP's support at its lowest since November 2006, and the other has [...]
2008-09-22 06:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08CANBERRA979AUSTRALIA TO SUPPORT SIDIBE FOR UNAIDS EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) Nicole Forrester, Executive Officer for the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, advised poloff on September 26 that Australia would support Malian candidate Michel Sidibe as its top priority candidate for the UNAIDS Executive Director position, followed by Debrework Zewdie of Ethiopi [...]
2008-09-26 03:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA EAID KHIV ML AS
08CANBERRA983AUSTRALIAN WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-7
[...] (C/NF) The most recent quarterly Newspolls suggest Australian Labor Party (ALP) state governments in Queensland and South Australia are in trouble. After preferences, the ALP leads the Liberal National Party (LNP) 51-49 in Queensland in the first Newspoll taken since the Queensland Liberals a [...]
2008-09-26 07:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV AS
08CANBERRA99AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REQUEST FOR MORE NSG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 06:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC PREL AS
08CANBERRA995TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...]
2008-09-30 06:59:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS
08CANBERRA998POLL: AUSTRALIANS MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S., WARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the 2008 annual poll by the Lowy Institute in Sydney, support among Australians for the United States has risen, while the public has become increasingly wary of China. Support for Australia's security alliance with the United States has reached its highest level sinc [...]
2008-09-30 07:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR SENV SCUL CH AS
08DILI229LET'S LIFT THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dili believes that conditions in Timor-Leste now warrant revocation of the Department's Travel Warning, last revised in July. Over the course of 2008, immediate threats to political and social stability have been eliminated or reduced. There have been no major instances o [...]
2008-09-10 10:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PO AS TT
08DILI40REBELS ATTACK TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary. On the morning of February 11, a small group of rebels affiliated with fugitive military dissident Alfredo Reinado mounted coordinated attacks on Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Ramos-Horta was seriously injured and has been flown to Darw [...]
2008-02-11 12:30:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AS TT
08DILI45TIMOR-LESTE CALM FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT, PM
[...] (SBU) Summary. In sharp contrast to the violence and chaos that surrounded the crisis of April - May 2006, Timor-Leste is calm and its institutions are functioning normally on the day following the shooting of President Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Although a fo [...]
2008-02-12 11:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08DILI47DILI CALM, ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR ATTACKERS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. In Timor-Leste, the government is functioning normally and Dili remains calm two days after the shooting of President Jose Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. The GOTL has officially extended the 48-hour state of emergency for seven more days. The bodie [...]
2008-02-13 10:44:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AS TT
08DILI50TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: GOTL WELCOMES U.S. OFFER OF HELP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 15, the GOTL welcomed our offer of assistance with the criminal investigation into the February 11 attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (reftel A). Dili remains calm and secure. The International Stabilization Force (ISF) has been a [...]
2008-02-15 10:50:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM ASEC AS TT
08JAKARTA1175AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: RUDD VISIT A SUCCESS DESPITE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd's June 13-14 visit to Indonesia highlighted the overall positive relationship between the two countries. PM Rudd and President Yudhoyono agreed on a broad range of political, economic an [...]
2008-06-16 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID ID AS
08JAKARTA1463FACING EXECUTION, BALI BOMBERS TO LAUNCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Facing what seems to be certain execution, the Bali bombers plan to launch a last-ditch appeal. The appeal would be on constitutional grounds, to the effect that execution by firing squad--which is the mandated mode in Indonesia--is "torture" and thus prohibited. Most observer [...]
2008-07-31 07:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1573BALI BOMBERS FILE ANOTHER APPEAL, BUT GOI SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three Bali bombers have filed a last-ditch appeal of their case to Indonesia's Constitutional Court. GOI officials have underscored that the terrorists have already used up all of their appeals in the Supreme Court system and, thus, can be executed at any time. Most contac [...]
2008-08-19 09:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CTER ASES ID AS
08JAKARTA1587BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DELAY IN EXECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General has stated that the executions of the Bali bombers will probably be delayed at least until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan concludes in October. In the meantime, the Constitutional Court continues to review a last-ditch appeal by the t [...]
2008-08-21 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1628GOI REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three Bali bombers have been moved into an isolation block at the maximum security prison where they are being held. Despite recent reports that the executions would be delayed for various reasons, the GOI has taken this step reportedly in preparation for possible near-term [...]
2008-08-27 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1737CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS BALI BOMBER PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court has begun hearing the three Bali bombers, last-ditch appeal. The three (via their lawyers) have claimed that execution by firing squad, the constitutionally mandated method of execution, is "torture." Representatives from the Indonesian governm [...]
2008-09-12 08:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1817PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...]
2008-09-25 08:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA1832BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVIEWS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal to Indonesia's Constitutional Court has turned into a serious debate in court chambers on the death penalty and how it is carried out in Indonesia. The three convicted terrorists have claimed that execution by firing squad--the constitutional [...]
2008-09-26 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1920BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SLATED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court is slated to rule on the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences on October 21. If the ruling upholds the sentences, the GOI has announced that it intends to move forward with execution plans. 2. (C) SUMMARY (Con'd): Despite this a [...]
2008-10-16 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1950BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court has rejected the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences and upheld that death by firing squad is constitutional. The Indonesian Attorney General has announced that the government intends to move forward with the executions of the three [...]
2008-10-22 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1959MILITANT ARRESTS IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: No connection to terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah or the impending execution of the Bali bombers has so far been established in the October 21 Indonesian police raid of an alleged terrorist safe house in Jakarta (see reftel). The intended target of the explosive found ap [...]
2008-10-23 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1982GOI SAYS BALI BOMBERS WILL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on October 24 that the executions of the Bali bombers would take place during the first week of November. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, though they do not know the exact date when the e [...]
2008-10-27 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA2019BALI BOMBERS -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The executions of the Bali Bombers are widely anticipated to occur during the November 1 through 4 timeframe. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, although the exact date has not been made public. The public outcry is expected to be minimal, but a [...]
2008-10-31 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2029BALI BOMBERS -- EXECUTIONS COULD TAKE PLACE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI reportedly has provided the Bali bombers with legal notice that they will be executed soon. This action places the expected execution timeframe anytime after late November 3 (local). While the exact timing remains unclear, the GOI has re-confirmed that the bombers' exec [...]
2008-11-03 11:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2068GOI EXECUTES BALI BOMBERS; POLICE REPORT SITUATION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has executed the three Bali bombers. The police report that the situation is calm, thus far. Mission has sent out a Warden message. Press guidance is attached in para seven. END SUMMARY. 3. [...]
2008-11-09 03:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2355DECOMMISSIONED AUSTRALIAN BELL HELICOPTERS: THE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION: Mission recommends that the USG support the transfer of decommissioned Australian Iroquois helicopters--originally sourced from the U.S.--to Indonesia. The transfer would meet critical Indonesian disaste [...]
2008-12-31 08:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR ID AS
08JAKARTA571COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRILATERAL GROUP MEETS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Trilateral CT Working Group--comprising the U.S., Australia, and Japan--held a regular meeting on March 14 in Jakarta. The group reviewed CT assistance programs. Mission continues to find the Working Group highly useful in coordinating programs and maximizing donor assis [...]
2008-03-19 04:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS ID AS JA
08JAKARTA783GOI STILL REVIEWING ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is not yet ready to commit to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative, but is not entirely ruling out the possibility. Indonesia is focused for now more on its own Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) initiative. The BDF idea remains embryonic, but important to [...]
2008-04-18 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ID AS CA KS
08JAKARTA876COUNTERNARCOTICS: USG ASSISTS GOI AT JAKARTA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG and Australia have worked with GOI law enforcement agencies to create a counternarcotics coordination facility at Jakarta's international airport. The facility shares information and targets airline passengers and cargo fitting criminal profiles. Since its inception in [...]
2008-05-02 08:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL ID AS
08KUALALUMPUR74COUNTERTERRORISM: THIRD TRILATERAL STRATEGIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted the third local meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) January 28. The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. delegations reviewed their respective counterterrorism (CT) activities in Malaysia. Discussion focused on terrorist f [...]
2008-02-01 07:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MARR AS JP MY
08KUALALUMPUR957MALAYSIA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit to Malaysia by Mr. Paul Grove and Ms. Michelle Wymer from the Senate Appropriations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to conduct oversight of State Department and Foreign Operations. Post will be generating a notional schedule [...]
2008-10-31 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH BM SN AS MY
08KUWAIT260DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON
[...] (C) On February 28, econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Hamad Al-Mashan and reiterated previous calls by emboffs for the GOK to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Al-Mashan said that any discussion or consideration of assistance would be premature un [...]
2008-03-06 15:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALAS BA CA EG EAID EFIN PREL EINV
08LONDON2858AFRICA/CHINA: MORE ENGAGEMENT IS A TWO-SIDED COIN
[...] (C//REL TO FIVE EYES) China's increasing engagement with African governments is a two-sided coin. China more readily works on its Africa partners' behalf in the United Nations (sometimes in unhelpful ways for the West),and it also provides significant direct investment and infrastructure cr [...]
2008-11-13 16:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAID XA CA NZ AS CH TW UK
08MANILA2130PHILIPPINES: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE TRILATERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Manila provides the following for use with the upcoming Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) to be held in Washington. The Philippine government has been an active partner in trilateral and bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, and continues to achieve significant pro [...]
2008-09-12 09:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER RP JA AS
08MELBOURNE12TOP VICTORIAN CIVIL SERVANT TO HEAD DEPARTMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Terence "Terry" Francis Moran AO (born October 19, 1947) will replace Peter Shergold AC as Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) in early March. Moran has been Secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet since 2000, formally Victoria's top civ [...]
2008-02-08 04:29:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AS
08MELBOURNE123Melbourne Businesses See Tough Times Ahead
[...] (SBU) Melbourne business leaders predict that Australian GDP growth will slow to approximately two percent in the coming three quarters. While most are not using the word recession, there is an expectation that jobs will be lost, commodity prices will fall and belts will have to be tightened. [...]
2008-10-24 06:15:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CH AS
08MELBOURNE125Australian Auto Industry Braces for Tough Times
[...] (SBU) The Australian automotive industry, headquartered in Victoria, is in for tough times. With Toyota worried, GM/Holden pressed and Ford on the ropes, industry leaders are expressing concern over the future of Australia's biggest manufacturing industry. A perfect storm is brewing for an au [...]
2008-11-03 00:04:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE136Global Financial Crisis Claims Next Victim in Victoria
[...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has found its latest victim in Victoria's building sector. A dearth of financing and sagging consumer confidence have put the brakes abruptly on Victoria's ten year construction boom. While the Rudd government will soon announce an AU $300 million (US $194 mi [...]
2008-11-19 05:13:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE137Global Financial Crisis Batters GM/Holden
[...] (SBU) GM/Holden's Chairman, Mark Reuss believes that the Australian auto industry's largest foe is sagging consumer confidence. Reuss is pursuing alternative financing to help struggling dealerships and believes the Rudd government's recently announced car plan will help the industry adapt and [...]
2008-11-28 03:24:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE141Australian Counterterrorism Ambassador on Progress,
[...] (SBU) During a November 26 address, Australia's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, Bill Paterson indicated that his country would maintain its focus on Southeast Asia by stepping up operational capacity there. Recounting his recent visit to the United States, Paterson said he had been struck by [...]
2008-12-07 21:11:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV AS
08MELBOURNE144Tasmania Weathers Global Financial Crisis - So Far
[...] (SBU) Tasmanians told Consul General during his first official visit on December 1-3 that Tasmania has weathered the global financial crisis so far, but there are already signs that the state may not escape unscathed. Declining real estate sales have cut into state revenue and tighter credit h [...]
2008-12-12 01:11:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE145Tasmania Weathers Global Financial Crisis - So Far
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 01:17:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE147Commodities Downturn Threatens Northern Territory
[...] (SBU) The Northern Territory's (NT) economy remains healthy, but is showing early signs of slowing as the global financial crisis works its way through Australia. The Territory's key mining and tourism sectors have softened since September while the NT government continues to tout the US$20 bi [...]
2008-12-15 20:54:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE149Tasmania: Opposition Struggling to Find Foothold
[...] (SBU) During a December 1-2 visit to Tasmania, political leaders told Consul General that the Labor party has maintained popularity despite recent political scandals due to a relatively weak opposition. The Greens continue to play a balance of power role in the state and are pushing to return [...]
2008-12-16 22:43:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08MELBOURNE150FORD OPTIMISTIC EVEN AS AUTOMOTIVE SLOWDOWN
[...] (C) Despite ongoing challenges in the Australian auto industry, Ford says it is holding its own. Handouts from the Rudd government have been well received by the industry and Ford Australia's CEO remains optimistic. However, Ford is reexamining its position in the highly competitive Australia [...]
2008-12-18 00:08:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIALEIND ECON ETRD AS
08MELBOURNE151Victoria Opposition Leader Remains Upbeat Despite Polls
[...] (SBU) Ted Baillieu, Leader of the Victorian Opposition, believes that former Howard Treasurer Peter Costello will run for reelection in the next federal election, signaling a challenge to Malcolm Turnbull for national leadership of the Liberal Party. Baillieu says that he is optimistic about h [...]
2008-12-22 04:56:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08MELBOURNE22SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING AND COMBATING
[...] (SBU) Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Foreign Affairs Officer Karen Paikin visited Australia January 21-28 to learn about the incidence of anti-Semitism in Australia. Interlocutors from government, law enforcement and the Jewish community acknowledge [...]
2008-03-05 03:17:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AS
08MELBOURNE44NEW GM HOLDEN CHIEF LOOKS TO ADAPT COMPANY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly arrived General Motors (GM) Holden Managing Director (MD) and Chairman Mark Reuss told Melbourne Consul General and Commercial Officer on May 14 that he intended to increase his company's dwindling market share through changes in marketing and making vehicles that consume [...]
2008-05-14 07:02:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ELTN ECON AS
08MELBOURNE45VICTORIAN LIBERAL PARTY IN DISARRAY
[...] (SBU) A divided Victorian Liberal Party is in turmoil following the May 10 sacking of two senior Liberal staffers for their involvement in a web-site critical of Victorian Liberal Leader Ted Baillieu. In retaliation for the firing one of the staffers, who are from a different faction within th [...]
2008-05-15 06:42:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AS
08MELBOURNE48UNPOPULAR TASMANIAN PREMIER RESIGNS, SURPRISING COLLEAGUES
[...] (SBU) Tasmania's beleaguered Premier Paul Lennon resigned suddenly May 26 in favor of his deputy, David Bartlett. Dogged by allegations of corruption over his four years as premier, the abrasive Lennon claimed he left on his terms believing it was time for a generational change. Particularly [...]
2008-05-27 06:24:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AS
08MELBOURNE9SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING AND COMBATING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 03:37:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AS
08MOSCOW3097MTCR PAPER DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 10:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS RS
08NEWDELHI501NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]
2008-02-15 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08OTTAWA627U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...]
2008-05-07 16:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PHNOMPENH398CAMBODIA'S EMERGING MINING SECTOR: FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: International interest in northeastern Cambodia's mining potential has increased sharply in recent years with a number of large, well-respected international firms joining smaller domestic and international companies in the search for gold and bauxite. While no major discoveri [...]
2008-05-12 06:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN PGOV SENV SOCI PHUM CB AS
08STATE104496DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) The United States designated the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass De [...]
2008-09-30 20:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG RE GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE104822MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "The Perchlorate Family of Chemicals" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) f [...]
2008-10-01 15:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE105029MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea's Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]
2008-10-01 19:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE105103MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran's Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]
2008-10-01 21:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS IR
08STATE105132MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): CHINA'S RECORD ON CONTROLLING MISSILE-RELATED EXPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 22:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS CH
08STATE105464MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): SYRIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Syria's Ballistic Missile Program and Foreign Suppliers" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Po [...]
2008-10-02 17:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE106079TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...]
2008-10-03 17:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS JA PREL
08STATE107020MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Shipping and Proliferation: Industry Operations and Their Benefits to Proliferators" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technol [...]
2008-10-07 14:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE108966DEMARCHE REQUEST-AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Purpose ------- 2. (U) Embassy Baghdad would like to selectively expand international participation in the Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program (reftel) and has identified agriculture as an element of the PRT program appropr [...]
2008-10-10 16:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PREL IZ AS
08STATE109138MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "RISK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Risk (Uncontrolled) Technologies Useful to Ballistic Missile Programs" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Re [...]
2008-10-10 20:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE109845MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "BROKERING CONTROLS IN THE UNITED STATES ON DUAL-USE ITEMS" Classified By: ISN/MTR DIRECTOR PAM DURHAM FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),AND (H).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 20:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS NL
08STATE110013MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2007 Athens MTCR Plenary. As [...]
2008-10-15 12:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS
08STATE111310SOUTH STREAM - BACKGROUND FOR POSTS' USE
[...] (U) Department is aware that posts do or may contend with questions about South Stream. In the interest of keeping posts apprised of Washington thinking on this issue, we offer the below background on South Stream for your use in discussing the issue with host governments. This background su [...]
2008-10-17 23:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV EU BG GR HU RS SL SB IT AS
08STATE112053MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "U.S. Paper on Dual Use Machine Tool Exports" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]
2008-10-21 18:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR NE AS
08STATE112061MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): "SBIG'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "SBIG's Efforts to Procure Environmental Test Chambers: A Case Study" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regi [...]
2008-10-21 18:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE112544MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) The following guidance is provided to the U.S. delegation participating in the November 3-7, 2008, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Canberra. OBJECTIVES ////////// 2. (C) The delegation should seek adoption during this Plenary of the U.S. proposal to modernize [...]
2008-10-22 17:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA AS
08STATE116428NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
2008-10-31 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE125625DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA REGARDING CONVENTION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners [...]
2008-11-26 21:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO AS
08STATE128040URGENT DEMARCHE TO GOA
[...] (S) Department requests that Embassy Canberra demarche the Australian Government on the way forward in the GOA's negotiations with the Government of Iraq on an agreement to permit Australian forces to remain in Iraq after the expiration of the UNSCR 1790 mandate for the multinational force. P [...]
2008-12-04 21:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08STATE130444CORRECTED COPY - KIRIBATI: RESETTLEMENT OF UIGHUR DETAINEES
[...] (S) In November 2008, pursuant to instructions from the Department, Post initiated discussions with the Government of Kiribati (GoK) regarding the possible resettlement in Kiribati of up to 17 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). GoK President Tong indicated a willingness to discuss th [...]
2008-12-11 22:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS TN KR AS NZ CH
08STATE132140ACTION FOR CONTINUING IRAQI COALITION EMBASSIES
[...] (C) Department requests Embassies Bucharest, San Salvador, and Tallinn, along with USNATO, share the text in para. four with host governments and NATO soonest to determine whether the formulation meets those governments'/NATO's requirements for authorities and protections for their forces in Ir [...]
2008-12-17 18:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08STATE29096IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]
2008-03-20 14:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE52388BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050077199 for the export of Orion aircraft spare parts to Australia. Embassy is requested t [...]
2008-05-16 17:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AS
08STATE61031FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN POST LICENSE END-USE
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of P-3 Orion aircraft spare parts to Australia. This request was sent over 200 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already r [...]
2008-06-06 13:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AS
08STATE63576BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050075238, 050037248, 050037105, and 050069389 for the export of firearms to Australia. Post [...]
2008-06-12 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAS ETTC KOMC
08STATE66499BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of GloTape (infrared reflective material) to New Zealand via Australia. Post is requested [...]
2008-06-20 14:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAS ETTC KOMC NZ
08STATE68633CORRECTED COPY: REQUEST TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Government of Japan (GOJ) is actively considering possible contributions to support NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) security operations in Afghanistan (REFS A [...]
2008-06-26 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR JA
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE70835THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary discussed Australian PM Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific Community (APC) with Special Envoy Richard Woolcott. Woolcott emphasized his consultations on the proposed APC would be exploratory in nature, with no predetermined outcome, and likel [...]
2008-07-02 00:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL AS
08STATE76653Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-16 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE77331Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-18 12:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE80531T LETTER OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN LEGAL OFFICIAL
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: Kerin Leonard, Principal Legal Officer, Office of International Law, Australian Attorney General's Department, gave a presentation at the Senior-Level Meeting for all states endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on [...]
2008-07-25 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08STATE80543ISN LETTERS OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN PSI PRESENTERS
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: On May 29, 2008, the United States hosted a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, attended by representatives of 21 countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI, as well as most of the 92 PSI participating states. The workshop provi [...]
2008-07-25 18:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08STATE85509BRIEFING AUSTRALIA ON APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PTER TBIO AS PE
08STATE92723ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]
2008-08-28 20:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93558(S) SHIPMENT OF CHINESE ORIGIN GOODS DESTINED FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL IR CH UK AS
08SUVA417AMBASSADOR PRESSES BAINIMARAMA FOR BENCHMARKS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 4, Ambassador McGann met one-on-one with Fiji's Interim Prime Minister Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama almost immediately after presenting his credentials to Fiji's President Iloilo. Ambassador pressed Bainimarama to set benchmarks and timelines for an early restoratio [...]
2008-11-06 02:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AS FJ
08SYDNEY254PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION BY AUSTRALIAN SYRIAN COMMUNITY
[...] (U) On Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 1600, there was a peaceful demonstration by a group calling itself the "Australian - Syrian Community" directed against the United States Government. According to local authorities, the group had intended to rally at the Sydney Town Hall before proceeding ap [...]
2008-11-18 22:44:00Consulate SydneyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AS
08THEHAGUE998RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...]
2008-12-02 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK
08TOKYO117AUSTRALIA GROUP: TOKYO ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 08:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL GM IT UK AS FR RS JA
08TOKYO1626U/S BURNS MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes care must be taken to avoid pushing China too hard on the Tibet issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns June 9, and suggested that a statement made on the subject by the G-8 Foreign Ministers acce [...]
2008-06-13 09:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL XE CH RS IR AS JA
08TOKYO1678PM RUDD VISIT: "A NEW PROPOSAL EVERY DAY"
[...] (C/NF) During their June 12 meeting, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd affirmed the importance of the Japan-Australia bilateral relationship and their commitment to expand bilateral security and economic cooperation, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. PM Fukuda responded cautiou [...]
2008-06-18 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KGHG AS JA
08TOKYO2121JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MIXTER
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 8-12, 2008, visit to Japan by Staffdel Mixter. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone: [...]
2008-08-01 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC JA OTRA PREL ID AS
08TOKYO3257AMBASSADOR AND FM NAKASONE DISCUSS DPRK,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 08:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID JA AF AS KS KN
08TOKYO475ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...]
2008-02-22 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA
08TOKYO723COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...]
2008-03-18 08:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA
08ULAANBAATAR206APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...]
2008-05-02 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA478FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...]
2008-08-27 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK
08UNVIEVIENNA523VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 11:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08USNATO468ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I
[...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...]
2008-12-17 18:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
08USUNNEWYORK874UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]
2008-09-29 16:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
08WELLINGTON414FOREIGN MINISTER MCCULLY DISCUSSES FIJI AND
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid his introductory and farewell call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Murray McCully December 15. They agreed that there had been dramatic improvement in our bilateral relationship during Ambassador McCormick,s tenure due to the efforts of many leaders in both gover [...]
2008-12-15 04:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEFIS ENRG PREL NZ FJ AS XV
09ANKARA534TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: MARCH 2009
[...] (C) TGS Deputy Chief Hasan Igsiz visited Baghdad on March 4 and met with Iraqi Defense Minister Jassem in Baghdad. Igsiz said Ankara was prepared to increase support for the Iraqi army and proposed that the two sides sign a memorandum of understanding (in lieu of a formal agreement) regarding [...]
2009-04-09 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAS IS MARR PINS PREL SR TU
09ASHGABAT326AUSTRALIAN PTROCHEMICALS FIRM TAKING A CLOSE LOOK
[...] (C) An Australian trade delegation led by Australian Trade Commission Senior Commissioner for Russia and the CIS Dan Tebbutt told Economic Officer on March 10 that he observed, during a similar visit with Australian mining companies last year, that Turkmen officials from the mining sector wer [...]
2009-03-12 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID EMIN EPET PREL TX AS
09BAGHDAD1483ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS END OF MISSION CEREMONY
[...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu presided over a ceremony on June 4 at COB Adder, Tallil to commemorate the End of Mission (EOM) for Romanian forces in Iraq. The ceremony included a wreath-laying in honor of three Romanian soldiers who died in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). [...]
2009-06-06 07:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS UK
09BAGHDAD934COALITION DRAWDOWN DEMONSTRATES IRAQ,S MIXED
[...] (C) Coalition Forces, once representative of 39 countries participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have now mostly departed Iraq, indicative of significant improvements in Iraq's security environment and Iraq's own recognition of its sovereignty. Coalition members provided varying degrees of [...]
2009-04-06 09:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
09BEIJING1199MAY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FLU, QUARANTINES, VISA POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 5 MFA press briefing: -- China has taken "urgent and temporary" measures to "protect the safety of the animal husbandry industry and the people" from the threat of H1N1 Influenza. -- The spokesperson had no information about reports that four American citizens have be [...]
2009-05-05 22:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1227MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS,
[...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]
2009-05-07 23:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1299MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]
2009-05-14 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1353MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC
[...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]
2009-05-19 11:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING1679PRC/SOUTH PACIFIC: INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Chinese government interlocutors continued to stress the centrality of "non-interference" to China's foreign policy, a Fijian EmbOff told us a new package of Chinese economic assistance to Fiji announced earlier this year arrived just as western sanctions were proving probl [...]
2009-06-19 08:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING1927JULY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, RIO TINTO
[...] Key points at the July 9 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the events in Xinjiang, while current casualty figures were not available, no foreign casualties had been recorded. -- Regarding Turkey's proposal to discuss the events in Xinjiang before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),[...]
2009-07-09 10:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING1992JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF
[...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...]
2009-07-14 12:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2025JULY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, RIO TINTO
[...] Key points at the July 16 MFA press briefing: --China "opposes any country providing a platform" for Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer's "separatist activity." --China's position on mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions has been "consistent and clear" and China would "follow the principles [...]
2009-07-16 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2144(C) AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS GOA SURPRISE
[...] (C) Summary. China's recent detention of Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto executives surprised the Australian government, according to Dr. Geoff Raby, Australia's Ambassador here. Raby told the Charge July 24 that his government had seen no evidence of bribery, espiona [...]
2009-07-27 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09BEIJING2418CHINA/AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS GOES ON DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent political tensions between Australia and China over Rebiya Kadeer's visit to Australia and the arrest by Chinese security officials of Rio Tinto executive and Australian citizen Stern Hu, Australia remains committed to developing its economic ties with China, a [...]
2009-08-24 00:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON AS CH
09BEIJING2467China Considers Restrictions on Strategic
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: ChinaQs Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a report recommending more stringent restrictions on the export of rare earth metals and further consolidation in the rare earth mining sector over the next six years, according to Chinese media. S [...]
2009-08-28 09:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EMIN EIND SENV CH AS
09BEIJING2490SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]
2009-09-01 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2535SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR
[...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]
2009-09-03 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2596SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING2597SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING2658RIO-TINTO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STERN HU ARREST
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Rio) has quietly reopened negotiations with Chinalco as part of an effort to win the release of its employee and Australian national Stern Hu. In response to Hu's arrest and to avoid further accusations of stealing secrets, Rio is considering transferring all o [...]
2009-09-16 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL EMIN CH AS
09BEIJING383AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DEMARCHE PRC ON FIJI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of PRC Vice President Xi Jinping's February 8-9 trip to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand expressed concern to the MFA that such a visit would send the wrong message in light of international efforts to urge the government in Suva to carry out democratic reforms, accordi [...]
2009-02-13 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING592CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A
[...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]
2009-03-09 02:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING858MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET,
[...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]
2009-03-31 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09CAIRO1176 Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant
[...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...]
2009-06-23 12:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS
09CANBERRA1001UN 1267 SANCTIONS: AUSTRALIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
[...] Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counter Terrorism Policy Section said on November 9 that, having consulted all relevant Australian government agencies, they have no derogatory information on 29 names the United States is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring for d [...]
2009-11-13 01:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AS
09CANBERRA1006AUSTRALIA SEARCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER SOLUTION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Australia has asked Sri Lanka to do more to stop the flood of Tamil asylum seekers, as the standoff with 78 of them on board an Australian Customs vessel approaches resolution. The government is offering faster resettlement if they agree to disembark in Indonesia, and it app [...]
2009-11-13 06:57:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNECON ELAB PREF PREL SMIG AS
09CANBERRA1008RUDD OPTIMISTIC ON COPENHAGEN AFTER LEADERS
[...] (S/NF) PM Rudd was happy with the climate change breakfast for APEC leaders in Singapore and believes that engagement by leaders will be necessary to get a positive result at Copenhagen. The PM, who had returned from Malaysia earlier in the morning, told Charge at a national prayer breakfast [...]
2009-11-16 07:39:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL SENV PGOV AS
09CANBERRA1011ASYLUM-SEEKER STAND-OFF SOLVED BUT RUDD UNDER
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The remaining 56 Tamil asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel have agreed to disembark in Indonesia today following a stand-off which lasted over a month (Refs A and C). Like their 22 counterparts who left on Friday, they have been enticed to leave by guarantees of [...]
2009-11-18 06:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS
09CANBERRA1012VISITS SIGNAL WARMING RELATIONS WITH CHINA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A pair of recent visits by high-level Chinese officials signals that China is willing to move past recent tensions with Australia. PLA Chief of Staff General Chen Bingde and Vice Premier Li Keqiang both met with Prime Minister Rudd and other senior officials during their visit [...]
2009-11-18 07:08:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS CH PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA1013AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 23:00:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPM AS
09CANBERRA1016AUSTRALIAN MESSAGES TO KARZAI WILL MIRROR THOSE OF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia agrees with the U.S. approach to engaging Afghanistan. Australia is already in the process of finalizing its own message, which is very similar to that laid out in the referenced cable. Pushing for merit-based appointments is a particular concern. Australian offic [...]
2009-11-19 05:57:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AF AS
09CANBERRA1017AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has a wide range of ongoing security dialogues with Australia that date back decades. There are several large, formalized dialogues that take place throughout the year and a virtually endless number of smaller working groups and direct military to military ta [...]
2009-11-19 06:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM AS
09CANBERRA1020 CORRECTED COPY - BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2203
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy pol/econ section spoke with PETER PAWSEY of ROTOR AND WING SERVICES LTD (RAWS) at P.O. BOX 6262, CAIRNS, QLD on September 22, 2009 to confirm the company's registration as a broker for defense goods or services. Pawsey told us that the company had registered in the past but [...]
2009-11-20 05:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA1021AUSTRALIA WILL VOTE AGAINST MOST ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA
[...] (C/NF) Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Middle East Division Head, Deborah Stokes, told Pol/Econ Counselor November 19 that Australia has traditionally voted with the United States against most of the 21 resolutions heavily biased against Israel including all three of the [...]
2009-11-20 05:12:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AS
09CANBERRA1022AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES
[...] (U) Australia is committed to the work of the Core Group. Approximately 220 Bhutanese refugees were granted visas between July 2006 and June 2008. In September 2008, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, announced that Australia would accept 5,000 Bhutanese refugees ove [...]
2009-11-20 05:15:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDBT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL AS
09CANBERRA1023AUSTRALIA GROUP: USG 2009 DENIAL RENEWALS UPDATED
[...] (SBU) Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has reviewed the 26 U.S. denial notifications pending expiration, as listed by Australia in its 2009 Denials Audit. T [...]
2009-11-20 05:16:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS ETTC PREL CBW
09CANBERRA1024HIGHER AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR MAY LEAD TO STRUCTURAL CHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Underpinned by strong demand for Australian resources, a resilient post-GFC domestic economy, rising interest rates, and comparatively slower recoveries among other advanced economies, the Australian dollar (A$) has been one of the strongest currencies in 2009. The strong dolla [...]
2009-11-20 07:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS
09CANBERRA1040FAA'S UPCOMING ASSESSMENT OF AUSTRALIAN CIVIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian aviation authorities will release a statement on the FAA's upcoming assessment of Australia's civil aviation, which is scheduled for November 30 - December 4 (reftel). The government release will be out in the next day and could be in the press as early as Friday, [...]
2009-11-25 06:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR AS
09CANBERRA1041AUSTRALIA ON LIBERTAD ACT AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia wants to enhance engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean and sees improving its relationship with Cuba as a part of that strategy. In addition to signing a Memorandum of Understanding, which "will provide the future basis for cooperation and exchanges" between [...]
2009-11-25 06:52:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL AS
09CANBERRA1042AUSTRALIA EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: DCM delivered on November 25 reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ric Smith and Deputy National Security Adviser Angus Campbell. Both Smith and Campbell had been previously briefed on an unclassified version of reftel points during a regularly-sch [...]
2009-11-25 09:25:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM PREL MARR MOPS AS
09CANBERRA1043AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...]
2009-11-25 09:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AS
09CANBERRA1047G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD SECURITY: AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia,s estimated commitment emanating from L,Aquila on food security programs is A$464 million for food aid (ref C). Australia believes that food aid should be included and is seeking clarification of the criteria used to calculate the amount, which depending on the metho [...]
2009-11-27 03:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID AS
09CANBERRA105"BUY AMERICA" PROVISION RAISES CONCERNS IN
[...] (C) Summary. The "Buy America" provisions on the purchase of US steel for infrastructure projects in the recently-passed House economic stimulus bill have raised considerable concern in Australian, provoking negative headlines and commentary in the Australian media as well as from key contact [...]
2009-01-30 06:49:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AS
09CANBERRA1053OPPOSITION MELTS DOWN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition Liberal Party is in turmoil after an unprecedented revolt against leader Malcolm Turnbull and his decision to support the Government's climate change legislation. A Liberal party leadership ballot will be held on Monday. Malcolm Turnbull's decision to back the go [...]
2009-11-27 06:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV AS
09CANBERRA1054AMBASSADOR BLEICH MEETS TREASURER SWAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed Ambassador Bleich during an introductory meeting on November 27 and expressed optimism about Australia's economic outlook. Swan was pessimistic about the fate of the emissions bill being hotly debated in Parliament, as well as that of Opposition lea [...]
2009-11-27 06:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL AS
09CANBERRA1057AMBASSADOR BLEICH CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER FERGUSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Energy, Resources and Tourism Minister Ferguson told Ambassador Bleich during an initial courtesy call that Australia is "in lockstep" with the U.S. on energy policy, technology goals, and views on climate change. Ferguson sees Australia, a major liquefied natural gas (LNG),co [...]
2009-11-30 04:10:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV ETRD AS
09CANBERRA1058NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK
[...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...]
2009-11-30 06:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS
09CANBERRA106JOB LOSSES THREATEN POLICIES ON CLIMATE PLAN AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising unemployment will be the Rudd government's biggest political problem in 2009. The opposition Liberal-National Coalition, traditionally associated with strong economic management, believes an increase in joblessness could erode political support for the Australian Labor P [...]
2009-01-30 07:15:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SENV ECON AS
09CANBERRA1060AUSTRALIA TERMINATES ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON
[...] On November 25 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it has terminated an investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethelyne (LLDP) from the U.S. and Canada. The decision was also published in the November 25 edition of national newsp [...]
2009-12-01 00:11:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AS
09CANBERRA1070RUDD'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME DEFEATED IN SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was defeated in the Senate after the Opposition changed leadership and subsequently rejected the scheme. The government will re-introduce the bill on February 2, but consensus is that the current deal is dead. In [...]
2009-12-02 07:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PREL AS
09CANBERRA1071AUSTRALIA WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON
[...] (C/NF) Australia welcomes the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and is committed to providing support, Foreign Minister Smith told Ambassador Bleich December 2. Ambassador Bleich delivered reftel message prior to the President's speech. In addition to the discussion [...]
2009-12-02 07:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AS
09CANBERRA1072AUSTRALIAN DUMPING INVESTIGATION: SILICONE
[...] (U) In a letter dated November 23, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it has made a preliminary affirmative determination into the alleged dumping of silicone emulsion concrete admixture (SECA) produced in the U.S. and exported to Australia (reftel). [...]
2009-12-03 03:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AS
09CANBERRA1073AUSTRALIA: LNG LTD. AND IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG Ltd.) Managing Director and CEO Maurice Brand on December 2. Our former Consul General in Perth last spoke with Brand regarding the Iran Sanctions Act on March 16, 2007 (reftel B). Responses to reftel A follow below. 2. (C) Accor [...]
2009-12-03 05:19:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL AS
09CANBERRA108NEW CIVAIR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING STARTS SOON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Australian drug and alcohol random testing programs for those involved in safety-related aviation roles legally could begin at any time, but it expected to start in late March or early April. The program will be administered by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA),[...]
2009-02-02 06:37:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR AS
09CANBERRA1081AUSTRALIA: FAA COMPLETES ASSESSMENT, NEXT STEPS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The FAA team concluded their audit (reftels) and gave a brief assessment of preliminary findings. While the team recognized improvements on previous shortcomings and commended many areas, a few problems remain. Australian officials seem committed to overcoming the shortcomin [...]
2009-12-07 05:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEAIR AS
09CANBERRA1085OPPOSITION PARTY ANNOUNCED FRONT BENCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Liberal Party Leader Tony Abbott announced December 8 a new shadow cabinet that highlights a shift toward a more aggressive and conservative approach toward the Government. The new lineup favors those who backed Abbott's overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal lea [...]
2009-12-08 06:40:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL AS
09CANBERRA1088AMB. BLEICH TALKS WITH STUDENTS ON WATER, CLIMATE LINKS
[...] (U) Ambassador Bleich marked the first day of the Copenhagen climate change conference (reftel) with a youth and environmental outreach event at the National Museum of Australia. The museum is hosting an exhibit, titled "Water H2O=Life," based on an exhibit by the American Museum of National H [...]
2009-12-10 05:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAO KGHG AS
09CANBERRA1089AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...]
2009-12-11 00:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CH FJ AS
09CANBERRA109NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): CONTACT
[...] In the Government of Australia, primary points of contact for all NPT matters are: -- John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and -- Chris King, Acting Director, Arms Control [...]
2009-02-02 08:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT AS
09CANBERRA1090ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: MEETING IS THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The December 3-5 track 1.5 conference on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific community (APc) concept achieved the limited goal of further discussion on regional institutions. Though ostensibly co-sponsored by the Lowy Institute (an Australian think tank) and the [...]
2009-12-11 00:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA1092AUSTRALIA UPS PRESSURE ON BIG LNG PROJECT PARTNERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government is fulfilling its pledge to strengthen "use it or lose it" policies to encourage faster development of LNG resources. Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced December 4 that Browse Basin LNG project joint venture (JV) partners Woodside, BHP, BP [...]
2009-12-11 05:37:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ECON AS
09CANBERRA1094AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON NPT, FINAL
[...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) Australia supports the U.S. views on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ahead of next year's review conference, but has not finalized its own policy. Australia will review its nuclear stance early next year, although a major policy shift is not expected. Officials stressed th [...]
2009-12-11 05:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM ENRG IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT AS
09CANBERRA1096ANTICIPATED LABOR SHORTAGE COULD STRENGTHEN UNIONS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's resources and energy sector is forecast to continue growing but companies are worried about skilled labor shortages and new labor laws, which unions are keen to exploit. The GOA estimates there are 80 planned or approved energy and resource projects that are likely [...]
2009-12-13 20:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS
09CANBERRA1099RUDD STEPS UP RHETORIC ON WHALING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is growing increasingly frustrated with lack of progress on whaling with Japan as the Japanese whaling fleet is about to start its annual hunt in Antarctic waters. PM Rudd will raise whaling with Japanese PM Hatoyama in response to perceived Japanese escalation of t [...]
2009-12-14 07:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EFIS PREL AS
09CANBERRA1100AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES MINOR MODIFICATIONS ON FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan announced minor changes to the review framework for foreign investment proposals, in response to findings from a Senate inquiry and confusion among foreign investors, particularly from China. From 2010, major companies will be required to retain local share [...]
2009-12-15 22:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL AS
09CANBERRA1103SPECIAL ENVOY: CIVILIANS TO AFGHANISTAN STILL A
[...] (C/NF) Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ric Smith told us that the Australian government has yet to agree upon specific numbers for the recently announced expansion of its civilian effort in Afghanistan. Smith, who seemed less enthusiastic and engaged than in past meetings, said tha [...]
2009-12-16 06:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS AF AS
09CANBERRA1107AUSTRALIA'S 3Q GROWTH SLOWER THAN EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's economy slowed to 0.2% GDP growth in the September quarter, despite forecasts of double this result. Treasurer Swan said global conditions are still challenging and the lower-than-expected growth "is a cautionary reminder that growth momentum in the Australian econom [...]
2009-12-17 02:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS
09CANBERRA1119AS POLICE PLAN THEIR "SURGE" IN AFGHANISTAN, UNION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) union has been loudly critical of Prime Minister Rudd,s plans to increase Australia,s police presence in Afghanistan, and has vowed to fight any "significant" expansion of the AFP commitment. Officials predicted that between 10 and 20 new [...]
2009-12-23 03:46:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS AS AF
09CANBERRA1123RUDD GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rudd government remained politically dominant in 2009, largely on the back of better than expected economic conditions, Rudd's enduring high popularity, government unity, and a dysfunctional opposition. Foreign Minister Smith stepped out of Rudd's shadow and the resignation [...]
2009-12-23 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV AS
09CANBERRA1124AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...]
2009-12-23 21:09:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS
09CANBERRA116AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT NEW STIMULUS PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Responding to increasingly dire economic forecasts, PM Kevin Rudd announced February 3 a A$42 billion (US$26 billion) economic stimulus package, the second in four months, equal to about 4% of GDP. It is largely focused on rapid spending on education infrastructure and cash pay [...]
2009-02-03 07:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA117CHINALCO ACQUIRING RIO STAKE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media is reporting that Chinese state-owned aluminum company Chinalco is negotiating with Rio Tinto to either increase its stake in Anglo-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto or buy specific resource assets. Reeling from falling commodities prices, Rio is scrambling t [...]
2009-02-03 21:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV AS CH
09CANBERRA120AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith shared views on future engagement in Afghanistan in meetings January 18-21 in Australia. Both Ministers shared the view that more than one year after significant meetings in Bucharest [...]
2009-02-04 06:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AS
09CANBERRA121AUSTRALIAN QUESTION ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST
[...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CTR. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, called in Deputy POLCOUNS on February 4 to discuss Dr. Ali Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Za'ag, the former biological weapon scie [...]
2009-02-04 06:45:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPTER PINR PINS PARM PREL AS IZ
09CANBERRA127SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: DFAT North Asia Division North East Asia Branch Assistant Secretary Daniel Sloper told Poloff on February 5 that ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan,s meetings in Perth and Sydney January 22-24 were to finalize arrangements for President Lee Myung-Bak,s visit to Australia dur [...]
2009-02-06 03:49:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS ETRD KS PREL
09CANBERRA13AUSTRALIAN PM SPEAKS OUT ON GAZA
[...] (U) In his first public comment on the Israeli strike on Gaza, vacationing Prime Minister Rudd expressed concern over the continued violence in Gaza and Southern Israel. In a January 5 press interview, Rudd said Australia recognizes Israel's right to self-defense but called on "all parties to [...]
2009-01-05 21:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL AS
09CANBERRA132COMPARING GAZA TO HOLOCAUST CAUSES MUSLIM-JEWISH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's Jewish community leaders have threatened to sever relations with their Muslim counterparts after the chairman of Australia main Islamic group refused to withdraw his comparison of the Israeli Gaza incursion with the Holocaust. During Israel's push into Gaza in January, [...]
2009-02-06 07:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI AS
09CANBERRA134WILDFIRE DEATHS STUN AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Unprecedented wildfire deaths in Victoria (reftel) on February 7-8 have led to a suspension of Parliament, an outpouring of public grief, and a request for U. S. assistance. With 130 deaths and the destruction of hundreds of households, and the very real pos [...]
2009-02-09 07:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV AS
09CANBERRA135RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens told Charge that Australia will face a difficult 2009 as the result of an unprecedented worldwide loss of confidence by consumers and businesses. The RBA and the Australian Government are taking aggressive measures to stimulate the [...]
2009-02-09 22:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA136VICTORIA WILDFIRES: CANBERRA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Though the worst of the fires appear to be over, Australia is reeling as rescuers discover more victims from Victoria's wildfires, with the death toll expected to pass 200 (ref B). Deputy PM Gillard termed the fires "one of the darkest days" in Australia's peacetime history. T [...]
2009-02-10 21:00:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV AS
09CANBERRA138PRIME MINISTER REIGNS OVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since becoming Prime Minister in December 2007, Kevin Rudd has appropriated control of foreign-policy formulation and decision-making, leaving his Foreign Minister to perform mundane, ceremonial duties and relegating the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to a backw [...]
2009-02-11 07:28:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AS
09CANBERRA142SEA SHEPHERD BACKS OFF, AUSTRALIA PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) Summary: The aggressive actions by both the Sea Shepherd group and the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean during the week of February 2-6 have resulted in the Sea Shepherd's calling off of their harassment campaign for this season. The Australian government is taking a low-key a [...]
2009-02-12 06:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EFIS PREL AS
09CANBERRA148AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER
[...] Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Greg French, Assistant Secretary of the Environment Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He said that DFAT has the lead on the issue and that while Australia is also a non-party, it is an active observer. French said that Austra [...]
2009-02-13 05:22:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO AS
09CANBERRA149AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON COLLISION OF IRIDIUM/COSMOS
[...] (SBU) In the absence of a unified GOA point of contact on space matters, we delivered the talking points on the February 10 collision of the U.S. Iridium and Russion Cosmos satellites simultaneously to Group Captain Denny Davison, Director for Defence Space Coordination, Australian Department [...]
2009-02-13 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALTSPA AS
09CANBERRA150SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...]
2009-02-13 06:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
09CANBERRA153SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...]
2009-02-13 07:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
09CANBERRA154SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...]
2009-02-13 07:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
09CANBERRA156AUSTRALIA: PM'S ADVISOR ON AFHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) In response to the U.S. invitation to contribute ideas to the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic policy review, Prime Minister Rudd's senior international adviser said Australia has been hard at work on its own review and believes the U.S. and Australian efforts can complement one another. On [...]
2009-02-17 07:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN MARR AS
09CANBERRA157HOCKEY REPLACE BISHOP AS SHADOW TREASURER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of public criticism in the media and private criticism by her colleagues, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop yesterday resigned as Shadow Treasurer, clearing the way for Liberal Leader Malcolm Turnbull to replace her with strong media performer Joe Hockey. B [...]
2009-02-17 07:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON AS
09CANBERRA163AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RECRUITMENT FLAT DESPITE POOR
[...] (C/NF) Contrary to recent media reports of recruiting increases linked to potentially poor domestic economic performance from the global financial crisis, there has been no change in actual recruiting levels. Systemic personnel issues limit Australian Defence Force (ADF) staffing flexibility, [...]
2009-02-18 06:31:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PREL AS
09CANBERRA164DUTCH PRESS FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/NF) In meetings January 18-21 with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen requested Australia to provide a civilian political advisor in Tarin Kowt, and to increase assistance to Oruzgan Province, including send [...]
2009-02-18 06:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL AS
09CANBERRA165AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. AT DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 07:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA166AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIA ON BOARD
[...] (C) Following his February 17 call on PM Senior Advisor Quinlan to solicit input into the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review (reftels),Charge delivered the same demarche February 18 to National Security Adviser (NSA) Duncan Lewis, who is coordinating the GOA's own policy review. Lewis w [...]
2009-02-18 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR AS
09CANBERRA171 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:36:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS
09CANBERRA178AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIAN NSA
[...] (C) At the direction of Prime Minister Rudd, National Security Adviser Duncan Lewis plans to visit Washington the week of March 2 with instructions to personally deliver Australia's submission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan review by weeks's end, as indicated in Ref A. Embassy recommends Departm [...]
2009-02-20 06:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AS
09CANBERRA179AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
[...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]
2009-02-20 06:43:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA18POINTS DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIA ON PHASE II REPORT
[...] Poloff delivered points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Acting Director, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 7. 2. Walsh and Bryson expressed appreciation for the advance noti [...]
2009-01-07 06:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
09CANBERRA180CHINESE INVESTMENT OFFERS PILE UP IN AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The pace of Chinese efforts to invest in key Australian mineral companies has picked up. While the Chinalco-Rio Tinto investment (reftel) has drawn the most attention, other Chinese companies are seeking to take advantage of the troubled economic state of many Australian miners. [...]
2009-02-20 07:49:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD EINV EIND AS
09CANBERRA181CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON
[...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]
2009-02-23 04:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA187MTCR CHAIR COMMENTS ON INFORMAL BRAINSTORMING
[...] (C/NF) John Quinn, the Australian Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair, expressed appreciation for USG input to the informal brainstorming session planned following the Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 29-30, 2009 (reftel). Quinn observed that while the [...]
2009-02-25 07:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AS
09CANBERRA188ALP FACTIONS BIDE THEIR TIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the apparent desire of Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to end the power of ALP factions, the January outbreak of a dispute between members of the Right faction in Victoria is a reminder that they still control politics at the local level. [...]
2009-02-25 07:23:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB AS
09CANBERRA202AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...]
2009-02-27 06:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS
09CANBERRA203EMERGING AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G-20 LEADERS MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Australia is focused on doing whatever it can to ensure that the G-20 Leaders meeting produces results that help restore global confidence and lead to tangible results. PM Rudd is very concerned about ensuring effective coordination to deal with "toxic assets" as well as securing a str [...]
2009-02-27 09:52:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA206AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. UNHRC PARTICIPATION; NO
[...] Although Ref A arrived too late on Friday, February 27, to pass the points before the U.S. public announcement March 1, we delivered the message at opening of business on Monday, March 2, to Craig Maclachlan, Assistant Secretary for International Organisations, Department of Foreign Affairs a [...]
2009-03-02 05:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA213FITZGIBBON AND DEFENCE UNDER FIRE OVER SAS PAY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and senior Defence officials have come under intense pressure over bungled handling of salary payments to Special Air Service (SAS) troops, the elite special forces who are doing the bulk of Australia's fighting in Afghanistan. In Parliament la [...]
2009-03-03 05:41:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR AS
09CANBERRA214AUSTRALIAN RESERVE BANK HOLDS RATES AMID MIXED ECONOMIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.25%, despite mixed economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that monetary and fiscal policy changes have been significant and need to work through the Australian economy before [...]
2009-03-03 21:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA219Australia Headed for Recession?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian economy experienced its first quarterly negative growth in 8 years in the December quarter. Over 2008, Australian trend GDP grew by only 0.6%, the weakest since 1991, and negative growth in the March quarter will put the economy in technical recession. Treasurer Swan [...]
2009-03-04 06:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON AS
09CANBERRA220AUSTRALIA - INPUT FOR G-20
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The top concern for the Australians going into the G20 summit will be coordinated international action to restore global confidence, bolster the stability of the international financial system, and produce outcomes that lead to tangible results. PM Rudd wants to coordinate wi [...]
2009-03-04 21:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA221 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 22:28:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS
09CANBERRA225AUSTRALIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ADVANCE
[...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff visited David Dutton, Director, Environment and Sea Law Branch, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 12. Dutton was identified by Australia's CBD Point of Contact, Robyn Bromley, as the GOA official most responsible for access and [...]
2009-03-05 22:48:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV TBIO AS
09CANBERRA229EARLY ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is increasing speculation among political insiders and observers that Prime Minister Rudd may call an early election this year before the global economic crisis starts to drive up unemployment, and to take advantage of his popularity and divisions in the Opposition. To cal [...]
2009-03-06 05:35:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
09CANBERRA23112TH AUSTRALIA-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: SOME PROGRESS,
[...] (C) Australia saw some incremental progress in its latest Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, particularly in China's agreement to admit more NGOs into meetings, including for the first time Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists; in the range of topics it was pr [...]
2009-03-06 06:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL CH AS
09CANBERRA234EARLY ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA? /// CORRECTED COPY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is increasing speculation among political insiders and observers that Prime Minister Rudd may call an early election this year before the global economic crisis starts to drive up unemployment, and to take advantage of his popularity and divisions in the Opposition. To cal [...]
2009-03-09 23:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
09CANBERRA24AUSTRALIA CANNOT SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP PRESIDENCY
[...] (C/NF) Australian government representatives advised Poloff in reftel demarche that it is sympathetic to the U.S. position to prevent Iran from obtaining the UNDP Presidency, but agrees with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) that the election should not be delayed. Lalita Kapur and [...]
2009-01-08 05:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREF IR UN EAID AS
09CANBERRA245FORMER TREASURER COSTELLO CASTS A SHADOW OVER
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the economy the dominant political issue, a growing number of Liberal and Australian Labor Party (ALP) politicians believe that former Treasurer Peter Costello, who refused the Liberal Party leadership when John Howard tried to hand it to him after their 2007 electoral def [...]
2009-03-12 07:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV AS
09CANBERRA247ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING USAID CONTRACTOR
[...] (SBU) Post has been contacted by Peter Farrell, General Manager of Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd (AMH),concerning what he calls an "apparent case of intellectual property theft." Farrell alleges that PHRplus, now called HealthSystems 20/20, which he describes as "an agency of USAID", [...]
2009-03-13 04:00:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREK KIPR AS
09CANBERRA248CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA
[...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...]
2009-03-13 04:02:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS
09CANBERRA250 Australian thermal coal contract prices fall 44%
[...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's leading thermal coal exporters have signed a key benchmark contract agreement with Japanese buyers for the country's third most valuable commodity export (after iron ore and coking coal). The deal means export values will fall around $3.2 billion ($A5 billion),appro [...]
2009-03-13 06:24:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON AS
09CANBERRA251AUSTRALIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RISING FAST
[...] (SBU) Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.2% (seasonally adjusted) in February from 4.8% in January and 4.2% in December. This increase has been faster than expected by most observers, while confirming expectations that the global economic crisis is starting to hit Australia. Unemploymen [...]
2009-03-13 07:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV AS
09CANBERRA252AL-MALIKI STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting in Canberra March 12, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed to strengthen agricultural and commercial links. Iraq will again buy wheat from Australia, which will also provide assistance to the agricultural and petroleu [...]
2009-03-13 07:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAID EAGR EPET IZ AS
09CANBERRA253AUSTRALIAN INTERIM REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel talking points, requesting the Government of Australia to respond generously to the UN and ICRC IDP funding appeals, to Lisa Rice-Madan and Rebecca Curtis, Director and Executive Officer respectively for Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Central Asian Repu [...]
2009-03-13 08:11:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA254AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 03:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB AS
09CANBERRA255AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION SLASHED 14%
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 06:53:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA256AUSTRALIAN FM SMITH TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's staff have confirmed he will participate in the Netherlands-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31. 2. (C/NF) According to the Dutch Embassy, however, as late as Friday afternoon, March 13, FM Smith was considering tur [...]
2009-03-16 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS EAID AS
09CANBERRA261GREENS' LEADER WELCOMES OBAMA, PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Green Party Leader Senator Bob Brown told Charge that the Greens could not support the Rudd Government's proposal for a 5-15% reduction in carbon emissions and will continue to press for a 40% reduction from 1990 levels. He said he looked forward to a good relationship with th [...]
2009-03-17 06:35:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV SENV AS
09CANBERRA262HCOC: AUSTRALIA ON ANNUAL DECLARATION "INREACH",
[...] (SBU) We approached Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 16 to solicit Australia's help in encouraging timely submission of annual declarations from Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferaton (HCOC) subscrib [...]
2009-03-17 06:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMNUC TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA AS
09CANBERRA264AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN
[...] (C) On March 16, Poloff delivered US talking points to Barbara Cooper and Simon Moore, Director and Executive Officer respectively for the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informing the Government of Australia (GOA) o [...]
2009-03-18 04:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS AS
09CANBERRA265AUSTRALIA PROSCRIBES SIX TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
[...] (U) On March 18 the Australian Attorney General's Office announced the relisting of six groups as terrorist organizations under the criminal code because of information provided by Australia's security agencies. The relisting insures that it remains an offense to associate with, train with, pr [...]
2009-03-18 05:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER AS KVPR CVIS PINR ASEC AF IZ PK YM IN
09CANBERRA267PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C/NF) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly March 18 with Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Tawasar Khan to DFAT First Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes. The Japanese Embassy had already approached the Australians last week and did n [...]
2009-03-18 06:15:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN PREL AS
09CANBERRA268AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's plans to encourage investment in clean energy are based on three major initiatives: the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS),the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) and the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI). Australia is a major coal user and [...]
2009-03-18 06:23:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON KGHG AS
09CANBERRA269AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING DETERMINATION FOR
[...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. CLUNE [...]
2009-03-19 02:32:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER AS
09CANBERRA272SHARM AL-SHEIKH FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIA STILL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 23:49:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER AS
09CANBERRA275AUSTRALIA STIMULUS PACKAGES GREEN COMPONENT
[...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Post is providing the following answers to questions regarding the two fiscal stimulus packages launched by the federal government in December (A$10 billion) and February (A$42 billion). Q: Has the country passed a fiscal stimulus package that designates spe [...]
2009-03-20 02:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA278CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES
[...] (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election. 2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Faz [...]
2009-03-20 06:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF AS
09CANBERRA281AUSTRALIA TRADE POLICY UPDATE: BEEF DECISION CLOSE?
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: We are hearing rumors of possible movement on Australia,s ban on imports of US beef. The GOA is "disappointed" at the delay in Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia signed an FTA with the ASEAN countries and New Zealand that has been positively received, and covers 21% of A [...]
2009-03-23 03:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ASEAN AS
09CANBERRA283CONTENTIOUS PAST FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Additional information has emerged regarding Abdul Khaliq Fazal, an Afghan Presidential candidate from Melbourne, Australia that may raise questions about his viability. In a 2002 interview with Fazal, then the Minister of Public Works for Afghanistan, a reporter from the Australian Br [...]
2009-03-23 06:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA285RUDD HEADS FOR THE US AFTER A GOOD WEEK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a week that began badly with the Senate's defeat of a Government tax designed to curb binge drinking, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves for the United States with two significant political victories. His labor relations bill received parliamentary approval last Friday, and [...]
2009-03-23 08:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB AS
09CANBERRA286GICNT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SEOUL GI WORKSHOP,
[...] Embassy Poloff and Republic of Korea Embassy Political Counsellor Youngsik Park met with Australian Assistant Secretary for Counter-Terrorism Paul Foley, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 18 to hear Australia's response to reftel invitations to Global Initiative to Comb [...]
2009-03-23 09:07:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KS AS
09CANBERRA29GOA DOWNPLAYS MEDIA SPECULATION ON AUSTRALIAN ROLE
[...] (C/NF) Lee Kerr, Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised that media reports on redeployment of an Australian warship to the Horn of Africa for anti-piracy work were completely unfounded. She said the Department of Defence (ADOD) has [...]
2009-01-09 03:18:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AS
09CANBERRA293AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SUPPORT WANES ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) In a Newspoll conducted March 20-22, 2009, 65 percent of Australians do not support sending more Australian troops if asked by the U.S. Current results show a steady decline in support for Australian troops in Afghanistan from a high of 66 percent of voters in favor of sending troops in t [...]
2009-03-24 04:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR AS
09CANBERRA295 Australian coking coal contract prices fall 58%
[...] (SBU) Summary. Contract prices for coking (metallurgical) coal dropped 58% to US$115 from US$300 last year, due to the global economic crisis and depressed world steel production. Coking coal is Australia's largest export commodity, ahead of iron ore and thermal coal. The new price is actually [...]
2009-03-24 05:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG ECON AS
09CANBERRA296NBN DECISION NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the deadline approaches, nobody who knows is saying who will win the tender for the National Broadband Network. The only thing all observers seem to agree on is that it won't be Telstra. Minister Conroy and his staff are keeping mum. Telstra has been aggressively pushing [...]
2009-03-24 05:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD AS
09CANBERRA298SUBJECT: PAPER SCORE'S PM'S "SECRET" MEETING WITH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: "The Australian" newspaper has criticized Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's "secret" talks with Chinese Communist Party propaganda chief Li Changcum, on March 21. Officials in the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet have told the Embassy that Rudd and Li discussed the need for coor [...]
2009-03-24 06:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CS PREL
09CANBERRA300AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY'S REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 05:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA301ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Royal Australian Regiment, 4th Battalian (Commando) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. RICHE [...]
2009-03-25 05:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER AS
09CANBERRA305NEW LABOR LAW FULFILLS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Australian Senate passed the Rudd Government's new labor law, undoing substantial sections of the unpopular "WorkChoices" legislation introduced by former Prime Minister John Howard. While Deputy Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard had [...]
2009-03-26 05:09:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB AS
09CANBERRA306AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF
[...] Despite the previous government's misgivings that the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples would elevate customary law above Western law and conflict with aspects of government policy, the Rudd government has adopted a policy to support the declaration and will follow through on [...]
2009-03-26 06:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV AS
09CANBERRA311 GOA GUARANTEES STATE DEBT AND BORROWINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA announced on 25 March 2009 that it would guarantee an estimated US$120 billion ($A170 billion) in existing and projected State government debt to overcome a severe funding problem affecting major infrastructure projects. Treasurer Swan said the chance of a default was 're [...]
2009-03-26 21:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA312DEFENSE MINISTER ANGERED BY REPORTS OF PROBE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon reportedly has reacted angrily to press reports that Australian Defense Department (ADOD) officials have conducted a secret investigation into Fitzgibbon's relationship with a Chinese-born, Sydney-based businesswoman, Helen Liu. According to Mar [...]
2009-03-26 21:18:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR AS
09CANBERRA317UPDATE - AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 04:30:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV AS
09CANBERRA32PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING
[...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...]
2009-01-09 06:31:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAS EAID FJ JA PREL
09CANBERRA320REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO, AND VIEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 05:49:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS PINR PREL ZR
09CANBERRA321 GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT SEOUL; PLANNING
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...]
2009-03-30 06:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA322TORRES STRAIT: U.S. AGREEMENT TO REVISED MARINE
[...] (C/NF) ECONCOUNS delivered ref A message to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy March 30. McCarthy, joined by Director of the DFAT Sea Law Section Damien White, welcomed the prompt U.S. response as well as the substantive agreement with Australia's willingness [...]
2009-03-30 07:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA323AUSTRALIAN MEDIA SEEK GREATER TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) Saying that Australia lags well behind most major democracies in press freedom, 12 major media outlets have joined together to push for reforms in Australian laws on freedom of information, privacy and whistleblower/shield protections. The group, which has organized its effort as Austral [...]
2009-03-30 21:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PHUM PINS AS
09CANBERRA324AUSTRALIAN MEDIA SEEK GREATER TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) Saying that Australia lags well behind most major democracies in press freedom, 12 major media outlets have joined together to push for reforms in Australian laws on freedom of information, privacy and whistleblower/shield protections. The group, which has organized its effort as Austral [...]
2009-03-30 21:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM PINS AS
09CANBERRA325CORRECTED COPY: GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...]
2009-03-31 02:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA326AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 06:26:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA327AUSTRALIA BLOCKS CHINESE INVESTMENT ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Treasurer Wayne Swan announced March 27 that the Australian Government would block the A$2.6 billion (USD 1.7 billion) bid by Chinese state-owned Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals to purchase OZ Minerals, Australia's third-largest mining firm, on national security grounds. This is the first [...]
2009-03-31 06:54:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL CH AS
09CANBERRA329 AUSTRALIA SHIPPING INTENTIONS UNDER U.S. WTO RAW SUGAR
[...] In response to questions raised in ref cable, Australian authorities have indicated that Australia will ship itQs current allocation into the U.S. by September 30, 2009. FYI, the allocation will be fulfilled by a shipment to arrive in May. 2. If there were an increase in the U.S. TRQ, then [...]
2009-04-01 03:11:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD AS
09CANBERRA33AUSTRALIA BROADBAND - A SNAPSHOT (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary: In Australia 4.3 million households (52%) have broadband connections, an increase of 800,000 through the Australian fiscal year ending June 30; 78% of Australian households with internet access have broadband. There has been more than a five-fold increase in the number of househo [...]
2009-01-09 06:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA330AUSTRALIA APPROVES CHINESE INVESTMENT IN IRON ORE MINER
[...] (SBU) Treasurer Wayne Swan signed off March 31 on the recommendation of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board to approve Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group's application to purchase up to 17.55% of iron-ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) (ref A). The A$645 millio [...]
2009-04-01 07:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CH ECON EFIN PREL
09CANBERRA331GANG VIOLENCE SPARKS CALLS FOR TOUGHER MEASURES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following the murder of an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) associate in full view of hundreds of travelers at Sydney Airport on March 22, the GOA and New South Wales (NSW) are calling for tougher efforts against gang-related violence. The Deputy National Security Adviser told [...]
2009-04-02 01:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV SNAR SOCI AS
09CANBERRA334AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE TO IRANIANS URGING THE RELEASE OF DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI
[...] (S/NF) Further to Ref B, April 2, Hugh Jeffry, Director of Iran Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Poloff that, in response to Ref A request, the GOA had delivered a message to the Iranian ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, in Canberra requesting the freeing of the American ci [...]
2009-04-02 06:33:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA335DEFENSE MINISTER LIKELY TO SURVIVE - FOR NOW
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon appears safe in his portfolio in the short-term, as the media hype surrounding his link with Chinese-born businesswoman, Helen Liu, subsides (reftel). Prime Minister Rudd has publicly backed him, an independent audit of a payroll bungle affecti [...]
2009-04-03 00:41:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR AS
09CANBERRA336AUSTRALIAN DEPSEC DENIES DSD INVESTIGATED DEFENSE
[...] (C/NF) In a message he wanted to pass to the the USG, particularly the U.S. intelligence community, the Australian Deputy Secretary of Defense responsible for intelligence and security summoned emboffs to his office March 31 to emphatically deny recent press reports suggesting that the Defence [...]
2009-04-03 03:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA338RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: GEOTHERMAL LEFT OUT?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...]
2009-04-03 04:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON AS
09CANBERRA339CORRECTED COPY -- RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...]
2009-04-03 04:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON AS
09CANBERRA34GAZA: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE MAKES ISRAELI
[...] (C/NF) Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem is very satisfied with the Australian response to the fighting in Gaza. Australian Government statements, including vacationing PM Kevin Rudd's January 5 remarks, have emphasized the need for an end to HAMAS rocket attacks on Israel and halting arms shipm [...]
2009-01-09 08:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IS AS
09CANBERRA340AUSTRALIA'S STATEMENT ON SUPPORT FOR UN
[...] Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin made a public statement April 3 on behalf of the GOA announcing that Australia had changed its position on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and has issued a statement of support. The [...]
2009-04-03 07:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV AS
09CANBERRA342FURTHER INFORMATION ON AUSTRALIA'S ACCESSION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Australian director of ASEAN relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) presented the USG with further information and materials on the Australian process of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in 2005. These included [...]
2009-04-06 05:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA345DIVISIONS BETWEEN GOA AND RESERVE BANK OF
[...] (U) This is joint ConGen Sydney and Embassy Canberra cable. Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) The Reserve Bank of Australia has acted aggressively over the last six months to address deteriorating economic conditions by slashing the cash rate from 7.25 percent to 3.25 percent. Prime Ministe [...]
2009-04-06 07:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA348NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO
[...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and the President's April 5 statement, and drew from the "if asked" points, in an April 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan and Director for Counter-Proliferation Gerry McGuire of the Department of F [...]
2009-04-06 07:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN AS
09CANBERRA35REQUEST FOR PM ATTENDANCE AT SYDNEY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests PM/RSAT participation in the March 16-17 meeting of the Australia - U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Defence Acquisition Committee/Acquisition, Technology and Development Working Group (ADAC/ATDWG) in Sydney. End Summary and Action Request. 2. (U [...]
2009-01-12 05:47:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL AS
09CANBERRA352POLL BOOST FOR RUDD DESPITE FITZGIBBON CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's lead in the latest Newspoll has increased, despite controversy over his Defense Minister's relationship with a Chinese-born business woman, Opposition accusations that Rudd is a "roving ambassador for China," and press reports that Rudd verbally abused a fli [...]
2009-04-07 06:19:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
09CANBERRA353RATES CUT IN RESPONSE TO WORSENING ECONOMIC NEWS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today reduced interest rates by 0.25% in response to worsening global and domestic economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that while monetary and fiscal policy changes to date have been significant, the further dete [...]
2009-04-07 07:03:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA354AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON NORTH KOREAN
[...] In a televised interview on April 7, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called the April 5 North Korean launch of a Taepo-dong 2 missile "deeply and gravely concerning" and charged North Korea with being in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. He said he had spoken with South Korean For [...]
2009-04-07 07:23:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AS
09CANBERRA357GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...]
2009-04-07 08:34:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA358GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...]
2009-04-07 21:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA359AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 04:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS
09CANBERRA360FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: PROJECT CROK
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Further to Ref A, our Australian Department of Defence interlocutors mentioned to us the GOA had received a letter from a senior USG official relating to Project Crok that included a request to deploy teams to Australia in s [...]
2009-04-08 07:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA MARR AS
09CANBERRA366SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]
2009-04-09 06:51:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV AS
09CANBERRA367SNOWY RIVER HYDRO SCHEME IN TROUBLE
[...] (SBU) Australia's largest hydropower scheme is facing greater water shortages, decreased ability to raise capital, and competition from larger, more integrated power providers in the region. Snowy officials are pessimistic about the independent future of the scheme, despite efforts to diversi [...]
2009-04-09 07:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON AS
09CANBERRA368CORRECTED COPY -- SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]
2009-04-09 07:15:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV AS
09CANBERRA369AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy along with Japanese and Pakistani Embassies delivered demarche on the upcoming donors conference for Pakistan. GOA confirms it will double its commitment to Pakistan, but details remain to be worked out. Demarche was delayed by Japanese Embassy desire to wait for lett [...]
2009-04-09 07:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK AS
09CANBERRA373AUSTRALIA "LEANING" TO US POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 00:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KVPR AS
09CANBERRA376DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...]
2009-04-14 03:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CH JA KN PK PREL
09CANBERRA377TRADE MINISTER CREAN ANXIOUS FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean wants to sustain effort on Doha. He is anxious to play a role and will do what he can to enjoy a close relationship with Amb. Kirk. Rumors surround his political future that reinforce his desire for strong US ties. End summary. 2. ( [...]
2009-04-14 04:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ECON PREL AS
09CANBERRA381USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 07:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS PHUM PREL
09CANBERRA382GICNT: RUSSIA DELIVERS DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA ON
[...] (SBU) Roman Voloshchenao, a Russian Embassy political officer who apparently had received reftel demarche instructions before the four-day Easter holiday, notified us by telephone on April 14 he had arranged to deliver reftel points to James Nachipo, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs a [...]
2009-04-14 08:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA384AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 03:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS
09CANBERRA387AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CONDITIONS PLACED ON TCG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 07:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA388AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS E3 PLUS 3 APPROACH TO IRAN
[...] (S) We met with DFAT Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan April 15 to solicit Australia's support for the latest E3 plus 3/P5 plus 1 approach to Iran, as described reftel. Sullivan was joined by Acting Arms Control Director Chris King. 2. (S) Sulliva [...]
2009-04-15 07:51:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC IR AS
09CANBERRA389GICNT: AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2009
[...] (SBU) Following up April 15 on the Russian demarche delivered a day earlier (REF A),poloff heard confirmation from DFAT Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination James Nachipo that Australia would attend the 2009 Plenary in The Hague. 2. (U) Nachipo also confirmed Australia would be prep [...]
2009-04-15 08:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA394ASYLUM SEEKER DEATHS HIGHLIGHT BORDER SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of three Afghans in a recent boat explosion off Australia's northwest coast highlight a larger debate over the effects of Prime Minister Rudd's policies on treatment of asylum seekers. Border protection is becoming a higher profile political issue due to a rise in [...]
2009-04-17 09:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL AF AS
09CANBERRA398BORDER PROTECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Border protection is dominating the political debate this week as investigations into last Thursday's boat explosion continue (Ref A). The Opposition maintains there is a link between the government's immigration policies and the increased flow of asylum seekers, while the gove [...]
2009-04-21 06:19:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PHUM PREF PREL
09CANBERRA401INDIGENOUS ISSUES: STILL LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After thirty years of bipartisan support for a range of policies based on self-determination and self-management, the Australian Government, in reaction to increasing evidence of policy failure, has embarked on policies involving direct intervention in the lives of indigenous [...]
2009-04-21 08:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PHUM SOCI
09CANBERRA402SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]
2009-04-22 01:57:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA404TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE
[...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...]
2009-04-23 07:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA407AUSTRALIAN PM RUDD "VERY HAPPY" WITH G20 MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "very happy" with the outcome of the G-20 meeting in London. He sees U.S. action on toxic banking assets as a major step forward and appreciates U.S. efforts to ensure a positive outcome in London. Rudd praised the President for offering to host [...]
2009-04-24 01:51:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS
09CANBERRA413U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...]
2009-04-28 00:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS
09CANBERRA414U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...]
2009-04-28 00:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALCASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP
09CANBERRA416SECRETARY CLINTON'S ANZAC DAY MESSAGE RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A special ANZAC Day message from Secretary Clinton has been warmly received in Australia. The statement generated widespread media coverage and expressions of gratitude from the Prime Minister's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government officials [...]
2009-04-28 08:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL AS
09CANBERRA418TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21
[...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...]
2009-04-29 01:58:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS
09CANBERRA421PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...]
2009-04-29 07:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL AS
09CANBERRA428AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO BACK KOSOVO FOR IMF/WORLD BANK
[...] (C) Summary: Australia likely will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF/World Bank. In order to avoid the curtailment of the vote by the lack of a quorum, Australia will urge the 13 other nations in its IMF constituency to vote; however, they do not feel that advocacy on behalf of K [...]
2009-05-01 00:12:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KV AS
09CANBERRA43AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS:
[...] (SBU) Poloff provided sanctions information against Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and associated individuals and companies contained in reftel to Peter Scott, Director for Transnational Crimes and Sanctions, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 13. 2. (SBU) Scott thanked the U.S. for [...]
2009-01-13 06:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN PREL AS
09CANBERRA437RUDD PULLS PLUG ON EMISSIONS TRADING IN 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia will delay implementation of its proposed economy-wide emissions trading plan until July 2011 in response to strong political opposition (reftel) and the global recession. PM Kevin Rudd announced May 4 changes to the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPR [...]
2009-05-04 07:17:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON AS
09CANBERRA443AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR RECOVERING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian dollar has fluctuated markedly over the past 6 months. After dropping nearly 40% between July and October 2008, it has recovered now to US$.75, a seven-month high. The recent appreciation of the Australian dollar suggests a return of some confidence in the global [...]
2009-05-07 22:41:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA445AUSTRALIA ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Australia remains solidly behind Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano for IAEA director general, according to Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Wendy Walsh. During a May 8 call by poloff to thank Australia for its support and outline U.S. strategy going int [...]
2009-05-08 08:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL AS
09CANBERRA446AUSTRALIAN BUDGET PREVIEW: INTO DEFICIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The upcoming Federal budget (release date May 12) will see a deficit of around A$70 billion (US$53b),due to significantly decreased revenue because of the effects of the global financial crisis and economic downturn. Indications are that the Rudd government's second budget wil [...]
2009-05-10 22:22:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON MCAP PGOV AS
09CANBERRA450AUSTRALIA BACKS KOSOVO FOR WORLD BANK BUR WON'T
[...] (C) Summary: Australia will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. In order to assure a quorum, Australia's Executive Director is urging all 13 nations in their World Bank constituency to vote; however, the GOA will not lobby others to vote in favor of Kosovo's inclusion. End [...]
2009-05-13 06:48:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KVPR AS
09CANBERRA451REMOVAL OF ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS FROM TEHRAN'S
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Australian Embassy in Tehran reports that no anti-American murals have been removed and believe it unlikely that city official responsible for beautification has the authority to remove or change them. End summary 2. (S/NF) May 12, Justin Whyatt of the Middle East section [...]
2009-05-13 07:14:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPINR IR AS
09CANBERRA452BUDGET: BIG DEFICIT, RECOVERY BEGINNING IN 2010
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a decade of almost continuous budget surpluses, the 2009-10 budget announced May 12 projects a deficit of A$$58 billion or 4.9 percent of GDP, the largest in the postwar period. The budget forecasts that unemployment will peak at 8.5 percent in 2010-11, economic recovery [...]
2009-05-13 07:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV AS
09CANBERRA454DEBATE OVER DEFENSE WHITE PAPER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: While public reaction to the government's long-awaited Defense White Paper's release on May 2 has been relatively muted, the opposition, media and academics have been debating the degree to which the perception of China's potential security threat influenced the document. Th [...]
2009-05-13 08:22:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMCAP PREL AS CH
09CANBERRA456RUDD BUDGET INVESTS HEAVILY IN CCS, SOLAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's 2009-2010 budget (ref A) stakes out US$3 billion in new money investments in energy developments. As expected, the budget invests heavily in clean coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS),closing the domestic circle with the Global Carbon Capture and St [...]
2009-05-14 06:49:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA457AUSTRALIAN SANCTIONS IN PLACE ON UNSC 1718
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered non-paper and points contained in reftel to Gerald Thomson, Director for Korea, and Wendy Walsh, Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on May 14. Thomson undertook to pass the paper to other interested GOA offices, including DFAT's Sa [...]
2009-05-14 08:04:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO KN AS
09CANBERRA459AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION
[...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...]
2009-05-15 07:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CANBERRA46 AMBASSADOR PUSHES LIFTING OF AUSTRALIAN BAN ON US BEEF AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, Ambassador McCallum spoke with Australian Minister of Agriculture, Tony Burke, to urge Australia to lift its ban on the import of US beef and beef products. Citing the need to remove this non-science based import ban, the Ambassador urged that removing this would [...]
2009-01-14 04:30:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR AS
09CANBERRA460AUSTRALIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE US-PHILIPPINES ARF
[...] (U) Summary: Australia will attend and participate in US-Philippines ARF Workshop on Biological Threat Protection. End summary 2. (U) On May 15, Henry Fox, Director of the Strategic Policy Section, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),told poloff that he had received [...]
2009-05-15 07:20:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAS PARM PREL TBIO ARF
09CANBERRA4612009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 07:46:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV PGOV AS
09CANBERRA464 Australian Health Care - An Overview
[...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...]
2009-05-17 22:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SOCI AS
09CANBERRA47LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW - AUSTRALIA
[...] (U) Cuba is not a front-burner issue in Australia. It is far from Australia and there are few political, economic, or cultural ties. 2. (C) Following is keyed to reftel questions. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...]
2009-01-15 06:12:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL AS
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