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| 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 ASEC FR |
| 05PARIS2039 | FRANCE ON VARIOUS UN/HR/CHR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met March 23 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau, to discuss several UN, human rights, and CHR-related issues. End Summary. Cuba ---- 2. (C) In discussing the proposed [...] |
2005-03-25 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR UNCHR |
| 05PARIS2040 | FRANCE: RACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS UP SHARPLY IN [...] (U) Summary: The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (NCCHR) stated that racist and anti-Semitic incidents increased from 833 in 2003 to 1,565 in 2004. The 2004 figures eclipse the 1,313 acts registered in 2002 and represent the largest number of incidents recorded in a single y [...] |
2005-03-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF FR |
| 05PARIS2041 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...] |
2005-03-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS2043 | AIDS: FRENCH/US COLLABORATION "ESSENTIAL" [...] Summary. EST Counselor met with Michel Kazatchkine, head of the National Agency for AIDS Research (ANRS) on March 24, shortly after Dr Kazatchkine's nomination as "Ambassador at large for AIDS." The meeting focused on France's involvement in global AIDS activities and ANRS's research in dev [...] |
2005-03-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO FR |
| 05PARIS2051 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. - RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 2. AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN REGIME B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADING WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST IPSOS-EUROPE ONE POLL ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTI [...] |
2005-03-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2052 | MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...] |
2005-03-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR |
| 05PARIS2062 | GOV OF FRANCE QUESTIONS STATUS OF CSI PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of France is considering asking the U.S. to change the current status of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Container Security Initiative personnel working at the port of Le Havre. CSI Le Havre personnel currently hold "administrative and technical" status. The [...] |
2005-03-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AODE EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS208 | NEGATIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior MFA officials, stressing that they had consulted with the Elysee, rejected the U.S-proposed inclusion of a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the draft renewal resolution for UNIFIL (ref a), which they described as counterproductive to our shared goal of pres [...] |
2005-01-11 19:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2085 | EU REFERENDUM: FRENCH POLLSTERS ASSESS TREND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After two recent polls showed that a majority of those who had decided would reject the EU Constitution in a May 29 referendum, we met with pollsters to get their assessment of this trend. We wanted to determine if the change was just a passing phase related to rece [...] |
2005-03-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EU PGOV FR ELAB SOCI |
| 05PARIS209 | CHIRAC LOOKS FORWARD TO 2005: THE TONE CHANGES, [...] (U) SUMMARY. During his traditional New Year's address to the diplomatic corps in Paris January 6, President Chirac stated his desire for good relations with the U.S. and extended "friendly wishes" to President Bush in advance of his inauguration (President Bush and UN Secretary General Kofi A [...] |
2005-01-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER EAIR SENV FR |
| 05PARIS2098 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2110 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OSLO DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Assistant Secretary Joubert on March 29 said that Xavier Darcos (Minister-Delegate for Cooperation, Development, and Francophonie) would likely lead the GOF delegation to the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan (reftel), although no final decision had been made. [...] |
2005-03-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR |
| 05PARIS2135 | PRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK IN AF FR |
| 05PARIS2136 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2145 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - LEBANON KYRGYZSTAN [...] SYRIA - LEBANON 2. KYRGYZSTAN AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE 3. UN REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EVERY FRONT PAGE AND NUMEROUS EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE LAUNCHING OF FRANCE'S DIGITAL LAND TELEVISION NETWORK, WHICH WILL GIVE ACCESS TO 14 FREE CHANNELS, DOUBLE TODAY'S ACCE [...] |
2005-03-31 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2158 | DRC: MFA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON SRSG SWING AND [...] (C) At a March 29 meeting with Embassy Africa watcher largely devoted to Sudan/Darfur (Reftel), MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa Bruno Joubert and DAS-equivalent Jean-Christophe Belliard offered comments on Amb. Swing's tenure as SRSG (France was very supportive of his efforts) and elections in [...] |
2005-03-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CG FR |
| 05PARIS216 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN [...] MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTION 2. GUANTANAMO 3. AIRBUS-BOEING AGREEMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN CARRIES PRESIDENT BUSH'S OP-ED ON THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI, IN WHICH HE CONVEYS HIS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S COMPASSION FOR THE VICTIMS AND PROMISES [...] |
2005-01-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2162 | (C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel), DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...] |
2005-03-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2173 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 09:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2175 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...] |
2005-04-01 10:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2201 | COTE D'IVOIRE: OUATTARA SAYS IT MAY BE TIME FOR [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 31 with RDR leader Allasane Dramane Ouattara at Ouattara's Paris office to deliver a message from the Secretary responding to Ouattara's message of congratulations on her appointment. 2. (C) Ouattara's office, located at 124 Avenue Victor Hugo, has no ex [...] |
2005-04-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
| 05PARIS2205 | 'YES' VS. 'NO' -- THE FRENCH REFERENDUM DEBATE [...] (SBU) The deepening debate in France over the EU Constitution has highlighted the divisions within the center-right and center-left coalitions that dominate the country's political scene. Overall, to be in favor of the proposed Constitution is seen as supporting business-as-usual -- to favor [...] |
2005-04-04 05:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI |
| 05PARIS2210 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...] |
2005-04-04 05:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2211 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...] |
2005-04-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2217 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTIONS DARFUR [...] IRAQ - ELECTIONS 2. DARFUR 3. SYRIA - UN AGREEMENT ON LEBANON 4. ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE OVERWHELMING COVERAGE DEVOTED TO THE LIFE AND DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II LEAVES LITTLE ROOM TO OTHER STORIES. RIGHT- OF-CENTER LE FIGARO ON SATURDAY CARRIED AN INTERVIEW WIT [...] |
2005-04-04 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2220 | READOUT OF CHIRAC'S MARCH 26-28 OFFICIAL TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA, the Japanese Embassy here, and the French High Commissioner for Science all provided readouts to Embassy on President Chirac's March 26-28 trip to Japan. According to our interlocutors and the press, Chirac and PM Koizumi continued to express opposing views on both the EU' [...] |
2005-04-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TRGY FR JA CH TW |
| 05PARIS2245 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II UN [...] TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II 2. UN REPORT: ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II CONTINUES TO BE TODAY'S OVERWHELMING FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL STORY. SEVERAL REPORTS NOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH WILL ATTEND FRIDAY'S FUNERAL. LE FIGARO TITLES: "THE FIRST [...] |
2005-04-05 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2249 | ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] Embassy Paris has no objection to NIH's proposed award of a research project entitled, "Macroeconomic Demography of Intergenerational Transfers" involving an institution in France: Environnement, Sante et Societe (ENSANS), Nantes. Foreign Principal Investigator: Lee, Ronald. 2. Embassy [...] |
2005-04-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FR CI TPHY |
| 05PARIS2262 | FRANCE STRENGTHENS PUSH FOR "CULTURAL EXCEPTION" [...] (SBU) France has ramped up its efforts to influence UNESCO-sponsored discussions on a Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions ("Cultural Diversity Convention"), which it apparently sees as a vehicle to strengthen the "cultural exception" to [...] |
2005-04-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KIPR ETRD FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2263 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) In a thirty-minute farewell call April 5 with Foreign Minister Barnier, Ambassador Leach reviewed improvements in the U.S.-French relationship, noting that Barnier had played an important role in improving communications with Washington. He regretted that the Pope's death prevented Barnie [...] |
2005-04-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2265 | FRANCE: LAUNCH OF DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION [...] Summary: Broadcasters have launched 14 free digital television channels, initially to be available to about one- third of the French population. Digital coverage is expected to increase rapidly, as is the number of free digital channels. Concerns have emerged about the commercial viability [...] |
2005-04-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS2269 | MARINE SCIENCE RESEARCH: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (U) On March 18, EST Science Counselor and the NSF regional representative for Europe met with officials of the French Institute for Research into Sea Resources (IFREMER - www.ifremer.fr) to review IFREMER's priorities and discuss means to promote bilateral cooperation (NOAA/IFREMER), notably [...] |
2005-04-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY SENV KSCA FR |
| 05PARIS2270 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NEW U.S. SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN AF PK FR |
| 05PARIS2287 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - DEPUTY [...] CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK TO BRUSSELS 2. IRAQ - ELECTION OF PRESIDENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE POPE'S DEATH BEGINS TO WANE, FRONT- PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE TODAY DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF STORIES, RANGING FROM LIBERATION'S STORY ON THE LOUVRE'S [...] |
2005-04-06 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2297 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] As requested reftel, Post reached out to the two end users indicated in the applications in question. Our initial letters went unanswered for several weeks. No telephone numbers or email addresses were provided or were readily available. However, by the entity names and addresses, we quickly [...] |
2005-04-06 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS2298 | FRENCH GDP GROWTH TO SLOW IN THE FIRST HALF [...] SUMMARY. GDP growth is likely to slow in the first half of 2005, mainly due to lower consumer spending. Rising oil prices and the appreciation of the euro are curbing investment and exports. Measures recently announced by the government to boost consumption are unlikely t [...] |
2005-04-06 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS2305 | SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...] |
2005-04-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2316 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2333 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY PARIS FEEDBACK [...] (S) Summary: U.S.-French cooperation on terrorism is mature and broad-based. For a number of reasons, including the memory of terrorist attacks in Paris during the 1980s, the French bring significant expertise, focus and determination to their C/T activities, and are valued partners for a wide [...] |
2005-04-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL FR |
| 05PARIS234 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE [...] U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE 2. IRAQ 3. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS ELECTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT BUSH'S OP-ED, WHICH APPEARED YESTERDAY IN LE PARISIEN, BUT ALSO IN OTHER EUROPEAN PUBLICATIONS, IS THE LEAD STORY IN TODAY'S RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO, WHICH HEADLINES "BUSH'S SEDUCTION C [...] |
2005-01-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2349 | (S) FRENCH APPLAUD YEMENI STEPS TO CURB SA/LW [...] (S) Reftel points were delivered to Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume in the MFA's Bureau of Strategic Affairs on April 4. In a follow-up conversation on April 6, Guillaume told poloff that France is glad to see that Yemen, a country notorious for its a [...] |
2005-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC FR YE |
| 05PARIS2373 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JOHN [...] U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JOHN PAUL II FUNERAL 2. IRAQ - FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SEA OF FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS FLOCKING TO ROME IS TODAY'S LEAD STORY. RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO HEADLINES: "THE WORLD UNITED AROUND JOHN PAUL II." AN ARTICLE BY WASHINGTON CORRESPOND [...] |
2005-04-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2391 | APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...] |
2005-04-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2394 | APRIL 7 LARSEN MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: French Elysee and MFA officials reported that UN Envoy Larsen, during April 7 meetings in Paris, emphasized the absolute centrality of holding Lebanon's elections on schedule, for which he proposed creation of a 10-12 member committee composed equally of opposition and loyalists to [...] |
2005-04-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2405 | CHR 61: FRENCH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
| 05PARIS2413 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - (MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2414 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In a 30-minute farewell call April 8 with Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, the Ambassador complimented the excellent level of U.S.-French counter-terrorism cooperation, emphasized the need for progress on biometric passports as soon as possible, encouraged Villepin to visi [...] |
2005-04-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PGOV PTER |
| 05PARIS242 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: LICENSE NOS. 883933, [...] (SBU) As requested in ref A, post has been in contact with French firm "M.C.E." on numerous occasions. As detailed in ref emails, company executives were uncooperative in providing details requested or arranging site visits to view the miniature integrated GPS/INS systems in question. 2. ( [...] |
2005-01-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS2444 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE OPPOSED TO CAVEATS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed on April 4 reftel points requesting that France lift its ISAF caveats to Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, and to Xavier Chatel, NATO-ISAF desk officer at the MFA. They both observed that France is in principle opposed to caveats and pointed to French NATO [...] |
2005-04-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF FR NATO |
| 05PARIS2448 | IMPROVING CONSULAR NOTIFICATION FOR DRUG [...] Summary. Drug trafficking violations continue to account for more than 75 percent of AmCit arrests in France despite a general decline in detentions of our citizens. While undertaking to improve our understanding of arrest, sentencing and detention procedures in France, post's consular secti [...] |
2005-04-12 09:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN SNAR FR |
| 05PARIS2456 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON TO [...] MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON TO WASHINGTON 2. EU DEFENSE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND EU MATTERS ARE VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS. THE LATEST POLL CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY EUROPE ONE RADIO AND RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO SHOWS THAT PROPONENTS OF THE `NO' FOR THE REFERENDUM ON T [...] |
2005-04-12 12:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2468 | GOF CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN G8-BMENA LITERACY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI AG FR |
| 05PARIS2471 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary, EST officer received a 11 April call from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs BWC desk officer, Gabriel Bernier. He informed EST o [...] |
2005-04-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR |
| 05PARIS2475 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MOVLADI UDUGOV [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KTFN EFIN ECON PTER ETTC RS FR |
| 05PARIS248 | ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...] |
2005-01-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2483 | GOF WEIGHING RESPONSE TO UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL, [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 4. 2. (C) We discussed reftel talking points on the 2005 UNRWA emergency appeal with MFA action officer for UN/Middle East issues Alice Guitton April 12, urging a sizable French contribution to help alleviate Palestinian ref [...] |
2005-04-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2489 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO [...] IRAQ - SECRETARY RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD 2. LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR LEACH'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS IS ANNOUNCED IN LE FIGARO AND POPULAR LE PARISIEN. PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION OF CRAIG ROBERT STAPLETON TO REPLACE AMBASSADOR LEACH IS ALSO NOTED. DOMESTIC POLITICS AND SOC [...] |
2005-04-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2512 | FRANCE: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DECISION CLEARING [...] Summary: In the most recent development in the on-going legal dispute between Yahoo Inc. and French anti-racism groups, a French court exonerated former Yahoo CEO Timothy Koogle of responsibility for providing links to now-defunct internet auctions of Nazi paraphernalia. End summary. 2. A [...] |
2005-04-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KJUS FR |
| 05PARIS2516 | KEY ISSUES IN FRANCE'S EU CONSTITUTION DEBATE [...] (SBU) The direction taken by France's debate on the proposed EU Constitution has left many observers perplexed: what, if anything, do unemployment and loss of purchasing power, Turkey's possible accession to the EU, public service unions unhappy with proposed reforms to 35 hour work week, and [...] |
2005-04-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR ECON SOCI PINR |
| 05PARIS2517 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 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, Isr [...] |
2005-04-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2535 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES EUROPE AND [...] MIDDLE EAST ISSUES 2. EUROPE AND THE CHINESE ARMS EMBARGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE BATTLE FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFERENDUM ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD STORY AS PRESIDENT CHIRAC BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' WITH A TELEVISED DEBATE THIS EVENING ON TF ONE. THE FOR [...] |
2005-04-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2552 | French Regional Paper Slams American Presence Post [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR KPAO EIND FR ADIP ODPC |
| 05PARIS2554 | French Regional Paper Slams American Presence Post [...] (U) On April 12, the Toulouse-based, left-of-center regional daily "La Depeche du Midi" published an article on alleged U.S. economic intelligence gathering in Europe, with a short sidebar article entitled "The True Role of the American Presence Post." The front page headline, "When America [...] |
2005-04-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR KPAO EIND FR ADIP ODPC |
| 05PARIS2555 | FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO SUPPORT GAZA [...] (C) We discussed reftel talking points on President Bush's April 11 meeting with Israeli PM Sharon and the need for the U.S. and EU to send similar messages supporting Gaza disengagement with FM Barnier's Middle East Advisor Christophe Guilhou and MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jo [...] |
2005-04-14 17:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB |
| 05PARIS2579 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 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, [...] |
2005-04-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2582 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD [...] MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD - LEBANON 2. EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY FOLLOWS PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED APPEAL LAST NIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION. ALTHOUGH HIS COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING IN THE U.S. INTEREST TO STOP EURO [...] |
2005-04-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2586 | FRENCH FUNDING STILL UNDETERMINED BUT NOT LIKELY [...] On April 7 reftel points were delivered to French MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Cyril Gerardon. In conversations on April 12 and 13, Gerardon told poloff he hoped his government would be able to contribute to the upcoming Parliamentary elections, but that he did not think that the chances were [...] |
2005-04-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL EAID FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS2601 | FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS2603 | FRENCH DENY ANY PLANS TO SELL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) Reftel FBIS reports quoted Taiwan and Hong Kong press reports that France intends to sell 210 Mirage 200-9CS fighter aircraft, along with 1,200 MICA missiles and 180 alternative engines, as part of a 12 billion euros defense trade package. The sale allegedly was agreed to last December 20 [...] |
2005-04-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CH FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2604 | EU CONSTITUTION: PRESIDENT CHIRAC TAKES HIS CASE [...] (SBU) Seeking to revive flagging support in France for the proposed EU Constitution, President Chirac, in a closely followed TV event the evening of April 14, made his case that the constitution's defeat in the May 29 referendum would isolate France, undermining its influence in Europe, and th [...] |
2005-04-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI |
| 05PARIS2619 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND [...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON AND ARAB SPRING 2. G7 MEETING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE PAPAL CONCLAVE AND THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S COVERAGE. FRONT PAGES AND MOST EDITORIALS CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH OF PRESIDEN [...] |
2005-04-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2623 | OECD REFORM: A/S WAYNE MEETS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) A/S Wayne briefed GOF officials on USG ideas for OECD reform. The GOF agrees with USG ideas about the OECD's mandate, but our contacts cited questions about the role of "Full Observers" and how the members of other groups, like the Bureau of the Council would be chosen. Nevertheless, [...] |
2005-04-18 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON FR OECD |
| 05PARIS2630 | SEEKING CLARIFICATION ON SECURITY REGULATIONS AND [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) We were recently made aware of at least one case in which the CEO of one of France's largest companies, with significant investments and business interests in the U.S., was denied permission to fly, in a private European- registere [...] |
2005-04-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2631 | ELYSEE CAUTIOUS BUT ENCOURAGED ON MIKATI [...] (C) Presidential Advisor on the Middle East Dominique Boche expressed cautious optimism on the appointment of Najib Mikati as Lebanese PM-designate, during a discussion with poloff April 18. On the one hand, Boche conceded that Mikati's background and ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad w [...] |
2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY FR |
| 05PARIS2635 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2656 | GOF ANNOUNCES ADVANCES IN ATTRACTING INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Raffarin on April 18 hosted his second annual conference on attracting foreign investment, where he outlined increased spending on research and development, presented a new advertising campaign, and announced positive 2004 results. According to the GOF, France moved up [...] |
2005-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS2659 | CHR 61: FRENCH ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Donatienne Hissard in the Human Rights office of the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau on April 19. Hissard noted that France agreed completely with our view that t [...] |
2005-04-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
| 05PARIS2660 | SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...] |
2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR |
| 05PARIS2661 | SECOND FRENCH DEMARCHE ON SECURITY CONCERNS IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington, see para 5. 2. (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan, during a previously scheduled meeting with poloff April 18, raised security problems involving the French embassy in Baghdad, which he said wil [...] |
2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2662 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: FRENCH PARTICIPATION [...] France will be represented at the April 28-30 meeting of the Community of Democracies by MFA IO Director Jean-Maurice Ripert, who will be accompanied by Ambassador-at-large for human rights issues Michel Doucen and MFA IO human rights expert Donatienne Hissard. The French Ambassdor in Santiago [...] |
2005-04-19 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2663 | EU REFERENDUM AS PLEBICITE ON JACQUES CHIRAC AND [...] (SBU) France's referendum on a proposed Constitution for the EU could be shaping up into a nationwide vote of no confidence in Chirac and his leadership. Chirac has been President of France since 1995, and may well be aiming to run for a third term. For many voters across the electoral spec [...] |
2005-04-19 18:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI |
| 05PARIS2677 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - POPE BENEDICT XVI CHINA [...] POPE BENEDICT XVI 2. CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: NOT SURPRISINGLY ALL FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CHOICE OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER, WHO BECOMES POPE BENEDICT XVI. THE VARIETY COMES IN THE NATURE OF THE COMMENTARY. FOR LE FIGARO THE CHOICE MA [...] |
2005-04-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2680 | BILATERAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN FRENCH UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES WITHIN FRANCE'S YOUNGER GENERATION IS OFTEN NEGATIVE AND TENDS TO BE MORE PRONOUNCED IN THE IMMIGRANT OR SECOND-GENERATION COMMUNITY. THE FRENCH PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS THE COMMON MEETING GROUND FOR THIS YOUNGER GENERATION. UNFORTUNATELY, [...] |
2005-04-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS2693 | FRENCH MFA OFFICALS CLARIFY GOF INTERPRETATION OF [...] Summary. In an April 18 meeting with post regarding notification of detained AmCits, French MFA officials clarified their interpretation of the Vienna Convention term "without delay" in Article 36 as being a period up to ten days. They remained ambiguous in their interpretation of the term " [...] |
2005-04-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN FR |
| 05PARIS2694 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW [...] SECRETARY RICE TO MOSCOW 2. EU-AMERICAN RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ROMANIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE POINT DEVOTES A SHORT COLUMN, TITLED "A COUSIN FROM AMERICA," TO CRAIG STAPLETON, PRESIDENT BUSH'S CHOICE FOR AMBASSADOR TO PARIS. HELENE VISSIERE WRITES: "IF HE IS CONFIRMED [...] |
2005-04-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2721 | FRANCE ENCOURAGES A NEW FINANCIAL CULTURE [...] SUMMARY. The GOF is taking steps to cultivate a stronger financial culture in France. Even though the number of individual shareholders has dramatically increased in the last twenty years, the French currently lack enough knowledge of financial markets to invest in equities or other sophisti [...] |
2005-04-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS2722 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: LICENSE NOS. 883933, [...] (SBU) As requested in ref A, post provides the following overall review as documentation concerning MCE's behavior in the Systron Donner C-MIGITS export of integrated robotic systems. Much of this information has already been sent to PM/DTCC in e- mail format. PM/DTCC should note that followin [...] |
2005-04-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS2725 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS ON PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Foucher on April 20 reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire. South African President Mbeki's mediation efforts were a positive development but it remained to be seen how and whether Ivoirians would follow up to their advantage. Foucher said t [...] |
2005-04-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO IV FR |
| 05PARIS2726 | TOGO: FRENCH MFA HOPING FOR CREDIBLE ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Foucher on April 20 discussed elections in Togo. He said that France opposed Germany's efforts to have the EU call for postponing the elections. He predicted that there would inevitably be fraud during the elections but hoped that it would no [...] |
2005-04-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TO FR |
| 05PARIS2727 | NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE/FRENCH R&D: PROGRESS AND [...] The influential Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Science and Technology Options (OPECST) recently released a comprehensive scientific report on R&D progress achieved in France in the area of high-level, long-lived radioactive waste management (HLLLW). The report's final recommendat [...] |
2005-04-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC |
| 05PARIS2733 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO RUSSIA - [...] SECRETARY RICE TO RUSSIA - LITHUANIA - REGIONAL GEO- STRATEGY 2. MIDDLE EAST - ELECTIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA - DEMOCRATIZATION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ARE COVERED IN TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EDITORIALS AND REPORTS, WITH THE EU CONSTITUTION STILL VERY MUCH IN THE LEAD. RIGHT [...] |
2005-04-22 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS274 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ WORLD ORDER [...] IRAQ 2. WORLD ORDER B. SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD AND EDITORIAL STORY, WITH THE CHIRAC-SARKOZY DUEL FRONT-PAGED IN LE FIGARO AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS DEVOTED TO THE CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS MADE BY JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, OF THE NATIONAL FRONT PARTY, ABOUT THE [...] |
2005-01-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2746 | FRANCE MOLLIFYING PROTESTORS TO LIMIT UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Strikes and social unrest, while common in France, have increased in recent months and could well intensify as the May 29 referendum on the EU Constitution approaches (reftel A). In order to deflect unpopularity while still pursuing necessary changes, politicians have long bla [...] |
2005-04-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI |
| 05PARIS2764 | FRAMATOME/PARTNER IN NUCLEAR POWER [...] Please direct this message to the Commerce Department Advocacy Center. 2. Summary: On April 18, Embassy Science Officers visited Framatome headquarters, a subsidiary of GOF majority-owned Areva, which provides nuclear power reactors, fuel, and support services not only in France, but ar [...] |
2005-04-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND BEXP TRGY FR CH ENGR |
| 05PARIS2765 | GOF UNLIKELY TO MAKE SIZABLE CONTRIBUTION TO UNRWA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL FR |
| 05PARIS2774 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS278 | JANUARY - JUNE 2005 -- CALENDAR TO [...] On January 3 the Council of Ministers approved the text of a package of amendments to the French Constitution that the Parliament will be considering in the coming months. These amendments to the French Constitution (reftel) will harmonize it with the proposed EU Constitution. The proposed [...] |
2005-01-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2787 | FRANCE: ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR |
| 05PARIS2788 | ACOTA AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING TEAM MEETS [...] SUMMARY: On 18 April 2005, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program office met with officials of the French Joint Staff at the Ministry of Defense to exchange views on our respective peacekeeping capacity enhancement efforts in Africa. Th [...] |
2005-04-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS XA FR |
| 05PARIS2789 | MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES CAR, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUINEA [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher discussed his portfolios with Africa Watcher on April 20. Ref A reports his discussion of Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso; Ref B reports his remarks on Togo. Foucher offered brief comments on other countries his office oversees. 2. (C) [...] |
2005-04-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CT PU GV FR |
| 05PARIS2793 | FRENCH RAISE CONTINUED CONCERNS ON BAGHDAD AIRPORT [...] (C) Senior French MFA and Presidency officials raised continuing concerns over access to the Baghdad airport road, on the margins of highly constructive discussions on Iraq with Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones April 25 (septel). Presidential Advisor on the Mid [...] |
2005-04-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS280 | FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN" [...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...] |
2005-01-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2800 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT EU [...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. EU ISSUES: CHINESE TEXTILES 3. WAR AGAINST TERROR - MOUSSAOUI TRIAL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE EUROPEAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PLIGHT IN THE FACE OF CHINESE EXPORTS ARE TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT- PAGE STORIES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION HE [...] |
2005-04-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2825 | THE FRENCH REFERENDUM ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) The current debate over French referendum on the EU Constitution has highlighted France's deep-rooted economic and social malaise. With unemployment at a five-year high of just over 10 percent, labor groups and public sector unions have linked outsourcing to this general malaise to just [...] |
2005-04-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN |
| 05PARIS2844 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT [...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. RUSSIA - YUKOS TRIAL - PUTIN TO ISRAEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SYRIAN PULLOUT FROM LEBANON ELICITS WIDE COVERAGE, PARTICULARLY IN LE FIGARO, WHICH LENDS ITS PAGES TO SEVERAL COMMENTARIES AND INTERVIEWS. ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, NISSIM ZVILI PENS AN O [...] |
2005-04-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS285 | SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...] |
2005-01-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS2861 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] As requested reftel, Post reached out to the French entities listed as end-users in reftel para 4: Onera, MBDA, and ETBS to confirm that they had indeed ordered the accelerometers requeted and also to EADS Astrium to confirm its order for an airborne amplifier. We transmit their response bel [...] |
2005-04-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS2863 | EU CONSTITUTION DOMINATES AGENDA OF FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder used the fifth meeting of the Council of Franco-German ministers to support Chirac's efforts to highlight the benefits of the EU to a skeptical French public in the run-up to the French May 29 referendum on the draft EU constitutional tr [...] |
2005-04-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS2864 | EU GOVTS STILL DISCUSSING CSI STATUS ISSUE, SAYS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The French Foreign Ministry said April 21 that it had not made a decision on the question of status for U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI) personnel at French ports, and that it continued to consult with its EU par [...] |
2005-04-27 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AODE EWWT FR |
| 05PARIS2873 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU - U.S. TRADE RELATIONS - [...] EU - U.S. TRADE RELATIONS - AIRBUS A380 - BOEING 2. AFRICA - TOGO ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE A380 IS TODAY'S MOST PROMINENT FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN IT IS SIMPLY "SUPERB." IN ONE OF THEIR ARTICLES TITLED "A TECHN [...] |
2005-04-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2896 | FRANCE: GOF DELEGATION TO FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] EconOff contacted Virginia Tonniatti, Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Paris, regarding the possibility of jointly meeting with GOF officials to encourage strong, Minister-led GOF participation in the Fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption. Tonniatti was familiar with the topic of the [...] |
2005-04-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2901 | TOGO: MFA DIVIDED OVER GOF REACTION TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) At a National Day reception at the South African Embassy April 27, MFA PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier commented to Africa watcher on the situation in Togo, sighing wearily "one more crisis." Referring to the MFA statement of April 25, which described the elections as having proceeded u [...] |
2005-04-28 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TO FR |
| 05PARIS2904 | NEW AIRBUS A380 TAKES FLIGHT, AMID MUCH CROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid much media hoopla and self- congratulation from politicians and commentators, Airbus launched its double-decker A380 on its maiden flight April 27. The four-hour flight from Toulouse of the world's largest passenger jet was witnessed by close to 50,000 visitors on the sa [...] |
2005-04-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PREL FR |
| 05PARIS2910 | 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: -- France Telecom's debt on the rise (para 2) -- GOF technology and information society office merged with regional and small bus [...] |
2005-04-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS2926 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - FORMATION OF NEW [...] IRAQ - FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. AFRICA - DARFUR - NATO INVOLVEMENT 3. LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF DOMESTIC STORIES ARE REPORTED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, WITH FORMER SOCIALIST PM JOSPIN PROMINENTLY FEATURED AFTER HIS TELEVISED INTERVENTION LAST [...] |
2005-04-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2942 | FRANCE'S MAY 29 REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: THE [...] (SBU) Despite urgings from Jacques Chirac and most of France's mainstream political leaders to cast ballots on the EU Constitution's merits in the May 29 referendum, many French voters remain focused on unemployment and other pressing economic and social issues (reftel B). Diminished purchas [...] |
2005-04-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS2944 | APRIL 29 BARNIER-AOUN MEETING [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) During an April 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East Jean-Francois Thibault offered a brief readout of FM Barnier's meeting earlier that day with former [...] |
2005-04-29 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS2945 | FRENCH CONFIRM BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior French MFA and Presidency officials confirmed broad support for U.S. goals for the planned U.S.-EU conference on Iraq, during April 25 discussions with Senior Coordinator on Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones. French officials echoed U.S. views on the need for incl [...] |
2005-04-29 19:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2946 | GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel), except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...] |
2005-04-29 19:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE PTER FR |
| 05PARIS2950 | FRENCH VIEWS ON WHO/INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Acting Science Counselor contacted the MFA and the Health Ministry on April 25 to convey USG position concerning the revision of International Health regulations (reftel) and explain the U.S. position on outstanding issues. 2. Our MFA contact stated that while France had [...] |
2005-05-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL PTER FR WHO |
| 05PARIS2962 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: [...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: EGYPT 2. IRAQ: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION 3. EU-U.S. RELATIONS - EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS IN OFFICE ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. A NEW POLL ON VOTER INTENTION ON TH [...] |
2005-05-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2967 | MFA DISCUSSES VISIT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL RS |
| 05PARIS2974 | PM RAFFARIN'S APRIL 21-24 TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the high-profile exchange of French and Chinese presidential visits last year, Prime Minister Raffarin focused his late April visit mostly on economic issues and cultural affairs. His statement that China's March anti-secession law is "compatible" with the French pos [...] |
2005-05-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR CH |
| 05PARIS2975 | GROWING DISCORD OVER ABOLISHED HOLIDAY THREATENS A [...] (SBU) A government initiative to fund health care for the elderly through the elimination of the Whit Monday holiday is meeting strong opposition from organized labor and leftist political activists. Discord over this "day of solidarity", May 16, could provoke strikes and unrest in the run-up [...] |
2005-05-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS2976 | FRANCE WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQ TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 29 to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine, who assured us that France welcomed formation of the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG) and would say so in a public statement later that day. The statement, issued at the MFA's noon press briefing Ap [...] |
2005-05-02 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS298 | BROADENING GLOBAL FUND ELIGIBILITY - FRENCH CHANGE [...] (SBU) On January 12, EST Counselor contacted Dr. Frederic Goyet, responsible for the Division of Health and Social Development, Bureau of Development and Technical Cooperation, MFA, to inform him of the U.S. plan to seek a change in the guidelines for the Global Fund to permit a wider range [...] |
2005-01-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID TBIO FR |
| 05PARIS2989 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: FM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS299 | YAWER-CHIRAC MEETING HIGH ON ATMOSPHERICS, BUT LOW [...] (C) Presidential Advisor for Middle East Andre Parant gave us a brief, but upbeat readout January 14 of President Chirac's meeting and working lunch with Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) President Ghazi al-Yawer January 13. (Note: Yawer met with FM Barnier and the President of the National Ass [...] |
2005-01-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS3013 | FRANCE RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS [...] (C) Poloff delivered points on U.S.-Russia MANPADS arrangement (reftel A) to French MFA Office for Disarmament's Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume on April 15 and again on April 22. Guillaume told poloff the MFA appreciated being informed on the matter ad [...] |
2005-05-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | RS KHDP MARR PARM PREL PTER FR |
| 05PARIS3014 | NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO FINLAND GERARD CROS [...] (C) According to the official GoF "Daily Bulletin" on May 2, Gerard Cros will be the next French Ambassador in Helsinki. Although Cros has been involved in work on the Congo Basin Forest partnership, he appears to have been essentially without a job since being replaced as MFA Africa Director [...] |
2005-05-04 07:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR FI PBIO FR CROS GERARD |
| 05PARIS3020 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: MAY 5 UK ELECTIONS [...] EUROPE: MAY 5 UK ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S HEADLINES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO TONY BLAIR AND HIS "PROBABLE RE-ELECTION" (LE FIGARO). IN HIS EDITORIAL PIERRE ROUSSELIN WRITES ABOUT A "HISTORIC THIRD MANDATE" FOR BLAIR. INSIDE, A REPORT BY [...] |
2005-05-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3021 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: MAY 5 UK ELECTIONS [...] EUROPE: MAY 5 UK ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S HEADLINES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO TONY BLAIR AND HIS "PROBABLE RE-ELECTION" (LE FIGARO). IN HIS EDITORIAL PIERRE ROUSSELIN WRITES ABOUT A "HISTORIC THIRD MANDATE" FOR BLAIR. INSIDE, A REPORT BY [...] |
2005-05-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3049 | STATUS REPORT ON G-8 ANTICORRUPTION/TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Per ref request, Econ Chief discussed reftel non-paper and talking points with Foreign Ministry G-8 Officer, Cyril Pierre. Pierre, after digesting the U.S. information, noted that it was interesting and thanked Econ Chief for sharing the "status of U.S. compacts." Pierre noted that wh [...] |
2005-05-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL FR |
| 05PARIS3053 | CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...] |
2005-05-04 18:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE FR |
| 05PARIS3056 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: UK ELECTIONS, CAPTURE [...] UK ELECTIONS 2. CAPTURE OF AL-LIBBI (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TONY BLAIR'S RE-ELECTION AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS AT THE ELYSEE ARE THE PRINCIPAL FRONT-PAGE STORIES TODAY. CENTRIST BUSINESS-ORIENTED LA TRIBUNE CALLS THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THE RE-ELECTION AND THE [...] |
2005-05-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS306 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND [...] BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND TERM PROSPECTS 2. AIRBUS VERSUS BOEING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ONE WORD, AIRBUS, SUMMARIZES TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS. AS THE EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM GETS READY TO UNVEIL THE A380, HEADLINES COMPETE FOR WORDS TO ILLUSTRATE THE GRANDEUR OF THE NEXT GENERA [...] |
2005-01-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3076 | A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES TSUNAMI RELIEF WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EB Assistant Secretary Wayne briefed French government tsunami relief coordinators on U.S. efforts, and shared with them the U.S. approach to public-private partnerships, as well as innovative financing loan facilities. Both A/S Wayne and his French counterpart Jean-Claude Mal [...] |
2005-05-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3086 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: PREVENTING AN [...] In the absence of the MFA IO Human Rights action officer, currently in Geneva, poloff raised reftel points with IO DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix May 6. Poloff stressed that the USG believed that the proposal was both unnecessary and costly and that issues of UN reform should be discussed [...] |
2005-05-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR UNCHR UNGA |
| 05PARIS3087 | TOGO: BOKO IN FRANCE [...] (C) During a May 6 discussion on Togo with visiting staffdel Flynn, MFA PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier told Embassy Africa watcher that former Togolese Interior Minister Boko had arrived in France the evening of May 5. Barbier was reluctant to provide details, and said that the GoF would be [...] |
2005-05-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TO FR |
| 05PARIS3088 | FRANCE FAVORS RATIONALIZING WEST AFRICA UN [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher raised ref B points on authorizing the UNSYG to transfer peacekeeping units among existing missions in West Africa with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier and MFA IO DAS-equivalent Jean Pierre Lacroix on May 6. 2. (C) Barbier, while noting that IO had the le [...] |
2005-05-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS3103 | FRANCE'S MAY 29 REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) "The question of Turkey" as the French refer to it, looms large in the background of voter concerns as France's electorate prepares for the May 29 national referendum on a proposed constitution for the European Union. Opponents of the constitutional treaty suggest that it will make Turk [...] |
2005-05-06 17:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3104 | France is Europe's leader in broadband internet [...] Summary: In 2005, France became the biggest broadband market in Europe, largely on the back of surging demand and strong pro-competitive action from the regulator. France is also one of Europe's most competitive markets, with prices about half those in other countries, including Britain. Rar [...] |
2005-05-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS311 | DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EUROSATORY 2006 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF JUNE 2006 EUROSATORY, U.S. EMBASSY PARIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT. 2. THIS LARGEST LAND ARMAMENT TRADE SHOW, SCHEDULED FOR 12-16 JUNE 2006, PROVIDES AN UNEQUALLED SHOWCASE FOR THE [...] |
2005-01-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PINS ETRD MARR MILI |
| 05PARIS3115 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATIONS - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3118 | FRENCH JUDGE SAYS C/T FOCUS IS ON "JIHADISTS TO [...] (S) Summary: Islamic/international terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) told Poloffs May 6 that his section's open-ended investigation into potential "jihadists to Iraq" has become their current priority. With two networks already discovered, French authorities [...] |
2005-05-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
| 05PARIS3129 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATION - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3146 | DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...] |
2005-05-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN |
| 05PARIS3151 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] As requested reftel, post reached out to the French entities Zodiac Aerazur and Aerazur Superflexit, both of whom responded to our questions on May 6. Both confirmed that they are two divisions of the same company, Aerazur. 2. Mr. Trontin of Aerazur Superflexit confirmed that his company [...] |
2005-05-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
| 05PARIS3167 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3181 | PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3182 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3183 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3184 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3185 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3186 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3187 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3188 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3189 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA ONE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3190 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3191 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3192 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3193 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3194 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3195 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3196 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3197 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3198 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3199 | FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3200 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3208 | POLLS ON EU CONSTITUTION: ALL EVEN WITH LESS THAN [...] (U) With less than three weeks to go before France's May 29 referendum on the EU Constitution, several recent public opinion surveys put the race in a statistical dead heat. One major poll shows an exact 50-50 split between 'yes' and 'no' among those who say they have decided how they will vo [...] |
2005-05-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3210 | USUNESCO - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: UNESCO continues to be the sole UN organization where Israeli-Palestinian issues are handled with a minimum of polemics and polarization. Following concrete improvements in cooperation on UNESCO activities in the region, the UNESCO Secretariat submitted unbiased draft decisions on t [...] |
2005-05-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | XE XF XG XD FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS3231 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH - FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3232 | DARFUR: FRENCH POSITION ON NATO ROLE [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Charge raised a possible NATO role in Darfur with MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye May 11. Charge said French opposition to a NAC meeting with AU SYG Konare was not consistent with FM Barnier's assurances that Paris would not object to a NATO role in [...] |
2005-05-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3234 | IRAN: EU-3 LETTER WARNS TEHRAN AGAINST CHANGES TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Laboulaye discussed with Charge May 11 the EU-3 letter to Rohani warning against resumption of uranium conversion. Laboulaye said that it may be necessary to convene an extraordinary meeting of the IAEA board and stressed the need to build international cons [...] |
2005-05-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM IR FR |
| 05PARIS3235 | LEBANON: FRENCH VIEWS ON POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye provided Charge with French views on the situation in Lebanon during a May 11 meeting on NATO's role in Darfur (septel). Laboulaye reaffirmed that the GoF would have preferred that General Aoun had stayed in Paris, and that FM Barnier had urged [...] |
2005-05-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE FR |
| 05PARIS3236 | UNCHR: PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR UNCHR UNGA |
| 05PARIS327 | VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...] |
2005-01-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV XY FR |
| 05PARIS3276 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ESCALATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS328 | FRANCE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH TOTAL CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over lunch with the Ambassador January 13, Total CEO Thierry Desmarest provided a wide-ranging overview of developments in the world oil and gas sectors. Among the highlights were his description of Total's activities in Iran and Libya, and his view of China's aggressiveness in [...] |
2005-01-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETTC ENRG EINV PINR FR |
| 05PARIS3292 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FRENCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post includes below points on French asset-freezing authority for terrorist finance issues. 2. (SBU) France's legal authority to freeze assets is based on the state's traditional power to use capital controls where necessary. Therefore, the main authority is based on Fre [...] |
2005-05-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR PGOV EUN |
| 05PARIS3305 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...] |
2005-05-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS3316 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UZBEKISTAN - UPRISING AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-16 11:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3342 | FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION: VOTERS [...] (SBU) Arguments aiming to tap into anti-Americanism among the French to win support either for or against the proposed constitution have by and large met with indifference from ordinary voters. This has not prevented the TV debates featuring major politicians, the print editorials and the no [...] |
2005-05-16 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3352 | FRENCH 2005 GDP MAY BE LOWER THAN 2% [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French GDP growth has been slowing in the first half of 2005 according to recent indicators and information provided by contacts. GDP is likely to be closer to 1.5% than to the Government's forecast of 2.0- 2.5%, a situation not favoring job creation. More modest growth and h [...] |
2005-05-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS3354 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3379 | FRANCE APOLOGIZES FOR MIX-UP BARRING U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) A wrong call by a low-level French official was quickly reversed when we brought it to the attention of the MOD and MFA. At issue was the participation of Col. Ernest Herold, Chief of the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation, in the annual study trip sponsored by the Direction Generale [...] |
2005-05-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CH FR NATO |
| 05PARIS338 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...] |
2005-01-19 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS339 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...] |
2005-01-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3391 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GUANTANAMO - KORAN [...] GUANTANAMO - KORAN DESECRATION - NEWSWEEK REPORT 2. UZBEKISTAN - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS 3. DARFUR - NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION CONTINUES TO BE A LEAD STORY. PM RAFFARIN'S TELEVISED APPEAL LAST EVENING IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' IS FRONT-PAGED IN LE FI [...] |
2005-05-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3401 | IRAQ: POTENTIAL PROGRESS ON FRANCE'S GENDARME [...] C) During the course of a meeting with MOD contacts on May 13, we learned that Iraq has responded to France's bilateral offer to train Iraqi security forces, which President Chirac had conveyed to then IIG President Yawer last January. According to Captain Devaux, a MOD desk officer for NATO i [...] |
2005-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ FR EUN NATO |
| 05PARIS3406 | FRANCE: VISIT OF TASK FORCE ON THE UNITED NATIONS [...] Embassy Paris welcomes May 31-June 1 visit by the Task Force on the United Nations (ref A) and grants country clearance. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, who can be reached by phone at (33-1) 43.12.27.44, by fax at (33-1) 43.12.26.63, or by e-mail at kaned [...] |
2005-05-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT FR |
| 05PARIS3413 | OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ARTICLE ON [...] State 090992 asked all posts to approach media and appropriate host government officials to reiterate USG respect for religious worship and tradition, and to ask media outlets to give the same wide coverage to the Newsweek retraction as to the original allegations. Given that French language [...] |
2005-05-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL FR |
| 05PARIS3414 | NO ALGERIAN REQUEST TO FRANCE FOR NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-18 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY AORC ENRG AG FR IAEA |
| 05PARIS3415 | REPORTING CABLE: OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE [...] The Secretariat presented an overview of the draft ESM Guidance Manual that Member countries, in 2004, decided to develop as a means of facilitating the implementation of the OECD Council Recommendation on Environmentally Sound Management of Waste. The U.S. and Canada supported the ongoing dev [...] |
2005-05-19 07:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR |
| 05PARIS3416 | OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND [...] The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) held its meeting on April 13th and 15th, 2005. In addition, EPOC held a High Level Special Session on the Costs of Inaction on April 14, 2005. Judith E. Ayres, EPA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, led the delegation. The major ac [...] |
2005-05-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 05PARIS3423 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND [...] IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND REGIONAL ARAB SPRING 2. FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EUROPE AND MORE EUROPE: PRACTICALLY EVERY FRONT PAGE IS DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, THE REFERENDUM, AND THE IMPACT OF THE VOTE FOR FRANCE'S ECONOMY AND AUTONOMY. MEDIA GIVES PRO [...] |
2005-05-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3463 | G-8: FRENCH QUESTIONS ON REGIONAL DIALOGUE FOR [...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Per ref request, Econ Chief discussed reftel talking points with Foreign Ministry G-8 Officer, Cyril Pierre. Pierre, was unaware of any prior discussion of such a regional dialogue on Afghanistan in the broader discussions [...] |
2005-05-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AF FR |
| 05PARIS3465 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - RENEWED TENSION [...] MIDDLE EAST - RENEWED TENSION 2. UZBEKISTAN 3. ARREST OF LUIS POSADA CARRILES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE EUROPEAN ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ON D- 9 BEFORE THE VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM, THE MIDDLE EAST AND RENEWED REGIONAL TENSION ELICIT COMMENTARY FROM CATHOLIC LA CRO [...] |
2005-05-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3485 | (C) REQUEST FOR SECDEF ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Paris believes that Secretary Rice's and Secretary Gutierrez' advocacy letters in support of General Electric's bid to provide gas turbines to equip the join French-Italian Multi-Mission Frigates (known as FREMM) were useful in signaling high-level USG [...] |
2005-05-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD PREL FR |
| 05PARIS3486 | PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: In preliminary comments on the U.S. nonpaper on an international framework of support for Lebanon (reftel), Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche confirmed GoF support for an international meeting on Lebanon but cautioned that we should remain discreet in preparations t [...] |
2005-05-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE FR |
| 05PARIS349 | FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] |
2005-01-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR |
| 05PARIS3490 | USUNESCO: INFORMAL BIOETHICS DECLARATION MEETING [...] An explicitly "informal" and ad referendum intersessional meeting on the draft bioethics declaration called by Ambassador Sader, President of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts, was held at UNESCO on May 17. The meeting was organized around a non-paper written by Sader and distributed a [...] |
2005-05-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO US FR UNESCO KSCI |
| 05PARIS3491 | FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...] |
2005-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO |
| 05PARIS3492 | FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION: NOTHING [...] (SBU) With a week to go before France's May 29 referendum on the proposed constitution for the EU, the outcome remains highly uncertain. Latest polls, taken in mid-May, show 'no' with a slight lead over 'yes' among decided voters. Pollsters, however, are careful to point out that the number [...] |
2005-05-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3504 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN [...] MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS - KORAN DESECRATION - AFGHANISTAN - LAURA BUSH TO MIDDLE EAST 2. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM - NATO AND DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE EUROPEAN ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES, EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARIES AS THE MAY 29 VOTE ON THE EU REFERENDU [...] |
2005-05-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3521 | POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Deputy Barry Lowenkron met in Paris April 19 with French MFA Center for Analysis and Prediction (CAP) Director Pierre Levy and his deputy, Philippe Errera for discussions of Russia's drift towards authoritarian rule; democ [...] |
2005-05-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS XF XI FR |
| 05PARIS3535 | USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD, RESULTS OF F&A [...] Budget The Director-General proposed to the Executive Board a budget of $635 million, a 4% increase in UNESCO's budget. After contentious negotiations, the Executive Board adopted a decision that requests the Director-General to present to the next Executive Board a baseline budget proposal [...] |
2005-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS3540 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN: EU-3 TALKS, NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3547 | CONTINUED MUSLIM OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK [...] Summary: As requested in reftel A and initially reported in reftel B, Post has continued its outreach to French Muslim contacts following Newsweek's retraction of its story alleging desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo. Post and Consulate Strasbourg issued press releases to contacts and th [...] |
2005-05-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL KISL FR |
| 05PARIS357 | NATO/AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH UNDECIDED ON STAGE II [...] (C) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche for building on NATO foreign minister's meeting, French officials have reiterated their reservations on Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRT) and are holding off on taking a decision to contribute a quick response force (QRF) for Stage II Forward Supp [...] |
2005-01-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF FR NATO |
| 05PARIS3581 | FRENCH Q-1 GDP INCREASED MUCH LESS THAN EXPECTED [...] SUMMARY. Disappointing GDP growth in Q-1 (0.8% annualized) means that the GOF target of 2.0 to 2.5% GDP growth in 2005 is almost impossible to achieve. Most economists revised their forecasts downward to levels close to 1.5%. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------------- GDP Increa [...] |
2005-05-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS3591 | UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...] |
2005-05-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS3604 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM - [...] EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP: AMERICAN NEO-CONSERVATISM AND EUROPE (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, DIVISIONS BETWEEN THE FRENCH POLITICAL CLASSES AND SUNDAY'S REFERENDUM CONTINUE TO DOMINATE HEADLINES AND EDITORIALS LEADING LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERAT [...] |
2005-05-25 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3625 | FRANCE'S EU REFERENDUM: "NO" HAS THE MOMENTUM AS [...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac addresses a national audience May 26 to urge a vote in favor of the EU constitution three days later, he may be talking to an electorate that has largely made up its mind -- to vote no. Opinion polls and many of the country's sharpest political commentators [...] |
2005-05-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3634 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL [...] AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS TO WASHINGTON 3. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: D-3: FRONT PAGES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE EU CONSTITUTION WHILE PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION THIS EVENING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION A [...] |
2005-05-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS364 | EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LATEST FRENCH THINKING [...] (C) Following recent EU discussions on lifting the EU arms embargo on China (ref C), we spoke with Jacques Maillard, MFA DAS-equivalent for export controls, with respect to French thinking on this issue. Maillard said that the EU had already decided in December to lift the arms embargo by the [...] |
2005-01-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ETTC PREL FR EUN |
| 05PARIS365 | FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS3654 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our Washington inter-agency audience. Contents: -- EDF brokers deal to control Italian power company (para 2) -- Industry Ministe [...] |
2005-05-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS3659 | FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: INTERNAL [...] (C) Whatever the outcome on May 29, none of the purely domestic political/economic issues that have so divided the French electorate during the referendum campaign will have been resolved. Rejection of the political class, along with the high unemployment, diminished purchasing power and eco [...] |
2005-05-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3668 | FRANCE IN EUROPE: WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 29 [...] (C) Summary: Whether they accept or reject the draft EU constitution three days from now, French voters May 29 will have a major effect on their country's ability to influence the course of EU policy, and the future of the European Union. Win or lose, Jacques Chirac is unlikely to give up hi [...] |
2005-05-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3679 | GOF PLANS FOR BOOSTING CORPORATE INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY. Despite GOF predictions of economic disruption if France votes against the EU constitution in the May 29 referendum, the GOF itself is doing little to prepare for such a contingency. The GOF has introduced two bills to encourage corporate investment and small businesses, but any pos [...] |
2005-05-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS368 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3682 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN [...] MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN WASHINGTON 2. CENTRAL ASIA: UZBEKISTAN 3. DARFUR AND NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE WANING DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE ON MAY 29 TO RATIFY THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT CHIRAC GAVE HIS ALL IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS LAST EVENING WARNING THE FRENCH AGAINST "MISTA [...] |
2005-05-27 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3708 | SARKOZY ADDRESSES RUMORS, CALLS FOR CHANGE IN TV [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicolas Sarkozy, France's most popular politician and president of the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, confirmed recent rumors May 26 that he and his wife Cecilia were experiencing marital difficulties. Sarkozy, in a prime-time interview on a major network, res [...] |
2005-05-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS372 | THE AIRBUS A-380 - REVEALED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Airbus hosted a lavish "A-380 Reveal" ceremony in Toulouse January 18 before 5000 invited guests, including French President Chirac, British PM Blair, German Chancellor Schroeder and Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero. The unveiling of the first fully-functional A380 superjumbo to [...] |
2005-01-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD FR WTRO USTR |
| 05PARIS3722 | FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: 'NO' WINS [...] (SBU) In a stinging defeat for President Chirac and the entire French establishment -- its political class and business, media and cultural elites -- French voters massively voted 'no' in the May 29 referendum on the proposed constitution for the EU. President Chirac, in a terse statement on [...] |
2005-05-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3727 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - FRANCE VOTES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-31 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3744 | ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] Embassy Paris has no objection to NIH's proposed award of a research project entitled, "Mouse Model for Sepsis" involving an institution in France: Institut Pasteur, Paris. Foreign Principal Investigator: Cavaillon, Jean-Marc. On May 31, EST Counselor visited Dr. Cavaillon at the Pasteur [...] |
2005-05-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA FR TPHY |
| 05PARIS3749 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-31 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB FR ILO |
| 05PARIS3759 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MAY 26, [...] (C) EST Counselor participated in the May 26 MTCR Points-of-Contact (POC) meeting held at the South Korean Embassy in Paris and delivered the substance of points contained in reftel. 2. (C) The POC Session began with a briefing - based on a "first draft summary report" - by French MFA POC [...] |
2005-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC TSPA ETTC |
| 05PARIS3766 | MFA ON ALGERIAN RELATIONS WITH FRANCE AND MOROCCO, [...] Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Anne Mohsen, during a recent meeting with us, described French relations with Algeria as unaffected by controversy over the 1945 Setif massacre, with progress on track towards conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty by year-end. Mohsen suggested [...] |
2005-06-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG WS MO TS FR |
| 05PARIS3779 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - GOVERNMENT [...] EU REFERENDUM - GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE 2. AIRBUS-BOEING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: LEAD STORIES IN TODAY'S MEDIA ARE DEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH OF FRANCE'S NEGATIVE VOTE ON THE EU REFERENDUM, THE RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S NOMINATION OF DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN T [...] |
2005-06-01 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3796 | FRANCE TO HELP LIBYA WITH IAEA-MONITORED NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: In response to a Libyan request, France is studying how it might assist Libya with its Russian-built Tajoura plant. No formal agreement has been signed yet, but Libyans have asked for assistance in producing radio isotopes for medical and industrial use, as well as aid in using th [...] |
2005-06-01 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP ENRG LY FR IAEA |
| 05PARIS38 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3809 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS' [...] EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS' VOTE - FRENCH CABINET RESHUFFLE 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AFTER THE FRENCH "NON," THE DUTCH "NEE" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, (SEE PART C) WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S S [...] |
2005-06-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS381 | EURONEXT BIDS ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE [...] SUMMARY. Paris-based Euronext, the first cross-border European exchange, has launched talks to buy the London Stock Exchange (LSE), after the LSE rejected an informal approach from Deutsche Borse (DB, ref B). If the bid is accepted, Euronext will realize its ambitions (ref A), becoming the b [...] |
2005-01-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS3813 | CHIRAC GAMBLES AGAIN, ALLYING HIS PROTEGE AND HIS [...] (C) In choosing former Foreign and Interior Minister and long-time collaborator Dominique de Villepin to head his new government, and center-right rival Nicolas Sarkozy to be its number two, President Chirac is attempting to unite the main factions that divide France's center-right in response [...] |
2005-06-02 12:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS3844 | SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING: FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: France plans to work with its EU partners on Small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) negotiations, but in an effort to reach consensus, is prepared to take a more pragmatic bilateral approach. The French end game is to obtain an agreement on dealing with the illicit trade in SA/LW, [...] |
2005-06-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM FR |
| 05PARIS3857 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3864 | FRANCE'S NEW GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY: MOVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French voters may have cited the poor state of the economy as a key reason to reject the European constitution in last week's referendum, but neither incoming Prime Minister de Villepin nor President Chirac have signaled that economics will be the focus of the new government's a [...] |
2005-06-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EIND EFIN FR EUN |
| 05PARIS387 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH INAUGURATION IRAQ - [...] BUSH INAUGURATION 2. IRAQ - ELECTIONS 3. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: YESTERDAY'S STRIKES ARE TODAY'S FRONT-PAGE STORY, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE, WHICH TITLES "EUROPE, IRAQ, IRAN, CHINA: WHAT THE WORLD EXPECTS FROM GEORGE BUSH." THE INSIDE STORIES REPORTING ON THE PRES [...] |
2005-01-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3877 | UNESCO: USG DELEGATION FINAL STATEMENT AT CULTURAL [...] Robert S. Martin, the co-head of the United States delegation to the UNESCO-based discussions concerning a draft Cultural Diversity Convention, summarized the USG objections to the proceedings in a 3 June oral statement delivered during the concluding session of the talks. The text follows. [...] |
2005-06-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR |
| 05PARIS3878 | FRANCE: NEW GOVERNMENT LINE UP [...] (SBU) The new French government led by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, with Nicolas Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior (reftel) was formally announced by the Elysee palace the evening of Thursday, June 2. The new government, significantly smaller than the one it replaces (31 versus 43 [...] |
2005-06-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ELAB FR |
| 05PARIS3879 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN COUNTERFEITING [...] (S) SUMMARY: French authorities have no knowledge of North Korean counterfeiting of other major currencies, including the Euro. We underscored our concern about North Korean counterfeiting activities, and French authorities said they would be happy to share any information that might come thei [...] |
2005-06-03 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KCRM EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS389 | FSC/ETI DISPUTE: DEMARCHE TO GOF ON SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Minister-Counselor made ref A demarche January 20 to MFA Director Alain Leroy. Leroy took our points on board, but revealed little about how France will act when the Commission takes up the issue of FSC sanctions in the 133 Committee meeting. The GOF remains particu [...] |
2005-01-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD FR USTR |
| 05PARIS3895 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: AFTERMATH OF THE EU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3896 | 2005 TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FRANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG FR |
| 05PARIS3921 | FRENCH OPPOSE RETURN TO EU SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 3 and followed up with a conversation on June 6 with Pascal LeDeunff, head of the French MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office, the unit that prepares French input for the GAERC meetings. LeDeunff took note of the U.S. position, but emphasi [...] |
2005-06-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU FR EUN |
| 05PARIS3922 | JOSE BOVE CALLS FOR MORE DESTRUCTION OF BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-biotech organizations backing activist Jos Bove have proclaimed June 18 as a day of protest against genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and have threatened to destroy all open-field testing plots of GM products in France. This call is in response to a National Assembl [...] |
2005-06-06 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO SENV FR |
| 05PARIS3923 | FRANCE: SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GOF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...] |
2005-06-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD FR CU |
| 05PARIS3924 | FRENCH REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher discussed developments in Ethiopia with MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Christophe Belliard June 6. Belliard recounted that he had recently discussed Ethiopia with NSC Africa Advisor Courville and UK FCO AF A/S-equivalent in London. During that meeting, he said, there w [...] |
2005-06-06 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET FR |
| 05PARIS3937 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: REFERENDA FALLOUT, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3952 | NEW FRENCH RESEARCH MINISTER [...] Summary. President Chirac appointed a new government on June 2 (ref C). The research portfolio remains folded into a large Education Ministry. Francois Goulard, the new `Minister-Delegate for Higher Education and Research,' will face a number of sensitive challenges, including the final dr [...] |
2005-06-07 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA PGOV PINR FR |
| 05PARIS3957 | FY-2005 Voluntary Visitor Program: Karl-Erik [...] Current U.S. Administration: - Introduction to governmental organizations under current administration. 2. Security and Defense Issues: - Introduction to Security and Defense Issues and Foreign Policy under current administration: OSD/AT and L. 3. Foreign Policy formulation and challeng [...] |
2005-06-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3965 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: TONY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3989 | FRENCH JUDICIARY TO INVESTIGATE GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: A Paris appeals court recently ordered two investigating judges, Sophie Clement and Nathalie Frydman, to investigate charges that ex-Guantanamo detainees Nizar Sassi and Mourad Benchellali (currently in pretrial detention in France) were "illegally arrested and arbitrarily detained [...] |
2005-06-08 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PTER KJUS |
| 05PARIS400 | CODEL Sensenbrenner [...] SUMMARY: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Mrs. Sensenbrenner and Chief of Staff Phil Kiko visited France from January 9 to 17 to conduct a review of French actions to enhance the security of their passports, cooperate with the U.S. in combating terrorism and secure their borde [...] |
2005-01-21 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP CMGT CVIS CPAS KFRD AMGT AORC FR |
| 05PARIS401 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHR DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN FR UNAUS CSW CHR |
| 05PARIS4019 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON -RUN-UP [...] ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON 2. RUN-UP TO THE G8 3. A/S FRIED IN PARIS 4. NATO AND DARFUR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH YESTERDAY ON STRATEGIES TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE DOMINATE HEADLINES. RIGHT-WING ORIENTED DAILIES LABEL DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH AS "NOT BAD" [...] |
2005-06-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS402 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS AND MARKET ACCESS [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel request for views on the French services market with input from Embassy ECON, FCS and Ag sections. Following is a ranking of services sectors in France. The estimates cited below are intended as a broad and very general gauge of market potentials and ma [...] |
2005-01-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FR WTO |
| 05PARIS4039 | CONTINUED FRENCH CONCERNS ON BAGHDAD AIRPORT ROAD [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) On the margins of a June 7 discussion on deliverables for the U.S.-EU conference on Iraq (septel), MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan raised continuing GoF security concerns on access to the Bag [...] |
2005-06-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ FR |
| 05PARIS4040 | FRENCH POLDIR UNABLE TO ATTEND P5 AND G-4 MEETING [...] Poloff contacted Arnaud Barthelemy, advisor to MFA Political Direct Stanislas de Laboulaye, June 9 to reiterate the invitation to meet with P5 and G-4 counterparts in New York next week. 2. Barthelemy was aware of the proposed meeting, but regretted that because of prior commitments to trav [...] |
2005-06-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS4041 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND: FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED [...] Poloff raised with MFA IO contacts May 31 the proposed letter from permanent representatives to UNSYG Annan requesting him to set up the UN Democracy Fund. DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen responded June 7 that while France was very supporti [...] |
2005-06-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR |
| 05PARIS4042 | MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...] |
2005-06-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC |
| 05PARIS4043 | DELIVERABLES FOR U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE: NO NEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF will not be announcing new assistance for Iraq at the June 22 U.S.-EU conference, which FM Douste-Blazy is likely to attend. MFA officials responded somewhat defensively to our points encouraging additional French support for Iraq, and stressed that the Bruss [...] |
2005-06-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON FR IZ EUN |
| 05PARIS4044 | DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN'S MAIDEN SPEECH AS PRIME [...] (SBU) A tightly self-controlled Dominique de Villepin -- he stuck to an uncharacteristically dry text and kept his hands glued to the podium throughout -- delivered his "general policy" speech to a packed National Assembly on June 8. Villepin was clearly focused on televisually communicatin [...] |
2005-06-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 05PARIS4061 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4067 | SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S JUNE 15 [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit and look forward to your assistance in moving forward the deep and complex relationship we enjoy with France. As a member of the G8 and the UN Security Council with extensive ties to former colonies around the world, France plays a prominent role in the intern [...] |
2005-06-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EIND ETRD EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS407 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING [...] SUMMARY. On January 20, poloff met with Jean-Francois Guillaume, the MFA Action Officer responsible for small arms and light weapons nonproliferation, who explained that the French will support European initiatives at the second negotiation session of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms an [...] |
2005-01-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FR UN |
| 05PARIS408 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR FR |
| 05PARIS409 | CHIRAC WINS ONE IN HIS BATTLE WITH SARKOZY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac has won a significant skirmish in his on-going battle with arch-rival Nicolas Sarkozy, currently president of the governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. At a "surprise appearance" at a caucus of UMP National Assembly deputies, Chirac demanded [...] |
2005-01-21 19:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EU FR PGOV |
| 05PARIS4095 | FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...] |
2005-06-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN |
| 05PARIS4103 | TOGO: MEETING WITH FORMER MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko visited the Embassy on June 8 to discuss his visa request and prospective travel to the U.S. He also discussed events in Togo, stating that he had little faith that Faure was truly committed to democratic reform. He discussed the [...] |
2005-06-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR TO FR |
| 05PARIS4105 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu June 8. Bienvenu lamented the rising electoral costs and noted that poor choices had been made in the process. He indicated that while the EU would supplement its cont [...] |
2005-06-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL FR HA UN |
| 05PARIS4106 | STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...] |
2005-06-10 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR LE FR |
| 05PARIS4111 | OECD REPORTING: WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] OECD's Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of the U.S., the first such assessment in nearly a decade, was the centerpiece of May 17-19 meetings convened by OECD's Working Party on Environmental Performance (WPEP). The U.S. EPR peer review session, involving OECD staff and delegates from 24 [...] |
2005-06-13 07:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD CZ |
| 05PARIS4115 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE [...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...] |
2005-06-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4116 | GOF SELLS ADDITIONAL 6.2% STAKE IN FRANCE TELECOM [...] On June 7, the French government reduced its stake in the company by 6.2%, but demand was not sufficient to sell an 8% stake to the private sector as initially planned. The decision to sell France Telecom shares was one of the first government decisions under new Prime Minister Dominique De [...] |
2005-06-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECPS ECON PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS4119 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH FRENCH OPINION LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried met a small group of French opinion leaders June 7 to discuss next steps following France's rejection of the European constitution. A/S Fried emphasized that, although the U.S. did not have a position on the Constitut [...] |
2005-06-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS4141 | POLICY PLANNING CHIEF LEVY ON WHY AND WHAT NEXT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 10 discussion with visiting acting NIC Chairman David Gordon and NIO for Europe Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich, Pierre Levy, the head of the MFA's policy planning staff, offered his assessment of the reasons for and implications of France's "no" vote on the EU constitution [...] |
2005-06-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN |
| 05PARIS4145 | UNESCO: UNESCO Draft Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The draft convention adopted (over U.S. objections) at the conclusion of the May 25-June 3 UNESCO cultural diversity negotiations, turned out to be about anything but culture. In proceedings marred by unveiled, anti-US hostility, France and the European Commission (EC), [...] |
2005-06-13 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR |
| 05PARIS4152 | FRENCH DISCUSS UN REFORM ISSUES WITH NEWT GINGRICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former House Speaker Gingrich's May 31-June 1 visit to France, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the U.S. Institute for Peace's Task Force on the UN, offered an opportunity for GOF officials to provide views on UN reform issues. On the issue of Security Council enlargement, the F [...] |
2005-06-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL |