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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HANOI2573 |
CHINESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN FRENCH EMBASSY IN HANOI [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DOUGLAS G. HARTER, REASON 1.5(B,D) . 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 8-11. 3. (S) LATE AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 24 FRENCH AMBASSADOR SECRET PAGE 02 HANOI 02573 01 OF 02 271303Z INFORMED U.S. AMBASSADOR THAT TWO CHIN [...] |
2000-11-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PREF PREL CH FR VM CVR HUMANR |
| 00STATE117658 |
SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-20 21:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1659 |
DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL [...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...] |
2000-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK |
| 00THEHAGUE1676 |
SECRETARY SLATER DISCUSSES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES [...] Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater visited the Netherlands May 31 and June 1 to discuss transportation issues with Dutch government and private sector officials. Although front-burner issues such as hushkits were mentioned, most of the conversations were broader, touching on the future [...] |
2000-06-06 13:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EIND ELTN EWWT FR NL SENV EUN FAA IMO |
| 01PARIS11204 |
FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...] |
2001-10-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FR PK PREL |
| 02ABUJA2165 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY [...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...] |
2002-07-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS |
| 02ABUJA2337 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S [...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...] |
2002-08-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI |
| 02AMMAN3465 |
HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff and Envoff delivered Ref demarche to Aiyman Aamri, Deputy Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 26. Aamri told Poloff that he has forwarded the issue to New York for consultation, but after inquiring about the Vatican's position on the [...] |
2002-06-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR GM PHUM PREL SENV TBIO TPHY TSPA TSPL SKCA UNGA |
| 02HANOI2738 |
GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS' EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A). ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE, FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS REFORMS." OTHE [...] |
2002-11-13 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS |
| 02KUWAIT5526 |
IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER [...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels), the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...] |
2002-12-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL US FR IZ KU |
| 02VATICAN2229 |
HOLOCAUST ENVOY'S VATICAN FAREWELL CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR BINDENAGEL MET WITH VATICAN OFFICIALS APRIL 26 FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02229 01 OF 02 081737Z A LAST UPDATE ON THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO PONTIFICAL ARCHIVES FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO THE S [...] |
2002-05-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | FR GM IT KNAR PHUM PREL SOCI VT VTFR |
| 03ABUJA351 |
NIGERIA: OULD ABDALLAH ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Amadou Ould-Abdallah February 6 told Ambassador Jeter that several factors had engendered the post-Marcoussis disarray. Ould-Abdallah thought Kufuor would be more effective as ECOWAS Chairman than Wade had been. The French had leverage but were losing a little every day by fail [...] |
2003-02-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS |
| 03ANKARA1036 |
IRAQ/DEMARCHE ON FRENCH PROPOSALS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM FR TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1625 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO: ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S. [...] Poloffs delivered ref (A) demarche March 13 to MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Cultural Affairs, Gulseren Celik. Celik expressed appreciation for USG's impending re-entry to UNESCO. She stated GOT will give due consideration to Turkish support of USG candidacy to UNESCO Executive Bo [...] |
2003-03-14 06:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR TU |
| 03ANKARA2711 |
APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On April 23, Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Esra Dogan. Dogan thanked us for sharing the USG approach with regard to the April 29 "European Defense Su [...] |
2003-04-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BE FR TU |
| 03ANKARA5073 |
GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff passed reftel paper to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul indicated that the GOT would likely support all three reftel proposals at the [...] |
2003-08-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU |
| 03BRUSSELS4143 |
FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS), which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A), provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...] |
2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1399 |
Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...] |
2003-08-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1453 |
No movement regarding Tiger camp, as GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been no movement regarding the unauthorized Tiger camp in the east. As the Norwegian facilitators continue to work on the issue, key ministers are giving us differing views on the possibility that the GSL may use force to try to resolve matters. In other peace track [...] |
2003-08-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM CE NO FR LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1482 |
Peace Process update: In Paris, Tigers say [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> On margins of ongoing meeting in Paris, Tiger official says group aims to restart talks >> President Kumaratunga demands that GSL take steps against unauthorized Tiger camp in east >> Tensions in east between Muslim [...] |
2003-08-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE FR NO LTTE |
| 03GUATEMALA783 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOG ON U.S. INTENTION TO [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered talking points (reftels) on the USG's intention to rejoin UNESCO and our candidacy for the Executive Board to the MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Giovanni Castillo on March 25. Castillo said that Guatemala welcomed the USG decision to rejoin UNESCO, and [...] |
2003-03-25 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC GT FR UNESCO |
| 03HANOI2788 |
MFA RESHUFFLES -- GOOD NEWS FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed Ambassador October 31 that his area of responsibility had been shifted from the Northeast Asia portfolio to the Americas, effective that day. He noted that the news would not be announced [...] |
2003-10-31 06:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR VM FR |
| 03KUWAIT284 |
KUWAIT'S HOLD ON LDI NOT SANCTIONED BY MFA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Kuwait's request (refs A and B) for a hold on the French proposal to include the Kuwaiti-based organization Lajnat ad-Da'wa al-Islamiya (LDI) on UN freeze orders with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah in a one-on-one meeting o [...] |
2003-01-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC FR KU UN |
| 03OTTAWA1474 |
CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CA FR |
| 03PARIS5741 |
FRENCH DENY NEGOTIATING WITH FARC FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) DURING AN AUGUST 7 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER VILLEPIN'S CABINET DIRECTOR PIERRE VIMONT ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, CHARGE ASKED DIRECTLY WHETHER FRANCE HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THE FARC IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF FRENCH-COLOMBIAN CITIZEN INGRID BETANCOURT. VIMONT EXPLICITLY DENIED TH [...] |
2003-08-07 19:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO BR FR |
| 03THEHAGUE1449 |
AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S DEPARTURE FROM POST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-06 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ASEC FR NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2387 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-23 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FR NL |
| 03ZAGREB428 |
CROATIA APPROVES USE OF AIRSPACE, AIRFIELDS FOR [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 26, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A FORMAL DECISION (TEXT AT PARA 5 BELOW) TO AGREE TO A USG REQUEST FOR THE USE OF CROATIAN AIRSPACE AND AIRFIELDS BY COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FOR REFUELING AND STOPOVER IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AGAINST IRAQ. THE DECISION [...] |
2003-02-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS HR IZ FR |
| 04ABUDHABI166 |
FRENCH FM DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: French Foreign Minister de Villepin discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East Roadmap during his meetings on January 12 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa, Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), and Deputy Prime Minister a [...] |
2004-01-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS FR TC |
| 04ANKARA4274 |
TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...] |
2004-08-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR BEXP FR TU |
| 04ANKARA4440 |
TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...] |
2004-08-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5005 |
TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...] |
2004-09-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK |
| 04BRUSSELS3843 |
ANNALISA GIANNELLA, LEADING THE EU AGAINST WMD [...] (C) Summary: Annalisa Giannella, EU High Representative Solana's Personal Representative for WMD Non-Proliferation, is the key official shaping the EU approach to nonproliferation and disarmament. Her results-oriented approach, record of close cooperation with the US, and European contacts m [...] |
2004-09-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PINR IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5159 |
EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...] |
2004-12-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI1139 |
G-8 DEMARCHE ON ADHERENCE TO IAEA COMPREHENSIVE [...] CDA was approached by French CDA August 26 and asked when we might jointly accomplish the proposed demarche. 2. We subsequently located reftel and will stall with the talkers provided. We would, however, appreciate any indication of when we might be prepared to proceed. Thanks. GRIBBIN [...] |
2004-08-26 11:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP DJ FR |
| 04DJIBOUTI1212 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW COMMANDER OF [...] (U) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, had her first meeting September 16 with General Michel Arrault, the new Commander of French Forces in Djibouti. Arrault replaced General Gerard Pons, whose tour of duty ended August 1. 2. (C) Ambassador noted the close cooperation and collaboratio [...] |
2004-09-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PINR FR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1350 |
FRANCE'S MILITARY COMMANDER IN DJIBOUTI DESIRES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's regular weekly meeting October 21 with General Michel Arrault, Commander of French Military Forces in Djibouti, General Arrault related his desire to have his forces become more active in regional security matters. He said the threat of terrorism in this part of t [...] |
2004-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER MCAP FR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1529 |
FRENCH CONSUL DJIBOUTI WANTS TO EMULATE U.S. VISA [...] (U) Summary. The French consul in Djibouti is very interested in the process by which AmEmbassy Djibouti adjudicates visas. The Consul states that the American process appears more selective. The French consulate is changing the adjudications process in Djibouti for Schengen (European Union [...] |
2004-11-30 05:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS DJ FR PGOV PREL |
| 04DJIBOUTI298 |
MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS AND DJIBOUTI'S [...] (C) Summary: The close relationship of Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osman Ahmed Moussa, with President Ismail Omar Guelleh afforded Ambassador the opportunity to reaffirm her mandate in Djibouti as U.S. Ambassador and to solicit the Minister's views on ways to enhance the U.S.- Djibouti [...] |
2004-03-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PINR DJ FR |
| 04DJIBOUTI590 |
FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON FLAP WITH DJIBOUTI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Ambassador held a long meeting April 20 with France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz to talk about French-Djibouti relations in light of the recent flap between the two countries over an outstanding matter involving the death in Djibouti in 1995 of Judge Bernard Borrel, a French nat [...] |
2004-04-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI594 |
NEW FRENCH MFA/DEFENSE JOINT STATEMENT IS ATTEMPT [...] (U) Djibouti's media is giving broad coverage to a joint statement issued April 20 by France's Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs on the controversial Judge Bernard Borrel affair, involving the state of Djibouti (see reftels). The text, unofficially translated by Embassy Djibouti, is as [...] |
2004-04-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI721 |
REPORT OF CRASH IN DJIBOUTI OF U.S. UNMANNED [...] (S) Commanding General of French Forces in Djibouti, Gerard Pons, told me during my regular weekly meeting with him on May 19 that he had been informed three days earlier, through a private Djiboutian citizen, of the crash in Djibouti "last week" of a U.S. small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [...] |
2004-05-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS FR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI785 |
IBB SIGNAL INTERFERES WITH FRENCH RADIO OPERATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Commander of French Forces in Djibouti told the Ambassador that signals from the International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) Radio Sawa tower at PK12 were interfering with French radio operations in Djibouti. Tests by IBB imply that the problem rests in structural de [...] |
2004-06-08 09:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KPAO FR DJ BBG |
| 04DJIBOUTI976 |
VISIT OF FRANCE'S DEFENSE MINISTER TO DJIBOUTI: [...] (C) During Ambassador's 7/15 meeting with Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssef, Ambassador raised the July 8-9 visit to Djibouti of France's Defense Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie. Alliot-Marie had met during her time in Djibouti with President Ismail [...] |
2004-07-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV FR DJ |
| 04JERUSALEM4306 |
ABD RABBO: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SUHA -- STRANGER [...] (C) Summary: PLO ExCom member Yasir Abd Rabbo told DPO November 9 that Suha Arafat's undignified rant on al-Jazeera in which she accused the Palestinian leadership of conspiring against her husband had found no resonance among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, her behavior had [...] |
2004-11-09 16:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR |
| 04KUWAIT180 |
NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...] |
2004-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM |
| 04KUWAIT2909 |
KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...] |
2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW |
| 04NEWDELHI7078 |
TOWARDS AN INDIA-EU STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Following two relatively rocky summits, and the postponement of this year's meeting, New Delhi hopes the November 8 India-EU Summit will yield tangible progress, MEA Director (Europe - I) Dammu Ravi told Poloff on November 2. The GOI priority is to kickoff a new ""strategic partnershi [...] |
2004-11-05 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN FR GM UK NP BT |
| 04NEWDELHI7333 |
VISA DENIALS THREATEN CREDIBILITY OF NSSP, OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to India's premier atomic energy establishments by Alain Bugat, Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission, suggests that France is willing to engage in discussions with India on nuclear matters to a degree that is inconceivable within the current NSSP framework. [...] |
2004-11-18 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC TSPL CVIS FR IN NSSP |
| 04PARAMARIBO44 |
SURINAME'S SERVICE-STATION OWNERS DEMAND HIGHER [...] (U) On January 6, Suriname's service-station owners threatened to resume a December 2003 strike to protest the government's refusal to negotiate an increase in profit margins, which had remained stagnant since a 1999 agreement. Since that agreement, service-station owners have suffered a stea [...] |
2004-01-16 18:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PBTS FR NS |
| 04PARIS3123 |
PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR |
| 04PARIS4951 |
TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER: FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, we met June 24 with the MFA Cuba Desk Officer, who noted that France had been sharply critical of Cuba's human rights record bilaterally and as an EU member. Even before Havana unilaterally refused EU and French assistance, France had reevaluated its posit [...] |
2004-06-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR CU PREL |
| 04PARIS5065 |
CLARIFICATION REGARDING LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...] (U) AS PER REFTEL, POST ON JULY 2 DELIVERED LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III TALKING POINTS TO MFA CUBA DESK OFFICER ERIC CHAUX AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS JACQUES MAILLARD. BOTH PROMISED TO INFORM APPROPRIATE PARTIES IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 6 CFSP MEETIN [...] |
2004-07-02 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL CA FR |
| 04PARIS5419 |
GOF/NGOS AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: The GOF shares USG goals of facilitating a transition towards democracy, supporting Cuban Civil society, and preparing for a post-dictatorship Cuba. The GOF, French public, and NGOs, however, are critical of the US embargo of Cuba. France's Cuba policy remains anchored in the EU [...] |
2004-07-19 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU FR |
| 04PARIS5730 |
FRENCH LABOR CONCERNED WITH VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Emboffs met July 23 at the unions' request with Michele Simonnin, of the trade union Workers' Strength (CGT-FO) and Philippe Selva of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT), two of the three largest labor unions in France, to discuss US foreign policy regarding Venezuela. The labor [...] |
2004-08-02 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL VE ELAB |
| 04PARIS5906 |
"J,ACCUSE:" SHARON COMMENTS SPARK QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's July 18 call for Jews to emigrate from France to Israel "as early as possible" in order to escape the "wildest anti-Semitism" touched off a barrage of criticism from both the GoF and French Jewish community. Although Sharon had qualified h [...] |
2004-08-10 08:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS KIRF PHUM PREL |
| 04PARIS5935 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Venezuelan desk officer Hedi Picquart on August 9 and delivered demarche as per reftel. Picquart noted that France had hoped EU international election observers would participate in the August 15 referendum vote. Unfortunately, the GoV-imposed restrictions were deemed [...] |
2004-08-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE KPAO FR KDEM |
| 04PARIS6076 |
FRENCH CEMETERY DESECRATIONS AND LINK TO EXTREME [...] (SBU) Summary: France has seen a rash of hate crimes resulting in the desecration of nearly 400 Jewish and Muslim tombs since the beginning of the year. Most recently, 56 Jewish graves were painted with neo-Nazi symbols and xenophobic slogans in Lyon on August 8, although recent developments [...] |
2004-08-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM FR KISL |
| 04PARIS6889 |
OSCE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to OSCE desk officer Guillaume de Kerdrel on September 17. Kerdrel indicated that the same points had been discussed during a September 1 meeting in Washington with Department officials and a French delegation that included the Ambassador for Holocaust Iss [...] |
2004-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM FR OSCE |
| 04PARIS7539 |
CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU FR UNGA |
| 04PARIS7699 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Venezuelan desk officer Hedi Piquart on October 20. Piquart stressed that while France is concerned with the state of human rights in Venezuela, it does not share our sense of urgency and considers it too early to make any public statements on the [...] |
2004-10-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE |
| 04PARIS7928 |
TENSION IN TAHITI AS POLITICAL STRUGGLE PLAYS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil, confusion, and charges of corruption reign in Papeete and Paris as both Oscar Temaru and Gaston Flosse claim to be the legitimate president of French Polynesia in the aftermath of an October 9 vote of censure and subsequent October 22 vote for president in the [...] |
2004-10-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT FR FP XV |
| 04PARIS8063 |
ARAFAT IN CONTINUED, POSSIBLY IRREVERSIBLE COMA [...] (C) Summary: As of 1030 local (0430 EST) November 5, MFA officials described Arafat as in a continued coma, with uncertainty whether his condition is irreversible or what permanent damage he might suffer if he regains consciousness. There is still no diagnosis on the cause of his condition. I [...] |
2004-11-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR |
| 04PARIS8159 |
DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS: FRENCH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen on November 9. She indicated that France would co-sponsor all of the reftel resolutions and would vote against [...] |
2004-11-09 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR |
| 04PARIS8227 |
FRANCE'S EU/CUBA POSITION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux and U.S. desk officer Jean-Charles Bou on November 12. Chaux opened by saying that even if there were a change in the EU common policy toward Cuba, the GoF would remain critical of the Castro regi [...] |
2004-11-12 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR CU |
| 04PARIS8949 |
INTERIOR MINISTER VILLEPIN DISCUSSES ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (U) Summary: Throughout his meeting with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum officials on November 19, Interior Minister Villepin underlined the GOF determination to fight anti-Semitism in every way possible. Villepin decried the rise in the number of anti-Semitic acts in France, commente [...] |
2004-12-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KIRF FR |
| 04PARIS8983 |
FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...] |
2004-12-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC FR |
| 04PARIS8990 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST [...] MIDDLE EAST 2. U.S. DEFICIT 3. TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED INTERVIEW LAST EVENING ON TURKEY, HIS "YES, BUT ONLY IF," AND THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU IS TODAY'S NUMBER ONE LEAD STORY. INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES ABOUND, ANALYZING THE PRESIDENT [...] |
2004-12-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 04PARIS9025 |
FRENCH LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) As per reftel, Poloff spoke to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen about the need to lobby third countries against supporting any "no action motions" that might be brought by Iran or [...] |
2004-12-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL FR EUN |
| 04PARIS9130 |
FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...] |
2004-12-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR |
| 04PARIS9133 |
FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] |
2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 04PARIS9137 |
FRANCE: UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Following considerable Embassy effort to bring about GOF coordination, the French Government finally has issued a directive requiring air carrier compliance with the No Fly and Selectee Emergency Amendments (EAs). The directive effectively gives Air France (AF [...] |
2004-12-27 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER FR |
| 04PARIS9145 |
FRANCE AND THE INDIAN OCEAN STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The standoff in 2002 between Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka following the disputed election in Madagascar was a serious political crisis for the government of France, exposing divisions between the MFA and the presidency. With the crisis resolved, France's attention to t [...] |
2004-12-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CN MA MP SE XW XA FR |
| 04PARIS9147 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UKRAINE: VICTORY OF [...] UKRAINE: VICTORY OF YUSHCHENKO (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE TRAGEDY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HEADLINES TODAY AND EDITORIALISTS REFLECT ON THE SCOPE OF THE CATASTROPHE, THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF NATURAL PHENOMENA AND THE SOLIDARITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF CRI [...] |
2004-12-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 04PARIS9154 |
U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN INDIA'S DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) AND THE FRENCH FIRM SAGEM [...] (S) On 12 December 2004, EST officer Alexander Tounger delivered a demarche and provided a non-paper to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the planned visit in m [...] |
2004-12-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 04PARIS9159 |
GOF LAUNCHES ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO FOSTER MORE [...] (C) Summary: Internal power struggles continue to plague the Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the GoF-created umbrella organization which serves as the official French Muslim interlocutor with the government. Meanwhile, in the political arena, two leading contenders in the 2007 president [...] |
2004-12-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR |
| 04PARIS9160 |
UKRAINE: FRENCH ON YUSHCHENKO VICTORY [...] (U) MFA desk officer for Ukraine Benoit Fremont described French satisfaction that the re-run of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election had been conducted freely and fairly. Fremont agreed that while there had been some problems with the balloting, the level of fraud had not [...] |
2004-12-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU UP FR PL |
| 04PARIS9167 |
FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR), where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...] |
2004-12-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR |
| 04PARIS9171 |
CIVAIR: DGAC RESPONSE TO U.S. CARRIER OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While remaining firm in their request to eight U.S. carriers, operating under FAR 135 (commuter and on-demand operations) in French Caribbean territories to supply documentation supporting their requests for "revalidation of any non-scheduled flight authorizations," French avi [...] |
2004-12-29 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON FR |
| 04PARIS9188 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI: AN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 04PARIS9191 |
TFX001: FRENCH CASUALTIES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] SUMMARY. On December 29, poloff spoke with MFA India Desk Officer, Louis Vassy, about French victims of the tsunami of December 26 and French plans for humanitarian aid SIPDIS packages for the regions hit hardest by the disaster. Vassy elaborated on the deaths and voiced concerns that the [...] |
2004-12-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID CASC FR |
| 04QUEBEC215 |
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Quebec (GOQ) officials requested a meeting with CG Friedman to review the bidding on the draft UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention in advance of the Dec. 14-17 drafting group meeting in Paris, where Quebec will participate as an observer. GOQ officials said Quebec [...] |
2004-12-13 20:59:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD SCUL FR CA UNESCO |
| 04ROME1425 |
ITALY: NO WAY TO UNSC "REFORM" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for IO: please see summary and paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is very concerned that a new UN reform push in New York will end with Italy frozen out of an expanded UNSC that includes both Germany and Japan. Italians fear that SYG Annan and th [...] |
2004-04-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME2745 |
ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...] |
2004-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME4376 |
FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...] |
2004-11-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IT NATO EUN |
| 04ROME540 |
TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...] |
2004-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04SANAA477 |
NO NEW SECURITY THREAT IN YEMEN; FRENCH NOT CLOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY. French DCM told DCM 3/2 that media reports of French diplomatic closure in Sanaa due to new local security threats are in error. The recent Zawahiri audiotape prompted Paris to advise French embassies worldwide to review security. In Yemen, this instruction prompted an ongoing [...] |
2004-03-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV FR YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV1366 |
(S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...] |
2004-03-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1390 |
ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...] |
2004-03-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2507 |
NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR [...] Embassy pouched to L/T on September 30 signed instruments relating to mutual legal assistance and extradition, concluded between the Netherlands the United States and between France and the United States, registered pouch numbers 1530586 and 1530587. The Netherlands/US instruments were signe [...] |
2004-10-01 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL FR NL |
| 04TRIPOLI31 |
(C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] |
2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
| 05ABUDHABI2178 |
MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...] |
2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC |
| 05ALGIERS1402 |
BOUTEFLIKA'S STRATEGIC MANEUVERING ON THE [...] (C) President Bouteflika has spoken out twice in the last ten days against the French law passed by the French Parliament in February citing the positive achievements of the French colonial period. Prior to Bouteflika's comments, however, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui spoke of a n [...] |
2005-07-12 06:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD FR AG |
| 05ALGIERS1422 |
BELKHADEM REBUKES FRANCE ON RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO [...] (U) During a visit to Casablanca on July 12, French Foreign Minister Phillipe Douste-Blazy gave an interview to the Moroccan daily Le Matin Du Sahara commenting on the need for resolution of the Western Sahara dispute. Douste-Blazy stated that France, like Spain and its other partners, was [...] |
2005-07-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO FR AG |
| 05ALGIERS1771 |
RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...] |
2005-08-22 12:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR |
| 05ALGIERS2047 |
FRENCH EMBASSY COUNSELOR COMMENTS ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) At the German national day reception October 3, French Embassy Second Counselor Alexandre Garcia told DCM that the French Embassy was convinced that the official vote participation figures released by Minister of Interior Zerhouni September 30 were fraudulent, at least for the city of Algi [...] |
2005-10-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG FR |
| 05ANKARA4095 |
ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE WORKING OUT SHARED COMMAND [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief COL Halit Yilmaz to discuss Turkey's plans to contribute to security in Afghanistan after its ISAF VII command ends next month (see ref a). Yilmaz confirmed that the Turkish and French militaries are working on a formula for how to [...] |
2005-07-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO |
| 05ANKARA4781 |
ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE TO HOLD MIL-MIL TALKS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 9 that a French military team would arrive in Ankara within days to hold talks with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on the modalities of the proposed shared command of ISAF Central Regi [...] |
2005-08-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO |
| 05ANKARA6323 |
ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF [...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...] |
2005-10-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO |
| 05ANKARA6751 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...] |
2005-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN |
| 05BAGHDAD2859 |
IRAQI DELEGATION TO EVALUATE FRENCH TRAINING OFFER [...] (C//REL AUS, GB) Minister of State for National Security Abdul Kareem Al An'zi will lead an Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) delegation to France within the next two weeks to evaluate the long-standing French security training offer. Al An'zi told us July 7 that French officials had renewe [...] |
2005-07-07 17:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MASS IZ FR |
| 05BAGHDAD3148 |
FRENCH REQUEST TO INTERVIEW COALITION DETAINEE [...] (SBU) We have received a letter from the French Embassy, Baghdad requesting that Judge Philippe Courroye, First Investigating Judge at the Upper Paris Court be permitted to interview Mr. Tariq Aziz, Mr. Taha Yasin Ramadan, and Mr. Amir Rashid al-Tikriti al-Ubaydi, all currently held in Coalit [...] |
2005-07-30 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINS PTER FR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4865 |
FRENCH DCM PESSIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY Only the Iraqis will be able to solve their problems, and the US should stay out of it said French DCM Franck Gellet in a December 4 meeting with Poloff. The insurgency will continue for some time even with concessions to the Sunni Arabs, key among them, according to Gellet, a de [...] |
2005-12-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR IZ |
| 05BRUSSELS1556 |
WHAT A FRENCH "NON" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION COULD [...] (C) No one can be sure of all the political consequences of a French rejection of the EU Constitution, but it would almost certainly end the document's chances of ever entering into force. While forty days remain before the vote, Embassy Paris (refs A and B) has described the challenges facin [...] |
2005-04-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2455 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director Jean-Francois Thibault welcomed the excellent U.S.-France cooperation on Lebanon and agreed that close coordination would remain critical as the new governmen [...] |
2005-06-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2918 |
S/CRS DEEPENS EU CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE CONTACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 July, staff from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with various EU bodies dealing with civilian crisis management. Director of Planning Barbara Stephenson emphasized to the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management ( [...] |
2005-08-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS FR EUN KCRS USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05DJIBOUTI106 |
FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI GRAPPLES WITH [...] (U) France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz, went on Djiboutian television (RTD) evening of January 30 to read in its entirety a January 29 declaration of the Spokesperson of France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the Borrel affair and France's relations with Djibouti. The stat [...] |
2005-01-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI157 |
UNION FOR PRESIDENTIAL MAJORITY (UMP) CONVENTION IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Union for Presidential Majority (UMP), the majority coalition, held its Convention February 6 at the Equestrian Club in Djibouti City. The UMP is composed of four political parties: People's Rally for Progress (RPP, ruling party), Front for Unity and Democracy Restoration (FRUD [...] |
2005-02-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR FR DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI200 |
ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON FRANCO-DJIBOUTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them the effect of the Borrel Affair on France-Djibouti relations. Youssouf called the affair embarrassing for both sides. He said it is not Djibouti's d [...] |
2005-02-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR |
| 05DJIBOUTI23 |
FRANCE'S ASIA RELIEF EFFORTS VIA DJIBOUTI [...] (U) France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz, told Ambassador January 6 that because of Djibouti's location, France would be using resources of its forces based here to assist with France's overall effort to assist tsunami disaster victims in Asia. 2. (U) Selz told Ambassador that the [...] |
2005-01-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS XO DJ FR |
| 05DJIBOUTI68 |
BORREL AFFAIR REDUX: DJIBOUTI EXPELS FRENCH [...] (C) Djibouti's president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, formally requested January 17 through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that France withdraw six of its officials acting as advisors to government institutions in Djibouti under the French Cooperation program. The move follows Guelleh's personal ang [...] |
2005-01-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ |
| 05DUSHANBE1650 |
IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI FR UZ |
| 05DUSHANBE2029 |
IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI FR |
| 05GENEVA2613 |
FINAL REPORT ON UNHCR WG SESSION OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES (SEPTEMBER 12-23, 2005) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Intersessional Working Group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument completed work on a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance and, although there was no consensus, agreed that there was no impediment to consideration of the [...] |
2005-10-28 04:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | FR UNGA UNHCR |
| 05HANOI136 |
(C) DETAILS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS' [...] (C) Summary: Six North Korean asylum-seekers, four in the French Embassy and two in the Swedish Embassy, departed Vietnam January 7 for Singapore and, soon after, the ROK. Throughout the affair, the GVN's generally helpful and forthcoming attitude was in contrast to that of the ROK Embassy, a [...] |
2005-01-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SU VM FR KN HUMANR DPRK |
| 05MADRID1727 |
SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING [...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...] |
2005-05-06 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO |
| 05MARSEILLE102 |
MARSEILLE SPARED URBAN UNREST DURING RECENT RIOTS: WHY? [...] Summary: Multiethnic and multiracial Marseille, home to about 200,000 Muslims, and one of the poorest cities in France, was largely spared the unrest that shook France in November. Why? Precisely because Marseille is a poor, multi-racial city, where the poor live in the center of town an [...] |
2005-11-29 11:15:00 | Consulate Marseille | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON FR |
| 05NEWDELHI1136 |
ISRO CHAIRMAN: HELP US MAINTAIN MOMENTUM IN SPACE [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador and staff aide, Dr. Madhavan Nair, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman was generally upbeat about the NSSP framework of growing US-India cooperation on space technology but was visibly frustrated at what he perceives are several [...] |
2005-02-14 10:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI1230 |
IMPROVING US-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION: INDUSTRY [...] Summary: In a February 10 meeting sponsored by the US- India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), senior Indian and US defense company representatives suggested that to expand the bilateral defense market, the USG should reform its export licensing proces [...] |
2005-02-16 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC MASS TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN US NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI140 |
REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON [...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1), and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...] |
2005-01-06 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 |
DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6598 |
PM SINGH TO SEEK FRENCH SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, French Second Counselor Gilles Bourbao previewed PM Singh's September 11-12 trip to Paris. The primary motivation for the Singh visit is to obtain French support for modifying the international nuclear framework in light of the US-Indian civil nuclear ag [...] |
2005-08-26 14:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN EU |
| 05OTTAWA473 |
CANADIAN CONCERNS REGARDING MINISTERIAL IN CAYENNE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CA FR HA |
| 05PANAMA2200 |
AMBASSADOR EATON DISCUSSES PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION [...] (U) Ambassador William Eaton met with French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert on October 31, 2005. The ambassadors discussed French interests in Panama, President Bush,s November 6-7 visit to Panama, and French ambitions for Panama Canal expansion. End Summary. French Economic Int [...] |
2005-11-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV CMGT PM FR POL CHIEF |
| 05PARIS1001 |
HAITI: FRENCH UNLIKELY TO CHANGE VIEWS ON HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French MFA and Cooperation (USAID-equivalent) officials report that any decision to change the venue or date of the proposed ministerial meeting on development assistance for Haiti would have to be taken by Foreign Minister Barnier or even President Chirac. If we [...] |
2005-02-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN HA FR |
| 05PARIS1004 |
KYOTO: FRENCH MEDIA REACT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] Summary. The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, which takes effect today, dominates headlines in the French print press, and is the focus of a number of special reports, supplements and editorials. Embassy Paris offers this analysis of the principal themes in the coverage over the last t [...] |
2005-02-16 18:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR |
| 05PARIS1008 |
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY [...] Summary: The International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) Steering Committee (SC) convened in Paris, France from January 26 to 28, 2005. The IPHE SC was co- chaired by Assistant Secretary of Energy David Garman and Assistant Secretary of Transportation Emil Frankel. All IPHE m [...] |
2005-02-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON FR |
| 05PARIS1011 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA U.S. [...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. DIPLOMACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO THE LEBANESE PEOPLE'S ANGER TOWARD SYRIA AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI: "ANTI-SYRIAN ANGER" (LE FIGARO); "ANTI-SYRIAN REVOLT" (LIBERATION); "ANGER RISING IN BEIRUT AGAINST SYRIA" [...] |
2005-02-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1014 |
SOCIALIST PARTY KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN TO VOTE "YES" [...] (U) Summary: France's Socialist Party (PS) kicked off ahead of schedule a campaign intended to promote a "yes" vote among left-leaning voters in the referendum on the proposed EU Constitution tentatively scheduled for next June. Among the slogans chosen for this campaign is "Yes to a stronge [...] |
2005-02-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 05PARIS103 |
IRAN/EU3: GUARDED FRENCH REACTION TO U/S BOLTON [...] (C) On January 5, MFA Disarmament Office Deputy Veronique Vouland informed us that the MFA had taken on board U/S Bolton's letter re Iranian processing activities (reftels). She said they had not been surprised by the letter, but she also did not indicate whether France agreed with our assessm [...] |
2005-01-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1038 |
FRANCE/COMOROS: AZALI VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met February 16 with Remi Marechaux, MFA DAS-equivalent for southern Africa and the Indian Ocean, for a read-out on Comoran President Azali Assoumani's January 31-February 2 official visit to France. Marechaux said that the visit was largely symbolic, as part of an [...] |
2005-02-17 17:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CN XO FR |
| 05PARIS1039 |
DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY: AMB. PROSPER'S DISCUSSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains committed to referring those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USG proposal for a hybrid UN/AU tribunal raises French concerns over universal standards of justice, [...] |
2005-02-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KAWC SU FR |
| 05PARIS104 |
GTMO AND DJAMEL BEGHAL TRIAL UPDATES [...] (C) Summary: The investigation against four former GTMO detainees (reftels A and B) appears to be proceeding well; all appeals for pre-trial release have been denied and the investigating judges feel confident that the trial, likely to begin this summer, will result in conviction. However, in a [...] |
2005-01-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PGOV PINR PREL KISL |
| 05PARIS1041 |
STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...] |
2005-02-17 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR SY IR LE NATO |
| 05PARIS1050 |
GDP INCREASED 2.3 PERCENT IN 2004; UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY. According to the latest flash estimate, French GDP increased a relatively high 2.8 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2004, which means France posted a decent 2.3 percent growth rate for 2004. Domestic demand revived, contributing to significant import growth. [...] |
2005-02-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1052 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...] |
2005-02-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS1053 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA, PRESIDENT [...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES IN THE FRENCH PRESS TODAY DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS FROM THE RECORD PROFITS OF FRENCH COMPANIES, NAMELY OIL GIANT TOTAL THAT HAS SURPASSED ITS ALL-TIME RECORD, TO THE MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR THE [...] |
2005-02-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1054 |
FRANCE: NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS WTO, [...] This is an action request. See Para 6. 2.(U) Summery: France's new Agriculture Minister Dominique Bussereau told Ambassador he would welcome a visit to France by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns. During a call by Ambassador Feb 17, Bussereau said he hoped to visit the United State [...] |
2005-02-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO FR |
| 05PARIS1055 |
FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON [...] (C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Rice on her recent visit to Paris. He thought that following the Iraqi elections and the constitution of an Iraqi government, France would be more open to assi [...] |
2005-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT |
| 05PARIS107 |
SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT [...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...] |
2005-01-06 18:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR |
| 05PARIS1081 |
NEWBORN FRENCH RESEARCH AGENCY AND ITS PAINFUL [...] Summary. France advanced its science agenda with the establishment of a National Research Agency (ANR, ref A) which held its first meeting on February 15. This new, NSF-style, "agency of means" is part of the government's ambitious effort to renovate France's research organization and boost [...] |
2005-02-18 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR KBIO |
| 05PARIS1082 |
FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...] |
2005-02-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR |
| 05PARIS1084 |
EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: EXPANDING ON FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) During the course of a meeting on an unrelated issue with Mr. Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor to Defense Minister Alliot-Marie, we inquired about the minister's comments in the recent Financial Times article entitled "France urges end to China arms embargo." We noted our confusion over [...] |
2005-02-18 18:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1085 |
ADDITIONAL FRENCH THOUGHTS FOR NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Presidency advisors preparing for next week's February 22 NATO summit told us that the EU -- not NATO - is best placed to handle police and gendarme training for the Iraqis. In line with the comments made by French Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne [...] |
2005-02-18 19:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS1086 |
OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT [...] A meeting of the Contributing Parties was held at OECD Headquarters prior to the full Committee meeting chaired by Patrick Reyners, Head of Legal Affairs, NEA. Swedish Committee representative Nystrom, was re- elected as the Committee co-chairperson representing the donor Parties. All Parties [...] |
2005-02-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA TRGY FR TECH RU |
| 05PARIS1087 |
PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] |
2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1094 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1106 |
AMBASSADOR CHALLENGES SOCIALISTS ON EU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leach and DCM Wolff February 21 expressed concern to the Socialist Party (PS) leadership about the negative message on U.S.-EU relations contained in the party's campaign material in support of a yes vote on the EU constitution in France's late spring referendum. In c [...] |
2005-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1114 |
FRANCE RESERVED ON MEK REPATRIATION REVIEW PANEL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER ASEC IR IZ FR PREM |
| 05PARIS1139 |
CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EU´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...] |
2005-02-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR |
| 05PARIS114 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF [...] JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF SUMMIT 2. MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE CARRIES AN OP-ED BY SECRETARY POWELL TITLED "DEVELOPMENT AID TO POOR COUNTRIES: A MORAL OBLIGATION." THE ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE, THE J [...] |
2005-01-07 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1142 |
ARNAUD LAGARDERE ON BOEING/AIRBUS, CHIRAC AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Lagardere group CEO (and EADS shareholder) Arnaud Lagardere at lunch February 18. Discussion focused on Lagardere/EADS business plans, Boeing/Airbus, President Chirac and media industry developments. Lagardere had unvarnished criticism for President Chirac. On Ai [...] |
2005-02-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR SCUL FR WTRO USTR |
| 05PARIS1143 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS116 |
France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Phone rates in France may soon be going up (para 2) -- French Telecom Regulator Board Gets New Member (para 3) -- Videophone s [...] |
2005-01-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1168 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH-PUTIN MEETING IN [...] BUSH-PUTIN MEETING IN BRATISLAVA 2. CHINA ARMS EMBARGO (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WITH NEWS OF ANOTHER HOUSING SCANDAL CONCERNING FINANCE MINISTER HERVE GAYMARD RECENTLY BREAKING, HEADLINES TODAY AFFIRM THAT "GAYMARD IS IN A STORM" (RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO) AND "THE GAYMARD CASE PUTS [...] |
2005-02-24 11:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1178 |
FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE |
| 05PARIS1196 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- SMALL [...] (C) On February 24, EST Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti with non-paper contained reftel, noting the request for feedback; the need to limit discussion within the small group; and, the invitation to share small group proposals. Bertolotti said he would study t [...] |
2005-02-24 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | AU FR KSCA PREL PARM ETTC TSPA |
| 05PARIS1197 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (C) On February 24, EST Counselor presented paper contained in reftel regarding proposed agenda topics for the 2005 MTCR Plenary Information Exchange to French MFA MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti. Bertolotti appreciated the receipt of the document and he will prepare it soonest as a PO [...] |
2005-02-24 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA |
| 05PARIS1209 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1225 |
IRAN-EU3: FEBRUARY 24 MEETING BETWEEN FRENCH [...] SUMMARY. Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Ruhani, on one stop of a tour that will include visits to each EU3 capital, met with French President Jacques Chirac February 24. Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche, told us that Ruhani's purpose was to move the discussions from the [...] |
2005-02-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR UK FR IAEA GE |
| 05PARIS1229 |
TOGO/FRANCE: UPDATE ON CHARLES DEBBASCH AND MFA [...] (U) This message reports (para 2) developments in the case of Charles Debbasch (reftel) and (para 3) MFA statements on Togo since the February 14 statement reported reftel. 2. (SBU) DEBBASCH CASE: According to a February 24 AFP report, the criminal case against Debbasch (a longtime adv [...] |
2005-02-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
| 05PARIS1230 |
FINANCE MINISTER TURNS IN RESIGNATION [...] SUMMARY. Intense and unabating media coverage of Finance Minister Herve Gaymard's extravagance in his choice of taxpayer provided housing, and his lying about his financial situation, has prompted him to turn in his resignation on February 25. Despite his efforts to focus attention on GOF ec [...] |
2005-02-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1231 |
FINANCE MINISTER VISION FOR GOF MACRO-ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY. Just before turning in his resignation (septel), Finance Minister Herve Gaymard announced the details of GOF macro-economic policy in the run-up to presidential elections in 2007. He planned a series of fiscal incentives and reforms aimed at restoring confidence, boosting economic g [...] |
2005-02-25 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS1232 |
FRANCE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH REVISED TERMS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY FR IAEA |
| 05PARIS1238 |
FRANCE ISSUES 50-YEAR GOVERNMENT BONDS [...] SUMMARY. France has introduced a new financial instrument on the debt markets: 50-year Government bonds. Faced with an aging population and pension reforms, France tapped the bond market to take advantage of low long-term interest rates and robust demand. The issuance, which has been a succe [...] |
2005-02-25 18:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1244 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES. INSIDE, SEVERAL ARTICLES ARE DEVOTED TO [...] |
2005-02-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1264 |
FRANCE'S FOURTH FINANCE MINISTER IN A YEAR: [...] (C) France Telecom CEO, Thiery Breton, has been named as new Minister of Finance, Economy and Industry, replacing Herve Gaymard. Breton, an admired and politically astute technocrat and business executive, had been approached to replace Nicolas Sarkozy as Finance Minister in November 2004 bu [...] |
2005-02-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1268 |
ELYSEE ON POSSIBLE THREAT TO LEBANESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche summoned us February 28 to pass on urgent, unverified threat information that possible sniper attacks might take place at the planned Lebanese opposition demonstration today in Beirut's Martyr's square. The targets of the possible [...] |
2005-02-28 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS1283 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-01 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1300 |
VERSAILLES CONGRESS APPROVES AMENDMENTS, EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Chirac is expected to set a date for the referendum on the EU Constitution before the end of this week, following approval of EU-related amendments to the French Constitution at a specially convened Congress in Versailles yesterday, February 28. Chirac's next -- and p [...] |
2005-03-01 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1304 |
FRENCH INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1306 |
SARKOZY WATCH: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DE CHARETTE [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkable initiative, the new head of international relations of the governing UMP party, former Foreign Minister Herve de Charette called on Ambassador Leach March 1 offering a hand of friendship and cooperation. Charette applauded the positive results of U.S. policies across th [...] |
2005-03-01 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PINT |
| 05PARIS1307 |
FRANCE: 2005 SPECIAL 3001 REVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, post has reviewed intellectual property rights protection in France, focusing most recently on piracy of optical media, GOF efforts to prevent unauthorized procurement and/or use of software, and compliance with TRIPS obligations. Post provided reftel points and industry comm [...] |
2005-03-01 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1309 |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSPECTIVES IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] Summary: French opinion leaders across the political spectrum commented at length on every stop of the President's trip to Europe. As with the visit of Secretary Rice, several, sometimes conflicting, themes emerged. Even long-standing critics of recent U.S. policy heralded the visit and P [...] |
2005-03-01 17:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP FR |
| 05PARIS1310 |
Haiti Reconstruction: Paris Preparatory Meeting for [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 24, representatives of State, Treasury and USAID attended a French-hosted preparatory meeting in Paris in preparation for the ministerial conference on Haiti reconstruction to be held on March 18, 2005, in Cayenne, French Guiana. The French presented the Cayenne Co [...] |
2005-03-01 18:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA FR |
| 05PARIS133 |
TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE - FRENCH WILL ASSIGN A LIAISON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR FR |
| 05PARIS1344 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - [...] IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - VIDEOTAPE 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA - GREATER MIDDLE EAST 3. U.S. - EU AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO FLORENCE AUBENAS, THE FRENCH LIBERATION JOURNALIST HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ. YESTERD [...] |
2005-03-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1356 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATING HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: On March 1, poloffs delivered reftel demarche on designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe and Yves Trotignon from the MFA's office of counter-terrorism and Remy Bouallegue, Lebanon/Syria desk officer. Poloff also informed Dominique Boche, President Chir [...] |
2005-03-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN |
| 05PARIS137 |
2004: FRENCH MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] SUMMARY: France enjoyed a moderately good year in 2004 in terms of macroeconomic performance, advances in economic policy, and economic stability. Job growth remains the economy's major weakness, but modest GDP growth did help the government to maintain fiscal restraint and the private sect [...] |
2005-01-07 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1382 |
FRANCE: POSITIVE ON TSA INTERMODAL DIALOGUE, TEPID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 24 meetings with TSA International Programs Assistant Administrator David Tiedge, French officials -listened to U.S. concerns about Emergency Amendment implementation, agreed to continue discussion, but sidestepped new commitments; -agreed to continue discussion [...] |
2005-03-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER FR |
| 05PARIS1393 |
GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR |
| 05PARIS1398 |
FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...] |
2005-03-03 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO |
| 05PARIS1400 |
IRAN/EU3: LETTER FROM U/S BOLTON DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Post delivered the letter from U/S Bolton in reftel to MFA Political Director Laboulaye's office on March 3, 2005. Given that Laboulaye was on leave, we also passed on a copy of the letter to Ms. Veronique Vouland, deputy in the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-prolifer [...] |
2005-03-03 17:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM MNUC IR FR |
| 05PARIS1401 |
FRENCH HOSTAGE VIDEO RAISES SPECULATION ON A [...] (SBU) The March 1 release of a videotape showing missing French journalist Florence Aubenas pleading for assistance from a pro-Syrian French MP has plunged the GoF into its second Iraq hostage crisis in recent months and sparked widespread French press speculation of a Syria hand in Aubenas' k [...] |
2005-03-03 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR SY LE |
| 05PARIS1412 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON AND SYRIA - ISRAEL [...] LEBANON AND SYRIA 2. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE 3. IRAQ - FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISSUES SURROUNDING FRENCH HOSTAGE FLORENCE AUBENAS HELD IN IRAQ AND PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN'S DECISION TO KEEP PARLIAMENT MEMBER DIDIER JULIA FROM NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSTA [...] |
2005-03-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1432 |
FRANCE: ANNUAL SECTION 1377 REVIEW OF TELECOM TRADE [...] On January 26, EconOff and visiting USTR telecom trade specialist Ken Schagrin met with GOF Industry Ministry (DIGITIP) officials as well as Telecom Regulatory Authority (ART) officials to discuss concerns raised in response to the reftel Federal Register Notice published on November 24, 2004. [...] |
2005-03-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR WTO |
| 05PARIS1456 |
FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT AT 3.7-3.8 PERCENT OF GDP IN [...] SUMMARY. The 2004 overall budget deficit for France is reported to be 3.7% of GDP. The deterioration over the expected 3.6% deficit is mainly due to a rise in social security expenditures, notably health insurance. France's public debt amounted to 65.6% of GDP in 2004, also exceeding the 60 [...] |
2005-03-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS1466 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1477 |
FRENCH REACT POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON DRC ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier on March 7 expressed general agreement with reftel demarche on the DRC arms embargo resolution, accepting that MONUC did not need to take on additional responsibilities. She also responded favorably to the proposed flight reporting provision but sa [...] |
2005-03-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS1484 |
GOF SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON FULL, IMMEDIATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials stressed agreement with U.S. views on seeking full and immediate Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but voiced caution on Hizballah. We note that French public statements on Syrian withdrawal hedge slightly on the question of full withdrawal before elections and the Fr [...] |
2005-03-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS1486 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Preparing a revised draft Convention on Cultural Diversity for adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference was the key goal at this 31 January-11 February meeting, despite a welter of unresolved substantive and drafting issues. Several days into the negotiations [...] |
2005-03-07 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS15 |
FRENCH NOTIFICATION OF MARITIME INFRACTION BY U.S. [...] (U) The French Foreign Ministry has provided the Embassy with a report filed by the GOF's Maritime Affairs Administrator alleging an infraction of international maritime traffic rules by the U.S.-flagged merchant vessel "Ascencion" on August 15, 2004 off the coast of France in the English Cha [...] |
2005-01-03 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT FR IMO |
| 05PARIS1510 |
FRENCH DISCUSS OSCE ISSUES WITH RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting March 7 with Alexander Grushko, Director of the Russian MFA's European Cooperation Department, A/S-equivalent for Security Affairs Philippe Carre told POL M/C he believed the Russians may understand they had gone too far in their efforts to diminish the OSCE, a [...] |
2005-03-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PGOVE RU OSCE |
| 05PARIS1515 |
MDA:FRENCH RESPONSE ON CONFERENCE FOR MDA [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel talking points to MFA IO Middle East expert Alice Guitton February 25. On March 4, during a discussion of Israeli participation in other international organizations (septel), MFA DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix told us that France favored Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] |
2005-03-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS1517 |
PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] |
2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS152 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE [...] ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE 2. IRAQ - VIOLENCE BEFORE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE PROJECTED VICTORY BY MAHMOUD ABBAS IN PALESTINE AND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, WEE [...] |
2005-01-10 11:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1520 |
France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: New CEO named for France Telecom (para 2) France Telecom Announces 2004 Results (para 3) A Victory for ART ... (para 4) ... And [...] |
2005-03-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1525 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING [...] (C) On 04 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered points provided reftel on U.S. proposals for the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point-of-contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading the non-paper, Sur commented that the U.S. proposals [...] |
2005-03-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL FR CBE |
| 05PARIS1526 |
TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION: FRANCE WILL PARTICIAPE IN [...] (U) On 7 March, Econ Chief passed ref A paper and ref B agenda to Eric Chevalier, deputy to Jean-Claude Mallet, the newly named Interagency Coordinator for Tsunami Relief. Chevalier confirmed that Mallet would participate in the conference call on 9 March. Chevallier welcomed the U.S. initia [...] |
2005-03-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS1527 |
FRANCE WILL ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT REACTING TO ICTY [...] (C) On March 8, POL M/C delivered reftel demarche encouraging press statements on the ICTY indictment of Ramush Haradinaj to Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans. Terral agreed with the necessity of issuing a press statement, and shared a co [...] |
2005-03-08 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI FR ICTY |
| 05PARIS1528 |
MFA SAYS FRANCE-GERMANY-RUSSIA-SPAIN MARCH 18 [...] (C) During a March 8 meeting with Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space and the Balkans, POL M/C raised news of a March 18 meeting in Paris of the French, German, Russian and Spanish leaders. Terral said the meeting should be viewed in the context of [...] |
2005-03-08 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR RU |
| 05PARIS1542 |
FRANCE: EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, CODE OF CONDUCT AND [...] (C) Summary: Our MFA contact reported that internal EU negotiations on the modalities of a strengthened Code of Conduct were completed, while discussions on the "toolbox" were almost done. This GOF export control expert reaffirmed the belief that the EU China Arms Embargo would be lifted befo [...] |
2005-03-09 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MARR CH FR |
| 05PARIS1559 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GREATER MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1569 |
TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON CORSICAN [...] (C) Summary: The French government has the upper hand in its decades-long battle against Corsican separatists, said terrorism investigating judge Gilbert Thiel, but it is still too early to speak of an end to separatist-linked violence. Regarding the other facets of his portfolio, Breton separ [...] |
2005-03-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER FR |
| 05PARIS1573 |
(C) MFA OFFICIAL RETHINKS PUTIN'S ABILITIES, URGES [...] (C) Summary and comment: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans, discussed a full range of related issues March 8 with POL M/C, with a particular focus on Russia and Kosovo. On Russia, Terral appeared more positive than expected on relations w [...] |
2005-03-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR YI RU |
| 05PARIS1578 |
FRENCH STEP UP ANTIPIRACY EFFORTS; INTERESTED IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST AND COMMENT: See para 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Nine months after launching an aggressive antipiracy and counterfeiting plan (reftel), the French government is stepping up its training and coordination efforts overseas against piracy of consumer and luxury goods. By mid-2005, [...] |
2005-03-09 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1580 |
FRENCH POSITION ON THE JOINT EU-CHINA STATEMENT ON [...] (S) Following a demarche delivered on 01 March on a separate matter, French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact David Bertolotti provided EST Officer comments on the French position regarding the joint European Union-China statement on nonproliferation issued o/a October [...] |
2005-03-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM FR JA CH MTCR |
| 05PARIS1588 |
JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...] |
2005-03-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1589 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ LEBANON-SYRIA [...] IRAQ 2. LEBANON-SYRIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS, DEVOTED TO TODAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST, SINGLE OUT SALARIES AND A DETERIORATING BUYING POWER AS THE MAJOR REASON FOR THE PROTEST, AHEAD OF CONCERNS FOR CHANGES TO THE 35-HOUR WORKWEEK. LEBANON, SYRIA'S PULLOUT [...] |
2005-03-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1610 |
FRENCH RELEASE 1 OF 3 EX-GTMO DETAINEES [...] (U) According to press reports, the GOF released Mustaq Ali Patel in the evening of March 9 after questioning him for two days. Patel was one of three French citizens previously held in Guantanamo (GTMO) and transferred to French custody on March 7. The other two ex-GTMO detainees, Ridouane K [...] |
2005-03-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
| 05PARIS1611 |
FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION, RECEIVE [...] (C) Pierre Cochard, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet states, told Poloff March 10 that France was not firmly opposed to a EU-led BMO in Georgia, but that it was being "cautious" based on the swirl of other options available and ESDP funding constraints. Cochard bemoaned the lac [...] |
2005-03-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS RS GG MD FR OSCE |
| 05PARIS1612 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO ALGERIAN UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR AG MO WS UN |
| 05PARIS1613 |
FRENCH POLYNESIA: NEW PRESIDENT, UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following relatively smooth by-elections on February 13, the Polynesian National Assembly elected pro-independence candidate Oscar Temaru president of French Polynesia on March 3 by a vote of 29 to 26 (with two ballots left blank). Temaru's election brings to a close more than [...] |
2005-03-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT FR FP XV |
| 05PARIS1614 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher shared reftel points February 26 on a proposed joint demarche to troop contributing countries (TCCs) with MFA IO Africa expert Clement Leclerc. 2. (C) While Leclerc's initial reaction was guardedly positive, in a subsequent meeting March 4, he told us that the am [...] |
2005-03-11 08:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC |
| 05PARIS1617 |
FIRST FRANCO-POLISH SUMMIT, FEB. 28, ARRAS, FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac hosted Polish President Kwasniewski and several ministers for the debut Franco-Polish summit in Arras (northern France) on Feb. 28. French media emphasized that Paris and Warsaw "sealed their reconciliation" (Le Figaro, Mar. 1) at the summit. Both the MFA desk for [...] |
2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PL |
| 05PARIS1630 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON [...] BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM WORLD COURT JURISDICTION OVER CAPITAL CASES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE CONSEQUENCES OF YESTERDAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST AND TODAY'S COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST A [...] |
2005-03-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1649 |
GENERAL STRIKE MARCH 10 -- MORE PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A nationwide general strike March 10 called by public sector unions took place peacefully, and without causing major disruption. Striking public and private sector employees protested loss of purchasing power, low salaries and proposed reforms to the 35-hour work week and the [...] |
2005-03-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV SOCI |
| 05PARIS1667 |
FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...] |
2005-03-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS167 |
PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...] |
2005-01-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS1680 |
SARKOWATCH: NICOLAS SARKOZY REGAINS SEAT IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a special by-election on March 13, Nicolas Sarkozy regained his old seat in the National Assembly representing the affluent town of Neuilly in the suburbs west of Paris. Sarkozy won handily in the first round garnering 71 percent of the vote. It was the most comfortable ma [...] |
2005-03-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 05PARIS1684 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST [...] SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRATIZATION 2. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: SYRIA'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON AND WASHINGTON'S SUPPORT TO THE EU-3 INITIATIVE WITH IRAN ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STORIES, WITH COMMENTATORS WIDENING THEIR SCOPE TO ANALYZE THE REALITY OF AN "ARA [...] |
2005-03-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1698 |
CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH POSITIONS UNCHANGED [...] (C) As per reftel instructions, we raised with MFA DAS-level Director for East Asia Marc Abensour the upcoming visit to Europe of the Chinese Foreign Minister Li and reiterated the U.S. position against the lifting of the EU arms embargo, as well as our concerns on human rights, and the need f [...] |
2005-03-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CM FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1699 |
TWO EX-GTMO DETAINEES CHARGED WITH TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary and comment: Ridouane Khalid and Khaled Ben Mustafa, two of the three ex-Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees returned to French custody on March 7, were formally placed under investigation on "terrorist conspiracy" charges March 11 by terrorism investigating judges Jean-Louis Bruguiere and [...] |
2005-03-14 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS |
| 05PARIS1708 |
APRIL 2005 AUSTRALIA GROUP PLENARY DEMARCHES: [...] (C) On 11 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered reftels non-papers on U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point of contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading points in non-papers, Sur firs [...] |
2005-03-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL FR CBE |
| 05PARIS1711 |
FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 12:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1713 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO BELARUS DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | BO FR UNHRC PDEM EUN |
| 05PARIS1714 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA [...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. KAREN HUGHES NOMINATION - U.S. IMAGE ABROAD 3. CHINA - TAIWAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE NOMINATION OF KAREN HUGHES AS UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IS PROMINENTLY ANNOUNCED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF LE FIGARO, UNDER THE HEADING: "PRESIDENT B [...] |
2005-03-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1715 |
FRANCE: GOF ACCEPTS PROPOSED MARCH 29 MEETINGS ON NEW [...] EconOff raised reftel with MFA Wassenaar Arrangement expert Bruno Bisson on March 11 and followed-up with him on March 14 and 15, when he confirmed that he and his GOF interagency colleagues accept the U.S. proposal to bring a small team of experts to Paris on March 29 for a presentation of ou [...] |
2005-03-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1716 |
GOF CONTINUES TO ADVISE IRAN AGAINST INTERFERENCE [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on Iranian interference in Iraq with MFA Iraq desk officer Renaud Salins March 11. Salins confirmed to us that the GoF continued to regularly remind Iran of its responsibilities of non-interference in Iraq and the need for Iran to play a constructive role as Iraq [...] |
2005-03-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ IR FR |
| 05PARIS1720 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM FR CU CHR |
| 05PARIS1721 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Francois Vandeville, responsible for human rights in the United Nations and International Organizations bureau at the MFA. Vandeville welcomed the U.S. intention to participate "vigorously" in the sixty-first session of the Commission on Hum [...] |
2005-03-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR UNCHR |
| 05PARIS1727 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
| 05PARIS1731 |
PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] |
2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1732 |
DJAMEL BEGHAL CONVICTED, RECEIVES 10-YEAR SENTENCE [...] (U) Summary: Djamel Beghal, the ringleader of a group arrested in 2001 on suspicion of planning to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris, was convicted March 15 of "terrorist conspiracy," and received a maximum 10-year sentence. His five accomplices were all found guilty as well, and received senten [...] |
2005-03-15 17:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS FR |
| 05PARIS1733 |
FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS FR EUN OSCE |
| 05PARIS174 |
MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...] |
2005-01-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 05PARIS175 |
2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET, PART III: [...] SUMMARY. This is the last in a series of cables on the 2005 GOF central government (CG) budget. This cable analyzes the questionable assumptions upon which the budget bill was based, and analyzes the budget as finally passed. Final passage of the 2005 budget law occurred December 30 with pub [...] |
2005-01-10 18:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS1754 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW [...] IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE, A MEASURE AFFECTING THE SERVICE SECTOR AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO SOME, IS BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THE PROPONENTS [...] |
2005-03-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS176 |
PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION: RESPONSE TO FRENCH [...] (SBU) On January 10, EST Counselor delivered Ambassador Guhin's letter and talking points contained reftel to Veronique Vouland, Deputy to Francois Richier, and Sebastien Jaunet, both in the Sub Directorate for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation. (Messrs. Dahan and Richier were both u [...] |
2005-01-10 18:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR TRGY MNUC PARM ENRG |
| 05PARIS1762 |
PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] |
2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1764 |
GOF OFFERS TRAINING TO IRAQI POLICE AND JUDGES, [...] (SBU) In recent discussions with us on Iraq, working-level MFA officials have described new French training programs for Iraqis under the EU umbrella and preliminary GoF thinking on the U.S.-proposed international coordination mechanism for Iraq assistance. The new GoF assistance is part of th [...] |
2005-03-16 18:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EAID IZ FR |
| 05PARIS1765 |
FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...] |
2005-03-16 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS1780 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1787 |
CHILD MARRIAGE IN FRANCE [...] (U) Following is post's response to request for information on child marriage. Following paras respond directly to reftel's three questions. 2. (U) Reftel Question A: Males can legally marry in France at age 18; females at 15 (Article 144, Civil Code). Girls between 15 and 18 can be mar [...] |
2005-03-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN FR |
| 05PARIS1797 |
FRANCE: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1800 |
EUROPEAN CFO VIEWS ON SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 404 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a discussion on March 15 at the Embassy, led by the SEC's Chief Accountant, Donald Nicolaisen, with Chief Financial Officers of SEC-listed companies operating in France. The CFOs expressed particular concerns about the high costs of complying with Section 404 of th [...] |
2005-03-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON FR |
| 05PARIS1802 |
DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA), but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...] |
2005-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS1805 |
FRENCH WELCOME DEMARCHE ON GBAGBO [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 15 with Nathalie Delapalme, FM Barnier's Africa advisor, to share the elements of the demarche on Ivoirian President Gbagbo (reftel) and to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire generally. 2. (C) Delapalme welcomed the demarche on Gbagbo, noting that Fr [...] |
2005-03-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IV FR |
| 05PARIS1806 |
TOGO: BARNIER AND DE BONNECORSE ATTEND EYADEMA'S [...] (C) Nathalie Delapalme, FM Barier's Africa advisor, told us March 15 that Barnier had met briefly with Faure Gnassingbe and "other Togolese personalities" while representing France at the funeral of President Gnassingbe Eyadema (reftel). Delapalme would not be drawn out on the substance of Ba [...] |
2005-03-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TO FR |
| 05PARIS1807 |
VILLEPIN'S POLICE ADVISOR DISCUSSES FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin's cabinet advisor on the police said March 15 that the French security establishment is going through a period of "synthesis," in which reforms proposed over the past decades are gradually finding their place within standard operating proced [...] |
2005-03-17 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR PGOV KJUS |
| 05PARIS1822 |
EURONEXT PARIS REFORMS ITS OFFERINGS, GOING FOR [...] SUMMARY. Euronext, the stock market operator based in Paris, has initiated major changes in its offerings, to stimulate small and mid capitalizations. It now has a single well-organized list ("Eurolist"), and has created new indices along with a new small and mid cap expert status for analy [...] |
2005-03-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS1823 |
MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...] |
2005-03-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS1824 |
EURONEXT ATTRACTS FOREIGN INVESTORS, INCREASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Euronext, the pan-European stock exchange operator based in Paris, improved its profitability and attracted significant foreign investment in 2004. END SUMMARY. ------------------------- Euronext Did Well in 2004 ------------------------- 2. (U) As of December 2004, Eur [...] |
2005-03-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS1828 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ALASKA OIL DRILLING [...] IRAQ 2. ALASKA OIL DRILLING 3. PUTIN TO FRANCE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES CARRY A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE PUTIN'S VISIT TO PARIS, WITH LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION HEADLINING "PUTIN, THE COLD-SHOULDER FRIEND," AND POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN'S POLL ON TH [...] |
2005-03-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1832 |
SOMALIA/IGAD: FRENCH MFA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FR |
| 05PARIS1833 |
RAFFARIN MOVES TO DAMPEN DISCONTENT BEFORE MAY 29 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin agreed to open wage negotiations with public sector unions following a relatively strong turnout for the general strike on March 10 (reftel). Raffarin also called on French corporations "to share the wealth" with private sector workers following a ye [...] |
2005-03-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
| 05PARIS1834 |
IRAN HOSTS CONFERENCE MARCH 5-6 TO SHOW ITS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Policy Planning Philippe Errera (please protect) provided us with a brief readout of Iran's March 5-6 conference entitled "Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development," sponsored by the Iranian Center for Strategic Research (CSR), the Foreign Ministry, the Atomic [...] |
2005-03-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC IR FR |
| 05PARIS1838 |
FRENCH FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AF UK PREL SNAR FR |
| 05PARIS1839 |
FRANCE TO HOST WORKING-LEVEL COORDINATION MEETING [...] On March 17 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Cyril Gerardon about the scheduled March 29 working-level coordination meeting, the topic of which will be "Setting up the Afghan Parliament." Gerardon provided a schedule for the meeting saying that the goal of the conference is to [...] |
2005-03-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF FR |
| 05PARIS184 |
CHANGES TO FRENCH CONSTITUTION REQUIRED [...] (U) President Jacques Chirac has announced that France will hold a referendum on the EU Constitution "before summer". Before the referendum can be held, however, the French Constitution must be amended to insure that all of its provisions are consistent with those of the proposed EU Constitu [...] |
2005-01-11 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREL FR |
| 05PARIS1856 |
FRENCH OUTCRY AGAINST THE SERVICES DIRECTIVE FUELS [...] SUMMARY. (U) Recent polls showing the anti-European Constitution vote taking the lead in France are forcing the Chirac government to take an even harder line against the European Commission's proposed Services Directive. French President Jacques Chirac strongly restated France's position on t [...] |
2005-03-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1859 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD [...] WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD BANK - BOLTON NOMINATION TO UN 2. SECRETARY RICE IN ASIA (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE INCREASING NUMBER OF "NO" VOTES ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM SHARES FRONT PAGES ALONG WITH DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE AND THE REPORT OF T [...] |
2005-03-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1861 |
PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHWAY COMPANY SANEF [...] SUMMARY. The state-owned toll highway company SANEF, the third-largest in France, is going public, selling 950 billion euros in new shares on March 23. The GOF will keep a majority stake in the company as it did in number-one and two highway companies ASF and SAPRR. END SUMMARY. 2. Prio [...] |
2005-03-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELTN EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS1880 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON ICJ NOMINATION [...] We delivered to the MFA's International Organizations directorate March 10 a diplomatic note in support of Judge Buergenthal's nomination, together with the judge's curriculum vitae. Poloff met March 21 with MFA IO advisor Didier Gonzalez, congratulating the GoF on the appointment to the ICJ [...] |
2005-03-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH UK NL FR UNSC UNGA RU |
| 05PARIS1882 |
VISIT TO FRANCE'S FIRST (AND ONLY) MUSLIM HIGH [...] (SBU) In an effort to widen Embassy outreach to Muslim communities throughout France, Poloff and Consul Lille recently visited the "Lycee Averroes," the first and only Muslim high school in France, co-located in the grounds of the Grand Mosque of Lille. We had a friendly, hour-long meeting wi [...] |
2005-03-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KISL PHUM FR |
| 05PARIS1883 |
GOF SAYS RUSSIA-FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN MARCH 18 [...] (C) Summary: Laurent Bili, President Chirac's technical advisor on pol/mil and Russia issues, told POL M/C March 21 that the meeting between the Russian, French, German and Spanish leaders on March 18 focused primarily on EU-Russia relations, with the goal of concluding negotiations on the "Fo [...] |
2005-03-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS FR EUN |
| 05PARIS1893 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1916 |
U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIA GROUP REGIONAL [...] (C) On 22 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. actions to implement Australia Group (AG) decisions on regional nonproliferation to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point of contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading points in non-paper, Sur thanked EST [...] |
2005-03-23 10:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC FR CBW AUSGR |
| 05PARIS1925 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM [...] EU SUMMIT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 2. VALUE OF THE DOLLAR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE FRENCH VOTE TO REJECT THE EU CONSTITUTION, THE DEBATE OVER THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE TO LIBERALIZE SERVICES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE REST OF EUROPE IN LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN EC [...] |
2005-03-23 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1935 |
PREVIEW OF CHIRAC'S MARCH 25-28 JAPAN TRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac leaves March 25 for a three-day visit to Japan, at which the main topics of bilateral discussion will be ITER and the EU's China arms embargo, according to French officials. Also to be discussed are North Korea, Iraq, the EU-3's negotiations with Iran, Japan's [...] |
2005-03-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TRGY FR JA IZ |
| 05PARIS1936 |
CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISOR RELAXED ON TOGO, WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to President Chirac's Africa advisor, the situation in Togo is not worrisome. He believes that the elections will produce a winner, probably Faure Gnassingbe, who will be accepted by the population. In the case of an opposition win, ECOWAS will ensure that the milita [...] |
2005-03-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TO IV CG FR |
| 05PARIS1959 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is resistant to Israel's participation in political consultation groups in UN bodies outside New York, believing that there is no automatic right of participation outside of natural geographic groupings, and is reluctant to establish such a precedent. (Israel's "temporary [...] |
2005-03-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ELAB KIPR IS FR WIPO ILO |
| 05PARIS196 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN [...] MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTION 2. SUDAN PEACE ACCORD 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ARE FEATURED BOTH IN LEAD STORIES AND IN EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICAL STORIES AND REPORTS ON THE DIFFICULTIES FOR THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT TO RE [...] |
2005-01-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1968 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-24 12:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1998 |
PARTY OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF SOCIALIST PARTY 'YES' [...] (C) At a meeting with PolOff on March 16, Francois Rebsamen, Mayor of Dijon and Socialist Party (PS) official in charge of the party's campaign to mobilize left-leaning voters to vote 'yes' in the upcoming referendum on the EU Constitution, acknowledged that the "Yes, for a strong Europe agai [...] |
2005-03-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI |
| 05PARIS2006 |
CHIRAC WINS EU COUNCIL'S BACKING ON HOT-BUTTON [...] (C) Summary: Playing on collective nervousness over polls suggesting that French voters could reject the draft EU constitution in the May 29 referendum, President Jacques Chirac persuaded fellow EU heads of state and government March 22 to send back to the drawing board the Commission's "serv [...] |
2005-03-24 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2016 |
MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION 2. WOLFOWITZ TO WORLD BANK 3. THE UN - DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REVOLUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN IS TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO IT IS "THE NEW QUIET REVOLUTION;" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION "PUTIN IS LOSING HIS PALS" AND FOR C [...] |
2005-03-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS203 |
GOF OFFICIALS UPBEAT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: GoF officials are stressing to us privately their high degree of satisfaction with Palestinian elections, but express concern that the post-elections follow-up will focus too much on what is demanded of the Palestinian side without pressing Israel to make gestures to the new Pale [...] |
2005-01-11 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR |
| 05PARIS2034 |
EX-GTMO DETAINEES UPDATE: 6 IN PRETRIAL DETENTION [...] (C) The Paris Court of Appeal on March 25 ordered ex-GTMO detainee Ridouane Khalid imprisoned pending investigation of charges of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." Returned to France on March 7, Khalid had been released on March 11, though he remained under judicial watch. [...] |
2005-03-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS KAWC |
| 05PARIS2038 |
FRENCH OBSERVERS TO TOPOFF 3 [...] (U) The GOF will send the following two observers to the Top Officials 3 exercise to take place April 4-8, 2005: -Mr. Alain Waquet Senior National Security Official (and Prefect) Interior Ministry Official passport number: 04ZZ3848 Tel: 33-1-5604-7654 email: alain.waquet@interieur.go [...] |
2005-03-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER< |