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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09PARIS378 | FRANCE FACES TOUGH LABOR CLIMATE IN RUNUP TO G8 [...] (SBU) The financial crisis has dramatically reversed a once positive employment story in France. After hitting a 25-year low of 7.2 percent in mid- 2008, the jobless rate climbed to 7.8 percent at the end of 2008 and could reach 9.8 percent during 2009. In the context of a gloomy socio-econom [...] | 2009-03-13 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI FR |
09PARIS381 | S/WCI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: France accepted four former Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) detainees with claims to immigration status in France in July 2004 and an additional three in March 2005. Ministry of Interior contact Christophe Chaboud noted that, unlike other European countries visited by Washington official [...] | 2009-03-16 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
09PARIS39 | FRENCH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS SEEK EARLY MEETING WITH OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Several French environment officials have underscored France's desire be a trailblazer on global environment and expressed the GOF's wish to meet the Obama Administration climate officials as soon as possible to discuss climate negotiations in preparation for the December 2009 Co [...] | 2009-01-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TRGY ENRG EU FR |
09PARIS390 | FRENCH EXPORT CONTROLLER ON END USE ASSURANCES [...] This is an Action Cable for PM/RSAT 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOF is prepared to provide end-use assurances (EUA) for encryption products temporarily transferred to private French manufacturers and service providers, in the context of the NATO accord covering special treatment for encryption pro [...] | 2009-03-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
09PARIS392 | FRENCH WILL BRIEF AT RABAT SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETTC MO PARM PINR PREL PTER XI FR |
09PARIS399 | DRC/ROC/NIGER: PRESIDENCY PREVIEWS SARKOZY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The centerpiece of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's March 26-27 visit to the DRC, the ROC, and Niger will be a speech in Kinshasa urging the DRC to take charge of its destiny and fulfill its potential as a key African player, according Presidential AF advisor Romain Serman's [...] | 2009-03-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER ECON EAID CG CF NG FR |
09PARIS400 | YOUR MEETING WITH FRENCH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Prime Minister Fillon will focus on the economy, the financial crisis, and the G20 Summit during his March 22-23 visit to New York and Washington. The French are looking for assurance that the U.S. will continue to seek common ground in the G20 and avoid scoring dome [...] | 2009-03-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OVIP FR |
09PARIS403 | FRANCE PLEDGES CAUTION ON CUBA, LAMENTS MISFIRE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy appointed former Socialist Minister Jack Lang to be Special Envoy on Cuba in order to drive forward French and EU dialogue with Cuba but also, on the domestic front, as outreach to a prominent French opposition party member, according to French Presidential Advis [...] | 2009-03-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CU MX BR FR |
09PARIS405 | U.S. and French Corn Growers Discuss Biotech [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and French corn grower representatives met on March 17 to discuss biotech. French reps urged the U.S. team to encourage U.S. retaliation in the WTO case against the EU for its defacto moratorium on GMOs. The U.S. team expressed great concern about France's shift in biotec [...] | 2009-03-19 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
09PARIS406 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON DOWNSIZING KFOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO FR |
09PARIS407 | FRENCH OUTREACH TO TURKS ON NATO REINTEGRATION [...] (C) Senior French officials have contacted their Turkish counterparts to assuage possible concerns about the modalities of French reintegration back into the military command of NATO (reftel). Following General Jones' recent request to initiate outreach, both Jean-David Levitte, NSA-equivale [...] | 2009-03-20 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO FR TU |
09PARIS408 | AMISOM/SOMALIA: FRANCE TRAINING UGANDAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is in the process of training a Ugandan military unit in Uganda for eventual deployment to AMISOM in Somalia. This is the fifth training operation of this nature the French have conducted; the four previous ones involved Uganda (three units) and Burundi (one unit). The [...] | 2009-03-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR FR SO UG BY |
09PARIS410 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT’S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Key points: -- Your visit comes at a historic time. Nicolas Sarkozy is the most pro-American French President since World War II and is, at the moment, arguably the most influential leader in Europe. Sarkozy,s goodwill and your prestige give us an unprecedented opportunity to cement the posi [...] | 2009-03-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO FR AF RU |
09PARIS414 | FRANCE ON CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The senior Economics Ministry official responsible for Economic Policy and Europe agrees that the financial situation in Central and Eastern Europe is serious. The EU and member states are taking actions to support central European member states. The main approach must be mult [...] | 2009-03-20 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN PREL FR |
09PARIS415 | FRENCH UNLIKELY TO OFFER MUCH AT PAKISTAN TOKYO [...] (C) Embassy delivered points in reftel to French MFA officer Jasmine Zerinini deputy director of the newly created office of France's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on March 16. She had no information when we spoke to her about French intentions with respect to new financial pled [...] | 2009-03-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FR |
09PARIS416 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS FRANCE WILLING TO REVIEW [...] (S/NF) In the course of a conversation on other issues, French Presidency Advisor for the Americas Damien Loras mentioned to pol/mc France's continuing desire to try to be helpful with Guantanamo detainees. Specifically, he said France has become aware that Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee La [...] | 2009-03-20 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
09PARIS424 | DJIBOUTI: REVELATIONS IN THE BORREL CASE SPARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French daily "Liberation" on March 18 published an extensive article on the Borrel Case (Djibouti) that could prove damaging to the GOF. Djibouti has lost its suit at the ICJ where it sought French investigative files on Borrel and the circumstances of his death. Mrs. Borr [...] | 2009-03-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM DJ FR |
09PARIS454 | FRENCH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Amid a flurry of high level visits, relations between France and Iraq continue to improve. Although the GOF is eager to see French companies participate in the reconstruction of Iraq's infrastructure, French enterprises have been cautious due to their lingering security concerns. [...] | 2009-03-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR IZ |
09PARIS463 | THE FRENCH ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: [...] (C) Key points: -- President Sarkozy and FM Kouchner see no alternative to Palestinian reconciliation. France will likely find a way to engage with a Palestinian unity government even if that means breaking consensus within the EU; -- In the French view, demanding that Hamas formally acc [...] | 2009-03-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EUN FR IS |
09PARIS465 | FRENCH RESPOND POSITIVELY TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: France welcomes the announcement of the report on U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan in Ref A, MFA A/S-equivalent for Strategic, Security, and Disarmament Affairs Jacques Audibert told Pol M/C on March 27. In doing its part, France is working with Europeans engaged in [...] | 2009-03-27 18:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS EAID NATO FR AF PK |
09PARIS466 | Dr. Nina Fedoroff presents the case for biotech to French [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Paris on March 24 and 25, Dr. Fedoroff, the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary (STAS),called on a range of senior French Government officials to argue for basing policy decisions on science-based criteria, especially decisions concerning genetically [...] | 2009-03-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR FR |
09PARIS474 | Dr. Nina Fedoroff presents the case for biotech to French [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Paris on March 24 and 25, Dr. Fedoroff, the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary (STAS),called on a range of senior French Government officials to argue for basing policy decisions on science-based criteria, especially decisions concerning genetically [...] | 2009-03-31 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TBIO ETRD FR |
09PARIS475 | FRENCH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) For the record, the French have responded positively to the outline of U.S. policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan presented by President Obama. We have shared the information in reftels requesting additional assistance on a number of fronts in Afghanistan and Pakistan with senior MFA and Ely [...] | 2009-03-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS EAID NATO FR AF PK |
09PARIS483 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: WORRIES OVER AQIM TRUMP SEARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages on April 1 said that options had dwindled with respect to Mauritania and that the best course would be to ensure free and fair elections in June within a framework that would allow participation by RFD opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah. Str [...] | 2009-04-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS KDEM FR MR |
09PARIS49 | SARKOZY, MERKEL: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 8-9 "think-in" on capitalism, involving practitioner-politicians and philosopher-economists, President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel said the G20 Summit on April 2nd must set up a new framework of global economic governance to avoid systemic risks in the fut [...] | 2009-01-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS490 | FRANCE SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) France supports the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as announced in Ref A, French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told Poloff on April 2. The GOF is "very pleased" by the USG candidacy and pledges its support "without conditions." Pel [...] | 2009-04-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR |
09PARIS493 | FRANCE'S EVOLVING INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] Summary: President Sarkozy's domestic and European industrial policy objectives reflect a blend of political Gaullist traditionalism and results-oriented economic strategy. Sarkozy defends "France's grandeur" through a vision of strategic sectors for which he shuns foreign capital at home [...] | 2009-04-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN ETRD PREL FR |
09PARIS499 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 10, 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon covered Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR),Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Creditors provided "financing assurances" f [...] | 2009-04-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS50 | THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PM FILLON [...] (C) The U.S.-France relationship has enjoyed positive progress over the past four years, PM Francois Fillon judged during the Ambassador's January 12 farewell call; the Ambassador also presented a positive assessment. Substantive planning for the April 2-3 NATO summit in Strasbourg and Kehl [...] | 2009-01-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR |
09PARIS504 | DRC/ROC/NIGER: FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S READOUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's March 26-27 visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Republic of Congo (ROC),and Niger were intended to promote democratic principles, shared business interests, and, more generally, Sarkozy's policy of moving away from the "France-Afrique" model of m [...] | 2009-04-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR CG CF NG XA |
09PARIS505 | MAURITANIA/MADAGASCAR: FRENCH VIEW ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Elections in Mauritania and Madagascar could be the way to end the political impasses in both countries, Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert said on April 3. He added that in both places, those who organize the elections should not be candidates and those who [...] | 2009-04-07 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR MR MA |
09PARIS512 | FRANCE FOCUSED ON BURMA PRISONER RELEASE, [...] (C) France remains focused on prisoner release and launching a legitimate political dialogue in Burma and sees no reason to ease sanctions against the Junta at this time, Burma desk officer Jeremie Petit told us April 8. Responding to ref A points, Petit said the EU decided to keep the Commo [...] | 2009-04-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD FR BM |
09PARIS518 | EXPECTED FRENCH CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On April 10, Francois Richier, President Sarkozy's strategic affairs advisor, provided a review of expected French contributions to Afghanistan for 2009. Due to economic difficulties, the GOF expects to provide relatively modest French civilian assistance of approximately USD 4 [...] | 2009-04-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO FR AF |
09PARIS519 | OUT-TAKES ON G20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economics and Foreign Affairs Ministry contacts confirm the GOF is satisfied with the unity and balance achieved at the G20 summit in London, calling President Obama's role "constructive" on key areas for the French. The GOF supported the U.S. proposal to triple IMF resources l [...] | 2009-04-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN PREL FR |
09PARIS520 | GREEN INVESTMENTS IN FRENCH STIMULUS [...] Summary: "Green" investments, as defined reftel, account for roughly 3.5 Q 4.0 billion euros of the 26 billion euro French economic stimulus package passed in February 2009. Funds for public rail, energy generation, alternative energy investments, nuclear power, energy distribution and tra [...] | 2009-04-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EFIN KGHG FR |
09PARIS530 | MADAGASCAR: FRANCE SEES NEED TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's priority in Madagascar is to encourage a consensus among the Malagasy parties on a political solution, involving early and credible elections, that will permit the country to end the current crisis and enable a return to constitutional governance, MFA DAS-equivalent Fr [...] | 2009-04-16 13:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FR |
09PARIS543 | HIGH-LEVEL SUDANESE DELEGATION IN PARIS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UK SU FR |
09PARIS551 | MONUC//DRC/INDIA: FRANCE URGES CONTINUED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal informed us on April 22 that France recently sent letters to the DRC and India urging them to cooperate with one another with respect to MONUC so that India will not withdraw its forces from MONUC in response the perceived insult conveyed by DRC FM A [...] | 2009-04-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO OPDC CG IN FR PGOV |
09PARIS553 | TOGO: FRENCH LACK INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares the USG's uncertainty about the nature of the action Togo President Faure Gnassingbe took on April 12 against his half-brother Kpatcha Gnassingbe, MFA Togo desk officer Daniel Westerink said on April 22. The Faure-Kpatcha face-off has not changed GOF policy toward [...] | 2009-04-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM TO FR |
09PARIS559 | FRANCE'S INTERNET PIRACY LAW: UMP CALLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a theater-of-the absurd parliamentary maneuver, France's "three-strikes- you're-out" law to crack down on internet piracy was torpedoed April 9 by the man (or rather 10 Socialist MPs) behind the curtain. The government intends to bring the law back for a second reading in t [...] | 2009-04-24 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD FR |
09PARIS563 | FRANCE LIKES TURKEY... JUST WHERE IT IS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU FR |
09PARIS57 | DRC/RWANDA: FRANCE SUPPORTS USG APPROACH ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC FR |
09PARIS585 | CORRECTED COPY: FRANCE LIKES TURKEY... JUST WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the leadup to June European Parliamentary elections, French-Turkish relations are in the media spotlight. Several senior French government officials have vocally underscored their opposition to the Turkish bid for European Union (EU) membership (amid grumbling -- in high pla [...] | 2009-04-24 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU FR |
09PARIS589 | Swine Flu: French Say currently no/no positive cases in [...] (SBU) Contacts at the French Ministry of Health (MOH) informed the Embassy that there are currently no positive cases of H1NI confirmed in France. There are a few ongoing suspicions, however, which will be discussed today in detail through the Global Health Security Action Group (GHSAG) channel [...] | 2009-04-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KFLU CASC TBIO FR |
09PARIS598 | FRENCH WORRIED BY MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: France fears a serious degradation in Madagascar as a worsening economic situation combined with targeted street violence threatens to unleash more radical civil upheaval and trigger a second coup to put a military junta in place, according to Presidential Africa Advisor Marecha [...] | 2009-04-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR AU MA FR |
09PARIS603 | INSTALLATION OF THE HIGH COUNCIL FOR BIOTECH [...] (U)Summary: After much controversy, Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Regional Planning announced the formation of the new High Council for Biotechnology(HCB). The HCB, whose inception will be May 12, will advise the GOF on a wide range of biotech issues. It has a dual [...] | 2009-04-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
09PARIS616 | ZIMBABWE: FRENCH DENY PUSHING FOR RELAXATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the MFA deny that France is pushing for a more lenient EU sanctions regime regarding Zimbabwe, although signs of possible positive movement could lead to a situation that would warrant a more lenient policy. The French want the UK, whose views they claim may be ch [...] | 2009-05-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI UK FR |
09PARIS62 | FRENCH MINAG RESPONDS TO RETALIATORY TARIFFS [...] On January 15, the French Ministry of Agriculture responded to the USG revised list of products subject to retaliatory tariffs. 2. Begin translation: "Michel Barnier, French Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, is disappointed in the U.S. decision to triple import tariffs on French Roqu [...] | 2009-01-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
09PARIS623 | SRI LANKA IMF ARRANGEMENT: RESERVATIONS BUT NO FINAL [...] (C) In response to USG concerns regarding an IMF Stand-By Arrangement to stabilize the Sri Lankan economy (reftel),the French Economics Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us on April 30 and May 5, respectively, that the GOF has not yet taken a final position. Economics Ministry Off [...] | 2009-05-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE FR |
09PARIS629 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...] | 2009-05-07 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS63 | MFA REGREST GABON'S OVERREACTION TO CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Gabonese are overreacting to criticism expressed by dissidents and centered on alleged corruption on the part of GOG officials, MFA desk officer Claude Blevin said on January 14. The Gabonese have been quick to see a French hand in support of the dissidents but this was not [...] | 2009-01-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB FR |
09PARIS637 | SCENESETTER FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary. French officials view the upcoming continuation of the 2 plus 2 political-military talks, initially launched in November of last year, as an important affirmation of the new administration's desire for increased bilateral cooperation and coordination with France on major global [...] | 2009-05-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR FR AF PA KN MN SR |
09PARIS643 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the April Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported Afghanistan's PRGF was back on track. Some creditors expressed a willingness to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia noted some 'technical problems.' The World Bank and the Fund had approved Cote d'Ivoire's decisi [...] | 2009-05-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS664 | FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: GEORGIA, BOSNIA, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 15, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the May General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Overall, this General Affairs Council will be largely devoted to preparation of the June European Counc [...] | 2009-05-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN BK BM MD SO CE IR RS GG FR |
09PARIS669 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission France extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes two years into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period marked by strong coordination between the U.S. and France on key strategic issues. Your interlocutors will likely make a case for dedic [...] | 2009-05-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRN EWWT PREL FR |
09PARIS67 | GRANDE COMORE PRESIDENT CRITICIZES UNION PRESIDENT [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Grande Comore President Mohamed Abdouloihabi strongly criticized Union of the Comoros President Sambi during a January 15 meeting with AF-assistant, stating that Sambi was trying to weaken the political power of the islands f [...] | 2009-01-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PTER CN IR FR |
09PARIS676 | French SPOT-4 Satellite's Near Miss of orbiting space [...] (U) On Tuesday, May 12, Embassy Paris was involved in establishing a link between the French National Center for Space Research ("CNES") Orbit determination Operational Centre (COO) and the U.S. Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) at Vandenberg Air Base concerning the possible collision of t [...] | 2009-05-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS TPSA TSPL FR |
09PARIS679 | FRANCE AND CUBA: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...] (C) The following paragraphs are responses to the request for information on the relationship between France and the Cuban government and the implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act (ref a): 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democr [...] | 2009-05-19 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FR |
09PARIS68 | GUINEA: FRANCE BELIEVES JOYANDET MISSION SECURED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF believes that it obtained firm commitments on key issues from coup leader Camara during Secretary of State (Cooperation and Francophonie) Joyandet's January 3-4 visit to Conakry. These commitments include holding elections before the end of 2009, no running for office [...] | 2009-01-16 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM GV FR |
09PARIS681 | NO NEW BIO-INFO ON PIRATES, BUT FRANCE WANTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC FR |
09PARIS69 | ROQUEFORT REACTS TO US BEEF HORMONE SANCTION [...] Reftel reports on Agriculture Minister Barnier's statement attacking revised USG sanctions in beef hormone case. In a more constructive response, the president of the Roquefort cheese-producing Midi-Pyrenees region is sending President-elect Obama a gift of the blue delicacy to commemorate his [...] | 2009-01-16 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD FR |
09PARIS694 | NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN'S MAY 20 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (S/NF) Summary: NEA Acting A/S Jeffrey Feltman and OVP Senior Advisor Herro Mustafa discussed at length Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the prospects for Middle East peace during a May 20 meeting with French MFA officials. Middle East Director Patrice Paoli said the GOF agreed with the need for a time [...] | 2009-05-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS696 | FRANCE BACKS AMANO FOR IAEA POST [...] (C) France squarely backs Yukiya Amano of Japan to be the next IAEA Director-General (DG),post heard May 20 from MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini and again on May 26 from MFA Strategic Affairs PDAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugue Simon-Michel. 2. (C/NF) Simon-Michel, surprised at the repeat d [...] | 2009-05-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL FR |
09PARIS702 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) The QAMAS division of Emitech is an electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratory for automotive, military, aeronautical and space equipment. On May 26, 2009, post received responses (para 2) to reftel questions from Mr. Bruno Martin, Director General, Emitech, 3, rue des Coudriers, 781 [...] | 2009-05-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09PARIS708 | READOUT OF U/S BURNS AND USDP FLOURNOY'S [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a series of political-military discussions in Paris on May 14 between U/S Burns and USDP Flournoy with their French counterparts Gerard Araud and Michel Miraillet, the French pledged support for our non-proliferation efforts with North Korea and Russia and urged close [...] | 2009-05-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO FR AF PA SE |
09PARIS715 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors were willing to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia blocked the move. Paris Club members expressed concerns about Brazil's proposed loan to Argentina's state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas, but agreed to seek more [...] | 2009-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS722 | INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN RELATED NSG PRESENTATIONS [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche May 28 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's Directorate of Strategic Affairs, and his replacement, Florent Aydalot. (Mentre is transitioning this summer to a new assignment at the French embassy in Moscow.) Mentre noted that the E3 woul [...] | 2009-05-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS726 | IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...] | 2009-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR |
09PARIS738 | SE GRATION AND FRENCH REVIEW SUDAN STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Gration's exchanges with senior French officials on May 30 focused on next steps on the Doha peace process, principally whether Paris-based SLM leader Abdulwahid el-Nur (AW) would relax his opposition and take part. Gration and the French agreed on the possible val [...] | 2009-06-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU FR |
09PARIS742 | SUDAN PRESIDENT AT UNGA -- WOULD USG ENFORCE ICC [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, asked us on June 5 how the USG would react if Sudan President Bashir tried to attend the UNGA in New York later this year. Serman wondered whether the U.S. would be compelled to take action, i.e. arrest Bashir pursuant to the ICC warrant [...] | 2009-06-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL UNGA SU FR |
09PARIS747 | IAEA Budget Demarche - French will consider [...] (U) On June 5 ESTH Counselor delivered the demarche to Martin Briens, Ministry of Foreign Affairs DAS-equivalent for disarmament and non-proliferation, and Olivier Caron, French Atomic Energy Agency (CEA) Director for International Affairs, who is also the French Governor to the IAEA. Mr. Caro [...] | 2009-06-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL FR |
09PARIS762 | EUR A/S GORDON’S JUNE 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH NSA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a June 3 meeting with A/S Gordon, French NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte previewed the agenda for the POTUS-President Sarkozy bilat at Normandy. He noted that Sarkozy hoped to use the occasion to announce the appointments of two French general officers to high-level NATO positi [...] | 2009-06-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS769 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR MITCHELL'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (S/NF) Summary. Senator Mitchell: The timing of your second visit to Paris could not be better. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s speech in Cairo and his subsequent visit to Paris and Normandy. They will be eager to follow up on the President,s bilat with Presi [...] | 2009-06-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS78 | FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO [...] On January 20 at 18:19 CET (12:19 EST),the official website of the President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy included a congratulatory letter to President Obama. Embassy Paris provides the following unofficial translation. 2. Begin text. Mister President, With your electio [...] | 2009-01-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR |
09PARIS785 | MAURITANIA/NIGER/COTE D'IVOIRE/TOGO: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS Christine Fages on June 12 urged the U.S. to pressure deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi to sign and work to implement the recently brokered political accord, an issue that Senegal's FM Gadio would likely raise during his June 12 meetings in Washington. Fages respo [...] | 2009-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS XY MR NG IV TO FR |
09PARIS796 | Parliamentary Elections: Ominous Signs for U.S.-French Ag [...] Summary: Surprisingly strong showings by both President Sarkozy's UMP party (28 percent) and the Greens (16 percent) are likely to have negative implications for the U.S. regarding France's direction on a range of agricultural issues including biotechnology, multilateral trade negotiations an [...] | 2009-06-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
09PARIS805 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 15 Mr. Sylvain Fourriere, Director of Energy Issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of Global Public Goods, told ESTH Counselor that France welcomes the US Government interest in joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). While normally the French de [...] | 2009-06-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG FR |
09PARIS81 | FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...] | 2009-01-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS814 | PIRACY: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Chantal Poiret, MFA Coordinator for Anti-Piracy Policy, said on June 17 that France was opposed to the creation of an international tribunal that would try suspected pirates. France plans to send a representative to the expert-level meeting that the Dutch have propo [...] | 2009-06-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NATO SO FR |
09PARIS815 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH SEE ABDALLAHI AS OBSTACLE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 18 said that deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi seemed to be blocking final political agreement over the Dakar accord. France was prepared to call a "stop" to the process and urge that the Dakar accord be implemented as is, wit [...] | 2009-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS PGOV PINR PTER MR FR |
09PARIS82 | FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...] | 2009-01-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS821 | FRANCE MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN: WATCHING AND [...] (C) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor June 18 that despite initial worries over the weekend about the election results in Iran, the GOF has now committed to watching events unfold before deciding their policy approach tow [...] | 2009-06-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS827 | FRANCE MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have a "secret accord" with the USG to continue the "natural growth" of Israe [...] | 2009-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS83 | ROQUEFORT CALLS ON EMBASSY PARIS [...] A delegation of Roquefort cheese producers and political representatives presented a letter (and several rounds of cheese) to the Embassy January 21, imploring the new U.S. administration not to implement the recently announced decision to increase duties on Roquefort cheese to 300 percent. T [...] | 2009-01-21 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD FR |
09PARIS830 | MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON ISRAEL, HIZBOLLAH, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Amos Gilad, Senior Advisor at the Israeli Ministry of Defense, told French officials June 17 in Paris that Hizbollah's alleged possession of 40,000 rockets is "intolerab [...] | 2009-06-22 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS832 | FRANCE-UAE DEFENSE AGREEMENT: NOT A NUCLEAR [...] (S) SUMMARY: France's defense agreement with the UAE, signed during President Sarkozy's May 25-26 visit, is one of the first major efforts to operationalize a strategy set out in the Defense White Paper of 2008. This strategy called for a focus on the Gulf region and for defense agreements de [...] | 2009-06-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MCAP MNUC PINS PREL FR AE |
09PARIS834 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) The French division of Photonis provides end-users a complete range of scientific detector products used in medical diagnostics and life science analytical equipment. On June 19, 2009, post received responses (para 2) to reftel questions from Mr. Daniel DeHaye, General Counsel, Photonis Fr [...] | 2009-06-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09PARIS846 | TURKISH CULTURAL SEASON STILL ON IN FRANCE DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Embassy Counselor Engin Solakoglu said June 19 that the "Turkish Cultural Season" in France - a series of events throughout France highlighting Turkish culture - is still on, despite Prime Minister Erdogan's recent threats during a television interview to cancel the events [...] | 2009-06-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL TU FR |
09PARIS848 | MADAGASCAR: FRENCH SUPPORT POLITICAL CONSENSUS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: France continues to favor a political consensus among contending parties that would lead to credible elections, Presidential AF-advisor Remi Marechaux said on June 23. However, neither Rajoelina, Ravalomanana (who is recruiting mercenaries in France),nor Ratsiraka are making a [...] | 2009-06-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM PINR MA FR |
09PARIS849 | IRANIAN NGO LEADER CLAIMS OPPOSITION CANNOT BACK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian NGO Leader Amir Hossein Barmaki (please protect) told poloff June 22 in Paris that if the Iranian opposition leaders back down now they will be "destroyed" by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamene'i. "They are not going to stop fighting," he insisted, "or they w [...] | 2009-06-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS861 | NEW FRENCH MINISTER FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES; [...] SUMMARY: President Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled his government on June 23, 2009, replacing former Minister of Agriculture, Michel Barnier. Barnier led the UMP party list in the European Parliament elections and his departure was expected following the election. He is widely seen as France's can [...] | 2009-06-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN EU FR INR |
09PARIS864 | DARFUR: JUNE 23/25 MEETINGS WITH JEM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representatives said on June 23 that JEM was absorbing other Darfur rebel elements and was becoming the strongest Darfur group best able to represent Darfur's interests. JEM was continuing to seek Khartoum's implementation of the Febru [...] | 2009-06-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PINR SU FR |
09PARIS872 | AVIATION EXPORT CONTROL MEETINGS JUNE 15-22 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Paris Air Show, Post facilitated meetings among USG, GOF, and industry representatives to discuss export control systems related to aviation. A strong turn-out confirmed a common interest in improving awareness and transparency of export licensing systems, [...] | 2009-06-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC FR |
09PARIS876 | SARKOZY, NETANYAHU DISCUSS FREEZE, JEWISH STATE, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon, Sarkozy told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu June 24 in Paris that the GOF supports the creation of a Palestinian state; seeks a "total freeze" on Israeli settlement activity; stands with Israel against the t [...] | 2009-06-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS898 | BUY AMERICAN BLOCKS BELL LABS [...] (SBU) Alcatel-Lucent Board Chairman Philippe Camus told EMIN recently that Alcatel-Lucent and its Bell Labs research subsidiary had been blocked by from submitting proposals to be funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act by the new Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. We [...] | 2009-07-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON ETRD EIND PREL FR |
09PARIS906 | GNEP - France Hosts Successful Third Reliable [...] (U) The third meeting of the Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group (RNFSWG) of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Cherbourg, France on March 20. Twenty participants from ten countries and two international organizations attended this meeting, which was dedicated to [...] | 2009-07-02 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA FR |
09PARIS909 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH OFFICIALS RELIEVED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware on June 30, French officials at the Presidency (Romain Serman) and MFA (Christine Fages) supported the political deal brokered over the June 26-28 weekend and underscored the need for elections to take place on July 18. T [...] | 2009-07-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV MR FR |
09PARIS911 | PRE G8 MEETING: FRANCE HARDENS POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon told Political Minister Counselor July 3 that the French believe there is "no longer any possibility of dialogue" with the government of Iran. "Sanctions are the only weapon now," Boillon insisted. He said that the current sanctions r [...] | 2009-07-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS933 | FRANCE OPEN TO EXAMINING SIX NEW GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with Eric Chevallier, Special Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility (S/GC),summarized the results of his efforts to negotiate the resettlement of Guantanamo detainees an [...] | 2009-07-09 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER FR |
09PARIS938 | FRANCE-GERMANY RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM PARIS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The status of the relationship between France and Germany, a post-war success story and the traditional workhorse of European integration, has once again been the subject of a flurry of French press reporting during the campaign for the June 7 European Parliament elections and [...] | 2009-07-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GM FR |
09PARIS946 | FRENCH SENATE LEADERS ON MIDDLE EAST: YEMEN, PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After visiting over 250 dignitaries in every country in the Middle East (except Oman),two French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee members stated July 9 that French foreign policy in the Middle East should set three priorities: 1) advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; 2) pre [...] | 2009-07-13 08:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS956 | GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...] | 2009-07-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR |
09PARIS961 | IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...] | 2009-07-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR |
09PARIS963 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FRENCH FAVOR INCLUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: France favors broad participation in anti-piracy activities off the Horn of Africa as outlined reftel, but would prefer that a mechanism, "based on objective criteria," be established that would allow current participants to reject "problem states" such as Iran from participati [...] | 2009-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO IR FR |
09PARIS969 | FRENCH MFA EXPECTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli confidently predicted to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 that the EU will approve an Association Agreement with Syria at the September 14-15 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC). Whil [...] | 2009-07-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS970 | DOMESTIC BRIEFING PAPER: SARKOZY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy appointed an eclectic combination of close UMP allies and new centrist recruits to the Fillon government June 23 in an apparent effort to boost his appeal among a broad range of voters before regional elections next year and a presumed reelection bid in 2012. At least [...] | 2009-07-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV FR |
09PARIS971 | EUMM: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. INVOLVEMENT, SPECIFICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Patrick Maisonnave, office director-equivalent for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' European Community External Relations, said France is strongly in favor of U.S. involvement in the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, but he did not specify how the United States could best p [...] | 2009-07-17 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GG RS EU FR |
09PARIS973 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's June 23 meeting, the U.S. opposed a proposal to give new seniority status to crisis-related bilateral financing. Russia dropped its opposition to extending Afghanistan's Club treatment, clearing the way for continued debt relief as Afghanistan implements its [...] | 2009-07-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS979 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) The Azur Arts Antiquites Artisanat is a company which is a wholesale distributer of antique arms and munitions to collectors. On June 4, 2009, post contacted Mr. Christian Chaulet, President, Azur Arts Antiquites Artisanat, 66 avenue de la Gaude, 06800 Cagnes sur Mer, France. Tel: +33-4-93 [...] | 2009-07-21 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09PARIS982 | UNSC LIBERIA AND DRC SANCTIONS: FRENCH HAVE NO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CG LI FR |
09PARIS984 | IRENA DIRECTOR GENERAL PELOSSE WELCOMES [...] (SBU) On July 20, Helene Pelosse, the Interim Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) told ESTH Counselor that she welcomes the U.S. signing of the IRENA Statute and looks forward to working together with the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Pelosse welcomes reftel's [...] | 2009-07-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV FR |
09PARIS986 | FRENCH MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli emphasized to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 the importance of persuading European and USG allies around the world to recognize, and act to prevent, the destabilizing consequences of a nuclear-arm [...] | 2009-07-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS993 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
09PARIS996 | FRANCE WANTS REVIEW OF IAEA PRIORITIES BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. On July 21, during a meeting with Martin Briens, DAS-equivalent for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Special Advisor for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Robert Einhorn advocated strongly for a "significant" increase in the IAEA budget for 2010 to strengthen safeg [...] | 2009-07-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN FR |
09PARIS997 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Stephane Gompertz on July 21 expressed frustration with the political impasse in Madagascar; relief that elections had transpired relatively well in Mauritania, offering a possible conclusion to the long political crisis there; exasperation with Niger Pres [...] | 2009-07-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
09PARISFR1490 | CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION [...] Summary. The Second Session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from October 26-28. The Conference elected the Minister for Sports of Spain as its Chairman and exchanged views on ways to promote the conventio [...] | 2009-11-06 11:51:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTIA UNESCO FR |
09PARISFR48 | SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...] | 2009-01-14 17:37:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA |
09PARISFR990 | DEMARCHE RE UNESCO ACTIVITIES IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Ambassador joined us July 21 in pressing UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture Francoise Riviere for a status-neutral approach and greater cooperation with the authorities on the ground in Kosovo. The U.S. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) also complained of UNESCO' [...] | 2009-07-22 15:06:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO KV FR |
09RABAT249 | RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM MOROCCO'S KING ON SAHARA [...] (C) We understand that Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar has passed a request in Washington for PM Abbas El Fassi immediately to see POTUS to deliver an urgent letter from King Mohammed VI, but that there are serious scheduling issues. MFA Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge Mar [...] | 2009-03-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC WI SP UK FR MO |
09RABAT364 | REQUEST FOR MORE U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3-5). 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) appreciates United States Government (USG) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Conference to be hosted in Rabat June 3-5. The GOM requests additional U [...] | 2009-04-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC FR NL PK RU MO |
09RIYADH1203 | SAUDI ARABIA PLANNING TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY? [...] (SBU) On September 9, Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saud, Vice President for Research Institutes at the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST),gave Econ Counselor an overview of Saudi plans to develop a nuclear industry. Turki noted that Saudi Arabia faces a signif [...] | 2009-09-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PARM TRGY FR RS SA |
09ROME1035 | ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On August 28, Italian Embassy officials in Washington cited the case of the Edison company as an example of GOI "moral suasion" efforts to stop investments in Iran, implying that the company's project in that country has been halted. But a senior Edison official told us on [...] | 2009-09-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IT IR FR |
09ROME207 | NUCLEAR POWER COMPETITION: US AND FRANCE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Mission recently orchestrated a visit by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials to provide Italy with U.S. views on nuclear power regulation and plant licensing. Both issues are under review here as the GOI moves to reintroduce nuclear power after a twenty-year [...] | 2009-02-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG FR IT PREL |
09ROME364 | AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: ITALY PREPARED TO SEND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy is prepared to double or triple its current contingent of 40 Carabinieri police trainers in Afghanistan and expand their mandate to include district-level mentoring, but is concerned about cost. The GOI favors either (1) an NTM-A arrangement in which the burden of fundi [...] | 2009-03-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF FR |
09ROME997 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SEEKS TO HEAL EGF RIFT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Italian officials are optimistic that they can come to an amicable agreement with France over the proposed deployment of a European Gendarmerie Force mission to Afghanistan. At the next meeting of the EGF governing committee in Paris, September 2-4, Italy will present ideas for E [...] | 2009-08-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF IT FR |
09SANAA1064 | YEMEN: NATURAL GAS EXPORT LAUNCH PLAGUED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to South Korea and the U.S. originally intended to begin in December 2008 have been delayed until at least August 2009, resulting in costly penalties for the export company, Yemen LNG (YLNG),and more than USD 100 million in los [...] | 2009-06-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENGR EWWT FR KS YM |
09SANAA1086 | YEMEN: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] As per REF A request, Post is aware of one ongoing claim (Claimant A) of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen (ROYG). A separate claim (Claimant B) that was listed in last year's report (REF B) was resolved in 2008. 2. Claimant A (2005) informed Post on 25 September 2005 of [...] | 2009-06-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FR YM |
09SANAA1782 | NEW CRUDE OIL SALES MECHANISM SPARKS TRIBAL RIVALRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG, led by presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh, has shifted responsibility for selling Yemen's crude oil production share away from the Ministry of Oil and towards an interagency committee, sparking a behind-the-scenes business rivalry between tribal leaders and government offi [...] | 2009-09-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM |
09SANAA2225 | YEMEN LNG PLANS SHIPMENTS TO CONUS, WORRIES ABOUT [...] (SBU) Yemen LNG, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) company operated by majority shareholder French Total Oil, is planning to ship LNG cargos from its plant in Belhaf, Yemen to Sabine Pass, Texas and Everett, Massachusetts beginning in early 2010 (REFTEL). Under the terms of YLNG's contracts wit [...] | 2009-12-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EWWT ECON EPET PTER PINS PBTS FR KS YM |
09SANJOSE146 | EUROPEANS STEP UP WHA REGIONAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Europeans are lavishing greater attention on Costa Rica and other regional players with a view to shaping Latin America's engagement at the December 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on climate change. Through a Feb. 23-24 visit, France's climate envoy signed a joint statement with C [...] | 2009-03-05 12:51:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KSUM PREL CS FR |
09SEOUL1613 | ROK URGES FRENCH ENVOY TO GO SLOW ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: ROKG officials urged French Special Envoy for DPRK Issues Jack Lang to exercise caution in moving ahead with North Korea, according to our contacts involved in Lang's visit. MOFAT, French Embassy and EU Mission contacts all characterized the visit to South Korea as a mission foc [...] | 2009-10-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON KS KN FR |
09STATE101150 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Maritime Shipping Trends Of Controlled Materials 2008-2009" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) [...] | 2009-09-29 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE101892 | UPDATE CONCERNING CONVERSION OF SPACE LAUNCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Update Concerning Conversion of Space Launch Vehicles to Ballistic Missiles" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Contro [...] | 2009-09-30 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE101912 | ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCUD B MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Scud B Missile System" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) [...] | 2009-09-30 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR |
09STATE102073 | MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...] | 2009-10-01 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS |
09STATE102919 | IRANIAN SHIPPING IN A POST-UNSCR 1803 ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iranian Shipping in a Post-UNSCR 1803 Environment" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point o [...] | 2009-10-02 18:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE103130 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, met with key interlocutors on preparations for the 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Japan from August 25-30 on the mar [...] | 2009-10-02 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG CH ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS UK |
09STATE103755 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea,s Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...] | 2009-10-06 13:14:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE103767 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the four separate interagency-cleared proposals in paragraphs 3-6 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for distribution [...] | 2009-10-06 13:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL FR |
09STATE108901 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Brokering Controls in the United States" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (PO [...] | 2009-10-21 18:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE10941 | PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO FRENCH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) In late December 2008, we informed French officials that as of mid-November 2008, a procurement official affiliated with Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program was seeking German-origin engines via the French intermedia [...] | 2009-02-06 13:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FR |
09STATE111693 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. [...] | 2009-10-29 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA |
09STATE112291 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Emerging Technologies for MTCR Consideration" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...] | 2009-10-30 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR |
09STATE113758 | LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...] | 2009-11-04 14:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF |
09STATE115802 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050183780 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to France. Post is requested to comple [...] | 2009-11-10 13:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE116023 | October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...] | 2009-11-10 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
09STATE116864 | LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129, ATLANTIS (OV-104),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 16, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 2:23 PM EST, (19:23 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN NO [...] | 2009-11-12 20:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA FR SP |
09STATE11918 | JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...] | 2009-02-10 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE11937 | (U) Secretary Clinton's February 5, 2009 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on February 5 for 30 minutes in their first bilateral meeting. The warm and open exchange followed a one-on-one working lunch and preceded a 20-minute press conference. The two agreed to coordinate closely on a wid [...] | 2009-02-10 03:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL KPAL FR IR RS |
09STATE122725 | PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow, P3 Embassies (London and Paris),the European Union Council and Commission, which participate in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG),as well as Norway -- see paras 7 and 10 to be left as non-papers. For USUN, see para 12, for Ottawa, see [...] | 2009-12-01 00:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS CA UK FR NO |
09STATE125228 | DEMARCHE: PRESS FRANCE TO SUPPORT UN SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. Background ---------- 2. (C) The United States is vigorously supporting an African-led effort to impose UN Security Council sanctions on Eritrea for its actions destabilizing Somalia and maintaining forces on Djiboutian territory i [...] | 2009-12-08 00:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNP PGOV ER FR |
09STATE125735 | (U) SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA [...] (S/NF) SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA IS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THE ALGERIAN AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS AS A SUCCESSOR TO HIS OLDER BROTHER, PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA. IN RECENT MONTHS, THE ALGERIAN PRESS HAS FLAGGED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW POLITICAL PARTY OR MOVEMENT (SOMETIMES REFERRED [...] | 2009-12-08 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV AG FR MO TS |
09STATE126206 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] | 2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
09STATE127595 | Paris Club November 2009 Meeting and Negotiations with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the November 18, 2009, Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," the IMF requested financing assurances for the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) new IMF program. Canada, troubled by the revocation of a mining license held by a Canadian-led consortium, waited until November 24 to [...] | 2009-12-14 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XL CN FR |
09STATE129187 | ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3). 2. (U) Begin Summary: Significant numbers of additional U.S. civilian personnel are now arriving in Afghanistan for deployment to all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a critical element of our strategy. To facilitate timely deploy [...] | 2009-12-17 22:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ |
09STATE2007 | U.S. COMMENTS ON EU COUNCIL'S DRAFT "CODE OF [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.pdf). [...] | 2009-01-08 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG EC ESA EUN EZ FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA |
09STATE2046 | MEK FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (FTO) [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Baghdad, Paris, London, USEU Brussels and Ottawa. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to the MEK,s July 2008 petition requesting a review of the organization,s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO),the Secr [...] | 2009-01-08 23:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR FR EUN |
09STATE22065 | LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-119 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-119, DISCOVERY (OV-103),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN MARCH 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 09:15 PM EDT, MARCH 11 (MARCH 12, 01:15 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR [...] | 2009-03-09 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA FR SP AIN |
09STATE22496 | GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP [...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...] | 2009-03-10 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO |
09STATE2425 | UAE-BASED FRONT COMPANY FOR IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The United States has information indicating that in November 2008, the United Arab Emirates-based entity Alkaen Equipment and Industrial Supplies LLC placed an order with Germany's MPS Electronic Vertriebs GmbH for a quantit [...] | 2009-01-09 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM FR IR AE |
09STATE26339 | SEEKING VIEWS ON IAEA PROPOSAL (WMD TERRORIST [...] (SBU) This cable requests London and Paris obtain views regarding a proposal by Gustavo Zlauvunin, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) New York Representative, to integrate efforts of the various counterterrorism and nonproliferation Committees to focus on weapons of mass destruction (W [...] | 2009-03-19 14:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC FR IAEA KPAO PARM PREL PTER UK UNSC |
09STATE28300 | NON-PAPER FOR EUROPEAN UNION ON U.S. SPACE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: At a European Council summit in December 2008, EU Heads of State and Government endorsed efforts to pursue space situational awareness (SSA) and other space capabilities as part of the European Security and Defense P [...] | 2009-03-24 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
09STATE30162 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) AND [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2 and 4. 2. (C) The U.S. Government would like to notify the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners of two MTCR denial notices (MDs) and three catch-all denial notices (MIs) in paragraph 3. Embassy is requested to present the denials [...] | 2009-03-30 11:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR MTCRE PARM TSPA |
09STATE34885 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 050094399 for the export of defense hardware to France. Post is requested to co [...] | 2009-04-09 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC FR KOMC |
09STATE36289 | COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - FRENCH WEST INDIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC OTRA FR BB |
09STATE37071 | MARCH 2009 OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY MEETING [...] (SBU) U.S. delegation (USDEL) members from the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) participated in the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) meeting in Paris March 16-20, 2009. The WGB made significant progress on its Review of Instruments, w [...] | 2009-04-15 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH CI ECON EG EINV EN ETRD EZ FR ID IN IS PGOV |
09STATE4359 | GUIDANCE REGARDING INVITING CHINA TO THE FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AU AORC PREL FR NATO AF RU PL CH |
09STATE47001 | LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125, ATLANTIS (OV-104),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN MAY 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 13:42 EDT, (17:42 UTC/GMT) AND IS 62 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN MAY 22, 2 [...] | 2009-05-08 13:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA FR SP AIN |
09STATE48505 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests the assistance of Embassy Algiers and Embassy Paris in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050128000 for the export of U.S. fiber optic inverters to Fra [...] | 2009-05-12 22:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AG FR |
09STATE52348 | IRISL CONTINUING EVASIVE ACTIVITIES IN MALTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK MT PREL PARM FR |
09STATE53332 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S REPLY TO FRENCH FORIEGN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 13:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF FR KCRM MARR NATO OPDC PBTS PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09STATE53702 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050121834 for the export of rifles to France. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2009-05-26 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE54399 | UNITED STATES SEEKING INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Prior to the Berlin Plenary last year, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the c [...] | 2009-05-27 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC IR UK FR GM NL AU JP |
09STATE58132 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050172197 for the export of thermal camera systems to Pakistan. Post is requested to comp [...] | 2009-06-05 16:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PK FR |
09STATE58405 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S REPLY TO FRENCH FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Please deliver the Secretary's reply to Foreign Minister Kouchner by June 3. There will not be a signed original. 2. Dear Bernard: Thank you for your letter of April 28. The United States values its cooperation with France, NATO Allies, and the European Union on the shared goal [...] | 2009-06-05 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF FR SO KCRM MARR NATO OPDC PBTS PGOV |
09STATE5953 | DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES IN ORDER TO TRANSFER [...] (U) DOE REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES: We wish to inform post that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sent a request for assurances to Mr. Jacques Figuet at the French Embassy in Washington (para 4) to facilitate the Commissariat a l'Energue Atomique's (CEA) request to participate in a nuclear [...] | 2009-01-22 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM AORC FR PTER PINR |
09STATE59724 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 050096393 for the export of defense hardware and technical data to France. Post [...] | 2009-06-10 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC FR KOMC |
09STATE61050 | FRANCE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 18:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR |
09STATE62400 | JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...] | 2009-06-16 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE67033 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING CONFIRMATION OF DOE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Paris. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Washington informed Post per REF A that the United States Department of Energy (DOE) had sent a request for assurances to Mr. Jacques Figuet at the French Embassy in Washington to facilitate the [...] | 2009-06-29 15:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM AORC FR PTER PINR |
09STATE68878 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. Response requested by July 7. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overa [...] | 2009-07-02 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE69224 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] 1. (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overall expansion plan. The thre [...] | 2009-07-02 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE71082 | LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-127 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-127, ENDEAVOUR (OV-105),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN JULY 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 07:34 PM EDT, JULY 11 (23:34 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER [...] | 2009-07-09 16:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA FR SP AIN |
09STATE80201 | (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC OR [...] | 2009-07-31 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK |
09STATE82013 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation met with key Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) interlocutors in London, Paris, and Berlin from July 14 ) 17. The meetings demonstrated that we have very few differences with these government [...] | 2009-08-06 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UK UNGA |
09STATE86582 | FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of defense hardware and technical data to France. This request was sent on 10 June 2009, over 70 days ago. We request an update from Post regarding the status of this case. If P [...] | 2009-08-19 20:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE96222 | (S) FRENCH FIRM SELLING INFRARED DETECTORS TO [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Paris. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 as soon as possible. These points may be left as a non-paper. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) We have information the French firm Sofradir and its subsidiary Ulis continue to sell cooled and unc [...] | 2009-09-16 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS FR CH IR |
09STATE97233 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): CHINA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "China's Ballistic Missile-Related Export Control Record" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) P [...] | 2009-09-18 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE98271 | SUBJECT: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Intangible Technology Transfers: Foreign National Vetting" to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC [...] | 2009-09-22 16:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR |
09STATE98667 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): SYRIA,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Syria,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...] | 2009-09-23 14:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE98727 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran,s Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...] | 2009-09-23 15:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE98749 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Missile Proliferation Trends" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...] | 2009-09-23 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR |
09STATE99490 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE99491 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE99492 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STATE99505 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
09STRASBOURG15 | COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -- A PILLAR OF THE COE [...] (SBU) The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (COE) focuses on national and international trends in the 47 COE member states. Publicizing systematic failures to uphold the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and promoting the role of national courts and o [...] | 2009-07-10 15:14:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM COE FR |
09STRASBOURG16 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE),involved in democratic consolidation in Kosovo over the past decade, takes a "status-neutral" approach to Pristina; many COE member states that have recognized Kosovo independence, including the UK, are cautious about promoting Kosovo's potential COE membership. [...] | 2009-07-17 13:07:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE KV FR |
09STRASBOURG17 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND GEORGIA: LITTLE TO SHOW AFTER AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Europe (COE) has had a very limited effect on post-conflict relations between Russia and Georgia. The "quiet diplomacy" of the COE Commissioner of Human Rights has achieved only modest results. While Georgia may seek the suspension of the Russian COE parliamenta [...] | 2009-07-29 09:54:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR GG RU |
09STRASBOURG18 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP WITH OBSERVER STATES [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Europe reviewed its relationship with observer states September 10 in the COE's Foreign Relations Committee. Most member states characterized the relationship as positive. Portugal asked what COE initiatives had been taken to obtain at least moratoria on the death [...] | 2009-09-11 08:38:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR |
09STRASBOURG19 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: STRUGGLING OVER ACCESS IN GEORGIA'S [...] (U) Summary: The Council of Europe (COE) discussed Russia-Georgia September 9. Russia called for direct dialogue between the international community and authorities from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia noted that Russia continues to violate its ceasefire commitments, including by denying [...] | 2009-09-11 09:26:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR GG RS |
09STRASBOURG20 | LEGAL ADVISER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal Adviser Harold Koh and European Court of Human Rights President Jean-Paul Costa supported increased contact between the U.S. and the Court during a meeting in Strasbourg September 11, with Costa noting that both face many of the same challenges. Koh outlined increased U. [...] | 2009-09-15 14:13:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL COE FR |
09STRASBOURG21 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE NEW SECGEN; [...] (C) The Council of Europe's (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) is expected to elect the next Secretary General of the COE (REF A) September 29 or 30; a ranking Department official should consider reviewing our human rights agenda with the new SecGen soon - please see para two. The Georgians are pu [...] | 2009-09-24 09:06:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR GG KV RS |
09STRASBOURG22 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PRIORITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Several Council of Europe (COE) ambassadors have pointed to COE programs and influence in Armenia as one of the COE's success stories. Our contacts, including the Armenian Ambassador, have highlighted a positive COE role, including the COE's Parliamentary Assembly's (PACE) enhanced moni [...] | 2009-09-24 17:33:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL COE AM FR |
09STRASBOURG23 | COE: NEW SECRETARY GENERAL; RUSSIA, GEORGIA, CLIMATE [...] (U) The Council of Europe's (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected September 29 Thorbjorn Jagland of Norway as the new COE Secretary General. The PACE noted that Georgia had met most and Russia had met almost none of their respective COE commitments post-August 2008. The PACE rejected, however [...] | 2009-10-02 13:44:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SENV COE FR GG NO RS |
09STRASBOURG24 | COE: TAGLIAVINI REPORT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA; DEATH PENALTY [...] (U) Russia and Georgia traded barbs at the COE October 7 over the Tagliavini Report, with the Russian Ambassador calling on the COE to end debate on the consequences of the war. In light of the "European Day Against the Death Penalty" -- October 10 -- the COE Chair (Slovenia),the Swedish EU [...] | 2009-10-08 14:57:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR GG RS |
09STRASBOURG25 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM STRASBOURG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:58:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR US |
09STRASBOURG27 | STRASBOURG AND ISLAM: MOVES FORWARD; DISCRIMINATION STILL [...] (C)Strasbourg City Hall takes an pro-active approach toward the Muslim communities in the city, including via political and financial support for the construction of a new Grand Mosque. Our Muslim interlocutors are split along generational lines when they discuss discrimination - with young p [...] | 2009-11-06 15:31:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL FR |
09STRASBOURG28 | NEW COE SECGEN: I WILL HELP ON GITMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) New Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland agreed November 9 to raise the resettlement of detainees from Guantanamo with officials from all 47 COE member-states, including his native Norway. Jagland stressed that the COE needs to reach out to positive forces in Russia [...] | 2009-11-09 15:09:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO FR KV NO RS |
09STRASBOURG3 | COE: GEORGIA TOUGHENS STANCE; RUSSIA DOES NOT GIVE AN INCH [...] (C) The Council of Europe continued February 4 to discuss the consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia. Georgia toughened its rhetoric and called for the COE to issue a statement should Moscow veto UNOMIG's extension. Russia continued to refuse monitoring of its COE commitments. [...] | 2009-02-04 17:16:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORG FR GG RU |
09STRASBOURG30 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY DECLINES TO OBSERVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 13:36:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL COE FR XG |
09STRASBOURG31 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING [...] (U) Mission France received December 1 a letter (pouched to EUR/ERA) from Council of Europe (COE) Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President de Puig asking us to forward a letter from de Puig to President Obama regarding Copenhagen. 2. (U) Begin text: Strasbourg, 30 November 2009 Dear [...] | 2009-12-02 09:45:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV COE FR |
09STRASBOURG33 | SAVVY RUSSIAN MOVES ON COE PROTOCOL 14 [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Alekseev told Council of Europe (COE) plenary sessions December 9 and 14 that the Duma may ratify Protocol 14 in 2010 in light of written assurances that the European Court of Human Rights cannot specify how a member-state should implement court decisions. Most member-s [...] | 2009-12-15 15:57:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR RS |
09STRASBOURG5 | EASTERN FRENCH VIEWS ON WAR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most local and regional officials caution that the French public's tolerance for continued French fighting in Afghanistan will sharply decrease if there are waves of French casualties. Viewed from the eastern France, the Central Government has thus far not demonstrated any conce [...] | 2009-02-19 08:51:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF FR |
09STRASBOURG6 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: MORE EFFECTIVE AROUND THE EDGES THAN AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe (COE) likes to portray itself as a bastion of democracy, a promoter of human rights, and the last best hope for defending the rule of law in Europe - and beyond. It is an organization with an inferiority complex and, simultaneously, an overambitious agenda. In eff [...] | 2009-03-10 10:51:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL COE FR |
09STRASBOURG9 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: RANCOR IN THE RANKS [...] C) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe´s (COE) election for its next secretary general has produced internecine warfare between resident ambassadors and the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE),with the former having short-listed only Thorbjorn Jagland of Norway and Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland fo [...] | 2009-05-04 10:11:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR GG RU |
09TBILISI1587 | GEORGIAN COAST GUARD CRACKS DOWN ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. On August 15 and 18 the Georgian Coast Guard detained two vessels for violations of the Law on Occupied Territories and other infractions, including for traveling in restricted Black Sea waters off the coast of Abkhazia. Although both vessels were stopped more than [...] | 2009-08-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV EWWT ETRD CB FR PM RS |
09TELAVIV208 | ISRAELI CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING GAERC MEETING ON [...] (C) MFA Policy Advisor Tal Becker called the Ambassador to express concern about the upcoming GAERC meeting in Brussels on the Middle East scheduled for Monday, January 26. According to Becker, the French are pushing hard to change the GAERC document in ways that will make things more flexi [...] | 2009-01-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL AORC KWBG PHUM IS EU FR |
09TELAVIV2506 | ISRAELI COMPLAINTS ABOUT TURKEY'S ROLE WITH IRAN [...] (S) Reftel reported that the French MFA readout to Embassy Paris on the Israeli-French Strategic Dialogue included Israeli claims that Turkey, with the full knowledge of PM Erdogan, has facilitated the supply of weapons-related materials for Iran's nuclear program. MFA Director of Political [...] | 2009-11-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP EFIN TU IR FR IS |
09TELAVIV2777 | CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...] | 2009-12-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS |
09TELAVIV42 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 7, 1900 [...] (C) Summary: IDF operations were suspended from 1300 to 1600 local to allow Gaza residents to collect food, water, and other humanitarian supplies; pauses are likely to continue at least every other day. A spokesman for PM Olmert "welcomed" Egyptian President Mubarak's truce proposal and anno [...] | 2009-01-07 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR |
09TELAVIV44 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 8, 1500 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early on January 8 and lightly injured three civilians; Israeli forces responded with artillery fire. Military officials suspect Palestinian groups operating in Lebanon conducted the attack and sought to avoid e [...] | 2009-01-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR |
09TELAVIV48 | FRENCH-EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL "POSITIVE" BUT NOT [...] (C) Despite press reports press reports quoting an Elysee announcement to that effect, Israel has not accepted the ceasefire proposal made by President Mubarak of Egypt and President Sarkozy of France on January 7. MOD and PMO sources confirmed that Israel still has serious concerns regardin [...] | 2009-01-08 17:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KWBG UNAUS FR EG IS |
09TRIPOLI558 | AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR GOMPERTZ TRIPOLI 00000558 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV FR SO ML NG MA GV IV AU LY |
09TRIPOLI777 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EXISTENCE OF COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel demarche jointly with the French DCM (at Embassy of France's request) to the Deputy Director of the Libyan MFA's International Organizations Office, Murat Humaima, on September 30. Humaima responded that Libya was unequivocally against nuclear enrichment for m [...] | 2009-10-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM FR LY |
09TUNIS270 | FRENCH PM FILLON SIGNS EIGHT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon wrapped up a 36-hour official visit to Tunisia on April 24, and then stayed on for a few days of personal travel. He brought with him an entourage of 100 people, including four ministers, 60 businessmen, and 10 university chancellors. He met with [...] | 2009-04-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KNNP KPAO FR TS |
09UNVIEVIENNA15 | CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...] | 2009-01-16 08:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA31 | Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction" [...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...] | 2009-01-27 16:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM |
09UNVIEVIENNA477 | TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR: PRC AMBASSADOR SAYS [...] (S) Summary: Chinese Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told Ambassador October 16 that China had expressed to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri its hope that the proposed IAEA deal to transfer Iranian LEU for further enrichment abroad and fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) would succ [...] | 2009-10-16 16:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | ENRG PREL KNNP AORC IR RS FR CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA6 | PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND [...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...] | 2009-01-12 12:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK |
09UNVIEVIENNA7 | FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22 [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...] | 2009-01-12 14:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN |
09USEUBRUSSELS814 | EU/BURMA SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. CAN HELP [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 6 and 12. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: EU ministers will discuss options for the EU Burma sanctions policy at the June 15 GAERC. No final decision is expected before a verdict is issued in the current Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial. Bank designations are [...] | 2009-06-12 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PGOV ETRD EMIN PHUM KDEM BM EUN FR |
09USOSCE64 | OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...] | 2009-03-25 16:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE65 | OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2009-03-25 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE66 | U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...] | 2009-03-25 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USUNNEWYORK325 | UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL [...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...] | 2009-03-27 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT |
09USUNNEWYORK43 | U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...] | 2009-01-23 21:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK |
09USUNNEWYORK57 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...] | 2009-01-29 02:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV FR |
09WARSAW405 | POLAND: SUPPORTS US ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Benedykt Pasik, a counselor in the MFA's Department of Africa and the Middle East, told us that Poland generally backs U.S. policy on Madagascar. While refraining from officially labeling Andry Rajoelina's actions a coup, Pasik said the GOP supports halting all EU assistance to the curren [...] | 2009-04-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV AORC SZ FR NO MA PREL PL |
09WELLINGTON329 | DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 04:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ |
09YAOUNDE769 | CAMEROON'S COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon has a complex relationship with France. The two countries share historical, linguistic and cultural ties and many Cameroonian elites have studied and lived in France. Cameroon is France's largest recipient of foreign assistance and one of its biggest trading partners [...] | 2009-09-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON FR PGOV PINR PREL |
09YAOUNDE786 | THE INTERNATIONALLY LAMPOONED BIYA VACATION [...] (C) President Paul Biya's recently completed expensive vacation to France drew criticism and an extended media battle in Europe and Cameroon. Rather than refute the allegations and let the story die, the GRC lashed out with tit-for-tat planted stories and accusations of an unpatriotic press. [...] | 2009-09-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM FR PGOV PREL |
09YAOUNDE971 | RETHINKING OUR APPROACH TO CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary: Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who recently celebrated his 27th year in office, has delivered little in the way of democratization, good governance, economic reforms, or investments in people - all key USG goals. The government here values its relationship with the United St [...] | 2009-11-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAID ECON FR KCOR MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
10ANTANANARIVO111 | LOCAL FRENCH VIEWS ON MALAGASY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the French government may be outwardly in synch with the rest of the international community, discussions with local French representatives indicate that do not plan to "lay down the law," in a clear, non-ambiguous way, to Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and the HAT. They contin [...] | 2010-02-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FR MA |
10ASHGABAT218 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both France and Turkmenistan view President Berdimuhamedov's February 1-2 visit to France as a success, according to French Charge Henri Leval. In addition to meetings with France's top leadership, Berdimuhamedov presided at a Turkmen-French Business Forum meeting, attended by 1 [...] | 2010-02-17 06:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EPET BTIO FR TX |
10BARCELONA20 | BARCELONA BRIEF - A TWICE MONTHLY ROUNDUP OF POL/ECON [...] (U) Barcelona Mayor Jordi Hereu's announcement that the city will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics has sparked tension with the neighboring autonomous community of Aragon, which also seeks to host the Games. Hereu's surprise announcement last month caught many off guard, as Aragon's capital c [...] | 2010-02-22 09:36:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | SP FR AN PGOV PNAT PREL KCOR ECON EINV ELAB |
10BERLIN114 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S. YEMEN, IRAN, FRANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Aftermath of Quake, Montreal Conference 3. (U.S.) State of the Union, Austerity Program, Banking Crisis 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Iran) Karrubi Gives In 6. (France) Ban on Burqas 7. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German [...] | 2010-01-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA US YM AF IR FR |
10BERLIN131 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, HAITI, SWIFT, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference 4. (Iran) Execution of Opposition Politicians 5. (Haiti) Aftermath of Quake 6. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT 7. (Greece-EU) Bailout Program? 8. (France) Clearstream Trial [...] | 2010-01-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF IR HA EU ECON FR |
10BERLIN154 | GERMAN MFA SUPPORTS PACE MISSION BUT FEARS TIME IS [...] (U) On January 29, poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA office director for Iraq, Klemens Semtner. Semtner said that the MFA had engaged with German PACE representatives in support of the UNAMI invitation for an observer mission. However, his office had not yet received any feedback. Se [...] | 2010-02-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL COE FR XG GM |
10BERLIN160 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Relations 3. (U.S.-China) Impact of Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke Interview 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (EU-Euro) Financial Woes 7. (Haiti) Reconstruction Efforts 8. (Environment) Climate 9. (Fran [...] | 2010-02-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US CH AF IR EMS HA KGHG FR |
10BERLIN161 | BND LOBBYING MERKEL AND USG ON SATELLITE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The German External Intelligence Service (BND) is soliciting support and funding from the Chancellery for transatlantic cooperation on a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite constellation. Senior BND officers will brief Chancellor Merkel on February [...] | 2010-02-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM |
10BERLIN189 | ATHENA -- THE GERMAN GODDESS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bremen-based OHB-System is seeking a partnership with "like-minded" countries to develop and deploy a ballistic missile (BM) early warning/tracking satellite constellation, dubbed Athena, conceptually capable of accurately tracking northern latitude missiles from early launch thr [...] | 2010-02-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR RS CH GM |
10BERLIN216 | GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...] | 2010-02-25 16:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM |
10BERLIN43 | OHB ECLIPSES ASTRIUM FOR GALILEO CONTRACT BUT BOTH END UP WINNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM |
10BERLIN5 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF COLLISION RISK TO TUBSAT-A [...] (U) Per refs A and B, Econoff notified Dr. Udo Renner of the Technical University in Berlin (TU Berlin),TUBSAT-A Project Manager, of the January 10 collision risk posed by debris from the Russian COSMOS 2251 satellite. Dr. Renner was very appreciative of the notification and was previously u [...] | 2010-01-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PARM PREL NASA IT FR GM |
10BERLIN93 | SPECULATION THAT EADS MAY GET OUT OF THE SATELLITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a mid-level EADS-Astrium manager, Tom Walati, the European Aerospace Defense and Space Company (EADS) may elect to sell off its EADS-Astrium Satellites subsidiary if its fortunes do not change in bidding for lucrative European satellite contracts. This drastic measur [...] | 2010-01-25 12:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM |
10CARACAS97 | CHAVEZ SEIZES EXITO, ASKS FOR LEGAL REFORM TO FACILITATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17, in what he described as an effort to halt inflation, President Chavez ordered the expropriation of the French-Colombian Exito hypermarket chain for illegally raising prices in violation of Venezuelan law. Chavez announced that the expropriated stores-together [...] | 2010-01-27 20:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EINT EAGR EINV CO FR VE |
10DARESSALAAM57 | FM MEMBE ON AU SUMMIT (LIBYA, FRANCE, AND SOMALIA) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bernard Membe previewed for Ambassador Lenhardt his expectations of the upcoming African Union Summit January 25. Membe expressed concern about a Libyan move to retain the AU Chair, which Tanzania would oppose. He criticized the French role in Madagascar and el [...] | 2010-01-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TZ SO LY FR MA |
10DJIBOUTI125 | DJIBOUTI - FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S JAN 19 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a brief stop-over in Djibouti January 19, French President Nicholas Sarkozy met with Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh for a wide-ranging discussion that included China's role in Africa, climate change, Eritrea's role in the region, the African Union, Frenc [...] | 2010-02-02 09:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR DJ FR ER CH AU |
10DJIBOUTI203 | DJIBOUTI/FRANCE - Public Spat over GOF Reliability as Ally [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MASS PBTS DJ ER FR |
10DOHA40 | FRENCH ENVOY EXPRESSES OPTIMISM, FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (C) In a January 26 conversation with Poloff Caudill, French Special Envoy for Sudan Issa Mauraut expressed his frustration at the slow pace of the Darfur peace talks. He said that representatives of factions in Darfur come to Doha and drag out the process, as if wanting to lengthen their sta [...] | 2010-01-28 13:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU FR QA |
10DOHA53 | FRENCH EMBASSY READOUT OF SARKOZY'S DISCUSSION [...] (S) French Political Counselor Brigitte Curmi shared with P/E Chief Rice February 7 the readout that the French Embassy in Doha received of President Sarkozy's February 4 discussion in Paris with Qatar's Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the latter's just concluded visit to Tehran. Acc [...] | 2010-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL IR FR QA |
10JERUSALEM114 | FAYYAD LAYS OUT 2010 BUDGET AND PROJECT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told donors that the PA is likely to require USD 1.2 billion in external budget support in 2010, and urged early disbursement. He presented the PA's priority project list for 2010, which includes over USD 5 billion in proje [...] | 2010-01-19 18:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV FR NO |
10KABUL120 | ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY--POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tagab District, Kapisa Province, remains unstable with continued attacks on coalition forces. Several remote valleys in the district are insurgent sanctuaries. However, a series of recent incidents have combined to provide real opportunities to turn the tide. Most promising are [...] | 2010-01-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS FR AF |
10KINSHASA21 | French FM Kouchner Discusses MONUC, RFI Closure with Kabila [...] (C) On January 11, we met with Laurence Monmayrant, French Embassy polcouns, and Philippe Guerin, the French Embassy's Goma-based diplomat. Guerin, who was present in the Kabila-Kouchner meeting in Kinshasa on January 8, told us "there was not much substance" to the discussion. Kouchner stre [...] | 2010-01-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MONUC MOPS PHUM FR CG |
10LONDON257 | IRAN: HMG BRIEFS ON IRIG JAMMING OF BBC, VOA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff) met February 3 with Jaime Turner, Deputy Head of Multi-lateral Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Group to discuss ways to condemn publicly the Iranian regime's blocking of western satellite channels and how to circumvent it. Turn [...] | 2010-02-04 13:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC ECPS TSPA IR UK FR |
10NDJAMENA83 | EU UPGRADES ITS MISSION TO CHAD: THE EU'S "NEW [...] (C) The EU delegation in N'Djamena has been chosen as one of 54 of the Union's 136 overseas missions to be endowed with new, embassy-like functions derived from the Lisbon Treaty. The delegation, headed by an Ambassador of French nationality, is empowered to speak on behalf of the 27 EU mem [...] | 2010-02-08 16:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV EU FR PHUM PREF CD |
10PARIS104 | FRANCE: NUCLEAR ENERGY LEADERS FEUD OVER INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fillon demanded Areva and Electricite de France (EDF) CEOs settle disputes over the Areva-EDF framework agreement on nuclear fuel. Differences in the leaders' corporate strategies have been compounded by a very public personality clash. GOF officials condemn the feu [...] | 2010-02-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL FR |
10PARIS105 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MAGHREB KIDNAPPING THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares our concerns about the kidnapping and security threats to westerners in Africa's Sahel and Maghreb regions. The French MFA routinely issues travel warnings in an effort to dissuade French citizens from traveling in much of the Sahel and Maghreb regions. France sh [...] | 2010-02-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC XI XG FR |
10PARIS130 | VISIT OF CODEL TANNER TO PARIS, FEBRUARY 16 - 19 [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) welcomes CODEL Tanner travel to Paris from February 16 to 19, 2010 to attend several official events and meetings. 2. (U) The control Officer for the visit is Secretary of Delegation, J. Palmer Rosel [...] | 2010-02-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OVIP FR |
10PARIS139 | FRANCE SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD, WORKING ON NEXT STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: France is promoting association with the Copenhagen Accord and is taking the initiative on next steps. The GOF is urging African countries directly, and through the Francophonie organization indirectly, to associate themselves with the Copenhagen Accord. The French are also wor [...] | 2010-02-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG FR |
10PARIS141 | FRANCE SUPPORTS MEASURES AGAINST DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Summary: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, French Junior Minister for Transportation Dominique Bussereau praised recent USG efforts on distracted driving. Bussereau described ongoing GOF efforts to reduce road deaths from 7,000 a few years ago to 3,000 by 2012 through enforcing sp [...] | 2010-02-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC SOCI UNDP EU FR |
10PARIS142 | CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...] | 2010-02-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR CN XA FR |
10PARIS144 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS151 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...] | 2010-02-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS159 | FRENCH RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - SNAPSHOT: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the international community transitions from the immediate crisis to the stabilization period before the long-term effort of reconstruction, France remains committed to sending physical and financial reinforcements to aid Haitian disaster victims. Following the conclusion of [...] | 2010-02-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID PHUM CVIS UN FR HA |
10PARIS160 | FRANCE: POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: France has no identified shale gas bearing formations. Industry took an interest in the sector in 2007, but although the GOF plans to permit exploration activity for shale gas areas in Southeastern France in 2010 (making production possible around 2015),technical, legal and pol [...] | 2010-02-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET FR |
10PARIS170 | SECDEF GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE HERVE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) was hosted by French Minister of Defense Herve Morin for a working lunch during an official bilateral visit to Paris on February 8, 2010. SecDef and Morin agreed on the basic themes to be included in NATO's revised Strategic Concept. [...] | 2010-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MAR FR IR AF NATO |
10PARIS172 | MINURCAT/MONUC: URGENT NEED TO BEGIN PLANNING NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 11 stressed the need to begin planning for the end of MINURCAT's current mandate in Chad/C.A.R. on March 15 and for the end of MONUC's current mandate in the DRC on May 31. France is operating on the assumption that Chad's President Deby will n [...] | 2010-02-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO CT CD CG FR |
10PARIS174 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with French FM Bernard Kouchner in Paris on February 8, 2010. Discussions included how to persuade the Chinese and others to support sanctions against Iran, and the import [...] | 2010-02-12 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR FR IR AF NATO |
10PARIS175 | FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted French company JENOPTEC regarding JENOPTEC's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-1120 (ref). JENOPTEC CEO Gerard Nobili and Stephane Hostyn, Chief of Production, confirmed that JENOPTEC employs 47 people, including company executives, administrat [...] | 2010-02-16 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC FR |
10PARIS176 | FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Avram Alberto Bueno, CEO and General Manager of of the French company Business Developmental Security Industries (BDSI) regarding BDSI's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-2277 (ref). Bueno said the company consisted of himself and his wife Soph [...] | 2010-02-16 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC FR |
10PARIS179 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...] | 2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR |
10PARIS183 | CLIMATE CHANGE - BORLOO SAYS DROP "LEGALLY BINDING" [...] (C) French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told the Ambassador that the key to advancing climate negotiations is to drop the notion of a legally binding treaty in favor of a system of national commitments. He also argued that it would be up to a small group of eight or ten heads of state, an [...] | 2010-02-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG FR |
10PARIS188 | AF DAS PAGE'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS (FEBRUARY 10-11) [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Susan Page met with French officials at the Presidency, MFA, and MOD during her February 10-11 consultations in Paris. She also met with Angola's Ambassador to France Miguel da Costa. Discussions with the French focused on Zimbabwe (France favored lifting certain sanct [...] | 2010-02-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA ZI AO SF MA SU NI CG FR |
10PARIS191 | GUINEA: JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM -- [...] (C) MFA AF/W DAS-equivalent Laurent Bigot on February 18 discussed Justice and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea per reftel, elements of which we had conveyed to him a few days previously. Bigot said that France supported reform of this nature but that it would wait until the current U [...] | 2010-02-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV FR |
10PARIS192 | FRANCE RECOMMENDS NEGOTIATING NEW MINURCAT MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A request for P5 members to demarche the Government of Chad on reconsidering its call for MINURCAT withdrawal, French MFA officials, mostly in line with their previous assessment, stated that the next step should be for the UN to negotiate a new mandate focused [...] | 2010-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPKO CD CT FR |
10PARIS200 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON COTE D'IVOIRE: TIME FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his recent visit to Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Bigot, MFA DAS for West Africa, believes that a new approach for resolving the country's political crisis is needed and he is developing a policy proposal involving a negotiated agreement among the parties in advance of contes [...] | 2010-02-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PINR IV MR FR |
10PARIS201 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...] | 2010-02-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR |
10PARIS202 | EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: FRANCE SUPPORTS LIFTING, [...] (C) In response to points in reftel, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said France continues to support lifting the EU's arms embargo on China, since "it is not a useful tool," and export controls could accomplish the same goal. However, he said lif [...] | 2010-02-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MASS PARM CH FR |
10PARIS207 | FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...] | 2010-02-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR |
10PARIS211 | WORKING TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS FOR EU MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on ref, Post took advantage of an informal meeting with French and British representatives to press all interlocutors with the Burmese government to maintain a high standard of access for visiting delegations. Post suggested that all visitors maintain the same minimum stan [...] | 2010-02-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BM UK FR |
10PARIS214 | France's Sleek New Export and Investment Machine [...] (SBU) France is already world's fifth largest exporter, but recently restructured its export promotion and investment machine to stay competitive and increase assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new "French Export Team" streamlined the roles of the major export promotion ent [...] | 2010-02-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EIND EINV FR |
10PARIS215 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON MEDVEDEV VISIT, MISTRAL SALE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a wide-ranging conversation on February 22, a relatively pessimistic Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, said France sees some opportunities, and potential pitfalls, ahead as they work with Russia on a new UN Security Council Resolution on [...] | 2010-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL RU FR |
10PARIS216 | FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR |
10PARIS218 | MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. [...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...] | 2010-02-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR |
10PARIS227 | French Electricity Leader en route to the U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Henri Proglio is making his first trip to the U.S. as CEO of Electricite de France (EDF). His goal is to gauge potential American partners and review the firm's U.S. investments. EDF plans to expand as a "diversified service company" that can operate different nuclear reactor t [...] | 2010-02-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PREL FR CH |
10PARIS229 | GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; FRANCE WILL LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the strong presentation of U.S. views, France believes the current Palestinian-drafted UNGA resolution on Gaza conflict human rights violations as "moderate" and likely helpful for restarting Israel-Palestinian discussions. The EU Presidency is negotiating with Palestin [...] | 2010-02-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA KPAL IS FR |
10PARIS23 | OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...] | 2010-01-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR |
10PARIS232 | MADAGASCAR: FRUSTRATION INCREASES AT FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Remi Marechaux, Africa Advisor at the French Presidency, on February 23 expressed his growing frustration with the lack of movement on Madagascar. He strongly criticized SADC mediator Chissano for not doing more, on a sustained basis, to drive the parties towards an agreement. [...] | 2010-02-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KDEM PINR MA FR |
10PARIS236 | EMBASSY PARIS TELECOM OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per State 17143, Post notifies EB/CIP/BA that Embassy Paris' Telecommunications Policy Officer is Allison Areias. PEKALA [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS FR |
10PARIS237 | FRANCE SPECIAL 301 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List. France has, in fact, improved the pharmaceutical R & D environment and post sees no evidence of lack of IPR protection or market access. Fr [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN KIPR FR |
10PARIS25 | FRENCH MFA ON PEACE PROCESS, YEMEN, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are focusing on Palestinian action as the key to unblocking discussions and wonder if President Mahmoud Abbas might be able to press forward the peace process by pronouncing his own prerequisites for the resumption of negotiations, according to Patrice Paoli, French MF [...] | 2010-01-08 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY YM LE IZ FR |
10PARIS29 | France Proposes "Google Tax" for IPR [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced plans to tax internet advertising revenue generated by Google and other major internet sites (the examples of which all happen to be American)to fund revenues lost from internet piracy. This measure and others to counter piracy and encourage legal downloading [...] | 2010-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
10PARIS47 | FRANCE URGES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French advocate a comprehensive and coordinated approach to Yemen and they support the Yemeni government's pursuit of a ceasefire linked to broad national dialogue, according to Jean-Baptiste Faivre, French MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent. Faivre told poloff January 12 th [...] | 2010-01-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA YM FR |
10PARIS49 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR |
10PARIS55 | AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON ISAF [...] (SBU) France is entirely in agreement that the ISAF transition plan adopted at NATO would be an excellent deliverable for the London conference, but should not be confused with a plan to withdraw ISAF forces. Francois Delmas of the French interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan cell said on January [...] | 2010-01-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF FR |
10PARIS56 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO [...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...] | 2010-01-15 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL OVIP FR |
10PARIS58 | EMBASSY PARIS - MINORITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In keeping with France's unique history and circumstances, Embassy Paris has created a Minority Engagement Strategy that encompasses, among other groups, the French Muslim population and responds to the goals outlined in reftel A. Our aim is to engage the French population at a [...] | 2010-01-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL FR |
10PARIS63 | AIR FRANCE TRAFFIC SAGS, SHIFT IN BUSINESS PLAN [...] (U) Summary. Air France-KLM is feeling the economic downturn: lower capacity utilization, steadily declining passenger traffic, and cargo business stabilized at a reduced level. An audit showed 20 million euros (USD 29 million) missing from a fund managed by AF employee organizations; the GOF [...] | 2010-01-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD FR |
10PARIS65 | FRENCH RELIEF EFFOTS IN HAITI - SNAPSHOT: JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding immediately to the earthquake on January 12, France quickly mobilized physical and financial resources to assist Haitian disaster victims. President Sarkozy convened an inter-ministerial meeting of his Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Economy, and Defense at t [...] | 2010-01-21 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM UN FR HA |
10PARIS66 | MADAGASCAR/FRANCE: THE U.S. AND FRANCE "SHARE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Stephane Gompertz on January 20 minimized apparent differences between U.S. and French policy towards Madagascar by saying that "we share the same objectives" with respect to a consensus-based approach leading towards inclusive and free and fair elections, [...] | 2010-01-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MA FR |
10PARIS68 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On January 22, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the January 25 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ------------------------ LADY ASHTON TAKES CHARGE ------------------------ 2. ( [...] | 2010-01-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN HA YM AF BK SO IR MD FR |
10PARIS69 | MFA OFFICIALS PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF CURRENT AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S Stephane Gompertz and FM Kouchner's Cabinet AF Advisor Charlotte Montel briefed on a range of African issues in separate January 20 meetings. Both were pleased with recent events in Guinea (the non-return of Dadis and other elements of the Ouagadougou Accord) but cau [...] | 2010-01-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM XA FR |
10PARIS7 | AFGHANISTAN MOU: UPDATED INTERIM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post has followed up with the GOF on the interim response reported in reftel A to points in reftel B. On January 5, Francois Delmas, action officer from the interagency Afghanistan and Pakistan Cell, said that delayed transmission of the draft MOU from the French Embassy in Kabul to Par [...] | 2010-01-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF FR |
10PARIS71 | STAFFDEL KESSLER ENGAGES THE FRENCH ON IRAN, [...] (C) Staffdel Kessler, representing the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, visited Paris January 12-14 to engage French officials, non-government entities and the private sector regarding Iran, sanctions, non-proliferation and Afghanistan. With a main focus of discussing potential U.S. sanctio [...] | 2010-01-22 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR AF PK FR |
10PARIS76 | AMBASSADOR RIVKIN ENGAGES ON HAITI AS FRENCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reinforcing the Secretary's message (ref A),Ambassador Rivkin engaged directly with over 100 French journalists in an event streamed live on-line by CNN where he highlighted U.S. assistance to Haiti and the cooperation of the United States with France, the UN, and the internati [...] | 2010-01-25 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP FR HA |
10PARIS79 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PARIS ON JANUARY 29, [...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: President Sarkozy, Foreign Minister Kouchner, and U.S Embassy Paris look forward to welcoming you on your first bilateral trip to France as Secretary of State. Your visit is taking place at a time that many consider to be one of the best periods in Franco-American relations. [...] | 2010-01-25 17:28:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR AF IS IR |
10PARIS8 | AFGHANISTAN MOU: UPDATED INTERIM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post has followed up with the GOF on the interim response reported in reftel A to points in reftel B. On January 5, Francois Delmas, action officer from the interagency Afghanistan and Pakistan Cell, said that delayed transmission of the draft MOU from the French Embassy in Kabul to Par [...] | 2010-01-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF FR |
10PARIS80 | AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French government largely shares U.S. priorities for the January 28 London conference on Afghanistan, as outlined in ref A, but is frustrated with a lack of specifics from Afghan authorities on reintegration, development, and anti-corruption. Acting French Special Representat [...] | 2010-01-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF FR |
10PARIS84 | MINURCAT: FRENCH WANT TO PRESERVE UN PRESENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maintaining a UN presence in Chad and C.A.R. remains a French priority but obtaining an extension of MINURCAT will require effort to overcome Chad President Deby's opposition, MFA Chad/C.A.R. desk officer Vincent Alexandre said on January 21. Such a presence is necessary becau [...] | 2010-01-26 18:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UN CD CT FR |
10PARIS85 | MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware met with French MFA officials on January 15, with discussions focusing on regional terrorism (lack of unity among regional actors) and the Mauritanian government's performance following the resolution of the long political crisis and [...] | 2010-01-26 18:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MR FR |
10PARIS93 | FRANCE MOVES TOWARD BAN ON BURQAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The parliamentary commission investigating the wearing of the burqa in France recommended banning Muslim women from "concealing their faces" in public facilities on January 26, in the release of their much-anticipated report. Calling for a partial ban on burqas, the commission c [...] | 2010-01-28 19:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF FR |
10PORTLOUIS24 | MAURITIUS, FRANCE, TROMELIN AND CHAGOS/DIEGO GARCIA [...] Tromelin is a low, flat, 200-acre scrub-covered island between Mauritius and Madagascar which is uninhabited (except for a few technicians at a weather station) and has no harbors. It is currently a French territory governed from Reunion -- but is claimed by both Mauritius and France (Mauriti [...] | 2010-01-27 07:24:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS TE FR IO MP |
10RIYADH29 | ASSISTANT SAUDI OIL MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman January 4 at the Prince's request. Prince Abdulaziz gave Ambassador a copy of the report of the International Energy Forum (IEF) Expert Gro [...] | 2010-01-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL ECON FR IEF SA |
10SANAA107 | ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...] | 2010-01-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM |
10SAOPAULO110 | MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AND FRANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 21:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR FR |
10STATE13489 | January 2010 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2010 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors discussed Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Cte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dubai/UAE, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Seychelles a [...] | 2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
10STATE13750 | READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On January 20, 2010, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michele Flournoy hosted the third U.S.-France Strategic Dialogue with counterparts Jacques Audibert and Michel Miraillet. Discussions focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO Reform, Missile [...] | 2010-02-17 03:09:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS FR IR TU |
10STATE14505 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of satellite components to Germany. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...] | 2010-02-18 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC FR GM KOMC NL SP |
10STATE5902 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SAID BOUTEFLIKA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR RECENT BIOGRAPHICAL REPORTING ON SAID BOUTEFLIKA, BROTHER OF ALGERIAN PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA. EMBASSY PARIS'S CABLE WAS TIMELY, COMPREHENSIVE, AND WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL IN FINISHED PRODUCTS ON THE OTHERWISE OPAQUE [...] | 2010-01-21 14:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV AG FR |
10STATE5975 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050199525 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled machine gun weapon [...] | 2010-01-21 15:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
10STATE6019 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050199525 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled machine gun weapon [...] | 2010-01-21 16:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
10STATE604 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050119285 for the export of titanium plating to France. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...] | 2010-01-05 17:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
10STATE7833 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KOMC SG FR |
10STRASBOURG3 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE: APPLAUDING GEORGIA; CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE) welcomed Georgia's transparency and efforts at political and human rights reforms, although it noted that Tblisi should increase efforts to involve the opposition in the parliamentary process. There is, however, increasing fatigue among member-states when disc [...] | 2010-02-26 15:34:00 | Consulate Strasbourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL COE BO FR GG RS |
10USNATO67 | FRENCH MISTRAL SALE TO RUSSIA RAISED AT NATO [...] (C) Lithuania's NATO PermRep Linkevicius raised France's potential sale to Russia of a Mistral class ship during a February 9 PermReps' lunch, noting that the sale was not simply a national issue but a subject for discussion within the Alliance. French PermRep Andreani did not respond. However, th [...] | 2010-02-12 10:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO FR RS |
91NDJAMENA848 | QADHAFI THREATENS DEBY [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: QADHAFI WARNED DEBY DURING LATTER'S RECENT VISIT TO LIBYA THAT THERE COULD BE NO STABILITY IN CHAD IF BILATERAL RELATIONS DID NOT REMAIN POSITIVE. BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE ARE GOOD AND DEBY IS INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE ON DOME [...] | 1991-02-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PREL PGOV CD LY FR |
94PARIS34022 | FRANCE ON SUDAN: SHOW US PROOF OF TERRORIST [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. QUAI OFFICIALS STATE THEY ARE NOT FIRMLY CONVINCED OF SUDANESE SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM, AND ASK FOR FIRMER PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF TRAINING CAMPS. THEY STRESS THAT THE POVERTY OF SUDAN, IN THEIR VIEW, PREVENTS IT FROM BEING A SUPPORTER OF TERRORISM IN TH [...] | 1994-12-09 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINR SU FR |
95PHNOMPENH152 | VIEWS OF HOR NAMHONG, CAMBODIAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER SOC FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRESENT RCG AMBASSADOR TO PARIS HOR NAMHONG EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THE AMBASSADOR JANUARY 11 DURING A VISIT TO PHNOM PENH. ALTHOUGH THEORETICALLY NEUTRAL POLITICALLY, HOR NAMHONG WITH HIS IMTIMATE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER REGIME [...] | 1995-01-11 09:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CB FR TH |
98PARIS11954 | FRANCE "DEPLORES" AND "CONDEMNS" PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS [...] (U) THE FRENCH MFA (QUAI) RELEASED A STATEMENT LATE MAY 28 SAYING THAT FRANCE "DEPLORES" AND "CONDEMNS" PAKISTAN'S FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS. AN AFP STORY FOLLOWING THE DECLARATION ALSO NOTES FRANCE'S CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO SANCTIONS AND QUOTES FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE AS SAYING THAT, "EACH TIME TH [...] | 1998-05-29 04:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL FR PK |