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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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02ROME3703AMBASSADOR RAISES ICC AND OEF TROOP REQUEST WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR SEMBLER MET WITH GIANNI LETTA, U/S AT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, ON JULY 26 TO PURSUE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL REFTEL DEMARCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS. AMB. SEMBLER URGED THE GOI T [...]
2002-07-26 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IT KICC IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3795ITALY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OEF
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI WILL RECOMMEND TO PARLIAMENT THAT ITALY SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S TOP ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA. IN A MEETING WI [...]
2002-08-01 15:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3880IRAQ: MARTINO CAUSES STIR OVER ITALIAN SUPPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO CAUSED A STIR AMONG ITALIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMENTATORS BY SUGGESTING THAT ITALY WOULD "AUTOMATICALLY" SUPPORT U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT ITALY WOULD ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY EFFORT IF THERE IS "PR [...]
2002-08-07 09:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME3942CAREFUL USG-GOI COORDINATION ESSENTIAL ON ITALIAN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) WE UNDERSTAND FROM E-MAIL TRAFFIC THAT THE USG PREFERS TO ACCEPT ITALY'S OFFER OF TROOPS FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) RATHER THAN THE GOI'S OFFER TO BACKFILL IN THE BALKANS (REF A). IT WILL TAKE CAREFUL HANDLING BY PRIME MI [...]
2002-08-09 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4484WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-13 17:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]
2002-09-15 06:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4625PRESIDENT OF GOI'S PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE COMMITTEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 23, PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04625 241753Z COMMITTEE PRESIDENT LUIGI RAMPONI TOLD DCM THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNSC MANDATED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE STRONG, ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THE CHAMBER. [...]
2002-09-24 16:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4668ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ: BERLUSCONI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN HIS PRESENTATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSCORED THE THREAT FROM IRAQ'S WEAPONS CAPABILITIES, AND NOTED THAT MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES [...]
2002-09-25 17:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4807ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]
2002-10-03 15:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5184ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05184 01 OF 03 232138Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]
2002-10-23 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5193ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING FREEDOM: U/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 30, ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 05193 01 OF 03 232006Z REVIEWED OEF, ISAF/AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS, IRAQ, DEFENSE PROCUREMENT, AND THE ICC WITH USD/P FEITH. MARTINO PINPOINTED MARCH 1 AS THE TARGET DATE FOR DE [...]
2002-10-23 14:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1100IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TELLS GOI IRAN WOULDN'T MIND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-17 16:20:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1205TFIZO1: ITALY TO EXPEL IRAQI DIPLOMATS
[...] (S) IN A CONVERSATION LATE ON MARCH 21, ANTONIO BADINI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE ITALIAN MFA, TOLD POLMC THAT ITALY HAD AGREED TO THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS FROM THE BILATERAL INTERESTS SECION. THEY HAD BEEN TOLD TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AND DEPART ROME NOT LATER THAN SU [...]
2003-03-21 21:05:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1230TFIZ01: ITALY TO ESTABLISH IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) IN A MARCH 21 MEETING WITH POL MINCOUNS AND ECONOFF, ANTONIO BADINI, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, SAID THAT HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING HIS TRIP THIS WEEK TO WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. BADINI HAS YET TO ESTABLISH [...]
2003-03-24 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1270TFIZO1: ITALY EXPELS FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND STAFF
[...] (S) ON MARCH 25 GOI MFA CONFIRMED TO US DETAILS OF ITS EXPULSION OF FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS. TWO (THIRD SECRETARY ALI RIFAT AND ATTACHE MOHAMMED HUMADI) HAVE DEPARTED ROME FOR AMMAN. TWO STAFF MEMBERS (TAHER AHMED AND ABDULLAH HUMADI) WERE OUT OF ITALY WHEN DECISION WAS MADE AND WILL NOT BE ALL [...]
2003-03-25 17:02:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1387TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...]
2003-04-01 14:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1410TFIZ01: FM FRATTINI DISCUSSES IRAQ BEFORE
[...] IN A SPEECH BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF THE SENATE AND CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEES APRIL 2, FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI EXPRESSED "DEEP SORROW" FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AND TOUCHED UPON FOUR AREAS OF INTEREST THAT MAY COME UP DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE SE [...]
2003-04-02 15:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1503TFIZ01: UN FLASH APPEAL: ITALY UPDATE ON
[...] (SBU) ECONOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON APRIL 8 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ AND DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. MACCOTTA UPDATED EARLIER FIGURES OF ITALY'S PLANNED CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (REF B). HE SAID THE TASK FORCE HAS RECEIVED PM [...]
2003-04-08 16:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1506TFI01: GOI APPROACHES EMBASSY RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN
[...] (SBU) MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, PHONED DCM AT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI TO EXPRESS GOI CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF THE TWENTY ITALIAN JOURNALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN BAGHDAD. THE JOURNALISTS WERE AT THE HOTEL SHERATON AND THE PALESTINE HOT [...]
2003-04-09 05:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1524TFI01: UPDATE ON ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD
[...] (SBU) EARLY ON APRIL 9 MFA SECRETARY GENERAL'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ANTONIO ZANARDI LANDI, SPOKE TO DCM TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUS EVENING'S APPROACH RE SAFETY OF ITALIAN JOURNALISTS IN BAGHDAD (REFTEL). DCM ADVISED THAT WE HAD PASSED ON GOI CONCERNS TO DEPARTMENT AND TO CENTCOM, AND REAFFIRMED THAT U. [...]
2003-04-09 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1565U/S BOLTON BRIEFS ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BOLTON MET WITH ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IN ROME ON APRIL 9 TO DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THE MOD IS PREPARING A PACKAGE OF POST-CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL TO INCLUDE MILITARY POLICE, [...]
2003-04-11 16:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1646TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE SEEKING TO LOCATE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLMIN COUNSELOR AND ECONOFF MET LATE APRIL 14 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE COORDINATOR, AND HIS DEPUTY, LUIGI MACCOTTA. BADINI NOTED THAT PM BERLUSCONI HAD GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO SENDING INTEGRATED FORCES TO [...]
2003-04-16 15:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1660TFIZ01: ITALY TO DEPLOY FIELD HOSPITAL TO BAGHDAD
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) LATE APRIL 17 ECONOFF RECEIVED A READOUT ON THE LATEST MEETING OF THE GOI IRAQ TASK FORCE MEETING FROM ITS DEPUTY COORDINATOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA. MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE TASK FORCE DECIDED TO DEPLOY WITHIN 10 TO 15 DAYS A [...]
2003-04-17 14:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1679TFIZ01: ITALIANS DISCUSS BRIGADE AND CARABINIERI
[...] (C) THE ITALIAN LNO AT TAMPA, GENERL SANTINI, IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT THE ITALIAN MIITARY'S PROPOSAL -- TO CONTRIBUTE A BRIGADE AS WEL AS CARABINIERI UNITS FOR IRAQ OPERATIONS -- TOCENTCOM AS EARLY AS APRIL 18, ONCE THE PLAN HAS BEN APPROVED BY THE CHOD. BASED ON OUR APRIL 17 METING WITH THE U [...]
2003-04-18 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1701TFIZ01: ITALY NEEDS GUIDANCE ON FIELD HOSPITAL
[...] (C) THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, THE PUBLIC, AND THE GOI ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT A HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO IRAQ. FOR THE GOI, THE COMMITMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID -- IMPORTANT IN AND OF ITSELF -- ALSO PROVIDES THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SUPPORT OF PHASE IV (REF A). WE THERE [...]
2003-04-22 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1833ITALY ROLLING OUT FIELD HOSPITAL TO IRAQ
[...] (C) EMBASSY ROME WANTS TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE IN THE FIELD-- ESPECIALLY AT CENTCOM--WHO ARE ASSISTING THE GOI DEPLOY ITS RED CROSS HOSPITAL TO IRAQ. WE UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL THAT UNTIL APRIL 24 THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FLOW IN TAMPA DID NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT A [...]
2003-04-30 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2045REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...]
2003-05-12 17:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2200MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT
[...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...]
2003-05-16 16:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME2572UPDATE ON ITALY'S INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S
[...] (SBU) IN A JUNE 6 CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE MFA'S IRAQ TASK FORCE, LUIGI MACCOTTA, ECONOFF LEARNED THAT THE MFA IS PROPOSING THE CANDIDACY OF EIGHTY PEOPLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (OCPA). MACCOTTA SAID THAT THE RESUMES OF FORTY PRIORITY CAND [...]
2003-06-09 15:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2728USING SOME OF IRAQ'S FROZEN ASSETS IN ITALY
[...] (C) ON JUNE 12, LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, ASKED TO MEET WITH POL NEA WATCHER TO DISCUSS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE TWO "IRAQI" WARSHIPS KEPT IN THE ITALIAN PORT OF LA SPEZIA. (NOTE: IN THE MID-1980S, FINCANTIERI, A GOI-CONTROLLED SHIPYARD COMPANY, BUILT FOUR LUPO FRI [...]
2003-06-17 09:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME292KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...]
2003-01-24 17:27:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY
03ROME3793ITALIAN TROOPS IN OEF
[...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET WITH ACTING DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FRANCESCO TALO ON AUGUST 20 TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL). CHARGE TOLD TALO THAT THE U.S. WAS PLEASED WITH THE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ITALIAN OEF CONTI [...]
2003-08-21 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4101ITALY'S REACTION TO NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) ITALY CURRENTLY HAS A CONTINGENT OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 TROOPS IN IRAQ (UNDER BRITISH COMMAND IN IRAQ'S SOUTHERN ZONE) TAKING PART IN OPERATION ANTICA BABILONIA, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. A NEW UN SECURITY RESOLUTION IS UNLIKELY TO IMMEDIATE [...]
2003-09-09 07:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4678ITALY, IF ASKED, READY TO EXTEND IRAQ MISSION
[...] (U) DEFMIN MARTINO, SPEAKING TO THE PRESS IN NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 11, SAID ITALY WAS CONSIDERING EXTENDING ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. THE ITALIAN MISSION, DUBBED ANTICA BABILONIA, WAS AUTHORIZED ON JULY 10 BY A GOVERNMENT DECREE, WHICH PARLIAMENT SUBSEQUENTLY [...]
2003-10-14 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME473ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF POWELL'S FEB. 5 UNSC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI ENDORSED SECRETARY POWELL'S FEB. 5 PRESENTATION AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND CALLED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REMAIN UNITED AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SADDAM TO DISARM. WHILE SAYING THAT WAR SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST MEASURE, THE PM CONTINUES TO STATE CLEARLY TH [...]
2003-02-06 09:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDIZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME489TAREQ AZIZ TO MEET THE POPE AND ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) CESARE RAGAGLINI, FM FRATTINI'S CHIEF OF STAFF, INFORMED POL MC THAT TAREQ AZIZ IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT THE VATICAN AND CALL ON THE POPE FEB. 14 (REF.) THE IRAQI INTEREST SECTION IN ROME HAD ALREADY CALLED THE MFA SEEKING OFFICIA [...]
2003-02-06 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4904ITALIAN ADVISOR TO IRAQ SEES THE GLASS AS HALF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Acting DCM and PolOff attended a 22 October seminar on "Iraq -- Six Months After" with Italian Ambassador Pietro Cordone, who recently left his position as Advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Culture. Cordone was extremely positive in his assessment of US efforts in Iraq, but bel [...]
2003-10-28 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4932 REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]
2003-10-29 18:37:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4933 REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]
2003-10-30 05:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETMOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
03ROME4974IRAQ: ITALY REQUESTS SENIOR POSITION IN CPA
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a letter and "Aide Memoire" dated 28 October from Foreign Minister Frattini to the Ambassador outlining Italy's contributions to Iraqi reconstruction efforts and requesting that, in return, a senior Ital [...]
2003-10-31 16:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5008PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...]
2003-11-04 17:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5322ITALIANS EXAMINING ISAF HELO AND OTHER REQUESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS STUDYING REFTEL A REQUEST TO CONTRIBUTE HELICOPTERS FOR ISAF, IS LIKELY TO DEPLOY A PRT TO GHAZNI, IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN TROOPS TO KHOST AND IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO EXTEND ITS MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFMIN MARTI [...]
2003-11-22 07:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR AF IT NATO UN AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5344IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: GOI MAY SWEETEN TELECOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TELECOM ITALIA OFFICIALS, EAGER FOR ANY PROGRESS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONNECT IRAQ TO THE MEDNAUTILUS FIBER OPTIC NETWORK (SEE REF A),TOLD ECONOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT THE GOI IS SO COMMITTED TO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT IT MAY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN THE 200 MILLION EURO DONATI [...]
2003-11-25 10:51:00Embassy RomeSECRETECIN ECON ECPS IS IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5475IRAQ: MOD MARTINO VOWS ITALY WILL STAY THE COURSE
[...] Summary: Italian MOD Martino told parliament December 3 that Italy will keep its troops in Iraq, because pulling out now would create a "dangerous vacuum." In stating Italy's unrenounceable and firm commitment to combat international terrorism, he remarked that the nature of the mission rem [...]
2003-12-05 10:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR PGOV XF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME559IRAQ/ITALY: GOI'S MEETINGS WITH AND MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT MEET TAREQ AZIZ DURING HIS TRIP TO ROME. WHILE NOT CONFIRMED YET, IT IS LIKELY FM FRATTINI WILL MEET AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14. GOI OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL GIVE AZIZ A STRONG MESSAGE IN PRIVATE AND WILL REITERATE THE SAME MESSAGE PUBLICLY: THE GA [...]
2003-02-11 13:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME572ITALY READY TO SEND LNO AS COORDINATOR
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (C) IN A FEBRUARY 12 MEETING, THE AMBASSADOR URGED ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MARTINO TO SEND A LIAISON OFFICER FOR IRAQ TO TAMPA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PER OUR REPEATED REQUESTS. MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS EAGER TO SEND AN OFFIC [...]
2003-02-10 08:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME600ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW
[...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...]
2003-02-13 18:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME619TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I
[...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...]
2003-02-14 14:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME657TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - FINAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME DID LITTLE TO CHANGE THE GOI'S FIRM STAND ON IRAQ. AS REQUESTED IN REF E, PM BERLUSCONI DID NOT MEET AZIZ. FM FRATTINI SENT A TOUGH MESSAGE TO AZIZ IN PERSON AND IN PUBLIC ON IRAQ'S NEED TO COOPERATE IMMEDIATELY, FULLY, AND ACTIVELY WITH THE UN WEAPO [...]
2003-02-18 14:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME699ITALY: BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT RIDING TOUGH DOMESTIC
[...] (C) ITALY HAS MADE ITS STRATEGIC CHOICE ON IRAQ. THE GOI WILL BACK FORCIBLE DISARMAMENT OF SADDAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A UN RESOLUTION, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. HOW IT GETS TO THAT DECISION POINT WILL BE MESSY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE PM BERLUSCONI IS CONFRONTING A MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL SI [...]
2003-02-20 17:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME763BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]
2003-02-24 16:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME810GOVERNMENT OF ITALY HAS HANDLE ON TRAINSTOPPING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI, WORKING WITH THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE EMBASSY, HAS PREVENTED ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS FROM STOPPING TRAINS MOVING U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE (SETAF) TO CAMP DARBY. PROTEST ACTIVITY IS SPREADING, BUT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) HAS IMPL [...]
2003-02-26 17:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME854IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]
2003-02-28 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
04ROME109MINISTERS APPROVE FRESH FUNDING FOR ITALIAN
[...] (U) LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, REPORTED TO ECONOFF JANUARY 12 THAT ITALY'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED EURO 11 MILLION IN IRAQ FUNDING AT ITS JANUARY 9 MEETING. THE FUNDS, PART OF THE EURO 200 MILLION PLEDGED BY ITALY AT THE MADRID DONOR'S CONFERENCE, WILL [...]
2004-01-13 11:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO PREL ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1092Iraq: Italian-Sponsored Marsh Restoration Program
[...] (U) The Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory (MOE) has provided 2.1 million euros (1 euro 1.22 USD) through the Washington-based "Iraq Foundation" for a marshland recovery and water sanitation program called "New Eden." The Italian government will likely provide an additional 10 mil [...]
2004-03-18 17:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME121IRAQ: ITALY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-13 17:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1229GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB
[...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]
2004-03-26 18:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1277IRAQ: ITALY TO GIVE USD TEN MILLION TO THE UN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-31 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1343ITALY ON ANTI-COALITION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Italian officials agree on the need to respond firmly to al-Sadr's challenge to the Coalition's authority. MFA noted the importance of not allowing Jaysh al-Mahdi to establish a "territorial presence." The Italians also believe that Iran should share our interest in containing a [...]
2004-04-05 17:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1424SOUTHERN IRAQ: KEEPING ITALY COMMITTED
[...] (C) BERLUSCONI IS STANDING FIRM ON IRAQ AND THE NEED TO CONFRONT MUQTADA AL-SADR IN SOUTHERN IRAQ WHERE ITALIAN TROOPS ARE OPERATING. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, YOUR CONTACT WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER (REFTEL) TO FOREIGN MINIS [...]
2004-04-09 14:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR OPDC IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1437IRAQ: WFP PROCUREMENT/LOGISTICS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The delivery of a minimum of 2.9 million metric tons of food commodities into Iraq, in the period April- September 2004, represents a significant operational undertaking on the part of both World Food Program (WFP) and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT). This task will require a carefully [...]
2004-04-13 10:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1506EU GYMNICH - ITALY WILL PUSH FOR UN IRAQ
[...] (C) Iraq will be at the top of the agenda at the EU Informal Foreign Ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Tullamore, Ireland. Italy's view is that the IC will have to make a long term military commitment to provide a secure environment in Iraq, and will push "soon" for a new UN resolution to provide [...]
2004-04-16 09:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IT EUN MEPP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1526ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKS DEPUTY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Italy expects to be a top candidate for a deputy commander position in the post-June 30 Iraq mission, Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino told Ambassador Sembler on April 19. During the meeting, which Martino requested, Martino reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the mission in Iraq and [...]
2004-04-19 17:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1527ITALY/IRAQ; FIRM ON TROOPS; WORKING ON HOSTAGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian authorities expressed their strong agreement with points in reftel demarche; they are determined to stay the course with the Italian military deployment in Iraq. With the Italian public still shocked by the brutal murder of an Italian citizen taken hostage, the government [...]
2004-04-20 05:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1566IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]
2004-04-22 05:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1636ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN
[...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...]
2004-04-26 13:31:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1756 ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI
[...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...]
2004-05-05 15:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1805IRAQ: ITALY LIKELY TO DISPERSE E30 MILLION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GIANNI GHISI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AT THE MFA, TOLD ECONOFFS THAT ITALY WILL DISBURSE EURO 30 MILLION OF ITS EURO 200 MILLION MADRID PLEDGE IN 2004. EURO 10 MILLION WILL GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FUND FACILITY, WHILE THE REMAINING 20 MILL [...]
2004-05-08 10:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1806IRAQ: ITALY TRAINS IRAQ TV JOURNALISTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN STATE BROADCASTER RAI HOSTED TEN TELEVISION JOURNALISTS AND TECHNICIANS FROM THE IRAQI MEDIA NETWORK FOR A TWO-WEEK TRAINING SESSION IN JANUARY. THE TRAINING PROVED USEFUL FOR THE IRAQIS, ACCORDING TO LUIGI SAITTA, A RAI NEWSROOM DIRECTOR WHO OVERSAW THE TRAINING. SAITT [...]
2004-05-08 10:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IT IZ KPAO XF IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1852ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...]
2004-05-12 15:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1950IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ
[...] (SBU) ECONOFF RAISED REF A POINTS WITH GIANNI GHISI, COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AT THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. ECONOFF ALSO DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO CARLO MONTICELLI, G7 FINANCIAL SOUS-SHERPA AT THE FINANCE MINISTRY. GHISI SAID HE AND GUGLIELMO GIORDANO, [...]
2004-05-19 14:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2050IRAQ: SECURITY CONCERNS PUT E-GOV PROGRAM IN LIMBO
[...] (C) Italy's Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MIT) is ready to send a team to Baghdad to start work on a Euro 11 million project to build an Intranet system for the Iraqi government. According to an aide to MIT Minister Lucio Stanca, however, the Italian Foreign Ministry will not approve [...]
2004-05-26 05:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID EINT PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2115IRAQ: ITALY HOPES FOR EARLY SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE PLANNED VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH IN EARLY JUNE, ITALY WANTS TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IRAQ,S NEW POLITICAL PHASE AND THE CONSENSUS AND DETERMINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IRAQIS IN THAT PROCESS. ITALY HOPES FOR AN EARLY ADOPTION OF A SECURITY COUNCIL [...]
2004-05-28 16:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IZ UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2168MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]
2004-06-08 09:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME227ITALY: UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH FOUR. 2. (SBU) FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION DOLLARS WERE UNFROZEN AND TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ (DFI) ON DECEMBER 18. ACCORDING TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MONEY-LAUNDE [...]
2004-01-22 12:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2363IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS
[...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...]
2004-06-18 12:08:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2464IRAQ POST-HANDOVER: GOI SUPPORT STRONG AND
[...] This message contains an action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Citing the parallel goals of strengthening Iraqi security services and forging an overarching Iraqi national identity from a highly regionalized reality, the GOI has described a comprehensive plan to provide assistance t [...]
2004-06-24 15:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAMGT ECON EAID IT IZ PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2768WFP'S VIEW ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP senior officials on Iraq food commodity operations on June 27 and July 2. If current ration levels are maintained, the Iraq Public Distribution System (PDS) is likely to experience shortages in a number of commodities throughout the coming months, according t [...]
2004-07-16 07:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2893GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
[...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]
2004-07-26 14:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2912ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...]
2004-07-28 04:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3190BLAIR-BERLUSCONI VACATION-VISIT CONTINUES - NO
[...] (C) Prime Ministers Berlusconi and Blair and their wives continue to enjoy their vacation at Berlusconi's home in Sardinia. Italian press has reported extensively on their activities. Despite speculation from throughout the Italian media that the PMs discussed a role for Italy as "mediator" [...]
2004-08-18 13:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3590IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...]
2004-09-20 04:32:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3849ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...]
2004-10-05 13:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME385ITALY: STATUS OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS
[...] (SBU) Finance Ministry officials provided Embassy with updated list of Iraqi assets frozen and held in Italy. This list was reviewed and approved by the inter-ministerial Financial Security Committee at its January 29 meeting. 2. (SBU) Information is presented below as follows: bank in Ita [...]
2004-02-04 10:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3933IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS
[...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...]
2004-10-12 08:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME401IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY
[...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...]
2004-02-04 17:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4093ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB -
[...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]
2004-10-22 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4252NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...]
2004-11-05 11:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4263IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...]
2004-11-05 15:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME430IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS
[...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...]
2004-02-06 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4544IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT
[...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...]
2004-11-30 16:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS
04ROME4796FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...]
2004-12-17 17:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4856IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
[...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...]
2004-12-22 14:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME638ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY
[...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...]
2004-02-20 14:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME80EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...]
2004-01-09 18:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME860AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]
2004-03-04 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME927ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...]
2004-03-09 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME936ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 14:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME969ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED
[...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...]
2004-03-11 16:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME973IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...]
2004-03-12 07:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1021IRAQ: ITALIAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REQUESTS -
[...] (S) Summary: Ref A requests that Embassy Rome, Department and OSD discuss whether the Italian criminal investigation team looking into the March 4 shooting by US forces of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari should be supported based on the terms of reference (Ref D) or other arrangem [...]
2005-03-24 15:44:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1024IRAQ: US/ITALY JOINT INVESTIGATION - LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We have gotten past Italian nervousness (Ref A) about participating jointly in the full range of Gen. Vangjel's investigation into the March 4 death of Nicola Calipari. PM Berlusconi's office, which is tightly managing the Italian public stance on this issue, remains concerned ab [...]
2005-03-25 06:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETIT IZ KJUS MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1270 CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...]
2005-04-14 15:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1392IRAQ/ITALY: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION AND THE VIEW
[...] (S) Summary: Based on what senior GOI officials have told us in the past 48 hours, we believe there is little chance that we can achieve a joint report in Baghdad on the March 4 Calipari shooting. We should prepare a public affairs strategy for that outcome now. The GOI's national security [...]
2005-04-22 16:57:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1456IRAQ: ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Iraq Task Force Director Damiano Francovigh. The MFA had already issued a statement on the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government. An informal translation of the statement is provided below. 2. (U) Begin text. The expected confidenc [...]
2005-04-29 11:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1484IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES'
[...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...]
2005-05-02 11:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1506IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI TRYING TO PUT CALIPARI
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: Just prior to the May 2 release of the Italian report on the March 4 killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad, Ambassador, DCM and PolMilCouns were called to PM Berlusconi's office to receive an advance copy of the report and to [...]
2005-05-03 15:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1593IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI IN PARLIAMENT ON CALIPARI-
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: On May 5-6, PM Berlusconi spoke to both houses of Parliament about the joint investigation and separate reports of the March 4 shooting of Italian Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad. While Berlusconi defended the Italian report and took is [...]
2005-05-09 15:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1635IRAQ/ITALY:MORE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Following Berlusconi's recent statements on future troop withdrawals in Iraq (Ref A),both DefMin Martino and FM Fini have made statements in the past week suggesting that Italy will begin a major drawdown after the end of the year. Post views these statements, in the run-up to na [...]
2005-05-12 07:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1742FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ
[...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...]
2005-05-20 09:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1883IRAQ: ITALIAN MARSH RESTORATION TO ENTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Environment (MOE) plans to spend approximately euro 12 million through 2005 on its "New Eden" marshland restoration project in Iraq. In partnership with the Free Iraq Foundation, the GOI has funded a two-year scientific survey of the re-flooded Abu Zirig [...]
2005-06-03 12:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IT IZ SENV IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2051U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...]
2005-06-16 05:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2115IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING
[...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...]
2005-06-20 16:46:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2348IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...]
2005-07-14 06:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2349IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...]
2005-07-14 06:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME249IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...]
2005-01-25 14:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME2569IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS
[...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...]
2005-08-02 14:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2885IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] (U) DCM has requested an appointment to discuss reftel demarche with the MFA's Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In the meantime, below are comments from PM Berlusconi and Deputy PM/FM Fini regarding the Iraqi constitution. 2. (U) In an August 28 press statement [...]
2005-08-30 12:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME29IRAQ: ITALY NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Iraq officer Daniano Francovigh (speaking on behalf of Iraq Office Director and Task Force Director Luigi Maccotta) on January 4 regarding Ref A demarche. Francovigh said that because of time and financial restraints, Italy will not be able to support the IMIE for Ir [...]
2005-01-05 09:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PHUM IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME2937IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B),MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...]
2005-09-02 17:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME296IRAQ: ITALY ON BOARD WITH EVOLVING MNF-I MISSION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials are well-aware of and comfortable with proposals for the MNF-I to shift some emphasis to training and increasing the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces. Italy intends to maintain its current force [...]
2005-01-28 16:10:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3179ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...]
2005-09-23 11:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3226IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN
[...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...]
2005-09-27 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3585SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...]
2005-10-26 10:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3630IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES REFERENDUM RESULTS
[...] (U) The Italian government hailed the success of the Iraqi constitution as an historic step in October 25 and 26 statements from Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Ciampi, Foreign Minister Fini and Defense Minister Martino. Translations of the statements are reprinted below. 2. (U) Begin [...]
2005-10-28 17:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ IT KDEM KPAO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3632PM BERLUSCONI'S FOCUS WILL BE IRAQ TROOP LEVELS
[...] (U) The Ambassador called on PM Silvio Berlusconi on the eve of Berlusconi's trip to Washington for his meeting with POTUS. Berlusconi was accompanied by Under Secretary for the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, Special Assistant Valentino Valenti, Diplomatic Counselor Gianpaolo Scarante and [...]
2005-10-31 06:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3697ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED
[...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...]
2005-11-04 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3763IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES
[...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]
2005-11-15 10:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME3936ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...]
2005-11-30 16:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4052ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...]
2005-12-13 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME4071IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] (U) PM Berlusconi issued a statement on December 15 praising the Iraqi elections as a further step on the road to democracy. Noting that first indications suggested a significant Sunni turnout, Berlusconi said the vote also marked a strike against the insurgents. The statement also noted It [...]
2005-12-16 14:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME4169IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...]
2005-12-29 11:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA
05ROME537 IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING
[...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...]
2005-02-17 15:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME714ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ
[...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...]
2005-03-03 13:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME781IRAQ/ITALY: ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the last 24 hours PM Berlusconi has pressed hard for the establishment of some mechanism to show that Italy was an active participant in the investigation into the killing of Italian intel officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad, which he could use to calm criticism o [...]
2005-03-08 20:11:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME799 IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...]
2005-03-10 05:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME819LETTER FROM ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO PRESIDENT
[...] Please deliver following message from President Ciampi to President Bush. 2. Begin Text. Mr. President, Dear George, I appreciate the sincerity of the words of solidarity you have addressed to me after the tragic accident in Iraq which caused the death of Nicola Calipari and the woundi [...]
2005-03-10 17:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL IT US IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME820IRAQ: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO DATE TOTALS EURO 78M
[...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports the GOI spent Euro 78 million ($101 million) on Iraq aid in 2003-2004. For 2005, the GOI plans to disburse about Euro 30 million ($39 million) in additional reconstruction assistance, though this figure represents an estimate, rather [...]
2005-03-10 17:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME821 IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...]
2005-03-11 05:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME858U.S.-ITALY INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ITALIAN OFFICIAL CALIPARI IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) By exchange of letters dated March 12, the Embassy concurred with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the subject investigation as proposed by the GOI. The Italian letter containing the proposed TOR follows the text reported in para 7 of reftel and was signed by Undersecretary in the Prime [...]
2005-03-14 16:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM PHUM
05ROME886IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN
[...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...]
2005-03-16 11:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME902IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...]
2005-03-17 05:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME919IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...]
2005-03-17 16:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
06ROME119IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...]
2006-01-12 17:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
06ROME122AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...]
2006-01-13 05:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME173SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI
[...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]
2006-01-18 16:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME583ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...]
2006-02-24 15:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
06ROME85ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF
[...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...]
2006-01-10 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME904IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS
[...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...]
2006-03-22 15:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
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