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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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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 10:19:00Embassy HanoiSECRETPREF PREL CH FR VM CVR HUMANR
00STATE117658SUDANESE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-20 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR BG FR NL PREL PTER SU UNSC
00THEHAGUE1659DUTCH 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 13:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK
00THEHAGUE1676SECRETARY 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 13:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EIND ELTN EWWT FR NL SENV EUN FAA IMO
01PARIS11204FRENCH 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 05:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAF FR PK PREL
02ABUJA2165NIGERIA: 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 13:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS
02ABUJA2337NIGERIA: 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 08:26:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI
02AMMAN3465HUMAN 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 11:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC 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 07:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS
02KUWAIT5526IN 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 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL US FR IZ KU
02VATICAN2229HOLOCAUST 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 12:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALFR 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 15:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS
03ANKARA1036IRAQ/DEMARCHE ON FRENCH PROPOSALS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-13 08:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM FR TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1625DEMARCHE 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 06:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC FR TU
03ANKARA2711APRIL 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 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EU BE FR TU
03ANKARA5073GOT 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 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU
03BRUSSELS4143FIRST 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 18:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL 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 11:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 10:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 11:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE FR NO LTTE
03GUATEMALA783DEMARCHE 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 22:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL 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 06:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR VM FR
03KUWAIT284KUWAIT'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 03:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN ETTC FR KU UN
03OTTAWA1474CANADA-FRANCE: VISIT OF FRENCH PM RAFFARIN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 18:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CA FR
03PARIS5741FRENCH 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 19:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CO BR FR
03THEHAGUE1449AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S DEPARTURE FROM POST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-06 14:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ASEC FR NL
03THEHAGUE2387REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-23 13:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA FR NL
03ZAGREB428CROATIA 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 13:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS HR IZ FR
04ABUDHABI166FRENCH 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 15:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 08:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4440TUAF 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 16:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK
04ANKARA5005TUAF 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 07:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK
04BRUSSELS3843ANNALISA 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 11:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PINR IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5159EU 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 16:39:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1139G-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 11:21:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP DJ FR
04DJIBOUTI1212AMBASSADOR'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 14:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PINR FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1350FRANCE'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 13:17:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER MCAP FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1529FRENCH 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 05:57:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALCVIS DJ FR PGOV PREL
04DJIBOUTI298MINISTER 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 13:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PINR DJ FR
04DJIBOUTI590FRENCH 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 15:26:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI594NEW 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 12:28:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI721REPORT 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 14:13:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI785IBB 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 09:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPAO FR DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI976VISIT 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 14:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV FR DJ
04JERUSALEM4306ABD 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 16:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR
04KUWAIT180NEA 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 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT2909KUWAIT 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 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW
04NEWDELHI7078TOWARDS 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 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG 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 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PBTS FR NS
04PARIS3123PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-23 17:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR
04PARIS4951TITLE 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 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR CU PREL
04PARIS5065CLARIFICATION 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 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL CA FR
04PARIS5419GOF/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 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU FR
04PARIS5730FRENCH 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 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR 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 08:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS KIRF PHUM PREL
04PARIS5935FRENCH 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 16:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE KPAO FR KDEM
04PARIS6076FRENCH 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 08:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PHUM FR KISL
04PARIS6889OSCE 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 16:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM FR OSCE
04PARIS7539CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-14 15:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CU FR UNGA
04PARIS7699FRENCH 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 10:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE
04PARIS7928TENSION 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 11:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT FR FP XV
04PARIS8063ARAFAT 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 11:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
04PARIS8159DEMARCHE 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 17:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR
04PARIS8227FRANCE'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 17:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR CU
04PARIS8949INTERIOR 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 14:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL KIRF FR
04PARIS8983FRANCE: 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 08:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC FR
04PARIS8990MEDIA 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 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9025FRENCH 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 17:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL FR EUN
04PARIS9130FRANCE 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 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PARIS9133FRANCE 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 14:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR
04PARIS9137FRANCE: 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 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
04PARIS9145FRANCE 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 10:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CN MA MP SE XW XA FR
04PARIS9147MEDIA 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 11:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9154U.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 15:05:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE
04PARIS9159GOF 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 15:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR
04PARIS9160UKRAINE: 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 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU UP FR PL
04PARIS9167FRANCE 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 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR
04PARIS9171CIVAIR: 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 14:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON FR
04PARIS9188MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI: AN INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 11:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9191TFX001: 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 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID CASC FR
04QUEBEC215QUEBEC 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 20:59:00Consulate QuebecCONFIDENTIALETRD SCUL FR CA UNESCO
04ROME1425ITALY: 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 16:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC
04ROME2745ITALY - 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 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC
04ROME4376FRENCH 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 14:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IT NATO EUN
04ROME540TRILATERALISM: 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 10:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04SANAA477NO 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 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER 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 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETMARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1390ISRAELI 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 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1845CHEMICAL 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 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC
04THEHAGUE2507NETHERLANDS/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 12:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM 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 10:36:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR LY VE
05ABUDHABI2178MBZ 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 09:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC
05ALGIERS1402BOUTEFLIKA'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 06:04:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD FR AG
05ALGIERS1422BELKHADEM 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 08:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL MO FR AG
05ALGIERS1771RETIRED 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 12:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS2047FRENCH 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 17:16:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AG FR
05ANKARA4095ISAF: 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 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4781ISAF: 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 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA6323ISAF: 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 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA6751COUNTRY 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 08:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN
05BAGHDAD2859IRAQI 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 17:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MASS IZ FR
05BAGHDAD3148FRENCH 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 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER FR IZ
05BAGHDAD4865FRENCH 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 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR IZ
05BRUSSELS1556WHAT 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 13:13:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2455ASSISTANT 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 14:20:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2918S/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 10:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS FR EUN KCRS USEU BRUSSELS
05DJIBOUTI106FRANCE'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 14:31:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ
05DJIBOUTI157UNION 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 10:20:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR FR DJ
05DJIBOUTI200ACTING 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 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR
05DJIBOUTI23FRANCE'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 13:10:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS XO DJ FR
05DJIBOUTI68BORREL 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 16:22:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ
05DUSHANBE1650IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-10 10:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI FR UZ
05DUSHANBE2029IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 12:27:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMCAP TI FR
05GENEVA2613FINAL 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 04:42:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDFR 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 10:02:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SU VM FR KN HUMANR DPRK
05MADRID1727SPANISH 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 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05MARSEILLE102MARSEILLE 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 11:15:00Consulate MarseilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON FR
05NEWDELHI1136ISRO 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 10:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1230IMPROVING 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 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC MASS TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI140REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON
[...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]
2005-01-06 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05NEWDELHI2475DELHI 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 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK
05NEWDELHI6598PM 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 14:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN EU
05OTTAWA473CANADIAN CONCERNS REGARDING MINISTERIAL IN CAYENNE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 20:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON CA FR HA
05PANAMA2200AMBASSADOR 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 17:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV CMGT PM FR POL CHIEF
05PARIS1001HAITI: 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID 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 18:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR
05PARIS1008INTERNATIONAL 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 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON FR
05PARIS1011MEDIA 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 12:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1014SOCIALIST 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 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
05PARIS103IRAN/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 17:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL FR
05PARIS1038FRANCE/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 17:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CN XO FR
05PARIS1039DARFUR 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 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS104GTMO 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 17:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PGOV PINR PREL KISL
05PARIS1041STOCKTAKING 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 18:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1052PARIS 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 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1053MEDIA 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 11:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1054FRANCE: 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 11:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO FR
05PARIS1055FRENCH 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 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT
05PARIS107SYRIAN 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 18:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS1081NEWBORN 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 17:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR KBIO
05PARIS1082FRENCH 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 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR
05PARIS1084EU 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 18:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC PREL FR EUN
05PARIS1085ADDITIONAL 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 19:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR 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 08:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY FR TECH RU
05PARIS1087PSI/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 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1094MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 11:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1106AMBASSADOR 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 14:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR EUN
05PARIS1114FRANCE RESERVED ON MEK REPATRIATION REVIEW PANEL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV PTER ASEC IR IZ FR PREM
05PARIS1139CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005
[...] (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 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS114MEDIA 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 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1142ARNAUD 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 12:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR SCUL FR WTRO USTR
05PARIS1143MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-23 12:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS116France: 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 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS1168MEDIA 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 11:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1178FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1196MISSILE 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 17:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETAU FR KSCA PREL PARM ETTC TSPA
05PARIS1197MISSILE 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 17:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
05PARIS1209MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1225IRAN-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 15:19:00Embassy ParisSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR UK FR IAEA GE
05PARIS1229TOGO/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 16:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR TO FR
05PARIS1230FINANCE 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 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1231FINANCE 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 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1232FRANCE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH REVISED TERMS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY FR IAEA
05PARIS1238FRANCE 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 18:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1244MEDIA 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 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1264FRANCE'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 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS1268ELYSEE 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 17:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
05PARIS1283MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1300VERSAILLES 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 15:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PREL FR
05PARIS1304FRENCH INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS1306SARKOZY 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 17:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINT
05PARIS1307FRANCE: 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 17:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD FR
05PARIS1309PUBLIC 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 17:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS1310Haiti 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 18:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID HA FR
05PARIS133TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE - FRENCH WILL ASSIGN A LIAISON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 18:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR FR
05PARIS1344MEDIA 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 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1356FRENCH 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 14:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN
05PARIS1372004: 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 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1382FRANCE: 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 12:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS1393GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 13:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAU SY PREL ECIN LE FR
05PARIS1398FRANCE 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 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS1400IRAN/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 17:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM MNUC IR FR
05PARIS1401FRENCH 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 17:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR SY LE
05PARIS1412MEDIA 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 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1432FRANCE: 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 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR WTO
05PARIS1456FRENCH 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 12:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1466MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1477FRENCH 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 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC
05PARIS1484GOF 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 18:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS1486UNESCO 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 18:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD FR UNESCO
05PARIS15FRENCH 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 13:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT FR IMO
05PARIS1510FRENCH 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 13:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PGOVE RU OSCE
05PARIS1515MDA: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 14:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC
05PARIS1517PSI: 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 15:19:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS152MEDIA 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 11:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1520France: 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 15:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS1525AUSTRALIA 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 16:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL FR CBE
05PARIS1526TSUNAMI 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 17:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN FR
05PARIS1527FRANCE 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 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI FR ICTY
05PARIS1528MFA 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 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RU
05PARIS1542FRANCE: 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 10:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL MARR CH FR
05PARIS1559MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GREATER MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1569TERRORISM 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 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR YI RU
05PARIS1578FRENCH 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 17:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD FR
05PARIS1580FRENCH 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 07:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR JA CH MTCR
05PARIS1588JAPANESE 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 11:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN
05PARIS1589MEDIA 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 11:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1610FRENCH 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS1611FRANCE "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 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS RS GG MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1612FRENCH RESPONSE TO ALGERIAN UNCHR RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 17:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR AG MO WS UN
05PARIS1613FRENCH 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 17:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT FR FP XV
05PARIS1614FRENCH 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 08:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC
05PARIS1617FIRST 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 10:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR PL
05PARIS1630MEDIA 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 13:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1649GENERAL 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 18:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EU FR PGOV SOCI
05PARIS1667FORMER 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 11:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS167PARIS 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 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1680SARKOWATCH: 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 14:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
05PARIS1684MEDIA 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 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1698CHINA 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 17:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CM FR EUN
05PARIS1699TWO 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 17:50:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS
05PARIS1708APRIL 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 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL FR CBE
05PARIS1711FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS1713FRENCH RESPONSE TO BELARUS DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 13:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDBO FR UNHRC PDEM EUN
05PARIS1714MEDIA 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 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL FR
05PARIS1716GOF 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 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IZ IR FR
05PARIS1720FRENCH RESPONSE TO CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM FR CU CHR
05PARIS1721FRENCH 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 15:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS1727FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN
05PARIS1731PSI: 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 17:15:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1732DJAMEL 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 17:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KJUS FR
05PARIS1733FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS GG PBTS FR EUN OSCE
05PARIS174MTAG 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 17:42:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE
05PARIS1752005 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 18:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1754MEDIA 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 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS176PLUTONIUM 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 18:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR TRGY MNUC PARM ENRG
05PARIS1762PSI: 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 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1764GOF 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 18:19:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS1765FRENCH 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 18:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS1780MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1787CHILD 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 14:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN FR
05PARIS1797FRANCE: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS1800EUROPEAN 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 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON FR
05PARIS1802DAS 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 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS1805FRENCH 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 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IV FR
05PARIS1806TOGO: 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 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS1807VILLEPIN'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 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR PGOV KJUS
05PARIS1822EURONEXT 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 09:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1823MOD 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 10:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1824EURONEXT 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 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1828MEDIA 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 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1832SOMALIA/IGAD: FRENCH MFA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SO FR
05PARIS1833RAFFARIN 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 14:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB FR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
05PARIS1834IRAN 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 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR FR
05PARIS1838FRENCH FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAF UK PREL SNAR FR
05PARIS1839FRANCE 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 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF FR
05PARIS184CHANGES 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 09:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PREL FR
05PARIS1856FRENCH 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 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL FR EUN
05PARIS1859MEDIA 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 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ELTN EWWT FR
05PARIS1880FRENCH 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 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH UK NL FR UNSC UNGA RU
05PARIS1882VISIT 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 17:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KISL PHUM FR
05PARIS1883GOF 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 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS FR EUN
05PARIS1893MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-22 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 10:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC FR CBW AUSGR
05PARIS1925MEDIA 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 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1935PREVIEW 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 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TRGY FR JA IZ
05PARIS1936CHIRAC'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 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL TO IV CG FR
05PARIS1959FRENCH 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 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC ELAB KIPR IS FR WIPO ILO
05PARIS196MEDIA 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 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1968MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 12:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1998PARTY 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 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS2006CHIRAC 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 18:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB FR EUN
05PARIS2016MEDIA 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 11:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS203GOF 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 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS2034EX-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 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS KAWC
05PARIS2038FRENCH 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 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC FR
05PARIS2039FRANCE 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 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS2040FRANCE: 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 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF FR
05PARIS2041MUBARAK 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 18:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2043AIDS: 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 18:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
05PARIS2051MEDIA 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 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2052MUBARAK 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 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2062GOV 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 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS208NEGATIVE 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 19:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL FR
05PARIS2085EU 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 17:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU PGOV FR ELAB SOCI
05PARIS209CHIRAC 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 08:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER EAIR SENV FR
05PARIS2098MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2110FRENCH 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 14:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS2135PRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PK IN AF FR
05PARIS2136MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-31 06:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2145MEDIA 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 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2158DRC: 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 14:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CG FR
05PARIS216MEDIA 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 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2173MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 09:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2175MEDIA 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 10:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2201COTE 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 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 05:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS2210MEDIA 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 05:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2211MEDIA 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 05:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2217MEDIA 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 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2220READOUT 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 11:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TRGY FR JA CH TW
05PARIS2245MEDIA 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 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2249ASSESSMENT 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 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO 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 13:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KIPR ETRD FR EUN
05PARIS2263AMBASSADOR'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 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
05PARIS2265FRANCE: 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 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS2269MARINE 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 15:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY SENV KSCA FR
05PARIS2270FRENCH VIEWS ON NEW U.S. SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN AF PK FR
05PARIS2287MEDIA 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 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC 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 14:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS2305SENIOR 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 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2316MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 10:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2333GWOT 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 13:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL FR
05PARIS234MEDIA 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 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 16:49:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC FR YE
05PARIS2373MEDIA 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 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2391APRIL 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 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR
05PARIS2394APRIL 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 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR UNSC
05PARIS2405CHR 61: FRENCH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-08 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR UNHRC EUN
05PARIS2413MEDIA REACTION REPORT - (MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2414AMBASSADOR'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 10:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS2444NATO-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 17:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS2448IMPROVING 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 09:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN SNAR FR
05PARIS2456MEDIA 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 12:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2468GOF CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN G8-BMENA LITERACY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-12 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI AG FR
05PARIS2471AUSTRALIA 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 15:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR
05PARIS2475TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MOVLADI UDUGOV
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-12 15:33:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KTFN EFIN ECON PTER ETTC RS FR
05PARIS248ELYSEE 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 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC
05PARIS2483GOF 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 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF KPAL PREL FR EUN
05PARIS2489MEDIA 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 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2512FRANCE: 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 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS KJUS FR
05PARIS2516KEY 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 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR ECON SOCI PINR
05PARIS2517PARIS 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 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2535MEDIA 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 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2552French Regional Paper Slams American Presence Post
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-14 15:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PINR KPAO EIND FR ADIP ODPC
05PARIS2554French 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 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PINR KPAO EIND FR ADIP ODPC
05PARIS2555FRENCH 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 17:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB
05PARIS2579PARIS 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 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2582MEDIA 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 12:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2586FRENCH 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 13:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAF PREL EAID FR UNSC
05PARIS2601FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS2603FRENCH 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 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC CH FR EUN
05PARIS2604EU 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 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI
05PARIS2619MEDIA 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 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2623OECD 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 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR EUN
05PARIS2631ELYSEE 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 16:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS2635MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 10:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2656GOF 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 15:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS2659CHR 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 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM FR UNHRC EUN
05PARIS2660SAUDI 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 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS2661SECOND 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 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS2662COMMUNITY 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 17:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL FR
05PARIS2663EU 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 18:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI
05PARIS2677MEDIA 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 11:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2680BILATERAL 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 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS2693FRENCH 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 09:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN FR
05PARIS2694MEDIA 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 09:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 15:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN 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 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS2725COTE 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 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO IV FR
05PARIS2726TOGO: 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 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL TO FR
05PARIS2727NUCLEAR 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 17:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS2733MEDIA 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 09:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS274MEDIA 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 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2746FRANCE 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 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI
05PARIS2764FRAMATOME/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 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEIND BEXP TRGY FR CH ENGR
05PARIS2765GOF UNLIKELY TO MAKE SIZABLE CONTRIBUTION TO UNRWA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 16:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF KPAL FR
05PARIS2774MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS278JANUARY - 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 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PREL FR
05PARIS2787FRANCE: ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS2788ACOTA 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 17:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS XA FR
05PARIS2789MFA 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 17:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CT PU GV FR
05PARIS2793FRENCH 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 07:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS280FRENCH 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 13:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS2800MEDIA 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 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2825THE 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 15:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS2844MEDIA 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 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS285SUA 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 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP 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 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS2863EU 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 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS2864EU 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 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS2873MEDIA 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 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL FR
05PARIS2901TOGO: 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 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS2904NEW 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PREL FR
05PARIS2910France: 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 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS2926MEDIA 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 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2942FRANCE'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 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS2944APRIL 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 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2945FRENCH 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 19:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS2946GOF 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 19:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2950FRENCH 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 08:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL PTER FR WHO
05PARIS2962MEDIA 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 13:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2967MFA DISCUSSES VISIT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-02 14:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL RS
05PARIS2974PM 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 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON FR CH
05PARIS2975GROWING 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 17:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS2976FRANCE 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 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IZ FR
05PARIS298BROADENING 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 18:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS2989MEDIA REACTION REPORT - FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: FM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS299YAWER-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 18:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS3013FRANCE 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 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALRS KHDP MARR PARM PREL PTER FR
05PARIS3014NEW 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 07:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FI PBIO FR CROS GERARD
05PARIS3020MEDIA 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 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3021MEDIA 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 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3049STATUS 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 15:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL FR
05PARIS3053CHARGE 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 18:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR
05PARIS3056MEDIA 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 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS306MEDIA 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 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3076A/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 14:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL FR EUN
05PARIS3086UN 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 16:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR UNCHR UNGA
05PARIS3087TOGO: 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 16:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS3088FRANCE 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 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC
05PARIS3103FRANCE'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 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3104France 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 17:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS 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 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PINS ETRD MARR MILI
05PARIS3115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATIONS -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3118FRENCH 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 13:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
05PARIS3129MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-10 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3146DARFUR: 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 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS3167MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH TO GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3181PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3182FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3183FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3184FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3185FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3186FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3187FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3188FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3189FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3190FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3191FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3192FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3193FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3194FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3195FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3196FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3197FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3198FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3199FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3200FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3208POLLS 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 14:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3210USUNESCO - 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 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDXE XF XG XD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3231MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH - FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3232DARFUR: 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 10:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SU FR EUN
05PARIS3234IRAN: 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 11:03:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PARM IR FR
05PARIS3235LEBANON: 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 11:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE FR
05PARIS3236UNCHR: PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR UNCHR UNGA
05PARIS327VISITING 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 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV XY FR
05PARIS3276MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ESCALATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS328FRANCE: 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 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETTC ENRG EINV PINR FR
05PARIS3292TERRORISM 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 05:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR PGOV EUN
05PARIS3305PARIS 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 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3316MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UZBEKISTAN - UPRISING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 11:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3342FRANCE'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 17:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 09:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
05PARIS3354MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3379FRANCE 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR CH FR NATO
05PARIS338MEDIA 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 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS339MEDIA 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 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3391MEDIA 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 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3401IRAQ: 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 12:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3406FRANCE: 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 13:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOREP 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 16:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL FR
05PARIS3414NO ALGERIAN REQUEST TO FRANCE FOR NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-18 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY AORC ENRG AG FR IAEA
05PARIS3415REPORTING 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 07:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS3416OECD 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 08:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS3423MEDIA 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 10:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3463G-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 08:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AF FR
05PARIS3465MEDIA 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 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC 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 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETRD PREL FR
05PARIS3486PRELIMINARY 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 15:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS349FRANCE 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 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS3490USUNESCO: 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 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO US FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS3491FRENCH 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 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3492FRANCE'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 17:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3504MEDIA 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 12:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3521POLICY 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 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL RS XF XI FR
05PARIS3535USUNESCO: 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 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3540MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN: EU-3 TALKS, NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-24 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3547CONTINUED 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 13:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL KISL FR
05PARIS357NATO/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 17:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR 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 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS3591UNSC: 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 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO FR UNSC
05PARIS3604MEDIA 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 12:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3625FRANCE'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 17:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR EUN
05PARIS3634MEDIA 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 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS364EU-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 11:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR ETTC PREL FR EUN
05PARIS365FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR
05PARIS3654FRANCE: 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 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS3659FRANCE'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 14:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3668FRANCE 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 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS368MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3682MEDIA 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 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3708SARKOZY 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 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS372THE 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 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD FR WTRO USTR
05PARIS3722FRANCE'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 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3727MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - FRANCE VOTES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3744ASSESSMENT 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 13:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA FR TPHY
05PARIS3749DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESTRAINT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 14:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ELAB FR ILO
05PARIS3759MISSILE 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 15:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC TSPA ETTC
05PARIS3766MFA 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 10:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG WS MO TS FR
05PARIS3779MEDIA 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 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3796FRANCE 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 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG LY FR IAEA
05PARIS38MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3809MEDIA 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 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS381EURONEXT 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 09:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS3813CHIRAC 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 12:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS3844SA/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 16:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM FR
05PARIS3857MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3864FRANCE'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 13:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EIND EFIN FR EUN
05PARIS387MEDIA 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 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3877UNESCO: 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 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS3878FRANCE: 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 16:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB FR
05PARIS3879FRENCH 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 16:32:00Embassy ParisSECRETKCRM EFIN FR
05PARIS389FSC/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 12:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD FR USTR
05PARIS3895MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: AFTERMATH OF THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS38962005 TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FRANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG FR
05PARIS3921FRENCH 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 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL CU FR EUN
05PARIS3922JOSE 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 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO SENV FR
05PARIS3923FRANCE: 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 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ETRD FR CU
05PARIS3924FRENCH 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 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET FR
05PARIS3937MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE: REFERENDA FALLOUT,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3952NEW 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 17:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY 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 09:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3965MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: TONY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3989FRENCH 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 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOREP CMGT CVIS CPAS KFRD AMGT AORC FR
05PARIS401FRENCH RESPONSE TO AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHR DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN FR UNAUS CSW CHR
05PARIS4019MEDIA 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 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS402WTO 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 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR WTO
05PARIS4039CONTINUED 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 16:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER IZ FR
05PARIS4040FRENCH 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 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR UNSC
05PARIS4041UN 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 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR
05PARIS4042MDA: 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 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS4043DELIVERABLES 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 17:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON FR IZ EUN
05PARIS4044DOMINIQUE 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 17:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4061MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 10:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4067SCENESETTER 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 13:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EIND ETRD EFIN FR
05PARIS407FRENCH 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 19:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM FR UN
05PARIS408FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 19:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR FR
05PARIS409CHIRAC 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 19:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEU FR PGOV
05PARIS4095FRENCH 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 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN
05PARIS4103TOGO: 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 15:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR TO FR
05PARIS4105FRENCH 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 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL FR HA UN
05PARIS4106STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, IRAN/EU-3, AND IRAQ WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (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 17:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ IR LE FR
05PARIS4111OECD 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 07:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD CZ
05PARIS4115MEDIA 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 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4116GOF 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 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECPS ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS4119A/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 12:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS4141POLICY 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 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN
05PARIS4145UNESCO: 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 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4152FRENCH 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 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PHUM FR UNSC
05PARIS4153ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: A Europe turned inward in the wake of the rejection of the EU constitution by voters in France and the Netherlands would set back U.S.- EU cooperation in meeting global challenges, and would be unwelcome, visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried told President Chirac's Diplomatic [...]
2005-06-14 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4154ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...]
2005-06-14 09:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS
[...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...]
2005-06-14 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4163FAS/F Participation at ANUGA
[...] As requested in reftel, please note that FAS/Paris will encourage buyers attending ANUGA 2005 to visit the USA Pavilions. Post will keep in touch with Sharon Cook and FAS/Berlin as to recruitment progress a/o any suggestions/ideas for Promotional/PR events. 2. FAS/Paris has tentatively r [...]
2005-06-14 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT OTRA FR
05PARIS4192FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4193FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4194FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4195FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4196PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4197FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4198FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4199FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4200FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4201FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4202FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4203FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4204FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4205FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4206FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4207FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4208FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4209FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4210FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4211FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4212FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4213FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4214FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4215FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4216FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4217FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4218FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4219MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN EU ISSUES: CHIRAC-BLAIR
[...] IRAN 2. EU ISSUES: CHIRAC-BLAIR MEETING/EUROPE AS U.S. `COUNTERWEIGHT' B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: COVERAGE TODAY IS OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING BETWEEN CHIRAC AND BLAIR, TO THE RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS OVER THE EUROPEAN BUDGET AND THE UK'S REQUEST FOR A REBATE. THE HE [...]
2005-06-15 10:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4235CHIRAC TO PRESS HIS ATTACK ON THE BRITISH REBATE
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac, licking his wounds in the wake of French voters' rejection of the EU constitution May 29, will attempt to negotiate results at the June 16-17 European Council that bolster his sagging popularity at home and demonstrate that he "heard the message" of the [...]
2005-06-15 17:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4258MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM - OIL FOR FOOD
[...] UN REFORM - OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL 2. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT - EU CONSTITUTION 3. U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS: TENSION OVER CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "EUROPE PARALYZED" AND "EUROPE IN CRISIS" ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MOST USED HEADLINES TO CHARACTERIZE THE STATUS OF THE EU AS THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT G [...]
2005-06-16 11:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS426GOF OFFICIALS ON BAGHDAD SECURITY CONCERNS, GOF
[...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for Middle East/North Africa Jean-Francois Thibault stressed GoF security concerns regarding its personnel in Baghdad, during an introductory meeting with Pol/MC January 21. Noting that he had been instructed to raise the issue, Thibault asserted that increasi [...]
2005-01-24 17:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IZ FR
05PARIS427MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION
[...] PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION 2. MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY HOSTED BY PRESIDENT CHIRAC AT UNESCO AND A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE UP TODAY'S FRONT- PAGE STORIES. RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE [...]
2005-01-25 05:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4302MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL
[...] IRAN ELECTIONS 2. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - GUANTANAMO - IRAQ HOSTAGES 3. EU ISSUES - EU ENLARGEMENT - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ELECTIONS IN IRAN ARE ONE OF TODAY'S LEAD INTERNATIONAL STORIES. LE FIGARO EMPHASIZES ON ITS FRONT PAGE THE CENTRAL ROLE PLAYED BY RELATIONS WITH THE [...]
2005-06-17 13:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4304FRENCH VIEWS ON UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION
[...] On June 16, Embassy Paris Acting Science Counselor met with Ambassador Gabriel Keller, who will be heading the GOF delegation to the June 20-24 negotiating session in Paris. Ambassador Keller mentioned that his delegation will include representatives from the Foreign Ministry, the Health Mini [...]
2005-06-17 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4311UN REFORM: AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S FRANCE CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 15 consultations in Paris with senior GoF officials, the Secretary's Senior Advisor on UN Reform, Amb. Tahir-Kheli, reviewed U.S. and GoF positions on the UN reform process. French priorities for reform include development, environmental governance, peace and security inc [...]
2005-06-17 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR AORC PGOV PHUM SENV FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE RISING PRICE OF OIL AND THE FAILED EUROPEAN SUMMIT ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE "THE EU-25 `FREEZE' THE EU CONSTITUTION;" LIBERATION HEADLINE [...]
2005-06-20 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS433FRENCH NOTIFIED OF LATEST ENEMY COMBATANT STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-25 08:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS4348DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT APPROACH IN PRESSING GOA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-20 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAF BE KDEM PREL PHUM PREF EAID FR
05PARIS4349GOF SUPPORTIVE OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON THE
[...] (S) We delivered the Secretary's oral message on the International Conference on Iraq to FM Douste-Blazy's Cabinet Advisor on Middle East and UN Affairs Christophe Guilhou and separately to MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan June 20. Guilhou welcomed the Secre [...]
2005-06-20 17:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL IZ SY FR
05PARIS4354MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL
[...] MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL TOUR - SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT 2. U.S. - EU SUMMIT / EU ISSUES: TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT-PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LA CROIX WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA. A NUMBER OF REPO [...]
2005-06-21 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4375 USUNESCO: PLANS TO RECOGNIZE LE CORBUSIER'S WORK
[...] Summary: Twenty Le-Corbusier-designed buildings have been chosen to represent the architect's work in a possible nomination for World Heritage site status, according to Le Corbusier Foundations officials who spoke at a June 21 informal UNESCO meeting. (A Le Corbusier-designed building on Ha [...]
2005-06-21 17:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL AORC FR UNESCO
05PARIS439FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...]
2005-01-25 13:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR
05PARIS4397MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-22 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4415PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: DRAFT RESOLUTION PASSED
[...] Per Ref A instruction, on June 22 we passed Ref A para 3 draft resolution on the UN Peacebuilding Commission to the relevant MFA IO office, asked for comments, and will report them once our contacts have been able to review the material. 2. Ref B para 3 reports recent GOF views on this mat [...]
2005-06-22 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KUNR FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS4424MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - INTERNATIONAL
[...] IRAQ - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2. EUROPE: BLAIR - CHIRAC CONFRONTATION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STORIES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES, WHILE A NUMBER OF EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE CONTINUING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BLAIR AND CHIRAC AS PM BLAIR GETS READY TO ADDRESS T [...]
2005-06-23 10:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS444MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE
[...] IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE 2. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES LEAD ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EMBARKS ON THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS TO REVISE FRANCE'S CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS AIMS TO MAKE THE CONSTITUTION MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EUROPEAN C [...]
2005-01-25 14:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4443 TERRORIST FINANCING: FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-24 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL KTFN KCRM PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS4444France: 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 Industry Minister Francois Loos (para 2) -- New Agency for Industrial Innovation partially financed by FT stock sale (para [...]
2005-06-24 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS4446MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR
[...] EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR SPEECH IN BRUSSELS 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. UN REFORM - G4 4. FRENCH - U.S. RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT-PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO TONY BLAIR AND HIS "CHARM OFFENSIVE" (LE FIGARO) IN BRUSSELS AS HE PRESENTED HIS PROGRAM BE [...]
2005-06-24 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4457 USUNESCO: UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR
[...] This is an action request. 2. For the upcoming 172nd Executive Board in September, Mission would like guidance on the following two questions: a. Should the United States present its candidacy for the group I seat as Executive Board vice chair? b. Should the United States respond to [...]
2005-06-24 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR UNESCO
05PARIS4463FRANCE CIVAIR: MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-24 16:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FR
05PARIS4466FRANCE: GOF READY TO ADVANCE SELECTEE EMERGENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with GOF officials, Emboffs received assurances that the GOF would work to resolve the remaining issues in Selectee Emergency Amendment (EA) implementation. After a review of prior progress and outstanding issues on the range of aviation EAs, the Embassy agree [...]
2005-06-24 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS4501MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
[...] IRAN 2. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ELECTION IN IRAN OF AN "ULTRACONSERVATIVE" IS OVERWHELMINGLY SEEN AS "A CHALLENGE TO THE WEST" (LE FIGARO); "A POPULIST STEP BACKWARDS" (LIBERATION) BUT ALSO "MORE OF THE SAME" FOR CATHOLIC LA CROIX, WHICH TITLES ITS EDIT [...]
2005-06-27 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4518MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] IRAN 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF MOSTLY DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO AND MARSEILLES- BASED REGIONAL LA PROVENCE DEVOTED TO ITER, THE EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. LA PROVENCE HEADLINES: "ITER'S SUNRAYS SHINING ON CAD [...]
2005-06-28 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4527FRANCE ON PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: WE'RE VERY
[...] Post shared the USG draft UNGA and UNSC resolutions with MFA IO UN reform action officer Nicolas Kassianides, who told us June 28 that the GoF was actively considering how to move forward on establishing the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). 2. Kassianides thanked us for the draft resolutions [...]
2005-06-28 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KUNR FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS4528UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION UPDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 13 2. (U) This will be the first of periodic updates on the current state of play at UNESCO of the draft cultural diversity convention. 3. (U) The secretariat is preparing its final report that will accompany the draft convention. We have seen a [...]
2005-06-28 17:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL CA FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4557MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH ON IRAQ
[...] PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH ON IRAQ 2. IRAN 3. ITER - A EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S ALMOST UNANIMOUS LEAD STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE SELECTION OF CADARACH, (FRANCE) AS THE VENUE FOR THE ITER THERMO-NUCLEAR REACTOR. POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN GIVES THE TONE [...]
2005-06-29 13:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4558FRANCE ON CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: US Interest Section Havana Principal Officer Designate Michael Parmly met June 27 with MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait to discuss the French position on Cuba. Parfait underlined that the French share our overall assessment of the Castro regime; however, they favor a slight [...]
2005-06-29 13:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR CU
05PARIS4562PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
[...] (C) We shared June 28 reftel talking points with the MFA's Disarmament Office Deputy Veronique Vouland, previewing the planned release of the Executive Order on proliferation financing and asking for French support. Vouland, accompanied by disarmament desk officer Etienne de Gonneville, took [...]
2005-06-29 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR FR
05PARIS4565 BRETON PROPOSES MEASURES TO BOOST GROWTH AND
[...] SUMMARY. GOF Finance Minister Thierry Breton finally has broken out of his shell and announced measures to boost economic growth and reduce unemployment, admitting that GDP growth will be lower than 2% in 2005. These measures may help in the long term, but they are more likely to increase bu [...]
2005-06-29 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB FR
05PARIS4566 VISIT OF STOP! DELEGATION TO PARIS JUNE 10
[...] Summary: The visit of the interagency STOP delegation to Paris June 9-10 helped raise the profile of IPR issues with the French government and by extension with local industry. While we found fundamental interest in cooperation on the STOP initiatives, few concrete commitments were made dur [...]
2005-06-29 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR FR
05PARIS4568EU AND FRENCH USE ASIA LINKS TO GARNER SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union and France have used the EU's links with Asian and ASEAN nations to solidify support for its cultural policies. France hosted the Second Meeting of ASEM culture ministers on June 7-8, 2005 in Paris and both the French Minister of Culture and the French Minis [...]
2005-06-29 17:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS457PARIS CLUB HOLDS INFO SESSION ON IRAQ DEBT
[...] (SBU) Following up on the November 21 restructuring of Iraqi debt, the Paris Club hosted an informational meeting for non-Paris Club creditors on January 13, explaining how the agreement achieves an 80 percent reduction of debt in three stages as well as the Iraqi obligation to seek comparable [...]
2005-01-26 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4585FRENCH RESPONSE TO LICENSING CONDITIONS IN THE
[...] Econ Officer contacted France's Electronic Communications and Postal Services Authority (ARCEP) on June 22 to obtain information requested in reftel regarding French licensing practices for fixed services. 2. On June 28, ARCEP Director for International Affairs Anne Lenfant [...]
2005-06-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD EU FR
05PARIS4616MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4621 USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in
[...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...]
2005-07-01 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN
05PARIS4644FRENCH MUSLIM COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) held elections June 19, with Interior Minister Sarkozy lauding an estimated 85% turnout rate. The Morocco-linked National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) consolidated its position as the leading group within the CFCM, winning an a [...]
2005-07-01 13:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO FR
05PARIS4655PSI: FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH ON STATUS
[...] (C) We delivered on June 24 the reftel letter from Undersecretary Joseph informing MFA Political Director Laboulaye of the U.S. wish to dissolve the PSI Core Group by June 30 through silence procedure. On June 30, Laboulaye's office conveyed to us his response for U/S Joseph, in which Laboula [...]
2005-07-01 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS4659FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S JULY 5 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Upon his appointment as foreign minister June 2, much of the French press and many political pundits (fed by, among others, disdainful career diplomats at the MFA) wrote off Philippe Douste-Blazy as a dilettante. His lack of foreign policy experience, it was said, and penchant for currying [...]
2005-07-01 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FR
05PARIS4660FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON POSSIBLE ARISTIDE RETURN
[...] (C) Poloff and Embassy Africa Watcher delivered reftel demarche July 1 to both MFA DAS-equivalent for Central America and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu and MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier. Bienvenu stated that the GOF shared our analysis of the implications of an Aristide return to [...]
2005-07-01 16:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR HA SF
05PARIS4661FRENCH RESPONSE TO NICARAGUAN MANPADS DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) June 20 to MFA desk officer for small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) Jean-Francois Guillaume and July 1 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central America and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu. Guillaume indicated that the GOF is focused on the destruction of arms i [...]
2005-07-01 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL PTER MASS FR
05PARIS4671MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA
[...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. AFGHANISTAN 3. GUANTANAMO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE G-8, WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW, IS A BIG FRONT-PAGE STORY, WITH RELATED STORIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HELPING AFRICA, AS REPORTED ON MONDAY IN LA TRIBUNE: "THE SUCCESS OF THE G8. WILL DEPEND ON THE CLIMAT [...]
2005-07-05 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4699MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA
[...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. CENTRAL ASIA: SUMMIT IN KAZAKSTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXCEPT FOR THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC PRESS, EVERY OTHER OUTLET DEVOTES ITS FRONT-PAGE TO THE 2012 OLYMPICS AS "FRANCE HOLDS ITS BREATH" (LE PARISIEN) AND WAITS FOR THIS MORNING'S VOTE IN SINGAPORE. [...]
2005-07-06 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4705COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...]
2005-07-06 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER
05PARIS4713COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met June 27 with Christophe Farnaud, PM de Villepin's acting diplomatic advisor, to discuss a range of issues, including ways to further US-French C/T cooperation and the importance of strengthening US-French strategic and political dialogue. Farnaud said [...]
2005-07-06 14:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS4714UN DEMOCRACY FUND: AVOIDING DUPLICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 15:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR
05PARIS4716FRENCH WILL DEMARCHE SOUTH AFRICA ON ARISTIDE
[...] (C) MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier told Embassy Africa watcher July 5 at the Ambassador's July 4th reception that the GoF would approach the SAG to express concern about former Haitian President Aristide's desire to return to Haiti. 2. (C) Africa watcher checked with Remi Marechaux [...]
2005-07-06 15:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL HA SF FR
05PARIS472EU3-IRAN - FRENCH READOUT OF PARIS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) We met January 24 with MFA A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Philippe Carre, who travels to Washington January 26-28 for consultations in the Department, the NSC, and DOD/OSD. In response to our questions on the EU3-Iran January 17-18 talks, Carre gave us a rea [...]
2005-01-26 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR FR
05PARIS4732MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4748FRANCE SETS NEW BIODIVERSITY MECHANISM INITIATIVE
[...] Summary. On June 28, France confirmed its desire to facilitate the launch of an international multi-stakeholder consultative process to assess the need for an "international mechanism of scientific expertise on biodiversity" (IMOSEB). An informal meeting hosted by the GOF gave 40 participant [...]
2005-07-07 15:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL KSCA ETRD PGOV FR
05PARIS4749FRENCH JUDGE SAYS C/T FOCUS IS ON "JIHADISTS TO
[...] (S) Summary: Islamic/international terrorism investigating judge XXXXXXXXXXXX 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 fear that "jihadists to Ira [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS4750COUNTER-TERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH,
[...] (S) Summary: A USG delegation led by Counselor Philip Zelikow met with senior French officials June 27 to inaugurate strategic counter-terrorism consultations. This cable reports on discussions addressing the radicalization and recruitment of extremists, and geographic areas of concern, which [...]
2005-07-07 15:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER FR
05PARIS4751PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT
[...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Lebanon while also briefly touching on Iran. The two agreed that July 25 and 26 should be the next dates for a Core Group meeting in Beirut. They also agreed [...]
2005-07-07 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR
05PARIS4755CHAD: FRENCH VIEWS POST-REFERENDUM
[...] (C) In a meeting with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier on July 1 to discuss various Africa issues, Embassy Africa watcher raised the situation in Chad after the June 6 referendum. Barbier responded that the MFA was concerned about the situation and that the French Ambassador to Chad s [...]
2005-07-07 16:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCD FR PGOV PREL SU
05PARIS4756FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN
[...] (SBU) Shared outrage and shock, and a renewed awareness of their own vulnerability, characterized French reaction to the terrorist bombings in the London transport system. Prime Minister Villepin wrote to Prime Minister Blair within an hour of the attacks to express France's solidarity with [...]
2005-07-07 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4760PS FIRST SECRETARY FRANCOIS HOLLANDE UNDERWHELMS
[...] (C) Summary: Francois Hollande, First Secretary of France's deeply fragmented Socialist Party (PS),on June 30 presented his take on a variety of French, EU and foreign policy issues to an informal "Circle of Ambassadors" group, attended by Charge. Hollande's analysis impressed participants as [...]
2005-07-08 08:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
05PARIS478FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT THE SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 17:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL SA FR
05PARIS479FRENCH ARREST ELEVEN IN 'JIHADISTS TO IRAQ'
[...] (SBU) Summary: French media reported on January 26 the arrest two days prior of seven people suspected of involvement in recruiting and sending French residents to fight Coalition forces in Iraq. The Embassy also learned that an additional four suspects were arrested in the morning of January [...]
2005-01-26 18:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS4801UZBEKISTAN: FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO central Asia action officer Alice Guitton July 5 and followed up with Uzbekistan desk officer Bertrand Buchwalter July 8 as Guitton was unreachable. Buchwalter said that the MFA's Eastern European division still needed to coordinate a final position [...]
2005-07-08 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ KG FR UNSC
05PARIS4802DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON
[...] Post delivered a Diplomatic Note to the MFA July 6 per reftel instructions. Poloff provided a copy July 7 to MFA IO cultural heritage action officer Claude Gerard. 2. Gerard told us July 8 that France had no objection to the U.S. candidacy, and would adhere to the usual principle of mutual [...]
2005-07-08 16:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS4803DEMARCHE ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM:
[...] (C) PolMinCouns made ref A points to MFA IO Director Jean-Maurice Ripert July 8. Ripert said that the GOF understands the U.S. position on both the substance of the G-4 proposal, and on the process to get to both UNSC enlargement and other necessary UN reforms. While understanding our ration [...]
2005-07-08 16:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR UNSC
05PARIS4805EX-GTMO DETAINEE RELEASED FROM PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-08 16:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
05PARIS4816MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS482JUDGE BRUGUIERE DISCUSSES ONGOING TERRORISM
[...] (S) Summary: During a January 24 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, top terrorism investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere discussed a number of ongoing investigations he was leading and also commented on a variety of terrorism-related issues. He believed that 2005 would be a dangerous year, give [...]
2005-01-27 09:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PINR PTER FR
05PARIS4830FRENCH DEMARCHE TO SOUTH AFRICA ON ARISTIDE
[...] (C) MFA Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Remi Marechaux called Embassy Africa watcher July 11 to report that the French DCM in Pretoria had raised Aristide's activities in South Africa with the SAG July 8. Marechaux said that the DCM met with DFA DDG for Americas and Europe Ndumiso Ntshinga, wh [...]
2005-07-11 15:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL HA SF FR UNSC
05PARIS4833COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS POST-PRETORIA II
[...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier on July 1, to discuss various African issues (Paris 4660 re Aristide/South Africa, Paris 4755 re Chad) including the situation in Cote d'Ivoire after the Pretoria II agreement. Barbier stated that she believed the ag [...]
2005-07-11 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IV SF FR
05PARIS4843MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA: NORTH
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA: NORTH KOREA 2. G-8: CLIMATE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF DOMESTIC STORIES ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE, WHICH HEADLINES: "IRAQ BEHIND `JIHAD' IN EUROPE." IN CONNECTION WITH THE LONDON BOMBINGS, LE MONDE INTERVIEWS [...]
2005-07-12 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4868FRENCH DEPUTIES PROTEST INCARCERATION OF NYT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: French National Assembly members Pierre Lellouche and Francois Loncle visited the Embassy July 12 to protest the imprisonment of New York Times journalist Judith Miller. They also requested access to Miller in prison. Following the meeting Lellouche and Loncle met across the str [...]
2005-07-12 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS FR
05PARIS4869CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-12 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS487VISITING CHALDEAN ARCHBISHOP OF TEHRAN ON
[...] (C) Visiting Chaldean Archbishop of Tehran Ramzi Garmou (protect) offered impressions of the difficult situation of Christians in Iran and Iraq during a meeting with poloff January 14. (Note: Garmou had contacted poloff to seek Embassy assistance in applying for a NIV to attend the National P [...]
2005-01-27 10:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR IZ FR
05PARIS4871"FAIR TRADE" EXPERIENCES RAPID GROWTH IN FRANCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a slow start, the idea of "fair trade" and "fair trade" products is rapidly growing in popularity and sales in France. Although not as advanced as in the rest of Europe, awareness has increased greatly due to efforts by NGOs, the private sector, and not least, the Fren [...]
2005-07-12 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS4878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4879DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR
[...] (U) We provided reftel points July 8 to MFA IO Asia action officer Didier Gonzalez. Gonzalez told us July 9 that the GoF had no position on the establishment of a Management Committee. The idea, he said, would require some reflection. 2. (U) We also provided the points to MFA Cambodia d [...]
2005-07-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC CB FR
05PARIS488THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]
2005-01-27 10:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS489CESR HOLDS HEARING ON CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
[...] SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on January 14 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators, financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether the EU should regulate credit rating agencies. The discussion highlights the difficult road ahead fo [...]
2005-01-27 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS4896FRANCE WILL SEND DELEGATION OF THREE TO DEAD SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ JO PREL FR
05PARIS4897FRENCH AGREE WITH USG POSITION ON EMERGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS490IMMUNITY FOR CHIRAC:TRIAL BALLOON OR OVER-ZEALOUS
[...] (C) A coterie of Chirac supporters wasted no time last week in shooting down a proposal to accord former presidents senator-for-life status. The initiative was widely seen as an effort to protect Chirac from party funding charges once he leaves office by extending him the immunity from prose [...]
2005-01-27 10:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI FR
05PARIS4900CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-13 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS4901PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 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 the Secretariat. The nex [...]
2005-07-13 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4906MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4909French Journalist NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia
[...] SUMMARY: Paris Public Affairs nominated senior foreign editor Alain Louyot from weekly center-right news magazine l'Express [circulation 548,195] for the June 13-17 NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia. Louyot's article, "Norfolk: The Antiterrorist Armada" appeared in the July 11-17 issue of the mag [...]
2005-07-15 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS4916UZBEKISTAN: FRANCE WORKING THROUGH EU, OSCE
[...] (C) MFA IO action officer Nicolas Kassianides called poloff July 15 to provide further details on the GoF response to our demarche (Refs A and B) regarding action by the UNSC and the UNSYG on the situation in Uzbekistan and of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Kassianides said that while the GoF [...]
2005-07-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ KG FR UNSC
05PARIS4917WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points July 15, together with draft UNGA, UNSC, and ECOSOC resolutions, to MFA IO UN Reform action officer Nicolas Kassianides. 2. Kassianides thanked us for the information and said that the French translations would be particularly helpful. We undertook to share t [...]
2005-07-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO FR UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05PARIS4918NABIL SHAATH ON UNGA SEPARATION BARRIER ISSUE,
[...] (C) Following reftel report that FM Douste-Blazy would raise French concerns about an emergency special session at UNGA on the separation barrier, PA DPM Nabil Shaath confirmed to the DCM July 14 that Douste-Blazy had indeed raised the issue with him. Shaath said he would report GOF concerns [...]
2005-07-15 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4919SPEAKING TO FRENCH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST
[...] (C) Post maintains an active dialogue with leaders in the French Muslim community. During the past year, Poloffs have met with the leadership of the three main organizations within the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),which was established in 2003 as the main interlocutor of the GOF [...]
2005-07-15 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER KISL FR
05PARIS4920FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN
05PARIS4921MISUSE OF THE "NO-FLY" SYSTEM RISKS UNDERCUTTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2005, shortly after my arrival as Ambassador, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration directed the return of Air France flight 50 (AF50) because of the erroneous conclusion that a specific U.S. citizen manifested on the flight constituted an active terrorist thr [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS4936MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB -
[...] IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB 2. LONDON BOMBINGS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATES HEADLINES AFTER A WEEKEND OF ATTACKS THAT KILLED HUNDREDS. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION FOCUSES ON THE "EXASPERATION' OF THE IRAQI POPULATION AGAINST THE INSURGENTS WHO ARE NOW SEEN BY THE CIVI [...]
2005-07-18 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4947U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...]
2005-07-18 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS495MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4954CHIRAC'S BASTILLE DAY INTERVIEW: A WEAKENED
[...] (SBU) Fighting to re-establish his relevance, President Chirac began the now traditional Bastille Day interview of France's President by casting himself as the leader of France's anti-terrorism effort. Thereafter, in the hour-long exchange with two leading TV anchorpersons, Chirac focused on [...]
2005-07-18 15:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4971MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ISSUES DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF HEADLINES TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER FIGARO THAT WARNS OF "AL QAEDA'S ULTIMATUM TO EUROPE." THE REPORT MENTIONS AN INTERNET MESSAGE SENT BY A BRANCH OF AL QAEDA WHICH THREATENS EUROPE WIT [...]
2005-07-19 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4977MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 06 JULY
[...] (C) Summary: On 6 July 2005, Embassy EST officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) held at the Korean Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on preparations for the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid. 2. (C) Summary, Continued: [...]
2005-07-19 12:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS4999 GAZ DE FRANCE SHARE SALE RAISES OVER FOUR BILLION
[...] SUMMARY. Sixty years after the nationalization of the electricity and gas industries, the government has turned a historical page, selling shares in gas utility Gaz de France (GDF) for the first time. The GOF will keep a 79% stake in the partially privatized company. The sale process, inclu [...]
2005-07-19 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ENRG ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5003U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...]
2005-07-19 14:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5010FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the second 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: -- GDF share sale raises over four billion euros (para 2) -- Total concerned abou [...]
2005-07-19 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS5025ELECTION OF NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER HINTS AT
[...] (SBU) France's leading business association, MEDEF, on July 5 elected Laurence Parisot, head of major French pollster, IFOP, as its new president. Parisot is a first for MEDEF, both in that she is the CEO of a cutting-edge services sector business and a woman. MEDEF has long been considered [...]
2005-07-20 09:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5026MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, GWOT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT 2. GWOT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PLANS FOR A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE FRENCH GROUP DANONE BY PEPSICO IS ONE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES AND DOMINATES THE ECONOMIC DAILIES. DANONE IS PORTRAYED AS "PERFECT PREY" AND ECONOMIC LA TRIBUNE POINTS OUT THAT "DANONE'S EMPLOYEES HAVE [...]
2005-07-20 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5032IRAN/EU3: LETTER FROM U/S BURNS AND U/S JOSEPH TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post delivered letter from U/S Burns and U/S Joseph to MFA Director for Political and Security Affairs Stanislas LeFebvre de Laboulaye on July 11. In a follow-up conversation on July 19 with Nicolas Roche of the MFA Directorate for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Roc [...]
2005-07-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETIR EU KNNP PREL PARM FR IAEA
05PARIS5041U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE -
[...] (U) On July 19, EST Counselor read points contained reftel regarding U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Messrs. Nicholas Roche and David Bertolotti, both of the Division of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Foreign Ministry. They took careful notes, asked question [...]
2005-07-20 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL FR
05PARIS5045PARIS VISIT OF CDU LEADER MERKEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The front-page photos of CDU leader and Germany's probable next Chancellor Angela Merkel and UMP president and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in today's IHT and FT illustrate the tantalizing prospect that the pair holds for European commentators. The reality, however, is that [...]
2005-07-20 16:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS5057MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NOMINATION OF NEW SUPREME
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5073UN REFORM: CSD NOW FOCUSED ON ACCESS TO ENERGY -
[...] In June, Embassy provided sustainable development points contained para 10 reftel to Marc Trouyet, an officer in the United Nations and International Organization Division of the French Foreign Ministry, for information or comment. He recently provided an informal, interim note to the Embass [...]
2005-07-21 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON EAID AORC FR UN
05PARIS5084MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON
[...] NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA AND ISRAEL 3. REVALUATION OF CHINESE CURRENCY (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HEADLINES ARE DOMINATED BY THE ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON YESTERDAY. "ANXIETY AFTER THE ATTACKS" LEADS RIGHT-OF- CENTER LE FIGARO UNDERSCORIN [...]
2005-07-22 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5093PS FIRST SECRETARY FRANCOIS HOLLANDE UNDERWHELMS
[...] (C) Summary: Francois Hollande, First Secretary of France's deeply fragmented Socialist Party (PS),on June 30 presented his take on a variety of French, EU and foreign policy issues to an informal "Circle of Ambassadors" group, attended by Charge. Hollande's analysis impressed participants [...]
2005-07-22 13:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
05PARIS5098 VISIT OF FEDERAL TRAINING SHIP GOLDEN BEAR - 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR NZ AS FR
05PARIS5099SARKOZY DEFIES CHIRAC, THEN RETREATS -- AS
[...] (SBU) France's Interior Minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has again challenged President Chirac's credibility as a leader. In highly publicized remarks on July 14, Sarkozy compared Chirac to King Louis XVI. (Louis XVI is identified in France with ingnoring the winds of [...]
2005-07-22 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5106FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche July 20 to MFA Venezuela desk officer Hedi Picquart. Picquart said that the GOF shared many of our concerns about the Chavez government, particularly in light of recent GOV activities regarding the French oil company Total. At least for the time [...]
2005-07-22 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE
05PARIS5113GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR
05PARIS5122MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ATTACKS IN EGYPT DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF ALL THE DAILIES IN FRANCE, WITH VARIOUS HEADLINES SUCH AS: "ENDLESS TERROR" FOR CONSERVATIVE FRANCE-SOIR, "AL-QAEDA'S OFFENSIVE" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIB ATION, "AL-QAEDA'S DEADLY SUMMER" FOR RIGHT [...]
2005-07-25 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS513POTENTIAL 'JIHADISTS TO IRAQ' A "SERIOUS GROUP"
[...] (S) Attention in the French "jihadists to Iraq" investigation has focused on a group of young French citizens (reportedly 20-24 years old) that had recently returned from a hajj together, investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere told the DCM on January 27. They were arrested in Paris when authoriti [...]
2005-01-27 18:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS5130FRENCH WILL RAISE OBJECTIONS TO CHINESE REJECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 13:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC PREL FR KFIN UNSC
05PARIS5133MTAG 04-04: FRENCH FIRM'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM: DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL
05PARIS5135FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BURNS LETTER ON RED CROSS
[...] Post delivered U/S Burns' letter to MFA political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye July 22. We also provided a copy to MFA IO Social and Humanitarian Affairs DAS-equivalent Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen the same day. 2. Fraper contacted poloff July 25 to say that she was preparing the respon [...]
2005-07-26 06:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS5141 2005 NOT A GOOD VINTAGE FOR FRENCH GDP GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency's forecast confirmed that the 2005 GDP growth is likely to be modest, close to 1.5% -- lower than the 2% government forecast, despite an expected recovery in the second half of the year. The agency sees a high risk of sluggish economic growth among Fra [...]
2005-07-26 09:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5142MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR CRAIG STAPLETON'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS REPORTED IN REGIONAL DAILY OUEST-FRANCE AND IN DAILY LE PARISIEN AS WELL AS IN AFP AND AP WIRES. TODAY'S NEWS STILL FOCUSES ON TERRORISM FROM VARI [...]
2005-07-26 09:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5143NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...]
2005-07-26 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI
05PARIS5145U.S.-FRENCH INFORMAL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE TALKS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and French officials held another round of Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks on July 12, 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe (DOC) Eric Stewart met with a French SIPDIS delegation headed by DGTPE Director-General Pierre Moraillo [...]
2005-07-26 10:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL FR DOC
05PARIS5154OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE
[...] An ad hoc group of delegates of the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) met on June 29-30, 2005 to consider the components of a strategic vision for the environment. The purpose of the strategic vision is to increase support for the EPOC's work, to provide longer-term (5-10 years) strat [...]
2005-07-26 13:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS5157FRANCE WILL REVIEW THEIR POSITION ON LANGUAGE IN
[...] (C) On July 25, the DCM delivered reftel demarche on problematic language in the UNSCR 1267 successor resolution to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye. Laboulaye made three points: 1) the U.S. and France have been working well in this area and need to continue doing so; 2) particul [...]
2005-07-26 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER EFIN FR UNSC KTFIN
05PARIS5166CAR: PARIS MEETING JULY 25
[...] Embassy Africa watcher attended a six-hour "sensitization" meeting on the Central African Republic (CAR),hosted at the MFA's conference center July 25. IMF CAR representative Mark Lewis (AmCit),World Bank CAR representative Ali Khadr, EU CAR delegation chief Esmieu, UNDP resident represent [...]
2005-07-26 15:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN EAID CT FR
05PARIS5177MTAG 32-96: DRDO SEEKING SUPPORT FOR MISSILE
[...] (S) On 20 July 2005, EST officer delivered reftel non-paper on India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) efforts to obtain support from the French firm SAGEM to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti. Bertolotti appreciated [...]
2005-07-27 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IN FR MTCRE
05PARIS5178MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM 2. IRAQI'S CONSTITUTION 3. DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM 4. FAMINE IN THE SAHEL: NIGER B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISRAELI PM AREIL SHARON'S VISIT TO FRANCE, FAMINE IN NIGER, FRENCH AUTHORITIES' DECISION TO EXPAND USE OF PUBLIC VIDEO- SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, AND NASA'S SUCCE [...]
2005-07-27 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5186R/V CLEARANCE GRANTED - RV KA'IMIMOANA
[...] Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1029/AME dated 21 July, 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the R/V Ka'Imimoana in the French waters of the Mar [...]
2005-07-27 13:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR KRVC KSCA TPHY
05PARIS5194FRENCH WILL SUPPORT IRAQ RESOLUTION ON TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR UNSC
05PARIS5196SUDAN: FRENCH INFORMED OF DEPUTY SECRETARY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 17:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL US AMGT SU FR
05PARIS5200COUNTRY CLEARANCE: SEC Official: Alton Harvey
[...] Country clearance is provided for Alton Harvey, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),to travel to Paris, France August 3-5, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Working Group of the Joint Forum. 2. Embassy Paris point of c [...]
2005-07-28 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA FR
05PARIS5202MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ,
[...] WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ 2. ALTERNATIVE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF MOST DAILIES TODAY: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE VERDICTS IN BOTH THE LONG-RUNNING ANGERS TRIAL ON CHILD MOLESTATION AND RAPE AND THE MONT BL [...]
2005-07-28 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5203GOF PROPOSES NEW DOMESTIC C/T POLICIES AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In the aftermath of the July 7 and 21 bombings in London and the July 22 bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh, the GOF has proposed a number of new policies to combat terrorism, including the expanded use of closed-circuit television cameras in public areas, renewed efforts t [...]
2005-07-28 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS5207OVERSEAS GRANT WARRANT FOR PAO RAYMOND F.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASUP AMGT APER KPAO FR KJRE UNESCO
05PARIS521PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S PROSPECTS FOR 2005 AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Although, President Chirac lost some ground with France's electorate on domestic policy issues during 2004, he more than made up for it -- finishing the year with a strong public image -- by his performance on foreign policy issues. His projection of himself as a proud President, standing [...]
2005-01-28 11:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ECON FR
05PARIS5214RESPONSES TO EU-3 REQUESTS - FRANCE
[...] (C) During introductory calls July 28, incoming and outgoing DCMs provided reftel response to the EU-3's July 20 questions regarding the proposal to Iran to MFA Political Director Laboulaye. Laboulaye already had received substance from the French embassy in Washington. He commented only t [...]
2005-07-28 13:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS5220UPDATE ON FRENCH TRAINING OFFERS FOR IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French have begun contributing to the EU "JUSTLEX" program, with 40 Iraqi police officers now in France for a one-month rule of law training program, the first tranche of a group of 175 slated to receive such training. MFA contacts report less progress, however, [...]
2005-07-28 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS IZ FR
05PARIS5224France: 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: -- Two Members Added to ARCEP Board (para 2) -- France Telecom changes strategy to buy Spanish telecom operator (para 3) -- Span [...]
2005-07-29 09:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS5228MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ, IRA, ASIA-PACIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5232AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, including tax reform, as a way to stimulate economic growth in France. He emphasized his "great love" for the United States and called himself a great friend of the United S [...]
2005-07-29 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS5239UNSCR 1540 -- FRANCE ALL FOR PROMOTING 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR
05PARIS5241FRENCH MFA UPDATE ON MAGHREB ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Acting Director William Jordan, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reported continued difficulties with the Algerian government over a February 2005 French law lauding achievements from the French colonial period, with Algeria [...]
2005-07-29 16:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO TS LY FR
05PARIS5245MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TERRORISM, IRAN, FAMINE IN
[...] TERRORISM 2. IRAN 3. FAMINE IN SAHEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS, SCOTLAND YARD'S ARRESTS FOLLOWING THE LONDON ATTACKS, IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NIGER'S FAMINE ARE THE MAIN SUBJECTS OF THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY MEDIA. IRAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL RESUME [...]
2005-08-01 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-28 13:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5263PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]
2005-08-01 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5273MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KING FAHD'S DEATH
[...] KING FAHD'S DEATH B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IS DOMINATED BY THE DEATHS OF KING FAHD AND OF SUDAN'S VICE PRESIDENT, IN ADDITION TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. JOHN BOLTON'S RECESS APPOINTMENT TO THE UN TOPS US- RELATED NEWS, FOLLOWED BY NASA'S PLANS TO REPAIR THE DISCOVERY S [...]
2005-08-02 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5297FRENCH GOVERNMENT QUIETLY PREPARES FOR 2006 NUCLEAR WASTE
[...] With little fanfare, French authorities are advancing France's waste management strategy on the political agenda. On schedule, on June 30 the National Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) submitted to the GOF a progress report on R&D in their respective field [...]
2005-08-02 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5298FRENCH REACTIONS TO ITER SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: French officials are almost uniformly positive about succeeding in the negotiations to secure the south of France as the home for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Despite claims - many by French science bloggers -- that French disproportionate, fi [...]
2005-08-02 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG ECON PGOV FR KNUC
05PARIS5300FRANCE'S YUCCA MOUNTAIN
[...] (U) On July 26, 2005, in the context of the upcoming national debate and the 2006 law on nuclear waste of high-level, long- lived radioactive waste (HLLLW) (see reftels),EST Counselor, Science Affairs Specialist, and EST Intern, met officials of the French National Radioactive Waste Manag [...]
2005-08-02 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5301ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard and Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, in large part by "educating" the French public. Breton believes that France should enjoy growth of 3.0% per year and that [...]
2005-08-03 08:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS5307VILLEPIN STIRS THE POT ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 radio interview, PM Villepin appeared to raise the bar for French support for the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey scheduled to begin October 3, saying that, "It doesn't appear to me conceivable that such a negotiation process can be opened with a count [...]
2005-08-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5335ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stapleton and National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard met with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on August 1. Sarkozy expressed his admiration for President Bush and said he looked forward to the opportunity to tackle France's economic and social problems with th [...]
2005-08-04 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV FR
05PARIS5350FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF VILLEPIN'S STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Challenged to explain Prime Minister de Villepin's August 2 remarks on Turkish accession to the EU (reftel),MFA Acting European Director and Assistant to the PM's EU Advisor defended them as a justified response to the Turkish statement on its non-recognition of Cyprus. Both o [...]
2005-08-04 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS5352FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL VIEWS MAURITANIA COUP AS
[...] (C) GOF MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on August 4 said that France viewed Mauritania's coup as "consolidated" (i.e., concluded). He said that the key remaining question involved Mauritanian forces which remain loyal to President Taya and are conducting anti-terrorist oper [...]
2005-08-05 07:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR MOPS CASC MR FR
05PARIS5374 FRANCE: DHS ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his meetings with French officials, U/S Beardsworth highlighted the positive uses of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data and engendered an appreciation of how PNR data can help advance our mutual interest of denying terrorists freedom to travel while protecting privacy and faci [...]
2005-08-05 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS5376MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ARABIA-IRAQ, HIROSHIMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5383FRANCE TAKES NOTE OF ASIA-PACIFIC CLEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Zoellick's announcement of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development caught France's attention, and helped sustain a slight but perceptible moderation in French criticism of the U.S. climate change position. Some of the economic press has reported on t [...]
2005-08-05 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KPAO TRGY FR
05PARIS5385FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES PACKAGE DELIVERED TO FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 16:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PARIS5386FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISITS TO CHAD AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA official, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's stops in Chad and Niger late in July allowed him to (1) exchange views with Chad President Deby on Sudan issues (France to provide refugee-related support to Chad; Deby skeptical of the international communi [...]
2005-08-05 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CD NG FR
05PARIS5399MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION IRAN
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MANY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES DEVOTE THEIR LEAD STORIES TO SUMMER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE RISING COST OF VACATIONING IN FRANCE. ACCORDING TO LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION, ONE PERSON OUT OF THREE IN FRANCE NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY. FO [...]
2005-08-08 12:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5417FRENCH DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE PUTS HIGH PRIORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the GoF's' annual conference on France's development priorities, Foreign Minister Douste- Blazy underlined the importance of a European identity in forming development policy and cited the support that effective policies could bring to broader anti-terror efforts. Both Do [...]
2005-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL EAID ETRD KIPR FR PREL UNESCO
05PARIS5422MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5441ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM, ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE, AND
[...] (C) As reported reftel, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon's "economic intelligence" program, as prescribed in his 2003 report. An important next step will be debate and ultimately passage of legislation (inspired by the U.S. Exon-Florio laws) which would [...]
2005-08-10 09:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EIND PGOV FR
05PARIS5443MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING
[...] IRAN 2. NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IRAN'S RESUMPTION OF ITS NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, WITH CATHOLIC LA CROIX HEADLINING: "WORLD PRESSURE ON IRAN." THE EDITORIAL URGES THE EUROPEANS NOT TO GIVE UP TOO SOON: "IRAN MAY BE BARTERING FOR [...]
2005-08-10 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5447HAITI: APPEAL TO DONORS ON FINANCING GAP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-10 14:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN HA FR
05PARIS5458MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5459THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]
2005-08-11 12:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS546FRENCH VIEWS ON BAKASSI, CAMEROON ECONOMIC
[...] (C) During Ambassador Marquardt's Paris consultations January 28, Michel de Bonnecorse, President Chirac's advisor on African affairs, stressed the importance of persuading Nigerian President Obasanjo to comply with the ICJ ruling on Bakassi. 2. (C) Bonnecorse said that at the Francophonie [...]
2005-01-28 17:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS CM NI FR
05PARIS547FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...]
2005-01-28 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN
05PARIS5471FRENCH DENY CHIRAC MESSAGE TO PAPADOPOLOUS; REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Both Presidency and MFA contacts have denied Cypriot press reports that President Chirac last week passed a message to Cypriot President Papadopoulos in which he argued that EU accession talks with Turkey should not begin until Ankara recognized the Government of Cyprus, and asked [...]
2005-08-11 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5472INVITATION TO FIRST MEETING OF THE PROJECT GROUP
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. THE U.S. IS INVITED TO SEND AN OBSERVER TO THE FIRST MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY OF THE PROJECT GROUP ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN STRASBOURG, NOVEMBER 14-16, 2005. 3. DRAFT AGENDA INCLUDES: -- REPORT OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE PROJECT GROUP ON A [...]
2005-08-12 08:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDXG FR COE
05PARIS5473INVITATION TO COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION (CDCS)
[...] This is an action request, see para 5. 2. The U.S. is invited to send a representative to the 15th meeting of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) on November 15-16 2005 and a forum entitled "Reconciling Labor Flexibility With Social Cohesion" on November 17-18 2005. 3. [...]
2005-08-12 08:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI XG FR COE
05PARIS5478 USUNESCO: MEETING OF MAN AND BIOSPHERE
[...] Summary and introduction: the agenda of the June 27-29 meeting of the bureau of the international coordinating council of the man and biosphere (MAB) program focused on management of biosphere reserves, including those that are also world heritage sites. Under MAB's current short-term strateg [...]
2005-08-12 11:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS548GOF TO WELCOME IRAQI ELECTIONS AS IMPORTANT STEP
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF is likely to welcome the January 30 Iraqi elections as an important step, but not with the same adjectives as Washington. French officials, while expressing concern over the conditions under which elections are taking place, stress that it is not in the GoF's interest to [...]
2005-01-28 18:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5489FRANCE SUPPORTS EFFORT TO ENSURE PEACEFUL GAZA
[...] (C) We discussed ref (a) points on the need to ensure a peaceful Gaza disengagement with MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian affairs Christian Jouret August 10. Jouret fully concurred with U.S. views on the critical importance of Gaza disengagement and the urgent need to ensure [...]
2005-08-12 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IS GZ FR
05PARIS549FRENCH RESPONSE TO GROSSMAN LETTER ON CARTAGENA
[...] DCM delivered reftel letter to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on January 26. Below is an informal translation of his response, received January 28. (Original French being faxed to EUR/WE) 2. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF LETTER: Dear Marc, As you underline in your letter, Pre [...]
2005-01-28 19:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL SNAR ECON FR CO
05PARIS5490FRENCH: COESPU SUPPORT WILL TAKE TIME
[...] SUMMARY. MFA contacts stress that the GoF needs time to consider the U.S.-Italian request for support to the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). Local Italian embassy contacts do not expect a French contribution, but were encouraged that the GoF did not reject their req [...]
2005-08-12 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS FR
05PARIS5507MEDIA REACTION REPORT -MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5528EMBASSY PARIS RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON
[...] (C) Post refers Washington to refs B, C and D for its current analysis of French views and intentions with respect to the beginning of EU accession negotiations with Turkey on October 3. We continue to believe that PM de Villepin's statement on recognition of Cyprus was motivated primarily by [...]
2005-08-16 13:57:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5563MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5566REQUEST FOR FRANCE TO STOP A SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S/NF) On 16 August, ESTH Nonproliferation Officer met French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) investigation regarding the transfer of vibration/centrifuge systems involving the U.S. company Data Physics, [...]
2005-08-18 13:34:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS5592MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5608GOF: ISAF U.N. MANDATE STRONG ENOUGH AS IS;
[...] (C) On August 9 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon, who said that the MFA was still studying the mandate in conjunction with MOD officials to determine what changes, if any, would need to be made. On August 18 poloff met with Alexandra Novosseloff of the MOD offic [...]
2005-08-19 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAF MARR PREL FR NATO UNSC
05PARIS5610TURKISH READOUT OF ARPAKAN-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Deputy Under Secretary Apakan's August 17 and 18 discussions with officials in FM Douste-Blazy's and PM de Villepin's cabinets provided no new clarity on French motives and intentions. The French rehearsed familiar arguments about the need to take French public opinion [...]
2005-08-19 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU CY
05PARIS5619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS565MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-31 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5661MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DEVOTED TO A NUMBER OF VERY DIVERSE STORIES RANGING FROM THE U.S. TOUR OF THE ROLLING STONES (LIBERATION) TO THE AVIAN FLU THREAT (LE FIGARO) AND THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION. CATHOLIC LA CROIX LEADS WITH: "IRAQ: T [...]
2005-08-23 11:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5694FRANCE: SEEKING MORE LABOR FLEXIBILITY
[...] (SBU) PM de Villepin has announced an emergency employment plan, which will introduce more flexibility into the rigid French labor market. The plan creates a new type of hiring contract that will allow companies of up to 20 employees to lay off workers anytime during the first two years of e [...]
2005-08-24 11:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5719UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR MANDATORY
[...] Per reftel para 10, post presents the following update to the annual Worst Forms of Child Labor report mandated by the Trade Development Act of 2000. 2. Post raised child labor issues with Gerald Delafosse, Legal Counselor at France's Overseas Ministry, which administers France's overseas [...]
2005-08-25 07:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB FR PGOV
05PARIS5732MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5750FRANCE'S MOBILE OPERATORS FACE ALLEGATIONS OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France's three main mobile telephone operators (Orange, SFR and Bouygues) are being investigated by the government's Fraud Office for anticompetitive practices. If found guilty by France's Competition Council of a concerted effort to fix calling rates from 1997 to 2003, they c [...]
2005-08-25 17:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD PGOV FR
05PARIS5767MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PRICE OF OIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS579FRENCH "EXPLAIN AND REASSURE" ON TRIP TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Barnier and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie visited Russia January 20-21 for bi-annual security consultations with their counterparts. The consultations drew higher-than-expected visibility from the French press, although an MFA contact told us that the meetings fo [...]
2005-01-31 15:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RU
05PARIS5797MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5816ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA - FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Only days following news that the H5N1 virus had hit the Urals, French media coverage regarding the consequences of a possible influenza pandemic has proliferated and the government has reacted. On August 24, President Chirac requested the appointment of an interministerial delegate ( [...]
2005-08-29 16:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL SOCI FR
05PARIS5818CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]
2005-08-29 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5824FRANCE PUBLISHES AVIATION BLACKLIST
[...] (U) In response to highly publicized recent plane accidents, on August 28 the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) published via internet its "blacklist" of companies that are forbidden to operate in France, as transportation minister Dominique Perben promised last week. The companies on th [...]
2005-08-30 08:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FR
05PARIS5835MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY - OIL PRICES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 10:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5861MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (C) On August 30, ESTH/NP Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti subject paper on high performance steels for missile applications for the September Madrid MTCR Plenary Information Exchange session. Bertolotti said that while he would distribute it, he considered it [...]
2005-08-30 16:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKSCA PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA FR
05PARIS5864FRENCH RESPONSE ON SEPT 1-2 GYMNICH: CHIRAC AND FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy unit, the French have tabled a paper for discussion on Turkey at the September 1-2 EU Gymnich meeting. LeDeunff told us Aug. 30 that FM Douste-Blazy will meet with President Chirac Aug. 31 to de [...]
2005-08-30 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL IR CH TU IZ VE CY FR EUN
05PARIS5866INITIAL FRENCH COMMENTS RE IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (SBU) We presented August 30 reftel talking points and non-paper to MFA action officer for IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle. He confirmed that he was aware of the June IAEA decision to establish a committee on Safeguards and Verification, but noted that the MFA had not had an opportunity to [...]
2005-08-31 07:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS5871MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU ISSUES- TURKEY PRESIDENT
[...] EU ISSUES- TURKEY 2. PRESIDENT BUSH - IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HURRICANE KATRINA, FINANCIAL AS WELL AS HUMAN ARE PROMINENTLY REPORTED. THE FINANCIAL COST OF THE HURRICANE IS ESTIMATED BY LA TRIBUNE TO [...]
2005-08-31 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5922REPORT FROM THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY'S "SUMMER
[...] (C) France's Socialist Party (PS) held the thirteenth edition of its annual "Summer University" on August 26 - 28 (ref D). This year, party leaders used the event to start drawing up the battle lines (ref C) between the rival populist and progressive factions -- the 'no' and the 'yes' camps [...]
2005-08-31 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5926GOF CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE IN PUBLIC, PRIVATELY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The initial GoF public reaction to presentation of the Iraqi constitution has been low-key and stressed GoF support for the Iraqi political process (vice the constitution itself),and the need for Iraqi authorities to build support for the document from all of Iraq's p [...]
2005-08-31 17:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS5931MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] HURRICANE KATRINA 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO HUMAN TRAGEDIES, CAUSED BY TWO DEVASTATING FORCES, NATURE AND RUMOR, SHARE TOP BILLING IN TODAY'S HEADLINES: HURRICANE KATRINA AND YESTERDAY'S DEADLY STAMPEDE DURING A PILGRIMAGE IN BAGHDAD. CATHOLIC LA CROIX CARRIES A DOUBLE FRONT-PA [...]
2005-09-01 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5934CHIRAC LAUNCHES INNOVATION AGENCY TO CREATE
[...] Summary. President Jacques Chirac outlined on August 30 a new industrial innovation agency and research drive to encourage employment and prevent outsourcing. Spearheading his policy drive in favor of industrial innovation in the heart of the Champagne region, President Jacques Chirac inaug [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS5935NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER WARNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Laurence Parisot, the new head of France's leading business association, MEDEF, recently warned the French Government against any resurgence of protectionism. In a newspaper interview on Aug. 30, she reiterated her intention to reconcile the French with the market economy, business cult [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5936 FRENCH EONOMIC GROWTH SLUGGISH
[...] SUMMARY. French GDP increased a low 0.4% (annualized) in the second quarter. The rise in oil prices and the euro in the third quarter caused fears that 2005 economic growth could be lower than government forecast of 2.0%. Eventually, the government reduced its GDP growth forecast to 1.5-2.0% [...]
2005-09-01 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5942FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...]
2005-09-01 13:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5943POSITIVE INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points on isolating Syria at UNGA with MFA desk officer for Syria/Lebanon Remy Bouallegue and MFA desk officer for UN/Middle East Affairs Salina Grenet on August 31. Bouallegue reiterated that the GoF would not receive Syrian officials at UNGA and was maintaining it [...]
2005-09-01 13:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY FR
05PARIS5947FRANCE: INFORMATION ON CODESHARING WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (U) Note 4.6 of the Annex to the Air Services Agreement between France and the Russian Federation, signed in Moscow 2 July 2001 states that "any cooperative agreement relative to commercializing services such as joint operations and code-sharing operations between transportation companies of [...]
2005-09-01 14:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FR
05PARIS5961GOF LEAKS STRATEGIC SECTORS TO BE PROTECTED FROM
[...] (U) Summary. The French Government is slowly unveiling the contents of an upcoming decree listing the specific strategic sectors to be shielded from foreign takeover (per reftel). The State Council, France's highest administrative body, is currently reviewing the decree before its signature [...]
2005-09-01 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS598MFA ROUND-UP ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior economic policy officials at the MFA have noted their relief at the three-month "cease fire" over the Airbus/Boeing case but explain that contrary to the U.S. views, they believe the soon to be developed A350 would be covered by the 1992 aircraft agreement. They explained [...]
2005-01-31 17:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR EAID EFIN TRGY PREL FR
05PARIS5980MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ
[...] IRAQ 2. BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND HURRICANE KATRINA 3. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MOST FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO FM DE VILLEPIN'S MEASURES TO BOOST FRANCE'S ECONOMY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AND TAX CUTS AS REVEALED YESTERDAY DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND LATER ON TF1 TELEVISION. DURING HIS [...]
2005-09-02 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5995TFUS01: FRENCH OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: Following specific French offers of disaster assistance, repeated below, we relayed acceptance per ref D. The GOF still awaits notification of where and when to send the material accepted. END SUMMARY. ----------------- GOF OFFERS of AID ----------------- 2. France announced [...]
2005-09-05 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL FR
05PARIS5999MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS601FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS AS VICTORY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials publicly welcomed Iraq's election as a victory for the Iraqi people and the international community, while voicing caution on future necessary steps in Iraq's political transition, including an eventual withdrawal of foreign troops. President Chirac told v [...]
2005-01-31 18:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6026TFUS01: UPDATE ON FRENCH ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOF acknowledged notification of flight clearance for its aircraft to Little Rock on September 6, and remains ready to provide further assistance as the evolving situation in the US warrants. END SUMMARY. ----------------- FRENCH ASSISTANCE ----------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2005-09-06 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL
05PARIS6031PRESIDENT CHIRAC HOSPITALIZED WITH "LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac was admitted to a military hospital in Paris on the evening on Friday, September 2 for what doctors are calling a "minor vascular accident" that slightly impaired vision in one of his eyes. According to media reports, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin [...]
2005-09-06 18:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS6033A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...]
2005-09-07 07:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU EUN NATO
05PARIS6046MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6062FRENCH DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We delivered points per refs A-C, but France continues to support its idea for a tax on airline tickets and other innovative sources of financing for development. The GOF does not plan for its draft declaration to be contentious, but does intend to go ahead and release it at th [...]
2005-09-07 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAIR EAID FR UNGA
05PARIS6076EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]
2005-09-08 08:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6080 UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS
[...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...]
2005-09-08 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6082MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KATRINA - POLITICAL FALLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6090P-3 COMPROMISE ON DEVELOPMENT CAN RESCUE OUTCOME
[...] (C) Salvaging the Outcome Document (OD) for the High Level Summit hinges on P-3 compromise, in the view of Quai d'Orsay action officer Nicolas Kassianides. At a September 7 meeting with poloff to discuss reftel demarche, Kassianides emphasized that finding mutually acceptable language on dev [...]
2005-09-08 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAIR EAID EFIN FR UNGA
05PARIS6109AIR FRANCE ADDRESSES LETTER TO AMBASSADOR ON JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 29 letter to Ambassador, Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta raised a number of concerns about the July 8 diversion of AF flight 50 to Chicago due to the presence of a passenger on the "no-fly" list (reftel). He argues that Air France followed TSA procedures in this [...]
2005-09-09 08:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6113EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...]
2005-09-09 09:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS6116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6124POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
[...] (S) On September 8, ESTH Counselor provided French MTCR point-of-contact David Bertolotti in the disarmament and nonproliferation division of the MFA with points contained reftel. (Although reftel request is not described as falling with the MTCR itself, since it involves technology possibly [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR ETTC PARM PREL
05PARIS6125EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS613MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6133MORE FRENCH THOUGHTS ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (C) MFA official covering IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle shared with us September 7 some additional comments on U.S. proposals for the Committee on Safeguards and Verification. His general assessment was that the MFA agreed with many of our proposals. He also shared the following thoughts [...]
2005-09-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS6137TFUS01: UPDATE ON FRENCH REACTION TO HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see para 14. France is still willing to provide further assistance, but awaits word from the USG as what else might be provided. The Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy officials have publicly expressed thanks per ref B. END SUMMARY. -------------------- [...]
2005-09-09 17:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PGOV US FR
05PARIS6149MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina - Political Fallout
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6189MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Katrina Gaza
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS619AVIATION SECURITY: DOES NO-FLY MEAN "NO FLY?"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris applauds Washington agencies' development of joint criteria for the inclusion of names on the Transportation Security Administration-managed No-Fly list (REF EMAIL). Rigorously applied criteria should greatly enhance the credibility of the list while ensuring it is [...]
2005-02-01 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6191AVIAN FLU: INVITING FRANCE TO AN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Ambassador met with Health Minister to press the French to pursue, together with the United States, a leadership role in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. While the Minister agreed that avian flu preparedness required concerted inte [...]
2005-09-13 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TBIO FR
05PARIS6217FRENCH OFFICIALS ATTENDING NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) On September 13, ESTH Counselor received two letters from Mr. Didier LALLEMAND, Haut Fonctionnaire de Defense ('High Civil Servant for Defense'),Ministry of Economy, Finances, and Industry, the French authority responsible for oversight of nuclear security in France, an official well a [...]
2005-09-13 16:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP FR
05PARIS6230MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6277MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Iraq Afghanistan
[...] UN Summit 2. Iraq 3. Afghanistan B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of domestic stories dominate today's front pages, but the UN Summit is prominently covered, with a majority of reports emphasizing that the "reform plan remains limited" (Le Monde) that "the Summit was saved at the [...]
2005-09-15 10:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6297FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...]
2005-09-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS630EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH TELL JAPANESE EU
[...] (S) Japanese political Officer Korehito Masuda (strictly protect) told poloff that during a Jan. 31 Paris meeting between GOF MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Tsuneo Nishida and Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice SIPDIS Gourdault-Montagne, Gourdault-Montagne said that the EU [...]
2005-02-01 19:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ETTC CH FR JA
05PARIS6303FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO CONTINUE HAITIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the new team of MFA officials responsible for Haiti issues: Pierre-Alain Coffinier, DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Cecile Merle, Haiti desk officer; and Benoit Guidee, UN desk officer covering Haiti. Coffinier underlined [...]
2005-09-15 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR HA KCRS
05PARIS6311 PM DE VILLEPIN'S PLANS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister de Villepin unveiled the second phase of his economic plan, the key feature of which is the retention of the French social model. This second set of measures, which adds new budget spending, is unlikely to have real positive effects on economic growth before 2006. Mea [...]
2005-09-16 08:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV FR
05PARIS6314 FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 2005 COULD BE 3% of GDP,
[...] SUMMARY. The GOF is confident its 2005 budget deficit will be 3% of GDP. This would be the first time in four years that the government complied with the EU stability and growth pact limit. However, public debt (estimated at 66.2% of GDP) considerably exceeds the EU limit of 60% of GDP. Wor [...]
2005-09-16 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6315MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Afghanistan Katrina
[...] UN Summit 2. Afghanistan 3. Katrina B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A variety of stories dominate today's front pages, with Le Figaro devoting its lead to the threat of an Avian flu epidemic. President Bush's call at the UN for the sharing of information between nations and Villepin's similar [...]
2005-09-16 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6328FRENCH SAY AGREEMENT NEAR ON EU DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ferrari expressed optimism on September 15 that the EU would soon come to full agreement on the text of a declaration on Turkish non-recognition of Cyprus. She downplayed the risks of a Cypriot veto, while indicating that France would continue to suppo [...]
2005-09-16 14:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU CY EUN
05PARIS6333RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]
2005-09-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6335EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]
2005-09-16 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6336SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...]
2005-09-16 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05PARIS6342SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...]
2005-09-16 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6373PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]
2005-09-19 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] Nuclear Issues - North Korea 2. European Issues - German Elections - European Defense B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Many front pages continue to focus on Germany's elections and the lack of political consensus they reveal. Several commentators make analogies with the political situation in Fra [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues: Iran - North
[...] Nuclear Issues: Iran - North Korea 2. Iraq - British Operation in Basra 3. NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Le Monde prominently features an interview with A/S Dan Fried about the German elections, Europe and France's role in the negotiations with Iran. The interview is announced on the fr [...]
2005-09-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6434FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...]
2005-09-21 14:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC
05PARIS6439FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY
[...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...]
2005-09-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS6442FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING"
[...] (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counter-terrorism. Deruffe said the French inter-agency process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being listed as [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR
05PARIS6447FRENCH GOVERNMENT WARY OF POSSIBLE WTO PRE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE U.S., READY TO OPPOSE IT.
[...] (SBU) AGRICULTURAL MINISTER COUNSELOR MET WITH HERVE LEJEUNE, ADVISER FOR AGRICULTURE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. DURING THAT MEETING, LEJEUNE EXPRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE PRE- AGREEMENT ON WTO PARAMETERS FOR AGRICULTURE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE [...]
2005-09-21 16:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS645FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON HERVE GAYMARD
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-02 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Nuclear Threat Katrina
[...] Iran Nuclear Threat 2. Katrina and Iraq - Impact on Bush Presidency 3. Iraq - Basra Incident B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Two of today's front pages (Le Figaro and France Soir) are devoted to Hurricane Rita and the state of alert declared in the Gulf of Mexico. Inside, related stories report [...]
2005-09-22 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6478SURPRISE! FRENCH FARMERS ARE GROWING BIOTECH CORN
[...] (U) Summary. This month, the French press revealed - to the surprise of many - that 500 to 1,000 hectares (approximately 1,000 to 2,200 acres) of genetically modified corn was being grown in Southwestern France. The GOF confirmed that French farmers had voluntarily declared 500 hectares of G [...]
2005-09-22 13:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS6482 USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO
[...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6486MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...]
2005-09-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU
05PARIS6488NO FRENCH COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF VEGETARIAN MRES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 17:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT US FR
05PARIS651GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]
2005-02-02 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6514MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hurricanes Katrina and
[...] Iran 2. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: U.S. Policies - Kyoto B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "America in the Eye of the Cyclones" headlines left-of-center Liberation while right-of-center Le Figaro headlines "Threats to U.S. Oil." Catholic La Croix summarizes today's reporting with the headline: " [...]
2005-09-23 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6530DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...]
2005-09-23 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN
05PARIS6557 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS6558MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global Economy: Cost of
[...] Global Economy: Cost of Reconstruction- Iraq - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Political Debate 2. Middle East - Gaza Violence B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of stories, domestic and international, lead in today's front pages. Left-of-center Liberation dedicates its lead and a thre [...]
2005-09-26 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6570FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE
[...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...]
2005-09-26 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS6576AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...]
2005-09-26 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON
05PARIS6579"FRANCE HASN'T KNOWN A DECADE WITHOUT TERRORISM"
[...] (C) Summary: Although he acknowledged the danger of being "pessimistic by profession," Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's new counter-terrorism head, told POL M/C and Poloff September 23 that he believed terrorism was a serious and evolving long-term threat. France had been a victi [...]
2005-09-26 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV FR
05PARIS6580MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...]
2005-09-26 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS6600MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6614 FRENCH AUTHORITIES BOLSTER THE EURO, ENCOURAGE
[...] SUMMARY. Key EU and French authorities are talking up the euro and the attractiveness of French financial markets in an effort to increase the attractiveness of France to foreigners . At a recent event targeting Japanese investors, officials underlined progress already made by France, while [...]
2005-09-27 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6631 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns meeting with
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: (SBU) After opening cordialities, Minister Bussereau implicitly referred to the previous day's meeting between Secretary Johanns, USTR Portman and their EC counterparts, stating that whatever the EC negotiates will have to be approved by all 25 Member States. He str [...]
2005-09-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS6633FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...]
2005-09-27 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINR EUN
05PARIS6644MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Abu Azzam Assassination
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS665FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...]
2005-02-02 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6660FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the third 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 inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Labor unrest threatens production at French refineries (para 2) -- GOF response to hi [...]
2005-09-28 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS6666FRENCH TELECOM REGULATOR GRANTS IRIDIUM TEMPORARY
[...] On September 26, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to French Telecom Regulator ARCEP, which authorizes civilian use of radio frequencies in France. ARCEP acknowledged that they had received the request for Iridium, but had not yet completed their review due to the temporary absence of a [...]
2005-09-28 17:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS6683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6687 GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]
2005-09-29 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS6694FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]
2005-09-29 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS670U.S.-FRANCE DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on high-level discussions held in July 2004 (see ref B),U.S. and French delegations held three days of meetings in Paris on physical security measures for nuclear facilities and materials, agreeing on a path forward to coordinate and accelerate future bilateral coop [...]
2005-02-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG FR KNNP MNUC PREL
05PARIS6724MEDIA REACTION REPORT - DeLay Indictment - Turkey
[...] DeLay Indictment 2. EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: The French Prime Minister's monthly press conference dominates front pages and editorials today. De Villepin addressed the issue of employment, highlighting the drop in unemployment figures for the fifth [...]
2005-09-30 10:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6726UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6727UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6735TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. (E-mail: vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax: 33-43-12-20-22 ). 2. (SBU) Deputy TFCO is Political Officer Peter Kujawin [...]
2005-09-30 13:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL FR
05PARIS6741FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...]
2005-09-30 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN
05PARIS6744ALAIN MADELIN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY
[...] (C) At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on September 6, former French Finance Minister Alain Madelin solicited U.S. support for his candidacy to head the OECD. Madelin stressed his commitment to reform of the OECD along the lines of the U.S. proposal to that end. Madelin also made the case [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU FR IO PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS6747NEW FRENCH G-8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOUS-SHERPA AND
[...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see para. 5. 2. (S) Summary. The French MFA's new Director for Economic Affairs (Undersecretary equivalent),Jacques Lapouge, will, like his predecessor, serve as G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa. Lapouge is a self-described EU and East Asia expe [...]
2005-09-30 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS6748FRANCE ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL FR UNGA
05PARIS6749FRENCH SUPPORT PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 17:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK FR
05PARIS675MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...]
2005-02-02 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS6756MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Terrorism -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6759REQUEST FOR UK TO HOST G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS
[...] (C) On September 30, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, responsible for chemical and biological disarmament at the MFA. Although message was passed to Mr. Sur, Gabriel Bernier, outgoing biological weapons specialist attended. Mr. Sur understood the point [...]
2005-10-03 12:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER TBIO EAGR FR
05PARIS676UMP LEADERS BRICE HORTEFEUX AND BERNARD ACCOYER --
[...] (C) The views of two leading members of the ruling, center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party highlight how the unresolved rivalry between Nicolas Sarkozy and President Chirac for leadership of the center-right is dividing the UMP's elite of elected officials. Brice Hortefeux is a [...]
2005-02-03 05:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI FR
05PARIS68MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING
[...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]
2005-01-05 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6807MEDIA REACTION REPORT - European Issues - Turkey
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS681FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-03 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6810COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...]
2005-10-04 11:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR
05PARIS6813UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-10-04 12:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6814UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-10-04 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6825AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]
2005-10-04 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05PARIS683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF
[...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...]
2005-02-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6841MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush Press
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6874FRENCH RESEARCH GETS A BUDGET BOOST
[...] Summary: With an additional one billion euros for research and 3000 more jobs, the Research and Higher Education Ministry (RHEM) looks like one of the few winners in the 2006 French budget process. Roughly one-third of the increase is allocated to public research labs and university researc [...]
2005-10-05 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS6887FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE
[...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]
2005-10-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS6889MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Economic Issues - Airbus -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 12:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6890DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]
2005-10-06 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS6903U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]
2005-10-06 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6908FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...]
2005-10-07 09:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS6914MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East Iran European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 09:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6927 STRIKES HIT FRENCH OIL REFINERIES
[...] SUMMARY. Strikes at Total refineries in France will continue until at least October 7, affecting production of 328,000 barrels per day. The labor dispute at SNMC (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterrannee),a state-owned ferry company, further complicated the situation by temporarily blocking ta [...]
2005-10-07 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6933HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS
[...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...]
2005-10-07 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR LE
05PARIS6934AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]
2005-10-07 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6936BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO
[...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...]
2005-10-07 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN UK FR EUN
05PARIS6938PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]
2005-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS6961MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - Nobel Prize
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6974HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel),Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...]
2005-10-11 14:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EAID HA FR
05PARIS6975COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FRANCE VISIT OF DOE, GLASER
[...] Country Clearance is provided for following employees of Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Nancy, France, October 17 - 25, 2005: FRED M. GLASER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH BERNARD S. COVINO RESEARCH CHEMIST NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATOR [...]
2005-10-11 16:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA UK FR
05PARIS6980EMBASSY PARIS' POC'S FOR IAEA ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY FR IAEA UNAUS
05PARIS6985FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS
[...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...]
2005-10-11 17:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS6994MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Oil for Food Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6995FOREIGN INVESTMENT & NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) A parliamentary conference on foreign investment and national security on October 10 has helped to inject some market sense into Prime Minister Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda, although it also highlighted shortcomings in the French approach to protecting firms from foreign inve [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS7012FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-12 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7023FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7030MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - `Oil For Food' Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7031CNIL TALKS TO UNBLOCK SOX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We met with CNIL to discuss its opposition to listed companies' whistleblower provisions, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL says it has developed guiding principles to resolve the conflict of law, which it soon will share informally with interested parties. END S [...]
2005-10-13 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7043PKK TERRORISM: FRENCH REPLY ON SUPPORT FROM EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 15:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETKCRM PTER EFIN PINR PREL FR
05PARIS7057MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7082Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]
2005-10-17 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR
05PARIS7085MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraqi Constitution
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7102 FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH 1.5% IN 2005
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast 1.5% GDP growth in 2005, the bottom end of the government's official 1.5-2.0% prediction. The forecast takes into account oil price increases and government programs for job creation. Corporate growth is weak, but could edge up in the second [...]
2005-10-17 15:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7104MFA RESPONSE ON URGING PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO SEIZE
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points encouraging the GoF to urge PA President Abbas to seize the opportunity on Gaza disengagement with Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian issues, and Christophe Guilhou, Cabinet Advisor to FM Douste-Blazy on Middle East issues, on O [...]
2005-10-17 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS FR
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7118MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7124FRENCH ON CHAVEZ VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Lionel Paradisi on October 17 following an October 7 meeting on Venezuela that included MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard, and Paradisi (septel). The GoF confirmed that Chavez will visit Pari [...]
2005-10-18 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV FR VE
05PARIS7128 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]
2005-10-18 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7132AVIAN FLU: FRANCE REACTS TO THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The presence of the H5N1 virus in Romania, Turkey, and (possibly) Greece has captured front-page headlines and triggered much commentary in the French media. The French government reacted swiftly, too. Prime Minister de Villepin confirmed on October 14 the two French gover [...]
2005-10-18 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7145FRENCH CUBA POLICY: HAVE THEY SEEN THE LIGHT?
[...] (C) MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux provided a readout to Poloff October 17 on the October 11 meeting between French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Chaux echoed the official press release in stating that the visit was "devoted exclusivel [...]
2005-10-19 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7146MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7151DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO
[...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]
2005-10-19 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7154PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE
[...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...]
2005-10-19 10:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS7174POSITIVE GOF REACTION TO IRAQI REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy issued a positive public statement October 17 welcoming the results of the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum. While the FM's statement was not overly effusive, he welcomed and commended the conditions under which the referendum took place. MFA contacts r [...]
2005-10-19 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR UNSC
05PARIS7182 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]
2005-10-20 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7188MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7195GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE,
[...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...]
2005-10-20 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL EUN POLINT
05PARIS7197FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...]
2005-10-20 14:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR
05PARIS7198DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD
[...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...]
2005-10-20 14:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU CD FR
05PARIS72 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON EURL AOG AERO-
[...] As requested in reftel, post conducted a site visit to French company EURL AOG Aero-Spares, to check on the bona fides of this company as a registered broker and to verify the physical location of the operation and the nature of the business that the company conducts. Following paragraphs addr [...]
2005-01-05 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7201MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM
[...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...]
2005-10-20 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC
05PARIS7202U/S BURNS DISCUSS INDIA NONPRO, BALKANS, CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Russian DFM Sergei Kislyak on October 19 in Paris to discuss, among other issues, India nonproliferation, the Balkans (especially Kosovo),and Secretary Rice's recent trip to Central Asia. Kislyak raised Russian concerns regarding access for its dipl [...]
2005-10-21 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IN FR KO
05PARIS7213MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7216 AIR FRANCE CEO ON AVIATION SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador over breakfast October 20, Air France CEO Jean- Claude Spinetta called for enhanced cooperation and greater efficiency in the operation of international aviation security programs, and highlighted Air France's strong interest in succes [...]
2005-10-21 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ASEC CVIS FR EU
05PARIS7220GOF NEARS COMPLETION OF WHITE PAPER ON
[...] (C) The GOF continues to finalize its white paper on terrorism and internal security (ref B). On October 20, Poloff contacted Louis Blin, the MFA's office director-equivalent for terrorism and security, for an update. Blin said the GOF was in a period of "synthesis," in which the inter-agenc [...]
2005-10-21 13:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS7223French press minimizes US offer
[...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...]
2005-10-21 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7225FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE,
[...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]
2005-10-21 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS7226Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the
[...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...]
2005-10-21 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234 USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET
[...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]
2005-10-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7244 USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A
[...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...]
2005-10-24 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7249MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural
[...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]
2005-10-24 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7275CONTINUED FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO FOUNDATION/FUND FOR
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: In response to ref a-b demarches, senior MFA and Elysee officials continue to voice objections to the Foundation and Fund for the Future, relying chiefly on G-8 institutional arguments put forth in the October 7 letter f [...]
2005-10-25 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU FR
05PARIS7284MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7301France: 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: -- GOF hopes for "dialogue" on internet governance (para 2) -- France holds its own on broadband growth, but not in Europe's top [...]
2005-10-25 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS7305FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM
[...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...]
2005-10-25 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7308PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...]
2005-10-26 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7314GOF PROGRESS ON SARBANES OXLEY WHISTLEBLOWER DRAFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: We have received draft French guidelines that would permit companies to use anonymous hotlines per Sarbanes Oxley requirements, and would welcome Washington views on the draft, ideally before November 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Staff members from the French [...]
2005-10-26 09:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON FR
05PARIS7317MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7328LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS
[...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...]
2005-10-26 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
05PARIS7329NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 14:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO
05PARIS7330 FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...]
2005-10-26 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR
05PARIS7334 DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION
[...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...]
2005-10-26 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]
2005-10-27 11:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7360AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...]
2005-10-27 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7373FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...]
2005-10-27 17:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7392FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS7396FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM FR NU
05PARIS7397IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
[...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...]
2005-10-28 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR
05PARIS7398GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]
2005-10-28 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7399LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...]
2005-10-28 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR LE SY UNSC
05PARIS7407MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7439ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...]
2005-10-31 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IS FR
05PARIS7454MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS747OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...]
2005-02-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7506FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 15:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7510FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS
[...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]
2005-11-03 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7521FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]
2005-11-03 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7525PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]
2005-11-03 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7527VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM
[...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PTER FR
05PARIS7528TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING
[...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER FR
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