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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07PARAMARIBO661 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 20:05:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NS |
07PARIS1065 | TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...] | 2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
07PARIS1157 | UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR |
07PARIS1228 | A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...] | 2007-03-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR |
07PARIS124 | FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...] | 2007-01-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR |
07PARIS1306 | FRENCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747: BANK SEPAH [...] (S) France clamped down on Bank Sepah just before adoption of UNSCR 1747, ensuring no capital flight would occur and thereby allow Iran to elude an asset freeze. The French Banking Commission acted in advance of French or EU implementing texts. END SUMMARY. Bank of France Pre-Action ----- [...] | 2007-04-02 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR |
07PARIS1689 | SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. (S)2. On April 25, econoff met with MFA Director for Export Control Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the results of the GOF investigation into French company Paul Boye Manufacturing's dealings with two subsidiaries of the Iranian Defense Industrie [...] | 2007-04-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS1708 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...] | 2007-04-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR |
07PARIS1710 | FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...] | 2007-04-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI |
07PARIS1717 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 12, emboffs conducted a pre-license check on application 050038126 for the export of 12 filter assemblies to Sabena Technics in France via the UK. Sabena Technics has a good reputation in the aircraft maintenance field, and post has no derogatory information about the [...] | 2007-04-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
07PARIS1983 | G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: NO RADICAL FRENCH RETHINKING [...] (C) On May 10, we delivered reftel demarche to Philippe Errera, DAS-equivalent Director of the MFA's Nonproliferation and Disarmament bureau. In a follow-up conversation on May 15, Errera responded that, until the new French Government has been able to review the issue, he would be unable to m [...] | 2007-05-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY FR |
07PARIS341 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...] | 2007-01-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS342 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...] | 2007-01-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS350 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritorial [...] | 2007-01-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS3750 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS3799 | (S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...] | 2007-09-13 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR |
07PARIS3827 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FRENCH FOLLOWUP ON SAUDI FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
07PARIS3873 | FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...] | 2007-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU |
07PARIS409 | SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 1, econoff met with MFA DAS-equivalent for Export Control Marc Abensour and his Deputy Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the possibility that a French company, Paul Boye Manufacturing, may have negotiated a Memorandum of Understandi [...] | 2007-02-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS4254 | FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES [...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...] | 2007-10-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ |
07PARIS4356 | PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR |
07PARIS4430 | INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR |
07PARIS4511 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] SUMMARY: France has had measures in place and investigative units dedicated to money laundering detection and prosecution since 1990. Cross-border movements of cash and other negotiable instruments worth 10,000 euros or more must be declared to Customs. In 2006, Customs seized 126 million eu [...] | 2007-11-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER FR |
07PARIS4574 | FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...] | 2007-11-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR |
07PARIS4584 | BLUE LANTERN PRELICENSE CHECK 05-050069775 [...] (U) Embassy has contacted reftel end user, Delegation General pour l'Armement - Etablissment d'Experimentation Technique de Bourges (DGA-ETBS, i.e., Ministry of Defense Procurement Agency Technical Testing Center) at Bourges, France. Technical Procurement Specialist for Sensors Patrick Chantel [...] | 2007-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC DA FR |
07PARIS4616 | INPUT ON FRANCE RE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the questions contained in reftel request for information related to Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. France ------ 2. (C) What is the nature of investment that host country businesses have in Cuba? Frenc [...] | 2007-11-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FR |
07PARIS4718 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...] | 2007-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR |
07PARIS476 | PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S) [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the French authorities on the pending export to China from France of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled for export by the Fr [...] | 2007-02-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS546 | EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France will send the following participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Alain A. Nicaud Agency: Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministere de l'Economie des Finances et de L'Industrie) Title: Direct [...] | 2007-02-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO |
07PARIS609 | EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France wishes to add a second participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Navy Captain Patrick Beau Agency: Prime Minister's Office, Secretariat General for National Defense Itinerary: Arriving during the evening of [...] | 2007-02-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO |
07PARIS652 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL (HAI) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 09:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON FR |
07PARIS98 | MTCR: ASSURANCES OF MTCR CATEGORIZATION FOR BLACK [...] (S) ESTH Officer delivered note verbale in reftel to David Bertolotti, in the Bureau of Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the MFA, on January 9. In response, Bertolotti expressed his government's gratitude for the favorable result of USG deliberations on the missile system in question. Al [...] | 2007-01-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC TSPA MTCR FR UK |
07PORTAUPRINCE1921 | HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Haiti values its relationship with Cuba because of the significant amount of technical assistance it receives from that country. The bulk of that assistance comes in the form of [...] | 2007-12-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE859 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL HA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1167 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-11-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN518 | T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN541 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-06-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
07PRAGUE1250 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has a strong record of active engagement and support for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized advocate for human rights, established the Czech government's principled position on Cub [...] | 2007-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1278 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DESIGNATED TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC EZ PTER KTFN |
07PRAGUE334 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BANK SEPAH ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC EZ |
07PRAGUE549 | CZECH RESPONSE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Head of the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Pinter stated that he would pass the demarche onto the appropriate working level contact at the Ministry and [...] | 2007-05-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM EZ |
07PRAGUE590 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has actively advocated for democracy and human rights in Cuba since its own transition from a totalitarian regime in 1989. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized human rights activist, established the Czech government's principled approach t [...] | 2007-05-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ |
07PRAGUE634 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN; MIGHT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and Africa Department Josef Koutsky on May 31 to discuss the U.S. sanctions against the Sudanese government over lack of progress on Darfur. When asked whether the Czech Republic would consider imposing bilateral sanctions, Koutsky sa [...] | 2007-06-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UNAUS SU EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE717 | CZECHS ON JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs expect the EU will not reach consensus on Cuba and that the June measures will remain in place. The Czech Republic supports the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo and will seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear program issue. The GOCR is preparing to offer [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS AF EZ ETTC PARM PGOV |
07PRAGUE899 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Ministry of Defense America Desk Officer LtCol Lubor Koudelka July 30 about LD Aviation's request to export radar components to Slovakia. Koudelka confirmed LD Aviation is licensed by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade to import and export defense articles. In [...] | 2007-08-02 11:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC LO EZ |
07PRAGUE928 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Emboffs visited Banzai, Ltd. General Sales Manager Lukas Trachta at his office August 8 to conduct a pre-license check on the purchase of M-60 machine gun parts for the Czech 601st Special Forces Group (601st). Trachta said his firm is acting as a broker for the 601st, and [...] | 2007-08-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC LO EZ |
07PRETORIA1801 | DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...] | 2007-05-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR |
07PRETORIA1813 | SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] | 2007-05-18 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
07PRETORIA1815 | SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] | 2007-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
07PRETORIA1826 | SOUTH AFRICA 2007 RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...] | 2007-05-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF |
07PRETORIA3450 | SOUTH AFRICA RECEPTIVE TO COMMODITIES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eric M. Bost joined Argentine Ambassador to South Africa R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano to deliver a joint invitation to the SAG for the Commodities Identification Training (CIT) to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 3-7, 2007. The invitation was delivered to Depart [...] | 2007-10-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM ETTC MNUC TRGY PREL KNNP SF AR |
07PRETORIA4083 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO CUBA:COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...] | 2007-11-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF |
07PRETORIA498 | SOUTH AFRICA POINT OF CONTACT FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C) Per reftel, talking points regarding signature of the Nuclear Energy R&D agreement were delivered by econoff to Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Nuclear Chief Tseliso Maqubela February 5. Econoff provided Maqubela with a blank copy of the agreement and sample copies of Nuclear Safeg [...] | 2007-02-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA ENRG PARM PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA |
07PRISTINA108 | KOSOVO: DELEGATION FOR EXBS CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Kosovo will send a delegation to the Eighth International Export Control Conference in Bucharest March 6-8, 2006. Given Kosovo's unique status as a UN-administered territory, the delegation will be led by an international United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) representative, [...] | 2007-02-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID |
07PRISTINA810 | KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...] | 2007-12-07 17:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07PRISTINA829 | KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...] | 2007-12-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07QUITO174 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: DDTC CASE #050021165 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions on application #050021165, the Embassy has verified that Apeqs-Cotela C.A. is the Harris Corporation's Ecuadorian representative. We have also verified the validity of the pending $8,000 Ecuadorian Joint Command order for spare Harris radio parts. The U. [...] | 2007-01-22 19:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC US |
07QUITO484 | ECUADOR - RESPONSE TO ILLICIT CASH COURIER ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) This a response to State 16120, requesting posts to raise the problem of illicit cash courier activity with host government officials. DEA country attache raised the issue of illicit cash courier activity with Ecuador's Director of the Antinarcotics Directorate (part of the police depar [...] | 2007-03-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL EC |
07QUITO796 | US-LATIN AMERICA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel invitations on March 20 to Ecuadorian Central Bank General Manager Mauricio Pareja, Superintendent of Banks Alfredo Vergara, and Minister of Economy and finance Ricardo Patino Aroca. As of April 3, the latter two declined citing prior official engagements, and the fo [...] | 2007-04-04 21:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER |
07RABAT1159 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS ENHANCED BORDER ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency EXBS (Export Control and Related Border Security) team launched a broad program of cooperation in an initial round of meetings with Moroccan officials in July 9-12. The EXBS program is a multi-year assistance program and will begin delivering training to Morocco [...] | 2007-07-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC MO |
07RABAT1160 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS ENHANCED BORDER ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency EXBS (Export Control and Related Border Security) team launched a broad program of cooperation in an initial round of meetings with Moroccan officials July 9-12. The EXBS program is a multi-year assistance program and will begin delivering training to Morocco thi [...] | 2007-07-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC MO |
07RABAT1719 | MOROCCO - FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM, which includes combating terrorism finance, cash couriers, and money laundering. Post's CT working group coordinates numerous CT related programs managed by t [...] | 2007-11-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN MO |
07RABAT1874 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS JAN 2008 CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a December 20 meeting to discuss the EXBS proposal to hold an international transshipment conference in Morocco next year, as well as the postponement of a Charleston-based seaport interdiction course from December to Febru [...] | 2007-12-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC KSTC PARM PREL MO |
07RABAT329 | TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC MO PREL PTER KTFN |
07RANGOON105 | BURMA XXXXXXXXXXXX REPORT SENSITIVE SHIPMENT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy contacts XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us on XXXXXXXXXXXX documents for 112 metric tons of "mixed ore" shipped on January 25 from Burma to China via Singapore. XXXXXXXXXXXX noticed that authorities treated the shipment as highly sensitive, and suspect it may have included uranium. O [...] | 2007-01-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC BM CH |
07REYKJAVIK152 | ICELAND: MFA REPORTS HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT "NIL FORM" [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel points on May 18 to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson. Thorsteinsson reported that Iceland had just submitted its "nil form" Annual Declaration for the Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferat [...] | 2007-05-21 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC CWC IC |
07RIGA106 | LATVIA: UNSCR 1737 POINTS ON FREEZING ASSETS OF [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel nonpaper February 13 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that Latvia has no significant economic ties with Iran. She added that she will forward the nonpaper to other interested GOL officials, includi [...] | 2007-02-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LG |
07RIGA228 | LATVIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC LG |
07RIGA345 | LATVIA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TRADE TREATY [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 11 to Inga Marcinkevica, Head of Export Control of Strategic Goods Division at the MFA. Marcinkevica responded that, while the GOL agrees with the USG that effective export controls and universal support for such controls are needed, the GOL supports [...] | 2007-05-15 08:27:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM LG |
07RIGA378 | LATVIA: POINTS ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 21 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA, and stressed the importance of a broad interpretation of UNSCR 1747's instructions. PolEconOff also highlighted the May 24 due date for states to submit UNSCR 1737 report [...] | 2007-05-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LG |
07RIGA427 | LATVIA STILL LOOKING AT SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD EUN SU LG |
07RIYADH1632 | SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON SUBMITTING IRAQIS TO UN 1518 [...] (S) The Saudis are still considering whether to support the submissions to the UN 1518 and 1267 Sanctions Committees requested in reftel. Abdulrahman Al-Ahmad, a First Secretary in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working on terrorism issues, repo [...] | 2007-08-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PREL SA |
07RIYADH1894 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE SAUDIS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 5, Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator delivered reftel A points to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing USG's interest in submitting a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee on or about September 12. Embassy Riyadh fully supports the objectives o [...] | 2007-09-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH299 | HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL: POST RESPONSE TO [...] (S/NF) Mission Saudi Arabia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the potential UNSCR 1267 designation of the NGO Human Appeal International (HAI). After consulting internally within Embassy Riyadh, we have concerns with the reliance of evidence of this case on Hamas, which is not sanctiona [...] | 2007-02-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH305 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh appreciates the opportunity to comment on the effectiveness of tranche I designations under the Terrorist Facilitators and Inciters Initiative. While the Mission of Saudi Arabia fully supports the objective of this initiative - to sanction individuals that both financially [...] | 2007-02-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07RIYADH37 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAG RESPONSE TO AL-TAIBA UN [...] (SBU) On January 6, 2007 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the addition of Lashkar al-Taiba to the UN 1267 Sanctions list of individuals/entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or Al Qaida. Complimentary opening -- Th [...] | 2007-01-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SA |
07RIYADH507 | SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...] | 2007-03-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA |
07RIYADH56 | USG'S SUCCESSFUL TRAINING FOR SAUDI ARABIA'S [...] (U) Summary. On December 20, 2006, EconOff and FBI representative to the Terrorist Financing Operations Section (TFOS),offered a one-day seminar to the Saudi Arabian Financial Intelligence Unit (SAFIU) geared towards basic analytical and investigative techniques for terrorism finance and m [...] | 2007-01-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA |
07RIYADH976 | TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (U) On April 23, the newly-appointed Saudi Customs Director General Saleh bin Manea Al-Khilwey told Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien that the implementation of new cash declaration procedures is imminent. The SAG has relayed the same m [...] | 2007-05-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SA |
07ROME1 | TERRORIST FINANCE - ITALY: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) Econoff met with Giampaolo Cantini, Head of the Counter Terrorism Policy Unit at the MFA's Department for Multilateral Political Affairs on December 28 to discuss reftel points. Cantini stated that the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) would research the individuals listed in refte [...] | 2007-01-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU IT |
07ROME1036 | ITALIAN REQUEST AT UN TO UNFREEZE BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (S/NF) Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes to learn more about the GOI proposal at the UN to unfreeze Bank Sepah Rome branch liquid assets. In particular, we inquired about plans to a) cover current expenses (e.g., utilities, legal and Ba [...] | 2007-05-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1069 | ADDITIONAL ITALIAN VIEWS ON REQUEST AT UN TO [...] (S/NF) EcMin met May 18 with Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes. After EcMin strongly conveyed ref A instructions, Maresca explained that the GOI was balancing a "firm attitude" on UNSC resolutions, while being mindfu [...] | 2007-05-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1168 | DEMARCHE: AGILE LAUNCH; PROTEST OF USML TRANSFER TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, ECMIN delivered points regarding the launch from India of the Italian AGILE satellite, and the related, unlicensed re-export from Italy to India of USML-listed items (ref A),to the MFA official responsible for Space and Science and Technology Cooperation. The latter resp [...] | 2007-05-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PARM TSPA IT IN |
07ROME1190 | AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL [...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...] | 2007-06-01 05:47:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL |
07ROME120 | ITALY - DESIGNATIONS OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN KNNP EFIN ETTC SY IT PARM |
07ROME1216 | ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY'S AGILE LAUNCH: RATIONALE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. Separate discussions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Universities and Research, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) indicate that the decision to proceed with the launch of ASI's AGILE satellite from I [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PARM IT |
07ROME1233 | ITALIANS HESITANT ON TOUGHER SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Poloff met June 1 with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, to discuss ref A points and press the GOI to support, within the UNSC, a strong sanctions resolution against Sudan. (Note: Ref A points were also delivered to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, who of [...] | 2007-06-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EU IT |
07ROME127 | GOI RESPONSE TO IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) Econoff delivered ref A nonpaper on Iranian efforts to procure specialty steel for use in its ballistic missile program to Enrico Padula, the MFA working-level official responsible for MTCR issues. Padula said the GOI shares USG concerns regarding Iranian attempts to procure items contro [...] | 2007-01-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL IR IT |
07ROME1270 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (C) There has been little change in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The most significant event in bilateral relations this period was a visit by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to Rome on March 15. In his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, [...] | 2007-06-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD ETTC CU IT |
07ROME1281 | BANK OF ITALY PUTS BANK SEPAH ROME UNDER "SPECIAL [...] (S/NF) The Bank of Italy (BOI) regulator overseeing BOI administration of Bank Sepah Rome since passage of UNSCR 1747 informed Econoff June 8 that BOI "special administration" of the branch is now in place. The Ministry of Finance approved BOI's request to move to a special administration of [...] | 2007-06-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON UN IR IT |
07ROME1327 | ITALY SUPPORTS ARMS TRADE TREATY, LOBBYING [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini and Chemical Weapons Coordinator Giulio Picheca June 12, noting U.S. concerns that the proposed Arms Trade Treaty will provide governments a fig leaf for arms exports, and urging that countries implement strict do [...] | 2007-06-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM ETTC KOMC UNDC |
07ROME1487 | ITALIAN REACTIONS TO USG PROPOSALS AT NUCLEAR [...] (C) After a lengthy delay occasioned by the travel of the Italian official responsible for nonproliferation and export control issues and other postponements on the Italian side, Econoff recently succeeded in exchanging views on USG proposals for information sharing at the Nuclear Suppliers Gr [...] | 2007-07-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA IR IT |
07ROME2032 | ITALIAN ENGAGEMENT ON IRAN MONEY LAUNDERING COULD [...] (S) Summary: As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) considers taking action against the Iranian financial system in October, the Italian representative said that he intended to engage the Iranian Embassy over their failure to respond to repeated entreaties by senior FATF officials. Treasury [...] | 2007-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME2071 | ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...] | 2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT |
07ROME210 | ITALY UNABLE TO FILL MTCR CHAIRMANSHIP FOR 2007-08 [...] (C) Acting Ecmin spoke February 1 with Carlo Tripepi, Director of the MFA office responsible for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) issues, regarding GOI willingness to serve as MTCR Chair for 2007-08. According to Tripepi, Italy is not in a position to serve as MTCR Chair because budge [...] | 2007-02-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC IT |
07ROME211 | EU CONSIDERING "EMBARGO" PROHIBITING EXPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC MTCRE IR EU IT |
07ROME2143 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIANS STILL NOT ON BOARD [...] (S) Summary: An Italian Ministry of Finance official predicted lengthy discussions on UNSCR 1737 (Iran) implementation at the October 12 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. Italian officials are also close to announcing a decision to approve delisting Italian national Nasredd [...] | 2007-10-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT IR |
07ROME2188 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR USG PROPOSALS AT THE 2007 MTCR [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A-C papers detailing USG proposals for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Technical Experts Meeting (TEM) to Roberto Liotto, the new MFA office Director responsible for MTCR issues on September 24. Liotto was unable to respond to the substance of ref A-C [...] | 2007-10-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IT |
07ROME2275 | (S/NF) ITALY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy regulates banking activity in Italy and sends inspectors to banks as needed. Due to Italy's long-history of combating Mafia-related money laundering activities, Italy maintains a flexible and well-developed bank monitoring system. In extreme cases, the BOI ca [...] | 2007-10-30 17:30:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN ETTC |
07ROME2313 | ITALY: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials are making progress on combating illicit cash couriers. The GOI has recently issued a ministerial decree to bring its own regulations on cash transactions in compliance with EU norms and is drafting a law to update enforcement provisions. Seizures of bulk cash i [...] | 2007-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07ROME2398 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (U) This is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been little change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. The most significant event [...] | 2007-11-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT |
07ROME2505 | (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) On December 21, Econcoff delivered reftel points on efforts by the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) to procure large quantities of chemicals useful in producing chemical weapons to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Au [...] | 2007-12-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY IT |
07ROME2517 | ITALY - UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IT |
07ROME267 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME289 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST [...] (S) Econoff discussed reftel points with contacts at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Office of Financial Crimes and the MFA Office of Counterterrorism Policy February 8. Our contacts reported that their offices referred the UN 1267 designations to the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) to [...] | 2007-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
07ROME291 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Post convened its bi-weekly law enforcement meeting February 9 to discuss reftel. The following represents both the views of those USG law enforcement agencies at post attending the meeting and the views of ConGen Milan, where one HAI branch is reportedly located. 2. (S/NF) To be [...] | 2007-02-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER ECON IT |
07ROME310 | PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...] | 2007-02-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IR IT |
07ROME336 | GOI STOPS FASTBOAT ENGINE SHIPMENT TO IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Over the past four years, Post has engaged the GOI repeatedly on Italian exports of fastboats and their components to Iran (refs B, C, and G). We recently heard that fastboats and marine diesel engines exported t [...] | 2007-02-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC IR IT |
07ROME384 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CASH COURIERS IN ITALY [...] (C) Summary: GOI officials have demonstrated a commitment to combating bulk cash smuggling by putting into place effective controls to monitor financial activity. However, challenges remain. Limited resources hamper Italian law enforcement's ability to investigate illicit cash courier acti [...] | 2007-02-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME458 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA IT |
07ROME628 | BANK OF ITALY ACTS AGAINST BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) has sent two "provisional administrators" to manage Bank Sepah Rome's affairs for the next 60 days, effectively placing the branch under BOI control. After that, BOI will decide whether to request that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) appoint a "special [...] | 2007-03-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON IR IT |
07ROME69 | IRAN SOLICITS ENI INVESTMENT IN AZADEGAN AND SOUTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni told the Ambassador that the Iranian Energy Minister has offered Eni investment opportunities in Iran's South Pars and Azadegan oil fields. Scaroni said Eni is interested in additional inve [...] | 2007-01-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL IR IT |
07ROME703 | WORKING WITH ITALY TO BETTER COMBAT FINANCIAL CRIME [...] (SBU) Italy has made significant strides over the past several decades in investigating and combating financial crimes, such as terrorism finance and money laundering. The government's highly public fights against the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia and the "Tangentopoli" ("Bribery-gate") scandal [...] | 2007-04-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PGOV IT |
07ROME860 | ITALIAN RESEARCH SATELLITE WITH U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (U). This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) At 11:00 p.m. local Rome time, April 23, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE research satellite from Sriharikota, India. The 352-kilogram (774 pou [...] | 2007-04-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRN IT IN |
07ROME92 | GOI PUSHES BACK ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SALE TO IRAN [...] (S) Summary. Econ Counselor recently discussed with the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit the canceled sale by a Finmeccanica subsidiary of air traffic control (ATC) radar to Iran (ref A) in an effort to enhance GOI understanding of U.S. export control views of dual-use exports to Iran. [...] | 2007-01-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IR IT |
07ROME95 | IRAN - GOI REACTION TO BANK SEPAH DESIGNATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Terzi told visiting EUR A/S Fried that Italy expects European Commission political directors to come to agreement on a common position regarding the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah, within the next few days. Domestically, the GOI is considering revising [...] | 2007-01-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP KN PARM IR IT |
07SANAA1142 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ARABSAT BROADCAST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA1837 | EXTRANCHECK: D380495 PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ASHARQ [...] This is in response to USDOC Reftel Action Request for pre-license check for application D380495, Asharq Masaood International Co. Ltd. Post has no adverse information on the suitability of Asharq Masaood International Co, Ltd. as an end-user of the VAPORTRACER2. 2. ComOff conducted PLC [...] | 2007-09-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC YM |
07SANJOSE1049 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] On May 18, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. On May 25, PolOff followed up with a phone call to Corde [...] | 2007-06-01 21:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS ETTC IR PARM PREL |
07SANJOSE1061 | COSTA RICA: TITLE III SUSPENSION OF THE [...] Costa Rican President Oscar Arias remains one of the region's leading critics of the Castro government and a strong advocate for democratic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows no signs that it would consider re-establishing diplomatic relations with the Castro government [...] | 2007-06-04 21:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PREL CS |
07SANJOSE1134 | COSTA RICA - RESPONSE TO ARMS TREATY DEMARCHE [...] (U) On May 31, Pol/C and Poloff discussed USG position (Reftel) on the proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with MFA Deputy Director for Exterior Policy Alejandro Solis. We left a non-paper; noted that the USG was presenting a demarche on the issue to a number of host governments, including AT [...] | 2007-06-14 14:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC KOMS UNDC CS |
07SANJOSE1519 | USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] On August 9, PolOff conveyed reftel information and concerns to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Mr. Coto advised the GOCR is aware of these concerns which are troubling to Costa Rica as well. He indicat [...] | 2007-08-15 20:28:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CS |
07SANJOSE2040 | COSTA RICA: TITLE III SUSPENSION OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] The Costa Rican government remains one of the region's leading critics of the Castro regime and a strong advocate for democratic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows no signs that it would consider re-establishing diplomatic relations with the Castro government, which wer [...] | 2007-12-06 14:46:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PREL CS |
07SANJOSE2063 | NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS TO COORDINATE TERRORISM [...] Embassy San Jose nominates Mark Kissel of the Economic section to be the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Rob Andrew of the Political section to be the Deputy TFCO. 2. The contact information for the proposed TFCO and Deputy TFCO follows below: TFCO Name: Mark Kissel T [...] | 2007-12-17 23:38:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
07SANJOSE958 | COSTA RICA: RESPONSE TO HCOC INREACH [...] On May 14, PolOff conveyed reftel request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and forwarded the Annual Declaration nil form. 2. On May 15, PolOff followed up [...] | 2007-05-22 19:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE CS |
07SANSALVADOR1072 | EL SALVADOR: ANNUAL DECLARATION FOR HCOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA ES |
07SANSALVADOR1410 | BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON HELICA S.A. DE C.V. [...] On July 5, 2007, Emboff visited the business office of Helicopteros de Centroamerica, S.A. de C.V.(Helica),to conduct a blue lantern end-use check as requested in ref. A. Helica is located at Ilopango Airport, Ilopango, El Salvador. The owner and President of Helica is Mr. Rogelio Pena. Mr [...] | 2007-07-20 21:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ES |
07SANSALVADOR1531 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATIONS 050050978 & 050050700 [...] Summary. On July 23, Emboff visited the business office of Mudisa (Worldwide moving and cargo),and two days later visited the business office of Hunter's Gun (arms, ammunitions and accessories),to conduct a pre-license check on applications 050050978 and 050050700 for the export of pistols to [...] | 2007-08-09 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ES |
07SANSALVADOR1911 | EL SALVADOR: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jose Rolando Monroy Sintigo, Director of the Unidad de Investigacion Financiera, Fiscalia General de la Republica (El Salvador's Financial Intelligence Unit) on September 21. 2. (SBU) Monroy replied that his organization was eager to fully implement th [...] | 2007-09-21 23:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFIN PTER PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR2404 | SAN SALVADOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 19:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN ES |
07SANTODOMINGO1205 | CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: DOMINICAN [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy finds here has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (ref B). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between the Dominican Republi [...] | 2007-05-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL DR CU |
07SANTODOMINGO1908 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS HCOC AGAINST BALLISTIC [...] (U) The Dominican Republic has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. 2. (SBU) On August 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Carmen Contreras, Director of the Office of Judicial Affairs, provided POLOFF a photocopy of the relevant diplomatic [...] | 2007-08-15 18:25:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2692 | CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: DOMINICAN [...] (C) Summary. In response to Ref A request, Embassy finds here has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (ref B). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between the Dominican [...] | 2007-12-06 19:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2746 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON CASH COURIER [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points to the Director of the Superintendent of Banks' Financial Investigation Unit, Heiromy Castro, as well as to the Director of the country's Financial Analysis Unit (located within the National Counsel on Drugs),Maximo Gorqui Melo, both of whom took our view [...] | 2007-12-14 16:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFIN DR |
07SANTODOMINGO636 | DOMINICAN REPLY ON HCOC AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered a diplomatic note containing Reftel talking points encouraging the Dominican Republic to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC). POLOFF emphasized the long period of time in which we have been discussing this issue with the Dominicans (more than four years),unde [...] | 2007-03-21 20:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA DR |
07SEOUL1051 | SHIELD S08D-05: ROK FIRM BIOTRON TERMINATED [...] (S) On April 6, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff that the ROK firm Biotron did not/not fulfill an order of two large fermenters by the Iranian firm Samamicro. In fact, Biotron terminated all n [...] | 2007-04-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC KS IR |
07SEOUL1533 | (S) ROK RESPONSE: EFFORTS BY IRAN'S MISSILE [...] This is an action request. Post requests that Department provide information requested by the ROKG in para 3. 2. (S) Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told poloff that Insung International Co [...] | 2007-05-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR |
07SEOUL1655 | RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30 addressing the U.S. proposal "that Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Part [...] | 2007-06-01 00:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IR KS PARM PREL |
07SEOUL1656 | RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON THE U.S. [...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30. Kwon stated that the ROKG is content with the current agenda, as pro [...] | 2007-06-01 00:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KS IR |
07SEOUL170 | ROKG STILL PLANS TO ALLOW MACHINE TOOL EXPORT TO [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 19, poloff delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Deputy Kim Jae-woo. Kim informed poloff that the primary factor in the ROKG decision was the lack of [...] | 2007-01-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KS PK |
07SEOUL1894 | (S) ROKG DENIES PENDING LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF [...] (S) On June 22, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) informed poloff that the ROK Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE) had completed its investigation of Insung International Corporation [...] | 2007-06-22 04:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR |
07SEOUL2179 | ROKG TO INVESTIGATE SOUTH KOREAN TRADING COMPANIES [...] (S) On July 20, poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim agreed that, if verified, the case would represent a serious matter of proliferation concern. Ki [...] | 2007-07-20 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW |
07SEOUL2271 | (S) ROKG NEXT STEPS ON SEIZED SYRIA-BOUND STEEL [...] (S) On July 27, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said that the ROKG, through the ROK Embassy in Beijing, had requested that the Chinese government investigate t [...] | 2007-07-27 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS SY CH |
07SEOUL2534 | ROKG INVESTIGATION FINDS ROK COMPANIES DID NOT [...] (S) On August 21, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Jae-woo told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation of the six ROK trading companies listed in reftel A nonpaper that allegedly facilitated sales [...] | 2007-08-22 01:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW |
07SEOUL2675 | (S) ROKG PLANS TO ALLOW SYRIA-BOUND STEEL [...] (S) On August 31, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, informed poloff that the ROKG had decided to allow the transshipment of Syria-bound steel that had been seized by ROK authorities in June. Kim said that the [...] | 2007-09-04 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS SY CH |
07SEOUL3320 | ROKG SHARES BROAD INTERPRETATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC KS IR |
07SEOUL3536 | RESPONSE BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, post contacted Korean Air and the Korea Civil Aviation Safety Authority (KCASA) by phone and e-mail. Korean Air confirmed that the company received a set of T-36M Communication/Navigation equipment in January 2007 under license 05-050020811 from U.S. exporter Tel-Instrument Elect [...] | 2007-12-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
07SEOUL3577 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: DOE-KOREA [...] (U) Per reftel authorization, the Ambassador designated Pol M/C Joseph Y. Yun to sign the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea and the Department of Energy of the United States of America for Cooperation on the Global Threat Re [...] | 2007-12-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC KS UP |
07SEOUL569 | ROKG INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL SALE OF MOBILE PHONE [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Director, Deputy POL M/C discussed ref a points urging Seoul to investigate whether a ROK firm was seeking to transfer mobile phone jammers to Iran. Park said MOFAT, upon receiving the points [...] | 2007-02-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC KS IR |
07SEOUL657 | MTCR: ROK SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA KS |
07SEOUL807 | ROK COMPANY NOT SELLING MOBILE PHONE JAMMERS TO [...] (S) On March 20, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Deputy Director, Lee Kyu-ho, told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation into concerns that Iran was seeking to acquire mobile phone jammers from a South Korean company (reftels) and had determined that the sale [...] | 2007-03-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC KS IR |
07SHANGHAI783 | MAKING LIGHT: SHANGHAI SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary: A National Science Foundation (NSF) delegation led by NSF Assistant Director Tony Chan visited Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) on October 26, 2007. Approximately USD 200 million has been spent building the SSRF's light source. The Central Government, the Shanghai [...] | 2007-12-11 00:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY TPHY ETTC CH |
07SINGAPORE1003 | M/V GANT STAR: GOS PROVIDES STORAGE COST ESTIMATE [...] (S) Jonathan Tow of MFA's International Organizations Directorate on May 23 provided us with a storage cost estimate for the 20 containers of sodium perchlorate Singapore seized April 21 (reftels). 2. (S) Tow said Singapore Customs estimated that storing the containers would cost approxim [...] | 2007-05-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE1018 | U/S LEVEY WARNS AGAINST IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S) Summary. Singapore officials assured Treasury Under Secretary Levey that they were taking the necessary steps to SIPDIS thwart any attempt by the Iranian government or Iran-linked entities to exploit Singapore for terrorism and proliferation-related activities. U/S Levey underscored t [...] | 2007-05-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1131 | U.S.-SINGAPORE COUNTERPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: The second U.S.-Singapore Counterproliferation (CP) Dialogue in Washington June 14 offers an opportunity to review our steadily expanding bilateral CP cooperation and encourage Singapore to further strengthen its export control regime )- in particular through monitoring of transs [...] | 2007-06-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE1242 | (S) SINGAPORE TO APPROACH MALTA FIRST REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL NMNUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE1255 | (S) SINGAPORE'S MESSAGE TO MALTA REGARDING M/V [...] (S) MFA delivered the following non-paper to us on June 29. Per reftel, this language was to be given to Malta on June 28 via Singapore's mission to the United Nations in New York. Also per reftel, Singapore has agreed to the U.S. raising this issue in follow-up discussions with Malta on th [...] | 2007-07-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL NMUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE1258 | (S) SINGAPORE MIGHT RELEASE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS TO [...] (S) MFA's International Organizations Directorate Deputy Director Michelle Teo-Jacob said that Singapore was close to determining the fate of 20 containers of missile propellant precursor it seized on April 21 (reftels). Without saying so directly, she indicated during a June 28 meeting that [...] | 2007-07-02 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE1272 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] Post conducted a site visit to assess the business operations and on-site security of Fortuna Aerospace Supplies and Trading. 2. Fortuna Aerospace is a sole proprietorship that has been operating in Singapore since October 26, 1991. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists th [...] | 2007-07-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN ID |
07SINGAPORE135 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATIONS [...] As requested, Post made inquiries to verify the bona fides of Litebub Technologies and confirm the legitimacy of the order listed reftel. 2. Litebub Technologies is a sole proprietorship that has been operating in Singapore since January 1, 2004. Singapore's online business directory, Biz [...] | 2007-01-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1387 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050040189 [...] Post conducted a site visit on July 12, 2007 to assess the business operations and on-site security of Newmark Aerospace Pte. Ltd., per reftel. 2. Newmark Aerospace Pte. Ltd. is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since June 26, 1992. Singapore's online [...] | 2007-07-25 07:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1388 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION TA [...] Post was unable to conduct a site visit to assess the business operations and on-site security of Aanssia Agency. 2. Aanssia Agency is a sole proprietorship that has been operating in Singapore since October 10, 1994. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's pri [...] | 2007-07-25 07:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1389 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] Post conducted a site visit on July 12, 2007 to assess the business operations and on-site security of Flexlink Engineering Pte. Ltd., per reftel. 2. Flexlink Engineering Pte. Ltd. is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since April 3, 1993. Singapore's o [...] | 2007-07-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1409 | INTEL LEAK IRKS GOS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 02:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE1426 | LEGAL PROFESSION ADOPTS ENHANCED AML/CFT MEASURES [...] The Law Society of Singapore recently amended its Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules to strengthen its anti- money laundering (AML) requirements. The revised regulations, which come into effect August 15, represent another effort by Singapore to bring its AML (and countering the fi [...] | 2007-08-02 02:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KCRM EFIN KTFN SN |
07SINGAPORE1489 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 06:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1492 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Econoff contacted Positronic Asia Pte. Ltd. on August 13. Positronic Asia is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since March 29, 1995. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal officers as: Name: Kathleen Dian [...] | 2007-08-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1531 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-995007 [...] Per reftel, post conducted a post-shipment verification on license 05-995007 to confirm Matrix Science Pte. Ltd. had received all of the USML items it had ordered. 2. Matrix Science Pte. Ltd. is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since April 12, 2004. Singapore [...] | 2007-08-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1532 | PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON [...] This message contains an action item for Embassy Stockholm (para 3). 2. Post attempted to confirm the order listed reftel with the Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). (Note: DSTA is a Singapore government statutory board that manages acquisitions and research and development fo [...] | 2007-08-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1546 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] Per reftel, post conducted a site visit to establish the bona fides of Reach Resource. 2. Reach Resource is a sole proprietorship that has been operating in Singapore since September 7, 2006. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal officer as: Name [...] | 2007-08-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1601 | SINGAPORE TO AMEND STRATEGIC GOODS ACT [...] (U) The GOS introduced the Strategic Goods Control Bill in Parliament on August 27. If passed, the Bill would amend the Strategic Goods Control Act to include dual-use goods and technologies. The Bill also introduces amendments regulating strategic goods that transit Singapore and the broker [...] | 2007-08-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP SN |
07SINGAPORE1607 | SINGAPORE PROPOSES NEW CASH COURIER REPORTING [...] The Singapore government presented to parliament two amended pieces of legislation designed to enhance the country's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML-CFT) regime on August 27. These actions are part of a series of steps Singapore has taken in recent months [...] | 2007-08-30 04:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN ECON KCRM SN |
07SINGAPORE1610 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] Post contacted MEDs Technologies to verify the bona fides of the transaction listed reftel. 2. MEDs Technologies is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since October 31, 1996. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal of [...] | 2007-08-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE1658 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1013178 [...] Per reftel, post conducted a site visit and contacted the Singapore Ministry of Defense (MOD) to establish the bona fides of Powell Technologies. 2. Powell Technologies is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since September 16, 2004. Singapore's online [...] | 2007-09-07 04:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE175 | (S) GOS STILL PURSUING SOKKIA AND MACHINE TOOL [...] (S) Econoff on January 23 delivered ref A talking points and ref B non-paper to Yvonne Ow, Assistant Director, International Organizations, MFA. Ow thanked us for the additional information about the computer numerically controlled machine tools and the Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferat [...] | 2007-01-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN IR KN |
07SINGAPORE1760 | FIRM FINED FOR ATTEMPTED TRANSHIPMENT OF [...] (SBU) A Singapore court fined local freight forwarder World Freight S$22,000 (US$14,600) on September 17 for attempting to transship controlled items to Iran, according to press reports. This is the first legal action Singapore has taken since it announced in September 2006 plans to expand i [...] | 2007-09-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MTCRE SZ SN |
07SINGAPORE1797 | (S) PAKISTAN MISSILE PROGRAM PROCUREMENT POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 04:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK GM NL SN |
07SINGAPORE187 | (S) GOS REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MACHINE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) MFA Assistant Director ONG Soo Chuan on January 26 contacted Econoff to relay follow-up questions related to the information we provided the GOS on January 23 (reftels). Ong reported that GOS technical agencies had asked for mo [...] | 2007-01-26 10:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE1871 | (S) M/V GANT STAR: OFFER OF ASSISTANCE DELIVERED [...] (S) We delivered information listed Ref A on October 9 to Tan York Chor, Director of MFA's International Organization's office. Tan thanked us for the offer of assistance and zeroed in on the question of evidentiary requirements. The case at hand would present no problem as long as the GOS [...] | 2007-10-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR |
07SINGAPORE1890 | BURMA-SINGAPORE TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- MORE THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: For Burma, Singapore is a major trading partner and source of investment and foreign exchange. Two-way trade in goods is declining, but Singapore remains an important investor in Burma for tourism, airlines, food processing, and infrastructure. Asia World, one of Burma's larges [...] | 2007-10-11 10:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ETTC PREL ASEAN EFIN BU SN |
07SINGAPORE1941 | U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is looking carefully at the Burmese individuals and Burma-linked entities recently designated by the U.S. Government, MFA Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told the DCM during an October 22 meeting. Kausikan was responding to Ref A message providing information on [...] | 2007-10-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD ETTC EFIN BM SN |
07SINGAPORE1966 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post conducted a site visit to establish the bona fides of Mega Indah Cargo Pte Ltd. 2. (SBU) Mega Indah Cargo is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since 1978. (Note: The company was established under a different name, Soon Hong Hang [...] | 2007-10-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC ID SN |
07SINGAPORE1997 | BURMA: PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES [...] (S) A person who said she is a former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. volunteered to meet with us on October 31 to tell us what she knew of the firm's management and business activities. The USG on October 19 designated the Singapore-based company under E.O. 13448 for providing fina [...] | 2007-11-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN |
07SINGAPORE1998 | (S) M/V GANT STAR: GOS RELEASES CHEMICALS TO [...] (S) Singapore has released to the Chinese shipper the sodium perchlorate originally destined for Iran that Singapore had seized earlier this year, according to Tan York Chor, Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Tan called E/P Chief and Econoff into MFA late in the afte [...] | 2007-11-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR |
07SINGAPORE2008 | (S) SHIPPING INFORMATION FOR RETURNED SODIUM [...] (S) Per reftel, MFA provided us November 2 with the following information via e-mail regarding the release of the seized sodium perchlorate to the Chinese shipper. Released to: Genesis Forwarding Services (Far East) Pte Ltd Vessel name: Nordwoge Carrier: Wan Hai Lines International Pte Lt [...] | 2007-11-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR |
07SINGAPORE2037 | SINGAPORE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We also have emailed to INL the text of the draft report in MS Word format showing chan [...] | 2007-11-13 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN |
07SINGAPORE204 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] As requested, Post made inquiries to verify the bona fides of Champ Components Pte Ltd and confirm the legitimacy of the order listed reftel. 2. Champ Components Pte Ltd is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since January 30, 2004. Singapore's online bu [...] | 2007-01-30 07:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE2084 | SCENESETTER FOR PM A-A/S MULL'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Embassy Singapore looks forward to your December 3 visit. Your meetings with senior Singapore government officials offer an excellent opportunity to: -- express thanks for GOS support in Iraq and Afghanistan; -- highlight our close security relationship and the importance of interoperab [...] | 2007-11-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC BM SN |
07SINGAPORE2128 | (S)PAKISTAN MISSILE PROCUREMENT: ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK SN |
07SINGAPORE2150 | 100-PERCENT SCANNING "UNWORKABLE," SAYS SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Singapore government remains opposed to the "100-percent" scanning provision of the 9/11 Act, calling it "unworkable" in its current form. Senior GOS officials have urged in meetings, formal letters, and public fora that the USG reconsider the legislation. Singapore-based [...] | 2007-12-05 06:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ETTC PTER ECON USTR SN |
07SINGAPORE2197 | BURMA: UPDATE ON PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL [...] (S) A person claiming to be the former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. -- a Singapore-based company with close ties to the Burmese junta -- again volunteered to meet with us on December 10 to provide additional information about the company's business activities. We first met source [...] | 2007-12-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN BM |
07SINGAPORE2205 | SINGAPORE-U.S. SIGN SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON ETTC PTER SN |
07SINGAPORE224 | (S) GOS RELEASES PRECISION LATHES TO SHIPPER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Post was informed at approximately 1:00 pm on January 31 that the GOS had released to the original shipping company (Evergreen) two containers detained at USG request on or around December 16, 2006 (ref C). The containers w [...] | 2007-01-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN KN MY |
07SINGAPORE227 | (S) GOS QUESTIONS USG MOTIVES IN LINKING LATHES TO [...] (S/NF) Tan Yee Woan, Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate, on February 1 requested a meeting with E/P Counselor to provide an update on the status of the precision lathes shipment (ref A). Tan began by saying that it was a USG suggestion that the shipment might violate UN [...] | 2007-02-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN MY KN |
07SINGAPORE23 | MFA PROVIDES BLOCKED SHIPMENTS UPDATES [...] (SBU) Michelle Teo-Jacob, Assistant Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate, on January 3 provided us updates on three outstanding export control and nonproliferation cases. She presented us with two non-papers, reproduced in paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (S) Teo-Jacob began wit [...] | 2007-01-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KNNP SN |
07SINGAPORE27 | SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES UNSCR 1718 SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD KFPC KNNP PARM PREL SN KN |
07SINGAPORE314 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff on February 13 delivered Ref A talking points and Ref B additional technical data to Yeen Teck HOE, MFA International Organizations Directorate Desk Officer. Hoe said he would pass the additional data to Singapore's technical agencies and inform his colleagues about our request t [...] | 2007-02-14 02:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC MCTRE ETTC SN KN |
07SINGAPORE318 | DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In conjunction with the Russian Federation's Deputy Chief of Mission, Igor Evdokimov, Econoff described the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and delivered Ref A documents on February 13 to Vanessa Chan, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director. Chan expressed [...] | 2007-02-14 04:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIT KNNP ETTC PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE506 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATIONS [...] Post conducted inquiries to verify the bona fides of Singapore Precision Repair and Overhaul (S-PRO). 2. S-PRO is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since March 3, 1992. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principle officers as: [...] | 2007-03-14 06:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE585 | DPM WONG RESPONDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng told the Ambassador on March 23 that he planned to discuss recent law enforcement cooperation developments during his upcoming visit to Washington. He acknowledged that much effort was required to conclude a Mutu [...] | 2007-03-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC SNAR KTFN KCRM PREL PTER ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE703 | SINGAPORE ANTICIPATES FAVORABLE FATF REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: GOS officials claim they are well prepared for an upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) peer review to assess Singapore's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Recent ste [...] | 2007-04-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN KCRM ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE745 | SCENESETTER FOR DPM WONG KAN SENG'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng is Singapore's key figure for domestic security, law enforcement, and intelligence cooperation. His April 19-22 visit to Washington and New York offers an excellent opportunity to expand the programmatic [...] | 2007-04-13 06:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KCRM PTER SNAR KTFN ETTC EFIN KWMN SN |
07SINGAPORE772 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1006913 [...] Post conducted a site visit to verify the bona fides of Prescient Systems and Technologies Pte. Ltd. 2. Prescient Systems is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since December 11, 2003. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal [...] | 2007-04-18 08:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN |
07SINGAPORE803 | (S) GOS RELEASES DETAINED STEEL PLATES TO SHIPPER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | CH ETTC IR KN KNNP MTCRE PARM PK PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE812 | STEEL PLATES: GOS UPDATES SHIPPING INFORMATION [...] (SBU) MFA on April 25 informed us of changes to the shipping information provided reftel. 2. (S) The new information is: Vessel name: Feng Yun He Permit no.: XO7D100116 House B/L: E2007/04/43611 Voyage: 118E ETD Singapore: 26 April 2007 ETA Shanghai: 09 May 2007 HERBOLD [...] | 2007-04-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC MCTRE IR CN SN |
07SINGAPORE852 | M/V GANT STAR: SODIUM PERCHLORATE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN |
07SINGAPORE933 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION BETTER, ALBEIT [...] (C) Summary: GOS officials told Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Regional Specialist Rena Miller April 18 that they expected to process 4,000 to 5,000 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in 2007, up from about 1,760 in 2004. Miller noted that information sharing had improved [...] | 2007-05-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE995 | GOS PROVIDES SOKKIA, EPNO/DAINAN, NAVID'S [...] (U) A Senior Assistant Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate presented us with the following non-paper on May 23. The non-paper provides GOS follow-up to export control cases involving three Singapore companies: Sokkia Singapore, Epno Far East/Dainan Tech, and Navid's Com [...] | 2007-05-24 01:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN IR |
07SKOPJE391 | MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT 'NIL FORM' FOR HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE MK |
07SKOPJE616 | MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Mikrosam's export of filament winding machines to MinEcon State Counselor for Trade Krum Efremov on July 25. Efremov was pleased to hear that the USG had no objections to the GOM issuing [...] | 2007-07-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH MK |
07SKOPJE667 | MACEDONIA: MTAG ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK PROVIDED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH MK |
07SKOPJE888 | MACEDONIAN FIRM APPLIES TO EXPORT MTCR-CONTROLLED [...] (S) The GOM received an application from the Macedonian firm, Mikrosam, to export an MTCR-controlled filament winding machine to a Chinese company, and has requested our opinion on the potential export. On November 7, Ministry of Economy State Counselor for Trade, Krum Efremov, told econoff [...] | 2007-11-07 17:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MK |
07SOFIA177 | UNDER PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA ON ARMS LICENSES, [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Russia has recently turned up the heat on Bulgaria in the long-running dispute over "licenses" for Soviet-designed small arms and light weapons. The GoB believes that Russia's claims are unfounded, but remains sen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC RS BU |
07SOFIA188 | BULGARIA AMENDS EXPORT CONTROL LAW, FOR BETTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: A new export control law passed by the Bulgarian parliament will rework Bulgaria's export control regime, with important implications for U.S. counterproliferation interests. Prompted by the need to incorporate the EU common policy on arms brokering and peer review recommendation [...] | 2007-02-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC BU |
07SOFIA214 | ENGAGING THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT ON IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Post has actively engaged a variety of Bulgarian Government officials on Iran and the impact of UNSCR 1737. On 13 February, the Bulgarian MFA's expert on Iran, Oleg Doychinov, told us that in December 2006 the MFA alerted all relevant agencies about the provisions associated with UNSCR 1 [...] | 2007-02-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP IR BU PARM |
07SOFIA361 | BULGARIA HOLDS THE LINE ON ARMS LICENSES [...] (C/NF) On March 16 DCM discussed the state of BG-RU negotiations on the arms licensing issue with Valentin Radomirski, chief foreign policy advisor to PM Stanishev. Reftel A points were delivered to MFA, MOD, and Ministry of Economy and Energy on March 1 and had been previously conveyed to Rad [...] | 2007-03-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC RS BU |
07SOFIA424 | BULGARIA IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND TARGETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR BU |
07SOFIA51 | BULGARIA CONSULTS ON ARMS TRANSFER TO COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) Bulgarian government representatives have asked for our help in determining the bona fides of a proposed sale to the Colombian armed forces that is currently before Bulgaria's Export Control Commission for export license appr [...] | 2007-01-12 08:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC CO BU |
07SOFIA588 | BULGARIA: ARMS CONTROL UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CBW EU BU |
07SOFIA633 | BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-050046617 -- [...] (SBU) On May 22, Boyan Boyanov of the Ministry of Defense International Organizations and Arms Control Department confirmed that reftel quantities of atropine auto-injectors had been legitimately ordered by the Military Medical Academy (which is overseen by the Ministry of Defense). Boyanov f [...] | 2007-05-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BU |
07STATE101360 | (S) ALERTING SERBIA TO A POSSIBLE EFFORT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: We want to share with Serbian officials information indicating that a Serbian firm is seeking 32 U.S.-origin, fiber optic gyrocompasses. Although this firm has indicated that these systems will [...] | 2007-07-20 19:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA SR |
07STATE104801 | (S) IRAN,S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) The UK and France have indicated a desire to designate Bank Melli under the next UNSC sanctions resolution on Iran. Toward this end, Washington wishes to: -- Provide officials in the UK, France and Ge [...] | 2007-09-20 19:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR |
07STATE111099 | CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Since February 2006, we have repeatedly discussed with China our concerns regarding the proliferation-related trading activities of the Chinese firm Dalian Sunny Industry, which is also know [...] | 2007-08-08 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
07STATE1166 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 for action. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Treasury Department on January 4, 2007, designated three additional Syrian entities pursuant to Executive Order 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters" [...] | 2007-01-05 14:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC |
07STATE124655 | DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IN SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) Washington has information that North Korea may be seeking to establish a new bank in Switzerland similar to one it used in the 1990s to facilitate money laundering and other illicit financial transacti [...] | 2007-09-05 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL KN SZ |
07STATE130635 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: Since March 2006, the U.S. has provided PRC officials with information on efforts by an entity affiliated with Pakistan's missile program to procure a ring-rolling machine and [...] | 2007-09-17 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07STATE131559 | (S) ALERTING GERMANY TO A SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) The U.S. has information that a German company recently arranged the shipment of 17 Mercedes-Benz trucks from Hamburg, Germany, to Latakia, Syria, aboard the Maltese-flagged vessel "Wloclawek." These 17 trucks [...] | 2007-09-18 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM SY |
07STATE131595 | (S) CHINESE-ORIGIN STEEL BEING SHIPPED TO SYRIA'S [...] This is an Action Request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) BACKGROUND (FOR POST ONLY): On July 6, 2007, South Korean officials informed the USG that on June 19, the ROK had intercepted a shipment of Chinese-origin steel en route to Syria. The ROK had taken this action in [...] | 2007-09-18 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KS SY |
07STATE134596 | (S) DEMARCH REQUEST: POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. (S) Prevent the Government of Thailand (GOT) from transferring -- temporarily or otherwise -- to Iran AN/PRC-77 radios for upgrading. Avert a potential violation of UNSCR 1747, which prohibits th [...] | 2007-09-24 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS TH IR |
07STATE135366 | (S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH GERMANY ON ITS EFFORTS TO PREVENT A SHIPMENT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN TRUCKS CHASSIS TO SYRIA'S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 21:59:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC GM MTCRE PARM PREL SY |
07STATE135395 | EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] | 2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
07STATE141316 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15 [...] | 2007-10-06 03:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS |
07STATE142040 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): APPARENT [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 2 through 4 below. 2. (C) Department appreciates Embassy,s continuing close attention to this matter. Ref. C conveys disturbing news of apparent progress toward a firm agreement on Yadavaran. The seriousness of this issue calls for furt [...] | 2007-10-09 23:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH |
07STATE146463 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-989063 for the export of crystal oscillators and manufacturers data pack to Japan. [...] | 2007-10-19 14:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC JA KOMC UK |
07STATE146486 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1009620 for the export of digital receiver systems to India. Post is requested to c [...] | 2007-10-19 14:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IN KOMC |
07STATE146505 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1003329 for the export of sonar equipment to Turkey. Post is requested to complete t [...] | 2007-10-19 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC TU |
07STATE146513 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1002499 for the export to Pakistan of a coil for an AN/APN-59 Altimeter System in a C [...] | 2007-10-19 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DA ETTC KOMC PK |
07STATE147604 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-996020 for the export of aircraft components to Argentina. Post is requested to c [...] | 2007-10-23 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ETTC KOMC |
07STATE148187 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 610001190 for the re-transfer of M113 armored vehicle parts from the Netherlands to C [...] | 2007-10-24 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NL |
07STATE148514 | (S) MILITARY-RELATED GOODS FROM DPRK TO IRAN VIA [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials and deliver talking points below regarding a shipment of military-related goods from North Korea to Iran via Beijing, China. Post should draw from background and objectives below as appropriate. Post is requeste [...] | 2007-10-24 22:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH |
07STATE149564 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050067028 for the export of an automatic direction finder (ADF) receiver to Indonesia. Post [...] | 2007-10-26 19:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ID SN |
07STATE149579 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050068647 for the export of night vision equipment to Pakistan. Post is requested to [...] | 2007-10-26 19:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PK |
07STATE149630 | FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL POST-LICENSE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4-5. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) thanks post for its initial response (Ref B) to our Blue Lantern request concerning license 05-1003562 (Ref A). 3. However, post's findings did not enable PM/DTCC to [...] | 2007-10-26 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SF |
07STATE150149 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-975932 for the export of spare parts for AN/PRC 77 radio sets to Bangladesh. Posts a [...] | 2007-10-29 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BG ETTC HR KOMC |
07STATE150178 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 05-050019429, 05-1011934, and 05-050035641 for the export of a radio frequency amplifier part [...] | 2007-10-29 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AE |
07STATE151360 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of riot control equipment to Cameroon. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check [...] | 2007-11-01 14:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ETTC IS KOMC |
07STATE151363 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of pathogen and biothreat agent testing kits to the UAE. Post is requested to complete this [...] | 2007-11-01 14:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AE |
07STATE151365 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of explosives detection equipment to Jordan. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2007-11-01 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC JO KOMC |
07STATE154616 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050071971 for the export of pistols and ammunition to Uganda. Post is requested to complete t [...] | 2007-11-09 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UG |
07STATE154920 | U.S. RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED U.S.-POLISH EXPORT [...] (U) This is an Action request. Please, see para 3 below. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Responding to an earlier U.S. suggestion for cooperation to improve Georgia,s export controls, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski has proposed a joint U.S.-Polish Export Con [...] | 2007-11-09 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL |
07STATE156270 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 2007 ATHENS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL PARM ETTC TSPA |
07STATE156432 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050072857 for the export of pistols to Argentina. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lan [...] | 2007-11-14 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AR ETTC KOMC |
07STATE156992 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050073373 for the export of pistols to Egypt. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2007-11-15 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EG ETTC KOMC |
07STATE156998 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050072898 and 05-050072956 for the export of firearms to Lebanon. Post is requested to compl [...] | 2007-11-15 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC LE |
07STATE157006 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050070198 and 05-050071878 for the export of pistols to Thailand. Post is requested to compl [...] | 2007-11-15 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
07STATE158200 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 3-6. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 610001321 for the temporary import (form DSP-61) to the U.S. of M113 armored p [...] | 2007-11-19 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TH |
07STATE159925 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050066576 for the export of submachine gun supressors to Kazakhstan. Post is requested to com [...] | 2007-11-26 14:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KZ KOMC |
07STATE160862 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license 05-050020811 for the export of a Communication/Navigation Test Set to South Korea. Pos [...] | 2007-11-28 13:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
07STATE161304 | (S) DEMARCHE ON POTENTIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 6. 2. (S) Background/Objective: The United States has information indicating that as of late August 2007, Ukraine's Arsenal Design Bureau was planning to host a delegation from the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Device [...] | 2007-11-28 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH |
07STATE161506 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests AIT Taipei's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050029742 for the export of traveling wave tubes and acceptance test data to Taiwan. [...] | 2007-11-29 16:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AIT |
07STATE161545 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050029872 for the export of defense articles to South Africa. Post is reques [...] | 2007-11-29 17:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC SF KOMC |
07STATE162279 | BANK SEPAH PROVIDES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO TANCHON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PGOV PREL AE |
07STATE162592 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050018734 for the export of defense articles to Kenya. Post is requested to [...] | 2007-12-03 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC SF KOMC |
07STATE162933 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050066576 for the export of submachine gun supressors to Kazakhstan. Post is requested to com [...] | 2007-12-04 14:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KZ KOMC |
07STATE163040 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests AIT-Taipei's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050077337 for the export of hermetic trapezoidal connectors to Taiwan. AIT-Taipei is [...] | 2007-12-04 16:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AIT |
07STATE163871 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075198 for the export of various firearms and rifle magazines to Italy. Post is requested [...] | 2007-12-05 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IT KOMC |
07STATE163875 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075752 for the export of rifles to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2007-12-05 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
07STATE164844 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075628 for the export of firearms to Turkey. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...] | 2007-12-07 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TU KOMC |
07STATE164866 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): REPORTED [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Press reports indicate that ONCG Videsh Limited (OVL) and the Hinduja group are seeking to participate jointly in two Iranian oil/gas projects --the development of Iran,s Azadegan oilfield and of some portion (perhaps Pha [...] | 2007-12-07 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
07STATE166902 | IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 23:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH |
07STATE18700 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: In March 2006 and January 2007, the U.S. provided PRC officials with information indicating that an entity affiliated with Pakistan's missile program was working to procure a [...] | 2007-02-14 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07STATE28429 | FOLLOWING-UP WITH CHINA ON MISSILE PROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Background: Over the last 18 months, the U.S. has raised several specific cases of missile-related cooperation between Chinese firms and Iran's missile program. In particular, we have repeatedly discussed spe [...] | 2007-03-07 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PREL PARM MCAP ETTC CH IR |
07STATE28998 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISNA SANCTIONS ON CHINESE [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. We want to inform the Chinese government that, under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),sanctions may be imposed on two Chinese companies, NORINCO and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC),for providing Wassen [...] | 2007-03-07 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC CH IR SY |
07STATE2945 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...] | 2007-01-10 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL |
07STATE30332 | POSSIBLE HUNGARIAN TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4, which responds to reftel's request for guidance. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its longstanding opposition to the transfer of military equipment to Libya, we want to inform the Hungarian government that the U.S. would have no ob [...] | 2007-03-09 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HU |
07STATE36625 | UNSCR 1267: UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES ON THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Per reftel, updating the Taliban entries on UN 1267 Consolidated List is an important measure to implement UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as [...] | 2007-03-22 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EFIN ETTC FR KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UK UNSC |
07STATE39293 | POSSIBLE CROATIAN SALE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5, which responds to reftel's request for guidance in responding to the Croatian government's informal inquiry about military exports to Libya. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its long-standing opposition to the transfer of military [...] | 2007-03-27 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HR |
07STATE4791 | BN350 BILATERAL TALKS - TERMS OF REFERENCE [...] (U) This is an Action Request: Chiefs of Mission (or highest appropriate official at post's discretion) are requested to approach the appropriate ranking host government official available, as soon as possible, to convey U.S. Terms of Reference for Joint U.S. - Kazakhstan Cooperation on BN-350 [...] | 2007-01-12 23:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KSTC MNUC PGOV PREL KZ |
07STATE48842 | IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Mexico City please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to which there is credible information indicating that they have [...] | 2007-04-12 20:46:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX |
07STATE48862 | (C) IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kuala Lumpur please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have [...] | 2007-04-12 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MY IR |
07STATE48864 | IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Islamabad please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign persons with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have tra [...] | 2007-04-12 20:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC |
07STATE48895 | (C) SINGAPORE: IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Singapore. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have [...] | 2007-04-12 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SN IR |
07STATE48928 | (C) IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities for which there is credible information indicating that they have transferred to o [...] | 2007-04-12 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR |
07STATE60637 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated through NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction ( [...] | 2007-05-04 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60916 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60917 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60918 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] | 2007-05-04 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60919 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (G [...] | 2007-05-04 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE68409 | POSSIBLE E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF DANIEL FROSCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Abu Dhabi and Vienna and CG Dubai, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S//REL AUSTRIA) Background: Since October 2005, the USG has been working with the government of Austria (GoA) to bring to a halt the proliferant activities of Austrian firm Daniel F [...] | 2007-05-18 14:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
07STATE73693 | SUDAN: Additional Sanctions Over Lack of Progress [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to draw from the following and demarche host governments at the highest level appropriate. --------------------------------------------- ------- OBJECTIVES: Notification of Additional Sanctions and Request to Follow Suit ----------------- [...] | 2007-05-30 02:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EUN |
07STATE75970 | IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR GENERAL ZOLQADR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: In late March 2007, the GOR submitted a note verbale to the UNSC Iran Sanctions Committee -- established pursuant to Resolution 1737 -- reporting travel to Russia by General Zolqadr, who was designated pursuant to [...] | 2007-06-01 21:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RS |
07STATE8579 | REQUESTING PRC INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: In March 2006, the U.S. provided PRC officials with information indicating that a Chinese firm was working to supply a ring rolling machine to Pakistan's missile program (Ref [...] | 2007-01-23 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK IR |
07STATE86894 | LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE [...] (SBU) Department requests that Embassy send a letter to the JFK Hospital Administrator requesting a death certificate for M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee Kamara, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by par [...] | 2007-06-21 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LI ETTC |
07STOCKHOLM77 | EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND DOC [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a Swedish interagency group to discuss a variety of export control and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China licensing policy rule [...] | 2007-01-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINV KSTC SW |
07TAIPEI1014 | MEGAPORTS KAOHSIUNG - PROGRESS SO FAR AND PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The Megaports Program in Kaohsiung has made notable progress toward implementation over the last year. Support for the program is strong among Taiwan agencies, and AIT sees no substantial obstacles to successful implementation in the near future. As the world's sixth busiest cont [...] | 2007-05-04 08:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETTC ENRG KNNP PARM PTER TW |
07TAIPEI1167 | ACADEMIA SINICA PRESIDENT LAMENTS TAIWAN'S LAGGING GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY. Eight months into his term as Academia Sinica President, Wong Chi-huey is concerned about the inability of Taiwan to attract research talent from overseas and the disconnect between research and the legal infrastructure that is stifling development of Taiwan's scientific potential. [...] | 2007-05-24 09:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC ETRD OEXC CVIS TW |
07TAIPEI1248 | NSPO LANCE WU INVESTIGATED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local media reported 5/31 that National Space Program Office NSPO Director Lance Wu is under investigation for corruption. The allegations include bid-rigging and conflict of interest for personal profit. As noted in reftel, NSPO has already been the subject of investigations [...] | 2007-06-05 05:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ETTC KSCA TW |
07TAIPEI129 | MTAG: WCO SAFE PROGRAM [...] (C) Action request para 2. Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Export Control Head Wally Su expressed his Ministry's concern about the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards (SAFE) program during AIT/Econ's delivery of the export control information in ref [...] | 2007-01-18 03:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC TW ETRD WCO |
07TAIPEI130 | MTAG: UPDATE ON TAIWAN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department North American Affairs met with AIT/T/Econ on January 17 to deliver talking points/non-paper updating the status of Taiwan's trade, travel and financial sanctions against North Korea and Iran. Highlights include that the Sensitive Co [...] | 2007-01-18 03:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC UNSCR KNNP NK TW |
07TAIPEI17 | MTAG: TAIWAN BOFT ON SEIZED LATHES [...] (S) AIT Econ delivered ref A demarche to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Chief Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on January 3 and urged full investigation of the case. Su was confident that his staff could uncover significant new information on the case within a few days. In respon [...] | 2007-01-04 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW SN |
07TAIPEI229 | MTAG: EXBS IN TAIWAN [...] Summary: In the first of 12 courses arranged by ISN/ECC, a team of five instructors presented the Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) training course "Advanced License Processing II" to about 50 Taiwan officials January 22-26. The instructors praised the Taiwan officials' active partici [...] | 2007-01-31 01:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TW ETRD WCO |
07TAIPEI244 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENTREPRENEUR EXPLAINS TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang told the AIT Director on January 30 that Taiwan semiconductor firms will keep their global competitive advantage of cost-effective production. He commented that Chinese competitors in the industry will not be the threat to Taiwan firm [...] | 2007-01-31 09:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL TW CH |
07TAIPEI25 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT: TAIWAN ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary: On December 29, 2006, Taiwan announced that semiconductor manufacturers could apply for permission to produce chips with 0.18-micron feature size in the PRC. The move comes after years of lobbying from Taiwan firms. More delays are possible before any firms are actually approved [...] | 2007-01-05 04:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETTC ECON PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI270 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: AIT Econ delivered Ref A demarche and Ref B recommendations to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) export control task force head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on January 31 and February 1. Su's preliminary investigation into Ref A revealed that Roundtop has not made any exports to either Iran [...] | 2007-02-02 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW SN |
07TAIPEI301 | LIBYANS WANT ACCESS TO TAIWAN SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu (strict protect) told ESTH officer Feb. 5 that NSPO (and other agencies) was very concerned about the future of the remote sensing Cyclops project. He cited the recent PRC anti-satellite test and asked that satellite tra [...] | 2007-02-07 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | TSPA PREL ETTC ECON LY TW |
07TAIPEI307 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON ENFORCEMENT [...] (S) Summary: AIT Econ delivered reftel recommendations to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) export control task force head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on February 6. During the meeting, Su mentioned that in the past six months, BOFT has sent 11 cases of possible export control violations to Justice offic [...] | 2007-02-08 03:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW |
07TAIPEI406 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON: LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 06:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW |
07TAIPEI407 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY - SOARING PROFITS [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan's semiconductor industry showed strong growth in 2006 at 23 percent overall. The top producers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) averaged growth of 74 percent. Taiwan may overtake South Korea as the largest supplier of DRAM this year. Taiwan contract chip manufactur [...] | 2007-02-16 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC TW |
07TAIPEI422 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXCON (RETRANS FROM 2/14) [...] (S) Summary: AIT Econ delivered ref A export license recommendations to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) export control task force head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on February 13. During the meeting, Su noted a problem with the scheduled dates for the next EXBS training (ref B) and asked if the training [...] | 2007-02-26 05:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW |
07TAIPEI550 | CWC-RESTRICTED CHEMICALS IN TAIWAN [...] (S) Summary: As reported ref A, China is now Taiwan's sole acknowledged source of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)-restricted schedule two (S2) chemical imports. This contributes to a significant gap in CWC controls and is contrary to U.S. interests because: 1) Taiwan's trade, production, a [...] | 2007-03-09 09:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CN CW ETTC KNNP PARM TW |
07TAIPEI716 | TAIWAN AWARE OF U.S. CONCERNS TOWARDS LIBYA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. AIT delivered ref B demarche on U.S. concerns about transfer of high-resolution satellite technology to Libya to National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu on 3/26. Wu Replied that Taiwan's satellite cooperation with Libya would be limited to low resolution techn [...] | 2007-03-29 02:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | TSPA PREL ETTC ECON LY TW |
07TAIPEI72 | MTAG: TRANS MERITS LATHES FROM TAIWAN [...] (S) Summary: AIT Econ delivered ref A comments and ref B demarche to Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) export control task force head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) on January 8, 2007. Su provided initial results of the BOFT investigation into precision lathes exported by Trans Merits and subsequently seiz [...] | 2007-01-11 01:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM KNNP NK TW SN |
07TAIPEI734 | (S) EFFORT TO SUPPLY IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM: A [...] (S) AIT delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Bureau of Foreign Trade Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su (Wu-hwa) on March 30. Su emphasized his desire to help and said he would certainly investigate the case further. He then gave an analysis of what he thought was likely going on: [...] | 2007-03-30 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC TW IR GM CN |
07TAIPEI78 | CROSS-STRAIT TRADE IN RESTRICTED CHEMICALS [...] (S) Summary: During the January 8 meeting reported ref A, the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su (Shi-hwa) also provided AIT Econ with details and documents related to Taiwan's ongoing trade with the PRC in Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)-restricted [...] | 2007-01-11 09:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CN CW ETTC KNNP PARM TW |
07TAIPEI822 | TAIWAN, IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND UNSCRS 1747 AND 1737 [...] (C) Taiwan agencies have agreed to AIT suggestions to cancel a trade mission to the Iranian cities of Tehran and Esfahan planned for April 24 to May 3, 2007. AIT confronted Taiwan officials on April 10 with the irony of reports that the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) was [...] | 2007-04-12 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM TW IR NK |
07TAIPEI998 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR FIRMS - FOCUSED ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Semiconductor industry executives described Taiwan's decision to permit investment in more advanced manufacturing technology in China as a small step in the right direction. They do not expect to see further liberalization of investment restrictions during the Chen administrati [...] | 2007-05-03 01:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL TW CH |
07TALLINN121 | ESTONIA'S STANCE ON ILLEGAL CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division of the MFA's Policy Planning Department - which is responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. 2. (U) Estonia's main legal instrument in the fight against terrorist financing and illeg [...] | 2007-02-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER EN |
07TALLINN316 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) [...] (U) On May 15, we delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Strategic Goods Control Division, and Tuuli Parnsalu, 3rd Secretary, and sought Estonia's support in opposing the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Kruuv thanked us for the points and provided us with a copy of the [...] | 2007-05-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM PREL EN |
07TALLINN326 | ESTONIA: CUBA TITLE III INFORMATION [...] (C) On May 17, Poloff met with Urmas Eigla, MFA Cuba Desk Officer, to discuss Estonia's ties with Cuba. The information provided is numbered in response to the reftel request. - 1. Neither Estonia nor Cuba has any foreign direct investments in each other's country. - 2. In 2006, Eigla re [...] | 2007-05-21 06:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL EN |
07TALLINN376 | ESTONIA: ADDITIONAL SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) On May 31, we delivered reftel points to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and Keiu Saral, MFA Africa Desk Officer. On June 6, Saral informed us that since Estonia has no diplomatic relations with Sudan, it will support the EU's common position th [...] | 2007-06-08 05:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EUN EN |
07TALLINN425 | ESTONIA: ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-26 05:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR EN |
07TALLINN782 | ESTONIA: CUBA TITLE III INFORMATION [...] (C) On December 6, PolEcoff met with Urmas Eigla, MFA Cuba Desk Officer, to discuss Estonia?s ties with Cuba. Eigla confirmed that the information he shared with us in May of 2007 is still valid. Specifically, Eigla reiterated that neither Cuba nor Estonia has any foreign direct investments i [...] | 2007-12-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL EN |
07TALLINN89 | ESTONIA: UNSCR 1737 AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC NEA IR EN |
07TASHKENT503 | TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel information on USG concern over the increasing use of cash couriers to finance criminal organizations and terrorist groups to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on March 28. Fayzullaev said that the Government of Uzbekistan was concerned about the movement of [...] | 2007-03-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ |
07TASHKENT969 | HCOC "INREACH" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA UZ |
07TASHKENT998 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVOCATING BROAD DEFINITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR UZ |
07TBILISI2024 | GEORGIA: POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) On August 11 Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze. Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili received the message from EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried in a telephone conversation on August SIPDIS 10. 2. (U) Vashakidze responded that the MFA u [...] | 2007-08-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07TEGUCIGALPA1311 | INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE-MINISTER ROSA MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and EconOff met with Industry and Commerce Vice-Minister Jorge "Coque" Rosa and Official CAFTA-DR negotiator Melvin Redondo on August 2, 2007, regarding the potential imposition of safeguards on the sock industry. The GOH does not believe that the USG has a legitimate r [...] | 2007-08-02 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1836 | HONDURAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) The GOH does not have any investments in Cuba. There are some companies that export products to Cuba, the biggest of which are Lido Pozuelo, Marmoles de Honduras, and Corporacion Dinant. 2. (C) The GOH does not have any bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. The two governments were wo [...] | 2007-11-28 22:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CUCO HN |
07TEGUCIGALPA1856 | HONDURAS RECEPTIVE TO CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 29 to Ambassador Roberto Ramos Bustos, head of the office of Special Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ramos was enthusiastic about the U.S. proposal and said Honduras shares the U.S. and G-8 concerns about cash smuggling and other [...] | 2007-12-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC |
07TEGUCIGALPA896 | HONDURAS' RESPONSE FOR COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Post's answers regarding the relationship between Honduras and Cuba follow. Post's answers track the numbered questions in reftel A. 2. (U) There are no known Honduran companies that have invested in Cuba, nor are there any bilateral trade agreements between the [...] | 2007-05-22 19:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU HO |
07TELAVIV133 | ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...] | 2007-01-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS |
07TELAVIV1558 | NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...] | 2007-05-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL |
07TELAVIV1589 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Acting upon reftel, Embassy Blue Lantern Officer and commercial specialist visited the office of Fury International Consultant, Ltd. in Haifa on April 18, and met with the owner and founder of the company, Shlomo Cohen. Based on the interview, the following was learned about Fury Interna [...] | 2007-06-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
07TELAVIV219 | REPORT ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On November 15, 2006, Blue Lantern Officer and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) employee conducted a site visit to the former Israel Military Industries Aircraft System Division (IMIASD) facility and met with Danny Inbal, Corporate Security Director; Israel Zigerson, Purchasing [...] | 2007-01-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
07TELAVIV2661 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in ref A, Embassy Tel Aviv Blue Lantern Officer conducted a site visit to IAI Elta Systems, Limited's office in Ashdod on August 6 to determine the status of 20 cable assemblies delivered to Israel. Blue Lantern Officer determined that IAI Elta Systems received the [...] | 2007-09-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IN IS |
07TELAVIV2666 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to inquiry made to the Israeli MOD on instructions in ref A, Blue Lantern Officer received the following letter by FAX from Israeli MOD Blue Lantern POC Rami Yungman on August 20: Begin Text of MOD Letter: State of Israel Ministry of Defense Politico-Military Bureau [...] | 2007-09-04 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
07TELAVIV2743 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Blue Lantern Officer checked with the U.S. Naval Attache in DAO Tel Aviv, who confirmed that the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command has ordered the defense hardware listed in DTC Case 05-050053682. The Naval Attache explained that the items are flare [...] | 2007-09-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
07TELAVIV3219 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to Embassy Tel Aviv's inquiry to the Israeli MOD, per reftel, about the status of the controlled items referred to in Defense Trade Controls case 05-983026, Israeli MOD Blue Lantern POC Rami Yungman turned over the following letter to Embassy Tel Aviv's Blue Lantern Officer o [...] | 2007-11-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IN IS |
07TELAVIV3242 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv Blue Lantern Officer visited Dead Sea Magnesium (DSM),Limited's magnesium plant in Sodom, Israel on November 6, and interviewed DSM's Procurement and Contracts Manager, Itzik Ben-Lulu, and the head of DSM's Electrolysis and Chlorination [...] | 2007-11-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
07TELAVIV3459 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and Senior Commercial specialist met with Spectronix Vice President for Marketing Amos Gonen to (a) ask him if his company has any connection to Spectronics in Dallas, Texas; and (b) to confirm the details in the transaction [...] | 2007-12-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SP IS |
07TELAVIV870 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) On March 18, Israeli Ministry of Defense Blue Lantern Inquiry Point of Contact, Rami Yungman, sent by FAX to Blue Lantern Officer the following information concerning license 05-050010197. The answers correspond to questions put forward by Blue Lantern Officer to David Block Temin, the [...] | 2007-03-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC RO FR IS |
07THEHAGUE1035 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: SUPPORTING MORE SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Netherlands strongly supports a UNSC resolution on Sudan sanctions and is interested in assisting. The Dutch will send a senior representative next week to South Africa, to discuss Sudan. Should a UNSC resolution fail, the Dutch are prepared to work within the EU for a stron [...] | 2007-06-01 13:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD ETTC UN SU NL |
07THEHAGUE1038 | NETHERLANDS/LIBYA: RESPONSE ON CHANGE TO LETHAL [...] (S) The GONL appreciates the change in U.S. policy concerning other countries' military exports to Libya, noting the new policy appears "straightforward and unobjectionable." Emboffs discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor for Arms Control and Export Policy Hajo Provo Kluit on May 31. [...] | 2007-06-01 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC LY NL |
07THEHAGUE1134 | ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch Economic Ministry has withdrawn financial support for a June 22-27 trade mission to Iran, following interventions by the Foreign Minister and behind-the-scenes pressure from the Embassy. While the mission may go forward as a "private" initiative, some companies have [...] | 2007-06-14 07:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR |
07THEHAGUE1153 | NETHERLANDS: JUNE GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch eagerly await details of the German proposal for a European treaty. Barring sufficient changes in size, form, and content, a new treaty is unlikely to win passage in the Netherlands. The Dutch hope for a robust Sudan sanctions package from the UN but are prepared to [...] | 2007-06-15 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV SOCI |
07THEHAGUE120 | DUTCH RECEIVE USG INVITATION TO EIGHTH [...] Econoff discussed on January 19 reftel regarding the Eighth International Export Control Conference -- to be hosted in Bucharest, Romania -- with Florian Antohi, Counselor, Romanian Embassy to the Netherlands. Antohi agreed to work closely with post to invite appropriate Dutch export control o [...] | 2007-01-23 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO NL |
07THEHAGUE1376 | JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...] | 2007-07-20 05:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL |
07THEHAGUE1624 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered on August 29 reftel points and background information concerning the USG intention to submit the names of five Saudi terrorist financiers to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit at the Dutch [...] | 2007-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC NL |
07THEHAGUE1791 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: MODIFIED U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) The GONL is currently reviewing the modified U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile proposal in preparation for the November 2007 MTCR Technical Experts Meeting in Athens. MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Nuclear and Nonproliferation Affairs Ceta Noland confirmed that the GONL had [...] | 2007-09-27 10:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA NL |
07THEHAGUE186 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref A points December 8 regarding domestic designation, and submission to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee, of five terrorist facilitators (list 83) to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Anne-Chris [...] | 2007-02-01 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE1893 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050060132 [...] Emboffs conducted reftel pre-license check and related site visit on October 3 regarding the export of tactical accessories to Roy Sampers in the Netherlands. The license application covered: -- 1 Larue Mount for Aimpoint Red Dot Sight System -- 1 Troy Tactical Close Quarter Battle Sling - [...] | 2007-10-15 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NL |
07THEHAGUE1902 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...] | 2007-10-16 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU |
07THEHAGUE1958 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR/IRAN: PREPARATION FOR THE PLENARY [...] (S) Summary: The GONL will support the modified U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile proposal at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Athens on November 5-9. In addition, MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland said the Dutch gre [...] | 2007-11-01 14:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IR NL |
07THEHAGUE1977 | NETHERLANDS/CASH COURIERS: DUTCH ANTI-CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch implemented on June 15 cross-border reporting requirements for travelers carrying currency in excess of 10,000 euros. GONL deployment of dogs at road checks and key air and sea ports to interdict cash smuggling had already been catching some 30 cash smugglers annua [...] | 2007-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE2014 | NETHERLANDS/BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 610001190 [...] (SBU) Emboffs met November 20 with F.W. Wichhart, Managing Director of Reomie, to conduct reftel pre-license check and related site visit for the re-transfer of armored vehicle parts from the Netherlands to Columbia. The license application covered: -- 23 Cooling System Kit parts used on M1 [...] | 2007-11-26 07:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NL |
07THEHAGUE2029 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Dutch investments in Cuba remain minimal, nickel exports from Cuba to the Netherlands increased significantly in 2006. Post is not aware of any bilateral trade agreements or exchange programs between Cuba and the Netherlands. However, Post recently learned of plans for [...] | 2007-12-03 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL |
07THEHAGUE2056 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] Embassy The Hague's TFCO is Economic Officer Jason (Jay) Heung, 31-70-310-2339, heungjx@state.sgov.gov, heungj2@state.gov. 2. Embassy The Hague's TFCO backup is Economic Section Chief Karen Enstrom, 31-70-310-2773, enstromkx@state.sgov.gov, enstromkl@state.gov. Arnall [...] | 2007-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER NL |
07THEHAGUE2084 | SHIELD S15A-06: DUTCH RESPONSE TO SYRIAN CW-USEFUL [...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on December 20. Noland appreciated the points, noting that Syria was a "country of concern" for the Australia Group and the Dutch intelligence service (AIVD). She said the Dutch d [...] | 2007-12-21 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY NL |
07THEHAGUE246 | ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON SOUTH PARS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Shell CEO van der Veer confirmed to the Ambassador on February 7 that no deal was expected on the South Pars LNG project until 2008 at the earliest. Van der Veer said his recent public comments on political concerns related t [...] | 2007-02-09 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL CH IR SP NL |
07THEHAGUE304 | UNSCR 1737: DUTCH ON EU COMMON POSITION ON IRAN [...] (SBU) EconCouns conveyed on February 12 reftel nonpaper regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1737 to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). EconCouns also delivered the nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Joost van Ettro, Policy O [...] | 2007-02-16 18:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE345 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF) is hopeful that a soon to be implemented EU regulation will help detect and prosecute bulk cash smugglers. In a February 22 conversation, MOF official Paul ten Westeneind, Policy Officer, Integrity Division, told Econoff that the environment for combati [...] | 2007-02-23 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE37 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: UPDATE ON AVIATION SERVICES [...] (S) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has issued a new WMD-related "catch all" under the MTCR in connection to Aviation Services International's attempts to circumvent Dutch and EU export restrictions. However, Dutch legislation does not prohibit conventional military sales to [...] | 2007-01-09 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE413 | NETHERLANDS/MTCR: NO MAJOR OBJECTIONS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has no major concerns regarding the latest U.S. proposal to modernize Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles, and suggested that the EU will support it. However, the Dutch have minor reservations regarding t [...] | 2007-03-07 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL |
07THEHAGUE54 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN NL |
07THEHAGUE566 | UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...] | 2007-03-27 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL |
07THEHAGUE614 | DUTCH SERIOUS ABOUT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Econoff shared on April 2 ref A nonpaper on the U.S. designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Integrity Division, Dutch Finance Ministry and Dutch Foreign Affairs officials Huib Mijnerands, Senior Policy Advisor responsible f [...] | 2007-04-03 05:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC PREL IAEA MNUC TRGY UNSC |
07THEHAGUE678 | DUTCH DO NOT SUPPORT SHARING OF NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (SBU) GONL supports the sharing of Iran export denial information with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat and the UN Security Council, but not with IAEA member states, say Dutch officials Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor for Foreign Economic Relations and Export [...] | 2007-04-12 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IAEA ETTC NL |
07THEHAGUE86 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DELAY IN DOCKRAT DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel A points on December 21 regarding Dockrat prenotification and reftel B points on January 8 regarding a delay in Dockrat designation to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE87 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DOMESTIC USG [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered on December 8 reftel points and background paper on the USG designation of Hizballah-related entities in the tri-border area to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor Inte [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE935 | ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...] | 2007-05-16 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR |
07THEHAGUE974 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch investments in Cuba remain minimal. Post is not aware of any bilateral trade agreements or exchange programs between Cuba and the Netherlands. The GONL and Dutch NGOs remain active advocates for promoting human rights in Cuba. Post is not aware of any high-level diploma [...] | 2007-05-24 09:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL |
07THEHAGUE988 | UNSCR 1747: DUTCH SUPPORT EU COMMON POSITION ON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points May 23 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, and Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer on Iran Sanctions within the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-05-25 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NL |
07TIRANA1075 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 13: The DAMEN/GoA patrol boat contract was formally signed. The plan calls for four 42 meter off-shore patrol boats to support Albanian Naval forces, and is part of the $43.8 million naval development project (which incl [...] | 2007-12-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
07TOKYO1346 | SHORT-TERM TRADE INSURANCE FOR IRAN TIGHTENED [...] (C) In mid-March, Japan's primary trade insurance organzation reduced from 12 months to six months the maximum repayment term for routine short-term export credit insurance for trade with Iran (although periods up to two years may be considered on a case-by-case basis). It also announced it [...] | 2007-03-27 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL IR JA |
07TOKYO1376 | IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) FINATT met with Ministry of Finance, Legal Office, International Bureau official Hiroshi Yamashita on March 27 to discuss the details and importance of UNSCR 1747. Using Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's comments to underscore our committment to implementing UNSCR 1747, FINATT and Yamash [...] | 2007-03-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EB ISN KNNP IR EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AEMR |
07TOKYO147 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DELAY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 06:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN EMIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER ZU |
07TOKYO161 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC JA IR KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
07TOKYO2094 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away and expa [...] | 2007-05-10 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS |
07TOKYO2157 | GNEP: "DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS" ON FAST REACTOR [...] (C) On May 14, ESTOFF delivered points in reftel A to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Naganuma said he appreciated the clarity of Washington's response on the question of cooperation on fast reactor technology with Russia an [...] | 2007-05-14 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA |
07TOKYO2258 | UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA |
07TOKYO2330 | CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA |
07TOKYO2908 | GNEP: JAPAN ON EXPANSION, FUTURE MEETINGS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: Following the May 21 GNEP Ministerial, Japan continues to voice concerns about expanding GNEP beyond the existing core group. Japan is cautious about undertaking cooperative research on sensitive nuclear technol [...] | 2007-06-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA |
07TOKYO3515 | JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request - see para. 4. 2. (SBU) EST and POL delivered the non-paper in reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on July 30 and 31. MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division Principal Deputy Director, Junichiro Otaka, noted that MO [...] | 2007-08-01 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IAEA JA |
07TOKYO4682 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 04:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER SA |
07TOKYO4863 | LITTLE SUBSTANCE LIKELY IN JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan, a product of former Prime Minister Abe's effort to improve relations with China, will likely take place in late November or early December, according to an official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...] | 2007-10-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ETTC KIPR JA CH |
07TOKYO5020 | JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...] | 2007-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN |
07TOKYO5086 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...] | 2007-11-02 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL |
07TOKYO5092 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...] | 2007-11-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL |
07TOKYO5194 | RESPONSE TO: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (C) Summary. ICE Attach and FINATT in separate meetings discussed bulk cash smuggling and currency transportation reporting requirements with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and National Police Agency (NPA) officials. The officials we spoke to are aware of Finan [...] | 2007-11-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO5476 | CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA |
07TRIPOLI1058 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
07TUNIS1224 | CABINET RESHUFFLE HIGHLIGHTS BEN ALI FOCUS ON [...] (C) Following recent reshuffles of officials in the ruling party and regional governors (Ref A),President Ben Ali made a minor reshuffle to his cabinet on September 3. Five new ministers were appointed (for Public Health; Tourism; Trade and Handicrafts; Communications Technologies; and Women, [...] | 2007-09-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETTC SOCI TS |
07TUNIS1564 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS |
07TUNIS1579 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IZ TS |
07TUNIS605 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK: TUNISIAN MOD LICENSES [...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. As instructed in reftel, on May 15 PolMilOff conducted a post-shipment end-use check on applications 05-998131 and 05-991008 for the export of F-5 aircraft spares to the Tunisian Ministry of National Defense (MND). PolMilOff met [...] | 2007-05-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MARR TS |
07USEUBRUSSELS3227 | RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN AND SYRIA: EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 16:30:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL IR IZ RU SY EUN |
07USUNNEWYORK1004 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...] | 2007-11-12 19:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1055 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: LONDON CONSIDERING [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Prompted by Qatar's stated interest in pursuing Security Council sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks in Sirte, Libya, as [...] | 2007-11-21 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1058 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...] | 2007-11-21 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1062 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: PALESTINIAN RESOURCES AND [...] Summary. The UN General Assembly's Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 16. Per reftel instructions, the U.S. called for a vote and voted against resolutions on the permanent sovereignty of Palestinian natural resources and unilateral economic meas [...] | 2007-11-21 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ETTC KPAL UNGA IS |
07USUNNEWYORK115 | PAKISTANI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador Wolff told Pakistani PermRep Akram that the United States considers any alleged violations of the UN al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime to be a serious matter. The two ambassadors spoke on February 8 after Ambassador Akram, the previous day, raised with Ambassador Wolff a U.S. re [...] | 2007-02-09 21:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK1190 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS [...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006),the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...] | 2007-12-20 16:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK1191 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...] | 2007-12-20 16:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1192 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...] | 2007-12-20 16:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK128 | PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT [...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...] | 2007-02-13 17:58:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK129 | EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS [...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...] | 2007-02-13 19:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK159 | UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...] | 2007-02-28 19:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC RW |
07USUNNEWYORK166 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US [...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...] | 2007-03-02 18:51:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK173 | MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...] | 2007-03-02 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF |
07USUNNEWYORK194 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES [...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...] | 2007-03-12 17:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK197 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...] | 2007-03-12 20:01:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK198 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN [...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...] | 2007-03-12 23:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK264 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA [...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...] | 2007-04-04 16:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW |
07USUNNEWYORK282 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...] | 2007-04-11 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK305 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON [...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...] | 2007-04-19 18:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK348 | SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS [...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...] | 2007-05-03 13:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK370 | SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET [...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...] | 2007-05-14 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK381 | IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...] | 2007-05-17 15:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK385 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...] | 2007-05-17 23:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK397 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...] | 2007-05-21 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK492 | INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...] | 2007-06-15 22:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID |
07USUNNEWYORK509 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...] | 2007-06-22 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK510 | UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...] | 2007-06-22 22:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
07USUNNEWYORK546 | EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...] | 2007-07-03 14:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK555 | AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...] | 2007-07-06 20:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK556 | IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...] | 2007-07-09 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK590 | UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...] | 2007-07-18 21:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK619 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...] | 2007-07-27 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK66 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...] | 2007-01-26 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK660 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...] | 2007-08-10 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK666 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...] | 2007-08-14 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK930 | SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...] | 2007-10-29 21:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC |
07VIENNA1054 | OMV CONFIRMS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) OMV Spokesman Thomas Huemer confirmed to us on April 23 that the Austrian energy company had signed a "Heads of Agreement" with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participate in the further development of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf. Huemer added that Iranian pr [...] | 2007-04-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC AU IR |
07VIENNA1068 | (ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...] | 2007-04-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR |
07VIENNA1104 | AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...] | 2007-04-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ECON ETTC AU |
07VIENNA1237 | AUSTRIA: INITIAL BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE [...] EconPolOff and Post's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met on May 8 with Manfred Siegl, of the Austrian Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Air Material Division. ODC and Siegl have a close working relationship and have carried out previous end-use checks for the Department of Defense "Golde [...] | 2007-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AU |
07VIENNA1328 | AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) To date, the only Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Since the signing of the Austrian-Cuban Agreement on Investment Protection in 2001, Cuba has actively lobbied to attract Austrian investment in the tourism and hospitality sectors [...] | 2007-05-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ERD ETTC PREL CU AU |
07VIENNA1362 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS UN-PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] EconPolOff met on May 22 with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. EconPolOff explained reftel points on why the U.S. opposes the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and laid [...] | 2007-05-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM AU |
07VIENNA14 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AU |
07VIENNA1406 | UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR [...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...] | 2007-05-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR |
07VIENNA1407 | SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TO ACQUIRE CW [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that there is only one firm in Austria, located in Krems, which produces Australia Group-controlled precursor chemicals. Krehli [...] | 2007-05-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU |
07VIENNA1413 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND [...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...] | 2007-05-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP |
07VIENNA1605 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...] | 2007-06-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
07VIENNA1647 | AUSTRIAN REACTION: POSSIBLE E.O. DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 12 with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Import and Export Division to present ref B points. According to Krehlik, the public prosecutor will soon charge Daniel Frosch under Article 37 of Austria's Foreign Trade Act (FTA) with f [...] | 2007-06-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
07VIENNA1649 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL U.S. [...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division (DAS-level),to discuss recent USG sanctions and press for Austrian support for targeted bilateral and/or EU sanctions on Sudan. Gudenus expressed skepticism as to the efficacy of [...] | 2007-06-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU AU |
07VIENNA1926 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JULY 23 GAERC [...] (U) PolUnit Chief delivered reftel points on July 19 to Christine Moser, the MFA's Deputy European Correspondent, who offered the following observations: 2. (C) Kosovo: Kosovo will top the agenda. Member states should emphasize that the EU is united in its support for the Ahtisaari plan. [...] | 2007-07-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
07VIENNA2111 | OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU |
07VIENNA2304 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 08:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AU |
07VIENNA2436 | IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR DANIEL FROSCH [...] (SBU) Per ref C request, post has obtained the following identifying information on Daniel Frosch: DOB: April 26, 1982 POB: Feldbach, Austria Austrian Passport: L0798512 McCaw [...] | 2007-09-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AU |
07VIENNA2453 | AUSTRIA SCRUTINIZING LETTERS OF CREDITS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL IR AU |
07VIENNA2479 | NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA INVITES AZERBAIJAN'S STATE [...] (SBU) On the occasion of a visit to several Central Asian countries, an Austrian business delegation, headed by Minister of Economics and Labor Martin Bartenstein, met with their counterparts from Azerbaijan in Baku on September 21. Bartenstein and his Azeri colleague Natiq Aliyev signed a " [...] | 2007-09-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU |
07VIENNA2561 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] (S) On October 4, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A background paper and names to Angelika Schloegel in the Financial Markets Unit of the Ministry of Finance. Schloegel said she will distribute the information immediately, on a close-hold basis, to the appropriate authorities in the Ministry of [...] | 2007-10-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL |
07VIENNA2603 | AUSTRIAN POSITIONS AT AND EXPECTATIONS OF 10/15 [...] (C) Summary. According to the Austrian MFA European Correspondent (EC),the WTO/DDA negotiations have been dropped from the agenda of the 10/15 GAERC. He expects only perfunctory discussion of Libya and Russia. The MEPP discussion will focus on a German proposal to develop an EU action plan [...] | 2007-10-12 08:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL EUN AU |
07VIENNA2921 | EMBASSY VIENNA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 08:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN AU |
07VIENNA380 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS, [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...] | 2007-02-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU |
07VIENNA437 | UNSCR 1737: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS TIMELY, EU-WIDE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper on February 15 to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa from the Austrian Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. EconPolCouns had delivered the points on February 14 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Middle East Director. Ertl said that A [...] | 2007-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC AU |
07VIENNA440 | ILLICIT CASH COURIERS: AUSTRIAN LAW IN COMPLIANCE [...] On February 15, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel nonpaper to Birgit Ertl and Elisabeth Ottawa in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Ottawa noted that in August 2006, Austria had implemented a domestic regulation, which already incorporates all provisions of the EU's Regulat [...] | 2007-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER AU |
07VIENNA584 | AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 2 to Alexander Benedict from the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Department. Benedict said that his department would review the revised proposal, but he did not foresee any problems in endorsing the proposal. Mc [...] | 2007-03-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA |
07VIENNA626 | UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE [...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...] | 2007-03-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR |
07VIENNA791 | (S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN [...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...] | 2007-03-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR |
07VIENNA810 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT [...] (S) On March 28, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel statement from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Director General and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Financing Coordinator. EconUnit Chief underscored the importance of imp [...] | 2007-03-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM KNNP EFIN KTFN ETTC AU IR |
07VIENNA86 | AUSTRIAN PARTICIPANTS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] Post delivered reftel letter of invitation for the Eighth International Export Control Conference (March 6-8, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania) to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior's Office for the Protection of the Con [...] | 2007-01-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO AU |
07VIENTIANE290 | ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...] | 2007-04-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA |
07VIENTIANE854 | EXTRANCHECK: PSV AT LANG XANG MINERALS - LICENSE [...] Economic officer Joshua Archibald carried out the post-shipment export verification at Lane Xang Minerals in Savannakhet Province, Laos, on November 20, 2007. 2. Econoff met with Jukka Kortelainen, Copper Process Engineer at Lane Xang Minerals, for approximately 3 hours on November 20. M [...] | 2007-11-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC LA |
07VILNIUS221 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN ETTC KNNP IR LH |
07VILNIUS244 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) This report contains business-sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. Previous site visit ------------------- 2. (SBU) We visited Helisota Ltd. on October 16, 2006 to conduct a Blue Lantern check for a different application, reporting our results in ref B. Per ref C inst [...] | 2007-04-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EZ UK LH |
07VILNIUS360 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS BROAD SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC LH |
07VILNIUS438 | (C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...] | 2007-06-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH |
07VILNIUS519 | LITHUANIAN FM TO SPEAK ABOUT WTO AND KOSOVO AT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Vyta Naujokaityte of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division. Naujokaityte told us that FM Petras Vaitiekunas's briefing book is still being prepared for the July 23 GAERC. He plans to make a short statement about Kosovo and the WTO. 2. (C) N [...] | 2007-07-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI LH |
07VILNIUS729 | LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...] | 2007-10-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR |
07WARSAW1204 | POLAND: LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE [...] (C) Post is not aware of any Polish investment in Cuba and bilateral trade is very small. In the first eleven months of 2006 Poland exported $18.0 million in goods to Cuba and imported $0.2 million from Cuba. Exports for the first 11 months of 2005 were $10.4 million while imports were $3.2 [...] | 2007-05-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PO CU |
07WARSAW1265 | POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...] | 2007-05-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1748 | POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...] | 2007-08-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW1821 | MANPADS SOLD TO GEORGIA BY POLAND ACCORDING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW2091 | POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...] | 2007-10-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL |
07WARSAW2154 | ACTION REQUEST: LETTER FROM MFA PROPOSES [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the Department respond positively to the Polish government's invitation to participate in a Polish-U.S. seminar on export controls in Tbilisi, Georgia as outlined in the letter text quoted below. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (C) Background: Ambassador re [...] | 2007-10-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL |
07WARSAW2266 | POLES FORMULATING PLAN FOR JOINT EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL |
07WARSAW2349 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to reftel. Post's TFCO is Economic Counselor, Richard A. Rorvig. His office phone number is (48)(22)504-2711, cell number (48)(22)0608-338-330. His classified e-mail address is RorvigRA@state.class and unclassified RorvigRA@state.gov. [...] | 2007-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PO |
07WELLINGTON270 | New Zealand - Prenotification Information Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-01 22:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ |
07WELLINGTON462 | NEW ZEALAND - ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-20 04:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR NZ |
07WELLINGTON51 | TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post country team has discussed the likely domestic NZ response to a potential U.S. and UNSCR designation of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). We believe there would be little if any reaction to a designation. 2. (S/NF) Post is not a [...] | 2007-01-12 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN |
07WELLINGTON63 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 06:42:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PARM PREL NZ |
07WELLINGTON657 | TERROROISM FINANCE: Saudi Five Pre-notification [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-03 23:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER ETTC NZ |
07WELLINGTON73 | FOLLOW-UP: NZ PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-24 04:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KNNP PREL PARM AORC PTER OSCE ETTC ASEAN |
07YEREVAN1012 | CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...] | 2007-08-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM |
07YEREVAN1376 | RENEWING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA conveyed Ref A points to the Foreign Minister, Energy Minister, and presidential chief of staff, while A/DCM conveyed to senior staff of the prime minister (Ref B). All interlocutors insisted Armenia had no intention to build infrastructure capable of exporting Iranian gas [...] | 2007-11-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP IR TU AM |
07YEREVAN1420 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: INITIAL [...] Varduhi Asaturian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Liudmila Shahinyan, Export Control Commission 3. Vahe Demirchyan, Ministry of Justice 4. Sona Avanesyan, Ministry of Justice 5. Aida Avetisyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority 6. Alexander Stepanyan, Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Autho [...] | 2007-12-13 02:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL AM |
07YEREVAN211 | ARMENIA SHARES USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Armenian Central Bank (CBA) Financial Monitoring Center Methodologist Armen Malkhasyan and Analyst Aram Zakaryan on February 22. Malkhasyan said that Armenia was very concerned about bulk cash transfers and was working to improve its compliance with rela [...] | 2007-02-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN AM |
07YEREVAN323 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...] | 2007-03-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN328 | IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: GOAM REPLIES TO OUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA called in CDA March 19 to present Armenia's reply to Ref A demarche (see para 5 for full text of MFA non-paper),three hours before Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad formally opened the pipeline. The most significant point in their reply is that "there is no more imp [...] | 2007-03-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN331 | ARMENIAN GAS COMPANY COMMENTS ON IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (C) On March 16, we met with ArmRusGasProm (ARGP) General Director Karen Karapetyan to discuss the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Russian ownership of ARGP and future developments in the Armenian energy sector. Karapetyan reported that the "second phase" of the Iran-Armenia pipeline would be complete [...] | 2007-03-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL EPET ETTC EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN339 | LOW-KEY MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE CEREMONY [...] The March 20 Iran-Armenia pipeline inauguration ceremony, led by Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad, offered surprisingly little fodder for Armenian media. The ceremony was short. The two presidents did not deliver their prepared remarks, apparently because of bad weather at the outdoor si [...] | 2007-03-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN343 | FM OSKANIAN BRIEFS US ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian called in CDA to provide a readout of the Iran-Armenia pipeline opening, and the presidents' bilateral meeting on the margins. Oskanian said that the GOAM had kept the event "as low-key as possible" and that Ahmadinejad had also been restrained in his remarks. Presid [...] | 2007-03-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EINV EPET MNUC IAEA IR AM |
07YEREVAN502 | ARMENIA: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Post delivered reftel points to MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division chief Arshak Manoukian on April 20. 2. Armenian Government points of contact for Global Initiative issues are: Primary: Arshak Manoukian, Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Division Chief, [...] | 2007-04-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM ETTC PREL KGIC AM |
07YEREVAN639 | HCOC INREACH: ARMENIA WILL MAKE ITS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE AM |
07YEREVAN689 | ARMENIA WILL SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 04:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AM |
07YEREVAN755 | CDA RAISES ENERGY SECURITY,NUCLEAR POWER, AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Energy Minister Movsissian June 1 to explore Armenia's current plans and thinking with regard to replacing the Soviet-era Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Press reports had suggested Armenia had made deals with Russia for the construction of a new nuclear plant, [...] | 2007-06-08 11:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ETTC PARM ETRD AM IR |
07YEREVAN815 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE; MEDIA REPORT U.S. [...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A demarche points to FM Oskanian June 13. CDA also emphasized the continuing diplomatic and public relations disaster that Armenia's Iran engagement represents, given the context of UNSCRs and international consensus on the need to isolate Iran. He po [...] | 2007-06-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL KMDR IR AM |
07YEREVAN97 | TERRORIST FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF DOCKRATS - [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN PREL AM |
07ZAGREB1015 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----18 October, met with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) General Police Directorate, Deputy Head of Border Police to present the Coast Guard Toughbook computer donation and finalize coordination of the Coast Guard Port Asset Protection and Security Tra [...] | 2007-11-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB1035 | (S) SHOCK CHAMBER FOR IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM - [...] (S) Post delivered name of German firm attempting to provide a thermal shock chamber to Iran's missile program to MFA's head of international security Sanja Bujas-Juraga in early October and followed up with her again on November 20. She reported that she has passed the name to all relevant ag [...] | 2007-11-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR |
07ZAGREB1037 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed ref A sale of AN/PRC 77 radio parts to Bangladesh MOD with Drago Pensa, head of Tradel D.O.O., on November 26. Pensa reported that Tradel serves as sales agent for ECOM Technologies of Cincinnati, OH, for certain countries where Tradel has historically done business, in [...] | 2007-11-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC BG HR EXPORT CONTROL |
07ZAGREB1041 | PAKISTAN NUCLEAR FACILITY: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from EconOff November 28 regarding renewal of a services export license for Croatian nuclear scientists to offer technical training in "Sym [...] | 2007-11-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL PK HR EXPORT CONTROL |
07ZAGREB1070 | ZAGREB TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN HR |
07ZAGREB178 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 January, met with Minister of Interior (MoI),Deputy Head, Border Police (BP) Directorate, to discuss the FBI Terrorism and WMD Proliferation and Coast Guard Port Security trainings scheduled for January and February respectively, along with pl [...] | 2007-02-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB198 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: END-USER CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 15:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC HR EXPORT CONTROL |
07ZAGREB224 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----02 February, accompanied the Minister of Interior (MoI),Deputy Head, Border Police (BP) Directorate, to Slovonia to meet with Osijek and Vinkovci District Chiefs to discuss border issues and monitor the opening session of the MoI Sensor Deploymen [...] | 2007-03-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB259 | LIBYA: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Agency Alan, the MoD's arms marketing agency, has unofficially approached Post seeking guidance on conventional arms sales to Libya. Alan General Manager Ivan Nekic told PolOff February 28 that he believes the L [...] | 2007-03-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL LY HR ARMS CONTROL |
07ZAGREB262 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CROATIAN GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW ETTC HR |
07ZAGREB275 | CROATIA PROMOTES REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR TRANSPORT OF [...] (U) The Croatian State Institute for Radiation Protection, and the Office for Nuclear Safety, organized a March 20-21 meeting of representatives from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to discuss cooperation in the control of transport of heavy metal waste a [...] | 2007-03-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB349 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----01 March, attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador at Large, which also included Customs Directorate and Ministry of Economy representatives to discuss the topics for inclusion in the Chemical Weapons Conventio [...] | 2007-04-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB365 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----01 March, attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador at Large, which also included Customs Directorate and Ministry of Economy representatives, to discuss the topics for inclusion in the Chemical Weapons Conventi [...] | 2007-04-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB459 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----14-15 April, attended the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Customs Authorities Workshop in Cavtat. As requested, a presentation was made on the topic of "The Role of Customs in Achieving Effective Enforcement Export Controls". This theme was r [...] | 2007-05-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB475 | NUCLEAR MEASURING EQUIPMENT TO INDIA: GOC SEEKS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff May 10 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "Sistemprojekt" to export a CryoBIND T magnetic ac [...] | 2007-05-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL IN HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB56 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----04 December, Participated in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) presentation of the findings of the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Survey of Croatia. The findings revealed the presence of approximately 968,000 weapons in civilian [...] | 2007-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB582 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----4 May, attended the EU Regional Code of Conduct Workshop coordinated by SIPRI and BAFA. The workshop provided a forum for networking and coordination among regional states and EU member states to aid effective development of their respective Muni [...] | 2007-06-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB625 | CROATIA ADOPTS UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR HR |
07ZAGREB637 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----13 June, Held attended a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Department Head for International Security who requested EXBS Advisor support and assistance to their Diplomatic Academy Training Program by creating and delivering a pre [...] | 2007-07-02 12:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
07ZAGREB722 | PAKISTAN SMALL ARMS SALE: GOC SEEKS ADVICE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga requested USG guidance from PolOff July 27 regarding a pending export license application from Croatian company "HS Produkt" to export 9mm pistols to the private [...] | 2007-07-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PTER PK HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB753 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK: APPLICATION 050046015 [...] (U) PolOff has confirmed with Post Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief that assault rifles and grenade launchers in application are part of legitimate testing program of Croatian MOD. In fact, ODC facilitated temporary import of four M4 rifles for testing in October 2006, but manufactur [...] | 2007-08-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC HR NON PROLIFERATION |
07ZAGREB762 | CROATIA TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPT TO BROKER TEST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. 2. (S) PolOff delivered ref A points to head of MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament Mirko Capjak on August 10 and to Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic on August 13. Capjak, who serves as MFA's rep on the GoC's inter-ministerial export c [...] | 2007-08-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR |
07ZAGREB823 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPL [...] (SBU) PolOff reached Drago Venceslav Pensa, head of Tradel D.O.O., by phone on September 5. Pensa confirmed the reftel order for PRC-77 radio components under license application 050057656 and reported that he is selling directly to the Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense through its Centra [...] | 2007-09-07 12:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC ET HR |
07ZAGREB914 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----12 September, Met with the Director and staff of State Office for Nuclear Safety (SONS) to tour their new office spaces, discuss issues related to operation of portal monitors and deliver two (2) Ludlum 192 survey meters. ----13 September, met [...] | 2007-10-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
08ABUDHABI1002 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IT DEALS FZC, DEIRA, DUBAI, [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at IT Deals FZC, Deira, Dubai for their order of drilling and fluid related products from Computer Dynamics of Illinois (CDI),a General Electric company. On August 31, 2008, Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) attempted to locate Mr. Bash [...] | 2008-09-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI103 | PROPOSED CTF DATES AND EXPORT CONTROL LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally notified post via diplomatic note that it welcomed holding a proposed Counterproliferation Task Force meeting in February and requested a proposed agenda for the meeting. The UAE, however, declined the proposed seaport interdiction training p [...] | 2008-01-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC ENRG PARM PREL AE |
08ABUDHABI1048 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SHAPOOR TRADING [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Shapoor Trading LLC, Deira, Dubai for a shipment of 3000 cellphone lithium batteries exported as No License Required by BProlific Inc., Brooklyn, NY. On 17 Sept 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. Shahbaz Mirzai and [...] | 2008-09-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1053 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HIGH UTILITY BASE [...] Reftels requested that post conduct several post-shipment verifications at High Utility Base (HUB) LLC, located in Bur Dubai, UAE for high quantities of computer equipment shipped no license required from Advance Computer, Mineola, New York. Export Control Officer (ECO) attempted to contact HUB [...] | 2008-09-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1065 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: UNIQUE SYSTEMS FZE [...] Reftels requested that post conduct a pre-license check at Unique Systems FZE, Sharjah, UAE for re-export licenses D395250; D393603: Orion Inertial Navigation Systems which are controlled under ECCN: 7A103 for Missile Technology and Anti-terrorism reasons. The license applicant is Teledyne TSS [...] | 2008-09-22 06:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1066 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: FUGRO SURVEY MIDDLE EAST [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at end user: Fugro Survey Middle East, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE for re-export license D395250: Orion Inertial Navigation System which is controlled under ECCN: 7A103 for Missile Technology and Anti-terrorism reasons. The license applicant [...] | 2008-09-22 06:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1158 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HAMID REZA [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Hamid Reza Pharmaceutical Products Trading LLC, located at 1802 Saeed Tower II, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of a Hitachi 911 Chemical Analyzer exported as No License Required by Labworld Inc., Stoughton, MA. [...] | 2008-10-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1196 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SHAPOOR TRADING [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at the Ras Al Khaimah Hotel, Room 227 (Guest: Gilbert Blakely) for the shipment of a Signaling Apparatus exported as No License Required by Industrial Scientific, Oakdale, PA. 2. On 15 Oct 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) visi [...] | 2008-10-21 04:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1197 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIAGRAM STANDARD [...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Diagram Standard General Trading LLC, Dubai, UAE for several shipments of laptop computers exported as no license required by Sunrise Technology and Trading Corp., New Hyde Park, NY. 2. On 15 Oct 2008, Export Control Officer [...] | 2008-10-21 04:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1198 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: RAK HOTEL [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at the Ras Al Khaimah Hotel, Room 227 (Guest: Gilbert Blakely) for the shipment of a Signaling Apparatus exported as No License Required by Industrial Scientific, Oakdale, PA. 2. On 15 Oct 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) visi [...] | 2008-10-21 04:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1248 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEMS [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at Computer Network Systems (CNS),Abu Dhabi, UAE for license D405917: Cisco Systems equipment, appliances and related hardware which are controlled for Anti-terrorism and National Security reasons. The license applicant is listed at Cisco [...] | 2008-11-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1282 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: APTEC GULF LTD [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at APTEC Gulf Ltd, Dubai, UAE for export license application D405919: MCS7816H3-K9-CMA2; Cisco Encryption products which are controlled under ECCN: 5A002 for National Security and Anti-terrorism reasons. The license applicant is Cisco Syste [...] | 2008-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1283 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NCR CORPORATION [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at NCR Corporation, Bur Dubai, UAE for export license application D405918: Cisco Encryption products which are controlled under ECCN: 5A002, 5D002 for National Security and Anti-terrorism reasons. The license applicant is Cisco Systems Inc. [...] | 2008-11-09 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1284 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SAV COMPUTERS LLC [...] Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at SAV Computers, Bur Dubai, UAE for various computer parts exported as no license required by AHLO, Miami, FL through Daisytek Computers LLC, Bur Dubai, UAE. 2. On 6 Nov 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) visited SAV Computers [...] | 2008-11-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1293 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CONTINENTAL [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Continental Aviation Services, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the shipment of an Aircraft propeller assembly and parts exported as no license required by Hartzell Propeller Inc., Piqua, Ohio. 2. On 10 Nov 2008, Export Control Officer (EC [...] | 2008-11-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1301 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at the Emirates Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST),Dubai, UAE for export license application D406987: Juniper encryption hardware, software and related products worth nearly 44 million USD. These items are controlled unde [...] | 2008-11-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1408 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOHAMED ABDUL [...] Reftel requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications at Mohamed Abdul Rahman Al-Bahar company for the shipment of a Marine propulsion engine and a Marine Generator set and associated parts and equipment exported as No License Required by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois. 2. On 1 [...] | 2008-12-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1409 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LUCKY RECYCLING [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Lucky Recycling, Jebal Ali Free Zone, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of industrial furnace cooling tower parts exported as No License Required by Inductotherm Corporation, Rancocas, New Jersey. 2. On 11 Dec 2008, Export Control [...] | 2008-12-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1422 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BOROGUE 2 PROJECT; ABU [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at the Borouge 2 Project administered by the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company for license application no. D407715: numerous bleed, relief, spectacle blind and ball valves and inlets which are all controlled under ECCN 2B350 for Chemical, Biologic [...] | 2008-12-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1444 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PETROPIPE INTERNATIONAL [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at Petropipe International Ltd for license application no. D409103: Class 1500 stainless steel threaded monel stem ball valve which is controlled under ECCN 2B350 for Chemical, Biological Warfare, and Anti-Terrorism reasons. The U.S. licens [...] | 2008-12-23 04:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1457 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SBM MOPU STOR; ADYARD [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check for a SBM Offshore Inc. project under license application no. D409170: Hastelloy-C 60 series ball valve with Teflon seats and seals which are all controlled under ECCN 2B350 for Chemical, Biological Warfare, and Anti-Terrorism reasons. The [...] | 2008-12-29 05:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI1459 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ABU DHABI POLYMERS [...] Reftel A requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd for the shipment of several industrial and laboratory furnace parts shipped No License Required by Selas Fluid Processing Corporation, Blue Bell, PA. 2. On December 29, 2008, Export Contro [...] | 2008-12-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI323 | First UAE Export Control Prosecution [...] (U) On March 13, UAE Arabic and English papers reported that the Dubai Public Prosecutors Office had referred a case to court regarding an attempt to import -- with the intent to re-export -- 250 KG of the corrosion-resistant metal Zirconium in violation of the UAE's 2007 export control law. [...] | 2008-03-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI325 | US - UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (S/NF) Summary: During the February 25 Counterproliferation Task Force meeting, the UAEG asserted that it was enforcing the 2007 export control law, but was in the process of amending it to make it easier to implement and enforce. The UAE pushed for better coordination and follow-up from the [...] | 2008-03-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI326 | ACTING A/S MCNERNEY MEETS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary: On February 25 and 26, UAEG officials asserted that the UAE's export control law was in force, but that it was being amended to make it easier to implement. The UAE would create an autonomous organization to implement the export control law. The UAE interlocutors raised concerns [...] | 2008-03-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI35 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a Blue Lantern pre-license check on application 050073494 for the export of thermal cameras to the UAE. On January 6, 2008, Commercial Officer Nasir Khan and Commercial Specialist Jamal Bafagih met with Mr. Murshed Al Redaini, Managing Director, C4 Advanced So [...] | 2008-01-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ETTC KOMC AE |
08ABUDHABI352 | MFA ON STATUS OF INTERDICTIONS [...] (S/NF) On March 19, Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani to discuss ref a demarche and other outstanding interdictions. Econchief informed Al-Hosani that the U.S. is requesting China's assistance in arranging for the goods to be recalled. Econchief also [...] | 2008-03-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI383 | THAI CONTACT INFORMATION PASSED TO MFA [...] (S) On March 25, Econchief contacted MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani with regard to the shipment of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) shipped from Thailand to Iran via Dubai. Econchief thanked Al-Hosani for the continued detention of the shipment and told Al-Hosani tha [...] | 2008-03-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETRD ETTC TH AE |
08ABUDHABI391 | UAE REPORT ON MAYROW [...] (C) Action request. Please translate UAEG submitted paper on the results of the Mayrow investigation (ref a). 2. (C) On March 27, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani passed Econchief two Mayrow related papers. The first responded to specific information passed during ( [...] | 2008-03-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI431 | AL AMYAL AVIATION SERVICES FZE [...] Reftel A requested that post conduct a pre-license check of Super Alloys LLC for license application no. D387111. Reftel B provided Posts response. On March 12, 2008 Export Control Officer received an additional related request to determine the relationship between Super Alloys LLC and Al Amyal [...] | 2008-04-06 05:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI441 | UAE INVESTIGATION OF SUPPLY OF MATERIALS TO IRAQI INSURGENTS [...] (S) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani on March 26 to request an update on the status of the investigation of Modern Plastics Industry (MPI) and the A&N group for possible involvement in the shipment of components to manufacture improvised explosive devi [...] | 2008-04-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI445 | UAEG Committed to Implementing UNSCR 1803 [...] (S) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director (and MFA representative on the UAE's Counterproliferation Task Force) on March 27 and again on April 4 (for the third non-proliferation related meeting with Al-Hosani in three weeks) to reinforce the importance of swift and effecti [...] | 2008-04-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI472 | MFA on Interdictions and Export Control Prosecution [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 3, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani denied requests for USG access to the remaining containers (interdicted at USG request yet still sitting in Dubai awaiting further processing),explaining that there was increasing UAEG concern that the USG le [...] | 2008-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI500 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Econchief met with Saeed Al-Hashemi, Chairman of the Al-Hashemi Group, on April 7 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern. Al-Hashemi explained that he was a retired UAE general who had served as the UAE's Defense Attach in Washington from 1993-1997. After retirement in 2002, he took over the chairman [...] | 2008-04-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AE |
08ABUDHABI574 | MFA on Status of Export Control Law Amendment [...] (C) On May 8, MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al-Hosani told Econchief that the UAE Cabinet's Legislative Committee should meet in the next week to review the amended export control law. Al-Hosani did not have many details to share, explaining that the law was with UAE Foreign M [...] | 2008-05-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI638 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] Reftel A requested that post conduct a Blue Lantern post shipment verification at Airborne Systems, Dubai Airport Free Zone for application 050052052 (F-16 component parts destined for the Pakistani Air Force). Post notes that Airborne Systems was the subject of a favorable Blue Lantern check c [...] | 2008-05-28 03:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ETTC KOMC AE |
08ABUDHABI647 | UAE REVIEW OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Cuba and the UAE maintain diplomatic relations, but neither country has an embassy present in the other country. The Cuban ambassador is resident in Cairo, Egypt. 2. (C) Embassy responses to ref a questions follow. -- Has the host country worked to promote the advancement of democra [...] | 2008-05-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU AE |
08ABUDHABI729 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MARIO [...] (C) Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes the June 23-24 visit of U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Under Secretary Mario Mancuso. We have scheduled meetings with both BG Mohammed Al-Qamzi, the head of Dubai's General Directorate of State Security and the UAE Chair of the Coun [...] | 2008-06-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ECON ETRD OTRA BEXB ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI743 | US-UAE JOINT COUNTERPROLIFERATION SEMINARS HIGHLIGHT [...] As part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program, the US and the UAE held a two-day counter-proliferation workshop for prosecutors and judges in Dubai. The workshop was held under the sponsorship of the UAE Minister of Justice, His Excellency Hadif J. Al Dhahiri, and h [...] | 2008-06-24 07:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KCEM KOMC ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI76 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENCE [...] (SBU) On July 9, TDY ECONOFF met with Azmat Rana, Sales and Marketing Manager for the Giffin Establishment, regarding license 050072150 for a post-shipment end-use check on CH-47D helicopter spare parts for the UAE Armed Forces General Headquarters (GHQ). ECONOFF explained the background for t [...] | 2008-07-10 05:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC US AE |
08ABUDHABI789 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON LICENCE APPLICATION [...] (U) On July 1, ECONCHIEF and TDY ECONOFF met with Colonel Muhair Ali Al Khatri, General Manager, and Major Mohammed Ali Al Shamsi, Operations Officer, of the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) regarding license 050104817 for the export of carbines, accessories, and training. ECO [...] | 2008-07-06 04:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC US AE |
08ABUDHABI793 | VISIT OF COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MARIO MANCUSO JUNE 22-24, [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso visited the UAE from June 22-24, 2008 and met with key UAE government and commercial interlocuters to discuss export control, counterproliferation and foreign direct investment issues. During this visit U/S Mancuso met w [...] | 2008-07-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ECON ETRD OTRA IR BEXB ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI797 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENCE [...] (U) On July 8, TDY ECONOFF and OFAC Treasury Attache met with Mr. Pierre Dupas, Managing Director of the Hassani Clearing and Forwarding (HCF) Company, regarding license 050056087 for a post-shipment end-use check on CH47C helicopter spare parts for the UAE Armed Forces General Headquarters (G [...] | 2008-07-10 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC US AE |
08ABUDHABI882 | CANADIAN NATIONAL, TURKISH-BORN EMIRATES AIRLINE PILOT SEEKS [...] (SBU) As per reftel, on June 23, 2008 ECONCHIEF interviewed Mr. Mehmet Ege who is seeking redress from being placed on the U.S. (TSA) No-Fly List. Mr. Ege is a pilot for Emirates Airline and holds a Canadian passport. His passport number is BA141761. It was issued on April 18, 2006 and expi [...] | 2008-08-04 07:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA BEXB ETTC AE |
08ABUDHABI972 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: AL ARABIA FOR SAFETY AND [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check of Al Arabia Safety and Security for license application no. D401100: Technical data relating to parts, systems, machining, and assembly processes relating to ECCN 9A018 controlled airport firefighting vehicles. On August 20, 2008, Embass [...] | 2008-08-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC AE |
08ABUJA1019 | NIGERIA: LIBERTAD ACT AND CUBA REVIEW [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, please find the following Mission Nigeria answers regarding Nigeria and Cuba's relationship. 2. (C) The Nigerian government (GON) does not appear to have made public statements or undertaken other governmental actions, such as resolutions in the nat [...] | 2008-06-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL NI |
08ABUJA1394 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 23 to Maria Laose, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division, which handles IAEA matters. Laose indicted that Nigeria will likely support the IAEA-India Safeguards Agreement. She told Poloff she was [...] | 2008-07-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1737 | NIGERIAN MFA DENIES IRANIAN-NIGERIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Rabiu Shehu (protect),Director of the Office of MFA Minister of State Alhaji Tijjani Kaura (who nominally headed the Nigerian delegation in talks with the Iranians),emphatically denied to PolOff on August 29 that Nigeria had entered into any sort of nuclear agreement or signed a memorand [...] | 2008-09-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PINR PINS KFPC ENRG ETTC MNUC KSTC |
08ABUJA1767 | COMMERCE MINISTER DENIES IRAN-NIGERIA NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Econ Counselor met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh Friday evening August 29 to inquire about press reports of an agreement on nuclear power between Iran and Nigeria (reftel). After glancing at local and AP reports stating that such an agreement had been reached dur [...] | 2008-09-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PARM KNNP ENRG KFPC ETTC MNUC KSTC NI IR |
08ABUJA180 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HCOC INREACH [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Ambassador Charles Ononye, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ononye sid he would ensure its delivery to the proper office, and would relay any future substantive response. SAN [...] | 2008-01-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA NI |
08ABUJA2007 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 050122252 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETTC KOMC NI |
08ABUJA940 | NIGERIA: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK RESPONSE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MASS MARR BE NI |
08ACCRA1613 | GHANA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO [...] (SBU) ECONOFF delivered subject demarche to Paul Acquah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Lionel Van Lare Dosoo, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. Governor Acquah said that no banking license applications have yet been received at the Bank of Ghana from any Iranian entities. The officia [...] | 2008-12-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR ECIN EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC IR GH |
08ACCRA934 | ACCRA RESPONSE: RALLYING SUPPORT FOR INDIA-IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC GH |
08ADDISABABA952 | NORTH KOREA: ETHIOPIA REQUESTS ALTERNATE SUPPLIER [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Yamamoto delivered reftel demarche on Ethiopia's procurement of rocket fuel and oxidizer to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a one-on-one meeting April 3. Without either confirming the veracity, or otherwise substantively commenting, on the arrangement, Meles noted simply that [...] | 2008-04-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | ET ETTC KN MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL |
08AITTAIPEI1088 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on July 21, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O.13382 for being involved in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. [...] | 2008-07-24 00:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN FARM PTER PREL ETTC PINR UNSC ECON IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1142 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1152 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel requests, AIT/T contacted Taiwan Air Force and the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC). Investigation results showed that these two business orders came from AIDC, and the reason for going through New Zealand-based company was because it served as a broker. [...] | 2008-08-06 07:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI118 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel A request, AIT Kaohsiung visited Yeou Zheng Co. and a residential space used as a warehouse in downtown Kaohsiung, and interviewed the company's owner, Ms. Chen Mei-liu and other staff. AIT/K also conducted two telephone interviews with Lieutenant Commander Liang Dao-hung, wh [...] | 2008-01-24 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI1203 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECKS [...] Per reftel request, AIT/T visited the end user, Legend Laser Inc.(Legend). Legend's General Manager, Sherman Kuo, and Sales Division Secretary, Maggie Tsai, provided the following information. Responses to the Questions in Reftel Para 4 ------------------------------------------- 2. Lege [...] | 2008-08-12 10:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI128 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel A request, AIT Kaohsiung visited Yeou Zheng Co. and a residential space used as a warehouse in downtown Kaohsiung, and interviewed the company's owner, Ms. Chen Mei-liu and other staff. AIT/K also conducted two telephone interviews with Lieutenant Commander Liang Dao-hung, wh [...] | 2008-01-28 06:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI1295 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK FOR DTC CASE [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Kaohsiung visited the Air Force Institute of Technology to meet with Colonel Yang Hsing-bang and other officers who are responsible for the procurement and use of the United States Munitions List (USML) item in question. AIT/K also visited the local consignee, Se [...] | 2008-08-29 03:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI1325 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2008 [...] (SBU) On August 14, the Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to discuss trade promotion activities in North Korea and Burma. TAITRA is a non-governmental organization funded partly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). TAITRA works closely [...] | 2008-09-05 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1341 | PSV: CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY, FN FRANCES LI, AND EXBS ADVISOR MI-YONG KIM OF THE ECONOMIC SECTION VISITED THE CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CSIST) AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN AND MET WITH DIRECTOR BOR-RONG SONG OF PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICE DIVISION AND PROJECT DIRECTOR [...] | 2008-09-10 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC TW |
08AITTAIPEI1342 | PSV: CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY, FN FRANCES LI, AND EXBS ADVISOR MI-YONG KIM OF THE ECONOMIC SECTION VISITED THE CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CSIST) AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN AND MET WITH BOR-RONG SONG, DIRECTOR OF THE PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICE DIVISION AND WITH CHAN-ZH [...] | 2008-09-10 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC TW |
08AITTAIPEI1374 | TAIWAN INVESTIGATION OF EXPORT CONTROL CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 11, the EXBS Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) to get an update on export control enforcement activities. MJIB officials stated that, since the beginning of 2008, they referred six (6) cases to the prosecutor's [...] | 2008-09-18 23:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC KNNP KSTC TW IR KN MY CH |
08AITTAIPEI1467 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on October 3, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional five individuals and two entities pursuant to E.O. 13438 for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and the G [...] | 2008-10-14 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1473 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On September 4, the Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to discuss Taiwan's trade promotion activities in the Middle East. TAITRA is a non-governmental organization funded partly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). TAITRA works clo [...] | 2008-10-15 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1482 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five individuals and two entities designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 16, 2008 pursuant to E.O. 13438 for thre [...] | 2008-10-17 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1499 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: RESPONSE TO BOFT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR MY |
08AITTAIPEI1500 | DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR MEETING TO REVIEW THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1577 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) to review the progress of software development and export control related issues. Development is on schedule and completion is expected by end of CY 2008. 2. (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Directorate [...] | 2008-11-07 08:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI158 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor reported on two recent investigations of Taiwan companies for export control violations. The investigations are detailed in refs A and B. 2. (U) On January 15, the EXBS Advisor was informed by an official of the Bureau of [...] | 2008-02-01 08:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1614 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on November 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three Gulf-based al-Qaida financiers added on October 10, 2008 to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted sanctions. [...] | 2008-11-14 03:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1645 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three financiers designated by the UN 1267 Committee pursuant to resolution 1267 on October 10, 2008: --Khalifa Muhammad Turki Al-Subaiy, [...] | 2008-11-24 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1693 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On November 3, the Advisor spoke at an Export Administration Regulations Seminar organized by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea. Over 150 representatives of Korean and foreign subsidiary companies attended the Seminar. The Seminar was followed by one-on-one coun [...] | 2008-12-05 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1715 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 8, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 20, 2008, for supporting terrorism. These three [...] | 2008-12-11 07:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |
08AITTAIPEI1744 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O.13224 on November 20, 2008 for supporting terrorism: --Ahmed Abdi Aw-Moh [...] | 2008-12-17 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |
08AITTAIPEI1747 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Industry-Government Outreach Program in Taichung (December 10 - 11),the Advisor met with an official from the National Science Council (NSC) to get an update on the Transfer of Intangible Technology Legislation. The official stated that the legislation still is in [...] | 2008-12-18 07:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI1776 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 22, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, as a supporter of t [...] | 2008-12-24 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON |
08AITTAIPEI213 | TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 12, AIT officers visited the National Space Program Office (NSPO) and met with the newly-appointed director Miau Jiun-jih to discuss current and future plans at NSPO. Miau emphasized that the follow-on to the Formosat-2 remote sensing satellite was the top priority, [...] | 2008-02-15 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA CVIS TW |
08AITTAIPEI217 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORTS TO [...] (S) On January 31, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Possible exports of controlled items by Arix CNC Machi [...] | 2008-02-15 07:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC IR MTCRE PARM PREL TW AE |
08AITTAIPEI322 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY AND FIRST [...] (U) From February 20 - 22, the Commodity Identification Training program was conducted in Kaohsiung. Approximately 45 Taiwan officials attended the training. The Department of Energy trainers did an excellent job conveying technical aspects of identifying controlled commodities. The "show an [...] | 2008-03-10 09:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI36 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) On December 11, the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Advisor met with Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) officials to get an update on export control cases. As part of MJIB's update, the EXBS Advisor received written summaries of closed and o [...] | 2008-01-09 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI478 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2008 [...] (U) A five-day Target and Risk Management Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, is being planned for the week of April 14 in Kaohsiung. 2. (U) A three-person delegation of Taiwan officials is expected to attend the International Transit and Transshipment Conference in Moro [...] | 2008-04-02 07:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI607 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORT TO [...] (S) On April 30, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Please find BOFT's findings regarding a Syrian-base [...] | 2008-05-02 07:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TW SY AE |
08AITTAIPEI737 | TAIWAN: RESULT OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) Procurement Office and received confirmation of the order and the stated end-use. 2. Mr. Liu Sheng-tsai, CSIST Procurement Official, confirmed the order for subject commodities and the end-use st [...] | 2008-05-29 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI828 | TAIWAN: RESULT OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 050106202 [...] Per reftel requests, AIT/T contacted the Taiwan Combined Logistics Command (CLC),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and the foreign consignee, Guo-Tong Technology Company. AIT/T's findings reflected the bona fides of the consignee and the reliability of this business transaction. Guo Ton [...] | 2008-06-13 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08AITTAIPEI960 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY AND JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On May 16, the EXBS Advisor made a courtesy call to the Deputy Director of Keelung Customs and the Chief of the Keelung Harbor Police. Both organizations actively participate in EXBS programs. During the visit, Keelung Customs gave a comprehensive presentation on its operations, spec [...] | 2008-07-03 04:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
08AITTAIPEI964 | TAIWAN: RESULT OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T conducted telephone interviews and a site visit with the foreign consignee Super Wong Industrial Company (Super Wong). While AIT/T's findings confirmed the bona fides of the consignee, it appears Super Wong may have previously received the subject technology an [...] | 2008-07-03 07:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TW |
08ALGIERS797 | ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AG |
08AMMAN1051 | Jordan's Nomination for the International Transit and [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Colonel Hassan Mahmoud Al Otoum, Director of Petra Police, to participate in the International Transit and Transshipment Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco, May 20-22, 2008. 2. Colonel Otoum's biodata follows: Personal Information: A. Fu [...] | 2008-04-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN1136 | Additional Jordanian Nominations for the International [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Mr. Hassouni Mheilan, Director of Trade and Storage, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Engineer Ibrahim Al Nawayseh, Assistant Director General for Technical Affairs and Projects of the Aqaba Ports Association; and Mr. Khaldoun Al Saket, Assistant Director [...] | 2008-04-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
08AMMAN3361 | U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...] | 2008-12-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO |
08ANKARA1036 | TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...] | 2008-06-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1055 | CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...] | 2008-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU |
08ANKARA1068 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...] | 2008-06-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA1232 | TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU |
08ANKARA1238 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...] | 2008-07-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1313 | TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...] | 2008-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK |
08ANKARA1335 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...] | 2008-07-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNUC ETTC PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1340 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...] | 2008-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK TU |
08ANKARA1417 | GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1430 | TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...] | 2008-08-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU |
08ANKARA1441 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...] | 2008-08-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1459 | TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...] | 2008-08-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU |
08ANKARA1476 | SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1619 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2008) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator finalized agenda and logistics for the Sept. 17-18 EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar, to he held in Ankara. DOE/SLD provided Turkey's first training on SLD provided radiation detection pagers, survey instruments and RIDDS to TNP's Bomb Disposal experts. Turk [...] | 2008-09-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA17 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Per ref a. we met with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) Director of Marketing and Export Akif Akgul on January 3, 2008 to discuss case number 05-050075628 related to an order for approximately one thousand Smith and [...] | 2008-01-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TU KOMC |
08ANKARA1787 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT - (SEPTEMBER 2008) [...] Summary: Activities this month focused primarily on executing the Sept. 17-18 Nonproliferation Seminar and making arrangements for the Customs VIP visit to the U.S. in November. EXBS also accompanied DOE/SLD rep to meetings with the Turkish national Police in support of their program. End Summ [...] | 2008-10-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1791 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...] | 2008-10-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY |
08ANKARA1841 | TURKEY OPPOSES BLANKET MTCR OUTREACH, CONCERNED [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head of Section Mustafa Yurdakul convoked us on October 17 to raise GOT concerns about the US proposal on technical outreach at the MTCR (reftel). Yurdakul, who will lead the Turkish delegation to the MTCR Plenary in Canberra , said while Turkey suppor [...] | 2008-10-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC PREL PARM KSCA TU |
08ANKARA1845 | TURKEY: NNSA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TOBEY PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 20-21 meetings with GOT officials, NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey stressed NNSA,s desire to enhance bilateral engagement on nuclear nonproliferation, proposed possible areas of cooperation, and underscored NNSA,s willingness to assist Turkey with the development of ind [...] | 2008-10-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP ENRG EXBS TU |
08ANKARA1942 | TURKEY: EXPORT CONTROL INTERAGENCY CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS IN NONPRO COOPERATION [...] (C) We delivered letters from DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey (Ref a) and ISN/ECC Director Yvette Wong (ref b) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament DDG Ahmet Gun on November 3. He thanked us for the letters and provided a readout of the October 24 meeting of the interagency Export [...] | 2008-11-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU ETTC |
08ANKARA1974 | TURKEY/NSG: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT "SUBJECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA TU |
08ANKARA1975 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator met with Turkish Customs Enforcement officials during this period and provided a comprehensive briefing on U.S. Customs. Final preparations have been confirmed for the November 12-24 visit of Director General of Customs Enforcemen [...] | 2008-11-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA199 | TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...] | 2008-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN |
08ANKARA2096 | TURKEY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, most recently chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment a [...] | 2008-12-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TU |
08ANKARA2162 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports Turkish Nonproliferation interagency continues to review findings and recommendations of September EXBS and Nonproliferation Seminar. EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator accompanied five senior Turkish Customs Enforcement [...] | 2008-12-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA2168 | TURKEY/ENR: STILL REVIEWING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Following Ambassador's 12/15 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (ref a),Pol-Mil Couns met with MFA DDG Ahmet Gun on 12/23 to press GOT to support the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),drawing on reftel guidance. DDG Gun said [...] | 2008-12-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA2188 | TURKEY/ENR: TURKEY WANTS TO KEEP DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Pol-Mil Couns met again with MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on December 30 to ask for an update on Turkey's position on the draft Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR)technology and equipment (Refs a and [...] | 2008-12-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA234 | TURKEY - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
08ANKARA235 | TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ANKARA263 | TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...] | 2008-02-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA271 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor met with EU Commission representative to coordinate future border security assistance programs with Turkish Customs. EXBS program completed Customs clearance of CT-30 Kits and Gerber tool Kits and moved them into temporary storage at Post, awaiting MFA acceptance of new [...] | 2008-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA332 | TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU |
08ANKARA418 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA438 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA460 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor attended dedication ceremony in Izmir for one of five new Customs Enforcement container x-ray and inspection facilities donated by European Union (EU) Commission as part of the EU Accession project to provide border security assistance programs to Turkish Customs at majo [...] | 2008-03-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA467 | TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on March 10. Gun pledged to investigate the matter on an urgent basis, and immediately inform all relevant agencies, including [...] | 2008-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV TU PK |
08ANKARA495 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] We met with Aselsan (Full name Aselsan Electronics Industries Inc.) Purchasing Manager Ahmet Arpaozu on March 4 regarding reftel case (license number 050064457). Arpaozu relayed our questions to the production and project managers, with whom we also met on site. They confirmed Aselsan's orde [...] | 2008-03-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EG ETTC KOMC TU |
08ANKARA506 | TURKEY: MFA STOPS M72 LAW TRANSFER/SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Following up on ref a demarche on the potential transfer of U.S.-origin M72 light antitank weapons to Georgia (ref b),MFA Department Head for Caucasus Affairs Firat Sunel told us on March 13 that the GOT interagency investigation [...] | 2008-03-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC GG MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA614 | TURKEY: STATUS REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF TET [...] (S) We delivered ref C points as non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on April 1. Ulgen appreciated the additional information and stated she would share it with other agencies involved in the investigation. She provided the following update on G [...] | 2008-04-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE TU PK |
08ANKARA631 | TURKEY: U.S. AUSTRALIA GROUP PROPOSALS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW TU |
08ANKARA632 | TURKEY WILL MAINTAIN AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA692 | TURKEY: A NONPROLIFERATION PARTNER ON ITS OWN TERMS [...] (C) Summary: As the only NATO ally bordering Iran and Syria, Turkey plays a pivotal role in our nonproliferation efforts in the region. Turkey shares our nonproliferation goals, but is also sensitive to its relations with neighbors. Turkey is frequently called upon by the U.S. and others to [...] | 2008-04-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM ETTC TU IR SY |
08ANKARA722 | (S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING [...] (S) We followed up on this case April 17 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General (DAS-equivalent) Ahmet Muhtar Gun and Department Head Elif Ulgen, emphasizing our strong belief that Tet Makina Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret is seeking ways to evade export controls to sell filame [...] | 2008-04-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE PK TU |
08ANKARA731 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MARCH 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Program advisor met with Turkish Customs officials to review proposed CBP offered training in anticipation of the EXBS Agreement going into force. EXBS team completed preparations for DHS/CBP's Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Customs, which began on April 10. C [...] | 2008-04-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA745 | (S) ADVISING THE GOT OF TET MAKINA'S PREPARATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK TU |
08ANKARA78 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Program Manager for Turkey met with post and Turkish officials to review the state of the program. EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) has requested a joint proliferation "threat" assessmen [...] | 2008-01-15 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA908 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (APRIL 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Team met with Turkish Customs officials and DHS/CBP Training specialist to review previously offered training and expand new training initiatives to include accession and OJT training programs. DHS/CBP training team completed Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Cus [...] | 2008-05-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA950 | TURKEY: DRAFT LEGISLATION SHOULD STRENGTHEN GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Underseretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT),in coordination with all other GOT entities with export control responsibilities, has submitted to the Prime Ministry draft export control legislation as part of an effort to meet EU standards, close loop holes, and rationalize Turkey [...] | 2008-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA984 | CUBA: REVIEW OF TURKEY FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited, and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment and Turkey's [...] | 2008-05-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINT PREL TU CU |
08ANTANANARIVO850 | GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST [...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...] | 2008-12-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA |
08ASHGABAT1035 | TURKMENISTAN: DISCOURAGING AN IRAN-TURKEY NATURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENERG EPET ETTC TX |
08ASHGABAT1041 | FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ASSERTS TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (C) Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov called in the Charge on August 11 to respond to Ref. A demarche on discouraging an Iran-Turkey natural gas agreement. During a one-hour, one-on-one meeting, Meredov outlined Turkmenistan's view of the issue. He said he had briefed President [...] | 2008-08-12 05:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC TX |
08ASHGABAT1483 | EXBS: TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The EXBS Advisor is responsible for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Advisor has been unable to travel to Uzbekistan since July because of visa and passport problems. The Advisor received a new three-month visa for Uzbekistan, effective November 27, 2008. The Advisor will be TDY to Uzbekist [...] | 2008-11-12 02:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT1488 | TURKMENISTAN: OVERVIEW OF USG BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] The following report about USG border security assistance to Turkmenistan is post's response to reftel request by the Export Control and Related Border Security Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Central Asia to compile an overview of all of nonproliferation, law enforcement, counter-narcotic [...] | 2008-11-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX |
08ASHGABAT352 | TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO QUERY ON HAGUE CODE OF [...] Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 17 under cover of a diplomatic note forwarded a letter from Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev responding to Ref A request urging the Government of Turkmenistan to submit its Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferati [...] | 2008-03-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TX |
08ASHGABAT742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ASHGABAT751 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 06:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX |
08ASHGABAT809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: INFORMATION ON U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC TX |
08ASTANA1021 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MAY [...] Kazakhstan will conduct an operational-tactical exercise "Atom-Antiterror- 2008" in Almaty on June 6 under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. This exercise is targeted to improve interaction between state bodies in order to prevent and localize a possible terror [...] | 2008-06-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1263 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JUNE [...] On June 23, 2008, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in cooperation with the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee, commissioned the first eight sites outfitted with radiation detection equipment completed under a joint project. The radiation detection s [...] | 2008-07-15 02:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1440 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JULY [...] On July 28, 2008, Kazakhstani Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko participated in a six day working visit to the United States at the invitation of the Arizona National Guard. He is studying the U.S. system of emergency response measures and risk management techniques. On July 31, [...] | 2008-08-08 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1805 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST [...] On August 7, 2008, a U.S. Senate delegation lead by Nevada Senator (and Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid visited Kazakhstan as part of a multi-country trip. Other senators making the trip included Jeff Bingaman (D-NM),Bill Nelson (D-FL),Johnny Isakson (R-GA),and Bob Menendez (D-NJ). 2 [...] | 2008-09-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2181 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE [...] On September 22-23, the EXBS Advisor to Kazakhstan traveled to Washington, DC, for consultations with personnel from the Department of State's Office of Export Control Cooperation, the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Cooperative Threat Reduction Policy and Defense Threat Reduction Agency, [...] | 2008-11-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2234 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REQUESTING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) participating governments for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on November 10 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Depart [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA2295 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING [...] (SBU) In coordination with the UK Embassy in Astana, we delivered reftel A points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on November 21 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. We had previously delivered the [...] | 2008-11-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EMIN ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IR UK KZ |
08ASTANA2352 | KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...] | 2008-11-26 02:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA239 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMING NON-MEMBERS OF THE RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 06:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTRCE KSCA ETTC TSPA |
08ASTANA240 | KAZAKHSTAN: HCOC "INREACH" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA |
08ASTANA2403 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) From November 10-14, the ninth session of the Kazakhstan-Russian demarcation commission took place in Almaty. Discussed at this session was the determination of locations for the installation of border markers. The 6,846 kilometer border between Kazakhstan and Russia is the longest co [...] | 2008-12-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
08ASTANA2406 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from the government of Kazakhstan for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on December 4 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooper [...] | 2008-12-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA284 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, visited Kazakhstan on January 10-11, 2008, to discuss energy cooperation, as well as Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program implementation. Subsequent to this trip, Senator Lugar introduced legislatio [...] | 2008-02-08 02:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA437 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (FEBRUARY [...] U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Kazakhstan from February 9-11, 2008. On February 11, 2008, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and discussed Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship, energy issues, and re [...] | 2008-03-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA54 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER 2007) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA691 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MARCH [...] President Bush nominated Richard E. Hoagland to be U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan. Mr. Hoagland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently serves as Charge d' Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. Prior to this, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan. Earlier in his [...] | 2008-04-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA888 | EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (APRIL [...] Gulnara Abildaeva, Program Coordinator/Manager for the EXBS program in Kazakhstan has been named the "Astana Foreign Service National (FSN) of the Year for 2008". This award is given in recognition of the high standards of performance and value to the U.S. Government through special contribut [...] | 2008-05-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
08ASUNCION373 | RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cub [...] | 2008-06-04 21:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA |
08ASUNCION843 | RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A and B). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...] | 2008-12-17 19:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA |
08ATHENS1035 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) On July 15, Economic Officer, Political Officer and an officer from the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) visited Nik Kioledes SA's office in Nea Kifissia per reftel. Immediately prior to this meeting, Post verified the bona fides of Nik Kioledes with the GoG, and found it to be a larg [...] | 2008-07-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC GR |
08ATHENS1165 | NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DRAFT EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy political section coordinated this demarche with UK embassy political counselor, Lisa Whanstall. On 12 August, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Director D1 Directorate of UN and International Affairs. On 13 August A/Polcouns discussed the issue [...] | 2008-08-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC GR |
08ATHENS1297 | GREECE AGREES ON PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium to Pantelis Margaris, Counselor-Expert for Disarmament Issues in the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. Margaris agreed that preventing Iran's acquisitio [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETTC GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
08ATHENS1470 | GREECE MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC GR |
08ATHENS1490 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...] | 2008-10-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC GR |
08ATHENS1636 | GREECE TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) On December 4, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA D1 First Secretary Loukas Tsokos and Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris. Tskokos confirmed that Greece will join consensus on the text for amendment of NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of ENR equipment and t [...] | 2008-12-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC GR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY |
08ATHENS1653 | GREECE AND THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy Athens offers the following information on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) We assess that Greece will continue to follow the EU common position to support the development of democracy and human rights in [...] | 2008-12-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ETTC PGOV GR CU |
08ATHENS1724 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC GR |
08ATHENS216 | CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR |
08ATHENS30 | GREECE: SHIELD S15-A-06: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY GR |
08ATHENS322 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS345 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS354 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS468 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREECE REVIEWS FAVORABLY U.S. [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche and non-paper to MFA D1 Director for UN and International Organizations and Conferences, Ambassador Alexandros Rallis on March 21. Rallis delegated the matter to his staff, Loukas Tsokos, who informed Poloff on March 28 that he would brief Greek delegates [...] | 2008-03-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR PARM ETTC |
08ATHENS503 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREEKS TO REVIEW U.S.-UK PROPOSAL [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2nd to Loukas Tsokos, officer in charge of Australian Group issues from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that the Greek delegation would consider the U.S.-UK proposal on dual-us [...] | 2008-04-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS583 | DELAYED RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 17:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GR |
08ATHENS63 | GREEKS SHARE U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (S) On January 14, 2008, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on the possible sale of camouflage systems to Iran by the Greek firm XXXXXXXXXXXX S.A. to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos, the lead Greek MFA non-proliferation official. Kyvetos responded that following our previous [...] | 2008-01-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY IR GR |
08ATHENS71 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCR MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GR |
08ATHENS728 | LIBERTAD ACT: GREECE AND CUBA [...] (C) In response to reftel, post offers the following observations on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) Greece generally follows the common EU position on relations with Cuba. Like other EU countries, Greece maintains diplomatic relations [...] | 2008-05-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV GR CU |
08ATHENS804 | UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...] | 2008-06-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV |
08ATHENS830 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] (SBU) On June 9, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel information to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information t [...] | 2008-06-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS867 | TERRORISM FINANCE:U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
08ATHENS874 | GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...] | 2008-06-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | AORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN |
08ATHENS985 | GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...] | 2008-07-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN |
08BAGHDAD1050 | GOI SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UNSCR; LIBYA HOLD ON [...] EMIN, accompanied by Acting Economic Counselor and Deputy Treasury Attach, met with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Tuesday, April 1, to discuss GOI interest in either revising the scope of UNSCR 1518 or taking the lead to lobby for the passage of a new UNSCR that will target Iraqis and thir [...] | 2008-04-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
08BAGHDAD218 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050079420 [...] (U) Post has contacted the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I) and they confirm that this is a legitimate purchase of ammunition by the Iraqi Army. The M855 ammunition is often referred to as "5.56 ball" and is the most commonly fired round for the M-16 / M-4 carbine. [...] | 2008-01-25 20:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ KOMC |
08BAGHDAD2684 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN CABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on apparent deficiencies in the accounting for night vision devices (NVDs) provided to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I) is currently conducting a comprehensive field inventory of NVDs. The intent of this invent [...] | 2008-08-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2804 | ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT UNSCR FOR TERRORIST [...] (C) Per Reftel A instructions, Econoff met August 31 with MFA Deputy IO Director Mohammed al-Humaimidi to urge the GOI to accept a different formulation of preamble Paragraph 10 of subject draft UNSC resolution, and to seek GOI agreement on the list of seven names provided by the USG for inclu [...] | 2008-09-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
08BAGHDAD987 | GOI SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UNSCR [...] EMIN, accompanied by Acting Economics Counselor and Deputy Treasury Attach, met with National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Roubaie on Sunday, March 30, to discuss GOI interest to either revise the scope of UNSCR 1518 or to take the lead in lobbying for the passage of a new UNSCR that will targe [...] | 2008-03-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
08BAGHDAD994 | MINFIN SUPPORTS BASRAH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN that he would make funds available to address the immediate humanitarian needs created by the violence in Basrah as well as to create short-term employment opportunities. In addition, the GOI supplemental budget prop [...] | 2008-04-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER ETTC IZ |
08BAKU791 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EPC, CO-FINANCING, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met August 8 with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss a wide range of economic issues, including prospective dates this fall for the next meeting of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) and co-financing of assistance projects. Ambassador also [...] | 2008-08-22 04:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EIND ETRD ETTC AJ |
08BAMAKO695 | MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML |
08BANGKOK1003 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Yip In Tsoi & Jacks Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: SIPDIS Registration: 0105510002718 Registered Date: June 27, 1967 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Executives: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Ap [...] | 2008-03-29 00:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK1435 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...] | 2008-05-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK1654 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Hollywood International Co., Ltd. is listed: Registration No. 0105525023104 Registered Date: June 30, 1982 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 81,000,000 baht Executives: Thirawut Tantiwongsakit, Arunee Tantiwongsakit, Atchara Rinch [...] | 2008-05-29 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK1673 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Thai Ministry of Commerce lists the subject company as Kamolrat Commercial, not Kamolart as reftel. Registration No. 0605543000353 Registered Date: September 14, 2000 Status: limited company Capital Registration: 10,000,000 baht Executives: Anuchit Kanphakdi, Chatri Sukthawi, Lt. Gen. [...] | 2008-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK1705 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) A Technical Introduction to Strategic Trade Control Licensing Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, May 14-16. Almost one-half million dollars of equipment was donated to Vietnam Customs and Border Army on May 21. Advisor and POLOFF met with officials from several Vietnamese ministries. An [...] | 2008-06-05 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK1896 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Laser Research Co., Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0105536079904 Registered Date: July 12, 1993 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Executives: Kriangdech Prasong and Duangsamon Thongsidaeng. Authorized executive m [...] | 2008-06-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK1916 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ms. McNerney, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance our nonproliferation and security interests and to meet with key counterparts. In these meetings, you will have an opportunity to discuss ongoing cooperation on export control and nonprolife [...] | 2008-06-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC TH |
08BANGKOK2029 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Vietnamese licensing officials received Tracker software training in Washington, DC, June 9-12. Advisor and FSN Program Assistant attended the EXBS Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 9-11. Advisor took annual leave in US, June 16-20. Advisor participated in meetings with ISN Actin [...] | 2008-07-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2394 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS held a Technical Introduction to Licensing Workshop in Hanoi, July 9-11, and a National Control List Workshop in Bangkok, July 22-24. EXBS donated six Toyota Landcruisers to the Vietnamese Border Guards on July 10. EXBS coordinated with the Defense Attache Office (DAO) to send a Thai [...] | 2008-08-08 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2588 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Three Thai officials and EXBS FSN attended the Export Control Academy, August 11-15 in Athens, GA. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted Tracker User Training in Hanoi, August 11-14. Advisor represented ISN Bureau at a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) [...] | 2008-08-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3068 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor conducted meetings with embassy and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Sept. 22-23. Advisor met with Royal Thai Customs officials on Sept. 25. New EXBS Program Assistant in Vietnam started work on Sept. 3. Upcoming events include an Enterprise Outreach Seminar and a regional UN 1540 W [...] | 2008-10-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3232 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) POL FSN October 22 visited the Royal Thai Navy's (RTN) Department of Naval Ordnance in the Sattahip District of Chonburi Province and met with Lt. Cdr. Somporn Phethai, the Department's Administrative Officer. Somporn confirmed that Royal Defence had offered to deliver 1,055 hand grenade f [...] | 2008-10-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK3268 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Croatia, Oct. 20-22. The EXBS program co-sponsored an Industry-Government Outreach Seminar with the Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 22. The ASEAN regional UN 1540 Workshop in Bangkok, scheduled f [...] | 2008-10-31 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3579 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Bangkok, Nov. 3-5. ECC Desk Officer Rachel Owen met with Vietnamese officials, Nov. 3-4. Advisor, Vietnam Program Assistant and Thai and Vietnamese officials attended the Export Control [...] | 2008-12-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK3592 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Kangwan Firearms, Limited Partnership, was listed. The company was originally named Saha Phonchai Firearms Ltd., Part., and was renamed Kangwan on January 16, 1979. Registration No. 0203515000052 Registered Date: January 21, 1972 Status: Limi [...] | 2008-12-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK3643 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: Results from Post's conversations with March Aviation and the Naval Air Division of the Royal Thai Navy indicate that Aeromiltec doctored the purchase order from March Aviation. Post notes that reftel requests a pre-license check; however, helmets have already been delivered by A [...] | 2008-12-15 06:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK3673 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, Econoff passed reftel points regarding the United States' designation of Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 to three offices within the RTG: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) International Security Unit, the Nation [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KWBG KPAL EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR |
08BANGKOK3698 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Advanced National Control List Workshop in Hanoi, Dec. 10-12. Rapiscan x-ray system installation and operator training in Vietnam was completed Dec 5. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue is being prepared for shipment from [...] | 2008-12-19 04:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK411 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) CBP conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT II) course at Laem Chabang port, Thailand, January 7-11. A planning session and System Administrator training for the Tracker licensing system was conducted in Hanoi, January 14-18. EXBS Advisor visited Bangkok Port on J [...] | 2008-02-08 05:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK44 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing, and at Border Guards Headquarters in Hanoi. Officials were uniformly supportive of U.S. assistance. Australia, Japan, and the European Union are also providing trade contro [...] | 2008-01-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK521 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Wanmelarp Firearms Ltd Partnership was registered as follows: Registration No. 0103518012168 Registered Date: August 4, 1975 Status: Limited Partnership Name: Name: Wanmelarp Firearms Part. Ltd. Capital Registration: 190,000 Baht Business par [...] | 2008-02-15 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK70 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Post's pre-license check on Chaiseri Metal & Rubber Co. raised significant concerns about the company's understanding of USG regulations pertaining to United States Munitions List (USML) items. The company appears to be producing USML defense articles without a manufacturing license and tr [...] | 2008-01-08 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK801 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Post conducted a Blue Lantern check on Yothin Firearms in April 2007, and its bona fides were confirmed at that time. POL FSN visited Yothin February 26 to inquire about Vanich Phanichkriangkrai and the reftel purchase. Thitithon and Thanaphon Buppharamni, the shop's partners, confirmed t [...] | 2008-03-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK802 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Aumnaj Firearms was registered as follows: Registration No. 0103513014952 Registered Date: August 25, 1970 Status: Limited Partnership Name: Aumnaj Firearms Ltd, Part. Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Business partners: Wichien Suphap, wi [...] | 2008-03-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK803 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Manittyont Ltd. was registered as follows: Registration No. 0103499000805 Registered Date: May 10 1956 Status: Limited Partnership Name: Manittyont Ltd, Part. Capital Registration: 3,000,000 baht Business partners: Kritsana Chittangwong, Sani [...] | 2008-03-13 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK830 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Paisith Firearms Ltd. Part. was registered as follows: Registration No. 0103514004691 Registered Date: March 23, 1971 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 1,000,000 baht Business partners: Vassana Tiprak, with investment of 500,00 [...] | 2008-03-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK831 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) POL FSN March 4 and 11 visited Neo Tech to discuss the purchase. POL FSN also spoke separately with Neo Tech managing partner Chinnachot Koson. The representatives confirmed the purchase equipment as stated reftel for the Royal Thai Navy. The company had won the RTN's calls for bids on [...] | 2008-03-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
08BANGKOK864 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor participated in a foreign embassy drug enforcement community trip to the northernmost land and river border crossing sites from Thailand into Burma and Laos, Feb. 11-13. Advisor visited Danang port and Lao Bao border crossing in central Vietnam, Feb. 28-29. The Washington State [...] | 2008-03-19 03:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TH VN |
08BANGKOK976 | RTG ASSESSING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) POLOFFs delivered REFTEL points on March 26 to Chamsai Menasveta, First Secretary in the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chamsai stated that Thailand is still evaluating whether to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement [...] | 2008-03-28 00:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL TH |
08BANGKOK997 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) US Customs and Border Protection conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT) course, March 3-7, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted an Export Control Enforcement Training course, March 10-14, in Bangkok Thailand. Advisor me [...] | 2008-03-28 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BEIJING1050 | FOLLOW-UP ON CHINA NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (S) PolMinCouns and MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song discussed our bilateral plan to enhance nonproliferation cooperation on March 19. Li said China was very pleased with the January export control workshop and noted that China is "ready for more" cooperation of this sort. PolMinCouns upda [...] | 2008-03-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH |
08BEIJING1171 | PERSONNEL CHANGES AT MOFCOM MAY AFFECT EXPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an informal off-the-record meeting, a working-level official provided hints of imminent personnel changes at the Minstry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and opined on the possible impact of these changes on export control cooperation with the U.S., including implementation of the Vali [...] | 2008-03-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING1201 | NORINCO BRIEFS EMBASSY ON ITS EXPORT CONTROL [...] (C) NORINCO management wants to end the "distorted image" of the firm and become a "decent member of the international community," NORINCO Vice President Zhi Yulin told the Charge in a March 27 meeting. Zhi believes the firm's experience building infrastructure projects creates an opportunity [...] | 2008-03-31 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM ETTC PREL CH |
08BEIJING1209 | CHINA HAS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS REGARDING A HONG [...] (U) This is an action request; please paragraph 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi asked PolOff on March 31 if the United States can provide additional information to assist China with its investigation of a possible delivery of Chin [...] | 2008-03-31 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR HK |
08BEIJING1263 | (S) SHIELD S06-08/S18-05/S26-06: CHINA URGED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH KN |
08BEIJING1309 | (S) SHIELD S05-08: PRC INFORMED OF IMMINENT [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8 that China Northern Chemical and Minerals Company is planning to load 1000 metric tons of sodium sulfide flakes on the M/V Iran Teyfouri as early as April 10 for shipment to I [...] | 2008-04-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1311 | (S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) PolOff urged China to take immediate steps to investigate the transfer of missile-related material by a Chinese company to Syria, including via a North Korean intermediary, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8. [...] | 2008-04-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN SY |
08BEIJING1354 | M/V IRAN TEYFORUI: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHARED [...] (S) PolOff provided additional information on the shipment of sodium sulfide to Iran on board the M/V Iran Teyfouri (ref A) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 10. He urged China to investigate and prevent the transfer to Iran. W [...] | 2008-04-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1373 | (S) M/V IRAN TEYFOURI: PRC SAYS INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING1463 | (S) PRC URGED TO INVESTIGATE A CHINESE FIRM'S [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 16 of recent efforts by the Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation (STBPI) to supply missile-useable aluminum, steel, wire and integrated circuits to Iran (ref [...] | 2008-04-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR TW |
08BEIJING1880 | (S) PRC PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING2047 | SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...] | 2008-05-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2201 | CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...] | 2008-06-06 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2277 | CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...] | 2008-06-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2391 | (S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LIMMT SHARED WITH [...] (S) PolOffs delivered reftel message urging China to share substantive information on China's investigation of LIMMT before June 27 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on June 18. PolOffs also shared new information with Zhang indicating that LI [...] | 2008-06-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2525 | DRAFT UNSCR TO RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING [...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's support for a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) to renew the mandate of the UNSCR 1267 monitoring team. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said [...] | 2008-06-26 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2550 | (S) PRC SAYS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON LIMMT [...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's investigation into LIMMT and eleven other companies. Director Zhang provided no new information on actions taken against LIMMT, stating only that invest [...] | 2008-06-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2564 | POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK: D375609 NANJING [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NANJING ElECTRONICS CALIBRATION CO. ("NE [...] | 2008-06-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
08BEIJING2570 | CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735 [...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...] | 2008-06-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2614 | AUSTRALIA GROUP'S OUTREACH TO CHINA ON [...] (S) In a June 25 meeting with Australia Group (AG) Chair Ian Biggs, PRC MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Li Song objected to news that an AG representative would be dispatched to Taiwan "shortly" as part of the AG's outreach program. Biggs said that China should not be surprised by [...] | 2008-07-03 00:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM KSTC PREL PGOV ETTC ETTRD BEXP CH |
08BEIJING2648 | (S) CHINA PROVIDES RESPONSE TO U.S.-RAISED [...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's response to twelve proliferation-related cases raised by the United States. Zhang provided additional information on four cases and otherwise largely r [...] | 2008-07-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC CH IR SY |
08BEIJING2674 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND HALT SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message urging China to investigate and prevent the shipment of Chinese-origin diphenylamine to Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on July 9. 2. (S) Wang promised [...] | 2008-07-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING2681 | CHINA ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE SALE TO PAKISTAN OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message asking China to investigate the February 2008 sale of a fiber coil winding machine and integrated optical chips to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Directo [...] | 2008-07-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH SY |
08BEIJING2944 | CHINA'S REACTION: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY OUTREACH [...] PolOff shared reftel summary of the May 28-29 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior-Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue, and repeated U.S. thanks for Chinese attendance at the meeting. Po [...] | 2008-07-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KNNP CH |
08BEIJING305 | ISA: PRC "GRAVELY CONCERNED" BY INDICATIONS THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador January 28 that China is "gravely concerned" over indications that the USG is considering sanctions on Sinopec under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for the recently concluded deal to develop the Yadavaran oilfield. He echoed f [...] | 2008-01-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PARM ENRG EPET MNUC IR CH NL |
08BEIJING3102 | CHINA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche urging China to support the circulated draft exception for India at the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Dep [...] | 2008-08-13 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN CH |
08BEIJING3356 | PRC INFORMED OF CONCERNS RE PAKISTAN PLANS TO [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent Chinese firms from supplying flow-forming and ring-rolling machines to Pakistan's missile program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 29. Wang promised to relay t [...] | 2008-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING3384 | MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN CHINA'S POSITION ON NUCLEAR [...] (U) A September 1 commentary in the Chinese Communist Party official mouthpiece People's Daily by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Associate Researcher Fan Jishe called a U.S. proposal to provide an exception for India to Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) full-scope safeguard provisions a "doubl [...] | 2008-09-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING3401 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA AFM LIU ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, the Ambassador urged China to support the draft exception for India at the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary and the conclusion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative this year. Completion [...] | 2008-09-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING3576 | CHINESE ACADEMIC CRITICAL OF NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The author of a September 1 People's Daily commentary critical of the agreement ultimately reached September 6 by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) allowing India to procure civilian nuclear material and technology views the NSG decision as having weakened the nonproliferation re [...] | 2008-09-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN |
08BEIJING375 | POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D365577 JIUJIANG [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at JIUJIANG PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("JJ PRECISION MEASU [...] | 2008-02-01 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
08BEIJING376 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE MATTHEW BORMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Department of Commerce Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Matthew Borman and Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Director-General (DG) WANG Qinghua, Department of Mechanic, Electronic and High Technology Industries, Ministry of C [...] | 2008-02-01 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
08BEIJING3854 | CHINA INFORMED OF CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A CHINESE [...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A message (informing China of continued efforts by a Chinese firm to supply missile production technology to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO)) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on [...] | 2008-10-08 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH PK |
08BEIJING391 | PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...] | 2008-02-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING392 | PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...] | 2008-02-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL |
08BEIJING4019 | CHINA PROTESTS PENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST THREE [...] (C) PolOff on October 22 informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials that the USG has determined that China Xinshidai Company, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Corporation LTD and Huazhong CNC have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pu [...] | 2008-10-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING4064 | AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on a range of topics (septel),the Ambassador stressed the importance of nonproliferation and of continuing the U.S.-China nonproliferation dialogue. Noting the unwillingness of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department offici [...] | 2008-10-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING4147 | PRC-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION: CHINA WILL ABIDE [...] (C) The United States need not be concerned about China-Pakistan civilian nuclear cooperation, because China will "strictly abide" by obligations and commitments it has made to the international community, MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming tol [...] | 2008-11-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PGOV AORC ECON CH PK |
08BEIJING4227 | LIMMT PROLIFERATION ACTIVITY: NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] (S) PolOff passed ref A nonpaper urging the Chinese Government to stop PRC company LIMMT's Iranian missile-related proliferation activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Junan on November 14. Director Zhang offered no s [...] | 2008-11-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING4468 | CHINA ASKED TO CONSENT TO AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points and nonpaper requesting Chinese consensus on an amendment to Part 1 of the NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on [...] | 2008-12-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY CH |
08BEIJING4600 | DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BEIJING4609 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINA ON [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, EAP/CM Director shared ref A points providing additional information to China to use in investigating the supply of aluminum plates to an entity associated with Iran's cruise missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department [...] | 2008-12-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC IR CH |
08BEIJING4610 | CHINA ASKED TO FOLLOW-UP ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, visiting EAP/CM Director shared ref A points requesting an update of China's investigation into Chinese entities' attempts to supply ring-rolling and flow-forming machines to Pakistan's missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs [...] | 2008-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC KSCA CH PK |
08BEIJING481 | (S) PRC REQUESTED TO STOP LIMMT EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) A/DCM met with MFA Arms Control Department Director General Chen Jingye on February 12 to convey reftel message regarding continued export control violations of the PRC entity LIMMT. Reviewing past violations and citing evidence of continued recent shipments of MTCR-controlled graphite and [...] | 2008-02-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING576 | SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...] | 2008-02-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH |
08BEIJING647 | CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA |
08BEIJING716 | (S) PRC UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF LIMMT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING886 | (S) CHINA STILL INVESTIGATING LIMMT; URGES THE [...] (S) China continues to investigate the export control activities of LIMMT and urges the United States not to impose sanctions on this Chinese firm, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told PolOff on March 11. Recalling the recent U.S. inform [...] | 2008-03-11 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIJING891 | CONTACT SAYS CHINA GREAT WALL INDUSTRY CORPORATION [...] (S) China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) Secretary General Li Genxin told PolOff on March 11 that Wang SIPDIS Haibo, Chief Executive Officer of China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC),is taking great personal interest in the upcoming March 20 meeting in Washington, m [...] | 2008-03-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
08BEIRUT1575 | LEBANON: NEED FOR EXPORT CONTROLS, CUSTOMS TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (C) GOL officials tell us there are few, if any, rules or regulations in place to halt or interdict potentially illicit radiological, biological or chemical material and other strategic goods that can be used in WMD devel [...] | 2008-11-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PREL LE SY |
08BEIRUT1790 | LEBANON: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, questions regarding export license application 050055911 for the export of carbines to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Lebanon, Post confirms that this is a legitimate ISF purchase. In coordination with Embassy's Office of Defense Coordination (ODC) [...] | 2008-12-24 04:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC LE |
08BEIRUT1791 | LEBANON: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, questions regarding export license application 050057708 for the export of 10 million centerfire ammunition, calibers 5.56, 9mm, and 40S&W to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Lebanon, Post confirms that this is a legitimate ISF purchase. In coordinat [...] | 2008-12-24 04:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ETTC GM KOMC LE |
08BELMOPAN133 | BELIZE: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-050090555, M4 [...] Embassy contacted the Commander of the Belize Defense Force (BDF),Brigadier-General Lloyd Gillett, who confirmed that the BDF is purchasing M4 carbines from I. I. & E., Inc. Gillett said that the BDF intends to buy a total of 50 M4s from I. I. & E. The weapons will be used to equip a U.S.-tr [...] | 2008-03-06 20:20:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMH BH |
08BERLIN1000 | (S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS [...] (S) On July 21, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the reftel information and said German authorities have since halted their legal proceedings against Andreas Schneider, of ICS [...] | 2008-07-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM |
08BERLIN101 | RESPONSE TO GERMAN INQUIRY ON U.S. LICENSING [...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor presented Ref A talking points January 18 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck thanked us for the information on U.S. licensing practices, noting that the information we provided would be useful for the German Government in making a final [...] | 2008-01-24 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE KSCA KNNP PARM PREL CH GM |
08BERLIN1017 | (C) MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEXT STEPS ON MACHINE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (C) On July 25, Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck expressed appreciation for the reftel "new draft proposal" but admitted that she is unfamiliar with e [...] | 2008-07-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM |
08BERLIN1020 | (S) TRITIUM GAS EXPORT TO IRAN: GERMANY SENDS BACK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR NL GM |
08BERLIN1038 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...] | 2008-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR |
08BERLIN1048 | GONO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANS - NO OBJECTION [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to German Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives Julian Luebbert, Desk Officer, International Economic and Financial Policy and Antje Haeusler, Southern Africa Division. Both officers expressed appreciation for the informaton. They stated that t [...] | 2008-07-31 17:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI |
08BERLIN1050 | GERMAN CHANCELLERY APPROVED GAS DEAL IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellery sources report that it knew of and approved the decision by Germany's export control agency (BAFA) to permit Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec's (Steiner) export of machinery related to the conversion of natural gas to fuel to Iran. Despite press reports alleging p [...] | 2008-07-31 20:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC EPET PREL IR GM EINV PINR ECON PGOV |
08BERLIN1066 | GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...] | 2008-08-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM |
08BERLIN1068 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS RELEASE OF ICS SCHNEIDER NONPAPER TO THE GERMAN CRIMINAL CUSTOMS OFFICE (ZKA) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 07:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | AEC ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL |
08BERLIN1069 | (S) GERMAN FIRM GEBR SAACKE GMBH INDICATES NO [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, Germany indicates the German firm Gebr Saacke GmbH & Co has had no business dealings with the Pakistani firm Premier International and has since been sensitized to future procurement efforts. On July 21, 2008, German MFA Export Control Division Desk Offic [...] | 2008-08-06 08:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA AEC GM PK |
08BERLIN1090 | CHANCELLERY DISTANCES MERKEL FROM IRANIAN [...] (SBU) After initially taking a defensive stance on the controversial sale by a German firm of gas-to-liquids equipment to Iran (Ref),the Chancellery and CDU issued statements clearly designed to dissociate Chancellor Angela Merkel from the decision. On August 6, Chancellery deputy spokesma [...] | 2008-08-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET PREL EINV ENRG ETRD IR GM |
08BERLIN1096 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON U.S. PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW IN GM |
08BERLIN1103 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) After reviewing a USG supplied nonpaper (REF B) detailing USG proliferation concerns with the Indian company United Phosphorus Ltd. (UPL),Germany is still inclined to approve a permit to export Australia Group listed items to UPL [...] | 2008-08-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM |
08BERLIN1109 | (C) MTCR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM |
08BERLIN1120 | (C) NSG CHAIRMAN EXPECTS PUSHBACK ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with EMIN and Econoff, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling and staff stressed support for an NSG exception for India and agreed with the USG on the need to press for a consensus at the upcoming Extraordinary NSG Plenary in Vienna on Augus [...] | 2008-08-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM |
08BERLIN1129 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK CASE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions, Litef GmbH provided us with the following: -- Annual Sales reports for 2006 and 2007. Litef said that the agreement took effect in May 2006. They also said that they have had no sales under this DA to date in 2008. -- The reports provided state tha [...] | 2008-08-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
08BERLIN1146 | (S) GERMANY TO WEIGH U.S. OBJECTIONS REGARDING [...] (S) Before deciding on a pending German export request of Australia Group (AG) listed items to the Indian firm United Phosphorus LTD (UPL),German export control authorities agreed to weigh U.S. concerns regarding the AG "no undercut policy." On Monday August 18, MFA Export Control Division [...] | 2008-08-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM |
08BERLIN1148 | (S) GERMANY TO WEIGH U.S. OBJECTIONS REGARDING [...] (S) Before deciding on a pending German export request of Australia Group (AG) listed items to the Indian firm United Phosphorus LTD (UPL),German export control authorities agreed to weigh U.S. concerns regarding the AG "no undercut policy." On Monday August 18, MFA Export Control Division [...] | 2008-08-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PINR ETTC CBW IN IR GM |
08BERLIN1210 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM SUPPLYING [...] (S) On August 25, EconOff delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog. Herzog thanked the USG for the reftel information and promised to pass this information to the appropriate German export control authorities. Upon examining the nonpaper, He [...] | 2008-08-29 15:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR ML SN GM |
08BERLIN1219 | GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SERBIA'S ICJ PUSH AND THE EULEX [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in ref (A) to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Kosovo, Dr. Michael Geisler, on September 2 to determine the level of German engagement to counter a Serb effort to seek an UNGA referral on Kosovo indepe [...] | 2008-09-04 10:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM KV |
08BERLIN1250 | NINTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROLS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM |
08BERLIN1280 | (S) GERMANY CONSIDERING ACTION TO PREVENT IRAN'S AQUISITION OF SNIPER RIFLES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC FR AU IR GM |
08BERLIN1285 | GERMANY PASSES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) Summary: German MFA officials responsible for energy policy and Iran are reluctant to engage Poland and Croatia on their efforts to develop Iranian natural gas resources. They expressed a preference for United Nations action, as well as very keen interest in learning more about the respo [...] | 2008-09-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL HR PL IR GM |
08BERLIN1330 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE [...] (SBU) REF A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050104085 for export of a U.S.-origin piezoresistive accelerometer (Endevco Model 7270A-200K) to the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in Freiburg, Germany. The reason for this end-use check is that [...] | 2008-09-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DA ETTC KOMC GM |
08BERLIN135 | (S) GERMAN REQUEST - IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM'S [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker and MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger provided Global Affairs Officers January 25 with a German-language nonpaper in response [...] | 2008-02-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE |
08BERLIN1379 | GERMAN PARTICIPANTS - 9TH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM |
08BERLIN1384 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN WORKING TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR ML SN GM |
08BERLIN14 | (S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche January 4 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck undertook to pass the information immediately to the German interagency export control working group. Reck said German export control officials are well aware of the ri [...] | 2008-01-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC EWWT PARM PREL KNNP SN TU PK GM |
08BERLIN1421 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BLUE LANTERN END USE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (SBU) The director of the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) recently provided additional information and supporting documentation that adequately addresses all questions posed in Blue Lantern post-shipment end-user license check 056 [...] | 2008-10-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DA ETTC KOMC GM |
08BERLIN1422 | GERMANY REQUESTS FEEDBACK ON MTCR EXPORT CONTROL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On October 17, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with the text of the German "Proposal for an Export Control Seminar on Risk Assessment in Licensing." Due to the rapidly approaching MTCR Canberra [...] | 2008-10-21 06:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM |
08BERLIN1423 | (C) MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 06:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM |
08BERLIN1441 | (C) MTCR: GERMANY ACCEPTS USG FEEDBACK ON RISK [...] (C) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck welcomed REF B USG feedback on the REF A German MTCR Export Control Seminar nonpaper. During an October 23 meeting, Reck thanked the USG for the timely response and said that the feedback was sufficient for the GoG to move the proposal o [...] | 2008-10-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM |
08BERLIN149 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Refs B and D requested post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-948922 for export of unclassified components and spare parts to the NATO E-3A SIPDIS AWACS Component Logistics Wing in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The reason for the request was U.S. law enforcement en [...] | 2008-02-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
08BERLIN15 | (S) GERMAN INQUIRY - U.S. LICENSING PRACTICES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck passed Global Affairs Officer January 4 a German-language nonpaper requesting information about U.S. licensing procedures concerning the export to China of technology [...] | 2008-01-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE KSCA KNNP PARM PREL CH GM |
08BERLIN1535 | (S) GERMANY INFORMED ON CONTINUED IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
08BERLIN159 | (S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGED PAKISTANI MISSILE-RELATED PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS; DUAL-USE EXPORTS TO PAKISTAN REMAIN SUSPENDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 17:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC GM MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
08BERLIN1590 | (C) GERMANY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON PRETORIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) After conclusion of the November 19-20 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna, MFA Nuclear Energy Policy officer, Dr. Joerg Polster, requested feedback on what the USG plans to do regarding Sout [...] | 2008-11-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SF GM |
08BERLIN1608 | GERMANY OFFERES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) Germany, current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),confirmed their full support for the U.S.-proposal to amend NSG guidelines regarding transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment/technology and expect little resistance from members with the possible exception of S [...] | 2008-12-02 16:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SF GM |
08BERLIN1652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries of Finance, Economics, and Foreign Affairs regarding the U.S. designation of the Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good organization as a supporter of terror and encouraged the ministries to pursue similar measures. None of our Germa [...] | 2008-12-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BERLIN1667 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE [...] (SBU) After multiple attempts to determine Logi-Sped's role in Blue Lantern (BL) end-use check 05-050057708, EconOff did not receive a satisfactory response addressing the questions in reftel. Logi-Sped,s broker told us that he has no record of a transaction involving AES Shipping Number 105 [...] | 2008-12-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DA ETTC KOMC LE GM |
08BERLIN1679 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTANI FIRM SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL PK GM |
08BERLIN1693 | GERMAN LAW LIMTS ABILITY TO STOP OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: Senior German government officials, have all expressed support for the principle that Iran should not receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology from Germany, although, legally, their hands are tied in seeking legal action against German companies. German officials once again [...] | 2008-12-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN182 | NSG/IRAN - GERMANY UNDECIDED ON REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche February 6 to MFA IAEA Unit Chief Martin Langer and MFA Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Unit Chief Dietrich Becker, who undertook to convey the request to Germany's interagency export control working group. In a follow-up discission Febr [...] | 2008-02-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR GM |
08BERLIN195 | (S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On February 15, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Per ref B, Global Affairs officer requested that Wacker not pass the nonpaper to the German interagency [...] | 2008-02-15 17:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR |
08BERLIN210 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. INPUT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CBW GM |
08BERLIN23 | ACTION COMPLETE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 17:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AU GM |
08BERLIN243 | GERMAN COMPANY ALERTED TO PAKISTANI ENTITY'S ATTEMPT TO PROCURE SPARE PARTS AND TECHNICAL ASSITENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 08:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC GM KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
08BERLIN315 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...] | 2008-03-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC SZ GM |
08BERLIN333 | GERMANY/IRAN - EXPORTERS AND BANKS "DOING THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: German exporters and banks have responded to Government pressure to curtail Iran-related business by exercising extreme vigilance on new contracts, stepping up due diligence, and requesting licensing-related guidance from Government regulators at record levels. German firms' a [...] | 2008-03-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN334 | (C) MTCR -- SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR 2008 -- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL MTCRE GM |
08BERLIN336 | (S) NIAG 6004 - REQUEST FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A nonpaper March 14 to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck was familiar with the case, but said she did not have any information beyond what had been reported in the media. Reck noted that because of Germany's strict data [...] | 2008-03-14 17:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC GM IR |
08BERLIN341 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION REGARDING CARBON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officers March 14 with a German-language nonpaper requesting information on how the U.S. handles export licensing for carbon-fiber production technology to [...] | 2008-03-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM |
08BERLIN359 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR REVISION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC GM |
08BERLIN372 | (S) MESSAGE DELIVERED - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AE GM |
08BERLIN378 | (C) GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. DECISION ON SHARING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SY GM |
08BERLIN392 | GERMANY HAS IMPLEMENTED DUAL-USE ITEM PROVISION OF [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche March 28 to German MFA Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster noted that Germany had already implemented an outright prohibition on the transfer of NSG- or MTCR-listed items, materials, equipment, goods, technolog [...] | 2008-03-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PARM MNUC NSG IR GM |
08BERLIN393 | (S) GERMANY: EXPORT AUTHORITIES CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (U) This message contains additional information which the Department may wish to consider in formulating a response to ref C action request. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The German Federal Office of Economics and Export Controls (BAFA) is concerned about the efforts of a German [...] | 2008-03-31 09:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM |
08BERLIN409 | (S) GERMANY APPRECIATES NONPAPER ON U.S. LICENSING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM |
08BERLIN41 | GERMANY APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON U.S. FIRMS [...] (C) German officials tell us that the information Washington provided in Reftel on U.S. enforcement of Iran sanctions will support their ongoing efforts to discourage German business ties with Iran. Nevertheless, German business associations cite the National Intelligence Estimate in continui [...] | 2008-01-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN412 | AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: U.S.-UK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW SIPDIS GM |
08BERLIN424 | GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08BERLIN511 | (S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFICATION ON IRANIAN [...] (S) On April 21, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A information sheet to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the ref A information and said this information will help clarify the identity of the Iranian end-user and which Irani [...] | 2008-04-24 06:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
08BERLIN616 | (S) IRAN TURNS TO CHINA TO PROCURE DUAL-USE [...] (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer on May 5 with a German-language nonpaper response to reftel regarding the attempted Iranian procurement of dual-use aluminum sheet metal in support of their missile program from the German firm Lodec Me [...] | 2008-05-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM |
08BERLIN618 | (S) MESSAGE DELIVERED: CHINESE ATTEMPT TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | CH ETTC IR PARM PREL GM |
08BERLIN631 | (S) MESSAGE DELIVERED: IRAN PROCURING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR AE GM |
08BERLIN637 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) On May 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper response to ref A. Ref A information includes the names of possible UAE intermediaries that Iran may be using to procure a German origin signal generator, mod [...] | 2008-05-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA IR AE GM |
08BERLIN643 | (S) GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF ICS-SCHNEIDER TEST CHAMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 10:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PREL |
08BERLIN664 | GERMANY ON BANK MELLI: RESPONSE TO BANK MELLI [...] (S) Post delivered reftel points to relevant governmental contacts who did not offer substantive responses. EconOff delivered reftel points May 15 to the Ministry of Finance Deputy Director for Financial Crimes, Terrorist Finance, and Money Laundering Kristina Wogatzki. Wogatzki expressed [...] | 2008-05-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP ECON EFIN ETTC MNUC GM IR |
08BERLIN683 | GERMANY EXPANDS REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORT OF [...] (S) On May 16, Germany expanded heavy truck export restrictions to Iran and Syria by issuing an amendment (16/9211) to the German Foreign Trade and Payment Regulations (AWV) -- the implementing regulation of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (FTPA) -- exercising its authority to both [...] | 2008-05-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC PREL KNNP IR SY IS GM |
08BERLIN754 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS SALES DEMARCHE [...] (S) On 4 June 2008, visiting DAS David Merkel delivered reftel demarche to Rolf Nikel, Chancellery Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor. Nikel acknowledged the importance of addressing the issue with Russia and agreed to discuss it with Merkel prior to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Be [...] | 2008-06-06 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM |
08BERLIN772 | IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...] | 2008-06-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM |
08BERLIN896 | (C) GERMANY AND U.S. IN SYNCH WITH MTCR SMALL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is putting the finishing touches on a Small Group draft proposal focused on outreach to [...] | 2008-07-08 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR JA UK GM |
08BERLIN898 | (C) GERMANY PLANNING TO PRESENT PAPERS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is planning to present three papers on the following topics: Iranian procurement networks; a case study on a five-axis laser machining center for t [...] | 2008-07-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU IR KN |
08BERLIN942 | GERMANY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IAEA-INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On July 15, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Desk Officer for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Joerg Polster regarding rallying support for the India-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement. Polster said that although he [...] | 2008-07-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM |
08BERLIN973 | GERMANY REQUESTS IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON AUSTRALIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer July 18 with a nonpaper requesting further information and guidance regarding a German export license request concerning Australia Group (AG)-liste [...] | 2008-07-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM ETTC CBW PINR IN GM |
08BERN127 | ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...] | 2008-03-07 18:42:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ |
08BERN131 | SWISS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION THAT [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to USG information (reftels A and B) indicating that Swiss firm Schaublin Mach [...] | 2008-03-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
08BERN154 | (S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM [...] (S) Poloff delivered the non-paper in reftel on March 14 to Erwin Bollinger, Deputy Director for Export Control Policy, Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Bollinger had no immediate substantive response, but thanked poloff for the information and undertook to follow-u [...] | 2008-04-01 12:36:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
08BERN321 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...] | 2008-07-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ |
08BERN352 | INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT: SWISS HAVE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message July 14 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Director of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Section, and MFA POC for IAEA issues. In a follow-up meeting on July 21, Praz said that the Swiss government had not yet reached a decision with regard to the position it [...] | 2008-07-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL IN SZ |
08BERN375 | (S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON SALE [...] (S) Embassy presented reftel points on July 30 to Juergen Boehler, acting director for export control policy of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Boehler promised that the Swiss Government would look into the matter carefully. Boehler stated that the Swiss Company Liechti is a sma [...] | 2008-07-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | SZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC |
08BERN514 | (S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS CRYSTAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered the nonpaper in reftel on September 25 to Rolf Stadler, Acting Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Head of the SECO Export Control Licensing Division, joined Stadler in [...] | 2008-10-06 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ |
08BERN557 | (S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED [...] (S) Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),contacted poloff on October 21 regarding the attempt by a North Korean firm to obtain a machine tool from Swiss firm Schaublin Machines (reftels). Boehler expressed a [...] | 2008-10-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM ETTC MNUC SZ |
08BERN564 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...] | 2008-11-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ |
08BERN594 | IRAN/CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS: SWISS OFFICIALS ENGAGED [...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 5. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the reftel A non-paper on November 18 to Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Controls Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Boehler informed poloff that SECO had placed Swiss fi [...] | 2008-11-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC IR SZ |
08BERN74 | HCOC: ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES TO SUBMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 21:02:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MTCRE MNUC PREL TSPA SZ |
08BISHKEK118 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 03:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KG |
08BOGOTA1092 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSES [...] In response to reftel Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Army Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Military (COLMIL) of 111 compressor-turbine stators with the part number 3056531CL07 ("stators") from two U.S. vendors. Per reftel, the stators are parts for the PT6A-68C engin [...] | 2008-03-19 21:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NL CO |
08BOGOTA2073 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Officer to determine the circumstances surrounding the relationship between the Colombian Air Force (CAF) and Higher Source Aviation (HSA). On June 9, Econoff and MilGroup Officer met with Colonel Jaime Ivan Reyes Rincon, [...] | 2008-06-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC ECON CO |
08BOGOTA2074 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE [...] In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Air Force (CAF) of 2 Wheel Assemblies, part number 3-1588. Post specifically sought to confirm the items incorporation into Super Tucano aircraft manufactured by Foreign Consignee [...] | 2008-06-09 18:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ECON CO |
08BOGOTA2075 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Air Force (CAF) of 6 Mounting Brackets, part number 3E2652, and 1 Timer, part number 3E2311. However, Post was unable t [...] | 2008-06-09 18:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ECON CO |
08BOGOTA2831 | COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...] | 2008-08-01 20:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO |
08BOGOTA3088 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] In response to reftel Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Army Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Army (COLAR) of 574 AN/PVS-14 Night Vision Devices ("NVDs") from U.S. vendor Nightline, Inc. of Miami Florida exported under license No. 050032015. 2. On August 22, Econoff [...] | 2008-08-22 21:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CO |
08BOGOTA4201 | GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...] | 2008-11-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4334 | COLOMBIA-CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Colombia has a minimal trade and investment relationship with Cuba. According to the Colombian Ministry of Trade, in 2007 Colombia exported USD 50.5 million worth of goods to Cuba and imported USD 8.4 million of goods from Cuba. The rate of bilateral trade flows in the first half of 2008 [...] | 2008-12-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ETTC PGOV PREL CU CO |
08BRASILIA1061 | BRAZIL'S NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER COMPETITION TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting the July 31, deadline for responses to Brazil's request for information (RFI) on a next generation fighter aircraft (FX2),Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted their proposals on July 30 and 31 respectively. The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) is expected to review the propo [...] | 2008-08-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BR ETTC |
08BRASILIA1102 | BRAZIL GENERALLY SUPPORTS CREATING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with Environment, Science and Technology Counselor, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technol [...] | 2008-08-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC ETTC BR |
08BRASILIA1345 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADM. STAVRIDIS TO [...] SUMMARY. Your visit comes at an important time for our strategic partnership with Brazil. Overall, the U.S.-Brazil relationship is as productive as it has ever been, driven by strong cooperation between Presidents Bush and Lula, particularly in the area of biofuels. As Brazil completes its [...] | 2008-10-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR |
08BRASILIA1373 | BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On September 29th, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced its three finalists for Brazil's next generation fighter aircraft (FX2): the Boeing F18 Super Hornet, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen. The winner of the c [...] | 2008-10-16 20:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | BR PREL MARR ETTC |
08BRASILIA1529 | NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...] | 2008-11-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR |
08BRASILIA1567 | BRAZIL SEEKING REASSURANCE ON ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...] | 2008-12-05 19:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR |
08BRASILIA1568 | BRAZIL SEEKS REASSURANCE ON REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT BEFORE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...] | 2008-12-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR |
08BRASILIA1589 | THE FX2 COMPETITION: OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A December 9 meeting with Boeing representatives highlighted several key issues for the success of Boeing,s bid for Brazil,s next generation fighter aircraft, the FX2. As noted in ref a, technology transfer continues to be Brazil,s most important criterion for selecting a figh [...] | 2008-12-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASC BR |
08BRASILIA1612 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On 12 December 2008, ECONOFF met Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) official Bernardo Motta to follow up previous discussions regarding the recent USG designations of individuals and organizations as supporters of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 (refs A, B, and [...] | 2008-12-16 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR |
08BRASILIA1652 | UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...] | 2008-12-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR |
08BRASILIA440 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...] | 2008-04-02 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR |
08BRASILIA504 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...] | 2008-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR |
08BRASILIA847 | U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...] | 2008-06-20 18:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND |
08BRATISLAVA145 | GUIDANCE REQUEST ON AEY EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION [...] (U) This cable contains a short-fuse policy guidance request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The GoS expects to reach a decision this week on an Export License Application submitted by AEY Inc. of Miami Beach, Florida. Recent press reports have alleged the company engages in untoward busine [...] | 2008-04-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC LO |
08BRIDGETOWN135 | ATF ETRACE MOU [...] Per reftel instructions, copies of the ATF eTrace MOU were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0179, Barbados #0180, Dominica #0181, St. Christopher and Nevis #0182, St. Lucia #0183, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0184) on March 4, 2008. [...] | 2008-03-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ETTC XL TX PARM |
08BRIDGETOWN714 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. Dominica regularly participates in annual CARICOM-Cu [...] | 2008-12-10 20:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN715 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) At the 2008 CARICOM-Cuba Summit, Antigua and Barbuda publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship with Cuba further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, education, agriculture, engineering, d [...] | 2008-12-10 20:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN716 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. At the 2008 Caribbean Community-Cuba Summit, Barbados publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, [...] | 2008-12-10 20:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN717 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made public [...] | 2008-12-10 20:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN718 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. St. Lucia regularly participates in annual CARICOM- [...] | 2008-12-10 20:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRIDGETOWN720 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made publ [...] | 2008-12-10 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ERTD ETTC PREL CU XL |
08BRUSSELS100 | IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET [...] (C) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to address an open session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, the European Commission and Council Secretariat have refused Jalili' [...] | 2008-01-18 13:57:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS1007 | BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822 [...] Summary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Belgium chairs the committee overseeing UNSCR 1267. End Summary. BEGIN PRESS STATEMENT Foreign Mi [...] | 2008-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08BRUSSELS1008 | EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...] | 2008-07-02 15:45:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS1021 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN |
08BRUSSELS1044 | INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE |
08BRUSSELS1050 | TERRORIST FINANCING / CHARITIES: EU SENSITIVITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU met on June 16 with a European Commission terrorist financing contact regarding U.S. proposals to discuss with the EU the abuse of charities by terrorist organizations. Contact expressed doubt that a U.S.-EU workshop on this topic can be agreed by the EU during the French [...] | 2008-07-11 15:44:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER FR EUN PINR UNSC EZ |
08BRUSSELS1059 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON TERRORIST FINANCING, MAY 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charities, cash couriers, and UN sanctions reform were the focus of the May 23 bi-annual U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Terrorist Financing in Brussels. The EU will consider the U.S. proposal for a financial sanctions workshop program to address combating terrorist abuse of the non [...] | 2008-07-14 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KTFN PINR PREL |
08BRUSSELS1106 | EU MAINTAINS MEK ON TERRORIST LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Council of the European Union issued its semi-annual review of terrorist-related groups and individuals July 15. Despite the UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujahedin-E Khalq (MEK) on June 24, the Council decided to maintain the MEK on its list. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) T [...] | 2008-07-22 09:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS1129 | BELGIANS ALREADY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DUAL-USE [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel points to Filip de Clercq in the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office. De Clercq said although he did not have any information about the company mentioned reftel, Belgium already considers firms or possible "front companies" based in Malaysia as high [...] | 2008-07-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR MY BE |
08BRUSSELS1230 | EU POINTS FINGERS IN LIFTING KARADZIC TRAVEL BAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Council Bosnia official Sabina Stadler blamed the French Presidency for moving quickly to start the process to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family (reftel),while French Presidency Balkans working group chair Alix Everard speculated that the effort originate [...] | 2008-08-08 13:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY EUN BK |
08BRUSSELS1234 | BURMA: SOLANA DISCUSSES BURMA WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C) While delivering demarche on the JADE act legislation (ref A),Leo Schulte-Nordholt, South-East Asia Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat, briefed us on the July 22 visit to Brussels of the president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta. Shulte-Nordholt participated in a breakfast with H [...] | 2008-08-11 09:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL ETTC KINR EUN TM |
08BRUSSELS1244 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...] | 2008-08-12 17:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF |
08BRUSSELS1249 | WITHIN DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS, BELGIUM [...] (SBU) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Michel Peetermans, Chief of Service, Belgian MFA, in the company of his French and British counterparts. Peetermans said that MFA non-proliferation expert Werner Bauwens would attend the August 21-22 Extraordinary Plenary in Vienna. Noting that [...] | 2008-08-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC BE |
08BRUSSELS137 | IRAN'S JALILI GETS TOUGH RECEPTION FROM EU [...] (C) During a January 23 visit to Brussels, Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator met with mixed success at the EU. He achieved the desired form and access, including prestigious meetings with top officials as well as high profile press coverage. On substance, however, Jalili made no [...] | 2008-01-25 16:23:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS1402 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) On September 9 Poloff delivered reftel points regarding prevention of Iran's acquisition of uranium to Werner Bauens, Director of the Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office of the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Bauens noted that Belgium is not a producer of uranium, but admitted that [...] | 2008-09-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1407 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM ACTING AS FRONT [...] (S) On September 9 Poloff delivered ref A points regarding the pending sale of A9910 data acquisition systems manufactured by the Belgian firm Thales Alenia Space to the Malaysian firm Evertop, known to be operating as a front for an Iranian end-user. Poloff met with Walter Bauwens, Director [...] | 2008-09-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY |
08BRUSSELS1459 | BELGIAN BANK WILL LOOK INTO REPORTS OF ITS DOING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Belgian officials were receptive to Treasury U/S Levey,s explanation of Iranian deceptive banking practices and guarded over any suggested implications of Belgium,s KBC Bank in illicit Iranian financial transactions. KBC Bank showed surprise and dismay at the suggestion that [...] | 2008-09-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN KNNP ETTC BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1468 | IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...] | 2008-09-23 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR |
08BRUSSELS1493 | FRIENDS OF BELARUS ASSESS POLICY IN LIGHT OF NEW [...] (C) On September 15, EUR DAS David Merkel and U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. Other participants included EU Political Directors and other senior officials from L [...] | 2008-09-24 15:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC CVIS EUN BO |
08BRUSSELS1732 | BELGIUM NON-COMMITTAL ON CRITERIA-BASED CONTROL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BE |
08BRUSSELS1821 | BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE |
08BRUSSELS1828 | BELGIUM SIGNS CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff delivered reftel information on the United States position on the Convention on Cluster Munitions to Werner Bauwens, Director of the MFA Office of Non-Proliferation and Export Controls. Bauwens said that Belgium will sign the CCM on December 3 in Oslo. According to [...] | 2008-12-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE |
08BRUSSELS1864 | BELGIUM:COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...] (C) Belgium maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba through its Embassy in Havana and the Cuban Embassy in Brussels. FM De Gucht has not considered Cuba a priority during his ministry. No high level visits have taken place since Louis Michel was Foreign Minister from 1999-2003. Belgium has [...] | 2008-12-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BE |
08BRUSSELS1884 | BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...] | 2008-12-12 16:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN |
08BRUSSELS1910 | (C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...] | 2008-12-16 15:57:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR |
08BRUSSELS214 | IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL [...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...] | 2008-02-07 18:06:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS292 | BELGIUM FREEZES PKK-ASSOCIATED ROJ-TV'S ASSETS [...] (U) Ref e-mail relayed a Turkish press report that "PKK mouthpiece" Roj TV has been levied a heavy tax fine by Belgian authorities. The press report asserted that Roj TV officials in Belgium "claimed that Turkey's pressure on the U.S. and certain EU countries led to the Belgian decision to l [...] | 2008-02-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER BE TU |
08BRUSSELS293 | BELGIANS OPEN TO UNSCR ON FDLR, BUT HAVE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC ASEC BE |
08BRUSSELS361 | EU OFFICIALS DISCUSS BURMA WITH PDAS DAVIES [...] (C) Summary. In an exchange with a group of Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors and member state representatives on the margins of U.S.-EU expert level discussions on Asia (reftel),EAP PDAS Glyn Davies discussed the U.S. position on Burma and encouraged further UN action and ad [...] | 2008-03-10 09:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETTC EUN BM |
08BRUSSELS458 | BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 15:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH |
08BRUSSELS500 | IRAN: EU UNITY UNWINDS IN TEHRAN AND BRUSSELS [...] (S/NF) Summary: EU experts have begun to transpose UNSCR 1803 into EU policy guidance and regulation for adoption at the April 28-29 Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). However, French and British Permreps may prefer to delay EU follow-up action on UNSCR 1803 for several weeks in the hopes th [...] | 2008-04-04 10:58:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP ETRD ENRG IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS579 | US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH |
08BRUSSELS682 | DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE |
08BRUSSELS700 | U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...] | 2008-05-09 14:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS71 | EU PROPOSAL TO USG FOR CASH COURIERS / CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Member State representatives will discuss on Jan. 16 how to respond to U.S. proposals for the next U.S.-EU practitioners' workshop on countering terrorist financing at the EU's Committee on Terrorism (COTER) working group. A Council Secretariat contact predicted to USEU tha [...] | 2008-01-15 14:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM KJUS KHLS SNAR EUN |
08BRUSSELS870 | (S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...] | 2008-06-09 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS894 | IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP |
08BRUSSELS904 | EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...] | 2008-06-13 15:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR |
08BRUSSELS924 | STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...] | 2008-06-17 16:49:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP |
08BRUSSELS928 | EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...] | 2008-06-18 13:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC |
08BRUSSELS986 | TERRORIST FINANCING / CHARITIES: EU SENSITIVITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU met on June 16 with a European Commission terrorist financing contact regarding U.S. proposals to discuss with the EU the abuse of charities by terrorist organizations. Contact expressed doubt that a U.S.-EU workshop on this topic can be agreed by the EU during the French [...] | 2008-06-27 15:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER FR EUN PINR UNSC EZ |
08BRUSSELS991 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium is very supportive and fully committed. The challenge is to get 1735 fully implemented by member states. 2. (C) Belgium is satisfied with UNSCR 1735 al [...] | 2008-06-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08BUCHAREST155 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel request for post-shipment check on license 050056831 concerning the export of helicopter spare parts to Romania. Mission directed the PM/DTCC inquiry to MOD Director General Dragos Ghercioiu who confirmed in writing that Elbit Systems did receive the n [...] | 2008-02-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RO |
08BUCHAREST771 | ROMANIA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS DIFFICULT [...] (C) EconOff met on September 23rd with Elena Paris, Unit Chief in the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel demarche regarding a U.S. Domestic Designation under E.O. 13438. Paris explained that the Government of Ro [...] | 2008-10-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KTFN RO |
08BUCHAREST772 | ROMANIA ON C-RE8-01539 AND TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A request for information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided EconOff a brief outline of the procedure that led up to the Muhajedin-E Khalq (MEK) listing within the EU. MFA believes that this listing will remain in place for the immediate future [...] | 2008-10-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KTFN RO |
08BUCHAREST958 | ROMANIA: NO OBJECTION TO NSG AD REFERENDUM TEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 06:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNN MNUC PARM TRGY PREL RO |
08BUCHAREST964 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) In response to questions in reftel, the Government of Romania (GOR) has worked to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba and has only a limited trading relationship with the island. Relations between the two countries are complicated by an outstanding trade dispute, in which the GOR b [...] | 2008-12-10 06:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO |
08BUDAPEST1082 | NRC CHAIRMAN MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein met with representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),addressed the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and visited Hungary's new radioactive waste facility from September 22-25, 2008. Chairman Klein emphasized [...] | 2008-11-12 05:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS HU |
08BUDAPEST1095 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DELIVERY OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1175 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS DRAFT NSG TEXT FOR TRANSFERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY HU |
08BUDAPEST1180 | HUNGARY: COUNTRY REVIEW ON RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) The DCM met with MFA's America's Department Director Szilveszter Bus on December 9 to discuss ref A. Post views Hungary as a strong supporter of democracy development in Cuba. Although the GoH has joined the EU consensus on lifting the embargo, they view the U.S. approach as appropriate [...] | 2008-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC HU |
08BUDAPEST211 | HUNGARIAN BLUE LANTERN - LICENSE 05-050085871 [...] Although surprised when contacted about reftel, Magnum Vadasz es Hajos Company Director Akos Szucs willingly discussed the company's operations with PolOff and EmbOff on February 25. Opening the discussion, he commented that the company has been importing Remington and Hornady brand, U.S.-ma [...] | 2008-02-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC HU |
08BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...] | 2008-08-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU |
08BUDAPEST816 | NSG MEETING, AUGUST 21-22: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (U) On August 12, ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Dr. Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),and Mark Horvath, Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation at the MFA. Kristof Horvath and Hungarian Perm [...] | 2008-08-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AORC HU |
08BUDAPEST854 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR HU |
08BUENOSAIRES1178 | ARGENTINE RESPONSE TO U.S. REQUEST FOR GREATER [...] (C) On June 30, ESTOff met with the Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE),Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, to deliver Ref set of conditions regarding the Argentine space launch vehicle (SLV) program. Varotto took care [...] | 2008-08-21 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1197 | ARGENTINE SPACE AGENCY DESIRE TO INCLUDE [...] (C) On 01 August, Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE),Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, made a request to broaden the scope of an existing End-User request related to the Argentine SAOCOM satellite project. Per Var [...] | 2008-08-26 18:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC |
08BUENOSAIRES1282 | ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR BRIEFINGS ON [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel, ESTCouns and ESTOff met with Executive Director of the Argentine National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE) Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci on 10 September 2008, to firm up plans for bilateral discussions on the status of the [...] | 2008-09-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1661 | ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH BRAZIL BEFORE [...] (SBU) Pol-Mil Officer discussed ref demarche December 2 with Ambassador Elsa Kelly, the MFA Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),the head of Argentina's delegation to the November 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Kelly described the CG me [...] | 2008-12-04 17:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY AR |
08BUENOSAIRES687 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S LOW-PROFILE PARTICIPATION IN EU - LAC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met (low) expectations (ref A) at the Summit Meeting of Leaders of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean ( EU - LAC),holding a number of bilateral meetings but dodging the press. In the Mercosur - EU bilateral, CFK [...] | 2008-05-20 21:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECIN ECON ENRG ETRD ETTC SOCI TSPL |
08BUENOSAIRES691 | ARGENTINA: SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCR PARM PREL ETTC TSPL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES713 | (C) ARGENTINA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GoA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment, and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine [...] | 2008-05-23 20:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETTC PREL ETRD CU AR |
08BUENOSAIRES95 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, post carried out a pre-license check on Aerospacio SRL, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9. It is Post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items. 2. (SBU) A site visit by Blue Lantern Officer and in [...] | 2008-01-29 11:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
08CAIRO72 | Updating Information for Terrorism Finance Coordination [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN EG |
08CAIRO760 | BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050073373 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EG |
08CAIRO866 | BLUE LANTERN DDTC CASE NUMBER 05-050091422 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS EG |
08CANBERRA1106 | NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...] | 2008-10-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA198 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND [...] (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27. (The delay in delivery of [...] | 2008-02-27 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS |
08CANBERRA278 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: REQUEST FOR SUMMARY OF U.S. [...] (U) This message contains an action request for ISN/CB -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered the U.S. proposal to redefine the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) on the AG's animal pathogen common control list (reftel) to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proli [...] | 2008-03-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA301 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...] | 2008-03-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS |
08CANBERRA61 | AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE [...] We presented reftel points to Gerry McGuire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 23. McGuire conveyed GOA appreciation for the U.S. response, including support for the name change, draft "awareness raising" [...] | 2008-01-23 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA627 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INTERSESSIONAL MEETING AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for ISN/CB - please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) 2008 Intersessional Implementation Meeting: During a June 20 meeting, Alexandra Jones, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised us that the dates for [...] | 2008-06-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AS |